Recaps

Zhang Yu accepted the risks of using the Unlimited Salary Increase Authority to raise Soul Cultivators’ pay and expand the Dharma Realm, and Fa Liuyuan backed his proposal to the Wanfa Immortal Emperor, who approved it. As Zhang Yu awaited the decision, Le Mulan’s Deep Cold Magic Vein upgraded, leaving him concerned about whether others would notice.

• Fa Liuyuan explained how salary increases could help Soul Cultivators and the Dharma Realm while weakening rival Soul Cultivator enterprises, but warned Zhang Yu that past abuses of the Unlimited Salary Increase Authority had led to purges and severe losses.
• Zhang Yu declared that he would bear the infamy of raising salaries, and Fa Liuyuan agreed to submit his proposal to the Wanfa Immortal Emperor.
• Fa Liuyuan told Immortal Roujia and Immortal Yixuan that Zhang Yu had the resolve and potential to reform the Soul Cultivation Industry, and proposed supporting his future advancement.
• While waiting, Zhang Yu noticed that Le Mulan’s Deep Cold Magic Vein had upgraded, tried to contact her, and asked Bu Yingshu to investigate.
• Fa Liuyuan helped Zhang Yu prepare the proposal and sent it to the Wanfa Immortal Emperor, who promptly approved it and privately encouraged Zhang Yu to strive on.

Zhang Yu subdued the Hundred Skeletons Furnace Master and discovered how to use it and other captured Corpse Parts to strengthen his Immortal Grotto-Heaven. As he approached the Ancestor Corpse, it suddenly vanished, leaving him to wonder who had taken it.

• Zhang Yu learned that suppressed Corpse Parts could be subdued as Cave-Heaven Production Lines, and he tested how their power weakened outside his Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhang Yu used Breathing Machines and the Grotto-Heaven Bridge to supply Spiritual Energy to the Hundred Skeletons Furnace Master, then assessed the strength of Corpse Parts and marked powerful production lines as targets.
• Zhang Yu captured and subdued several frenzied Corpse Parts, including an Injection Corpse and a Conveyor Worm, while their Grotto-Heaven Power expanded his Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
• As the growing number of Corpse Parts drained Spiritual Energy, Zhang Yu had the Hundred Skeletons Furnace Master dismantle other parts and manufacture Breathing Machines, feeding defective units back into production.
• Zhan Xian suspected the Illusionary Realm's crude Corpse Parts came from another sect and that someone had helped Ying Xintian create the realm.
• Zhang Yu sensed that the nearby Ancestor Corpse had disappeared and demanded to know who had taken it.

Zhang Yu discovered that the Ancestor Corpse had led him to an ancient cemetery and treated its restoration as a test of Ying Xintian’s ideals, reviving its Artificial Spirit Vein while collecting Frenzied Corpse Parts. As the cemetery drew more parts and strengthened Zhang Yu’s resources, the Heavenly Devil Sect moved to seal the Factory Area, and Zhang Yu sent his Immortal Shuttle toward the entrance.

• Zhang Yu found the Ancestor Corpse’s presence at the Comfort Spirit Garden and heard it challenge him to show how he would handle the dead.
• Zhan Xian and Zhang Yu’s Sect Examination Clone argued over whether to bury the corpses or reuse them, while Zhang Yu found that the cemetery could produce an Artificial Spirit Vein.
• Zhang Yu buried corpses beneath the forest of steles, revived the Spirit Vein, and collected the Frenzied Corpse Parts it attracted, gaining Grotto-Heaven Power and combat traits.
• Ying Aikun ordered Ling Chiye to investigate the agitated Frenzied Corpse Parts and prepared to seal the Factory Area entrance.
• Zhang Yu sent the Qing Ming Rift Space Immortal Shuttle into the Illusionary Realm; Ying Aikun recognized it and reacted in alarm.

Zhang Yu used Bu Yingshu’s Immortal Shuttle to break through the Heavenly Devil Sect’s blockade and draw the Illusionary Realm’s cultivators after him. Meanwhile, Ying Aikun misread the attack as a plot against him, then opened the path to the Experimental Area.

• Ying Aikun tried to stop the Qing Ming Rift Space Immortal Shuttle, but Zhang Yu drove it into his avatar and scattered the Heavenly Devil Sect cultivators.
• Zhang Yu announced that Bu Yingshu had lent him the Immortal Shuttle, ordered Qin Chuan and Jiang Xunyi to follow, and plunged into the Factory Area as other cultivators followed its trail.
• Ying Aikun learned that Zhang Yu had entered the Illusionary Realm with Bu Yingshu’s Immortal Shuttle and concluded that the Wanfa people were targeting him.
• Ying Aikun ordered his forces to gather around him and avoid confronting Zhang Yu, while Ling Chiye assured him that Zhang Yu would receive no support.
• Ying Aikun removed the Spatial Barrier at the laboratory entrance, revealing a path to the Experimental Area, and led Ling Chiye inside.

Zhang Yu entered the awakened Ancestor Corpse’s memory dreamscape and experienced Li Feng’s role in the Myriad Laws Sect’s attempt to use Demonic Path techniques under Righteous Path rules. As Li Feng faced growing pressure while helping Tan Taizhen enforce those rules, a revolutionary technological breakthrough occurred.

• Zhang Yu examined his expanded Immortal Grotto-Heaven, completed the Hundred Skeletons Furnace Master’s traits, and assessed the Cannon Array Dragon’s power.
• An awakened Ancestor Corpse tested Zhang Yu by drawing him into a memory dreamscape as Li Feng, while Fu Ji, Zhan Xian, the Sect Examination Clone, and Wild Ox watched.
• Ying Xintian and Tan Taizhen freed Li Feng from prison and made him deputy hall master of the Demon Supervision Hall to oversee Demonic Path Righteous Use.
• Li Feng uncovered an elder’s blood sacrifice of innocent civilians, and Tan Taizhen captured and tried the elder despite opposition from the front-line disciples.
• As more Myriad Laws Sect members crossed the line and resisted supervision, Li Feng and Tan Taizhen struggled to enforce the rules, and Li Feng began to feel trapped within the Sect.
• A revolutionary technological breakthrough occurred as Li Feng felt the situation becoming unbearable.

Zhang Yu experienced Li Feng’s memories of Tan Taizhen’s secret human-breeding factory and learned that Li Feng ultimately chose to oppose her, though he regretted how he handled it. After Li Feng passed on his power, Zhang Yu reached level 5 Descendant of Immortals and prepared to claim Ying Xintian’s inheritance in the Illusionary Realm.

• Li Feng discovered that Tan Taizhen’s Artificial Flesh and Blood and Artificial Soul Element came from humans bred and slaughtered in a hidden factory, and she asked him to supervise her by holding her Natal Soulfire.
• Li Feng’s dream repeated his choice, but Ying Xintian’s message and Zhang Yu’s insight revealed that Li Feng had tried to expose the factory and was put to sleep by Tan Taizhen.
• Li Feng acknowledged Zhang Yu’s private answer, warned him not to become another Tan Taizhen, and poured his Grotto-Heaven Power into Zhang Yu before his True Spirit shattered.
• Zhang Yu learned that he could openly claim Ying Xintian’s inheritance to legitimize his power, and his Descendant of Immortals reached level 5, granting him eight Grotto-Heaven Bridges that could open on other people.
• A summons drew Zhang Yu back to the Illusionary Realm, where Ying Xintian announced that his inheritance lay on the corpse of a former Heavenly Devil Sect Sect Master.
• Ying Aikun believed the inheritance was meant for him as Ying Xintian’s descendant and headed toward the promised legacy.

Ying Aikun raced to claim the Immortal Inheritance, while Zhang Yu secretly extracted the Grotto-Heaven Power from a hidden corpse inside the Giant Corpse. After Ying Aikun defeated the cultivators who challenged him, the Giant Corpse declared Zhang Yu the inheritor, leaving Ying Aikun furious.

• Ying Aikun used his Universe Pot and spatial techniques to race ahead of the other cultivators toward the Giant Corpse.
• Zhang Yu entered the Giant Corpse, found an unknown Ancestor Corpse hidden in its heart, and extracted its Grotto-Heaven Power into his Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
• Ying Aikun presented his Universe Pot as proof of his worth, then fought off eight Divine Transformation cultivators who tried to seize the inheritance.
• Zhang Yu absorbed the Ancestor Corpse into his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, causing the Giant Corpse to rise and announce that Zhang Yu had obtained the inheritance.
• Ying Aikun saw Zhang Yu emerge and shouted in disbelief that the inheritance had been given to him.

Zhang Yu witnessed Ying Tanyao’s memories, learned how Ying Xintian opposed Tan Taizhen and tried to protect his daughter, and inherited their bloodline powers from Tanyao’s True Spirit. His [Descendant of Immortals] reached level 6, and when Ying Aikun attacked him to reclaim the inheritance, Zhang Yu’s Immortal Grotto-Heaven stopped the Universe Pot cold.

• Zhang Yu entered the Ancestor Corpse’s memory dreamscape and learned that the girl was Ying Tanyao, daughter of Ying Xintian and Tan Taizhen.
• Ying Tanyao discovered that Tan Taizhen’s Artificial Humans and Artificial Flesh and Blood came from Farmed Humans, and Ying Xintian saved her from Tan Taizhen’s attack.
• Ying Xintian explained his opposition to the Demonic Path and the Righteous Path’s exploitation of its surrendered members, and Ying Tanyao chose to help him despite her artificial origin.
• Ying Xintian’s final message revealed that Tan Taizhen later killed Ying Tanyao, while a Daoist named Reincarnation and Wild Ox helped preserve her True Spirit and vitality.
• Ying Tanyao gave Zhang Yu Ying Xintian’s bloodline power and Tan Taizhen’s bloodline information, raising [Descendant of Immortals] to level 6 and expanding his Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
• Ying Aikun attacked Zhang Yu with the Universe Pot to seize the inheritance, but Zhang Yu’s Immortal Grotto-Heaven resisted it and left him unable to move it.

Zhang Yu seized Ying Xintian’s Immortal Inheritance, restored the Spirit Realm connection across the Illusionary Realm, and followed the Giant Corpse’s advice to become a useful piece in the immortals’ power struggles. Su Lingyou then detained Zhang Yu and sealed his Grotto-Heaven, but he filed a report accusing Ying Aikun and the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan of colluding with Ying Xintian to launder illegal gains.

• The Giant Corpse explained how immortals conserve their strength, extend their power, and use reform-minded figures like Zhang Yu as pieces in their conflicts, then urged Zhang Yu to oppose Yun Taizhen and master the Illusionary Realm.
• Zhang Yu accepted the dangerous path of trying to change Kunxu, sensed his control over the Illusionary Realm, and restored its connection to the Spirit Realm.
• Bu Yingshu worried that Zhang Yu had gone missing, then received his message saying he had seized the Immortal Inheritance from Ying Aikun thanks to her advance arrangements.
• Ling Chiye and Qin Chuan mistakenly believed Ying Aikun had inherited the Grotto-Heaven until the darkness lifted and revealed Zhang Yu suppressing him.
• Bu Yingshu blocked the Orthodox Gods from arresting Zhang Yu, but Su Lingyou arrived, froze Bu Yingshu’s projection, detained Zhang Yu, and sealed his Grotto-Heaven.
• After Zhang Pianpian’s remote Report Talisman summoned an Orthodox God, Zhang Yu reported that Ying Xintian, Ying Aikun, and the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan had colluded to launder illegal gains.

Zhang Yu received the Unlimited Salary Increase Authority and decided to use it only to raise the pay of frontline Soul Cultivators, while warning his colleagues against seeking personal gains. As the raises took effect, Lu Hengzhang—once a critic of Zhang Yu—felt connected to the world again and quietly supported him amid the backlash.

• Fa Liuyuan warned Zhang Yu not to be tempted by the Salary Increase Authority and promised the Reformists would support his future path if he succeeded.
• The Wanfa Immortal Emperor's approval document arrived, and the authority merged with Zhang Yu, giving him control over salaries and their effects on Cultivators' livelihoods and potential.
• Zhang Yu summoned his senior subordinates, rejected raises for himself and those present, and said he would use the authority only for frontline Soul Cultivators.
• Lu Hengzhang saw his Spirit Realm access restored after the salary changes and, despite reading criticism of Zhang Yu, commented [Strong] on Zhang Yu's account.

Xiao Yunhe and the Old Days Graveyard’s powerful sects and companies tried to stop Zhang Yu’s salary increases by condemning him and stripping Soul Cultivators of their pay. Zhang Yu countered by raising their salaries, recruiting new users, and announcing that the Immortal Emperor had specially authorized his Unlimited Salary Increase Authority.

• Xiao Yunhe investigated Zhang Yu’s salary policies, then joined Xie Lanyin and other leaders in impeaching and condemning him.
• Xiao Yunhe publicly accused Soul Cultivators of salary-related violations and used his Salary-Removal Divine Light to strip them of their salaries.
• Zhang Yu arrived, raised the punished Soul Cultivators’ salaries, and declared that he would hire the workers the other companies rejected.
• Zhang Yu revealed his own salary and extended raises and referral bonuses to new and existing users, prompting Soul Cultivators across the Old Days Graveyard to register and spread the Kindling.
• Zhang Yu revealed his Unlimited Salary Increase Authority and declared that the Immortal Emperor had specially authorized him to raise salaries first and report later.

Bai Zhenzhen struggled with the grief and jealousy stirred by her sword intents while an enigmatic cultivator urged her to embrace her Extreme Passion potential. In the Sect, Zhang Yu joined the Lower Realm Mutual Aid Society, where his rapid rise and ties to Bu Yingshu stunned Xuan Shu, and he learned that Le Mulan had become a key Spirit Herb Pavilion talent.

• Bai Zhenzhen saw Zhang Yu’s photo with Bu Yingshu, and her clashing sword intents filled her with painful suspicions until Wen Wuya warned that her cultivation could drive her into dangerous behavior.
• A mysterious cultivator who had taught Bai Zhenzhen the Grief Sword Intent urged her to let her sword intent control her, claiming she had the potential to become a Green Hat Saint.
• True Lord Xuan Shu joined Yu Xinghan’s Lower Realm Mutual Aid Society and offered advice to Tian Shenggong, Ying Mingchi, and Wang Yin, expecting to build influence among the candidates.
• True Lord Wu Xiang joined the group, and Yu Xinghan invited Zhang Yu; Wu Xiang revealed Zhang Yu was already an Acting Leader and would soon become a Level 3 Sect Affairs Officer.
• Zhang Yu greeted familiar candidates in the group and asked where Le Mulan was; Ye Xingli said she had placed first in the written test and interview and was being cultivated by the Spirit Herb Pavilion.
• Zhang Yu worried that someone might have discovered Le Mulan’s Deep Cold Magic Vein.

Zhang Yu witnessed Jun Xuance’s memory of Myriad Laws Sect’s adoption of Demonic Path Righteous Use, then learned from Ying Xintian’s record that Jun Xuance had once supported the reform and regretted betraying Little Martial Uncle. Jun Xuance’s True Spirit became a bridge that raised Zhang Yu’s [Descendant of Immortals] to level 4, while the Illusionary Realm’s barrier opened between the Office Area and Factory Area.

• Jun Xuance discovered Ying Xintian, Fa Yuanzi, and Zhen Jizi embracing Demonic Path Righteous Use, and they urged him to cultivate Demonic Path Technique with them.
• Jun Xuance found villagers using Outer Sect disciples as medicinal catalysts and asked Little Martial Uncle what to do as mortals increasingly turned to the Demonic Path.
• Myriad Laws Sect split over the reform, and its reform supporters defeated Little Martial Uncle and the remaining opponents at Leiyun Gorge.
• Ying Xintian’s record revealed that Jun Xuance had joined the reform as its fortunes improved, betrayed Little Martial Uncle, and later regretted his choice.
• Ying Xintian described the sect master and Little Martial Uncle’s final argument, then declared that he still supported the reform’s original decision but intended to change it back.
• Jun Xuance’s True Spirit formed a Grotto-Heaven Bridge for Zhang Yu, raising [Descendant of Immortals] to level 4, as Ying Aikun and Ling Chiye saw the Illusionary Realm’s roads open between the Office Area and Factory Area.

Zhang Yu used Jun Xuance’s Grotto-Heaven Bridge to reach the Illusionary Realm’s Factory Area, where he captured a giant production beast and extracted its Grotto-Heaven Power to expand his Immortal Grotto-Heaven. As Minister Xie and other forces entered the changing Illusionary Realm, Su Lingyou sealed outside reports, while Zhang Yu discovered the beast was a Hundred Skeletons Furnace Master whose trait might be awakened by collecting similar Corpse Parts.

• Ying Aikun guided Ling Chiye’s group through the shifting Factory Area, while Ling Chiye sent Soul Cultivators to scout and arranged for a report to Su Lingyou.
• Zhang Yu gained access to Jun Xuance’s Grotto-Heaven Bridge and used it to travel from his Immortal Grotto-Heaven directly into the Factory Area.
• Zhang Yu sensed the Illusionary Realm’s changing layout and captured a giant Breathing Machine production beast by shrinking it with his clones and Kunlun in Palm.
• Zhang Yu weakened the beast inside his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, extracted its Grotto-Heaven Power to enlarge his space, and identified it as a Hundred Skeletons Furnace Master.
• Minister Xie abandoned his watch over Zhang Yu’s disappearance and entered the Factory Area, while Qin Chuan led a Youxin Department team to explore the Illusionary Realm.
• Su Lingyou arrived at the Old Days Graveyard and suppressed reports about the Illusionary Realm, while Zhang Yu discovered the Hundred Skeletons Furnace Master’s Hundred Furnace Aspects trait.

Zhang Yu’s Unlimited Salary Increase Authority ignited the Old Days Graveyard, drawing Soul Cultivators to his company and shaking the existing industry. Xiao Yunhe’s side failed to blunt Zhang Yu’s growing support and turned to Bu Yingshu to negotiate.

• Zhang Yu announced that the Immortal Emperor had specially authorized him to raise salaries first and report afterward, and Soul Cultivators across the Old Days Graveyard celebrated and registered with his company.
• Lu Hengzhang concluded that Zhang Yu was acting as the Immortal Emperor’s representative, then joined the spread of Kindling by recruiting Soul Cultivators and praising the Old Days Salary King.
• Ling Chiye’s temporary workers fled for Zhang Yu’s company as the Heavenly Devil Sect’s Soul Cultivator business was engulfed by Kindling and its stock price plunged.
• Yu Xinghan explained to Ye Xingli that Zhang Yu had answered the Dao Orthodoxy’s call for reform, while Soul Cultivators became increasingly visible and audible throughout the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Yunhe and his allies withdrew from their confrontation with Zhang Yu, sought support from their superiors, and launched an ineffective campaign against his salary increases as his support surpassed ninety percent.
• Xiao Yunhe proposed negotiating with Bu Yingshu to stop Zhang Yu’s raises, then sent her a message asking to meet and offering whatever terms she wanted.

Bu Yingshu learned that Zhang Yu had received Unlimited Salary Increase Authority and negotiated with Xiao Yunhe through a group chat, while Zhang Yu continued raising Soul Cultivator salaries amid industry conflict and mounting scrutiny. Dugu Ming arrived in the Old Days Graveyard to investigate Zhang Yu’s actions for the Immortal Emperor.

• After leaving seclusion, Bu Yingshu received Xiao Yunhe’s plea to stop Zhang Yu’s salary increases and learned about the Unlimited Salary Increase Authority.
• Bu Yuangui told Bu Yingshu that Fa Liuyuan and the Reformists had backed Zhang Yu as a reform vanguard, while Fu Ji and Xiang Shen used Zhang Yu’s account to reassure her and flatter her.
• Bu Yingshu added Zhang Yu and Xiao Yunhe to a group chat, where Zhang Yu demanded that the Old Days Alliance lift its Blacklist Order and that five major Sects end their sanctions against his Soul Cultivators.
• Xiao Yunhe lifted the Blacklist Order and said his side was considering raises, while Zhang Yu threatened to keep increasing salaries until the competing companies went bankrupt.
• Major Sects condemned Zhang Yu’s salary increases, reports against him flooded the Myriad Laws Sect, and Dugu Ming arrived to inspect the operation for the Immortal Emperor.

Dugu Ming investigated Zhang Yu for abusing the Unlimited Salary Increase Authority but found no evidence of personal gain, while Zhang Yu’s campaign transformed the Soul Cultivator market and drew plans from rival factions. After his company’s market share passed 10%, Zhang Yu arrived to collect a new Evil God and upgrade Feather Scroll.

• Dugu Ming monitored Zhang Yu’s salary, accounts, and subordinates but found no proof that Zhang Yu had exploited the salary authority for himself.
• Fa Liuyuan defended Zhang Yu to Dugu Ming and praised his restraint and success to Immortal Roujia and Immortal Yixuan.
• Xiao Yunhe proposed serving the newly prosperous Soul Cultivators to earn back their wages, while Kuruong Child revealed plans to propose importing Lower Realm Soul Cultivators into the Upper Realm.
• Zhang Yu met Kuang Tianqing at the Heavenly Devil Sect’s secret stronghold after his company’s Old Days Graveyard market share surpassed 10%, preparing to collect an Evil God and upgrade Feather Scroll.

Zhang Yu accepted an Evil God from Kuang Tianqing, learned that the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor was secretly testing Reincarnation Gold, and used the ensuing investigation to strengthen his control of the Joint Venture Company. After Fu Ji absorbed the Evil God and awakened, Zhang Yu unlocked the Law Aperture Chapter of the Feather Scroll and discovered he could implant his Nascent Soul Saint Body into another person’s Law Aperture.

• Kuang Tianqing gave Zhang Yu an Evil God and asked him to suppress scrutiny of Soul Cultivators’ spending records, then admitted the records were connected to a secret Reincarnation Gold test.
• Zhang Yu moved their conversation into his Immortal Grotto-Heaven and learned that Reincarnation Gold let living people deposit money for use after reincarnation, potentially tying Soul Cultivators to the Reincarnation System.
• Kuang Tianqing offered Zhang Yu the Sky-Covering Hidden Demon Art and a confidential Level 6 Heavenly Devil Sect rank, but Zhang Yu declined the rank and questioned him about the suspicious records.
• Zhang Yu investigated the records, arrested the cultivators involved in corruption, and used the scandal to gain greater control over the Joint Venture Company, while Dugu Ming reported the setback to the Immortal Emperor.
• Fu Ji absorbed the Evil God, reached Level 4, and quickly awakened; Zhang Yu then used her enhanced power to unlock the Law Aperture Chapter in the Feather Scroll.
• Zhang Yu discovered that he could implant his Nascent Soul Saint Body into the Law Aperture behind Yu Xinghan’s Three-Eyed Divine Power, allowing Yu Xinghan to benefit from it and potentially raise its level for Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu used the Feather Scroll’s Law Aperture Chapter to implant Chain Law Diagrams in Yu Xinghan, Ye Xingli, and Magnetic Pole, letting them benefit from his talent and cultivate methods that would strengthen the diagrams. After arranging further meetings with other Dao Seed holders, he secretly implanted [Great Saint Successor] in Bu Yingshu, whose reaction echoed across Kunxu Layer 11.

• Zhang Yu implanted [Nascent Soul Saint Body] in Yu Xinghan and guided him through related cultivation methods, which Yu Xinghan advanced rapidly.
• Zhang Yu implanted [Nascent Soul Saint Body] in Ye Xingli and gave her a list of related cultivation methods to raise its level.
• Zhang Yu contacted Zhang Pianpian, Le Mulan, and Bai Zhenzhen about meeting face-to-face, then brought Magnetic Pole to the Spirit Transformation Pool and implanted [Spirit Transformation Dao Body] in her.
• Magnetic Pole immersed her Primordial Spirit in the Spirit Transformation Pool and accepted Zhang Yu's list of Deity Transformation cultivation methods.
• Zhang Yu implanted [Great Saint Successor] in Bu Yingshu, and her soft moan resounded across Kunxu Layer 11.

Bu Yingshu accidentally activated Zhang Yu’s [Great Saint Successor] power, broadcasting her moan throughout Kunxu Layer 11 and drawing the Orthodox Gods’ search. After she tried to seize Zhang Yu, Fu Ji guided him into securing Bu Yingshu’s promise not to interfere with his work or his associates, then planned to keep reversing their relationship until she became his subordinate.

• Zhang Yu infused [Great Saint Successor] into Bu Yingshu’s dharma aperture, and her moan spread through the Spirit Realm across Layer 11, attracting the Orthodox Gods.
• Bing Yisi investigated the broadcast and suspected that its sounds concealed a code connected to the Joyous Union Sect.
• Bu Yingshu realized she had activated the Great Saint Successor’s power herself and demanded that Zhang Yu keep the incident secret.
• Bu Yingshu tried to capture Zhang Yu, but his Azure Lotus Sword Embryo’s Overbearing Body and Grotto-Heaven Power let him resist her.
• Bu Yingshu promised Zhang Yu she might marry him and agreed not to interfere with his work or make trouble for those around him.
• Fu Ji explained that this was the first step in changing Bu Yingshu’s status relative to Zhang Yu and resolved to push her boundaries further.

Zhang Yu reconciled Bu Yingshu and Bai Zhenzhen, then enhanced Bai Zhenzhen’s cultivation through several Chain Law Diagrams. As Zhang Yu’s influence spread through Kunxu, he learned that the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor planned to expand Soul Cultivator traffic between realms, while his company’s market share approached 15%.

• Zhang Yu brought Bu Yingshu and Bai Zhenzhen together, and Bu Yingshu reluctantly agreed to add Bai Zhenzhen as a friend.
• Zhang Yu implanted the Spirit Transformation Dao Body in Bai Zhenzhen’s law aperture and tested other Chain Law Diagrams, helping her begin fusing the Extreme Emotion Sword and Extreme Joy Sword.
• Bu Yingshu decided to investigate who was behind Bai Zhenzhen, while Bai Zhenzhen and the Mysterious Person discussed her new sword-fusion attempt.
• Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu that the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor wanted to move Soul Cultivators between the Lower and Upper Realms, a plan that could encourage Lower Realm cultivators to convert themselves into Soul Cultivators.
• Zhang Yu learned that his company’s Soul Cultivator market share had reached 14.8%, and Fa Liuyuan urged him to reach 20% for an Extraordinary Merit and a chance to complete a Third-Generation Law Article.

Zhang Yu expanded the Shangyang Huangshen business and weighed three new Chain Law Diagrams before choosing one. When Zhang Pianpian arrived, he lent her the Spirit Transformation Dao Body, and she warned that Dao Seeds came from an Immortal Emperor’s Dao Orthodoxy and that the Ten Immortal Emperors had likely drawn him into their plans.

• Zhang Yu tested Yu Xinghan’s enhanced Three-Eyed Divine Power and inspected the Shangyang Huangshen, which Magnetic Pole had upgraded to Immortal Sect True Disciple Grade.
• Zhang Yu helped Magnetic Pole apply for a patent and sold Shangyang Huangshen units to the Development Zone’s construction company, raising his monthly income above two hundred thousand Immortal Coins.
• Zhang Yu compared the Primordial Unity Qi, Desire-Heaven Demon Lord, and Empress Wa Manufacturing Chain Law Diagrams, then decided which one to cultivate.
• Zhang Pianpian arrived in Zhang Yu’s Immortal Grotto-Heaven and revealed that she had reached the Divine Transformation Realm in her first year at the Sect.
• Zhang Yu placed the Spirit Transformation Dao Body in Zhang Pianpian’s Dharma Aperture, and she recognized it as a Dao Seed and warned him about the Ten Immortal Emperors’ plans.

Zhang Pianpian warned Zhang Yu that the Ten Immortal Emperors were cultivating candidates for a new Immortal Emperor, and Zhang Yu realized Wanfa Immortal Emperor might have placed him in that deadly contest. As Zhang Yu assessed the consequences of his growing influence and new abilities, the Myriad Laws Sect’s dispute over Extraordinary Merit ended with Wanfa Immortal Emperor ordering the vote reconsidered.

• Zhang Pianpian revealed that the Ten Immortal Emperors had created a succession of candidates for an Eleventh Immortal Emperor, and she warned Zhang Yu that Wanfa Immortal Emperor might have drawn him into the competition.
• Zhang Pianpian explained how Extraordinary Merit could expose Zhang Yu’s standing with Wanfa Immortal Emperor, then warned him to keep their secrets and his talents hidden.
• Zhang Yu recognized that level 4 [Deep Cold Magic Vein] could greatly extend lives, considered its potential impact on Kunxu, and decided to approach Xuan Ge after the next Exam Ancestor.
• Zhang Yu’s Soul Cultivator Companies passed 20% market share while Ascension Hall debated whether he, Cang Juechen, or Yue Qinglan deserved Extraordinary Merit.
• The vote favored Cang Juechen, but Wanfa Immortal Emperor’s approval arrived with the order: “Reconsider.”

After the Wanfa Immortal Emperor rejected Cang Juechen and Yue Qinglan, the Ascension Hall voted to grant Extraordinary Merit to Zhang Yu, and the Immortal Emperor approved. Zhang Yu recognized the opportunity as a dangerous investment in his rise, while rival factions began preparing for the conflict his selection could bring.

• Ling Chenji and the old man argued that Yue Qinglan deserved Extraordinary Merit after Cang Juechen was rejected, and the Ascension Hall voted for her.
• The Wanfa Immortal Emperor rejected Yue Qinglan, prompting Fa Liuyuan to defend Zhang Yu and criticize Yue Qinglan's low-cost Longevity technology.
• The Ascension Hall voted for Zhang Yu, and the Wanfa Immortal Emperor approved the result.
• Ling Chenji and the old man sent word of the decision to their allies, while Fa Liuyuan anticipated opposition to Zhang Yu's rise.
• Zhang Pianpian learned that Zhang Yu had been chosen, and Zhang Yu considered the Immortal Emperor's support a dangerous but essential opportunity.

After Zhang Yu received Extraordinary Merit, his rising fame drew attention across the Spirit Realm and resentment from Yue Qinglan, who feared losing her chance to shape the first Third-Generation Law Articles. The chapter ended with an Immortal descending to the Old Days Graveyard and awarding Zhang Yu ten million Immortal Coins and one million Dao Merit.

• The Myriad Laws Sect publicly named Zhang Yu as this year's Extraordinary Merit recipient, prompting Wen Wuya and other Shocking Sword Cultivators to spread stories about him across the Spirit Realm.
• Le Mulan suspected Zhang Yu had helped strengthen her Ice-Sealing Magical Power, but Yue Qinglan blocked her from contacting the outside world and pushed her to continue the Longevity Project.
• Yue Qinglan resented Zhang Yu for taking the Extraordinary Merit she wanted and resolved to pursue a place among the first creators of Third-Generation Law Articles next year.
• An Immortal's projection descended upon the Old Days Graveyard, covering the Small Realm with the Dharma Realm and beginning Zhang Yu's award ceremony.
• The Immortal praised Zhang Yu's achievements and transferred ten million Immortal Coins and one million Dao Merit to his account.