[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals":3,"chapter-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-973":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Cluster Artillery: Shattering the Immortals",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2342984,4578,"Chapter 973","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-973",973,"\u003Cp>Between two and three hundred years, the seal on Mount Gui’s Iron Family should reach a conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Anping’s side is the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding calculated for a moment and muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Anping likely escaped this small world, but this small world is a dead end—he must return within a few centuries at most, as the maximum survival time for a Soul Transformation cultivator outside the realm is precisely that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a spirit deity sustained by incense worship, he lost all his incense offerings and suffered backlash; his endurance may be even shorter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is undeniable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding constantly monitored the world and confirmed that after sixty years, Xi Anping’s worshippers no longer existed in this world—temples had been destroyed, fanatics executed, and casual believers gradually forgotten, or erased through magical means; cultivators had no shortage of methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, no incense power was being transmitted anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This period isn’t long—perhaps by the time I reach the peak of Nascent Soul, I can resolve it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes, cultivated, and sent his spiritual sense into the core of the Great Sun Fixed World Array, constantly monitoring the world’s development and changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the world’s perspective, in the eastern sea direction, numerous vigorous yet chaotic life energies emerged, disrupting the cultivation ecosystem’s cycle; elsewhere, disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and typhoons occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were natural disasters of the cultivation world—if one became too deeply entangled, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would be in danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the Great Sun Fixed World Array, Jiang Ding could observe the changes in the world’s cultivation ecosystem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to correct, how to organize, or whether to let nature take its course—all were different approaches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a systematic discipline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Handling these matters greatly benefited Jiang Ding’s understanding and perception of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s happening in the Eastern Sea?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding accessed the most recent administrative intelligence of the Eastern Sea through the Ten Thousand Mile Beacon Tower, a divine artifact of the Tushan Central Administration, read it with his spiritual sense, calculated, and quickly understood the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Eastern Sea fisheries cultivate various spirit fish and aquatic demonic beasts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Under Tushan Central Administration’s orders, many aquatic demonic clans established sects—such as the Thousand Fish Sect, the Hundred Shark Gate, the Poisonous Snake Sect—whose business was fish farming, providing the Tushan Central Administration with taxes on spirit fish and marine spirit herbs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For the past thirty years, the Eastern Sea has consistently recorded the highest annual tax growth rate among all agricultural sects, receiving multiple commendations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the problem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding reviewed countless documents and reached his conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are too many of these small and large fisheries—they’ve already damaged the cultivation ecological environment of the Eastern Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, the negative consequences haven’t appeared yet; it will take at least [28] three hundred years of continuous exploitation before the catastrophic effects emerge—collective declines in spiritual energy concentration, underwater spiritual veins, and more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after three hundred years would the adverse effects manifest, causing a catastrophic decline in the spiritual energy concentration of the surrounding environment and the rank of the seabed spiritual veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Agricultural Sect must change: eliminate a number of high-pollution, low-yield fisheries; no more fisheries or pastures may be added.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding, viewing the world from a global perspective, issued his directive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was part of the cultivation sect’s education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation sects endure long-term—they are not bandits or mountain lords who plunder and flee; they emphasize sustainable development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators and the cultivation environment should mutually promote and grow together; one must not fish the pond dry but must leave a thriving world for future generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This isn’t a moral issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mortals are, but cultivators are not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many high-level cultivators live long enough to witness the consequences of ecological degradation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High-level cultivators bear these consequences themselves, so they naturally won’t allow anyone to destroy the cultivation environment for fleeting gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is digging up their roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding estimated his own lifespan would span several thousand years—he naturally couldn’t tolerate such things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core cultivators destroy the environment, fish the pond dry, walk away with vast wealth and rewards, suffer no consequences whatsoever—only benefits, not a single drawback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they won’t live long enough to see it, they simply don’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding was different—he would inevitably have to face the messes left behind and could not tolerate this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eastern Sea, the Southern Frontier, the Western Desert—all of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While cultivating, he refined his flying sword and handled various administrative duties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unconsciously, three years passed slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing happened.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My isolation is over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding whispered, his figure gradually vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything went smoothly—the broken sword tip gave no warning, no unfamiliar people or wills were present, the unknown dried flesh had not observed, or lacked the ability to observe this side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thirty-Third Heavenly Gang Orbit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Sun Heavenly Pool orbited the mother star in a three-year cycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Sun Abyss, Jiang Ding opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Apply for a full-body examination, highest standard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding said gravely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dried flesh was too bizarre, beyond his understanding—only confirmed as power above Soul Transformation; anything more exceeded his comprehension due to insufficient cultivation world knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ding!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Library points deducted. Examination in progress. Please wait…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Central Array Spirit computer’s voice echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fine blue network suddenly appeared in the heavens and earth, spreading toward Jiang Ding, containing unknown power capable of crushing Soul Transformation cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how talented, without equal power, one could not resist—it meant certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding waited silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though also unknown, this power brought him peace and deep relaxation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The examination was meticulous—covering the soul, every cell, the spiritual sea, karmic ties, and more—it lasted three full years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Detected residual Void Refinement power: bloodline factor…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Detected residual traces of a foreign Void Refinement force, blood Dao factors...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Detected unknown karmic entanglement…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Detected…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Detected…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Central Array Spirit computer continuously issued alarms, data scrolling rapidly—Jiang Ding broke into cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a brief contact—less than a breath—he had been subtly targeted with countless methods without his knowledge, blind as a beggar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was even under the protection of the Mofa City seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could only say: when one’s realm rises, lower-level cultivators are no different from ants—life and death, possession and disposal, entirely at their whim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could only say that once one’s realm rises, lower-cultivation cultivators appear no different from ants—life and death, take or give, all at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Removal complete.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A year later, the Central Array Spirit computer reported, the power slowly receding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding’s heart relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Void Refinement power, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bloodline path, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re searching for Spirit Technique fragments, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding gritted his teeth, emotions exploding: “You wait—I’ve never been caught off guard like this, nearly died!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding gritted his teeth, emotions exploding instantly: “You wait—I’ve never been caught before, almost died!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You bastard! I never offended you, never provoked you—you saw me and tried to kill me! Not a word, just tried to kill me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You fucking bastard! I never wronged you, never provoked you—you saw me and immediately tried to kill me! Not a single word, just tried to kill me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You remember this, damn it—I’ll never forget you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wherever you are, whatever your origin, I will crush you, grind your bones to dust, and make you apologize for this insolence today!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so furious his nose was crooked, cursing openly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so furious his nose twisted sideways, and he started swearing.\u003C\u002Fp>",1261,"2026-06-20T23:34:28.016Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","199b12ab1461a4e6f05cda75dc1438a2961fd294dac3f8a8558a8df641a5935d","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-974","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-972",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cover.jpg"]