Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Chapter 1481: Chapter 1449: The Difference Between the Ancient Divine Domain Immortal Sect and the Jiuling Domain Immortal Sect

In the Yin and Yang Void of the Medium Thousand World, a slow collapse occurred, with streaks of meteor-like light dissipating in all directions. Through a special method of transmission, no one interfered, and each of the Immortal Sect Disciples returned to their respective sects.

Jiang Ding returned to the Xianmen Sect with the delegation from the Ancient Divine Domain to report on his mission, now holding nine treaties for establishing diplomatic relations.

These were not alliances, just simple diplomatic relationships and trade communications, considered a customary relationship among the sects of the Human Race. As long as there was no irreconcilable enmity, most could communicate.

This diplomatic mission went relatively smoothly. Regardless of what the Immortal Sect Disciples from the Ancient Divine Domain thought internally, they at least maintained basic decorum on the surface.

In the Golden Palace.

Jiang Ding exchanged pleasantries with the Divine Machine True Venerable, Wanji True Venerable, and others who came to greet him, then submitted his accomplishments and detailed information from the monitoring of the Six Paths Reincarnation Sword Skill.

The Immortal Sect True Venerables carefully reviewed the contents.

The monitoring data included not only Jiang Ding’s work but also the surveillance marks left by the Xianmen Sect’s Harmonization Stage grand formation, providing a detailed evaluation of the Nine Great Immortal Sects of the Ancient Divine Domain.

“They don’t seem… all that strong?”

“They’re somewhat similar to the Sun and Moon Sword Pavilion and other sects from several hundred thousand years ago, when they first arrived in an unfamiliar domain. Many Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures were completely unsuitable, requiring further research to adapt to local conditions, making their strength differ greatly from that in their homeland. Many key materials for alchemy and artifact refining are completely absent, necessitating their own innovation.”

After careful study, Wanji True Venerable expressed some uncertainty: “They seem only slightly stronger than the same level as the Sun and Moon Sword Pavilion from several hundred thousand years ago. Their development over hundreds of thousands of years has not been substantial, perhaps even stagnating, with insufficient innovation and poor utilization of local resources.”

“Is this my illusion?”

“How can a sect with Harmonization Stage peak experts, possessing immense Divine Soul computational power far surpassing Refining Nothingness Cultivators, show only such marginal progress after hundreds of thousands of years?”

Wanji True Venerable was puzzled, looking to the surrounding Immortal Sect Refining Void True Venerables for their thoughts.

In the past, the Xianmen Sect had always used the Xuanwu tiangong, and Green Wood Immortal Sect as benchmarks for evaluating the Nine Great Immortal Sects of the Ancient Divine Domain, remaining extremely vigilant. However, reality seemed not to align with such assumptions.

“Indeed, I share that sentiment.”

“Judging solely by our interactions with the disciples from the Ancient Divine Domain Immortal Sect and the cultivators we’ve contacted from there, their Immortal Technology development evolves extremely slowly. It seems naturally propelled by the Immortal Sect Ancestors and a few motivated strong cultivators, changing little over time, and absolutely not considered the main development focus of the sect. Their subjective initiative is critically lacking…”

“Furthermore, they appear to hold a near-reverent worship of the ‘Upper Realm Immortal Sect heritage.’”

“Unless absolutely compelled, they wouldn’t change the inheritances from the Upper Realm Immortal Sect, even if some of the Immortal Dao technology’s efficiency is quite low, barely usable. They remain unwilling to adapt.”

They believe that within resides a supreme truth beyond their comprehension, attributing it to their own ignorance rather than questioning whether the low-efficiency Immortal Dao technology is ill-suited to the Ancient Divine Domain environment…”

“This ‘Upper Realm Immortal Sect heritage authority superstition’ even appears among the disciples, possibly extending to Harmonization Peak Cultivators, leaving people bewildered…”

The Divine Machine True Venerable, far, Canghai True Venerable, and others engaged in animated discussions.

The stubbornness exhibited by the strong cultivators of the Ancient Divine Domain Immortal Sect puzzled many; despite the clear facts before their eyes, with low spiritual energy conversion and absorption efficiency, why not change?

“Such superstitions have a rationale in very few cases.”

The distant one pondered and said, “Scriptures inherited from near-immortal grade cultivators must account for extremely distant matters. Just like our Immortal Sect Nine Fairy Scriptures, they are now contemplating the integration with the Harmonization Stage, laying the foundation even during the Golden Pill Nascent Soul stage or Foundation Establishment stage.”

“If a Golden Pill Monk studied the Immortal Sect Nine Fairy Scriptures, they might not comprehend why a particular inefficient cultivation method node exists.”

“In actuality, that inefficient node lays the groundwork for the Refining Void level.”

“Resolute alterations from those uncomprehending could likely lead to widespread incidents of fire and demonic deviation, resulting in self-explosion and death, tragically vivid consequences.”

“The Ancient Divine Domain Immortal Sect may have occasionally discovered such phenomena and exaggerated them, extending such cases into extremely broad areas, making their Immortal Science investigations exceedingly conservative, causing immeasurably slow progress in Immortal Science.”

This is also a universal phenomenon in Immortal Science research.

Change comes with risks and casualties, an inevitable truth, as exploring the unknown inevitably demands sacrifices, including the price of life.

Immortal Sect’s research into cultivation methods may appear lighthearted, yet successive luminaries with utmost talent have perished in such research, paying dearly to delve into the unknown.

This is prevalent within sects like Xuanwu tiangong as well.

Under the immense pressure of warfare and potential sect annihilation, from Immortal Sect Ancestors to outer disciples, all uniformly ignored the risks, investing themselves successively into Immortal Dao technology research, a cycle enduring hundreds of thousands of years.

In the past, the ancestor of the Five Elements Heavenly Sect sustained severe injuries during the deduction process of the sect’s fundamental cultivation method, nearly destroying the sect itself, eventually necessitating an alliance with the Xianmen Sect to support each other through tough times.

Many times, conservatism proved the right choice, reflecting sound judgment.

“Currently, it appears that our Refining Void and Integration Stage methods significantly surpass the Nine Great Immortal Sects of the Ancient Divine Domain in terms of Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and rule utilization efficiency, at least within this World Community range.”

“This is our advantage.”

Distantly forming a judgment: “Our disadvantage seems that as we ascend beyond the Harmonization Stage, we might face greater risks? Because our path diverges considerably from the Upper Realm Immortal Sect heritage, we might be much farther from the Near Immortal Level, potentially paying more price in the future.”

“No, I disagree.”

“I think, if achieving immortality is our goal, we are drawing closer.”

Jiang Ding lightly stroked the sword hilt, pondering for a long while, and said, “Knowing what it is and why it is so, this is what differentiates us from the Nine Great Immortal Sects of the Ancient Divine Domain.”

“Even if the path we explored proves wrong, it is still our own exploration.”

“Even if mistaken, can we not revise it in the future?”

“Have we not the ability to revise the cultivation methods we developed ourselves? It is highly implausible, just a matter of what price to pay.”

“Repeatedly adjusting, repeatedly trialing and erring, continuously exploring, this inevitably reflects a more accurate scripture of the Path to Immortality, rather than obtusely cultivating an obsolete cultivation method, following it to the letter, altering nothing. This is certainly not the Path to Immortality.”