Chapter 1320: Absorbing Immortal Dao Wisdom from the Upper Realm, the Immortal Sect's Foundation Undergoes a Transformation

Jiang Ding's arrival brought little change to the Swamp Demon City.

After issuing his orders, he immediately fell silent.

He cultivated in silence, observing the various affairs of the Swamp Demon City, eliminating certain factors that hindered his commands, and doing nothing else.

Under his constant watch, the efficiency of the Swamp Demon City rapidly reached its peak and surpassed the past.

In the first year, over two million specimens of various kinds were collected and sent to the Swamp Demon City, while over five hundred thousand different Gong Fa manuals and books on mountains, rivers, and geography were archived.

In the second year, the numbers surged, with over five million various Mortal-Grade specimens and specimens of Grades One through Four collected.

The efficiency unleashed by the Soul Transformation cultivators and Nascent Soul cultivators far exceeded that of the Northern Plains era, even though no political system reforms were implemented and the old system remained in place.

This was simply brute force overcoming obstacles.

The spiritual soul computing power and operational efficiency of the Soul Transformation cultivators far surpassed those of lower-grade cultivators, allowing them to accomplish many things with ease.

Coupled with the abundant resources of the Fallen Immortal World, countless specimens poured into Jiang Ding's pockets like a flood.

In the third year, the fourth year, the fifth year... until the thirtieth year, the speed of specimen accumulation reached its peak, then gradually slowed, with the rate continuing to decline.

During these thirty years, all easily obtainable specimens and Gong Fa spells had been archived; now, only extremely remote and rare materials and spells could be exchanged for rewards from the Swamp Demon City.

For this, Jiang Ding expended vast quantities of pills and spirit stones, and of course, his favorite payment method: Gong Fa and spells, emptying one-third of the Swamp Demon City's treasury, mobilizing at least a billion-level number of cultivators and a hundred times that in mortals to complete the collection of so many specimens in such a short time.

"This time, my library points have skyrocketed... reaching the number of fifty-seven billion two hundred million."

"This is the computing power of a Central Array Spirit Computer at the Dao-Integration realm."

Jiang Ding swept his gaze over his library point total.

Of course, for an ancient cultivator like him, who held massive original shares in the Immortal Sect and whose fundamental interests almost completely overlapped with those of the Immortal Sect, library points and spirit stones were merely simple numbers, incapable of bringing about a earth-shattering surge in strength or status.

Because the limit of the Immortal Sect was his limit; there was no further room for increase, and promotion could not take him much higher.

What truly delighted Jiang Ding was the several-fold surge in the foundation of the Immortal Sect Library!

This meant that the data on various materials, biological structures, natural spiritual organ structures, and Gong Fa spell structures within the Immortal Sect Library had multiplied several times; henceforth, the Immortal Sect would have more references for Immortal Dao scientific research, and the database would contain more.

This meant that the difficulty of many research projects dropped significantly, because

there was Immortal Dao wisdom from the predecessors of the Fallen Immortal World that could be directly referenced and learned from, eliminating the need to develop everything from scratch.

The value of such a vast quantity of Gong Fa manuals and specimens to the Immortal Sect even surpassed that of dozens of Dao-Integration inheritances!

Nothing could excite Immortal Dao scientists more than the most fundamental raw data, the most basic, almost theorem-like achievements of Immortal Dao wisdom; this was far more reliable than any divine skill or secret manual.

These fundamental, theorem-like basic Immortal Dao spells were the most precious Immortal Dao foundation of the Cultivation World in the Great Thousand World!

Over millions of years, the wisdom of countless cultivators and countless heavenly geniuses had undergone layer upon layer of sedimentation, finally forming bright gems.

"The overall research efficiency of the Immortal Sect has accelerated."

"The upgrade progress of the planetary-class warships has quickened; in at most another two hundred years, the third-generation planetary-class warships will emerge, and the second-generation Immortal Sect Dao-Integration military arrays will complete their iteration... I must find time to return and upgrade the Super Sun."

"Specifically for me personally, the development time for the five great star-orbit main cannons and the Six Paths Reincarnation Annihilation Five Elements Sword will be reduced by about twenty percent; the development of various sword techniques and the synthesis of sword-forging materials has also accelerated, reducing my dependence on sword-forging materials from the Upper Realm."

Jiang Ding calculated silently.

"Costs have decreased accordingly; furthermore, many materials no longer need to be purchased from the outside, including a Void-Refining Grade material. The 'Heavenly Sun Fire-Refined Stone,' a Grade Six Mid-Tier material newly invented by Wan Ji Zhen Zun, can completely replace the 'Heavenly Sun Fallen Iron' in the 'Sun Sacrifice Sword Method'; all material indicators meet the requirements."

This material can be used in the engines of planetary-class warships to enhance engine performance.

At the same time, it can also be used to refine the Great Sun Flying Sword.

This was naturally no coincidence.

Jiang Ding had deeply participated in the research and development of the Heavenly Sun Fire-Refined Stone, providing crucial assistance to Wan Ji Zhen Zun; with numerous specimens and numerous train of thought, the final result naturally leaned in the direction Jiang Ding desired.

This was the path Jiang Ding had always walked.

Embedding his sword Dao industry deeply into the Immortal Dao industrial chain of the Immortal Sect, significantly reducing costs while once again deeply binding his fundamental interests with those of the Immortal Sect.

"The synthesis of Heavenly Sun Fire-Refined Stone is successful,"

"And also, these two items..."

Jiang Ding flipped his hand, and two scorching crystals appeared: the final two Grade Six sword-forging materials, Yin-Yang Fire Jade and Magma Iron.

This was the byproduct of Jiang Ding spending vast sums on the Demon City cultivators over the decades, never missing a payment, never breaking a promise, and accumulating immense credibility.

Grade Six materials were indeed rare.

However, relying on the vast number of cultivators, various fortuitous encounters, low-probability events, and accumulated efforts, the absolute quantity was still present.

These materials were distributed among the most numerous

low-to-mid-level cultivators, kept secret and not shown to others.

They were actually also craving a safe trading opportunity; the recent 'promise worth a thousand gold' of the Swamp Demon City removed their hesitation, so they exchanged these treasures they could not use for the breakthrough realm pills, magical treasures, and Gong Fa they urgently needed.

Over these years, Jiang Ding had traded away vast quantities of treasures such as Jin Dan pills, Nascent Soul pills, and Soul Transformation pills, and thoughtfully crafted ancient-style puppets for them, giving them the strength to protect these items without worry, providing various services to the extreme.

Therefore, in just a few decades, he had acquired over a dozen Grade Six heavenly treasures and earthly gems.

Among these were the final two materials required to refine the Flying Sword in the 'Sun Sacrifice Sword Method.'

This was not luck; the 'Sun Sacrifice Sword Method' was created by the sages of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm in the Fallen Immortal World, and within the Fallen Immortal World, there were multiple alternative materials available, not strictly limited to specific types.

This was their homeland, with an extremely high margin for error.

"All preparations are complete; I can begin cultivating the 'Sun Sacrifice Sword Method'."

Jiang Ding murmured to himself.

He had a premonition that the 'Sun Sacrifice Sword Method' would greatly accelerate the refinement speed of the Taiqing Flying Sword and allow the Taiqing Flying Sword to transform into an Upper Realm Immortal Sect-grade Flying Sword, beginning to possess a foundation potential beyond Dao-Integration.

This meant he was about to become a pauper once again.