Chapter 1083: The Path of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm Has Been Disproven

"Sword Son,"

"Do you know what you are giving up?"

After hearing Jiang Ding's words, Hei spoke seriously: "This is a Great Dao, a supreme path leading to the Jiang Jiang Jinxian inheritance. Upon this path are accumulated the strength of countless experts of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, and the astonishing wisdom of generations of prodigies and heroes across the Great Thousand Worlds over countless myriad years — condensed into a path toward Jiang Jiang Jinxian."

"The concentrated embodiment of this Jiang Jiang Jinxian path is the *Great Sun Sword Scripture*, as well as the superior Gen Ben Gong Fa of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm that you may obtain in the future."

"Sword Son, I believe this is not wise."

Hei tactfully offered his own view.

"Haha, of course I know."

Jiang Ding laughed heartily, unconcerned: "The Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm has endured for tens of millions of years, or even longer, yet still no True Immortal has been born. I think this is no longer a matter of time and accumulation."

"Whether the *Wan Hua Ci Yuan Jing* is correct or not, I do not know — after all, relatively speaking, it is still so immature."

"However, the Gen Ben Gong Fa of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm may already have been disproven."

"Across tens of millions of years, at least one thing has been proven: without an extraordinary, heaven-shaking opportunity of Immortal grade, under ordinary conditions, the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm cannot give birth to a True Immortal."

"Is this not a fact?"

"……Perhaps, that is so."

Hei's mouth opened and closed. He knew he could not convince this generation's Great Sun Sword Son for now, and sighed: "The way you now critique a Jiang Jiang Jinxian-grade sect — it is too arrogant, too ignorant, like a mortal using his own views to sharply judge a Void Refinement cultivator."

"No, perhaps the gap is even greater."

"If cultivators in the Great Thousand Worlds heard this, they would likely mock you."

"A youth must be a little wild."

Jiang Ding paid it no mind: "Ascending to Immortality — isn't it something harder than climbing to the heavens? It requires exactly this kind of ignorance and boldness. Being too clear-headed, knowing too much, one might not dare to seek it at all — already in despair."

"Hei, I don't understand this part of the Soul Transformation secret art — what does 'Sword Nascent Soul transforming into Divine Spirit' mean……"

Jiang Ding stopped concerning himself with these metaphysical matters, took out the Soul Transformation secret art, and studied it carefully. Whenever he encountered something he did not understand, he immediately asked Hei.

That was precisely the role of the Sword Pavilion inheritance messenger — one who possessed extremely rich experience.

Jiang Ding planned to spend the next several decades following Hei in study, fully absorbing the sword Dao achievements accumulated by the Great Sun Sword Pavilion over hundreds of thousands of years, and enriching his own sword Dao foundation.

Soul Transformation secret arts, the Fifth Realm of sword Dao — Sword Realm, Void Refinement sword Dao Gong Fa, even Dao Merging sword Dao Gong Fa…… and so on, such astonishing wealth laid out before him — and there was even someone to teach him.

Jiang Ding was so happy his eyes narrowed into slits.

Life

had never been more fulfilling, more perfect than this moment — it was like sleeping soundly atop a mountain of Jin Shan.

"Sword Son, 'Sword Nascent Soul transforming into Divine Spirit' is a unique method of Soul Transformation used by the sect's Sword Master lineage. Using the Sword Nascent Soul — that is, your life-bound flying sword already fused with your divine soul — to communicate with the Heavenly Dao and imprint its power. Don't worry, your Sword Realm can accomplish this. Then, it can compensate for the deficiency of an incomplete Five-Element spiritual root……"

Hei paused here, his divine sense scanning Jiang Ding up and down.

An important step in Nascent Soul transforming into Divine Spirit is having all Five Elements in the spiritual root, merging the Five Elements into one, thereby shattering the Nascent Soul to transform into Divine Spirit, glimpsing the grand direction of the Heavenly Dao's operation, and thus conforming to the great trend of heaven and earth — attack and defense therefore surge dramatically.

The difficulty of merging the Five Elements into one is extremely high.

Because cultivators who can cultivate to the peak of Nascent Soul are, in the vast majority — over seventy percent — Heavenly Spiritual Roots, at most Dual Spiritual Roots.

This is the bottom-tier talent among Nascent Soul cultivators; the even worse Three Spiritual Roots and below are exceedingly rare.

"You were born with all Five Elements complete?!"

Hei was stunned.

All Five Elements complete means a Five-Element Spiritual Root — this is the spiritual root of mortals, and thus the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy is extremely low, making it impossible to step onto the Immortal path.

Generally speaking, even the worst aptitude in the Cultivation World must be a Four-Element Spiritual Root.

"I was born from an Immortal Sect — isn't this normal?"

Jiang Ding rolled his eyes.

"I see."

"The *Young Eagle Takes Flight Art* is indeed the number one Dian Ji Shen Gong across all worlds."

Hei sighed in admiration: "If you had been born in the era when the Sword Pavilion flourished, your chance of rising would have been far smaller. You would have had to walk from martial artist to Innate Peak, and then step onto the Immortal Dao with extremely low aptitude…… Only at Foundation Establishment could you begin to show your edge and attract the Sword Pavilion's attention. The life-and-death crises you would have faced then would likely number in the hundreds at least."

"This is the disadvantage of the low aptitude of a Five-Element Spiritual Root."

"However, at the Soul Transformation hurdle, a Five-Element Spiritual Root is instead supreme aptitude — born with all Five Elements complete, born with the Five Elements merged into one. The threshold is far lower than for Heavenly Spiritual Root cultivators, and one is born with ten to twenty percent higher Soul Transformation success rate than others."

"The Dongji Demon Sect relied on this to cultivate many Soul Transformation cultivators."

"Of course, you are certain to achieve Soul Transformation, so this ten or twenty percent success rate hardly matters — but it is still a great blessing.

You may skip this step and devote more effort to the metamorphosis of your divine soul and flying sword, striving to have your Great Sun flying sword communicate with the Heavenly Dao the instant it breaks through to Soul Transformation, borrowing part of the power of the Heavenly Dao's rules — possessing the ability to flee from an early Void Refinement cultivator would be enough……"

Hei spoke at length.

……

In the dead silent starry sky, very far from the Master Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting Minor Thousand Worlds, the Incense Divine Court hid within the void, constantly shifting its position and maintaining the highest vigilance.

Void Refinement cultivators — the miniature Immortal Dao ecosystem within their bodies forms its own space

They can initially convert spiritual energy from chaos to sustain life and possess star-domain-grade navigation capabilities.

Of course, it is only sustaining life.

If one wishes to cultivate, to refine treasures — these remain impossible after leaving a Minor Thousand World.

In the central palace of the Incense Divine Court, three Canghai Tianjun sat facing each other, feasting and drinking.

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun occupied the seat of honor.

This was normal — this was his Incense Divine Court, his home, and it had always been so.

However, at this moment, there seemed to be some subtle change.

Chong Chong Guang Zi had lost the identity of Great Sun Sword Son.

This meant that part of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's legacy — such as the Sword Master's Sword Talisman, the accumulated Void Refinement methods of past generations, one-time-use sword treasures…… all of these required certification by the Great Sun Sword Son. They recognized only the Great Sun Sword Son, not any specific person.

Chong Chong Guang Zi could no longer use these things, unless he slew the current Great Sun Sword Son and once again obtained the identity of Great Sun Sword Son.

Moreover, there is another important reason.

The Incense-Fire Divine Court, a supreme treasure of Void Refinement forged by the last Great Sun Sword Master Zou Zou Xiyuan, was set with an order not to harm the Great Sun Sword Disciple.

Zou Zou Xiyuan held deep affection for the sect and the inheritance of the Great Sun Sword Dao, not a natural fondness for Chong Chong Guang Zi.

In fact, the relationship between the Great Sun Sword Master and the Great Sun Sword Disciple has always been rather poor.

Therefore, this Void Refinement fortress would not specifically set an order not to harm Chong Chong Guang Zi.

This means that if Xi Ping'an wished, he could kill Chong Chong Guang Zi right now, and he would certainly succeed without any doubt; even a quasi-Emperor could not escape beneath a Void Refinement fortress.

Moreover, Chong Chong Guang Zi is not even a quasi-Emperor and has not yet mastered the power of Order.

The final legacy of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion on his person is a fortune that makes one's mouth water.

"The future Immortal Dao..."

Chong Chong Guang Zi looked at the wine cup in his hand, pondering silently as various intricacies circulated in his heart, feeling somewhat melancholy for a moment.