1003: Chapter 972 Traces of Existence Above Void Refinement 1003: Chapter 972 Traces of Existence Above Void Refinement Jiang Ding concealed his form, weaving through the sky.
His Divine Sense carefully searched every inch of space, meticulously observing the layers of space, not missing the slightest detail.
âIt should be around here, where I left my Sword Intent years ago.â
âAlthough it is not Immortal Sword Intent, it shouldnât have faded away in just a few hundred years, especially since it was stored in a specially designated Jade Sword.â
Jiang Ding, with great patience, searched the space near the Beast Spirit Immortal City for several months, continuously calculating.
âHereâŠâ
Suddenly, Jiang Dingâs eyes lit up.
Clang!
The Taiqing Flying Sword hummed softly, slicing through a void with the ease of a skilled butcher, leaving behind a fleeting black streak.
This black streak seemed like a space crack but not quite, as it revealed no deep void filled with starry space, suggesting the presence of something else.
Jiang Ding flicked his fingers, and countless streams of Blue-Gold Sword Qi formed before him, constantly changing and merging, eventually forming two slender hands that grasped each end of this spatial crack, gently tugging it apart.
Rip!
The sound of fabric tearing echoed as a vast expanse of space crumbled into nothingness, and the veil of space was lifted, revealing a secret realm space hundreds of kilometers in size inside.
This secret realm space constantly moved about in the Northern Plains, yet at this moment, it was intercepted.
Through the walls of this secret realm, one could vaguely see the Luoxu Sect mountains, the Sutra Pavilion, the Spiritual Medicine Garden, and other locations, which, looking back, seemed like just yesterday, although it had been centuries.
âA Fourth Order, nearing Fifth Order secret realmâŠâ
Jiang Dingâs expression trembled slightly, and he fell into deep thought.
âBeing less than Sixth Order, the Refining Void Stage, it should be impossible to independently create a secret realm capable of maintaining itself â neither the Luoxu Sect nor the Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch would have such ability.â
âAnd yet, they did create one!â
âNot only this Fourth Order one, the Kingâs Court Blessed Landâs secret realm should be a Fifth Order one, capable of nurturing God-Transformation Phase Elixirs and Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures.â
âIn this regard, the so-called Nine Heavens Fragments must have played the most critical roleâit seems the Luoxu Sect and the Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch merely utilized the existing materials.â
âNine Heavens FragmentsâŠâ
Quickly pinpointing the reason, Jiang Ding recalled what he had learned from the soul remnant of the Daoist Chen He at the Qiyu Sectâs Nine Heavens Secret Realm and the information gathered while researching the Nine Heavens Secret Realm.
Tens of thousands of years ago, possibly eighty or ninety thousand years before the Six Dao Ancestor established the Six Paths Sect, there existed an enormously prosperous Sect in this Minor Thousand World, known as the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sect.
This Sect had several Nascent Soul Monks, with the mightiest possibly being the peak Divinity Transformation Daoist Chen He.
This Sect should have flourished for at least tens of thousands of years, generation after generation of Divinity Transformation Monks.
However, one day, a fragmented stone stele fell from the sky, containing fragments of Immortal Technique!
The Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sect saw this as a monumental opportunity and went to great lengths to temporarily seal the stele and closely guard the information as they meticulously studied it.
They believed this was a divine opportunity, one that would bring about an even more glorious era for their Sect.
Yet, unexpectedly, a divine catastrophe befell them.
Several beings above the level of Divinity Transformation arrived in this Minor Thousand World engaging in a battle of life and death.
No one cared about the existence of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sect; mere shockwaves from the battle were enough to annihilate the Sect completely, from the strongest Divinity Transformation cultivators to the humblest Qi Practitioners.
Daoist Chen He, by fortune, had his residual soul merge with a fragment of the Immortal Technique, accidentally escaping and falling into the region of the Qiyu Sect in Yue Country where it lay dormant for tens of thousands of years.
No, perhaps it cannot be considered a revivalâthe true Daoist Chen He may have already died, as a residual soul of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator could not survive for so long.
This might be some unknown life form, born from the bizarre combination of a residual soul and an Immortal Technique.
That battle, eighty or ninety thousand years ago, was devastating; the skies darkened, the Minor Thousand World shattered, 99% of surface life perished, and the Boundary Walls completely broke apart.
The Minor Thousand World was then swept into cataclysmic natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, storms, and inverted seas.
This terrifying catastrophe persisted for tens of thousands of years before it gradually recovered, with creatures beginning to proliferate and civilization beginning to revive.
In recent ages, it was the era of the Six Dao Ancestor followed by the Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch.
After the domain boundary shattered, some parts remained intact, scattered across the worldâthese formed the early foundations of the Luoxu Sect Secret Realm and the Courtâs Blessed Land Secret Realm.
These early forms of secret realms were originally capable of operating independently, circulating spiritual energy.
Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch merely modified them, he did not create them from scratch.
The consequences of that great catastrophe also became apparentâthe Minor Thousand World could no longer produce Peak Divine Transformation Cultivators, not even Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch or the Ice Phoenix could break through the earthâs limitations, unable to harbor stronger cultivators.
âIf that remnant soul of Sinking Crane didnât deceive meâŠâ
Jiang Dingxinâs heart trembled, âTo be able to destroy the ecology of the Minor Thousand World with just the aftermath of an attack, which couldnât recover for tens of thousands of years, perhaps it has surpassed Refining Void!â
âAt least, the Refining Void of the Immortal Sect Domain couldnât easily destroy the ecology of the Minor Thousand World, completely annihilate its crystal wall, and trigger a great catastrophe.â
This speculation made his heart skip a beat.
Above Void Refinement!
Such beings were legends within the Immortal Sect Domain, never seen by anyone.
For a moment, Jiang Dingxinâs heart pounded nonstop.
If he encountered such a character, merely with one thought, he could not resist; he could only hope that the Broken Sword Tip would allow him to escape.
Cultivators were suchâthe strong ruled all!
Before he grew strong, it was best not to appear within any powerful beingâs field of vision or let any information leak.
After all, such a powerful cultivator would cultivate for hundreds or thousands of years, plenty of time for him to grow.
âDonât panic!â
âSurely not, surely notâŠâ
Jiang Dingxinâs mind raced, comforting himself, âShuoyang Heavenly Monarch didnât die, the previous eraâs Great Sun Swordsman didnât die, the remnant soul of Sinking Crane didnât die; among them, some even possessed fragments of Immortal Techniques.â
âThey all hadnât died, and the fragments of Immortal Techniques hadnât been reclaimed; it was not my turn yet.â
âThe unknown powerful beings must have either been seriously injured or perished together, otherwise this result wouldnât have occurred.â
âEven if the unknown powerful beings awaken, they likely wonât notice me.
I donât have any of their Immortal Technique Fragments in my hands, just an innocent bystander, a well-behaved baby dedicated to sword practicing.â
âIt now seems that Immortal Technique Fragments contain too much unknown; if I donât understand the causes and consequences, itâs best not to touch them, at least not until my power canât progress further.â
Jiang Dingxin made a resolution.
He did not originate from a minor world with no prospects, forced to fight to the death like Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch, nor was he underdeveloped like Mingguang Zi, with unstable Refining Void foundations, forced to venture into the unknown; he had the support of the sect, was far from desperation, and it wasnât time to risk everything yet.
With his subtle understanding of powerful beings, they absolutely regarded Nascent Soul Monks as mere insects in the dust; as long as he didnât touch the Immortal Techniques, such powerful beings wouldnât give Nascent Soul Monks a second glance, not worth their time.
Jiang Dingxin stepped forward.
Buzz!
Threads of golden rune restrictions appeared within the Luoxu Sect Secret Realm.
These were restrictions set up by Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch, forbidding beings above Golden Pill from entering his sect, preventing them from destroying the sect he originated from.
Even though he personally slaughtered this sect for the sake of his future generations.
Clang!
Jiang Dingxin flicked his finger, slicing out a thread of fine golden thread, far more refined than Shuoyang Heavenly Monarchâs methods thousands of years ago, a product of the sectâs research into the Golden Causality.
Whoosh!
The restrictions outside of the Luoxu Sect Secret Realm were annihilated by sword qi, no longer able to block anything.
Jiang Dingxinâs Divine Sense swept all around, meticulously scanning with Divinity Transformation level Divine Sense and Sword Intent, yet found nothing.
He unleashed tens of thousands of Blue-Gold Sword Qi, transforming them into ropes that ensnared the Luoxu Sect, brutally breaking through the space amid thunderous roars, dragging it toward the Six Paths Sect.