Chapter 977: The Immortal Art of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion

"Moon,"

Jiang Ding summoned Moon Spirit and asked softly, "The Eight Great Immortal Sects are about to repair you. Is there a possibility they will set hidden traps to control or monitor you?"

The Great Sun Heavenly Pool was his home.

This was where he cultivated for years, and it would accompany him to fight across all directions, ensuring no Refining Void cultivators bullied him; their relationship was extremely intimate, and he absolutely could not tolerate any deviation.

"Really?!!"

"Sword Disciple, you haven't made a mistake, have you?"

Moon Spirit's spirit perked up.

"It is like this..."

Jiang Ding explained the origin to her, especially regarding the Horned Nether Domain.

Not long ago, the Central Array Spirit Computer authorized Moon Spirit, granting her permission to know this secret, because in the future, the sealed Great Sun Heavenly Pool would accompany Jiang Ding into the Horned Nether Domain to execute missions.

"Horned Demon Emperor Clan?!! Horned Nether Domain?!!"

"Oh!"

"What a pity."

"The Sword Master truly has bad luck."

Moon was dumbfounded, slapping her thighs repeatedly, and said with great regret: "If he had endured a bit longer and waited until this era to launch the war of devouring the Eight Great Immortal Sects, perhaps the result would have been very different."

"Let alone whether the Horned Demon Emperor Clan has anyone above Refining Void, even if they do, the Sword Master might not be unable to kill them."

"Heaven has been so unkind to the Sword Master; so much strong material, yet he cannot possess it."

She sighed.

"Sword Disciple, you are truly born in a good era. Within the realms, there are not only the Ten Great Dao Disciples, but also the even broader Horned Nether Domain. As long as you kill them one by one, what is there to fear about being above Refining Void?"

Moon Spirit suddenly became excited.

"A tremendous opportunity lies right before your eyes."

"You even have hope to surpass the expectations of the ancestral masters of the Sword Pavilion through the ages and reach an even more distant realm."

"Ten Great Dao Disciples?"

Jiang Ding focused on a different point.

"Yes,"

Moon said as if it were obvious: "The Eight Great Immortal Sects, plus the Bone Forest Dao Disciple, plus the one from the Great Yin Sword Sect who barely qualifies; isn't that ten?"

"Are there even more?"

Her eyes sparkled brightly.

"That's incorrect,"

"It is nine."

Jiang Ding corrected, too lazy to argue with her: "Talk about the Eight Great Immortal Sects' repair work. Will this affect us? I need a definite answer."

"They will absolutely not set hidden traps."

"This can be confirmed."

Moon's voice was ringing and powerful, without a trace of hesitation: "Sword Disciple, you do not know; the Great Sun Heavenly Pool is one of the supreme masterpieces of the Sword Pavilion's Sword Dao, composed of the corpses of the Sword Masters who passed away through the ages,

?? and their sword intent, innate flying swords, and final obsessions; it is equivalent to a 'sword technique' spanning endless time, not some ship-building technology as the Eastern Extreme Dongji Dongji Mo Men claims."

"This is a sword technique jointly cast by the Great Sun Sword Masters of past generations."

"If you advance to Refining Void in the future, you will also master this sword technique. You can choose to cast it when your lifespan is about to end, at the cost of your entire soul, flesh and blood, and sword intent, allowing your Sword Dao to continue."

"Within the Great Sun Heavenly Pool, it has been attempting to nurture..."

Moon Spirit hesitated for a moment and said: "Attempting to nurture an Immortal Art, a Sword Dao category Immortal Art, at the cost of the lives of the Great Sun Sword Masters of past generations. It has continued for many years; we do not know if it will succeed in the end, after all, that is an Immortal Art."

"However, this is the common aspiration of the Great Sun Sword Masters of past generations, so it does not matter whether it succeeds or not. Generation after generation, they just keep going."

"Sword Dao Immortal Art!"

Jiang Ding's heart trembled.

Even he felt the Great Sun Sword Pavilion was too arrogant.

It was merely a Refining Void-level power, yet it had not even transcended above Refining Void, and it dared to create an Immortal Art; it was truly arrogantly boundless.

"Where is the Sword Immortal Art?"

In the next moment, Jiang Ding immediately asked.

"In the core of the Heavenly Pool."

Moon said directly: "However, Sword Disciple, I suggest you do not look, because you will die."

"Your strength is too weak. Even though the technique the Sword Pavilion attempts to create is far from comparable to a true Immortal Art, it is still the final crystallization of the souls and sword intents of the Great Sun Sword Masters of past generations."

"You currently do not have the qualification to view it."

"Is that so?"

Jiang Ding fell silent.

This reaction was actually beyond Moon's expectation; she thought the person before her would surely be unconvinced and argue about something.

"In any case, the Great Sun Heavenly Pool is the supreme creation of the Sword Pavilion's Sword Dao."

"Sword Disciple, rest assured."

Moon patted her chest and promised: "The Eight Great Immortal Sects, and even the Eastern Extreme Dongji Dongji Mo Men, do not have the qualification to touch the Heavenly Pool. Their Sword Dao level..."

She sneered.

"What they can do is merely retrieve and seal the power left on the Great Sun Heavenly Pool, lift any restrictions, then invest a large amount of fifth-tier heavenly treasures and earthly gems needed by the Heavenly Pool to activate the indestructible will that already exists within the Heavenly Pool, allowing the Heavenly Pool to repair itself; they do not need to cast any spells."

"The Heavenly Pool can do all this itself."

"That is good."

Jiang Ding nodded slightly: "Several years from now, cultivators of the Badaxian Sect at Soul Transformation will arrive carrying edicts of the Transcendent Void. You'll handle the contact—be polite, let them seal it, but don't remove the residual power; I still need it."

To practice swordsmanship.

After Soul Transformation, you can use these remnants of Transcendent Void power as targets to hone your sword intent and sword technique—they make excellent opponents.

"Don't worry, Sword Heir, I won't kill them."

Yue Man readily agreed.

"Don't always think of killing others. Sword cultivators should value harmony."

Jiang Ding's expression darkened.

"Understood, Sword Heir."

…

Beneath the Sun God Tree, Jiang Ding sat with closed eyes, cultivating and refining his flying sword for years.

On this day, he opened his eyes and flew out beyond Dayang Dayang Tianchi, flying steadily until he landed near a distant realm teleportation array, where he stood still with eyes closed.

Moments later, Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun arrived there and nodded to him.

Hum!

Amid a flash of white light of spatial teleportation, dozens of figures appeared in their line of sight.

Most of them were Soul Transformation peak cultivators; the rest were eight late-stage Golden Core cultivators.

These eight, though Golden Core cultivators, carried qi no weaker than Soul Transformation cultivators, brimming with an indescribable vitality, as if stars just rising.

"Elder, are there no Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong lineage disciples here?"

Jiang Ding asked softly.

Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong lineage disciples were still formidable, barely possessing the qualification to fight Soul Transformation cultivators at Golden Core peak.

Though they would ultimately lose, that qualification existed—they were realm prodigies.

"No need."

"They're unnecessary."

Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun shook his head slightly: "For stealth and assassination missions, too many people are dangerous. If even one lineage disciple is captured, even if they self-destruct in advance, it still creates unpredictability and risks alerting the Jiao Demon Imperial Clan. Not worth it."

"For intelligence gathering, the Shadow Demon Abyss cultivators are sufficient—they're the most professional."

"That's true—I thought wrong."

Jiang Ding understood.

As they spoke, his gaze met fatefully with the gazes of the eight Candidate Daozi.

They ignored everyone else, fixing only on each other.

They stared at one another for a long time.

The surrounding air subtly froze, spreading a chilling aura.