Across hundreds of thousands of kilometers of starry sky, amid layer upon layer of refining formations, the Supreme Clarity Flying Sword shone more brilliantly than ever!
The terrifying, razor-sharp aura of her blade grew bit by bit. Her very essence underwent a violent, fearsome leap.
An eighth-tier sword blank!
A mid-to-late eighth-tier sword blank!
A supreme-grade eighth-tier sword blank!
Almost instantly, the Supreme Clarity Flying Sword completed her transformation. She had become the strongest of all eighth-tier sword blanks and reached their limit. The next step would make her a quasi-ninth-tier sword blank.
By now, even as a sword blank, the Supreme Clarity Flying Sword had surpassed the disciples who inherited the upper-realm Immortal Orders' legacies.
There was no longer any comparison between them!
In the upper realm, only the sword heirs and Dao Children of the Immortal Orders—only those strongest cultivators—could stand ahead of her, one after another. The prospect filled her with delight.
Within the thirty-six layers of celestial refining formations, the Supreme Clarity Flying Sword's incandescent white light gradually dimmed.
"A supreme-grade eighth-tier sword blank..."
Jiang Ding lightly ran his fingers along the hilt of his bonded flying sword. He let the heat obliterate the Sword Qi around his fingers and tear open his flesh. Blood welled out and soaked the incandescent white blade.
When the blood touched the scalding blade, mist rose. The blade absorbed the essence of the blood, tempering the sword and sharpening its edge further. It also recovered more quickly from its critical state and grew harder.
"A quasi-ninth-tier sword blank—I can reach that."
"As long as I truly master Heaven Sword, the seventh-tier sword art, I can draw down the rules of heaven and earth to temper the blade and give rise to a faint trace of the Solar Sword Dao's rules