Chapter 620: The Refining Void Great Powers of the Eight Great Immortal Sects Enter Their Late Years

Cultivating while reading.

Jiang Ding, multitasking, spent two weeks carefully reading the article "The Causality of Jin Zhi and the Shangzhen Dongxuan Jin Sutra" sent by Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun and others more than ten times, gaining much more understanding of the current frontiers of immortal Dao scientific research in the Immortal Sect.

There were many places he did not understand; he noted them down, planning to ask him when he attended the distant class.

Of course, the Tianjuns are very busy; one cannot rely on them entirely.

At this time, Jiang Ding would connect his divine sense to the network to attend academic conferences hosted by Zhang Zhang Junsheng, Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Luling Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Teacher Gu Lin, and others, discussing and learning together, gathering to read the latest immortal arts articles.

Often, most of the places he did not understand were slowly resolved through such a discussion.

The rest, if there was truly no other way, could only be resolved by each person finding a Canghai Tianjun to ask for clarification.

Soul Transformation Tianjuns are very easy to talk to.

Regardless of familiarity or whether emotions were accumulated in the past, as long as you can find any Canghai Tianjun when they are free, squeeze in and approach them to raise a question, most will give you an answer; do not carry the burden of being a higher-level cultivator or fear elders and the like.

Moreover, explaining problems to lower-level cultivators will trigger the Seventh Sub-clause of the First Law of the Immortal Sect, the Q&A Law, allowing one to earn points, which can be used in the future to ask questions of the Central Array Spirit Computer.

"... The Great Sun Nascent Soul Secret Art is too difficult."

"According to the current progress, it will still take one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven years to complete; this is even though, for some unknown reason, a large number of Soul Transformation Tianjuns joined our research, shortening the time by nearly half; otherwise, it would likely take nearly four thousand years to have hope of success."

In another network conference, Zhang Zhang Junsheng sighed.

Jiang Ding's divine sense was currently divided into six threads.

The first thread was absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate, increasing the foundation of magic power; this thread occupied thirty percent of the soul's computing power.

The second thread was reading the Immortal Sect's latest scientific research literature; not only regarding the Causality of Jin Zhi, but also Gong Fa, metallurgy, electromagnetism, sword arts, and other aspects were all read; and it was not the kind of superficial glance, but required understanding, comprehension, and memorization in the heart, so it could be retrieved and used at any time in the future; this occupied twenty percent of the soul's computing power.

The third thread occasionally communicated with the Sword Dao Pavilion clone to return home, or to understand the recent situation of the Sword Dao Pavilion, contemplate the two spells "Magnetic Void Flash" and "Magnetic Concealment Art", and handle various miscellaneous matters.

This generally occupied one percent of the soul's computing power.

Occasionally, in special situations, such as when returning home, it would compress computing power from other areas, suddenly rising to sixty percent, but this was not the norm.

The fourth thread was attending the network academic conferences of Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun and others, occupying ten percent of the soul's computing power.

The fifth thread was attending the Great Sun Nascent Soul Secret Art development conference with Zhang Zhang Junsheng and one other person, occupying twenty percent of the soul's computing power.

The sixth thread was developing the sword art Sword Nine and repairing its loopholes, occupying ten percent of the soul's computing power.

Occasionally, the massive project of modifying the sword art was partially decomposed and outsourced to the Sword Dao Pavilion's sword Dao research institutions.

After years of study, they were beginning to be of some use.

The remaining ten percent of computing power was left as a reserve to prevent external risks and for temporary increases or decreases in usage.

In short, for high-level cultivators, multitasking is the norm; it is impossible to cultivate only when cultivating, doing nothing else, merely inhaling and exhaling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth without knowing the changes of the sun, moon, stars, and constellations above; this is too wasteful.

At this moment, the Zhang Zhang Junsheng in the fifth thread—there was also a Zhang Zhang Junsheng in the fourth thread, who was in an academic conference with Master Dinghai Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Luling Master Dinghai Zhenjun, and others.

The words of this Zhang Zhang Junsheng attracted the attention of Jiang Ding in the fifth thread; instinctively, he compressed other aspects and allocated more soul computing power to this thread.

Hmm, it was triggered by the keyword "Great Sun Nascent Soul Secret Art".

"... I estimate that even until my lifespan ends, this project will not be completed."

Zhang Zhang Junsheng sighed: "By then, we can only rely on the next generation of Nascent Soul True Persons to help you with the research; I do not know if Wu Wu Mengsha, Zhou Dingxiong, and the others can advance to Nascent Soul and take over my post."

"If they cannot, then we can only rely on you to take over the professor position at the Great Sun Ruins Laboratory, occasionally waking from slumber to cultivate the next generation of Nascent Soul True Persons yourself."

A long project of over a thousand, nearly two thousand years; even he, this Nascent Soul True Person, was beginning to feel discouraged and hopeless, and this was under the condition of significantly reducing the difficulty.

"Master, why do you think so?"

Jiang Ding comforted him: "You are the future Soul Transformation Great Power Zhang Zhang Junsheng; how could you die of old age so soon? Do not speak such inauspicious words."

"Soul Transformation?"

"That is somewhat distant."

Zhang Zhang Junsheng imagined: "I am currently in the late stage of Nascent Soul, a little over one thousand years old; in about one hundred and fifty years, I should be able to advance to the peak of Nascent Soul; by then, I will have a chance to fight; thanks to this project, my opportunity for Soul Transformation should be accumulated by then... but I will have to wait in line in slumber, and the ranking is quite far back."

"I feel I am becoming an extreme hawk of the Immortal Sect; you say, regardless of whether we can win, just fight out there; perhaps the Badaxian Sect will back down? Or perhaps they are Jin Yu on the outside, but rotten on the inside?"

Anyway, since the lifespan is almost gone, one just wants to take a gamble.

"No, a lucky mindset must not be entertained."

Jiang Ding waved his hands repeatedly: "The Badaxian Sect is not a mortal dynasty; if organizational cohesion declines, strength will decline; as long as those eight Great Powers are still alive, no matter how chaotic things are below, it is impossible for them to be Jin Yu on the outside but rotten on the inside."

"However... their Dao Sons have appeared."

Jiang Ding suddenly froze.

This realm is quite barren for Refining Void Great Powers; each Immortal Sect can only sustain one Refining Void Great Power in the same era.

It is not that their talent is insufficient, nor their genius lacking, nor that they lack Gong Fa.

Resources are only that limited.

Therefore, the appearance of a Dao Son signifies that the Refining Void Great Power has entered the late years of their life.

"... The Immortal Sect Dao Son has appeared?!"

Zhang Zhang Junsheng also seemed to just remember this matter and froze.

For some reason,

Jiang Ding's heart panicked.

Old cultivators nearing the end of their lifespan are extremely crazy!

They fear nothing; with the eight Great Powers nearing the end of their lives, what will they do in their final time?

The two looked at each other, both seeing the chill and terror in the other's eyes.

For a long time.

"It should not come to that; the Tianjuns will be prepared."

"There are Layered Contradictions among the eight Great Powers; they cannot work together to do anything."

Zhang Zhang Junsheng slowly calmed his mind and steadied himself: "Furthermore, Refining Void Great Powers have a lifespan of thirty thousand years; their late years are at least five or six thousand years, or even ten thousand years; we two little brats with a combined lifespan of less than two thousand years should not consider such ethereal matters."

"Perhaps, if things go wrong, our white bones will turn to ash and degrade, while the Immortal Sect is in a great state, and the time has not yet come."

(End of this chapter)