"Jiang Ding!"
Heavenly Monarch Mie Ri rose to his feet and waved toward the distance.
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Jiang Ding walked over unsteadily, looking at them in confusion.
"Jiang Ding, when will you be able to form a Nascent Soul?"
Heavenly Monarch Mie Ri asked.
The other Heavenly Monarchs watched him as well.
"Probably a little over three hundred years."
"The development of the Great Sun Golden Core Secret Art will require that much time."
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Ding added, "It may be sooner, or it may not, but I'm not sure."
He was referring to the Great Sun Sword Sect.
If he could obtain its inheritance there, the development of the Great Sun Golden Core Secret Art could be greatly accelerated. If not, there was nothing to be done but proceed step by step.
"Alright, I understand. Go have fun."
Heavenly Monarch Mie Ri stroked his yellow hair and said mysteriously, "Once you form a Nascent Soul, I'll take you somewhere fun."
"Okay."
Jiang Ding answered obediently.
Heavenly Monarch Mie Ri had always been like this—flighty and eccentric, often doing things beyond all expectations. Jiang Ding had long since grown used to it.
He returned to the Great Sun Ruins Laboratory.
Jiang Ding began repairing some of the incomplete sword arts and cultivation techniques that had been excavated. The Golden Core Cultivators below could not handle these; there were many things they did not understand and could not accomplish. They had only completed part of the work, and could do nothing but submit the rest.
This work was fairly simple for Jiang Ding. He only needed to read most cultivation techniques and sword arts once to deduce the missing portions, as naturally as breathing.
For the rest, he would study them carefully. He accumulated the problems he could