Chapter 2431: Trash

Hahaha————haha————

Haha—

In the long river of time, a strange and terrifying scene appeared.

The laughter here had two kinds: one was like silver bells shaking small beads falling onto a jade plate—clear, pleasant, gentle and charming; the other was broad and harmonious, full of dignity and power.

The former reminded one of the peerless beauty of the endless starry sky, alluring and myriad in grace.

The latter brought to mind a solemn, awe-inspiring, invincible powerhouse.

Yet both appeared on the same person.

Jiang Ding planted his sword into the ground, eyes slightly narrowed, gazing at the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor about to vanish completely—a twin monster, a yin-yang shared soul body.

At this moment, this monster seemed to behold the gaze of a present-era forbidden-zone ancient emperor.

On the soul body of the dignified, indifferent middle-aged swordsman, traces of struggle appeared, the struggling emotion quickly multiplied, revealing fear, regret, despair and other emotions.

Kill—

Kill me————kill me————

This half of the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor's soul body strained to utter these words.

Keke—

Husband, Your Majesty, don't leave me—

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor laughed coquettishly.

At this moment, numerous causes and effects intertwined, many facts appeared in the heart of the present-era forbidden-zone ancient emperor, and he understood many secrets from years ago.

Youlin Sword Emperor!

This indifferent, dignified middle-aged swordsman was the Youlin Sword Emperor, the last human emperor who bore the title of Sword Emperor!

After him, the endless starry sky would occasionally see human sword cultivators prove the Dao and become human emperors, but none dared to call themselves Sword Emperor, for the Youlin Sword Emperor had personally imposed this endless shame upon human sword cultivators!

As long as the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor remained undead for a day, the shame remained uncleansed for a day, and human sword cultivators dared not call themselves Sword Emperor.

Kill—

Kill me—

The Youlin Sword Emperor begged weakly, utterly feeble.

Trash.

Jiang Ding said lightly.

A failure, a trash, one who utterly failed on the path to the forbidden-zone ancient emperor, slain by the opponent he himself nurtured—had no qualification to converse with him.

Trash—

The Youlin Sword Emperor's gaze quickly dimmed.

I am indeed trash—

His voice gradually faded into inaudibility, and together with the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor, he slowly dissipated in the endless starry sky, vanishing completely.

Present time.

Jiang Ding dragged out eight corpses woven from grass leaves and stems from the long river of time, his expression calm as he received numerous immortals of the celestial dynasties, bestowing rewards, yet explaining nothing.

The numerous immortals of the celestial dynasties likewise dared not ask.

Corpse after corpse radiated brilliance, naturally gathering the Dao's favor, were casually discarded in the Tai Shang Da Ri Heavenly Pivot; the present-era forbidden-zone ancient emperor sat enthroned upon the crystal divine seat, the palace silent beyond compare, vast and lonely.

The glory and foundation of the Nine-Leaf Celestial Dynasty—half have been taken by me—

Among forbidden-zone ancient emperors, how many possess a foundation like this lord?

Jiang Ding murmured.

—

The eight sword bodies of the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor were severed, half the foundation of the Nine-Leaf Forbidden Zone was cut down by the Tai Qing Flying Sword, and soon it can be devoured by the Great Ri Forbidden Zone, further enhancing the foundation of the Great Ri Forbidden Zone.

This means the foundation of the Tai Shang Da Ri Celestial Dynasty at least far surpasses that of the Taiyang Celestial Dynasty and the Nine-Leaf Celestial Dynasty, these two great forbidden-zone celestial dynasties.

This means Jiang Ding hardly needs to recover, and can easily await the Golden Great Age.

At the same time, the glorious celestial Dao civilization of the Nine-Leaf Celestial Dynasty was likewise absorbed by the Tai Shang Da Ri Celestial Dynasty; this similarly ranked sword Dao forbidden-zone level celestial Dao civilization aligns very well with the Tai Shang Da Ri Celestial Dynasty's civilization, many celestial Dao scientific technologies and sword Dao immortal arts concepts are being rapidly absorbed, bit by bit enhancing the foundation of the Tai Shang Da Ri sword Dao.

Jiang Ding slightly closed his eyes, healing, digesting the path of devouring the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor.

Time, to him, had already lost much meaning.

The Tai Shang Da Ri Heavenly Pivot again restored its silence, sealed by time's dust; this generation of celestial dynasty immortals could no longer see the ancient emperor even once; the beings of the endless starry sky live and die, come and go, yet have no influence on the supreme sword Dao sovereign in the endless starry sky—only one research project after another is continually established, continually completed.

Occasionally transmitted celestial Dao research and development orders, the fluctuations of terrifying divine soul computation power only let people know the ancient emperor still exists.

Nowadays, the research institutes of the Tai Shang Da Ri Celestial Dynasty have almost ceased involvement in the essence of celestial Dao research, focusing even more on the "shu" and application aspects of celestial Dao research, in this way promoting the progress of the Tai Shang Da Ri celestial Dao civilization.

The progress speed of celestial Dao civilization has slowed considerably, yet it still advances.

Time drifts slowly.

Eight million years of time quietly passed.

The ancient emperor has already sat upon the crystal divine seat for eight million years, never having left.

This span of time has also been somewhat long for the Tai Shang Da Ri ancient emperor; this day, he finally moved a little, his gaze gazing long into the depths of the endless starry sky, his aura unknowingly increased by a notch.

"The achievements of the Taiyang Celestial Dynasty and Nine-Leaf Celestial Dynasty civilizations have all been absorbed."

"My path has grown."

Jiang Ding's voice rare ly carried some joy: "If I face the Taiyang ancient emperor and Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor again, this lord has more possibility to slay them."

"More, possibly—"

As he spoke to the end, a hint of gloom appeared on the ancient emperor's face.

Devouring the paths of the two great forbidden-zone ancient emperors let his Dao advance, yet it was merely more celestial Dao knowledge and celestial Dao data reserves, achieving great progress on the "shu" level.

But on the "Dao" and essence level, there was no change at all.

This world, this era, possesses a terrifying suppressive force; all immortal scripture experiments require consuming desperate materials and energy, with absolutely no possibility existing.

This truly makes one inexplicably irritable, even after devouring and absorbing the ancient foundations of the two great forbidden zones, this fact remains unchanged.

Can humans truly not defy heaven?

Only in the Golden Great Age does the possibility of becoming an immortal exist?

"If one reaches the Golden Great Age, when heavenly timing is suitable, during a specific cosmic cycle, the cost of eight-character immortal scripture experiments will drop to an inconceivable degree, possibly consuming far less than nine-character immortal scripture experiments, with external experimental conditions favorable, naturally existing — "

"This is when heavenly timing, earthly advantage, and human harmony are all complete."

"This is the environment that the Immortal Dao Civilization should have — "

Jiang Ding revealed a look of longing.

At this moment, he so desperately longed for the Golden Great Age, longed for that destined glorious future.

"The Immortal Dao Civilization of the Nine Leaves Immortal Dynasty and the Solar Immortal Dynasty is of immense use, fundamentally immense use; this victory will lay the foundation for the future."

"But its use lies only in the Golden Great Age."

Jiang Ding slightly closed his eyes: "Once heavenly timing arrives, I will surely advance to the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture before other forbidden zone ancient emperors, seizing the first-mover advantage."

"My preparations are more thorough, more complete."

"The glory of the Golden Great Age will surely belong to me."

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