Showdown, my deck is from the East.

Chapter 1224 The Cycle of Heavenly Life
"So what big project should we do now?"

"To create a spectacle!"

The Star Gate has truly delivered a huge, unexpected surprise, which means many unplanned things can now be incorporated into the plan.

We still have 7 more people to produce this turn. Since we've obtained a large amount of water from the Star Gate trade, the Mythical Wonder [Queen Mother of the West's Immortal Garden] should be ready to be built this turn.

Just do it.

With a thought, Lu Cheng pressed his right hand lightly against the star map.

On the table, five of the sixteen Star Domain Cards lit up. The earth element collected by the Land Temple seemed to be a dragon returning to the sky, converging at Lu Cheng's fingertips (Earth -5).

The elements slowly took shape in his hands, and Lu Cheng actually sculpted a spectacular structure directly on the table!
boom!
The ground where Lu Cheng was standing groaned, and the tabletop seemed about to collapse.

The element, equivalent to 5 standard stellar landmasses, was too heavy; Lu Cheng's forehead was covered in sweat.

"All living beings of Yanyun, please lend me a hand!" As soon as Lu Cheng finished speaking, the Yanyun prefecture erupted in a clamor as the immortal craftsmen began to help support the earth and construct the wonder (lives -4, maintenance without consumption).
With the help of human compassion, Lu Cheng's pressure was greatly reduced, and the wonder in his hand instantly took shape.

"Celestial Art: True Fire of the Sun, So be it!"

The [Eternal Golden Pill] unleashed a massive aura, and the True Fire of the Sun appeared in Lu Cheng's left hand, where the clay sculpture was forged in the fire (Fire -50, Maintenance Cost 1).

The true fire of the sun has the functions of removing impurities, shaping, and accelerating time and space.

Impurities evaporate into the ash of plants, and the foundation, tempered by fire, becomes a mirror-like surface for a jade palace.

When the fire went out, only a crystal-clear halo could be seen, and the shape of the Queen Mother of the West's nursery was complete.

But it wasn't over yet. Lu Cheng's Ren and Du meridians shone brightly as he concentrated his mind once more, and an oil paintbrush appeared in the air in his hand. (Heavenly Craftsmanship -10, Heavenly Purity -2)

The brushstrokes flow like dragons and snakes, the beams and pillars are carved and painted.
The clay sculpture in my hands seemed to come alive, and the breath of life began to spread.

Lu Cheng immediately pulled out a white card and pressed the object in his hand into it!
The crystal landscape disappeared, and a phantom slowly appeared on the card.

Lu Cheng took out a series of cards.

"Replace the material for the South Heavenly Gate with [Queen Mother of the West], and combine [Jade Pool], [Peach Capital], and the Peach Garden to create a card!"

On the card's surface, peach trees grow, white deer wade through streams, and exotic flowers and herbs abound in the forest. On the back of the card, a scene depicts the turning of the Heavenly Cycle and the Queen Mother inviting all the immortals to a grand gathering at the Jade Pool.

【☆The Law of Heavenly Life Cycle - Queen Mother of the West's Immortal Garden】(In the chaotic era, the laws of heaven collapsed. ☆ only represents the stellar level; the card's specific star rating cannot be determined.)
Card description: I stroke my long sword with its jade hilt, its tinkling sound ringing out; I sit on a jade mat with jade ornaments, and hold up some fragrant herbs.

Card Category: Production

Basic effects: Life -4 (maintaining non-consumption), Fire -1, Wood +15, gain special resource: Immortal Peach +2
Skill 1: You can consume all the Immortal Peach Marks to activate the card skill "Grand Gathering at Jade Pool", adding "Blessing of Longevity" to X cards on the field (Blessing of Longevity: When a card is destroyed, it can be restored once regardless of the rules, without going to the graveyard [Underworld], and then the Longevity Mark is removed).

Skill 2: While this card is on the field, it is considered to exist indefinitely as a Law Card [Living as Long as Heaven]. (All lifeforms on your field marked with a ☆ star are unaffected by the laws of time and will not die naturally.)
Hidden Skill (Activating): When this card and the card [Monkey King] coexist, wood production is permanently reduced by 10, peach production is permanently reduced by 1, [Monkey King] mythological compatibility is increased by 30%, and the star rating is changed to [☆Monkey King].

When Lu Cheng saw that the Wood +15 had special resources and special effects skills, he almost jumped up.

Each round requires 4 units of manpower and -1 fire to maintain. Yaochi entering the synthesis sequence is equivalent to water -3. Combining the two gold cards, Peach Garden and Peach Capital, is also worthwhile!

But when I saw the hidden skill, I almost spat it out.

After carefully examining the card, I finally found it.

On a peach tree, you can vaguely see a furry tail swaying. Who else could it be but that mischievous monkey?
Bitter
Junior brother, you really can eat 10 units of wood and 1 unit of peaches in 60 years?

【☆The Monkey King】is equivalent to a super unit with a maintenance cost of -10 wood and -1 peach.

Lu Cheng's expectations for Chao Hang-【☆Peng】were probably around this level of maintenance cost!
It's alright, at least the +5 gain temporarily makes up for the wood loss, and it's enough to make a living with the trade.

"Important Card Event Alert!"

The sound of 01 rang out.

[Card Event - Large Order]

What order has been delivered to me?
Lu Cheng thought to himself.

For small transactions, Xuanwu Gate can handle them automatically. It's the card incidents that happen when they can't handle them over there. I want to see what kind of big orders these are.

[A mysterious guest has placed an order with Xuanwu Gate: Fighter Squadron (any Planetary Peak card) *2, Planetary Peak Bomber Squadron (any Planetary Peak card) *1, Anti-Air Cruiser *2, Large-Scale Repair Service *1]

Lu Cheng took a look.

Mysterious my foot!

The Heavenly King was indeed in the Wilderness! As the rounds progressed, we finally found him!
"Bring him directly to me!"

Round Events - Communication:

Hissing. The noise unique to two-dimensional signal lines is what makes quantum telepathy communication work.

"."

"Brother Zhao, it's been a long time!"

Through telepathic communication, the person on the other side immediately recognized the long-lost voice.

"Brother Lu?!"

"it's me."

"It really is you! I recognized you the moment I saw Xuanwu Gate. I knew it! I'm still alive, how could you be?!"

"Haha, it was almost there. What about you?"

"Almost there, hahaha."

After a burst of laughter, there was a long silence.

Both sides knew that they had lost too many friends over the countless years, and only the two strongest human card masters who emerged from the continental era could reunite.

The ancient covenant is invaluable, but with a formidable enemy at hand, who knows when our loved ones will also pass away.

"Brother Lu, I'm sorry to her. I've also dragged you down. I... failed."

Zhao Zhi created the Immortal deck shortly after Lu Cheng, and because he was an expert in plant decks, his research on Spirit Fusion and Dark Forest even predated Lu Cheng's!

After ascending to immortality, Zhao Zhi was in high spirits and once accomplished the feat of using the Life and Death Fruit to sever the Dragon-Subduing Lock and liberate Tang Long.

After entering the tree hole, he gained insight into the macroscopic "heavenly" secrets and began to shift his research from the development of Taoist fruits at Wuzhuang Temple to the study of Buddhist fruits.

He originally intended to use the cycle of birth and death to cultivate Buddhahood in his spiritual platform, achieve the position of Great Sun (unborn and undying, star-level), and fight a final battle against the demon lord behind the scenes.

But little did they know, all of this was a trap. The [Buddha Land] in the deck had long been seduced by the Demon Lord and replaced with [Pseudo-Buddha Yellow Eyebrows], and the Upper Realm "Heaven" secrets were even more demonic.

In the final battle, the Bewitching Demon and the Upper Realm Demon Vine dragged Zhao Zhi into an endless abyss, wanting to condemn him to eternal bliss and make him the new Gardener.

Lady Zhao, the governor of Liaodong, transformed into morning mist and quietly slipped into the Land of Bliss, sacrificing herself to rescue her.
Zhao Zhi was seriously injured, but he vowed to make a comeback and avenge his wife and the entire Buddhist sect that had been massacred.

When his deck was destroyed, he dug out one old card after another that his brother Lu Cheng had left behind.

His deck was messy and weak, so he used Qing dynasty propaganda to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and launch the Self-Strengthening Movement.

The plan is to launch an attack along the timeline, carrying out a grand war plan to break the Demon Lord's mental control over the lower realm.

The [Heavenly King] and [Guanyin] found the Lower Realm Mechanical Race Navy in Xinyuehu-Si. Their carrier-based aircraft bombed the Zhongzhou Demon Army's spiritual food warehouse, forcing the Upper Realm Demon Race, who were in seclusion, to interrupt their absorption plan and take action again.

Shameless photosynthetic engine
The Tenno's carrier-based aircraft suffered heavy losses, with most of them shot down in World War I.
　Gold (Metal Resource): 8 (+4 for the Stellar Forge)

　　Wood (Agricultural Resources): 5 ([Wuzhuang Temple] +3, [Yaoji·Xuanyuan Sword] +2, [Classic of Mountains and Seas] +1, [Queen Mother's Nursery] +5, Livelihood Maintenance -8, Legion Consumption -2)

　　Water (liquid resources): 8 (【North Sea·Glacier Melting】+1)

　　Fire (Gas Resource): 27 ([Eternal Golden Elixir] +100, Legion and Facility Maintenance -10)

　　Soil (Sand and Gravel Resources): 9 ([Land Temple] +4)

　　Advanced Resources:

　　(The numerical values ​​represent statistical results only and are not related to quality.)

　　Calamity Lightning (Heavenly Calamity Electricity, maintaining the base of certain cards): 0 ([Sanxingdui] +3, Legion/Facility Maintenance -3)

　　Qian Tian (the faith of living beings, the foundation of immortality, and the basis for forging unique mythological cards): 9
　　People (All people under heaven, the foundation of humanity, the basis for maintaining certain cards): 8 (Reproduction growth +2) (7 usable, 5 already used)

　　Kun Di (Star Gravity, Earthly Foundation, the basis for maintaining the deck's operation): 16
　　Special Resources:

　　(The numerical value does not represent the number, but a standard quantity.)

　　Heavenly Craftsmanship: 4 ([Liuxia Mountain] +2)

　　Dao Fruit: 1 (+1 for Wuzhuang Temple)

　　Fairy Peach: 0 (【Nursery】+1)

　　Strategic Resources:

　　Immortal Core: 0
　　Golden Crow: 2
　　(End of this chapter)