Chapter 1164: Breakthrough to Soul Transformation, Divine Soul and Magic Power Surge Over Tenfold

At the instant the first heavenly tribulation Lei Ting came crashing down!

Jiang Ding's eyes flashed brightly.

That Lei Ting of destruction order traced an arc far too beautiful!

It possessed a kind of natural, heaven-born beauty, harmonious and effortless, far surpassing the Lei Ting order-force wielded by the celestial soldiers and generals of the Lei Department of the Nine Heavens Divine Lei Sect in the Upper Realm, and likewise surpassing the blood Dao order-force of that withered blood clot.

It naturally followed the shortest path of rules, descending upon his head with nearly zero loss.

"To take Heaven and Earth as one's teacher — this is the true way!"

Jiang Ding sighed with emotion.

With the heavenly tribulation bearing down, he had no intention of dodging or drawing his sword to slash; instead, divine light shone in both his pupils as he carefully observed and scanned the Lei Ting of destruction order, learning from it, gaining insights, and fusing them into his own Six Paths order.

Boom!

The heavenly tribulation Lei Ting, faster than the divine sense of many cultivators, descended and struck the top of Jiang Ding's head, only to be blocked by the hazy yet real embryonic world surrounding him.

In an instant, this world plunged into utter collapse.

The icy-snow ground was torn apart by the heavenly tribulation Lei Ting; the snow-white Shanfeng crumbled; all living things were destroyed by the Lei Ting, reduced to charred dead matter; magma surged up from underground, forming rivers of lava like the fresh blood of Heaven and Earth, melting the glaciers within the world, with countless plumes of steam rising.

The embryonic Sword World heaved and shook beneath the heavenly tribulation, the world suffering a great calamity.

But in the end, it stabilized; the world was not torn apart completely, though many of its plants were destroyed, and much of its land, rivers, and Shanfeng were damaged.

"Within the world, there is a bit more creation and vitality…"

Jiang Ding carefully scanned with his divine sense and sword intent, and finally obtained a result that delighted him.

The heavenly tribulation is extremely important for cultivators — this is the reason: from magic treasures, to Refinement Void spaces, to natal flying swords, sword sheaths, every aspect requires it; it is indispensable.

Boom!

Boom!

The Soul Transformation heavenly tribulation came like a raging storm, giving cultivators no time to react at all — one Lei Ting of destruction order fell, then another, and in the blink of an eye three Lei Ting had struck, battering the embryonic Sword World into terrible upheaval, with rivers of magma crisscrossing the land, Shanfeng collapsing, and its plants entering yet another extinction epoch, ninety-nine out of a hundred perishing.

The world was on the verge of shattering completely!

Boom!

The fourth Lei Ting of destruction order descended with a thunderous crash, without any chance to catch one's breath.

"This is not good."

Jiang Ding's face went deathly pale.

The embryonic Sword World was the concentrated condensation of his essence, qi, and spirit; as the embryonic Sword World suffered immense damage and was on the verge of collapse, he too suffered grave injuries, his aura dropping by a notch.

Although after the world weathered the calamity there would be a period of rapid growth, its foundation thickening, and the proto-heavenly Dao order-net becoming more intricate,

?? that was still in the future; the grave injuries of the present were real and immediate.

Within this fourth heavenly tribulation Lei Ting, Jiang Ding sensed a trace of icy destructive aura.

"Then,"

"Break through."

The moment Jiang Ding's mind stirred, the magic power in his dantian instantly boiled, rapidly drawing upon the great momentum of Heaven and Earth, using the boundless might of Heaven and Earth to compress his own magic power, causing the already highly condensed magic power to be compressed madly once more; the quality of his magic power underwent a leap-like transformation, drawing closer to a higher level.

This was the change in magic power.

In Jiang Ding's sea of consciousness, the changes within his divine soul were even more violent — the tiny Nascent Soul, cradling a small blue-gold sword, inhaled and exhaled boundless Heaven and Earth spiritual qi, the essence of the great sun, and the magnet-light of Heaven and Earth; all around was hazy chaos, and all the energy accumulated over the past two thousand years erupted forth.

That tiny Nascent Soul swelled up like a balloon being inflated, and in an instant grew to adult size, taking the appearance of a sixteen-year-old youth in blue robes.

Yet its body was somewhat indistinct, with certain places not clear enough.

Primordial Spirit!

This was the Primordial Spirit of a Soul Transformation cultivator!

"Finally!"

"Hua Shen Qi… two thousand years, and finally achieved."

Jiang Ding murmured to himself.

At this moment, his entire being underwent earth-shaking changes.

Jiang Ding felt his divine sense instantly grow ten times stronger, his divine soul increase by more than tenfold, leaping from six times that of those of the same rank to seven times!

His magic power likewise instantly increased more than tenfold, and was already automatically circulating through the meridian pathways of the Hua Shen tier "Wan Hua Ci Yuan Jing", transforming with perfect harmony.

Over the past two thousand years, he had prepared far too much in this regard!

All these changes were completed in the blink of an eye; amid the Lei Gao Jie, the youth in blue completed his entire breakthrough with ease, as effortless as a single breath — no difficulty whatsoever, no life-and-death trials, no great ups and downs, none at all.

The fourth heavenly tribulation bore down, the light of the Lei Ting of destruction order filling his eyes, intent on annihilating all living things.

"Heavenly tribulation,"

"It's weak now, isn't it…"

Jiang Ding stood within the battered embryonic Sword World, flicked his finger, and slashed out a sword qi.

The instant this sword qi appeared, it immediately drew to itself all the light in Heaven and Earth; even the sunlight of the great sun was eclipsed, and all things in Heaven and Earth were reduced to this single sword qi alone.

It was clearly just one sword qi, yet around it there manifested a real and solid Sword Dao world, within which the Six Paths order cycled indestructibly, like a great star sweeping everything before it.

"This… is this Refinement Void?"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun was watching the battle, and at this moment his divine soul involuntarily chilled.

At this moment, he could clearly sense that he was no match for the Great Sun Sword Son in a single exchange!

Even with formations fully deployed it would be the same; in

terms of individual combat power he was simply a dish — if he did not prepare military formations and massive fixed formations in advance, he would die in the blink of an eye, with no room for anything else.

The fourth heavenly tribulation fell upon this sword qi that resembled an entire world.

Boom!

The terrifying Lei Ting order heavenly tribulation invaded this sword qi world, within which the light of Lei Ting flickered, and scenes of the sword qi disintegrating and shattering ceaselessly appeared.

Finally, the fourth heavenly tribulation lightning and this simple sword qi annihilated each other, crumbling into dust, unable to radiate even a single wisp of lightning afterglow.

The Fifth Realm of the Sword Dao, the Sword World!

Is this, perhaps, something very difficult?

I could have broken through long ago!

It was only that I was restricted by my fragile Nascent Soul body and Nascent Soul soul, fearing that the instant I unleashed the Sword World's sword, my soul would shatter.

The instant I advanced to Soul Transformation, the Fifth Realm of the Sword Dao, the Sword World, was naturally achieved.

"You are too weak!"

"Do you understand?"

Jiang Ding looked up at the heavenly tribulation dark clouds in the sky, and threads of scarlet red appeared in his eyes.

The instant the Fifth Realm of the Sword Dao was achieved, the fragmented prototype of his Sword World seemed to receive a supplement of power from the same source.

The shattered earth quickly healed, the lava crisscrossing in all directions solidified, and the countless plants that had already been destroyed, leaving only seeds, broke through the soil again, growing between heaven and earth.

In the blink of an eye, another complete prototype of a world appeared, its aura even more immense, expanding in all directions.

Boom!

Perhaps the power on Jiang Ding's body suddenly increasing by more than ten times triggered a stronger energy conflict within the universe, or perhaps a consciousness truly exists within the universe's Heavenly Dao, and after being provoked by a weak living being, anger arose; the heavenly tribulation aura instantly increased terrifyingly.

It was now approaching the rules of the Void Refining lightning infinitely!