Recaps

Su Xianchen told Zhang Yu that the Ten Great Sects would begin the Collection of All Books plan, and Zhang Yu agreed to participate while accelerating his cultivation. Over the following months he expanded his Feather Scroll’s abilities, guided Yu Xinghan’s cultivation, chose Magnetic Pole for his second lawmaking slot, and eventually received his Tribulation License.

• Su Xianchen revealed that the Ten Great Sects planned to collect and manage all Books, and Zhang Yu agreed to help with the plan.
• Zhang Yu tested the Fist Manual and Breath Circulation Manual with his Feather Scroll, unlocking Fist Technique Specialization and Breath Circulation Specialization.
• Yu Xinghan reached the Void Refining Realm, and Zhang Yu replaced the Chain Law Diagram in Yu Xinghan’s Law Aperture with the [Grand Void Dao Body].
• Zhang Yu discussed law articles with Yu Xinghan and chose Magnetic Pole for his second lawmaking slot to balance the factions under him.
• Zhang Yu continued cultivating as the months passed, and in March he received his Tribulation License.

After receiving his Tribulation Crossing Realm license, Zhang Yu learned from Zhang Pianpian how Lightning Tribulations worked, why they targeted strong foundations, and how the Heaven Sword Sect profited from tribulation fees and loans. Zhang Pianpian warned him that the Ten Immortal Emperors were seeking another No. 11 Immortal Emperor, and Zhang Yu had likely become the Wanfa Immortal Emperor’s leading candidate.

• Zhang Yu was promoted to Sect Affairs Officer of Rank 7 and received his Tribulation License and materials about the Tribulation Crossing Realm.
• Zhang Pianpian explained that the Heavenly Tribulation Dao Orthodoxy had locked the old Enlightenment Realm and that cultivators with deeper foundations triggered stronger Lightning Tribulations.
• Zhang Pianpian described how the Heaven Sword Sect controlled modern tribulations, charging for Lightning Tribulations, storage, and loans as cultivators gradually endured them.
• Zhang Yu realized his Chain Law Diagrams and Dao Seeds might give him a dangerously deep foundation, and he resolved to complete tribulation quickly to limit the costs.
• Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu that Yun Taizhen was another No. 11 Immortal Emperor who had been suppressed differently, and that Zhang Yu was likely the Wanfa Immortal Emperor’s top candidate.

Zhang Yu prepared Magnetic Pole and his other allies for Third-Generation Lawmaking while continuing to cultivate amid the Ten Immortal Emperors’ contest for the No. 11 Immortal Emperor seat. When Bu Yingshu arrived at his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, Bai Zhenzhen used her corporate backing and diplomatic immunity to stop her, leaving Bu Yingshu frustrated by her father’s orders to stand down.

• Zhang Pianpian explained that Zhang Yu and other Law Article Spokespersons were candidates for No. 11 Immortal Emperor, and Zhang Yu recognized that failure could lead to his liquidation.
• Zhang Yu gave Magnetic Pole the Second Dao Seed [Heaven-Stealing Craft] and equipped her with Chain Law Diagrams to prepare her for legislation; after Magnetic Pole broke through Refining Void, he replaced her [Spirit Transformation Dao Body] with [Grand Void Dao Body].
• Magnetic Pole met Tu Lishan, and both sensed Bu Yingshu’s arrival along with another powerful presence.
• Zhang Yu sent Le Mulan away before Bu Yingshu arrived with Xuan Lord Bu, while Bai Zhenzhen came as the Heaven Sword Sect’s diplomatic representative.
• Bai Zhenzhen resisted Bu Yingshu’s attack with support from Heaven Sword Sect enterprises and Orthodox Gods, and their clash escalated until Bu Yuangui warned Bu Yingshu to stop to avoid a diplomatic incident.
• Bai Zhenzhen showed Zhang Yu that the damage was covered by compensation payments and invoked diplomatic immunity; Bu Yingshu was blocked from following them and was ordered by Bu Yuangui not to disrupt the visit.

Bu Yingshu yielded to Bai Zhenzhen at the Immortal Grotto-Heaven and tried to hide her humiliation from Zhang Yu, while Bai Zhenzhen used her emotions to advance her sword arts. Zhang Yu met returning sect personnel and prepared them to develop Lower Realm talent; days later, his nourishment raised Bai Zhenzhen’s [Azure Lotus Sword Embryo] by one level.

• Bu Yingshu accepted Bu Yuangui’s refusal to let her interfere, then told Zhang Yu she had left because of urgent family business and questioned him about Bai Zhenzhen.
• Inside the Immortal Grotto-Heaven, Bai Zhenzhen advanced the Extreme Joy Sword Technique and Extreme Emotion Sword Technique beyond Level 55 while Fu Ji relayed Bu Yingshu’s messages to Zhang Yu.
• Bai Zhenzhen explained her Heaven Sword Sect startup venture to Zhang Yu, and he recommended techniques related to the [Grand Void Dao Body] before nourishing her [True Spirit Root].
• Zi Yun Zhen, Su Yun Ni, Liu Xiangqiao, and Lian Tianji discussed Bai Zhenzhen and Bu Yingshu as Yun Zhiguang and other returning personnel arrived at the Effectiveness Department.
• Zhang Yu welcomed Yun Zhiguang and advised Tiansha Divine Lord and Magic Hand to nurture Lower Realm students before they returned to the Ten Schools.
• Several days later, Zhang Yu’s nourishment raised Bai Zhenzhen’s [Azure Lotus Sword Embryo] by one level.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen upgraded their Dao Seeds, gaining new abilities that improved their adaptation and sword cultivation. As Zhang Yu prepared for his Lightning Tribulation, Bu Yingshu introduced him to tribulation financing and the speculative market built around cultivators’ tribulations.

• Zhang Yu’s level 6 [Feather Spirit Root] developed Reverse Heredity, letting him approve gradual bodily adaptations based on information sent back through his bloodline.
• Bai Zhenzhen’s level 6 [True Spirit Root] let her convert emotions into power for her swordsmanship, greatly increasing her training efficiency.
• Bai Zhenzhen returned to the Heaven Sword Sect after warning Zhang Yu that she would handle Bu Yingshu if she caused trouble again.
• Zhang Yu learned that his upgraded [Three-Eyed Divine Power] could identify flaws in his own defenses, while Tai Yuebai’s tribulation sent him further bloodline feedback.
• Bu Yingshu brought Lu Jingsong of Heng'an Securities to explain tribulation loans, betting agreements, and Tribulation Securities to Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu reviewed the Tribulation Bond Market and recognized rising bonds tied to Di Xuan, Bu Yingshu, Tai Yuebai, and Lie Jinghong.

Zhang Yu learned how Tribulation Bonds were promoted and priced, while he prepared for his own tribulation and Yun Zhiguang sought to join his legal reform work. As other cultivators’ tribulations drove bond speculation, a securities company evaluated Zhang Yu as a weak-foundation Administrative Cultivator and planned to profit by inflating his bond price.

• Zhang Yu reviewed Bu Yingshu, Lie Jinghong, and Tai Yuebai’s Tribulation Bonds and saw how publicity and the scale of their Lightning Tribulations affected prices.
• Zhang Yu sent a clone to follow up on a potential Tribulation Loan while he focused on cultivation, and Yun Zhiguang studied his reforms before sending him proposals for extending the Law Article Validity Period to the Lower Level.
• Zhang Yu invited Yun Zhiguang to draft versions of her Refining Void Law Article, and she began preparing them for a possible opportunity the following year or later.
• As Zhang Yu’s Immortalization Degree passed 70%, Yue Qinglan, Cang Juehuan, Kuang Zhiqian, and Ye Heng underwent tribulations that attracted growing attention and bond speculation.
• He Zhaisheng and Lu Jingsong reviewed Zhang Yu’s record, judged his research foundation inadequate, and planned to inflate his Tribulation Bonds so later buyers would bear the cost.

Lu Jingsong negotiated a Betting Agreement with Zhang Yu, while his company planned to profit by packaging Zhang Yu’s tribulation debt into bonds and marketing them to cultivators. Zhang Yu secured a 22% share of excess Lightning Tribulation revenue, helped Yu Xinghan and Magnetic Pole prepare for legislation, and refused the company’s false publicity.

• Lu Jingsong assessed Zhang Yu’s likely tribulation as small and planned to earn profits by selling bonds based on Zhang Yu’s debt to retail cultivators.
• Zhang Yu rejected the company’s initial reward terms, and Lu Jingsong raised his offer to a 22% share after Piri Piri offered Zhang Yu as much as 15%.
• Zhang Yu gave Yu Xinghan and Magnetic Pole the [Myriad Phenomena] Chain Law Diagram before they left to participate in Third-Generation Legislation.
• Lu Jingsong’s company launched a billion-Immortal-Coin marketing campaign and arranged for Si Xuxiao to endorse Zhang Yu with claims Zhang Yu considered false.
• Zhang Yu refused to participate in the false publicity, and Lu Jingsong begged him to reconsider before Zhang Yu walked away.

Lu Jingsong and He Zhaisheng fueled a Spirit Realm frenzy over Zhang Yu’s coming tribulation and planned to profit from his bonds, while the Reformist immortals plotted to help the Vajra Sect interfere. As Zhang Yu’s immortalization neared completion, he told Lu Jingsong to begin preparations for his tribulation.

• After Zhang Yu refused to cooperate, He Zhaisheng and Lu Jingsong planned to promote his Tribulation Bonds and find a chance to short them after his tribulation.
• The company flooded the Spirit Realm with endorsements and predictions that Zhang Yu’s tribulation would be immense, while Shi Huaiyu grew convinced that buying his bonds would make her money.
• Immortal Yixuan and Immortal Roujia judged the bond hype excessive and decided to leak Zhang Yu’s tribulation location to the Vajra Sect so it could act against him.
• Bu Yingshu told Zhang Yu that the Tribulation Crossing Realm had a seventh lightning tribulation that was intercepted, and Zhang Yu worried that his Immortal Emperor inheritances could make his own tribulation unusually dangerous.
• At the end of June, Zhang Yu sensed his immortalization was nearly complete and messaged Lu Jingsong that they could begin, prompting the company to prepare for his tribulation.

As Zhang Yu began his tribulation, the Spirit Realm’s bond market surged, then reeled when an apparent targeting error left him injured and his Qi Refining Tribulation looked unusually weak. Lu Jingsong and He Zhaisheng tried to prop up the bonds with a publicity blitz as Zhang Yu continued his tribulation and prepared to face stronger stages.

• Bu Yingshu planned to go all in on Zhang Yu’s bonds despite Bu Zhenting and Bu Yuangui warning that the market was too dangerous to predict.
• The Mysterious Person told Bai Zhenzhen to buy Zhang Yu’s bonds, while Shi Huaiyu urged the Lower Cultivators to borrow heavily and hold their positions.
• Lu Jingsong and He Zhaisheng promoted the bonds as Zhang Yu entered a Small Realm and began his tribulation, drawing enormous attention and driving prices above 1,000 Immortal Coin per lot.
• A lightning-strike address error caused Ye Heng’s tribulation to hit Zhang Yu, leaving him badly injured; officials promised him a free Lightning Tribulation quota, and Zhang Yu chose to continue.
• Zhang Yu’s Qi Refining Tribulation emerged as unusually weak, leading Lu Jingsong and He Zhaisheng to judge his foundation poor and order an aggressive publicity campaign to keep Rogue Cultivators buying.

Zhang Yu rapidly opened successive Lightning Tribulations while Heaven Sword Sect executives and other investors traded his overpriced Tribulation Bonds, first selling them and then shorting them as the price collapsed. As Zhang Yu began the sixth Lightning Tribulation, every livestream went black, leaving its scale and outcome unknown.

• He Zhaisheng and Lu Jingsong used publicity to steady Zhang Yu's bond prices, then hurried to sell their holdings as Zhang Yu began opening multiple tribulations in succession.
• Zhang Yu endured the Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Divine Transformation Tribulations, raised his Thunder Absorption Art to level seventy-one, and continued tempering himself for the sixth tribulation.
• After Zhang Yu's Golden Core Tribulation proved weak, He Zhaisheng and Lu Jingsong began shorting the bonds while encouraging retail cultivators to buy and lend them.
• Bu Yingshu and Shi Huaiyu held onto their bonds as prices fell, while Immortal Roujia and Immortal Yixuan profited by shorting them after the Divine Transformation Tribulation reached about one hundred thousand meters.
• Over the following month and a half, Zhang Yu's bonds plunged toward three hundred, and Lu Hengzhang sold at a steep loss as Lu Jingsong continued borrowing bonds to short.
• As Zhang Yu opened the sixth Lightning Tribulation, the livestream cut to black for viewers across every room.

Hong Shanlang watched Zhang Yu’s sixth lightning tribulation surge into a disaster spanning Kunxu’s layers, while He Zhaisheng’s attempt to close his short positions collapsed as Zhang Yu’s bonds soared. The chapter left He Zhaisheng trapped in a runaway market, unable to buy enough bonds to cover his contracts.

• Hong Shanlang coordinated Zhang Yu’s sixth lightning tribulation, but its intensity spiraled beyond the monitoring system’s limits and spread across Kunxu’s layers.
• Zhang Yu endured the backlash from his Void Refining techniques and inheritances, pushed his Thunder Absorption Art to its limit, and began suppressing the immense tribulation.
• Hong Shanlang learned that Zhang Yu was helping contain the lightning and that an investigation report had been released before news of a seventh tribulation shocked him.
• He Zhaisheng ordered Lu Jingsong and their subordinates to close out their short positions, then discovered their Spirit Realm connection had been severed.
• He Zhaisheng restored his connection, but Zhang Yu’s bonds had already surged as immortals traded, leaving him unable to buy enough bonds to cover his shorts.

Zhang Yu’s Sixth Lightning Tribulation shattered records and sent his Tribulation Bonds soaring, devastating short sellers and rewarding investors who held on. As the Heavenly Sword Immortal Emperor approved Zhang Yu’s Seventh Lightning Tribulation, the Wanfa Immortal Emperor told him to act freely, calling him his Myriad Laws Divine Sword.

• Fa Liuyuan learned that Immortals Roujia and Yixuan were unreachable at a closed research conference, while Dugu Ming revealed that the Wanfa Immortal Emperor wanted their bond holdings exchanged for Fa Liuyuan’s Feather Scroll.
• Ye Heng was relieved that Zhang Yu had taken the lightning strike meant for him, while Hyperfrequency Heavenly Lord watched his account collapse despite receiving praise for his predictions.
• Lu Hengzhang misread the bond rebound and missed the surge, while Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an bought only a few lots before High Cultivators swept the market.
• Shi Huaiyu shared her 712.58% holding return, and Bu Yingshu celebrated Zhang Yu’s record-breaking Lightning Tribulation after Bu Zhenting had refused to lend her money.
• Bu Yuangui suspected the Heavenly Sword Immortal Emperor was behind the market moves and predicted a major Immortal-level action from the Heaven Sword Sect.
• The Heavenly Sword Immortal Emperor approved Zhang Yu’s Seventh Lightning Tribulation, and the Wanfa Immortal Emperor replied to Zhang Yu that he could proceed freely as the Myriad Laws Divine Sword.

Zhang Yu activated the Seventh Lightning Tribulation and discovered that it was a Heart Lightning virtue test created by the Heavenly Virtue Immortal. He passed all 99 trials, though the Tribulation System had to struggle to contain the lightning as it spread through the Spirit Realm.

• After Zhang Yu applied for the Seventh Lightning Tribulation, the Tribulation System mobilized its protective formations and evacuated areas near the strike address.
• The Seventh Lightning Tribulation spread through the Spirit Realm, forcing cultivators across Kunxu to sever their connections while the Tribulation System tried to contain it.
• Zhang Yu realized the lightning targeted his thoughts and learned that the Heavenly Virtue Immortal had created it to test cultivators' virtue and temper the worthy.
• The Heart Lightning began 99 trials that tested Zhang Yu's choices, including whether he would take a junior's opportunity and exploit those beneath him.
• Zhang Yu stopped the Sect Examination Clone from taking control and passed all 99 trials, earning the judgment that he was an unparalleledly good person.

After Zhang Yu passed the seventh Lightning Tribulation as a Paragon of Goodness, he discovered that lightning would now aid him and that he could generate it himself. As the Heaven Sword Sect and Wanfa Immortal Emperor negotiated over his powers, Zhang Yu learned that the Emperor had expected him to pass because Earth’s people met the test’s standards.

• The seventh Lightning Tribulation contracted around Zhang Yu, tempered him, and enabled him to generate lightning from his fingertip.
• Zhang Yu received rewards that ended lightning’s backlash, let him create Lightning Tribulation, and marked him as a Paragon of Goodness.
• The Heaven Sword Sect sealed Zhang Yu’s Small Realm and sent Bai Zhenzhen to negotiate confidentiality, research access, and control of his annual lightning production.
• Zhang Yu contacted the Wanfa Immortal Emperor, and the two Immortal Emperors’ representatives began negotiating how his Lightning Tribulation would be allocated.
• Zhang Yu prompted his Sect Examination Clone to praise the Wanfa Immortal Emperor, who revealed that Earth’s people met the seventh Lightning Tribulation’s requirements better than present-day cultivators.

Zhang Yu negotiated the sale of his Lightning Tribulations while worrying that Wanfa Immortal Emperor knew secrets about Earth and his memories. After the bond market crashed and officials were punished, Zhang Yu learned that his share of the surplus Lightning Tribulation resources could bring enormous profits.

• Wanfa Immortal Emperor told Zhang Yu he would tolerate his ambitions and called him a peerless good sword, while Zhang Yu wondered how much the Immortal Emperor knew about Earth and his past.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen agreed to keep the Seventh Lightning Tribulation and Zhang Yu’s ability to produce Lightning Tribulations secret, while arranging to provide tribulations and data.
• Shi Huaiyu urged investors to sell their bonds, and Bai Zhenzhen warned Wen Wuya to do the same as cultivators debated whether the bond rally could continue.
• Zhang Yu’s press conference withheld key details, bond prices fell, and officials including He Zhaisheng were suppressed and interrogated as investors rushed to sell.
• Zhang Yu continued tempering his body and Primordial Spirit with Lightning Tribulations inside his body, and Hong Shanlang outlined a plan to sell the surplus resources in yearly batches.
• Zhang Yu asked Hong Shanlang exactly how much he would receive from the Lightning Tribulation resources.

After completing the Seventh Lightning Tribulation, Zhang Yu arranged the profits from trading its resources and pursued the Sect Protecting Cultivation Method needed for [Inverted Kunlun]. He also learned that the “Feather Scroll” was ready, while his allies’ new Law Articles strengthened Wanfa Immortal Emperor’s authority.

• Hong Shanlang calculated Zhang Yu’s Lightning Tribulation profits at about 100 million Immortal Coins in the first year and roughly 100 to 200 million annually afterward, while Zhan Xian warned that revealing self-generated Lightning Tribulations could harm immortals shorting the bonds.
• Dugu Ming told Zhang Yu that Fa Liuyuan had handed over the “Feather Scroll,” which would be studied for one or two months before Zhang Yu received it and joined the Collection of All Books plan with Le Mulan.
• Zhang Yu told Kuang Tianqing that the “Feather Scroll” was nearly in his hands, and Kuang Tianqing promised to deliver ten Evil Gods once Zhang Yu obtained it.
• Yu Xinghan and Magnetic Pole reported that their Law Articles had passed smoothly, giving the Law Article Management Committee powers to review or seal Law Articles early; Zhang Yu and Zhan Xian recognized that Wanfa Immortal Emperor still controlled the decisions.
• Zhang Yu advanced his cultivation, borrowed more than one billion Immortal Coins, and spent 1.05 billion Immortal Coins and 3.5 million Dao Merit to buy “Great Freedom Inconceivable Power.”
• Dugu Ming messaged Zhang Yu that the “Feather Scroll” had arrived and told him to come collect it.

Zhang Yu advanced his spatial abilities and began planning to turn the outer layer of his Immortal Grotto-Heaven into a transportation hub and commercial district. He became the Myriad Laws Sect’s Keeper of Books and received the “Feather Scroll,” then obtained an Immortal-Severing Talisman and ten Evil Gods to protect it from surveillance.

• Zhang Yu cultivated the Great Freedom Inconceivable Power to Level 71, gaining greater control over space and discovering that [Inverted Kunlun] could potentially transport matter across Kunxu’s layers.
• Zhang Yu and his companions planned a transportation hub and commercial district in the Immortal Grotto-Heaven, and he tasked Gao Chongguang with securing permits and organizing construction.
• Gao Chongguang assembled Civil Engineering Department cultivators to develop the project, exciting the group with the prospect of a major real estate venture.
• Dugu Ming named Zhang Yu the Myriad Laws Sect’s Keeper of Books and gave him Fa Liuyuan’s “Feather Scroll,” which could raise talents by improving comprehension and use of Dao Orthodoxy.
• Zhang Yu obtained an Immortal-Severing Talisman and ten Evil Gods from Kuang Tianqing, then returned to the Immortal Grotto-Heaven with them.

Zhang Yu used the Immortal-Severing Talisman to protect Fa Liuyuan's copy of the Feather Scroll, then discovered that it offered a path to immortality by Seeking the Dao through a predecessor's Dao Orthodoxy. He chose Ying Xintian's Cosmic Dao Orthodoxy as his target, and the chapter ended with Fu Ji consuming ten Evil Gods and her aura surging.

• Zhang Yu attached the Immortal-Severing Talisman to Fa Liuyuan's Feather Scroll and decided to let his clone study it cautiously.
• Zhang Yu learned that the Feather Scroll's Seeking the Dao function could build progress toward parasitizing a predecessor's Dao Orthodoxy, though doing so would leave him constrained by its owner.
• The Feather Scroll assessed Zhang Yu's talents and ranked Dao Seed, Bloodline, and Cosmic Dao Orthodoxies as his strongest matches.
• Zhang Yu chose Ying Xintian's Cosmic Dao Orthodoxy for Seeking the Dao and saw its progress begin at 0%.
• Zhang Yu's true body's Feather Scroll reacted to the clone's copy before he retrieved it, and Fu Ji consumed ten Evil Gods, causing her aura to surge.

Zhang Yu’s upgraded Feather Scroll fused with Fa Liuyuan’s book, but Tai Zhen’s final strand of intent stopped the Immortal Emperors from uncovering his secrets. The new Immortal Foundation Chapter granted Zhang Yu Grand Dao Essence, which rapidly strengthened his spatial talents and left him eager to seek more Dao Orthodoxies.

• Fu Ji’s rise to Level 6 Evil God enabled Zhang Yu’s Feather Scroll to begin upgrading.
• Gao Chongguang and the others built a city and arranged permits in the Immortal Grotto-Heaven while Feng Tingting promoted its spatial transportation services.
• Zhang Yu’s upgrading Feather Scroll absorbed the book from his clone, but Tai Zhen’s lingering intent expelled the intruding forces and warned him to keep his secrets from the Immortal Emperor.
• Zhang Yu discovered the new Immortal Foundation Chapter and spent its 36 points of Grand Dao Essence to raise his Cosmos Dao Orthodoxy path-seeking progress to 36%.
• Zhang Yu’s spatial talent reached Level 9, his spatial abilities improved, and the Immortal Grotto-Heaven’s partitions became imperceptible to its cultivators.
• Zhang Yu calculated how many more books he would need to reach 100% progress and wondered whether he could pursue several more Dao Orthodoxies.

After mastering the Feather Scroll’s new Immortal Foundation Chapter, Zhang Yu received a tenfold raise request from Fu Ji and then learned how the Myriad Laws Sect planned to collect books under heaven. He began preparing to lead the effort, with Yu Xinghan and Magnetic Pole joining his team and Ye Xingli positioned for promotion.

• Zhang Yu discovered that the Feather Scroll’s Immortal Foundation Chapter let him draw on Grand Dao Essence and accelerate his progress in seeking the Dao.
• Fu Ji asked Zhang Yu for a raise, and he increased her antique-buying quota tenfold; she then proposed sending controlled Evil Gods out to do business, but Zhang Yu deferred the idea.
• Dugu Ming explained that the sect would first collect newly born books, then target old books within its sphere of influence, using force against unsupported cultivators and transactions for influential owners.
• Dugu Ming gave Zhang Yu a list of people the Immortal Emperor had forbidden him to target, including Tai Yuebai, and offered him additional manpower.
• Zhang Yu requested Yu Xinghan and Magnetic Pole for the book-collection effort and planned to recommend Ye Xingli to lead the Underworld Property Department after Yu Xinghan left.

Zhang Yu recruited Tai Yuebai, Lie Jinghong, and Bu Yingshu to help with the Collection of All Books, while Dugu Ming warned that the project could lead to a major contest between sects. At the project meeting, Zhang Yu kept the existing plan in place, then retrieved four books held by the Heavenly Observation Hall.

• Zhang Yu persuaded Dugu Ming to transfer Tai Yuebai, Lie Jinghong, and Bu Yingshu onto the book collection project, and Dugu Ming warned him that the sects might soon compete to seize one another's books.
• Bu Yingshu, Tai Yuebai, Lie Jinghong, and Le Mulan joined the project meeting, while Liu Qianxian worried that Zhang Yu's powerful connections would take credit for her team's work.
• Zhang Yu reviewed the Kunxu map and book-collection progress, told Liu Qianxian to continue the existing plan, and added people to the assignments without changing the workflow.
• Zhang Yu asked Liu Qianxian about the four books under the team's control, then went with her to the Heavenly Observation Hall treasury and took them into his Grotto-Heaven.

Zhang Yu fused four Lower-Grade Books into the Feather Scroll, gaining new cultivation specializations, a way to build Physical Strength, and the Peerless Dao Bearing Chain Law Diagram. After his Cosmic Dao Orthodoxy progress reached 48%, he traveled with Liu Qianxian to the Immortal Soldier Mansion to collect a newly appeared Middle-Grade Book, where she warned him that its open-source practices could expose his Immortal Dao Technique.

• Zhang Yu tested the four Lower-Grade Books against the clone containing the restrained wills of Immortal Emperors Reincarnation and Ten Thousand Methods, then fused them into the Feather Scroll one by one.
• Zhang Yu gained Palm Technique and Mind Method specialization slots, discovered that the Body Tempering Manual let him accumulate points to raise Physical Strength, and learned that the Cultivation Notes contained the Peerless Dao Bearing Chain Law Diagram.
• Zhang Yu's Cosmic Dao Orthodoxy progress reached 48%, sharpening his perception of spatial structures and giving him a glimpse of the Lower Realm.
• Le Mulan told Zhang Yu that a new Middle-Grade Book had appeared at the Immortal Soldier Mansion, and Liu Qianxian insisted on accompanying him as a diplomatic envoy.
• Liu Qianxian warned Zhang Yu not to use Immortal Soldier Mansion equipment or services, explaining that Lower Cultivators there open-sourced their techniques for High Cultivators and could expose his own technique with a careless interaction.

Zhang Yu and Liu Qianxian entered the Immortal Soldier Mansion as a new book’s selection process began, while Bai Gusheng assessed the competition for the Four Books. The selection drew cultivators into a contest over simulated cultivation methods, but Yuan Sheng invoked a Law Article to make everyone share their information and ordered the sect to recover the book.

• Liu Qianxian warned Zhang Yu that the Immortal Soldier Mansion relied on piracy and that Cultivation Notes was making him unnaturally alluring to her.
• Zhang Yu sensed Feather Scroll react near the place where a new book was expected to appear, while Bai Gusheng observed the crowds and considered the contest a prelude to the next Ascension Selection.
• Advertisements tried to lure cultivators into clicking before the silent New Book Selection began, revealing rules in which participants chose ten cultivation methods and competed for the highest simulated score.
• A Mind-Control Talisman attack targeted cultivators with a supposed high-paying job, but Wan Ci Wang resisted and local cultivators tried to bargain over the chance to participate.
• Yuan Sheng used the Law Article User Open-Source to force Immortal Soldier Mansion cultivators to disclose their information for free, then declared the new book sect property and threatened disobedient cultivators with a hundred-year blacklist.

Zhang Yu, Yuan Sheng, Bai Gusheng, and other cultivators competed in the Immortal Soldier Mansion’s New Book Selection by combining techniques to simulate a security guard’s life. As the contest turned into a race to copy and refine successful combinations, Zhang Yu discovered that the simulator could generate Chain Law Diagrams that did not exist outside it.

• Yuan Sheng introduced himself to Zhang Yu and Liu Qianxian, while both sides privately distrusted and resented one another.
• Zhang Yu entered the Technique Pool and began considering which techniques suited security personnel as cultivators across the sects started their simulations.
• Bao Ping'an’s first combination earned a score of 82 before his simulated guard went bankrupt, and he realized that participants could study one another’s public results.
• Yuan Sheng organized Immortal Soldier Mansion cultivators to test combinations and exploit public records, while Bai Gusheng bought the available techniques and used clones to uncover their Chain Law Diagrams.
• Bai Gusheng identified Spirit Realm Replication as a promising diagram, and the rankings rose as participants iterated on combinations and improved their simulated guards’ lives.
• Zhang Yu noticed that techniques performed better in simulations than his clones’ cultivation suggested, then found that a selected combination could generate a new Chain Law Diagram inside the simulator.

Zhang Yu discovered that the New Book Selection simulator could create Chain Law Diagrams and used his insight to climb the rankings. He won the selection with a technique combination that helped a security guard become an Exam Ancestor Laureate, then received the new book and escaped into the Immortal Grotto-Heaven as Yuan Sheng and Bai Gusheng approached.

• Zhang Yu realized the simulator could generate Chain Law Diagrams, created Security Physique, and took first place with a score of 633.
• Bai Gusheng used Spirit Realm Replication to score 688 points, inferred that the new book created Chain Law Diagrams, and sought more testing opportunities from Yuan Sheng.
• Yuan Sheng asked Bai Gusheng for the Sect Diary in exchange for yielding the new book, while Zhang Yu tried Security Emperor through Liu Qianxian but failed to beat Security Physique.
• Bai Gusheng and Yuan Sheng's cultivators refined their combinations until a record reached a 900-year lifespan, but Zhang Yu claimed first place with 1,000 points by using Exam Ancestor Laureate to become a Sect Affairs Officer.
• Bai Gusheng and Yuan Sheng failed to surpass Zhang Yu before the selection ended, and Zhang Yu took the new book and vanished into the Immortal Grotto-Heaven.