Chapter 1166: How Could There Be Such a Terrifying Early-Stage Transformation God Cultivator!

Lei Yang Heavenly Sword Realm!

The Heavenly Sword Sword Child of Lei Yang Heavenly Sword Realm, who annihilated the Nine Hells Demon Abyss and the Spirit Treasure Realm!

Jiang Ding's heart jolted, and towering waves surged within him.

As one who possessed the complete inheritance of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, he knew many things; many of the highest secrets of the various realms were not secrets to him, merely basic common knowledge.

Two of those pieces of basic common knowledge were,

the Shadow Demon Abyss, which originated from the upper realm's Nine Hells Demon Abyss, was one of the many seeds it scattered into the endless unknown starry sky during the great calamity!

the Upper Clarity Spirit Treasure Sect, which originated from the upper realm's near-immortal grade sect, the Spirit Treasure Realm!

And now, a person who had appeared within the heavenly tribulation, a stranger, claimed to be the contemporary Heavenly Sword Sword Child of Lei Yang Heavenly Sword Realm, and had destroyed the forces of two great near-immortal grade sects.

Was this a lie?

Judging from the 'great calamity' that the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's inheritance spoke of with such deep evasion, it did not seem to be a contest of slaughter between hostile sects; otherwise they would not have been so utterly desperate — the upper realm's Jiudaxian Sect were all so utterly desperate, madly scattering inheritance seeds beyond their realms.

Was it real?

Was it a lie?

These things did not matter.

The power was real and not illusory!

"Sir."

Jiang Ding's gaze closed slightly, then opened; his entire body's divine sense, magic power, and sword intent drew together bit by bit, and he said in a low voice, "I am of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, the contemporary Great Sun Sword Child."

He did not speak his name.

This was a clear show of weakness.

A sword cultivator who did not dare to openly and honorably speak his own name to another sword cultivator.

"Great Sun Sword Pavilion?"

"You share some similarities with the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm's Sun Sword Child, Jade Spirit Child, yet also have tremendous differences…"

The Heavenly Sword Sword Child murmured to himself, falling into some contemplation.

Clearly, this was futile.

He was merely an imprinted phantom projection of the heavenly tribulation, not a true Sword Child of a near-immortal grade faction, and did not possess much memory for contemplation — he merely followed the habits of his imprinting master.

Clang!

Beneath the tens of thousands of kilometers of black clouds and heavenly tribulation, came the scorching and destructive sound of sword cries.

The blue-robed youth drew his sword.

At the instant he drew his sword, within ten thousand li of heaven and earth, lines upon lines of azure electromagnetic phantom lines appeared — phantom lines formed by the order of primordial magnetism — shrouding the entire heaven and earth, reaching everywhere, present everywhere, obscuring space, as the Great Sun Primordial Magnetism Order dominated everything within the ten thousand li of heaven and earth.

Jiang Ding did not consider himself qualified to be composed.

He seized the precious initiative, and his vast, scorching sword intent locked onto the living being within the heavenly tribulation.

"Sir!"

"Please instruct me!"

Jiang Ding roared in a low voice.

Boom!

A resplendent great sun appeared in the starry sky.

Its hue,

was a color woven of pure gold and azure, bearing the sharpness of karma and the Way of the Sword, along with hundreds of millions of amperes of current, hundreds of millions of volts of voltage, buzzing and crackling.

This was the Karma of Jin Zhi!

This was the sharpness of the Way of the Sword!

This was electric current!

These three composed this heaven and earth of endless radiance; a terrifying might revealed itself between heaven and earth, making even the cosmic starry sky seem to freeze, entering its most sluggish state.

Only that single sword-light, that single wheel of blue-gold blazing sun, flew up into the sky to meet the heavenly tribulation.

Great Sun Primordial Magnetism Order-Breaking Sword!

It was the Great Sun Primordial Magnetism Order-Breaking Sword that had initially completed the fusion of the immortal art Karma of Jin Zhi!

"As expected, there are many differences from Jade Spirit Child — motley and bizarre…"

The black-robed swordsman within the heavenly tribulation's black clouds shifted his gaze slightly.

Yet he did not pay it much heed.

Clang!

He drew his sword.

It was a pitch-black longsword, as black as the night sky, without a trace of any other color; even if one poured out the light of the entire starry sky, not a ten-thousandth of it could be altered, and endless thunderous destructive will filled it within.

This was the purest extreme of the Order of Thunderous Destruction!

Destroying all living beings, executing heaven's punishment on their behalf, wielding heaven's authority over life and death!

"Cut."

The black-robed swordsman within the heavenly tribulation's black clouds spoke casually, drew his sword, and struck down.

Whizz!

In the starry sky blanketed by the heavenly tribulation's black clouds, countless destructive thunderbolts converged, continuously refined and compressed, until at last they formed a pitch-black-hued sword-light that pierced through the starry sky, soundless and silent, bearing supreme destructive will, descending into this stretch of starry sky, oppressing the four directions like a sovereign.

This pitch-black sword-light, though later to strike, arrived first, appearing before the blue-gold blazing sun formed by the Taiqing Flying Sword.

Then, it sliced straight into the world of the Way of the Sword.

The cosmic starry sky,

seemed to freeze for an instant.

Boom!

Rumble!

A terrifying explosion erupted between heaven and earth.

The order of the ten-thousand-li starry sky shattered, space dissolved, even the rules themselves were thrown into turmoil, loopholes appearing one after another in the Heavenly Dao's rules, no longer aloof and detached, and the operation of the starry sky's rules was hugely affected.

"A sword Dao realm like this…"

Jiang Ding's pupils contracted, a great sense of foreboding rising within him.

Rip!

A sound was heard, like cloth silk being torn apart.

The blue-gold sword Dao world that had been entangled with that pitch-black sword light was torn open from its very center; the sword arts of the Di Wu Jing sword world were, for the first time, so fragile — encountering something like the Shears of the World, they shattered with ease.

Clang!

The Taiqing Flying Sword had come into contact with that pitch-black sword light!

In an instant, the sword Dao world surrounding the Taiqing Flying Sword shattered in a flash; the Jin Zhi karma on the sword, the six-path order on the sword —

all of them crumbled to dust.

And the speed and force on the flying sword, enough to tear apart a small asteroid, likewise vanished into nothing in an instant.

Boom!

The Taiqing Flying Sword was as if struck by lightning; a rice-grain-sized nick appeared on the blade, its spiritual light dimmed as it retreated backward, its aura utterly faint.

"Puh!"

Jiang Ding himself, just like his life-bound flying sword, vomited blood and was blasted back dozens of kilometers, only barely managing to release that terrifying aftershock.

And this,

was merely the other party's utterly ordinary, entirely casual single sword strike!

This was not even a crushing of realms.

The other party was likewise at the Hua Shen Chu Qi realm, likewise having just broken through — so fair it left even the most cunning person with nothing to say.

"Lei Yang Tian Chun Jian Jing!"

"Heavenly Sword Sword Child, Xuan!"

Jiang Ding braced his sword against the ground, stood up, wiped the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth; his gaze was blood-red and excited, with little fear in it, as if he had glimpsed a supreme delicacy.

Though, he had already begun planning an escape.

If this were not a heavenly tribulation but an encounter beyond the realm.

"Is this the sixth realm of sword Dao?"

Jiang Ding's gaze burned bright.

Only such a possibility seemed able to defeat him in a single sword strike with ease.

"No, that's not it."

"If it truly were the sixth realm of sword Dao, and an opponent of the same realm, I would already be dead — I couldn't possibly have survived."

Jiang Ding instantly overturned his own inference: "This is the peak of the fifth realm of the Sword Dao, sword arts that have already begun to extend toward the sixth realm of the Sword Dao!"

"Extraordinary!"

"Truly unimaginable."

"Just what kind of environment did you grow up in, that upon breaking through to Hua Shen Qi you already possess sword arts on the verge of the sixth realm of sword Dao — like something out of a fairy tale, beyond the scope of my eyes."

Jiang Ding drew in a deep breath.

From beginning to end, he never believed himself inferior to anyone; the only difference was environment.

In the past, Chong Chong Guang Zi had thought the very same.

Now, it was Jiang Ding's own turn.

The black-clothed swordsman within the Lei Gao Jie dark clouds did not answer the blue-clothed youth's question.

An opponent of this rank was qualified to know his name, and that was all — nothing more could be granted.

This person was not qualified to converse with him.

"You,"

"are guilty."

The black-clothed swordsman within the Lei Gao Jie dark clouds spoke coldly, executing heavenly punishment on behalf of the heavens, designating the one marked with sin by the skies.

Rumble!

In an instant, the Lei Ting dark clouds expanded several times over; the starry sky became a black, oppressive sheet of gloom, losing all light, with only Lei Ting blossoming forth, bearing terrifying pressure that even —

caused the rules themselves to twist.

"I am guilty?"

Fear and repentance rose unbidden in Jiang Ding's heart.

He looked back at the starry sky around him.

At this moment, his five senses were all sealed shut; his divine soul, divine sense, even his sword intent lost their perception — the starry sky in every direction fell into absolute darkness; he could see nothing, discern nothing.

He felt only wave after wave of terrifying pressure bearing down, pinning him so he could not move, yet he did not know where the pressure came from, nor where to strike back.

He had become a sinner like a blind man!

His entire body was laden with binding shackles, with no room for resistance whatsoever; he could only wait in agony for the moment the heavens carried out their sentence.