Chapter 1218: The Mysterious Veil of the True Immortal's Child Lifted

Great Sun Heavenly Lake

Jiang Ding sat cross-legged in the Sun Abyss.

Vast streams of heaven and earth spiritual energy converged, and endless solar radiance gathered toward a single point at the center through layer upon layer of Six Paths Order nets. At that center, terrifying high temperatures formed, radiating an aura of ultimate destruction. With the aid of the formations within the Great Sun Heavenly Lake, the temperature here had climbed to an utterly dreadful level.

Soul Transformation—no, Soul Transformation cultivators had no right to approach this place. Any stray ray of light could burn many Soul Transformation cultivators, body and divine soul alike, to absolute nothingness—not even ash or dust left behind. All material particles and divine soul particles were vaporized, reduced to the most primordial state of matter.

Right now, to put it plainly, even a Refining Void cultivator here would suffer grave injuries in a short time and be unable to break free.

And yet, at the center, there was only a single piece of glittering golden metal.

This piece of metal was the size of a palm, resplendent in golden yellow. A single wisp of golden Qi escaping from it could tear apart sheets of space and sever great swathes of Order, naturally possessing a terrifying sharpness.

This was a treasured asset of the Xianmen's foundation, the brightest jewel of the Xianmen's immortal-path synthetic industry—Number One Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin!

Grade: top-tier Refining Void, a sixth-grade top-tier material!

Just this one portion of raw material alone cost a single share of Refining Void battle merit.

And don't think it's expensive—this was the Xianmen citizen price, the discounted-then-discounted-again price for those with outstanding Xianmen merit, plus subsidies, all stacked together to produce this price.

Basically, it was just raw material cost plus a bit of wages and patent fees, and then it left the factory. There was zero profit—in fact, it was sold at a loss.

If it were placed on the outside market, even if material controls were lifted, exchanging three or four low-grade Refining Void treasures for a single portion of Number One Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin would be unthinkable—the two were not of equal value.

In the Cultivation World, the higher one went, the rarer and more precious the heavenly materials and earthly treasures became. Exchanging a low-grade item for a high-grade one required an enormous premium to even be possible.

Even so, if you wanted to buy at a premium, most of the time others wouldn't be willing unless they had descendants to look after.

Jiang Ding cultivated on one side while gazing at this piece of Number One Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin.

To date, he had been smelting this piece of Number One Synthetic Synthetic Gengjin for fifty-two years, but the only result so far was that the Synthetic Gengjin had begun to show signs of liquefaction.

"The difficulty of refining a Refining Void spatial treasure far exceeds my imagination…"

Jiang Ding Zi murmured to himself.

He looked at a blue-gold flying sword the size of three chi beside the Synthetic Gengjin. It too was only entirely crimson in its sword body, and had not yet reached the critical state for refining into a magic treasure—still some time away.

"Now, this is somewhat beyond the syllabus."

"Refining a Refining Void spatial treasure has already exceeded my capabilities. This is forcing the issue, because I haven't grasped the power of Rules."

Yet there was not the slightest trace of discouragement in Jiang Ding's eyes—instead, they grew brighter.

His magic power continuously poured into the Taiqing Flying Sword. While refining, he ceaselessly comprehended the Great Sun Destruction Rule within the flying sword, then in turn corrected his own Six Paths Order structure, constantly comprehending and causing the Six Paths Order structure to change bit by bit.

Every few years, he would package his comprehensions from those years and send them back to the Xianmen, back to the Six Paths Reincarnation Laboratory, accelerating the simulation and deduction within.

—The Six Paths Reincarnation structure's potential was nearly limitless. It wasn't the case that having an Order body comparable to Rules meant perfection.

Soul Transformation cultivators could never grasp the power of Rules.

This was an ironclad law.

But the top geniuses of the Boundary Domains could slay Refining Void cultivators with Order!

This wasn't some case of the weak defeating the strong—it was a textbook example of the strong bullying the weak.

These top geniuses of the Boundary Domains, True Immortal's Children, and pure-blooded Dragon and Phoenix descendants could do so because their Order power was too terrifying, too perfect—even surpassing some Refining Void cultivators.

Only with such a terrifying immortal-path foundation did one qualify to peek at that supreme realm of becoming an immortal and glimpse a sliver of faint hope.

"Order power is the embryonic form of Rule power. It is extremely important to cultivators, determining the strength of the Rule power a Soul Transformation cultivator will later give birth to, and the depth of their foundation."

"The partial inheritance from the Upper Realm's Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm inherited by the Great Sun Sword Pavilion has a clear classification of Order power—"

Jiang Ding recalled the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's inheritance.

"The perfection of Order structure is divided into three grades: Void Grade, Dao Grade, and Immortal Grade."

"Void Grade: Order comparable to Refining Void."

"Dao Grade: Order begins to surpass Refining Void. There's no fixed standard—slaying a single Refining Void cultivator suffices, indicating that Order has begun to surpass Refining Void."

"Immortal Grade: with a Soul Transformation body, one displays an invincible bearing among Refining Void cultivators."

"In the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, the Sun Sword Progenitors and Moon Sword Progenitors of all generations all reached the Dao Grade Order and seemed to be the supreme existences among them."

"As for Immortal Grade Order, it appeared extremely rarely."

Jiang Ding compared his own situation against the contents of the inheritance.

He discovered, without the slightest surprise, that his Six Paths Order sat within Void Grade Order, barely qualifying him to be called a genius of the human race's Boundary Domains.

This was no longer some weakling—he had the qualifications to become a follower of pure-blooded Dragons and Phoenixes.

Unfortunately,

compared to the true distance between pure-blooded Dragons and Phoenixes…

"The Heavenly Sword Sword Progenitor should currently be within the Dao Grade Order category."

Jiang Ding gradually came to an understanding.

He tore away the mysterious veil over the Heavenly Sword Sword Progenitor, no longer so ethereal and elusive, like an immortal on the clouds.

"The moment he entered Soul Transformation, the Heavenly Sword Sword Progenitor could slay Refining Void cultivators, possessing Dao Grade Order."

"Truly terrifying…"

Desire shone in Jiang Ding's eyes.

This was the ladder to becoming an immortal.

At this moment, a Xianmen Master Dinghai Zhenjun walked into the Sun Abyss and saluted.

"Deputy Commander,"

The Second Expedition Army Group's Chief of Staff, Shan Chun Jian Master Dinghai Zhenjun, reported: "The Northern Route Star Sky Army Group where Fire Leopard Three is located was attacked by the Steel Bone King Coalition of the Skeleton Blood Vine Demon Imperial Court, suffered defeat, and retreated.

Currently, the Northern Route Army is holding fast at the Fire Crystal Minor World. The situation is critical. The Eastern Route Army and Western Route Army are en route to provide support."

"This should be our final battle in the pacification campaign, unless the Badaxian Sect refuses to directly dispatch troops."

One could tell he wasn't worried about the battle's setback—his tone was very relaxed.

With the Great Sun Sword Progenitor present,

Battles below Void Refinement will never fail!

This is the shared confidence of every cultivator in the entire realm.

The reason suppressing the rebellion is troublesome and time-consuming is that those rebels refuse to gather together in one place right away; instead, they scatter and flee, fighting as guerrillas here and there—extremely cunning.

No matter how strong Great Sun Sword Child is alone, he would still be worn out running himself ragged.

This is the hardest part of suppressing the rebellion.

The difficulty has never been in the frontal war.

"Fire Leopard Three has been defeated?"

Jiang Ding did not interrupt the steps of refining his flying sword and cultivation, and said with slight curiosity: "Is Steel Bone King an Imperial Son?"

"Yes, Steel Bone King possesses the strength of an Imperial Son."

"Moreover, he has considerable strength in the way of military formations, and is politically mature. Taking advantage of the pressure we exerted, he united a large batch of fellow-species rulers of the Minor Thousand Worlds, and was honored by many races as Steel Bone Heavenly King, commanding a massive allied force of tens of millions."

"His plan should be to seize the moment when the hegemon races of the human realm are locked in civil war and have no time for other matters, madly swallowing up everything around him, growing in the cracks, and using this rare opportunity to leap up and become a hegemon of the realm—truly possessing the qualification to survive within the realm."

"From a probability standpoint, this possibility does indeed exist."

Shanjian Master Dinghai Zhenjun said seriously.

"Not bad."

"This actually did us a great favor, sparing us from chasing enemies everywhere, which would have taken a long time and added many variables."

Jiang Ding nodded slightly and ordered: "Go tell the Soul Transformation and Nascent Soul cultivators of the Minor Thousand Worlds, such as Flower Vine, Fire Leopard Three, and Dong Xue He Wang."

"I'll give them ten years."

"Ten years from now, regardless of victory or defeat, I will annihilate all opponents, no longer giving them such a great opportunity and so many resources for growth."

"Yes, Deputy Commander!"

Shanjian Master Dinghai Zhenjun saluted.