Chapter 511: The End-Dharma City in the Depths of the Universe

"Great Sun Sword Son."

A graceful and elegant beautiful woman walked toward them, wearing a form-fitting blue work suit, radiating the aura of a Nascent Soul peak cultivator; on the badge pinned over her prominent chest was inscribed: Fifth-Class Starship Artificer, Nan Nan Yunqi.

Spatial rifts occasionally surfaced around her, but upon touching her work suit, they vanished without a trace.

"Greetings, Master Yun Gong Master Dinghai Zhenjun."

Jiang Ding, Yu Yu Qianzi, An Siyan, and others all bowed in unison, their reverence unmistakable.

Fifth-Class Starship Artificer!

This was a national treasure-level strategic talent of the Immortal Sect, with a resume as dazzling as a heavenly prodigy; her personal involvement in designing and constructing a Jin Dan cultivator's aerospace warship carried heavy political implications.

"Sword Son, my team is responsible for building the Superstarship Great Sun. Would you like me to give you a brief introduction?"

Nan Nan Yunqi brushed a strand of hair behind her ear and asked.

"I humbly seek your guidance, Elder."

Jiang Ding replied respectfully.

"No need to be so formal."

Nan Nan Yunqi smiled: "The Superstarship Great Sun is twelve hundred and seventy-four meters long, three hundred and twenty-four meters wide, and weighs three hundred twenty-seven thousand four hundred and ten tons. Its entire hull is constructed from synthetic materials composed of fourth-class aeronautical aluminum spirit metal; critical load-bearing sections are forged from composite fourth-class heavenly treasures of multiple elemental affinities… The total cost, after subsidies from the Immortal Sect, is three point seven billion low-grade spirit stones."

"Elders, you've worked so hard."

Jiang Ding immediately chimed in.

He knew the Immortal Sect had subsidized vast quantities of non-reproducible fourth-class Nascent Soul-grade materials, along with the crafting fees of elders like Nan Nan Yunqi.

The latter was equally massive—perhaps even more expensive.

Fifth-Class Starship Artificer.

Such a person was nearly equivalent to a Soul Transformation cultivator personally taking part; their appearance fee could not be low.

Not to mention the enormous team of artificers, numbering over a dozen fourth-class artificers and thousands to tens of thousands of third-class assistants.

It had to be this way.

To pilot a Nascent Soul-grade warship with only a Jin Dan body—even if one's soul, magic power, and other hardware met the requirements—was not easy; countless research breakthroughs and bottlenecks had to be overcome, and only after decades of such a massive, luxurious team effort had results emerged.

In comparison to the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong, it was a miracle akin to a Dao Son fighting across a great realm boundary.

The Immortal Sect achieving the same result was likewise a miracle, embodying the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of sages.

"We're just getting paid for our work—what's so hard about it?"

Nan Nan Yunqi smiled faintly and continued: "The main array on the Great Sun is the fourth-class array: Ten Thousand Magnet Lei Yun Array. When activated, it deploys a Ten Thousand Magnet Lei Yun field. You know what a field is, right?"

"Yes."

Jiang Ding answered without hesitation.

"A field is identical to a Nascent Soul cultivator's domain—a domain formed by a fourth-class array, capable of effectively suppressing and countering a Nascent Soul cultivator's magical domain."

"Correct."

Nan Nan Yunqi nodded: "The field of the Ten Thousand Magnet Lei Yun Array functions precisely this way—offense and defense integrated. For defense, relying on the outer hull, it can… hmm, according to your requirements, there is no defensive mode; instead, it generates an outer magnetic cloud and thunderstorm that annihilates all unauthorized magical attacks, physical attacks, and soul attacks."

"The Great Sun's offensive capabilities…"

She delicately formed a hand seal, and the walls of the massive, still-under-construction warship became translucent and hazy, revealing within a terrifying cannon glowing with Lei Chong Guang.

Jiang Ding held his breath.

A cannon over a thousand meters long, over a hundred meters in diameter.

Could this even be called a cannon?

An Siyan and Jin Jin Lingfeng were merely astonished, having seen similar things on television.

"This thing…"

Yu Yu Qianzi's scalp prickled.

She stared intently at the terrifying cannon, her body instinctively tensed to the extreme—anyone who touched her at this moment would instantly trigger countless Taiyin Sword Qi capable of injuring a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Fourth-class electromagnetic system, classic main cannon of aerospace carrier-class warships: Magnet Cloud Star-Shattering Cannon."

Nan Nan Yunqi activated the array runes on the main cannon one by one; waves of brilliant blue light flared and faded continuously as she tested them.

"This is the Immortal Sect's second-most powerful fourth-class electromagnetic cannon, after the aerospace fortress cannon. The name 'Star-Shattering' comes from actual tests: it can shatter a planet the size of Pluto after eleven hundred and forty-three consecutive blasts, reducing it to cosmic dust."

"Hmm, this is somewhat exaggerated."

She shook her head slightly.

"Many say Pluto isn't even a planet—its diameter is only 2,376.6 kilometers. It's just us artillery researchers flattering ourselves."

"Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong artificers often like to name their creations Sword That Slices Immortals, Seal That Erases the Dao, Banner of Eternal Life, and so on."

"Immortal Sect engineering artificers aren't immune to such habits either."

Nan Nan Yunqi chuckled self-deprecatingly.

"Even if you classify Pluto as a dwarf planet, it's still a star—how is that flattery?"

Jiang Ding argued earnestly.

"It's entirely fitting."

"There's some truth to that."

Nan Nan Yunqi smiled gently and continued: "Once this superwarship is completed, you'll have basic capacity to survive in the cosmos. The void between small worlds is no different. When you have time, visit Facheng—your Annihilation Sword Dao seems quite compatible with it."

"Have you learned any of Facheng's knowledge yet?"

She offered earnest instruction and mentorship to the younger generation—not merely introducing the warship.

"Yes."

Jiang Ding glanced at the stunningly beautiful girl beside him, clad in a moon-white immortal robe, hesitating slightly.

Yu Yu Qianzi sniffed, her expression sour and clearly displeased.

"It doesn't matter."

Nanyun Qi said carelessly, "The foundation of an immortal sect is meant to be displayed openly and without concealment, so as to reduce the possibility of war. Immortal sects love peace and have always stressed peaceful development and mutual benefit between realms."

"The End of Law City."

"It is one of the immortal sect's fallback options."

Jiang Ding did not believe it at once. After a moment's thought, he confirmed that the central array spirit computer had issued no warning, then said, "Our realm is a rare spiritless universe, without a trace of endogenous spiritual energy. Our immortal civilization developed entirely on the spiritual energy that seeps over from the realm on the other side."

"Beyond the mother star, there exists a vast, endless starry sky."

"Should anything go wrong, the immortal sect's warships will carry the higher-rated portion of its citizens far from the mother star, deep into the distant starry sky, using the absolutely spiritless environment to block powerful enemies."

"Within the starry sky, there exists our base."

"A city that drifts about at all times."

"Inside it are facilities sufficient to sustain some citizens, let them slumber, and allow a few to reproduce, so that civilization may continue."

"In former years, the Great Sun Sword Pavilion once occupied and enslaved the mother star, mining Po Fa Xian Jin, but was never able to annihilate the immortal sect's main force."

"Even the last Great Sun Sword Master, who personally pursued them deep into the starry sky, was the same — he had no choice but to retreat after several decades, his magic power greatly depleted, falling into a weakened state."

"Because beings born in a spirit-rich environment cannot adapt to this starry sky; even Refining Void great powers are no exception."

"This city that bears the immortal sect's final hope,"

"is the End of Law City."

Jiang Ding spoke slowly.

(End of this chapter)