Chapter Summaries

Yue Qinglan and Lian Zizi kept Le Mulan isolated to conceal the upgraded effects of her Dao Seed, while Zhang Yu discovered that her ability could extend Soul Cultivators’ lifespans and feared the pharmaceutical company would exploit her. Zhang Yu persuaded Bu Yingshu to investigate Le Mulan’s situation, and another message from Kuang Tianqing arrived.

• Yue Qinglan and Lian Zizi dismissed the risk of Zhang Yu intervening and refused to let Le Mulan contact him, though they asked her to draft a message for possible later use.
• Zhang Yu saw that Le Mulan’s [Deep Cold Magic Vein] had reached level 5 and realized it could extend Soul Cultivators’ lifespans, making her vulnerable to the pharmaceutical company’s greed.
• Zhang Yu decided to leave Bu Yingshu and help Le Mulan, but Bu Yingshu objected until he claimed the company might be targeting her through his people.
• Bu Yingshu agreed to investigate Le Mulan and reminded Zhang Yu that the pharmaceutical companies operated on Myriad Laws Sect land.
• A message from Kuang Tianqing appeared before Zhang Yu after Bu Yingshu left.

Zhang Yu met with Kuang Tianqing and learned that the Reincarnation Group wanted Le Mulan killed, then heard a plan to stage her death during her transfer to a secret laboratory. Zhang Yu pretended to hesitate over harming his old friend and demanded a higher reward, leaving his true intentions unclear.

• Zhang Yu left Bai Zhenzhen to meet Kuang Tianqing after receiving a message about an old friend, while Bai Zhenzhen continued developing her fused sword arts by observing Yu Zi.
• Su Lengyou informed Zhang Yu that he had been promoted to a level 7 Sect Affairs Officer and named a candidate for Heavenly Devil Prince.
• Kuang Tianqing revealed that the Reincarnation Group wanted Le Mulan sent into Reincarnation with nothing left behind, and proposed that Zhang Yu help arrange her death.
• Kuang Tianqing explained that Le Mulan was being transferred to a secret laboratory on the 16th Layer and planned to make her death appear accidental through an Immortal Token Flying Shuttle.
• Zhang Yu asked what would happen if he refused, then claimed he was reluctant to kill Le Mulan because they had risen together and demanded a higher price.

Zhang Yu negotiated with the Reincarnation Group for two Evil Gods and an advance payment, then raced to Life-Balancing Grotto-Heaven to find Le Mulan. When its leaders tried to keep him from seeing her in person, he invoked his authority over legal reform and announced an inspection of the private realm.

• Zhang Yu demanded two Evil Gods and half the reward in advance to take the Reincarnation Group's mission concerning Le Mulan, and Kuang Tianqing confirmed the group had agreed to the Evil Gods.
• Zhang Yu decided to protect Le Mulan rather than send her into Reincarnation, stored the Evil Gods for Fu Ji, and set off for Layer 16 after Bu Yingshu gave him the same address as the Reincarnation Group.
• Zhang Yu arrived at Life-Balancing Grotto-Heaven, where Yue Qinglan told him Le Mulan was busy with confidential research.
• Le Mulan appeared through a projection and claimed she had signed a contract and did not want Zhang Yu to visit again, while Zhang Yu demanded to see her True Clone in person.
• When Yue Qinglan and Lian Zizi blocked Zhang Yu and offered him money, he refused and declared that he would inspect Life-Balancing Grotto-Heaven as the starting point of his Layer 16 Legal Article Pilot Area.

Zhang Yu entered Life-Balancing Grotto-Heaven to inspect it as a possible Legal Article Pilot Area, while Lian Zizi and Yue Qinglan tried to keep him from reaching Le Mulan. When Yi Yaosheng arrived and began clearing the Small Realm, Zhang Yu drew the Hundred-Billion Flying Sword and made every cultivator before him retreat.

• Zhang Yu announced his inspection of Life-Balancing Grotto-Heaven, but Lian Zizi and Yue Qinglan sealed its gate and tried to hide Le Mulan.
• Bu Yingshu broke through the gate, struck Lian Zizi aside, and backed Zhang Yu as he searched the Small Realm.
• Zhang Yu headed toward Le Mulan, but Yi Yaosheng arrived and demanded time to clear away the Small Realm's assets and secrets.
• Zhang Yu refused to wait and drew the Hundred-Billion Flying Sword, causing Yi Yaosheng, Lian Zizi, and the others to step back.

Zhang Yu used the Hundred-Billion Flying Sword to force Yi Yaosheng and the pharmaceutical companies to submit to an inspection, then helped secure Le Mulan’s release with support from four Ascension Cultivators. News of the confrontation spread, and the Giant Corpse explained that Wanfa Immortal Emperor had intervened to keep Le Mulan as leverage in the struggle between Dao Orthodoxies.

• Zhang Yu threatened to strike anyone who obstructed his inspection, and Yi Yaosheng ordered the others to hold their ground before backing down and agreeing to talk.
• Lie Jinghong, Ban Jinchen, and Si Shi'an joined Zhang Yu’s inspection, while Bu Yuangui, Dugu Ming, Su Xianchen, and Fa Liuyuan arrived as reinforcements.
• Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an found irregularities in Le Mulan’s working hours, and a Fourth-Class True God tore up the contract Yi Yaosheng presented to defend her.
• Yi Yaosheng allowed Le Mulan to be brought to Zhang Yu, who took her hand and told her not to be afraid.
• The Giant Corpse told Kuang Tianqing that Wanfa Immortal Emperor had protected Le Mulan to prevent a Dao Struggle from escalating and was likely arranging her transfer.

Zhang Yu rescued Le Mulan, explained how her exceptional [Deep Cold Magic Vein] had drawn her into Dao Struggle, and gave her the [Spirit Transformation Dao Body] after she chose to keep growing stronger. He delivered her to the Heavenly Observation Hall, where the Wanfa Immortal Emperor intended to cultivate and control her, then learned that Feather Scroll had unlocked the ability to nurture a Second Dao Seed.

• Zhang Yu flew Le Mulan through Kunxu in the Blacklight Immortal Shuttle and told her about his rise in the Myriad Laws Sect and legal reform.
• A notice ordered Le Mulan to report to the Heavenly Observation Hall, and Zhang Yu agreed to take her there himself.
• Zhang Yu warned Le Mulan that improving her talent could expose her to greater dangers, but she chose to pursue the Immortal Dao and help him.
• Zhang Yu inserted [Spirit Transformation Dao Body] into Le Mulan's Law Aperture, transforming her constitution and making cultivation easier.
• Zhang Yu escorted Le Mulan to the Heavenly Observation Hall, and Fu Ji awoke and sent power into his sea of consciousness.
• Several days later, Feather Scroll completed its upgrade and revealed Dao Seed Compendium Two, which allowed Zhang Yu to nurture a Second Dao Seed.

Zhang Yu planted the [Constructing Worlds] Dao Seed in Teacher Gao, helped him raise it to level 4, and arranged training and resources to improve his cultivation. After settling his Millennium Computing Power debt and preparing for the Legal Article Pilot Area, Zhang Yu learned that Teacher Gao’s level 5 ability could secretly expand private Grotto-Heavens, but wondered whether the Orthodox Gods would discover it.

• Zhang Yu decided to plant his yearly blank Dao Seed in Teacher Gao, who reluctantly accepted after Zhang Yu explained that he could not use it himself.
• The Dao Seed Orthodoxy formed Teacher Gao’s [Constructing Worlds] Dao Seed, and Zhang Yu copied it after Teacher Gao learned ten Qi Refining Realm Formation Diagrams.
• Zhang Yu raised Teacher Gao’s Dao Seed to level 4, gave him the [Spirit Transformation Dao Body], and told him to study Deity Transformation formations and Spatial Technology.
• Magnetic Pole ordered Teacher Gao to attend remedial classes and use the Spirit Transformation Pool to pursue a chance at a Refining Void Certificate.
• Zhang Yu negotiated a partnership with Jie Lingtong that covered his Millennium Computing Power debt and secured monthly dividends, then trained to prepare for the Legal Article Pilot Area.
• Teacher Gao demonstrated his level 5 [Constructing Worlds] ability, Illegal Space, which could secretly expand private Grotto-Heavens, and Zhang Yu wondered whether the Orthodox Gods would detect it.

Old Gao discovered that High Cultivators were steadily consuming Kunxu’s public space and secretly expanded Zhang Yu’s Immortal Grotto-Heaven. Zhang Yu then learned that his legal-reform work would draw powerful opposition, with Yun Taizhen set to return to the Sect next year.

• Old Gao and Zhang Yu sensed that Central Extreme Heaven’s spatial fluctuations concealed the Ten Great Sects’ ongoing erosion of public space by High Cultivators.
• Old Gao secretly took one cubic centimeter of public space and added it to Zhang Yu’s Immortal Grotto-Heaven, then planned to practice building Illegal Spaces and investigate further.
• Zhang Yu exchanged messages with Le Mulan, who reported that the Heavenly Observation Hall had assigned her no work and was focused on raising her cultivation.
• Su Xianchen reviewed Zhang Yu’s request to transfer Xiao Yurong, Gao Chongguang, and others to his department, then explained the stakes and rewards for the upcoming legal-reform pilot on the 16th Layer.
• Su Xianchen warned Zhang Yu to freeze the Law Articles carefully and said Yun Taizhen would return from the Heaven Demon Sect next year, while the Immortal Emperor offered Zhang Yu the chance to recommend two drafters and possibly receive a volume of Book.

Zhang Yu accepted the Wanfa Immortal Emperor’s assignment to obtain Fa Liuyuan’s Feather Scroll and spent the following months preparing for the task while extending legal reforms across Kunxu’s 16th Layer. By December, his former classmates had joined the Underworld Property Department, and Zhang Yu learned that Xuan Ge had advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Su Xianchen told Zhang Yu that he could earn Fa Liuyuan’s Feather Scroll by carrying out the Immortal Emperor’s task, and Zhang Yu agreed despite the risks of antagonizing the Reformists.
• Zhang Yu upgraded production lines and formations in his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, then ordered Ban Jinchen and Si Shi'an to test an eight-hour workday at a pilot site.
• Bu Yingshu seized Zhang Yu and insisted he spend eight hours accompanying her at work.
• Yu Xinghan recruited Mo Shang Jin, Xiao Qingxuan, Shi Yunxiang, and Gongshu Jin to the Underworld Property Department, while Zhang Yu inspected Cang Juehuan’s Tianwen Intelligent Realm.
• In December, the four new recruits joined the Lower Realm Mutual Aid Group, and Zhang Yu discovered that Xuan Ge had obtained a Nascent Soul Certificate and advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Zhang Yu tested the upgraded [Blazing Sun Magic Vein], discovering that it could push his physical strength beyond its limit at the cost of his lifespan and could also drain another person’s lifespan. During an inspection of the Myriad Gold Mystic Realm, he sensed an Ancestor Corpse hidden at its center, while Bai Zhenzhen was recruited as the face of an investment venture and the Dual Cultivation Support Section received an order to investigate the Underworld Property Department.

• Xiao Qingxuan, Shi Yunxiang, Mo Shang Jin, and Gongshu Jin celebrated entering the Sect in the Lower Realm Mutual Aid Group, while Tian Shenggong and Yu Xinghan reflected on Zhang Yu’s influence and Xuan Ge’s Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Zhang Yu tested the level 4 [Blazing Sun Magic Vein], reaching level 63.1 physical strength by burning through his lifespan, and discovered its effects on Dharma Treasures and other people.
• Zhang Yu found that operating the [Deep Cold Magic Vein] could offset the lifespan consumed by the [Blazing Sun Magic Vein], and Zhan Xian warned him to keep the upgraded ability concealed from others.
• Zhang Yu inspected Kuang Zhiqian’s Myriad Gold Mystic Realm and sensed an Ancestor Corpse hidden among its central Calculation Pools, but could not investigate it yet.
• The Mysterious Person told Bai Zhenzhen that the Heaven Sword Sect planned to build her into a Lower Realm sword goddess to attract investment, and Bai Zhenzhen resolved to make the promotional claims true.
• At the end of December, the Dual Cultivation Support Section received an order to investigate the Underworld Property Department, and its Tribulation Crossing leader vowed to act despite the department’s powerful connections.

Zhang Yu faced a surprise inspection of the Underworld Property Department on the eve of his legal reform pilot, as Zhu Yan tried to use the Dual-Cultivation Obligation to detain him and his staff. Yu Xinghan and others volunteered to shoulder the investigation, but Le Mulan, Bai Zhenzhen, and Bu Yingshu appeared with claims that they had fulfilled Zhang Yu’s obligations, leaving Zhu Yan stunned.

• Zhao Tianxing told Zhang Yu that Zhu Yan and the Dual Cultivation Support Section had launched a surprise inspection of the Underworld Property Department.
• Zhu Yan used a new tester and his Tribulation Crossing power to try to detain the department’s cultivators, including Yu Xinghan, until Zhang Yu intervened.
• Zhu Yan threatened to take Zhang Yu in unless he cooperated, while Zhang Yu weighed the danger of resisting and undermining the coming legal reform.
• Yu Xinghan, Shi Yunxiang, Mo Shang Jin, Gongshu Jin, and Tu Lishan offered to take responsibility for the department’s Dual-Cultivation Obligations, while others supported them with money.
• Le Mulan claimed she had fulfilled the obligations with Zhang Yu, and Bai Zhenzhen said they had completed the next ten years’ quota; Bu Yingshu then offered to show her records with Zhang Yu.

Zhu Yan’s attempt to investigate Zhang Yu’s conduct stalled as cultivators from several Sects claimed to have cultivated with him, and Zhang Yu pretended that Bu Yingshu had spent the longest time with him. Zhu Yan left promising to continue the investigation, while Bu Yingshu then demanded Zhang Yu’s Yang Artifact so she could claim to occupy it every day.

• Le Mulan, Bai Zhenzhen, and Bu Yingshu each claimed a connection to Zhang Yu, startling Zhu Yan and the Underworld Property Department.
• Bu Yingshu challenged Zhang Yu to say which of the three had cultivated with him longest, and Zhang Yu named her to appease her and the crowd.
• Zhu Yan used debt transfer to cover the fines, then investigated Bai Zhenzhen and watched her demonstrate a cycle of mutually generating sword arts.
• Cultivators from outside and inside Sects sent messages claiming to have cultivated with Zhang Yu, and Magnetic Pole and Old Gao testified to his supposed lifelong devotion to Dual Cultivation.
• Zhu Yan abandoned his immediate attempt to take Zhang Yu away but vowed to continue investigating, while Zhang Yu prepared for the coming legal reform struggle.
• Bu Yingshu demanded Zhang Yu’s Yang Artifact and said she would claim to occupy it every day, prompting Fu Ji to warn that she intended to control him.

Zhang Yu refused Bu Yingshu’s offer to take his Yang Artifact, while those around him misread his words as devotion to her and his reputation as a social master spread. On January 1, his Law Article Validity Period took effect in Si Shi’an’s Four Seasons Small Realm, and the cultivators celebrated the new freedom to work overtime.

• Bu Yingshu offered to hide Zhang Yu’s Yang Artifact and pay his fine, but Zhang Yu refused and told her to focus on her own path to immortality.
• Le Mulan invited Zhang Yu to cultivate with her at the Heavenly Observation Hall, while Bai Zhenzhen heard rumors of his relationships and resolved to surpass her rivals through sword cultivation.
• The Dual Cultivation Support Section’s inspection sparked widespread rumors, and the Heavenly Mechanism Child told Zhu Yan to continue the plan for Immortal Venerable Tai Zhen.
• Zhang Yu reviewed his rising cultivation, production capacity, fame, and income before preparing to activate the new law.
• On January 1, Zhang Yu established the True Law-Article Domain in Si Shi’an’s Four Seasons Small Realm, where cultivators celebrated the end of the Four-Hour Workday and Paid Overtime restrictions.

Zhang Yu used the popularity of Four-Hour Workday and Paid Overtime to rapidly expand Law Article Validity Period, while She Yuzun and Zhu Yan plotted to obstruct him. Zhang Yu prepared to expand into four allies’ Small Realms, but Tai Yuebai refused to cooperate, and Zhao Tianxing encountered his former teacher Wang Hai in the Sect.

• Zhang Yu announced that he would freeze Four-Hour Workday and Paid Overtime first, using their unpopularity to boost support and Thought-Tide Amplification for Law Article Validity Period.
• Over two weeks, Zhang Yu’s True Law-Article Domain spread across much of a Small Realm and entered the Refining Void Law Article Rankings at rank 543.
• She Yuzun and Zhu Yan discussed exploiting problems caused by the law freeze and sought to manipulate a Kun Service pairing to hinder Zhang Yu.
• Zhang Yu asked Ban Jinchen, Lie Jinghong, Kuang Zhiqian, and Bu Yingshu to help expand his law article into their Small Realms, while Tai Yuebai’s refusal left his realm off the plan for now.
• While investigating an impersonation case, Zhao Tianxing recognized the Soul Cultivator before him as his former teacher, Wang Hai.

Zhang Yu learned that people from the Lower Realm, including his former teachers and classmates, had entered the Sect, while his reforms to working-hour laws faced rising opposition. She Yuzun exploited the backlash to undermine Zhang Yu’s expanding domain, and the chapter ended as he prepared his next move.

• Wang Hai told Zhao Tianxing that Layer 1 had created a Death Tournament to regulate the rush of people dying their way into the Sect, and that Wang Hai had entered as special talent because he had taught Zhang Yu.
• Zhao Tianxing told Zhang Yu that Wang Hai and several of Zhang Yu’s former teachers, classmates, and acquaintances had entered the Sect; Zhang Yu ordered that they be gathered, given work, and monitored.
• As Zhang Yu expanded his Law Articles, supporters and opponents argued over whether the changes forced capable cultivators into longer workdays, while She Yuzun watched companies steadily increase workloads and hours.
• She Yuzun used snake-demon temp workers and indebted Soul Cultivators to spread a video of a 24-hour workday, prompting Tribulation Crossing cultivators to criticize Zhang Yu’s reforms and warn of a Jobless Tide.
• Several companies announced mass layoffs, and reports about Lower Realm Soul Cultivators entering the Sect fueled criticism of Zhang Yu; She Yuzun decided to unleash his next move.

She Yuzun intensified resistance to Zhang Yu’s Law-Article Freeze, setting off escalating conflict between employees and enterprises across the Myriad Laws Sect. Zhang Yu rejected calls to crush the workers and chose to negotiate for them, but he ended the chapter preparing to revive and deport Wang Hai and the others to clear accusations against his reform.

• She Yuzun awakened hidden serpent souls and used a cross-Sect Demon Descendant network to fuel resistance to the 24-Hour Workday and Zhang Yu’s reforms.
• Employees and companies escalated their struggle through work slowdowns, substitute labor, surveillance, layoffs, and tax-audit reports, spreading unrest and losses across the Sect.
• Zhang Yu’s advisers argued over whether to side with enterprises or employees, and Zhang Yu said he would negotiate with companies on the employees’ behalf in exchange for their support of the Law Articles.
• Zhan Xian urged Zhang Yu to settle the accusations involving Wang Hai and the others, and Zhang Yu ordered preparations to revive them at his own expense during a livestream and deport them from the Sect.

Zhang Yu revived and deported the Lower Realm Soul Cultivators who had entered the Sect, while giving Wang Hai and Lei Jun extra lifespan and secretly rewarding Ping Han. He then announced efforts to limit working hours, but several powerful company and charity representatives resisted his invitation to negotiate.

• Zhang Yu apologized for failures in distinguishing Upper and Lower Realm Soul Cultivators, then revived them and sent them back to their original layers.
• Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling begged to remain in the Sect but were deported after revival, while Wang Hai and Lei Jun discovered that Zhang Yu had extended their lifespans.
• Ping Han praised the Sect and admitted his wrongdoing, so Zhang Yu secretly arranged for him to receive a Deity Transformation-level Yang Artifact.
• Zhang Yu announced plans to negotiate with companies over excessive overtime and proposed stricter origin checks for Soul Cultivators.
• Wan Wuyi refused to attend Zhang Yu's meeting, and Wang Guanyao rejected Lie Jinghong's invitation while defending round-the-clock work for the Immortal Emperor.
• Bu Aixian suspected Zhang Yu wanted to seize charitable donations intended for the Immortal Emperor and dismissed Bu Yingshu's explanation that he sought to limit working hours.

Zhang Yu forced companies to confront working-hour limits by shrinking his True Law-Article Domain, restarting overtime rules and triggering widespread work stoppages. Company leaders descended to resist his demands, and Bu Aixian used her Immortal Clan Detention Law Article to silence Bu Yingshu as the confrontation escalated.

• Bu Aixian ordered Bu Yingshu to warn Zhang Yu against targeting the Immortal Emperor, while Bu Yingshu secretly resented her aunt and messaged Bu Yuangui about the dispute.
• After companies refused Zhang Yu's meeting invitation, Zhang Yu shrank his True Law-Article Domain, restoring the Four-Hour Workday and Paid Overtime across affected regions and bringing businesses to a halt.
• Wan Wuyi paid employees' overtime fees under pressure from higher-ups, then joined other company leaders in a group chat and hurried to confront Zhang Yu.
• At the meeting, Zhang Yu proposed daily work caps of eight to twelve hours, but Wan Wuyi and Wang Guanyao rejected them; Wan Wuyi's gambling gift and Wang Guanyao's offer of Dual Cultivation failed to change Zhang Yu's position.
• Wan Wuyi moved office buildings into Zhang Yu's Small Realm and activated Gambling Advertisement Law, Wang Guanyao brought in her data center and activated Dharma Realm Information Sharing, and Bu Aixian tried to take Zhang Yu away.
• Bu Yingshu stepped in to oppose her aunt, but Bu Aixian activated Immortal Clan Detention and silenced her as the confrontation continued.

Zhang Yu used Tai Yuebai’s Two-Day Weekend Law Article and an approved Ultra-High-Risk Dao Seed to turn his clash with Wan Wuyi, Wang Guanyao, and Bu Aixian into a sprawling battle over working hours and corporate profits. As his Law-Article Domain expanded and crippled their companies, the three began to waver, while Wang Guanyao feared she was being left to bear the blame.

• Zhang Yu transported the Inner-Wall Grotto-Heaven and the three companies into Tai Yuebai’s pilot area, where the Two-Day Weekend Law Article halted their operations.
• Wang Guanyao moved her data center out, but Zhang Yu’s shifting Law-Article Domain repeatedly disrupted it, while Wan Wuyi chose to stay rather than pay overtime.
• Zhang Yu used rotating clones to maintain his Overlimit state against Bu Aixian, then received approval to unleash the Ultra-High-Risk Dao Seed [One Qi Swallows the Universe].
• Zhang Yu expanded his True Law-Article Domain across the companies, disrupting their operations and dragging down their stock prices as Bu Aixian and the others tried to fight back and spread counterpropaganda.
• Wan Wuyi proposed talks as his companies’ overtime costs mounted, but Zhang Yu insisted the working-hours reform had to proceed; Wang Guanyao remained unable to learn how long his Dao Seed was approved for and feared she would be made to take the blame.

Zhang Yu forced Bu Aixian’s group to negotiate an upper limit on working hours after a battle that spread across the realms, and public opinion swung in his favor. As his Law Article Validity Period rose in the rankings, news arrived that the Heavenly Demon Immortal Emperor was going to visit the Myriad Laws Sect.

• Wan Wuyi lost his will to fight, and Wang Guanyao withdrew by leaving a Deity Transformation subordinate to face the other cultivators.
• Bu Yingshu persuaded Bu Aixian to negotiate with Zhang Yu, and both sides agreed to halt the battle and discuss limits on working hours.
• She Yuzun feared Zhang Yu’s growing influence, learned that Immortal Venerable Tai Zhen was returning, and urged Zhu Yan to advance the Kun Service match selection.
• Zhang Yu and Tai Yuebai argued over whether to act against the Immortal Emperor’s control of the sect’s Law Articles, while Zhang Pianpian told Zhang Yu that an outside-sect team had intervened in the battle.
• After the negotiations set an upper limit on working hours, Lower Cultivators praised Zhang Yu and called for him to reform their companies, while his Law Article Validity Period climbed to 99th place.
• Zhang Yu learned that Tai Zhen had returned to the sect and that the Heavenly Demon Immortal Emperor was going to visit the Myriad Laws Sect.