Hu Yu Equals a Fortuitous Opportunity

Zhang Xuezhou discovered that when one's luck is strong enough, it truly has the ability to turn the rotten into the miraculous.

Leaving aside his unfortunate good fortune in the Three Realms, the situation in the real world is nothing short of surreal.

Demon Lord Hu Yu was clearly invincible, yet he managed to remove Yun Yi through self-harm—something Zhang Xuezhou could never have imagined.

When he came to the Thousand Islands Alliance, he had almost no intention of contacting the Demon Lord Tiger Feather again. The sacrificial array that Turcorando had casually set up also ran into the opponent's previously laid trap.

It was bad enough that his reckless actions destroyed ancient religious rituals, but Demon Lord Hu Yu went even further, turning Zhang Xuezhou's sacrificial array into a battlefield for his divine kingdom.

The opponent was extremely cautious, sitting in the center like a general commanding three armies, and launching a continuous barrage of attacks from faith warriors transformed from the origin of the world, attempting to wear them down through attrition.

This fighting style is contrary to the concept of "Feng Zhan" (运战), which involves forming a unique and powerful "Feng Ti" (运体) and strengthening it by drawing upon "Qi Luck" (气运) to engage in one-on-one combat.

In wars of faith, the deities worshipped launch attacks by manipulating their believers.

Warfare is about the ultimate strength of the individual, while war of faith is about the mutual control of believers, the piety of their faith, and other related factors.

The believers, built upon the power of faith, constantly challenged and attacked, either consuming and destroying them or devouring and growing stronger, just like Zhang Xuezhou commanding the battle in the Soul Devouring Tower, until he led the dead souls to storm the throne of the God King and win.

Zhang Xuezhou, with his extensive experience, quickly grasped the connection.

"The finite will inevitably be defeated by the infinite energy I provide. No matter how strong Xuanming is, he will be defeated!"

When Demon Lord Hu Yu looked down at the top, he no longer presumptuously called himself "this one," but instead kept observing and encouraging himself.

Not to mention that the divine kingdom he saw lacked the inexhaustible power supplied by the world's origin, even if the Xuanming God himself appeared, the other party would absolutely be unable to do anything to him.

Demon Lord Hu Yu's path was forged through bloodshed, and he also gained immense benefits from the carnage.

He clearly saw this as an fortuitous opportunity, hoping to gain something from the defeat and destruction of 'Xuanming'.

This mindset made Demon Lord Tiger Feather willing to invest and take risks.

What he said was indeed a sound theory, so simple that it was as irrefutable as the law of conservation of energy.

The only problem is that what Zhang Xuezhou showed was not a divine kingdom at all, but a bottomless pit brought about by the sacrificial array. Xuanming's body, which was built with the luck bead, was also bled out during the sacrifice until it died.

Theoretically speaking, as long as one is willing to accept the continuous bleeding from the sacrificial array, no matter how powerful a cultivator is, they will be continuously bled to death.

Demon Lord Hu Yu possesses great individual strength, but his knowledge and experience are somewhat lacking.

With a simple, perfunctory name and a few words of guidance, this battle of faith among the heretics has plunged into fierce contention.

"If it doesn't work once, if it doesn't work twice, if it doesn't work ten times or a hundred times, won't it work?"

The counterpart to Demon Lord Hu Yu is Zhang Xuezhou.

He was somewhat regretful that he couldn't use this sacrifice to make his soul immortal. If he were to expend his own fortune to try, Zhang Xuezhou felt it was somewhat not worthwhile, and repeatedly sacrificing to Grien seemed unwise.

Zhang Xuezhou never expected that Demon Lord Hu Yu would be willing to provide him with a continuous source of faith power for repeated testing.

Let alone trying it once or twice, Zhang Xuezhou could try it repeatedly without any problem.

Through the Demon Lord Tiger Feather, Zhang Xuezhou experienced for the first time the continuous supply of power from the origin of the world, which made him marvel at the wonders brought about by this endless experimentation.

Given enough opportunities to try and fail, success will be a natural outcome.

Zhang Xuezhou even had enough time to deduce the mental traces left by Montessori, thus fulfilling the subsequent needs of the Montessori Badun study.

When darkness appeared in Zhang Xuezhou's Divine Sense, he felt as if he were walking towards success.

Just as a bag can create a subspace for storing and preserving items, spiritual abilities can also create a suitable subspace for concealment after being continuously imprinted and guided in the void by the flow of Qi. Whenever high risks are encountered, one can transfer to another, or avoid being locked in through this subspace, thus achieving flexible control.

"I see. If I had possessed this ability earlier, my soul wouldn't have been locked by the Void Heaven Palace. And with this ability, I could have escaped when Houtu attacked, thus protecting my soul!"

There are many ways to make one's soul immortal. Zhang Xuezhou's method of reaching the subspace through luck is not the only one, but this method involves luck, and the success rate is very high when luck is at its peak.

He wouldn't lose an arm like Naggus did with the immortality mark; he would most likely still maintain the integrity of his soul.

"The void can conceal objects, facilitate warfare, enable clashes of life techniques, imprint immortality, allow traversal between different worlds, harbor the soul in its eternal form, and produce void gold. It may very well possess even more undiscovered functions!"

Zhang Xuezhou believed that the void was a vast treasure trove, and that various civilizations might only be able to explore it to a fraction of their potential.

Many high-level cultivators who have ascended to higher dimensions have been thinking about crossing this dark zone and thus reaching higher dimensions, and may very well have overlooked this treasure trove.

If his lifespan were long enough, Zhang Xuezhou felt there was absolutely no need to ascend to a higher dimension. Exploring the unknown void might bring unimaginable benefits, which could even exceed those gained in higher-dimensional worlds.

"Dimensional ascension will definitely not be the only option!"

Relying on luck to continuously imprint himself in the void, Zhang Xuezhou eventually imprinted himself in a subspace suitable for storing his soul.

He tried it several times and found it convenient and reliable to go in and out.

If he encounters any insurmountable and fatal risk, this will serve as his escape route.

With just a little manipulation of his luck, his soul could leave his body and escape the disaster.

"Tiger Feather is truly a rare fortuitous opportunity for me!"

Although Zhang Xuezhou and Hu Yu have irreconcilable differences, he has to admit that Hu Yu has become the biggest fortuitous opportunity in the real world at present.

His gaze swept over the torrent of faith's power; even though Zhang Xuezhou's method of imprinting the soul with immortality had succeeded, Hu Yu's attacks continued.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't care about this constant barrage of attacks; he wouldn't mind if it lasted for Heaven Eight days.

He had never conducted such a long ritual before, and for a moment he couldn't help but wonder how many Qi Luck Beads he could condense, or whether they would guide his energy upwards, or bring him special benefits.

If there was anything lacking in this battle, Zhang Xuezhou could only think that the sacrificial flags were made of ordinary materials, and could only be considered as Law Artifact, not reaching the level of Law Treasure. Their functions of receiving and transforming Qi were somewhat inadequate, and they might even explode due to prolonged use.

Hahaha, you finally gave up!

Just as Zhang Xuezhou had predicted, as the silence between them continued, he sensed that the sacrificial array flags were not functioning properly and might even be cracking.

As if sensing Zhang Xuezhou's change, Demon Lord Hu Yu let out a joyful sound.

But before his army of believers could break through, everything vanished like a dream.

"I won!"

All that the Demon Lord Tiger Feather saw was eternal darkness; the radiance that had previously devoured everything like the gaping maw of a glutton had vanished.

He won, but he gained nothing substantial from this war of faith.

But this did not discourage Demon Lord Tiger Feather in the slightest; the confidence brought by the victory made him feel a great sense of accomplishment.

He let out a deep roar, feeling that even the most powerful cultivators who had ascended to higher dimensions were nothing more than this. He believed that if he were to step into that unfamiliar and powerful world in the future, he too could break through the encirclement and obtain eternal life.