Chapter 889: Law Edict Training Together with Dao Monarch Bu, Dao Seedling

Looking at the Void Refinement breakthrough scheduled for May 15th and the Law Establishment training invitation for May 10th, a trace of doubt couldn’t help but well up in Zhang Yu’s heart.

“The Law Establishment training starts on the 10th? But I can only break through to Void Refinement on the 15th? Won’t this schedule conflict?”

“At least the locations are both on the 15th layer of Kunxu.”

With doubts welling up in his heart, Zhang Yu immediately asked Fa Liuyuan.

Fa Liuyuan’s voice came through the Spirit Realm: “It’s not a big problem. The preliminary training for Law Establishment is mainly to learn the relevant knowledge; even without being in the Void Refinement Realm, you can follow along and learn. Only when the actual law establishment process begins will the support of the Void Refinement Realm be required.”

Zhang Yu asked again, “Heavenly Monarch, can’t we speed it up a bit?”

For the current Zhang Yu, every day he started his Void Refinement breakthrough earlier, and every extra day he spent cultivating Void Refinement, would give him an extra measure of improvement.

But Fa Liuyuan shook his head and said, “Zhang Yu, the Immortal Dao elements required for the Void Refinement breakthrough number a full thousand. For cultivators in ancient times, it would be very normal to spend hundreds of years on this.”

“Nowadays, although the various Immortal Dao elements related to Void Refinement can be mass-produced, they are all strictly controlled and subjected to layers of supervision.”

“Every single Immortal Dao element required for your upcoming breakthrough must go through the processes of approval, allocation, production… and so on. May 15th is already the fastest possible time it can be completed.”

Seeing the message Fa Liuyuan replied with, a trace of helplessness flashed in Zhang Yu’s heart; he could tell that Fa Liuyuan had indeed done his best in this regard.

Then, Zhang Yu changed his train of thought and looked toward the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor’s secret email inbox.

“Could I ask the Immortal Emperor to help speed up the process?”

Since this concerned law establishment, Zhang Yu decided to give it a try. He immediately called over Fu Ji and the Sect Examination Clone to help him draft an emotionally moving email, which he then sent to the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor.

However, facing Zhang Yu’s request, the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor merely replied: “Stay calm and do not be impatient.”

“Stay calm and do not be impatient? What does that mean?” Zhang Yu looked at the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor’s reply and thought to himself, “Is he telling me to just wait peacefully? And break through exactly on May 15th?”

Seeing that even the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor wanted him to peacefully wait to break through on May 15th, Zhang Yu naturally let go of any thoughts about doing it earlier.

It was just that another doubt welled up in his heart: “Or does the Immortal Emperor’s action hold some deeper meaning?”

In the following days, knowing he couldn’t break through early, Zhang Yu started doing all sorts of other preparations that he could manage.

“Let’s try to produce as many puppets as possible.”

“Cultivate a few more cultivation arts, split them up to obtain the draw rewards of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan Dao Seed, so that after breaking through to Void Refinement, a few cultivation arts can be maxed out even faster…”

“And stuff a few more supplies into the Immortal Grotto-Heaven…”

At the same time as Zhang Yu was making these various preparations, he also handed over all the remaining affairs of the Former Days Graveyard, making arrangements for the situation after his departure.

Deep underground in the Netherworld Assets Department office building.

Accompanied by surging waves of Grotto-Heaven force, the Spirit Transformation Pool, which had originally been located within the Immortal Grotto-Heaven the entire time, was now slowly released by Zhang Yu.

Meanwhile, with a wave of her hand, Magnetic Pole, who was beside him, immediately connected the Spirit Transformation Pool to the surrounding magic power circuits, ensuring the continuous operation of the Spirit Transformation Pool.

Seeing the Spirit Transformation Pool running stably under Magnetic Pole’s operation, and the Primordial Spirits in the pool continuing the process of the ten divine light transformations, Zhang Yu nodded and said, “Teacher, for the period of time I am away, I will leave the Spirit Transformation Pool to you.”

After all, Zhang Yu would be leaving the Former Days Graveyard for a considerable amount of time, and the current Immortal Grotto-Heaven was not yet able to cross the different levels of Kunxu for space transmission.

Once Zhang Yu went up to the 15th Layer of Kunxu, Magnetic Pole and the others remaining in the Former Days Graveyard would no longer be able to enter the Immortal Grotto-Heaven.

Moreover, because of stopping the Heaven Collapse, the Immortal Grotto-Heaven had formed a close connection with the Former Days Graveyard. Zhang Yu’s departure at this moment would also cause a portion of the Immortal Grotto-Heaven’s Grotto-Heaven bridges to be stranded here, temporarily rendering them unusable.

At this moment, just in case, Zhang Yu planned to leave the things that many people needed to use, including the Spirit Transformation Pool, in the Former Days Graveyard.

Hearing this, Magnetic Pole nodded and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll keep an eye on things for you. However…”

Magnetic Pole hesitated for a moment before finally asking her question, “Can Old Gao still not use this Spirit Transformation Pool?”

Zhang Yu nodded helplessly. “The higher-ups still haven’t approved it.”

According to the reason Zhang Yu had given Magnetic Pole, the Spirit Transformation Pool was a technology belonging to the higher-ups of the Myriad Laws Sect. Only those approved by the higher-ups could use this technology to soak in the Spirit Transformation Pool.

Zhang Yu couldn’t explain the matters of Technique Apertures, Chain Formation Diagrams, and the Spirit Transformation Dao Body to Magnetic Pole, so he could only continue to use this excuse to fob her off.

“I understand.” Upon hearing this, Magnetic Pole did not blame Zhang Yu. She naturally knew just how strict the hierarchy was throughout Kunxu, both inside and outside the sect.

In Magnetic Pole’s eyes, it was only right for Zhang Yu to strictly abide by the arrangements given by the higher-ups.

If Zhang Yu had disobeyed the orders from above and privately wanted to let Old Gao use this technology by soaking Old Gao’s Primordial Spirit in this pool, only then would Magnetic Pole have tried to dissuade him.

“Within the sect, every step is like walking on thin ice. Your caution is correct; there is no need to violate the rules from above for Old Gao.”

Magnetic Pole sighed, “He only has his own uselessness to blame. He has no skills, his major is terrible, so it’s normal that he isn’t valued by the higher-ups.”

Zhang Yu opened his mouth, really wanting to clear the name of Civil Engineering, but realizing that many things were hard to explain, he ultimately let it go.

Right at that moment, Old Gao’s avatar lit up on Zhang Yu’s contact list: “Zhang Yu, I need to ask you how you plan to deal with some of the things brought out from the Grotto-Heaven.”

After some explanation, Old Gao asked again, “Did you see Magnetic Pole?”

Zhang Yu glanced at Magnetic Pole and the Spirit Transformation Pool in front of him, and said, “No, I haven’t.”

Old Gao: “That’s strange. I’ve looked everywhere, but I just can’t find her. She isn’t replying to my messages either.”

Zhang Yu looked at Magnetic Pole beside him and relayed the situation.

Magnetic Pole said casually, “Don’t worry about him, I’ll explain it to him later. Rest assured, I will have everyone hide the situation regarding the Spirit Transformation Pool from him, guaranteeing he won’t know a thing.”

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Inside the office, Yu Xinghan was verifying the company’s subsequent development plans with Zhang Yu.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of his time on the first layer of Kunxu, during first and second years of high school, before he had stepped onto the Immortal Path.

Back then, he used to have nightmares.

In those nightmares, he always dreamed of lying in bed, unable to get up, while his classmates completed one test paper after another. He could only watch helplessly as they improved their scores and pulled further and further away from him…

To the former Yu Xinghan, everyone he met on the path of life was his opponent. He only wanted to trample them all underfoot and leave them far behind.

Anyone who caught up to him and competed with him would only make him feel uncomfortable.

But at this very moment, looking at Zhang Yu in front of him, Yu Xinghan realized that his mindset had long since changed.

He hoped Zhang Yu would become stronger and wealthier. He hoped Zhang Yu could continue climbing step by step, all the way to the very top of the Myriad Laws Sect.

Because he knew that the higher Zhang Yu climbed, the higher they could follow. Unknowingly… they had become a community of shared interests with Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu had become an existence they were willing to temporarily sacrifice a portion of their own interests to elevate.

Yu Xinghan: “Zhang Yu.”

“Hm?” Zhang Yu shot Yu Xinghan a weird look, suddenly sensing the other party’s earnest demeanor.

Yu Xinghan: “You have to win.”

Zhang Yu smiled faintly and said, “Don’t worry.”

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Within the Spirit Realm of the Former Days Graveyard.

Ye Xingli looked at Zhang Yu’s projection before her, her mind quickly sweeping over the messages it had sent.

“Hello, I am an intelligent entity constructed based on Zhang Yu’s work information. I have structured a large volume of work chat logs, email correspondence, and various documents, fully integrating them into my knowledge base.”

“Whether you have questions regarding a work handover or need to retrieve historical documents, you may ask me directly. I will retrieve the relevant information in real time to assist you.”

Ye Xingli thought to herself, “I suppose this counts as the Zhang Yu simulator left behind by Junior Brother? With this, I really can figure out many work-related issues at any time, even if Junior Brother isn’t here.”

At this thought, Ye Xingli immediately voiced a question that had long been buried in her heart: “Junior Brother, have you ever had an abortion for Dao Monarch Bu?”

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Inside the Immortal Grotto-Heaven.

Kuang Tianqing looked at Zhang Yu in front of him, once again regretting that he hadn’t been able to seize the other party’s bloodline information back in university. But he quickly suppressed this trace of regret, warning himself not to let his original intention be affected by the current atmosphere of Kunxu. After suppressing the distracting thoughts in his mind, Kuang Tianqing said, “Investing in yourself is the best investment. And investing in your next life’s self is the best self-investment project.”

“This is the agreed-upon secret signal. When you go to participate in the law establishment, someone will use this signal to contact you.”

Zhang Yu asked, “Is he also one of the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor’s people?”

Kuang Tianqing shook his head, “I don’t know who he is, nor do I know his situation. I only know that he will represent the Immortal Emperor and express our wishes to you during the law establishment process, to prevent the Myriad Laws Sect’s law establishment from damaging the friendship between the Myriad Laws Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect.”

“I hope that through your mutual cooperation, you can make a contribution to the cooperative interests of the Myriad Laws Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect during this third-generation law establishment.”

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Sure enough, besides me, there are others in the Myriad Laws Sect who were planted by the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor. This time… is the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor trying to influence the Myriad Laws Sect’s law establishment?”

Kuang Tianqing continued, “Just like before, as long as Minister Zhang is willing to cooperate with us, we are willing to continue providing you with Evil Gods as a reward.”

Watching Kuang Tianqing’s departing back, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “The troublesome Reincarnation Immortal Emperor has seen through the importance of Evil Gods to me, forcing me to take a side in the Law Establishment.”

“Zhang Yu!” the Sect Examination Clone shouted. “Law establishment is a major event for the sect! If you cooperate with the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor’s spy, that is selling out the sect’s interests, and you will become a sect traitor!”

On the other hand, Fu Ji, of course, fully supported trading with the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor to obtain more Evil Gods.

She said, “As long as we can get new Evil Gods, what does it matter if we sell out a bit of the sect’s interests? Which Immortal, Immortal Venerable, or Immortal Emperor of this Myriad Laws Sect hasn’t sold out the sect’s interests?”

“When the time comes, we must negotiate well with the other side and strive to sell the sect’s interests for a good price.”

Immortal Slayer, Desolate Ox and the Evil God underlings Auspicious God and Herald God all expressed their support.

Hearing this made the Sect Examination Clone’s heart bleed. “Beasts! You bunch of beasts! Have you forgotten how the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor promoted us?”

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As time passed day by day, the day for Zhang Yu to leave the Former Days Graveyard soon arrived.

Bai Zhenzhen: “Yu Zi, is it really a no-go?”

Zhang Yu: “A-Zhen! No, don’t come in, I need to go attend the training.”

Blocking the transfer of her Spirit Root, Zhang Yu said, “With this Law Establishment, who knows how many people will be watching. It’s not suitable to use the Spirit Root fusion technique.”

Bai Zhenzhen nodded and said, “Be careful, we’ll wait for your return in the Former Days Graveyard.”

Just then, a message from Bu Yingshu arrived: “Are you done yet? We need to set off.”

Bai Zhenzhen exited the Immortal Grotto-Heaven, watching Zhang Yu board Bu Yingshu’s Immortal Shuttle, thinking to herself, “Yu Zi, you go establish a law first. Once you’ve set down your Law Edict, I’ll establish one later that can coordinate with yours.”

On the other side, Xiao Yunhe, the Chairman of the Management Committee, was also watching Bu Yingshu’s Immortal Shuttle.

Watching the Immortal Shuttle streak across the sky of the Former Days Graveyard like lightning before finally leaving this minor realm, Xiao Yunhe thought to himself, “Bu Yingshu… She sent Zhang Yu to the Former Days Graveyard not just for the grand schemes of expanding the Dharma Realm and the Soul Cultivator Industry, but actually to scheme for a third-generation Law Edict?”

“After all this tempering, Zhang Yu has become the best talent to support the Law Edict for her during the Law Establishment.”

“Also, in the past few months, Zhang Yu has occupied a large portion of the Soul Cultivator service market and earned a lot of money from the Soul Cultivators.”

“This is nothing short of The Great Kunxu Capital Shift, effectively absorbing the surplus salaries of the Soul Cultivators and routing that capital to subsidize Zhang Yu’s breakthrough. This is equivalent to using the sect’s money and the industry’s money to cultivate a talent for Bu Yingshu that is capable of holding up her Law Edict…” ¹

Thinking of this, Xiao Yunhe increasingly felt that Bu Yingshu’s scheming was actually so profound, like a snake’s trail in the grass or a faint grey line, lying hidden for a thousand miles. It was even more so a case of borrowing strength to strike, taking advantage of the situation to reap all kinds of benefits within the unpredictable overall situation of the Dao Lineage Struggle.

“Then, after the Law Establishment succeeds, will Bu Yingshu return here to the Former Days Graveyard… to do something?”

To Xiao Yunhe, the answer was absolutely certain.

Therefore, at this moment, a strong sense of dread rose in Xiao Yunhe’s heart: “I must transfer away from the Former Days Graveyard as soon as possible. I can’t continue fighting with this Bu Yingshu anymore; heaven knows how many more backup plans she has arranged.”

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On the other side, Zhang Yu sat in Bu Yingshu’s Immortal Shuttle, flying all the way up like a bolt of black lightning shooting straight into the sky. In the blink of an eye, they crossed various layers of Kunxu’s barriers and arrived at the 15th layer of Kunxu.

Following the address navigation, the two crossed the realm gate and arrived in a minor realm.

This minor realm, named the Law-Knowing Abode, was a minor realm specifically for training participants of Law Establishment.

Just as Zhang Yu and Bu Yingshu stepped out of the Immortal Shuttle, they saw that the cultivator named Cang Juehuan had already arrived.

And just by getting slightly closer to him, Zhang Yu felt his Kunlun Eye unexpectedly start to lag a little.

“No, it’s not the Kunlun Eye lagging, is the Spirit Realm lagging?”

“The Spirit Realm can lag?”

Looking at Cang Juehuan through his Spirit Realm vision, Zhang Yu could see that the other party’s figure was already enveloped in a dense radiance of the Spirit Realm. His body hosted a densely packed cluster of High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits, which were processing a massive volume of information at every given moment.

Zhang Yu was startled inwardly: “One hundred thousand? One million? Ten million? So many… High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits.”

Fu Ji also exclaimed, “With so many High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits dispatching Spirit Realm resources every minute and second, this guy has already become a top-tier client of the Heavenly Court. All the surrounding Spirit Realm resources are being given priority to supply him, which is why we’re experiencing lag.”

Zhang Yu was even more surprised to discover that, because of Cang Juehuan, the data for the Spirit Realm usage fees in this minor realm was constantly fluctuating.

“Will this guy directly cause the Spirit Realm data fees in the area to skyrocket?”

The next moment, Zhang Yu’s gaze narrowed as he noticed another faint light flashing across Cang Juehuan’s chest.

“Is that a Dao Seed? As expected, the people participating in the Law Establishment this time are all talents selected by the various factions within the Myriad Laws Sect. They really do have Dao Seeds.”

“But my observation was so fast this time. Is it because of the Feather Book’s upgrade?”

On the other side, Cang Juehuan seemed to have noticed Zhang Yu’s observation. However, after his gaze swept past Zhang Yu and he sensed he was only at the Spirit Transformation stage, he paid him no further mind and instead looked toward Bu Yingshu beside him.

Just as Zhang Yu was drawn in by the Spirit Realm Fluctuations caused by Cang Juehuan, another figure descended into the minor realm.

Zhang Yu looked up and thought to himself, “Yue Qinglan? She must be the representative from the pharmaceutical company, right?”

Unlike Cang Juehuan, Yue Qinglan’s entire body was wrapped in layers of magical artifact radiance. Aside from the data displayed above her head, her true appearance was completely obscured.

This was Yue Qinglan’s method of preventing her body from coming into contact with the outside world.

After all, her entire body was a production line for countless medicinal pills. If even a trace of medicinal fragrance leaked out, it would be a free benefit to this world and might even leak confidential data.

What’s more, the Profound Cold Magic Power she had recently refined and reprocessed was also stored within her body.

However, Zhang Yu’s gaze seemed to pierce through the layers of magical artifact protection, catching sight of the mysterious brilliance that flashed across Yue Qinglan’s body.

“Another Dao Seed,” Zhang Yu thought to himself.

Just then, a voice rang out, “Huh? Why is there a Spirit Transformation cultivator here? Bu Yingshu, why did you bring your pet along when you came for this Law Establishment?”

Zhang Yu turned to look and saw a cultivator named Kuang Zhiqian.

Bu Yingshu snorted coldly and said, “He came with me to participate in the Law Establishment. It’s none of your business.”

Kuang Zhiqian looked at Zhang Yu in surprise, then laughed, “Are you planning to establish a law after breaking through to Void Refinement in a few days? Do you like taking risks? Do you like to gamble?”

At the same time Kuang Zhiqian arrived, betting invitations appeared in front of everyone.

Meanwhile, Immortal Slayer said, “This guy is a representative of the Gambling Dao Lineage. These guys probably want to establish a law to integrate gambling into everyone’s daily life.”

“Integrate into daily life? How?” Zhang Yu asked curiously.

Immortal Slayer explained, “Everyone’s eating, drinking, sleeping, and all other actions will rely on rolling dice to determine the outcome. That is the ultimate vision of the Dao Lineage they want to create.”

Zhang Yu’s heart sank: “Even this is possible? Are they trying to turn the entire Kunxu into their casino?”

Facing Kuang Zhiqian’s invitation to gamble, Zhang Yu directly chose to refuse, then shook his head and said, “Not interested.”

“Not interested?” Kuang Zhiqian giggled and said, “At our cultivation realm, coming to participate in the Law Establishment, how can you not gamble?”

Next, as the cultivators participating in the Law Establishment arrived one by one, Zhang Yu also saw the representative of the Dharma Drug Dao Lineage. However, it was said that the other party had important business to attend to and only descended as a projection.

And besides this representative of the Dharma Drug Dao Lineage, Zhang Yu could sense that every Void Refinement Cultivator participating in the Law Establishment actually possessed a Dao Seed, making him secretly sigh. Just at this moment, a beam of rainbow light descended from the sky. Zhang Yu’s gaze focused; it was the Rank 7 Sect Staff named Di Xuan, representing the Innate Dao Lineage, descending.

What drew Zhang Yu’s attention, apart from the other party being the representative of the Innate Dao Lineage, was that an Extraordinary Merit mark was also displayed above his head.

“He should also have a Dao Seed, right?”

The next moment, under Zhang Yu’s gaze, sure enough, a radiance representing a Dao Seed flashed across Di Xuan’s chest. Then, in the following moment, a second radiance representing a Dao Seed flashed.

“Two?” Zhang Yu’s heart was suddenly filled with shock. “Two Dao Seeds?”

This was the first time he had seen a cultivator possessing two Dao Seeds.

Di Xuan’s gaze swept over Zhang Yu as he said indifferently, “The Reformist Faction even sent out a Spirit Transformation cultivator? Where is Tai Yuebai?”

Zhang Yu took a deep breath and said, “He hasn’t arrived yet.”

Di Xuan gave a cold snort and ignored Zhang Yu.

Shortly after Di Xuan’s arrival, everyone raised their heads in unison, all looking in the same direction.

The entire world instantly transformed, as if it had been forcibly dragged into the Dharma Realm.

The representative of the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage, a Void Refinement Cultivator who held the status of a Rank 8 Sect Staff and possessed three Extraordinary Merits — a cultivator named Lie Jinghong — stepped through the void and arrived at the scene under everyone’s watchful eyes.

Zhang Yu had a feeling that in front of Lie Jinghong, all the cultivators present seemed to be reduced to subordinates and underlings, only able to look up at his existence from afar.

At the same time, Zhang Yu stared fixedly at Lie Jinghong’s body, wanting to see his Dao Seeds.

“One… Two… Three…”

Zhang Yu was alarmed once more: “Three Dao Seeds?”

Just as Zhang Yu was reeling in shock, a hand suddenly patted his shoulder: “Little Zhang, what are you looking at?”

Startled by the sudden and completely undetected question, Zhang Yu whipped his head around, only to see the existence known as Tai Yuebai looking at him with a curious expression.

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