Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

"Causality, the hundred states of gold, seeking the source to lead all things..."

"Overall control of Yin and Yang, dominion over all gold, to become the Sovereign in Gold, to preside over the world..."

Jiang Ding unconsciously took the scroll from his clone's hand, unfurled it, and his Divine Soul, tens of times more powerful than that of his clone, surged in. Instantly, an unending stream of insight emerged from it.

The many difficulties he had previously encountered in cultivation, in refining the Flying Sword, and in developing the Great Sun Nascent Soul Art suddenly became crystal clear.

If the progress of developing the Great Sun Nascent Soul Art could be represented by a progress bar, which was initially estimated to take three thousand seven hundred years, it had now advanced visibly, reducing the time required to just three thousand five hundred years.

This is something commonly seen in the science of the Immortal Path, the use of a genius who, with just a flash of Spiritual Light, can achieve what would take countless scientists two hundred years, two generations of mortals working tirelessly day and night.

Clang!

The Sword Intent of Destruction hummed and trembled, Sword-light cleansed the Sea of Consciousness, firmly keeping certain unknowns outside the Divine Soul, not allowing them to cross the line.

"Three days have passed?"

Jiang Ding suddenly looked up, alarmed, a chill emerging in his spine.

"No, I must return immediately."

"Immediately."

He did not want to explore any causality, the rusty sword tip he had encountered in high school when he first touched Divine Sense.

"Return..."

Jiang Ding shouted in his mind.

At the last moment, he hesitated again.

"Just now, I had an inspiration, a critical moment in the deduction of the Great Sun Nascent Soul Art, which seems to quicken the progress by several hundred years, an explosive breakthrough not found in an eternity..."

"Without the Great Sun Nascent Soul Art, my life might end after six hundred years; this is a huge limitation on the path I pursue..."

"But this isn't right, not right, whatever I do, I shouldn't hesitate like this..."

His Divine Sense was about to touch and return, hesitating, then retreating, hesitating again.

Each time, various highly important, absolutely necessary, and indispensable reasons come to mind, preventing his Divine Sense from settling down.

Clang!

Clang Clang!

Slowly, the Sword Intent of Destruction became enraged, and the Taiqing Flying Sword also became enraged, the two merging together, Sword-light radiantly shining for dozens of miles, the Sword Intent pressing down on the void, the domains of Law-Breaking and Elimination Method enveloping all sides.

Then, a sword slashed towards the face of the young man in green!

Boom!

The Sword Qi shield shattered, a young man in green fell to the ground in disarray, coughing out a large mouthful of fresh blood, a sword mark nearly reaching the corner of his eye appeared on his face, revealing bone, with trickling fresh blood staining his eyelids and blurring his eyes, a vision of bloodshed.

"I really am..."

"Damn!"

Jiang Ding cursed, his eyes regaining clarity, not daring to waste any time, he vanished in an instant.

...

A bloodied young man in green appeared in the dormitory on Silver Sky Island.

Surrounded by endless silver-white metallic ground, mirror-like, naturally gathering the Great Sun's light, all concentrating here, the temperature remaining around three hundred degrees year-round, uninhabitable for ordinary beings.

"Central Array Spirit Computer, save my life!"

Jiang Ding shouted.

In his heart, the insights into the Great Sun Nascent Soul Art reemerged, followed by a strong greed and possessiveness, wanting to seal off the Silver Sky Island dormitory, refusing entry for the Central Array Spirit Computer into his personal domain, prohibiting others from entering, wishing to undergo secluded cultivation for decades or centuries to fully comprehend the Immortal Path.

"Citizen life danger alarm..."

The Central Array Spirit Computer received authorization, going through routine procedure, its vast Divine Sense descending.

Silence for a moment,

the sound of wind, clouds, breathing, even space and Spiritual energy particles stopped, frozen.

Woo woo...

Woo woo woo...

"Alert!"

"Alert!"

"Maximum level alert, sent to the administration of Xianmen Sect..."

The shrill alarm blared, and the red and blue lights erupted in an explosion of flashes, completely obscuring the original light of Silver Sky Island and even the light of the Great Sun.

"Cursed spirit detected…"

"Immortal aura identified…"

"Highest level threat, connecting to Xianmen Sect's thirty-six Heavenly Gang orbital army formation, connecting to Xianmen Sect's seventy-two Earth Evil orbital army formation, conscripting municipal and county civilian formations, integrating into Xianmen Sect's composite defense grand formation, Golden Pill level and above cultivators cease all production and cultivation activities immediately, await conscription…"

It was like poking a hornet's nest, and the Central Array Spirit Computer became utterly frenzied, issuing command after command.

Many Golden Pill, Nascent Soul, and Divinity Transformation cultivators woke from isolation in shock, speculating whether the Eight Great Immortal Sects had gone mad, as a massive army descended just outside their mother planet.

Jiang Ding was completely baffled.

The sea of stars churned far away, with the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi sweeping across in tumultuous waves, and then an unimaginable, terrifying Divine Sense descended upon Jiang Ding, scanning him from the inside out, from the outside in, every hair, every tooth, every muscle fiber.

Not only that, every fluctuation of the Divine Soul and every corner of the Sea of Consciousness were meticulously scanned and analyzed.

Storage bags, storage rings, Storage Jade Pendants, piled up like mountains, now received the same treatment. Nano liquid metal robots were tossed and turned inside out, leaving no minuscule particle unchecked.

Again and again, the checks were repeated, and at some point, the Xianmen Science Institute was conscripted as an advisory body to compare the test results.

"Highest level alert rescinded."

After a long time, the Central Array Spirit Computer transmitted data once more.

The blinking red and blue lights and the buzzing annoyance of the alarm vanished into thin air.

"Cursed spirit detected, initiate sealing and containment program."

"Immortal aura detected, slightly tainted, has not reached extinction-level crisis, highly contagious, untouchable by those below Divinity Transformation, those at Divinity Transformation and above may have limited contact under strict protection."

Streams of deep blue nets made of laws descended, landing on Jin-92, twisting both space and the great laws ceaselessly.

Jiang Ding could barely sense it, and before he could truly see what was happening, his Divine Soul was filled with blank spaces, frozen; he had no idea what occurred, nor could he remember or look directly at it.

Laws!

Jiang Ding held his breath.

This was something unique to Refining Nothingness, something he couldn't comprehend; he only knew the term, but not what it specifically meant.

Jiang Ding could only see the effects caused by the laws to observe a fraction of it.

"Ah…"

"Squee squee squee…"

He saw countless black insects suddenly appear on his clone, numbering in the millions—tiny as the size of ox-hair needles, their spiral-shaped mouths filled with sharp teeth, periodically oozing disgusting, sticky mucus, both fierce and nauseating.

At this moment, these black insects screamed in terror, emitting bizarre noises, as they were dissolved and eliminated by some unknown force, incapable of escaping in the slightest, their intangible and insubstantial bodies utterly useless.

In just a short time, millions of black insects were mostly annihilated, with the few remaining specimens collected and preserved.

Jiang Ding himself also felt lighter in spirit, as if a certain restriction had been lifted.

Only then did he start to recall previous events, especially the prolonged indecision on the wasteland, breaking out in a cold sweat.

"There's also this."

Seeing that the Central Array Spirit Computer seemed about to leave, Jiang Ding quickly raised the Golden Emperor Map and said aloud.

This item had already been sealed effortlessly; it could now be comprehended normally.

"The carrier belongs to the property of the citizen."

The Central Array Spirit Computer replied succinctly, "Knowledge belongs to all citizens of Xianmen Sect, please submit it as soon as possible."

The first law of Xianmen Sect was so domineering; within Lanying Planet, all knowledge belonged to the public domain of Xianmen Sect, regardless of to whom it belonged, where it originated, or even if an immortal arrived, their Cultivation Methods would be no different.

Of course, if they couldn't be defeated, a temporary avoidance of the law related to survival would be triggered.

"I want to submit it."

Jiang Ding said loudly, feeling no grievance whatsoever.

"Uploading in progress…"

"…ing… ing… ing…"

It remained 'ing' for several minutes without any change.

"What's happening to you? Are you crashing?"

Jiang Ding's expression changed.

If the Central Array Spirit Computer were to crash on him, the entire Xianmen Sect would face an apocalyptic calamity, and the armies of the Eight Great Immortal Sects would descend instantly, slaughtering everything without giving any chance.