Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Jiang Ding slowly flipped through the jade slips and beast skins, thick with historical essence.

”...3,176 years ago, the Ancestor Master Qiyu was born into a farmer’s family in Zhangjia Village, Hexia County, Hexia Town, Dongling Mansion, Yue Country. He was the seventh son, making him the seventh male child in the family. Thus, he was named Liu Qi.

This predestined connection to the Immortal Path contained a sign. The number seven subtly corresponded with the name of the dominant power of Yue Country for thousands of years to come, the Qiyu Sect...”

”...At the age of twelve, the Ancestor Master had a fortuitous encounter by the river’s edge, left by a late-stage Qi practicing Loose Cultivator. The founder of our sect... within was a scroll of the ’Hunyuan Sutra’, fitting for cultivators with Quadruple Spiritual Roots to cultivate...”

”...At sixty... the Immortal Path’s destiny did not manifest... the Ancestor Master at the third level of Qi practicing...”

”...At sixty-one... the Ancestor Master had a fortuitous encounter on the Qiyushan Mountain, inadvertently entering the Nine Heavens Secret Realm and by a twist of fate climbed the ’Inheritance Steps’...”

”...This revealed that this place was once a corner of the sect’s gates for the great ancient Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sect. This divine sect, over twenty thousand years ago, reached its zenith, but then fell to a great disaster. Positioned in the Nine Heavens, its gate was sliced apart by an azure-purple Immortal Sword in a single day. A fragment of the gate fell into a half-space above Yue Country, forming the secret realm...”

”...The Ancestor Master ventured within multiple times, reaping enormous gains. The seven major inheritances of the sect—’Heavenly Thunder True Law’, ’Bountiful Earth Bearing Law’, ’Pure Yang Gold Lotus Book,’ and others—were all acquired from this place...”

”Not the remnants of the Great Sun?”

Jiang Ding was taken aback.

Twenty thousand years ago,

The Great Sun Sword Pavilion too was in its heyday. At that time, the Sword Master of Refining Nothingness was undefeated, and his Great Sun Flying Sword dominated all realms, so much so that the Eight Immortal Sects found it hard to catch their breath, and the sword cultivators of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion ruled over the entire situation of all known planes.

The Middle Jindan Stage ancestors of the Eight Immortal Sects could only hold fast within their sect’s Big Array, not daring to venture out alone.

It was impossible for the disciples of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion to flee in such an embarrassing way to this place.

”Then it must be a coincidence. There are no remnants of the Great Sun.”

Jiang Ding breathed a sigh of relief, ”The domains are vast and endless. The occasional similarity between two leaves is possible, and we shouldn’t be too sensitive.”

He continued reading.

”...At seventy-one, the Ancestor Master reached the Fifth Level of Qi Practicing and was pursued for killing by several cultivators in the later stages of Qi refining. He fled to the Nine Heavens Secret Realm to avoid disaster...”

”...Suddenly, a loud rumbling noise filled the secret realm. The sky was corroded open by a pitch-black hole, all mana throughout his body solidified and came to a halt, as if he were a mortal. Only after a long time did it dissolve and revert to normal.”

”In the original place, appeared two sorrowful-faced youths, especially the one with the Great Sun mark on his forehead. Although he was merely at the last stage of Qi practicing, he was more dreadful than any Foundation-building cultivator the Ancestor Master had ever glimpsed.”

”A single gaze was all it took for the Ancestor Master to be captured by them.”

”...”

Perhaps out of respect for the esteemed, many things here were not recorded.

”The remnants of the Great Sun!”

”The Great Sun mark on the forehead!”

Jiang Ding took a deep breath.

”Once every ten thousand years, in terms of relations, he seems to be the Great Sun Swordsman from the last generation!”

There was no doubt anymore.

A wild murderous intent spread around, and a faintly terrifying Sword Intent emanated, causing every living being with a soul within a kilometer—Immortal Cranes, Spirit Beasts, insects, and ants—to stiffen, their souls extinguish, falling to the ground dead.

”The Great Sun Swordsman from three thousand years ago, if he’s still not dead, must have undergone Divinity Transformation by now. A Divinity Transformation in this realm commands a vast power.”

”After completing foundation building, the battlefield where the disciples of the direct lineage of Xuetu Hall were ambushed must be completely cleaned.”

”If anyone who knows comes by, those who should be silenced must be silenced.”

He closed his eyes for a few hours to calm his heart.

He continued to read.

”…The Ancestor Master had great fortune and successfully escaped... That young man with the imprint of the Great Sun on his forehead seemed extremely proud, leaving behind no prohibitions, and by a stroke of luck, the Ancestor Master survived.”

”…The Ancestor Master advanced to Golden Pill… established Qiyu Sect…”

After that came the brightest moments in the life of Qiyu Ancestor—his advancement to Golden Pill, and then his cultivation to the peak of Golden Pill, invincible in his region, free of illness and disaster, living until the limit of his lifespan.

”…Over a thousand years ago, Xuetu Hall migrated here, suspected to be a branch of a great Diabolism sect from afar, with mysterious cultivation methods, powerful artifacts, and incomprehensible magic. With three late Golden Pill cultivators, our sect could not withstand their power, and one after another, our Golden Pill Patriarchs fell, and the sect was exterminated…”

”…Ancestor Zhongxing, Han Tie, appeared out of nowhere, traversed the Nine Hevens Inheritance Steps, and received Heaven’s favor. As a newly advanced Golden Pill, he could fend off the Golden Pill monks of Xuetu Hall. After reaching the Middle Jindan Stage, he successively eliminated Hua Xue and Du Jiang from the Golden Pill lineages, leading to the rejuvenation of our sect…”

”…Alas, Heaven envies the talented. Ancestor Zhongxing passed away from serious injuries at a little over two hundred years old. Before his death, he laid down the Clothes Tomb, benefiting future generations, and entrusted the sect to take care of them with a little bit of attention…”

It took Jiang Ding a whole day to finish reading the three-thousand-year history of Qiyu Sect, and he gained a great deal more understanding of the surrounding situation. He gently closed his eyes.

”…The Nine Heavens Relics are still the most dangerous and most mysterious of inheritances...”

Jiang Ding mused to himself.

Due to the influence of the First Law of the Immortal Gate, the efficiency of information exchange within the Immortal Sects is high to a degree incomprehensible by those from the Outer Realm, and not limited to Cultivation Methods.

For instance, the exploration of relics, a popular activity in the Cultivation World, has been extensively studied by many predecessors.

The most dangerous are recognized to be inheritance relics!

Yes, many high-level cultivators can have profound affection for their sects, sometimes even taking actions that severely conflict with their own interests.

But this is only when there are people they care about within the sect, or descendants of those people!

A mere name alone doesn’t stir profound feelings in many people.

This kind of sect where everyone from top to bottom is dead, yet still sets up an inheritance that outsiders can enter, often requires extra caution. The chances of mishaps are relatively high.

”The Empty Mysterious Crystal Copper that can add a stealth coating to the Flying Sword and the Air-Space Warplane... Forget it, my safety is worth far more than this...”

”…Dari Swordsman, it would be good if you had already died after three thousand years...”

Jiang Ding sighed softly, and his figure disappeared from sight.

…

On the edge of a cliff,

A three-meter-tall blue and gold tree shimmered brightly, and the Shadow of the Great Sun descended amidst the canopy, with the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and Great Sun Essence gathering towards it, forming a scorching magma pool around its roots.

Jiang Ding sat cross-legged, resting and restoring his energy for eight hours, recuperating from his continuous seven days of study.

Then, he opened his eyes and began studying ”Fundamentals of Electromagnetism.”

He memorized it in about thirty minutes, understood some of it, and then set the book aside.

”I’ve understood a small part; I’ll need to visit the Physics Department to consult a teacher for the rest.”

Jiang Ding took a step and walked towards the ordinary department’s teaching building.

Three days later, returning with weary eyes,

”The gains were significant. For a thousand years, the Immortal Sects had not only made rapid developments in the science of Immortal Path but also made tremendous progress in physics. The teachers were all very kind... I had limited time to spare, but I estimate it will take about a year and a half to complete the electrodynamics course.”

After resting and recuperating for three hours, he hurried to the same place where Immortal Dinghai had previously lectured. This time it was a mathematics class related to formation methods, taught by an extremely skilled Fourth Order Array Master.

He rested only one hour a day.

The students of Qingfeng University’s Cultivation Department absorbed the scientific knowledge of the Immortal Path offered by the Immortal Sects with an intensity that could be fatal, slowly building up their own foundation.