Arc 23The Design Competition

Zhang Yu earned his Military Certificate, completed the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God, and won first place in the Design Competition with his cost-efficient Mother Machine design. He left the arc preparing the Taiwu Sacred Law Sword Formation and considering a deal to sell his blueprints while starting work on a new Military-grade power.

  • Zhang Yu passed the Military Artifact Forging Engineering Certificate evaluation, and Magnetic Extremes True Lord announced him as her Direct Disciple.
  • Zhang Yu upgraded the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God to Level 20, tested its abilities, and refused Bei Wufeng’s offer to borrow it for the Top Ten League.
  • Zhang Yu prepared to challenge Bei Wufeng for a school-team position and began designing for the Design Competition while studying Junior College students’ lives.
  • Zhang Yu and Ye Xingli finalized the Chaos Soil Eater, and Zhang Yu created the Zeus Half-Magic Skeleton Work Power Boots blueprint for the competition.
  • The judges selected Zhang Yu as a finalist and tested his design, which produced a self-assembling army of puppets from cheap materials and earned 488 points.
  • Zhang Yu won first place, but the strain of his design process left his Dao Heart damaged, and Patrol Team officers questioned him about Shui Haiyu and the Dual Cultivation Sect.
  • Magnetic Extremes True Lord urged Zhang Yu to study Heaven and Earth Calamity Formless Heart Weapon, while Zhang Yu recruited Liu Xiangqiao and received his Type B Military Certificate.
  • Zhang Yu continued forging the Taiwu Sacred Law Flying Swords and considered selling his competition blueprints after Mo Sha Zhenren proposed negotiating patent fees and profit-sharing with Wandao Group.
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Ch. 560Ye Xingli's Dao Seed

Zhang Yu continued refining the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God Prototype Machine while observing Ye Xingli’s growing success as an internet celebrity. After Ye Xingli began working in his laboratory, Zhang Yu gained the chance to copy her Spirit Charm Artifact Heart Dao Seed and used Tiangong Kaiwu to generate designs for a Dharma Treasure suited to her.

  • Zhang Yu and Zi Yun Zhen tested the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God’s abilities, and Zhang Yu decided to improve it for another half month before seeking a Military Certificate.
  • Zhang Yu watched Ye Xingli’s livestream and learned that Ten Thousand Laws University was boosting her career and income as part of her training.
  • Feng Tingting told Zhang Yu that four rivals of Magnetic Extremes True Lord had been sidelined by scandals or other problems, leaving only True Lord Xian Yin as a competitor.
  • Ye Xingli entered Zhang Yu’s laboratory to design and verify Dharma Treasures, and Zhang Yu soon met the requirement to copy her Spirit Charm Artifact Heart.
  • Zhang Yu used Tiangong Kaiwu to produce Dharma Treasure blueprints for Ye Xingli, then approached her to discuss them.

Ch. 561Prototype Machine Submitted for Approval

Zhang Yu helped Ye Xingli begin gathering information to design affordable artifact-crafting products, while Jin Jun completed a level 11 Prototype Machine and learned Zhang Yu had submitted for Military Certificate evaluation. Zhang Yu sent Zi Yun Zhen to work at a construction site, where she encountered Fu Xinyao and Su Yun Ni.

  • Magnetic Pole completed Yin Artifact blueprints, and Zhang Yu discussed adapting his design inspiration with Ye Xingli so they could jointly create a product for poorer students.
  • Ye Xingli explained that many of her followers could not afford high-end products, and Zhang Yu offered to survey Junior College and Lower School students through his Fellow Villagers Group.
  • Zhang Yu collected unusual product requests but delayed using Tiangong Kaiwu until he had gathered more information.
  • Jin Jun completed a level 11 Prototype Machine, then learned from Bei Wufeng that Zhang Yu had submitted for Military Certificate evaluation and asked Su Yun Ni to investigate.
  • Zhang Yu assigned Zi Yun Zhen to a construction site for the rest of the month, where Fu Xinyao recognized her as an Artifact Crafting Department student.
  • Su Yun Ni arrived at the construction site and asked Zi Yun Zhen why she was working there.

Ch. 562Magnetic Extremes True Lord's Son?

Su Yun Ni learned that Zhang Yu’s Prototype Machine had reached Level 15, while Jin Jun doubted the claim and pushed his team to work overtime. After Zhang Yu passed evaluation and earned a Military Certificate, Magnetic Extremes True Lord arranged a grand presentation and ordered that he be publicly identified as her Direct Disciple.

  • Zi Yun Zhen told Su Yun Ni that Zhang Yu’s team had advanced its Prototype Machine from Level 1 to Level 15 in two months and submitted it for evaluation.
  • Yu Xinghan reported Fu Xinyao for using massages to lure customers into Dual Cultivation, and Patrol Team officers took her away.
  • Su Yun Ni told Jin Jun about Zhang Yu’s Level 15 Prototype Machine, but Jin Jun dismissed the report and ordered his assistants to continue overtime on their own project.
  • Several days later, True Lord Qiyun informed Magnetic Extremes True Lord that Zhang Yu had passed evaluation and obtained a Military Artifact Forging Engineering Certificate (Type A).
  • Magnetic Extremes True Lord told True Lord Dongming to arrange a visible but not ostentatious certificate presentation and announce that Zhang Yu was her Direct Disciple.
  • True Lord Dongming and the Artifact Crafting Department staff repeatedly enlarged and revised the presentation, leaving Lian Huo True Person wondering whether Zhang Yu had become Magnetic Extremes True Lord’s son.

Ch. 563Issuance of the Military Artifact Forging Engineering Certificate (Type A)

Lian Huo True Person issued Zhang Yu the Military Artifact Forging Engineering Certificate (Type A), publicly announcing his success and pushing him into Ten Thousand Laws University's top fifty. Zhang Yu celebrated his new ranking and began receiving offers and invitations, while Jin Jun and Su Yun Ni grappled with the defeat.

  • Lian Huo True Person reduced the Eye Remains' visual settings before broadcasting the certificate announcement to avoid overloading students.
  • The university announced that Zhang Yu had forged the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God Prototype Machine from Level 1 to Level 15 in two months and awarded him the Military Artifact Forging Engineering Certificate (Type A).
  • Jin Jun realized Zhang Yu had beaten his team, while Su Yun Ni felt bitter about their loss.
  • Zhang Yu planned to pursue more Military Grade powers and use the certificate to forge the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God.
  • Lian Huo True Person presented Zhang Yu with the certificate, raising his class ranking to first, his department ranking to thirteenth, and his overall school ranking to 44th.
  • Zhang Yu received a revised loan offer from Huai Zhixia and invitations from Ye Xingli and Yan Qianji to Military Grade student and top-fifty groups.

Ch. 564The School's Top 50 and New Eye Remains

Zhang Yu joined the school's top 50 group, connected with its leading students, and ordered a Nine Nether Demon Eye from Ye Xingli to replace his worn Eye Remains. He promoted his artifact-forging services in several groups, where Lian Tianji asked whether he could forge Yin Artifacts, a job Zhang Yu was not yet able to take.

  • Zhang Yu entered the school's top 50 group, where Jiu Tianliu welcomed him and Dao Qiankun also greeted him.
  • Zhang Yu learned that Dao Qiankun was extremely wealthy and offered to repair his Dharma Treasures, which Dao Qiankun accepted.
  • Zhang Yu asked Ye Xingli about replacing his worn Time Remnant Demon Eye, and he ordered a Nine Nether Demon Eye for 21 Spirit Coin.
  • Zhang Yu advertised his artifact-forging services in the Civil Engineering Class Group and the Songyang Fellow Villagers Group.
  • Lian Tianji asked Zhang Yu whether he could forge Yin Artifacts, leaving Zhang Yu unable to accept his first request after earning his Military Artifact Forging Engineering Certificate.

Ch. 565Why Would Anyone Know I Have an Artifact Crafting Military Certificate If I Didn't Say So?

After earning an Artifact Crafting Department Military Certificate, Zhang Yu promoted his crafting services, spoke with friends and mentors, and installed a new Nine Nether Demon Eye. He finished by raising the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God to Level 20 and unlocking its Military Grade capabilities.

  • Zhang Yu advertised his artifact-crafting services and recruitment plans, prompting Soul Cultivators in the Songyang Fellow Villagers Group to send him résumés.
  • Wang Yin saw Zhang Yu's certificate and secondhand Eye Remains post, resolved to earn a Golden Core Certificate within a year, and promised they would battle again; Wen Wuya asked whether Zhang Yu could refine Yin Artifacts.
  • Zhang Yu contacted fellow competitors, learned Zhang Pianpian would skip the next Top Ten League and enter graduate school, and reported his certificate to Magnetic Extremes True Lord and Director Gao.
  • Zhang Yu asked Zi Yunzhen to return from the construction site and spent the following days refining the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God while waiting for Ye Xingli to deliver a Nine Nether Demon Eye.
  • Zhang Yu tested the Nine Nether Demon Eye's Soul Body Sensing in University City and saw Soul Cultivators working throughout the city.
  • A week later, Zhang Yu raised the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God to Level 20 and unlocked all its Military Grade capabilities.

Ch. 566The Heavenly Demons Have Come Begging for Food

Zhang Yu tested his Military Grade Heavenly Sun Brilliant God and decided to prioritize construction work, while learning that Ten Thousand Laws University was bringing in workers and supplies from Heavenly Demon University to gain political and economic advantage. As tensions rose between the universities, Ying Xin asked Zhang Yu for help after a confrontation broke out at an underground construction site.

  • Zhang Yu tested the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God's flight, flame, garbage-disposal, and Fire Escape Transformation abilities, then chose construction work as its main job and artifact-crafting as its secondary focus.
  • Zhang Yu learned that the Finance Department had brought in workers, Living Piles, and food from Heavenly Demon University, prompting protests from the Civil Engineering Department and support from Jiu Tianliu and Jin Guangyuan.
  • Fu Ji explained that Ten Thousand Methods was trying to win over Heavenly Demon University amid growing conflicts among the Top Ten Universities, and Zhang Yu wondered whether powerful reincarnated figures were among the school's top students.
  • Ying Xin asked Zhang Yu for help from an underground construction site, where Shi Huaiyu, Ying Xin, and Xiao Qingxuan confronted a hostile group of Demon Descendants while a Finance Department administrator blamed them for provoking the visitors.

Ch. 567Borrowing a Puppet

Zhang Yu defended his company workers from Heavenly Demon University students and later learned that Bei Wufeng had used Spirit Coin to quiet the resulting complaint. Bei Wufeng offered to rent Zhang Yu’s Military-grade puppet for the Top Ten League, but Zhang Yu refused because he planned to compete himself.

  • Zhang Yu arrived at the construction site, intimidated the Demon Descendants, and drove them away after declaring that his company employees could not be bullied.
  • Zhang Yu met with Shi Huaiyu, Ying Xin, Shi Yunxiang, and their colleagues, then arranged more construction work using Heavenly Sun Brilliant God.
  • Several days later, Zhang Yu learned that Heavenly Demon University teachers had complained about him, but Bei Wufeng used Spirit Coin to suppress the dispute.
  • Bei Wufeng offered Zhang Yu 50 Spirit Coin per day to borrow Heavenly Sun Brilliant God for the Top Ten League.
  • Zhang Yu refused to lend the puppet and told Bei Wufeng that he intended to participate in the competition himself.

Ch. 568Betting Contract

Zhang Yu agreed to compete for a place on the school team and negotiated a contract with Bei Wufeng over their Military-grade Artifacts. The contract left Zhang Yu with the goal of defeating Bei Wufeng, while Bei Wufeng expected to benefit if Zhang Yu failed.

  • Bei Wufeng explained that Zhang Yu would have to challenge him or Ye Xingli to join the school team, and Zhang Yu said he still wanted to try.
  • Bei Wufeng offered to rent Heavenly Sun Brilliant God if Zhang Yu failed to make the team, and Fu Ji advised Zhang Yu to negotiate for Bei Wufeng's Military-grade Artifacts in return.
  • Zhang Yu consulted Magnetic Extremes True Lord and Ye Xingli, who explained the limits of controlling Military-grade Artifacts and said Ye Xingli did not need to borrow his.
  • Zhang Yu asked Bei Wufeng to lend him his Military-grade Artifacts if Zhang Yu defeated him and took his team position.
  • Bei Wufeng offered free use of his artifacts if Zhang Yu beat him, but required Zhang Yu to lend him Heavenly Sun Brilliant God for free if Zhang Yu lost.
  • Zhang Yu accepted the terms and signed the contract, determined to win.

Ch. 569Is This Really the Life of a Junior College Student?

Zhang Yu planned to win the Design Competition and prepare for the Top Ten League while rapidly learning to forge the Taihao Sacred Law Sword Array. He designed Bai Zhenzhen a stocking blueprint as a gift, then agreed to join Ye Xingli in the Spirit Realm to research Junior College students’ lives.

  • Zhang Yu outlined his plans to win the Design Competition, earn a Military Artifact Forging Engineering Certificate, and forge the Taihao Sacred Law Sword Array while preparing to challenge Bei Wufeng.
  • Zhang Yu recruited Su Yun Ni and another student, then studied and simulated the sword array’s thirteen Dharma Treasures so quickly that Zi Tanzhen and Su Yun Ni were stunned by his progress.
  • Seven Emotions Divine Lord urged Zhang Yu to give Bai Zhenzhen a gift, so Zhang Yu used Tiangong Kaiwu to design a stocking blueprint specifically for her, and Bai Zhenzhen said she would wait for him to forge it himself.
  • Ye Xingli proposed researching Junior College students by experiencing their lives in the Spirit Realm, and Zhang Yu agreed to join her.
  • Zhang Yu read a simulated Junior College romance script that followed students through their studies and examinations, then decided it was too advanced and looked for another experience program.

Ch. 570College Student Enlightenment (Thanks to 'Osmanthus and Wine' for Becoming Alliance Leader)

Zhang Yu examined several simulated college-student scripts, from Bao Biao’s grim fate to A Ming’s junior-college power fantasy, before choosing a cultivation romance story. After the simulation, he explained to Fu Ji how the Supreme Dao Sect’s detachment-from-emotion method evolved into the Joyous Union Sect’s Supreme Affectionate Dao, then hinted that the method still had shortcomings.

  • Bao Biao’s college-student story ended with him being taken away to be refined into a Living Soul, prompting the film crew to suspend filming.
  • Zhang Yu rejected the documentary-like script and read A Ming’s story of enduring educational humiliation, failing to transfer to a bachelor’s program, and discovering an immortal’s remnant soul through a download error.
  • Zhang Yu dismissed the other entertaining scripts as unrealistic and entered a cultivation romance simulation using the Spirit Realm Mask.
  • Zhang Yu told Fu Ji that the Supreme Dao Sect had developed a gradual path of Supreme Detachment from Emotion, which began with watching a Cultivation Partner being forcibly cultivated with.
  • Zhang Yu explained that the Joyous Union Sect later adapted the method so entire families cultivated detachment from emotion, establishing the Supreme Affectionate Dao.
  • Zhang Yu said the improved method still had shortcomings because not everyone possessed a firm Dao Heart.

Ch. 571Pre-Competition Preparations

Zhang Yu and Ye Xingli arranged to collect firsthand footage of College Students to guide their artifact designs, while Zhang Yu prepared his assistants for the Taihao Sacred Law Sword Array project. After Zhang Yu entered the Design Competition, Magnetic Extremes True Lord told him to pay the other judges, leaving him to weigh the steep cost of a chance to compete for a Military Certificate.

  • Zhang Yu and Ye Xingli decided to gather College Students’ daily-life recordings from across the Second Layer, and Zhang Yu assigned Fu Ji to manage purchases from students in the Songyang Fellow Villagers Group.
  • Zhang Yu resumed artifact-forging practice and estimated he would be ready to begin forging the Taiwu Sacred Law Sword Formation around the end of March.
  • Magnetic Extremes True Lord learned Zhang Yu had entered the Design Competition and decided to introduce him to people.
  • Zhang Yu had Zi Tanzhen and the other assistants sign new confidentiality contracts, then told them to prepare for the Taihao Sacred Law Sword Array project by the end of March.
  • Magnetic Extremes True Lord listed the Design Competition judges and told Zhang Yu to give Spirit Coins to the four judges outside Ten Thousand Methods, warning that the payments would only secure him a chance to compete fairly for the ranking.

Ch. 572Infiltrating the Sects?

Zhang Yu gathered Junior College intelligence for the Design Competition while beginning to forge the Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword. In the Dark Spirit Realm, Xi Shen revealed that the Evil Gods planned to exploit Nectar Divine Lord’s records to identify Reincarnated Mighty Ones and infiltrate the Sects, but Fu Ji pressed him about who inside the Sects would help.

  • Magnetic Extremes True Lord advised Zhang Yu to adapt his Junior College-focused design for the judges and offered to review his drawings.
  • Zhang Yu watched College Students’ videos, seeing the damage from war, economic hardship, Demon Cult tensions, and shortages, including Shui Haiyu signing up for clubs at Shanhai Vocational University.
  • Zhang Yu began forging the first Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword, using purified Spiritual Energy and imprinting Spirit Realm restrictions.
  • Xi Shen told Fu Ji and Zhang Yu’s projected incarnation that the Evil Gods aimed to use Nectar Divine Lord’s records to identify Reincarnated Mighty Ones and their secret cultivation transfers and tax evasion.
  • Fu Ji inferred that the Evil Gods intended to blackmail the Reincarnated Mighty Ones and infiltrate the Sects, then asked who among the Sects would assist them.

Ch. 573Dark Reincarnation Realm

Fu Ji joined Xi Shen’s long-term scheme against Reincarnated Mighty Ones and helped recover stolen Finance Department records in exchange for a Spirit Realm Substitute Technique. Meanwhile, Zhang Yu refined his Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword to level 11 and began modifying Ye Xingli’s artifact design.

  • Xi Shen persuaded Fu Ji to join his plan to investigate Reincarnated Mighty Ones and target Nectar Divine Lord, promising she could leave whenever she wished.
  • Fu Ji agreed to help retrieve materials hidden at the Spirit Realm Information Center, and Xi Shen offered her Spirit Realm Hijacking technology in return.
  • Zhang Yu used his construction-company access to recover a relic containing Finance Department records, which Fu Ji extracted and found included financial dealings and suspicious accounts.
  • Xi Shen gave Fu Ji the Spirit Realm Substitute Technique, which could temporarily alter a person’s displayed information.
  • Zhang Yu watched footage of Shui Haiyu suspecting a club of spreading Demon Cult doctrine, then completed the level 11 Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword and read Ye Xingli’s latest design sketch.
  • Zhang Yu used Tiangong Kaiwu to modify Ye Xingli’s blueprint with the goal of reducing its cost.

Ch. 574Half-Dharma Skeleton Light Luxury

Zhang Yu developed a new college-student work-boot design by fusing artifact blueprints and optimizing the result for cost and performance. He sent the design to Magnetic Extremes True Lord for advice, and she dismissed its overheating and electrical-leakage side effects as problems painkillers could solve.

  • Ye Xingli worked with Zhang Yu to finalize the Chaos Soil Eater design, allowing Zhang Yu to copy the Spirit Charm Artifact Heart Dao Seed.
  • Zhang Yu discovered that Spirit Charm Artifact Heart fused artifact blueprints but consumed inspiration and could produce unreliable results.
  • Zhang Yu fused several blueprints, rejecting designs such as the Artificial Manure Machine and College Student Skin before settling on Zeus Half-Magic Skeleton Work Power Boots.
  • Zhang Yu used Tiangong Kaiwu to reduce the boots' cost while retaining their performance, though prolonged use could cause overheating and electrical leakage.
  • Zhang Yu sent the blueprint to Magnetic Extremes True Lord, who suggested that students take painkillers for the side effects.

Ch. 575Magnetic Extremes Treasured This Disciple Too Much

Magnetic Extremes True Lord approved Zhang Yu’s artifact designs and advised him how to prove his skill at the Design Competition, while he tested his Level 20 flying sword and sought experienced assistants. As judges began screening competition entries, True Lord Xian Yin suspected Magnetic Pole had designed Zhang Yu’s blueprint for him.

  • Magnetic Extremes True Lord examined Zhang Yu’s blueprints, concluded he had created them himself, and urged him to prepare for the Design Competition’s final judging.
  • Zhang Yu submitted his blueprint, completed a Level 20 Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword, and tested its cutting ability and Military Grade Taiwu Moral Sword Intent.
  • Zhang Yu noticed that Zi Tanzhen and Su Yun Ni were slowing the sword-formation project and tried to recruit experienced assistant Liu Xiangqiao, but she rejected his offer.
  • Zhang Yu watched Shui Haiyu’s video alleging that the Dual Cultivation Club used coercion and deception to make members take two-day rests, and heard that Shui Haiyu feared being captured.
  • True Lord Xian Yin opened Zhang Yu’s blueprint after True Lord Tianzhi pointed it out and suspected Magnetic Pole had done the design work for him.

Ch. 576What Do They Need Us Judges For?

True Lord Xian Yin defended Zhang Yu’s design against judges who accused Magnetic Pole True Lord of doing the work for him. The judges added Zhang Yu to the top-fifteen list, but the Heavenly Court required all finalists to complete an on-site design test that would also affect the final rankings.

  • True Lord Xian Yin reviewed the contestants’ blueprints and judged Zhang Yu’s design worthy of a high ranking.
  • Blood Waterfall True Lord and Marrow Erosion True Lord mocked Zhang Yu’s entry as Magnetic Pole True Lord’s work, while True Lord Xian Yin insisted Zhang Yu had made it himself.
  • True Lord Tianzhi backed True Lord Xian Yin and urged the judges to focus on the competition.
  • Wicked Lotus True Lord allowed Zhang Yu onto the top-fifteen list but proposed testing finalists before the awards ceremony.
  • The judges selected fifteen contestants, and the Heavenly Court ordered them to complete a designated design on site, with the test results counting toward the final rankings.
  • True Lord Xian Yin notified Magnetic Pole True Lord, while Blood Waterfall True Lord and Marrow Erosion True Lord complained that the Heavenly Court distrusted the judges.

Ch. 577Livestreams, Videos, and Design Prompts

Zhang Yu joined Ye Xingli’s livestream, tried to sell her company his product blueprints, and watched a video showing Shui Haiyu’s apparent death while exposing the Dual Cultivation Sect. Days later, Zhang Yu received an invitation to a six-hour test that would determine the Design Competition’s top ten rankings and headed to the venue.

  • Ye Xingli featured Zhang Yu and her Chaos Soil Eater on a livestream, where fans questioned whether the two would Dual Cultivate and she denied any romantic involvement.
  • After the livestream, Zhang Yu sent Ye Xingli his product blueprints, but Mo Sha Zhenren offered only ten Spirit Coins and declined to buy them when Ye Xingli argued they were worth more.
  • Zhang Yu watched a video of Shui Haiyu being caught by the Dual Cultivation Club and apparently killing himself to escape, then sent the video to Zhang Pianpian.
  • Several days later, Zhang Yu received an invitation to a six-hour design test to determine the Design Competition’s final top ten and traveled to the venue.

Ch. 578Drawings Complete, Simulation Test (Thanks to "Mu Bai Jinyu" for supporting Fu Ji's colleague and becoming an Alliance Leader)

Zhang Yu studied the test requirements and used the organizers’ references to design a Dharma Treasure for collecting and transporting objects across dangerous terrain. The judges began testing the contestants’ designs, and the chapter ended as Zang Xingye’s biomimetic design appeared.

  • Zhang Yu reviewed the rules and requirements, then planned to combine blueprints with the Spirit Charm Artifact Heart and optimize the result with Tiangong Kaiwu.
  • Zhang Yu completed his design drawings just before the six-hour deadline.
  • Wicked Lotus True Lord addressed the judges and began the simulated tests of all fifteen contestants’ Dharma Treasures.
  • Leng Wuya’s flying sword completed the test and received 322 points.
  • A Vajra University student’s war chariot received 329 points after struggling to deliver its collected cargo in time.
  • Zang Xingye’s design appeared, and True Lord Xian Yin recognized it as Demon Descendant Biomimetic Technology.

Ch. 579We Must Be Number One Among a Hundred Schools

Zhang Yu’s artifact-refining entry astonished the judges with a Mother Machine that used local materials to produce eighteen types of increasingly capable puppets. The judges praised his technical mastery and cost efficiency, while Blood Waterfall True Lord suspected Magnetic Extremes True Lord’s research had influenced him.

  • Zang Xingye earned 420 points for a bionic cargo puppet built from inexpensive Demon Descendant materials.
  • Ghost God Craftsman used Formless Divine Demon Seeds and Living Souls to create a coordinated puppet army, earning 452 points.
  • Zhang Yu’s crude humanoid puppet began eating dirt and producing small puppets, revealing itself as a Mother Machine.
  • The Mother Machine produced eighteen puppet types from materials found on-site, and the puppets gathered resources, assembled together, and swept across the field.
  • True Lord Xian Yin and the other judges praised Zhang Yu’s broad technical knowledge and extreme cost efficiency, with Wicked Lotus True Lord declaring his design level first among the hundred schools.
  • Blood Waterfall True Lord recognized Magnetic Pole’s influence in Zhang Yu’s design and wondered whether Magnetic Extremes True Lord had made a breakthrough.

Ch. 580Magnetic Pole's Treasure

Zhang Yu won the Design Competition with an outstanding blueprint, while the judges recognized their earlier misjudgment. On the return journey, weakened from pushing his Dao Heart and artifact-refinement ability too far, he was questioned by Patrol Team investigators about Shui Haiyu and realized his communications had been cut off.

  • Zhang Yu received 488 points, and the completed simulations made his victory appear undisputed as the judges awaited the Heavenly Court's final rankings.
  • True Lord Xian Yin challenged Blood Waterfall True Lord and Marrow Erosion True Lord over their doubts about Zhang Yu, and Wicked Lotus True Lord acknowledged their misjudgment and sent praise to Magnetic Pole True Lord.
  • On the return journey, Zhang Yu assessed the damage from repeatedly burning his Dao Heart and overusing the Spirit Charm Artifact Heart, estimating that recovery would take months.
  • Xu Yang Zhenren and Yun Yuqing of the Patrol Team's Fourth Department visited Zhang Yu and asked about Shui Haiyu and his connection to the Dual Cultivation Sect.
  • Zhang Yu denied knowing Shui Haiyu belonged to the sect, then discovered that his messages to Zhang Pianpian and everyone else received no replies as Yun Yuqing pressed him for information.

Ch. 581The Top 20 Are Here—Who Dares Detain Me?

Zhang Yu refused Xu Yang Zhenren and Yun Yuqing’s attempt to inspect his Eye Remains, then rose to nineteenth place after winning the Design Competition. As the school and Wandao Group sought to secure his designs, Magnetic Extremes True Lord took him away to talk privately.

  • Zhang Yu refused to cooperate with Xu Yang Zhenren and Yun Yuqing without proper authorization, and Xu Yang Zhenren pressed him about Shui Haiyu and his emails.
  • When Yun Yuqing threatened to arrest him, Zhang Yu’s ranking jumped to nineteenth, prompting Xu Yang Zhenren and Yun Yuqing to leave and face reprimands from their superiors.
  • Yun Yang Zhenren approached Ten Thousand Laws University about cooperating with Zhang Yu, and Taihe Zhenjun discovered that the school held no rights to his work.
  • Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu that the Patrol Team had found Shui Haiyu in the Dual Cultivation Sect’s custody but had not confirmed whether someone hijacked the Spirit Realm.
  • Mo Sha Zhenren offered to buy Zhang Yu’s blueprints on the school’s behalf, but Magnetic Extremes True Lord arrived and took Zhang Yu away for a private discussion.

Ch. 582Magnetic Pole’s Experience

After winning first place in the Magic Treasure Design Competition, Zhang Yu discussed artifact forging, the Spirit Transformation Magic Skeleton project, and his cultivation plans with Magnetic Extremes True Lord. Mo Sha Zhenren tried to buy Zhang Yu’s designs and offered him a gift, while Zhang Yu’s assistants and other contacts reacted to his victory.

  • Magnetic Extremes True Lord praised Zhang Yu’s design, advised him to keep learning by copying, and asked him to help promote the Spirit Transformation Magic Skeleton project’s Memory Exchange experiments.
  • Zhang Yu chose Heaven and Earth Calamity Formless Heart Weapon and agreed to try to reach Level 11 before the Top Ten League registration deadline in July.
  • Mo Sha Zhenren offered to buy Zhang Yu’s competition entry and other designs, but Fu Ji advised Zhang Yu to wait for competing buyers; Zhang Yu accepted Heavenly Pool Spirit Liquid only as a gift without making any agreement.
  • Zhang Yu returned to the laboratory, where Zi Tanzhen and the other assistants learned he had won first place and studied his design drawings, which Zi Tanzhen struggled to understand.
  • Director Gao messaged Zhang Yu asking whether he had won the competition and whether the experiment had really produced results.

Ch. 583New Extreme Emotion Sword Dao (Thanks to 'Today Like This' for once again sponsoring a League Leader)

Magnetic Extremes True Lord defended his work with Zhang Yu to Director Gao, while Zhang Yu recruited Liu Xiangqiao to help prepare for the Top Ten League. At Heaven Sword University, Bai Zhenzhen began reshaping Extreme Emotion Sword Dao into a new path, ending with an angry roar.

  • Magnetic Extremes True Lord told Director Gao to stay out of his work with Zhang Yu and sent him a photo of Zhang Yu refining artifacts, prompting Director Gao to inspect the construction site more harshly.
  • Bei Wufeng examined Zhang Yu’s winning Zeus Half-Magic Skeleton Work Power Boots blueprint and concluded that Magnetic Extremes True Lord had passed design experience to Zhang Yu.
  • Liu Xiangqiao visited Zhang Yu’s laboratory, demonstrated her technical skills, and agreed to join his team after handling her duties in Bei Wufeng’s laboratory.
  • Seven Emotions Divine Lord discussed Zhang Yu’s research with Bai Zhenzhen, who decided to derive a new version of Extreme Emotion Sword Dao that followed Heaven’s Will.
  • Bai Zhenzhen declared that she would create New Extreme Emotion Sword Dao, and an angry roar followed.

Ch. 584Latest Version of Heaven and Earth Calamity Formless Heart Weapon

Zhang Yu received his Type B Military Certificate and studied the latest version of Heaven and Earth Calamity Formless Heart Weapon, calculating the Spirit Coins he would need to cultivate it. As he continued refining the Taiwu Sacred Law Sword Formation, Mo Sha Zhenren proposed that the university negotiate with Wandao Group for his design blueprints in exchange for patent fees and profit-sharing.

  • Jin Jun studied Zhang Yu's award-winning blueprints but admitted he could not find flaws in them, while his assistant hoped to join Zhang Yu's project team.
  • Zhang Yu continued refining the Taiwu Sacred Law Flying Swords and received his Type B Military Certificate.
  • Magnetic Extremes True Lord sent Zhang Yu the manual for Heaven and Earth Calamity Formless Heart Weapon, and Zhang Yu estimated that reaching Level 20 would cost about 300 Spirit Coins.
  • Zhang Yu planned to finish the Taiwu Sacred Law Sword Formation before cultivating Heaven and Earth Calamity Formless Heart Weapon, and considered selling his competition blueprints to earn more Spirit Coins.
  • Mo Sha Zhenren proposed that Ten Thousand Laws University represent Zhang Yu in negotiations with Wandao Group and secure patent fees plus profit-sharing.
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