Chapter 2056: Diversity of the Immortal Dao

The heavens and earth were still.

The surrounding world collapsed like a dream, layers of light and shadow shifting, making it impossible to distinguish illusion from reality.

The Supreme Beasts and others were momentarily bewildered, gazing ahead, their hearts inexplicably easing.

Before them, the Lord of Thunder Sun Heavenly Sword and the Supreme Killer still stood, speaking of concerns for the sect's future, showing no anomaly—what had just occurred was merely a dream.

"So it was a dream…"

Supreme Dan Tian let out a breath, then suddenly fell silent.

The bodies of the Lord of Thunder Sun Heavenly Sword and the Supreme Killer instantly shattered, everything dissolving—even their core artifacts vanished, swept away by the wind.

"Wu…wu…"

The Supreme Killer Disciple and the Heavenly Sword Disciple's eyes reddened, tears streaming uncontrollably.

Supreme Dan Tian and Supreme Beast remained silent.

From afar, a young man in blue robes approached, his steps slow, each step causing changes in the surrounding heavens, earth, and arrays.

When he arrived, the entire sect's protective array of the Beast Heaven Garden changed hands—especially the dimensional passage, now heavily sealed, making it impossible for outsiders to even approach, let alone threaten self-destruction.

In an instant, the Beast Heaven Garden, which had been passed down for tens of millions of years, changed hands without a ripple.

This was a being far beyond a Sixth Collapse Supreme!

"Pay homage,"

"Great Sun Supreme!"

The Supreme Beast and the Supreme Dan Tian rose and bowed deeply, offering the tribute of a subordinate, daring not to treat him as an equal.

"Pay homage, Elder!"

The younger disciples, including the Supreme Killer Disciple and the Heavenly Sword Disciple, likewise spoke.

"Mm."

Jiang Ding gave a slight nod.

He continuously scanned the entire Beast Heaven Garden, the dimensional passage, measured temporal data, and assessed rules and spatial metrics, showing intense interest in this place.

No one dared disturb him; all stood stiffly with hands clasped, as if guests in a master's home.

Moments later, arrays, heavenly treasures, and artifacts flew in all directions, array patterns spreading and rapidly integrating into the sect's protective array, forming a new, far stronger array based on the Nine-Curving Tianhe Starlight Array, its aura steadily growing.

Supreme Beast felt a slight constriction in his chest.

He saw that the array crafting techniques were profoundly mysterious, the treasures gleaming brilliantly—many were Supreme-grade artifacts, clearly forged by different hands, each priceless, yet in the blue-robed youth's hands, they appeared as common as items plucked casually from a treasury.

Moments later, the Rainbow Tianhe Ten-Thousand-Light Array erupted in radiance, spreading array patterns in all directions before gradually fading.

The Beast Heaven Garden's protective array instantly strengthened by at least several times over!

This was an array comparable to a Seventh Collapse Supreme!

Even surpassing that!

Seeing this, Supreme Beast, Supreme Dan Tian, and the others dared not harbor even a single stray thought or wish.

Here, the Beast Heaven Garden's ancestral gate, passed down for tens of millions of years, might no longer be called Beast Heaven Garden—it could be the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, the Pure Yang Qingse Jianzong, or something else entirely.

"The array… acceptable."

Jiang Ding inspected it himself, then nodded slightly.

As a true immortal of the Seven Star Realms of Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou, every human Xianzong paid him taxes; after two hundred thousand years of accumulation, his wealth was considerable, and assembling such an array was effortless—many Supremes willingly worked for him, forging array artifacts for him.

Of course, the Supreme Tai Shang Great Sun Sword Immortal did not use others' labor for free—she had long since offset it with collected taxes.

With the array complete, the dimensional passage should now be securely stable within the Fallen Immortal Realm.

An Eighth Collapse Supreme could not forcibly breach this dimensional passage.

At least a near-Ninth Collapse would be required.

As an Eighth Collapse Supreme neared the Ninth Collapse, they began measuring minor Xian Dao cosmic constants, gaining the ability for short-range teleportation—within a single star realm, numerous teleportation possibilities would emerge, no longer needing to rely solely on natural dimensional passages.

Having finished everything, Jiang Ding looked at the four Disciples and two Supremes, pausing in thought.

Everyone immediately tensed, yet dared not speak, holding their breath and awaiting their fate.

"Young Killer,"

"Are you grieving?"

Jiang Ding asked: "This is rare—I've never before seen a Supreme Killer Disciple with feeling toward a Supreme. It seems these years have softened Supreme Killer's heart; after all, he is nearing his twilight, no longer the cold, ruthless killer who slaughtered billions in his youth."

"Elder, I…"

The Supreme Killer Disciple turned pale.

"Young Sword,"

"Are you a former associate of Thunder Sun?"

Jiang Ding ignored him and asked.

"Your Elder, I…"

"Thunder Sun's former associates all died over ten thousand years ago—most from old age. This youth may possess a trace of Thunder Sun's bloodline."

The Heavenly Sword Disciple bowed respectfully.

The former companions who had risen with the Heavenly Sword Lord had finite lifespans; they lived full, peaceful lives, untouched by external dangers.

"Then the Thunder Sun Qingse Jianzong's tradition of sect cohesion remains strong."

"This surpasses the demonic sect, Supreme Killer Immortal Palace."

Jiang Ding nodded slightly and said: "You carry hatred—that is good. A sword cultivator with hatred will progress. But beware of violating the Master Tushan Code."

"Do you know the Master Tushan Code?"

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"I do, Elder."

"After today, your Law will surely be obeyed by all beings in the Fallen Realm."

The Sword Disciple of the Heavenly Sword paled slightly and said with some shame: "Sword cultivators grow through sword duels. In the past, the Sword Master slew one Sword cultivator after another, one opponent after another, and finally died at the hands of another Sword cultivator. This is the natural order of heaven and earth; this is the glory of Sword cultivators."

"My cultivation of the Sword Dao is indeed lacking."

"This truly shames the teachings of my Master, making you laugh at me."

"What is there to laugh at?"

"It is merely that I have lived long in the deep mountains and lacked sufficient trials. Which Sword cultivator has not passed through this stage? Everyone goes through such a process."

Jiang Ding shook his head slightly, not acting in a condescending manner.

He did not care about the hatred of the Sword cultivators.

In any case, even if the Sword cultivators held no hatred toward him, once they grew strong, they would still launch a Holy Sword Duel against him; the difference between the two was negligible, and both were things he was happy to see.

The two chatted for a while about the principles of the Sword Dao, like peers conversing.

The cultivators around them were somewhat envious.

With the rise of an ultimate Sword Dao Supreme, the Sword Dao of the Fallen Immortal Realm will surely flourish greatly in the future, which will be immensely beneficial for the cultivation of Sword Dao practitioners.

"As long as you all obey the Master Tushan Law, your sects can be preserved."

"There is no need to worry about this. This Lord hopes that more and stronger lineages will exist in the Fallen Realm; I will not prohibit the myriad arts nor exalt one sect alone, thereby reducing the diversity of the Immortal Dao."

Jiang Ding's figure gradually vanished, leaving only his echo behind here.

Judging by the direction of his disappearance, it seemed to be the Immortal Artifact Sect.

The Heavenly Beast Supreme and others bowed deeply in salute. Even after that figure had completely vanished, they maintained this posture for a quarter of an hour before slowly rising to their feet.