Chapter 950: Special Grade Law Edict, Truly Well-Deserved
Wan Wuyi stood not far behind Zhang Yu. Looking at Zhang Yu’s back, he recalled the course of their exchange just now and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, “This Zhang Yu… he is so strong that he doesn’t seem like a kid in his thirties at all.”
“Information, assets, cultivation, Law Edicts…”
“Whether it is in the domain of frontal combat, his personal application of Law Edicts, the offensive and defensive battles of information and public opinion in the Dharma Realm and Spirit Realm, or the various games played with stock prices and capital… he is impeccable in all of them. He is no longer an opponent that can be easily suppressed.”
As the person in charge of a gambling platform, Wan Wuyi had seen far too many cultivators throughout his Immortal Dao career who became rich overnight and experienced a skyrocketing increase in strength in a short period of time.
However, generally speaking, such cultivators who experienced a rapid surge in strength over a short period often had many shortcomings.
And it was precisely because of these shortcomings that they would be unable to truly grasp and protect their assets. As the old saying goes, their rise was sudden, and their fall was just as swift.
But the Zhang Yu before him shattered this layer of Wan Wuyi’s experience.
“In just over 30 years, he climbed from the First Layer to his current position, with almost no shortcomings anywhere on him. It is hard to believe that it has only been a short half a year since he broke through to Void Refinement and established a Law Edict…”
Wan Wuyi sighed emotionally in his heart, “Relying on just the three of us, unless we risk everything we have, it’s impossible to suppress him. Not to mention, he still has that Ten-Billion Flying Sword that hasn’t been unsheathed yet.”
At this moment, in Wan Wuyi’s heart, this Ten-Billion Flying Sword that had remained unsheathed posed a far greater threat than if Zhang Yu had used it right from the start.
And besides all this, what made Wan Wuyi feel even more danger… was the style Zhang Yu had displayed in this battle.
“Especially the flexible application of the Law Edict, as well as the coordination with the Dual Rest Law Edict…”
Wan Wuyi looked at Zhang Yu’s figure, looking at the tragic sight of companies being forced to halt operations, sensing the disaster of plummeting profits and stock prices…
At this moment, a tragic history and a terrifying figure suddenly flashed through Wan Wuyi’s mind.
He remembered the Halting Myriad Industries Great Formation that Ying Xintian had once used to stir up Kunxu, and the super strike that had affected the ten sects.
It was exactly after that unprecedented disaster that even the word “strike” was strictly censored in the Spirit Realm and Dharma Realm.
“I originally thought this Zhang Yu was going to moderate Myriad Laws, act as the Dad of all Law Edicts himself, and practice the law of the Dad-way.”
“But looking at it now, his method of using work stoppages and production halts to coerce and threaten is more like Traitor Ying’s Will of Strike from back then…”
“Hmph, since the higher-ups don’t seem to be in a rush right now anyway, why should I be anxious?”
“If this continues, I’ll either burn more and more money, or the blame I’ll have to shoulder will get bigger and bigger…”
Thinking of this, Wan Wuyi completely lost the will to keep fighting.
Meanwhile, Wang Guanyao on the other side was still thinking rapidly, “…Have we been abandoned?”
She had originally thought that the combined strength of the three of them would be enough to make Zhang Yu quickly bow his head and retain the profits that were already in their pockets.
But after a fierce battle, Wang Guanyao realized that the development of the situation was completely different from her expectations.
“Could this Zhang Yu be the reincarnation of some old monster? Having been at the Void Refinement stage for only half a year, not only can he withstand the attacks of a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, but he actually doesn’t show the slightest disadvantage in the application of Law Edicts, public opinion warfare, capital warfare, corporate warfare…?”
Wang Guanyao perceived the full picture of the battlefield, observing this fierce battle that had spread to different minor realms and different levels, echoing through the Spirit Realm, Dharma Realm, Finance Realm, and Material Realm, and affecting countless practitioners of lower cultivation.
Wang Guanyao did not feel surprised by the scope of this fierce battle or the people affected by it.
After all, in Kunxu, the higher a cultivator’s rank and cultivation realm, the more assets they possessed, the more Immortal Dao Technology they mastered, and the more domains they were involved in. Once a fight broke out, it naturally stirred up storms, easily affecting the work, cultivation, and lives of countless lower-tier cultivators…
The amount of Immortal Coins involved in every battle was enough to drive the lower-tier cultivators mad.
If it reached the Immortal level, it was completely normal for the impact to span across several sects.
But what Wang Guanyao didn’t expect was that Zhang Yu could actually engage in this all-out fierce battle with them so effortlessly.
And at the same time…
“The various shareholders, and the cultivators even higher up, haven’t made a move even now.”
Wang Guanyao thought to herself, “Is it because those guys at the top have already seen the situation clearly, so they aren’t coming to stop it?”
“Then putting me in charge of this matter is just so I can take the blame? Make me bear the losses?”
The more Wang Guanyao thought about it, the more she felt this was the case, feeling as if the word “Danger” was growing larger and brighter above her head.
“Not good! I was almost blinded by greed and jumped into a fire pit.”
Amidst a flurry of rapid thoughts, a trace of clarity suddenly flashed through Wang Guanyao’s eyes.
All along, she knew that under the aspiration for the Immortal Dao, the countless cultivators throughout Kunxu were single-mindedly pursuing profit, just to go a step further on the Immortal Dao.
But precisely because of this, sometimes excessively pursuing profit, or under the temptation of profit, cultivators might make some wrong choices.
And at this very moment, Wang Guanyao felt that under her aspiration for the Immortal Dao… she was blinded by greed, dragging herself into a perilous situation.
“Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!”
Thinking of this, Wang Guanyao felt as if she had broken out in a cold sweat, and the thought of retreating immediately sprouted in her heart. “Substitute Magic! Activate!”
In the next moment, Wang Guanyao’s figure flashed, and she disappeared.
Immediately after… a Spirit Transformation cultivator had been thrown in front of everyone by her.
“Everyone, I still have things to attend to. I will leave the subsequent negotiations entirely in his charge. He is the technical backbone of our data center, and we are all at ease with how he handles things.”
Leaving behind this message, the leader Wang Guanyao had already withdrawn from the battlefield, leaving only that Spirit Transformation subordinate at a loss, trembling as he looked at the gazes directed at him by the several higher-tier cultivators in front of him.
“The achievements of the low-tier cultivators are the credit of the higher-tier cultivators, and the mistakes of the higher-tier cultivators are the responsibility of the low-tier cultivators.”
Thinking of this, the Spirit Transformation subordinate cried out in bitterness inwardly.
Right at this moment, another figure suddenly descended: “Zhang Yu!”
Bu Yingshu stepped in front of Zhang Yu, looking at Bu Aixian and saying, “Aunt…”
The next moment, Bu Aixian, who had previously been full of fighting spirit, sighed, “Sigh, you child, really…”
Saying that, she waved her hand and said, “Forget it, Zhang Yu. Today, on account of Bu Yingshu, I can have a talk with you.”
Hearing these words, Bu Yingshu’s heart shook: “Aunt, she… could she have also noticed the explosive growth of my innate talent over these past two years?”
In the next instant, she grew smug inwardly: “Hehe, Zhang Yu, did you see that? This is my prestige.”
Bu Aixian said, “Zhang Yu, let’s sign a contract, and then we’ll back off at the same time so neither of us suffers a loss.”
In fact, while both sides were thinking and conversing, the fierce battle between them had never stopped.
After all, the side that stopped first would naturally reveal a flaw, which was equivalent to handing their fate over to the opponent.
The contract Bu Aixian sent over at this moment formally stipulated that both parties would stop fighting at the exact same time to avoid losses.
Thus, a moment later, this fierce battle that had started from Zhang Yu’s Inner Enclosure Minor Realm, eventually affecting multiple parties and spreading to various realms… temporarily came to an end.
Both sides returned to the Inner Enclosure Minor Realm and officially began negotiations regarding the upper limit of working hours.
Zhang Yu looked at Bu Aixian and the others, who were now speaking amicably, and sighed inwardly, “This place, Kunxu… if you want to take some of the increased profits out of people’s pockets and distribute them, it’s impossible to do without fighting a few fierce battles.”
And even now that they were sitting down to negotiate, Zhang Yu could still feel Bu Aixian and her group fighting fiercely for their interests, haggling over almost every minute and every second of the employees’ working hours.
Fortunately, both sides possessed powerful cognitive and calculating abilities, and being located on the 16th layer, the progress of the negotiation was incredibly fast.
In the Spirit Realm.
Venerable Serpent Lust, as the creator of the Dual Cultivation Obligation Law Edict and a member of the frozen Law Edict list this time around, had also been closely following Zhang Yu’s battle.
Especially during the public opinion war between the two sides, when Bu Aixian hired a massive Soul Cultivator Troll Army, Venerable Serpent Lust had also slipped into their ranks to slightly participate in the siege against Zhang Yu.
“Hmph, if it weren’t for this Zhang Yu seeking personal gain at the public’s expense by using his power in the Former Days Graveyard to drive Soul Cultivators to do private work for him, he absolutely couldn’t have blocked it so easily.”
And when Venerable Serpent Lust crossed the Spirit Realm and saw many shots of Zhang Yu and Bu Aixian clashing through the live broadcast footage filmed from afar by the many low-tier cultivators on the scene… he couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, “He’s really tough.”
“However, whether it’s the Internet Troll Army or temporarily resisting a Tribulation Transcendence expert with no killing intent, if it were me, I wouldn’t have done much worse than Zhang Yu.”
Venerable Serpent Lust thought to himself, “The most troublesome thing… is still his Law Edict, especially the forward and reverse application of his Law Edict.”
“Freezing a Law Edict is equivalent to changing the environment. And by modifying the scope of the Law Edict to restore the frozen Law Edict, it restores the environment.”
The image of swords and sabers constantly being drawn and sheathed appeared in Venerable Serpent Lust’s mind.
And those Law Edicts frozen by Zhang Yu were like those swords and sabers sheathed by him, gathering momentum and waiting for the moment Zhang Yu reactivated them.
“If this continues, doesn’t it mean that he alone has mastered numerous Law Edicts?”
“As long as he freezes a Law Edict, it means he can activate that Law Edict at any time?”
Thinking of this, Venerable Serpent Lust couldn’t help but feel extreme envy welling up in his heart.
“This is true Law Edict Paternal Hegemony, controlling myriad laws.”
The moment a Law Edict was established, it represented a cultivator’s upper limit. In Venerable Serpent Lust’s eyes, the upper limit of Zhang Yu’s Law Edict Expiration Date could only be described as limitless.
“The law above laws, a Special Grade Law Edict, well-deserved.”
“But precisely because of this, it is absolutely impossible for this person to achieve immortality.”
Just as Venerable Serpent Lust was thinking, a large amount of news from the Spirit Realm and Dharma Realm suddenly surfaced before his eyes.
“What? Both sides cleared up their misunderstandings and agreed on a maximum work hours limit?”
“Three useless spineless cowards! Surrendering just like that?”
Venerable Serpent Lust could already imagine how many more companies would be restricted in their overtime hours by Zhang Yu following the success of this negotiation.
At the same time, with the success of this negotiation, there was no telling how many lower-tier cultivators would support Zhang Yu’s freezing of law edicts.
“The thought tide amplification of the Law Edict Expiration Date… is about to skyrocket, and the expansion speed of Zhang Yu’s law edict true domain will also accelerate all the way.”
Venerable Serpent Lust thought to himself, “When necessary, I still have to use the Coitus Conscription to delay Zhang Yu’s speed.”
Thinking of this, Venerable Serpent Lust sent another message to Zhu Yan, hoping that the other party could push forward the matching candidates for the Coitus Conscription as soon as possible.
But not long after his conversation with Zhu Yan, a message from the other party made him feel excited. “Immortal Venerable Supreme Truth is returning to the sect?”
Right after Zhang Yu finished his negotiation with the other party, he saw Tai Yuebai’s projection as he left the meeting room.
Zhang Yu said, “Big Brother Tai, thank you for your help this time.”
Tai Yuebai said flatly, “No matter who came, I would run Dual Rest, simply because today is the weekend.”
Tai Yuebai’s gaze toward Zhang Yu could not hide a trace of surprise. The latter’s skyrocketing strength over the past six months had completely exceeded his expectations.
On the other side, Zhang Yu looked at Tai Yuebai’s chest, a hint of surprise also surfacing in his heart: “Another new Dao Seed?”
Listening to Tai Yuebai’s reply, Zhang Yu sighed, “After today, my Law Edicts will gradually cover the 16th layer, and the companies of all realms will take on a completely new look.”
Tai Yuebai said, “After this battle, the Immortal Emperor’s control over the Law Edicts within the sect will grow even deeper.”
Immortal Slayer couldn’t help but say, “Zhang Yu, let me speak!”
Zhang Yu (Immortal Slayer) shouted, “Tai Yuebai, why don’t you understand? If we are overly cautious and do nothing, we are just sitting around waiting to die!”
Tai Yuebai’s gaze narrowed. He looked at Zhang Yu and said indifferently, “Acting recklessly is worse than doing nothing. This matter is of grave importance; every step must be taken with extreme caution. One wrong step… and the entire Kunxu might fall off a cliff and plunge into the abyss.”
The two exchanged words, but the more they talked, the more displeasing they found each other.
Zhang Yu (Immortal Slayer) said, “Irresolute and hesitant, constantly overthinking — you truly aren’t worth conspiring with! Back when Master Ying… when Immortal Ying stepped forward, were you also thinking of hiding in the underground 18th layer like this?”
A cold glint flashed in Tai Yuebai’s eyes: “The matters of the past! What the hell does a thirty-something kid like you know! If everyone was as rash as you and didn’t know when to endure when they should, this Kunxu would have been destroyed long ago!”
After speaking, Tai Yuebai had already turned around to leave, seemingly unwilling to say another word to Zhang Yu.
Immortal Slayer said in disappointment: “This guy has just hidden on the 18th underground layer for too long, hiding so much that he doesn’t even have a shred of courage left.”
Zhang Yu regained control of his body. Looking at Tai Yuebai’s departing back, he said, “Big Brother Tai, if one day I want Dual Rest to descend upon more places, can you lend me a hand?”
Tai Yuebai’s figure paused slightly before he spoke, “My law edict pilot zone doesn’t cover such a large range.”
Fu Ji snorted coldly and said, “It seems this guy isn’t willing to help.”
Immortal Slayer, however, said, “He only said his range isn’t that large; he didn’t say he was unwilling.”
At the same time, the scene of Ying Xintian leading trillions of commoners on strike back then surfaced in Tai Yuebai’s mind, and unknowingly… that scene overlapped with the Zhang Yu of today.
“It won’t work.”
“It’s already been tried, doing it this way won’t work.”
And shortly after Tai Yuebai left, Zhang Yu heard Zhang Pianpian’s voice in his mind.
Ever since the [Supreme Clarity Talisman] was upgraded to level 4, Zhang Yu no longer needed to immerse his entire consciousness to utilize the various functions within the Supreme Clarity Realm.
As long as he left a sliver of consciousness in the Divine Descent Hall of the Supreme Clarity Realm, Zhang Yu could utilize the functions at any time and communicate with Zhang Pianpian.
During the series of fierce battles just now, Zhang Yu had communicated with Zhang Pianpian through the Supreme Clarity Realm, obtaining information on the entire battlefield and controlling the situation even when the Spirit Realm and Dharma Realm were interfered with by the Law Edicts.
At this moment, Zhang Pianpian said, “In the chaotic battle of the Internet Troll Army in the Spirit Realm, I found some traces of teams from outside the sect.”
Zhang Yu’s eyes flickered, “An outside team intervened in this battle?”
Zhang Yu did not actually feel surprised by this.
The reform of the Myriad Laws Sect would inevitably attract the attention of other sects, and it was completely normal for other sects to intervene in this process for their own interests.
Zhang Pianpian said, “If it were just an ordinary outside force adding fuel to the fire… then there would be nothing worth paying attention to.”
“This outside team…”
Countless data emerged before Zhang Pianpian’s eyes, all of which were data traces of anonymous Soul Cultivators from Venerable Serpent Lust.
“I feel they might just be using some strongholds in the other sect as springboards; the instructions still come from within the sect.”
Zhang Yu frowned: “Even if the instructions come from within the sect, it won’t be easy to investigate if they use the other sects as a springboard, right? We can’t just extend our jurisdiction into the other sects…”
Hearing this, Zhang Pianpian let out a light chuckle and said, “Little brother, haven’t you heard of the term Cross-Sect Law Enforcement?”
Right after Zhang Yu engaged in a fierce battle with Bu Aixian and the other two, a large number of cultivators, especially those of lower cultivation working on the 16th layer… began to pay more and more attention to it.
Initially, most people didn’t believe that Zhang Yu was really there to reduce working hours.
However, as Zhang Yu shifted the range of the Law Edict, causing company after company to halt work, it provoked opposition from many of lower-tier cultivators. Of course, quite a few company Internet Troll Armies were mixed in as well.
“What is Beast Zhang messing around with again? Changing things up all day long, it’s not even as stable as before.”
“How could the companies possibly agree to his demands? It’s simply a pipe dream, and he’s even making it so we can’t work…”
“I think working 24 hours of overtime is pretty good. We’re already doing it for free, what is there to be dissatisfied about? Those who can’t adapt should just be eliminated.”
“You were the ones demanding overtime freedom, yet when there’s too much overtime, you’re unhappy again. How can people be so greedy, wanting to have their cake and eat it too?”
Especially as Zhang Yu utilized the ultra-high-danger Dao Seed, the affected area grew larger and larger, involving more and more companies. The number of people dissatisfied for various reasons also continued to increase.
Particularly with the internet troll army brawling in the Spirit Realm and Dharma Realm, countless lower-tier cultivators were dragged into the mess.
“Zhang Yu is too reckless. The companies won’t be able to stay open like this. What are we going to do if we can’t find jobs in the future?”
“I see that many companies are planning to move away from the 16th layer. If this continues, it will only destroy the Myriad Laws Sect’s industrial chain on the 16th layer. We still need to work and earn money on the 16th layer! Hurry up and replace Zhang Yu, don’t let him mess around anymore….”
“I just want to work and earn money in peace. How long is he going to keep tossing things up?”
But with the end of the fierce battle and the completion of negotiations between the two sides, the moment the upper limit for working hours was confirmed, the direction of the wind in the Spirit Realm and Dharma Realm underwent an instant, sharp turn.
“Minister Zhang is too domineering! No… wait, that’s not ‘domineering’, that’s daddy-neering!! This is the strength of the father of Myriad Laws!”
“This goes beyond daddy-neering! Single-handedly bringing this many corporations to a dead halt? This is straight-up [Comment Under Review]!”
“Dao Monarch Zhang didn’t lie to us, he really is the Myriad Laws Divine Sword, the great reform general of our Myriad Laws Sect!”
“Who was just saying we should replace him? Who said Minister Zhang would fail? Why are those comments all deleted?”
Someone sighed, “No wonder the Soul Cultivators of the Former Days Graveyard have been speaking up for Minister Zhang for free for so long…”
Seeing this comment, Lu Hengzhang said angrily, “Who said we were doing it for free? We are only speaking up for him because we received the increased pay from Minister Zhang!”
Some people also saw the true power of Dual Rest.
Di Xuan thought to himself, “Dual Rest days… It’s great to go to Tai Yuebai’s place for meetings. It’s equivalent to entering a no-work zone, which can avoid a lot of trouble.”
“Our next foreign exchange meeting will also be held on Dual Rest days.”
There were also those who spoke out against the injustice done to the Immortal Emperor.
Lie Jinghong: “The Immortal Emperor is the greatest contributor to this matter. If the Immortal Emperor hadn’t given his nod of approval, how could Zhang Yu have accomplished this?”
Inside the Immortal Grotto-Heaven, Old Gao was recording the companies involved in this incident one by one on his own list.
Magnetic Pole, who was off to the side, asked, “What are you writing down? Being all secretive and mysterious.”
Old Gao smiled lightly and said, “An inspection list. I think the minor realms in these places are built exceptionally well. I plan to make time to visit all of them when I have the chance in the future.”
At the same time, more and more lower-tier cultivators swarmed over, gathering under Zhang Yu’s social media account and beginning to call for him to go to their companies to freeze the Law Edicts and set a working hour limit.
These lower-tier cultivators not only came from all walks of life in the 16th layer, but there were even those who crossed different layers and even different sects to leave messages.
Tian Shengong from the Immortal Armaments Bureau was mixed among them: “Dao Monarch Zhang, it would be great if you could also come to the Immortal Armaments Bureau sometime.”
What Zhang Yu didn’t know yet… was that news related to him promoting reforms in the Myriad Laws Sect had been strictly restricted in the Immortal Armaments Bureau, Celestial Monster Sect, and other sects. Any cultivator who spoke about Zhang Yu could be considered an external sect force.
When the Void Refinement Law Edict Rankings updated again, Zhang Yu’s Expiration Date Law Edict had skyrocketed, quickly entering the top 100 and taking 99th place.
And Zhang Yu could feel the Thought Tide amplification still surging, meaning his ranking would continue to rise.
But right at this moment, a piece of news that shook the ten sects arrived, instantly suppressing all other news.
“Supreme Truth has returned to the sect, and…”
Looking at the contents of the news, Zhang Yu’s heart sank: “The Celestial Monster Immortal Emperor is going to visit the Myriad Laws Sect?”