CHAPTER 1650: CHAPTER 1618: UPPER REALM IMMORTAL SECT DAO CHILD LEVEL: JIANG DINGZI

After handling some administrative duties in research, Jiang Ding turned his gaze to the Eight Great Immortal Sects.

The current situation of the Eight Great Immortal Sects is dire.

The mountain gates of the Qingmu Immortal Sect and the Wanshou Immortal Sect have been breached by the Illusion Mist Beasts. The Harmonization God Monarch, with a few sect disciples, is fleeing, using the vast domain space to shield against the beasts’ attack.

It is estimated that, within at most a thousand years, the Eight Great Immortal Sects will face total defeat.

At that time, they will have only two choices.

Either, accept the extremely harsh conditions for surrender by the Xianmen Sect, inscribe Spirit Soul Restrictions in their Divine Souls under the supervision of the Central Array Spirit Computer, retain dignity and partial interests, and be fully integrated into the Xianmen system.

Or, wander into the desolate cosmic star domain until death.

In the endless starry sky, life and Minor Thousand Worlds are miracles, not the norm. The ceaselessly barren star domains are the mainstream in the endless starry sky.

For countless years, even during the era of the Demon Race Heavenly Man’s dominion over the domain, and even more ancient times, the creatures of this world have tried to expand outwards for new survival spaces, seeking new life worlds.

But without exception, they all ended in failure.

The Harmonization God Monarch fleeing into the endless starry sky faces a 99.999% chance of dying in those infinite stars.

Of course, survival is still possible.

Life at the Harmonization level is already domain-level and can convert chaos into Spiritual Energy to sustain life. However, they will lose everything, living a life of solitude, with no chance to cultivate.

All of this depends on how the Eight Great Immortal Sects and their eight Harmonization God Monarchs choose.

"At present, they are not important."

Jiang Ding skimmed through this intelligence and put it aside.

The heritage of the Eight Great Immortal Sects is valuable and supplements the Xianmen Sect significantly, but not decisively so. The Xianmen Sect’s Immortal Path system can develop independently.

The subjugation of the Eight Great Immortal Sects is no longer a matter of life and death for the Xianmen Sect, as they possess sufficient confidence.

"However, the aftermath of the complete annihilation of the Upper Realm Immortal Sects..."

Jiang Ding hesitated for a moment.

He picked up the Jade Slip again, focusing attention on the intelligence of the five Immortal Sects other than the Shangqing Lingbao Sect, the Dan Ding Immortal Sect, and the Wanshou Immortal Sect.

According to the heritage of the Daymoon Sword Pavilion and the Youming Sword Cave Heaven, if the Upper Realm Immortal Sect were to face total annihilation, the ’final glimmers’ would fall upon the strongest legacy seeds.

These glimmers would be a legacy, and also a gift of power, similar to the ’Near Immortal Status’ of a False Dan.

This Near Immortal Status is the Upper Realm Immortal Sect’s final blessing to its legacy seeds, a last will formed along the lines of karma of past Near Immortal Ancestor Masters, creating something like a False Dan, enhancing the legacy seed’s power and potential, at the cost of half their Life Energy.

Because of the endless star domains separating them, even past Near Immortal Ancestor Masters cannot project power, only a sliver of will, which requires energy, the energy being life.

The Near Immortal Status manifests in two ways regarding the legacy seeds.

The first state is where the Near Immortal Status determines the heir lacks Near Immortal potential or has very minimal potential; it will consume the heir’s life energy and Mana, sacrificing potential to promote the heir one stage, storing the potential for future use.

The second state occurs when a true Near Immortal potential heir appears; the Near Immortal Status will burn everything to help the heir fight vigorously, reach the Near Immortal realm, and rebuild the sect.

These are the supreme inheritances regarding the mission and sect heir of the Daymoon Sword Pavilion and the Youming Sword Cave Heaven.

"Currently, five major Upper Realm Immortal Sects are confirmed to have been completely annihilated."

"If by chance the Wuxing, Qingmu, Xuanwu, and other five Immortal Sects receive the final glimmers of the Upper Realm Immortal Sects, then they may serve as my opponent..."

Jiang Ding murmured to himself.

Five Heavenly Men, such opponents are a staircase to further progress in the Sword Dao.

As for Quasi-Heavenly Humans?

Even if the Harmonization God Monarchs of the five Immortal Sects obtained the glimmers, they are just ants under the sword, unable to spark any interest.

Between Harmonization and Heavenly Humans, no one can surpass the Upper Realm Immortal Sect Disciple, nearing the extremes—that was the peak period of the Upper Realm Immortal Sect, achieved by leveraging the Great Thousand World platform to create supreme treasures.

...

Time passed by silently.

Unknowingly, a thousand years have flown by.

Throughout the millennium, Jiang Ding quietly waited in the Great Sun Heavenly Pond for his Divine Soul and rules to harmonize, while actively engaging in the development of Immortal Science at the Xianmen, participating in various projects, and advancing his swordsmanship research.

Finally, today, everything has come to fruition.

The green-clothed youth’s eyes opened amid endless radiance, unleashing a terrifying, invisible pressure that penetrated to the bone, reflecting across all heavens and myriad worlds.

His presence was both ethereal and dream-like; though right before the eyes, he seemed to stand atop the Nine Heavens, amid the hazy clouds, appearing not of this world, possessing a subtle divinity beyond heaven and earth.

This was a Sovereign who had initially mastered his own rules!

Clang!

At this moment, along with a light sword hum, the Heavenly Sword Swordsmanship naturally ascended to the First Realm, rising significantly in mastery over the Sword Dao.

"My rules..."

Jiang Ding self-murmured.

He stretched out his hand, a ribbon of solar-like flame blossoming between his fingers—it was a mixture of his Mana and Divine Sense, inherently a form of absolute destruction without any need for magic or swordsmanship.

The Mana and Divine Sense involved, compared to before a slight Rule Nirvana, had surged twofold!

Already a Domain Ruler, the invincible Great Sun Sword Master, in a mere millennia, had doubled in strength!

This is the first step on the celestial path.

"At this moment,"

"I truly feel like everything below Heavenly Men are mere ants..."

Jiang Ding whispered.

Even a Heavenly Man, perhaps, could escape?

He was unsure.

He couldn’t confirm it; perhaps only in life-and-death situations would the clear answer emerge.

But undoubtedly, the possibility of fleeing from a Heavenly Man now existed, no longer a certain death, marking considerable progress.

Closing his eyes, Jiang Ding continued his cultivation.

He could distinctly feel his cultivation speed increasing, the cultivation method evidently lagging behind his Sword Dao Realm, causing the Sword Dao Realm to refine the resulting Mana and Divine Sense.

The speed of refining the Taiqing Flying Sword’s restrictions also surged, likely taking just three thousand years to elevate the Taiqing Flying Sword to the upper product of the Heavenly Treasure realm.

In that moment, all high-level members of Xianmen noticed a terrifying pressure as the Great Sun Sword Master’s Sword Master independently advanced eightfold in Immortal research projects—encompassing the Central Array Spirit Computer promotion project, solar system level warship project, Six Paths Void Illusion Realm project... All Immortal research projects rapidly advanced in development by several times!

The single Great Sun Sword Master alone assumes control of more than the Xianmen’s domain in terms of combat power, Immortal research capacity, productivity, and all other aspects!

This objective reality unfolding brings both joy and fear.

Fortunately, in conjunction at this moment, the version 22675.254.24 of the Central Array Spirit Computer, having completed all preparations through the constitutional process, finally started its promotion to Quasi Heavenly Rank Computer.