Chapter 714 Zhang Yu Emerges from Seclusion, Funeral
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The greatest help and assistance I can give to my two teachers now is to continue to improve the level of the immortal sect's Taoist arts, master stronger spatial technology, and introduce spatial magic treasures that are more advantageous to the battle situation."
In order to focus on cultivation and improve the level of the "Three Realms and Ten Directions Great Void Barrier" as quickly as possible, Zhang Yu has decided to ignore all external matters and devote all his heart and energy to the cultivation of immortal techniques, except for exchanging spiritual roots with Bai Zhenzhen every few days to improve cultivation efficiency.
To this end, he even temporarily severed his connection to the spirit world, only instructing Yu Xinghan, Bei Wufeng, and others to keep an eye on news from all sides, and only report to him when major news emerged.
And so... Zhang Yu devoted himself wholeheartedly to his cultivation, continuously consuming the various resources sent by the research association, and advancing his cultivation step by step.
And time passes by in this process.
One day, two days, three days...
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed!
...
With a breath of stale air exhaled from his body, Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the Yu Shu in front of him, looking at the changes in the data on it.
Because he hadn't practiced any body-refining techniques for a month, Zhang Yu's physical strength remained at level 37.49.
However, one's Dao heart and magical power are constantly improving due to the passive operation of the mental cultivation method.
Although his Dao Heart had been burned several times due to the use of the Heavenly Craftsmanship in designing the Taixu Cloud Treasury, it had already reached level 36 (85.36%), allowing Zhang Yu to have complete control over every inch of his flesh and blood and every bit of power inside and outside his body.
Meanwhile, his magical power, through continuous daily and nightly increases, was pushed to a level of 38,959 units, flowing endlessly within his body like a surging river.
Of course, these basic data are just passive cultivation improvements that Zhang Yu has made incidentally. His biggest gain in the past month is that he has already improved his "Three Realms and Ten Directions Great Void Barrier" to level 40.
As Zhang Yu felt the various insights, knowledge, and techniques flowing through his mind in the level 40 immortal Dao technique, he had a misconception that he had cultivated this immortal Dao technique for hundreds of years and used it countless times.
"If I had been born in ancient times and had not received Yu Shu's help, it would probably have taken hundreds of years to advance this Dao technique to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage."
Zhang Yu clasped his hands together, then pulled them apart, and a spatial barrier rose up between his palms.
At this moment, Zhang Yu could clearly feel that as long as he was willing to inject his own magical power into it, he could continue to expand this spatial barrier.
"This is probably the technological basis for the creation of the celestial dome."
As Zhang Yu looked at the spatial barrier he had created, he recalled how he had broken through the heavens a month ago by relying on his status as a descendant of immortals.
Comparing the two, he quickly came to the conclusion: "The fourth or fifth layer of the sky is more powerful than the spatial barrier in my hand, not only because the other party's technology is better than mine, but also because the sky contains the power of the formation."
As various pieces of knowledge and data flowed through his mind, Zhang Yu secretly calculated: "The cultivator who set up the four or five layers of the sky is not only proficient in the 'Three Realms and Ten Directions Void Barrier' of level 40 or above, but is also a master of formations, using formations to realize this sky..."
After a month of seclusion, Zhang Yu has gained a deeper understanding of the power of the fourth and fifth layers of the sky.
However, although his skills in the "Three Realms and Ten Directions Great Void Barrier" have not yet surpassed his opponent's, by combining the two techniques of "Kunlun in the Palm" and "Three Realms and Ten Directions Great Void Barrier", he has gradually come up with more ideas for breaking through the spatial barriers of the 4th and 5th layers of the sky.
Zhang Yu recalled the external situation that Yu Xinghan and Bei Wufeng had told him a few days ago, and suppressed his intention to break through the barrier at this moment.
"It's no use for me to come out of seclusion now."
"We must design at least one product, a product that can be effective in the current situation..."
As the creation of the universe began, Zhang Yu felt as if a booming sound resounded in his mind, as if a ball of flame was burning fiercely.
A design blueprint for a magical artifact gradually emerged in Zhang Yu's mind.
"It needs to be more widespread... it needs to be able to leverage the power of more people..."
"Reduce costs."
"We must continue to reduce costs so that more people can use it..."
...
Several days later.
Bei Wufeng, Jin Jun, Yan Qianji, and the others in the laboratory all seemed somewhat absent-minded, occasionally glancing at the news in the spirit world through their eye sockets, and then a hint of worry appeared in their eyes.
As the war situation changed drastically, the various news and updates they received every day were intensely affecting their minds.
Even some of the lab surfaces were covered in a layer of fine dust, indicating that they hadn't been used for a while, and everyone in the lab had lost their will to work.
Just then, as the laboratory door opened, Zhang Yu's figure appeared in everyone's sight.
"True Lord." Jin Jun instinctively straightened up, looking at Zhang Yu with surprise, and asked, "What brings you here?"
Since the battle between the fourth and fifth level Nascent Soul cultivators began, Zhang Yu has entered a state of complete seclusion.
Since then, Jin Jun has never seen the other party again. He only saw countless supplies being sent into the other party's meditation room, making the other party like a bottomless abyss, devouring all kinds of immortal resources sent to him.
Zhang Yu nodded slightly to everyone and looked at the Heavenly Sun God and the twelve Taihao Holy Law Flying Swords on the experimental table.
These two military-grade magic weapons, after being refined by several Nascent Soul cultivators from the weapon-refining department, and with the assistance of Bei Wufeng and others, have both reached the peak level of Nascent Soul cultivators at level 40.
With a flash of his eyes, Zhang Yu saw two military-grade magic treasures rise up and be stored in his Taixu Cloud Treasury.
At the same time, he had also received all the data, precautions, and user manuals related to these two level 40 magic items.
A level 40 Heavenly Sun God is powerful enough to turn a thousand miles around into scorched earth. It not only has the power to boil mountains and burn seas, but can also refine a huge amount of matter into magic power.
The level 40 Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword can set up a sword formation that can radiate for thousands of miles, and freely transmit power within the sword formation, cutting through the spirit world and detecting enemies.
It can be said that the existence of these two level 40 magic weapons can make up for many deficiencies in Zhang Yu's accumulation after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.
As for the Heavenly Sun God that the Magnetic Extreme God sent back to him, that was the Magnetic Extreme God's own Heavenly Sun God. After sending him off, he naturally returned to the battlefield. Zhang Yu came to the laboratory after leaving seclusion to retrieve his magic weapon.
Then Zhang Yu looked at another eye fragment on the experimental table and said, "Has the level 40 Nine Nether Demon Eye arrived? Please help me put it on."
During his Foundation Establishment stage, Zhang Yu used the Nine Nether Demon Eyes, an eye that could see through soul cultivators, freeze yin spirits, and focus on the offense and defense of the spirit world.
However, after breaking through to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms, Zhang Yu didn't have time to replace his eye sockets with ones that were more suitable for him, so he just found a basic Nascent Soul level eye socket to wear temporarily.
Now, with the Nine Nether Demon Eyes newly crafted for him by Wanfa University, Zhang Yu's view of the laboratory suddenly became completely filled with soul cultivators attached to various devices and the spirit world network, along with their names, information, origins, and levels...
He could even penetrate the walls by observing the distribution of spiritual signals, seeing the state of other rooms next door, the spiritual signals emitted by the cultivators in those rooms, and their locations and movement trajectories...
They could also see that Bei Wufeng, Yan Qianji, Jin Jun and others were constantly emitting and receiving spiritual signals.
An unprecedented sense of smoothness and control arose in Zhang Yu's mind, which greatly enhanced his visual and observational abilities.
After taking away the three level 40 magic items, Zhang Yu turned around and prepared to leave.
Just then, Yan Qianji couldn't help but ask, "True Lord, are you going back to seclusion again?"
Looking at Zhang Yu who had turned around, Yan Qianji shouted fiercely in his heart and mind: "You've consumed a huge amount of resources, and the principal has also transferred all kinds of permissions within the campus to you. Faced with the current situation, don't you plan to do anything? Are you just going to stay in seclusion and keep improving your cultivation?"
Although a surge of anger welled up in his mind, Yan Qianji maintained a certain level of restraint on the surface and calmly asked, "I would like to ask, True Lord, when do you plan to end your seclusion?"
Jin Jun immediately said, "Yan Qianji, what nonsense are you asking? The True Lord has his own plans, how dare you question them?"
Yan Qianji frowned, inwardly fuming, "Did I say something wrong? He's been in seclusion for so long, what contributions has he made? How did he pass the research association's monthly assessments and performance reviews?"
But Yan Qianji still didn't say what was on his mind, only whispering, "Everyone outside is asking, are you still going to pretend you don't know?"
Bei Wufeng sighed slightly, thinking to himself, "Even if it's true, you can't just say things like that."
Yan Qianji looked at Zhang Yu and said, "True Lord Zhuyi, if you still intend to go back to seclusion, I'm sorry I can't accompany you any longer. I don't want to waste my time here any longer."
After saying that, he unbuttoned his uniform, already intending to leave the laboratory.
Zhang Yu, however, did not care about Yan Qianji's attitude and calmly said, "My seclusion has ended."
"I plan to have a talk with many senior officials within the university next."
Do you know if they've had any meetings or gatherings recently?
Yan Qianji was slightly taken aback when he saw Zhang Yu's calm and composed demeanor. He then said, "Today is the funeral of True Monarch Tian Sha. Most of the Nascent Soul cultivators in the school should be attending."
Watching Zhang Yu turn and quickly float out of the laboratory, Yan Qianji thought to himself, "Is he planning to go to the funeral of the Heavenly Slaughter True Monarch? What is he going to do?"
Just then, Jin Jun took off his uniform and quickly followed.
Bei Wufeng, who was standing to the side, said, "Jin Jun, what are you doing? It's still working hours."
Jin Jun turned around and said, "Senior brother, why bother going to work? In the current situation, it's most important to gather information from all sides."
"I have a feeling that something big might happen when True Lord goes there this time."
After saying that, he turned to his assistants Zi Yunzhen, Su Yunni, Liu Xiangqiao and said, "Alright, stop pretending to be working hard."
"We don't have that much work to do in our lab. Let's go see what Zhenjun is up to."
After Zhang Yu arrived at the laboratory, Zi Yunzhen and the others were busy running around, but it was unclear what they were busy with.
Although they were busy, 90% of their attention was on Zhang Yu.
Especially after Yan Qianji stepped forward, they strained their ears, afraid of missing a single word.
At this moment, after being exposed by Jin Jun's words, Zi Yunzhen and the others stopped somewhat embarrassed and followed Jin Jun out of the laboratory.
Seeing this, Bei Wufeng smiled helplessly and quickly chased after them, asking, "Why did they all leave?"
Yan Qianji stared at the now empty laboratory, at himself being ignored by everyone, and thought to himself, "What is this?"
At the same time, a question arose in his mind: "Am I still considered a member of the lab? Did Zhang Yu approve my resignation?"
"What exactly is he trying to do?"
Seeing the empty scene, Yan Qianji turned around and rushed to the funeral of Tian Sha Zhenjun.
...
At the same time, Zhang Yu's figure soared into the sky and arrived above the research conference.
Just as he ascended into the sky, a huge shadow descended, covering the entire Great Hollow and the surrounding campus in darkness.
Zhang Yu looked up at the sky and saw the source of the huge shadow. There, he could see a dragon's head as big as a mountain, its eyes wide open in anger, staring intently at the large hole below.
"The Devouring God of the Heavenly Demon University..."
The enormous shadow covering the entire void at this moment was none other than the dragon corpse of the Cangshi Divine Lord, which was as large as a mountain range.
Besides the enormous dragon head being clearly visible, every building-sized dragon scale on the dragon corpse, as well as various scars resembling geological disasters, are also clearly visible, seemingly telling the story of the terrifying attacks the dragon corpse suffered in its lifetime and warning every cultivator below who can observe the dragon corpse.
The dragon corpse is now enveloped by layers of spatial barriers, filling the gap between the shattered sky and restoring the sky between the third and fourth layers of Kunxu, thus isolating the upper and lower parts.
The only Nascent Soul cultivator at Heavenly Demon University has died physically, but his primordial spirit has disappeared without a trace.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yu sighed. Although he had learned about the changing situation through the occasional reports from Bei Wufeng, Yu Xinghan and others, he still felt a sense of melancholy as he looked at the dragon corpse in the sky.
In the early stages of the war, everything went smoothly. The Nascent Soul cultivators from the top ten universities won victory after victory, launched a general offensive against the fifth level of Kunxu, and seized a large amount of profits on the territory of the Righteous Alliance.
However, during this process, Cangshi Shenjun of Tianyao University took the lead. While fighting the battle of the Nascent Soul stage, he would come to the fourth level of Kunxu to plunder wildly from time to time. He often ignored the call of Ciji Shenjun and participated in the general attack on the fifth level of Kunxu.
Under the plundering led by the Divine Lord Cangshi, Nascent Soul cultivators from other schools eventually joined the plundering of the fourth level.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "In order to compete for interests and maximize their own profits, the ten schools' Nascent Soul cultivators will ultimately be unable to unite as one."
"Ultimately, everything spiraled out of control..."
The next moment, Zhang Yu looked up at the sky and gazed at the scenery belonging to the fourth level.
After the great changes in the world, the second to fifth levels were completely connected, and the view of the upper level could be seen from the sky of the lower level.
Just as Zhang Yu, who was on the second floor back then, could see the view from the third and fourth floors, Zhang Yu, who was on the third floor now, could also see the sky from the fourth floor.
First, he could see clusters of dark clouds that seemed to have their own life, wandering freely in the fourth level of the world.
Those were the billions of Heavenly Demon Children of the Evil Lotus God Lord of the Heavenly Demon University. When the Evil Lotus God Lord joined the plunder of the fourth floor, he released these billions of Heavenly Demon Children. Wherever they went, they were like locusts, frantically devouring everything, strengthening themselves, and replicating themselves.
But now, these out-of-control demons are like clusters of black clouds wandering between the heavens and earth of the fourth level of Kunxu, devouring everything they encounter.
At the same time, the entire sky above the fourth floor had turned into a faint red.
That was influenced by the Netherworld Blood Pool of the Yin Spring God.
When they were plundering the fourth level of Kunxu, Yinquan Divine Lord activated the Netherworld Blood Pool. The crimson torrent that rose from it swallowed countless cultivators and living beings, turning them into a pool of blood.
Now, the out-of-control Netherworld Blood Pool has transformed into a blood-red river spanning the four layers of the Kunxu sky. Every now and then, a figure can be seen being sucked into it, struggling desperately within, and finally turning into a blood shadow, as if emitting a series of mournful roars.
The magical artifacts created by the Nascent Soul cultivators at great expense have now become a natural disaster sweeping across the four levels of Kunxu after losing control, causing astonishing destruction every moment.
The real natural disasters, however, have completely spiraled out of control.
Hail, tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, storms... all sorts of natural disasters keep erupting on the fourth level of Kunxu.
When the Nascent Soul cultivators from the top ten universities raided the fourth floor, several Nascent Soul cultivators skilled in talismans joined forces to hijack the weather controller in the spirit world network, creating a natural disaster that swept across the entire floor.
But at this moment, the weather controller was no longer in control and had completely gone out of control. Red warnings of overdue payments and fines flashed all over the mountains and fields, and various natural disasters were happening one after another, as if to turn the entire Fourth Layer Kunxu into a complete forbidden zone for life.
Zhang Yu knew that the reason why the fourth level of Kunxu had become like this was because the power of the Nascent Soul cultivators had lost control and turned into a chaotic natural disaster.
One of the main reasons for the loss of control was the loss of contact.
Just like the countless demonic offspring of the Evil Lotus God and the Yin Spring God, and the Netherworld Blood Spring, they all went out of control because they lost their connection with their masters.
Zhang Yu sighed, recalling once again the reasons for the change in the situation.
"As more and more Nascent Soul cultivators, in pursuit of maximizing their own interests, dedicate the power originally intended for the fifth-level decisive battle to the fourth level for plundering, and even examples like the Cangshi Divine Lord leading the way in leaving the battlefield have emerged..."
Zhang Yu sighed inwardly: "The Ten Schools' Nascent Soul Transformation experts and their power gradually dispersed to the fourth and fifth floors."
Then, as the broken sky was sealed again, the fifth and fourth levels of Kunxu became like two huge cages, binding the ten Nascent Soul cultivators within.
Upon receiving the news, Zhang Yu secretly emerged from seclusion, attempting to use the power of a descendant of immortals to break through the heavens once more.
But this time he found that it was much more difficult to break through the sky, especially... even if he could break through the sky at the cost of serious injury, the hole would quickly heal and seal everything back in.
Immediately afterwards, he felt an even more terrifying aura sweeping over him, as if it were about to fall from the sky at any moment.
Sensing this, Zhang Yu knew he couldn't continue trying and immediately retreated.
"The opponent must have held back when they broke through to the heavens last time."
After this experience, Zhang Yu's heart sank. He realized that the other party had not revealed this power before, nor had they revealed the strongest form of the fourth and fifth layers of the sky, in order to lure them into a trap and deliberately draw in the Nascent Soul cultivators from the top ten universities.
"Even the news of detonating the fifth floor was spread, wasn't it for this reason? To lure the Nascent Soul Divine Lords up there."
"Then, the Nascent Soul cultivators, each pursuing their own interests... naturally dispersed without any special guidance."
"Then we'll lock down the sky again, like trapping a dog in a cage."
So Zhang Yu returned to the research association and continued his seclusion in order to find a solution.
Zhang Yu could imagine that with the resealing of the fourth and fifth layers of the sky, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the ten universities, having lost logistical support and being divided and surrounded, would inevitably be at a disadvantage against the Righteous Alliance.
At this moment, Zhang Yu continued to look up, his gaze having already passed over the scenery of the fourth level of Kunxu and was now looking at the fifth level of Kunxu.
Then, from within the five levels, beams of divine light shone brightly, like comets in the night sky, announcing their existence to the whole world.
Zhang Yu knew that it was the light of the Ten Schools' Nascent Soul cultivators who were still fighting on the fifth level of Kunxu. It was precisely because of the blooming of these divine lights that the teachers and students of various universities had hope, looking forward to the victory of the war and the end of everything.
"This is the Evil Lotus God, this is the Yin Spring God, and that should be the Bloodfall God..."
Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the beams of divine light, finally settling on the two beams that were positioned at the highest point among them.
The two beams of divine light were extremely close together, giving the impression of mutual reliance, mutual support, and mutual illumination.
Zhang Yu knew that it was the divine light represented by his two masters, the Magnetic Extreme God and the Green Wood God.
As long as these two divine lights continue to shine, it means that his two masters are not in any danger.
Just then, the sky above the fifth floor suddenly began to flicker, and then a name appeared in the sky.
Bloodfall God, die!
“Bloodfall God Lord?” Zhang Yu’s heart sank. After seeing the name appear, he immediately turned to look at the divine light representing the Bloodfall God Lord, only to find that the divine light had rapidly weakened and eventually disappeared without a trace.
"Has another Nascent Soul cultivator fallen?"
"Next, the Dark Spirit Realm will probably launch another wave of psychological and propaganda offensives."
Zhang Yu sensed that the spirit world was boiling over again, because the turmoil caused by the death of the Bloodfall God was bound to stir up even more waves.
Zhang Yu also understood that he didn't have much time left.
He flashed and quickly headed towards the funeral of the Heavenly Slaughter True Lord.
Zhang Yu made up his mind that he had to persuade all the remaining Nascent Soul True Monarchs at Wanfa University to support his battle plan.
No matter what method you use!
(End of this chapter)
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