Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

A strand of aura from the ultimate forbidden nuclear weapon that could kill a cultivator at the Refining Nothingness level seeped out, capable of sealing the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi within hundreds of kilometers, rendering it inert!

What’s even more terrifying is that it could trigger life anomalies, instantly causing a cultivator’s Law Body and Divine Soul to collapse and die.

Whoosh!

This forbidden aura instinctively pursued the creature with the highest concentration of spiritual energy, unable to be shielded or dodged, and in an instant, it lunged for the Elixir Field inside Jiang Ding.

”It’s over!”

Yueling lamented.

A strand of aura from the ultimate forbidden nuclear weapon shouldn’t cause the death of the Dari Swordsman, but it would damage his Divine Soul and body, causing anomalies and severely undermining his foundation, greatly diminishing his future potential.

If the Great Sun Sword Pavilion were still around, it wouldn’t matter.

Afterwards, a new generation of swordsmen would be born, who after growing to a certain level would slay this generation’s Great Sun Swordsman, thus enabling the cycle of old and new, without impacting anything.

However,

This domain could no longer give birth to a new Great Sun Swordsman!

”It’s completely over!”

The heart of Yueling suddenly turned ice-cold, her life seemed without light, filled with darkness.

Clang!

At this moment, the Taiqing Flying Sword unsheathed.

She slashed a sword-light in the nick of time, landing accurately on the strand of the ultimate forbidden nuclear weapon’s aura.

The so-called piercing through space, formless and intangible, unblockable, at this moment, did not exist.

It was as if the strand of the ultimate forbidden nuclear weapon’s aura was jubilant, willingly throwing itself into the Taiqing Flying Sword!

Sizzling...

The Taiqing Flying Sword merged with the ultimate forbidden nuclear weapon’s aura, and a terrifying corrosion immediately appeared on the sword body, instantly pitted and scarred, with blue-green luminescent flickering uncertainly, its aura violent and chaotic.

Sometimes immensely powerful, sometimes completely devoid of aura, as if it were dead.

The Flying Sword cycled between these two extreme states, extraordinarily erratic, terrifying to witness.

I don’t know how long passed before it gradually calmed down.

Clang!

The Taiqing Flying Sword emitted a soft hum, its body returned to normal, the blue-green radiative luminescence disappeared, and the pitted and scarred body was restored.

Its aura, however, was very weak, having suffered a severe blow.

She returned listlessly to the fledgling Sword Realm Space within her third-eye space to recuperate.

Jiang Ding opened his eyes, his gaze clear and bright.

”Swordsman, are you alright?”

Yueling asked cautiously.

She was mentally prepared that even if the boy in green suddenly went berserk, his teeth elongated, his flesh split open, grew bone spurs, and a thousand eyes appeared, she wouldn’t be surprised.

Below the level of Refining Nothingness, encountering the aura of the Eastern Devil School’s ultimate forbidden nuclear weapons, one should meet such an end, not even Immortal Sect Disciples could be an exception, even the Great Sun Sword Master had once fallen to such a thing.

”I’m fine.”

”No need to worry.”

Jiang Ding said indifferently.

In the outside world, forbidden nuclear weapons were shrouded with unmatched taboo and fear. Yet, in the Xianmen Sect, it was a detailed subject with a plethora of research, lacking any mysterious veil. What could be done and what couldn’t, he was very clear about, certain that no accident would occur.

Because this is science.

As long as you don’t make a mistake yourself, the outcome won’t be wrong; what risk could there be?

However, there’s no need to tell this rebellious Yueling that.

If there were a second Great Sun Swordsman to appear, this guy would probably hope the other would kill him to restore the orthodoxy of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, there would be no grief, he is not one of us.

Jiang Ding stood up and flew towards the core of the Great Sun Heavenly Pond, the location of the Sun Abyss.

”The Flying Sword, seems to have experienced a slight change...”

Amidst the whistling of the wind, Jiang Ding focused on the embryonic form of the Sword Realm Space.

After absorbing a strand of the ultimate forbidden nuclear weapon’s aura, the Taiqing Flying Sword seemed to have undergone some mutation, its Elimination Method capability slightly enhanced.

And also, it seemed to have gained a hint of the ability to cause anomalies?

Earth Sword Intent, Sword Intent of storm, thunder, and lightning, Spirit Void Sword Intent, Taiyin Sword Intent, these Sword Intents that composed the Sword Realm Space, under the illumination of the Great Sun, seemed to show tendencies of change, of an indiscriminate kind.

However, after all, it was just a strand of the ultimate forbidden nuclear weapon’s aura; there wasn’t any major change.

”I’ll work on a project in this direction when I get back, and consult with Senior Yuan.”

Jiang Ding made up his mind.

Yuan was the Xianmen Sect’s top academic authority on Forbidden Nuclear Weapons, and after the death of the sixth generation’s ruling martial leader, Yuan became the strongest person in the field of Forbidden Nuclear Weapons.

Many inconceivable problems of Forbidden Nuclear Weapons were no more challenging than common knowledge to him.

”Is my Sword Intent somewhat mixed?”

”It’s anomalous, it’s undying, and it’s of the Annihilation Method, with a bit of a post-apocalyptic wasteland style, heading in strange directions...”

Jiang Ding seemed to realize something and complained.

This deviated from the Great Sun Sword Pavilion’s pure Sword Dao philosophy and was not a traditional Sword Dao.

”There’s no mixture.”

”Stars themselves are undying, inherently radiative, capable of causing anomalies; these features are perfectly normal for the Great Sun, just like a person’s mouth and ears.”

Jiang Ding shook his head.

”You can’t possibly say a person is only pure if they have one ear, one eye, can you?”

”Ridiculous, complete fallacy!”

”That’s the prejudice of people like Mingguang Zi, who don’t even have a middle school diploma. I won’t let them influence me.”

”Exactly, that is the truth. They just want to harm me.”

Jiang Ding felt his Dao Heart and Sword Intent grow firmer.

After flying for a while,

Jiang Ding entered a world bathed in endless light, searing heat, where destructive celestial light descended constantly from the sky.

Here, Divine Sense and Law Body were in constant pain, and the Great Sun Destroying Sword Intent made sizzling noises, having to resist the pure will of destruction that existed all around at all times.

This place was the Sun Abyss.

The Great Sun Swordsmen’s place of quiet cultivation for generations, fraught with dangers and opportunities; in the light of the Sun Abyss, Mana, Law Body, and Sword Intent were all honed without cessation, constantly progressing without a moment’s rest.

Elixirs, adventures, luck, experiences—none of them were worth mentioning compared to the Sun Abyss.

To cultivate here and withstand the Great Sun’s destruction was to gain opportunities every hour, every second.

Against natural fate!

It could be called against natural fate!

This was why the Great Sun Sword Master’s transformed cradle was the origin of successive Great Sun Swordsmen.

Generation after generation of Great Sun Swordsmen were inevitably far ahead in Sword Intent than Immortal Sect Disciples, without exception. This was the reason.

”What a great place.”

Jiang Ding praised, sat down cross-legged, and said, ”Yue, adjust the concentration of the Spiritual Energy to a fourth-order supreme level, the fifth order is too high and not good.”

”Ah? Isn’t higher Spiritual Energy concentration better?”

Yueling was puzzled but followed the command.

This is where the Great Sun Sword Pavilion fell behind.

According to Xianmen research, it was not suitable for Cultivators to cultivate in too high a concentration of Spiritual Energy.

Though it was true that one would progress faster and have a more stable foundation for a while, in the long term, over centuries, it could lead to a Cultivator’s sensitivity to Spiritual Energy decreasing and slow down the rate of cultivation.

This research finding was produced during the last alliance between Xianmen and the Eight Great Immortal Sects and is now applied across the whole Xianmen and the top stratum of Cultivator circles of Immortal Sects.

Clang!

The Taiqing Flying Sword flew out from Jiang Ding’s forehead, ascended to the sky, and continued upwards until it reached the core of the Heavenly Pond, replacing the Great Sun in the sky.

Hum!

The entire Great Sun Heavenly Pond vibrated with a humming sound.

Numerous Formation Methods converged here, ingesting Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and Great Sun Essence, aiding Jiang Ding’s Sword Intent and Divine Sense, and bringing together the power of the entire Great Sun Heavenly Pond to collectively refine the Taiqing Flying Sword, imprinting it with the Great Sun Heavenly Gang Divine Prohibition.

This was one of the core capabilities of the Great Sun Heavenly Pond.

The River of Sun Flame, the Moon Creek River, the Sun Abyss—all existed to nurture the Dari Swordsmen. Each feature was an earth-shattering opportunity, with no waste.

”The speed of refining has accelerated.”

Jiang Ding felt the improvement of the Taiqing Flying Sword and calculated swiftly, ”The Great Sun Luminous Gold will shorten the refining time of the Primordial Spirit Treasure to little over a thousand years, and the three great fortunes of the Great Sun Heavenly Pond will halve that, predicting the Primordial Spirit Treasure Taiqing Flying Sword can be refined to perfection in about five hundred years.”

Five hundred years!

This result even sent a tremor through Jiang Ding.

That was twenty times the speed of an ordinary Spirit-Transformation Heavenly Monarch, miraculous indeed; such was the cultivation speed of a Dari Swordsman with complete conditions, awe-inspiringly extraordinary.

”Moreover, if I were to use the blood of the Taoist disciples to refine, it might be even faster, and it wouldn’t have an impact.”