Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Chapter 1607: Chapter 1575: Old Friends Ascend to Refining Nothingness

In the passing of time, another five hundred years have gone by.

On this day, the Youming Realm was filled with thunderous sounds, with multiple Void Refining Thunder Tribulations descending one after another, dark clouds spreading across the sky.

Jiang Ding stood with his hands behind his back, quietly gazing at the sky, lost in thought.

The ones facing tribulation naturally were Dinghai Heavenly Monarch and others.

It was a matter of life or death today.

If successful, they would enter a new world, extending life by thirty thousand years; if not, all past experiences would become mere memories, left in the minds of others.

”Sword Master,”

The Bright Inheritance reported from the side: ”After nearly a thousand years of cultivation, several Nascent Soul Seeds have emerged, with some potential to pass the Immortal Sect Ascension Immigrant Heavenly Tribulation, becoming Immortal Sect Citizens.”

”These seeds, all possessing the qualities for Refining Nothingness, have excellent battle merits and moral character.”

A great deal of heart blood was spent on this endeavor to ensure that within the Immortal Sect, Citizen Monks with affection for Youming Sword Cave Heaven would emerge, loyal to both the citizens and the Youming Sword Cave Heaven.

These Youming Sword Cave Heaven Ascension Immigrant cultivators and the Taiyin Taiyang Citizen Sword Cultivators cultivated within the sect over the past millennium represent the continuation of the Taiyin Taiyang Inheritance.

This path is exceptionally outstanding and well-rounded, with many Daoist partners in the Immortal Sect suitable for this road, making it impossible to ignore.

No matter who among them, the Ancestor Master’s Taiyin and Taiyang are being passed down.

In truth, merely speaking of bloodlines, besides the first-generation Ancestor Master, not many current cultivators of Youming Sword Cave Heaven possess Upper Realm bloodlines.

Cultivators don’t mind such things; they’re just vessels.

Only the inheritance is eternal.

”Well done.”

Jiang Ding nodded slightly.

Back then, he promised the Light Sword Lord to carry on the legacy of the Youming Sword Cave Heaven, and he would indeed fulfill it, which is why he was stationed here.

He would definitely honor his commitment to his fellow Daoist.

”Pay more attention to the research on the Yin Yang Sword Dao School, don’t neglect it any longer.”

Jiang Ding, without turning his head, said as he watched the sky, ”Sword Cultivators, not only require war but research and life as well, this is my process of Enlightenment of the Dao and Sword, you might consider it.”

”Only by accumulating enough Sword Dao research background during peace can one progress in wartime.”

”Otherwise, it leads to nothing but a bloodbath death of a Sword Cultivator, without advancement, many such Sword Cultivators exist, don’t become one.”

”Is your Enlightenment through research?”

The heart of the Bright Inheritance trembled, immediately bowing his head in response.

During this period, due to past Cultivation inertia as well as the guardianship and nurturing of sect disciples, he indeed neglected much in this regard, subconsciously not considering it as important.

In hindsight, he felt somewhat foolish.

The Bright Inheritance engraved these words deeply, then softly said: ”Yu Qianzi has been secluding in the sect for nearly a thousand years, she has a very good relationship with Taiyou, considering each other as sisters... but this Yu Qianzi is also a disciple of the Green Wood Immortal Sect, Sword Master, will this bring calamity to the sect?”

”The Netherworld Pool is too inclined towards the Taiyin Lineage, completely disregarding the overall situation of the sect.”

He stated worriedly.

”This is the Sword Law of Lin Yin Ancestor Master, which I cannot alter.”

Jiang Ding shook his head slightly: ”Unless the Netherworld Pool is destroyed, but that would violate my promise of Taiyin and Taiyang coexistence, you need not worry, I will handle Yu Qianzi, it seems the Green Wood Immortal Sect is not hostile towards the Immortal Sect...”

Hundreds of years ago, the Immortal Sect lifted restrictions on disciples of the Eight Great Immortal Sects, allowing them to return to their sects.

This softened the relationship between the Demon God Realm Group and the Immortal Sect Territorial Group, and communication and trade resumed between the domain groups through strictly regulated teleportation Formations.

Among them, the relationship between the Immortal Sect and the Green Wood Immortal Sect began to improve.

In the future, if the situation becomes irretrievable, the Green Wood Immortal Sect might draw closer to the Immortal Sect, becoming a vassal civilization, enabling the Immortal Sect to gain additional Immortal Path technology, achieving mutual benefit and win-win.

Of course, under the leadership of the Immortal Sect’s mutual benefit and win-win scenario.

The Immortal Sect recognized these possibilities early on, hence the establishment of the ’Never Pardon’ campaign, meaning never to pardon Xuanwu tiangong.

If the other seven Immortal Sects are willing to submit, the Immortal Sect is willing to accept them as vassal civilizations.

Currently, the Immortal Sect commands many vassal civilizations, including the Black Corner Ant Clan, the Netherworld Black Heavenly Crane Clan, the Weaving Sky Spider Clan... each fitting into the Immortal Sect system, playing crucial roles in refining certain materials, contributing significantly to certain Immortal Tao industrial chains.

If the Immortal Sect can accept alien races, naturally it wouldn’t miss out on the more useful Seven Immortal Sects.

The prerequisite is transforming them, removing any possibility of them threatening the Immortal Sect, even applying restrictions on their Divine Souls, these are inevitable.

The Immortal Sect won’t regard them as slaves; slave systems are actually a very inefficient economic system.

However, it will not give them any chance to rebel, disregarding accusations of fairness or lack of suspicion.

’If everything goes smoothly, maybe in ten thousand years, when Yuan ascends to Harmonization, the Immortal Sect can launch an expedition, to destroy the Eight Great Immortal Sects, not requiring deadly battles, just overwhelming destruction, where the fleet arrives, directly suppressing and annihilating...’

Jiang Ding pondered silently.

This is the Immortal Sect’s current ten-thousand-year grand strategy, the theme of peace and development, although it does not align with his aesthetics.

BOOM!

In the distance, under the Void Refining Heavenly Tribulation, a figure spat blood, unstable in breath, like a fallen leaf in the wind.

”Mentor...”

Jiang Ding felt somewhat disheartened.

Zhang Junsheng seemingly can only barely survive the Void Refining Heavenly Tribulation, with little hope for Harmonization.

It’s not that the external environment is unfavorable or lacking Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures.

It’s actually because personal potential has reached its limit, leading to Refining Nothingness, a state achieved amongst countless billions of cultivators.

Unbeknownst to him, decades passed by.

As the dark clouds receded, five Refining Nothingness Cultivators appeared between heaven and earth, successfully overcoming the Thunder Tribulation, all injured to various degrees, healing in place and stabilizing their cultivation base.

Jiang Ding silently calculated.

Among these five people, akin to his closest kin, only Dinghai True Venerable had some hope for Harmonization, An Siyan and Jin Lingfeng followed closely, while the remaining two mentors had very slim chances.

At least, for him as he was now, there was no way to alter this outcome.

Not even a Heavenly Man could change it.

With the completed inheritance, Jiang Ding understood that even as a Near Immortal Level powerhouse, he couldn’t retain all the old friends and acquaintances from the past years, only postpone it, yet ultimately face solitude alone.

After quite some time, the newly promoted Refining Nothingness Cultivators finally finished healing.

”Refining Nothingness...”

Dinghai True Venerable and others opened their eyes, their gaze somewhat absent.

”Congratulations!”

”Congratulations to everyone, ascending to Refining Nothingness, back to the time of being twenty years old again...”

Jiang Ding quickly walked up, curbing all his worries about the future, and congratulated them.