Stealing Heaven and Earth (Two Chapters Combined, 6200+)

As Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the Immortal Sect Techniques listed in the Daoist Canon Catalog, only brief introductions, so sparse as to be nearly meaningless, surfaced before him. Before he truly chose an Immortal Sect Technique, he could feel the immense pressure coming at him from every direction—from the Deity Transformation cultivators.

Yet Zhang Yu also understood that although this pressure would grow stronger and heavier before he selected an Immortal Sect Technique, as long as he could endure it... once he had made his choice, the Deity Transformation cultivators would lose the possibility of pursuing even greater profits. Not only would they stop pressuring him, they would instead protect the profits and growth his new technology would bring.

"It's just like Teacher Xinghuo said before. For a profit of one hundred points, they'll press me with all their strength. But once it's settled at ten points and there's no way to recover what came before, they won't waste their effort anymore or keep brooding over sunk costs."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, And compared to venting anger or taking revenge... for profit, and to avoid falling behind the others, they'll still choose to cooperate with me and preserve those ten points of profit.

This is the code by which Kunxu's powerful figures operate—a pack of creatures driven by pure self-interest.

Once he understood this, Zhang Yu could not help but sigh. The very traits of Kunxu that he had always disliked had, this time, become the reason he could continue walking through the cracks between the Deity Transformation cultivators, the Ten Schools, and the sects.

It was precisely by making use of this that Zhang Yu infused his own will into the matter of changing the world.

He would choose the Immortal Sect Technique Kunlun in Palm and