Chapter 1668: This Sovereign Will Never Again Repeat the Helplessness of That God-Transformation Moment

At this moment, a perfectly harmonious and flawless aura radiated from the Great Sun Sword Child.

Magic power, divine sense, magic treasures, the comprehension gained from slaying the Immortal Weapon Child, and decades of relentless research and development over nearly fifty thousand years, along with participation in immortal-path production activities — all these factors had accumulated into a peak seventh-tier Heavenly Sword art.

Every single aspect had reached its theoretical limit.

This was his limit, and also the theoretical limit of the immortal-path system he had inherited and expanded.

This was the current limit of the immortal-gate immortal-path system.

This was the current limit of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's immortal-path theoretical system.

This was likewise the theoretical limit of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, and even of the other former Upper Realm's Badaxian Sect immortal-path theories!

All inheritances said the limit was this — the peak of the Third Step Nirvana, with no road beyond.

In the entire history of every immortal sect, every supreme ancestor, every outstanding figure — their highest achievement was merely reaching this step. Higher realms, even if rumored, had never been touched, like legends from a dream.

Jiang Ding's gaze fixed upon an object before him.

A clay jar the size of a fist, containing within it the endless starlight of universes, with faint traces of chaotic energy.

This was a ninth-tier extreme treasure obtained by chance alongside old friends like Han Lin on the Heavenly Craft Star Chain battlefield — a treasure formed over hundreds of thousands of years through miracles and coincidences from the foundational stock of the previous generation's Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Spiritual Treasure Realm, capable of mending one's foundation.

How was Jiang Ding's foundation?

From the perspective of a Fallen Immortal Realm Dao Child, flawless and perfect.

From the perspective of a True Immortal Child, broken and tattered, no more valuable than a broken bowl by the roadside.

A treasure that could mend one's foundation was exceedingly precious to him.

He dared not dream of fully repairing the broken bowl and turning it back into a jade bowl — even patching a few of the largest cracks so it could hold some water would be good enough.

The only pity was that this Heavenly Craft Spiritual Treasure Creation Spirit Spring was not good enough.

Even if it were at full potency, even if it were a treasure born near the threshold of transcending the ninth-tier extreme through机缘 and miracles, it still could not allow a Third Step extreme Void Refinement Sword Child to cross the limit. At most it might stir a single thread — just a single thread, like an illusion — then settle back, with no further use.

This was why Jiang Ding had not used this item in his previous seclusion — beyond adding despair, it served no purpose.

"A treasure that can forcibly carry a Third Step Nirvana extreme being across the limit must be at least a quasi-immortal-grade treasure."

Jiang Ding murmured.

"Such a thing has never been heard of in the Upper Realm."

"Not that it doesn't exist, not that it's extremely rare, not that it's historically uncommon — it has simply never existed at all."

This was why, in all recorded history of the Fallen Immortal Realm, a Fourth Step being had never been born — the natural conditions for such a being simply did not exist; such a being should not have grown.

A being stood quietly within

the sun, silently following the sun's rotation, standing motionless like a statue.

All signs of life had vanished, fallen into a state of feigned death and stillness.

Unknowingly, another thousand years passed like this.

The wooden-puppet-like youth in blue revealed a faint trace of life, opening his deep, dark eyes.

"No result,"

"In every calculation, there is no possibility at all."

Jiang Ding opened his eyes and murmured to himself.

This thousand years had passed, and he had not changed in the slightest.

Magic power, divine soul, sword intent, magic treasures — none had changed at all. No matter how hard he tried, not a single thread of improvement could be gained. He had truly reached the theoretical limit.

Such an experience had never occurred in his tens of thousands of years of life.

A bottleneck?

Something completely unheard of — as long as one invested time, growth would surely follow. This was taken for granted.

Now, such a taken-for-granted thing had vanished.

Apart from advancing to Unity of the Dao, Jiang Ding could no longer find any way to improve himself.

Continuing like this, however many years passed would all be a waste of time.

He had already wasted a thousand years.

If he continued, wasting ten thousand years, tens of thousands of years, even until he reached the end of his Void Refinement lifespan, there would be no result at all. His divine soul, magic power, and life-bound flying sword would never change again.

The theoretical limits of these things' design were simply this — no matter how much spiritual energy was poured in, no matter how many supreme treasures were used, it was useless.

It was a complete waste of time.

"Should I advance to Unity of the Dao like this?"

"After all, I am still very weak — far too insignificant before the immortal-path theoretical system constructed by generations of Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm supremes, and by even more former Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong supremes."

"To break through such a theoretical limit — shouldn't that be something for after I advance to Supreme?"

Jiang Ding murmured.

"Perhaps there's still a chance at Unity of the Dao, perhaps at Heaven-Man, perhaps even after becoming Supreme — leave these difficulties for later. By then I will have stronger ability…"

"A problem like the theoretical limit of the immortal-path system shouldn't be something for a mere Void Refinement cultivator like me to solve…"

One reason after another, one difficulty after another, arose in Jiang Ding's heart.

Every difficulty was real and tangible.

Every reason was utterly logical — no one could pick out a single flaw.

Slowly, Jiang Ding gradually convinced himself.

"Indeed,"

"In the future, once I advance to Supreme, that will be the time to break through the limits of the immortal-path theoretical system…"

Jiang Ding said softly.

"Then,"

"Let me advance to Unity of the Dao

. 」"

"Climb faster to Jiang Jiang Jinxian — only then can I change the entire current theoretical system of immortal Dao!"

Jiang Ding said silently.

Boom—!

The moment the cultivator's mind blossomed, rolling dark clouds surged forth, blanketing the starry sky of the entire solar system. The terrifying might of heaven descended as scheduled, its声势 more than ten times that of the distant Tribulation Crossing.

This was an earth-shattering feat never before seen in the history of the Ancient God Domain. The dreadful aura of destruction spread outward across the entire Ancient God Domain, and countless living beings were seized with terror.

At this moment, within the bounds of the entire Ancient God Domain, every living being could see a hazy figure amid endless Lei Gao Jie in the starry sky, instinctively overcome with immense fear.

It was like a God-King, enthroned above the nine heavens, looking down upon the mortal world.

"He's about to advance…"

"He's finally advancing…"

Tianji Candidate Daozi and the others held their breath.

At this moment, the pressure of the Great Sun Dayan Jianzi — even they did not dare to touch it in the slightest, for certain death would follow. A Combined-Dao Divine Lord was like an ant before him.

Such an achievement — is it any less than that of a true Candidate Daozi?

Such an achievement — how resplendent must it be? If a cultivator's life could attain such an achievement, surely there would be no regrets in this life?

Tianji Candidate Daozi and the others thought enviously.

In those years, as fellow Candidate Daozi of the Nine Spirit Domain, this one had already walked far ahead of them, far ahead of their ideals. He possessed a glorious achievement that made everyone envious.

"No!"

"This sovereign refuses to accept it!"

Suddenly, a roar of unwillingness rang out across the entire world-cluster of the Ancient God Domain, rumbling and shaking the night sky of the world-cluster. A terrifying killing intent surged like a tide.

Everyone looked up in terror.

"No!"

"This sovereign is unwilling!"

Within the endless thunder, the hazy figure raged wildly, his aura shaking the star river, and he howled in fury: "Immortal-grade order — missed it then, and now, missed it again! Again and again!"

"Again and again!"

"At Combined-Dao, at Heaven-Man — what will this sovereign miss again? Miss what!"

"Every time it's the same reason, the same excuse, the same failure!"

"In the endless years, how many living beings like this sovereign have always had countless excuses, countless reasons, until the weight grew too heavy to turn back, and they utterly lost their final hope, degenerating into mediocre Supreme beings."

"Must this thing that repeats again and again appear once more upon this sovereign?"

"Once more?!!"