Chapter 2715: The Ninth Life, the Final Life, Two Billion Years

Jiang Ding quietly comprehended this moment, having never been this close to becoming an immortal before.

Only the final step remained.

Only the final step!

"The path to immortality has now been explored, its clarity unmatched."

"To step into the One-Character Immortal Scripture, complete the primordial ancient canon of becoming an emperor and attaining the Dao of the myriad emperors, to expound the essence of heaven and earth in a single character, to master the declining great Dao through heavenly and earthly rituals—this is all there is."

"This is all there is!"

A slight tremor entered Jiang Ding's voice; the Dao heart, honed over countless years, actually quivered faintly.

For he discovered that he now seemed to have roughly a three percent chance to immediately begin ascending the One-Character Immortal Scripture, to utterly commence the ultimate leap of immortality!

Even in the most extreme circumstances, he could choose to immediately ascend toward immortality!

Merely the master of the golden great ages across countless timelines!

Even without these beings, Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang could still ascend toward immortality; it was not that without these paths, living beings had no hope of immortality. Even if heaven and earth were devoid of self, he could still not rely on external aid and walk the path to immortality equally.

"Having come this far, so-called talent has long ceased to matter." "What matters is each one's chosen path, and the brick-by-brick construction of that path, the ultimate achievement after billions of years of building."

"Whoever chooses and builds the stronger, more excellent Dao will be the one more capable of becoming immortal."

Jiang Ding laughed heartily.

The foundation of the Dao has long been established; no one can alter it.

The collision between invincible beings of the golden great ages is actually the collision between their chosen paths and the paths they have built.

For his chosen Dao, the path he built with his own hands, Jiang Ding felt unshakable conviction and supreme confidence—this must be the most excellent path in any era or timeline of the Wu Jin Kong Kong, the path with the highest efficiency in naturally transforming the immortal Dao, and the path of highest productivity.

Therefore, who else but me shall attain immortality?

"The probability of ascending the One-Character Immortal Scripture is three percent……a bit low."

"But it is normal; this sovereign has only just ascended, the foundation is not yet sufficient, and this sovereign still has two billion years to accomplish all this."

Jiang Ding's gaze fell upon a pond, upon the Ninth Generation Tai Shang Da Ri Undying Immortal Elixir, which lacked a trace and could not mature and grow fully.

He came to the pond's edge, walked upon the water's surface, extended his hand, and lightly touched the twelve-petal lotus platform in the twilight radiance of the declining great Dao; the transformed immortal magic power seeped slowly into the nurturing grand formation of the surrounding secret realm.

Hum! Hum-hum……

Under this infusion of magic power containing the utmost transcendent force, the entire secret realm space rumbled into operation.

Streams of formation light appeared, aiding in the refinement of the various heavenly materials and earthly treasures piled like mountains and seas within the secret realm; these were the highest-grade immortal industrial products accumulated over countless years by the false immortal realm, containing untold amounts of spiritual energy and Dao essence, as well as the labor of cultivators, and embodying the highest immortal wisdom of the three-character era.

These auxiliary treasures for growth are not lacking, but their quality is insufficient to allow the Ninth Generation Undying Immortal Elixir to take the final step, for this is earthly immortal-level creation; piling up lower-tier items no matter how much only results in quantitative change, and no matter what, cannot achieve the final qualitative transformation.

But at this moment, as earthly immortal-level magic power surged into it, everything changed.

The various heavenly materials and earthly treasures, once piled like mountains and seas, now melted like ice and snow, being refined in the blink of an eye, continuously condensed, continuously purged of impurities; tens of thousands of great thousand worlds' worth of heavenly materials and earthly treasures were continuously processed, undergoing countless Dao procedures, and finally produced a single drop of seven-colored water droplet radiating creation's light.

Merely this single drop, as if fallen from the ninth heaven of the immortal realm, exuded rich vitality, causing the twelve-petal lotus platform to sway incessantly, having sensed the opportunity for evolution.

Drip!

Jiang Ding revealed a hint of a smile, his finger lightly tapping, and the seven-colored water droplet fell upon the twelve-petal lotus platform.

In an instant, a violent change appeared!

The lotus platform of the Ninth Generation Undying Immortal Elixir took root in the three thousand heavenly Dao, grew wildly, obscured the sky and covered the sun, then shed layer after layer of its mortal plant form; lotus leaves folded together, then gradually withered and turned to powder, falling away in the wind, revealing at the very center a single lotus seed resembling a cosmic embryo.

This is the creation sufficient to allow the corresponding road's ancient emperor to live another two billion years! "Two billion years!"

"Two billion years, sufficient, sufficient for this sovereign to complete the final accumulation before the ultimate leap of immortality!"

Jiang Ding consumed the Ninth Generation Tai Shang Da Ri Undying Immortal Elixir, gently closed his eyes, and quietly comprehended the renewed rebirth the Ninth Generation Immortal Elixir brought to his body and immortal soul.

Within his body, countless cells withered, died, and then revived again in time and reincarnation; the沉暮之气 in his immortal soul gradually vanished with withering and death, completely severed; the newly born immortal soul was as pure as an infant's, as if beholding this world for the first time in bewildered innocence.

Gray-white hair strands fell inch by inch, then black hair regrew, cascading down to his waist.

This was a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old youth, separated by two billion years, with not a trace of change!

Moreover, this life's cycle would be extraordinarily long, indeed possessing two billion years of time; each cell and each meridian contained the primordial ancient canon of the Two-Character Immortal Scripture, faintly flickering and floating, blocking the erosion of time and reincarnation upon these vital forces, so that when time flowed through here, it nearly stagnated.

At the same time, Jiang Ding clearly felt that time was still flowing, albeit extremely slowly.

Two billion years later, he would surely grow old and die, and could never live a tenth life; this is the limit of the immortal Dao and the universe, with no possibility of breakthrough.

Without becoming immortal, any living being, any object, any organization, will ultimately face a day of destruction.

Stones will shatter beneath time, stars will fall within time, the Dao will change within time, civilizations will be overturned; only immortality is eternal.

"Two billion years!" Jiang Ding felt his extremely youthful physique and immortal soul, opened his eyes, and pondered: "Two billion years, sufficient for this sovereign to push the One-Character Immortal Scripture project to its utmost extent, sufficient for this sovereign to accumulate vast material resources, sufficient for this sovereign to forge a peerless, invincible great army!"

"This army will surely be capable of sweeping aside any army across all timelines!"

"Two billion years later, whether the masters of the golden great ages of other timelines exist or not, this sovereign will spontaneously initiate the ultimate leap of immortality, truly walk toward immortality, victory or defeat hanging on this single action."

At this moment, Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang sat enthroned upon the Heavenly Pivot Throne; though clearly residing in the mortal realm, gazing outward, the entire immortal Dao universe seemed to lie beneath his gaze—three thousand Dao, space, time, reincarnation……all the mysteries of the immortal Dao lay fully revealed beneath his eyes, as clear as reading palm lines.

The heavenly chasms and bottlenecks that had once hindered the further development of immortal Dao science and technology vanished without trace at this moment; whatever the eye could reach was only the heavenly Dao, with not a trace of obstruction.

The immortal Dao civilization in the universe shall welcome an unprecedented, transcendent, explosive breakthrough!