Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”Swordsman,”

”Do you know what you are giving up?”

After listening to Jiang Ding, Hei earnestly said, ”This is a grand path, a sky-reaching Dao leading to Near Immortal inheritances. On this path lie countless mighty ones from the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm. For thousands of years, geniuses from all generations within the Great Thousand World have condensed their astonishing wisdom into this path of Near Immortal.”

”The essence of this Near Immortal Dao is the ’Great Sun Sword Scripture,’ as well as the fundamental technique of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm you might be able to seize in the future.”

”Swordsman, I believe that this is not wise.”

Hei tactfully voiced his opinion.

”Haha, of course I know.”

Jiang Ding laughed heartily, nonchalantly saying, ”The Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm has been through tens of millions of years, maybe even longer, and to this day no True Immortal has been born. I think this is no longer just a matter of time and accumulation.”

”I don’t know if the ’All-transforming Magnetic Origin Sutra’ is correct, after all, it is still so young.”

”However, the fundamental technique of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm may have been falsified.”

”Under the span of tens of millions of years, at least one thing has been proven—without an extraordinary and near-immortal opportunity beyond the ordinary, under all common conditions, the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm cannot give birth to a True Immortal.”

”Isn’t that a fact?”

”…Perhaps, so be it.”

Hei opened his mouth but knew he could not convince this generation’s Great Sun Swordsman for the time being, he sighed, ”You are now discerning and commenting on Near Immortal-level Sects in a way that’s too arrogant, too ignorant, like a mortal sharply critiquing a Refining Nothingness Cultivator.”

”No, maybe the gap is even greater.”

”If cultivators from the Great Thousand World heard this, they would likely be laughed at.”

”Isn’t it futile to be young and not be unruly?”

Jiang Ding remained unconcerned: ”Ascension to immortality is an endeavour as difficult as reaching the heavens. It requires such ignorance and arrogance. Being too sober, knowing too much, perhaps one would not dare to seek it, already in despair.”

”Hei, I don’t understand this Spirit Transformation Mystique here, what does ’Sword Infant Divine Spirit Transformation’ mean…”

Jiang Ding no longer cared about these metaphysical matters and took out the Spirit Transformation Mystique to study in detail. Whenever he encountered something he did not understand, he immediately asked He.

The Sword Pavilion Legacy Messenger exists for this very purpose, equipped with exceedingly abundant experience.

For the next several decades, Jiang Ding planned to follow Hei’s teachings, fully absorbing the outcomes of swordsmanship accumulated by the Great Sun Sword Pavilion over hundreds of thousands of years, enriching his base of swordsmanship.

Spirit Transformation Mystique, Fifth Realm of Sword Dao, Void Refining Sword Technique, even Harmonization Sword Technique… such an astonishing treasure trove laid before him, with someone to impart it.

Jiang Ding’s eyes narrowed contentedly.

Life could not be more enriching, more complete than this moment; it was like sleeping soundly on a mountain of gold.

”Swordsman, ’Sword Infant Divine Spirit Transformation’ is a unique method of Divinity Transformation by the lineage of swordsman masters of the Sect. It uses the Sword Infant, which is the Life Flying Sword that has already merged with your Divine Soul, to communicate with the Heavenly Dao, imprint the Heavenly Dao’s power; don’t worry, your Sword Realm can achieve this, and then, it can compensate for the deficiency of not having complete Five Elements in your Spiritual Root…”

Hei paused here for a moment, his Divine Sense sweeping up and down over Jiang Ding.

A critical step in Nascent Soul to Divine Transformation is to have all Five Elements in the Spiritual Root, unifying them to shatter the Nascent Soul and discern the general direction of Heavenly Dao’s operations, thus aligning with the great trends of heaven and earth, exponentially increasing attack and defense.

Unifying the Five Elements is extremely difficult.

Because more than seventy percent of cultivators who can cultivate to the Nascent Soul Peak are Sky Spiritual Roots, at most Dual Spiritual Roots.

This is considered the lowest level of talent among Nascent Soul monks; worse than Triple Spiritual Roots and below are even rarer.

”You have all five elements by nature?!”

Hei was stunned for a moment.

Having all five elements, meaning a Five Spiritual Roots, is the kind of Spiritual Root commoners have, which makes the efficiency of absorbing Spiritual Energy extremely low, unable to embark on the Immortal Path.

Generally speaking, those with the poorest aptitude in the Cultivation World are the Quadruple Spiritual Root.

”I hail from the Xianmen Sect, this is not unusual.”

Jiang Ding rolled his eyes.

”So that’s how it is.”

”The ’Eagle Taking Off Technique’ is indeed the foremost foundational Cultivation Method across all realms.”

Hei sighed, ”Had you been born in the flourishing era of the Sword Pavilion, the chances for your rise might have been much slimmer, having to progress from a martial artist to the Peak of Xiantian, and then with meager talent step onto the Immortal Path... at least until Foundation Establishment before you could emerge and attract the attention of the Sword Pavilion. The life-and-death crises you would have faced by that time would likely number at least in the hundreds.”

”This is the disadvantage of low aptitude with a Quintuple Spiritual Root.”

”However, when it comes to the stage of Divinity Transformation, Quintuple Spiritual Roots actually possess supreme aptitude. Born with a full complement of the Five Elements, inherently unified, their threshold is much less than that of Sky Spiritual Root Cultivators, naturally granting them a 10 to 20 percent higher chance of successful Divinity Transformation.”

”The Eastern Devil School has thus cultivated many Nascent Soul Cultivators.”

”Of course, you are bound to become a Nascent Soul Cultivator. It doesn’t really matter about the 10 to 20 percent chance of success, but it’s still a great benefit. You can skip this step, placing more focus on the transformation of your Divine Soul and Flying Sword, striving to ensure that your Great Sun Flying Sword can connect with the Heavenly Dao at the moment of breakthrough, borrow some of the power of the Heavenly Dao Rules, and gain the ability to flee from Early-Stage Refining Void Practitioners...”

Hei spoke languidly.

...

In the Dead Silent Starry Sky, far from the Tushan Central Court of the Minor Thousand World, the Incense Fire Divine Court concealed itself in the void, constantly changing its location, maintaining the highest vigilance.

Refining Nothingness Cultivators have a micro Immortal Tao Ecosystem within their bodies which forms its own space, capable of initially converting Spiritual Energy from chaos to sustain life, possessing the ability to travel at a Star Domain level.

This is, of course, only for sustenance.

If one wishes to cultivate or refine treasures, these are still not achievable after leaving the Minor Thousand World.

At the center hall of Incense Fire Divine Court, three Heavenly Monarchs sat opposite each other, feasting.

Xi Ping’an occupies the main seat.

This is normal; here is his Incense Fire Divine Court, his home, where it has always been so.

Yet, at this moment, there seems to be a subtle change.

Mingguang Zi has lost his status as a Dari Swordsman.

This means that parts of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion’s heritage, such as the Sword Master’s Sword Talisman, accumulations of Refining Nothingness techniques, single-use precious swords... these require recognition from a Dari Swordsman, recognizing the title rather than the specific person.

Mingguang Zi can no longer use these, unless he slays the current Dari Swordsman and once again gains the identity of a Dari Swordsman.

Additionally, there is another crucial reason.

Incense Fire Divine Court, this Void Refining Precious Treasure refined by the Last Great Sun Sword Master Xi Yuan, has a directive not to harm a Dari Swordsman.

Xi Yuan had a profound affection for his Sect and the legacy of the Great Sun Swordsmanship; it was not born from fondness for Mingguang Zi.

In fact, the relationship between the Great Sun Sword Master and the Dari Swordsman was always not very good.

Therefore, this Void Refining Bastion is not specifically set to prevent harm to Mingguang Zi.

This means Xi Ping’an, if he wished, could kill Mingguang Zi right now, and he certainly could succeed without any suspense, as even one nearing the title of emperor could not escape under this Void Refining Bastion.

Not to mention that Mingguang Zi is not even near the level of an emperor, not having mastered the Power of Order.

The last legacy of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion he carries is an enormously tempting wealth.

”The future of the Immortal Path...”

Mingguang Zi looked at the wine cup in his hand, silently pondering, various insights swirling in his mind, feeling somewhat melancholic for a moment.