Chapter 1171: The Walking Human-Shaped Enlightenment Tree

After paying respects to Zhang Zhang Junsheng, Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Luling Master Dinghai Zhenjun and other teachers, Jiang Ding came before An Siyan, Jin Jin Lingfeng, Liu Mei and other cultivators of his generation, looking at each of them in turn.

After many years—what seemed like a very long stretch of time—only eight or nine people of his generation remained before him.

Elementary school, middle school, high school—all his classmates had already hidden themselves away in the endless river of time; no matter how he called, none would ever come out to meet him again.

"Greetings, Great Sun Canghai Tianjun!"

An Siyan, Liu Mei and the others said with cheerful smiles.

"Hahaha!"

"Greetings to all the Master Dinghai Zhenjun."

Jiang Ding laughed heartily and cupped his hands in return.

He did not feel that, having ascended to Soul Transformation, he was somehow vastly different from Nascent Soul cultivators, that he could now put on airs.

"Back in the day, when we were young and taking the college entrance exam, Jiang Ding, you were still at the Primordial Realm, not even at Qi Refining—and now you've already walked ahead of us…"

Liu Mei said with a sigh.

"Just one step ahead, that's all."

"Fellow student Liu is also at the peak of Nascent Soul, only one step of opportunity away from Soul Transformation—she's no less in the slightest."

Jiang Ding said with a smile.

The group exchanged reminiscences, recalling the days of two thousand years ago, all overcome with emotion.

After a casual chat, Jiang Ding took his leave of his friends and walked toward the Dao Lecture Platform standing in the starry sky. Following the ancient traditions of the Immortal Gate, he began to share with the many Nascent Soul cultivators his insights on breaking through to the Hua Shen Qi.

"Fellow Daoists, greetings to you all. Today we shall discuss breaking through to Soul Transformation…"

The voice of the blue-robed youth on the Dao Lecture Platform was gentle.

The moment he opened his mouth, a feeling of comfort for the mind arose spontaneously; one's whole body unconsciously relaxed considerably, and countless spiritual lights flickered—he could truly be called a weakened version of an Enlightenment Ancient Tree.

In such an environment, a cultivator's mental agility, comprehension, and the probability of spiritual inspiration would all rise by a notch—terrifyingly so, almost like a miracle.

This blue-robed youth naturally exuded the bearing of a "world-renowned teacher."

"What the hell is all this around us?!"

Zhang Zhang Junsheng's heart jolted; in such an atmosphere, he unconsciously did not dare to speak loudly.

He whispered his inquiry to his companions through voice transmission.

They felt as if they had dreamed back to their youthful university days, a few brothers in the dorm sneaking little tricks in class, afraid of being caught by the teacher.

"No idea."

"Let me search—it's been nearly a thousand, almost two thousand years; the Immortal Gate's Immortal Dao technology has changed a lot…"

Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun likewise lowered his voice to transmit, sneaking about furtively, rapidly searching through the Immortal Gate library.

"Found it!"

"'Application of the Analytical Results of the Enlightenment Ancient Tree Remains—Great Sun Enlightenment Field Spell' by Great Sun Canghai Tianjun; Divine Mechanism Canghai Tianjun; Sun-Slaying Canghai Tianjun

Clear Wind University Cultivator News…"

"Holy crap!"

"This is the result that kid came up with. It references the fifth-tier spell formed by the Sword Enlightenment Mountain that once existed in the Great Sun Sword Pavilion. The patent is on him. It's extremely difficult—even among Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun, only very few can learn this spell. Its effect is to temporarily boost the comprehension of cultivators within a certain range around him, as well as their ability to absorb new knowledge."

"This achievement has caused Great Sun Canghai Tianjun's prestige within the Immortal Gate to grow day by day, benefiting countless Immortal Gate citizens—so much so that his prestige at one point reached a level that made many Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun of the Immortal Gate deeply wary… This is written in a review article by Sun-Slaying Canghai Tianjun."

Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun was shaken, and shared his discovery with the old friends around him.

"Stop being noisy!"

"You two are always like this—if you're going to listen to the lecture, then listen properly; if you have something to say, wait until class is over!"

The one-eyed Luling Master Dinghai Zhenjun rebuked them within divine sense.

"Oh."

"Oh."

Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun and Zhang Zhang Junsheng sat up straight and proper.

"…The first key to the Soul Transformation hurdle is to use the vast external spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as well as heterogenous forces such as primordial magnetism and solar power, to compress one's magic power. Magic power is the foundation of us law cultivators—only when magic power breaks through first can it then serve as a fulcrum to draw the Shen Hun He Fa to break through together, achieving a comprehensive breakthrough…"

The blue-robed youth on the Dao Lecture Platform spoke at a measured pace.

He did not look down on anyone from a lofty height to show off; rather, he fully considered the Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun's capacity to absorb and their actual circumstances, tailoring the lecture plan to them, and from time to time used what had just happened during the heavenly tribulation as case studies, explaining in careful detail.

Many Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun—including Luling Master Dinghai Zhenjun and others who had slumbered for a long time—all felt as though they had gained some insight, rapidly absorbing the Immortal Gate's Soul Transformation Tribulation Crossing research results, which had seen further breakthroughs over the past two thousand-plus years.

The auras of many Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun shifted.

This was unmistakably a breakthrough achieved in the midst of this brief lecture—progressing further from an already lofty height.

Some could not help but have hot tears well up in their eyes.

"Holy crap, he's really strong…"

Zhang Zhang Junsheng forcefully suppressed his urge to complain, slowly steadying his own aura.

This was because his magic power had once again refined somewhat, its purity had risen a little, and some of the Soul Transformation bottlenecks that he had previously found impossible to understand now suddenly became clear.

Don't think it's just a slight refinement of magic power—

This is refinement on top of the peak of Nascent Soul!

Taking this small step forward adds to the hope of Soul Transformation—it can be called a tremendous opportunity, one that would drive many peak Nascent Soul cultivators to risk their lives, willing to fight to the death for it.

And this kind of opportunity, one could simply obtain it by attending a single lecture.

This—this is the Immortal Dao education system that crowns the realm of domains!

In Zhang Zhang Junsheng's heart, a thick sense of gratitude inevitably arose, even a feeling of respect and admiration—though

The latter quickly vanished; he was too familiar, and could not bring himself to feel it.

"I now understand what Senior Sun-Slaying meant by 'prestige growing day by day, making many Canghai Tianjun of the Immortal Gate wary.'

There is not the slightest exaggeration here—it is simply a statement of fact."

Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun also seemed to have made some subtle breakthrough, and sighed with emotion.

If it were a Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun born later, receiving such a lecture and meticulous, patient teaching from a senior, it would truly be easy to give rise to the feeling that a scholar would die for one who truly understands him.

Lu Ling Master Dinghai Zhenjun had already completely fallen into understanding the lecture, paying no attention to them.

"... The Five Qi Returning to the Origin, harmonizing the conflicts of heaven and earth's spiritual energy, stabilizing the newly born Primordial Spirit to grasp the grand momentum of heaven and earth..."

Jiang Ding's lecture unfolded in a flowing, measured manner.

His lecture continued for a full three years.

During this period, he split his attention tens of thousands of times, tailoring an independent lecture plan for each Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun, doing his best to break through the barriers on the great Dao for these outstanding talents of the immortal sects.

Especially for those Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun who had slept for a long time, whose Soul Transformation and Tribulation Crossing secret arts had become somewhat outdated and backward, he patiently taught them, letting them catch up with the great breakthrough in immortal Dao techniques the immortal sects had achieved during this period.

For Teacher Gu Lin, he instead carefully shared how, when crossing the Soul Transformation heavenly tribulation, one could use the heavenly tribulation to temper and refine the Void Refinement space, and while the Void Refinement space suffered great destruction, absorb the creative vitality within it, enriching the foundation of the immortal Dao, laying a good groundwork for the future breakthrough of Void Refinement and the birth of laws.

All of these things, having cultivated a thousand students in the adult sword Dao lineage and nurtured talent over a thousand years, Jiang Ding was already more than thoroughly familiar with.

In the void that the Nascent Soul cultivators could not see, many Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun and the avatars of the expeditionary Soul Transformation Canghai Tianjun were also listening attentively to the lecture; quite a few Canghai Tianjun gained insights, and did not treat this lecture gathering as merely a matter for the younger generation.