"The Sun-Reversing Heavenly Lord's Spirit Transformation Strategy has been issued to revitalize research and development of yang-aspected materials in the Immortal Sect, advance its refining industry, and further develop the Immortal Sect Sword Dao..."
"The Heavenly Lord Pingyang's Spirit Transformation Strategy aims to revitalize research into ice-aspected cultivation methods and materials... and advance the Immortal Sect Sword Dao..."
"The Zhenliu Heavenly Lord's Spirit Transformation Strategy..."
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On the evening news, the dignified-looking anchor read out one Spirit Transformation Strategy after another. The segment passed quickly: all five strategies together took barely five minutes. Then it was on to other news.
It was nowhere near as grand as when Sun Slayer Heavenly Lord advanced to Spirit Transformation. Back then, the news had gone on for months without stopping, with interviews, accounts of his life and deeds, praise for him as a model of the Immortal Sect, and calls for everyone to learn from him.
"This station reports: according to the latest Immortal Sect Administration Order No. 1772, issued by Senior Yuan, the Immortal Sect has reached the limit of the Spirit Transformation Strategies it can implement at present. Further strategies will be deferred until the next century."
"The limit?"
Jiang Ding had just completed a Greater Celestial Circuit. Watching the television, he froze.
After a moment's thought, he understood.
Just as Sun Slayer Heavenly Lord had previously heard through unofficial channels, the Immortal Sect had released forty-six opportunities for Spirit Transformation at once, allowing its cultivators to redeem them in order of their military merit. It was an astonishingly bold move.
Many seniors who had slumbered for years received an opportunity, took a little time to adjust their condition, then immediately began their breakthrough to Spirit Transformation. They neither hesitated nor delayed. They were simply that confident.
And then they succeeded.