Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 1198 - 1166: The Future of Great Sun Swordsmanship

The pressure emanating from Xi Yuan gradually converged.

"Boy, you are quite the slippery and cunning one."

"I quite dislike you, you are far more detestable than Zhong Guangzi, provoking murderous intentions in others."

Xi Yuan said indifferently.

He glanced around, his gaze settling on the wreckage of the battlefield and the dissipating aura. From these, he swiftly deduced the numerous events that had taken place prior.

"However, your strength is decent."

"That is sufficient."

"I am nowhere near the Sword Master, far from it."

Jiang Ding replied humbly.

"Haha!"

"Your demeanor reminds me of when I slaughtered billions on the Dongji Demon's mother star."

Xi Yuan smiled and said, "Many cultivators of the Eastern Devil School, although weak, still possessed a strong will to fight. Clearly defeated, yet they still dared to launch an attack on me."

"In the end, I mercifully bestowed upon them death."

"So it was for one person, so it was for millions, so it was for billions…"

"Was one of your ancestors among them?"

"Oh?"

Jiang Ding's smile gradually faded, his expression emotionless.

"Not bad at all."

"That's very good, maintaining such a state, this is the demeanor a Swordsman of Great Sun Sword Pavilion should have."

Xi Yuan expressed his appreciation: "Hatred is good, it serves as motivation."

"In fact, even if you were born in the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, I would have done the same."

"I would wait for you to reach the Refining Nothingness stage, and when I feel the timing is right, I would slay you to further advance my path, to sharpen the edge of my sword."

"It's just a pity… in the end, I still fell in defeat."

He sighed.

Jiang Ding remained expressionless, slightly bowing to maintain a respectful posture.

"Stop pretending."

"I feel that you and I are of the same kind."

Xi Yuan said indifferently: "If you were the Sword Master and I the Swordsman, you would have done the same, and then cloaked it with the ostensible righteousness often used by the Eastern Devil School. In essence, there is no fundamental difference between the two."

"Swordsman Cultivators, live by the sword fight, die by the sword fight, nothing more to be said."

"However, it's good for you to be like this, it is necessary to maintain respect and awe when facing a stronger opponent you cannot defeat."

"Don't let your desire for sword fighting cloud your mind."

The vague and colossal figure's brightness was rapidly fading, disappearing quickly.

"My time is not abundant, there are some things I need to tell you."

"Do your best to press on."

"Finally, set foot on the true immortal's path, prove to the countless races and powerful beings within the cosmic starry sky that Great Sun Swordsmanship is the correct path, make them acknowledge it."

"If they don't, then slay them all."

Xi Yuan sighed and switched topics: "You have some understanding of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm in the Upper Realm, right? It's a powerful force that practices dual cultivation of the sun and moon, and they might hold some biases against the actions of the First Generation Great Sun Sword Master."

"Yes, I have some understanding,"

Jiang Ding said.

"There are some things that you would only know after you ascend to Refining Nothingness and become a Sword Master. I will tell you now, as you may need this information now."

"It's about the history of our Sect."

Xi Yuan slightly nodded: "More than fifty thousand years ago, our Sect arrived in the Nine Spirits Realm, at that time, the Upper Realm was enduring an unimaginable great calamity. Using the Great Divine Power Technique, the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm scattered the Sun and Moon Sword Pavilion as seeds, randomly tossing them into the far reaches of the cosmic starry sky, places even the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm itself could not reach."

"At that time, the Green Emperor Yun Conghai from the Green Wood Immortal Sect had already perished, the Heavenly Fall Emperor Court from the Xuanwu tiangong had met the same fate, and the sects of the Shangqing Lingbao Sect were similarly extinct, with the remaining sects, including the Great Yin Yang Sword Realm, on the brink of annihilation."

"Now, the Great Yin Yang Sword Realm might well have already been destroyed."

"If the Great Yin Yang Sword Realm hasn't been annihilated, you'd best be careful not to fall into the hands of the strong from the Taiyin Lineage. From what I know, these women are quite fanatical and merciless, especially to men who betray love... um, the traitors they speak of, just women, have never had any dealings with us."

"If the Great Yin Yang Sword Realm has been destroyed, you could consider inheriting its legacy from the void. This requires the Harmonization Realm, and you must defeat many foes and slay all competitors before the inheritance will fall into your hands."

Xi Yuan spoke eloquently.

He discussed various aspects of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, occasionally interspersing some concepts of swordsmanship and the Sword Dao in a jumbled way, never considering the audience's ability to comprehend, exhibiting extremely poor teaching skills.

However, this did not detract from the cutting-edge Sword Dao technology contained within these words, which could be said to be worth millions in gold for each character.

Jiang Ding listened intently.

"There's also the Great Sun Swordsmanship of our sect."

"This is our foundation."

Xi Yuan looked at the green-clothed youth in front of him, ignoring his badly wounded, severed arm, and asked, "Have you studied the 'Great Sun Sword Sutra' and the 'Endless Bright Sword Sutra' that I created?"

"The former was modified and created collectively by generations of Sword Masters, while the latter was completed solely by myself, representing the pinnacle of my swordsmanship at the time."

"I have studied them, but not in depth. My current strength is too weak, there is much I don't understand."

Jiang Ding replied honestly.

"No matter, speak of your instinctual feelings."

"Feelings..."

Jiang Ding recalled the two scriptures, silently comparing them, not focusing on the specifics but remembering the impressions: "The 'Endless Bright Sword Scripture' is very sharp and brilliant, imbued with a strong sense of self-destruction, which seems to be stronger than the 'Great Sun Sword Scripture' in this regard."

"However, the 'Great Sun Sword Scripture' imparts a sense of boundless expansiveness..."

He said with some uncertainty.

"Haha!"

"Yes, that's the feeling."

Xi Yuan agreed, "The 'Great Sun Sword Sutra' was created by the First Generation Great Sun Sword Master. At the beginning, it wasn't very impressive, and I was confident that I could slay three of the First Generation Masters on my own, as his way was far from perfect..."

"However, it doesn't diminish the brilliance of the Sword Master's creation of this path at all!"

Xi Yuan showed a look of admiration, "This path is undoubtedly the correct one. I have studied it for tens of thousands of years, slaying countless powerful enemies, and advancing the 'Great Sun Sword Scripture' to the Harmonization Realm, yet I still haven't seen the end of its potential, as if it's boundlessly expansive."

"The First Generation Great Sun Sword Master was an unimaginable prodigy. I really wish I could return to that era to exchange insights on the Great Sun Swordsmanship with him, to promote each other and support one another."

"Then, slay him in battle."

"..."

Jiang Ding was somewhat speechless.

"I have compared the 'Sun and Moon Sword Scripture' with the path pioneered by the First Generation Great Sun Sword Master countless times, and I am certain that it is a more excellent path, one that comes close to the Dao of True Immortals."

"Even, it is closer to the essence of the Great Yin Yang Sword Realm's cultivation method!"

Xi Yuan stated earnestly, "The cultivation method of the Great Yin Yang Sword Realm may seem to have reached the cusp of Near Immortality, but it's a dead end, having reached an impasse. Meanwhile, our Great Sun Swordsmanship is endlessly bright, like a rising sun, bursting with vitality, and our path ahead bears no significant barriers."

"This is the reason why the Great Sun Swordsmanship is closer to the Dao of True Immortals than the Great Yin Yang Sword Dao."

"You may have your own opinions about this once you cultivate to Refining Nothingness, and perhaps they will align with mine."

"However, the Great Sun Swordsmanship has one major flaw..."

Xi Yuan sighed deeply.

"It's just Harmonization inheritance."

Jiang Ding took over the topic.

"Yes, just so."

"The Great Sun Swordsmanship may not reach the heavens in one step. In this generation, I've advanced the 'Great Sun Sword Sutra' to the Harmonization Realm, and I hope you, in your generation, can advance the 'Great Sun Sword Sutra', or something named the 'Great Sun Primordial Magnet Sword Sutra' – regardless of the name – beyond the Harmonization Stage."

"That would be good."

Xi Yuan conveyed his hopes.