Chapter 1614: Immortality Can Let One Live Again

A mighty Immortal Dao expert erupted in fury, and a terrifying pressure filled the entire Ancient God World cluster.

Heaven and earth overturned, and the star rivers rolled backward.

All living beings in heaven and earth fell into endless fear, as if the end of the world had arrived; the heavens and earth grew dim, and even the lofty He-Union Divine Lords were terrified and uneasy, as if falling into a deep abyss.

"... He... he..."

In the Heavenly Secret Domain, the Heavenly Secret Dao Disciple suddenly awoke from seclusion, his body trembling, his eyes filled with fear, vaguely recalling the records of the sect's history time and again.

So familiar, appearing once more today.

"The end of life of the Great Sun Sword Lord!"

"The end of life where the pursuit of the Dao is hopeless, plunging into madness and destruction!"

"How could he be like this?!!"

The Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu Dao Disciple, Ji Liuyue, spoke while trembling.

Her voice was full of disbelief, her face pale beyond measure, as she thought of an extremely terrible future.

In history, such scenes appeared time and again in the Nine Spirit Domain.

That was when each generation of Great Sun Sword Lords reached the peak of the Refining Void realm and their lifespan neared its limit; they would plunge into madness and destruction, madly slaughtering any powerful being in the world, from Nascent Soul to Refining Void, sparing no one, madly pursuing that faint and invisible hope of advancement.

Like a living creature about to die of thirst in the ocean, all reason no longer existed.

But!

This generation's Great Sun Sword Lord had only just reached the late stage of Refining Void!

He could still advance to He-Union, advance to Heavenly Man, even pursue the supreme Near-Immortal realm; he was still so young. Why would he despair?

Why would he plunge into madness?!

Regarding all this, no one answered.

The only thing the Nine Dao Disciples knew was that from now on they needed to be even more cautious in speech and action, and prepare an escape route; when the situation became irretrievable, they could only flee into the depths of the cosmic starry sky.

The turbulent star rivers gradually calmed down.

Everything returned to peace.

Jiang Ding awoke from seclusion, slowly stood up, and walked toward the distance.

First step: his cultivation was late-stage Refining Void;

Second step: his cultivation was peak Refining Void;

Third step: his innate flying sword reached thirty-six Sun Divine Seals, reaching the limit of He-Union magical treasures;

His strength, in a single breath, had reached its limit!

The Refining Void realm and magical treasures were merely trivial; for an existence now nearly akin to a Heavenly Man, swallowing and spitting out the power of heaven and earth in a breath to advance instantly posed no difficulty whatsoever.

"Limit, limit."

"My limit..."

Jiang Ding whispered.

He knew this was not yet the limit.

The Gong Fa of the Immortal Gate

was not strong enough; compared to the Immortal Sects of the Upper Realm, it was not strong enough, which is why he could instantly advance to peak Refining Void, but this should not be his limit.

The direction ahead should be to absorb the incomplete Near-Immortal scriptures and further raise the limit of the Immortal Gate's Gong Fa.

The enhancement of the Taiqing Flying Sword was the same.

The only regret was that he only possessed the "Qingdi Yuncong Tianhuang Jing" given by the Yang Bone Heavenly Man; it was extremely incomplete, and even if he could comprehend it thoroughly, he feared he could not raise it much.

But it mattered not; in this world, all ideals are difficult; he was already accustomed to it.

"Congratulations,"

"Congratulations to you on advancing to peak Refining Void."

Yuan, who had arrived at some unknown time, clasped his hands and said.

"Senior is too polite; I am very sorry."

Jiang Ding sighed.

He knew he had frightened this Senior; this was not his intention.

In fact, no matter what, even if he lost control in the next moment, he would not lose control within the Immortal Gate; no matter what, the Immortal Gate would be safe.

"Jiang Ding, are you about to advance to He-Union?"

Yuan asked.

A Great Sun Sword Lord who reached peak Refining Void could instantly advance to He-Union without any preparation and with guaranteed success.

At this moment, he was a mature and calm Immortal Gate politician; based on some Immortal Gate records, he vaguely felt that if the Great Sun Sword Lord advanced to He-Union, he would become much more stable and no longer be as dangerous as now.

"No,"

"It will not; it will never."

A blazing killing intent flashed in Jiang Ding's eyes: "My foundation is too far from becoming an Immortal; it is so far that even that sliver of hope seems like a dream, never existing."

"I will not allow such a thing to happen."

At this moment, it was as if a terrifying nuclear bomb was about to explode; such madness and fury made Yuan's heart grow cold.

However, he felt no fear; instead, he understood.

So the Great Sun Sword Lord's despair lay in becoming an Immortal... Compared to other living beings, he was closer to this goal and knew more.

And therefore, he was more despairing.

This despair even surpassed the despair of past Great Sun Sword Lords trapped within the Nine Spirit Domain.

Past Great Sun Sword Lords always had the ability to advance to He-Union; they were merely trapped within the small Nine Spirit Domain. Once they reached a suitable environment, they would instantly advance, possessing an infinitely vast and bright future.

As for this generation's Great Sun Sword Master… he has no hope.

Even if you gave him the entire cosmic starry sky, an endless expanse of land, he still could not become an immortal—the gap is far too great.

"Now, wouldn't it be too early?"

"Why not save it for the future to pursue?"

Yuan knew it was useless, yet could not help saying: "We are merely

Void Refining Unity-of-Dao cultivators. For us, Heavenly Beings and those above Heavenly Beings are the goals we pursue. Matters of becoming immortal should be explored only after one has achieved above Heavenly Being."

"That would be reasonable, wouldn't it."

That is what should be normal—each realm, each stage of life should have its own corresponding goal.

"No,"

"It's not like that."

Jiang Ding let out a long sigh: "Senior, do you know how remote a goal becoming immortal is?"

"Even if I now reach the limit of Void Refining, reach the level of True Immortal Lady, advance step by step, arrive above Heavenly Being, and accumulate advantages layer upon layer, I would still possess only a sliver of hope of becoming immortal."

"Now, you want me to abandon the accumulation of the Void Refining Unity-of-Dao Heavenly Being stage, advance to above Heavenly Being, and then, with no leverage at all, pursue the path of immortality?"

"This… truly has no hope whatsoever. I myself cannot give myself any confidence, cannot say that I will become immortal in the future."

"In all the world, even if someone could do so, they must surely be a reincarnation of an immortal. Mortals have no possibility whatsoever—at least within the scope of my wisdom, my vision, there is no possibility at all."

"Senior,"

Jiang Ding looked at the elder before him, his own teacher, the ruler of the Immortal Gate, then gazed toward the distant starry sky: "I wish to ascend above the Dao of Immortality, wish to give you, and everyone in the Immortal Gate, a chance to become immortal."

"The Immortal Gate's sole incomplete near-immortal scripture, the 'Green Emperor Cloud Thicket Heaven-Wild Scripture,' records that immortals can grant living beings another life."

Becoming immortal—this is how difficult it is.

"Becoming immortal…"

Yuan sighed softly and said no more.

The two stopped discussing this topic and instead began discussing the various difficulties of advancing the eighth-tier central array-spirit computer—problems with the formations, with refining the mainframe, with the array-spirit core, and so on.

As soon as they began discussing, Yuan immediately noticed an enormous difference.

Many problems that had once seemed like impassable chasms were solved in an instant, and the results were far better than before.

Compared to the past, efficiency had not increased by several times.

It had increased tenfold!

It was as if a Heavenly Being had descended upon the Immortal Gate!

Moreover, it was a Heavenly Being strong cultivator who had been educated within the Immortal Gate, grown up there, fully understood the Immortal Gate, whose immortal-Dao system perfectly matched the Immortal Gate's, descending upon the Immortal Gate to aid the eighth-tier central array-spirit computer project!

The research and refining progress of the central array-spirit computer was soaring.