Chapter 1515

Jiang Ding recuperated for over a hundred years and finally recovered part of his strength, already able to think about more things.

He began communicating with the Immortal Gate through formations, and had already recovered the ability to communicate over ultra-long distances.

The communication formation in Dayang Dayang Tianchi was activated, sending a communication request into the distance, and received a response immediately.

Strong Immortal Gate cultivators such as Zhenjun Shenji Zhenzun, Yuan, and Senior Wanji Zhenzun connected into the communication channel at the first moment, not knowing how many years they had been waiting, prepared at every single moment.

They looked at that half-person-tall, child-sized youth, and a sudden panic rose in their hearts.

They looked over and over many times, and after a long while, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did it succeed?"

Yuan asked.

As long as the Dayang Sword Lord was not beaten to death on the spot, the possibility of death was generally not great; his vitality was extremely tenacious, worthy of being called the undying cockroach of the realm.

"Yes, it succeeded."

"Senior Yuan, send out the troops."

Jiang Ding took a deep breath: "Advance toward the Youming Sword Cave Heaven realm, and then toward the realms of the Badaxian Sect in the Ancient God Domain. Within fifteen hundred years, we have hope of completing the occupation of the Jiudaxian Sect realms in the Ancient God Domain. The Badaxian Sect can no longer contend with us on the frontal battlefield."

"I am certain of this."

"Understood!"

Yuan instructed earnestly, word after word.

"Jiang Ding, stay hidden, don't come out. We can arrive within five hundred years; it's not a long time. Recuperate well, don't rush for quick success. We are not short of these few hundred years…"

"I know, I know."

Jiang Ding nodded repeatedly.

……

In the starry sky of the realm, Jiang Ding continued to recuperate and comprehend the Immortal Dao.

In the last battle, his comprehension of the Heavenly Sword technique advanced another step. He estimated that in at most five thousand years he could successfully advance to the Seventh Sword Dao Realm, the Heavenly Sword Realm, completely closing the gap in sword technique tier with the Sword Sons of the Upper Realm Immortal Sects, no longer inferior in sword technique.

Cultivators of poor and lowly birth were inferior in every respect—flying swords, cultivation techniques, resources, and status. To surpass those dazzling geniuses of the Great Thousand Worlds, the Crown Princes of the Human Immortal Dao, the only way was to work hard on sword technique and sword soul, using acquired effort and Dao comprehension to overcome one's opponents.

This was the only path.

And now, at last, a glimmer of hope could be seen.

Unknowingly, over four hundred years passed.

Jiang Ding had fully recovered from his past injuries, rose and flew toward the Youming Sword Cave Heaven realm. It took him a great deal of time to reach this cluster of living worlds, arriving once more at the Youming realm.

In fact, there was no longer anything for him to do.

The Immortal Gate's fleet had already arrived here, completing the initial occupation of the various Minor Thousand Worlds. The Youming Sword Cave Heaven cultivators in the Minor Thousand Worlds did not resist, quietly cooperating with the Immortal Gate fleet to receive each Minor Thousand World. In the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie

realm, the Immortal Gate fleet arriving here was nothing more than an armed parade.

Finally, Jiang Ding arrived at Youming Realm, the location of Youming Sword Cave Heaven's mountain gate.

Of course, the mountain gate formations here had long since collapsed, and the new mountain gate formations had not yet been built. People came and went on the mountain—Immortal Gate cultivators and Youming Sword Cave Heaven cultivators—getting along fairly well, with no condescending conflicts between them.

Immortal Gate citizens were all bound by Immortal Gate law; they could not be as arrogant and domineering as disciples of certain Immortal Sects.

"Jiang Ding, you've finally returned."

Yuan, Zhenjun Shenji Zhenzun, and others came out of the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie to welcome them, greeting the meritorious hero of this campaign.

"Hahaha!"

"Senior, it's been a long time."

Jiang Ding laughed heartily, in high spirits: "Within this realm, the Immortal Gate has now truly risen to power, no longer the time of weakness. The Badaxian Sect is nothing but bones in a tomb; if not for the vast realm space, we could drive them into the depths of the starry sky right now, fleeing like stray dogs."

Killing them all still seemed to fall a little short.

If the eight great powers were determined to flee and never engage in combat, there really was no way to deal with them.

However, once the Dayang Sword Lord advanced to the peak of Refining Void, perhaps this situation would change—even fleeing would be impossible; the moment they showed their heads, they could not escape.

"Looking back to those years, when we were still at Soul Transformation, we never imagined today…"

Senior Wanji Zhenzun sighed.

"Now is far better than before."

For a time, everyone felt somewhat proud and complacent, quite putting on the air of being invincible within the realm.

"Everyone, don't get too carried away."

"There's still the Ancient God Ancestor at the center of the Ancient God Domain; he could awaken at any moment."

Yuan waited for quite a while before saying: "From now on we must continue to work hard, fighting for our Immortal Dao, for our citizens, growing as quickly as possible—at the very least possessing the ability to preserve our lives in the hands of the Heavenly Beings."

"Otherwise, we will still face the danger of perishing at any moment."

"Indeed, the Ancient God Ancestor…"

Jiang Ding calmed down a little.

The center of the Ancient God Domain, a place shrouded in black mist.

There slumbered the unparalleled genius of the previous era of the Ancient God Domain, the strongest sovereign across countless myriad years among the realms, the inheritor of the endless starry sky's hegemon race.

Such a figure, if awakened, would bring terrifying destruction and disaster upon the realms.

That sovereign who seized the Human Realm from the hands of countless alien races, while possessing illustrious achievements, was also bloody and brutal, showing no mercy to all beings.

After not seeing each other for many years, everyone chatted idly about many things, all filled with emotion.

"Senior Yuan,"

"This is the first Governor of Youming Special Zone—Youming Sword Cave Heaven, Daoist Taiyou and Daoist Guangming."

Jiang Ding released

the Taiyou Inheritance and the Guangming Inheritance.

"Greetings, Your Excellency the Governor."

The Taiyou Inheritance and the Guangming Inheritance bowed with hands clasped.

Jiang Ding had communicated with them sufficiently; from now on, the Youming Sword Grotto-Heaven would operate according to the will of the Great Sun Sword Lord, embedded within the Immortal Gate system.

"Greetings, Daoist Taiyou, Daoist Guangming."

Yuan Yi returned the courtesy. He too was a Refining Void cultivator, of the same rank, so naturally he would not put on airs before these two. With a kindly smile he said, "From now on, Daoist and the rest of us shall pull together. I ask the two Daoists to bear with us much."

"We wouldn't dare. We shall simply follow the instructions of the Administrator."

The Guangming Inheritance said courteously.

Needless to say, he would only stand on the side of the Youming Sword Grotto-Heaven, but at the same time, he would also pledge loyalty to the Grotto-Heaven's master, the Great Sun Sword Lord, until the day he himself could initiate a Sacred Sword Duel.

These two Inheritances and Yuan had no personal friendship; it was all a fixed-procedure official meeting — pleasantries, then a lingering farewell.

This scene would become promotional footage, turned into news, broadcast to the citizens and the many Youming Sword Grotto-Heaven cultivators to soothe their hearts.

The Guangming Inheritance and the Taiyou Inheritance would henceforth directly manage the Youming Sword Grotto-Heaven, only requesting the Great Sun Sword Lord to step forward when major matters arose.

"Guangming, Taiyou,"

"In your future comprehension of the Yin-Yang Sword Dao, do not copy the scriptures wholesale — you must have your own innovations and changes."

Jiang Ding advised, "I will dispatch an avatar to help you build a Yin-Yang Sword School scientific team. You must study earnestly, turn the sect's Yin-Yang Sword Dao into your own Yin-Yang Sword Dao, and stop clinging to what the ancestors passed down, refusing to change a single thread of it."

"We disciples of later generations should have something of our own."

The Youming Sword Grotto-Heaven's cultivation philosophy had enormous flaws and errors — it was far too closed off.

"Yes, Sword Lord."

The Guangming Inheritance and the Taiyou Inheritance were somewhat bewildered, but immediately answered in the affirmative.