Chapter 902: Zhang Yu’s Law Edict Construction

Inside a cultivation chamber, as Zhang Yu circulated his cultivation art, a faint white immortal aura surged inside and outside his body.

From the Immortal Qi Observation Method, to the Immortal Qi Condensation Method, Fundamentals of Immortal Qi Technology, Immortal Qi Control Engineering, and the Immortal Qi and Law Edict Design Manual…

Starting from law establishment training, a total of 6 cultivation arts related to Immortal Qi Technology were currently operating at the Void Refinement limit of level 60, bringing Zhang Yu’s control over the surrounding immortal aura to an unprecedented state.

At the same time, along with the construction in his mind, a Law Edict faintly emerged within his Great Void Primordial Spirit.

The content of this Law Edict was also very simple; once activated, it would use the immortal aura to stimulate a martial art.

Under Zhang Yu’s construction, this martial art changed from the Basic Fist Art into the expert-grade Limitless Cloud Hands, and then into the military-grade Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power…

As Zhang Yu’s construction progressed, the martial dao techniques that the immortal aura could reproduce became increasingly powerful, its grade continuously rising, until it eventually became the strategic-tier technique, Kunlun in the Palm.

“This is the first-generation Law Edict. Once its construction is complete, it can draw upon the immortal aura within all things in heaven and earth, subsequently reproducing various Immortal Dao Technologies and producing effects that interfere with nature.”

“But with my current technical capabilities, I can only reproduce up to a strategic-tier technique at most.”

“To reproduce sect-guarding-tier technology… I still can’t do that.”

At the same time, Zhang Yu could feel that the Law Edict he was constructing within his Great Void Primordial Spirit was becoming increasingly stable, on the verge of total completion.

Immortal Slayer sighed in admiration, “Zhang Yu, if this were the ancient era, by establishing this Law Edict, you could freely unleash Kunlun in the Palm within its area of influence, enlarging and shrinking all sorts of things in the natural world. It could truly be called replacing the Heavenly Will with your own will, more than enough for you to become the supreme master of a sect.”

Fu Ji said, “That routine was sufficient in the ancient era, but if you pull that now, I’m afraid a fine will immediately follow. What the current Kunxu pursues should be replacing the Heavenly Salary with your own salary!” ¹

Zhang Yu knew that as the construction of the first-generation Law Edict neared completion, he only had two choices next. He could either follow the momentum to establish this Law Edict, letting his own Great Void Primordial Spirit bear it.

Or…

Bang!

Accompanied by a tremor in his Primordial Spirit, an explosive sound seemed to ring out in Zhang Yu’s mind. The Law Edict he had just constructed suddenly collapsed at the very last moment.

Feeling the shattered Law Edict, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Heavenly Will and Heavenly Salary… Can I have both?”

Before ascending and becoming an immortal, a person’s Primordial Spirit could only bear one Law Edict. Zhang Yu was merely practicing the technique of first-generation Law Edicts at this moment, so naturally, he wouldn’t actually let his Primordial Spirit bear a first-generation Law Edict.

“I still need to continue studying the techniques of the second-generation and third-generation Law Edicts to construct the Law Edict I want.”

At the same time, Zhang Yu understood that the reason he could only replicate up to a strategic-tier technique was because he had currently only mastered the first six cultivation arts taught in the law establishment training, and his study of Immortal Qi Technology was still insufficient.

However…

Zhang Yu’s gaze focused as he looked at his Dao Seed Register.

Basic - Myriad Phenomena (6/6): The effects of cultivation arts related to this Chain Formation Diagram are doubled.

Today, Zhang Yu’s main goal was to test the first tier effect of his Myriad Phenomena.

And as he equipped this Chain Formation Diagram, he immediately felt that the six Immortal Qi martial dao cultivation arts operating within his body seemed to have achieved a new breakthrough at this moment.

The immortal aura around his body emitted violent fluctuations, as if it had entered some kind of berserk state.

When Zhang Yu constructed the first-generation Law Edict once again, he found the entire process to be unstoppable, rapidly ascending all the way from a basic martial art.

Basic, Advanced, Expert, Military, True Inheritance… After a slight pause at the Strategic-Tier, it was as if a bottleneck was smashed open with a boom, allowing Zhang Yu to easily construct Sect-Guarding-Tier Immortal Dao Technology.

Zhang Yu could feel that at this moment, as long as he wished it, the first-generation Law Edict constructed within his Great Void Primordial Spirit could use immortal aura to flawlessly reproduce Sect-Guarding-Tier technology, such as the Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred Contemplation he had mastered.

“Does brute force create miracles?” Zhang Yu thought to himself. “When technical depth is lacking, achieve a breakthrough by elevating the cultivation art’s power output.”

“No, it’s more than that.”

Zhang Yu carefully sensed each parameter within the Law Edict and thought to himself, “Once the Law Edict’s construction is complete, as long as it remains active, it can gradually diffuse via immortal aura to increase its area of coverage. However, during this process, if the Law Edict is ever turned off, it will have to start all over again from the beginning.”

In Zhang Yu’s eyes, establishing a Law Edict… was sometimes like planting a tree. Once planted, it needed continuous maintenance, and one day, this tree would be able to grow to the point of blotting out the sky and connecting the world.

However, once the maintenance stopped, this tree would wither and die, and it would need to be planted all over again from the beginning.

During this time, the growth speed of the tree, or rather, the expansion speed of the Law Edict, was of utmost importance.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “The expansion speed of a Law Edict is affected by many factors, and one of them is technical strength.”

At this moment, Zhang Yu estimated that under the influence of Myriad Phenomena, once he established a Law Edict, its expansion speed could easily double.

However, in the next moment, the Law Edict that was about to finish constructing within Zhang Yu’s Primordial Spirit suddenly collapsed and vanished without a trace.

His testing of Myriad Phenomena for today was already complete, so naturally, he would not keep this Law Edict around.

“Although I have currently only learned the sixth cultivation art, my study and mastery of the first-generation Law Edict is just about complete. As long as I am willing, I can construct a first-generation Law Edict at any time.”

“Next up is the study of the second-generation Law Edict.”

When Zhang Yu arrived in the classroom and casually found a seat, the gazes of numerous students immediately swept over him.

At this moment, Zhang Yu, whose Law Edict Potential Evaluation had just reached grade 66, had unknowingly become an existence that many students could not ignore.

Zhang Yu glanced at his potential evaluation and secretly estimated in his heart, If I equip Myriad Phenomena, my potential evaluation grade can probably reach around grade 50.

But Zhang Yu did not do so. On one hand, he needed to equip the Great Void Dao Body more to constantly improve his cultivation. On the other hand, he felt that a slightly lower potential evaluation grade would help him communicate with other students and prevent him from being seen as too big of a threat.

Thinking back to when he hoped to break through to Void Refinement early, and the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor sent him a “stay calm and don’t be impatient”, Zhang Yu had to admit that the other party was right.

Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor, is the current situation also within your control?

While Zhang Yu was thinking, Bu Yingshu, who had arrived in the classroom, had already sat down beside him with a bang. Then, she raised her small face and proudly scanned the students in the classroom, seemingly announcing her carrying relationship with Zhang Yu.

At the same time, Bu Yingshu’s Law Edict Potential Evaluation had also surfaced: grade 30.

She looked at Zhang Yu beside her. This guy had sneaked away right after the previous class ended, and she had no idea what he went off to do.

Bu Yingshu said fiercely, “You’re coming with me right after this class ends, you hear?”

Di Xuan, whose potential evaluation had reached grade 18, sat down on the other side of Zhang Yu and said to the two of them, “I can already construct a second-generation Law Edict. What about you guys?”

Zhang Yu furrowed his brows slightly, thinking to himself, “Why do I feel like the way this guy looks at me… is different from before?”

Bu Yingshu thought to herself, “Hmph, Di Xuan, this guy says he wants to cooperate, but he just wants to dominate, doesn’t he?”

Before Zhang Yu could speak, Bu Yingshu quickly spoke up, saying proudly, “A second-generation Law Edict? I could construct one yesterday.”

Di Xuan nodded slightly and said, “Then I’ll look forward to our future cooperation.”

Di Xuan thought to himself, Bu Yingshu… the potential she has shown in this law establishment training has indeed exceeded our original evaluation of her. But it doesn’t matter…

He looked at Zhang Yu beside him and thought to himself, Bu Yingshu probably still doesn’t know that Zhang Yu has completely defected to me and will fully support me. After all, his (the Sect Examination Clone’s) ideology is more in tune with the Innate Dao Lineage, and his future following me is far broader than with you, an Immortal Clan member.

Coupled with my previous preparations… Hehe, in this Law Establishment, your Myriad Laws Immortal Clan will ultimately only become my support.

Bu Yingshu thought to herself, Hehe, you little pawn of the Innate Dao Lineage, he has no idea how deep my cooperation with Zhang Yu goes, nor how many secrets we are hiding together. Do you think we will listen to you just because your potential evaluation is a bit higher?

Too naive. Little Yu, after the formal law establishment begins, you and I will give him a surprise together.

In another corner of the classroom, Lie Jinghong, whose potential evaluation had already reached grade 15, watched Zhang Yu caught between the two of them and thought to himself, Hehe, you two self-righteous fools probably don’t know that everything is under Grandpa Immortal Emperor’s control. Do you really think Zhang Yu is a member of the Reformist Faction that you can mold as you please?

He is Grandpa Immortal Emperor’s hidden piece. Every single one of your moves has already been reported to me by Zhang Yu.

I am the true mastermind of this cooperation.

Lie Jinghong’s mouth curled into a slight smile, as if he could already see the shocked and angry expressions of Bu Yingshu, Di Xuan, and the others once the formal Law Establishment began.

Zhang Yu and I will give you guys a massive surprise during the formal Law Establishment.

At the classroom door, Tai Yuebai, who was slowly walking in, laughed to himself, Hehe, stir it up, just keep stirring it up like this. The more you try to rope Zhang Yu in, the more I can use his identity to push my plan forward.

Thinking of how he had used Myriad Transformations yesterday to interact with Di Xuan under Zhang Yu’s identity, Tai Yuebai felt even more smug.

Just then, Zhang Yu sent another message: “Dao Monarch Tai, how much longer do we have to hold out?”

Tai Yuebai: “[1,000,000 Immortal Coins]”

Zhang Yu: “Then I’ll hold on a little longer.”

Tai Yuebai checked his account balance and sighed inwardly, How many people in this classroom know that this seemingly stable and harmonious situation is actually all supported by Zhang Yu and my strenuous efforts? Once the formal law establishment begins, a heaven-shaking fierce battle will erupt.

Zhang Yu, keep holding on, at least until I completely seize Sovereign of the Nine Heavens…

Meanwhile, Yue Qinglan, who had a potential evaluation of grade 49, entered the classroom and quickly sat down next to Bu Yingshu.

She thought to herself: “Innate, Reform, Dharma Realm, Primordial Chaos… The alliance of these four great factions is the largest power among all the students at present. As long as I join them and we support each other, I will definitely be able to achieve my law establishment goal.”

While pondering, Yue Qinglan looked toward Zhang Yu’s position and thought: And Zhang Yu is a major key to this team. If he uses a salary increase to support everyone, he will transform from a stepping stone into a cornerstone.

But… Yue Qinglan’s gaze swept over the grade 66 Law Edict Potential Evaluation above Zhang Yu’s head, thinking to herself: If his cultivation is ultimately insufficient and his magic power evaluation fails to enter the top 36 grades, then no matter how great a cornerstone he is, he will still only be considered a stepping stone in the end.

The grade 66 evaluation above Zhang Yu’s head was like a mark, causing the many students currently in the classroom to consistently regard him as a supporting talent rather than any sort of core member.

Meanwhile, under Yue Qinglan’s watchful gaze, Zhang Yu was earnestly studying the class material, madly absorbing the knowledge of the second-generation Law Edict like a deep-sea vortex.

And the content Zhang Yu was learning in class right now was precisely about the construction of the second-generation Law Edict.

“So-called second-generation Law Edicts, simply put…” Zhang Yu thought to himself, “is the transition from pure, brutal interference and reproducing Immortal Dao skills to interfere with nature, into formulating rules, followed by automatic monitoring, locking, and operation of Immortal Dao skills to interfere with people.”

“And the key reason for this shift in technological direction is…”

Zhang Yu’s gaze focused slightly: “The exploration and progress of Kunxu’s Immortal Dao Technology in Thought Tides.”

“The thoughts of all living beings converge into a Thought Tide, representing the trend of thought, values, worldview, and outlook on life of all beings in Kunxu.”

“After harvesting matter and souls, the Immortals of Kunxu naturally wouldn’t give up on harvesting thoughts either.”

“However, the research on Thought Tides is diverse, and the Ten Great Sects all have their differences. From something as large as a Dao Lineage like the Aspiration for the Immortal Dao, to something as small as the various Emotion Sword Arts of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the Immortal Dao Technologies connecting races, thinking, and bloodlines of the Celestial Monster Sect…”

Although the research on Thought Tides was vast like a sea, the content Zhang Yu was studying right now was still focused on the Law Edict technology of the Myriad Laws Sect.

“The Law Edict technology of the Myriad Laws Sect is rooted in the Immortal Qi Dao Lineage.”

“And the Immortal Qi Dao Lineage, when it was first established, was created by the founder to bestow immortal aura upon the world’s myriad living beings, so that everyone would have the foundation to achieve immortality.”

“Therefore, from its inception, the Immortal Qi Dao Lineage had a design… which is that the immortal aura is, to a certain extent, influenced by the thoughts and intentions of intelligent life.”

Immortal Slayer sighed: “This was originally a benefit specially brought to the common people of the world by the founder, hoping that the myriad beings could use their thoughts to stir the immortal aura, and subsequently use it more easily. But it ended up causing turmoil throughout the entire world.”

Zhang Yu continued: “Even though immortal aura has now been converted into hidden immortal qi to minimize the impact of human thought, that influence has by no means been completely erased.”

“And the second-generation Law Edict is meant to utilize the blessing of the myriad beings’ Thought Tide. When setting up the rules of the Law Edict, formulating rules that the myriad beings accept and identify with will produce a Law Edict amplification effect, nourishing the Law Edict, greatly increasing its growth speed, and ultimately its possibility of ascending into a Dao Lineage.”

At the same time, the construction process of the second-generation Law Edict had already surfaced in Zhang Yu’s mind.

“The second-generation Law Edict… must be customized with reasonable rules. The stronger the recipients of the rules, and the greater their number, the faster the scope of the Law Edict will grow, and the higher the possibility of it being elevated into a Dao Lineage in the future, far exceeding the first-generation Law Edict.”

Immortal Slayer sighed, “Simply put, the stronger and more numerous the intelligent beings that acknowledge, grow accustomed to, or even fear a Law Edict, the stronger, more stable, and broader its influence becomes.”

“In places without people, second-generation Law Edicts are practically non-existent. But in the most crowded places, second-generation Law Edicts are heavier than mountains and weightier than the heavens.”

“And with the continuous advancement of second-generation Law Edict technology, the scope of what constitutes ‘people’ has grown increasingly broad. Today, whether humans or monsters, or the Soul Cultivators flowing through the Spirit Realm, Righteous Gods, and other beings — all are included.”

Zhang Yu nodded slightly, thinking to himself, “And ultimately, when a Law Edict is elevated into a Dao Lineage, there will no longer be a need for the Immortal Qi Dao Lineage, and naturally, no need for people.”

“In the eyes of the Immortals, the Immortal Qi Dao Lineage is merely a crutch for establishing a Dao Lineage, and people are nothing more than materials used to strengthen and debug the Law Edicts.”

Desolate Ox, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up, “The Immortal Qi Dao Lineage is a layer of immortal-made rules covering the real world. All the research and exploration conducted beneath this layer of immortal-made rules will naturally be completely discarded once it is finally elevated into a Dao Lineage.”

“After all, Dao Lineages are rooted in the true physical world, and are the true heavenly principles.”

Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, Today’s Kunxu is covered by layer after layer of Immortal-made rules. It’s like a game covered in a mountain of crap code. The current Immortal Dao Technology doesn’t study the real physical world at all, but is instead researching this pile of crap code.

It’s like a pig in a breeding ground studying the behavioral patterns of all the staff in the breeding ground. What seems like rules operating day and night is actually nothing more than a summary of others’ behaviors…

Shaking his head, Zhang Yu temporarily suppressed these distracting thoughts.

After all, at this moment, he only had the qualifications to study the mountain of crap code. Only by studying this crap code thoroughly, and researching Law Edicts and immortal aura to their absolute peak, could he continue to study the real world, establish a Dao Lineage, and subsequently crap out his own mountain of crap code.

Refocusing his attention on the class content, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Rules and Thought Tides, these are the core of the second-generation Law Edict.”

“And in order to develop second-generation Law Edict technology, the Ten Great Sects gradually constructed two concepts.”

“The True Law Edict Domain, and the General Law Edict Domain.”

Zhang Yu understood in his heart that the so-called True Domain referred to the range within which the creator could truly interfere after the Law Edict was established.

After the Law Edict was established, this range was centered on its creator, constantly maintained, driven at all times by the immortal aura existing in all things in the world, and gradually expanding in scope.

As for the general domain of the Law Edict, it was the range outside the True Domain where factions like the sect and the Heavenly Court carried out manual law enforcement. “Manual law enforcement?”

Zhang Yu’s heart stirred. In fact, most of the law execution scenarios he had encountered so far, including various fines, investigations, and arrests… were almost entirely seen to be carried out by cultivators and Righteous Gods.

Of course, perhaps some of these fines and arrests… were also the result of the operation of the Law Edict’s True Domain, but the past Zhang Yu had not mastered Immortal Qi Technology and could not tell the difference.

“Why create a General Law Edict Domain outside the True Law Edict Domain? And have cultivators and Righteous Gods enforce it?”

Although it wasn’t explained in class, Zhang Yu could sense that there was a profound reason behind it.

Immortal Slayer said, “It is said that in the past, when there was no General Law Edict Domain, every time a cultivator possessing a Law Edict made a large-scale movement, it would trigger a series of chaos.”

Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback, but instantly understood. “Cultivators possessing second-generation Law Edicts basically each possess a domain with different rules. If these rule domains vary in size and move erratically, then those of lower cultivation wouldn’t even know what rules they need to abide by. The slightest misstep would result in punishment by the rules.”

“So…”

Immortal Slayer continued, “So all cultivators who establish a second-generation Law Edict must undergo testing and review. Once approved, it is promoted throughout the entire sect.”

“It was also from then on that Law Edicts were truly called Law Edicts, becoming rules that everyone had to obey. Otherwise, this thing should have originally still been called an Immortal Domain.”

Zhang Yu nodded slightly. “It is also precisely because second-generation Law Edicts… became rules that everyone must obey, that it made the public’s Thought Tide more accepting of Law Edicts. This greatly increased the expansion speed of Law Edicts, which in turn further accelerated the birth speed of Dao Lineages.”

Desolate Ox said, “Because of this, starting from the second-generation Law Edict, Law Edicts lean towards ruling, administration, and governance.”

“Unlike the first-generation Law Edict, or rather the Immortal Domain, which, after interfering with and managing nature, moved towards combat and production.”

“Especially since the first-generation Law Edict lacks the amplification of Thought Tides, whether in its ability to interfere or its growth speed… they are all far inferior to the second-generation Law Edict.”

“An even more fatal point is… because it lacks Thought Tide amplification, the first generation completely cannot compare to the second-generation Law Edict in terms of the intensity of immortal aura interference. Therefore, when cultivators with a first-generation Law Edict face cultivators with a second-generation Law Edict, the immortal aura they mobilize will be suppressed, and their Law Edict abilities will be completely suppressed as well.”

Zhang Yu sighed inwardly. Since the second-generation Law Edict could suppress the first-generation Law Edict and possessed a faster growth speed after taking the governance route, it was no wonder it could eliminate the first generation.

And in order to continue developing the second-generation Law Edict and push forward the Dao Lineage, a series of new sect structures and the Kunxu System were subsequently born. Ultimately, this formed the current situation of creating Law Edicts, governing the sect with Law Edicts, promoting Immortal Research, supporting Dao Lineages, and developing Dao Lineages.

At the same time, after a period of study, Zhang Yu began attempting to construct a second-generation Law Edict within his Primordial Spirit.

“In the construction of a second-generation Law Edict, the more complex the rules and the more powerful the interference, the more difficult it is.”

“And the rules I am currently able to construct…”

Zhang Yu’s brainpower, along with the Calculation Pool, operated at full capacity. After some estimation in his mind, he secretly said, “If expressed in terms of text length, the Law Edict rule that I can currently embed into the immortal aura is about seven characters long.”

“A seven-character rule?” Zhang Yu thought to himself. “It’s too short.”

Zhang Yu knew that the shorter the length of the rule, the larger and more ambiguous the scope of its description, and thus the more impossible it would be to accomplish.

For example, “Latecomers will die” was a mere four characters.

What constitutes being “late”? What group of people does “latecomers” cover? Which company? Which department? How do they die? When do they die?

Zhang Yu understood that without sufficient length, there would be a lack of specific detailed descriptions, ultimately resulting in the Law Edict being difficult to operate.

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