Amid boundless radiance, the sun blazed.
The Solar Divine Tree grew within that brilliance. Its trunk rose ten thousand meters into the sky, its canopy stretched for more than ten kilometers, yet cast no shadow.
A young man in azure robes sat cross-legged beneath the divine tree in the Solar Abyss.
He emerged from a round of cultivation and opened his clear black-and-white eyes.
"Ten more years, and I'll break through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage... a year ahead of schedule."
Jiang Ding spoke to himself.
The cultivation environment of the Great Sun Celestial Pool was extraordinarily favorable. Without compromising his foundation, his cultivation had grown a little faster.
His sword intent, meanwhile, was advancing... rapidly.
Jiang Ding's sword intent had reached the minor accomplishment stage long ago, yet for ages he had seen no sign of a breakthrough. The next step had seemed far away. Now, however, things had changed greatly.
"Fifty years at most, and my sword intent will reach major accomplishment."
"By then, I won't just overwhelm the Immortal Orders' Dao Children in the quantity of my soul power. I'll surpass them in quality, too."
Jiang Ding calculated silently.
"An Tuzi and the others had better be growing stronger as well. Otherwise, when relations between the Immortal Sect and the Eight Great Immortal Sects break down, I'll be very disappointed."
"Weak Dao Children are of no use to me."
Sword intent was the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's advantage.
The Eight Great Immortal Sects had advantages of their own.
When it came to Void Refining spaces, Azure Wood, Five Elements, spirit treasures, Shadow Demon, and the like could all be anchored to real living beings. Compared with intangible sword intent, this made it easier to construct a Void Refining space and set its cycles in motion.
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