Chapter 1440

Jiang Ding stood beneath the Sun God Tree.

With a wave of his hand, he summoned the super-battleship Great Sun, unfolded a Dai Sen Sun Sword Domain spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers, gathered countless sun rays from the universe and stars, concentrated them into a single point, and forged a terrifying blazing sun close at hand—pitch black and lightless, containing the dreadful high temperature capable of melting everything.

At Jiang Ding's thought, the twenty-seven Candidate Daozi's Ben Ming Fa treasures, Ben Ming Ling feathers, spider silk, and other bloodline-essence-rich items were thrown into the destroying sun, being refined bit by bit.

A seventh-stage treasure embryo and a seventh-stage treasure are completely different.

The former has already undergone layers of refining, transforming into another state, even one accessible to Qi Condensation cultivators, rather than causing instant death upon contact, making it far more fragile in material.

"The Ben Ming Fa treasures of the Heavenly Candidate Daozi and others..."

Jiang Ding's gaze focused even more on these divine metal treasure embryos passed down from the upper world's immortal sects.

He noticed that since these Ancient Divine Realm Candidate Daozi were not sword cultivators, even though they died in the Sword of Glory Duel, their treasures could not be fully refined; even using the Nine Heavens Ascending Sword Casting Art specially created by the Great Sun Sword Pavilion could only melt about forty to fifty percent, far less profitable than the Sword of Glory Duel for sword cultivators.

The paths of magic cultivators and sword cultivators differ too greatly; moreover, these are others' Ben Ming Fa treasures, so achieving such efficiency is already remarkable, being the crystallization of wisdom from generations of Great Sun Sword Masters.

"The quantity is insufficient."

Jiang Ding silently calculated for a moment, then frowned.

Due to losses, these materials were far too few compared to Taiching Divine Iron; at least double the amount of inherited divine metal was needed to refine the perfect composite sword Dao spiritual gold he longed for, the fulcrum of becoming an immortal.

"This won't work."

Jiang Ding retrieved the eight Ancient Divine Realm Candidate Daozi Ben Ming Fa treasures currently being refined: "These treasure embryos hold great value for Ji Liuyue and the others, far exceeding mere inherited divine metal."

"Let them exchange their respective sects' inherited divine metal for them; I want five portions, five portions for one Candidate Daozi treasure embryo."

"If they refuse, then change the formula; that seems possible too, but it would require temporarily sealing part of the Taiching Flying Sword's power, needing a vast amount of time to sacrifice and refine to elevate it, so that the powers of the ten inherited divine metals can balance each other..."

Jiang Ding pondered many things in his heart.

None of this affected his command of the Ancient Divine Realm realm channel, nor his cultivation, tempering of magic power and divine sense, nor his fragile Fa body, nor his management of the army, nor his research into the immortal sect's various technologies, nor his contemplation of the sword Dao and sword techniques.

Multitasking was instinctive for him.

Time slowly passed.

Unknowingly, a hundred years had already elapsed.

For these hundred years, Jiang Ding had lived thus, simple yet fulfilling; his Fa body, after a century of tempering, had now recovered many functions, further improving his efficiency in tempering magic power and divine sense.

Between the realms, it was very peaceful.

After the immortal sect destroyed the Ten Thousand Races Alliance's realm channel, the time required to move troops between realms suddenly lengthened; a hundred years was not long in such realm wars, merely a very short time.

Jiang Ding's cultivation yielded some results: the Ben Ming Fa treasures of the twelve Candidate Daozi of the Demon God Sect had begun to melt, turning into wisps of golden qi absorbed by the Taiching Flying Sword to strengthen its sword body.

These Ben Ming Fa treasures of the Demon God Sect Candidate Daozi brought the Taiching Flying Sword a small step closer to a eighth-stage sword embryo.

At this moment, Jiang Ding suddenly opened his eyes, looking toward the distant, dark, deep realm.

In that instant, he suddenly sensed a presence in the distance that was familiar, friendly, bright, and warm, stirring a longing within his heart.

At that moment, he suddenly discovered a presence in the distance that was familiar, friendly, bright, and warm, and a longing welled up in his heart.

Jiang Ding asked.

But his words were immediately cut off by Yue's excited shriek.

But his words were immediately cut off by Yue's excited shriek.

"Ah... Sword Child!"

Yue in the Great Sun Dayang Tianchi instantly manifested her true form, a hazy young girl, shouting excitedly: "It's another me! She has come to find you!"

"Right, how does she know you appeared, and know where you are?"

"Right, how did she know you appeared, and how did she know where you are?"

"She is so strong; will she devour me? I am the Great Sun Sword Pavilion; she is merely an outsider. Sword Child, you cannot abandon me..."

Yue spoke incoherently, chattering endlessly about something.

Her mood was extremely tense, yet excited, and somewhat fearful, constantly shifting.

Her mood was extremely nervous, excited, and a little afraid, shifting and unsettled.

Jiang Ding seemed to understand something.

Under their gaze, a golden light dot gradually appeared on the horizon, slowly growing larger until it was as big as a star, radiating boundless brightness, boundless glory.

A massive bright heavenly Dao net surrounded her, carrying a heavy, scorching aura, like a fairy within the sun.

This was a being at the Dao Integration stage!

Her presence immediately triggered dual alarms from the immortal sect's realm channel formation and military formation; formation patterns spread in all directions, covering everything.

A Yuan Magnetic Sword Dao world floated between heaven and earth, emitting a clear Dao Integration stage pressure, extremely strong even among Dao Integration stage beings, surpassing that golden star.

A sword Dao world of primordial magnetism manifested between heaven and earth, emanating a clear Dao Merging tier pressure, and even among Dao Merging tier it was extremely powerful, surpassing that golden star.

But she did not give up, continuing to scan this place with her divine sense.

Soon, she discovered her long-traveled target: a young man in green robes gazing quietly at her, and beside him, the exceptionally lively Great Sun Dayang Tianchi, which did not seem like a lifeless object at all.

In that instant, the ancient sword Dao logic within that golden star began to operate.

"... Sun lineage detected, Sun inheritance sword cultivator..."

"... The only true Sun inheritance sword cultivator existing in this realm, possessing highest authority... Proclaim to the Dark-Light Sword Grotto-Heaven: a new true Sun inheritance sword cultivator has appeared; according to Sun rules, the strongest Sun inheritance sword cultivator shall be the Master of the Brightness Palace..."

"... If existing Sun inheritance sword cultivators and Moon inheritance sword cultivators do not recognize the judgment of the Brightness Palace Spirit, please initiate a Holy Sword Duel..."

The true Solar Inheritance sword cultivator who exists, possessing the highest authority… proclaims to the Dark and Bright Sword Grotto-Heaven that a new true Solar Inheritance sword cultivator has appeared, and according to the Solar rules, the strongest Solar Inheritance sword cultivator shall be the master of the Palace of Light…

Simultaneously, ripples of golden light scanned toward the Great Sun Dayang Tianchi.

"... Same batch treasure detected, No. 924 sixth-stage Great Sun Dayang Tianchi..."

"... Detection: The spirit of the Great Sun Dayang Tianchi is on the verge of birthing life consciousness; please Sword Master immediately erase it; please Sun inheritance sword cultivator immediately activate the spell to erase its self-consciousness; the Yin-Yang Sword Law must not be affected..."

"... Inherited treasure about to birth self-consciousness, devour, erase self-consciousness..."

"... Detection. The spirit of Dayang Dayang Tianchi is on the verge of birthing life consciousness. Sword Master, please erase it immediately. All Solar Inheritance sword cultivators, please immediately activate the spell to erase its self-awareness. The Yin-Yang Sword Law must not be affected..."

"... An inheritance treasure about to birth self-awareness — devour it, erase the self-awareness..."

Within this golden star, streaks of icy sword laws spun rapidly.

Her array core spun rapidly, shifting its permissions, automatically accepting the aura of that true Sun-Inheriting Sword Cultivator in the distance, wanting to shelter him at once, let him grow smoothly, to glorify the Sun inheritance and continue the sect's brilliance.

She gave birth to streaks of golden ripples, wanting to draw Jiang Ding in.

However, Jiang Ding immediately controlled the military array to stop it, resisted, and was unwilling.

"Sword Child?"

The Spirit of the Palace of Light said, puzzled.

This was the first time she had encountered such a situation—a Sun-Inheriting Sword Cultivator resisting her shelter.