[{"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-989":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},2343000,4578,"Chapter 989: The Broken Sword Tip, From the King","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-989",989,"\u003Cp>An invisible spiritual sense ripple quietly settled into Jian Shi Zhenjun’s soul and vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Blood River inheritance…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding instantly knew many things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood River King, for reasons unknown, had scattered vast amounts of inheritance across nearby worlds, accessible to both humans and demons, with advantages such as rapid cultivation speed, low resource consumption, low talent requirements, and low entry barriers—many human and demon cultivators secretly practiced it, even though the Mo Yan clan strictly forbade it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because these human and demon cultivators lived in extremely harsh environments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the Mo Yan clan didn’t kill them, they’d be killed by everyday dangers if their power was too weak, leaving no room to care about distant matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Blood Dao cultivators—the synonym for cockroaches.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Blood River King might not be dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding’s heart stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the same realm, without overwhelming power, Blood Dao cultivators are famously resilient; unless they provoke an Emperor, they’re hard to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for an Emperor intervening?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally not—Emperors have their own affairs and won’t bother with underlings day after day; they’re too lazy to care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like Jiang Ding in the North Plain—he rarely meddles in Nascent Soul realm matters, leaving them to the Great Sun Long Sword Capital and Tu Shan Central Court, usually ignoring everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless something becomes so massive it threatens the tax foundation, he won’t move a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know that Jiang Ding has been extremely diligent in his duties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Heaven Jun lords might not show their faces for hundreds or even thousands of years, vanishing completely—this is perfectly normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void Refinement cultivators are even more distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Blood River King—this person might be useful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding recorded this information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then ignored it, continued lying low, and would act only when new information arrived from behind; he wouldn’t do anything extra, for more action means more mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second test.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding began his pre-planned work, touching the broken sword tip with his spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, he vanished from the pillar’s soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liù Dào Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tu Shan Central Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the center of the world, the sacred ground in the hearts of billions of cultivators, where countless powerful figures were born and made their names known across the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This era belongs to Tu Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This era has just begun, and will last for thousands, even tens of thousands of years—if the next-generation Soul Transformation Heaven Jun is born successfully, Tu Shan’s era could extend for hundreds of thousands of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many cultivators live and die entirely under Tu Shan’s radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Demon Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man in green robes opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The sky,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So damn blue, so damn beautiful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his eyes turned fierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That withered, rotten flesh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re just a Void Refinement—how dare you scare me? How dare you scare me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought you were stronger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding said coldly: “You’d better not bother me again—if you get killed by the Great Sun Heavenly Pool, I’ll lose one enemy and one future whetstone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Sun Heavenly Pool has regained its Void Refinement power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Great Sun Heavenly Pool won’t interfere in any Nascent Soul or Soul Transformation realm affairs and will let the Great Sun Sword Disciple be killed, this doesn’t diminish its power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the North Plain, Jiang Ding felt considerably more relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank heaven—the pressure in the Jiao Ming Domain was unbearable; if exposed, he could easily be beaten to death by a mob of Jiao Demon Imperial Clan Emperors, and the Great Sun Heavenly Pool couldn’t protect him—any delay would mean his destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the Great Sun Sword Master might be able to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Great Sun Sword Master is still growing—he can’t come yet…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding took a deep breath and stared at the broken sword tip, which had remained in his soul for an unknown length of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This thing—my destiny—has a huge origin… Doesn’t matter if it crosses domains, it still passes through without effect…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Jiang Ding’s body trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the broken sword tip flickered faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...King...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Beware... time...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sent this faint thought, then seemed to exhaust all her strength and fell silent again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tai Qing Flying Sword suddenly unsheathed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing! Jing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sent a chaotic surge of emotion, frenziedly darting through the Black Demon Palace, spreading immense destruction pressure across heaven and earth, shattering countless spaces, summoning countless chaotic black holes, making the entire Black Demon Palace creak and groan as if about to explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many Nascent Soul realm Tu Shan attendants watching this direction trembled in fear, nearly suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That—you, what’s wrong with you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding suddenly felt a twinge of guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tai Qing Flying Sword instantly ceased all its frantic slashing and flew back into its scabbard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave no response, sinking back into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding couldn’t understand it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After much thought, confirming the Tai Qing Flying Sword had no issues, Jiang Ding turned his attention back to the broken sword tip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, she showed no special traits at all—just a rusted iron shard, quietly resting in his spiritual sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her space-traveling ability remained intact, unaffected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“King?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What king? The Jiao Demon Imperial Clan’s King?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding pondered carefully: “Who was she speaking to? Me? Some unknown entity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beware time?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is time itself dangerous?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What dangerous enemy exists within time?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of King...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many questions surfaced in Jiang Ding’s mind, yet none could be answered—just like this broken sword tip, suddenly appearing in his life, perceived intimately by him, dug out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was so abrupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding spent years pondering this matter, yet gained nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grasped nothing—only baseless speculation, yielding no useful insight; in the end, his Dao heart became unstable, no longer firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Set aside for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding slashed all questions with his heart sword, sealing them deep within his spiritual sea, no longer dwelling on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued cultivating on the Yin-Yang Magnetic Absolute Spirit Mountain, inhaling and exhaling celestial spiritual energy and magnetic light, feeling peaceful and content, with no fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his world, his realm, his domain bathed in the radiance of his order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his spare time from cultivation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding spent some time attending to Tu Shan Central Court’s affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another hundred years passed; the world changed greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, over two hundred years since the unification of the Lesser World, traces of old entities—the North Plain clans, the Western Desert demon dynasties, the Eastern Sea Divine Court, and others—had nearly vanished, surviving only in ancient histories and the memories of a few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new generation of cultivators had grown up accustomed to being born under the radiance of Tu Shan’s laws, accustomed to obeying them; compared to the previous generation, their moral character and cultivation were far superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators in Tu Shan Central Court had grown to over four hundred, with two hundred and seventeen from the Great Sun Long Sword Capital—highly disproportionate, even terrifying, exceeding fifty percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Sun sword cultivators are reviving in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the growth rate of future sword cultivators will sharply slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there is no war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without war, there are no sword cultivators—mere law enforcement cases are insufficient; without bloodshed, without the withering of life, sword cultivators cannot grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s estimated the world’s total Nascent Soul cultivators will reach around six hundred, then stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This relates to the world’s Immortal Dao ecosystem’s carrying limit, and to Tu Shan Central Court’s regulation—controlling unchecked cultivator growth through economy, inheritance, elixirs, magic treasures, and other means,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to prevent the destruction of the Immortal Dao ecosystem—and thus their own destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, many Jin Dan and Nascent Soul cultivators will resist this process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter—suppress them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No organization can satisfy everyone; uniting the vast majority is enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding closed his eyes and began to cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued practicing at night.\u003C\u002Fp>",1322,"2026-06-20T23:34:28.016Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d9b7577da47b16a92346496bf3b01383a17d40e82bbbc12487dc781d89d804ab","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-990","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-988",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cover.jpg"]