Chapter 1661: Nine-Tier Great Sun Immortal-Spirit Golden Sword Embryo

No one knew how long it had been, but when the cosmic river of stars had completely settled, when the Yellow Springs River had flowed entirely through the Tiangong Star Chain world cluster and vanished without a trace, four utterly unremarkable cultivation-immortals once again set foot in this world cluster, like a family out for a spring stroll.

They wandered among the world clusters, savoring this rare moment of warmth.

Along the way, they took in the world clusters where this Great Sun Sword Child had once come and left his mark.

Scene after scene replayed from the river of time.

"…A sword cultivator takes hardship and suffering as his nourishment…"

"…The Sun Sword Child was too soft. Clearly his strength was a notch above the Heavenly Sword Sword Child, yet he couldn't slay him. This is the cost of lacking enough life-and-death battles, so that he cannot seize the moment of combat. This is the price of always staying within the sect…"

The Sun Sword Child was taken aback.

Then, he truly felt a little ashamed.

Since his days of weakness, he had been through no small number of wars, and had likewise carved his way up through killing.

But compared with this Great Sun Sword Child, who was drenched in blood, his own path had indeed been far too comfortable. He lacked the other's ruthless edge, the ability to always cut down opponents whose strength was not far removed from his own rather than letting them escape.

From the Light Thunder Canghai Tianjun to the Silk-Pulling Heavenly Being, and then to the Immortal Artifact Child, it had all been the same.

"Hmph!"

"That is an extreme demonic sword path—quick to rise, quick to die. How could it possibly compare with the Taiyin-Taiyang Sword Dao?"

The Taiyin Sword Child was unimpressed.

"It is indeed an extreme sword Dao."

"If it fails, one dies—including him, including the Great Sun Sword Dao he inherited."

The Sun Sword Child also agreed, and then sighed sorrowfully: "Yin, I have no home anymore! My home was stolen by this kid! Where am I to cultivate from now on?"

He looked pitifully at the Taiyin Sword Child.

Like the Sun Moon Sword Pavilion and other sects, the two Sword Children each had their own inherited supreme treasure for shelter. But now the Sun Sword Child had none, and he looked down upon palaces of a lesser grade.

"Go wander on your own!"

The Taiyin Sword Child sneered.

She had never approved of the policy of supporting the Great Sun Sword Dao.

"Master…"

The Sun Sword Child continued to look pitifully at the Sun Sword Lord.

"How pathetic!"

"Isn't there still the Yin-Yang Dao Palace? That can barely count as a Near-Immortal treasure." The Sun Sword Lord's face could not quite hold up: "Back in the day, when the main branch of the Yin-Yang Sword Sect era so selflessly supported our Taiyin-Taiyang Sword Dao, it wasn't without fierce opposition. Many Yin-Yang sword cultivators proved their resolve with death, unwilling to part with their treasures.

"The Yin-Yang Ancestor of those days slew who knows how many sword cultivators before he could push it through."

"How is it that when it comes to our generation, we've become so stingy?"

He said with a hint of grievance.

These

resources for supporting the Great Sun Sword Dao had all come from the Sun branch; the Taiyin branch hadn't contributed so much as a single hair. Recently, many sword cultivators of the Sun branch had begun to tighten their belts and practice austerity in their cultivation.

"It's not that I'm being petty."

"Go ask their patriarch about the fine deeds he's done!"

The Taiyin Sword Lord sneered: "Others took swords and beat our Taiyin branch to death—surely our Taiyin branch isn't even allowed to fight back?"

The two erupted into argument once more.

This kind of argument had already gone on for tens of thousands of years, never reaching any conclusion.

The two Sword Children of Taiyin and Taiyang immediately became obedient as could be, quietly trailing behind the two Sword Lords, not daring to utter a single word for fear of drawing their attention.

At this moment, the scene in the river of time shifted to one of the Great Sun Sword Child giving lectures and organizing the many Void Refinement cultivators of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm who were jointly comprehending the Immortal Dao, deducing the difficulties of array installation.

The four sword cultivators quickly discovered something astonishing.

Namely, that the foundational reserves of the many cultivators who had inherited the Taiyin-Taiyang Sword Dao, as well as the sword cultivators of the various branch lineages, had shown a slight increase. This was not the rare, chance-driven deepening of foundation in a few individuals, but a collective, slight deepening of foundation among those sword cultivators who had worked alongside the Great Sun Sword Child for several hundred years!

A few special cases had even shown an explosive deepening of foundation!

"This…"

A look of surprise appeared on the Sun Sword Lord's face.

He examined them carefully for a long while, then looked toward the many disciples within the sect.

"Good lad,"

"Remarkable!"

The Sun Sword Lord exclaimed in admiration: "He possesses an outstanding talent for teaching, far surpassing the sect's Scripture-Transmission Elders. If a group of sword cultivators stays by his side, they will generally all show a widespread increase in strength, and their chances of advancing to higher realms in the future will be somewhat greater. He is truly a born Sovereign of the Sword Dao."

"The fortune of the new Sun branch—perhaps nine-tenths of it rests on him."

"If this generation's Great Sun Sword Child cannot achieve the Supreme, it may take another ten million years before another Great Sun Sword Child of comparable caliber appears to revive the Great Sun Sword Dao."

The Taiyin Sword Lord and the others also looked toward these sword cultivators who had spent time alongside the Great Sun Sword Child.

Nearly all of them—including the female cultivators of the Taiyin branch—had shown an increase in their foundational reserves, as if by some miracle of creation.

The Great Sun Sword Child seemed to have a specific method of teaching for every cultivator, as if in his hands there was no rotten wood; so long as one was willing to learn, there would generally be results.

However, the greatest progress among them was still made by the Great Sun sword cultivators.

A great many Great Sun sword cultivators, such as Chong Chong Guang Zi and Mu Mu Tianxue, underwent earth-shattering transformations. Many of them truly began to close in on the strength of Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong disciples of the same realm, no longer possessing the strength of branch-lineage sword cultivators. It was as if, the moment their Great Sun Sword Lord had appeared, they had begun to evolve at a rapid pace, undergoing comprehensive innovation in areas such as Gong Fa, sword arts, and the secret arts of refining flying swords.

The Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm had gained another batch of sword cultivators with the strength of Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong disciples—and they were even more battle-hungry.

"This is the inheritance of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion."

"With the Great Sun Sword Lord and the Great Sun Sword Child as the absolute core, so long as these two are present, the sect will not undergo any change."

The Taiyin Sword Child said with a Solemn Expression.

She had once comprehended the Great Sun Sword Scripture. The Great Sun Sword Pavilion seemed utterly unconcerned about the leakage of its inheritance, never strictly guarding it. In the past she had not understood this line in the scripture, and had taken it merely as some flattering words.

Now that she looked at it, it was recorded with perfect precision.

Whether one is a Great Sun Sword Child or a Great Sun Sword Master, Great Sun sword cultivators are entirely different from ordinary sword cultivators—the difference is far too great.

Compared to it, the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm seems to place more emphasis on the entire sect; as long as the sect endures, Taiyin and Taiyang Sword Children will emerge one after another without end.

The four strolled through the world cluster, chatting about various matters from time to time—ordinary and unremarkable, yet seeming to have transcended the mortal world, unseen by the living beings within the world cluster.

……

Immortal Gate.

Deep within the Spiritless Universe, Jiang Ding appeared without a sound.

He took out the spoils from the Immortal Artifact Child, tossed them into the depths of the Spiritless Universe for disinfection, then closed his eyes and continued to comprehend the many sword Dao classics, consolidating his sword Dao foundation, striving with all his might to draw closer to the Fourth Extreme Limit.

"There should still be some hope, right?"

Jiang Ding sighed soundlessly.

Refining the Natal Treasure imbued with the Ninth-Grade inheritance divine metal, Shangqing Heaven-Falling Meteor Iron, can allow his foundation to fully step into the Dao Child level and even surpass it somewhat; from then on, he will no longer lag behind the Dao Children of the Upper Realm's Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong in terms of treasures—and will surpass them. The Ninth-Grade Great Sun Immortal Spirit Gold is bound to perform far beyond the level of an ordinary Dao Child.

Added to that are the many comprehensions gained from slaying the Immortal Artifact Child, the Ninth-Grade Heavenly Craft Spiritual Treasure—Creation Spirit Spring.

With such accumulation, can he break through to the Fourth Rule Fine-Tuning Nirvana Extreme Limit?