Chapter 1247: Analyzing the Structure of a Dao Merging-Grade Divine Soul

Yuan departed with a fleet of hundreds of millions of citizen ships, quickly vanishing into the distant starry sky.

【1】 Yuan took the fleet of hundreds of millions of citizens and departed, quickly vanishing into the distant starry sky.

Even though he and numerous Immortal Gate Void Refinement True Venerables were severely injured, this did not dampen the burning killing intent in their hearts; they wanted to find the critically wounded great experts of the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace and beat them to death.

【2】 Even though he and many of the Immortal Gate's Void Refining True Monarchs were gravely wounded, this did not affect the scorching killing intent in their hearts — they wanted to find the critically injured great cultivator of Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace and beat him to death.

"Get to work!"

【3】 "Get to work!"

"Let's start working!"

【4】 "Starting work now!"

Senior Wanji True Venerable shouted.

【5】 Senior Wanji Master Dinghai Zhenjun shouted.

His divine soul eagerly connected to the Central Formation Spirit Computer, beginning to scan the Black Tortoise clone again and again, collecting all sorts of data on the Hedao divine soul.

【6】 His divine soul impatiently connected into the Central Array Spirit Computer, beginning scan after scan of the Brother Xuanwu avatar, gathering all manner of data on the Dao Merging divine soul.

In a certain sense, this is the Immortal Gate's system of cultivation and warfare.

【7】 In a sense, this was the Immortal Gate's farming-and-fighting system.

Cultivation, combat, scientific research, and production are four aspects of a single entity, indistinguishable from one another, mutually promoting and supporting each other like wings.

【8】 Cultivation, combat, scientific research, production — the four were one body, indistinguishable from each other, mutually promoting, serving as each other's wings.

Almost every Immortal Gate cultivator spends their entire life this way; this is the life and existence of an Immortal Gate cultivator.

【9】 Almost every Immortal Gate cultivator spent their entire life this way — this was the life, the existence, of an Immortal Gate cultivator.

"Coming right up."

【10】 "Coming."

Jiang Ding sat cross-legged at the Great Sun Heavenly Pool, beginning to heal his injuries and repair the damage caused by the backlash of the Taibai Netherworld Sky-Sweeping Arrow.

【11】 Jiang Ding sat cross-legged at Dayang Dayang Tianchi, beginning to heal and repair the injuries sustained from the backlash of the Taibai Youming Patrol Heaven Arrow.

At the same time, his divine consciousness surged into the Immortal Gate Network and the laboratory, where he began discussing the composition of the Hedao divine soul structure with hundreds of thousands of Immortal Gate Soul Transformation cultivators, Nascent Soul True Lords, and Void Refinement True Venerables, while initiating a series of experiments that would not harm the Black Tortoise clone.

【12】 At the same time, his divine sense poured into the Immortal Gate network, into the laboratory, and he began discussing with hundreds of thousands of Immortal Gate Soul Transformation cultivators, Nascent Soul True Monarchs, and Void Refining True Monarchs the composition of the Dao Merging divine soul structure, and began a series of experiments that would not damage the Brother Xuanwu avatar.

The Immortal Gate had long planned a large batch of scientific research projects for today, even expending great effort to create special experimental instruments, all waiting for the Hedao divine soul to arrive so experiments could begin immediately.

【13】 The Immortal Gate had long ago planned a large batch of research projects for this day, and had even spent enormous effort crafting special experimental instruments — just waiting for the Dao Merging divine soul to be in hand so experiments could begin immediately.

Soon, one Hedao-stage divine soul structure after another was scanned out, triggering waves of amazed exclamations.

【14】 Very quickly, one Dao Merging-grade divine soul structure after another was scanned out, triggering waves of exclamations of amazement.

"Amazing!"

【15】 "Amazing!"

"So beautiful, like a dodecahedral crystal; the divine soul substances crisscross in every direction, more than ten times as complex as the divine soul structure of a Void Refinement cultivator. Although I don't understand it, at first glance it feels so beautiful and so comforting..."

【16】 "So beautiful, like a twelve-sided crystal — the divine soul material crisscrosses in every direction, more than ten times more complex than a Void Refining cultivator's divine soul structure. I may not understand it, but at one glance it just feels so beautiful, so comfortable…"

Zhenjun Shenji True Venerable said with intoxicated admiration.

【17】 Zhenjun Shenji Master Dinghai Zhenjun's eyes were intoxicated with wonder as he sighed in admiration.

He now looked like an ancient lecher of ten thousand years gazing upon the naked body of an unparalleled beauty; he was completely floating, his steps unsteady, as if he had arrived in heaven.

【18】 He now looked like a ten-thousand-year-old lecher seeing the naked body of an absolute beauty — floating on air, his steps unsteady, as if he had arrived in heaven.

"What a clueless look!"

【19】 "What a sight for someone who's never seen the world!"

Senior Wanji True Venerable said disdainfully.

【20】 Senior Wanji Master Dinghai Zhenjun said contemptuously.

He completely failed to notice that his own eyes were dripping with desire, his mechanical arms pressed tightly against the transparent seal covering the Black Tortoise clone, wishing he could lick it, behaving just like a pervert.

【21】 Completely unaware that his own eyes had gone glassy, his mechanical arm pressed tight against the transparent wall sealing the Brother Xuanwu avatar — he wanted nothing more than to lick it, like a pervert.

The kind of sight that would make any normal woman instinctively call the police.

【22】 The kind that any normal woman would instinctively want to call the police about at a single glance.

"Hahaha..."

【23】 "Hahaha…"

Those around him, including Great Sun Heavenly Lord and others, burst into laughter.

【24】 Surrounding cultivators like Mieri Canghai Tianjun burst into laughter.

There exists no strict hierarchy or formal etiquette of superiority and inferiority between the Immortal Gate's Void Refinement cultivators and Soul Transformation cultivators; they had seen Senior Wanji True Venerable act this way many times before and were not surprised in the least.

【25】 Between Void Refining cultivators and Soul Transformation cultivators in the Immortal Gate there was no strict hierarchical gulf, no rigid etiquette — they had seen Senior Wanji Master Dinghai Zhenjun in this state countless times before, and were not surprised in the slightest.

"Zhenjun Shenji, you continue to be responsible for scanning the Hedao divine soul structure."

【26】 "Zhenjun Shenji, you continue to be responsible for scanning the Dao Merging divine soul structure."

"Great Sun, you are responsible for scanning the Hedao divine soul particles, observing the essential differences between Hedao divine soul particles and Void Refinement divine soul particles."

【27】 "Dari, you are responsible for scanning the Dao Merging divine soul particles, observing the essential differences between Dao Merging divine soul particles and Void Refining divine soul particles."

"As for me, I will..."

【28】 "I, on the other hand,

"... scan the Hedao-stage flesh and blood structure..."

【29】 will scan the Dao Merging-grade flesh-and-blood structure…"

Senior Wanji True Venerable quickly assigned tasks, with everyone taking responsibility for a specific direction based on their expertise.

【30】 Senior Wanji Master Dinghai Zhenjun rapidly assigned tasks, each person taking charge of one direction according to their own specialty.

These were habits formed over past days.

【31】 This was all old habit.

Great Sun Heavenly Lord and Zhenjun Shenji True Venerable were not merely two individuals; behind them stood the two major factions of the Immortal Gate Sword Dao Academy of Sciences and the Immortal Gate Academy of Sciences, along with a vast number of Immortal Gate research groups and teams accustomed to following their orders, having cooperated with extremely high synergy over thousands and tens of thousands of years.

【32】 Dari Canghai Tianjun and Zhenjun Shenji Master Dinghai Zhenjun were not merely two individuals — behind them stood two great factions, the Immortal Gate Sword Dao Academy and the Immortal Gate Science Academy, and a great many Immortal Gate research groups and teams were accustomed to following their orders, having cooperated with extremely high tacit understanding over the past thousands and tens of thousands of years.

His Immortal Gate Materials Science Academy was no different.

【33】 His Immortal Gate Materials Science Academy was the same.

"Understood, Senior."

【34】 "Understood, senior."

Jiang Ding accepted the task of scanning the essence and composition of the Black Tortoise clone's divine soul particles.

【35】 Jiang Ding took on the task of scanning the essence and composition of the Brother Xuanwu avatar's divine soul particles.

At this moment, the Central Formation Spirit Computer allocated a massive amount of computing power to assist him in his research, controlling the seventh-grade Hedao treasure painstakingly refined by the Immortal Gate, the 'Scanning True Realm Microscope,' to observe the composition of Hedao-stage divine soul particles.

【36】 At this moment the Central Array Spirit Computer tilted massive computing power toward him, assisting his research, controlling the seventh-grade Dao Merging treasure painstakingly refined by the Immortal Gate — the 'Scanning True Realm Microscope' — to observe the composition of Dao Merging-grade divine soul particles.

This seventh-grade observational magical treasure possessed no offensive capabilities, yet its cost was no less than that of the Taibai Netherworld Sky-Sweeping Arrow.

【37】 This seventh-grade observation treasure had no offensive capability whatsoever, yet its cost was no less than that of the Taibai Youming Patrol Heaven Arrow.

The only difference was that this treasure had no combat mission and thus had no requirements for data such as durability, sharpness, or size; therefore, it could be refined using large quantities of fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade heavenly materials and treasures alongside seventh-grade ones, forming a super-gigantic spatial secret realm comparable in size to a minor thousand-world.

【38】 The only difference was that this treasure had no combat mission, and had no requirements for solidity, sharpness, volume, and such — therefore it could extensively use fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures, along with seventh-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures, refined together to form a super-giant spatial Secret Realm comparable in size to a Minor Thousand World.

This entire secret realm was itself an instrument: the seventh-grade Scanning True Realm Microscope.

【39】 This entire Secret Realm was a single instrument — the seventh-grade Scanning True Realm Microscope.

At this time, the sealed Black Tortoise clone, after layers of application and approval, was sent by Jiang Ding's divine consciousness into the Scanning True Realm Microscope.

【40】 At this moment, the sealed Brother Xuanwu avatar, after going through layer upon layer of application and approval, was sent by Jiang Ding's divine sense into the Scanning True Realm Microscope.

The Central Formation Spirit Computer activated the seventh-grade spiritual veins to supply energy to this True Realm secret realm and provided a vast amount of auxiliary computing power.

【41】 The Central Array Spirit Computer drove the seventh-grade spirit veins to supply energy to this True Realm Secret Realm, and provided massive auxiliary computing power.

Waves of transparent ripples appeared, and spatial mirrors as large as mountains flashed, overlapped, and intersected within the True Realm secret realm; in an instant, hundreds of millions of mountain-sized spatial mirrors moved continuously until a single overlap point of all mirrors formed and froze in place.

【42】 Streaks of transparent ripples, mountain-sized spatial mirrors flickering, overlapping, and interlacing within the True Realm Secret Realm — at a certain instant, hundreds of millions of mountain-sized spatial mirrors moved continuously until a single overlapping point of all mirrors appeared, and there froze motionless.

Buzz!

【43】 Hum!

Vast quantities of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy and cosmic starlight were inhaled and exhaled into the True Realm secret realm to supply energy; at this moment, the consumption per minute was equivalent to the energy expenditure of a Hedao-stage battle.

【44】 Vast quantities of heaven and earth spiritual Qi and cosmic starlight were drawn into the True Realm Secret Realm to supply energy — at this moment, every second of consumption was equivalent to the consumption of a Dao Merging-grade battle.

A corner of the Black Tortoise clone's divine soul instantly enlarged by hundreds of thousands to millions of times, revealing the divine soul particles within, which emerged from their formless state as a dodecahedral crystal structure.

【45】 A corner of the Brother Xuanwu avatar's divine soul instantly enlarged by hundreds of thousands to millions of times, and the divine soul particles within began to reveal themselves from their invisible state — a twelve-sided crystal structure.

"So this is a Hedao divine soul particle..."

【46】 "So this is the Dao Merging divine soul particle…"

A low murmur of realization from Jiang Ding echoed within the True Realm secret realm.

【47】 From within the True Realm Secret Realm came Jiang Ding's softly murmured words of half-realization.

At this moment, his comprehension of space and rules deepened once again; numerous exquisite details and modification methods regarding the structure of the Six Paths of Reincarnation floated in his mind, inspired and triggered by the Hedao divine soul particles.

【48】 At this moment, his comprehension of space and of rules deepened once more, and the exquisite subtleties of the Six Paths Reincarnation structure, along with methods for modifying it, surfaced in his mind — touched by the Dao Merging divine soul particles, inspiration was born.

Simultaneously, tens of thousands of research groups belonging to the Immortal Gate Sword Dao Academy of Sciences, comprising millions of Immortal Gate cultivators, also began to move.

【49】 At the same time, the tens of thousands of research groups and millions of Immortal Gate cultivators belonging to the Immortal Gate Sword Dao Academy also began to move.

They simultaneously received subdivided research projects distributed by Great Sun Heavenly Lord; some were verifications of specific problems, while others...

【50】 They simultaneously received the subdivided research projects distributed by Dari Canghai Tianjun — some were verifications of certain questions, some

... were re-confirmations of certain doubts, and some were recordings of small achievements that had already emerged... and so on.

【51】 were re-confirmations of certain points of doubt, some were records of a small result that had already appeared… and so on.

The Immortal Gate's Immortal Dao scientific research is by no means the solitary deduction and comprehension of the Heavenly Dao by a single high-level cultivator.

【52】 The Immortal Gate's Immortal Dao scientific research was by no means a single high-level cultivator's solitary deduction and comprehension of the Heavenly Dao.

That is the approach of Immortal Sects.

【53】 That was the approach of Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong.

The Immortal Gate's Immortal Dao scientific research is a systematic engineering project centered around several or dozens of research cores, with millions or even tens of millions of cultivators participating together.

【54】 The Immortal Gate's Immortal Dao scientific research was a systematic project centered on several or several dozen research cores, with millions or tens of millions of cultivators participating together.

History has proven that such massive research teams drive the speed of Immortal Dao technological advancement far beyond that of Immortal Sects.

【55】 History proved that this kind of massive research team pushed the progress of Immortal Dao technology far faster than Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong.

In fact, the eight great immortal sects also began adopting similar practices, absorbing many sect elders and core disciples to participate in deducing the Heavenly Dao, which greatly accelerated the progress of their own immortal technology.

【56】 In fact, the Badaxian Sect had also begun this similar approach, absorbing many sect elders and core disciples to participate in deducing the Heavenly Dao, greatly accelerating the progress of their own Immortal Dao technology.

However, compared to the Immortal Gate's systematic and massive scientific industrial complex, they still appear petty, like individual small workshops.

【57】 However, compared with the Immortal Gate's systematic, massive research industry, it still seemed petty — like a bunch of small workshops.

While scanning the composition and structure of the Black Tortoise clone's divine soul particles, Jiang Ding used a small portion of his divine soul's computing power to close his eyes, heal his injuries, and refine the Taiqing Flying Sword.

【58】 While scanning the composition and makeup of the Brother Xuanwu avatar's divine soul particles, Jiang Ding used a small portion of his divine soul computing power to close his eyes and heal, refining the Taiqing Flying Sword.

Multitasking was second nature to him.

【59】 Multitasking was instinct for him.

"By the way, Moon."

【60】 "Oh right, Yue."

Jiang Ding recalled something and asked, "Brother Brother Xuanwu brought two Void Refinement supreme treasures refined by Jiang Jiang Jinxian-level experts from the upper realm — the sect's foundational heritage."

"Does the Sun Moon Sword Pavilion have any?"

When an upper-realm Jiang Jiang Jinxian-level power was on the verge of destruction, it placed great hope in its seeds of inheritance and invested heavily in them.

Take the Four Spirits Evil-Slaying Sword, for example. Although it is only at the Void Refinement tier and never had the chance to advance to the Dao Merging tier, it possesses terrifying might and tremendous potential.

"Yes, Sword Son."

"It is the Dayang Dayang Tianchi! The Dayang Dayang Tianchi has the ability to advance to the Dao Merging tier and beyond — as long as you can provide the relevant seventh-tier heavenly materials and earthly treasures, a very large quantity of seventh-tier heavenly materials and earthly treasures."

Moonlight showed an excited expression and said quickly.

"The other sect-defining supreme treasure is called the Supreme Divine Moon Sword. This treasure is for escaping. Back then, when the first-generation Dayang Sword Lord slaughtered the Moon lineage, she considered it a betrayal of the Sun Moon Sword Pavilion and refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the newly established Dayang Sword Pavilion. So she took the remaining Moon lineage experts and seeds and broke through the boundary space to flee."

"After so many years, I don't know whether it has already been seized by the Qingmuxian Sect."