Chapter 2235

Ten years is not enough.

We must find another way, delay the time when the True Phoenix Child discovers the truth...

Jiang Ding Zi muttered to himself.

His hand, at some point, had rested on the sword hilt.

How to delay time?

Nothing more than drawing the sword and charging into the True Phoenix Star Domains, using combat to restrain the True Phoenix Child's divine soul computational power, without engaging in battle, advancing and retreating, thus delaying the time when the Lock Spirit Child is discovered.

This will certainly increase the risk, but there is no alternative.

Jiang Ding's gaze swept repeatedly over the Lock Spirit Children in the True Phoenix Star Domains.

These Lock Spirit Children, born of the Extinction Law Great Dao, have already spread throughout the True Phoenix Star Domains, constantly being born and constantly vanishing, for the starry sky is in a state of dynamic change, matter and energy constantly cycling, nothing can exist eternally.

The source of these Lock Spirit Children is the support of the Extinction Law Great Dao, the correction of the Supreme Great Sun Sword Immortal Child's immortal dao cosmic constant.

"In history, there have been True Immortals, and there have surely been Human Emperors who reached such a degree, violently influencing the starry sky, myriad worlds, but now they have all vanished."

"The passage of time can change everything."

"Let the True Immortal's Dao wither and dissipate."

Jiang Ding silently deduced, gradually discovering many things: "However, in the starry sky, there must exist some stubborn traces left by the Human Emperor; where are these stubborn traces?"

His thoughts diverged, yet he was pondering how to delay the time when the True Phoenix Child perceives the truth.

The sword cultivator's combat is a union of wisdom and strength, the slaughter between Great Daos, not simply brandishing the sword in brute force; using violent combat to delay the True Phoenix Child's discovery of the truth is not beautiful, nor is it the finest art of sword dao slaughter.

Jiang Ding's pupils dilated.

He seemed to be gazing into darkness, but in fact, using the Lock Spirit Children spread throughout the True Phoenix Star Domains as his viewpoint, he looked toward these myriad worlds and many worlds, toward countless living beings.

Can these living beings more violently disturb the True Phoenix Immortal Dao cosmic constant?

The development of the True Phoenix Immortal Dao system relies on the birth, death, promotion, reincarnation, and generational alternation of myriad living beings in the True Phoenix Star Domains, observing nature, influencing nature, finally probing the true primordial ancient scriptures.

Then, can we use these living beings as pawns, actively misjudge to disturb the True Phoenix Immortal Dao cosmic constant?

Jiang Ding's gaze fell upon individual living beings, seeking suitable pawns.

In a mountain valley, a white crane with a broken wing, merely an ordinary crane, utterly unremarkable, yet in its future fate it might become strong, possibly reaching the level of a quasi-emperor.

This is one of the core experimental projects of the True Phoenix system; if this ordinary crane succeeds, it will drive the True Phoenix Immortal Dao cosmic constant toward a branch.

In a mud marsh, a black pig wallows in the mire; this black pig might awaken the Taotie bloodline, becoming a quasi-emperor, of course, assuming the True Phoenix system's experiment succeeds.

And there is a sparrow in the molten rock...

If we merely discuss the possibility of quasi-emperor status, these promising living beings are very numerous, thousands strong, after all, a one-in-ten-thousand chance is still possible, still potential.

Which one might truly become reality, which one is the true and correct, this is the True Phoenix system's method of experimental research on the Immortal Dao cosmic constant.

These living beings of varying strength are the True Phoenix Child's experimental subjects; heaven and earth are her experimental ground.

Jiang Ding's gaze rested upon individual living beings, finally focusing on the supreme beings of myriad races among the experimental targets; only these supreme beings can exert influence in the near future.

"Induce, cause the experimental subject to produce erroneous experimental results, thereby triggering further chaos in the True Phoenix system..."

Jiang Ding Zi muttered to himself.

He successfully selected a supreme being of the Taotie bloodline, a supreme being of the Golden Crow, and exerted influence.

"Eh?"

"What is this?"

Jiang Ding suddenly froze.

His gaze abruptly shifted from the myriad supreme beings of myriad races, landing on a sparrow by a stream.

"Chirp-chirp!"

"Chirp-chirp! Chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp..."

This sparrow had just eaten its fill, joyfully chirping on the treetop.

This is quite normal.

In this stream and mountain forest, the birds, beasts, and insect choruses are countless, their sounds varied.

What is a sparrow chirping after a full meal?

But...

Chirp-chirp, chirp-chirp.

This chirping sounds like it has a familiar rhythm?

Jiang Ding's face darkened.

An extremely familiar sense of déjà vu surfaced in his heart, some past memory rolled forth and appeared in his divine soul.

Chirp-chirp.

"Paying respects,"

Chirp-chirp.

"Heavenly Lord."

Chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp...

"Junior's great reverence, paying respects to the Heavenly Lord..."

Chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp...

"Paying respects..."

The scene before him and the scene in his memory began to overlap.

The sparrow's chirping, the words of human living beings, two utterly different things, at this moment seemed to begin converging; clearly the sounds are different to hear, but the pronunciation rhythm is exactly the same, with no difference whatsoever.

"Oh dear,"

"How delightfully surprising, fellow Daoist."

Jiang Ding suddenly smiled.

His gaze fell upon this sparrow, and numerous soul-locking threads began to retrace; in an instant, countless causes and effects, fates intertwined, and events that had once occurred across various worlds surfaced in his mind.

One thousand five hundred ninety-seven years ago, in a pond within the Qingfire Great Thousand World of the Zhu Que Star Region, a carp blew bubbles, exhaling a string of bubbles, the rhythm of its bubble-blowing identical to that of this sparrow, with not the slightest deviation.

Three thousand one hundred twelve years ago, in a Minor Thousand World within the Yangwind Great Thousand World of the Tianfeng Star Region, a butterfly flapped its wings, the rhythm of its wing-flapping identical to that of this sparrow.

Four thousand two hundred years ago...

Jiang Ding's gaze turned icy, as he slowly retraced the causal threads of history.

Basically, whenever more than a thousand years pass, such a sentient being—be it a sparrow, a butterfly, or a carp—will appear somewhere in this starry expanse, the location entirely random, the type entirely random.

Basically, they are all short-lived mundane sentient beings, who, at some stage of their lives, emit such rhythmic movements or sounds.

In his heart, at this moment, the familiar scene appeared once again.

Jiang Ding slightly closed his eyes.

Over a million years ago, in the mountains and forests near the Liu Dao Sect in the Bei Yuan Minor Realm, a handsome and dignified youth bowed toward a direction, saying: "Junior Dài'ài, I pay my respects to the Heavenly Sovereign!"

He maintained his posture unchanged, and so it remained for several hours.

Several hours later, he changed direction and continued: "Junior Dài'ài, I pay my respects to the Heavenly Sovereign!"

Again and again.

Until, he truly arrived.

This time, likewise.

"Oh, time..."

"Time, is time, fellow Daoist."

Jiang Ding Zi muttered to himself.

His gaze fell upon the cheerful chirping sparrow, and on it, he finally saw a veil of time's mist.

Beneath this mist of time, a blurred figure lay asleep, asleep, unaware of how many years he had slept, always waiting for someone to awaken him, to tread the path of the quasi-emperor.

(End of chapter)