For his first campaign on the Heavenbearing Bridge—to reach Return Ruins City and obtain that "Emperor Heaven-class" strongest Illusory God in the universe—Li Tianming had made many preparations over these past two and a half years.
Besides diligently observing, growing, and breaking through to the second astral stage of Order within the Ruinsrealm heavenly souls of the Yanhuang God Clan, thereby gaining an Order Domain, he had made crucial progress on two other fronts.
The first was the "second move" of the Xiaozhi Sword Art.
He had spent nearly two full years honing this move, with Jiang Feiling needing to use Eternal World City throughout to create the proper conditions for him.
Otherwise, Li Tianming felt that even several decades might not have been enough for him to master this move.
After all, he had neither the Lin Clan's swordheart nor Order Resonance. He was forcing himself to cultivate it from scratch.
Even before fully comprehending this move, Li Tianming had known how terrifying it was.
The sword goddess Lin Xiaozhi had spent her entire life honing the Xiaozhi Sword Art. The spatial profundities and wisdom contained within it were naturally boundless.
The keyword of this second sword was "hourglass."
An hourglass was a sealed device, shaped like a gourd with equal-sized ends. Sand was placed inside; whichever side faced upward, the sand above would fall into the lower half.
Lin Xiaozhi's sword move was founded upon a fundamental concept called "spatial density."
At first, Li Tianming had not understood it at all.
How could space have density?
Jiang Feiling had told him to compare space to "water." Water had density.
Using Eternal World City, she created spaces of varying densities for Li Tianming.
Put plainly, the essence of this sword was to use the sword art to seal off