Chapter 513: Great Sun Group Army

"This thing..."

Yu Qianzi's breath hitched, and she suddenly felt that her previous estimate had been far too conservative.

With this thing added to the Great Sun Sword Child, Chong Guang Zi simply couldn't win. Whether he could survive would depend on testing the escape sword-flight techniques for which the Great Sun Sword Pavilion was equally renowned across the realms.

Heavens!

A hint of despair welled up involuntarily in her heart.

How could a sword cultivator rely on external objects like this?

Even setting that aside, his sword intent and cultivation should have stagnated.

The Way of the Sword demands only purity and refinement.

Sword intent is conviction, the supreme sublimation of will—it cannot be self-deceived. How could borrowing external objects leave no influence whatsoever on this person?

"Chao Ri Hao..."

Jiang Ding was similarly somewhat astonished in his heart, yet did not share the others' shock.

Because this project was something he, along with Zhang Junsheng, along with the seniors and senior sisters in his major, and the various predecessors in the Immortal Sect Academy of Sciences, had worked together in full cooperation to research and develop over several decades, personally creating!

Without any explanation, he knew every formation inscribed within it like the back of his hand.

The sword-shaped mirror drones were inscribed with the Primordial Magnetic Blazing Sun Divine Light Formation. A single drone was a third-grade superior item; when six hundred or more were combined, they formed a fourth-grade Primordial Magnetic Blazing Sun Divine Light Formation.

There was also a fourth-grade Star-Pulling Formation, which could forcibly draw down the light of the stars in the sky—magic could not conceal it.

There was also a fourth-grade engineering control summation formation, controlling the drones to execute millions of evasive maneuvers per second...

And so on,

On this tiny third-grade superior drone were inscribed complex composite three-dimensional formations, mobilizing various academies of sciences and institutions, gathering the wisdom of the entire Immortal Sect, painstakingly researched and developed over several decades—nearly a century—finally forming this single finished product.

"Main functions demonstration complete."

Nan Yunqi formed hand seals, fingers trailing afterimages as she recalled the drones. Every movement was exceedingly slow, a faint sheen of sweat visible on her brow.

Clearly, controlling the over eight hundred sword-shaped mirror drones that composed the miniature Dai Sen Solar Domain required an immense expenditure of mental effort; deploying and recalling the drones both consumed a great deal of time.

"Senior..."

Jiang Ding's expression shifted slightly.

Such a long prelude would likely have no practical use in real combat.

Besides, his divine sense now was far from comparable to Yun Gong Zhenjun's—he couldn't even manage this speed.

"No need to worry, it's not finished yet."

Nan Yunqi smiled and said: "Your Soul Transformation-grade Dao Number Stone is currently being processed by the Formation Spirit Research Institute of the Immortal Sect Academy of Sciences. Zhenjun Shuling and his colleagues are refining it into the super warship's ship spirit. It's expected to be completed in five or six years, then installed aboard."

"When that time comes, with the help of the ship spirit, the difficulty of control will drop by a large margin."

"Understood."

Jiang Ding let out a breath of relief.

Dao Number Stone.

Seized from Dayang Tianchi, from a sword child of the Supreme Clarity Spiritual Treasure Sect.

During Foundation Establishment, he could already control large numbers of third-grade inferior flying swords and several mid- to superior-grade flying sword treasures, earning the title Hundred Sword Sword Child. In battle, a hundred swords would fly out at once, enabling him to跨越 realms and slay enemies—the highest achiever in the Way of the Sword among the younger generation of the Supreme Clarity Spiritual Treasure Sect.

The reason was that he possessed a special spirit body, able to divide his attention many ways, as well as a life-bound flying sword refined from a Soul Transformation-grade material, the Dao Number Stone.

Originally, the Supreme Clarity Spiritual Treasure Sect was neutral.

Jiang Ding had no intention of killing him.

Unfortunately, he had taken the initiative to follow Brother Xuanwu of the Xuantian Palace and others like the Xuantian Sword Child, bringing over a hundred sword cultivators bearing the sword intents of three sects, to surround and kill Jiang Ding, hoping to strangle the Great Sun Sword Child of the Eastern Extreme Demon Sect in the cradle.

In the end, he died.

His life-bound flying sword became material.

"There is one more function, but the drones are incomplete and cannot be demonstrated."

Nan Yunqi continued: "According to the design, when the number of sword-shaped mirror drones reaches one thousand and twenty-four, they can form the Solar Sword Domain, possessing the ability to amplify the formation master's strength and seal off space."

Jiang Ding nodded.

After so many years without seeing her, he somewhat missed Zhenjun Zhenjun Shen Ya.

"Finally, the materials used in these sword-shaped mirror drones are extremely extravagant, employing large quantities of Soul Transformation-grade materials... The sword children and candidate dao children of Qingmu Xianzong are truly wealthy."

"Therefore, these mirror drones also retain upgrade interfaces. When you advance to the Nascent Soul stage, these drones will still be suitable for use—no need to replace them—only requiring time to re-refine them."

Nan Yunqi summarized.

"That's all. Is there anything you don't understand, or anything else you'd like to ask?"

She cracked a joke.

"Phone numbers and Rongxin excluded."

"Although I'm still unmarried to this day and have recently been on blind dates, wanting to find a husband or boyfriend, you're too young—we probably wouldn't have any common language."

"Nothing else."

"Thank you, Senior, for your guidance. I won't disturb your work and cultivation any further."

Jiang Ding's expression unchanged, he bowed slightly in salute.

"Yun Gong Zhenjun..."

An Siyan and Jin Lingfeng both wore stunned expressions, thoroughly fried inside and out by her words, unsure how to react.

They couldn't shake the feeling that these seniors, before them and before the Great Sun Sword Child, seemed somehow different—not as solemn, with a faint sense of peers of the same generation interacting, very casual.

"Senior,"

Just as the few were about to leave, a clear, crisp voice rang out.

Jiang Ding's footsteps paused, his gaze falling on the peerlessly beautiful young girl in the moon-white immortal gown beside him.

"Senior,"

Yu Qianzi, thick-skinned, said.

"Is there any chance you could build me a moon-class super warship too?"

This request was extremely presumptuous.

But clearly, shameless people were plentiful, and they didn't care at all.

"No chance."

Nan Yunqi gave a faint smile, her figure flickered, and vanished.

"Oh…"

Yu Qianzi's face drooped.

She instantly became listless, already able to imagine the miserable life of being beaten up in the future, her vigor and spirit suddenly sinking low.

Jiang Ding gave a slight smile.

Leading the group through twists and turns, traversing this place with its extremely high security level, it took some time before they flew out, then headed toward the branches of the Shenmu Futianrong in the sky, weaving through the stratosphere.

Today was Dao Law class, Yuan's course.

From all directions, Jin Dan cultivators, along with a small number of Foundation Establishment cultivators, flew toward this place; every year, Jin Dan cultivators graduated, and new Foundation Establishment junior brothers and sisters came in.

Unknowingly, after several decades, Jiang Ding could be considered a senior among the PhD students of the Clear Wind University Dao Cultivation Department.

"Hey, Jiang Ding!"

"Senior Sister Yu, long time no see."

Around them, people greeted each other from time to time; after several decades, their friendships were all quite good, having spent more time together than with their own family.

"Long time no see."

Jiang Ding smiled and responded to the surrounding classmates.

Compared to him, Yu Qianzi was very aloof and cold.

At most she gave a slight nod, looking like a fairy beneath the moon, basically not speaking, strangers keep away.

Staying by her side for long, a chill that affected both divine soul and flesh naturally spread, making people uncomfortable all over, instinctively keeping their distance.

Not a trace of the thick-skinned girl from before.

Everyone sat cross-legged on the stone platform at the center of this leaf.

Only hearing the clear chime of the class bell,

Yuan, who had been like a withered-wood statue on the stone platform, woke up, opened his eyes, briefly recalled things in slight bewilderment, and each sent out a strand of divine sense to connect with the surrounding two hundred-plus cultivators.

"Student Jiang Ding, last class we talked about the Great Sun Group Army, right?"

(End of chapter)