Recaps

Dugu Ming delivered the Wanfa Immortal Emperor’s reward to Zhang Yu: a Blank Legislation Article that would let him establish a Law Article when he reached Refining Void and Merging with Dao. Meanwhile, Bai Zhenzhen escaped Bu Yingshu by bluffing about Zhang Yu’s secrets, leaving Bu Yingshu suspicious and determined to make Zhang Yu help stimulate her talent.

• Dugu Ming verified Zhang Yu’s identity by mentioning the unprecedented reward, then received Zhang Yu’s spatial data about the Sky Collapse and praised his work.
• Dugu Ming gave Zhang Yu the Blank Legislation Article, passed on the Immortal Emperor’s message, and told him to develop the Old Days Graveyard’s Soul Cultivation Industry and report only major matters.
• Bu Yingshu confronted Bai Zhenzhen, who played Zhang Yu’s messages and claimed their history of Dual Cultivation gave her knowledge of Bu Yingshu’s secrets.
• Bai Zhenzhen threatened to expose Bu Yingshu’s secrets, causing Bu Yingshu to flee; Zhang Yu later suggested Bai Zhenzhen might have been bluffing, and Bu Yingshu returned to find her gone.
• Bu Yingshu asked Bu Yuangui to demote Zhang Yu so he could keep her company, but Bu Yuangui warned her that Zhang Yu’s new reward carried great significance.

Bu Yingshu devised a plan to use her Wanfa Immortal Clan investment authority to pressure Zhang Yu into spending time with her, while Bai Zhenzhen pursued the Extreme Joy Sword Dao and Myriad Laws Sect figures prepared for a coming reckoning. Fa Liuyuan told the Reformist Immortals that he had secretly used the Feather Scroll on Zhang Yu, leaving the consequences of that test unrevealed.

• Bu Yingshu decided to use her position as the Development Zone’s investment representative to obstruct Zhang Yu’s promotion unless he obeyed her demands.
• Zhang Yu spoke with Bu Yingshu while Bai Zhenzhen hid nearby, and Bai later returned to her office after Zhang tested whether Bu Yingshu was waiting outside the Development Zone.
• Bai Zhenzhen persuaded the Mysterious Person to teach her the True Inheritance version of the Extreme Joy Sword.
• Magnetic Pole rejected Xuan Ji’s invitation to join the Upper Realm school group and warned Gao Chongguang that the Old Days Graveyard disaster would lead to a reckoning within the Myriad Laws Sect.
• Starfire Lord warned Yu Xinghan not to attract more attention as major events approached, while Li Xuelian arranged additional Lower Realm examination slots for his new department.
• Fa Liuyuan told the Reformist Immortals that Zhang Yu resembled Ying Xintian and revealed that he had secretly used the Feather Scroll on him.

Fa Liuyuan and the Reformist Immortals discussed Zhang Yu’s extraordinary talents, their plans to promote him, and the growing Dao Struggle between the Artifact Spirit and Soul Cultivator factions. As Su Lengyou chose loyalty to the Immortal Emperor and Zhang Yu cleared ruins in the Old Days Graveyard, Myriad Laws Sect policies shifted against High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits and toward Soul Cultivation Industries.

• Fa Liuyuan told two Reformist Immortals that Zhang Yu possessed six fully developed world-shaking talents, and they discussed supporting him as a reformist figure and helping him establish a Third-Generation Law Article.
• Fa Liuyuan and the Immortals weighed the risk of war between the Artifact Spirit and Soul Cultivator factions, resolving to support the Wanfa Immortal Emperor in suppressing the Artifact Spirit Faction.
• Kuruong Child reassured Xie Lanyin that the White Bone Cult would protect her and advised her to let Ten Thousand Methods cultivators fight among themselves if the investigation reached her.
• The Giant Corpse urged Su Lengyou to decide whether she was loyal to the Soul Cultivator Faction or to Reincarnation, and Su Lengyou declared that she was loyal only to the Immortal Emperor.
• Zhang Yu used Earthly Fiend Gravity and his Immortal Grotto-Heaven to clear and transport ruins throughout the Old Days Graveyard while monitoring news in the Spirit Realm.
• Myriad Laws Sect announced new regulations for High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits and support for Soul Cultivation Industries, causing artifact-spirit stocks to crash and soul-cultivation stocks to soar.

After Lu Hengzhang and Xie Lanyin were taken for investigation, Zhang Yu prepared to expand the Soul Cultivation Industry by recruiting Deity Transformation cultivators from the Ten Schools. Bu Yingshu arranged for him to join a test of a new Strategic Grade technique, while Magnetic Pole, Old Gao, and Yu Xinghan departed for the Lower Realm to bring more companions to the Sect.

• Gu Qingya told Zhang Yu that Lu Hengzhang had been arrested, and Lu Hengzhang confessed, surrendered his assets, and was assigned to convert into a Soul Cultivator at the Old Days Graveyard.
• Orthodox Gods took Xie Lanyin for questioning, where she blamed Lu Hengzhang for the matters under investigation.
• Zhao Tianxing organized the Underworld Property Department's Soul Cultivators, while Zhang Yu received the Deity Transformation cultivators from the Ten Schools as potential recruits.
• Bu Yingshu interrupted Zhang Yu's meeting to research cultivation methods, then added his name to the testers for a new Strategic Grade technique.
• Magnetic Pole and Old Gao left with Yu Xinghan for the Lower Realm, and Zhang Yu asked Yu Xinghan to bring more companions back to the Sect.

After Zhang Yu was detained in the Old Days Graveyard, he offered to restore the Illusionary Realm’s distorted space but followed Fu Ji and Zhan Xian’s advice to preserve that leverage. The investigation expanded into Ying Aikun’s and Su Lingyou’s affairs, while news of Zhang Yu’s report against the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan spread; Bu Yuangui recognized that restoring the Old Days Graveyard could change the competition between Soul Cultivators and High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits.

• The Heavenly Court formed a Special Task Force to investigate the Old Days Graveyard, and Zhang Yu was ordered to stay and cooperate.
• Zhang Yu told an Orthodox God that he could restore the Illusionary Realm’s distorted Spatial Structure, but Fu Ji and Zhan Xian advised him to wait so he could secure a role in the Graveyard’s rebuilding.
• Ying Aikun resisted an inspection of his Universe Pot, but the Tax Inspector Army broke it open and seized the Soul Cultivators and flames inside.
• Su Lingyou faced questions about allegedly embezzling Traitor Immortal assets and evading taxes over the past three years, while Ling Chiye distanced himself from Ying Aikun and the others.
• News of Zhang Yu’s report against the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan spread through the Spirit Realm, prompting Lu Hengzhang, Divine Lord Ci Ji, Starfire Lord, and others to consider his situation.
• Bu Yingshu urged Bu Yuangui to protect Zhang Yu, and Bu Yuangui explained that restoring production in the Old Days Graveyard could threaten the recent growth of High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits.

After Zhang Yu’s actions against the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan made him a celebrated Kunxu Hero, he gained an Immortal Inheritance, bloodline power, and a post in the Old Days Graveyard Development Zone. As others reacted to his sudden rise, Zhang Yu asked Yu Xinghan to join him in his new work.

• Xuan Ji deleted Magnetic Pole as a friend, then reconsidered after news praised Zhang Yu and his Master urged him to help Magnetic Pole; Magnetic Pole eventually accepted his request and warned him not to get involved.
• Magnetic Pole and Old Gao learned that Zhang Yu was being celebrated, while the Training Academy arranged to interview them about his Lower Realm past.
• Bu Yuangui told Bu Yingshu that Zhang Yu would serve as vice president of the Old Days Graveyard Development Zone management committee and advised her to build ties with him and invest in its projects.
• At Heaven Sword Sect, Bai Zhenzhen learned that Zhang Yu had gained an Immortal Inheritance, a Grotto-Heaven, a Development Zone position, and temporary custody of Ying Xintian’s bloodline power.
• Zhao Tianxing learned that Zhang Yu had become a Kunxu Hero and was invited to give an interview about his journey from Layer 1 to Layer 11.
• The Lower Realm Mutual Aid Group celebrated Zhang Yu’s rise, and Zhang Yu told Yu Xinghan that he could bring people to the Development Zone and asked him to come help.

Bai Zhenzhen visited Zhang Yu in his Immortal Grotto-Heaven and secretly exchanged Immortal Spiritual Roots, but Bu Yingshu arrived unexpectedly and questioned their closeness. Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen demonstrated a form of Dual Cultivation to satisfy her, leaving Bu Yingshu somewhat less certain that they had lied.

• Bai Zhenzhen told Zhang Yu that a powerful Mysterious Person from Heaven Sword Sect had arranged her promotion and seemed to be monitoring her.
• Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu went somewhere secluded in the Immortal Grotto-Heaven and exchanged Immortal Spiritual Roots while discussing how to improve her [Azure Lotus Sword Embryo].
• Bu Yingshu arrived in her Immortal Shuttle, brought Shi Huaiyu and Feng Tingting into Zhang Yu's Immortal Grotto-Heaven, and found Zhang Yu beside Bai Zhenzhen.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen claimed they had been engaging in Dual Cultivation, but Bu Yingshu questioned their explanation after learning Bai Zhenzhen had been sterilized.
• Bu Yingshu demanded that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen engage in Dual Cultivation again in front of her, so they transmitted Magical Power through their joined palms.
• Bu Yingshu recognized their method as an ancient form of Dual Cultivation, and her anger eased slightly.

Bu Yingshu nearly killed Bai Zhenzhen after learning she belonged to Heaven Sword Sect’s Extreme Joy Lineage, but Zhang Yu persuaded her that doing so would expose his importance and draw suspicion. After Bu Yingshu left, Zhang Yu continued consolidating power in Old Days Graveyard, then received an unexpected Management Committee meeting summons amid rumors of opposition from the other Vice Presidents.

• Bu Yingshu returned to the Immortal Grotto-Heaven and tried to ram Bai Zhenzhen to death, believing Heaven Sword Sect had sent her to target Zhang Yu and his secrets.
• Zhang Yu blocked Bu Yingshu, closed the Grotto-Heaven Bridge, and convinced her that killing Bai Zhenzhen would attract dangerous attention; Bu Yingshu made him cut contact with Bai Zhenzhen and Heaven Sword Sect cultivators.
• The Mysterious Person told Bai Zhenzhen that her Safety Supervision Bureau appointment was meant to put her in conflict with Bu Yingshu, and Bai Zhenzhen’s anger fueled her Sword Intents.
• Zhang Yu’s cleanup operation advanced as teams cooperated, he selected seven Soul Transformation-level Corpse Parts, and his staff delivered over a million Immortal Coins’ worth of Immortal Crystals.
• Zhang Yu chose to keep the Immortal Crystals in the Grotto-Heaven and use them to improve his Magical Power rather than cash them out.
• The President of the Management Committee summoned Zhang Yu and the other Vice Presidents to an emergency meeting, while Yu Xinghan warned that rumors suggested the other Vice Presidents opposed them.

Xie Lanyin learned that Bai Gusheng would use the Book of Transformation to seek ascension and agreed to protect the Development Zone from Ten Thousand Methods, while other factions maneuvered around the Old Days Graveyard. Zhang Yu’s Azure Lotus Sword Embryo reached Level 5, strengthening his spirit roots and defense, and he continued preparing to subdue Corpse Parts as Teacher Gao arrived with an advanced Calculation Pool.

• Bai Gusheng told Xie Lanyin that he possessed the Book of Transformation and intended to win the next Ascension Selection, then urged her to keep Ten Thousand Methods from the soul cultivation industry while recruiting an ally within it.
• Lu Hengzhang received Xie Lanyin’s message as the Innate Dao Lineage ordered him to obstruct the Development Zone, while two Immortals discussed suppressing the High-Intelligence Artifact Spirit industry and considering Tai Yuebai as a replacement for Zhang Yu.
• Su Lingyou asked the Giant Corpse for guidance, and it explained that its disciple’s priority was preventing the birth of the first Immortal-level High-Intelligence Artifact Spirit.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen secretly cultivated together, and the Mysterious Person told Bai Zhenzhen that the Development Zone was part of a wider conflict between Immortals.
• Zhang Yu’s Azure Lotus Sword Embryo reached Level 5, allowing spirit roots to fuse and improving Bai Zhenzhen’s sword cultivation, Zhang Yu’s Chain Law Diagram effects, and his ability to anchor himself to his Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
• Bu Yingshu found Zhang Yu unmoved by her kick, lent him another Immortal Shuttle after he praised her investment plan, and Teacher Gao arrived excitedly with an advanced Calculation Pool from a laboratory.

Zhang Yu activated a Dark Spirit Realm in his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, improved its management and raised Yu Xinghan’s Three-Eyed Divine Power to level 5 before leading thirteen Transformation God cultivators to subdue a Refining Void corpse component. He charged the World-Casting Furnace alone and told the others to wait as he began wearing it down.

• Old Gao brought Zhang Yu an advanced Calculation Pool from the Experimental Area, and Zhang Yu gave him a Grotto-Heaven Bridge for safety and easier transport.
• Fu Ji proposed using the Calculation Pool as the center of a Dark Spirit Realm, and Zhang Yu appointed her Chief Network Administrator to build it.
• After two days, Fu Ji activated the Grotto-Heaven’s Dark Spirit Realm, allowing Zhang Yu to connect to the Calculation Pool, monitor the Grotto-Heaven, and awaken Soul Cultivators to help manage it.
• Zhang Yu helped Yu Xinghan raise his Three-Eyed Divine Power to level 5, then gathered thirteen Transformation God cultivators to target the Refining Void World-Casting Furnace.
• Zhang Yu entered the furnace’s intense heat alone, fused Bai Zhenzhen’s True Spirit Root with his Feather Spirit Root, and advanced through the attacks while ordering the others not to approach.

Zhang Yu endured the World-Casting Furnace’s Shang Yang Qi and led the Divine Transformation cultivators in suppressing it. When Xie Lanyin tried to destroy the furnace with a Void Refining attack, Zhang Yu diverted and exhausted her uncontrolled power, then directed the others to finish the suppression and send the furnace into his Immortal Grotto-Heaven.

• Zhang Yu entered the Shang Yang Qi around the World-Casting Furnace, and his resistance and regeneration let him withstand its extreme heat while his physical and magical power fluctuated.
• Zhang Yu reached the furnace, drew its attacks onto himself, and called on the Divine Transformation cultivators and Corpse Parts to suppress it without destroying its main body.
• The cultivators grew confident as the World-Casting Furnace dimmed, but Xie Lanyin sent a projection and a strand of Void Refining Nascent Soul Power to strike it.
• After the Spirit Realm Connection broke and Xie Lanyin’s projection vanished, Zhang Yu pulled the uncontrolled attack into his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, sacrificed more than a dozen clones to weaken it, and exhausted its remaining power with a punch.
• Zhang Yu ordered the cultivators to continue suppressing the furnace, and they subdued it and sent it into the Immortal Grotto-Heaven.

After subduing the World-Casting Furnace, Zhang Yu restored the Illusionary Realm’s Spirit Realm connection and publicized footage of Xie Lanyin’s attack, turning the incident into a scandal. Bu Yingshu confronted Xie Lanyin, and Xiao Yunhe intervened as Xie denied harming Zhang Yu.

• Zhang Yu extracted Grotto-Heaven Power from the World-Casting Furnace, restarted it, and raised the Calculation Pool’s performance to 100%.
• Zhang Yu ordered Mo Tianyi, Che Yufei, and Hu Yuntao to prepare a report, then led the cultivators out of the Illusionary Realm and instructed them to spread footage of Xie Lanyin’s attack.
• Zhang Yu returned Bai Zhenzhen’s Spirit Root, suppressed his healing, and told Bu Yingshu that he was not going to make it.
• Xie Lanyin discovered the Illusionary Realm’s Spirit Realm connection had failed and tried to manage the resulting work stoppage, but videos portraying Zhang Yu as having blocked her strike spread widely.
• Xie Lanyin failed to suppress the scandal and found that investment representatives would not respond when she tried to rally them against Zhang Yu.
• Bu Yingshu attacked Xie Lanyin over Zhang Yu’s injuries, and Xiao Yunhe arrived to separate them and question Xie, who denied beating Zhang Yu.

Yu Xinghan returned to the Lower Realm with Magnetic Pole and Old Gao for the Sect Examination, where they revealed their admission tickets and helped spread Zhang Yu’s influence among the Ten Schools. Meanwhile, Su Lengyou warned Zhang Yu of a blockade against his Soul Cultivation business and proposed an alliance, while Kuang Tianqing delivered a new Law-Breaking Talisman and dangled further favors from the Reincarnation Group.

• Yu Xinghan and the others returned to Ten Thousand Laws University, where Magnetic Pole and Old Gao told Nascent Soul leaders from the major schools that they had received Sect Examination admission tickets and could help them pursue Deity Transformation.
• Yun Zhiguang challenged Magnetic Pole and Old Gao’s eligibility, but Yu Xinghan showed footage of Fa Liuyuan granting them the tickets, prompting Yun Zhiguang to accept their legitimacy and support Yu Xinghan’s recruitment efforts.
• Su Lengyou and Kuang Tianqing warned Zhang Yu that the Heavenly Devil Sect, Nether Palace, and White Bone Cult planned to block his entry into Old Days Graveyard’s Soul Cultivation Industry, and Su Lengyou proposed a joint venture backed by the Heavenly Devil Sect’s techniques.
• After Su Lengyou left, Kuang Tianqing gave Zhang Yu a new Law-Breaking Talisman valid for three years and offered further private benefits if Zhang Yu supported Su Lengyou’s plan.

Zhang Yu accepted Kuang Tianqing’s offer of Evil Gods in exchange for pursuing a joint venture between the Myriad Laws Sect and the Heavenly Devil Sect, then used Xiang Shen’s intelligence to shape a proposal that would appeal to Wanfa Immortal Emperor. Wanfa approved the venture and directed Zhang Yu to seek support through Fa Liuyuan, leaving Zhang Yu to advance the plan through both the Dharma Realm and civil engineering interests.

• Zhang Yu agreed to pursue the joint venture after Kuang Tianqing offered Evil Gods in return for rising market share, and Kuang gave him the first Evil God, Xiang Shen.
• Fu Ji drained most of Xiang Shen’s power while sparing him to provide intelligence, but she remained short of reaching Level 4.
• Zhang Yu learned from Xiang Shen and the others about the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor’s weak control over the Heavenly Devil Sect and considered how Wanfa Immortal Emperor might benefit from expanding Dharma Realm technology into soul cultivation.
• Zhang Yu sent Wanfa Immortal Emperor a proposal for the Old Days Graveyard’s Soul Cultivation Industry and received approval for the joint venture, along with instructions to contact a level 7 Sect Affairs Officer and Fa Liuyuan.
• Zhang Yu sent Fa Liuyuan a revised proposal emphasizing reconstruction plans and civil engineering projects, while Zhan Xian and Wild Ox explained the reach of the Kunlun Dao Orthodoxy.

Zhang Yu’s proposal to bring Dharma Realm technology into the Old Days Graveyard’s Soul Cultivation Industry gained Fa Liuyuan’s backing and the Wanfa Immortal Emperor’s tacit approval, while the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Soul Cultivator faction prepared to resist the Myriad Laws Sect’s entry. In the Lower Realm, Magnetic Pole and others discussed the Exam Ancestor and the Sect as Yu Xinghan promoted the Ten Schools’ students as future talent.

• Zhang Yu discussed the Kunlun Dao Orthodoxy’s competing Dao Masters with Zhan Xian and Wild Ox while waiting for a response to his proposal.
• Fa Liuyuan praised Zhang Yu’s document, consulted Immortal Yixuan and Immortal Roujia, and arranged to submit the revised proposal to the Wanfa Immortal Emperor through the Secret Email.
• The Wanfa Immortal Emperor replied “Got it,” and Fa Liuyuan helped Zhang Yu set up cooperation with Jie Lingtong and the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Soul Cultivation specialists.
• Xiao Yunhe urged his faction to keep Ten Thousand Methods’ Soul Cultivation market share below one percent and reported the Old Days Graveyard situation to his Immortal Venerable.
• Magnetic Pole showed Thunder Extremes True Lord her Examination Admission Ticket, while Old Gao advised Tu Lishan about joining the Sect and Yu Xinghan promoted the Ten Schools’ students as future recruits.

Yu Xinghan promoted the Underworld Property Department as a welcoming destination for Lower Realm cultivators, while Zhang Yu confronted an industry blockade against his Soul Cultivator business and ordered compensation for cultivators charged to materialize. The chapter ended with Zhang Yu accepting an invitation from Bu Yingshu to test a Strategic Grade Immortal Sect Technique.

• Yu Xinghan introduced his rise from Kunxu First Layer to a Nascent Soul Realm Sect Affairs Officer and invited talented Lower Realm cultivators to apply to the Underworld Property Department.
• Lan Ling, Zhou Chechen, Bei Wufeng, Yan Qianji, Hou Shuntian, and others watched the livestream and reacted to the Sect's opportunities and the Underworld Property Department's recruitment.
• Zhang Yu showed Sin Lotus Divine Lord and Divine Lord Zhi Pan his production lines before Tian Guizuo arrived, and Zhao Tianxing reported that Heavenly Devil, White Bone, and Netherworld had formed the Old Days Alliance to blockade Zhang Yu's Soul Cultivator business.
• Zhang Yu learned that Soul Cultivators were being pressured over transparency, food, housing, and employment, then ordered his departments to refund materialization fees and tell Soul Cultivators not to pay them.
• Zhang Yu reviewed the blockade's attacks on Soul Cultivators and related businesses, then accepted Bu Yingshu's invitation to test a Strategic Grade Immortal Sect Technique.

Zhang Yu studied the Kunpeng Heaven-Swallowing Art, began researching it with Bu Yingshu, and sought her help securing future business for his Soul Cultivation Platform. He then received five realm certificates and chose Zhao Tianxing for a future Spirit Transformation breakthrough, preparing him to become their Spokesperson.

• Zhang Yu learned that the Kunpeng Heaven-Swallowing Art could rapidly increase magical power and Physical Strength, though Zhan Xian warned that Infinite Development remained an elusive goal researched by the Ten Great Sects.
• Zhang Yu mastered the technique to level 50, then pretended to learn slowly while Bu Yingshu guided him through their research sessions.
• Zhang Yu asked Bu Yingshu to bring Wanfa Immortal Clan business to his Soul Cultivation Platform when his company launched its counterattack, and she agreed to help.
• Zhang Yu received five realm certificates and gave them to Zhao Tianxing and four other soul cultivators so they could break through in the Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhang Yu told Zhao Tianxing he would reserve the Spirit Transformation slot for him and ordered him to cultivate quickly so he could become their Spokesperson.

Xiao Yunhe launched a public-opinion attack against Zhang Yu’s Soul Cultivator companies, while misreading Bu Yingshu as the mastermind behind Zhang Yu’s plans. Zhang Yu countered by flaunting his wealth, turning the controversy into publicity, and securing support from Myriad Laws Sect departments; the chapter ended with Lu Hengzhang furious that low-born Zhao Tianxing had been named the companies’ spokesperson.

• Xiao Yunhe concluded that Bu Yingshu was secretly directing Zhang Yu’s alliance with Su Lingyou and ordered the Old Days Alliance to attack Zhang Yu through rumors and propaganda.
• Xiao Yunhe’s campaign portrayed Zhang Yu as inexperienced and accused his company of imposing a 996 work schedule and charging Soul Cultivators to manifest, driving his approval rating down to 2%.
• Zhang Yu denied the claims by joking that his company maintained a 24-hour work schedule, displaying his savings, Immortal Shuttles, and Grotto-Heaven, and raising his approval rating to 18%.
• Zhang Yu and Fu Ji used social media to promote his role in stopping Sky Collapse and accused Xiao Yunhe of betraying the Heavenly Devil Sect, while the Sect Examination Clone recruited Myriad Laws Sect officials to endorse the company.
• Bu Yingshu, Gu Qingya, Fa Liuyuan, and other Myriad Laws Sect figures urged departments and enterprises to buy Sect-produced Soul Cultivator services, and Zhang Yu’s companies secured exclusive supply partnerships for many positions.
• Zhang Yu’s companies named Zhao Tianxing their spokesperson, prompting Lu Hengzhang to rage that a First Layer Soul Cultivator did not deserve the role.

Zhao Tianxing’s promotional video called attention to the harsh lives of low-level Soul Cultivators and raised support for Zhang Yu’s new company, while Zhang Yu’s allies debated whether to exploit them or genuinely reform the industry. After months of preparations and the Sect Examination’s results, the Joint Venture Company reached its opening day in the Old Days Graveyard.

• Zhao Tianxing filmed a promotional video describing Soul Cultivators’ poor living and working conditions, and support for Zhang Yu rose as the video circulated.
• Fu Ji and Xiang Shen discussed using the company to win Soul Cultivators’ support, while Zhan Xian and Wild Ox urged Zhang Yu to improve the Soul Cultivator ecosystem rather than deepen its exploitation.
• Zhang Yu moved the Spirit Transformation Pool into his Immortal Grotto-Heaven and continued cultivating as his Primordial Spirit advanced to the Divine Light Second Transformation.
• Zhang Yu’s public-opinion contest with Xiao Yunhe continued, and support for Zhang Yu settled around 30 percent while the Joint Venture Company completed preparations.
• The Sect Examination results showed that Zhang Yu’s Underworld Property Department had recruited five Lower Realm cultivators, including Divine Lord Ci Ji and Shi Huaiyu.
• Magnetic Pole, Old Gao, and their companions returned to the Old Days Graveyard in December and saw advertisements announcing the Joint Venture Company’s opening day.

Magnetic Pole, Old Gao, and a new group of Lower Realm recruits arrived at Old Days Graveyard as Zhang Yu launched the Joint Venture Company with Dharma Realm services for Soul Cultivators. His one-year free-service offer escalated the Dao Struggle in Old Days Graveyard, drawing alarm from Xie Lanyin and prompting Xiao Yunhe to prepare for a counter-escalation.

• Bei Wufeng and Jin Jun joined the outsourced team after demonstrating their mastery of Civil Engineering alongside artifact crafting.
• Magnetic Pole, Old Gao, and the other new recruits arrived at the Underworld Property Department, where Zhang Yu welcomed them and showed them the Joint Venture Company's opening livestream.
• Zhang Yu and Zhao Tianxing promoted Dharma Realm technology, Work Memory Cloud Storage, and First Day Mode as ways to reduce Soul Cultivators' work stress and risk of Mind Collapse.
• Xie Lanyin realized the Joint Venture Company was bringing the Dharma Realm into the Soul Cultivation Industry, while Xiao Yunhe said the Heavenly Devil Sect could not directly oppose it and resolved to intensify the struggle for Immortal Venerable Due's Dao Orthodoxy.
• Zhang Yu announced that every Soul Cultivator applying to the company would receive one year of free basic Dharma Realm services, and his offer stirred a storm across Old Days Graveyard.

Ye Xingli promoted the Dharma Realm to Soul Cultivators while Xiao Yunhe used job deprivation and the Blacklist to punish a user who registered with Wanhun Workshop. After the Five Great Sects imposed sanctions, Zhang Yu continued expanding the company and realized that the conflict was part of a wider Dao Struggle across Kunxu, leaving him to follow the shifting alliances between sects.

• Ye Xingli offered Soul Cultivators free Dharma Realm basic services for successful referrals, while Fu Ji helped manage her livestream and repel hostile comments.
• Xiao Yunhe fired and blacklisted a Soul Cultivator who tried registering with Wanhun Workshop, then ordered Soul Cultivators across his departments to watch the punishment and write reflections.
• Zhang Yu found that Wanhun Workshop had reached 2% market share but faced a large gap between Soul Cultivator support and actual registrations because of the Blacklist.
• The White Bone Cult, Nether Palace, Joyous Union Sect, Heaven Demon Sect, and Dan Ding Sect sanctioned Wanhun Workshop and launched a Divine Soul Safety Talisman to identify and blacklist Soul Cultivators with altered memories.
• Zhang Yu reported the sanctions to the Wanfa Immortal Emperor, who replied, “Continue,” but registrations slowed and market share reached only 2.1% after another half month.
• Zhang Yu recognized that Dao Struggle and alliances were unfolding across the sects of Kunxu, and concluded that the Old Days Graveyard was only one part of a larger contest.

Zhang Yu concluded that Dao Struggle was spreading throughout Kunxu and chose to pursue a more aggressive path, aiming to found a new Dao Orthodoxy. Xiao Yunhe then led a mass attack on the Joint Venture Company’s Dharma Realm, prompting Zhang Yu’s side to ban malicious users.

• Wild Ox, Zhan Xian, and Zhang Yu discussed how Dao Orthodoxies and their conflicts changed over time, and Zhang Yu realized that Old Days Graveyard had been swept into a Kunxu-wide Dao Struggle.
• Fu Ji urged Zhang Yu to wait cautiously, but Zhan Xian, the Sect Examination Clone, and Wild Ox argued that he should embrace his responsibilities and seize the opportunity.
• Zhang Yu resolved to expand the Joint Venture Company’s influence and become the founder of a new Dao Orthodoxy, revising his plans to be more aggressive.
• Hours after the Five Great Sects issued sanctions, Xiao Yunhe led Soul Cultivators to register as users and consume Dharma Realm resources while using the Whitelist to evade the Blacklist.
• Jie Lingtong reported the attack, and Fu Ji advised banning malicious users; Zhang Yu’s Refining Emptiness Calculation Pool then supported Soul Cultivators who banned the resource-wasting accounts one by one.

Zhang Yu’s side fought Xiao Yunhe’s faction across the Spirit Realm, the Material Realm, and the Development Zone while the Joint Venture Company continued gaining market share. In March, Zhang Yu reached the Fifth Rank and presented Su Lingyou with a proposal to expand their cooperation with the Heavenly Devil Sect.

• Fu Ji and Zhan Xian used free Dharma Realm memory services and Su Lingyou’s Law Articles to draw Soul Cultivators to Zhang Yu’s side and weaken Xiao Yunhe’s Spirit Realm attacks.
• Bai Zhenzhen warned Zhang Yu that the Management Committee planned to investigate his companies, while Zhang Yu used Immortal Shuttles and his Grotto-Heaven Power to protect factories from hostile safety inspections.
• Zhang Yu obstructed Old Days Alliance construction projects in the Development Zone, prompting Xiao Yunhe to call in the Civil Engineering Dao Lineage to counter him.
• Xie Lanyin and Xiao Yunhe used Law Articles to ban and penalize Soul Cultivators who used Dharma Realm services as both sides escalated their battles across publicity, technology, cultivation, and assets.
• Zhang Yu’s Joint Venture Company reached 54% market share, and Zhang Yu advanced to the Fifth Rank while Yu Xinghan, Ye Xingli, Magnetic Pole, and Qing Lingmu also received promotions.
• Zhang Yu showed Su Lingyou his report and asked whether the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor wanted to take control of the Soul Cultivators within his sect.

Zhang Yu secured a deep cooperation agreement with Su Lingyou and the Heavenly Devil Sect to expand the Joint Venture Company's Soul Cultivator supply business. Back in his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, he focused on strengthening his cultivation before eventually applying to break through into Refining Emptiness.

• Zhang Yu argued that the Joint Venture Company had proven itself as a reliable Soul Cultivator supplier and proposed replacing suppliers aligned with Xiao Yunhe's faction.
• Su Lingyou asked whether Zhang Yu could provide enough Soul Cultivators, and the two sides negotiated deeper cooperation.
• The Heavenly Devil Sect agreed to import Soul Cultivators from the Joint Venture Company and establish a company to dispatch them to other Sects.
• Zhang Yu returned to his Immortal Grotto-Heaven and cultivated, noting that his Dao Heart and Physical Strength neared the Divine Transformation limits while his Magical Power remained lower.
• Zhang Yu resolved to complete the Tenth Divine Light Transformation and strengthen his foundation before applying to enter Refining Emptiness.

Zhang Yu sought to expand the Joint Venture Company's Soul Cultivator workforce by applying for Unlimited Salary Increase Authority, which would let him raise wages without prior approval. He contacted Fa Liuyuan to sound out the Reformists, and Fa Liuyuan summoned him to discuss the dangerous proposal.

• Zhang Yu concluded that the Joint Venture Company needed many more Soul Cultivators to increase its market share, but ordinary recruitment had reached its limits.
• Zhang Yu proposed attracting Soul Cultivators by raising salaries rather than directly handing out money.
• Zhan Xian and the Sect Examination Clone explained that Unlimited Salary Increase Authority required the Immortal Emperor's special approval and carried severe risks.
• Zhang Yu reasoned that higher salaries would remain in the Dharma Realm and help the Joint Venture Company outcompete rivals, so he decided to pursue the proposal.
• Zhang Yu contacted Fa Liuyuan before approaching the Immortal Emperor, and Fa Liuyuan summoned him to ask whether he understood what the authority meant.