Dark clouds gathered, and the star domain dimmed.
"Ultimate authority over a branch of the Great Dao's laws..."
Amid the oppressive might of the thunder and heavenly tribulation, understanding dawned on Jiang Ding.
At that moment, he knew he had reached the pinnacle of the endless starry sky in one sword-law branch of the Law-Annihilation Great Dao. Search all the boundless universe, through countless trillions of living beings, and none could rival him in that branch. He had reached the utmost limit of the mortal realm.
Every step from here would push that limit farther.
The paths of his predecessors could serve as references, but there was no road left. He would have to open one with every step, making his way toward the supreme.
None of this left Jiang Ding uneasy or lost.
Ever since he had passed beyond Void Refining, he had been traveling beyond the end of the road laid by generations of Great Sun Sword Lords. Opening a path was what he had always done. A lowly man rising from obscurity had to rely on himself and the Immortal Sect for everything. He was long used to it. This was the road he had always walked.
Now, he was walking the Law-Annihilation Great Dao!
Boom!
Jiang Ding raised his head and looked at the sky.
In that instant, heaven and earth overturned and the starry sky rolled backward. A terrifying pressure descended from the endless stars, enough to make even an Eighth-Tribulation Supreme struggle to breathe.
The Seven Kill Sword Lord's expression shifted, and he retreated several more steps.
Both had reached the limit of a branch of law. Both had reached the pinnacle of the endless starry sky in a particular field of the immortal path.
But even at that pinnacle, the differences could be