Jiang Ding's arms were breaking, his sinews and bones collapsing. Shards of bone and dark red flesh kept falling from his body, spilling blood across the stars. He looked gruesome.
His life force grew weaker and weaker until his breath was barely a thread. He was on the verge of death.
The source of his life had never been so dim!
This was a weakness in the very essence of his life. Death drew closer with every moment, and in the next, he would truly enter it.
It was terribly dangerous.
Yet within that battered body, his eyes remained cold, calm as a lake. Not a trace of emotion stirred in them as he watched it all unfold.
Why wasn't he afraid?
Because there was no danger.
The Great Sun Sword Lord had absolute confidence in his understanding of the rules. He was certain nothing would go wrong. Everything lay within his precise calculations and predictions.
The supposed danger was merely another step in the process. Nothing was amiss.
An unknown length of time passed, perhaps a hundred years.
Within that ruined body, its vitality all but extinguished, a thread of pure life force appeared, along with a thread of entirely new Great Sun Law Annihilation rules.
The life force and rules were so clear, so different from what had come before.
Purer, and heavier in their presence.
Beginning with that thread of pure life force and rules, his entire dharma body began to revive. Countless pieces of rotting flesh fell away, broken bones peeled off, and new flesh, bones, and meridians emerged without cease.
A whole young man in azure robes gradually appeared between heaven and earth, radiating a terrifying aura.
That aura had already begun to surpass the peak of the Celestial Being realm, taking another step toward