Chapter 1454: The Terrifying Solo Powerhouse of the Immortal Gate Appears

In the starry void of the universe, the dark clouds of the heavenly tribulation gradually dispersed.

The shattered space and the shattered rules of the Heavenly Dao likewise began to slowly restore themselves.

The starry void of the universe is an existence that appears fragile yet is infinitely resilient; even a Near Immortal-level powerhouse cannot permanently break the void, completely extinguish the energy of a universe's space, or cause the universe to lose even a single material particle or the most minute energy.

A youth in green robes stood silently in the sky.

Endless sunlight and the light of myriad stars fell upon him; though he exerted no pressure whatsoever, he involuntarily made people's hearts tremble with fear, not knowing where it came from.

Even a Void Refinement cultivator, at this moment, breathed heavily and trembled in fear, as if encountering a deity.

"Great Sun Sword Master!"

"Great Sun Sword Master, Great Sun Sword Master, another generation of Great Sun Sword Master has appeared in the world..."

Pingyang True Venerable looked at the Ruining Sun True Venerable, who was showing faint signs of losing control again, and sighed slightly in his heart: "I wonder if this is a blessing or a curse for the Immortal Gate."

"The Great Sun Sword Master's madness, bloodlust, and that indiscriminate instinct to slaughter all powerful beings."

"One day, this realm will be utterly desolate."

"However, at least for now, it is extremely favorable for the Immortal Gate's battlefield."

"I heard that on the front lines, Ancient God Alliance He Dao powerhouses have already begun attacking the Immortal Gate's rear, wanting to exploit the Immortal Gate army's weakness of being difficult to disperse to crush the Immortal Gate's rule within the realm, increase the Immortal Gate's cost of rule, and force the Immortal Gate army into a situation where the cost of rule far exceeds tax revenue, leading to deficits."

"This has indeed caused great trouble for the Immortal Gate; we were forced to stop our offensive and find ways to digest the ten domains of the Ten Thousand Races Alliance we have already occupied, yet we remain in a stalemate, unable to achieve complete actual control over these ten domains. Those He Dao Divine Lords are too agile; relying on pre-arranged teleportation arrays, they simply cannot be caught."

"The Immortal Gate's rule over the Ten Thousand Races Alliance's ten domains has fallen into instability; even more than ten years ago, a Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie was breached, causing nearly ten million citizen casualties, let alone the many Minor Thousand Worlds with weak defenses. In many regions, political institutions were under the Immortal Gate by day and under the Ancient God Alliance by night, with only symbolic tax revenue."

"The Immortal Gate has no solution yet and was forced to withdraw citizens from the various small worlds."

"If this situation continues for hundreds or thousands of years, the Immortal Gate fleet's economy will very likely be dragged down. The spirit stones required for daily fleet logistics maintenance are massive; if we cannot sustain it, we will be forced to adopt a strategic contraction strategy. After the retreat, chaos will inevitably erupt within the Ancient God Alliance."

"However, now..."

A cold killing intent rose in Pingyang True Venerable's heart: "You mongrels, continue your guerrilla warfare! Scatter! Create turmoil for the Immortal Gate! He will be very pleased."

The Immortal Gate's Void Refinement cultivators had extremely complex thoughts.

They had experienced

the Great Sun Sword Pavilion era, knew the true nature of the Great Sun Sword Master, and harbored too much fear and unease toward the Great Sun Sword Master, yet at the same time held many hopes for the future where the Great Sun Sword Master would break the Immortal Gate's strategic disadvantage.

Compared to these Immortal Gate elders, the Immortal Gate's young ones were much simpler, overflowing with joy, laughing heartily, with many taking off their hats and throwing them into the sky.

To them, the Great Sun Sword Master was a kind elder, an Immortal Gate senior, the old commander of the Ninth Front Army, with no personal experience of the past.

"Congratulations, Vice Marshal, on advancing to Void Refinement!"

"Congratulations on extending your life by thirty thousand years and advancing further on the Immortal Path!"

Huating Canghai Tianjun, Huobao Three Tianjuns, Tianci Canghai Tianjun, Siyan Canghai Tianjun, and others cheered, seeing the Immortal Gate rising like the sun and producing powerful beings.

They, too, would one day become such Void Refinement elders!

"On September 1st of the 103,297th year of the 1,782nd tribulation, the eighteenth generation Great Sun Sword Master, Jiang Ding Zi, was born in the Sword Pavilion."

"With a foundation and background close to that of a Dao Son of an Upper Realm Immortal Sect, he achieved Void Refinement; in the future, he will surely advance to He Dao, then to Heavenly Man. The sect's sword path has shown the dawn of Near Immortal level. If the ancestors protect him in the future, this generation of Great Sun Sword Master has the possibility of becoming a great powerhouse like the Yin Yang Ancestor."

Yue took out the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's history book and began writing and drawing on it.

A "Gao Jie" is a unit of time used in the Upper Realm to record history; one Gao Jie equals 129,600 years.

Ancient cultivation powerhouses discovered that every 129,600 years, the Fallen Immortal Realm would suffer some disaster: either earthquakes and mountain tremors, or a decline in spiritual energy causing crop failure on the earth, or the emergence of demonic abyss evil qi... In short, something must happen, possibly related to the world movement cycle of the Great Thousand World's Fallen Immortal Realm.

Therefore, ancient cultivation powerhouses defined this period as one Gao Jie, using it for timekeeping, and to guide Immortal Path cultivation, production activities, and sect development.

Legend has it that every ten Jies, or a hundred Jies, a terrible disaster must occur, where even an Immortal Sect-level power would face the danger of annihilation.

In the starry void of the universe, the sunlight and starlight surrounding the green-robed youth slowly dissipated.

His aura gradually returned to its peak; having passed the heavenly tribulation, he was not seriously injured, only suffering some depletion of primordial energy due to burning his vital blood. A few decades of rest would restore him to normal.

"Finally, the peak of early-stage Void Refinement."

Jiang Ding gazed inward at his own body, lingering for a moment on the magic power in his dantian: "Estimated to take at most a hundred years; after adapting to the Void Refinement realm, I will advance to mid-stage Void Refinement, and my strength will increase by a large margin."

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"Additionally, begin detecting the state of heart demons."

Jiang Ding followed the fixed procedure, methodically performing all tasks after the Tribulation Crossing, as clearly recorded in the Immortal Gate's Tribulation Crossing Manual.

As one of the compilers of the Void Refinement Tribulation Crossing Manual, he naturally had to lead by example.

"The Void Refinement Heart Demon Heavenly Tribulation is the same as always; it is merely three He Dao-level Nine Sons of the Heavenly Demons, unable to shake my Dao heart."

"As per habit, I deliberately lured the Heavenly Demons into my sea of consciousness, repeatedly grinding and refining my Dao heart to find flaws in it, gaining much."

"I am too attached to my family, and my desire for the sword path and immortality is too strong; sometimes I lose reason and commit acts violating Immortal Gate principles. I must pay attention to strengthening my study and correcting myself in the future..."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, clearly remembering the process of passing the Heart Demon Tribulation.

In this world, no one is perfect; everyone has flaws. There is no need to evade anything; simply admit it. There are no perfect sages in the world, nor should there be.

Vulgar people and the broadest masses of laborers are the greatest group in the world; they do not need anyone standing above them to guide them.

Jiang Ding completed his self-examination.

"Requesting detection by the Central Array Spirit Computer."

"Project: Great Sun True Venerable's Heart Demon Tribulation status; whether one is still in a state of heart demons, and whether any heart demon residue remains."

Jiang Ding submitted the request to the Central Array Spirit Computer.

As one of the Immortal Gate's nine councilors and the Commander-in-Chief of the Ninth Front Army, the safety of his divine soul was not merely personal safety but concerned the very life and death of the Immortal Gate; strict detection was mandatory, regardless of how confident one might be.