Chapter 1673: Mastering Time
The lively tribulation slowly came to an end.
Jiang Ding gathered for a while with the Divine Machine True Venerable, An Siyan, Jin Lingfeng, Sun Extinguisher True Venerable, and others, then together with Yuan, sent these old friends into slumber.
It's not yet time for them to ascend.
The growth cycle of the Xianmen Sect's seventh-rank Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure still has more than eight thousand years to go. That will be the time for their emergence, that will be the time for the tribulation.
Among these old friends, many have a high success rate for transcendence, such as Sun Extinguisher True Venerable and Wanji True Venerable, with a success probability of over ninety percent.
However, when it comes to matters of life and death, every bit of certainty counts, no matter how small.
In any case, the Xianmen Sect is very stable now, and there's no need for them to take risks and break through.
Besides the unspeakable, of course, are the private wishes of the two Masters of the Immortal Sect.
They hope their old friends can accompany them longer, even if it's only in slumber, without words, but the feeling in the heart is different, not as lonely.
In the future, even if farewells are inevitable, please extend the time a little longer.
"How about tackling the Void Six Paths Illusion Realm project first?"
Jiang Ding watched as old friends entered slumber one by one, their figures disappearing, and suddenly spoke.
The Void Six Paths Illusion Realm is a project that started many years ago, aimed at establishing a Void communication network throughout the Ancient God World Cluster, allowing Immortal Sect Citizens to study, live, and cultivate on the network. Even if separated by vast domains, seeing relatives is just a step away, without having to waste time traveling through long Super Transmission Arrays.
——Besides, many low-ranking cultivators cannot afford the cost of the Domain Essence Super Teleportation Formation unless on official assignments.
If the Void Six Paths Illusion Realm successfully comes into being, the Immortal Sect's slumber technology will make further breakthroughs, allowing cultivators to slumber longer, consuming less lifespan, and living longer.
"This..."
"Wasn't the original plan the eighth-rank Army Formation?"
Yuan hesitated a bit.
In general, all research projects within the Xianmen Sect are advanced in parallel; it's not that one important project is set aside for another. In fact, all major research projects are crucial, involving all aspects of the Xianmen Sect.
However, even if everything is important, there is an order of priority.
That's the reason for Yuan's hesitation.
However, in the next moment, he immediately convinced himself.
"It seems that the Void Six Paths Illusion Realm is more important now."
Yuan thought carefully and said, "Immortal Sect Citizens are spread throughout the Ancient Divine Domain. Many citizens leave their hometowns upon reaching adulthood and being accepted into a Medium Thousand University elsewhere. If they don't ascend to the Divinity Transformation Stage, the possibility of returning to their hometown and seeing their parents again in their lifetime is not high."
"They can only contact their hometown through communication routes with delayed signals spanning decades."
"Their entire life is spent in those Medium Thousand Worlds, even having to send fertilized eggs back to the Mother Star for childrearing, otherwise the offspring would not have citizenship."
"This situation has persisted for over ten thousand years."
"In fact, local independence consciousness has begun to emerge in many places. The Xianmen Sect is no longer as simple and pure as before; everyone was a citizen of one planet, one Solar System. The vast distances have changed many things."
"The reason there hasn't been too much trouble is that Refining Nothingness cultivators can afford the cost of traveling to and from the Mother Star System."
"This situation cannot continue."
Yuan stated resolutely.
These reasons are certainly very valid and factual.
Moreover, within the Solar System, with a genuine eighth-rank Formation Method, eighth-rank Central Array Spirit Computer, eighth-rank Great Sun Sword Master, and the geographical advantage of the Soulless Universe, even if a strong enemy descends from the heavenly realms, the Xianmen Sect would not be too afraid, and safety would be assured for a time.
"That's exactly right."
Jiang Ding agreed.
The Void Six Paths Illusion Realm extensively referenced the structure of the Great Sun Six Dao Reincarnation and the research achievements of the Ancient Divine Dao's Reincarnation Six Paths.
If this project breaks through, it will have a significant impact on his Swordsmanship, Cultivation Methods, and Sword Soul, enhancing the utilization of Divine Sense and Mana, and rules.
The same applies to various Cultivation Methods in the Xianmen Sect.
Currently, under the influence of the Great Sun Sword Master, Immortal Path technology of the Human Race, inheriting the Six Paths of Reincarnation, has been applied to all aspects of the Xianmen Sect, such as Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Smelting and Synthesis, Cultivation Methods, Magic, Army Formations, and more, similar to the basic theoretical principles of the four fundamental forces.
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Between the domains, silence fell once more.
The Domain Ruler is growing, becoming stronger, continuously introducing new Immortal Path technology achievements. This Immortal Path Civilization is a research-oriented civilization with an instinctive pursuit of Immortal Science that never stops.
Time passed like flowing water.
Unknowingly, another two thousand years had passed.
On this day, the Great Sun Sword Master sat cross-legged at the edge of the Solar System, silently gazing at a scroll before him.
This is a Cosmic Celestial Stars Map.
Plain and simple, it's just a pitch-black universe, countless stars twinkling, among which thirty-six stars are slightly brighter; apart from that, there's nothing particularly special.
Frankly, this is not an excellent painting, more like a photograph.
Famous paintings must have a sense of composition, a sense of artistic conception, and emotions. If profound heritage is embedded within, it's even better—such works are revered by cultivators in the Immortal Path.
In contrast, this painting is too ordinary, craftsmanship-heavy, and essentially worthless.
However, the owner of this painting is not an artist either.
This makes it understandable.
"The Destroying Space Sword has been completed."
"It has reached the pinnacle of my wisdom and the wisdom of the Immortal Sect Sword Dao Science Academy and cannot be further enhanced."
Jiang Ding quietly looked at the painting before him and sighed softly.
Five hundred years ago, after countless failures, the Dark Matter Laboratory finally produced a slight amount of dark matter within the laboratory, or rather, dark matter born after combining the rules of the Immortal Path and Spiritual Energy.
The yin aspect corresponding to the yang in the Heavenly Dao has been observed by Immortal Path Living Beings.
In the core theory of the Immortal Path World, one of 'Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Yin, and Yang,' the last piece of the puzzle was finally completed.
After tens of thousands of years, the nascent form of the Immortal Skill: Void Suppression, Destroying Space Sword, was fully perfected.
"The follow-up to the Destroying Space Sword is the Time Destruction Sword."
"I am fairly confident in creating this sword."
Jiang Ding thought quietly.
Time, or indirectly time, no longer appears mysterious to him now.
What is the true nature of time?
Is it intangible?
Or tangible?
No one knows.
However, in the legacy of the Immortal Skill: Void Suppression, there's a very unique perspective.
Time is the flow of matter.
If one considers a Minor Thousand World as an entity, then what is time?
Time is the wind passing through the clouds, it's the flowing river, it's the leaves falling from the treetops, it's the ever-growing white hair on an old man's head and the body growing old, it's the children constantly growing, it's the incessantly accumulating mana within a cultivator.
It is because these materials flow that time acquires meaning, that the concept of time exists.
So, how does one control the time of this Minor Thousand World?
By mastering the flow of all matter in the Minor Thousand World, even down to the minute flow of basic molecules.
That's all it takes.