CHAPTER 1649: CHAPTER 1617: XIANMEN SECT IS ALSO AN ANOMALY

The intense pain penetrated the marrow, seeping into the divine soul.

Jiang Ding’s body and divine soul were in constant collapse, with his blood and flesh turning to mush, horrifyingly so, akin to the cellular disintegration that occurs after the primordial gene collapse of a living being, simultaneously undergoing self-decomposition.

Rule backlash?

"Swordsman..."

The voice of the Great Sun Heavenly Pool Moon Spirit trembled.

She had prepared a large number of healing arrays and healing talismans in advance, but she was not at all confident about their effectiveness.

This generation’s Great Sun Sword Master, the strongest sword master in the history of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, had already reached the ultimate peak; he was the strongest being in this world community, in this era.

Once he encountered rule backlash, it would be utterly impossible for anyone to save him.

"Hahaha!"

"Yue, how could I possibly have anything happen to me,"

Jiang Ding laughed heartily, "This is normal; a really subtle change happened to the Sun Rules composing my body, causing a mismatch with my divine soul and law body, therefore a conflict occurred, it will be okay in a while."

"A thousand years, just a thousand years, and this adaptation process will be over."

"By then, my strength will see a massive increase."

"The wisdom of the Great Yin Yang Sword Realm’s ancestors is indeed admirable, overwhelmingly convincing..."

Jiang Ding marveled.

Having truly passed through the delicate rule modification stage of the first step as a Heavenly Man, he finally understood why one must embark on the celestial path during the Void Refinement stage in the Great Yin Yang Sword Realm’s heritage.

Understand, when the Upper Realm Immortal Sect disciples ascend to the peak of harmonization, they are entirely capable of enduring multiple rule backlashes without dying, unlike ordinary Harmonization God Monarchs who are more vulnerable.

So why not embark on the celestial path at the peak of harmonization, and instead choose to do so during the Void Refinement stage, risking death to walk the celestial path?

Could it be merely to be a step ahead?

No, that’s not the correct answer.

The Upper Realm Immortal Sect disciples, to solidify their foundation, are not concerned with cultivation speed compared to other cultivators, they are even slower; cultivation pace is essentially unimportant to them.

The reason for embarking on the celestial path during the Void Refinement stage is naturally to forge a near-immortal foundation, solidify the foundation, and...there’s no danger.

Indeed, for a qualified Upper Realm Immortal Sect disciple, this step poses no danger.

If lacking even this minimal talent, how can one be called an Immortal Sect disciple of the Great Thousand Worlds?

The Upper Realm Immortal Sect disciples are future near-immortal level experts, future strongest sect leaders, not here to idly await death; that role is for other experts or blood relatives of ancestors.

The rules during the Void Refinement stage are relatively simpler compared to the harmonization stage, with a lower difficulty in minor modifications, making it an ideal time to lay the foundation, an opportunity too precious to miss for a Heavenly Pride like.

"Rest assured, I’m already not in any danger, Yue."

"Just need to quietly wait for time to pass, for my divine soul to perfectly adapt to my own rules, whereby the deformation rule helped a great deal, otherwise, it might take thousands of years for nirvana..."

Jiang Ding comforted.

At this point, even if there were an external enemy invasion, he could flee first and not be affected much.

"Swordsman is indeed incredible,"

Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmph,"

"That’s only natural."

Jiang Ding raised his head, brimming with confidence.

His divine soul began to connect with the Central Formation Spirit Computer of the Immortal Sect to check on the events that occurred during this period.

While he was in seclusion, the Central Formation Spirit Computer was not monitored at all times, as he had refused it due to distrust of its firewall, opting for the previous version of the Central Formation Spirit Computer.

"Two hundred years have passed... it feels like just a moment."

Jiang Ding glanced at the time, somewhat surprised, then started handling various research tasks of the Immortal Sect, especially the project on upgrading the Central Array Spirit Computer to the eighth rank, as well as matters involving the life and death of the Immortal Sect like eighth-rank formations and military formations.

Among these projects, the most progress was made in the eighth-rank Central Array Spirit Computer project, wherein the divine soul data of the Ancient God Ancestor Master greatly helped.

Currently, the quasi-eighth rank and quasi-Heavenly Human rank projects were about to be completed.

If no accidents occur, once the previous version of the Central Array Spirit Computer completes its mission of virus removal deep in the Soulless Universe and returns to the Xianmen’s Mother Planet, the promotion to quasi-eighth-rank computer can begin.

The previous version of the Central Array Spirit Computer underwent the entire process of the sect’s rise, with very precious data in the AI model, coupled with the divine soul embers of successive sages, there would be no issue regarding the spiritual nature of the treasure, and as long as the array method and computer hardware meet the standards, the promotion can be completed.

This is something that the newly constructed Central Array Spirit Computer of the Immortal Sect cannot achieve.

Currently, the Immortal Sect can only manufacture Central Array Spirit Computers of seventh-rank supreme level, making the upgrade utterly unrealistic, as the spiritual nature of the treasure falls short.

For sufficient spiritual nature of the treasure, it requires waiting for the passage of time, experiencing various events, and the integration of divinely talented souls of morally excellent individuals from generation after generation in the Immortal Sect.

It is unknown how many tens of thousands of years are needed to meet the conditions for promotion.

The history of the Immortal Sect rising from obscurity is a miracle, an epic, a very precious experience not easily compensated merely by the accumulation of time.

"And Yuan, reaching the Peak of Void Refinement should be within these two to three thousand years."

"Since five thousand years ago, his cultivation has become somewhat aggressive, with his cultivation speed being much faster than before..."

Jiang Ding pondered.

The reason for this, he naturally knew, the political currents of the Immortal Sect absolutely did not want the life and death of the sect to be placed on the shoulders of any individual’s morality; hence, they wanted to alter this outcome.

He had implicitly advised before, but Yuan merely smiled without answering.

This Immortal Sect ruler, who has led the sect to the peak of the world community, had his own ideas, his own confidence and pride, not to be altered by outsiders.

"After reaching the Peak of Void Refinement, Yuan will immediately ascend to the Harmonization Stage."

"He should be able to ascend to Harmonization."

Jiang Ding estimated, making a judgment.

Like his own cultivation progress, the cultivation progress of fellow council members of the Immortal Sect was without concealment, and there were ongoing discussions about Dao, exchanging various cultivation-related questions.

Sometimes you are the teacher while I am the student, other times I am the teacher and you are the student, no one feels embarrassed or holds back.

This happens in the Immortal Sects following the "dark forest" principle.

In recent millennia, Yuan and other council members mostly assumed the learner’s role in consulting the Great Sun Sword Master, with the reverse less frequent, dictated by the heights of immortal path established.

Therefore, Jiang Ding was well informed about Yuan’s cultivation and foundation.

"Harmonization God Monarch Yuan, quasi-Heavenly Rank Central Array Spirit Computer, together with the increasingly high-quality and numerous Void Refining and Divinity Transformation cultivators of the Immortal Gate Citizen Fleet, iterating ever more efficient military formations..."

"By then, it seems like I might not be able to win."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

At the same power realm, the Immortal Sect is an extremely terrifying entity, masters of duplication, division, iteration, and further expert in encirclement and annihilation, enough to make the Upper Realm Immortal Sect disciples immensely apprehensive.