Arc 15The Civil Engineering Showdown

Zhang Yu balanced accelerated cultivation, construction work, and secret exchanges of Bai Zhenzhen’s Divine Spiritual Root while building his competition team. After the Civil Engineering Competition began, his team faced Ma Xuan and Ji Yuan Shu, and Zhang Yu plunged their match into chaos.

  • Zhang Yu shared the Taiqing Realm with Zhang Pianpian, advanced his mental cultivation, and joined Shi Huaiyu’s Civil Engineering Competition team.
  • Zhang Yu recruited teammates, trained intensely, worked construction shifts, and completed four Artifact Crafting Department courses while developing his Martial Dao Sacred Body.
  • Zhang Yu refused to sell his Reproductive Rights, then secretly exchanged Bai Zhenzhen’s Divine Spiritual Root with her during the Flying Sword Competition.
  • Bai Zhenzhen placed eighteenth, and Zhang Yu coached Wen Wuya on how to approach her while studying the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo.
  • Bai Zhenzhen returned to her team, Ji Yuan Shu prepared to target Zhang Yu’s team, and the department’s Civil Engineering Competition began.
  • Zhang Yu and his teammates advanced through the gravity-field elimination round, then drew Ma Xuan and Ji Yuan Shu’s team in the next match.
  • Zhang Yu broke through Ma Xuan’s mud-and-sand attack, knocked Cong Na away with stored Nine Dragons Heavenly Gang Palm strikes, and used his Formless Cloud Gang to turn the battlefield chaotic.
Chapters 357–381 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 357Zhang Yu's Secret

After learning that Magnetic Extremes True Lord had asked about him, Zhang Yu studied the Artifact Crafting Department’s demanding course schedule and considered how to meet his mentor’s requirements. His exam ranking also prompted others to reconsider the competition team, while his attempt to contact President Wang through Ye Lingxiao failed.

  • Ye Xingli told Zhang Yu that Magnetic Extremes True Lord had heard about him from Azure Wood True Lord and praised his promise.
  • Zhang Yu asked Ye Xingli for the Artifact Crafting Department timetable, saw its heavy and overlapping course load, and resolved to improve his divided-mind cultivation and use Spirit Realm time acceleration to study.
  • Zhang Yu asked Tian Yang whether he could reach President Wang, then added Ye Lingxiao after Fu Ji suggested he might have a connection; Ye Lingxiao warned him not to make contact again and deleted him.
  • Zhang Yu read messages celebrating his first-year ranking and exchanged messages with friends, including Zhao Tianxing and Che Yufei.
  • Cong Na showed Ma Xuan Zhang Yu’s ranking above Ji Yuan Shu, and they discussed whether Zhang Yu should replace Ji Yuan Shu on the competition team.

Ch. 358Competition Decision, Taiqing Talismans

Ma Xuan kept Ji Yuan Shu on the competition team, but the loss of confidence and Luck after the rankings devastated Ji Yuan Shu and left him facing Director Lin’s order to stay in Civil Engineering and stop Zhang Yu. Meanwhile, Zhang Yu continued training and offered Zhang Pianpian his 56 Spirit Coin, leaving her surprised by his willingness to lend them.

  • Ma Xuan decided not to replace Ji Yuan Shu, while realizing that the Civil Engineering Department’s aging head had joined the Peace Faction in exchange for a Finance Department loan.
  • After the rankings were announced, Ji Yuan Shu suffered a severe backlash as people’s confidence and Luck in him dissipated, weakening his abilities and forcing him to reconsider his future.
  • Director Lin ordered Ji Yuan Shu to study Civil Engineering, keep Zhang Yu from ranking first, and later compete with him for the Military Certificate; Ji Yuan Shu agreed to perform a mysterious Ritual in exchange for stronger support.
  • Zhang Yu trained through the night, and Yu Xinghan told him he had joined Professor Gong’s tutelage; Li Xiao also showed off his replacement Vajra Mysterious Creation Hand Skeletons.
  • Zhang Yu noticed Zhang Pianpian’s improved department ranking and asked whether she needed money, then offered her his 56 Spirit Coin; Zhang Pianpian asked whether he was sure he could lend it.

Ch. 359The Bond Between Sister and Brother

Zhang Yu lent Zhang Pianpian 50 Spirit Coins, activating her Taiqing Talisman Dao Seed, then entered the Taiqing Realm to investigate its effects. Zhang Pianpian mistook him for an impostor and attacked before recognizing him.

  • Zhang Yu lent Zhang Pianpian 50 Spirit Coins, and she signed a contract to repay him in twelve monthly installments with interest.
  • Zhang Pianpian activated her Taiqing Talisman Dao Seed, which Zhang Yu learned could open a Spirit Realm Cave and required another 100 Spirit Coins to reach Level 2.
  • In class, Ying Xin gave Zhang Yu a bottle of her great-grandfather's ashes for use in the Civil Engineering Competition, and Wei Huai taught the students about engineering geology.
  • After returning to his dorm, Zhang Yu entered the Taiqing Realm and found Zhang Pianpian inside a small Daoist temple.
  • Zhang Pianpian attacked Zhang Yu as an apparent impostor, then recognized him when his personal information appeared and demanded to know how he had entered the Taiqing Realm.

Ch. 360Taiqing Hall

Zhang Yu discovered that he and Zhang Pianpian could enter her Taiqing Realm, where accelerated time let them study and cultivate mental techniques. After benefiting from the realm, Zhang Yu logged off in a hurry and found Le Mulan waiting to begin a Magical Power infusion while Bai Zhenzhen was trying to reach him.

  • Zhang Yu and Zhang Pianpian discovered they were sharing the Taiqing Realm, and Zhang Pianpian explained its privacy, time acceleration, and study features.
  • Zhang Pianpian taught Zhang Yu to transfer files from his Eye Remains, and she explained that the realm could accelerate purely mental cultivation but not physical training.
  • Zhang Yu cultivated the Immeasurable Inner Heart Dharma Body to Level 20, gaining One Mind, Four Uses, while Zhang Pianpian advanced the same technique to level 7.
  • Zhang Pianpian realized the mental technique could improve her Talisman Arts efficiency, and she and Zhang Yu pledged to advance together on the path of Immortal Dao.
  • Zhang Yu noticed he had missed his planned conversation with A-Zhen, logged off, and found Le Mulan waiting to begin the Magical Power infusion as Bai Zhenzhen's avatar flashed.

Ch. 361Bai Zhenzhen Assesses Le Mulan's Damages

Zhang Yu spoke with Bai Zhenzhen, then sparred with her through the Spirit Realm Network and accidentally knocked Le Mulan unconscious. At Bai Zhenzhen’s urging, he began documenting Le Mulan’s injuries, but his examination quickly became awkward.

  • Bai Zhenzhen told Zhang Yu about her exhausting military-secret final exam, praised his ranking, and invited him to watch her February Flying Sword Competition.
  • Le Mulan received word from Le Jingchen that she should interview with a pharmaceutical professor and try to persuade Zhang Yu to sell his breeding rights to the company.
  • Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen fought through the Spirit Realm Network, and Zhang Yu’s increasingly complex attacks left him struggling to keep up.
  • Zhang Yu accidentally collided with Le Mulan and knocked her unconscious, then showed Bai Zhenzhen her condition.
  • Bai Zhenzhen directed Zhang Yu to photograph Le Mulan and inspect her for injuries, but he focused on how cool and smooth her bruised stomach felt.

Ch. 362The Four Hearts Unite; Director Gao’s Guidance

Zhang Yu learned to coordinate his four streams of thought under one leading will while treating Le Mulan, then began studying Director Gao’s Profound Yellow Mountain Suppressing Seal. He mastered its first step in one hour and fifteen minutes, impressing Director Gao.

  • Bai Zhenzhen guided Zhang Yu through treating Le Mulan’s minor internal injuries with Frost Magical Power.
  • While warming Le Mulan, Zhang Yu realized that one stream of thought needed to direct the other three, transforming how he used Multiple Minds.
  • Le Mulan woke fully, confirmed she was mostly unharmed, and told Zhang Yu not to make such huge movements in the dormitory again.
  • The next day, Director Gao taught Zhang Yu the Profound Yellow Mountain Suppressing Seal and explained how Profound Yellow Qi adjusted an object’s weight.
  • Zhang Yu condensed his first trace of Profound Yellow Qi after one hour and fifteen minutes, and Director Gao messaged Magnetic Extremes True Lord about his disciple’s quick progress.

Ch. 363Leaving the Team and a New Team

Zhang Yu left Ma Xuan’s Competition Team after learning he would remain a substitute and joined Shi Huaiyu’s team, which promised him a chance to compete. He met his new teammates at the simulated construction site and found the team had only four members, while Ji Yuan Shu began preparing a ritual.

  • Zhang Yu advanced the Profound Yellow Mountain Suppressing Seal to Level 2, planned to develop the Martial Dao Sacred Body, and received a Cloud Abode Academy super membership from Tu Lishan.
  • Tu Lishan explained that Ma Xuan’s faction favored Ji Yuan Shu and advised Zhang Yu to find a Competition Team that would let him compete.
  • Zhang Yu contacted Shi Huaiyu and joined her team after she promised he would not be left on the substitute bench.
  • Ji Yuan Shu learned Zhang Yu had left Ma Xuan’s team, assumed he would fall behind in Comprehensive Score, and began a ritual involving copper wire and an idol.
  • Zhang Yu met Shi Huaiyu, Che Yufei, and Shi Yunxiang at the simulated construction site and realized their four-person team needed two more members.

Ch. 364The Ghost Kidney, Ten Thousand Yuan

Zhang Yu helped Shi Huaiyu recruit a complete team for the Civil Engineering Competition, including the heavily indebted Xiao Qingxuan. After Xiao Qingxuan tested Zhang Yu’s strength and approved him for defense, Zhang Yu challenged him to take a punch in return.

  • Che Yufei and Shi Yunxiang told Zhang Yu that Shi Huaiyu had left her former team after a dispute over compensation for her damaged kidney, which she replaced with a secondhand Ghost Kidney.
  • Zhang Yu recruited Tian Yang and helped sell the team’s three substitute slots to Yu Xinghan, Gongshu Jin, and Ying Xin, while refusing Li Xiao’s payment.
  • Xiao Qingxuan joined the team through Tu Lishan’s introduction, and Shi Huaiyu explained that his enormous debt came from making an ancient cultivator who possessed him a corporate legal representative.
  • Shi Huaiyu completed the six-player roster and began assigning roles ahead of the competition, but Xiao Qingxuan questioned whether Zhang Yu was strong enough to compete.
  • Xiao Qingxuan attacked Zhang Yu with Dragon-Shaped Gang Qi, and Zhang Yu emerged unharmed, earning approval for the defensive position.
  • Zhang Yu summoned a Formless Warrior and challenged Xiao Qingxuan to withstand a punch of his own.

Ch. 365Heaven Flipping Seal, Artifact Forging Course

Zhang Yu trained with his competition team, studied the Heaven Flipping Seal and artifact forging, and continued balancing cultivation with work and mounting expenses. He began earning wages from construction work while keeping his full strength hidden from his employer.

  • Xiao Qingxuan recognized Zhang Yu's ability to redirect his palm force and approved him for the competition team's defensive position; the team assigned its members roles and scheduled training.
  • Zhang Yu received his three Spirit Coin scholarship, considered his expenses and ambitions, and began studying the Heaven Flipping Seal in his Civil Engineering course.
  • Zhang Pianpian deleted Zhang Yu's Joyous Union Sect videos from the Taiqing Realm, then restored them after he protested; Zhang Yu studied four artifact-forging courses using Multiple Minds.
  • Zhang Yu trained the Profound Yellow Mountain Suppressing Seal under Director Gao, who secretly sent Magnetic Extremes True Lord a photo of Zhang Yu's progress to show off.
  • Zhang Yu used the Heaven Flipping Seal at reduced strength for construction work, received his first wages, and continued training and working through the nights.

Ch. 366Starting Today, I'm Swearing Off Sex!

Zhang Yu trained for the competition, then ate Yang-strengthening jerky that forced him to endure its effects while cultivating. By the end of September, he had advanced several techniques and courses, and he continued working hard at the construction site.

  • During training, Zhang Yu used Deep Cold Warriors to fight Xiao Qingxuan's Nine Dragons Heavenly Gang Palm while his teammates planned to have him taunt opponents during the competition.
  • Zhang Yu split the training site's rental and material costs with his teammates, then opened Bai Zhenzhen's package and devoured the jerky inside.
  • After Zhang Yu felt burning heat from the meat, Bai Zhenzhen explained its cultivation benefits and warned him to endure the effects for one or two months.
  • Zhang Yu practiced the Heaven Flipping Seal to channel the heat into strengthening his body, then vowed to swear off sex.
  • By the end of September, Zhang Yu had raised the Profound Yellow Mountain Suppressing Seal and Heaven Flipping Seal to Level 20 and completed his first Martial Dao Sacred Body technique, while finishing four Artifact Crafting Department courses.
  • At the 667th Layer construction site, Zhang Yu used the Purple Firmament Heavenly Net Style and Profound Yellow Mountain Suppressing Seal to transport construction waste as Yu Xinghan massaged Ying Xin and explained Zhang Yu's techniques.

Ch. 367Zhang Yu’s Period of Weakness

Zhang Yu used Demonic Mimicry Aerosol to temper his body, earned extra income by selling Magical Power to Xuan Ge, and intensified his studies and construction work to fund his transfer to the Artifact Crafting Department. After claiming to have resisted temptation for over half a month, he struggled against increasingly explicit advertisements on his way back to the dormitory.

  • Zhang Yu inhaled Demonic Mimicry Aerosol and used Boundless Spring Autumn Zen to temper his body, despite the medicine's danger and high cost.
  • Zhang Yu discovered Xuan Ge's Blazing Sun Magic Vein, infused him with Magical Power, and arranged a private monthly sale of 10,000 units for one Spirit Coin.
  • Zhang Yu used Mind Clarity Technique and accelerated thinking in the Taiqing Realm to memorize Artifact Crafting Department courses, spending Spirit Coins on lessons and materials.
  • Zhang Yu trained Earth Seeking Claw at the 667th Layer construction site, increased his October earnings, and worked overtime while his body's heat subsided.
  • Zhang Yu boasted to Fu Ji that he had abstained from lust for over half a month, then became flustered by increasingly explicit advertisements and blamed big data for targeting his weak period.

Ch. 368Blocking His Path to Immortality Is Blocking Mine

Zhang Yu continued cultivating while selling Magical Power to Le Mulan, and Bai Zhenzhen began supervising their exchanges to protect his progress toward the Immortal Dao. As the competition approached, Zhang Yu trained against Shi Huaiyu, while Bai Zhenzhen set out for Ten Thousand Laws University for the Flying Sword Competition.

  • Bai Zhenzhen warned Zhang Yu that selling Magical Power to Le Mulan could harm his cultivation and made him agree to send her recordings of each exchange.
  • Le Mulan told Zhang Yu that a company wanted to purchase his Reproductive Rights, and he refused to sell them.
  • A month later, Zhang Yu had cultivated four techniques with his Martial Dao Sacred Body and saved more than 9 Spirit Coins.
  • Shi Huaiyu trained Zhang Yu to withstand opponents using the Small Three Harmonies, then paused when her Ghost Kidney caused her pain.
  • Ji Yuan Shu judged Zhang Yu's Competition Team poorly, while Xuan Ge entered Zhang Yu's dormitory and Li Xiao remained outside.
  • Bai Zhenzhen rejected the Seven Emotions Divine Lord's suggestion that Zhang Yu might start a family, vowed to stop him from having children, and later traveled to Ten Thousand Laws University for the Flying Sword Competition.

Ch. 369Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu Reunite

Zhang Yu continued studying artifact crafting and met Bai Zhenzhen after nearly seventeen months apart. She transferred her evolved Divine Spiritual Root into him, leaving them reunited and Zhang Yu strengthened by the dangerous procedure.

  • Zhang Yu reviewed artifact-crafting fundamentals and planned to gain practical experience while earning money for materials and lab fees.
  • Zhang Yu checked his cultivation progress and learned that Bai Zhenzhen had arrived in Ten Thousand Laws University City.
  • Zhang Yu met Bai Zhenzhen in a secluded spot, where she embraced him and began transferring her Divine Spiritual Root into his body.
  • Bai Zhenzhen's Divine Spiritual Root replaced Zhang Yu's Spirit Root temporarily, causing him intense pain before the effects eased.
  • Zhang Yu warned Bai Zhenzhen about the risks of revealing her transferable Divine Spiritual Root, then reunited with her in an embrace.

Ch. 370Bai Zhenzhen's Dao Seed

Zhang Yu discovered that Bai Zhenzhen’s Dao Seed was a Level 2 Azure Lotus Sword Embryo and learned how to nourish it with cultivation techniques while using the Divine Spiritual Root. As Bai Zhenzhen prepared for the Flying Sword Competition, Zhang Yu cultivated in secret and later returned her True Spirit Root, triggering an intense adaptation reaction.

  • Zhang Yu saw the Level 2 Azure Lotus Sword Embryo on both Bai Zhenzhen and himself, then learned that ten Level 20 cultivation techniques could nourish it for replication.
  • Bai Zhenzhen left Zhang Yu and told him to return the Divine Spiritual Root at midnight after the competition’s opening ceremony.
  • Zhang Yu began circulating cultivation techniques with the Divine Spiritual Root while Fu Ji watched expectantly.
  • Zhang Yu watched Bai Zhenzhen enter the Flying Sword Competition opening ceremony as a Heaven Sword University favorite, while classmates discussed her fame and wealth.
  • Zhang Yu asked Yu Xinghan and Li Xiao to keep his connection to Bai Zhenzhen secret, then left the construction site before overtime ended.
  • Zhang Yu returned the True Spirit Root to Bai Zhenzhen on the underground 66th Layer, and she trembled as her body reacted intensely to its return.

Ch. 371Money Brings Feelings

Zhang Yu secretly returned Bai Zhenzhen’s Divine Spiritual Root and focused on copying its Dao Seed before she left Ten Thousand Laws University. As the Flying Sword Competition began, Wen Wuya’s awkward attempts to win Bai Zhenzhen’s affection without spending money remained unsuccessful, and Zhang Yu wondered how other sects achieved long-range sword attacks.

  • Zhang Yu nourished the Divine Spiritual Root, returned it to Bai Zhenzhen, and urged her to leave before anyone noticed.
  • Fu Ji reminded Zhang Yu to perform Rituals for Bai Zhenzhen, and Zhang Yu agreed before secretly leaving the 66th Layer.
  • Wen Wuya recalled the Seven Emotions Divine Lord’s order to build feelings with Bai Zhenzhen without spending money, but Bai Zhenzhen continued to distrust him and dislike his attention.
  • Bai Zhenzhen told Wen Wuya she had been warming up, then concealed pain from her Divine Spiritual Root and headed to the competition.
  • Zhang Yu returned to the construction site, where Yu Xinghan guessed he had gone to relax, and they watched the Flying Sword Competition begin.
  • Ying Xin noted the competitors’ ability to hit targets eighty kilometers away, and Zhang Yu wondered how sects other than the Heaven Sword Sect managed such attacks.

Ch. 372Bai Zhenzhen, Idolized by All

Zhang Yu watched Bai Zhenzhen excel in the Flying Sword Competition while secretly exchanging True Spirit Roots with her and cultivating to copy her Dao Seed. As Bai Zhenzhen’s victories and connection to the Seven Emotions Divine Lord drew widespread attention, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen kept their secret exchanges hidden.

  • Ying Xin explained the universities’ distinctive flying sword techniques, and Zhang Yu realized that sword technology mattered as much as a contestant’s skill.
  • Bai Zhenzhen demonstrated her Essence Gold Flying Swords in the competition, then met Zhang Yu privately to transfer her True Spirit Root.
  • Zhang Yu worked overtime and used multiple minds to cultivate several methods at once, hoping to copy the Dao Seed before Bai Zhenzhen left.
  • Bai Zhenzhen defeated opponents in Sword Combat with Essence Gold Flying Swords, including rivals wielding Military Grade Flying Swords, and attracted growing public attention.
  • Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued exchanging True Spirit Roots in secret, while Wen Wuya grew suspicious of Bai Zhenzhen’s frequent trips away from the hotel.
  • The Spirit Realm Network publicized Bai Zhenzhen’s achievements and her connection to the Seven Emotions Divine Lord, prompting widespread praise and admiration.

Ch. 373Crypto Trading

Yu Xinghan speculated on Seven Emotions Coin and asked Zhang Yu to predict Bai Zhenzhen’s competition result, while Bai Zhenzhen expected to place in the top twenty. After she placed eighteenth and the coin’s hype faded, Wen Wuya learned from the Seven Emotions Divine Lord that Zhang Yu had received five Spirit Coin from her.

  • Yu Xinghan recalled Spark True Person’s advice about hyping powerful figures and decided to ask Zhang Yu when to sell Seven Emotions Coin.
  • Bai Zhenzhen told Zhang Yu that she aimed for the top twenty and advised anyone holding Seven Emotions Coin to sell by the day after tomorrow.
  • Wen Wuya searched for Bai Zhenzhen, but Zhang Yu denied seeing her when Wen Wuya showed him her photo.
  • Bai Zhenzhen placed eighteenth in the competition, prompting online criticism and complaints from Seven Emotions Coin buyers.
  • At the post-match banquet, the Seven Emotions Divine Lord told Wen Wuya that Zhang Yu had a good relationship with Bai Zhenzhen and had received five Spirit Coin from her.

Ch. 374Wen Wuya Was Not a Stingy Man

Wen Wuya discovered Zhang Yu’s connection to Bai Zhenzhen and paid him to coach him on building a relationship with her. Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen arranged for Zhang Yu to manage Wen Wuya’s messages, while Zhang Yu focused on replicating the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo on his final night.

  • Wen Wuya noticed Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen disappearing from the banquet together, then confronted Zhang Yu and learned they had been high school classmates.
  • After Fu Ji advised him to stay calm, Zhang Yu admitted their past connection, and Wen Wuya asked him to teach him how to get closer to Bai Zhenzhen.
  • Zhang Yu coached Wen Wuya to message Bai Zhenzhen about civil engineering, and Wen Wuya paid him ten Spirit Coins per month after receiving a long reply.
  • Bai Zhenzhen refused Zhang Yu’s offer to share the money and put Wen Wuya’s contact under Zhang Yu’s management, while Zhang Yu told Wen Wuya to wait twelve hours before replying.
  • Zhang Yu went to an empty corner on the eighty-eighth floor of Ten Thousand Laws University and began cultivating to replicate the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo.

Ch. 375The Mysteries of the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo

Zhang Yu discovered that the Level 2 Azure Lotus Sword Embryo adaptively strengthened his Chain Law Diagram sets and might let him retain some of their effects after switching sets. At the Simulated Construction Site, Wen Wuya arrived looking for Bai Zhenzhen and was approached by Ji Yuan Shu.

  • Zhang Yu studied the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo and realized its selective adaptive enhancement followed the abilities he focused on improving.
  • Zhang Yu found that the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo was slowly strengthening his Chain Law Diagram sets and might preserve some set effects even when he removed them.
  • Zhang Yu noted that the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo needed ten Level 30 cultivation methods to reach Level 3 and worried that advancing it too soon could attract the Seven Emotions Divine Lord's attention.
  • At the Simulated Construction Site, Gongshu Jin wondered why Zhang Yu had skipped classes and failed to socialize at the banquet.
  • Wen Wuya came to the Simulated Construction Site to look for Bai Zhenzhen, and Ji Yuan Shu introduced himself in hopes of making a connection.

Ch. 376Parting, the Civil Engineering Competition Begins

Bai Zhenzhen said goodbye to Zhang Yu before returning to her team, while Wen Wuya met Zhang Yu at the construction site and discussed Civil Engineering with him. As the Civil Engineering Competition began, Ji Yuan Shu prepared to face Zhang Yu’s team in his first match.

  • Wen Wuya immobilized Ji Yuan Shu with a talisman, and Ji Yuan Shu endured it to earn Spirit Coins.
  • Bai Zhenzhen said goodbye to Zhang Yu, urged him to reach the Top Ten League with her, and vanished in a flash of lightning.
  • Wen Wuya met Zhang Yu at the construction site, then left after learning Bai Zhenzhen had returned to her team.
  • Director Gao learned of Zhang Yu’s connection to Wen Wuya and encouraged him to keep communicating with Wen Tianya.
  • Director Lin instructed Ji Yuan Shu to eliminate Zhang Yu’s team in the first Civil Engineering Competition match, and Ji Yuan Shu devoted himself to preparing.
  • Several days later, the department’s internal Civil Engineering Competition began.

Ch. 377Martial Dao Sacred Body

Ji Yuan Shu, Che Yufei, Shi Yunxiang, and Shi Huaiyu prepared for the Civil Engineering Competition, while Zhang Yu reached Level 20 in the sixth Martial Arts technique of the Martial Dao Sacred Body. The first elimination round was about to begin as Shi Huaiyu hurried Zhang Yu into the arena.

  • Ji Yuan Shu showed off his new Thunder-Fire Double Roar arms and relied on his Platinum Fortune Suppression Card and growing following to build luck, then headed to the arena.
  • Che Yufei finished three days of recuperation, resolved to earn a top-ten competition ranking, and met Shi Yunxiang, who had sold his original left hand to pay for a new Dharma Skeleton hand.
  • Shi Huaiyu waited for her teammates after using profits from Seven Emotions Coin to buy a Ghost Suppression Seal, and refused to let its soul cultivator leave before the agreed time.
  • Zhang Yu advanced the sixth Martial Arts technique of the Martial Dao Sacred Body to Level 20 and realized it increased the practical combat power of Foundation Establishment Realm martial techniques.
  • Shi Huaiyu pulled Zhang Yu toward the arena as the first elimination round was about to begin.

Ch. 378Seven Absolutes Changes, Fierce Competition

Zhang Yu and his teammates entered the Civil Engineering Competition as factional tensions heightened and the prizes expanded to include Seven Wonders of Civil Engineering cultivation methods. The first elimination round began with a thousand-meter gravity field, where Zhang Yu watched elite teams cross at astonishing speed and prepared to tackle the course himself.

  • Shi Huaiyu explained that the competition’s Comprehensive Score mattered to rankings and warned that War Faction and Peace Faction teams would compete fiercely for top placements.
  • Su Yanyang mocked Shi Huaiyu’s team and offered her a substitute spot, but Shi Huaiyu rejected him and reminded him to pay compensation after losing their lawsuit.
  • Spirit Peak True Lord announced that each of the top seven teams would receive two slots for Seven Wonders of Civil Engineering cultivation methods.
  • The first elimination round began, requiring teams to cross a shifting gravity field one thousand meters long, with the twenty fastest teams advancing.
  • Mo Shang Jin used the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power to carry his teammates across the field, and another tenth-year team crossed just as quickly.

Ch. 379The Desperate Genius Zhang Yu

Zhang Yu pushed his Battle Demon Lifefall Skill to Level 20 and used Quadruple Thinking to race through the chaotic Gravity Field. Su Yanyang then crossed the field at five times the speed of sound, while Zhang Yu recognized him as the man who had injured Shi Huaiyu.

  • Tu Lishan worried that the Peace Faction might gain support and defended Zhang Yu's desperate training methods to Wei Huai.
  • Zhang Yu activated two eruptions of the Battle Demon Lifefall Skill, raising his Physical Strength above level 18.5.
  • Zhang Yu used Quadruple Thinking to adapt to the Gravity Field and sprint past other students.
  • Su Yanyang raced through the Gravity Field at five times the speed of sound, then switched from a speed-type Dharma Skeleton to an everyday set.
  • Su Yanyang told the five soul cultivators assisting his Dharma Skeleton that he would keep at most one as a permanent employee, though he intended to keep none.

Ch. 380Toss Zhang Yu Over There

Ji Yuan Shu’s team finished the first elimination round in fifteenth place, and Zhang Yu’s team drew Ma Xuan’s team for the next match. As Ma Xuan unleashed a sand-and-mud attack, Zhang Yu shot through it toward him, apparently thrown forward by Shi Huaiyu and the others.

  • Ji Yuan Shu used high speed to cross the gravity field and helped his team reach fifteenth place, while Zhang Yu also finished the course.
  • Tu Lishan and Wei Huai argued over Zhang Yu’s and Ji Yuan Shu’s paths, until Spirit Peak True Lord urged them to balance Spirit Coins and lifespan.
  • Zhang Yu’s team drew Ma Xuan and Ji Yuan Shu’s team for the twenty-to-ten elimination round.
  • Su Yanyang warned Ma Xuan to win decisively without letting Shi Huaiyu and Xiao Qingxuan exhaust his team.
  • Shi Huaiyu’s team attacked first, but Ma Xuan sent a wave of mud and sand at them; Zhang Yu burst through it toward Ma Xuan.

Ch. 381Another Level 20 Cultivation Method?

Ma Xuan’s team tried to defend its bunker and keep Zhang Yu from disrupting their formation, but Zhang Yu used stored palm strikes and his Level 20 Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force to counter them. He left the field in chaos as the team’s own attacks gave him more force to borrow and return.

  • Ma Xuan assigned Bu Ziran and Ji Su Su to construction, Ji Yuan Shu to support, and led the defense as Shi Huaiyu’s group advanced.
  • Zhang Yu descended through Ma Xuan’s mud-and-sand attack, while Ma Xuan warned his team not to fall for Zhang Yu’s provocation.
  • Cong Na charged Zhang Yu in midair, but he unleashed Xiao Qingxuan’s stored Nine Dragons Heavenly Gang Palm strikes and sent her flying.
  • Zhang Yu revealed that his Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force had reached Level 20 and released the remaining stored strikes as he landed.
  • Ma Xuan ordered Yang Yan to suppress Zhang Yu while the others continued their assignments, but Zhang Yu’s Formless Cloud Gang created attackers that prompted the team to strike back.
  • Zhang Yu borrowed force from the team’s attacks and used their techniques against them, plunging the battlefield into chaos.
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