Chapter 446: The Birth of a King Among Jin Dan Cultivators

Scenes flashed by at high speed.

It was clear that only during his youth could many people and many things stir waves in his heart.

Afterward, even earth-shattering events left few traces.

"Ding Ding."

A kind voice.

Jiang Ding froze.

His eyes reddened slightly.

He drew his sword.

One slash.

Without even glancing, the phantom that had not yet been born, lacking even the qualification to appear, vanished like smoke.

The killing intent was cold and sharp.

"My grandfather and grandmother,"

"cannot be impersonated by any stray cat or dog; you are not worthy."

Jiang Ding whispered, his voice spreading cold killing intent outward: "Hurry up, cherish your remaining time. I am about to lock onto you. Just a little more, and you will die."

An intangible wave of panic flashed and vanished.

The world spun, white mist came and went; Jiang Ding's expression remained still. He opened his heart, followed the power of the heart demon, and slowly reviewed his life up to this point.

The unfulfilled ambitions of a talented Jin Dan cultivator with a Spirit Root of the Small Sea Realm's Song Lingyun Sect, making a desperate final gamble before death.

Xia Hou Ding, the proud and cold candidate Candidate Daozi of the Brother Brother Xuanwu in the Huangtong Small Realm.

The fox demon sisters of the Master Tushan Demon Kingdom, licentious and captivating, stirring primal human desires.

Jiang Chaoyang, who died at some unknown time in Rongcheng Hospital, scheming all his life, using any means to pursue the Immortal Path, and dying with his internal energy fully mastered...

As time passed and he grew, nothing else could stir emotional waves in him.

The final scene.

Dayang Dayang Tianchi, then, forming the Jin Dan.

Boom!

The Sword Intent of Annihilation descended, covering all directions, and in the void, dragged out a heart-demon ghost with a translucent, hazy body and six pairs of compound eyes on its head.

"... I... I still have..."

"... spare me."

The six-eyed heart demon's face was filled with fear, retreating again and again.

Clang!

The Taqing Flying Sword tore through this hazy space, descending here. The light of Law-Breaking shone brilliantly, piercing straight through the six-eyed heart demon's head, bursting and shattering its six pairs of compound eyes.

The Sword Light of Annihilation exploded; even though the heart demon was formless and intangible, it was useless, torn into countless fragments.

The hazy white mist of the Illusion Realm shattered, revealing the scene of the mining dormitory.

All of this took less than a single breath.

Jiang Ding looked up.

In the sky, dark clouds spread for hundreds of kilometers, with threads of electric snakes writhing. Endless destructive Lei Ting had accumulated for a long time, reaching its limit, emitting a terrifying aura that even a peak Jin Dan cultivator would fear.

"Heavenly Tribulation..."

Boom!

A bolt of destructive lightning fell.

"Slash!"

Jiang Ding pointed with his finger.

Inside his dantian, the Nine-Pored Jin Dan rotated slowly, and the Jin Dan Fa magic power and divine consciousness, having undergone an initial qualitative change, surged entirely into the flying sword.

A blue-gold blazing sun bloomed at his fingertip and rose upward.

Law-Breaking!

Law-Destroying!

Law-Sealing!

Three layers of true meaning and three layers of spiritual light spread in all directions, altering the foundation of the Immortal Path civilization and the form of spiritual energy particles. Even the destructive Lei Ting, which governs heaven's punishment, began to change; waves appeared on the lightning, and its aura became violent and unstable.

The heavenly tribulation lightning, which had just flown out of the dark clouds for nearly half its length, crashed onto the blue-gold blazing sun.

Boom!

Only a deafening roar was heard; the world turned a searing white, blinding vision and destroying divine consciousness, leaving nothing visible.

An instant later, everyone hurriedly opened their eyes.

In the sky, thunder and lightning scattered in all directions.

The blue-gold great sun still shone brilliantly, seated at the center of the heavenly tribulation dark clouds. The Sword Light of Annihilation illuminated heaven and earth, replacing the sky as a new sun, bringing light to the earth and dispelling the gloom of dusk.

"He survived it!"

Jin Jin Lingfeng and An Siyan cheered.

"Such a heavenly tribulation would likely kill even a peak Jin Dan cultivator, yet he survived it."

"This is the Supreme Sword Dao Jin Dan, a Candidate Daozi..."

The surrounding Foundation Establishment and Jin Dan cultivators were utterly shocked, discussing the matter in a murmur.

Zhang Zhang Junsheng and other Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun wore Solemn Expressions, staring at the dissipating Lei Gao Jie clouds in the sky.

Boom!

Suddenly, a loud explosion rang out; the dark clouds in the sky, which had been dissipating, rapidly gathered again, becoming even more violent, even more frenzied, and carrying a faint hint of anger.

The threads of electric serpents blooming within the dark clouds made even some Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun change color, revealing looks of wariness.

Looking closely,

in the sky, a youth in blue robes was shrouded by the Lei Gao Jie dark clouds.

Beside him, the blue-gold great sun's radiance was dazzling, sending out wisps of sword Qi that pierced deep into the dark clouds; the sword Qi spread, unfolding mysterious sword Dao runes, forcibly confining the heavenly tribulation clouds and preventing them from dissipating.

Then,

the flying sword's sword-light flickered as it unscrupulously drew the Lei Ting from within the heavenly tribulation, pouring them into the sword body.

It was stealing the power of the heavens' Lei Fa!

It didn't even bother to disguise it.

Under the heavenly tribulation's Lei Ting, the blue-gold sword body crackled and sizzled, rapidly turning red-hot as it bore a terrifying destructive force.

Using heavenly tribulation to forge the sword body!

Boom!

New Lei Gao Jie dark clouds swiftly formed, black as ink, emanating a terrifying aura that even made Nascent Soul cultivators feel dread, forcing them to retreat several steps.

This had already transcended a trial.

This was annihilation!

Annihilating the one who dared to steal the authority of heaven's punishment!

"This… Wocao!"

A Nascent Soul cultivator retreated several steps, ducking behind Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun and other late-stage and peak Nascent Soul cultivators for cover, and cursed: "You guys really aren't afraid of him dying!"

Zhang Zhang Junsheng and the others did not answer, staring at the sky.

Under Nascent Soul-level Lei Ting, Jiang Ding's hair stood on end, his body and divine soul both trembling; death was about to descend, and his biological survival instinct was frantically warning him, trying to stop the reckless act.

"Using Creation Lei Ting to melt the Nine-Orifice Jin Dan…"

Between life and death, Jiang Ding's expression remained calm.

Everything was within expectation; as long as the sword-forging plan could be completed, he naturally wouldn't die.

If it failed…

There was no failure.

His dantian grew warm.

A Nine-Orifice Jin Dan emerged from his abdomen, spinning smoothly; it was born with nine orifices, with Creation runes constantly flickering into and out of existence, radiating an aura of ultimate firmness, ultimate sharpness, and imperishability; the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within dozens of kilometers cheered and leapt, as if it had encountered the most beloved darling.

Crackle…

The Taiqing Flying Sword's Lei Ting exploded with a roar, separating out a wisp of purified, filtered azure-blue Lei Ting that poured into the Nine-Orifice Jin Dan.

"Puh!"

Jiang Ding's face instantly went deathly pale; he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, Suffers Heavy injuries, his aura dropping by a large margin.

Jin Dan!

The most fragile thing in a human, existing in a state between substance and etherealness, the core of a human's magic power and divine soul; normally, even if the magic power within the body circulated a bit violently, it could cause it damage.

If this situation occurred a few more times, it would leave irreversible injuries, and it was not even impossible for it to collapse entirely.

Now,

someone was directly drawing heavenly tribulation Lei Ting to bombard it!

"What is he doing?"

Many cultivators gaped, watching this scene in the sky that violated the basic theories of cultivation, suspecting they had been attacked by someone and were hallucinating.

The Nine-Orifice Jin Dan did not shatter.

On the contrary, under the guidance of the Great Sun Core-Forming Method, the Nine-Orifice Golden Core spun smoothly; with each rotation, it expelled the destructive power within the heavenly tribulation lightning, absorbing a wisp of the subtle lightning imbued with Creation vitality to reshape itself.

"I have a sixty percent chance of succeeding in the smelting."

"I don't need any help."

Jiang Ding Zi murmured.

"But there's no need to take such a risk."

A jade box shattered, revealing a crimson flame within, the size of a chicken egg, emanating a scent of indestructibility.

Great Sun Soul Flame!

The surrounding cultivators revealed looks of longing.

The instant their divine souls saw it, their instincts transmitted waves of greed; as long as they could obtain this thing, their divine souls would immediately undergo a great breakthrough.

Whoosh!

The Great Sun Soul Flame's fire swayed once, plunging into the Nine-Orifice Jin Dan and merging with it as one.

In an instant, a sensation of coolness and warmth spread; the many minor injuries the Nine-Orifice Jin Dan had sustained from drawing the heavenly tribulation Lei Ting instantly vanished without a trace.

At the same time, a massive surge of vitality and Creation power poured into the Jin Dan, similar to the Creation power of the heavenly tribulation Lei Ting.

But the quantity far surpassed it, an endless stream!

"Heavenly Lei, come!"

Jiang Ding did not dare to delay even a fraction.

Crackle…

The Taiqing Flying Sword, wrapped in strands of heavenly tribulation Lei Chong Guang, trembled once, sending forth another surge of azure-blue heavenly tribulation power that poured into the Nine-Orifice Jin Dan.

The Nine-Orifice Jin Dan spun smoothly several times, completing the digestion.

"Just like this, come on."

"All of it."

Jiang Ding whispered.

Boom!

The Taiqing Flying Sword flared with light, and streams of heavenly tribulation Lei Ting surged like a tide into the spinning Nine-Orifice Jin Dan, flowing in endlessly—a sight that made one's heart pound with dread.

A long while, or perhaps only an instant.

All the heavenly tribulation Lei Ting poured into the Nine-Orifice Jin Dan; azure-blue light filled the nine orifices, the radiance lingered for a moment, then slowly resumed its rotation.

It did not shatter!

"Merge."

Jiang Ding flicked a finger; the Taiqing Flying Sword flew over, drawing close to the Nine-Orifice Jin Dan. Their auras began to harmonize, inching closer bit by bit.

At the instant of contact—

The Nine-Orifice Jin Dan was incomparably soft, sinking into the flying sword!

A bit, then another bit—the tip, then the middle, and finally the tail—vanishing from sight.

Under everyone's gaze, the Nine-Orifice Jin Dan actually entered the Taiqing Flying Sword bit by bit, never to emerge again, fully merging into one.

The flying sword blazed with dazzling light!

The light of Po Fa Xian Jin illuminated the heavens above and the earth below; shafts of divine gold thrust like spears, piercing straight golden pillars of light through the dark clouds overhead.

"It's done."

Jiang Ding's heart eased.

In that instant—

Divine soul, magic power, sword intent!

The three-in-one underwent a near-leap qualitative transformation all at once.

The quality of his magic power surged tenfold, completely becoming Jin Dan-grade magic power!

His divine soul became a Jin Dan divine soul, the quality of his spiritual sense increasing tenfold. More than that, the Taiqing Flying Sword trembled, sending back a cool, refreshing feedback that caused his divine soul to leap forward another great step.

The core ability of the Dao Foundation Sword.

From four times a same-realm divine soul, to five times that of a same-realm cultivator!

Jiang Ding spread his spiritual sense, and with effortless ease it expanded to a fifty-kilometer radius. Every living being, every stone, every detail was clearly visible—five times that of a Jin Dan Chu Qi cultivator.

As for sword intent, it instantly entered Minor Accomplishment, and then took another great stride forward, approaching Major Accomplishment!

In fact, many years ago his sword intent had already been infinitely close to Minor Accomplishment. Amplified by the Taiqing Divine Iron and Po Fa Xian Jin, it became too sharp and terrifying, reaching the limit of four times a same-realm Foundation Establishment cultivator's divine soul—no further breakthrough was possible.

Otherwise, he would have died beneath his own sword intent.

Now, the limit was lifted, and he surged forward in an instant.

The current him could already suppress Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's Dao Sons with his sword intent, even if they too had advanced to Jin Dan.

This had always been the core advantage beyond the Great Sun Sword Disciple's sword arts.

Ding!

Jiang Ding flicked the flying sword lightly.

The blade hummed and sang; the light of Po Fa gathered into substance, unfolding a palm-sized sword-shaped domain outside the sword's body.

Within it, terrifying auras of sharpness, Po Fa, and spirit-destruction permeated the air, completely cutting off the inflow of heaven and earth's spiritual energy.

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator here would not be able to find a single wisp of controllable heaven and earth's spiritual energy within this palm-sized sword-shaped domain.

"Solidified micro-domain."

"Its function is very simple."

Jiang Ding closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, immediately knowing what this thing—born from the combination of Taiqing Divine Iron, Po Fa Xian Jin, and the breakthrough to Minor Accomplishment sword intent—was.

"It is—"

"Domain Severance!"

That's right,

it severs the Nascent Soul domain that Nascent Soul cultivators rely on to suppress lower-realm cultivators and control all heaven and earth's spiritual energy within range!

This miniature sword-shaped domain could sever it!

An all-round amplification of strength!

Though this took long to describe, in truth—thanks to over a hundred years of constant refinement and an exceptionally solid foundation—the sword refinement and breakthrough together were completed in just two or three breaths.

Dark clouds pressed thick, lightning flashed and thunder roared.

The authority of thunder punishment had been stolen; the will of the heavens raged. The tribulation clouds were black as ink, threads of electric serpents slithered through them, and in an extremely short time the might of the heavens finished gathering.

A terrifying pressure descended.

This was a fearsome power sufficient to destroy a Nascent Soul cultivator—meant to utterly purge the one who had profaned the authority of the heavens.

"Come."

Jiang Ding raised his head, looked toward the heavenly tribulation in the sky, and spoke with terse brevity.

Rumble!

Under the horrified gazes of a group of Nascent Soul cultivators, a bolt of faintly greenish-purple Lei Ting descended from the heavens. Before its thunderous edge, space shattered and collapsed layer upon layer.

Nascent Soul had already begun to involve the manipulation of space!

Not only that, around the greenish-purple Lei Ting, violent destructive aura spread outward, covering dozens of kilometers, churning and seizing control of heaven and earth's spiritual energy.

Lower-realm cultivators—even quasi-Fourth Stage cultivators—under the shroud of this destructive domain would be instantly annihilated; heaven and earth's spiritual energy would not obey control.

All the heaven and earth's spiritual energy gathered and poured into the greenish-purple Lei Ting, making its radiance blaze even brighter.

A flash of lightning—

and it struck toward the blue-robed youth within the thunder clouds!

"Go!"

Jiang Ding chanted softly.

Clang!

The Great Pure Flying Sword blazed with light, its golden-vajra net-like patterns shimmering brilliantly; gazing at it, though clearly a flying sword, it carried the undying aura of a cultivator and a Jin Dan.

Before the Lei Chong Guang arrived, the destructive Lei Ting Fa Domain enveloped the area first.

Jiang Ding's breath hitched.

His divine sense swept out, instantly finding that the heavenly and earthly spiritual qi, once as obedient as his own limbs in all directions, had turned into walls of copper and iron, becoming nearly unusable; like fish deprived of water, the power of every move and strike plummeted drastically.

Clang!

The Great Pure Flying Sword trembled; the tiny sword-shaped domains on its blade transformed into ten thousand rays of annihilating light that illuminated all four directions, like countless sharp swords striking the major nodes of the destructive Lei Ting Fa Domain.

Cutting! Slaying! Burning!

Countless lights bloomed together.

In the unseen, a crisp sound rang out, and the destructive domain collapsed.

"Slay!"

The heavy, binding pressure instantly dissolved into nothingness; within a fifty-kilometer radius, the heavenly and earthly spiritual qi regained controllability and surged toward him. Jiang Ding, facing the green-purple destructive Lei Ting, raised a single finger lightly.

Whoosh!

No assistance from the third tier was needed anymore, for it had long become useless; the Great Pure Flying Sword drew in tens of kilometers of heavenly and earthly spiritual qi, transforming into a blue-gold sword light that slashed toward the sky, striking the Nascent Soul-level Heavenly Punishment Lei Ting straight on.

Sizzle...

One green-purple,

One blue-gold,

The two terrifying lights collided, twisting together like writhing snakes and polished silk, producing a dreadful energy annihilation; the space between the two lights shattered and was destroyed, revealing pitch-black cracks that constantly broke and constantly formed.

Occasionally, a stray wisp of residual wave fell upon the earth, causing groups of Jin Dan cultivators to flee like mad, hiding under the protection of Nascent Soul cultivators, daring not to peek out even a fraction.

For a long time.

The green-purple Lei Chong Guang gradually dimmed, faster and faster, until, with a bang, it vanished into nothingness.

Boom!

In the sky, dark clouds churned, emitting waves of angry roars and thunderous sounds, as if unwilling, yet they could only dissipate bit by bit, unable to defy the iron law of the Heavenly Dao.

The dark clouds dispersed, and light once again shone upon the earth.

It shone upon the side profile of a youth in green robes.

Countless Jin Dan cultivators instinctively lowered their heads, expressing their inner feelings toward this direction.

Hmm, that's it for now.

(End of this chapter)