Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu publicly warned that Nectar Coin was risky, but Ping Han turned the backlash into support and used their competition to promote himself and his investment group. Ping Han then challenged Zhang Yu to a fight and revealed his specially prepared Sky Abyss Armor as the battle began.

• Zhang Yu warned the audience that Nectar Coin was unstable and easy to manipulate, drawing a storm of insults from spectators.
• Ping Han pointed out that Nectar Coin had risen again during Zhang Yu’s warning, rallied the crowd, and gained more members for his investment guidance group.
• Ping Han left Ji Yuan Shu and the other teammates to build while he rushed ahead to challenge Zhang Yu alone.
• Ping Han challenged Zhang Yu to fight instead of compete in construction, and they exchanged attacks using Small Three Harmonies.
• Ping Han revealed his Sky Abyss Armor, whose power and coin-price display drew cheers from the Spirit Realm audience.
• Ping Han claimed that his wealth gave him greater Immortal Dao potential and demanded to know what gave Zhang Yu the right to fight him.

Ping Han overwhelmed Zhang Yu with his armor and scythe technique, destroying the Golden Armored Warriors he mistook for Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu then emerged atop the newly constructed Formless Spirit General and launched a scorching beam at Ping Han.

• Ping Han used the Sky Abyss Armor and his combat studies to batter Zhang Yu while demanding that he concede.
• Ye Xingli and Yan Qianji watched the duel, and Jiu Tianliu defended the Finance Department’s promotion of Nectar Coin and proposed a wager.
• Ping Han’s final punch destroyed a Golden Armored Warrior rather than Zhang Yu, who sent two more Golden Armored Warriors to attack.
• Ping Han used the Nine Heavens Azure Nether Scythe to split both Golden Armored Warriors and shatter their Astral Qi.
• Zhang Yu completed the first round of construction on the Formless Spirit General and emerged atop it, firing a scorching beam at Ping Han.

Zhang Yu fought Ping Han, whose wealthy combat armor and Human Dao Torrent overwhelmed the Formless Spirit General and left Zhang Yu exposed. Zhang Yu then revealed a trap built from the scattered remnants of the General, using Ping Han’s own accumulated force and the armor’s weak points to smash him into the ground.

• Zhang Yu struck Ping Han with a combined palm attack, but Ping Han’s armor remained intact and he charged back at the Formless Spirit General.
• Ping Han cut through the General’s golden arms while taunting Zhang Yu about his wealth, as Zhang Yu studied Ping Han’s armor for weaknesses.
• Ping Han unleashed Human Dao Torrent, flooding the arena with Nectar Coin information that overloaded spectators’ Eye Remains and left Zhang Yu disoriented.
• Ping Han shattered the Formless Spirit General and prepared to finish Zhang Yu, while the crowd’s projections demanded that Zhang Yu be driven bankrupt.
• Zhang Yu activated the scattered remnants of the General, targeting the weak points in Ping Han’s armor and Dharma Skeleton with Nine Heavens Cloud Void, Thousand Hand Sacred Martial.
• The encircling palm prints combined Zhang Yu’s power with the force of Ping Han’s twenty strikes and blasted Ping Han into the ground.

Zhang Yu defeated Ping Han in the arena, exposing how Ping Han’s fear of risking his Nectar Coin holdings had kept him from fighting at full strength. Though Ping Han surrendered, he and the spectators continued promoting the coin, while Zhang Yu’s teammates struggled to decide whether to sell; Zhang Yu then returned to his ordinary university routine.

• Zhang Yu overwhelmed Ping Han with relentless palm strikes, broke his armor, and explained that fear of risking his Nectar Coin position had made Ping Han hold back.
• Ping Han surrendered, then urged the spectators to keep buying Nectar Coin as its price rose, while Zhang Yu condemned their speculation.
• Fu Ji told Zhang Yu that Nectar Coin was part of a conflict among Nascent Soul Transformation cultivators, and Zhang Yu realized his actions had influenced some people to consider selling.
• Zhang Yu told his teammates to sell their Nectar Coin; Che Yufei agreed, and Xiao Qingxuan persuaded Shi Huaiyu to sell as well.
• Jiu Tianliu and Yan Qianji traded barbs over the Finance Department’s influence and their departments’ finances before vanishing from the Spirit Realm.
• Zhang Yu stopped concerning himself with Nectar Coin and resumed studying, cultivating, and attending competitions.

Zhang Yu defeated Ping Han in the Civil Engineering Department competition, exposing how Coin Speculation kept Ping Han from fighting without restraint. Although Ping Han surrendered, he and the crowd continued urging others to buy Nectar Coin, while Zhang Yu saw signs that his warning had influenced some people and then returned to his studies and competitions.

• Zhang Yu overwhelmed Ping Han with repeated palm strikes, breaking his armor and disabling his Dharma Skeletons while accusing him of holding back because of his Nectar Coin position.
• Zhang Yu urged the arena spectators to stop speculating, but Ping Han pointed out that Nectar Coin had risen to 16.91 and kept promoting it before surrendering.
• The spectators' projections filled with messages urging people to buy, and Ping Han's teammates also surrendered and left the arena celebrating the coin's rise.
• Fu Ji told Zhang Yu that Nectar Coin had become part of a clash among Divine Transformation cultivators, while Zhang Yu received messages from people asking about selling.
• Zhang Yu urged Che Yufei and Shi Huaiyu to sell; Xiao Qingxuan persuaded Shi Huaiyu to do so, while Finance Department head Jiu Tianliu and Yan Qianji argued over their departments' influence and finances.
• Zhang Yu stopped focusing on Nectar Coin and resumed studying, cultivating, and attending university competitions.

Zhang Yu defeated Ping Han by exploiting how Coin Speculation made him hesitate, but Ping Han surrendered and continued urging the arena to buy Nectar Coin as its price rose. Zhang Yu's warnings persuaded some students to sell, while the conflict over Nectar Coin continued beyond the competition and Zhang Yu returned to his studies and contests.

• Zhang Yu overwhelmed Ping Han with repeated palm strikes, broke his armor, and disabled his Dharma Skeletons by attacking its weak points.
• Zhang Yu accused Ping Han of holding back because he feared risking his Coin Speculation position, and the crowd's projected messages pleaded with Zhang Yu to stop.
• Ping Han surrendered but celebrated Nectar Coin's rising price and urged the spectators to buy, prompting the projected messages to fill with calls to buy and rise.
• Fu Ji told Zhang Yu that Nectar Coin was entangled in a clash between Soul Transformation cultivators, while messages from Che Yufei, Shi Huaiyu, and Su Yanyang showed that Zhang Yu's actions had influenced some people.
• Che Yufei agreed to sell Nectar Coin, and Xiao Qingxuan persuaded Shi Huaiyu to sell as well.
• Jiu Tianliu and Yan Qianji argued over the Finance Department's influence and exchanged threats before vanishing, while Zhang Yu returned to studying, cultivation, and scheduled competitions.

Che Yufei sold his Competition Team spot to Su Yanyang, while Zhang Yu’s team finished second in the Department Competition and Zhang Yu learned the Dragon Vein Sensing Chapter, his fourth Absolute. As the Nectar Coin frenzy continued and plans for the Inter-University League took shape, Zhang Pianpian asked Zhang Yu whether he had bought Nectar Coin.

• Che Yufei sold his Competition Team spot to Su Yanyang, who paid 26.7 Spirit Coins to join the group.
• Zhang Yu chose to save toward upgrading Zhang Pianpian’s Taiqing Realm and practiced forging a Hundred Treasures Box.
• Zhang Yu’s team defeated Xiao Yunjin’s team and finished second in the Department Competition, raising Zhang Yu’s department ranking to twenty-fifth.
• Gongshu Jin won the second Seven Absolutes slot, and Zhang Yu learned the Dragon Vein Sensing Chapter from Director Gao.
• Director Gao told Zhang Yu to prepare for the Inter-University League and explained that arrangements were underway for the remaining Seven Absolutes tests.
• Zhang Pianpian messaged Zhang Yu to ask whether he had bought Nectar Coin.

Cang Lanyu and Zhang Pianpian uncovered signs that the Dual Cultivation Sect and other universities were involved in promoting Nectar Coin, while Zhang Yu later witnessed a Financial Storm erupt after Nectar Coin crashed. As Joyous Union University’s Yin Artifacts escaped and the news was suppressed, Ping Han and Ji Yuan Shu sought loans from Zhang Yu, who refused to help.

• Cang Lanyu discovered that Zhang Pianpian had used military-grade Dao Arts and suspected the Dual Cultivation Sect’s Nectar Coin scheme involved multiple universities.
• Zhang Yu advanced the Dragon Vein Sensing Chapter to Level 16, then watched divine light seize workers as a Level 1.3 Financial Storm warning appeared.
• Zhang Yu learned that High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits had escaped from Joyous Union University with Nectar Divine Lord’s Yin Artifacts, sending Nectar Coin’s price plunging.
• Joyous Union University suppressed reports of the escape and announced that the Thousand Cultivator Conference would proceed using stockpiled tools and Yang Artifacts.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord examined the escaped Yin Artifacts and asked Feng Jiu for more samples and help from the Talisman Department.
• Ping Han repeatedly begged Zhang Yu for Spirit Coin, but Zhang Yu blocked him; when Ji Yuan Shu also asked for a loan, Zhang Yu silently closed the chat.

After the Nectar Coin crash, Zhang Yu saw how the losses affected people around him and passed Director Gao’s test to gain the fifth civil-engineering wonder, Finger Pointing Turns to Steel. Director Gao planned to arrange the sixth wonder’s test next month and asked Zhang Yu to recommend replacements for Mo Shang Jin’s Inter-University League team.

• Zhang Yu attended Hu Yuntao’s Spirit Realm farewell gathering and reflected on the dangers of coin speculation.
• Feng Tingting told Zhang Yu that Ping Han had become a temporary artifact spirit in a Yin Artifact at Joyous Union University and was borrowing money after losing his physical body.
• The Patrol Team questioned Ji Yuan Shu after identifying the Evil God he contacted as a fraudster, and Ji Yuan Shu learned that some of his stolen money would be returned.
• Zhang Yu blocked Ping Han’s plea for a loan, while Yu Xinghan said he had escaped the Nectar Coin crash with a small profit.
• Zhang Yu passed Director Gao’s civil-engineering test on the 669th floor and received Finger Pointing Turns to Steel and permission to buy the Earthshaking Steel Wave blueprints.
• Director Gao said Zhang Yu could attempt the test for Turning Soil into Gold next month and asked him to recommend replacements for Mo Shang Jin’s weakened league team.

Che Yufei went bankrupt after leveraging Nectar Coin, while Mo Shang Jin’s injuries left Ten Thousand Laws University short-handed for the Civil Engineering League. Zhang Yu’s team arrived at Jinhe University, where the Nectar Coin crash had fueled an Anti-Intelligence Artifact Wave.

• Che Yufei confessed that he had leveraged his savings on Nectar Coin, lost everything, and was taken away by the Orthodox God as Shi Yunxiang watched.
• Shi Huaiyu, Su Yanyang, Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, and Li Xiao each reflected on how they had avoided or been spared Che Yufei’s fate.
• Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu that Mo Shang Jin and another teammate had been seriously injured in a conflict involving Upper Schools, leaving the Civil Engineering team depleted.
• True Lord Qiyun ordered Xiao Yunjin and Su Yanyang to join the team and arranged for Zhang Yu to receive the seventh Wonder after his Seven Civil Engineering Tests in January.
• Zhang Yu traveled with the team to Jinhe University and learned from Mo Shang Jin that Nectar Coin’s collapse had sparked protests against intelligent Yin and Yang Artifacts.

Zhang Yu and his teammates reached Jinhe University before their Civil Engineering League match and followed Li Zhen to a health club, passing an anti-Intelligence Artifact checkpoint and a job fair for Soul Cultivators. While his teammates found dual-cultivation partners, Zhang Yu focused on raising Turning Soil into Gold to Level 20 before the competition.

• Li Zhen led Zhang Yu and the others through Jinhe University's crowded streets toward a place to rest before their match.
• The group passed an anti-Intelligence Artifact checkpoint, where inspectors backed down after seeing the Ten Thousand Laws University students' rankings.
• Mo Shang Jin explained that Jinhe University's job fair helped Soul Cultivators find work after the Level 3 Financial Storm, and Zhang Yu saw an excited Yang Artifact sign a contract.
• At a health club, Jinhe University students offered services and dual cultivation; Su Yanyang and Li Zhen each left with several students.
• Zhang Yu stayed at the club to cultivate Turning Soil into Gold, aiming to reach Level 20 and activate the Inverted Kunlun set's First Layer effect.

Zhang Yu finished cultivating Turning Soil into Gold and joined his classmates, while Su Yanyang was detained after a Soul Cultivator deliberately detonated a Yin Artifact and died. The Orthodox Gods suspected the Feathered Ascension Demonic Cult, made Su Yanyang sign a confidentiality agreement, and he rejoined the group as they reached the competition venue.

• Zhang Yu raised Turning Soil into Gold to Level 10 and told Xiao Yunjin he planned to forge his physical body into a customized Dharma Skeleton and Dharma Treasure.
• Xiao Yunjin suffered pain from her low Dharma Skeleton Synchronization Rate, and Zhang Yu suggested she consider switching to a lighter Dharma Skeleton.
• Orthodox Gods detained Su Yanyang after his dual cultivation partner's Yin Artifact exploded, and their investigation found signs that a Soul Cultivator had been bewitched into self-destruction by the Feathered Ascension Demonic Cult.
• The Orthodox Gods asked Su Yanyang to keep the incident confidential and told him to contact them if he experienced any effects from the explosion.
• Su Yanyang rejoined Zhang Yu and the others, explained the agreed-upon account of the Yin Artifact malfunction, and arrived with them at the competition venue.

Ten Thousand Laws University defeated Jinhe University in its first civil engineering match, while Chan Rong and Wan Gouxuan assessed the team ahead of Vajra University's upcoming match against them. The chapter ended with Shi Huaiyu asking Mo Shang Jin why Zhang Yu had been kept on construction duty.

• Zhang Yu and Mo Shang Jin arrived with their team at Jinhe University's mountainous arena, where they prepared to face Jinhe University's civil engineering team.
• Chan Rong of Vajra University and Wan Gouxuan of Immortal Soldier University watched the match and discussed Mo Shang Jin's injury and Ten Thousand Laws University's apparent loss of strength.
• Shi Huaiyu and Su Yanyang opened with a sweeping mud-and-sand attack, while Jinhe University's team retreated and repeatedly launched fast underground ambushes, healing their injuries between exchanges.
• Wan Gouxuan assessed the competitors as Zhang Yu continued construction, and Chan Rong recorded the match while noting the team's tactics and weaknesses.
• Li Zhen used Di Sha Qi to locate Jinhe University's hidden team and force its members to surrender, securing Ten Thousand Laws University's victory.
• Chan Rong declared that Vajra University would beat Ten Thousand Laws University if Mo Shang Jin did not compete, and Shi Huaiyu later asked Mo Shang Jin why Zhang Yu had stayed on construction duty.

Zhang Yu completed the first layer of Inverted Kunlun, which greatly amplified his construction techniques, then prepared for Ten Thousand Laws University's match against Vajra University. At the match's start, Vajra captain Chan Rong revealed that he had mastered Great Sun Manifestations, leaving Zhang Yu's team debating whether to surrender.

• Mo Shang Jin explained Vajra University's body-tempering and artifact-crafting strengths, while Li Zhen described the physical costs and career benefits of cultivating Killing Intent.
• Zhang Yu raised all six of the Seven Wonders of Civil Engineering to Level 20, completing Inverted Kunlun's first layer and discovering that it amplified the reach and effects of his techniques.
• Chan Rong confronted Zhang Yu's team and recalled how Mo Shang Jin had defeated Vajra University the previous year, destroying their Dharma Skeletons and Dharma Treasures.
• The match began, and Chan Rong activated Great Sun Manifestations, revealing that he had mastered the military-grade martial art.
• Su Yanyang, Xiao Yunjin, and Li Zhen discussed surrendering in the Competition Group as Chan Rong threatened the team.

Zhang Yu led Ten Thousand Laws University's team in retreating from Chan Rong's Military Grade power, framing their surrender as a strategic victory. After the team entered the Losers' Bracket, Director Gao told Zhang Yu that he could learn the seventh absolute on the first day of the new year.

• Chan Rong unleashed the heat of Great Sun Manifestations, and Zhang Yu chose to leave the arena rather than fight him.
• Xiao Yunjin, Li Zhen, and Su Yanyang followed Zhang Yu in retreating, while spectators and Mo Shang Jin praised the team's decision to preserve its strength.
• Wan Gouxuan and Xiang Shan discussed their hopes of facing Ten Thousand Laws University and argued over Heavenly Demon University's advantages in civil engineering.
• Su Yanyang and Xiao Yunjin worried about meeting another Military Grade opponent, while Zhang Yu defended the department's procedures for teaching him the final Seven Absolutes.
• Director Gao told Zhang Yu that True Lord Qiyun's pressure had stopped Director Lin from obstructing him and that the schedule had been accelerated so he could learn the seventh absolute on the first day of the new year.

Zhang Yu passed Director Lin’s tunnel test, mastered the Kun Yuan Art and Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power, and celebrated by posting a photo. The chapter ended with Zhang Pianpian helping Magnetic Extremes True Lord crack the Nectar Divine Lord’s Artifact Spirit, which accused them of being the ones bewitched by their grueling work.

• Zhang Yu excavated a tunnel through rock and soil within the test period, passed Director Lin’s test, and received the Seventh Absolute.
• Zhang Yu cultivated the Kun Yuan Art overnight, then combined it with the other Six Wonders of Civil Engineering to master the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power.
• Zhang Yu posted a photo of himself floating above the earth, drawing congratulations from his acquaintances and a call from Bai Zhenzhen, whose excitement intensified her sword practice.
• Zhang Pianpian congratulated Zhang Yu and warned him to be careful as he prepared to represent his school in competition.
• Zhang Pianpian and the Talisman Department students helped Magnetic Extremes True Lord work on the Nectar Divine Lord’s Artifact Spirit, which accused them of being bewitched by their work.

Magnetic Extremes True Lord suppressed the artifact spirit’s attempt to sway the Spirit Realm and led everyone in cracking its restrictions. Meanwhile, Director Gao taught Zhang Yu about the Seven Absolutes General Outline, and Ye Lingxiao learned that Zhang Yu had mastered the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power, leaving him determined to improve himself.

• The artifact spirit urged the Spirit Realm’s teachers and students to enter Reincarnation, but Magnetic Extremes True Lord used the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Pagoda to block its influence and organize an effort to crack its restrictions.
• Zhang Pianpian and Yan Qianji began dismantling the artifact spirit’s Runes as its talisman arts accelerated dramatically.
• Director Gao explained the Seven Absolutes General Outline and its Ten Star Phases to Zhang Yu, then arranged for him to take the remaining tests for the Seven Wonders Magic Skeletons.
• Ye Lingxiao told Wang Yin that Zhang Yu had lost the Civil Engineering Competition, but Wang Yin said he wanted to hear about Zhang Yu’s victories and revealed that Zhang Yu had mastered the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power.
• Ye Lingxiao resolved to improve his spiritual realm and consider apologizing to Zhang Yu, then returned his attention to his tannery work after receiving a work-efficiency warning.

Zhang Yu used the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power to lead a team repairing a battlefield fortress, while his Soul Cultivators gained experience and grew under Ying Xin's grandfather's management. After seeing how much tax he paid on his project earnings, Zhang Yu decided he needed to establish a company.

• Zhang Yu and his Soul Cultivators repaired the battlefield fortress, with Che Yufei leading the newer workers and Zhang Yu practicing the Ten Star Phases as he worked.
• Zhang Yu checked on Che Yufei and Hu Yuntao, who thanked him for the job and reported that Xiong Wenwu was doing well as a mount for a seventh-floor master.
• Ying Xin's grandfather reported that Che Yufei and Hu Yuntao showed promise and advised Zhang Yu to establish a company to manage projects, workers, and taxes.
• Zhang Yu earned over 3 Spirit Coins for a day's work, then calculated and paid wages to the Soul Cultivators.
• After paying roughly 0.3 Spirit Coins in wages and over 1 Spirit Coin in taxes, Zhang Yu decided he had to establish a company.

Zhang Yu founded a company, assigned Ying Xin and Fu Ji to manage its finances, and advanced his cultivation while working on a major construction project. After Magnetic Extremes True Lord invited him to discuss his Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power and department transfer, Ye Xingli spotted him heading to the True Lord’s office and wondered whether he would join the Artifact Crafting Department.

• Zhang Yu established a small company with help from Tu Lishan, appointed Ying Xin accounting supervisor, and talked Fu Ji into serving as finance director without pay.
• Zhang Yu’s team defeated its Colonel Level opponents without him, then learned that Vajra University would be its next opponent in the losers’ bracket.
• Zhang Yu used the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power on a construction project, raised his Kun Yuan Art to level 17, and worried about covering company expenses until payments arrived.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord invited Zhang Yu to the Artifact Crafting Department to examine his progress and discuss his possible department transfer.
• Ye Xingli saw Zhang Yu heading toward Magnetic Extremes True Lord’s office and wondered whether he might transfer to the Artifact Crafting Department.

Magnetic Extremes True Lord examined Zhang Yu, encouraged his planned transfer from Civil Engineering to Artifact Crafting, and gave him advice on combining the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power with artifact research. After reaching Foundation Establishment Peak and paying his workers their wages, Zhang Yu traveled with his teammates to face Vajra University in the losers' bracket.

• Magnetic Extremes True Lord examined Zhang Yu, praised his mastery of the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power, and suggested he research artifact crafting with it.
• Zhang Yu told Magnetic Extremes True Lord he wanted to transfer to the Artifact Crafting Department, and she warned him that Director Gao might resist.
• Magnetic Extremes True Lord advised Zhang Yu to take the Seven Wonders Magic Skeleton blueprints with him, then said she would arrange the transfer after the competition.
• Zhang Yu reached Foundation Establishment Peak, demonstrated the destructive power of his divine power, and learned that rumors were circulating about Magnetic Extremes True Lord holding someone in her office.
• Zhang Yu paid his employees their wages despite Fu Ji urging him to conserve money, and he explained that his workers needed the income.
• Zhang Yu went with Shi Huaiyu, Su Yanyang, and the others to Vajra University for their losers' bracket match.