Chapter 973: New Dao Seed; Quick, Bu Yingshu is Here
Zhang Yu couldn’t help but ask, “Sis, are you sure? Aren’t there still so many Immortal Venerables, Immortals… Are they not in line?”
Zhang Pianpian sighed, “Because of your Law Edict… Moderating Myriad Laws. Once this Law Edict is elevated into a Dao Lineage, that will be the Dao Lineage every Immortal Emperor wants to master the most.”
“Not just you, right now the Immortal Emperors of the various sects are probably all cultivating their own spokespersons for the restraint of Law Edicts. These spokespersons… each of them will respectively become the number one candidate for the 11th Immortal Emperor in the minds of the Immortal Emperors of their respective sects.”
“Only an 11th Immortal Emperor cultivated by themselves will allow them to gain the maximum benefit when it’s time to carve them up…”
Zhang Yu’s eyes flickered, recalling last year when the Vajra Sect’s… Ye Heng also established a third-generation Law Edict.
The other party established the Law Edict of the ‘Law Establishment Attainment Level’, used to regulate the authority of the lawmaker.
If what Zhang Pianpian said was true, then this Ye Heng was the Buddha Emperor’s spokesperson, one of the candidates for the 11th Immortal Emperor.
And now, he, along with this Ye Heng and eight other candidates who might appear in the future, would gradually begin to compete around the position of the 11th Immortal Emperor, fighting to deliver themselves… into the mouths of the Ten Immortal Emperors.
Zhang Yu smiled and said, “If I succeed… and become the 11th Immortal Emperor, I will be jointly suppressed by the Ten Immortal Emperors. If I fail in the competition, I’m afraid I will be purged immediately, and everything I have will be reclaimed… right?”
Hearing Zhang Yu’s words, Zhang Pianpian’s eyes dimmed slightly, as if she could already see the Zhang Yu before her deeply trapped in a situation of certain death.
Watching Zhang Yu’s departing back, Zhang Pianpian could nonetheless feel a trace of fighting spirit emanating from him.
“Still holding onto hope?”
At this moment, Zhang Pianpian felt as if she were looking at the Zhang Yu who had climbed all the way up from the First Layer, claiming victory time and time again in desperate situations.
“But the ones he has to face this time… are the Ten Immortal Emperors, the fiercest, most evil, and most invincible ten Immortal Emperors in history.”
“Even the Divine Emperor is helpless, and even Supreme Truth… as well as the previous 11th Immortal Emperor were suppressed without any power to resist.”
“My brother… just where exactly… are you finding this hope?”
Right after Zhang Yu and Zhang Pianpian ended their communication, he threw himself back into his cultivation.
Circles of Immortal Crystals were stacked around him, helping him increase his immortal aura level.
Since the Tribulation Certificate was already in hand, Zhang Yu now only needed to raise his immortal aura level to 100% to break through.
And right now, Zhang Yu was still over forty percent away from this 100% goal.
Not long after, Zhang Yu received another message from Magnetic Pole.
After the assessment in March ended, Magnetic Pole successfully reached Rank 5 and obtained a Void Refinement Certificate.
Meanwhile, the second Dao Seed on the other party’s body also surfaced in Zhang Yu’s mind.
In August of last year, after a gap of one year, Dao Seed Register II finally brewed another blank Dao Seed.
After pondering for a long time, Zhang Yu gave this Dao Seed to Magnetic Pole.
“Now that all factions have started developing third-generation Law Edicts, the sooner one successfully completes Law Establishment, the greater freedom they will have, and the established Law Edicts will be able to support me better.”
“With Yu Xinghan and Teacher Magnetic Pole participating in Law Establishment this time, they will inevitably encounter quite a few senior Void Refinement cultivators. If they want to stand out, they must have more adequate preparation.”
Yu Xinghan broke through to the Void Refinement Realm a year early, and with the blessing of the Chain Formation Diagram [Great Void Dao Body], his cultivation was advancing a thousand miles a day.
“Once he attends the law establishment training, with the help of the [Third Eye Mystic Power], I will also replace the Chain Formation Diagram in his Technique Aperture with [Myriad Phenomena] in advance. He will definitely achieve impressive results during his Law Establishment process.”
With a thought, Zhang Yu summoned the Feather Book and turned to the Chain Formation Diagram: Myriad Phenomena.
This Chain Method Diagram Set was exactly what Zhang Yu had obtained during his previous law establishment training. It could comprehensively enhance Immortal Qi Technology, and it was a key factor in his great success in Law Establishment.
“Compared to Yu Xinghan, Teacher Magnetic Pole is a year late. She is almost about to participate in Law Establishment just after breaking through to Void Refinement.”
Therefore, in order to increase Magnetic Pole’s success rate, Zhang Yu planted a Second Dao Seed for her.
As for the others, they could wait until the next time a blank Dao Seed was brewed.
Anyway, Zhang Yu felt that with one per year, everyone’s turn would eventually come. Right now, in Zhang Yu’s view… the most urgent matter was Magnetic Pole’s side.
With a thought, Zhang Yu flipped the Feather Book to the Dao Seed Register page, revealing Magnetic Pole’s second Dao Seed.
“This Dao Seed called Divine Craftsmanship can complement Teacher Magnetic Pole’s original Encyclopedia of Celestial Technology.”
Upgrading Divine Craftsmanship was very simple; it required repairing the magical artifacts designed by the Encyclopedia of Celestial Technology.
Level 1 Divine Craftsmanship could complete the repair of minor damages while consuming the magical artifact’s durability.
Level 2 increased the repair efficiency, allowing for the repair of severely damaged magical artifacts. Level 3 further enhanced this capability; even completely destroyed and scrapped magical artifacts could be temporarily repaired, though this would greatly reduce the artifact’s lifespan, rendering it essentially for temporary use only.
As [Divine Craftsmanship] continued to level up, when Zhang Yu and Magnetic Pole jointly raised it to level 6, they were already able to perfectly repair magical artifacts without consuming durability or reducing their original lifespans. By only consuming materials, they could complete perfect repairs and perform a targeted evolution on the artifact.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, “With this [Divine Craftsmanship], every magical artifact is effectively given a second life and can undergo targeted evolution, meaning it won’t be defeated by the same move twice.”
“Perfect… when Teacher Magnetic Pole undergoes Law Establishment, she can take the artifact refinement route, actualize Immortal Qi Technology through magical artifacts, and subsequently establish the law.”
“With the [Encyclopedia of Celestial Technology], she can rapidly complete the design of magical artifacts, refine them, and establish a Law Edict using the artifacts.”
“Coupled with [Divine Craftsmanship], her Law Edict would effectively have a second life. It could even undergo targeted evolution on the battlefield to turn the tables…”
Apart from the Dao Seed’s inherent abilities, what surprised Zhang Yu the most was that after Magnetic Pole acquired the second Dao Seed, she opened up a second Technique Aperture.
Zhang Yu then immediately equipped Magnetic Pole with the [Void Refinement Dao Body], and also added the [Artifact Refinement Prodigy] Chain Formation Diagram.
This [Artifact Refinement Prodigy] was something Zhang Yu had mastered back in university. It could improve artifact refinement efficiency and quality, and he often brought it out to use during his artifact refinement because, like [Myriad Phenomena], [Empress Wa Creations], and [Great Sage’s Heir], it had no restrictions regarding cultivation realms.
“With two Dao Seeds, plus two Chain Formation Diagrams, Teacher Magnetic Pole should be able to achieve good results during Law Establishment.”
As for the specific content of the Law Establishment, Zhang Yu had already finished discussing it with Yu Xinghan and Magnetic Pole.
Next, all Zhang Yu had to wait for was when Magnetic Pole would break through to Void Refinement.
And Magnetic Pole’s luck seemed to be better than his and Yu Xinghan’s. Half a month later, her application approval passed, and she went to the 15th layer to complete her Void Refinement breakthrough.
Feeling the massive changes within her body, a wave of emotion swelled in Magnetic Pole’s heart: “To think that in my lifetime, I would still have the chance to break through to Void Refinement.”
“And who could have imagined that my breakthrough to Void Refinement would ultimately rely on my own disciple.”
A trace of smugness flashed through Magnetic Pole’s heart. Having nurtured a disciple like Zhang Yu, she couldn’t help but feel proud.
“Fortunately, I snatched Zhang Yu from the Civil Engineering Department back then and personally taught him. If I had let Old Gao continue to ruin him, he wouldn’t have such high achievements today.”
Thinking about how Old Gao had run off to construction sites in other minor realms again these past few days, Magnetic Pole’s brows couldn’t help but furrow.
“I’ve already reached Void Refinement, how is a guy like you still running around construction sites?”
Shaking her head, Magnetic Pole thought of Zhang Yu’s currently unfathomable methods. Sometimes, a slight sense of unfamiliarity towards her disciple couldn’t help but arise in her heart.
However, when Magnetic Pole returned to Zhang Yu’s Immortal Grotto-Heaven, she saw Zhang Yu walk up with a beaming smile: “Teacher, you’ve finally broken through. I’ve been waiting for this moment for too long.”
After saying that, Zhang Yu swapped the [Spirit Transformation Dao Body] in her Technique Aperture with the [Great Void Dao Body].
In an instant, Magnetic Pole’s body once again underwent an earth-shattering change, making her feel as though all cultivation in the Void Refinement Realm had become as easy as flipping her hand.
Feeling all of this and looking at Zhang Yu’s sincere smile before her, the trace of unfamiliarity that had initially surfaced in Magnetic Pole’s heart… gradually vanished into thin air.
Magnetic Pole could feel that the Zhang Yu before her was still the same Zhang Yu of the past — the Zhang Yu who led everyone to make money and climb the ranks together.
Particularly the second Dao Seed, for him to provide her with this kind of enhancement completely free of charge, even if they had a master-disciple relationship, it still seemed unbelievable to Magnetic Pole.
“That is probably a technique specially bestowed by the higher-ups of the sect, or even the Immortal Emperor, right? To think he just gave it to me like this…”
“In all of Kunxu, there might not be a second person who would do such a thing.”
At this moment, Magnetic Pole only felt that her past investments in Zhang Yu were increasingly worthwhile, and her confidence in continuing to climb the Immortal Dao alongside Zhang Yu in the future reached an unprecedented peak.
And as soon as Magnetic Pole left the Immortal Grotto-Heaven, she saw Tu Lishan greeting her.
Magnetic Pole sighed with emotion, “Little Tu, you’re also at Rank 4 now, having broken through to Spirit Transformation.”
Tu Lishan hurriedly said, “It is all Minister Zhang’s credit that I was moved from Nascent Soul to Spirit Transformation.”
Right at this moment, a majestic pressure swept over. Tu Lishan and Magnetic Pole looked over at the same time, thinking to themselves, “It’s her again.”
The person arriving was none other than Bu Yingshu.
Just then, another pressure struck in the same manner, causing Magnetic Pole to stare blankly for a moment: “This is…”
Inside the Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
Le Mulan, who had just recently broken through to Void Refinement, felt the [Great Void Dao Body] enter her body. Experiencing that earth-shattering wave of pleasure, she couldn’t help but let out a soft pant.
“Is this what dual cultivation feels like?”
“If I knew it was this exhilarating and had so many benefits, I would have begged Zhang Yu to give me a go sooner.”
Zhang Yu looked at the slightly trembling Le Mulan before him and sighed inwardly, “As expected of someone valued by an Immortal Emperor, a candidate whose Dao Seed is being desperately elevated. She’s getting promoted almost as fast as I am.”
Zhang Yu knew that the Profound Cold Meridian could delay the lifespans of the living and Soul Cultivators, making it an existence that severely affected the reincarnation ecosystem.
“To push Le Mulan’s Profound Cold Meridian… using her as a bargaining chip against the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor, I wonder what cultivation realm the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor will elevate Le Mulan to.”
At this moment, Zhang Yu once again felt the influence of the wills of the Ten Immortal Emperors on Kunxu. A single thought could elevate a person all the way, allowing them to ascend to the heavens in a single step, raising them to a height ordinary cultivators could only dream of reaching.
Zhang Yu asked, “How long can you stay out this time?”
Le Mulan replied, “The hall only gave me one day for an outside field mission. I have to go back later…”
Right at this moment, Zhao Tianxing’s figure suddenly darted over: “Minister, Profound Monarch Bu, Bu Yingshu, has arrived.”
Zhang Yu raised an eyebrow, and Zhao Tianxing continued, “Also, Dao Monarch Bai Zhenzhen has come too. She came as the diplomatic representative of the Heavenly Sword Sect.”
Zhang Yu quickly stood up and pushed Le Mulan toward the Grotto-Heaven Bridge.
“Hurry up and leave, Bu Yingshu is here,” Zhang Yu said.
Le Mulan replied, “I am now a member of the Heavenly Surveillance Hall, so I don’t necessarily have to be afraid of her…”
Zhang Yu said, “There’s no need to conflict with her. Besides, the less chance there is of our secrets being exposed, the better.”
Feeling the drastic changes in her body brought about by the Great Void Dao Body, Le Mulan nodded slightly and said, “Then I’ll leave first. You deal with her well.”
Zhang Yu reminded her, “Remember to practice the Void Refinement cultivation arts I told you about diligently when you get back.”
Besides himself, Yu Xinghan, and Magnetic Pole, Zhang Yu had also pulled Le Mulan along to push the layers of the Great Void Dao Body and speed up the increase of their Immortalization Degree.
Shortly after Le Mulan crossed the Grotto-Heaven Bridge and left, Zhang Yu sensed a conflict breaking out at the entrance of the Immortal Grotto-Heaven. With a flash of his figure, he quickly hurried over.
In mid-air, Bai Zhenzhen and Bu Yingshu stood facing each other.
Bu Yingshu stepped on an Immortal Shuttle, with rays of divine light shooting up into the sky from behind her, occupying half the sky.
Bai Zhenzhen stood upon the void. Her surging sword intent crossed the Spirit Realm and descended upon the material world, nearly enveloping the other half of the sky.
Bu Yingshu looked at Bai Zhenzhen before her with some surprise. Originally, upon seeing her, she had wanted to just wave a hand and have her obediently wait outside the Immortal Grotto-Heaven like before, waiting until she and Zhang Yu finished their business before coming in.
She did not expect the other party to actually stubbornly refuse to yield.
“You think that just because you broke through to Void Refinement, you can contend against me?”
“Today I will let you know whose land you are standing on…”
Bu Yingshu took a step forward, her Tribulation Transcendence pressure suddenly erupting. Just as she was about to make a move, her body stiffened.
She felt countless streams of sword intent crossing the Spirit Realm, forcefully locking onto her.
Various Heavenly Sword Sect advertisements and news subsequently emerged before her, each representing a sect enterprise of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
“So many people are protecting you?”
Bu Yingshu’s gaze swept over, and she saw that Bai Zhenzhen’s current profile was filled with titles like Heavenly Sword Goddess, Female Sword God, Number One Heavenly Sword Stock, Lower Realm Concept Stock, Entrepreneurial Genius from the 1st Layer, Prodigy Who Upended the Sword Dao World…
“What is this nonsense… You think you can threaten me?” Bu Yingshu snorted coldly. She had already taken a step forward, reaching a hand toward Bai Zhenzhen’s head.
Layers of pop-up ads suddenly emerged, completely shielding Bai Zhenzhen. Carrying a will that was imperishable through myriad tribulations, endlessly enduring, never to be destroyed, never to be deleted, and never to be closed, they blocked Bu Yingshu’s strike.
Seeing this scene, Bu Yingshu felt a wave of surprise.
For Bai Zhenzhen to be protected by so many indestructible billboards meant that she had already become the spokesperson for numerous companies. Empowered by the masses of enterprises, she existed in a state where as long as the ads were imperishable, she too was imperishable.
Bu Yingshu said angrily, “You sword brute actually became the spokesperson for so many companies?!”
Bai Zhenzhen snorted coldly, “Profound Monarch Bu, a dignified Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, yet you can’t even take down a mere Void Refinement cultivator like me?”
Bu Yingshu could sense that numerous upper-tier cultivators of the Heavenly Sword Sect were crossing the Spirit Realm to protect Bai Zhenzhen from afar.
“You think you’re the only one with helpers?”
Thus, Bu Yingshu stomped her right foot, and streaks of talismans lit up: “Gods, descend! Suppress this gal causing trouble in the Myriad Laws Sect.”
But just as Bu Yingshu invoked her talismans, rows of talismans began flashing behind Bai Zhenzhen as well.
The two waves of Righteous Gods clashed fiercely together, immediately erupting into layers of earth, water, wind, and fire, launching into an earth-shattering fierce battle that charged all the way up into the clouds.
Right in the midst of this fierce battle, however, the Righteous Gods from both sides actually began to communicate with each other.
“Just like this, putting on some special effects is enough.”
“We can’t afford to offend either side, so let’s just earn some appearance fees together.”
Seeing that her own Righteous Gods were actually blocked, Bu Yingshu grew even more furious and sent out a series of messages: “Buy out the other party’s company for me! I want to influence the decisions of the companies this woman endorses!”
But soon her subordinates sent back a response: “It won’t work, Profound Monarch Bu. The ones behind Bai Zhenzhen are all top sect enterprises of the Heavenly Sword Sect; they cannot be shaken by ordinary means.”
Just as Bu Yingshu was about to say something else, Bu Yuangui sent her a message.
“Stop, don’t fight anymore.” Bu Yuangui said, “The Heavenly Sword Sect has already issued a stern protest, stating that their visiting representative was attacked by you. If you don’t stop now, it will cause a diplomatic incident.”
Bu Yingshu: “Dad, this is our Myriad Laws Sect’s territory. Why should we be afraid of those sword people?”
Bu Yuangui: “Are you going to listen to me or not?”
Bu Yingshu was slightly taken aback. If it were the her from before, she might have stubbornly clung to her own opinion.
But ever since Supreme Truth was suppressed, everything had become somewhat different.
Although under the influence of the Dao Lineage… the Immortal Coins that Bu Yuangui had initially gifted her had been retracted by him.
However, since then, Bu Yuangui had given her a substantial amount of cultivation funds every month, making her feel that her father’s figure had grown much taller. At this moment, she fell into a temporary hesitation.
“Dad… he’s no longer a useless dad now, but a dad who sends a lot of money every month.”
Meanwhile, right after the lightning-fast, fierce battle between Bai Zhenzhen and Bu Yingshu, Zhang Yu had also hurried to the entrance of the Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
Seeing Bai Zhenzhen and Bu Yingshu still confronting each other, a trace of surprise appeared in Zhang Yu’s eyes.
Bai Zhenzhen smiled faintly and said, “Sorry, Minister Zhang, I accidentally broke some of your things here.”
Bu Yingshu shouted, “Righteous Gods, didn’t you see her destroy so many things? Why aren’t you arresting her yet?”
Bu Yingshu’s gaze swept over Bai Zhenzhen’s profile as she said, “She doesn’t have legal documents, so she can’t legally destroy the environment and public property, right?”
At this point, Bu Yingshu had already proudly displayed her entire body of Certificate Qi.
The next moment, a Righteous God appeared, bowed, and said, “Profound Monarch Bu, all the compensation funds have already been advanced by the Heavenly Sword Sect’s three major sect enterprises. Furthermore, she also has…”
The Righteous God reached out and waved its hand, displaying the recent transfer process.
All the damages were shown with price tags, and then countless numbers of Immortal Coins fell from the sky, landing squarely on those prices.
As the Immortal Coins surged, countless Righteous Gods suddenly appeared, completing the repairs in the blink of an eye.
Bai Zhenzhen casually took a few steps forward. Wherever she went, sword qi ran rampant, forcefully tearing the ground apart, but soon Immortal Coins fell from the sky to repair the ground once more.
Wherever the Immortal Coins passed, all disturbances seemed to be completely pacified; even if someone were killed, they would be resurrected on the spot.
Bu Yingshu stared closely at the other party, discovering that her insurance and reimbursement quotas were a string of highly classified question marks. Even she couldn’t see where the limit was.
At the same time, Bai Zhenzhen looked at Bu Yingshu, pointed to the authority permissions floating behind her back, and said calmly, “This is called diplomatic immunity, Little Bu.”
“Theoretically, no one in your Myriad Laws Sect can arrest me.”
With that said, Bai Zhenzhen walked over to Zhang Yu’s side, grabbed him, and headed toward the Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
Bu Yingshu was just about to rush forward when she saw the figures of Righteous Gods materialize to block her path.
Bu Yingshu exclaimed in shock, “You dare stop me?”
Bu Yuangui sent a message: “Yingshu, the next segment is a diplomatic visit. Don’t disturb them, remember?”
Bu Yingshu: “Me?”
“Don’t disturb them?”
A look that was three parts confusion, three parts disbelief, three parts unwillingness, and one part grief and indignation flashed across Bu Yingshu’s face: “Dad! Is this still the land of the Myriad Laws Sect or not? How can someone from Heavenly Sword be more important than me, a member of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan?”
Bu Yuangui: “There are no trivial matters in diplomacy, especially since next… our Myriad Laws Sect and the Heavenly Sword Sect have an important project requiring cooperation. Endure it for now, and don’t cause trouble.”