After the Supreme Clarity Flying Sword advanced, Jiang Ding's figure seemed ethereal beyond measure, as though he might shed his mortal form and ascend at any moment. He carried a trace of an immortal's aura.
A being like him was no longer mortal.
He was a being approaching immortality, an adult of the human race that ruled the boundless starry sky. Even before True Dragons and True Phoenixes, he could meet them as an equal and speak as a peer. Apart from beings like the True Phoenix Heir, almost no one could look down on him.
"I am now in the late Dao Integration stage, after my fifth Dao Integration nirvana."
Jiang Ding glanced over himself, examining his soul, meridians, and physical body. He scanned them again and again, confirming that there were no flaws or hidden injuries.
Then his aura changed abruptly, surging higher.
"Correction."
"I am now in the late Dao Integration stage, after my sixth Dao Integration nirvana."
Jiang Ding completed his breakthrough in the space of a breath and updated his assessment. After silently calculating for a moment, he said, "I estimate I can complete my seventh Dao Integration nirvana within ten thousand years. There are no bottlenecks. As long as I cultivate step by step and don't do anything foolish, I'll break through steadily."
"As for the eighth Dao Integration nirvana..."
Hesitation showed on Jiang Ding's face. He thought and calculated it over and over. Clearly, it would not be easy.
"My current chance of success is around ninety-seven point nine percent. It fluctuates, so I can't be certain. I can't bring it to one hundred percent, and the risk remains enormous."
That was his chance of success after receiving the Great Dream Sword Lord's opportunity.
Even after using part of a Six-Tribulation Dream Dao