Clang~
Jiang Ding sheathed his sword in the deathly stillness of space.
He closed his eyes slightly, recalling the battlefield and everything he had experienced. A powerful sense of pleasure and joy welled up in his heart.
"Butterfly Immortal... what a good person."
"Such a beautiful young woman."
Jiang Ding opened his eyes and sighed sincerely. "In return, once I'm strong enough, I'll descend upon the Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly Clan's ancestral grounds and pass judgment on every member of the clan."
"Don't worry."
"I've always been kind, law-abiding, and merciful. I won't touch a single butterfly who hasn't killed a human."
For a sword cultivator to gain such a wonderful opponent nearly brought tears to his eyes. They had even grown damp.
"And that was only a clone."
"If it had been the real Butterfly Immortal, the real Lunar-Solar Sword Heir or Heaven Sword Heir... I've heard there's even a Dao Child with an immortal artifact. How wonderful would that be..."
Jiang Ding lost himself in a beautiful fantasy.
He had good reason.
Jiang Ding carefully savored the insights rising in his mind. Thoughts about the seventh realm of swordsmanship, the Heavenly Sword Realm, surfaced one after another. The illusions Butterfly Immortal had used during their battle had opened his eyes and given him many new insights into the Six Paths Reincarnation Structure.
The world of illusions and the world of Six Paths Reincarnation had much in common.
It was no exaggeration to say that, in that lightning-quick battle, his immortal cultivation foundation had undergone a fundamental breakthrough. His swordsmanship had reached the threshold of the Heavenly Sword Realm, and he could already slightly influence the rules of the Heavenly Dao to change in his favor.
And he was now absolutely certain he could enter the seventh realm of