Chapter 1704: The Battle to Destroy the Ancient God Path

The immortal sect's military formation changed instantly.

The nine grand field armies of the immortal sect seemed to find themselves in a world full of twilight and apocalypse, as the heavy spectacle of the Dharma-Ending Age descended.

The living beings' magnificent clothes, seamless and smooth, suddenly became filthy; the fresh flowers adorning their heads withered; though celestial beings are normally free of impurities, they now emitted a foul body odor; their pure bodies gave off strange smells; even the supreme ones who mastered the Dao of Heavenly Secrets and could see fifty hundred thousand years into the future sat and lay in unease, losing their dignity.

This is the Five Signs of Decay of the Celestial Beings!

Even the lofty immortal-path beings began to rot; as the world collapsed and was destroyed, all transcendentals would fall silent.

In this dim yellow world of the Dharma-Ending Age, a sun of Dharma-destroying power rose, its rays shining in all directions, falling upon the layered steel warships, draping the warships from the deep void in a layer of dim yellow garments.

"The Great Sun Sword Dao and the path of the immortal sect..."

Jiang Ding quietly contemplated his present self.

At this moment, the Great Sun Immortal-Mortal Sword Soul merged with the will of the immortal sect fleet; the power of the immortal sect's military formation increased greatly, and the power controlled by the Great Sun Immortal-Mortal Sword Soul also surged significantly.

Surrounded by this twilight spectacle of the Dharma-Ending Age, he could easily mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the rules of the ten thousand paths, far more effortlessly than when he was alone.

Evil consequences also existed.

First, the instinct of the Great Sun Sword Dao fell silent, and the instinct of the sword cultivator also fell silent.

In such a battle, regardless of victory or defeat, life or death, no breakthrough realization in the Sword Dao could occur; this would also lead to a consequence: Jiang Ding would be unable to exert more than one hundred percent of his power.

In the past, this was normal; exceeding one's limits under the instinct of the Great Sun Sword Dao was as easy as breathing for him.

But now, this normal state fell silent.

The second evil consequence was a subtle conflict of the Dao Heart appearing within the Great Sun Immortal-Mortal Sword Soul; discomfort arose, and the Dao Heart developed a tiny flaw.

A sword cultivator, with one sword, breaks ten thousand methods.

A sword cultivator, apart from the sword, has nothing else; between heaven and earth, there is only one sword.

This is one of the foundations upon which the human sages created the profession of sword cultivator; many sword cultivators built their sword hearts upon this point.

This is actually a shortcut; sword cultivators who steadfastly follow this shortcut often succeed more easily.

The sword soul is purely of the mind.

So, does the sword soul become whatever the sword cultivator thinks it is?

This is indeed a fact; theoretically, so it is.

But rules and steadfastness are the supports of life, not things that bind living beings; if a person breaks free from all rules and steadfastness, after a brief indulgence in pleasure, they often become exceptionally fragile, lost and helpless, like a walking corpse.

This conflict between the Dao Heart and the sword soul made Jiang Ding extremely uncomfortable; the sword soul instinctively yearned to return to its normal state.

"This path,"

"is correct!"

"Correct!"

Jiang Ding forcibly suppressed the conflict of the sword soul and whispered coldly: "I, the Lord, am completely different from the Desolate Flame Sword Disciple, the Heavenly Sword Sword Disciple, and those other Sword Disciples!"

"They walk the traditional Sword Dao; for them, adhering to these principles is correct and necessary."

"Because they realize the Sword Dao alone; the guidance of teachers and exchanges with fellow disciples are merely embellishments; what they rely on most on the Sword Dao is themselves; the progress of the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong is mostly driven step by step by the Sword Disciples and the sect's ancestral elders, while the remaining disciples and elders, though numbering in the billions, are merely resource collectors."

"The life of a traditional Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong Sword Disciple is destined to be lonely."

"Cultivating alone in youth, shouldering the entire Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong alone after growing up, walking alone between heaven and earth, relying on oneself alone on the path of the Dao."

"But I am different!"

"Different!"

Jiang Ding roared: "My Gong Fa, my sword techniques, my Six Realms of Reincarnation structure, and the immortal-path Dharma-destroying related technologies currently under development were all co-developed with many citizens of the immortal sect; these citizens have always existed within my path; they simply rarely manifested during battles before."

"This issue is something I must inevitably resolve on my future path to immortality."

"Discovering it early is very good; there is no need to escape anything, nor to return to the original path again."

Countless thoughts, countless Gong Fa structures, and countless sword technique structures appeared in Jiang Ding's sea of consciousness.

Changing and altering the path is never merely words spoken; it involves countless things, countless unknowns and risks, and cannot be accomplished in one stroke.

These issues must be resolved in the future.

Boom!

At this moment, a thunderous sound that shook heaven and earth interrupted Jiang Ding's thoughts.

Amidst the trembling of heaven and earth, the nine grand field army fleets of the immortal sect fired simultaneously; countless rules intertwined, beams of light flickered, and finally formed streams of golden, destructive divine light that roared toward the black fog star sea of the Ancient God Path.

For an instant, the scene froze; the entire black fog galaxy of the Ancient God Path was cut into pieces by countless beams of light.

The main cannons of the immortal sect fleet: the Yuan Magnetic Sun Destructive Divine Light series!

This is a massive series of main cannons, ranging from the most basic second-order fighter main cannons to eighth-order galaxy-class main cannons, all of which are equipped in the immortal sect fleet; they come with precise locking spirit-electron radars; a single shot guarantees an attack exceeding the limit of attacks of the same tier, and can also be used in conjunction with the military formation.

At this moment, the volley of ship cannons received amplification from the Great Sun Sword Lord and the Great Sun Immortal-Mortal Sword Soul, making its power terrifying to the extreme.

The entire black fog galaxy of the Ancient God Path plunged into turmoil!

Countless rules and spaces shattered, energy annihilated; even though various mysteries existed within it, in this

brutal destruction, they were also completely destroyed and obliterated.

Instantly, the entire black fog galaxy vanished into thin air, not a trace remaining.

This forbidden land of the Ancient God Domain, which had existed for hundreds of thousands of years, the final layer of concealment of the Ancient God Path's mountain gate, completely vanished today.

The Ancient God Path's mountain gate, buried for hundreds of thousands of years, once again revealed itself between heaven and earth.

All immortal sect cultivators held their breath, looking at their warship displays.

Before them, all flames of fire dissipated; the shattered rules and spaces settled; a beautiful galaxy, concealed for hundreds of thousands of years, appeared between heaven and earth.

These were three Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie connected head-to-tail, orbiting within the same track.

Bright starlight flickered, streams of Dao-essence intertwined; the richness of each Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie far surpassed any Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie in the Ancient God Domain, making them the three most brilliant pearls of Dao and Dharma in the Ancient God Domain's world cluster.

Within these three Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, on each Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie, two opposing paths among the Six Realms were in reincarnation: the Heaven Realm and the Animal Realm, the Asura Realm and the Hell Realm, the Human Realm and the Hungry Ghost Realm, constantly transforming, constantly reincarnating; countless living beings were trapped within the Six Realms of Reincarnation, unable to transcend.

At this moment, as the black fog galaxy was blasted open, countless beings of the Six Realms showed fierce light in their eyes, looking toward the deep void fleet.

To all of this, Yuan had only one response.

"Fire!"

Boom!

Countless warships roared, blasting out one after another resplendent Solar Yuan Magnetic Destruction Divine Light, rumbling forth to blanket the ancestral star of the Ancient God Dao.