Chapter 1609: The Second-Tier Civilization's Solar System Super Array

Yu Yu Qianzi looked at the green-robed youth before her, unchanged for tens of thousands of years, and despair welled up in her heart.

She was clearly already a Dao Merging cultivator, a full major realm above him, and likewise a Dao Child, yet his strength crushed hers instead.

It was truly disheartening, leaving no room left for the thought of comparison.

At roughly the same time, the Tianji Dao Child, the Brother Xuanwu Dao Child, the Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu Dao Child, and others also began their Tribulation Crossing one after another; within a similar span of time, they broke through in succession, becoming among the very few Dao Merging Divine Monarchs of the Ancient God Domain — and extraordinarily powerful ones at that, capable of defeating peak-stage Dao Merging cultivators while still in the early Dao Merging stage.

The title of Dao Child—

Yes, in the eyes of the vast majority of people in this world, they were the solemn and august sect ancestors, Divine Monarchs; but in the eyes of the Great Sun Sword Lord, they remained the Dao Children of the old Nine Spirit Domain, unchanged.

Having received the transfer order and obtained permission, the Tianji Dao Child, the Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu Dao Child, and others hurried over via the super teleportation array, then bowed in salute to that youth.

"Greetings,"

"Great Sun Chancellor!"

The Tianji Dao Child and the others bowed with humble bearing.

Nine Dao Merging Divine Monarchs — nine among the most powerful of their realm — in the past several hundred thousand years of the Ancient God Domain, this was a terrifying force capable of sweeping the world, invincible beneath Heaven and Man.

Now, this very force was expressing its submission to the Immortal Gate.

"Everyone, the courtesy is unnecessary."

"This sovereign's visit this time is mainly to congratulate you all on achieving the Dao Merging great Dao, extending your lifespans by a hundred thousand years, restoring the sect's former glory, and living up to the expectations of the sect's ancestors through the ages."

Jiang Ding said slowly.

"The secondary purpose is to discuss the Dao Merging great Dao with you all — you and I shall discourse on the Dao, aid one another, and be fellow Dao companions. Would that not be delightful?"

"Great Sun Chancellor's guidance — we are endlessly grateful!"

The Tianji Dao Child and the others said respectfully.

This back-and-forth carried a certain air of political ceremony.

It was a renewed pledge of loyalty to the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect, expressing that even after ascending to Dao Merging Divine Monarch, they harbored no disloyalty, still willing to serve the world-cluster order of the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect, with no intention whatsoever of challenging that order.

"The way of Dao Merging lies in the Heavenly Dao's net of law."

"The cultivation of a Dao Merging cultivator lies in understanding the Heavenly Dao, comprehending the Heavenly Dao; in this process, continually deepening one's grasp of heaven, earth, and nature, thereby awakening one's own 'Dao.'"

Only a Dao Merging cultivator who has reached this stage, with sufficient foundational reserves as a foundation, has even the faintest chance of gazing upon Heaven and Man…

Jiang Ding declared in a clear voice.

He was expounding his own understanding of Dao Merging.

From time to time, the Tianji Dao Child and others joined in, sharing their own understandings of the Dao Merging realm; each had their own specialty, each had their own

unique insights into their respective laws, and they conversed amiably, all gaining greatly.

Jiang Ding gained much inspiration for his comprehension of the Wood-attribute laws, the Five Elements laws, the Earth-attribute laws, the Fate laws, and so on.

No wonder they say the four necessities of cultivation are wealth, companions, land, and technique — exchanging with different people is very important; one can gain the other's insights into the great Dao, draw parallels by category, and thereby advance one's own path.

In this process neither side suffered any loss — all was benefit; this was the pleasure of sharing knowledge.

Naturally, the nine Dao Children gained even more.

Because the one exchanging with them was a Dao Child of an Upper Realm Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong, a man who, if he did not die, would surely achieve Jiang Jiang Jinxian — his Immortal Dao foundations far surpassed theirs.

"Heaven and earth, mystic and yellow, the universe vast and wild, the workings of fate never cease…"

The Tianji Dao Child began to expound his own comprehension of the Dao.

The Taiyou Inheritance and the Light Inheritance listeners held their breath, comparing the Tianji Divine Monarch's Fate laws against their own Light and Dark laws.

Between Void Refining and Dao Merging, there lay a deep chasm.

The nine Dao Children who had already ascended to Dao Merging and these two were no longer cultivators of the same tier — neither in strength nor in Immortal Dao comprehension.

Were they to meet on ordinary occasions, they would have to address him as Senior.

At the same time, the Taiyou Inheritance and the Light Inheritance understood that this was the Immortal Gate displaying its might.

Deeper Immortal Dao comprehension, deeper law understanding — these represented more terrifying power; if the nine Dao Merging Divine Monarchs were not utterly foolish, they would surely realize what this implied.

The discourse on the Dao between heaven and earth lasted nearly a hundred years, after which the crowd bowed to the Great Sun Sword Lord and parted with reluctance.

……

In the Dayang Dayang Tianchi.

"These old friends of mine are quite decent."

Jiang Ding showed a faint smile, then suppressed it.

The Badaxian Sect and the Youming Sword Grotto-Heaven had now become deeply embedded within the Immortal Gate's great Immortal Dao industrial system; lengthy industrial production chains for many top-grade quasi-eighth-tier spirit gold and eighth-tier synthetic spirit gold were partly completed within the territories of the Jiudaxian Sect — the sect inheritances and the sects' high-quality cultivator workers had enormously boosted the Immortal Gate's productive forces.

The nine Dao Children's ascension to Dao Merging was of great benefit to the Immortal Gate.

Because the strength of the oxen and horses had increased, productive forces would surge accordingly; in the future, the efficiency of producing and refining eighth-tier synthetic spirit gold for the Central Array Spirit Computer's main unit would improve, with less loss—this was good news for the eighth-tier Central Array Spirit Computer project.

This was their tremendous usefulness.

Therefore, upon learning they were about to ascend to Dao Merging, Yuan's first thought was not to suppress or obstruct, but to request the Great Sun Sword Lord to step out and give a gentle warning; even if they wished to rebel, Yuan did not want to fall out now, and would pretend to know nothing.

One had to at least wait until the Central Array Spirit Computer

ascended to Heaven and Man before speaking further.

Killing the nine Dao Children — one truly wouldn't know where to find such fine oxen and horses in the short term; that would be a massive loss of wealth.

However, facts proved these old friends were truly very clever.

Very sensible.

Apart from Yu Yu Qianzi, whose sword cultivator nature made her inherently unruly, all the Dao Children were very cooperative, very clear-headed; the two sides merely discoursed on the Dao, and the matter was resolved without even escalating to martial conflict.

After traveling for a while, Jiang Ding once again returned to the Immortal Gate's mother star.

This time, the Dayang Dayang Tianchi did not settle into orbit around the mother star, but switched to a new target.

It circled the sun, revolving around it; while drawing in the sun's radiance, it pressed ahead at full pace with dark matter experiments, the second Nirvana deduction and verification — the entire Immortal Gate scientific system was mobilized, with countless Immortal Dao scientists steadily advancing on every project.

Calling the current Immortal Gate a second-tier civilization is truly fitting.

The branches and leaves of the Divine Wood Shenmu Shenmu Futianrong spread throughout the entire solar system, extending to the eight major planets and Pluto, forming banyan-star paths between the various planets, and even more branches and leaves spread to the sun, wrapping its outer layer to form ring after ring of banyan Dai Sen garlands, drawing energy from nearly the entire solar system to develop the various industries of the Immortal Sect.

Beside the Great Sun Dayang Dayang Tianchi, banyan branches shuttled through the thickets, connecting the Immortal Sect's solar-system super array, further enhancing the Sect's energy absorption efficiency and defensive power.

Cultivation. Research.

Time flew by in a hurry.

Unknowingly, a thousand years had already passed.

Amid such busy, bustling research, the final one-point-five percent of the deduction and verification for the second solar rule Nirvana fine-tuning was completed.

The success rate of the second rule Nirvana: one hundred percent.