The Immortal Sect's Void Refinement expert consultation group studied it for a full thirty years.
During that time, they discovered that Great Sun Heavenly Monarch's spirit possessed astonishing resilience and even contained something akin to the Six Paths of Reincarnation—Immortal and Indestructible.
As long as he was not utterly destroyed in an instant, his Sword Soul would gradually develop an adaptability and begin trying to eliminate the anomalous Sword Qi within his spirit and flesh.
Yet equally terrifying was the fact that this mass of quasi-Above Dao Integration anomalous Sword Qi also seemed exceptionally adept at dealing with sword cultivators.
Once this strand of anomalous Sword Qi was adapted to by the Materialistic Solar Sword Soul, it would instantly undergo another change, reducing the Materialistic Solar Sword Soul's years of aberrant evolution to nothing.
If this mass of anomalous Sword Qi had not been diluted many times over, leaving only an exceedingly faint trace, it would have already killed Great Sun Heavenly Monarch ten times over.
Now, relying on the Immortal Sect's healing chamber and an endless supply of Taiyi Azure Wood life essence, Great Sun Heavenly Monarch barely managed to withstand this trace of higher power.
After a full thirty years, Yuan and the others' research finally made a breakthrough.
"Major discovery!"
"Momentous discovery!"
Yuan was extraordinarily excited. Pointing at a newly discovered mana spectrum, he said, "Look. This strand of anomalous Sword Qi is clearly supported by the Heavenly Dao Law Net of Lightning Rules and the Sword Dao Rule. Its owner's understanding of Lightning Rules and the Sword Dao Rule has reached an extraordinarily profound level. There is much for us to learn from it."
"But that isn't the key point!"
"The key point is that we discovered an exceedingly minute difference between these Lightning Rules and