Arc 15The Zergling’s Rise

Zhang Yang fused a True Realm Fragment with the Liaozhai world, then entered its projection and took over a Zerg Village Building Order. After escaping the Plague Serpent’s territory, he developed his Zerg forces and ended the stretch with a stockpile of resources and a plan to hunt spiritual entities rather than anomalies.

  • Zhang Yang cultivated True Realm Seeds, fused a mature fruit with the Liaozhai world, and sold control shares to stop a forced takeover of the new fragment.
  • Zhang Yang populated and reshaped the fragment, then entered its story projection as Wang Ergou and spent fifteen years sealed in his infant body.
  • Zhang Yang repaired Wang Ergou’s meridians, became Qingfengzi’s disciple Yun Yangzi, and faced the Iron Thread Mother Worm as it hatched.
  • Zhang Yang awakened inside an Iron Thread Mother Worm egg, took over the Miniature Zerg Village Building Order, and chose a Zergling body.
  • Zhang Yang built his Zerg force by hunting Plague Serpent followers, upgrading his gene authority, and defeating a Plague Serpent Monk in the ruins.
  • Zhang Yang’s Zerg army attacked Huijian’s temple, but the Plague Serpent overwhelmed it until Zhang Yang captured its second clone with Anchors of Death and returned to the Ashen Graveyard.
  • Zhang Yang fled the Plague Serpent’s territory, upgraded his Zerg base, and used a Thunderbolt Broodmother to hunt spiritual entities and destroy a Post Station Anomaly.
  • Zhang Yang studied the Blood Jade’s effects, avoided further anomalies, and spent a month hunting allied forces until he had accumulated a large reserve of crystals and Spiritual Qi Orbs.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351True Realm Fruit

Zhang Yang spent 4,500 units of Cosmic Law to plant dormant seeds from the fallen Liaozhai True Realm, unlocking a main quest for his Immortal Cultivation Village Building Order. He learned that cultivating True Realm Fruits could restore worlds, but the process demanded enormous numbers of seeds and rare resources.

  • Zhang Yang reviewed his dwindling Cosmic Law balance and decided to focus on building wealth without further diluting control of his Village Building Order.
  • Zhang Yang placed the Star of Hope on the land and released the Liaozhai World's civilization seeds into Guobei County and Liangshan County.
  • Zhang Yang spent 4,500 units of Cosmic Law to let the seeds enter dormancy, which could last at most 100 years, and learned he would also need an Ash Boat to save the world from the Ashen Graveyard.
  • Zhang Yang checked his Fate Village Building Order and discovered a main quest to activate 10 million True Realm Seeds, make 10,000 sprout, and mature 100 within 100 years.
  • Zhang Yang learned that mature seeds could yield True Realm Fruits capable of strengthening worlds, but cultivating a qualified fruit could consume 1,000 others and required rare fragments or Cosmic Law.

Ch. 352Basic Infrastructure

Zhang Yang planned to expand his base and connect its spiritual-energy network so more Data Liaozhai Tinder seeds could survive. After relocating Guobei and Liangshan County’s residents, he discovered twelve mutated True Realm Seeds growing wildly around Nie Xiaoqian's Well and chose to observe them while farming normal seeds.

  • Zhang Yang decided to prioritize quietly building up his base and ordered a second ring road, ten county cities, Dongting Lake, a river, and raised terrain.
  • Zhang Yang led his disciples in relocating the residents of Guobei and Liangshan Counties and establishing New Guobei County and New Liangshan County.
  • Zhang Yang returned to the empty Guobei County and found twelve strange plants growing around the site of Nie Xiaoqian's Well.
  • Zhang Yang used the Village Building Order to identify the plants as mutated True Realm Seeds and chose to investigate by waiting and watching.
  • Zhang Yang monitored the mutated seeds and began cultivating one hundred normal True Realm Seeds in Liangshan County.

Ch. 353Sacred

Zhang Yang tended his True Realm saplings and discovered that one had unlocked the Sacred trait, making it a powerful asset he planned to cultivate. When a sword formation briefly flared near Guobei County, he welcomed the arrival of the Plague Serpent Ancient Virus.

  • Zhang Yang watered and loosened the soil around his True Realm saplings, carefully resisting the urge to eat their tender sprouts.
  • Zhang Yang found that the fifty-third sapling had grown a second leaf bud and discovered it had become a Tier 2 True Realm Sprout with the Sacred trait.
  • Zhang Yang decided to cultivate the Sacred sapling with Destiny, Time, and Space Fragments, then guarded all the saplings as he rested nearby.
  • Zhang Yang noticed Heavenly Sword Clan disciples on patrol near Guobei County and saw their sword formation flare before quickly dimming.
  • Zhang Yang greeted the uninvited guests, identifying them as either hyenas or the Plague Serpent Ancient Virus.

Ch. 354The Five Great Sword Intents

Zhang Yang prepared the Heavenly Sword Clan to investigate and contain the virus-infested Guobei County, now called Doggy Paradise. He Yimou’s squad fought through the Demon Lair with the Five Great Sword Intents, but a supernatural illusion nearly trapped them before Table carried them to safety.

  • Zhang Yang activated the sword arrays, ordered He Yimou and four disciples to investigate the Demon Lair, and assigned other squads to stand by.
  • He Yimou, Song Ye, Cheng Sifang, Jiang Dao, and Zhu Ti entered Guobei County and used the Five Great Sword Intents to clear a path through its poisonous growths.
  • Zhu Ti led the advance with his Mountain-Moving Sword Art while the squad fought through the transformed county and killed two Snake Monks.
  • A woman's laughter restored Guobei County to an illusion of its former appearance, and the city transformed into a bloody maw that caught the squad off guard.
  • Table appeared and carried the five disciples out of the Demon Lair, escaping the maw before it retreated.

Ch. 355Immortal-tier Anomaly

After the disciples were bewitched by an anomaly, Zhang Yang strengthened their spiritual and demonic cultivation while guarding Doggy Paradise. The table emerged as the Immortal-tier Anomaly Mu Yizhuo, and Zhang Yang sent his disciples to attack the Demon Lair, hoping to lure the Plague Serpent’s remaining true body.

  • Zhang Yang ordered He Yimou’s team and Jiang Rong’s team to cultivate Spirit Domains, and assigned teams to train in both sword and spirit or sword and demon cultivation.
  • Zhang Yang taught the disciples a demonic-language Immobilization Technique while the Demon-Slaying Sword Formation suppressed the Ancient Demonic Virus.
  • After three months, the disciples had made progress, but Zhang Yang refused to let them attack the Demon Lair until the table finished its seclusion.
  • The table emerged as an Immortal-tier Anomaly, asked Zhang Yang for a name, and became Mu Yizhuo, the Heaven Sword Clan’s sixth-seat disciple.
  • Zhang Yang sent Jiang Rong’s, Zhao Baiyi’s, and He Yimou’s teams to sweep the Demon Lair while Wu County’s team controlled the formation and Mu Yizhuo oversaw it.

Ch. 356Borrow a Hen to Lay Eggs

Zhang Yang used a trap in Guobei County to lure the Plague Serpent’s followers into attacking, letting his disciples harvest Cosmic Law and a fragment of the Primeval Village Building Order. He rejected the other shareholders’ proposal to destroy the invasion passage and secured enough resources to nurture a sacred True Realm Fruit.

  • Zhang Yang prepared Sword Valley’s defenses and reviewed his plan to draw the Plague Serpent’s followers into his trap, despite the curse spreading across his arm.
  • Jiang Rong and the other disciples began killing Plague Serpent followers, earning Zhang Yang Cosmic Law through the Village Building Order’s collection mode.
  • Mu Yizhuo led the disciples to kill Black Mountain Old Demon and Ning Caichen, while Wu Jun led them in destroying thousands of clones of Mu.
  • Mu Yizhuo and the disciples killed Nie Xiaoqian, earning 1,200 units of Cosmic Law and a fragment of the Primeval Village Building Order.
  • After the Fate Village Building Order proposed destroying the invasion passage, Zhang Yang rejected the proposal and accepted the accumulated rewards.

Ch. 357True Realm Fragments

Zhang Yang sealed Nie Xiaoqian's Well under Wu County's guard while preparing for the disciple's future tribulation, then spent three years strengthening the Heavenly Sword Clan and cultivating True Realm Seeds. He fused a mature Wild True Realm Fruit with the Liaozhai Age of Dharma Decline World to create a True Realm Fragment, survived its formation, and fended off a forced takeover by surrendering part of his control.

  • Zhang Yang planted twenty-four True Realm Seeds around Nie Xiaoqian's Well, ordered Wu County to guard the seal, and marked him as the first to face tribulation.
  • Over three years, Zhang Yang used Cosmic Law to help Zhao Baiyi, Jiang Rong, Li Guokui, and He Yimou reach the Nascent Soul Stage, while other disciples advanced in cultivation.
  • Zhang Yang completed the third mainline stage of the Immortal Cultivation Village Building Task and prepared to fuse a mature Wild True Realm Fruit with the Liaozhai Age of Dharma Decline World.
  • Zhang Yang bound himself to the fruit with his vital blood and consciousness, and its fusion created a recognized True Realm Fragment as tribulation lightning crushed him.
  • Zhang Yang revived through his bond with the fragment and sold five percent of its master control to Destiny Shareholder and six percent to Death Shareholder to repel an unknown forced takeover, leaving himself with sixty-nine percent control.

Ch. 358The Post-Agricultural Era

Zhang Yang used the True Realm fragment’s new management interface to establish its independent assets and choose a civilization path. He left the story poised for a mystical-immortal cultivation hybrid world, with mystical power likely to dominate its development.

  • After waiting three days without another capital injection, Zhang Yang reviewed the fragment’s data and chose active editing mode, paying 1,000 units of Cosmic Law for an attribute panel.
  • Zhang Yang transferred 2,000 units of Cosmic Law and about 120,000 people from the Village Building Order’s main body into the fragment, accumulating a population debt while leaving the True Realm Seeds untouched.
  • He also moved the Heavenly Sword Clan, Sword Valley, Guobei County, Nie Xiaoqian's Well, Wu County, and other assets into the fragment.
  • Zhang Yang examined the available civilization types and selected the mystical-immortal cultivation hybrid, despite its lower compatibility than the mystical side alone.

Ch. 359The Story Within the Story

Zhang Yang created a city and a legend around an ancient well to develop his fragment of the True Realm and lure the Plague Serpent. When a woman became infected and slaughtered swept the city, Zhang Yang staged the arrival of Wu County, the tribulation-bearer, to keep the story going.

  • Zhang Yang spent five hundred units of Cosmic Law to create an ancient well, a city, and a legend about a swordsman sealing a demon inside it.
  • Zhang Yang left the city after planting the story, which the fragment of the True Realm acknowledged and could project into the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
  • A young woman who drew water near the well began hearing whispers, dreaming of a misty sea, and developing snake scales and a craving for blood.
  • Blood-red light rose from the courtyards around the well, and more than a hundred corpses were found with their throats bitten through and their blood drained.
  • Zhang Yang watched as a fifth-generation Heavenly Sword Clan disciple investigated the demonic aura and Wu County appeared to slay the mutated woman.

Ch. 360Li Dudu City

Zhang Yang used Wang Ergou’s life in Lidu City to lure the Plague Serpent’s power, record a story projection, and launch an attack. After the projection was imprinted, he reverse-transmigrated a wisp of his soul into Wang Ergou, only to find the servant was still an infant and seal himself for fifteen years.

  • Zhang Yang lived as the inn servant Wang Ergou and witnessed a guest’s corpse trigger an evil invasion that spread through Lidu City.
  • After Wang Ergou died on the fourth day, Zhang Yang ordered the Heavenly Sword Clan to attack the Plague Serpent’s power and record Lidu City’s calamity as a story projection.
  • Zhang Yang appointed new leaders and roles for the Heavenly Sword Clan before entering seclusion.
  • Three months later, Zhang Yang sent a wisp of his soul through the imprinted projection into Wang Ergou’s body at the Yuelai Inn.
  • Zhang Yang discovered Wang Ergou was still an infant, sealed himself to avoid destroying the body, and remained sealed for fifteen years.

Ch. 361Crooked-Neck Tree

Zhang Yang fought an Iron-backed Grey-beaked Goose, ate three spiritual fruits, and traveled toward Wang Ergou’s village through a dangerous wilderness. He destroyed a Bound Spirit’s Crooked-Neck Tree and claimed the spiritual energy left in its ashes.

  • Zhang Yang killed the Iron-backed Grey-beaked Goose and ate its meat along with three scarlet fruits that contained Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
  • After studying Wang Ergou’s memories, Zhang Yang learned that the boy had sought to become a Cultivator Apprentice and set out toward his village.
  • Zhang Yang encountered a Bound Spirit that repeatedly asked whether he had seen its Qing Shan, then charged through its domain with blood-soaked wooden spears.
  • Zhang Yang escaped the Bound Spirit’s domain and spotted the withered Crooked-Neck Tree that anchored it.
  • Zhang Yang cast a Fireball Spell that burned the Crooked-Neck Tree to ash, then found a gray-white bead containing a wisp of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Ch. 362Hand Taiyin

Zhang Yang entered Li Village and discovered its people were starving and sick despite the village’s cultivation protections. After using Spiritual Qi to repair three damaged acupoints in Wang Ergou’s Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, he woke to find his breathing greatly improved, though he still could not cultivate.

  • Village patrolmen tested Zhang Yang with incense ash mixed into red water, then let him enter Li Village.
  • Zhang Yang reached Wang Ergou’s home, met Xiao Cui and his sick grandfather, and cooked meat porridge from the goose he had brought back.
  • Zhang Yang concluded that Wang Ergou’s body was severely mutated and that repairing it had to come before cultivation.
  • Zhang Yang chose the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian as his first repair target and used sewing needles and a unit of Spiritual Qi to mend three acupoints.
  • Zhang Yang woke at midnight with easier breathing and learned that the three most damaged acupoints had been repaired, though he still could not practice a cultivation technique.

Ch. 363Alas, a Stray Dog

Zhang Yang rejected his brother-in-law’s offer to join the patrol and volunteered to become a Cultivator Apprentice, hoping to repair his mutated meridians. During the selection, he secretly sealed and repaired three acupoints in the Hand Taiyin Heart Meridian, surviving the spirit liquid and proving he could withstand a small amount of spiritual energy.

  • Zhang Yang’s brother-in-law urged him to join the patrol team, but Zhang Yang insisted on trying to become a Cultivator Apprentice.
  • Zhang Yang went to the village’s selection and joined the refugee youths entering the Foundation Establishment cultivator’s house.
  • When the spirit liquid began overwhelming the boys, Zhang Yang pulled them away, sealed three acupoints with sewing needles, and drank several jin of spirit liquid.
  • Zhang Yang endured the spiritual energy’s damage and repaired the three acupoints in the Hand Taiyin Heart Meridian.
  • Zhang Yang removed the needles and stopped before repairing more meridians, concealing his soul’s reverse transmigration.

Ch. 364Soul Nurturing Talisman

After surviving the failed examination, Zhang Yang joined Qingfengzi’s sect as Yun Yangzi and learned that the Great Tribulation of Heavenly Dao was steadily weakening cultivators. While tending the Daoist Academy’s ancient well, he recognized it as a projection of Nie Xiaoqian’s Well and began studying a Soul Nurturing Talisman to strengthen his body’s soul.

  • Zhang Yang was the sole survivor among twenty-one refugee youths, and Qingfengzi accepted him as a direct disciple named Yun Yangzi.
  • Qingfengzi explained that the Great Tribulation of Heavenly Dao had eroded his cultivation and gave Zhang Yang the Lesser Wind Dao Scripture and talisman techniques.
  • Yun Chuzi assigned Zhang Yang to draw water from the ancient well and operate the Clear Water Spirit Array.
  • Zhang Yang recognized the well as the Nie Xiaoqian’s Well projected into Lidu City and wondered whether the world was a projection of the Immortal Cultivation True Realm.
  • Zhang Yang completed his chores and began studying the Soul Nurturing Talisman to strengthen the soul of his body, Wang Ergou.

Ch. 365Iron Thread Mother Worm

Zhang Yang cultivated the first layer of the Soul Nurturing Talisman and studied the Lesser Wind Dao Scripture before a monster threatened Li Village. He and Yun Chuzi reached the northern wall, where Yun Chuzi identified the approaching creature as an Iron Thread Mother Worm.

  • Zhang Yang used a crimson potion and spiritual energy to cultivate the first layer of the Soul Nurturing Talisman, which clarified and nourished his mind.
  • Zhang Yang read the Lesser Wind Dao Scripture, chose its most basic cultivation technique, and brought flatbreads home for his grandfather.
  • The next morning, Zhang Yang drank spiritual liquid to address renewed mutations in his acupoints and collected his black blood for study.
  • Yun Yuzi reported that a monster was approaching Li Village, and Yun Chuzi took Zhang Yang to the northern wall while Qingfengzi remained in seclusion.
  • Zhang Yang and Yun Chuzi saw a huge white mushroom-shaped monster approaching the village, and Yun Chuzi identified it as an Iron Thread Mother Worm carrying eighty thousand insect eggs.

Ch. 366Hatching

Zhang Yang learned that the Iron Thread Mother Worm could be weakened by forcing it to give birth prematurely, but the untested poison required someone to approach the monster. He took the medicine packets and tried using Ancient Demonic Language on it, only to trigger an unexpected hatching.

  • Yun Chuzi explained that the Iron Thread Mother Worm laid eighty thousand dangerous eggs and that an untested potion might induce premature birth.
  • Yun Chuzi hinted that Qingfengzi and his disciples might abandon Li Village, while Zhang Yang decided he needed to preserve their support.
  • Zhang Yang took all five medicine packets and approached the Iron Thread Mother Worm alone.
  • Zhang Yang used the Soul Nurturing Talisman to release his soul briefly and began speaking the Ancient Demonic Language: Frighten.
  • The Iron Thread Mother Worm's shell began glowing in response, and it hatched ahead of schedule.

Ch. 367Infinite Zerg

After Zhang Yang’s soul entered an unhatched Iron Thread Worm, he used the Soul Nourishing Talisman to resist hatching and eventually escaped his eggshell. He acquired authority over a Miniature Zerg Village Building Order and chose a Zergling body as his next form.

  • Zhang Yang realized he had awakened inside an unhatched Iron Thread Worm and resisted its hunger to avoid hatching into a creature with a three-hour lifespan.
  • Zhang Yang cultivated the Soul Nourishing Talisman to its third layer and sent his soul threads through the eggshell toward a faint light.
  • The Miniature Zerg Village Building Order transferred its authority and village-building module to Zhang Yang after its village chief died.
  • Zhang Yang examined the available Zerg templates, rejected the Iron Thread Mother Worm and Gordian Flying Worm, and chose the burrowing Zerglings.

Ch. 368Sitting Back and Reaping the Benefits

Zhang Yang used his new Zergling body to improve its lifespan and attributes, then returned to the ruins of Li Village and killed a level 15 Plague Serpent Maiden. After discovering that the Zergling was immune to the curse carried by Plague information, he decided to develop the Infinite Zerg Village Building Order as a way to investigate and eventually confront the Plague Serpent.

  • Zhang Yang examined his Zergling body and salvaged Blue, Green, and Red Crystals from the Iron Thread Mother Worm's mushroom shell.
  • Zhang Yang spent a Red Crystal to upgrade the gene authority database, then used Blue Crystals to raise his Zergling's attributes and lifespan.
  • Zhang Yang returned to the overgrown ruins of Li Village, where a zombie attacked him and a village girl snake struck him from behind.
  • Zhang Yang cast Bind with the Jueque Ancient Demonic Language, then killed the level 15 Plague Serpent Maiden using his Zergling's Burrowing talent.
  • Zhang Yang opened the Fragmentary Plague Information Card and found that the Zergling was unaffected by its curse, so he resolved to cultivate the Infinite Zerg Village Building Order.

Ch. 369Mantis Worm

Zhang Yang built up his Infinite Zerg forces by refining Plague Serpent Maiden corpses into crystals, then used reconnaissance and the Jueque Ancient Demonic Language to hunt more of them at the Li Village ruins. After raising his gene authority to lv5, he upgraded himself and his Mantis Worms, leaving his expanding force ready to grow further.

  • Zhang Yang built an Energy Smelter and a Zerg Cultivation Pool underground, then refined the Plague Serpent Maiden's corpse into crystals and raised his gene authority to lv3.
  • Zhang Yang recruited five Gordian Worms and used their shared vision to find and lure a Plague Serpent Maiden, sacrificing the worms while he bound and killed it.
  • Zhang Yang spent the night hunting three Plague Serpent Maidens at the Li Village ruins, gaining crystals and raising his gene authority to lv4 after daybreak.
  • Zhang Yang recruited and upgraded ten Mantis Worms, then led them to the ruins and used the Jueque Ancient Demonic Language to defeat four Plague Serpent Maidens.
  • Zhang Yang discovered that Mantis Worms could level up through hunting, raised his authority to lv5, and upgraded himself and four Mantis Worms.

Ch. 370The Royal Egg

Zhang Yang strengthened the soul wisp inhabiting a Zerg body, transformed four Mantis Worms through Royal Eggs, and led an assault into the Lizhuang Ruins. He encountered a Plague Serpent Monk and trapped it briefly, but the S-rank enemy regenerated from injuries and began crushing his forces.

  • Zhang Yang sent more Soul Power to his soul wisp, raising its Soul Nurturing Talisman to level six and its soul strength to B-rank.
  • Zhang Yang used ten Red Crystals, one hundred Green Crystals, and an Iron Thread Mother Worm corpse to create four Royal Eggs for Zhang One, Zhang Two, Zhang Three, and Zhang Four.
  • After three days of incubation, the four Mantis Worms emerged transformed, with stronger attributes, new limbs, and level-one Magic Reversal.
  • Zhang Yang led the four transformed Mantis Worms and twenty others into the Lizhuang Ruins, where his Gordian Worms shared vision across a three-thousand-meter radius.
  • A Plague Serpent Monk attacked after Zhang Yang's group advanced about eight hundred meters into the ruins, and Zhang Yang bound it with the Jueque Ancient Demonic Language.
  • The Mantis Worms battered the monk, but it broke free, smashed three of Zhang One's limbs, and regenerated after Zhang Two pierced its chest before flinging Zhang Two's head hundreds of meters away.

Ch. 371Plague Village Building Order

Zhang Yang and his Zerg forces killed the level 30 Plague Serpent Monk and gained a Plague Information Card and Legendary-grade corpse. After using Purple Crystal to unlock powerful General-grade troops, he marched toward the Li Village Ruins to claim its suspected Plague Village Building Order.

  • Zhang San and Zhang Si helped sever the Plague Serpent Monk's tail, while Zhang Yang's Intimidation let the Gordian Flying Worm and Zhang Da cut off its tongue.
  • The Plague Serpent Monk tried to curse Zhang Yang, but his curse immunity protected him, and the monk died after its eyes were pierced.
  • Zhang Yang inspected the Plague Information Card, saw a vision of an eight-headed serpent, and lost the protection of his sixth-level Soul Nurturing Talisman.
  • Zhang Yang refined the Plague Serpent Monk's corpse into three Purple Crystal, twelve Red Crystal, and two hundred Green Crystal.
  • Zhang Yang used Purple Crystal to unlock the General-grade Gene Authority Database and recruit 60 Iron-Armored Insect Slaves and 40 Exploding Insect Queens.
  • Zhang Yang led his army toward the Li Village Ruins, expecting to find a Plague Village Building Order there.

Ch. 372Insect Race Alt Account

Zhang Yang defeated the Plague Serpent’s forces at Li Village and used the Fate Immortal Sword and Anchors of Death to capture its second clone, completing the Fate Village Building Order’s main mission. He briefly explored the contaminated Immortal Cultivation World, then returned to the Ashen Graveyard to develop a Zerglings alt account.

  • Zhang Yang attacked Li Village’s temple with Exploding Insect Queens and used one hundred thousand Exploding Insects to destroy Huijian’s fiery cloud kasaya.
  • Huijian summoned three Plague Serpent Monks, but Zhang Yang’s Iron-Armored Insect Slaves held them back while his troops advanced into the temple.
  • Huijian sacrificed himself before the Eight-Headed Great Serpent Statue, causing the Plague Serpent to descend and overwhelm Zhang Yang’s Zerg forces.
  • Zhang Yang’s main body traveled to the battlefield and threw three Anchors of Death, capturing the Plague Serpent’s second clone and completing the Fate Village Building Order’s main mission.
  • Zhang Yang examined the Immortal Cultivation World, sensed that its spiritual energy had been heavily contaminated, and used the Death Black Sail to return to the Ashen Graveyard.

Ch. 373Ghost Blade Slave

After fleeing the Plague Serpent’s territory, Zhang Yang rebuilt his Zerg base, refined the serpent monks’ corpses, and unlocked stronger Zerg units. He chose a Ghost Blade Slave as his new body and began cultivating while waiting for a King Egg to develop.

  • Zhang Yang abandoned his weakened Exploding Insect Queens and migrated his Zerg base, fleeing more than a thousand kilometers from the Plague Serpent’s territory.
  • Zhang Yang hid the Miniature Zerg Village Building Order in a deep tunnel and rebuilt his base’s authority and Energy Smelters.
  • The Energy Smelters refined the three Plague Serpent Monk corpses into five Purple Crystals, one hundred eighty-five Red Crystals, and five hundred eighty Blue Crystals.
  • Zhang Yang raised special authority to Level 2, unlocked the Ghost Blade Slave and Thunderbolt Broodmother, and recruited five of each.
  • Zhang Yang chose a Ghost Blade Slave as his new body, increased its life to 18000 and lifespan to 108 months, then began copying and visualizing the Soul Nurturing Talisman.

Ch. 374Hello, "Ally"

After receiving the Infinite Zerg ancestor’s summons, Zhang Yang refused to join its war and instead upgraded a Thunderbolt Broodmother to hunt mysterious creatures near his base. He tested the limits of the alliance’s protections and left off attacking a powerful Post Station Anomaly with a large Zerg force.

  • Zhang Yang received the Infinite Zerg ancestor’s command to gather and fight at Mount Chu Phoenix, but decided not to obey.
  • Zhang Yang used his final Purple Crystal and five Red Crystals to give a Thunderbolt Broodmother its first turn, gaining a powerful unit that could harm spiritual entities.
  • Zhang Yang tested his new unit on a human Bound Spirit and killed it without triggering any kill notification or apparent punishment.
  • Zhang Yang began hunting wandering mysterious creatures and, after a month without repercussions, led his Zerg forces to surround a Stationary Anomaly at an abandoned post station.
  • Zhang Yang used Bind to stop the Post Station Anomaly from escaping while the first-turn Thunderbolt Broodmother formed a prison of furious thunder around it.

Ch. 375Blood Jade

Zhang Yang experimented with the Post Station Anomaly’s Blood Jade and discovered a way to record a deformed Zerg anomaly in the Infinite Zerg Gene Bank, earning increased ordinary access. He then hunted wraiths and other spiritual entities for a month, building up resources while avoiding further anomalies.

  • Zhang Yang found the Blood Jade in the Post Station Anomaly’s ashes and tested it with the Miniature Zerg Village Building Order, an energy furnace, and several Zergs.
  • Zhang Yang fed the Blood Jade to a first-stage Thunderbolt Broodmother and hatched five thousand Lightning Worms, producing a deformed Zerg anomaly.
  • Zhang Yang recycled the deformed Zerg anomaly through the Infinite Zerg Gene Bank and chose two levels of ordinary access as his reward.
  • Zhang Yang concluded that the Infinite Zerg and its mysterious-side allies might be studying each other’s weaknesses, then decided to avoid anomalies and target wraiths, spiritual entities, and vengeful ghosts.
  • Zhang Yang hunted allied forces for a month and accumulated 2,000 Blue Crystals, 1,000 Green Crystals, 50 Red Crystals, and 100 Spiritual Qi Orbs.
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