Jiang Ding paused to rest and carefully took stock of his condition.
He saw that his Materialist Solar Sword Soul was growing stronger bit by bit. His sword intent was doing the same.
Inspiration and new ideas surged through him. His understanding of swordsmanship, the Six Paths Reincarnation Structure, and the sun's six great orders had deepened another level.
"The seventh-tier sword embryo is like an amplifier, a microscope for observing the Great Dao. It magnifies every one of my abilities."
"My entire being is undergoing a slow but steady transformation. Once it's complete, Fellow Daoist Radiant Thunder will no longer be an opponent who can threaten my life..."
Jiang Ding spoke to himself.
In swordsmanship, understanding of the sword path, and mastery of order, Light-Thunder Heavenly Lord was inferior to him across the board. It was no small gap, but a sheer cliff.
Then why had Light-Thunder Heavenly Lord fought him to a standstill, even forcing him back with brute strength time and again?
Because even in his ordinary state, without using the Supreme Clear Thunder Nurturing Spirit Talisman, his magic power and spiritual sense were several times stronger than Jiang Ding's!
Several times stronger!
Among top sword cultivators, even a hair's breadth of difference in strength could mean the distance between heaven and earth. Several times that difference should have let Light-Thunder Heavenly Lord cut down swarms of weaker foes with a single stroke, not left him locked in a stalemate.
There was nothing unfair about it.
Powerful magic power and spiritual sense were strength. They were advantages. They were talent. There was nothing unfair about that.
But now,
Jiang Ding's magic power and spiritual sense were closing in on Light-Thunder Heavenly Lord's!
Once they drew close, they would not even need to surpass his. Getting within roughly