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

Chapter 688 Destroying Levels 2-5, the Boundary-Breaking Cone is on its way (Thanks to "Inherent Lion" for the Alliance Leader)

Just as Zhang Yu logged into the Spirit Realm after a long absence, preparing to check on messages from all sides, a series of messages appeared before him, all of which were messages he had received during his seclusion.

Looking at the messages from Zhang Pianpian, Bai Zhenzhen, Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, Shi Huaiyu, and other friends, Zhang Yu's originally serious gaze softened slightly.

Instead of replying to his companion, Zhang Yu first scanned the news, then stared blankly at an advertisement on it.

"College graduates preferred! Local residents are being recruited as management trainees!"

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Scam ads can now be openly displayed on the homepage? It seems the situation is indeed very bad, and the pressure on the ten schools is indeed immense."

But as Zhang Yu continued to browse the news from various sources, he realized that his judgment might have been wrong.

"Strictly implement the 'No Sleep Plan' for junior college students to ensure that every junior college student has the freedom not to sleep."

"The standard for whether a society is civilized is whether college graduates can find jobs."

"To ensure that college students and those born under the demon lineage can work more than 50 hours of overtime per week, Wanfa University has taken multiple measures, strengthened publicity, and required all company managers to uphold social ethics through online and offline meetings..."

Zhang Yu was completely bewildered by all the news and policies that benefited college students, treated college students well, and treated demons well.

"Is this still Kunxu? Where have I ended up?"

Feeling that the world had changed too much, Zhang Yu decided not to check everything himself.

"I'd like someone to summarize this for me."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu sent a message to Feng Tingting: What has happened in the past six months? It seems that the whole society is paying a lot of attention to college students and demon descendants?
Feng Tingting: Senior, you're back?
Feng Tingting: You didn't know that? Looks like you really haven't been in touch with society for the past few months.

Through Feng Tingting's narration, Zhang Yu gradually came to understand the changes in the situation.

The source of all these changes is naturally the existence of the Righteous Alliance.

The supply of various cultivation techniques, knowledge, and services, along with the rampant spread of the virus, has led to a surge in the number of users in the Dark Spirit Realm.

In particular, the surge in the number of college students has provided the other party with a large amount of good fortune, and has also caused the bottom layer of the second level of Kunxu to be constantly corroded and infiltrated. While reducing the efficiency of all schools, it has greatly increased the cost of governance, and a large amount of intelligence is being leaked every day.

In response to this situation, various schools and companies, led by the top ten universities, began to improve the welfare of junior college students and those of the demon race.

Initially, it was just colleges and universities offering discounts on various training methods.

Later, as the Righteous Alliance offered a free expert-level martial arts technique for monthly sign-in, various schools launched similar activities, offering three expert-level martial arts techniques to choose from.

Then the Righteous Alliance specially recruited college students, who were treated the same as junior college students after joining the Demonic Sect.

As a result, colleges and universities began offering free courses, providing five free courses each semester...

Feng Tingting sighed: Then the Righteous Alliance launched a recruitment plan that prioritizes college graduates, with a large number of positions and tasks given priority to college graduates.
Feng Tingting: The top ten universities have launched the "Honorary Ten-University Students" program, selecting outstanding colonels, junior college students, and associate degree students each month to become Honorary Ten-University Students, enjoying the same benefits as Ten-University Students, and having their resumes treated as if they were from one of the top ten universities.

Feng Tingting: Later, the Righteous Alliance started large-scale air raids on the second floor, directly attacking the door, and offering free jobs to college students and demon descendants on the fifth floor.
Feng Tingting: In response to all this, major universities have pledged to guarantee the right of all junior college students and students of demonic origin to work overtime, strictly enforcing a minimum of 50 hours of overtime per week.
Feng Tingting remarked: In order to defeat their opponents and win the war, both sides have resorted to all sorts of ingenious tactics, and the conflict has become increasingly heated.
Then Zhang Yu inquired about the situation on the battlefield.

Only then did they learn that the three-layered battlefield was now in a state of stalemate, with the Righteous Alliance advancing its spatial blockade step by step, and the leaders of the ten universities frantically building defensive fortifications.

The densely packed fortresses on the front lines of the battlefield were like meat grinders, constantly devouring lives and consuming vast amounts of resources.

However... although the ten schools' strategy slowed down the enemy's offensive, it was never able to completely stop their advance.

Thanks to the advantages of spatial blockade, the Righteous Alliance's progress, though slow, has been steadily encroaching on the territory of the top ten universities.

Feng Tingting sighed: "Currently, based on the Great Void, only about 30% of the entire third level is actually controlled by the top ten universities; the rest has been completely overrun."
In addition to the disadvantages on the front lines, the air raids on the second floor also caused panic among the students at each school.

Feng Tingting: After all, with the space sealed off, apart from the area around the large void being interconnected vertically, the other places are all on the third floor, so if you want to attack the second floor, you can do so at any time, while the second floor can only passively defend.
Feng Tingting: Sigh, I heard that all the schools are urging our principal to take action quickly and completely break down the blockade between the two or three levels of schools.
Feng Tingting: But the principal has yet to take action. It is said that the Boundary-Breaking Cone has not been properly repaired and has not been able to start operating again so far.

As Feng Tingting spoke, Zhang Yu's gaze swept over a number of news items from other schools.

According to sources who declined to be named, the boundary cone repair project has encountered major difficulties and there is no hope of completion in the short term.

"Where did the hard work and sweat of teachers and students go? The whereabouts of a large amount of resources at Wanfa University remains a mystery."

"Three questions for the magnetic poles: When will the space blockade be broken? Who will bear the enormous losses caused? Should the ten schools change their operational plans?"

Zhang Yu could deduce that behind these news reports, various Nascent Soul cultivators from other schools were undoubtedly fueling the flames and constantly putting pressure on the Magnetic Extreme God.

"Judging from the news from the Spirit Realm alone, the situation is becoming increasingly difficult. I wonder what the Dark Spirit Realm is like?"

While Zhang Yu was pondering, he returned to his original secluded laboratory and saw that Feng Yuhan and Fu Xinyao had been captured and imprisoned by the cultivators sent by the Magnetic Extreme God Lord.

In particular, Feng Yuhan, whose consciousness had been sealed by the Magnetic God, was placed under the strictest surveillance and all news of him was blocked.

Clearly, the betrayal of such a senior Nascent Soul cultivator, once exposed, will inevitably cause another huge uproar, adding insult to injury to the current chaotic situation.

Then he and Fuki entered the Dark Realm together.

The barrage of fraudulent advertisements continued, followed by a deluge of information. A dense list of regions appeared before Zhang Yu, leaving him dazzled.

Fuki sighed, "The user base of the Dark Spirit Realm has expanded by more than ten or even a hundred times compared to before."

Zhang Yu glanced at the mission area and found that the top-ranked mission was "Steal the Boundary-Breaking Cone of the Magnetic Extreme God of the Myriad Laws University," which would grant one million Righteousness Points.

The next 10 items are almost half related to the Magnetic God, either involving stealing Yin organs or providing information.

The price of the righteous energy value of the Magnetic God's Yin Artifact has been rising continuously since the Moon War, and has now increased several times over.

Clearly, in the past six months, Magnetism God has not only faced pressure from the various Nascent Soul cultivators of the top ten universities, but also the pervasive infiltration and targeting by the Righteous Alliance.

Just then, Zhang Yu noticed a message scrolling and flashing above his head.

Fuki said, "This seems to be a pinned message sent to everyone in the Dark Spirit Realm, which everyone who enters the Dark Spirit Realm can see."

When Zhang Yu opened the message, he was shocked once again.

"The Righteous Alliance has already completed its deployment on the fifth level of Kunxu, and can destroy the fifth level at any time... to further detach from Kunxu? Delay the arrival of the Heavenly Court."

"The future goal is to completely detonate layers 2 to 5, splitting them into three thousand smaller worlds, so that the Heavenly Court will never be able to find them again..."

Zhang Yu was shocked when he saw the message. He was surprised to find that the pinned message had been posted for half a month.

Zhang Yu immediately asked Fu Ji, "Is what the Righteous Alliance said true? Is such a thing... even possible?"

Fuki replied, "I don't know."

Zhang Yu: "You don't know?"

Fu Ji said solemnly, "How do I know if the Righteous Alliance is telling the truth or not? But one thing is certain: after the Righteous Alliance presented this plan, many people are probably willing to believe it."

Zhang Yu's heart sank, and he realized that Fu Ji was right.

Currently, within the second to fifth levels of Kunxu, countless people have broken through to higher levels without authorization and are infringing on cultivation rights, which must cause great concern about the future arrival of the Heavenly Court.

Now that the Righteous Alliance has presented such a plan, whether it is true or false, it has given these people a glimmer of hope.

From another perspective, the reason that originally sustained many university teachers and students in continuing the fight and persevering was the arrival of the Heavenly Court.

"Many people believe that the great battle has lasted for more than a year, and there are less than 11 months left before the Heavenly Court descends."

"For them, the belief that they can achieve victory in just 11 more months is a crucial source of motivation."

"But now that the Righteous Alliance can once again delay the propaganda of the Heavenly Court's descent, it is probably a heavy blow to the spirits of many people."

Looking at the Dark Spirit Realm before him, Zhang Yu felt that behind the countless surging messages, countless Kunxu people were gradually gathering their thoughts together, about to unleash an unprecedented storm.

And standing at the forefront of the storm at this moment... is none other than his teacher, the Magnetic God.

Zhang Yu sighed inwardly. He felt immense pressure just from seeing these news reports and intelligence. How terrifying must the pressure be for the Magnetic Goddess who stood at the forefront of the times?
As Zhang Yu pondered all this, a thought suddenly came to mind: "I'm afraid I shouldn't continue my seclusion."

So Zhang Yu, who had left the Dark Spirit Realm, immediately sent a message to the Magnetic Extreme God.

Zhang Yu: Master, now that I have broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, I can lend you a hand.
Looking at the message Zhang Yu sent, Magnetism God Monarch thought to himself, "Silly child, if he makes a move again this time, the other nine schools' Nascent Soul cultivators probably won't let him off so easily. They might even come to snatch the World-Breaking Cone on the spot. At that time... I might have to help countless times again."

"Moreover, no matter how strong one person is, how can they break through the opponent's thousands upon thousands of spatial blockades?"

Magnetism God-King understood that one of the biggest differences between the two sides was that the opponent could disregard copyright and allow every Nascent Soul God-King to cultivate the Space Immortal Sect's techniques and master the power of space sealing.

On their side, only Zhang Yu was legally able to cultivate and use "Kunlun in the Palm".

Did Zhang Yu comprehend the technology earlier and create a product? Or did the Nascent Soul cultivators on the other side advance the levels of the immortal sect's techniques and master increasingly powerful spatial technologies?
Whose immortal techniques can change the course of the battle first? In the eyes of the Magnetic Extreme God, this is one of the true keys to this battle.

Therefore, even though Zhang Yu had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, the Magnetic Extreme God Lord still hoped that he would continue his seclusion, continue his cultivation, and seize the time to make progress.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu, on the other side, had a different thought when he saw the message sent by the Magnetic God.

"The power of the immortal descendants... the technology contained within it is destined to be impossible to popularize."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "If this is really promoted, I'm afraid that after the Heavenly Court descends, we will all be purged... No, I should say that once this thing is promoted, everyone who learns it will probably have to join the Righteous Alliance directly." "The spread of immortal authority is something that the Heavenly Court will absolutely not tolerate or accept."

"Moreover, being a descendant of immortals is a privilege, and I myself don't understand the technology and principles involved, so I can't promote it."

"And the pure Kunlun in the palm of your hand..."

For Zhang Yu, who had already cultivated Kunlun Palm to level 40, the many mysteries it contained were already thoroughly familiar to him.

"Relying solely on the Kunlun Palm and its space-distorting technology... it's very difficult to break through the spatial blockade. These are two completely different spatial technologies."

When he realized this, a question lingered in his mind. If the Kunlun Palm technique couldn't break through the spatial blockade, why did Brother Dao think that this technique would affect the plan that day?

After seeing the Righteous Alliance's advertisement today, Zhang Yu suddenly understood.

He thought to himself, "The Kunlun in the palm of my hand may not be able to break through the spatial blockade, but the technology of distorting space within it can be used to stop the Righteous Alliance's plan to blow up each layer."

“This is the real threat that Kunlun in the palm of your hand poses to them.”

"If we want to break through the spatial blockade..."

When Zhang Yu returned to the Taiqing territory, he saw the immortal Daoist technique floating in the Soul-Guiding Pool—the Three Realms and Ten Directions Great Void Barrier.

"I'm afraid only the spatial technology contained in this Taoist technique can be used to break through the spatial blockade of the Righteous Alliance."

After the Battle of the Sun ended and Lord Chain Pivot died, Zhang Yu naturally took the opportunity to visit the Taiqing Realm to see what kind of cultivation technique this Lord had revealed.

Upon seeing this manual of immortal techniques, Zhang Yu was naturally overjoyed.

Especially after seeing the contents, Zhang Yu became even more certain of one thing.

"The Chain Pivot Divine Lord must have used this Taoist technique to complete the spatial sealing."

But even now, Zhang Yu has not begun to cultivate this Taoist art.

“Cultivating Taoist arts is expensive to begin with, and cultivating Taoist arts at the Immortal level is even more expensive.”

Looking at the contents of the Three Realms and Ten Directions Great Void Barrier, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "To cultivate this Dao technique, I would probably need to build several factories, complete hundreds of production lines, and combine the resources of more than a dozen upstream and downstream companies to meet the requirements."

"In ancient times, if a cultivator relied solely on his own efforts, it might have taken hundreds of years to complete this Dao technique."

Thinking about the current situation of the battle, Zhang Yu sighed, "If the Righteous Alliance had not occupied the fourth and fifth floors one after another and had not plundered a large amount of resources in advance, I'm afraid we would not have been able to supply a large number of Nascent Soul cultivators with this Dao technique."

"For me, continuing to bury myself in my studies and watching the situation deteriorate is not the best option."

Zhang Yu pondered to himself, "Only with the increase of cultivation level can cultivators leverage more resources."

"The same is true for me."

As he pondered, Zhang Yu's current data came to mind.

Just like the sudden surge in strength upon breaking through to the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages, Zhang Yu's strength also increased significantly upon breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

His Dao Heart first grew rapidly, reaching level 33 (7.44%), his physical strength reached level 33.25, and his magic power broke through again and again, reaching 31989 units.

Zhang Yu's powerful and profound foundation allowed him to experience a significant boost in basic strength immediately after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Judging from these three basic data points alone, he has undergone a complete transformation and made a qualitative leap compared to his predecessor at the Golden Core stage.

"With my current cultivation level and the power of the immortal descendant, I can definitely gain an advantage in the battle, and then use Teacher Magnetism to connect the ten schools and gather more resources from the ten schools."

"Using these resources to advance my cultivation and the practice of this Dao technique... would be a better choice."

“While rigorous training is necessary, it is not enough to just train relentlessly. If one cannot leverage greater energy as one’s cultivation level increases, how can one advance on the path to immortality?”

With this in mind, Zhang Yu made a decision.

Just then, his gaze suddenly shifted, turning to the various cultivation techniques and knowledge within the Soul-Guiding Pool.

During the five months he was in seclusion, the number of cultivation techniques in the Soul-Guiding Pool continued to increase. This was clearly because Zhang Pianpian had been traveling around and had witnessed the deaths of countless people, which resulted in a large number of cultivation techniques being released into the pool.

However, Zhang Yu wasn't very interested in most of the techniques, and although he was interested in a few, he didn't have the time.

But when Zhang Yu saw one of the Taoist techniques, his eyes lit up: "The Formless Great Handprint of Primordial Qi? Isn't this a military-grade martial art from the Finance Department?"

"Was it released when Jiutian Liu died?"

Zhang Yu had always been very interested in the Qi Luck Technique of the Financial Department. Now, he memorized the technique and left the Taiqing Realm.

He then sent a message directly to Magnet God, but received no response for a long time.

So Zhang Yu contacted Qingmu Shenjun again to inquire about the status of the magnetic poles.

Zhang Yu: Teacher, is Teacher Magnet under a lot of pressure?

Aoki-sama: Why did you suddenly ask that?

Zhang Yu: Teacher, I have broken through to the Nascent Soul stage and would like to lend Teacher Magnetism a hand.

Upon seeing Zhang Yu's statement, Lord Aoki was instantly caught in a dilemma.

He could sense that the pressure on the magnetic pole was increasing as the situation changed.

Although he had tried his best to share the burden with the other party, he was helpless in the face of the joint pressure from the nine schools.

In particular, the ongoing Divine Transformation Conference is gradually becoming increasingly heated, with the differences between the various schools growing ever larger.

But as for Zhang Yu... Lord Qingmu also hoped that the other party could continue to cultivate in seclusion and accumulate strength.

Just as Aoki was in a dilemma, he heard Zhang Yu say, "Teacher, believe me, I can now become Teacher Magnet's strongest helper."

Lord Aoki replied: Come to the Great Void.

Lord Aoki: Magnetism is currently holding a closed meeting with the other nine Nascent Soul cultivators. I'll take you to see her.
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at the same time.

Inside a magnificent conference room surrounded by layers of array formations.

The Magnetic God sat cross-legged in the main seat, coldly watching the Nascent Soul Gods below.

All that could be heard was the Evil Lotus God Lord from the Heavenly Demon University saying, "Magnetic Pole, your Boundary-Breaking Cone has yet to be repaired, and you've consistently refused to release information related to your space technology..."

The Magnetic God said calmly, "I told you, the Boundary-Breaking Cone will be repaired soon."

"As for space technology? Can you even understand it?"

"Enough!" Lord Nielin said coldly, "For the past five months, you've been repeating the same old tricks, always making excuses. I think you're not unwilling, but rather unable to do it, aren't you? If you're not capable, then give up your position!"

Magnet Lord looked at his opponent without backing down and shouted, "Fine, Evil Lotus, I can give you my position, but let's see what you have to do to deal with the battle."

Lord Nielian smiled slightly and said, "The war on the third level has already consumed too many of our resources. Continuing to fight will only result in continuous losses."

"You want to retreat?" asked Zhipan Shenjun of King Kong University.

Lord Nielin retorted, "Otherwise what? Stay here, pour vast resources into the battlefield, and keep wearing down the enemy?"

The Magnetic God said, "Sinful Lotus, if we spread out, we'll only be picked off one by one. It's precisely because we've committed our main force here that we're forcing the enemy to engage us head-on. If we retreat... without the pressure of the front lines, they can attack the entire second level with even greater impunity..."

Lord Nielian laughed, "Magnetic Pole, you make it sound nice, but how much have you built on the front lines in the past six months? How much have you enriched the civil engineering companies? How much have your subordinates, Green Wood, taken advantage of the situation? Of course you don't want to leave, but we can't afford to keep you company."

He sneered and continued, "Besides, I never said we should split up. I propose concentrating the resources and population of all the schools together, and then having all ten schools jointly defend. Wouldn't that eliminate the other side's spatial advantage?"

The Thousand Puppet God Lord from Immortal Soldier University said, "How can so many people be gathered together so easily?"

Lord Nielian said, "With the cryopreservation technology of our Heavenly Demon University, we can categorize and compress everyone's soul and body."

"Didn't they want to join the Righteous Alliance? Now let's see how they can join."

Lord Zhipan frowned and said, "I disagree. Who knows how much of it your Heavenly Demon University will secretly use after it's saved up?"

The Nascent Soul cultivator from Hehuan University said, "I have a suggestion: let all the Nascent Soul and Transformation Realm cultivators from various schools come and cultivate with me. I will gather everyone's strength so that we can unite as one and use everyone's power to defeat the Demonic Sect!"

The Thousand Puppet God of Immortal Soldier University said, "No, no, when it comes to dual cultivation, how do we divide the effort based on who contributes more and who contributes less? I think we should all contribute funds to build the aerial fortress city I designed."

He projected a design plan and explained, "This aerial fortress city is large enough to accommodate the entire population of all ten schools. Not only will our forces be concentrated, but we can also move around freely, turning a passive situation into an active one..."

On the other side, the Nascent Soul cultivator from Tianjian University said, "Tianjian University's main campus has always been able to move through the air. Instead of creating something like you, you might as well just modify our school..."

(End of this chapter)