Chapter 916: This Era Has Chosen Me!
“Detect lifespan!”
Along with the sudden activation of Yue Qinglan’s Law Edict, the power of the edict covering the entire territory exploded, and a mandatory large-scale lifespan detection was launched.
Seeing the impending lifespan detection, Zhang Yu decided to no longer hide, fully revealing his presence on the final day of the assessment…
Zhang Yu said lightly, “Everyone, I have waited for you all for a long time at the finish line of this assessment.”
“Zhang Yu!” Bu Yingshu glared at Zhang Yu’s location and shouted, “Everything you told me before… were you lying to me?”
“I’m sorry, Dao Monarch Bu,” Zhang Yu sighed. “I made a mistake that all Kunxu People make. I wanted to climb up, I wanted to stand above all of you.”
“Stinking animal!”
“I gave you a chance to grovel at my feet, and you actually want to ride on my back?!”
Amidst a furious shout, Bu Yingshu fiercely activated her Law Edict: “Take the exam for me!”
At this moment, Bu Yingshu’s ‘Once Certified, Temporarily Certified’ Law Edict, which had been growing for thirty days, exploded into action. With a flash of light before the eyes of countless living beings across the land, they were connected to the Dharma Realm and entered an examination state.
Meanwhile, in the judges’ office, numerous judges were watching the great battle unfolding before their eyes.
“The Final Battle has begun,” Fa Liuyuan thought to himself. “But Zhang Yu…”
He turned his head and looked at the Law Edict Potential Evaluation rankings on the other side.
He saw that Zhang Yu, who had originally been dominating the top spot, had plummeted violently not long ago, dropping all the way down to grade 9, which drew the observation of many judges.
“What did Zhang Yu do? Why did his Law Edict Potential Evaluation rank suddenly drop so much?”
“A Calculation Pool? Is he using magic power to construct and manifest a Void Refinement-level Calculation Pool?”
Watching Zhang Yu’s performance, Bu Yuangui immediately understood his intention.
“Does he want to completely crack Lie Jinghong’s Law Edict technology?”
Bu Yuangui knew… After Zhang Yu’s continuous fierce battles with Lie Jinghong over these past few days, both sides had constantly cracked and counter-cracked each other, yet neither was ever able to overcome the other.
And the Law Edict Expiration Date… if he could never do anything to the opponent’s Law Edict, that in itself was a kind of failure.
Even if Zhang Yu held on until the end, if he was unable to freeze other Law Edicts, then the Law Edict Expiration Date would be meaningless.
“In the end, a Law Edict without the power of enforcement is nothing but a useless piece of paper.”
Bu Yuangui thought to himself, “So, he wants to rely on more computing power to decipher the opponent’s trajectory of technological changes, in order to… completely freeze their Law Edicts during the Final Battle?”
“To achieve this, he must at least be able to calculate Lie Jinghong’s technological changes 2 to 3 seconds in advance while simultaneously engaging in fierce combat.
“And it’s not just Lie Jinghong.”
Bu Yuangui continued his train of thought, “Tai Yuebai also possesses the ultra-high-danger Dao Seed ability of [One Qi Swallows the Universe]. After watching the repeated fierce battles between Lie Jinghong and Zhang Yu these past few days, Tai Yuebai has probably also learned how to use One Qi Swallows the Universe to alter the underlying technological principles of his own Law Edict.”
“Zhang Yu understands very well that only these two people are his greatest opponents, his biggest obstacles in the Law Establishment Ceremony.”
On the other side, Fa Liuyuan had also seen through Zhang Yu’s strategy.
“…While fighting fiercely, he is collecting data on Tai Yuebai and Lie Jinghong, reducing the power invested in the Law Edict, and instead converting his own power into more computing power.”
“Use more calculation power… to crack the technical principles of Tai Yuebai and Lie Jinghong’s Law Edicts.”
“He needs to be able to calculate the direction of Tai Yuebai and Lie Jinghong’s technical updates for the next 2 seconds and formulate responses for all kinds of possibilities… ultimately freezing their Law Edicts completely.”
“No, 2 seconds still has a possibility of failure; it needs to be 3 seconds.”
“But… can Zhang Yu do it? In this battle, simultaneously calculating the technical updates of Tai Yuebai and Lie Jinghong for the next 3 seconds?”
Fa Liuyuan took a deep breath in his heart: “Especially since too much power is being invested into calculation power during this process, the Law Edict side becomes weaker…”
Under Fa Liuyuan’s solemn gaze, right up until midnight of the final day, Zhang Yu still had not stopped the operation of his magic power Calculation Pool, and the evaluation level of his Law Edict’s potential remained at grade 9.
This indicated that the other party was still investing a considerable amount of power into the Calculation Pool, continuing to crack Tai Yuebai and Lie Jinghong’s Law Edict technology.
Fa Liuyuan’s heart sank, understanding that what Zhang Yu was about to face next was the absolute worst-case scenario.
“Still haven’t given up?”
“He plans to face the siege of all the students in such an incomplete state while simultaneously cracking Tai Yuebai and Lie Jinghong’s Law Edicts?”
“That’s too risky.”
Meanwhile, just as Bu Yingshu activated the power of ‘Once Certified, Temporarily Certified’, the other students also took action one after another.
“As long as his Law Edict Expiration Date remains active, all of us will have to bow our heads to him.”
“As long as Zhang Yu’s Law Edict is established, he will be the only first-class Law Edict; everyone else’s Law Edicts will forever be trampled underfoot, never to surpass the second class.”
“Zhang Yu, you are not worthy of establishing such a Law Edict.”
Cang Juehuan let out a low shout: “Mandatory Human Rights!”
In an instant, the countless artifact spirits within the entire evaluation space were granted human rights, one after another.
Immediately after, Yue Qinglan shouted: “Minimum Lifespan! Collection of Arrears in Lifespan! Mandatory Resurrection!”
Kuang Zhiqian: “Work Gambling! Work Mortgage! All-In Gamble!”
Di Xuan: “Once Certified, Always Certified! Collection of Arrears in Taxes! Expel Your Certificate!”
Although the main target of the many students was all focused on Zhang Yu, the coverage of their Law Edicts was truly too large, and the power too vast. Even though the primary attacks were aimed at him, just the spreading shockwaves were enough to turn the testing grounds completely upside down.
Thus, after seeing each student make their move, the land once again welcomed an unprecedented level of chaos.
Just after Bu Yingshu made her move, countless Material Humans on the ground faced the Realm Certificate examination in the Dharma Realm.
However, because they needed to work or were currently working, they had to divide a portion of their energy to their companies to continue handling work while simultaneously dealing with the examination in the Dharma Realm.
And just as they were working and taking the exam at the same time, already feeling their pressure skyrocket, they suddenly discovered that the artifact spirits — who were originally obedient and useful, and had not yet been granted human rights — were now clamoring one after another, demanding raises, threatening to jump ship, and demanding human rights…
In an instant, another heavy burden was placed upon the countless Material Humans. While taking exams and working, they also had to handle various artifact spirit disputes, magical artifact disputes, arguments, debt collection, payments, fighting lawsuits…
The entire land had fallen into chaos.
Immediately after, many Soul Cultivators were dragged into a mandatory resurrection process by the hospitals, and the cultivators who bought licenses were forced to pay a tax.
The cultivators who were currently working discovered that their future work results could also be mortgaged to deal with the current difficulties.
Furthermore, Law Edicts from various other students were pressed down one by one.
Magical artifacts were required to replace the meridian system, nervous system, and other physical body systems.
All Spirit Realm data, Dharma Realm data, magical artifacts and Bionics data, and other data were also demanded to be made public immediately…
In an instant, countless Material Humans on the land were devastated by the pressure of exams, taxes, medical care, lawsuits, gambling, and so on.
Almost every minute, someone went bankrupt, someone had their license confiscated, someone couldn’t afford to live and became a dead person, a dead person who hadn’t lived enough went through the resurrection process and incurred huge debts, and someone desperately resorted to stealing, robbing, and killing…
Under this series of chaos, a large number of bankruptcies, debts, life and death… triggered a new chain reaction.
Dao after Dao of divine light descended, and the power of countless Righteous Gods swept across the entire territory like a tsunami, selling off buildings one by one and recycling Material Humans one after another.
The Material Humans faced an unprecedented great tribulation; they wanted to wail in anguish, but it seemed no one cared.
Whether it was the students striking with all their might in the sky, or the judges in the office, none paid attention to this Great Tribulation of Sentient Beings triggered by the aftermath of their fierce battle. Right now, they were all looking at Zhang Yu, who was at the very center of the Law Edicts’ effects.
At this moment, Zhang Yu had long since switched [Myriad Phenomena] to [Empress Wa Creations], gaining the ability to manufacture magic power magical artifacts at the cost of lowering his own Law Edict techniques.
A massive number of Void Refinement-Grade Calculation Pools were manufactured by him, boosting his calculation power to crack Lie Jinghong and Tai Yuebai’s Law Edict techniques.
And when Bu Yingshu and the others successively activated the power of their Law Edicts, Zhang Yu still did not pause his computing pools’ cracking process, but indifferently accepted the interference from the other students’ Law Edicts.
Watching this scene, Bu Yingshu’s gaze sharpened: “He’s not resisting? Taking the initiative to face the tribulation?”
In the eyes of the crowd, the chain of disasters triggered by such Law Edicts could already be called a tribulation.
Di Xuan said, “It means he still can’t freeze our Law Edicts right now! He still needs to continue accumulating the power of his Law Edict, wanting to freeze all our Law Edicts at the very end…”
And the first one to fall on Zhang Yu’s head…. was the Examination Tribulation.
The Dharma Realm examination field crashed down, enveloping Zhang Yu’s location.
Zhang Yu slapped his forehead, and his Void-Refined Primordial Spirit soared into the sky, taking the initiative to rush into the examination field to participate in the Void Refinement Qualification Reassessment to prove that he possessed the Void Refinement qualification.
The next moment, the magical artifacts around Zhang Yu resonated loudly; the Human Rights Tribulation had already been triggered.
Although there were no High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits within Zhang Yu’s magical artifacts, there were low-intelligence artifact spirits assisting the operation of the various magical artifacts. At this moment, countless artifact spirits began to act autonomously, attempting to break free from Zhang Yu’s control.
Zhang Yu opened his mouth and shouted in a low voice, “Salary increase!”
The next instant, a massive amount of Immortal Coins poured out from the Spirit Realm, completely suppressing all the artifact spirits contained within the magical artifacts and Bionics under Zhang Yu’s command.
Immediately after, divine light densely covered the sky, and the Void Refinement Certificate above Zhang Yu’s head suddenly faded, as if it were about to be completely stripped away. This was precisely the Certificate Tribulation suddenly descending.
Under this tribulation, Zhang Yu, who was still undergoing the examination, had his Void Refinement Certificate treated as a Temporary Void Refinement Certificate and frozen by Bu Yingshu, while the process to purchase a permanent certificate was blocked by Di Xuan.
Along with the temporary freezing of the certificate, Zhang Yu’s continued use of his Void Refinement cultivation immediately violated the law, causing divine light to rise in the world as countless Righteous Gods descended for suppression.
Facing this situation, Zhang Yu sighed. He had no choice but to flick his finger. With a crisp sound in the Spirit Realm, Zhang Yu’s account abruptly appeared.
Millions of Immortal Coins let out a loud rumble and began to burn fiercely.
Under the continuous burning of these millions of Immortal Coins, the Righteous Gods who had originally come for suppression all stopped their movements in unison, seemingly frozen in mid-air and completely motionless.
“Immortal Coins…” Cang Juehuan’s gaze shifted. “Did this guy use Immortal Coins to pay the late fees and fines, forcibly withstanding this tribulation?”
“And…”
“However, illegally using Void Refinement power, even with millions of Immortal Coins, how long can he withstand it?”
However, right at this moment, the Tax Exemption Gold Token and the Death-Exempting Golden Token on Zhang Yu’s body also lit up one after another. Like two world-shocking magical artifacts, they erupted with radiant light, seeming to shield Zhang Yu behind them.
At this moment, Zhang Yu was like an Immortal undergoing Tribulation Transcendence in ancient legends. Using all kinds of methods, he blocked 11 tribulations of wind, water, earth and fire.
Watching this scene, Di Xuan sighed in his heart: “Sure enough, relying on us alone… relying solely on our own Law Edicts, we can no longer suppress him. Even if the tribulations come one after another, he can still block them with all kinds of methods.”
At this moment, Di Xuan’s thoughts were exceptionally clear, and the current situation surfaced in his mind.
“There is only one reason why Zhang Yu hasn’t made a move to freeze the Law Edicts yet. He is still accumulating power. He wants to take it all! He wants to freeze everyone’s Law Edicts. That’s why he is continuing to decipher the Law Edict techniques of Tai Yuebai and Lie Jinghong.”
“He is also using our attacks to accumulate the sentient beings’ support below for his Law Edict and the Thought Tide amplification.”
“And taking the initiative to face the tribulation is only because he is confident… that we cannot do anything to him.”
Di Xuan sighed in his heart: “There are also relationships of mutual restraint between Law Edicts. The current situation is that Zhang Yu’s ‘Validity Period’ counters our ‘Buying Certificates and Taking Exams’. The more our Law Edict is executed, the more the Thought Tide amplification of the Validity Period will skyrocket.”
“And our ‘Buying Certificates and Taking Exams’ is restrained by Tai Yuebai’s ‘Dual Rest.’ For sentient beings taking a vacation, they just use this vacation time to prepare for exams and buy certificates.”
“But Dual Rest restrains Zhang Yu’s ‘Validity Period.’ Because vacations can be postponed, they can be temporarily suspended. Those Lower Cultivation would be willing to oppose the Validity Period for the sake of Dual Rest.”
Di Xuan’s thoughts flowed. The idea of “Validity Period restrains exams, exams restrain Dual Rest, and Dual Rest restrains Validity Period” continuously circled in his mind.
Di Xuan understood that the restraint of Law Edicts and Dao Lineages in modern Kunxu was far more complex and variable than the various restraint relationships of ancient times.
Only by mastering and comprehending these intricate relationships of generation and restraint within Kunxu society… could one better climb the Immortal Dao, developing assets, cultivation, and power.
Just like at this very moment…
“Zhang Yu has grasped the relationships of generation and restraint among the many Law Edicts present.”
“He understands that if ultimately only Dual Rest and Validity Period remain, sentient beings will only support Dual Rest; he is the one being restrained.”
“So, before having enough certainty to strike and defeat Tai Yuebai, he did not freeze any other Law Edicts.”
“Rather, he wants to use the current situation, and our existence, to strengthen his own Law Edict’s Thought Tide, so that he can deal with Tai Yuebai.”
“However…”
Di Xuan’s gaze narrowed, and he thought coldly, “Aren’t you being too arrogant, Zhang Yu?”
“Right now, you are not the only one… wanting to take this opportunity to increase your Thought Tide amplification.”
“Although his Law Edict does not counter yours, on this land of the Myriad Laws Sect, his Law Edict is the foundation of all Law Edicts.”
“And after our consecutive executions just now, the Thought Tide amplification of his Law Edict has probably reached a peak.”
“Within this entire testing ground, no one can escape the execution of his Law Edict anymore.”
Right at this moment, the world instantly changed color, as if it were gradually being corroded by another world.
Lie Jinghong stepped forward one pace at a time, already walking towards Zhang Yu’s location, surrounded by layers of Immortal Light.
Just as the numerous students erupted with the power of their Law Edicts one by one, amidst all the chaos, the connection of the sentient beings on this land to the Dharma Realm also reached an unprecedentedly high frequency.
The Dharma Realm Service was called upon at an ultra-high frequency, causing Lie Jinghong’s Dharma Realm Obligation to be executed time and time again.
And because Zhang Yu had never been able to completely crack… Lie Jinghong’s dynamic technical adjustments regarding the Dharma Realm Obligation, Lie Jinghong’s Law Edict did not have the effect of “The More One Obeys, The More One Opposes” most of the time. Instead, it constantly maintained the third-generation Law Edict’s effect of the more one obeyed, the more one agreed.
Thus, at this very moment, with the ultra-high frequency usage of the Dharma Realm Service, the support of the sentient beings within the testing ground for Lie Jinghong’s Law Edict far exceeded that of all other Law Edicts, and its Thought Tide amplification skyrocketed to the highest in the entire field.
“Zhang Yu, now is the time for you to fulfill your Dharma Realm Obligation.”
“Forced login! Collecting your data!”
As Lie Jinghong’s voice fell, under the astonishing Thought Tide amplification, the entire world seemed to respond to his Law Edict.
Within the entire testing environment, all people, all artifact spirits, and all matter between heaven and earth were entirely included in the execution scope of the Law Edict.
The next moment, any living being retaining their individual will within the testing environment was forcibly dragged into the Dharma Realm to fulfill their Dharma Realm Obligation. They had to complete all data registration tasks… before they could leave.
And according to Lie Jinghong’s Dharma Realm Obligation settings, the duration of this forced login and data collection could last for a full day.
Countless Material Humans pulled into the Dharma Realm let out wails of despair.
“No! I was just one all-in away from paying off last month’s work quota! Why was I suddenly grabbed to register data?”
“My fines are still going up! Let me out! Let me out right now!”
“I was only halfway through my exam! It’s over… It’s all over…”
The forced registration of the Dharma Realm stripped all Material Humans of their chance for a final struggle, leaving them to quietly watch from within the Dharma Realm as they missed their exams, were marked absent from work, and saw all their efforts simply erased.
An unprecedented despair shrouded the hearts of countless Material Humans. At this moment, the future in their eyes seemed to have turned into pitch darkness.
At the same time, Zhang Yu’s consciousness was also being dragged step by step into the Dharma Realm.
He could feel that he would gradually lose his perception of the outside world, his connection to his physical body, his control over his Primordial Spirit, and his command over the Immortal Grotto-Heaven and countless magical artifacts…
Glancing at his calculation results, Zhang Yu sighed in his heart, “The cracking of Lie Jinghong is already complete, but Tai Yuebai… is still lacking a bit.”
Zhang Yu understood in his heart. After all, Lie Jinghong had been fiercely battling him continuously over the past few days, going through countless offensive and defensive exchanges of cracking and counter-cracking. Having collected a massive amount of data, cracking him was naturally simpler than cracking Tai Yuebai.
“To completely crack the dynamic adjustments of both of their Law Edicts within these short few days is indeed still too difficult.”
Amidst his sigh, surging Law Edict fluctuations had already erupted toward the entire world, centered on Zhang Yu’s body.
At this moment, Zhang Yu abruptly switched [Empress Wa Creations] back to [Myriad Phenomena]!
The technical principles of the various Law Edicts within the testing ground flowed through his mind.
Boom!
It was as if a loud explosion rose up in the hearts of countless people.
In the Dharma Realm, countless Material Humans felt as though a pair of large hands tore apart the darkness before their eyes, about to release them.
However, Lie Jinghong shouted angrily, “Zhang Yu! Don’t even think about it!”
The next moment, enhanced by the violent Thought Tide, an endless suction force came from the bottomless Dharma Realm, firmly binding everyone’s will, as if attempting to tie them forever within the Dharma Realm.
Zhang Yu snorted coldly, “Lie Jinghong…”
Bang!
Zhang Yu made a grabbing motion in the empty air, as if he had caught hold of some physical entity.
Sensing the changes to her Law Edict, Yue Qinglan said in a mix of shock and anger, “Law Edict! My Law Edict…”
At the same time, a notification had emerged before Yue Qinglan’s eyes: Your Law Edict has exceeded its validity period and is now temporarily frozen. Please apply for a renewal approval within the stipulated time…
The next moment, Zhang Yu exerted a fierce force… Inch by inch, Yue Qinglan’s Law Edict embedded within the hidden Immortal Qi explosively shattered, falling into a frozen state of temporary inoperability.
Lie Jinghong’s expression changed slightly. With Yue Qinglan’s Law Edict frozen, the number of Dharma Realm Services in the testing ground suddenly dropped, and the growth rate of his Thought Tide amplification also instantly decreased.
Zhang Yu continued, “…Didn’t you want to know why my Law Edict was able to pass the review?”
As he spoke, Zhang Yu was seen reaching out with a grasping motion, and another Law Edict seemed to be pulled by him through the air.
Cang Juehuan cried out in alarm, “Zhang Yu! Stop!”
Bang!
Another Law Edict was pulverized by Zhang Yu, similarly falling into a frozen state.
Right after came the second one…
Bu Yingshu was both shocked and furious: “Zhang Yu! You dare…”
Boom!
Then the fourth… the fifth… the sixth…
As these Law Edicts explosively shattered and fell into a frozen state, Lie Jinghong felt the number of Dharma Realm Services within the entire testing ground suddenly plummet, and the Law Edicts originally uplifting his Dharma Realm Obligation also disappeared.
Meanwhile, the countless Material Humans in the testing ground felt all of this in astonishment, watching as one notification after another surfaced before them.
“E… Exams, we don’t have to take exams anymore?”
“The Minimum Lifespan has been invalidated?”
“Our Realm Certificates are effective again!”
At this moment, as Zhang Yu froze one Law Edict after another, as he shattered Artifact Spirit Human Rights, shattered certifications, and shattered Minimum Lifespan… the Material Humans felt as if they were seeing rays of glimmering light tearing through the darkness, descending from the sky to gradually envelop their vision and slowly illuminate the entire world…
At the same time, Zhang Yu’s hands tore out again.
Lie Jinghong immediately felt his Law Edicts being firmly gripped by him.
[One Qi Swallows the Universe] erupted. Lie Jinghong immediately tried to alter his technical architecture to evade Zhang Yu’s offensive.
However, Zhang Yu’s fingers seemed to have anticipated this. He grabbed the hidden Immortal Qi from across space, locking down all of Lie Jinghong’s transformations for three consecutive seconds.
At the same time, Zhang Yu said faintly, “The reason I could pass the review is that my Law Edicts are written on the blank Law Scroll given to me by the Immortal Emperor.”
“The degree of freedom of my Law Edicts is above all of yours.”
“This era has already chosen me!”