Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 688 - 669: Breakthrough to the Middle Jindan Stage

Jiang Ding quietly admired the Taiqing Flying Sword for a long time before putting her back, letting her fall into the Sun God Wood behind him.

Boom!

The already sky-blocking Sun God Wood expanded once again, its roots spreading out, breaking through the soil and reaching out to the surroundings.

In the end, it simply broke through Silver Sky Island, with its roots extending into the space without needing soil, spreading their presence everywhere, shining brilliantly under the sunlight.

The trunk rose higher, and the shade of the tree spread out, layer by layer reaching into the distance.

"How massive!"

Jiang Ding exclaimed in astonishment at the towering Big Tree in front of him.

The trunk was so thick that it would take dozens of people to encircle it, standing over three thousand meters tall!

The shade of the tree spread out over five thousand meters, its branches layered upon one another, and the bluegold leaves tinkled in the wind, almost like a city in the sky.

Beneath the canopy, there were no shadows at all.

The boundless Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and Great Sun Essence gathered from all directions, making this place dazzlingly bright and intensely warm, looking like the abode of the sun god from afar.

The Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and Great Sun Essence, after passing through these layers of shade and trunk, were filtered and sifted, eventually falling down like twinkling little stars, flickering momentarily like tiny sprites.

These twinkling dots, if taken outside, were all the Great Sun Essence that could make any Yang Attribute Cultivation Method practitioner's heart race, even a small amount could greatly accelerate a Golden Pill Cultivator's Cultivation speed.

And there was no danger at all, with an incredibly solid foundation.

Now, how many of these twinkling dots were there?

They were endless!

"Having the Nascent Treasure Taiqing Flying Sword, my Cultivation speed has increased," Jiang Ding's heart pounded in excitement.

As his Life Flying Sword, the Taiqing Flying Sword was closely tied to him, sharing both glory and damage.

After the qualitative change, he could distinctly feel that his Cultivation speed had increased a lot, but he wasn't sure if it was by two times or three times.

He closed his eyes and felt for a moment, letting his Cultivation Method circulate for a full Zhou Tian.

Drip!

A drop of Mana fell into the Elixir Field, adding a bit more to the Elixir Field that was about to be one-third full.

"Three times!"

"My Cultivation speed has increased by three times!"

"I'm so powerful!"

Jiang Ding's expression was visibly shaken, "I'm close to the Middle Jindan Stage now. It will take at most one year to break through when originally it would take several years to accumulate enough Mana."

Right now, without concerning himself with anything else, he closed his eyes to Cultivate.

The Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and Great Sun Essence roared in, swallowed like a whale into his meridians, being refined, and after just two cycles of Zhou Tian, six months, as the last drop of Mana fell into the Elixir Field.

The azure sea of the Elixir Field finally reached its limit, encountering a thin membrane that prevented any further increase.

He reached the limit of the early stage of the Nascent Soul.

For Golden Pill Monks encountering such a bottleneck, even those with Sky Spiritual Roots and excellent aptitude would need to persist patiently, striking against it for at least a decade or so before naturally breaking through and ascending to a higher level in their Cultivation.

"Breakthrough."

Jiang Ding said softly.

Ever since he began to Cultivate, except for when he truly lacked Cultivation Methods, he didn't know what a bottleneck was.

Crack!

At the thought, the sea within the Elixir Field conjured waves, crashing against the invisible bottleneck, and with just one strike, the bottleneck showed a dense array of cracks. Another wave washed over it, and the bottleneck shattered into nothingness, leaving no more obstructions.

Rustle...

The azure sea of the Elixir Field surged into a brand-new realm.

Mid-stage of Nascent Soul!

Jiang Ding's aura climbed higher and higher, taking quite some time before it finally calmed down, gradually stabilizing and ceasing to change.

There was no need to enter seclusion to stabilize his Cultivation Base,

Being born in the most stable of states!

Jiang Ding opened his eyes, a flash of bluegold sharp radiance fleeting, the Soul-shattering Annihilation Art causing one's Divine Soul to stiffen, the mind a blank void, losing all perception of the passage of time in the outside world.

"At sixteen, middle Jindan stage!"

"Even True Immortals are like me!"

Jiang Ding was overjoyed and quickly began calculating.

"The time I need to reach the late Golden Pill stage is..."

He didn't need any fortunes, and even if there were any, he wouldn't use them, lest they affect the foundation of his being, so he had an accurate calculation of when to make his breakthrough, with an error margin of no more than three years.

"Eighty years to reach the late Golden Pill stage."

"A hundred years to reach the Golden Pill peak."

"Neither fast nor slow, barely acceptable."

Jiang Ding thought for a moment, "When I reach the Golden Pill peak, if the Great Sun Nascent Soul Art hasn't been developed, I can enter a state of slumber, and counting the one hundred year limit of the Golden Pill's life extension, I still have three hundred and thirty-nine years to wait, as the passage of Life Energy in the Sleeping Hidden Realm is ten times slower."

"That is to say, even if I start from scratch after reaching the Golden Pill peak, I still have three thousand three hundred and ninety years to wait for the emergence of the Great Sun Nascent Soul Art."

"All set."

"Solid."

"Buddy is destined to achieve Nascent Soul, the mere Great Sun Nascent Soul Art, what is it to me?"

"What is it to me, ahhahaha..."

Jiang Ding burst into wild laughter, hands on his hips.

"This Heavenly Monarch is destined to ascend to immortality!"

"Who dares to defy me will be beaten to death on the spot."

The bright path lay ahead, and it took a long while for his surging emotions to settle before he continued to inner view the changes within himself.

"After advancing to the middle Jindan stage, my Divine Sense range has increased by twenty kilometers, now to seventy kilometers, on par with a Mid-stage Nascent Soul Monk."

Jiang Ding's Divine Sense unfolded, encompassing seventy kilometers in all directions, every wisp of air, every cloud finely detailed, and his Sword Control extends to this distance as well.

Of course, the Taiqing Flying Sword could fight autonomously away from the body, without diminishing in power.

But if it's too far from the body and without protection, it's easy to be killed.

You don't need to be too strong, an Early Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator could push down and kill a body without the Taiqing Flying Sword nearby, too fragile, a mere brush turning into a mist of blood.

"And then there's the quality and strength of Divine Sense..."

Jiang Ding stretched out a thread of Divine Sense in front of his eyes, "Through the tribulations of heavenly ordeals, the strength of Divine Sense has significantly increased, comparable to that of a Nascent Soul Monk. Not only the Divine Sense range but also its strength is comparable, my power has been comprehensively enhanced from before, and I could take on several of my past selves without a problem."

Divine Sense, an important component of a Cultivator.

With stronger Divine Sense, whether it be Alchemy, formation setting, casting Magic, etc., all will be comprehensively strengthened.

Clang!

Jiang Ding drew his sword and cleaved through the space in front of him.

The scar left by the sword was crooked, sometimes meandering, sometimes regressing, appearing to be many unnecessary movements, but in fact, it was the shortest path on 'the road through space,' the shortest line between two points in spatial terms.

The same speed, but several times faster than the previous slash.

"Swordsmanship, greatly strengthened!"

Jiang Ding's gaze flashed.

He knew that this was not only due to Divine Sense, but also the terrible amplification brought by the Nascent Treasure level Taiqing Flying Sword. The sword was much stronger than before; even if his Swordsmanship skill level remained the same, the Swordsmanship displayed would exceed past performances.

"If Yu Qianzi hasn't made a breakthrough in Sword Qi Thunder Sound, then I can pummel her with Swordsmanship."

"Should I give it a try?"

Jiang Ding was somewhat tempted.

This was a traditional strength of the Dari Swordsman, being beaten by the fake Taiyin Swordman every day. Though he didn't say it, his heart was very dissatisfied.

"Let's go."

"I'm getting a bit carried away. If Yu Qianzi has already broken through Sword Qi Thunder Sound, it will be just the thing to sober me up."