Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 1213 - 1181: Thunder Rules Great Calamity (I will finish this part today)

Heavenly Tribulation filled the sky, with dark clouds spreading across tens of thousands of miles of starry sky.

Within those bolts of azure-purple lightning, there existed things far surpassing the power of order. These were the rules, the thunderous Heavenly Punishment rules, continuously brewing and accumulating power.

Jiang Ding, under the load of the Immortal Sect Army's sixth-order combat support system, no longer appeared as confused and unconscious as he used to be.

He could directly gaze upon the destructive rules of thunder, yet he harbored no thoughts of confrontation, instead, he felt even more fearful, acutely aware of the vast gap between himself and Refining Nothingness level.

It was a type of power, the power named Rules!

Without mastering this power, no matter how profound your foundation is, it will be pierced through by the rules, fragile as paper.

Once a cultivator reaches Refining Nothingness, they begin to touch upon a thread of the endless cosmic star river's operation, start to use it, master it, becoming a life form at the Refinement Void level.

The oppressive might of the Heavenly Tribulation becomes increasingly terrifying.

In only a matter of days, the Thunder Rules within the Heavenly Tribulation had already surpassed the strength of Refining Nothingness cultivators from the Upper Realm Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect, like a constantly growing mountain, heavily pressing on everyone's hearts.

"Can it be successful?"

A Heavenly Monarch asked, his heart tensing, beginning to worry.

Everyone looked towards Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch and Heavenly Monarch Wanji's avatar stationed in the Horned Ming Realm, both of whom were not currently in command of the army formation due to a temporary avoidance ordinance.

"Yuan said he's ninety percent confident."

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch said.

"Only ninety percent?"

Jiang Ding was startled.

Yes, only ninety percent.

This kind of heavenly pride, being able to control the army formation and fend off the siege by the Eight Great Immortal Sects at the peak of Hua Shen, it should definitely be one hundred percent, ninety seems a bit too low.

"Without someone paving the way, it's like this."

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch explained, "Take Jiang Dingzi for example, when he ascends to Refining Nothingness in the future, the power of order within him will certainly be at its limit, and the Refining Void space within his body will have evolved to its utmost, just one step away from advancing. Even if there are unexpected occurrences, with his strong foundation, there's huge margin for error."

"The ascension, will basically have no accidents."

"Yuan is different. He lacks a nascent form of the Refining Void space, hasn't mastered the power of order, can only rely on leaping forward by himself, spanning the long distance between the peak of Divinity Transformation and Refining Nothingness, death if he fails."

"Yuan is definitely capable of such a leap, without a doubt, and even has some capacity to spare."

"However, if there are unexpected events, that's uncertain, he doesn't have that much room for error. If the mishap is too great, then it won't work."

Everyone suddenly understood.

Of course, paving this path isn't so easy. It must require Dao Child level talent and potential, as well as… resources frightening in their magnitude.

"Refining Nothingness, speaking of it doesn't seem that unusual."

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch solemnly taught, while the surrounding Heavenly Monarchs listened carefully, "It's about opening a singularity within the Divine Soul, utilizing the destructive and creative powers within the lightning, with great mana and great determination to open up and build an independent Immortal Dao ecosystem space, and capable of operating normally, birthing a space of rules."

"All of this, must be completed within a few breaths, at the moment right before a breakthrough in cultivation base, under the Heavenly Tribulation."

"Is this simple?!!!"

The surrounding Heavenly Monarchs listened, shuddering.

No wonder there are many Nascent Soul cultivators among the domains, yet so few Refining Nothingness cultivators.

This still goes from Dao Child advancing to Hua Shen. If there's no one paving the way, relying only on oneself to cross that long distance, the chances of advancing would even be lower.

Perhaps, among thousands of Nascent Soul Cultivators with complete inheritances, only one progresses.

In tens of thousands of years, generation after generation of Nascent Soul Cultivators age, fall ill, and die, and it's considered a massive success if even thirty Refining Nothingness Cultivators advance.

Boom!

At this moment, the first thunder imbued with rules strikes down.

This thunder, following the rules of the universal Dao, arrives in an instant, locks onto its target, leaving absolutely no room for reaction before it descends.

Everyone holds their breath.

Sizzling...

In the heavens and earth, as billions of electromagnetic runes bloom, massive Primordial Magnetic Array Patterns appear—one pure and devoid of any impurities. These electromagnetic runes instantly spread, reorganize, and fold to form a terrifying quasi-sixth order Primordial Magnet Array.

At this moment, the Cultivation scripture is exposed.

It is indeed the "All-transforming Magnetic Origin Sutra"!

"Impressive!"

Jiang Ding realizes in this instant that he had underestimated these elders, even their weakest individual combat power.

They may lack the robust Mana and Divine Sense of a Taoist disciple, but their proficiency in the Formation Dao is truly terrifying, easily being top-grade sixth order and top-grade Array Masters.

Their relatively weak Mana and Divine Sense in their hands create wonders and art, easily defeating quasi-emperors through the Formation Dao.

Boom!

Blue-purple Rule Thunders strike down, shattering electromagnetic runes with their power largely undiminished.

Bang!

Finally, the thunder strikes a Starry Sky Fortress Protective Shield, which had unfolded at some unknown time. Even the Rule Thunder is helpless against this robust shield; electric snakes scatter, causing no harm to it.

A venerable, ancient Starry Sky Fortress, covered in mottled damage, emerges from the void.

This is, the strongest warship of the Immortal Sect!

Planet-level Battleship·Free Immortal Sect!

This planet-level battleship's core originates from an early serendipitous encounter of the Immortal Sect, with the ship constructed around this core. It's been used by generations of Immortal Sect governance and inheritance; currently, the Sect doesn't have the capability to mass-produce such planet-level warships.

Upon the launch of the Planet-level Battleship·Free Immortal Sect, Jiang no longer cares about the successive Heavenly Tribulations striking down, closes his eyes to Cultivate, and dedicates all his Divine Soul computational power to pioneering the singularity of the Divine Soul world.

"Meteor-level warship… I envy that..."

Heavenly Monarch Wan Ji's screen-like head peeks out, displaying an animation of an old man drooling, "That's just Jiang. If we were to advance, we'd probably have only a fifty to sixty percent chance."

"The Immortal Sect really needs to start mass-producing planet-level warships soon, otherwise it's just not stable."

"If Jiang advances to Refining Nothingness, he could greatly accelerate the Immortal Sect's development project for planet-level warships. He's born for this job. The same Divine Soul computational power used in Immortal Research far exceeds that of the Great Powers of the Eight Great Immortal Sects—they merely consider it a hobby, mere amateurs, completely inefficient."

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch reveals an unconsciously condescending attitude.

In his view, possessing such terrifying Refining Nothingness Divine Soul computational power and still being unable to significantly advance Immortal Technology after tens of thousands of years is somewhat incompetent.

Thunderous blue-purple Rule Thunders strike one after another, lighting up the cosmic rivers, destroying layer upon layer of space, and annihilating meteors in swathes. Everything in the universe is destroyed.

The rules of heaven and earth are thrown into chaos at this moment.

Many places are shattered, chaos erupts, and various physical rules no longer apply—things like inversion of up and down, spatial disorder, and alternation of extreme cold and heat... everything becomes chaotic, with no certainty left.

Amidst that endless thunder of rules, a presence keeps growing stronger, even the destructive Rule Thunder cannot conceal it.