Chapter 1682: The Law-Destroying Solar Great Dao shall give birth to a true immortal of the future!

The Law-Destroying Solar rule has merged into the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Spirit Domain!

Just like a drop of ink falling into a pool, it vanished in an instant, without a trace, impossible to find again.

However!

In the unseen depths, something appeared — some essential, fundamental change.

"Rules,"

"Rule branches…"

Jiang Ding felt a sudden dawning comprehension.

Above the Heavenly Human, what is the supreme being of the great thousand worlds?

It is not the quantity of magic power, the strength of divine sense, the ability to move mountains, fill seas, pluck stars, and grasp the moon… these are merely appearances, manifestations brought forth by some essence.

A supreme being is a living being who has walked a certain path to its absolute extreme.

For the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, a living being who has walked the Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang Sword Dao to its extreme is a supreme being;

For the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly Clan, a living being who has walked the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Dao to its extreme is a supreme being;

For the Spiritual Treasure Realm, a living being who has walked a certain unique rule branch of the Upper Clarity Spiritual Treasure Dao to its extreme is a supreme being of the Spiritual Treasure Realm — due to unknown reasons, this path seems unable to achieve immortality…

So many supreme beings — they all walked a certain path to its extreme, and only thus achieved supremacy.

The word "supreme" inherently carries the meaning of the highest, the pinnacle within a certain domain.

No matter how powerful a living being — even a terrifying existence who could raise a hand and annihilate a supreme being of the Fallen Immortal Realm — would not feel offended by the term "supreme," would not feel that the beings of the Fallen Immortal Realm were unworthy, because the other party truly had walked certain aspects they excelled in to the extreme beneath the immortals of the endless starry sky.

The extreme of a certain rule branch is the supreme.

Then, what is an immortal?

Jiang Ding recalled many things — the explorations of immortality by the successive supreme patriarchs of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm.

Many Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm patriarchs conjectured that an immortal might be a living being who had walked a certain great Dao to its extreme, representing a certain great Dao of the endless starry sky!

A certain great Dao that is eternal in time, coexisting with the universe!

And above the three-step limit, the characteristic of an immortal is to broaden the width and depth of a certain rule branch, in order to approach the purpose of a complete great Dao!

This is what Jiang Ding is doing now.

Using the Law-Destroying Solar rule to influence the universe's Heavenly Dao, broadening the depth and width of the Great Sun Sword Dao rule branch under the Solar rule branch, further expanding the possibility of his future achievement of immortality!

This is what he is doing now!

This matter proceeded so smoothly, so easily — the Nine Spirit Domain's Heavenly Dao joyfully welcomed the new Law-Destroying Solar rule, letting the Law-Destroying Solar rule become a subtle part of the Heavenly Dao's rules, completely without the various great calamities and rule conflicts that should have existed according to calculations.

So smooth as to be inconceivable.

Even, in an invisible manner, a certain favor from the Heavenly Dao was descending upon Jiang Ding at this very moment!

"Heavenly Dao's favor?"

"The favor of the Heavenly Dao of the endless universe and starry sky!"

Jiang Ding's heart trembled as he saw what was happening to himself.

How could he possibly misrecognize it?

In years past, when in the Upper Realm and facing Jiang Ding Zi in battle, the Human Race's Heavenly Dao had once manifested, letting him know of the Heavenly Dao's favor and the Human Dao's resentment that the Immortal Weapon Sect possessed; the Human Race's Heavenly Dao encouraged the race's Dao children to slay enemies of the Human Dao, though it would not grant any aid beyond marking the enemy.

Now, Jiang Ding himself also possessed the Heavenly Dao's favor!

"Is it because of the Law-Destroying Solar rule?"

Jiang Ding immediately understood something.

The Heavenly Dao's thirst for the completion of rules is incomparably intense; every living being who completes a rule will receive heavy Heavenly Dao favor.

What use is the Heavenly Dao's favor?

Unknown.

Heaven and Earth are not benevolent; they treat all things as straw dogs.

It treats every living being fairly — it will not favor you over another living being simply because you performed merit while the other did not; just as Jiang Ding Zi, who possessed the Heavenly Dao's favor, died at the hands of the Great Sun Sword Child, who had no Heavenly Dao's favor, and the Heavenly Dao showed no reaction whatsoever.

It is not a living being; it has none of the emotions of living beings.

Your fortune will not improve because of the Heavenly Dao's favor, nor will it worsen.

It is like a law of nature — those who follow natural laws to produce, to refine, to build industry will always prosper; those who go against natural laws may occasionally profit, but over a longer span of time, they will inevitably suffer ill consequences.

"Respect natural laws…"

"Natural laws…"

A trace of delight appeared in Jiang Ding's eyes.

The Law-Destroying Solar path is a path that follows natural rules!

Walking upon this path, one is naturally far smoother, naturally — closer to immortality!

In the endless universe and starry sky, the three thousand great Daos — are they all the same?

No, there must be differences.

And the Law-Destroying Solar great Dao must surely be a path closer to immortality; invest one part on this path and reap three parts — such is the law of nature.

This is the advantage of the great Dao!

Even though Jiang Jiang Jinxian is far stronger than the current Great Sun Sword Child, the great Dao that Jiang Jiang Jinxian walks may not necessarily be superior to that of the Great Sun Sword Child.

The Law-Destroying Solar rule possesses a path advantage!

"Haha!"

"This lord's great Dao, this lord's great Dao… hahaha… hahaha…"

Jiang Ding had figured something out and laughed wildly without stopping.

"Jiang Jiang Jinxian!"

"May well not be envious of this lord… hahaha…"

The rolling, roaring sound waves shook the universe in all directions, driving away the darkness within heaven and earth.

Those scorching, law-annihilating sound waves rippled outward, and wherever they passed, even the tribulation thunderclouds were snuffed out in an instant, losing the foundation of their spiritual essence. The rolling tribulation thunderclouds were carved open gap after gap, allowing starlight to shine down upon heaven and earth, forming a beautiful picture.

Countless rays of sunlight fell upon the blue-robed youth.

In that instant, the Great Sun Immortal-Mortal Sword Soul was branded into the Heavenly Dao, inscribed upon it.

Sixty thousand years of cultivation, and in a single morning he broke through into Dao Merging!

The blue-robed youth's aura climbed steadily, breaking past the limit of Refining Void. Divine sense, magic power, and sword soul all experienced a surge of over tenfold; his dharma body, driven by magic power and sword soul, likewise underwent a massive expansion. His entire being's aura surged rapidly upward, and very soon it filled the universe in all directions, suppressing all above and below.

A terrifying pressure of might appeared, shaking the cosmic star rivers.

Even the rolling Dao Merging tribulation thunderclouds in the sky appeared to sway unsteadily, unable to maintain stability beneath this pressure, with Lei Chong Guang splashing out here and there from time to time.

Boom!

The first bolt of Lei Ting finally descended.

This bolt of Lei Ting tore through heaven and earth, ripping open the dim yellow law-annihilating pressure that descended upon the world. From the very start it carried the terrifying power of the Heaven-Human tier, having virtually nothing to do with the Dao Merging tribulation itself—more than enough to cleave apart ninety-nine percent of all Dao Merging beings in the world.

"This… is far too weak…"

"Give me a stronger Lei Gao Jie!"

Jiang Ding revealed a trace of killing intent.

Clang!

All around, the dim yellow sunlight of the sun bloomed forth. Countless law-annihilating solar sword qi were born within the divine halo behind his head, weaving together into a flower-wheel of sword qi that flew toward the sky. In the nick of time, the flower-wheel drew the first tribulation Lei Ting into itself.

The tribulation Lei Ting flickered for a moment within the law-annihilating solar flower-wheel, and then vanished without a trace.

An attack equivalent to the Heaven-Human tier is no longer worthy of drawing the Taiqing Flying Sword from its sheath!