Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”Swordsman,”

”I will heed your instructions.”

Hei knelt on the ground and paid his respects, saying respectfully, ”According to the Sword Law, I need to inform you that another contemporary Dari Swordsman has planted some mechanisms on me. If I initiate a certain level of inheritance, it will trigger his or his lingering will’s attention.”

”Normally, this is no issue. A Swordsman cares for and nurtures the Inheritance Disciples of the Sword Pavilion, which is only natural.”

”But now that you have appeared, also a contemporary Dari Swordsman, this act violates the Sword Pavilion’s Sword Laws.”

”You can inform the Sword Master or the Sect’s Heavenly Monarch, and they will handle it.”

”No need, just proceed as usual.”

Jiang Ding had no words.

Even if there were people he could turn to, where would he dare find the Flame Spirit Heavenly Monarch or the Great Sun Sword Master?

The former might deal with this matter for him, removing the previous Dari Swordsman’s methods... and then kill him.

The experience at the Great Sun Heavenly Pond had been a clear demonstration of the terrifying boundaries between public and private matters.

The latter was not necessarily the case.

The Great Sun Sword Master Xi Yuan might recognize the new Dari Swordsman, or he might not. The behavior of such a great expert was hard to predict, and anything could happen.

”Yes, I am currently transferring the inheritance for you.”

Hei respectfully said, ”I am about to seal myself into a Black Sword Jade Slip; you just need to take it when it’s ready. The Great Sun Flying Sword can unlock this jade slip...”

Streams of Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and the energy of Earth Veins tsunami-like surged toward him.

The small chubby body of Hei collapsed into a bundle of Spiritual Light, revealing a vague Black Sword Jade Slip, the size of a coffin, floating unstably in the void, drawing something from the void.

”This method of information preservation...”

Jiang Ding looked solemn.

This was placing the inheritance in the infinite void, only accessible through special methods, ensuring that the lineage would never be severed by any methods of the sect, jade slips, Book Pavilion, or time.

Even, if it went unopened for a certain time, such as one hundred thousand years, the inheritance would spontaneously emerge and choose the right person to pass on.

The Immortal Path information technology contained within was unimaginably profound.

Several Shichen passed by, and the Black Jade Coffin revealed most of its shape, the inheritance about to emerge.

Jiang Ding quietly watched.

Long before his arrival, he had already blocked all means of information communication within and outside the Great Sun Sword Sect, avoiding urgent disputes for time, and ensuring no unexpected events occurred.

A few breaths later, the Black Jade Coffin took shape.

Jiang Ding stepped forward and reached for it.

”Wait!”

He grasped at nothing but an illusion.

Jiang Ding turned around, expressionless.

”Sir,”

”Who are you?”

Immortal Jianyang gradually straightened up, grandiose as a limitless divine sword, staring intensely at the green-robed young man above, pausing between each word, ”A stranger appears in my Great Sun Sword Sect, trying to steal our sect’s inheritance. What are your intentions?”

”Everyone!”

Without waiting for a response, he looked around at the several dozen Nascent Soul Immortals and said sternly, ”Just any cultivator, a mere Golden Pill Monk, comes to our Great Sun Sword Sect aiming to seize our sect’s peerless inheritance, which is freely shared without any need for qualifications or status. Are you all really indifferent?”

Several dozen Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators revealed greedy expressions.

The supreme inheritance of Swordsmanship!

Right before their eyes!

Many remained silent, many pondered, many hesitated.

Eventually, most of them sighed resignedly and looked down again.

”With the Immortal Path ahead, all can be killed!”

”If one does not achieve Divinity Transformation, in more than two hundred years, one will be but a pile of bones with nothing to fear...”

”Jianyang always claims he has a chance at Divinity Transformation, but he is merely deceiving himself and others. Breaking through is extremely difficult...”

In the end, three people stood up and joined Immortal Jianyang.

They were all Nascent Soul late-stage cultivators, with similar spirits and aligned beliefs as Jianyang, and they were close friends who could entrust each other with their lives.

True Master Void Square and the Tianyang Immortal exchanged glances and promptly moved away from these four.

Jiang Ding looked at the now ethereal Black Jade Coffin, not too pleased.

”Swordsman, you have encountered a Sword Challenge from the forces subordinate to the Sword Pavilion of the Great Sun Sect’s Sect Master.”

”Your identity has been shaken.”

Hei respectfully said.

”According to the Great Sun Sword Laws, you need to slay all Sword challengers.”

”You can freely dispose all the cultivators of the Great Sun Sect, even using them to refine swords; the sect will not blame you.”

The Great Sun Sect.

This is the name the former Dari Swordsman gave this power, not deeming them worthy of bearing the sword.

The Dari Swordsman of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion is not sacred or untouchable; he must fight his way out, becoming the Dari Swordsman only by slaying all challenging foes.

Of course, there are many regulations, and scenarios like a Divinity Transformation Heavenly Monarch challenging a Foundation Establishment Realm Dari Swordsman won’t occur.

Clearly, the gap between Nascent Soul peak and Golden Pill peak level is not significant enough to affect the progression of the Sword challenges.

If a Dari Swordsman dies in a challenge, there are two possibilities:

If they are on the same level and both are Sword Cultivators, the victor becomes the new Dari Swordsman.

If it’s a transcending challenge, for instance, Nascent Soul defeats Golden Pill and kills the Dari Swordsman, then the Great Sun Sword Pavilion considers its Dari Swordsman unworthy of taking on major responsibilities of the sect in the future. After rewarding the transcending victor, they will cultivate another.

”You all heard!”

”Hahaha, he said it, we must kill all the cultivators of the Great Sun Sect!”

Immortal Jianyang laughed heartily, coldly surveying the dozens of Nascent Souls, including Tianyang Immortal from the Great Sun Dharma Sect, ”It’s not too late to act now!”

”You could still live!”

His threats and inducements were relentless.

The Tianyang Immortal paid him no heed.

Dozens of Nascent Soul Immortals from the Great Sun Sword Sect also ignored him, their eyelids lowered, like deaf mutes, blind people.

”Cowards!”

”Kill!”

”You trash will never achieve Divinity Transformation!”

Immortal Jianyang drew his sword.

He decisively burned his Essence Blood, the sword-light booming like thunder, which reflected in everyone’s heart lake, stirring ripples—a typical manifestation of Sword Qi Thunder Sound.

Then, a dazzlingly bright Flying Sword soared into the sky, aiming for the youth above.

”Ten Directions Radiant Sun Sword Canon!”

This was the name of the Cultivation Method he practiced, the closest to the Path of the Great Sun within the Great Sun Sword Sect. With it, he pressured both insiders and outsiders of the sect and was known as the strongest in the Northern Plains.

Now, as he burned his Essence Blood, the fierce Sword Qi Thunder Sound burst forth. The wind changed, the sun and the moon dimmed, slightly exceeding the strength of the Nascent Soul Peak, this undeniable display of power alarmed many Nascent Soul Immortals.

Clang!

Three Nascent Soul Late-Stage Cultivators around him also made their move, burning their Essence Blood.

Fire, wind, and forest—three elemental Sword Intents grew with the wind. The entire sky above the Great Sun Sword Sect was obscured by flames and light, the will of the Sword Dao like a tidal wave.

They significantly boosted the impressiveness of Immortal Jianyang’s Radiant Sword Intent. The Sword Qi Thunder Sound climbed higher, overwhelmingly surpassing the Nascent Soul Peak threshold!

”What Great Sun Swordsman!”

”Just a lucky junior who received the inheritance!”

Immortal Jianyang merged with his sword, turning into a bolt of thunderous light, and roared, ”If a thousand years ago I had received the supreme Cultivation Method of the Sword Pavilion, I would have achieved Divinity Transformation by now!”

”Instead of being doomed to die at Nascent Soul Peak, unable to break through!”

”You, you should die!”

”With your death and the highest inheritance, I will surely transcend all, slay all, and achieve eternal life!”

His heart overflowed with frustration and anger from over a thousand years, feeling immensely relieved. His Sword Intent seemed to advance in a short time, stepping towards a higher realm.

A clear premonition arose in Immortal Jianyang’s heart.

If only he could slay the Great Sun Swordsman.

What he would gain was not just the inheritance but also a breakthrough of the self. His potential and future would be completely different.

Clang!

At that moment, Immortal Jianyang heard a crisp sword chime that entered his heart.

Without the booming sound like thunder, it was instead as clear and melodious as a mountain spring dripping, suppressing the roaring, the shouts, the burning of Essence Blood and Mana that formed the Sword Qi Thunder Sound, extinguishing it.

The fast channel of Sword Qi Thunder Sound collapsed, dissipating into nothingness.

The speed of the Radiant Sword suddenly slowed, revealing the sword body.

”What is this...”

Immortal Jianyang panicked, breaking away from his earlier decisiveness.

Before he could react,

a wisp of sword-light, delicate and swaying like willow catkins, arrived from beyond the sky. Although it seemed fragile, it instantly filled his entire field of vision and landed on his neck.

The collapsing Radiant Sword from the Sword Qi Thunder Sound state couldn’t even react or prevent it.

”No!”

Immortal Jianyang felt a chill in his throat.

In that moment, he clearly saw a line of blood appearing simultaneously on the throats of his three old Nascent Soul Late-Stage brothers.

The youth in blue in the sky casually sheathed his sword with an indifferent expression.

”One sword...”

Immortal Jianyang gasped.

His head tipped to the side, his body silently hit the ground.

Thousands of Great Sun Sword Sect cultivators felt a shock in their hearts, their emotions complex and indiscernible.

The strongest in the Northern Plains had died so humbly.

Is this the Great Sun Swordsman?

”The inheritance, ends here.”

Jiang Ding placed his hand on the once again absolutely real Black Jade Coffin.

In an instant, countless pieces of information, various sword techniques, cultivation methods, secret techniques, and ways of refining swords flooded his mind, among them the ”Great Sun Nascent Soul Art” was clearly listed.

”Very good.”

Jiang Ding felt relieved.

Boom!

The moment he received the highest-level inheritance, the Earth Vein of the Great Sun Sword Sect roiled, mountains collapsed, heavens and the earth turned upside down, numerous mysterious array patterns revealed themselves.

Then, blazing scorching pillars of golden light burst through the earth, appearing between heaven and earth. They carried an intense, devastating aura, spreading far beyond the level of Nascent Soul, reaching another realm.

Like a cage, the pillars of golden light sealed everything closed everything off.

Clang!

The same sword chime sound filled the heavens and earth, but it was entirely different.

This time, there was only slaughter and annihilation!

”Is it you again?”

”Dongji Demon School...”

A low chant spread everywhere, as if in a trance, as if recalling something from a distant past.