Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 965 - 936

Amidst the sky of blood mist.

A headless half-human half-spider corpse fell from the sky.

Forget about the indestructible Nascent Soul and Primordial Spirit, the ability to escape with one's spirit from the body, the strong body refinement, the undying and unperishing flesh.

The pale blue-gold color at the broken neck explained everything, containing the aura of law-breaking, elimination, anomaly, and destruction, more terrible than any domain poison. Upon contact, death was instant, even the life force within a strand of hair would be extinguished.

The Divine Soul of Heavenly Monarch Wan Zhu was also affected by the anomalous forces, gnawed upon by the resentment of countless bloodline descendants, wailing incessantly, then extinguished by the Great Sun Annihilation Sword Qi, unable to escape.

Clang!

The Taiqing Flying Sword returned from the blood mist, hovering above the shoulder of the youth in green, its three-inch blue-gold blade glittering in the sunlight, buzzing as if excited.

Although Heavenly Monarch Wan Zhu was no Taoist disciple.

He was the first Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarch to die!

Quite significant in its own right.

"Eh?"

"There's a bit of insight feedback? He clearly wasn't a Taoist disciple."

Jiang Ding closed his eyes and felt for a moment, somewhat surprised, "What is the principle behind the creation of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's Great Sun Flying Sword, that it's effective not only against Taoist disciples but also certain people... is it because of the principle of Golden Causality?"

He pondered.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, specks tumbled and flickered with Spiritual Light, with faint gold threads shimmering, concerning the scattered and chaotic aspects of the Golden Causality skills, very disorganized, lacking a system, yet seemingly whispering, attempting to convey something.

This is the knowledge of Immortal Techniques, secondary to the secondary… to further secondary levels.

Now Jiang Ding could easily understand and see, as the Xianmen Sect had profound research in the principle of Golden Causality.

However, if a Foundation Establishment Golden Core Cultivator came here, they might fall into madness without realizing it.

This is the horror of Immortal Techniques, even if they are lower-level derivations.

It's not that the knowledge of Immortal Techniques has any drawbacks that intentionally harm you, a tiny lowly Cultivator.

It's simply here, affecting both the material and spiritual worlds.

Low-ranking Cultivators cannot withstand the existence of such knowledge.

Due to the peculiar nature of how Immortal Technique knowledge is carried and conveyed, low-ranking Cultivators will unknowingly comprehend snatches of Immortal Technique knowledge, and unconsciously cultivate and channel Mana and Divine Sense according to these snatches of understanding.

Such fragmentary understanding is doomed to chaos, here a little, there a little, topsy-turvy, logical chaos.

Practicing such a Cultivation Method, the madness and frenzy of the Cultivator become inevitable.

Often, ninety percent of Cultivators will die in such madness, and out of the remaining ten percent, ninety-nine percent will deduce a little something, then die after a period of time, varying from several years to several decades.

The very few that remain…

Probably still die, just not sure when, whether it's a few hundred years or a few thousand years.

This pollution from Immortal Techniques cannot be cleared, cannot be escaped, cannot be forgotten, only postponed, sealed, put into deep slumber.

Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch, is at this stage.

"Golden Causality..."

Some insights emerged in Jiang Ding's heart, and he noted them down.

They were of some use, but to say it was a huge breakthrough or a grand opportunity would be an exaggeration.

The Xianmen Sect's research on Golden Causality was equally deep, progressing in an orderly fashion, never interrupted, with many breakthroughs already occurring, evidenced by so many high-scoring dissertations published each year in "Cultivators."

The insights from Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch, one could say were enlightening, serving as a catalyst, still quite good.

"I feel the foundation of Golden Causality within the sword Dao has accumulated to a degree, there's a sword technique..."

Jiang Ding's eyes shone brightly.

Through the haze, he seemed to perceive a vague and unclear sword technique.

This technique, imbued with Golden Causality yet formless and immaterial, commanded dominion over all the gold in the world, causing billions of pure gold longswords to explode from within the enemy's body, turning them into a porcupine, annihilating both Divine Soul and body at the same time.

This sudden apparition quickly dissipated.

"It seems promising."

Jiang Ding took out the Jade Slip.

He quickly recorded the inspiration that had just surged forth, and upon careful examination, he found that it was the embryonic form of a sword technique. The main body of the magic structure was already complete; with a bit more research, it would be ready to reveal to the world.

"Heavens, I am so strong."

"Just casually, effortlessly, I have created a sword technique that is stronger than most of the Nascent Soul sword techniques of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, and it perfectly suits me."

Jiang Ding exclaimed.

In the realm of Sword Dao, even 'effortless' was not enough to describe it—just a little effort could yield manifold returns!

This was entirely different from the areas of Formation Dao, Army Formation command, and Artifact Refining.

In these fields, effort equaled reward.

Fair, to a terrifying degree.

A God-transforming level powerhouse had myriad thoughts, yet in reality, it was only a moment, and even the headless corpse of Heavenly Monarch Wan Zhu had not yet hit the ground.

Jiang Ding waved his hand, and the half-man, half-spider corpse was brought before him.

A gentle breeze wafted by, and Heavenly Monarch Wan Zhu's body crumbled into countless specks of dust.

All flesh had lost its vitality under the Great Sun Annihilation Sword Qi, even undergoing a transformation from organic to inorganic, ensuring not a trace was left behind.

In the end, only eight pitch-black, sharply barbed spider legs and a bone tube that flickered with fluorescent light remained on the ground.

The eight spider legs were Heavenly Monarch Wan Zhu's Life Treasure, nurtured for ten thousand years, a Superior Nascent Soul Treasure.

The bone tube was a Storage Treasure.

A Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarch who had dominated the Northern Plains for nearly ten thousand years!

The wealth within, one may assume, would not disappoint.

Not to mention that there might be even more in the lairs of the Liudao Sect and the Guishan Tie Family.

Jiang Ding collected these two items.

"You, why didn't you make a move?"

Not in a hurry to deal with the matters of the Liudao Sect, Jiang Ding looked up towards a part of the void that had been silent from beginning to end.

There, someone was present and had been for quite some time.

A blurred void revealed the figure of a Golden Armored Deity. He was clad in golden armor, with handsome features, and constantly enveloped in a mix of Sword Qi and Incense Fire, creating dazzling golden Sword Qi. Revered by millions, he appeared as if he were the monarch of the Sword Dao.

"The probing techniques of the Eastern Devil School, truly well-deserved of their reputation,"

Xi Ping'an spoke in a deep voice.

In just a few decades, in the blink of an eye, the ant that he had once hunted relentlessly, with neither heaven nor earth offering refuge and eventually having to escape through a teleportation formation, has now become his mortal enemy.

Now, it was possible to slay a Spirit Transformation late-stage Cultivator of renowned fame.

The events unfolding before him, though expected, still left his heart feeling heavy.

"Where is your true body?"

Jiang Ding did not indulge in pleasantries but asked.

This person looked mighty, but was actually just an Incense Fire avatar at the Golden Core stage; otherwise, he would have already attacked, for what stories were there to be told of old?

To Jiang Ding at the present time, a Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarch still posed a threat that was enough to endanger his life.

Such a person, if determined to escape and hide, sealing himself in a hidden Secret Realm Space without making any contact, it would be very difficult to kill him.

"Swordsman,"

"My true body is in the East Sea, within the Incense Fire Sword Court,"

Xi Ping'an did not conceal this information, "However, if you go there, my true body might not necessarily be present. It could just happen to be away visiting friends. Even if you shatter the Incense Fire Sword Court, it might still be the same coincidence."