Forced to become a top influencer, I rely on my tu cao to ruin the cultivation world.

The completion of the Tianhe Hydropower Station made the nights in Heaven as bright as day, and also allowed Jia Zang's "Qingyun Heavy Industry" to completely control the energy lifeline of Heaven. But Jia Zang was not satisfied; his gaze was set on an even higher place—the Tushita Palace above the Thirty-Three Heavens.

That place is the residence of Laozi, the founder of Taoism, and also the birthplace of alchemy, the highest technology in Heaven.

"Chairman Jia, are we really going to go see Laozi?" Wang Tiezhu asked nervously, his fingers twisting the hem of his clothes. "He's the Dao Ancestor, one of the Three Pure Ones, even the Jade Emperor treats him with deference. We're just ordinary merchants going to the Tushita Palace to sell our products—isn't that like showing off our limited skills before an expert? What if Laozi gets angry and turns us into elixirs?"

Jia Zhuang sat in the driver's seat of the psionic tractor, holding a thick business plan in his hand. The cover bore the bold words: "Cooperation Plan for the Industrial Upgrading of Doushuai Palace and the Application of Micro-Nuclear Fusion Technology." Through the vehicle window, he gazed at the swirling clouds surrounding Doushuai Palace in the distance, a confident smile playing on his lips.

"You don't understand." Jia Zhuang smiled faintly, his fingers lightly tapping the plan. "Laojun's alchemy is essentially a high-energy physical reaction. He uses human power to control the heat and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as fuel, which is too inefficient and extremely risky. What we need to do is help him achieve 'industrialization,' freeing him from heavy physical labor and making him a true 'god of science and technology.'"

"Industrialized... alchemy?" Wang Tiezhu was stunned. The image of an assembly line next to the Eight Trigrams Furnace flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but shudder.

"That's right." Jia Zhuang's eyes gleamed with fanaticism, as if he could already see that magnificent future. "I want to make Laozi understand that his Eight Trigrams Furnace is actually just a backward 'bioenergy reactor.' And I will bring him 'miniature nuclear fusion' technology, letting him experience what 'dimensional reduction' truly means!"

[System notification: Key task triggered – Upgrading the Industry of the Tushita Palace.]

[Mission Objective: Replace the Eight Trigrams Furnace with nuclear fusion technology and recruit Laozi (Taishang Laojun).]

[Current live stream popularity: 6000 million (The entire internet is watching: A mortal is going to teach the Daoist Ancestor how to refine elixirs?)]

[Livestream chat]

Holy crap! Chairman Jia is going against the heavens!

Nuclear fusion for alchemy? I'm impressed by that idea!

Laozi: I feel insulted.

[This is what they call technology changing lives!]

[Looking forward to it! Let's see how Chairman Jia fools the Three Pure Ones!]

The Tushita Palace is shrouded in mist and clouds, with cranes calling in unison, creating an atmosphere of celestial beauty.

However, beneath this peaceful facade, Laozi was experiencing unprecedented anxiety. He sat cross-legged before the Eight Trigrams Furnace, drenched in sweat, his beard soaked through, his hands gripping the banana leaf fan tightly, his arms aching so much they were almost numb.

Inside the furnace, the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir was at a crucial stage of refining, the fire flickering as if it might go out at any moment. Laozi gritted his teeth, frantically fanning himself with his banana leaf fan, veins bulging on his forehead. He had been fanning for forty-nine days, without even having a sip of water, but the temperature inside the furnace still wouldn't reach the required level.

"Huff...huff..." Lao Jun panted heavily, his eyes filled with exhaustion and anxiety. He had refined pills all his life, but he had never encountered such a difficult golden pill to refine. It was as if the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was working against him, and he could not condense it into a pill no matter what he did.

"Dao Ancestor, you've worked hard."

A gentle voice suddenly rang in my ears, breaking the tranquility of the Tushita Palace.

Lao Jun was startled, nearly dropping his banana leaf fan into the stove. He whirled around and saw a young man in a suit, smiling, standing behind him, holding a strange metal box. The young man showed no fear, but rather a calm confidence, as if this were his own backyard.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Tushita Palace!" Laozi roared, his hand forming a magic seal, and a golden light shot towards Jia Zang like lightning. This golden light contained the supreme power of the Dao Ancestor, enough to turn any mortal into ashes.

Jia Zang remained calm and gently pressed the metal box in his hand.

"Buzz—!"

A pale blue light screen instantly unfolded, rippling out like water, easily blocking the golden light. The golden light struck the light screen, making a "sizzling" sound, and then vanished without a trace.

"Dao Ancestor, please calm your anger. I am Jia Zhuang from Qingyun Heavy Industry, here to deliver a gift to you." Jia Zhuang smiled and opened the box. Inside was a metal sphere no bigger than a fist, its surface swirling with intricate patterns and radiating a chilling energy fluctuation. That energy fluctuation was a hundred times stronger than that of the Eight Trigrams Furnace, yet it was exceptionally stable, as if it contained boundless power.

"This is..." Lao Jun's pupils shrank. He felt an unprecedented and terrifying energy. It was a power he had never encountered before, both strange and familiar, as if it contained the ultimate mystery of the universe.

"This is a 'miniature nuclear fusion reactor'," Jia Zhuang introduced, a hint of pride in his voice. "It doesn't require you to painstakingly fan a fire, nor does it need the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It only needs a tiny amount of deuterium-tritium fuel to continuously output enormous amounts of energy. Using it to refine pills increases efficiency by at least a thousand times, and the temperature control is precise to three decimal places, ensuring that every single golden pill is of identical quality!"

Laozi was stunned, and the banana leaf fan in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud." He had spent his entire life refining elixirs and knew the hardships involved. If the temperature was too high, the elixirs would explode; if the temperature was too low, the elixirs would not be formed. In order to control the heat, he often went without sleep for days and nights, expending countless efforts, yet he still could not guarantee the quality of every single elixir.

If such a thing really exists...

"You...you're telling the truth?" Lao Jun trembled as he reached out his hand, wanting to touch the metal ball, his eyes filled with longing and anticipation.

"Of course it's true." Jia Zang handed over the box, his tone sincere. "Moreover, we also offer 'lifetime maintenance' and 'technology upgrades' services. You just need to sign a document, and this reactor will be yours. In addition, we would like to hire you as our 'Chief Technical Advisor' to guide us on how to better combine alchemy with nuclear fusion technology, ushering in a new era of alchemy!"

Lao Jun took the box, feeling the surging energy within, a glint of fervor flashing in his eyes. He seemed to see a completely new world, a world where he no longer needed to painstakingly fan the flames to refine countless high-quality golden pills.

"Good! Good! Good!" Laozi exclaimed three times, his voice trembling with excitement. "From this day forward, you will be an honored guest of my Tushita Palace! I'll accept this technical advisor position!"

[Livestream chat]

Hahaha! Laozi (a legendary Chinese deity) is so delicious!

[Nuclear fusion reactor! This is simply a game-changer!]

[Dao Ancestor: I can finally retire!]

[Chairman Jia is amazing! He even fooled the Three Pure Ones!]

[This is what they call technology changing destiny!]

Beyond the thirty-three heavens, the Tushita Palace is shrouded in celestial energy, and the thousand-year-old alchemy furnace is churning with raging flames. In the past, it only burned the Samadhi True Fire, but today the style has completely gone astray.

On either side of the ancient and imposing purple-gold octagonal alchemy furnace, exquisite Bluetooth modules are inlaid, with silver lines winding around the furnace body, creating a striking contrast between ancient charm and modern technology. With a gentle shake of Laozi's whisk and a light touch of the switch on the side of the furnace, Bluetooth pairing and connection to the celestial speaker are instantaneous.

A powerful and catchy melody suddenly explodes, and the dynamic rhythm of "Burn My Calories" resounds throughout the Tushita Palace:

"Goodbye donuts, bubble tea, instant noodles, hot pot, rice, and big plate chicken—take them all, don't be shy!"

The flames flickered with the drumbeats, the alchemical fire rising and falling with the rhythm, the alchemical energy within the furnace churning and pulsating wildly in sync with the melody. Laozi sat cross-legged on his cloud throne, his white hair and immortal robes swaying gently in the wind, nodding slightly to the rhythm, his eyelids half-closed, utterly serene and content.

The alchemy furnace that used to refine elixirs and magical artifacts has now become a giant open-air disco furnace. The Samadhi True Fire serves as the light source, and the furnace's resonance acts as a subwoofer. The celestial aura is mixed with dynamic background music, shattering the solemn atmosphere of the immortal sect. It's absurd, magical, outrageous, and addictive.

A thousand Taoist methods are no match for hitting the beat; a thousand years of alchemy are no match for half a day of singing along.

With Laozi's support, Jia Zang's "industrial alchemy" plan was successfully launched.

He built a huge factory next to the Tushita Palace. The factory covered a vast area and was filled with automated production lines brought from the mortal world. The roar of machines replaced the cries of cranes, and the cold hardness of steel replaced the softness of the clouds. The entire Tushita Palace seemed to have become a huge industrial base.

Laozi's alchemy technique was broken down into standardized processes: crushing medicinal materials, mixing, tableting, feeding into a reactor for heating, cooling, packaging... Each process was handled by specialized machines, which were precise and efficient. No gods needed to do it; only a few workers needed to watch computer screens and monitor the data.

"Dao Ancestor, look, this is our 'Nine-Turn Golden Elixir Production Line'!" Jia Zhuang proudly introduced, pointing to the roaring machines. "Before, you could only refine one batch a year. Now, we can produce ten thousand pills a day! And every single one is of the same quality. We no longer have to worry about the furnace exploding or the pills failing to form!"

Laozi looked at the endless stream of golden pills rolling off the production line, his eyes filled with both shock and a hint of loss. He had spent his entire life refining pills, each one imbued with his heart and soul, and now, seeing these machine-produced pills, he couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

"But... will the pills refined in this way still have 'spirituality'?" Lao Jun asked, his tone tinged with worry.

"Spirituality?" Jia Zang smiled, patting Laozi on the shoulder. "Dao Ancestor, think about it. Before, when you refined pills, each one was different; some were effective, some were not. Now, we use standardized processes to ensure that the quality of every pill is the same. Isn't that fairer? Moreover, we can use the time and energy saved to research more advanced pills, such as the mass production of the 'elixir of immortality'!"

"The elixir of immortality...mass production?" Laozi's eyes lit up, as if he were seeing a whole new world. He had spent his entire life refining pills, his greatest dream being to create the elixir of immortality, but he had never been able to achieve it. If it could truly be mass-produced...

"That's right!" Jia Zhuang's tone was firm, his eyes gleaming with fervent light. "At that time, every deity in Heaven will be able to consume the elixir of immortality, and they will no longer have to fight tooth and nail for a few pills. This is the true 'Great Dao'! Saving all living beings, everyone becoming a dragon!"

Laozi was deeply moved by the blueprint described by Jia Zang. He nodded, a long-lost smile appearing on his face, as if he had become hundreds of years younger.

"Jia Zang, you're right. I was too fixated on 'handcrafting.' From today onwards, the Tushita Palace is yours. Together, we will usher in a new era of 'industrial cultivation'!"

With Laozi's addition to the empire, Jia Zang's influence thoroughly penetrated the core of the Heavenly Court. He not only controlled energy but also mastered the Heavenly Court's highest technology—alchemy. The Heavenly Court was being transformed step by step into a massive "industrial empire." And those once high and mighty gods had unknowingly become the "workers" of this empire.

[Livestream chat]

Holy crap! The elixir of immortality is in mass production?! The world has gone mad!

Chairman Jia is aiming to unify the Three Realms!

Looking forward to the next chapter! Let's see which other powerful figures will join!

[Industrial cultivation! Sounds exciting!]

[Jade Emperor: I feel like I've been sidelined...]