Chapter 897 Immortalization Degree
Just like every time Zhang Yu broke through a cultivation realm in the past, he would first gather the Golden Core Sacred Body, Nascent Soul Sacred Body, and Spirit Transformation Dao Body.
This time, after breaking through to Void Refinement, Zhang Yu also took the first step to gather the Great Void Dao Body composed of 10 basic cultivation arts.
It was just that this time, relying on his profound accumulation in the Spirit Transformation Realm, the completion speed of the Great Void Dao Body… could be described as unprecedented.
Feeling the various changes brought by the Great Void Dao Body, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, “As my foundation and accumulation continue to deepen, the speed for improving my strength is getting faster and faster.”
Immortal Slayer evaluated, “This is natural. It’s just like how the first pot of gold is the hardest to earn; once you have money, making more money becomes simpler. The higher the cultivation realm, the higher the efficiency of strength improvement. Our various accumulations in the past are all continuously providing buffs as our realm increases.”
Zhang Yu looked at the Feather Book, his gaze sweeping over the first tier effect of the Great Void Dao Body.
Beginner - Great Void Dao Body (6/6): The Grand Void generates itself; the Primordial Spirit rests nevermore. Increases Primordial Spirit recovery speed by 100%. After switching the Chain Method Diagram Set, this layer still takes effect.
As the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit gently breathed in and out, Zhang Yu could feel a massive amount of magic power surging within his body. He understood in his heart that this first tier effect made the Primordial Spirit surpass his main body in recovery power, even allowing it to feed back into his main body.
At this moment, whenever his Void-Refined Primordial Spirit casually performed a breathing technique, it felt as though there were two of him taking in and expelling magic power.
Besides this, if the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit suffered any damage or depletion, its speed of cultivation and recovery would also be similarly accelerated.
Next, Zhang Yu looked at the second tier effect.
Intermediate - Great Void Dao Body (8/8): The Grand Void generates itself, the ultimate work reaches fruition, and the Immortal Body is naturally attained. After switching the Chain Method Diagram Set, this layer remains effective.
“An Immortal Body?”
With a slight shift in his thoughts, Zhang Yu felt a faint trace of immortal aura surging within his Void-Refined Primordial Spirit.
“Immortal aura was something only an Immortal could use in ancient times, but in the modern era… it is already an Immortal Dao element that can be observed and refined starting from the Void Refinement Realm.”
Recalling the various information regarding Void Refinement cultivation in his mind, Zhang Yu thought inwardly, “The Golden Core transforms into the Nascent Soul, which then transforms into the Primordial Spirit, and the Primordial Spirit is then reconstructed into the current Void-Refined Primordial Spirit… This is the fruit of a cultivator’s Immortal Dao. As their cultivation realm elevates, they undergo various enhancements and qualitative changes to unleash the capabilities appropriate for their new cultivation realm.”
“And when reaching the Void Refinement realm, this path still needs to continue. The strengthening and improvement of the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit also continues.”
So how does one improve the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit? Zhang Yu knew that from ancient times to the present, major sects and schools had created countless methods. But now, those methods had almost all been eliminated, and only one path remained to temper the Primordial Spirit in the Void Refinement realm.
“That is immortal aura.”
Zhang Yu thought to himself, “With the development of immortal aura technology, all other methods have been abandoned. Immortal aura technology has become the optimal solution for strengthening the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit.”
Accompanied by Zhang Yu’s rapid thoughts, a large amount of relevant information he had gathered beforehand continuously emerged in his mind…
“Immortal aura exists in all things. As a special Immortal Dao substance, the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit… is naturally no exception. By stimulating the hidden Immortal Qi of the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit, its performance can be greatly improved.”
Zhang Yu thought inwardly, “If immortal aura is atomic energy, then stimulating the immortal aura of the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit feels like a person stimulating the atomic energy within their own body.”
“And if all the hidden Immortal Qi contained in the substance of the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit can be stimulated, that is an Immortalization Degree of 100%, which can be called an Immortal Body.”
Zhang Yu sighed with emotion in his heart: “The Immortal Body that only ancient Immortals could temper can now be used by cultivators in modern Kunxu when they are at the Void Refinement Realm.”
Of course, Zhang Yu understood that the Immortal Body transformed by the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit had a time limit; it could not keep the Immortal Body activated almost eternally like an Immortal could.
At the same time, to strive for a 100% Immortalization Degree while still in the Void Refinement Realm naturally required the support of various technologies and teams.
One had to hire an entire Immortalization Degree laboratory team to support them from behind, constantly tracking and calculating, as well as using various expensive equipment and magical artifacts to allow the cultivator to complete the activation of the hidden Immortal Qi within their Void-Refined Primordial Spirit.
The painstaking effort and Immortal Coins invested during this period would make even a Void Refinement cultivator feel shocked.
“As for the Immortalization Degree of my Void-Refined Primordial Spirit now…”
Zhang Yu closed his eyes and sensed it for a moment: “It’s about 1%… In other words, about 1% of the Immortal Dao matter within my Void-Refined Primordial Spirit has been activated into hidden Immortal Qi.”
And the key reason why Zhang Yu was able to reach a 1% Immortalization Degree shortly after his breakthrough came from the effects of the second tier of this Great Void Dao Body.
It was exactly the activation of this 1% hidden Immortal Qi that made Zhang Yu feel a significant increase in his Primordial Spirit’s performance, and it also made the Evil Gods sense an extraordinary aura.
“When the ultimate work reaches fruition, the Immortal Body will naturally be mine…”
Zhang Yu sensed the information of the Great Void Dao Body and thought to himself, “As long as I am in an environment with a certain concentration of immortal aura — of course, this immortal aura concentration refers to the concentration of manifested Immortal Qi — then my Great Void Dao Body will be able to push my Void-Refined Primordial Spirit to quietly undergo a metamorphosis, increasing the Immortalization Degree by about 1% every month.”
“And right by my side, there just so happens to be a constant surge of manifested Immortal Qi.”
Zhang Yu glanced at the Former Days Salary King floating above his head, which had been inscribed by Immortal Venerable Profound Wisdom. Wisps of immortal aura were currently surging out of it.
“In another 99 months, it will reach 100% Immortalization Degree, allowing the Void-Refined Primordial Spirit to temporarily transform into an Immortal Body.”
A satisfied smile appeared on Zhang Yu’s face: “Excellent. Just like the Spirit Transformation Dao Body, the Great Void Dao Body will not only save me a massive amount of time and Immortal Coins, but it will also be of great help to A-Zhen, Yu Xinghan, Teacher Magnetic Pole, and the others in the future.”
But on second thought, he frowned slightly. “Although the increase of my Immortalization Degree is already considered extremely fast, I ultimately cannot compare to the senior Void Refinement experts participating in this Law Establishment training. The majority of their Immortalization Degrees have probably already reached 100%, allowing them to stimulate the Immortal Body.”
“If this is placed in Law Establishment, it will definitely greatly increase the interference strength of their Law Edicts.”
Shaking his head, Zhang Yu looked at the third tier effect of the Great Void Dao Body.
Ultimate - Great Void Dao Body (10/10): Increases cultivation efficiency of all Void Refinement cultivation methods by 400%, and increases cultivation effectiveness by 400%.
This effect did not surprise Zhang Yu; he merely felt regret. “It’s a pity. A-Zhen, Yu Xinghan, and the others probably won’t be able to break through to Void Refinement in the short term, so they won’t be able to utilize this Great Void Dao Body for now…”
Suddenly, Zhang Yu’s gaze flickered. “Although A-Zhen and the others can’t use it, however…”
Zhang Yu thought of the numerous students currently in the classroom. Almost all of them possessed a Dao Seed, which meant they also possessed a Technique Aperture.
“If I can inject the [Great Void Dao Body] into the Technique Apertures of all the students, having them cultivate the basic cultivation arts of the Void Refinement Realm for me and pushing up the level of the Great Void Dao Body…”
Just thinking about it made Zhang Yu feel a burst of excitement.
“But to achieve this, I must build good relationships with all the students, and I also have to find a way to get them to cultivate the various basic cultivation arts of the Void Refinement Realm together…”
Thinking of this, Zhang Yu already felt the difficulty involved: “From the looks of it right now, it seems a bit impossible to achieve this in a short amount of time.”
Shaking his head, Zhang Yu could only temporarily set aside this idea and continue his Void Refinement breakthrough.
He activated the draw reward of the [Myriad Laws Immortal Clan] once again, elevating all the numerous artifact refinement techniques he had mastered to the Void Refinement upper limit of Level 60.
At this moment, accompanied by a massive amount of artifact refinement knowledge surfacing in his mind, he had become an artifact refinement master of the Void Refinement realm.
Immediately after, Zhang Yu split off a wisp of his consciousness to directly connect to the Supreme Clarity Realm, starting to use the Supreme Clarity Realm to accelerate the simulated artifact crafting process.
Zhang Yu estimated the time and thought to himself, “With my current Void Refinement-level artifact refinement cultivation, it will take about 7 to 10 days to upgrade the common magical artifact blueprints I currently possess from level 50 to level 51.”
For many other Void Refinement Cultivators who excelled at artifact refinement, even if they could master level 51 blueprints in a short time, they would still need a massive amount of time and resources to succeed in Refining complete sets of Void Refinement Realm magical artifacts.
But for Zhang Yu…
He thought to himself, “Once I master these level 51 diagrams, I’ll be able to manifest a Void Refinement-level magical artifact army and puppet army at any time using Empress Wa Creations.”
“Even the external magic skeleton on my body can be temporarily upgraded to the Void Refinement-level.”
While his mastery of the Artifact Refinement Diagrams steadily improved using the Supreme Clarity Realm, Zhang Yu focused the rest of his attention on a cultivation art in front of him.
It was the martial art granted to him on the first day of the Law Establishment training, named “Immortal Qi Observation Method,” which belonged to the Chain Formation Diagram called Myriad Phenomena.
Zhang Yu set this martial art as the Feather Book’s specialization target. As the cultivation art circulated continuously, he pushed it to level 60 that very day.
Along with the circulation of the cultivation art, the entire world seemed to undergo a drastic change in Zhang Yu’s eyes at this moment.
“Is this… immortal aura?”
He could see countless traces of immortal aura — filled with explosive and destructive power, containing apocalyptic force — hidden within all things.
“Our world… is it actually filled with such dangerous power everywhere?”
“And this is merely the Immortal Qi Dao Lineage.”
At this moment, observing the hidden Immortal Qi with his own eyes, Zhang Yu gained a deeper understanding of that phrase from the course.
“Our world is incredibly fragile.”
Today was the sixth day of Zhang Yu’s law establishment training. In addition to the Immortal Qi Observation Method, he was also imparted with five immortal aura-related martial arts.
However, Zhang Yu knew that because he could only specialize in one cultivation art per day, he would need to catch up on the remaining cultivation arts at a pace of one per day.
With this, Zhang Yu’s Void Refinement breakthrough, as well as the materialization of his Salary Ability post-breakthrough… could be considered concluded for now.
After breaking through, Zhang Yu returned to the classroom to continue the subsequent classes.
And with his mastery over the Immortal Qi Observation Method, the potential evaluation above Zhang Yu’s head had also changed from the original “None” to the current grade 108.
This meant that theoretically, the current Zhang Yu could establish a Law Edict with a potential evaluation of grade 108.
“I guess this counts as getting started, right?”
Zhang Yu swept his gaze over the others and found that Bu Yingshu’s potential evaluation had improved from the previous grade 81 to grade 49.
Zhang Yu then looked at Tai Yuebai; the other party’s potential evaluation at this moment was grade 72.
“Is this guy… hiding his strength?” Zhang Yu thought to himself. “I feel like he should be a bit stronger than that.”
Meanwhile, the one with the most optimal potential evaluation in the classroom consistently remained the representative of the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage — Lie Jinghong.
At this moment, the assessment above Lie Jinghong’s head had already reached grade 27, and Di Xuan of the Innate Dao Lineage followed closely behind at grade 28.
Just as Zhang Yu was observing the crowd, many people were also observing him.
Looking at the grade 108 assessment above Zhang Yu’s head, Lie Jinghong nodded slightly and thought to himself, Zhang Yu… has already broken through to Void Refinement, hasn’t he? To have a grade 108 assessment right after breaking through shows that not only is his Immortal Dao Potential abundant, but he also did a massive amount of preparatory work while in the Spirit Transformation Realm.
Lie Jinghong deeply understood just how massive the gap in ability was between a newly advanced Void Refinement cultivator and veteran Void Refinement experts like themselves.
For Zhang Yu to receive a grade 108 assessment the moment he broke through to Void Refinement, directly possessing the possibility of law establishment, showed that he was indeed a talent worthy of being uplifted.
As expected, the Immortal Emperor definitely had his reasons for sending him to uplift me.
Amidst his thoughts, Lie Jinghong felt Zhang Yu’s gaze upon him. He nodded at the other party and sent a message: “Good breakthrough. I’ll wait for you so we can expand the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage together.”
The Sect Examination Clone replied: “Let’s fight for the Immortal Emperor’s cause together! 👊”
Lie Jinghong smiled faintly. After these past few days of communication with the Sect Examination Clone, the way he looked at Zhang Yu was now completely like looking at one of his own people.
On the other side, Bu Yingshu looked at the grade 108 assessment above Zhang Yu’s head and thought to herself, As expected of the stinky pet I have high hopes for. He reached grade 108 as soon as he broke through?
But this stinky brat didn’t even tell me in advance about something as big as breaking through to the Void Refinement realm?
Especially when she saw Zhang Yu and Lie Jinghong exchanging glances, Bu Yingshu felt even more angry.
First it was Tai Yuebai, and now Lie Jinghong… Bu Yingshu gritted her teeth inwardly. Ever since Zhang Yu attended the law establishment training class, he has been taking me less and less seriously.
At this moment, the sourness welling up in Bu Yingshu’s heart made her feel as if the cat she had so carefully raised and cared for had been lured into someone else’s embrace and was being petted from head to toe.
Just then, Fu Ji sent a message to Bu Yingshu through Zhang Yu: “Dao Monarch Bu, Little Yu has broken through to Void Refinement. Can he follow the Dao Monarch to refine cultivation arts today?”
Bu Yingshu: “You still remember me? 😠”
Fu Ji: “I will never forget the days I spent with Dao Monarch Bu.”
Fu Ji: “The time spent researching Sect-Guarding Techniques with you, Dao Monarch Bu, was the happiest time of my life.”
The corners of Bu Yingshu’s mouth could not help but curl up slightly as she replied: “Oh? Is that so? 🙄😤”
Fu Ji: “Absolutely true!”
Fu Ji: “Now that I’ve broken through to Void Refinement, my comprehension of the Immortal Path has deepened. I have a lot I want to talk to you about.”
Bu Yingshu’s heart stirred. She had always wanted to grab Zhang Yu to refine a cultivation art, hoping to further improve her innate talent.
Especially during this law establishment training, the two of them were imparted with immortal aura-related Immortal Sect Techniques every day. In Bu Yingshu’s eyes, this was the perfect opportunity for her to elevate her innate talent.
Now that Zhang Yu has broken through to Void Refinement, will using him be even more effective than before?
Bu Yingshu pretended not to be in a hurry and replied: “Let me check my schedule.”
Fu Ji: “Then I’ll go discuss some matters with Tai Yuebai first. Dao Monarch Bu, contact me when you are free.”
Looking at Fu Ji’s reply, the Auspicious God asked, “Boss Fu Ji, wouldn’t replying like this be too obvious and hurt her too much?”
Fu Ji said, “Do you understand Bu Yingshu better, or do I? If I don’t make it obvious, what if she doesn’t get it? If I don’t hurt her, how can we seize the initiative?”
On the other side, looking at the message she just received, Bu Yingshu said angrily, “Why is he mixing with Tai Yuebai again?”
Bu Yingshu hurriedly sent a message: “I checked, and I have time!”
Glancing at the chat history between Fu Ji and Bu Yingshu, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “This is indeed a good opportunity to refine cultivation arts together with Bu Yingshu. It’s rare to have so many Immortal Sect-level True Inheritance Techniques. I can obtain draw rewards and push all the True Inheritance Techniques I have mastered to level 60, reaching the Void Refinement limit.”
Zhang Yu instructed Fu Ji, “Tell Bu Yingshu… I will go find her later.”
Zhang Yu’s gaze turned toward Tai Yuebai and the Dao Seed on his body, thinking to himself, I won’t let you get away this time.