Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Chapter 2181: Chapter 2148: We Will Not Have Descendants

”Go, then. Synthesize all sides’ opinions.”

”At the same time, pay attention to the Xianmen Sect’s views and design a reconstruction plan for an institutional system that maximizes productive power, and fix all of this in place while we have not yet launched a full expansion into the Endless Starry Sky.”

”Don’t fear the risk of rebellion. Don’t think about descendants. We will have no offspring.”

Jiang Ding said coolly.

”Becoming Human Emperor is absolutely not our final goal.”

”I... will become an Immortal, live forever, never die. Descendants are meaningless.”

A cold, detached aura spread out in all directions, as if even this Supreme Great Sun Heavenly Palace were about to be frozen solid. It was bone-chillingly cold, gradually stripped of human warmth.

”...Yes.”

The Fusang Saintess stayed silent for a long time, let out a soft sigh, turned, and left.

Since ancient times, the Human Race’s True Fairies,

have they all been this heartless and ungrateful, burning bridges after crossing the river, without a single exception?

Jiang Ding was aware of these matters.

Jiang Ding felt these matters were unimportant.

He slowly closed his eyes and sat cross-legged within the preliminary spirit-gathering great array that linked the various Star Domains and Great Thousand Worlds. Behind him, a Destruction Sun faintly emerged, radiating brilliance, swallowing the torrent-like Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and sun, moon, and star light flooding in from the Star Domains, transforming it into drops of Mana within his Elixir Field.

Between the seven great Star Domains of the Big Dipper, Seven Kills, Greedy Wolf, and the rest, indistinct, hazy spirit channels could be seen vaguely, branching into many fine channels that connected to Great Thousand Worlds everywhere, gathering the Spiritual Energy of the Great Thousand Worlds and sending it to the Divine Buddha Great Thousand World, to the place where the Supreme Great Sun Sword Fairy cultivated in seclusion.

Here, sonorous Sword Intent rang out in clanging waves, accompanied by the sound of thunder shattering all things.

Jiang Ding’s torrent-like Mana and Sword Intent ceaselessly wore away at the Thunder Palm Seal in his chest, peeling it apart thread by thread. In the process, he continuously recorded the Immortal Dao data contained in this Alien Power, forming one Jade Slip after another, sending them into the Great Dream Sword Realm and the Xianmen Library to further deepen his foundation.

Now, the Great Dream Sword Realm had been reforged once again by an adult True Fairy, and with part of a Dream Dao True Fairy’s essence as a finishing touch, its operation efficiency was extremely high. It could almost be called the foremost Immortal Dao heavy artifact in the current Endless Starry Sky in terms of computational power, one of the key foundations of the Supreme Great Sun Sword Fairy’s forces.

Jiang Ding cultivated in silence and rarely handled trivial matters. He would only glance over from time to time, and after confirming that the grand situation of the Star Domains was still under his control, he would continue to throw himself back into cultivation.

The battle with the will of the Ten Thousand Laws Ancient Emperor had brought him a great many insights; the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Talisman could be further corrected.

...

The Perishing Immortal Realm.

So many years had passed, yet this place had not changed much. It was still a land shrouded in the radiance of Tushan Law.

Jiang Ding arrived at an ancestral hall where light blue smoke was curling upwards. Before a Blackstone memorial tablet extremely close to the center, standing side by side with the tablets of the Pure Yang Ancestor, Yin Yang Ancestor, Taiyin Sun Ancestor, and the others, he used candle flame to light nine sticks of incense, then bowed deeply in salute, bidding a final farewell to a venerable elder.

On this memorial tablet was written,

The 481st-generation Ancestor Master, the seat of Sun Cangyan and Taiyin Cangyu!

This was the memorial tablet of the Sun Supreme and his wife. After many years, he was here together with his forebears, jointly sheltering the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm.

Time flowed like water, and old friends withered away one after another.

Jiang Ding slightly adjusted the positions of the nine sticks of incense to make them neat and pleasing to the eye, then turned to look behind him.

These were also two Supremes, bearing the aura of Taiyin and Taiyang. Apart from their faces differing, they were almost identical to the previous generation Taiyin Sun Supreme. For a moment, one might almost think this was the same person returned through Reincarnation.

Is this what inheritance is?

”Pure... Pure Yang... you...”

The Sun Sword Child and Taiyin Swordman stammered, unable to string together a complete sentence, their hearts in upheaval, struggling fiercely within.

In the end, the two of them murmured,

”...We pay our respects, True Fairy.”

Unable to restrain their instincts, the two of them fell to their knees with a thud.

The existence of a True Fairy, the name of a True Fairy—if not intentionally concealed—naturally appears within all living beings’ hearts, co-existing with the Great Dao. Even Alien Races that know no human speech can recognize it.

”You two,”

”how did you end up like this after so many years?”

Jiang Ding rolled his eyes and waved his hand to stop their messy gestures.

”Haha—”

”This is our first time seeing a living Human Race True Fairy; we’re just not used to it...”

The Sun Sword Child rubbed his head, speaking awkwardly.

This was a Dominator of the Endless Starry Sky, and in the adult stage at that, the future Human Emperor—like a myth they had watched since childhood descending into reality, making one subconsciously feel constrained.

”Your Dao Heart still needs tempering.”

Jiang Ding shook his head and said.

Even after advancing to Supreme, the Sun Sword Child was, as in the past, still somewhat unreliable.

After talking for a short while, Jiang Ding took his leave, then went to visit Yang Bone Venerable for a bit and spoke of the events of these years.

Yang Bone Venerable had also grown old.

He had already entered his twilight years, and looked as if he could still live another hundred or two hundred thousand years. His bearing was somewhat aged, but his Spirit was still full, and his body remained robust.

Jiang Ding walked out of the Perishing Immortal Realm and gazed at the distant Starry Sky.

Vaguely, the Vermilion Bird Star Realm seemed to be right at hand, just one step away. A flame-like power was constantly trying to probe over here, searching for this Great Thousand World bearing the name of ”Immortal,” but had not succeeded so far.

Because this Great Thousand World was special—transcendent. Even an adult True Fairy could not derive its location.

”A bit of a pity.”

”The contingency plan of evacuating into the Great Dream Sword Realm didn’t get to be used.”

Jiang Ding sighed faintly.

A True Fairy—a True Fairy of the Demon Race—True Phoenix—was within that Vermilion Bird Star Realm, and had already expanded into multiple Star Domains. The measured Immortal Dao Universe Constant and the manpower and resources under her control were steadily increasing.

A desire involuntarily rose in Jiang Ding’s heart.

True Phoenix.

To kill her would surely push his Immortal Dao yet another step forward!

The Phoenix Clan’s research achievements regarding the Immortal Dao Universe Constant would certainly confer tremendous benefits upon his own path.

”No,”

”don’t be hasty... at the very least, wait until the injuries heal.”

”Otherwise it would just be throwing myself away.”

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, ”Besides, True Phoenix also needs to develop, needs to grow. What’s interesting about a mere embryo?”

”I must let her grow, become stronger, shine brilliantly, fully display her talents, unfold her Heavenly Fire Dao—and then kill her and absorb her understanding of the Immortal Dao Universe Constant.”

”That is the true purpose.”

”Without that, what’s the point of killing her? It would just be a waste of my time.”

The True Fairy was planning, scheming many things.

Behind him, a graceful girl in a white dress stood at his side, her eyes bright as she looked at him. She said nothing, as if merely standing by his side was enough.

Gong Caiyu.

This thick-skinned woman, who called herself a peerless Elite on the path of the maidservant, had actually also advanced to Supreme—and quite a powerful Supreme at that.

”Is Mingguang Zi still alive?”

Jiang Ding asked casually.

”He’s still alive, Young Master.”

”He’s advanced to Supreme.”

Gong Caiyu said, ”He seems to be at the extremity of a rule-branch of light and Destruction. He’s been looking for me lately, saying that now he has no potential to become a Seven Tribulation Venerable and wants to take part in the Star Domain battlefield.”

”Young Master... will he succeed?”

”The probability is extremely low.”

”If a miracle occurs, then he might.”

Jiang Ding replied.

Mingguang Zi’s judgment of himself was very accurate. He had already spent a vast amount of luck just to advance to Supreme. As for Seven Tribulation Venerable, he could only rely on miracles—or on his next-generation inheritor.

”Oh.”

”And also, Young Master, the Supreme of the Upper Qing Spirit Treasure Realm whom you had me cultivate all this time has also entered his twilight years. He likewise has no potential to advance to Seven Tribulation Venerable. This is beyond me.”

Gong Caiyu reported another matter.

Many years ago, the Da Ri Sword Immortal had asked her to help support the Upper Qing Spirit Treasure Realm and to do her utmost to see that within a million years this Sect would produce a Seven Tribulation Venerable. That endeavor had now ended in failure.

”I’ll handle this.”

Jiang Ding nodded slightly.

The last-generation Supreme of the Upper Qing Spirit Treasure Realm had once traded his knowledge of refining Immortal Artifacts for Jiang Ding’s promise—that the Upper Qing Spirit Treasure Realm would definitely produce a Seven Tribulation Venerable within a million years. He had not forgotten this.

The Perishing Immortal Realm was still too small; it could not provide a sufficiently outstanding inheritor for the Upper Qing Spirit Treasure Dao.

This promise ought to be fulfilled across the seven great Star Domains, where the population base was far larger—by more than a thousandfold. Finding an excellent disciple of the Upper Qing Spirit Treasure Realm there would not be difficult.