Jiang Ding

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Jiang Ding (江定)
Alias(es)	Dream-Eating Sword Demon; Tushan Sword Cultivator; Chengyang True Lord; Great Sun Sword Heir; Jiang Dingzi; Great Sun Heavenly Lord; Great Sun Sword Lord; Supreme Great Sun Sword Immortal Maiden 131 569 745 1237 1367 1502 2290
Species/Race	Human 945
Gender	Male 1366 1771
Affiliation	Immortal Sect; Tushan Central Court; Great Sun Lineage 290 437 1747
Occupation/Role	Sword cultivator, cultivation researcher, aerospace commander, patriarch of Tushan Immortal City, and eighteenth lineage master of the Great Sun Sword Dao 290 304 437 1747
Status	Alive 2354
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Peak Bone-Tempering Realm	1	Began with 32% proficiency in the Eagle Hatchling Takes Flight Sword Art, Sixty-Eighth Set.
Lesser Mastery — Fledgling Eagle Takes Flight Sword Art	20	Completed bone tempering and used the sword art to refine the vital essence needed for his breakthrough.
Inner Qi Realm	20	Internal qi formed in his dantian and began circulating through the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian.
Major Mastery — Fledgling Eagle Takes Flight Sword Art	42	Reached major mastery after studying his version of the sword-tempering art.
Major Mastery — cultivation technique	88	Defeated a stronger opponent in the school examination through major-mastery swordsmanship and cultivation technique.
Fledgling Heavenly Circuit Grand Completion	144	Completed the Fledgling Heavenly Circuit stage while cultivating the Blue-Gold Sapling.
Fledgling Eagle Innate Realm	146	Stabilized innate true qi; completed the Minor Breath-Concealing Technique and the technique realm of the Fledgling Eagle Takes Flight Sword Art.
Late Innate Realm	160	Reached this stage in just over a month; his Azure Flying Sword gained greater speed and range.
Fledgling Innate Peak	163	Revealed as his true realm during the national high-school martial arts examination.
Foundation Establishment Realm	241	Entered Foundation Establishment after preparing to use the Electromagnetic Secret Realm for further mana purification and cultivation.
Golden Core Middle Stage	681	Broke through after six months; the Supreme Clarity Flying Sword's transformation tripled his cultivation speed.
Golden Core Peak	870	Reached peak Golden Core after nine years of cultivation and research; his flying sword became a top-grade Nascent Soul treasure.
Nascent Soul Early Stage	1016	Remained at early Nascent Soul after a century of isolation while delaying war until he could grow stronger.
Spirit Transformation Realm	1340	Received a millennium's worth of cultivation from collective enlightenment and calculated 874 years remained before late Spirit Transformation.
Void Refinement Realm	1539	Survived heavenly tribulation and advanced to Void Refinement.
Minor Rule Nirvana / Sovereign	1649	Preliminary grasp of his own rules doubled his power and accelerated Immortal Sect research involving him.
Dao Integration Realm	1771	Recovered a physical Dharma Body and entered Dao Integration, restoring and surpassing his former peak strength.
Late Harmony Dao — Sixth Harmony Dao Nirvana	1933	Fully recovered and reached the sixth Harmony Dao Nirvana, with plans to attempt the seventh within ten thousand years.
Human Emperor-level Great Dao	2293	Advanced his Great Dao toward becoming a Human Emperor and drew closer to true immortality.

Background / History

Early life and martial training

Jiang Ding began learning martial arts at seven and spent nine years practicing the universally taught Young Eagle Takes Flight Formula. Despite possessing Five Spiritual Roots and considering his aptitude near the bottom among Blueglow Star martial artists, he persisted with the difficult sword-art branch rather than choosing an easier path. 2

While a student in Banyan City, he trained to Peak Bone-Tempering Realm and relied on academic knowledge—mathematics, physics, biology, formations, and cultivation theory—to deepen his swordsmanship. His understanding improved sharply after acquiring the Broken Sword Tip, which enabled him to seize insights he had previously been unable to retain. 1 3 7

The Broken Sword Tip also granted him access to another world. He entered it armed with drones, medical supplies, a tactical helmet, and a longsword, immediately recognizing the need to conceal his modern equipment from local cultivators. 3 4

Yue Kingdom and the Seven Feathers Sect

During his early travels, Jiang Ding defeated opponents above his realm, saved the injured Gong Caiyu with a Yunnan Baiyao pill, and formed a temporary alliance with her. His willingness to help did not make him careless: he retained control of their supplies, monitored danger with drones, and remained prepared to kill should she turn hostile. 6 8 9

He advanced to Inner Qi, developed and refined a talisman sword, and defeated Chen Chen, Zheng Ye, and the Eastern Pacifying Marquis's Estate army by dismantling their formation and targeting its officers. 20 62 72

After pursuing the Seven Feathers Sect's Ascension Gathering, Jiang Ding became increasingly involved in sect affairs. He later delegated projects intended to improve the lives of Yue Kingdom's common people and established the Mortal Inspection Office through Chen Xi, Liu Sanqi, and Winter Three. 149 192 204

Great Sun inheritance

Jiang Ding's research into the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's legacy became central to his path. He studied the Great Sun Seed-Sword Tempering Art under Professor Zhang Junsheng, gained access to Great Sun Sword Sect inheritances, and ultimately secured the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's three major legacies. 304 725 885

After the Sword Pavilion's inheritances gathered upon him, he became the sole holder of Great Sun Sword Heir authority. The Great Sun Heavenly Palace later authenticated his soul keys over ten years and recognized him as the eighteenth master of the Great Sun Sword Dao. 1164 1747

Appearance

Jiang Ding commonly appears as a youthful human in blue, azure, or green robes, with a sword at his waist or in hand. Even after reaching higher realms, his restored Dharma Body is described as that of a sixteen-year-old youth. 9 771 1771

• Carries a longsword or the Supreme Clarity Flying Sword almost constantly; he considers losing his sword equivalent to losing half his combat strength. 106
• Has been described in military dress as youthful, elegant, and heroic, though too young-looking to naturally project majesty. 771
• His later cultivation produces a blue-gold sword aura and a Sword Soul sensitive to hostility and killing intent. 157 1237

Personality

Jiang Ding is intensely diligent, analytical, and unwilling to rely solely on inherited authority. He treats cultivation as both research and practice, routinely studying papers, formations, historical records, cultivation methods, and enemy techniques alongside direct combat experience. 304 663 837 1900

He is compassionate toward ordinary people and emphasizes protecting the weak as part of one's Dao Heart. He invested personal resources into civilian administration, sought better conditions for Yue Kingdom's people, and taught his attendants that strength carried a duty to protect the innocent. 192 303 437

That compassion does not extend to tolerating threats. Jiang Ding is methodical about revenge, ruthless against hostile cultivators, and willing to kill when he judges it necessary. He prefers preparation and retreat over reckless battles, but deliberately seeks strong opponents when they can advance his Sword Dao. 28 781 836 1587

His pursuit of powerful opponents also creates a danger: prolonged sword refinement and unmet killing intent can provoke manic thoughts or inner demons. He actively uses cultivation and sword intent to restrain those impulses. 770 781 870

Abilities & Skills

Sword Dao

Jiang Ding is a sword cultivator whose Sword Dao advances through study, experimentation, and life-or-death combat. He reached the second realm of sword qi, Sword-Qi Thunderclap, during his battle with Yu Qianzi; later achieved the third realm, Refining Sword into Silk; and eventually employed fourth-realm sword arts against the Horned Demon Imperial Clan's kings. 663 837 1102

• Defeated opponents far above his apparent cultivation level through major-mastery technique and battlefield reading. 88 163
• Developed Sword One, a sun-like sword technique that defeated Jia King. 781
• Created the Yin-Yang Thunder Magnetic-Field Electromagnetic Sword Art during battle with Jia King. 782
• Developed Sword Technique: Heavenly Dipper Electromagnetic Cannon with support from the Central Array-Spirit Computer and Immortal Sect collaborators. 982
• Uses the Great Sun Annihilation Sword Domain to destroy formations and masses of hostile spirits. 953
• Requires worthy opposition for the fastest growth; interference in such battles can risk cultivation deviation. 781

Order Powers and Six Paths Reincarnation

Jiang Ding developed and manipulated order-based power through sword qi, including six orders that could be rearranged into different structures. His Six Paths Reincarnation structure later became a core component of his cultivation and combat system. 1230 1263

• Used order powers to suppress dozens of Imperial Heirs with one sword strike. 1242
• Employed the Human Realm Path of the Six Paths Reincarnation to restore an interstellar civilization destroyed by Light-Thunder Heavenly Lord's technique. 1445
• Combined his Sun and magnetic principles into order-breaking sword arts. 1240
• Continues refining the Six Paths Reincarnation Structure as a long-term transformation of his path rather than a completed technique. 1794

Formation, artifact, and technical research

Jiang Ding is an accomplished formation analyst and cultivation researcher, though he openly recognizes the limits of his expertise when a project exceeds it. 969

• Studied a fifth-tier high-grade formation for a year, identified its weakness, and disabled it with one strike. 1006
• Designed and modified regional formations, including the Ice Soul Divine Radiance Sword Formation. 1037
• Refines swords, talismans, magical tools, and formation components; he considers basic magical-tool forging standard knowledge for Golden Core cultivators with Immortal Sect education. 581
• Conducts research on electromagnetic sword flight, Great Sun Sword Dao formations, Metal-Extinguishing Sword theory, and warship systems. 304 627 837
• Relies on specialists such as Divine Mechanism Heavenly Lord for projects beyond his own formation Dao level. 969

Concealment, surveillance, and mobility

Jiang Ding combines sword cultivation with modern reconnaissance and concealment methods.

• Operates drones capable of high-altitude reconnaissance and strength estimation. 3 4
• Cultivated the Minor Breath-Concealing Technique to completion. 146
• Reached minor mastery in Magnetic Void Flash and Magnetic Concealment Art. 547
• Set a hundred-kilometer aura-lock net to track Mu Tianxue while remaining concealed. 498
• His Void Refinement divine sense can scan approximately 170,000 kilometers. 1539

Governance and command

Jiang Ding has served as an Immortal Sect aerospace commander and as patriarch of Tushan Immortal City. He manages warfare, research, personnel, finance, and long-term regional development through direct orders, divine-sense imprints, and delegated administration. 290 437 970

• Led a temporary Aerospace Brigade and killed late Golden Core cultivator Chen Shi True Person with a single sword strike. 290
• Oversaw the occupation of the Magnetic Earth Realm after the defeat of Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace. 800
• Became the acknowledged human sovereign of the Northern Plains when Nascent Soul True Lords gathered to pledge allegiance. 964
• Delayed wars when he judged that further economic, industrial, and military development would provide better odds of victory. 1016

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Supreme Clarity Flying Sword — Jiang Ding's natal flying sword and primary weapon; it later evolved into a top-grade Nascent Soul treasure and was prepared for refinement into an eighth-order sword embryo. 248 870 1553
• Azure Flying Sword / Blue-Gold Sapling — An earlier sword form capable of transforming between a blue-gold sapling and flying sword; it absorbs spiritual energy and Great Sun essence. 146 149
• Talisman Sword — A formation-inscribed flying sword used to break military formations and assassinate enemy officers. 72
• Great Sun super battleship — A super battleship used for defense against Spirit Transformation-level threats and later strengthened through heavenly tribulation. 884 635
• Storage jade pendant — Stores communications devices, resources, weapons, and other equipment. 144 241
• Drones and tactical equipment — Early reconnaissance tools used during his first expeditions into the other world. 3 4
• Blood Saber embryo — A weapon embryo retrieved while pursuing Mu Tianxue along the Chu–Tuo border. 498

Relationships

• Gong Caiyu — Jiang Ding saved her when she was injured in the other world; their temporary alliance developed into a long-running association, and she later pledged to uphold the Tu Shan Code and remained content at his side. 8 1200 2293
• Zhang Dingjun — His martial-arts instructor, who recognized Jiang Ding's exceptional practical swordsmanship while worrying about his difficult path toward immortality. 8
• Guo Kui — Teacher who was astonished by Jiang Ding's Fledgling Eagle Innate breakthrough and later attempted to introduce him to his daughter. 146
• Han Lin — Initially sought Jiang Ding's guidance on the Azure Origin Art; later aided him in Six Paths Sect affairs and remained a trusted contributor. 42 959 1746
• Chen Xi — An inner-sect disciple whom Jiang Ding entrusted with improving Yue Kingdom's civilian conditions; he later reprimanded her attempt to restore the Chen Dynasty while preserving her motivation. 192 204
• Yu Qianzi — Taiyin Sword Heir, recurring rival, combat partner, and source of Jiang Ding's Sword-Qi Thunderclap breakthrough. 527 663 1533
• Zhang Junsheng — Nascent Soul researcher and Jiang Ding's proposed supervisor for Great Sun Sword Dao and electromagnetic-sword-flight research. 304
• Jiang Yuan — His younger sister; Jiang Ding remains concerned about her cultivation progress and limited opportunity to reach Foundation Establishment. 3 437
• Lin Wanqiu — His mother, who continues to treat him as her son despite his overwhelming cultivation and political status. 1366
• Central Array-Spirit Computer — Major research and operational partner that assists Jiang Ding with transactions, sword-technique development, intelligence, and large-scale calculations. 146 982 1519

Story Role / Major Arcs

Banyan City student and otherworld explorer

Jiang Ding begins as a low-aptitude martial-arts student determined to compensate through comprehension and discipline. The Broken Sword Tip gives him access to another world, where his technological preparation and swordsmanship allow him to survive encounters with stronger local martial artists. 2 4 6

Yue Kingdom sword cultivator

He saves Gong Caiyu, develops his sword-tempering and talisman-sword methods, and becomes a feared figure in Yue Kingdom after crushing the Eastern Pacifying Marquis's Estate force. 8 42 72

Examination prodigy and sect figure

Jiang Ding defeats Inner Qi and Qi Refinement-level opponents during national examinations, then uses his growing influence to intervene in Yue Kingdom's civilian administration and sect affairs. 163 192 204

Immortal Sect commander

As an Immortal Sect commander, Jiang Ding operates aerospace fighters, leads temporary aerospace forces, and demonstrates combat power sufficient to kill late Golden Core cultivators in a single strike. 248 290

Northern Plains sovereign

Jiang Ding destroys the Six Paths Sect's hostile power structure, incorporates its survivors, establishes control over the Northern Plains, and is recognized by its Nascent Soul True Lords as their new human sovereign. 959 964

Great Sun Sword Heir and lineage master

After securing the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's major inheritances, Jiang Ding becomes the sole Great Sun Sword Heir and is eventually installed by the Great Sun Heavenly Palace as eighteenth lineage master of the Great Sun Sword Dao. 885 1164 1747

Inter-realm war and higher-realm ascension

Jiang Ding advances through Void Refinement and Dao Integration while fighting Dao Integration Divine Lords and dismantling hostile inter-realm powers. He continues to develop his path toward Human Emperor-level Great Dao and true immortality. 1539 1565 1771 2293

Notable Quotes

“Knowledge is priceless. It knows no distinction between justice and evil.” 885

“My name is Jiang Ding. You may call me Jiang Dingzi. I do not like that title, but that is what they all call me.” 1237

“What a sword cultivator needed was not the enemy's life. What they needed were the spells, martial arts, techniques, and sublimation between life and death that the enemy erupted with in the face of death.” 1237