Chapter 940: Level 4 Blazing Sun Meridian, New Ancestor’s Corpse
In the Lower Realm Mutual Aid Group, cultivators from the lower realm gathered happily. Messages continuously scrolled past, welcoming Xiao Qingxuan, Shi Yunxiang, Mo Shangjin, and Gongshu Jin, who had newly passed the Sect Examination to enter the sect.
Mo Shangjin: “Thanks to the internship period in the Netherworld Assets Department, my Sect Nature was cultivated, allowing me to take to this Sect Examination like a fish to water…”
Mo Shangjin thought to himself, “To think that when I studied Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering was doing poorly. After I switched to Artifact Refinement, Civil Engineering took off again, and now I’m back to doing Civil Engineering work within the sect.”
Especially when he thought about how, after entering the sect, he would still be working under Teacher Gao and Tu Lishan, Mo Shangjin couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.
Gongshu Jin: “I thank Minister Zhang Yu and Minister Yu Xinghan. I thank them for their careful cultivation, tolerance, and guidance over this long period.”
After sending the message, Gongshu Jin thought to himself, “Who could have imagined that the current Myriad Laws Divine Sword, Dao Monarch Zhang, was also my friend in the past.”
Shi Yunxiang: “When I was hit and left half-dead, it was Minister Zhang who saved me and advanced the medical expenses for me…”
Shi Yunxiang said in his heart, “Who said monsterfolk shouldn’t enter Myriad Laws to be Sect Staff? The more you discriminate against us, the more I will climb to the top…”
Xiao Qingxuan: “Joining the Netherworld Assets Department is the sect’s trust in me, and even more so a heavy responsibility. From now on, I will strictly dedicate myself to my duties, steadfastly fulfill my role, and live up to the sect’s great trust and Minister Zhang’s expectations. I will solidly complete every task…”
Xiao Qingxuan recalled the senior who had once occupied his body and thought to himself, “Brother, after you entered my body… you stayed for too short a time, and you left too early. If you were still here now, perhaps you could see Minister Zhang slowly changing Kunxu.”
Inside the Immortal Armaments Bureau.
Tian Shengong from Immortal Armaments University glanced at the messages in the group chat and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, “Damn it… Those Civil Engineering trashes who couldn’t even get a spot on my friends list before, they’ve actually entered the sect now too?”
“And then there’s Yu Xinghan and Ye Xingli. How many years has it been since they were accepted into the sect? They’re already at the Spirit Transformation stage?”
“And Zhang Yu…”
Tian Shengong naturally knew that the graduates of Myriad Laws University were now flourishing within the Myriad Laws Sect, and the most crucial reason for this was Zhang Yu.
“Zhang Yu established the third-generation Law Edict to Moderate Myriad Laws, and was even specially bestowed the Ten-Billion Divine Sword. The Salary pressure this puts on others is truly endless for a hundred generations…”
Thinking of the outstanding grades he had achieved at Immortal Armaments University, and how he was considered among the top ranks in the Ten Greats League, only to be left far behind after joining the sect — even falling short of Yu Xinghan and Ye Xingli — Tian Shengong sighed inwardly.
The next moment, he sent a message in the group: “With Dao Monarch Zhang around, your futures in the sect will definitely be boundless.”
Mo Shangjin: “Even outside the sect, as long as you learn from Dao Monarch Zhang’s spirit and keep Dao Monarch Zhang’s teachings firmly in mind, your future will be just as boundless.”
Gongshu Jin: “Xuan Ge received Dao Monarch Zhang’s guidance. Even before passing the exam to enter the sect, he has already reached the Nascent Soul stage. Entering the sect in a couple of years is absolutely set in stone…”
Hearing that Zhang Yu’s massive hands had already extended into the lower realm, beginning to interfere with the distribution of Nascent Soul Certificates there, Tian Shengong lamented even more in his heart: “Just how long is Zhang Yu’s reach?”
“The sky over this Kunxu is truly too dark.”
“If I had taken the exam for Myriad Laws Sect back then, would Zhang Yu’s hand have reached over my head too?”
“If I hadn’t made that bet with Dao Monarch Zhang because of Extreme Tiger back then, would everything be different now? In the end, choice is more important than effort…”
Just as Tian Shengong was lost in thought, a wave of information suddenly crossed the Spirit Realm and rippled through his body. “The one-key acceleration is coming!”
The next moment, Tian Shengong felt the distracting thoughts in his mind suddenly vanish, and immediately after, he and his many colleagues resumed working.
On the other side, Yu Xinghan looked at the messages in the group chat and thought to himself, “Xiao Qingxuan, Shi Yunxiang, Mo Shangjin, and Gongshu Jin still know how to see the bigger picture.”
In the past, when Yu Xinghan was in high school and university, seeing all sorts of thank-yous going back and forth in group chats… even as one of the members, he found it too troublesome.
But now, as the person being thanked, he suddenly had a different thought: “I didn’t promote you for nothing. The team is hard to lead. If you don’t show yourselves more on a daily basis, how would I know who is obedient and who is useful?”
Immediately after, Yu Xinghan also saw the news of Xuan Ge advancing to the Nascent Soul.
Although Yu Xinghan had long expected him to obtain the Nascent Soul Certificate and break through to the Nascent Soul Realm after Zhang Yu arranged for Xuan Ge to go down to the lower realm, he couldn’t help but sigh as he recalled the past.
“To rapidly break through to the Nascent Soul Realm so safely and peacefully… back in our time, how could we have had such conditions?”
“The young people nowadays are truly blessed.”
At this moment, as the Deputy Minister of the Netherworld Assets Department, Yu Xinghan couldn’t help but recall how he had overcome obstacles all the way during his university days. He also remembered how Zhang Yu had tread on thin ice along the way, climbing from an ordinary university student in the Civil Engineering Department to the position of the strongest university student among the Ten Universities… Only then did he achieve his later success.
In contrast, Xuan Ge’s path to breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage was simply too easy and relaxed.
“But actually… with the support of modern Immortal Dao Technology, reaching the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages hasn’t been difficult for a long time now, right? However, they have always been artificially restricted by certificates.”
“If the upper-tier cultivators were willing to earn a little less and yield more resources, it probably wouldn’t be impossible for the majority of cultivators to break through to the Golden Core, making Golden Core cultivators the most massive middle class in Kunxu…”
Shaking his head, Yu Xinghan suppressed these wishful thoughts in his heart and continued to focus on his work.
Meanwhile, just as the Lower Realm Mutual Aid Group was bustling with lively activity, Zhang Yu was sensing the Blazing Sun Meridian on the Dao Seed Register, carefully comprehending the new abilities within the Dao Seed.
Accompanied by a surge of magic power within his body, Zhang Yu’s Profound Cold Magic Power suddenly transformed into Blazing Sun Magic Power.
A surging current of heat gushed out from his Dantian. In the blink of an eye, it penetrated all the meridians in Zhang Yu’s body, flowing into every fiber of his flesh and blood.
Wisps of hot currents, like tiny flames, shot out from Zhang Yu’s eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, and even from every inch of his skin.
At this moment, Zhang Yu felt his vital energy and physical power suddenly surge, even giving rise to a feeling of losing control.
“If I move recklessly now, I’m afraid I might accidentally destroy the surrounding environment, right?”
“The power of this physical body has already far surpassed the level I can perfectly control.”
Zhang Yu exhaled a breath, and billowing hot currents surged out. Carrying an astonishing heat that slightly distorted the atmosphere, it rushed madly toward the surroundings, instantly turning into a fierce gale.
At the same time, the data in the Feather Book shifted, and Zhang Yu’s current physical strength appeared before his eyes.
“61.5 points? It directly broke through the Void Refinement upper limit.”
“But every shred of flesh and blood, as well as my vital energy, is operating beyond its limits. My lifespan is burning at almost 10,000 times the normal rate.”
The next moment, Zhang Yu abruptly circulated the Immortal Sect’s Strategic-Tier Technique, the Kunpeng Heaven-Devouring Art, and his entire being entered the Overlimit Development stage.
His physical body, which was already like an erupting volcano, now felt as though it had been injected with tens of thousands of tons of oil and natural gas, ushering in an explosive enhancement to Zhang Yu’s physical body.
61.7 points!
61.9 points!
62.5 points!
The data for his physical strength changed drastically in front of Zhang Yu, finally reaching 63.1 points in a single breath. Only then did the explosive growth stop, beginning to fluctuate back and forth between 63.1 points and 62.9 points.
“Is this the physical strength that can only be tempered in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm?”
At this moment, Zhang Yu felt that with just a single punch, the explosion caused by his fist shattering the air could whip up a storm that would blow across the entire Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
Zhang Yu silently sensed the condition of his body and estimated in his heart, “Under the continuous operation of the level 4 Blazing Sun Meridian, this beyond-limits state… I can maintain it right up until the moment my lifespan is exhausted.”
“With my current lifespan… maintaining this state for a few months wouldn’t be a big problem.”
The next moment, Zhang Yu abruptly retracted the Blazing Sun Meridian within his body, returning his physical body back to its normal state.
“Unless it’s extremely lucrative work where the hourly profit can at least cover the price of the lifespan I consume, otherwise it’s too much of a loss.”
Zhang Yu immediately realized that the beyond-limits state brought by this Blazing Sun Meridian was only suitable for use at critical moments.
Then, he tried other uses for the Blazing Sun Meridian.
“Just like before, injecting it into a magical artifact can improve its efficiency, but it will drastically reduce its lifespan, leaving it scrapped after just a few hours of use.”
“However, if paired with [Empress Wa Creations], it can allow temporary magical artifacts… to exceed their 50% performance limit within an hour, reaching 85% of their standard performance.”
Zhang Yu thought to himself, “This actually adds another rental item. Maybe not many people will rent it, but it should still increase my monthly income by over a hundred thousand, right?”
Finally, Zhang Yu sensed the new function of the level 4 Blazing Sun Meridian.
“It can inject magic power into someone else’s body, increasing their efficiency while… increasing their lifespan consumption.”
“Of course, it’s also possible to… only increase their lifespan consumption without improving their efficiency.”
Zhang Yu thought, “This has directly become an attack method. Instead of injuring people, it deducts their lifespan.”
Naturally, after a brief moment of comprehension, Zhang Yu understood that this method of deducting lifespan required injecting more magic power to drain it faster.
To burn lifespan at ten thousand times the efficiency, just like the Overlimit State, one needed to pierce through the opponent’s entire body with Blazing Sun Magic Power.
The Sect Examination Clone also noticed this new function of the Blazing Sun Meridian, and upon hearing this, he cheered loudly, “Excellent! Right when the freezing of Law Edicts happens next year, we might just have to fight someone.”
“With the enhancement of this Blazing Sun Meridian, if our punch could originally cause 10,000 Immortal Coins of damage to a person’s wallet, adding this layer of lifespan deduction will cause at least 15,000 Immortal Coins, or even 20,000 Immortal Coins of damage.”
Zhang Yu nodded slightly, thinking to himself, “Sigh, the higher the cultivation realm and rank, the more one can… ignore the rules when necessary.”
He recalled the process of himself and Bu Yingshu causing a ruckus in the pharmaceutical company’s Balanced-Life Grotto-Heaven, thinking to himself, “If it were in the past, if I dared to cause a scene in this kind of private minor realm, I would probably have been taken down on the spot. But now, it has become a means of struggle, simply because I have also become a controller of a part of the rules.”
Immortal Slayer said, “In martial duels of upper-tier cultivators, martial prowess is naturally indispensable. Only with sufficient martial force to hold the field and a sufficient combat threat can you avoid losses and allow many matters to be resolved peacefully. As this Blazing Sun Meridian continues to improve in the future, it might become an increasingly greater help to you…”
“Also, you must remind Xuan Ge to try his best not to expose the upgraded Blazing Sun Meridian too early. Keep it hidden for as long as possible.”
Zhang Yu nodded slightly. Then, he switched his Dao Seed, replacing the Blazing Sun Meridian with the Profound Cold Meridian.
“The biggest flaw of the Blazing Sun Meridian is the sharp increase in lifespan consumption; the cost is too high.”
“Then, can I use the Profound Cold Meridian to reduce the cost?”
As the Profound Cold flowed through his entire body, Zhang Yu felt a wave of icy coolness wash over him. Every trace of his vital energy seemed to be tightly locked in place, and the depletion of his lifespan instantly slowed down by a hundredfold.
Zhang Yu secretly calculated in his mind, “I just tested the Blazing Sun Meridian for about 4 to 5 minutes, and it directly consumed nearly a month of my lifespan.”
“But if I can continuously circulate the Profound Cold Meridian, it will take about seven hours to achieve a longevity extension of one month, which can make up for the depletion of the Blazing Sun Meridian.”
“In other words, for every second I use the Blazing Sun Meridian, I need to maintain the Profound Cold Meridian for about 100 seconds just to balance out the Lifespan consumption.”
Thinking of this, Zhang Yu nodded slightly. The existence of the Profound Cold Meridian significantly reduced the price of using the Blazing Sun Meridian for him.
Kunxu, 16th layer.
The destination of Zhang Yu’s inspection this time was called the Myriad Gold Mystic Realm.
As soon as Zhang Yu entered, he was immediately greeted by densely packed advertisements.
Information on various casinos, gambling projects, the latest bets, discounted loan ads, and service details linking outward to various platforms crashed over Zhang Yu like a tsunami.
This minor realm was precisely the private minor realm managed by Kuang Zhiqian, with its backer being the Destiny Dao Lineage.
The casinos were only a fraction of the entire minor realm; the vast majority of the space was occupied by countless Calculation Pools.
A massive amount of Spirit Realm and Dharma Realm information continuously surged out of this minor realm, ultimately flowing into every corner of the Myriad Laws Sect.
Kuang Zhiqian introduced from the side, “From ordinary gambling games to the interconnected betting and loan services of various platforms, everything connects to the Myriad Gold Mystic Realm.”
He said with a proud look on his face, “It can be said that at every moment, we are influencing the changes of the entire world through probability, determining everyone’s fate through each gamble, and creating astronomical amounts of wealth.”
As Zhang Yu’s gaze swept across the area, it was as if he could see every wave of information sweeping out from this place, only to bring back a sky full of Immortal Coins in the next moment.
Countless cultivators would either go bankrupt or become rich overnight within these cascading tides.
And this was merely one of the many minor realms under the Destiny Dao Lineage.
Seeing that Zhang Yu remained silent, Kuang Zhiqian smiled faintly and said, “Minister Zhang, did you use the one million chips I gave you last time? How about trying your hand right now?”
Zhang Yu replied, “Did you give me one million chips? I don’t remember, but it’s fine, I don’t hold grudges.”
Kuang Zhiqian thought to himself, “Alas, Dao Monarch Zhang seems to have a prejudice against gambling. Logically speaking, he’s not that old, so how could he be so old-fashioned?”
“If we went back one thousand years and you said gambling harmed people, I wouldn’t argue with your logic.”
“But in today’s Kunxu? Gambling is the best way for cultivators to ascend to the heavens in a single step and change their fate; it is the only Dao to directly face one’s destiny.”
However, the next moment, Kuang Zhiqian thought of his cooperation with Zhang Yu during the Law Establishment Evaluation.
He thought to himself, “Could this guy just look young, but actually be an old fossil whose reincarnation was arranged by the Reincarnation Group?”
Right at this time, Zhang Yu spoke up, “Starting next year, I will gradually freeze the two Law Edicts for ‘4-Hour Work’ and ‘Pay for Overtime’. Remember to make preparations in advance…”
Kuang Zhiqian smiled faintly and said, “This is a good thing. If employees have more work chips, they will definitely be more willing to gamble their work hours. I will give you my full cooperation.”
Hearing this, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, “Will removing the four-hour workday and pay-for-overtime cause more cultivators to use their work hours to gamble, thereby further promoting Kuang Zhiqian’s Work Gambling Law Edict?”
“This mountain of spaghetti code in Kunxu is all intertwined. Sure enough, just altering a few Law Edicts won’t fix things.”
Just then, Zhang Yu’s gaze suddenly shifted. Looking toward the center of the Myriad Gold Mystic Realm, he asked, “Ying… When Traitor Ying fought in the sect earlier, did he also come here?”
Kuang Zhiqian nodded and said, “He did indeed enter this minor realm, but he was repelled by the Heavenly Fortune Immortal Venerable as soon as he came in and didn’t cause any damage.”
Zhang Yu nodded slightly without speaking, but through his senses, he could feel that the center of the Myriad Gold Mystic Realm was exuding an increasingly strong attraction to his Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
“The ancestor’s corpses left behind by Senior Ying Xintian… there must be one here as well.”
In his mind, Zhang Yu recalled his previous experiences of liberating the ancestor’s corpses.
Zhang Yu could feel that if he wanted his [Immortal Descendant] to continue upgrading, he would probably need to liberate this ancestor’s corpse.
This was also one of the reasons why he had chosen this place as the inspection site.
In fact, when Zhang Yu had previously come to the 16th layer, he had faintly sensed the attraction from this ancestor’s corpse.
Through further sensing during several inspections, he had step by step confirmed its exact location.
“It’s right here, right in the very center of this Myriad Gold Mystic Realm.”
Zhang Yu thought to himself, “However, this central location is also where several of the highest-specification Calculation Pools are located. Not only are they tied to the operation of a massive amount of gambling services, but they also record countless pieces of confidential data.”
“Conventional methods probably won’t allow me to go in and search, let alone find an opportunity to liberate this ancestor’s corpse.”
“Besides, why would this ancestor’s corpse be in this location? Whose corpse did Ying Xintian leave here?”
Suppressing the curiosity and doubts in his heart, Zhang Yu could only temporarily memorize this location and wait for another opportunity in the future.
Just as Zhang Yu was busy investigating.
Inside the Former Days Graveyard.
Bai Zhenzhen looked at the message she just received, her heart trembling.
“The true inheritance copyrights for the several sword techniques, have they all been approved?”
Supported by the True Spirit Root and the Spirit Transformation Dao Body, Bai Zhenzhen’s innate talent, in her own words, could be described as earth-shattering.
It was precisely because of this that she had the confidence that as her cultivation and cultivation realm gradually improved in the future, she would one day be able to push various sword techniques to the Strategic-Tier, Sect-Guarding-Tier, and even the Heaven-Opening-Tier.
It was just that… she worried this would take too long.
“Yu Zi has already achieved Law Establishment. If I continue to drag my feet, let alone helping him in the future, I’m afraid that even if I want to see him… I’ll have to kneel before him.”
Therefore, she decided to reveal a little of her talent to increase her income.
But right at this moment, the mysterious person’s voice came from behind her, “Amazing, it seems your Sword Dao innate talent is far beyond my expectations. Let’s go… I’ll take you to meet a few old guys.”
Bai Zhenzhen felt slightly nervous in her heart and asked, “Who are we going to see?”
The mysterious person said, “Naturally, some people who have great strength and authority within the Heavenly Sword Sect.”
Hearing this, Bai Zhenzhen’s heart stirred, and she asked excitedly, “Has my innate talent been recognized by the higher-ups? Are you taking me to see the upper echelon of the sect so I can receive better guidance and learn stronger sword techniques from the sect’s experts?”
Hearing Bai Zhenzhen’s words, the mysterious person actually burst into laughter, “Hahahahaha… You’ve read too many ancient Immortal fantasy stories, haven’t you?”
“Better guidance… sect experts…”
The mysterious person continued to laugh as they said, “Upper echelon cultivators teaching you things for free? Do you think that’s possible? Do you think this is ancient times?”
“Taking you back this time is to attract investment.”
Bai Zhenzhen was slightly taken aback, “Attract investment?”
“Isn’t Zhang Yu from the Myriad Laws Sect trending right now? The concept of a lower realm cultivator is quite popular at the moment, and aren’t you exactly a lower realm cultivator too? You’re even friends with Zhang Yu.”
The mysterious person said, “Coincidentally, your innate talent is also quite good. We plan to use your name to establish a company and build you up as the Lower Realm Female Sword God.”
The mysterious person then spoke slowly, using a tone resembling an advertising slogan, “The Female Sword God from the lower realm, relying on her astonishing innate talent, elevates Military-Grade Sword Techniques to True Inheritance Sword Techniques, and in the future will even reform them into Strategic-Tier Sword Techniques and Sect-Guarding-Tier Sword Techniques, opening a new era of sword techniques!”
He pointed at Bai Zhenzhen and declared, “You… are the future heavenly chosen of the Heavenly Sword Sect, a person of great influence, the lower realm genius who will change the era, the Heavenly Sword Goddess, altering Kunxu with a single sword.”
Bai Zhenzhen was slightly startled. “This is?”
The mysterious person said, “This is our IPO slogan. We will promote you exactly like this when the time comes. So… are you willing?”
Bai Zhenzhen took a deep breath and thought to herself, “False advertising?”
“But I will turn all of this into reality.”
The time came to the end of December.
Inside the office of the Dual Cultivation Support Department, numerous Sect Staff were working overtime.
“You stubborn member again? Today, I am going to thoroughly liberate your mind.”
“Let me handle him!”
“Step aside! Let the leader come first!”
Just as the Dual Cultivation Support Department was working overtime, a work notification suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
“Ah? We are going to investigate the Netherworld Assets Department?”
“The data of the Netherworld Assets Department has indeed been problematic for years. It’s a dual cultivation black hole within the sect, but behind it is…”
A Tribulation Transcendence Cultivator said coldly, “So what if it’s the Myriad Laws Divine Sword? As long as he dares to violate the sect’s laws, I will make his entire family give birth this time!”
Seeing the leader acting so tough, a subordinate thought to himself, “Holy crap, why is he suddenly acting so tough? There is definitely a problem…”