Chapter 1657

After the Divine Lords of Profound Fire and Profound Water and others departed, silence fell upon this place for a time.

Many people inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, subconsciously feeling there was nothing left to worry about, that all unstable factors had been eliminated.

"This is not enough."

"True bloodshed is still required; the dignity of the law must be watered with fresh blood."

Jiang Ding whispered.

Cultivators from other worlds are inherently complete worshippers of violence, not very accustomed to obeying laws, let alone Sword Cultivators, who are among the most extreme cultivators.

From his experience ruling Tushan Master Tushan Zhongting, he knew that repeated purges, spanning at least tens of thousands of years, were necessary to implant the law into their souls so they would obey subconsciously.

However, without a clear capital crime, Jiang Ding was unwilling to shed blood for no reason.

A chill subconsciously ran through the hearts of the cultivators around him.

"Daoist Great Love, Daoist Han,"

"The quotas have been set; there are no obstacles."

Jiang Ding looked at the two: "However, given the situation, you may face the scrutiny of Sword Cultivators from the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm in the future, as well as hostility and greed from cultivators of other Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong."

"This is indeed beyond my ability to handle; my capabilities are limited."

"Because of me, it seems, it is the same for you."

Jiang Ding instructed.

"You two must be more cautious in the future; if you can seize opportunities here, that would be best. Consider these matters yourselves; I need not say more."

These two old friends trusted him, were willing to cooperate and share opportunities with him, so he naturally could not betray that trust.

"Haha!"

"Little Junior Uncle, I naturally know this."

Han Lin laughed heartily.

"The Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun has been as benevolent as possible."

Divine Lord Great Love also solemnly bowed.

Frankly speaking, the Great Sun Sword Disciple had reached his limit; he was not invincible in the world, merely a cultivator at the peak of the Void Refinement stage, subject to constraints from all sides. To achieve this much was already rare and precious.

If they themselves had done this, they probably would not have been able to reach such a state.

The world is ultimately not black and white as seen in children's eyes; there are always many helplessness and compromises, which any cultivator who has experienced many years can understand.

"Hahaha!"

"In that case, let us go and claim our opportunities!"

Jiang Ding laughed loudly and went ahead first.

This scene reminded him of many years ago, when he seemed to have experienced something similar; those were years worth remembering.

The crowd hurriedly followed.

After much time, the crowd passed through a series of super-teleportation arrays of the Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie and arrived at a corner of the Tianhe Star Chain World Cluster.

Here, a few years ago, was an utterly ordinary void.

Now, it had become a jade-belt Tianhe shimmering with endless dim yellow treasure light, winding through a tiny void of millions of kilometers, encircling a place named the Tianyun Minor World with endless attachment, unwilling to depart.

Endless sorrow and endless grief unknowingly spread to the starry sky in all directions.

The crowd arrived here and held their breath.

This was a Tier Nine opportunity, a rare treasure in the world, a treasure of Creation.

"Tianyun Minor World... it should be Xia Caiyun Minor World, right?"

Jiang Ding sighed: "The original home of the Treasure Realm no longer exists; only the lingering Treasure River remains, unwilling to leave. Even sects lasting tens of millions of years have an end."

This jade-belt Tianhe, though appearing to overflow with treasure light, actually harbors hidden killing intent.

Within those various treasure-light Illusion Realms, flying swords, mountain peaks, jade seals, giant axes, fly-whisks, and other magnificent treasures were all broken, covered in blood—the blood of Treasure Realm cultivators, the blood of other living beings. Countless corpses fell into this river of treasure light, and the rotting corpse fluids turned the once crystal-clear river into a turbid River of the Underworld.

An extremely terrifying and fierce aura spread in all directions, causing even the Great Sun Sword Disciple to change color slightly.

This was the remnant of a Great Calamity battlefield!

Countless Divine Lords, Heavenly Humans, and even Near Immortal existences had their blood drip into this river, mixing with endless resentment and curses to form this River of Ten Thousand Spirits' Resentment.

Countless Divine Lords, Heavenly Beings, and even Jiang Jiang Jinxian existences had their fresh blood drip into this river, mingling with boundless resentment and curses to form this River of Ten Thousand Spirits' Resentment.

This Divine Lord claimed he had a way to purify this resentment because, by chance, he had obtained some inheritances from the Treasure Realm.

This Divine Lord said he had a way to purify these resentments, because by a chance encounter he had obtained some inheritances from the Spiritual Treasure realm.

Han Lin cupped his hands: "Disciple needs an Eighth-Rank Great Array to gather numerous spiritual veins and many heavenly lights; that will suffice. Please, Little Junior Uncle, retreat ten million li, and grant me over a hundred years of time."

He appeared very humble, yet within this humility lay an unspoken firmness.

He appeared very humble, and within that humility there was also a kind of indescribable firmness.

Jiang Ding nodded.

He did not ask how the other intended to purify this Tier Nine treasure, nor whether he needed the assistance of a Tier Nine Great Array, even though he could currently influence the Yin-Yang Locking Heaven Array to provide more aid; nor did he ask whether he needed the help of many cultivators.

He did not ask how the other party intended to purify this ninth-tier treasure, nor whether the other party needed the assistance of a ninth-tier grand formation; even though he could currently influence the Yin-Yang Locking Heaven Formation to provide more aid, he still did not ask whether the other party needed the help of many cultivators.

Jiang Ding said no more, carefully examined the surrounding terrain and the positions of the Minor Thousand Worlds and Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, then took out the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm to gather various heavenly treasures and logistical supplies on this battlefield, began planning and designing, and finally set up an Eighth-Rank Mid-Grade Star-Swallowing Heavenly Light Gathering Array.

This array's combat power was negligible; its greatest effect was to gather more starlight and spiritual energy. It was one of the Eighth-Rank arrays of the Immortal Gate that he had participated in developing.

After finishing all this, Jiang Ding and the others left this place.

After finishing all of this, Jiang Ding and a group of

After the crowd departed, countless heavenly lights converged upon this land, shrouding the Treasure River, shrouding the Xia Caiyun Minor World, and finally shrouding everything.

Inside this Eighth-Rank Array, some special changes seemed to occur; even Heavenly Humans could not peer into what was happening within.

After the crowd departed, countless rays of celestial light gathered in this stretch of heaven and earth, veiling the spirit treasure Tianhe, veiling the Colorful Clouds Minor Realm, and finally veiling everything.

Within this eighth-tier formation, it seemed some special changes had occurred, such that even celestial beings were unable to spy on what was happening inside.

……

Before he knew it, a hundred years had passed.

Jiang Ding sat cross-legged at the center of the Heavenly Craft Star Chain world cluster.

Every day he studied sword Dao classics, supervised sword cultivators across the various lands in constructing formations, occasionally pointing out and correcting errors in some region's formations, or else convening a large group of Void-Combing Dao-Confirming cultivators to jointly discuss the installation issues of a particular formation, pooling their wisdom to solve problems at the fastest speed rather than working alone.

This way of doing things felt very novel to many Dao-Confirming sword cultivators.

In their past experience, everything was simply a matter of obeying the strongest, with subordinates only needing to execute; never had those above needed to ask for their opinions or ideas.

And their ideas actually turned out to be of great use in deducing the changes in formations!

This was truly a hard-to-understand matter.

They were nothing more than a group of Dao-Confirming Void-Combing cultivators, at most quasi-eighth-rank formation masters, ants compared to a Heavenly Being.

But once they were organized by the Great Sun Sword Child, they could actually handle the small problems that arose during the installation of ninth-rank formations, leaving those who personally participated in the process somewhat dazed, not knowing how they had managed it.

However, one thing was clear.

That was, in such a process, in the process of jointly handling various small problems in ninth-rank formation installation with the Great Sun Sword Child, their gains were enormous, comparable to experiencing one small Dao-Comprehension after another.

Being able to personally participate in this high-end formation research was an extremely important opportunity for all Dao-Confirming Void-Combing cultivators.

It could be said that working for the Great Sun Sword Child for one day improved them faster than a hundred days of solitary cultivation and exploration!

This was just how extraordinarily precious a ninth-rank project was.

Even if it was only the leftover scraps of a ninth-rank project's installation work.

Cultivating immortality is not just about secluding oneself behind closed doors, but even more about practice; such opportunities were extremely precious even for the Great Sun Sword Child, let alone for them.

In such an environment, as long as one was not too dull-witted, it would be hard not to improve.