What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?.

Chapter 675 Righteous Qi Exchange, Saturation Call for Nascent Soul (9400+ words, three chapters combined)

Looking at the tasks issued by the evil gods, Zhang Yu seemed to be able to see countless cultivators with desires and ambitions, who, under the guidance of the evil gods, would launch attacks everywhere in order to obtain military-grade cultivation techniques, blueprints, and knowledge.

Zhang Yu could imagine that even among the top ten universities, there were probably some people who had secretly joined the Righteous Alliance for these things.

After all, Zhang Yu felt that if he were an ordinary student, he would probably have already started secretly doing missions just to obtain military-grade cultivation techniques.

The name "Zhengqi Alliance" is associated with piracy, infringement, and open source in Kunxu... so tell me, isn't it righteous?

It can be said that once this method is introduced, in the eyes of many cultivators, evil gods and demonic sects will be seen as righteous beyond measure.

Just then, Fuki suddenly said, "Someone is looking for us. Since they've come to our door, let's go see them so they don't think we're afraid."

Zhang Yu nodded, and the next moment the scene before him changed drastically, as if it had been pulled through layers of space.

When Zhang Yu realized what was happening, an infinitely tall tower had already appeared in front of him, with countless thoughts swirling around its body, chanting the scriptures of the Demonic Sect in unison.

Zhang Yu immediately realized it was souls! A large number of souls were right in front of him, in the Dark Spirit Realm.

At the top of the tower, the thousand-armed and thousand-footed God of Happiness smiled slightly and said with an air of pride, "God of Fortune, it's been a long time."

"You don't seem to have made any progress?"

"We haven't seen you anywhere during the time we were causing such a ruckus in Kunxu. Could you have been hiding out of fear?"

As Xi Shen spoke, waves of sound, like thunder, filled the space before him. Countless torrents of information surrounded Zhang Yu, seemingly ready to see through him at any moment.

At this moment, Zhang Yu and Fu Ji appeared in the Dark Spirit Realm in the same form, looking like a straw doll.

Upon hearing what Xi Shen said, Fu Ji snorted inwardly and exchanged thoughts with Zhang Yu: "This guy has probably greatly increased his strength by taking advantage of the expansion of the Dark Spirit Realm, and the number of his believers has probably skyrocketed."

"At this moment, looking down from above, they seem to be disregarding me."

"And this kind of demonstration might be a sign that they want to recruit me."

"Zhang Yu, let's send him a photo to shock him."

The next moment, Fu Ji said loudly, "Goddess Xi, am I scared? I'll hide?"

"I sacrificed the opportunity for immediate profit in order to make a big difference and infiltrated the upper echelons of Wanfa University."

"Oh?" Xi Shen asked casually, "How tall?"

Fuki casually remarked, "I heard you're quite interested in the Yin Artifact Dharma Corpse developed by the Magnetic God?"

The next instant, a photograph appeared in front of Fukuhime.

It was a photograph of a magnetic pole with its eyes closed, and a vulva floating beside it.

This was taken by Zhang Yu during a lab visit when he was photographing genitalia. At that time, the Magnetic True Lord was connected to the spirit world and was subconsciously closing his eyes.

And now, this photo looks like it was taken right after the magnetic poles had finished rotating the genitals.

Upon seeing this photo, Xi Shen's eyes narrowed, and a large amount of data was immediately compared with the Dharma body in the photo.

"Appearance, structure, runes, circuits... Judging from the appearance alone, this thing does indeed have a lot of similarities to the Yin artifacts of Hehuan University, but it has clearly undergone personalized modifications. It should indeed be the work of the Magnetic God."

Thinking of this, Xi Shen laughed and said, "To be able to grasp such information channels in the myriad laws, Fu Shen, you are indeed amazing."

In the blink of an eye, the tower, the believers, and the souls had all vanished.

Xi Shen had already led Fu Ji to the meeting room where they first met, and said with a friendly expression, "I wonder what brings you to the Dark Spirit Realm this time, Fu Shen?"

Fuki said, "I sensed that the Dark Spirit Realm was developing rapidly, so I came here specifically to take a look."

Xi Shen said, "Hehe, with my full efforts in development, the number of users in the Dark Spirit Realm has increased tens of thousands of times in the past four months. Moreover, I am confident that with our full promotion, the user base will continue to expand. It won't be long before we surpass the Spirit Realm and become the number one network provider for layers 2 to 5."

Xi Shen's thousand hands and thousand feet laughed simultaneously: "At that time, I will make every cultivator use the Dark Spirit Realm to communicate, no... at that time it should be called the Righteous Spirit Realm."

Fu Ji certainly didn't believe that the Dark Spirit Realm was developed by Xi Shen alone. She had already boasted about this enough, so she didn't take it to heart at all.

He was merely taking the opportunity to probe, saying, "To surpass the Spirit Realm? Even in the current situation, it wouldn't be easy."

Xi Shen smiled faintly, and a list appeared before his eyes: "For the first four months, we were just doing basic infrastructure construction, resource collection, and promotion to initial users."

"As our promotional campaign intensifies and we expand virally, we will experience explosive user growth..."

Looking at the list in front of him, Zhang Yu realized that this should be a new feature that the Dark Spirit Realm will launch in the future.

Xi Shen's introduction also confirmed Zhang Yu's idea: "Users can earn positive energy points by checking in daily, which can encourage a large number of Dark Spirit Realm users to log in every day."

"In addition, the daily Dark Realm quests can further extend their average daily online time, allowing them to spend more time here."

"The various daily tasks, which are on the fringes of the Heavenly Court's laws, not only do not burden them much, but also guide them step by step to fight against the Heavenly Court."

"There is also an invitation function. As long as you invite friends to join the Dark Spirit Realm, you can get tiered growth and a lot of positive energy points, which can be used to exchange for various precious knowledge."

"Next month, we plan to launch an event where all users, whether new or old, can choose a military-grade martial arts technique for free by checking in for seven consecutive days."

Xi Shen laughed: "How many users do you think the Dark Spirit Realm will have by then?"

"Not to mention... the killer features we're developing, such as one-click migration of spirit world friends, encrypted spirit coin transfer, and soul capture functionality..."

Listening to what Xi Shen said, Zhang Yu's thoughts surged violently. He seemed to already see the storm that was about to break out in the Dark Spirit Realm, while the Spirit Realm, which was not being controlled by the righteous gods, was retreating step by step and the number of users was declining sharply.

"Seven-day sign-in reward: Military-grade martial arts manual?"

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This is digging up the roots..."

He understood perfectly well that even gifting military-grade martial arts techniques wouldn't significantly improve someone's strength in a short time. After all, not everyone is a genius like him, capable of mastering various martial arts techniques in such a short period.

It will probably take several years before cultivators who obtain military-grade techniques will be able to possess military-grade power at levels 20, 30, or even 40.

"But... the key to sending out military-grade cultivation techniques like this is not to enhance the strength of the Righteous Alliance cultivators, but to lure people to join and turn more Kunxu cultivators against them."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Does the Spirit Realm have a way to deal with this?"

He then sighed inwardly, "I'm afraid not."

Zhang Yu understood that this was not just a matter of technical skill, but rather a question of which of the top ten universities had the courage and determination to adjust the spirit world in order to compete with the dark spirit world.

Even if we win the war by doing all sorts of free and open-source things, who dares to say that the Heavenly Court won't investigate us after it descends?
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "I'm afraid that for the Ten Greats, their choice of countermeasures will still be to stop the spread, isolate, and wipe out the Dark Spirit Realm."

"But this is only the Dark Spirit Realm's offensive, and it's already this troublesome. What will happen when the main forces from the fourth and fifth levels come down..."

The God of Happiness smiled and said, "God of Fortune, with your help, our chances of success in this great battle have greatly increased."

"To be honest, the outcome is no longer the key. The key is how to integrate the second to fifth levels as soon as possible to prepare for resisting the sect."

Fuki's heart skipped a beat, and she asked, "Oh? How do you plan to fight against the sect?"

Xi Shen smiled without saying a word, clearly not going to answer the question.

After a friendly exchange, Xi Shen gifted Fu Ji 500 points of positive energy before disappearing from their sight.

Looking at the 500 righteousness points that had been deposited into his account, Zhang Yu said, "This thing can't possibly track us, can it?"

Fu Ji's eyes flashed with evil divine power, as if it had refined the 500 righteous energy points. Then she said, "Hmph, it's nothing more than a test to see if I have the ability to take these 500 righteous energy points without leaving any evidence."

"However, this place is ultimately bound by the underlying structure of the Dark Spirit Realm, so I'll just give it a quick wash..."

After successfully taking over the 500 points of righteousness, Fu Ji and Zhang Yu flashed away and headed to another information stream in the Dark Spirit Realm.

Sensing the God of Fortune's actions, the God of Happiness, seated atop the giant tower, murmured, "This old man doesn't always keep his word. He probably wants to play both sides, helping whoever wins."

……

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu and Fu Ji had arrived at the intelligence bureau to purchase information.

However, intelligence is not provided arbitrarily. It is divided into different levels according to its confidentiality and value, and requires righteousness points to improve.

With Zhang Yu's current 500 righteousness points, he naturally doesn't have any level.

However, if he wanted to purchase information about whether there were any demonic sects or evil gods behind the conflict with Yu Xinghan, the level of intelligence required was clearly beyond his capabilities.

"If we can't buy high-level intelligence, we can start with low-level intelligence."

Fukuhime said, "We can find out from the sidelines."

So Fu Ji quickly spent 100 righteous points to buy a basic intelligence report, which was the number of people who had accepted the mission to kidnap Zhang Yu.

Throughout the entire process, he also used the power of the evil god to conceal his activities, making it impossible for anyone to know what information he had purchased.

Seeing that over a hundred people had accepted the task of kidnapping Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu couldn't help but take a deep breath: "It seems there's something wrong behind the conflict on Yu Xinghan's side. Maybe someone wants to lure me out."

Zhang Yu understood that he had been holed up in his heavily guarded dormitory in the university town for the past few months, and could summon a large number of Nascent Soul cultivators and his two Nascent Soul masters with just a thought, so there was naturally no opportunity for him to take advantage of the situation.

Only by luring him out can we possibly capture him.

Just before leaving the Dark Spirit Realm, Zhang Yu said, "With 100 Righteous Qi points, you can exchange for all open-source cultivation techniques below military grade for free."

"If we earn a few hundred more Righteousness Points and accumulate 1000 Righteousness Points, we can exchange them for a military-grade martial arts technique."

Thinking about this, Zhang Yu became somewhat eager to try.

At this moment, Zhang Yu was like a student who had been abstaining from sex for many months. He had been focused on cultivation and had rejected all kinds of temptations and distractions. But now, faced with the various benefits of the Dark Spirit Realm, he couldn't help but be tempted.

But Fuki advised, "Where are you going to store this? Have you forgotten about someone like your sister? If it gets discovered later, it'll be a disaster."

"Furthermore, is it really necessary for you to practice any martial arts techniques below the military grade? The benefits are minimal, but the risks are extremely high. This is deliberately used to lure people into joining the Righteous Alliance."

"It's like a treasure that you can't use much of. Once it's given to you, you have to go to great lengths, hide and run, and completely join the Righteous Alliance."

"As for military-grade cultivation techniques... didn't God Xi say there would be a sign-in event next month? You can choose one then."

"But since you don't have the copyright, you can't just show it anywhere, and you have to be careful not to get caught... In short, it's all troublesome."

Fu Ji said earnestly, "Zhang Yu, you have been focusing on cultivation these past few months. The reason I didn't disturb you or drag you to the Dark Spirit Realm is because I agree with your choice."

"Now that you possess the immortal technique 'Kunlun in the Palm,' you are truly blessed with a great treasure. Why bother seeking something far away when you have it so close at hand?"

"Your top priority is to break through to the Nascent Soul realm as soon as possible and push the 'Kunlun in the Palm' to level 40. Only in this way can you have the power to protect yourself in future battles and have a place in the world."

Zhang Yu nodded, gradually suppressing the restlessness in his heart.

"Some... martial arts techniques below the military level are still somewhat useful to me."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "For example, to collect more chain diagrams."

"But... just as Fuki said, the most important thing is to upgrade the level of 'Kunlun in the Palm' as soon as possible."

After seeing Zhang Yu agree, Fu Ji continued, "Since we're already here, and we still have 400 righteous energy points, why not exchange them for some evil god power?"

Fuki said expectantly, "I've read the information about the Dark Church in the Dark Spirit Realm. You can exchange Righteousness Points for Evil God Power..."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This guy... could it be that he's advising me not to use my righteousness points in order to exchange for evil god power?"

However, Zhang Yu ultimately used all 400 righteousness points to exchange for evil god power for Fu Ji, since Fu Ji's power was indeed becoming more and more important as the Dark Spirit Realm developed.

After obtaining a trace of the evil god's power, and combined with the now thriving Dark Spirit Realm, Fukihime will be able to unleash even more ritual power.

For example, after leaving the Dark Spirit Realm this time, as Fu Ji initiated the ritual of circulating the evil god's power, Zhang Yu's voice traveled thousands of miles and appeared directly in the mind of another believer.

“Yu Xinghan, it’s me,” Zhang Yu said. “Don’t be nervous. This is the new power of the evil god, which allows us to communicate over long distances.”

After a moment of surprise, Yu Xinghan heard Zhang Yu continue, "Someone might be targeting me and you. Listen to what I have to say..."

……

On a construction site far from the university town.

Zhao Ruoli was silently observing Yu Xinghan's direction, feeling that she had already locked onto him.

"If anything happens, take Zhang Yu's companions away and see if we can extract any information about Zhang Yu through torture."

"It would be much easier if Zhang Yu came..."

Zhao Ruoli thought to herself that she would pretend to fight with Zhang Yu, and then the four Nascent Soul cultivators hiding in the shadows would take action and capture Zhang Yu directly.

"Although I am also a beginner in the Golden Core stage, just like Zhang Yu, this makes it easier to lure him out."

"But with the golden core and magical body I had hidden within me, which I had captured during the war, it wasn't difficult to attract Zhang Yu's attention after a fierce battle."

"No... he didn't fight his way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood like I did. Although he was definitely stronger than me when he was at the Foundation Establishment stage, we are both at the Golden Core stage now, so I might be able to fight him for a few rounds without any problem."

Just as Zhao Ruoli was pondering this, a Nascent Soul True Monarch hiding in the shadows was also observing Yu Xinghan and Zhao Ruoli.

This Nascent Soul True Lord is known as the Golden Flowing True Lord, and he graduated from the Finance Department of the Netherworld University.

Looking at the construction site in front of him, he thought to himself, "Zhang Yu himself is nothing special. Even if he obtains the immortal sect's techniques, he won't be able to grow much in a few years."

"At the initial stage of the Golden Core realm, if I have the chance... I can take him down in a single exchange, preventing him from even sending a single message."

True Monarch Liu Jin was confident that with his peak Nascent Soul cultivation, Zhang Yu would be utterly powerless against him.

In fact, given his strength, if he weren't so confident and lacked resources, he would have already broken through to the Nascent Soul stage and stayed on the fifth level for secluded cultivation.

At the same time, information about an evil god appeared in the eyes of the Golden Immortal Lord. It was the auspicious god who had met Fu Ji and Zhang Yu before.

Auspicious God: The key to the success or failure of this matter lies not in Zhang Yu, but in the magnetic pole behind him. As long as we can avoid disturbing the magnetic pole, we will be halfway to success.

Auspicious God: But if we disturb...

The Golden Immortal calmly replied: I know. Even if it means dying once, I will still kill Zhang Yu here.

Auspicious God: You understand.
Seeing the response from True Lord Liujin, the auspicious god was satisfied, but then felt dissatisfied with some of the decisions made by the fifth floor.

“Dao Qiankun has misjudged him,” Xiang Shen thought to himself. “If he hadn’t misjudged him, and if Zhang Yu could really be of use to us, he should have joined us long ago.”

"Now it seems that Zhang Yu is nothing more than a piece of trash who is intimidated by the power of the Heavenly Court and dares not break the order or break through the rules."

"But if it falls into the hands of the top ten, it will ultimately be a variable."

“Instead of fighting and fighting…” Xiang Shen’s gaze sharpened, “why not just eliminate them completely, and end it all?”

After learning that Yu Xinghan might be targeted by the Righteous Alliance, Zhang Yu had many options.

Abandoning Yu Xinghan and the others is certainly not a choice he would make.

Sending someone to bring Yu Xinghan and the others back might be very safe, but what about after that?
If the other party can target them once, they can target them countless times.

Unlike Zhang Yu, Yu Xinghan and his colleagues also needed to go out to work and earn money because the company needed to operate.

Especially in this era of rapid development in civil engineering, it is even less likely that they will stay in the university town for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, Zhang Yu decided to strike a heavy blow this time, at least to deter the Righteous Alliance from targeting him and his employees for a short period of time.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The best course of action is to lure out those who intend to make a move this time, and then annihilate them all..."

After contacting Yu Xinghan, Zhang Yu opened his contacts.

To achieve deterrence, strong military force is naturally required, which is clearly not enough for him to do alone.

However, as the second-generation heir of Wanfa School, Zhang Yu has accumulated a large network of connections during this period, even though he rarely leaves his home.

Zhang Yu: True Lord Qingming, do you have time?
Zhang Yu: Director Lin, my teacher is in seclusion. Could you do me a favor?
Zhang Yu: Teacher Tu Lishan, you've advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, right? Congratulations! I wonder if you have time...

Zhang Yu: True Lord Xianyin, my teacher is in seclusion, and I don't want to bother her with some small matters. Could you do me a favor?
Zhang Yu: Hello...

Seeing the Nascent Soul True Monarchs agree one by one, Zhang Yu gradually relaxed as the number of them reached 10.

Of course, besides the help from the Nascent Soul cultivators, the most important factor was his own ability.

After pinning the portraits of his two masters, Magnet God and Green Wood God, to the top of his chat list, Zhang Yu practiced for a bit and became confident that he could call them within 0.01 seconds.

"Hmph, let's see if you can act faster or I can call for help faster."

"As long as the spiritual network is working properly during the day, I can call my two masters at any time."

"No, I need to inform you both before I go..."

Zhang Yu: Master, a conflict has broken out with Yu Xinghan. We need to go and handle it.

Looking at the message Zhang Yu sent, Magnetism God Monarch thought to himself, "Doesn't this kid know that I'll receive a message as soon as he leaves the city?"

Although he didn't expect Zhang Yu to develop any spatial technology through the immortal sect's techniques within two or three years, the Magnetic Extreme God Lord had always kept him under special attention to prevent any accidents from happening.

After all, space technology represents enormous financial potential. With the great war imminent, there is no time to invest. However, if this great war is overcome, Zhang Yu will become a high-potential stock with extremely high returns.

So he separated an avatar to keep an eye on Zhang Yu's situation, while the Magnetic Extreme God Lord continued to immerse himself in cultivation.

On the other side, after Qingming Zhenjun arrived at the agreed location, he looked at the other nine Nascent Soul Zhenjun and immediately felt reluctant to continue participating.

"Zhang Yu," Tu Lishan also messaged privately, "Aren't we going to the recaptured campus to show our support for you? Do we really need... so many True Lords?"

Seeing the dissatisfaction of the ten True Lords, Zhang Yu quickly used his ultimate move: "Everyone, since you're already here..."

Although it felt a bit exaggerated for ten people to come together, everyone was still willing to give Zhang Yu face. However, whether it was True Lord Qingming, True Lord Xianyin, or Director Lin of the Civil Engineering Department, they all felt that Zhang Yu was making a mountain out of a molehill, or even being arrogant because of his favor.

"He actually needs ten Nascent Soul cultivators to support him." Qingming Zhenjun sneered inwardly, "What an arrogant fellow."

……

On the construction site.

Yu Xinghan, Shi Huaiyu, and others clashed with the workers on the other side again.

At this moment, Zhao Ruoli stepped forward and confronted Yu Xinghan under a false identity.

When faced with this conflict, some people tried to mediate, but were immediately pulled away.

"Are you crazy? Two Golden Core cultivators fighting? How dare you try to stop them?"

"Civil engineering? And you call me 'Grandpa'?"

"Look, why do you still have such a stereotype about civil engineering? With the rapid development of infrastructure, those who used to be civil engineers are now considered civil engineers. Haven't you seen that they've already broken through to the Golden Core stage?"

The next moment, Yu Xinghan and Zhao Ruoli soared into the sky, their Golden Core level powers colliding fiercely, like two suns crashing back and forth, unleashing a violent storm that swept across dozens of miles.

But soon... without the support of a Golden Core-level magic weapon or a magic body, Yu Xinghan was at a disadvantage.

Watching this scene, Zhao Ruoli thought to herself, "These students from the top ten universities are all raised in a greenhouse. How can they compare to the skills I've honed on the battlefield?"

Zhao Ruoli felt that she had not yet fully unleashed the power of her magical body.

"I'll beat you up for another hour. If Zhang Yu still doesn't show up, I'll arrest you all."

With a resounding punch, Yu Xinghan was forced to stagger backward, his Foundation Establishment level Dharma Body bursting with light, indicating it was malfunctioning.

Looking at the Fahai whose durability had dropped below 10%, Yu Xinghan felt an immense heartache.

Finally, a few minutes later, accompanied by a series of booming sounds, a flying boat sped through the sky and hovered above the construction site.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful pressure surged from the flying boat, and under everyone's watchful eyes, Zhang Yu stepped out of the flying boat step by step.

"Here he comes!" Zhao Ruoli suppressed her joy as she watched Zhang Yu's figure. "Try to force him into the ambush."

Having just engaged in a fierce battle with Yu Xinghan, Zhao Ruoli, who is nearly 80 years old, is even more confident and has completely lost her fascination with the so-called top ten students.

For example, she originally thought she could fight Zhang Yu for a few rounds, but now she felt she could completely suppress Zhang Yu and force him into the ambush.

Zhang Yu looked at Zhao Ruoli and simply said, "A junior officer?"

Zhao Ruoli sneered inwardly: "That stinking colonel... that's just my fake identity."

"But this time, you'll taste what it's like to be cornered by a junior colonel."

The next moment, Zhang Yu and Zhao Ruoli collided violently.

Both sides simultaneously swung their fists, and surging energy tore through the sky, infusing their entire physical bodies, magical power, and willpower, colliding violently like two storms.

But at the very moment the forces collided, Zhao Ruoli's expression suddenly changed: "How can he be so strong?!"

"Is this the initial stage of entering the Golden Core realm?"

"This is the first stage of the Golden Core realm?"

She only felt that the force blasted at her was incredibly powerful. It was not just a few months after breaking through to the Golden Core stage; it was as if he had broken through to the Golden Core stage for many years and had already pushed his basic data to its peak.

However, the difference in basic data was too great, and Zhao Ruoli felt that her Golden Core Body could not operate at full power, let alone match Zhang Yu in front of her.

boom!
Zhao Ruoli was suddenly sent flying backward. Seeing the alarms constantly popping up in her eyes, she quickly sent a message through the Dark Spirit Realm: Take action!

Seeing Zhang Yu closing in and about to beat her to a pulp, Zhao Ruoli gritted her teeth and activated the military-grade technique she had exchanged for, the Heavenly Demon Void Technique.

However, she had only practiced this technique for a short time, and after barely managing to withstand a few moves, she was severely injured by Zhang Yu again.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu raised an eyebrow: "Fake martial arts technique?"

Zhao Ruoli shouted, "What fake technique? This is a real technique!"

Zhang Yu sneered, "Without copyright, it's a fake technique."

After making a few sarcastic remarks, Zhang Yu took advantage of the moment when the other party was distracted and threw several more punches, causing Zhao Ruoli's body to explode in a cloud of blood.

But in the next moment, four terrifying auras rose up, and four Nascent Soul True Monarchs appeared at the same time, surrounding and attacking Zhang Yu.

Four terrifying forces attacked Zhang Yu from all directions, almost engulfing the heavens and earth, leaving no blind spots.

With a wave of his hand, True Monarch Liu Jin seemed to have already seen Zhang Yu's pale face and his shocked expression.

But just as the four of them made their move, ten more auras surged out from the outermost edge, sweeping towards the battlefield.

"What?!" True Monarch Liujin was slightly taken aback, then looked on in shock as True Monarch Qingming stepped forward from the crowd.

Azure Netherworld True Lord: "Golden Flow!"

"You bunch of finance majors, you dare to come down here?"

Qingming Zhenjun laughed heartily: "I've been looking for you for a long time."

If the Righteous Alliance hadn't blocked the passage between levels 2, 3, 4, and 5, True Monarch Qingming would have already led his men to the fifth level to provide support.

Upon seeing the four Nascent Soul cultivators lying in ambush, he was not alarmed but delighted, and was the first to charge forward.

With a flick of his finger, countless vengeful spirits surged forth, blotting out the sky.

In the past, buying souls for combat was far less cost-effective than turning to soul cultivation.

However, with the outbreak of wartime economy, a large number of people could not survive, and it only cost a small amount of money to buy their lives to fight for them.

Without the righteous god, although it is difficult to transform into a spirit world soul cultivator, Qingming Zhenjun can still refine it into a kind of Yin spirit for combat through the method of soul refining.

At this moment, Qingming Zhenjun waved his hand, and thousands of Yin spirits began to interfere with all communications.

"Leave them all here," said True Monarch Qingming calmly. "None of them will escape."

Seeing this, True Monarch Liujin waved his hand, and countless soul cultivators rooted in the Dark Spirit Realm swarmed over to restore the stability of communication.

The two armies clashed, and various pieces of information intersected.

The spirits roared: "How much are you paid? You dare to fight us?"
Soul cultivators from the Dark Spirit Realm: We don't want money! We just want to change Kunxu! To spread our doctrines throughout the world!

Both sides sensed each other's fighting spirit and determination, and both felt that the other had gone mad.

Ghostly Spirit: These guys have been brainwashed! They're risking their lives for free.

Soul cultivators of the Dark Spirit Realm: A bunch of lunatics who would risk their lives for money.

The spirit world and the dark spirit world on the scene were in chaos, and the two sides fought fiercely, displaying various technologies that were only used in wartime.

Communication and magical artifacts were constantly disrupted, and various Taoist arts formed from human lives, corpses, and souls wreaked havoc everywhere, turning the surrounding area into a bloodbath in the blink of an eye.

Watching this scene, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly: "In normal times, when people fight, human life is precious, so they use magic. But now, during wartime, human life is cheap, so both sides are burning lives to fight."

At the same time, True Lord Qingming unleashed an earth-shattering Daoist technique.

Northern Darkness Star Devouring Technique!
In an instant, all the enemies within a thousand miles felt their own essence, magic power, fortune, and even lifespan converge towards Qingming Zhenjun, temporarily increasing his power.

"Immortal sect cultivation technique!" True Monarch Liu Jin roared, "Qing Ming, so this was the cultivation technique you chose when you entered the sect for training?"

Feeling the endless flow of resources into his body, True Monarch Qingming smiled faintly and said, "A bunch of insects. Whether it's college entrance exam scores, university grades, competition awards, research results, or sect training... in which of you insects can you compare to me? Do you think you can defeat me by siding with an evil god?"

"Arrogant! Ignorant!"

The next moment, as the Northern Darkness Star Devouring Technique was running violently, the four Nascent Soul experts let out miserable screams one after another, and began to weaken at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Zhang Yu was shocked by what he saw: "Is this also a cultivation technique from a celestial sect?"

Shortly after entering university, Zhang Yu learned that although no one had obtained immortal cultivation techniques through the Top Ten Leagues in recent years, some Nascent Soul and even Deity Transformation experts still practiced them. It was said that many Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators received sect training hundreds of years ago, and some of them mastered immortal cultivation techniques. However, seeing such techniques used by a Nascent Soul expert for the first time still left Zhang Yu deeply shocked.

He quickly switched to the Three-Eyed Divine Power, but found that he could not learn it. He sighed inwardly, "Is it a Taoist technique?"

Just then, Zhang Yu heard Qingming Zhenjun's laughter: "My Beiming Devouring Star Technique is just a true transmission technique among the immortal sects. In terms of power, technical content, and impact on the world, it cannot compare to your Palm Kunlun, which is a strategic-level technique."

"Oh, I don't know if you know, but immortal sect techniques are also divided into four levels: True Inheritance, Strategy, Sect-Sect, and Heaven-Opening."

"But you don't need to worry. Although this Top Ten League is said to be self-selected, it's impossible for you to actually choose the sect's signature technique or the Heaven-Opening Technique."

Zhang Yu already knew that the legendary immortal sect's cultivation techniques also had levels back in high school, but he never learned the specifics of it.

When choosing immortal cultivation techniques, everyone seemed to have intentionally or unintentionally concealed this fact from him. It wasn't until now, when Qingming Zhenjun was fighting and talking eloquently about the levels of immortal cultivation techniques, that he understood it more clearly.

Even while talking to Zhang Yu and fighting, Qingming Zhenjun still controlled the rhythm of the entire battlefield, almost single-handedly causing the four Nascent Soul Zhenjuns to retreat in defeat.

The next moment, the four Nascent Soul cultivators detonated their bodies one after another. The dazzling light almost swallowed the entire sky, but it was completely swallowed by an incomparably dark power, which forcibly suppressed the power of the self-destruction.

The one who made the move was none other than the Azure Netherworld True Lord, who had unleashed the Northern Netherworld Star Devouring Technique.

Just as Zhang Yu calmed down and felt that the battle was won, the four Nascent Soul cultivators who had died spoke up again.

Then, True Monarch Liujin transformed into a phantom of a soul cultivator from the Dark Spirit Realm, coldly staring at True Monarch Qingming, and said, "Qingming, you are dead. Now you are truly dead."

"But even if we die, we can rely on the Dark Spirit Realm and the evil gods to be resurrected."

"How long do you think you can hold out in this war?"

Let's continue next time.

"Oh, by the way..." True Monarch Liu Jin said with a faint smile, "When Kunlun left, he took everything he could. Now you still have to support four Nascent Soul cultivators. Just how badly is Wanfa University in debt?"

After saying this, True Monarch Liujin smiled faintly. The next moment, he sent a message to the countless people present that Kunlun would sweep away the funds and resources of various schools before the war and run away with a lot of immortal supplies.

Seeing this scene, Qingming Zhenjun's gaze sharpened, his eyes filled with killing intent as he watched the other party disappear into the Dark Spirit Realm.

Upon hearing this news, Zhang Yu's heart sank: "Such a thing actually happened?"

"They can be resurrected using the Dark Realm... due to the deficit caused by the Financial System..."

Upon receiving these two pieces of news, Zhang Yu felt that the fifth level, shrouded in darkness in the sky, and the fourth level, where fierce battles were raging, were emanating increasingly terrifying pressure.

Just then, True Monarch Qingming waved his hand and took out four Nascent Soul corpses, saying, "Those who see them will have a share; let's all share them together."

Just as Zhang Yu was about to refuse, Qingming Zhenjun sent him 1200 spirit coins.

Qingming Zhenjun said, "After all, most of the things on the corpse are ruined, and there's not much money left to sell. If you trust me, I'll take your share at the market price."

At the same time, the other Nascent Soul True Monarchs also received the transfer from True Monarch Qingming. In the blink of an eye, all the spoils of war had been distributed by True Monarch Qingming, and almost everyone was convinced and satisfied with their gains.

"Giving me money again?" Looking at the sincere-looking Qingming Zhenjun in front of him, Zhang Yu felt that his friendship with the other party was skyrocketing.

After thinking for a moment, he transferred 1000 spirit coins to Zhang Pianpian.

Taiqing Talisman! Upgrade it for me!
(End of this chapter)