Chapter 939

Jiang Ding brought the Shadow Demon Dao Child to handle various procedures.

An immortal gate is different from an immortal sect.

In an immortal sect, as long as the topmost great power or the ruling Heavenly Sovereign makes a decision, the entire sect will pass it unconditionally; if any sect laws don't comply, they are simply ignored, or the sect laws are amended — the will of the strong occupies an absolutely dominant position, and everyone above and below must cooperate.

In an immortal gate, every single person, even the actions of the ruling council, must comply with the requirements of the immortal gate laws.

The arrival of the Shadow Demon Dao Child was no exception.

She entered the immortal gate as talent recruited from beyond the realm, was hired by Qingfeng University as a visiting professor, and worked in the Adult Sword Dao Department of Qingfeng University; she must complete a certain number of teaching and research tasks each year, which could be done with a clone.

After Jiang Ding brought her to finish handling all the procedures, he took out a stamped document — but instead of giving it to the shadow person beside him, he tossed it into a patch of void several thousand meters away.

"Ah? It's for me, why are you throwing my identity document away?"

The Shadow Demon Dao Child was greatly shocked and said angrily.

She was very clear that the Eastern Extreme Dongji Dongji Mo Men attached extreme importance to the law; if her identity ended up having problems because of this, the Central Array Spirit Computer might even be triggered.

Jiang Dinglue glanced at her with slight surprise.

In that patch of void, an invisible arm materialized and took the identity document away.

"The Great Sun Sword Child of the Eastern Extreme Dongji Dongji Mo Men…"

A sigh drifted out from the void.

The Shadow Demon Dao Child, who had been getting angry, froze for a moment, then returned to normal and said with a cheeky grin: "Jiang Ding Zi, from what I know, your concealment might even surpass mine — forcibly exceeding through sword intent and divine soul. How about coming with me to the Other Realm?"

"The eight ancestors have even posted quite a generous reward, and it could even help give birth to the power of order within the Refinement Void space. You should be tempted."

"You're overthinking it."

Jiang Ding shook his head slightly, turned and left, leaving behind one sentence: "Please begin your lectures as soon as possible, honored guest. The immortal gate's scout sword cultivators also enjoy concealment, and the little ones have been looking forward to your arrival for a long time now — don't disappoint them."

Unless facing the immortal gate's life-or-death crisis, Jiang Ding absolutely could not take such a risk.

The immortal gate would not agree either.

The Shadow Demon Dao Child watched his departing back, light flickering uncertainly in her eyes, and did not try to hold him back any further.

……

Jiang Ding returned to Dayang Dayang Tianchi.

As always, he began cultivating, refining his flying sword, participating in the Great Sun Soul Transformation secret art, the Great Sun Refining Gold project, and the Jin Zhi Karma project, as well as allocating part of his divine soul computing power to reading various documents.

When he encountered something he didn't understand, he sought guidance from outstanding Heavenly Sovereigns in various fields such as Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun.

The reverse was also the same — when Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun and the others encountered things they didn't understand regarding sword dao or the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, they had no embarrassment

about it either, and came over to ask him for guidance, with both sides discussing together.

Through discussion, some problems were solved, and some were shelved and sealed away, to be revisited once technological breakthroughs were achieved in the future.

Cultivation, refining the Ben Ming Fa treasure warship, research.

This was the daily life of an immortal gate Heavenly Sovereign; nearly everyone was more or less the same, with no purely military or political personnel.

The only difference lay in each Heavenly Sovereign's areas of expertise and research, which were tied to the path they walked.

Time drifted on, and several years passed.

The special training plan for Shadow Demon Abyss cultivators, jointly advanced by the immortal gate, the Shadow Demon Abyss, and the Badaxian Sect, proceeded in an orderly fashion; the eight great powers gave tremendous support to this project, even stepping in personally to perform deductions, helping develop concealment spells and concealment treasures suited to Jiao Jiao Mingyu.

The Shadow Demon Dao Child's visiting professor lecture plan was also arranged — one class per month in the Adult Sword Dao Department.

A Dao Child from an immortal sect giving lectures in person attracted a large number of students, including many students from the Dao Cultivation Departments of Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou University and Mulan University, who came to audit the class and witness what the strongest concealment arts of the realm looked like.

The result, however, was not very pleasant.

The Shadow Demon Dao Child was not very good at lecturing, and the teaching quality was poor.

That alone would have been forgivable.

The problem was that she merely took out a few concealment Gong Fa and concealment spells commonly circulated in the realm, brazenly claiming them to be the top concealment spells and Gong Fa of the Shadow Demon Abyss, saying they were profound beyond profundity, comprehensible only to those who were fated.

This greatly disappointed the students who had come from all directions specifically to watch.

In the end, this matter even alarmed Jiang Ding's main body, who was cultivating at Dayang Dayang Tianchi Sect.

He picked a time, went to the Shadow Demon's classroom, and silently attended the lectures for several months, to avoid any misunderstanding.

Jiang Ding discovered that the Shadow Demon Dao Child had pulled a trick.

She had indeed hidden a certain profound concealment spell from the Shadow Demon Abyss within those ordinary Gong Fa she was teaching.

This was very common beyond the realm, where the principle was that the Dao must not be transmitted lightly.

If this were in the Shadow Demon Abyss, there might well be many cultivators of outstanding talent who could understand it and obtain the opportunity.

But in the immortal gate, not a single one could.

It wasn't a matter of aptitude or talent, but rather that immortal gate cultivators had always been accustomed to teachers and elders teaching without holding anything back; they were very unaccustomed to this kind of poison-gu, fate-dependent style of teaching, and had never developed any puzzle-solving ability that could find the 'true scripture' hidden within a pile of unremarkable Gong Fa and spells.

This was an ability only the Gu Kings of the immortal sects possessed.

In a certain sense, the Shadow Demon Dao Child had not violated her agreement with the immortal gate — after all, she really did put something forward, and merely used a teaching method common in the Shadow Demon Abyss, without deliberately making things difficult for anyone.

"No violation…"

Jiang Ding Zi murmured to himself.

After class, he paid no attention to this Shadow Demon clone,

and wandered around Qingfeng University on his own, aimlessly.

Finally, on an empty stretch of lawn, Jiang Ding stopped, his hand resting on his sword hilt.

Clang!

The Taiqing Flying Sword slid from its sheath inch by inch.

An icy killing intent, along with the Great Sun Destruction Sword Intent at the Great Completion stage, spread out in all directions, emanating a pressure that was extremely heavy and terrifying even for a Heavenly Sovereign.

"Hey!"

"What are you thinking?"

A transparent, hazy, formless figure was forced to emerge from the void, feigning calm as it said, "Jiang Ding Zi, I warn you, the Central Array Spirit Computer has guaranteed my safety. If you kill me, you're finished!"

"I know that dead thing runs strictly by its program and won't favor you!"

"Kill you? How could that be?"

"Daoist Shadow Demon, you are far too distant."

Jiang Ding did not stop his sword-drawing motion, sighing, "You came to the Immortal Gate as a guest, here for special training, yet I failed in my duty as host to provide you with sufficient training. This is my fault."

"Come, please experience the Immortal Gate's way of hosting guests."

Clang!

The Great Clarity Flying Sword left its sheath; under the support of the Great Perfection Annihilation Sword Intent, it transformed into a twisted, indestructible light and vanished instantly.

"Not good!"

The Shadow Demon Candidate Daozi's heart turned cold.

In that moment, she discovered that heaven and earth, all directions, everything was entirely enveloped by a terrifying will of annihilation, spell-breaking, destruction, and distortion; her magic power intent and divine sense were suppressed from all sides, unable to guide anything anymore, leaving her trapped in a chaotic mist.

"Kill!"

Under the terrible omen of death, the Shadow Demon Candidate Daozi frantically circulated her magic power within her body; infinite twisted shadows erupted, all surging into her brow, transforming into an invisible, transparent ice-soul silver needle that shot forth, piercing the suddenly appearing twisted sword light.

Boom!

The scorching sword light and sword qi exploded!

The transparent ice-soul silver needle held on only briefly before emitting a mournful cry, retreating violently backward, its spiritual light extremely dim.

"Pfft!"

The Shadow Demon Candidate Daozi's face turned deathly pale; she spat out a mouthful of blood, her body bouncing backward like a ball, smashing hard into the grass and creating a deep, large crater.

"You dare..."

The Shadow Demon Candidate Daozi flew into a rage.

She wanted to say more, but an even more terrifying Great Perfection Great Sun Annihilation Sword Intent descended from the sky, suppressing her soul and spirit, freezing her body and soul together, leaving her unable to utter another word.

Jiang Ding stared at her, saying nothing.

No killing intent, no anger, just a calm gaze upon her.

The Shadow Demon Candidate Daozi responded coldly.

Suddenly,

"Pfft~"

"Jiang Ding Zi, don't be so serious,"

The Shadow Demon Candidate Daozi's voice was gentle as she smiled charmingly: "I'll just go back and revise the lesson plan. If you have objections, speak up early; why beat me up over a single disagreement?"

"This lacks your dignity."