After Jiang Ding ascended to the Divinity Transformation Stage, he had been rather despondent.
There was no way around it. After his ascension, especially after his Taiqing Flying Sword endured the Heavenly Tribulation of the Refining Void Space Treasure, he felt an immense void in his heart, falling into a state of despair even darker than Xi Yuan back in the day.
Yes, a touch of despair.
Back then, at least Xi Yuan had the Eight Great Immortal Sects and a weak but exceedingly promising faction to look forward to—a glimmer of hope for the future.
Though poor—indeed, desperately poor—life was not completely untenable.
But what about him?
He was far stronger than Xi Yuan in those days!
This was indisputable. The histories of the Nine Great Immortal Sects and the Great Sun Sword Pavilion clearly recorded the strength of each generation's Dari Swordsman and the progression of Immortal Dao Technology.