Chapter 779 - 768: Sword Realm

The Crow was like this.

The previous old man’s shell must have been the same.

And Zuo Ci’s crow incarnation was pitifully weak.

Ding Ling could extinguish it with a breath.

Even so,

this crow still understood Zuo Ci’s magic and skill, and due to the soul’s alignment with the Celestial Might, the power of the technique was beyond what an ordinary Super-Elite Fierce General could imagine.

Only those with strength at the Celestial Human Realm could contend with and defeat it.

And the old man’s incarnation that Ding Ling defeated in the Three Kingdoms earlier,

had to be killed a full nine times before it was truly dead.

This shows that the ’soul’ split from that incarnation must have been much greater!

At least, according to Ding Ling’s perception and comparison, there was a difference as much as nine times.

Nine crow ’soul divisions’ could barely match one old man’s soul division.

It was clear that Zuo Ci indeed spent considerable effort on that old man’s incarnation.

But many years ago, Ding Ling could already kill the old man’s incarnation, so how could this mere crow incarnation display any power in front of Ding Ling?

Zuo Ci perhaps understood this, which is why he immediately tried to escape, unwilling to engage in a magical battle with Ding Ling.

Unexpectedly, his ability to hide in the void was seen through by Ding Ling at a glance, and then easily broken.

"How can he be so strong?!"

"This is too terrifying!"

The crow that Zuo Ci transformed into wanted to flap its wings and fly, only to find its wings pierced by Sword Qi. A sharp Sword Qi writhed in the wound, impossible to dissipate.

"What is this aura?!"

Zuo Ci was shocked:

"Never before seen or heard of! The aura even the Nanhua Old Immortal unleashed is far inferior to this one by numerous times! Ding Ling has only ascended for about five years! How has his strength suddenly surged to such an unimaginable state!"

Zuo Ci also elevated an incarnation.

That incarnation acquired numerous opportunities, growing ever stronger.

A few days ago.

Suddenly, inexplicably, it connected with the main body.

This allowed the main body to comprehend the incarnation’s experiences, which in turn made him harbor the idea of leaving this world to seek opportunities and creation in other worlds.

Yet, leaving just like that, Zuo Ci was reluctant, simply because his main body was still undertaking a great endeavor, and if successful, it would spare countless years of hard cultivation, making immortality within reach.

Nevertheless, he couldn’t possibly do nothing, so he dispatched the crow incarnation, wanting it to ascend and leave.

Unexpectedly, flying over mountains of obstacles, upon reaching a populated area, it heard news of Ding Ling’s return.

When the crow arrived near Chang’an, as expected,

it saw Pan Feng and Zhao Yun, leading heavy troops stationed near the Celestial Ladder. The crow decided not to force its way through, waiting for the right moment, yet didn’t anticipate Pan Feng and Zhao Yun’s aura growing ever stronger.

Especially Zhao Yun, who gave him an eerie feeling of imminent danger.

Unable to delay further, the crow incarnation chose to force its way through, only to be wounded by Zhao Yun’s spear, resulting in its flying speed slowing down.

Even so, with Celestial Might enhancing it, its speed was unparalleled, comparable to wind, yet was still overtaken by Ding Ling, stopped forcefully in front of the Gate of Glory.

From this, one could imagine how terrifying Ding Ling’s speed was.

Unable to run.

Unable to hide.

After rolling in despair for a moment, the crow incarnation suddenly halted, standing on the ’Horizontal Tier’ of the Celestial Ladder, eyes bright as it gazed at Ding Ling, and shouted:

"Ding Ling, what would it take for you to let me go?"

Its voice was still as hoarse and grating as five years ago, like sandpaper scrapping the ground.

Ding Ling let out a long sigh and waved his hand casually.

The Sword Spirit’s Sword Realm Power suddenly enveloped the crow incarnation.

"That’s indeed useful."

"However, it can only be used on the Celestial Ladder?"

From the moment Ding Ling set foot on the Celestial Ladder,

he sensed an extremely subtle change occurring with the Sword Spirit.

Now, with a slight test,

he discovered that the Sword Spirit, paired with Martial Dao True Understanding, had awakened a kind of ’Martial Arts Realm’ power!

This Domain Power resembled the ’Domain Crystal’ in the Sword Realm!

Possessing part of the Domain Crystal’s efficacy.

However, unlike the Domain Crystal, this was a Martial Dao True Understanding’s Martial Arts Crystal, a crystal solely created by Ding Ling.

At present, this crystal was merely an illusory, hazy aura.

Not yet truly refined.

Even so,

on this Lower Realm Celestial Ladder, through the Sword Spirit, he could unleash the ’Sword of Martial Arts Realm!’

Whether ’Fist of Realm’ or ’Knife of Realm’ will be developed later remains to be seen.

But Ding Ling probably finds little issue, simply because the Martial Dao True Understanding is all-encompassing; thus, the future Martial Arts Realm will naturally be all-inclusive, omnipotent, and immensely powerful.

"Why can’t it be used in the Upper Realm? It can only be used here?"

Ding Ling pondered:

"Could it be because of the co-practice of Mystic Techniques with Diao Chan and others, leading to the evolution of Martial Arts True Qi within the body into a more harmonious and flawless state?"

The co-practice of married couple’s Secret Techniques with Diao Chan and others.

Resulted in a Supreme Yin and softness within Ding Ling’s Martial Arts True Qi.

This aura grew with each practice of the couple’s Secret Technique.

Now,

it has thoroughly integrated into Martial Arts True Qi.

While it didn’t increase the amount of Martial Arts True Qi, it made the quality, level, and True Intent much more flawless.

To put it simply, the original Martial Dao True Understanding was like a big bowl with a tiny crack, now that crack has been patched up.

"Perhaps it also relates to this world being more fragile?"

With the world fragile, Ding Ling could unleash stronger abilities.

But if this power erupted, the world might shatter, hence, Ding Ling could only use the power of ’Sword Realm’ within the space domain on this Celestial Ladder.

Compared to the fragility of the Historical World, the spatial domain on the Celestial Ladder is clearly more stable!

"Just not sure if in the Fengyun World, this kind of Domain Power can be freely used?"

In the Sword Realm, Ding Ling had used this Domain Power, which was truly formidable.

But besides the Sword Realm, nowhere else could it be used.

Now, however, this power permeated every inch of the Sword Spirit’s being at all times, available for free use.

Boom!

The Sword Spirit instantly seized control of the space where the crow resided, confining his body and spirit.

Then.

The Sword Spirit instantly entered the crow’s sea of consciousness, seeing a monster.

It had a human head and a crow’s shell.

Instead, it was a human-headed crow-bodied soul body.

"Ah!"

The human head had regular features and a youthful face with grey hair, appearing quite celestial and dao-like, but at this moment, he screamed without any decorum:

"How can you possibly confine my body and spirit! And how can you enter my sea of consciousness! How did you manage to do this?! You, you, you, have you by any chance become an immortal?!"

As he spoke,

this bizarre soul had already begun trembling uncontrollably.