Chapter 2246: The Golden Age Has Not Yet Arrived

Blood rain fell from the heavens!

The peerless overlord who had ruled this starry expanse for over a million years, the Phoenix True Immortal, was now dying.

A new overlord and his order were being born!

"We pay our respects to the Sword Sovereign!"

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

Among the more than a thousand star domains, within the Fallen Immortal Realm, all human beings roared with excitement, especially the many human cultivators who were themselves of slave status, who laughed wildly, unable to express the joy in their hearts.

Before this, they were slaves, they were bondservants.

But today, and from today onward, they are the rightful masters of the Wu Jin Kong Kong starry expanse!

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

"We, the guilty, pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

In stark contrast, across countless worlds, mighty beings of myriad races knelt on the ground, their faces ashen, including the once-lofty Phoenix Immortal Clan, True Dragon Immortal Clan, and Qingluan Immortal Clan.

At this moment, they no longer possessed any transcendent mystical aura, having fallen from the clouds to the earth.

"Junior Uncle, another victory..."

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

Since first seeing the Great Day Sword Sovereign, they had never seen him defeated, invincible in the present age, sweeping all directions, and now he had actually become the overlord of the Wu Jin Kong Kong starry expanse, slaying alien True Immortals on the front battlefield, restoring the glorious foundation of humanity.

The fates of countless beings in this starry expanse were changed in an instant.

……

Jiang Ding bathed in the blood rain, his eyes slightly closed.

At this moment, the authority of the Heavenly Fire Great Dao was collapsing, its deepest mysteries gradually surfacing, being analyzed by him, being absorbed by him, the profound wonders of the Phoenix Primordial Ancient Canon and Phoenix Immortal Dao technology deeply fascinated him, the Annihilation of Laws Solar Immortal Scripture was rapidly drawing in this precious knowledge, swiftly perfecting his own Dao.

Between heaven and earth, all was silent, even the voices of all beings were utterly soundless, only the sound of blood rain dripping and falling upon the earth.

Nothing could disturb.

Enlightenment!

The Supreme was falling into enlightenment!

The path of the sword cultivator, the path of the True Immortal, to behold a different Phoenix Primordial Ancient Canon—this is a great opportunity, the characters of the Annihilation of Laws Solar Immortal Scripture were continuously shrinking, three hundred fifty characters, three hundred characters, two hundred eighty characters...

In a mere instant, it equaled what had been untold hundreds of thousands of years of bitter cultivation.

This is the importance of beholding another True Immortal's path.

Another True Immortal is by no means merely an enemy, but also a Dao companion, also an opportunity; they are indispensable, irreplaceable.

"The road ahead seems to be gradually becoming clear..."

"Regarding becoming emperor, becoming immortal..."

Jiang Ding slowly opened his eyes, his black-and-white pupils flickering as he gazed toward a point in the starry expanse: "The Hundred-Character Immortal Scripture is the minimum standard for attaining emperorship; if in ordinary ages, the talents of many True Immortals are too ordinary, or if heavenly and earthly calamities make the cultivation environment harsh, even the Hundred-Character Immortal Scripture can suffice for emperorship."

"In an age, there is only one emperor."

"This is the invincible being of all under heaven."

"But if one surveys multiple ages, such an emperor must necessarily be weak, with luck occupying a far more important factor; only a Sixty-Character Immortal Scripture, Twenty-Character Immortal Scripture, or a dozen or so Character Immortal Scripture... the supreme Immortal Scripture, the strongest emperor, can then sweep aside emperors of other ages!"

"Such an emperor must certainly possess an Immortal Scripture of ten characters or fewer!"

"An emperor possessing an Immortal Scripture of ten characters or fewer must necessarily live in an age of extreme cosmic resource abundance, and himself possess transcendent talent, surpassing the limits of multiple ages."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

The total resources of the Wu Jin Kong Kong starry expanse are not immutable, but are influenced by the cyclical motion laws of the universe.

Some ages are barren, where merely attaining emperorship is already the utmost limit.

Some ages are extraordinarily rich, deserving the name of golden age, occurring only once after untold ages and hundreds of millions of years, with heavenly and earthly great opportunities arising in profusion, and outstanding individuals emerging in succession.

The total cosmic resource output of this age of the Supreme Great Day Sword Immortal is then mediocre.

His luck was not terribly bad, encountering a barren age, nor was it terribly good, being born in a golden age, with luck like many human emperors—neither good nor bad.

"Immortal Scriptures of ten characters or fewer are extremely rare and special."

"Many True Immortals have the possibility of attaining emperorship, but no possibility of possessing such an Immortal Scripture, transcending multiple ages, such as the Phoenix Child."

Jiang Ding assessed and calculated, then said: "If the Phoenix Child were born in a golden age, the limit of her Phoenix Immortal Scripture would be twenty characters."

"This is an absolute limit; no matter how many more opportunities given to her, no matter how many outstanding individuals assisting her, this is the limit, there is no way to reduce it by even one character, for the foundation of the Phoenix Immortal Scripture lies there, the foundation already set, the future height limit of the lofty edifice already determined."

"And as for my own limit..."

Jiang Ding furrowed his brows.

He felt some hesitation, unable to judge.

"The resources of this age seem not quite sufficient."

"I am certain I can deduce a Ten-Character Immortal Scripture, but an Immortal Scripture of fewer than ten characters? I fear it is like a clever woman unable to cook without rice—this age's cosmic resources seem not quite sufficient."

"The closer one gets to the Ten-Character Immortal Scripture, the more drastic the influence on the Heavenly Dao, and the greater the resources required."

"At that time, I fear that performing a single Ten-Character Immortal Scripture experiment would require the accumulated resources of the Wu Jin Kong Kong starry expanse over tens of millions of years! Just one experiment!"

Such horror.

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

On the path to immortality, every step is too difficult.

Such despair, in history, I know not how many True Immortals and emperors have experienced, and now it appears again in the heart of a human sword Dao True Immortal.

Such a predicament is one that every emperor must inevitably encounter.

"Encountering difficulty, one must resolve it."

"If I were a human emperor, the measures I might take would be..."

Jiang Ding's icy gaze fell upon the starry expanse he had long observed.

In this starry sky, the Three Thousand Dao are recovering, and within the Three Thousand Dao, faint traces of extremely subtle crimson rules flicker in and out of existence, as if they might vanish at any moment.

This is the immortal nature of the True Phoenix.

The True Immortal Child already possesses some characteristics of immortals, and the True Phoenix Child has walked further along this path than the Fortune True Dragon Child, already possessing some indestructible heavenly Dao and eternal, subtle traits of the self.

If left unattended, the True Phoenix Child will be reborn after a million years.

Jiang Ding had already known this before stepping onto the battlefield, had observed it, and it would not provoke any emotional change in him.

What truly made him pay special attention, arouse killing intent, and hesitate for a moment was that when he sought to annihilate this trace of True Phoenix immortal nature, a cold, terrifying malice suddenly surfaced in his soul and spirit, causing his soul to tremble slightly, as if facing a higher essence of living being.

A higher essence of living being!

The Supreme Great Sun Immortal-Mortal Sword Soul is trembling! Alarming!

Jiang Ding's gaze was cold.

He gazed upon that trace of True Phoenix immortal nature.

This trace of immortal nature flowed uncontrollably toward a direction, the end of which was a twisted mountain peak, an indescribable mountain peak, a mountain peak that has existed since ancient times.

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

But at this moment, as the shadow of this mountain peak was observed by the Supreme Great Day Sword Immortal Child, that terrifying obscuring power slightly loosened, and a trace of the mark of heaven and earth surfaced in the Sword Immortal Child's heart.

This twisted mountain emerged into view.

Named,

The Undying Mountain Forbidden Land!

(End of Chapter)