Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

In the cosmic starry sky, the heavenly tribulation clouds gradually dispersed.

The shattered space and the broken Heavenly Dao rules also began to slowly recover.

The cosmic starry sky is an existence that seems fragile yet incomparably resilient. Even a Near Immortal Level expert cannot permanently shatter the void, completely extinguish the energy of a piece of cosmic space, or cause the universe to lose even a single particle of matter or the most minute energy.

A green-clothed youth stood silently in the sky.

The endless sunlight and the radiance of the stars from various heavens fell upon him. Although there was no oppressive force, it still involuntarily caused a sense of awe and trepidation, from an unknown origin.

Even a Void Refining Practitioner, at this moment, breathed heavily and trembled as if encountering a deity.

"Great Sun Sword Master!"

"Great Sun Sword Master, Great Sun Sword Master, yet another generation of Great Sun Sword Master has appeared in the world…"

Pingyang True Venerable looked at the Sun Destroying True Venerable, who was showing signs of losing control, and sighed slightly in his heart: "I don't know if this is a blessing or a curse for the Xianmen Sect."

"The madness, bloodlust, and the indiscriminate slaughter instinct of the Great Sun Sword Master against all strong ones."

"Ultimately, this domain will become extremely desolate."

"However, at least for now, it is extremely advantageous for the Xianmen Sect's battlefield."

"I heard that the Upper Realm Immortal Sect's Harmonization Experts have begun attacking the rear of the Xianmen Sect's frontlines, trying to exploit the Xianmen military's difficulty in spreading out, to crush the Xianmen's dominance in the domain. It's increasing the Xianmen's cost of ruling, causing the Xianmen army to fall into a situation where governance costs far exceed tax revenue, resulting in a deficit."

"This indeed caused significant trouble for the Xianmen Sect. We had to halt our offensive and find ways to digest the Ten Realms of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Clans we had already occupied. However, we still fell into a stalemate, unable to fully control these Ten Realms due to the excessive agility of the Harmonization God Monarchs, using pre-set teleportation formations that made them impossible to capture."

"The governance of the Ten Realms of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Clans by the Xianmen Sect has become shaky. Even more than a decade ago, one Medium Thousand World was breached, resulting in nearly ten million civilian casualties, not to mention numerous vulnerable Minor Thousand Worlds, where many regions' political institutions are manned by Xianmen people during the day and Ancient God Alliance people at night, with only symbolic taxes collected."

"The Xianmen Sect has no solutions and had to recall the citizens from various Small Worlds."

"If this situation continues for hundreds or thousands of years, the economy of the Xianmen Fleet could be ruined. The daily maintenance of the fleet requires an enormous amount of Spirit Stones, making it unsustainable. We would have to adopt a strategic withdrawal strategy and wait for the inevitable chaos in the Ancient God Alliance after their troops withdraw."

"However, now…"

Pingyang True Venerable felt a chilling murderous intent in his heart: "You bastards, continue your guerrilla tactics! Scatter! Create chaos for the Xianmen Sect! He will be very pleased."

The Immortal Sect Void Refining Practitioners had complex thoughts.

They had experienced the era of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion and knew the essence of the Great Sun Sword Master, holding many fears, unease, and expectations about the future when the Great Sun Sword Master would break the Xianmen Sect's strategic disadvantage.

Compared to the senior Xianmen practitioners, the younger ones were much simpler, overtaken by ecstatic joy, laughing heartily, with many tossing their hats into the sky.

To them, the Great Sun Sword Master was a benevolent elder, an old senior of the Xianmen Sect, and the old commander of the Ninth Front Army, without personal experience of the past.

"Congratulations to Vice Marshal, on advancing to the Refining Void stage!"

"Congratulations on extending your life by thirty thousand years, further advancing on the Immortal Path!"

Hua Teng Heavenly Monarch, Huo Baosan Heavenly Monarch, Heavenly Magnet Monarch, and Si Yan Heavenly Monarch cheered, seeing the Xianmen Sect on the rise, with strong practitioners emerging continuously.

They, too, would become such Void Refining old seniors in the future!

"On September 1st, the 1,782nd tribulation, in the 103,297th year, Jiang Dingzi was born as the 18th generation Great Sun Sword Master of the Sword Pavilion."

"With Near Immortal Sect Disciple foundation, he achieved Void Refining. In the future, he is sure to advance to Harmonization, attain the Heavenly Man status, and the sect's Sword Dao shows the dawn of the Near Immortal Level. If blessed by the Ancestor Master in the future, this generation's Great Sun Sword Master could become a great figure like the Yin Yang Ancestor."

Yue took out the historical records of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, writing and drawing in it.

A tribulation, this is the unit of time recorded in the Upper Realm's history, one tribulation being one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred years.

Ancient cultivation practitioners discovered that every 129,600 years, some disaster would occur in the Perishing Immortal Realm, be it earthquakes, or a reduction in Spiritual Energy, barren lands, or the emergence of magical abyss evil qi… In any case, something was bound to happen, possibly related to the world movements of the Great Thousand World and the Perishing Immortal Realm.

Thus, ancient cultivators set this period as a tribulation for timekeeping, and to guide Immortal Path cultivation and production activities, and to direct sect development.

It is said that every ten tribulations, or a hundred tribulations, a terrifying disaster will undoubtedly occur, even Immortal Sect Level forces might face the threat of extinction.

In the cosmic starry sky, the sunlight and starlight surrounding the green-clothed youth gradually dissipated.

His aura slowly returned to its peak, having withstood the heavenly tribulation without serious injury, only burning some essence blood leading to a depletion of vitality, which would be restored after several decades of recuperation.

"Finally, the peak of the Early Void Refining stage."

Jiang Ding observed his own body internally, pausing momentarily on the Dantian Magical Power: "In an estimated hundred years, upon adapting to the Void Refinement Realm, I will advance to the Mid-stage Void Refining, and my strength will greatly increase."

"Additionally, starting the internal demon state examination."

Jiang Ding followed the fixed procedure meticulously, doing all the things required after the tribulation, as explicitly recorded in the Xianmen Sect's tribulation handbook.

As one of the compilers of the Void Refining tribulation handbook, he naturally had to lead by example.

"The Refining Void heart demon tribulation is still the same, just three Harmonization Stage Nine Demon Heavens, unable to shake my Dao Heart."

"As is customary, I intentionally let the Heavenly Demons enter the Sea of Consciousness, repeatedly tempering and refining my Dao Heart, finding flaws in it, with considerable gains."

"I have too much attachment to family, too much longing for the Sword Dao and immortality. At times, I lose my reason and do things that violate the principles of the Xianmen Sect, something I need to pay attention to and improve on…"

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, clearly remembering the process of overcoming the heart demon tribulation.

In this world, no one is perfect, everyone has faults. There's no need to evade anything, just acknowledge them. No perfect sage exists, nor should there be one. The ordinary people and the broad masses are the world's greatest group, without needing their high and mighty guidance.

Jiang Ding completed his self-examination.

"Requesting Central Array Spirit Computer examination."

"Assignment: Great Sun True Venerate heart demon tribulation status, whether still within the internal demon, whether there is any residual demon."

Jiang Ding submitted a request to the Central Array Spirit Computer.

As Commander of the Ninth Front Army of the Immortal Sect and one of the nine leading figures, the safety of his Divine Soul is not just a personal safety, but of broader concern.

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