Chapter 2174: The Golden Flourishing Age Has Not Yet Arrived

Blood rain descended from the heavens!

The unrivaled overlord who had dominated this stretch of starry sky for over a million years, the True Immortal of the Phoenix, was dying.

A new overlord and his order were being born!

"We pay our respects to the Sword Master!"

"Congratulations, Sword Master, on slaying the alien True Immortal in formation!"

Across more than a thousand star domains, within the Fallen Immortal Realm, all human living beings roared in excitement—especially the many human cultivators who had themselves been in the status of slave races, laughing wildly, unable to express the joy in their hearts.

Before this, they had been a slave race, had been slaves.

But today, and from today onward, they would be the rightful, dignified overlord race of the endless starry sky!

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

"We sinners pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

In contrast, across countless worlds, one after another powerful being of the myriad races knelt pale-faced on the ground—including the once lofty powerhouses of the Phoenix Immortal Clan, the True Dragon Immortal Clan, the Qingluan Immortal Clan, and others.

In this moment, they no longer possessed any transcendent, mysterious halo; they fell from the clouds to the earth.

"Little Martial Uncle, another victory…"

Han Lin and the Great Love Supreme had emerged from some hidden place at some unknown time, drew in a deep breath, their hearts somewhat stirred.

From the first time they saw the Great Sun Sword Master, they had never seen him defeated—invincible in the present age, sweeping aside all directions—and now he had actually become overlord of the endless starry sky, slaying an alien True Immortal on the open battlefield, restoring the glorious foundation of the human race.

In this stretch of starry sky, the fates of too many living beings had been changed in an instant.

……

Jiang Ding bathed in the blood rain, gently closing his eyes.

At this moment, the authority of the Heavenly Fire Grand Dao was collapsing; the deepest mysteries within it were gradually surfacing, being analyzed and absorbed by him. The marvels of the Phoenix Original Ancient Script and the Phoenix Immortal Dao technology fascinated him deeply, and the Method-Destroying Solar Immortal Scripture was rapidly drawing on this precious knowledge, swiftly perfecting its own Dao.

All was silent between heaven and earth; even the voices of all beings had gone soundless—only the pattering of blood rain falling to the earth could be heard.

Nothing could disturb him.

Enlightenment!

Taishang was falling into enlightenment!

The path of the sword cultivator, the path of the True Immortal, witnessing a different True Phoenix Original Ancient Script—this was a great opportunity. The characters of the Method-Destroying Solar Immortal Scripture were continuously shrinking: three hundred and fifty characters, three hundred, two hundred and eighty…

In but an instant, it was worth more than how many tens of thousands of years of bitter cultivation in the past.

This was the importance of seeing another True Immortal's path.

Another True Immortal was by no means merely an enemy, but also a fellow Daoist, also an opportunity; they were indispensable, irreplaceable.

"The road ahead seems to be gradually becoming clearer…"

"Regarding becoming a Sovereign, becoming an Immortal…"

Jiang Ding slowly opened his eyes; black-and-white twin pupils flickered in them as he looked toward a certain place in the starry sky: "A hundred-character Immortal Scripture is the minimum standard for becoming a Sovereign. In ordinary eras, many True Immortals' talent was too ordinary, or else the cultivation environment was harsh due to heavenly calamities—a hundred-character Immortal Scripture could also become a Sovereign."

"In one era, there is only one Sovereign."

"This is an invincible being under heaven."

"But if one surveys multiple eras, such a Sovereign must certainly be weak; luck occupies an even more important factor. Only those with sixty-character Immortal Scriptures, twenty-character Immortal Scriptures, ten-plus-character Immortal Scriptures… the most top-tier Immortal Scriptures, the strongest Sovereigns, can sweep aside Sovereigns of other eras!"

"Such a Sovereign must certainly possess an Immortal Scripture within ten characters!"

"A Sovereign possessing an Immortal Scripture within ten characters must certainly live in an era when the universe's resources are extremely abundant, and his own talent must be transcendent, exceeding the limits of multiple eras."

Jiang Ding Zi murmured to himself.

The total resources of the endless cosmic starry sky were not unchanging, but were influenced by the laws of the universe's cyclical movements.

Some eras were barren; barely becoming a Sovereign was already the limit.

Some eras, however, were extraordinarily abundant, worthy of being called a golden flourishing age—appearing only once in how many eras and how many hundreds of millions of years—where great opportunities of heaven and earth emerged one after another, and outstanding talents arose in succession.

The overall resource output of the universe in the era of Taishang the Great Sun Sword Immortal was mediocre.

His luck was neither very bad—he had not encountered a barren era—nor very good; he had not been born in a golden flourishing age. Like many Human Sovereigns, his luck seemed neither good nor bad.

"Immortal Scriptures within ten characters are very special and rare."

"Many True Immortals have the possibility of becoming a Sovereign, but absolutely no possibility of possessing such an Immortal Scripture that transcends multiple eras—such as True Phoenix Zi."

Jiang Ding assessed and calculated for a moment, saying: "If True Phoenix Zi had been born in a golden flourishing age, the limit of her True Phoenix Immortal Scripture would be twenty characters."

"This is the absolute limit. No matter how many opportunities or how many outstanding talents assisted her, this is the limit—there is no way to shrink it by even one character. The foundation of the True Phoenix Immortal Scripture lies there; the foundation has already been determined, and the height limit of the future lofty building was already determined long ago."

"And this Sovereign's limit…"

Jiang Ding furrowed his brow slightly.

He was somewhat hesitant, unable to judge.

"The resources of this era seem insufficient."

"I have definite confidence in deducing a ten-character Immortal Scripture, but an Immortal Scripture within ten characters—I'm afraid it's like a clever housewife unable to cook without rice. The resources of this era's universe seem insufficient."

"The closer one gets to ten-character Immortal text, the more violent the influence on the Heavenly Dao, and the more resources are required."

"At that time, I'm afraid a single ten-character Immortal Scripture experiment would require the resources accumulated over ten million years by the entire endless cosmic starry sky! Just one experiment!"

Such terror.

Jiang Ding drew in a deep breath, and at this moment also felt a trace of icy despair.

On the path to becoming an Immortal, every step was too difficult.

Such despair had appeared in the hearts of how many True Immortals and Sovereigns throughout history—unknown—and now it appeared once again in the heart of a human sword Dao True Immortal.

Such a predicament was one that every Sovereign would inevitably encounter.

"When encountering difficulty, one must solve it."

"If I were a Human Sovereign, the measures I might take would be…"

Jiang Ding's icy gaze fell upon the stretch of starry sky he had been watching for a long time.

Within this starry expanse, the Three Thousand Great Daos are recovering; amidst them, threads of extremely fine crimson rules flicker in and out of view, as if poised to vanish at any moment.

This is the True Phoenix's Undying Immortal Nature.

A True Immortal already possesses certain Immortal traits; the True Phoenix Son has traveled this path even deeper than the Luck True Dragon Son, acquiring subtle characteristics of the Heavenly Dao's indestructibility and his own eternal existence.

If left unattended, the True Phoenix Son will be reborn in a million years.

Jiang Ding had known this, observed it, before stepping onto the battlefield; it would not stir his emotions.

What truly drew his intense gaze, sparked murderous intent, and made him hesitate for an instant was that, as he sought to sever this wisp of True Phoenix Immortal Nature, a chilling, terrifying malice suddenly surfaced within his divine soul, causing it to tremble slightly, as if facing a being of a higher essence.

A being of higher essence!

The Supreme Great Sun Immortal-Mortal Sword Soul is trembling! It is sounding the alarm!

Jiang Ding's gaze remained cold.

He looked at that wisp of True Phoenix Undying Immortal Nature.

This wisp of Immortal Nature flowed uncontrollably toward a direction; the endpoint of that direction was a twisted mountain peak, an indescribable mountain peak, a mountain peak that has existed since time immemorial.

The name of this mountain peak was obscured by some unknown existence, never appearing in the hearts of beings in this era.

Yet at this moment, as the shadow of this mountain peak was gazed upon by the Supreme Great Sun Sword Immortal, that terrible obscuring power loosened slightly, and a trace of the heavens and earth surfaced in the Sword Immortal's heart.

This twisted mountain emerged.

Named,

the Undying Mountain Forbidden Zone!

(End of this chapter)