Chapter 1377: The Changed Rules of Heaven and Earth

The Immortal Gate's Refinement Void expert consultation group researched it for a full thirty years.

During this period, they discovered that the divine soul of Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun possessed extremely strong resilience, and even contained something akin to the Six Paths of Reincarnation—undying and imperishable.

As long as he was not instantly and thoroughly destroyed, his sword soul would gradually develop a kind of adaptive power, beginning to attempt to eliminate the foreign sword qi within the divine soul and flesh.

However, what was equally terrifying was that this clump of foreign sword qi above the Quasi-He Dao level seemed equally adept at dealing with sword cultivators.

Once this wisp of foreign sword qi was adapted to by the Materialist Solar Sword Soul, it would instantly undergo another transformation, rendering the fruit of the Materialist Solar Sword Soul's years of aberrant evolution into nothing.

If it were not for the fact that this clump of foreign sword qi had been diluted many times, leaving only an extremely faint wisp, it would have already destroyed Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun ten times over by now.

Now, relying on the Immortal Gate's healing chambers and the continuous supply of Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu life-original fluid, Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun barely withstood this wisp of high-tier power.

After a full thirty years, Yuan and the others' research finally produced a breakthrough.

"Great discovery!"

"Major discovery!"

Yuan was extremely excited, pointing at a newly discovered magic power spectrogram, and said: "Look, this wisp of foreign sword qi is clearly supported by the rules of Lei Ting and the Sword Dao, and the Heavenly Dao net. The owner of this sword qi has already comprehended the rules of Lei Ting and the Sword Dao to an extremely profound degree—there is much worth learning from him."

"But this is not the key point!"

"The key point is, we discovered that this Lei Ting rule has an extremely subtle change compared to the Lei Ting rule between heaven and earth—approximately a 0.0974% change!"

"Heavens, the Heavenly Dao rules can actually be different!"

"Or has a change occurred?"

Yuan was immensely horrified in his heart, and strenuously pointed out this change to the surrounding Immortal Gate Refinement Void cultivators.

"A change?"

Senior Wanji Zhen Zun and the others examined it carefully, and all were immensely shaken, as if witnessing the collapse of some principle or theorem they had always held to.

The rules of heaven and earth are eternal and unchanging!

This was the common sense between realms; all Refinement Void cultivators and He Dao Divine Monarchs could only utilize them, unable to alter them in the slightest—it was as absurd as trying to change the law of universal gravitation.

But now, this phenomenon had been completely broken!

The rules of heaven and earth could not only be utilized, but also changed!

"Fellow cultivators,"

"Is it possible,"

"Is there a possibility…"

Yuan's heart surged, his gaze shining brightly: "Above He Dao is a process of changing the rules of heaven and earth, causing the rules of heaven and earth to change in a certain direction. From utilizing rules to changing rules, this must contain immensely terrifying power. This might be the reason why existences above He Dao are

so powerful, the reason they have lived for over a hundred thousand years…"

"Change the rules?"

The surrounding Immortal Gate Refinement Void cultivators were stunned by this wild conjecture and reasoning.

Immediately, they fell into all sorts of speculation.

Since rules could be changed, could they create something from nothing, conjure objects out of thin air, create the heavenly materials and earthly treasures they desired…

Could they directionally mutate a species they desired, special spiritual medicines, special flora and fauna…

Could they create the Gong Fa they desired…

This was practically the authority of a Creator!

Of course, those above He Dao might not necessarily possess such ability, but changing rules—in theory, after completely and thoroughly changing the rules of the universe, these things could be done.

The many Immortal Gate Refinement Void cultivators were immensely excited, and after discussing for quite a while, they finally turned their divine soul computing power back to the discussion of treating Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun.

"If this Quasi-Eighth-Tier power comes from rules that have undergone subtle changes."

"Then,"

Yuan proposed such a conjecture: "As rule-type consciousnesses originally of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, could the world-type Heavenly Dao consciousness within the Xing Chen Ding Gao Jie formation possibly come into conflict with such subtle changes to the rules?"

"Or, to put it in a more anthropomorphic way, rule-type consciousnesses, world-type Heavenly Dao consciousnesses, should have an instinctive hostility toward such changes."

"Is this possible?"

Think it, then do it.

The Immortal Gate Refinement Void cultivators' action efficiency was extremely high. Merely a few days later, a test experiment within the Xing Chen Ding Gao Jie formation had already been completed, and the results were copied and sent to the relevant cultivators.

Facts proved it completely correct.

Yuan was indeed worthy of being the top Daoist prodigy of this realm—terrifyingly so—precisely judging this possibility from just a few conditions alone.

The only problem was that the conflict between the rules did indeed occur, and the power unleashed was indeed terrifying—so terrifying that it destroyed that piece of Jiang Ding's flesh along with it.

Both perished together, not even ash remaining.

The Immortal Gate Refinement Void cultivators did not lose heart, continuing experiments, continuing experiments, unyielding. Once the direction was confirmed, the entire Immortal Gate's scientific research power erupted, treating it as a major undertaking on par with the past Nine Spirit Domain Lunar Expedition Project. The current Immortal Gate completely possessed power exceeding that of the entire Nine Spirit Domain back then.

Finally, after countless failures and the expenditure of countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures, one hundred and ninety-seven years later, Yuan and the others successfully produced a result.

Yuan named it the "Gradual Dissolution of Foreign Rules Grand Art."

Under this grand art, which required the He Dao-level military formation guarding the Immortal Gate's mother star to execute, the foreign sword qi—engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the Materialist Solar Sword Soul, yet never falling behind, and even growing increasingly powerful—began to disintegrate.

In order to protect Jiang Ding's already extremely fragile

divine soul, this process would be very slow, estimated to last a thousand years.

At this point, the Immortal Gate's state of tension came to an end, and all aspects resumed normal order in an orderly manner, except for the still highly vigilant existences above He Dao.

Over three hundred years later.

The Materialist Solar Sword Soul, after endless slaughter, finally achieved a partial victory. The sparks of spirituality within the sword soul gathered together a piece of intact flesh the size of a fist, once again nurturing a complete consciousness.

Jiang Ding opened his eyes.

He saw over a dozen pairs of bright, sparkling eyes staring at him.

"Elders, it has been a long time."

Jiang Ding gave an awkward smile.

His current form was nothing but a tiny lump of brain, no longer human-shaped, and his thinking ability and soul computational power were far inferior to what they had been before.

"Are there enemies above Dao Merging?"

"Do we need to run?"

Yuan asked immediately.

"No need."

"We haven't come into contact with any existence above Dao Merging; the Immortal Gate is not in danger right now."

Jiang Ding thought for a moment, then said: "Thinking about it now, it should only be a quasi-eighth-grade sword talisman. The specific reason cannot be disclosed for the time being, because it would bring a danger the Immortal Gate cannot resist to the Immortal Gate. I have already presented the detailed information to the Central Array Spirit Computer and obtained permission to seal the reason temporarily."

He produced a document and handed it to the surrounding Void Refinement cultivators of the Immortal Gate.

Yuan and the others took the document and examined it carefully, confirming that it was indeed the Central Array Spirit Computer's permission. They communicated with the Central Array Spirit Computer and received the answer that this was a secret danger that would bring a terrible and irresistible threat to the Immortal Gate, and should not be leaked to any living being.

Of course, if Yuan and the others insisted on seeing it, they could do so — they only needed authorization from the Citizens' Assembly, which could overturn the logical judgment already made by the Central Array Spirit Computer.