Chapter 1467: The Taqing Flying Sword Is About to Undergo a Qualitative Leap

Several decades passed.

Jiang Ding opened his eyes, his divine light brilliant; the destructive radiance of the Great Sun flashed and vanished.

He had already returned to his peak state, his magic power within his body perfect, at the early stage peak of Refining Void; he estimated he would break through to the mid-stage of Refining Void in another hundred years.

"In a hundred years, I can set out on campaign."

"The Ancient God Domain is a wonderful place; I can see many interesting creatures..."

Jiang Ding murmured.

He reached out and beckoned; a pair of ice-crystal dream butterfly wings beside him fell into his hand. Divine sense and sword intent surged into them as he carefully scanned and examined, quickly determining the smelting method.

This was not difficult to achieve.

Because these ice-crystal dream butterfly wings, like Jiang Ding, were materials of the early stage of Refining Void, yet possessed the potential of a quasi-ninth rank; they held an extremely high status, their future achievement would be infinitely brilliant, but now they were still very weak.

"After smelting this pair of ice-crystal dream butterfly wings, the Taqing Flying Sword will inevitably become an eighth-rank sword embryo, and moreover, an exquisite one among the eighth rank, missing only a hair's breadth from becoming a quasi-ninth-rank sword embryo."

"A quasi-ninth-rank sword embryo; I can also elevate it myself through blood battles, constantly improving; it is not difficult to achieve."

Jiang Ding calculated for a moment and said.

The so-called sword embryo is merely the potential of the flying sword.

If he could achieve his own breakthrough, for instance by mastering stronger laws, he could likewise push the potential of the Taqing Flying Sword to transform into a quasi-ninth rank, or even ninth rank; it was not necessary to smelt external objects.

Of course, he currently only had the confidence to elevate the Taqing Flying Sword to a quasi-ninth-rank sword embryo.

As for a true ninth-rank sword embryo, that was the level of a Sword Disciple of a Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong in the Upper Realm, forged by a Near Immortal-level expert consuming the sect's foundation; even though it was only one step away from the threshold, Jiang Ding now had no confidence to break through.

This was not a matter of how much time.

No matter how much time passed, the outcome would remain the same; based on his current understanding of the Immortal Dao, he had calculated that he had reached a dead end, a deadlock, with no possibility of resolution using his own wisdom and abilities at present.

"Yue."

Jiang Ding threw this pair of ice-crystal dream butterfly wings toward the center of the Great Sun Dayang Dayang Tianchi and said in a deep voice.

"Understood, Sword Disciple."

Yue answered immediately.

Buzz!

The Great Sun Dayang Dayang Tianchi, a supreme treasure inherited at the peak of Dao Integration, immediately activated its bottom-layer formation, emitting rays of golden sun silk light that outlined formations in the sky; the number reached tens of millions, approaching a hundred million. This vast array of formations combined to form a super-giant composite formation.

Endless sunlight descended from the heavens, bestowing upon the center of the formation a destructive, scorching heat.

Great Sun Dayang Dayang Tianchi, the Sword-Forging Formation!

A supreme treasure inherited by the sect; this was not merely a name, but encompassed numerous inheritances and functions. For instance, the Great Sun Dayang Dayang Tianchi contained a seventh-rank exquisite

Sun Sword-Forging Formation, as well as numerous spirit herb gardens and heaven-and-earth treasure nurturing formations, allowing cultivators to grow more smoothly.

Brilliant heavenly light fell upon the ice-crystal dream butterfly wings.

This was not the destruction of combat, but a mysterious sword-forging art, using high temperature as the primary means to smelt heaven-and-earth treasures while ensuring the material's properties remained intact, further enhancing the potential of the heaven-and-earth treasures.

This brilliant sunlight was sufficient to melt materials of the Dao Integration rank, yet falling upon these ice-crystal dream butterfly wings, it could only make their light shine a bit brighter, unable to melt them.

Or rather, it could melt them, but it would require more time.

"Central Formation Spirit Computer,"

"Applying to gradually suspend high-energy-consumption smelting factories at all levels; applying for the mother planet's seventh-rank smelting great formation to support the Great Sun Dayang Dayang Tianchi formation."

Jiang Ding spoke again.

Thanks to the Immortal Sect's swallowing of over ten domains, vast quantities of heaven-and-earth treasures had gathered; the Immortal Sect now truly possessed a seventh-rank superior spirit vein, and its internal Immortal Dao industries were incredibly developed, capable of producing planet-class warships, star-class orbital cannons, and heavy treasures like the Dao Integration-class Taibai Nether Sky-Piercing Arrows.

With industrial capabilities so developed, the smelting formations naturally would not be lacking.

At this moment, Jiang Ding made such a decision; suspending the production activities of numerous factories would immediately cause massive losses. Even with an orderly suspension, when the factories restarted in the future, the losses would surely be severe.

"Application approved,"

"Orderly suspending high-energy-consumption production activities across all regions..."

The Central Formation Spirit Computer immediately approved the application.

The Great Sun Sword Master would cover all losses; the wealth accumulated over so many years was not meant to be left idle, but to be used when needed.

Restarting the Immortal Sect's mother planet smelting great formation would take several years.

Jiang Ding was not in a hurry; he retrieved item after item of seventh-rank heaven-and-earth treasures from the warehouse: Soul-Flame Spirit Crystals, Earth-Core Meteoric Flame Iron, Sun-Heart Fire, Spirit-Enriched Carbon Heaven Branches... all were treasures between realms, enough to make a Dao Integration Divine Lord feel greed, lose reason, and be blinded by the treasure's radiance.

Where did these come from?

From the Immortal Sect's expansion wars.

Over ten realms, thousands of Minor Thousand Worlds; vast amounts of heaven-and-earth treasures flowed into the Immortal Sect's center. As one of the original shareholders, Jiang Ding naturally owned these things.

Of course, it was not free; one had to exchange library points, battle merits, merit tokens, and one's own vast wealth.

The Immortal Sect would not give any citizen spirit stones without cause.

Did Jiang Ding lack these things?

Impossible.

The Sword Dao Pavilion Group, factories across all regions, various patents, and shares in numerous Immortal Sect companies with cross-holdings... even if he just lay there, his money would double and skyrocket endlessly as the Immortal Sect expanded.

The Immortal Sect's interests were bound to his fundamental interests, deeply integrated; prosperity for one meant prosperity for all, ruin for one meant ruin for all.

This was not mere talk.

As long as the Immortal Sect grew and strengthened, even if he did nothing, he would lack nothing.

Behind these many seventh-rank heaven-and-earth treasures were piles upon piles, heaped like mountains, stretching endlessly, of sixth-rank and below heaven-and-earth treasures; these materials were among the raw materials for this sword-forging.

This sword-forging plan was personally designed by the Great Sun Sword Master, the one with the highest sword Dao attainment in the Immortal Sect, and jointly decided, modified, and finalized by institutions such as the Immortal Sect Sword Dao Academy, the Immortal Sect Material Science Academy, and the Immortal Sect Formation Spirit Academy; it had an extremely high probability of elevating the Taqing Flying Sword to an eighth-rank exquisite sword embryo.

This sword-forging plan was personally designed by the Great Sun Sword Lord, the cultivator with the highest attainments in the Sword Dao within the Immortal Gate, and was jointly deliberated, revised, and finalized by institutions such as the Immortal Gate Sword Dao Research Institute, the Immortal Gate Materials Research Institute, and the Immortal Gate Array Spirit Research Institute. It carries an extremely high probability of allowing the Taiqing Flying Sword to advance into a tier-eight supreme sword embryo.

Jiang Ding pointed with his finger.

Jiang Ding tapped a finger.

Numerous materials flew into the sky, falling into various points of the Great Sun Heavenly Pool Sword-Forging Array, where amid dazzling radiance they were smelted and fused bit by bit. The properties of the materials underwent drastic changes, shifting in the direction required by the Taiqing Flying Sword.

In this stretch of sky, the rules of the Great Sun Sword Dao and the Heavenly Dao net dominated every place, each spot transformed into an ocean of countless sword-forging materials.

The Taiqing Flying Sword at the very center occupied the core of the sword-forging array. Amid endless radiance and endless brilliance, wisps and strands of Metal-attribute Qi imbued with the power of rules flew in from all four directions toward the center, streaming in unceasingly, pouring entirely into the body of the Taiqing Flying Sword, continuously strengthening her foundation and elevating her essence.

Through this sword-forging process, the Taiqing Flying Sword kept advancing toward a true qualitative leap into an eighth-grade sword embryo.