Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu copied [One Qi Swallows the Universe] from Tai Yuebai and used it to generate altered Hidden Immortal Qi, accelerating his study and expansion of Law Articles. On Phase Two, Day 15, Zhang Yu rose to third place as his rapidly growing territory rushed toward the battling Tai Yuebai and Lie Jinghong.

• The judges debated Tai Yuebai's concealed Dao Seed Book, while Fa Liuyuan said the relevant authorities already knew about it.
• Zhang Yu studied the trainees' Law Articles as public distress over their effects strengthened support for his Law Article Validity Period.
• Zhang Yu arranged for Tai Yuebai to absorb magical power from multiple cultivators, then copied [One Qi Swallows the Universe] and discovered it could generate any previously absorbed energy.
• Tai Yuebai's Two-Day Weekend Law Article gained support as Lie Jinghong's Dharma Realm Law Article pursued him, while Di Xuan and Bu Yingshu accelerated their own Law Articles through exams and certifications.
• Zhang Yu used [One Qi Swallows the Universe] to generate altered Hidden Immortal Qi and study other trainees' Law Articles, sending his ranking surging upward.
• On Phase Two, Day 15, Zhang Yu reached third place, and his Law Article territory rushed toward Tai Yuebai and Lie Jinghong.

Zhang Yu, Tai Yuebai, Lie Jinghong, and the other trainees countered one another’s Law Articles as they raced toward the evaluation’s final day. At midnight on July 1, someone launched the first attack against every trainee, beginning the decisive battle.

• Tai Yuebai concluded that Zhang Yu’s Law Articles threatened Kunxu, slowed time across his domain, and prepared to defeat Zhang Yu at the evaluation’s end.
• Lie Jinghong altered the principles of his Law Articles to break free of Zhang Yu’s influence and raced after Zhang Yu and Tai Yuebai.
• Di Xuan and Bu Yingshu rallied trainees and wealthy Material People to promote Law Article Validity Period and support Tai Yuebai’s Two-Day Weekend Law Article.
• Fa Liuyuan observed the coordinated campaign as the judges debated Zhang Yu’s Reversal Technique, and an Orthodox God argued that the final outcome still depended on approval rates.
• At midnight on July 1, someone unleashed Law Article power against every trainee.

On the final day of the assessment, Zhang Yu revealed himself and continued using Calculation Pools to decipher Lie Jinghong’s and Tai Yuebai’s Law-Article Techniques, even as Bu Yingshu and the other students attacked him with their Law Articles. He accepted their interference without resisting, leaving Bu Yingshu wondering whether he was deliberately facing the calamity.

• Yue Qinglan triggered a realm-wide compulsory lifespan inspection, and Zhang Yu revealed himself to the students waiting at the end of the assessment.
• Bu Yingshu confronted Zhang Yu over his deception, then activated Take the exam! to send living beings across the land into examination status.
• The judges noticed Zhang Yu’s assessment grade fall to Grade 9 as he diverted power into Calculation Pools to simulate and crack Lie Jinghong’s and Tai Yuebai’s techniques.
• Bu Yingshu, Cang Jueyan, Yue Qinglan, Kuang Zhiqian, and Di Xuan unleashed their Law Articles, throwing the testing grounds and surrounding land into chaos.
• Zhang Yu kept operating his Refining Void-level Calculation Pools and accepted the other students’ Law Article effects without resisting, prompting Bu Yingshu to question his intentions.

Zhang Yu endured a barrage of Law Article tribulations while Lie Jinghong used the Dharma Realm Obligation to drag the testing ground’s inhabitants into mandatory data registration. Zhang Yu then shattered several oppressive Law Articles, freed the Material People from their effects, and seized Lie Jinghong’s Law Articles as he declared that the era had chosen him.

• Zhang Yu faced the Exam, Human Rights, and Certificate Tribulations, using Immortal Coins to suppress his Artifact Spirits and hold off punishment for using Refining Void power.
• Di Xuan realized Zhang Yu was exploiting the conflict among Law Articles to strengthen his own Thought Tide before confronting Tai Yuebai.
• Lie Jinghong used the surge in Dharma Realm activity to enforce mandatory login and data collection across the testing ground, pulling Zhang Yu and countless others into the Dharma Realm.
• Zhang Yu shattered several Law Articles, including those governing Artifact Spirit Rights, certificate examinations, and Minimum Lifespan, restoring Realm Certificates and lifting burdens on the Material People.
• Zhang Yu seized Lie Jinghong’s Law Articles with One Qi Swallows the Cosmos, blocked his attempts to evade the attack, and said his laws had greater freedom because they were written on the Immortal Emperor’s Blank Legislation Articles.

Zhang Yu defeated Lie Jinghong in the Grand Legislative Ceremony, proving that the Blank Legislation Articles were real and securing first place with a first-grade Law Article. With the other opponents’ Law Articles suppressed, Zhang Yu left Kuang Zhiqian untouched and appeared to be preparing to face Tai Yuebai.

• Lie Jinghong staked his entire fortune in a final attempt to resist Zhang Yu, but Zhang Yu revealed proof of the Immortal Emperor-approved Blank Legislation Articles and shattered and froze Lie Jinghong’s Law Articles.
• Zhang Yu’s name rose to the top of the Rankings, his Law Article grade reached first grade, and the forced logins and data collection ended.
• Zhan Xian and Fu Ji discussed how the Immortal Emperors used their plans in the Lower Realm to recruit talent and control potential risks.
• Bu Yingshu confronted Di Xuan about voluntarily deactivating his Law Articles, and Di Xuan explained that he had urged everyone to withdraw rather than resist Zhang Yu.
• Bu Yingshu noticed that Kuang Zhiqian’s Law Articles remained unharmed, and Zhang Yu glanced at Kuang Zhiqian without attacking him.

Zhang Yu challenged Tai Yuebai’s Two-Day Weekend Law Article, which had surged to the top after Zhang Yu entered a vacation state. He stirred the public’s anger against the remaining oppressive Law Articles and began fighting back for first place, declaring that he would bear the cost of overturning the era’s rules.

• Zhang Yu recognized Kuang Zhiqian as an ally of Reincarnation Immortal Emperor and decided to suppress Lie Jinghong while leaving Kuang Zhiqian until last.
• Zhang Yu completed the suppression of Lie Jinghong’s Law Article, then confronted Tai Yuebai over Two-Day Weekend.
• Tai Yuebai’s Law Article gained the stronger Thought Tide, placed Zhang Yu in a vacation state, and rose to first place in the Rankings.
• Zhang Yu pointed to the suffering left by the Law Article battles and argued that Two-Day Weekend could not repair the world’s collapse.
• Zhang Yu urged the public to reject the remaining oppressive Law Articles, stirring their silent anger and renewing his assault on the top ranking.
• Tai Yuebai warned Zhang Yu that overturning the remaining rules would bring disaster, but Zhang Yu vowed to bear the price and not yield the greatest Law Article of the age.

Zhang Yu turned the Material People’s opposition to debt and conventional Law Articles into a surging Thought Tide, raising Law Article Validity Period above Tai Yuebai’s Two-Day Weekend. As their battle continued, Zhang Yu began freezing conventional Law Articles across the testing ground, and the chapter ended with his power still rising and Tai Yuebai watching in dismay.

• As debt, unemployment, and bankruptcy spread, Material People rallied behind freezing the validity of Law Articles, greatly amplifying Zhang Yu’s Law Article.
• Zhang Yu reclaimed first place on the Rankings, and Law Article Validity Period began taking precedence over Tai Yuebai’s Two-Day Weekend.
• Tai Yuebai adapted his Law-Article Technique and summoned the Four Great Sect Banks to unleash his Immortal Dao Potential as he fought Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu froze several conventional Law Articles, causing Orthodox Gods to withdraw and leaving Material People free from debt enforcement.
• Material People’s reverence drove the Thought Tide to unprecedented heights, while the judges watched Zhang Yu’s ranking continue to flash and Tai Yuebai sighed.

Zhang Yu defeated Tai Yuebai by wagering vast amounts of future computing power, then shattered every Law Article in the testing grounds except his own and was ranked special-class. His bold rise left observers wondering whether the Immortal Emperor would use him to sweep away Law Articles—and whether Zhang Yu’s own path to immortality had been cut off.

• Tai Yuebai resolved to stop Zhang Yu from establishing Law Article Validity Period, while Zhang Yu used the Gambling Law Article to wager increasing years of future computing power.
• Tai Yuebai hesitated to match Zhang Yu’s thousand-year wager, allowing Zhang Yu to seize his Law Article and Kuang Zhiqian’s Gambling Law Article.
• Zhang Yu shattered Tai Yuebai’s and Kuang Zhiqian’s Law Articles, freezing the computing-power debt along with them.
• Zhang Yu continued breaking every Law Article in the testing grounds except Law Article Validity Period, gathering the fragments into a crown and declaring himself the highest Law Article.
• The judges’ Rankings raised Zhang Yu’s Law Article potential to special-class, while observers considered his value to the Immortal Emperor and the possible limits on his future Immortal Path.

After Zhang Yu earned a special-grade evaluation for his Law Article Validity Period, the Sect granted him the unprecedented right to choose an entire Kunxu layer as his pilot area. As the judges and students anticipated the upheaval his choice could bring, Su Xianchen asked which layer Zhang Yu would select.

• Su Xianchen ended the assessment early, restored the testing grounds, and kept Zhang Yu there for protection while the review results arrived.
• The students received their evaluation grades: Lie Jinghong was second grade, Tai Yuebai was first grade, and Zhang Yu received special grade.
• Yue Qinglan, Cang Juehuan, Bu Yingshu, Di Xuan, Kuang Zhiqian, Lie Jinghong, and Tai Yuebai registered their Law Articles and learned their assigned pilot areas.
• Zhang Yu registered his Law Article, received increased benefits and a ten-million-Immortal-Coin bonus, and was granted the choice of any one Sect-controlled layer from Kunxu Layers 1 through 16 as his pilot area.
• The students and judges reacted with alarm to Zhang Yu's unprecedented authority, while Ling Chenji and Dugu Ming argued over its consequences; Su Xianchen asked Zhang Yu to choose a layer.

Zhang Yu faced pressure to choose a Sect Layer for his Law Article pilot site while the Immortal Emperor’s plans and competing factions made every option dangerous. After being warned that his Dao Seed would be monitored and reminded of his computing-power debt, he began preparing a report for the Immortal Emperor as news of his Law Article spread.

• Bu Yuangui considered whether Zhang Yu’s pilot site should be placed on Layer 1 or Layer 2 and wondered why the Immortal Emperor had left the choice to him.
• Fu Ji, Xiang Shen, and Zhang Yu debated the risks of choosing a lower Layer to appease the Immortal Emperor or the 16th Layer and antagonize Sect lawmakers; Su Xianchen gave Zhang Yu a month to decide.
• After the Grand Legislative Ceremony ended, Tai Yuebai concluded that Zhang Yu’s Law Article had disrupted his plans and resolved to advance his realm and pursue Ascension Realm sooner.
• Su Xianchen arranged tests of Zhang Yu’s mutated cultivation technique, and Dugu Ming registered Zhang Yu for monitoring because he possessed the Ultra-High-Risk Dao Seed [One Qi Swallows the Universe].
• Dugu Ming warned Zhang Yu that his debt of one thousand years of computing power would still count outside the testing ground, then avoided advising him on the pilot site.
• Zhang Yu began drafting a report to the Wanfa Immortal Emperor, while announcements about the Third-Generation Law Articles and Law Article Validity Period spread; Old Gao reacted with alarm to Zhang Yu’s new Law Article.

As backlash mounted against Zhang Yu’s Law Article Validity Period, people around him debated the political struggle behind it and its connection to reforms involving the Lower Realm. The chapter ended with Immortal Roujia and Immortal Yixuan deciding to offer Zhang Yu support in name only, while refusing to help him.

• Shi Huaiyu celebrated Zhang Yu’s new Law Article, and Zhao Tianxing delivered Zhang Yu’s instructions before noticing a message from Wang Yin and visiting Feng Tingting’s livestream.
• Feng Tingting defended Zhang Yu against critics, while Yan Qianji, Bei Wufeng, Jin Jun, Ying Xin, and others voiced support for him.
• Old Gao and Magnetic Pole discussed the growing opposition to Zhang Yu’s legislation and noticed that Soul Cultivator pilot programs overlapped with the Law Article pilot sites.
• Yu Xinghan praised Zhang Yu and Tai Yuebai, then Starfire Lord suggested that opening Lower Realm resources could be a bargain to persuade Sect cultivators to surrender legislative authority.
• Immortal Roujia and Immortal Yixuan blamed Zhang Yu and Tai Yuebai’s Law Articles for financial losses and public turmoil, then resolved to support Zhang Yu without actually helping him.

After Zhang Yu’s Law Article Validity Period stirred controversy across the Myriad Laws Sect, Bai Zhenzhen persuaded Bu Yingshu that the reform might help her ascend to immortality. Zhang Yu learned that Bu Yingshu had spoken with Bai Zhenzhen, but his attention remained on the Law Article selection and the Immortal Emperor’s unanswered proposal before an unexpected visitor sought him.

• Lu Hengzhang and Ying Aikun reacted to Zhang Yu’s Law Article Validity Period, while Feng Tingting’s livestream accused anti-reformists of colluding with outside forces before it was shut down.
• Wen Wuya spread news of the reform through the Instant Sword Net, and Bai Zhenzhen worried that the growing controversy was putting Zhang Yu in danger.
• Bu Yingshu confronted Bai Zhenzhen over Zhang Yu’s supposed betrayal, but Bai Zhenzhen claimed the new Law Article could remove shackles on the Immortal Clan and help Bu Yingshu ascend.
• Bu Yingshu secretly met Bai Zhenzhen in the Old Days Graveyard, accepted that Zhang Yu might offer her an opportunity to become immortal, and agreed to keep using him despite doubting Bai Zhenzhen’s story.
• Zhao Tianxing told Bai Zhenzhen that Zhang Yu would return next month; Zhang Yu learned that Bu Yingshu had spoken with her and then received word that an unexpected visitor wanted to see him.

Zhang Yu faced mounting pressure from powerful factions to place his Legal Article Pilot Area in Layer 1, while public attacks and business restrictions targeted him and Old Days Graveyard. After hearing arguments from Fa Liuyuan and Tai Yuebai, he remained troubled by the cost to Layer 1 and the Immortal Emperor’s intentions.

• Starfire Lord told Zhang Yu that cultivators with established Law Articles wanted the pilot area placed in the Lower Realm, preferably Layer 1, and Zhang Yu said he needed time to decide.
• Gu Qingya and other Sect Affairs Officers urged Zhang Yu to choose Layer 1, while Si Shi'an forced Immortal Coin into him to pay one month of his debt interest and offered him a free Calculation Pool membership.
• Zhang Yu left the Testing Grounds and learned from Yu Xinghan that hostile articles were spreading rumors against him and his plans to bring in Lower Realm Cultivators.
• Copyright approval for Magnetic Pole's Dharma Treasure was rejected, puppet sales were suspended, Soul Cultivators faced inspection, and debt collectors publicized Zhang Yu's debt as pressure mounted on Old Days Graveyard.
• Fa Liuyuan said the Reformists could not intervene and advised Zhang Yu to choose Layer 1, explaining that outside Sects were pressuring the Myriad Laws Sect and the Immortal Emperor had to balance competing interests.
• Tai Yuebai warned that helping the Immortal Emperor regulate Law Articles could hasten an apocalypse and urged Zhang Yu to choose Layer 1, but Zhang Yu questioned whether that choice would expose Layer 1 to destructive interference from powerful cultivators.

Tai Yuebai warned Zhang Yu that placing the law-article pilot program in the Sect would endanger his companions, but Shi Yunxiang’s attack pushed Zhang Yu to confront the cost of protecting them. After Bu Yingshu protected him from Ban Jinchen and misunderstood Zhang Yu’s plans, Zhang Yu sought the Giant Corpse’s counsel on the Immortal Emperor’s predicament.

• Tai Yuebai warned Zhang Yu that choosing the Sect for the pilot program would make powerful cultivators target his companions, while choosing Layer 1 would sacrifice his hometown.
• Yu Xinghan told Zhang Yu that Ban Jinchen had badly injured Shi Yunxiang, and Zhang Yu arrived to save him as Ban Jinchen taunted him.
• Zhang Yu attacked Ban Jinchen with Bu Yingshu’s Immortal Shuttle, and Bu Yingshu emerged from it, revealed her Tribulation Crossing breakthrough, and destroyed Ban Jinchen’s clone.
• Bu Yingshu questioned Zhang Yu about the pilot program, mistook his plan to freeze restrictive Law Articles as a bid to help her ascend, and left with the Immortal Shuttle still in his care.
• Zhang Yu visited Kuang Tianqing, Su Lingyou, and the Giant Corpse, who explained that an Immortal Emperor faced all living beings as enemies and the world as a cage.

The Giant Corpse explained how Wanfa Immortal Emperor pursued control over Dao Orthodoxy and why the coming Law Article legislation could reshape the struggle among the Ten Great Sects. Zhang Yu weighed whether to declare support for a sect-level pilot program, then consulted Zhang Pianpian, who identified the 16th Layer as both the most useful and most dangerous place to begin clearing Law Articles.

• The Giant Corpse told Zhang Yu that Wanfa Immortal Emperor had broken free of Heart Aspiring to Immortality before becoming immortal, only to discover that an even deeper desire for growth underlay human existence.
• The Giant Corpse warned that Wanfa Immortal Emperor would pursue the chance to regulate Law Articles, while Kuang Tianqing revealed that Vajra Sect legislator Ye Heng was likely to succeed and urged Zhang Yu to publicly back a sect-level pilot program.
• Kuang Tianqing offered Zhang Yu two more Evil Gods if he declared his position, but the Giant Corpse suspected Zhang Yu had independently severed Heart Aspiring to Immortality's influence and said his value could determine whether Wanfa Immortal Emperor advanced him toward Dao Orthodoxy.
• Zhang Yu stored the six Evil God Black Pearls in his shadow and went to the Taiqing Realm to speak with Zhang Pianpian about where to establish the pilot program.
• Zhang Pianpian outlined Zhang Yu's choices and advised that the 16th Layer held the most veteran Void Refining cultivators and Law Articles likely to need clearing, making it his best opportunity and his greatest danger.

Zhang Yu chose the 16th Layer as the pilot site for his Law Article reforms and publicly declared war on those obstructing them. After securing his companions and winning the Immortal Emperor’s approval, he left the Sect’s factions watching his challenge with hostility.

• After considering intelligence from Zhang Pianpian and the Reincarnation Group, Zhang Yu recognized the influence his choices could have and received word that his subordinates were being doxxed and harassed.
• Yu Xinghan, Zhao Tianxing, and Mo Tianyi affirmed their trust in Zhang Yu, while Zhang Yu rejected Ban Jinchen’s threat and warned him that opposing his Law Articles would carry a price.
• Zhang Yu moved the Lower Realm cultivators into his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, submitted a forceful memorial seeking approval for a 16th Layer pilot site, and received the Immortal Emperor’s permission to proceed.
• Zhang Yu announced that he would freeze the Four-Hour Workday and Paid Overtime Law Articles, then declared on livestream that the pilot site would be on the 16th Layer.
• Zhang Yu denounced the interest groups obstructing reform, while Bu Yingshu worried about his impulsive move and Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an watched his speech in anger.

Zhang Yu’s push to freeze outdated Law Articles sparked a fierce public and political struggle as Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an rallied opponents and Zhang Yu’s allies fought back. His businesses and finances came under pressure until news from Vajra Sect about Legislative Fruit Status shocked Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an.

• Si Shi'an and Ban Jinchen released a video accusing Zhang Yu of seeking control over Law Articles and endangering relations with other sects, and Zhang Yu countered by questioning their loyalties and calling for an investigation into possible outside ties.
• Zhao Tianxing, Lu Hengzhang, and other Soul Cultivators flooded the Spirit Realm and Dharma Realm with support for Zhang Yu, while Magnetic Pole, Old Gao, and Bu Yingshu’s circle also rallied behind him in different ways.
• Cultivators including Dugu Ming and Su Xianchen supported Law Article management, while opponents and Ying Aikun criticized Zhang Yu; Zhang Yu considered the lingering influence of the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan’s Law Articles.
• Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an failed to find damaging information about Zhang Yu and shifted attention to his thousand-year computational-power debt, which Zhang Yu publicly admitted while vowing to continue reforming the legal system.
• Zhang Yu’s businesses and cash flow suffered under boycotts and mounting criticism, forcing him to sell assets as Soul Cultivators left his companies; Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an expected him to give in before the pilot program began.
• News from Vajra Sect about Legislative Fruit Status reached Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an, leaving Ban Jinchen alarmed and Si Shi'an visibly unsettled.

Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an watched the Immortal Emperor’s phased Law Article validity rules and support for Zhang Yu crush their political influence and finances. As they clung to hope, Ban Jinchen went to Shi Yunxiang’s hospital room to seek Zhang Yu and greeted him by shouting “Dad!”

• Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an resolved to resist the Myriad Laws Sect’s reforms after the Vajra Sect announced it would regulate Law Articles, even as public opinion turned against them.
• The Ascension Hall issued phased Law Article validity rules, delaying reviews for later batches and weakening opposition to the Immortal Emperor’s reforms.
• Cultivators who had opposed Zhang Yu deleted their criticism or apologized, while Dugu Ming, Su Xianchen, and Bu Yuangui publicly praised him.
• Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an suffered plunging stocks, shrinking influence, and mounting debts as pressure against their Law Articles intensified.
• Ban Jinchen appeared in Shi Yunxiang’s hospital room, knelt to apologize and offer to cover his medical expenses, then shouted “Dad!” when Zhang Yu’s projection arrived.

Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an begged Zhang Yu for help as the Law Article reforms gained momentum, while Zhang Yu refused their bribes and recruited their intelligence. The Immortal Emperor appointed Zhang Yu director of the Effectiveness Review Department, gave him extensive privileges, and bestowed the title Myriad Laws Divine Sword.

• Ban Jinchen sought Zhang Yu's help to delay the freezing of his Law Article, but he and Si Shi'an exposed one another and offered to assist Zhang Yu against their political rivals.
• Zhang Yu rejected their Immortal Coins and asked Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an to share information about efforts to preserve the Dual-Cultivation Obligation and Reproduction Obligation.
• As public support grew, Zhang Yu received cooperation offers and good news about his business, while Shi Huaiyu profited from short-selling and Ying Xin's clan benefited from new work opportunities for Soul Cultivators.
• Bu Yingshu contacted Zhang Yu about his plans for the 16th Layer, while Kuang Tianqing rewarded him with two Evil God Black Pearls for supporting the Immortal Emperor's reforms.
• Ascension Hall announced the Law-Article Review Committee and appointed Zhang Yu director of its Effectiveness Review Department, granting him substantial benefits and the title Myriad Laws Divine Sword.

Zhang Yu received the Myriad Laws Divine Sword title and the Hundred-Billion Flying Sword as he took up the Effectiveness Review Department post, while factions debated the consequences of his new authority. He tested the sword’s reach by targeting Xiao Yunhe and Di Xuan, who both panicked and contacted him.

• Bu Yuangui explained the Hundred-Billion Flying Sword’s single devastating strike and urged Bu Yingshu to congratulate Zhang Yu, while she privately reflected on their alliance and his potential sacrifice for her immortality.
• Immortal Roujia and Immortal Yixuan viewed Zhang Yu as the Immortal Emperor’s pawn and planned to befriend him, while Tai Yuebai warned that the Immortal Emperors’ legal reforms could bring doom and resolved to pursue Ascension Realm in twenty-one years.
• Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an felt relieved that they had submitted to Zhang Yu, while Magnetic Pole learned of his appointment and Old Gao praised her judgment of him.
• Yu Xinghan congratulated Zhang Yu, who said he might recommend Yu Xinghan for his posts and advised him to focus on cultivation; Yu Xinghan then hesitated to meet Li Xuelian.
• Zhang Yu received the Effectiveness Review Department post, the Myriad Laws Divine Sword title, and the Hundred-Billion Flying Sword, whose perception revealed targets far beyond his own range.
• Zhang Yu targeted Xiao Yunhe and Di Xuan with the sword, prompting both men to panic and message him for reassurance.