The first phase renovation plan

"Help me? What help can an old cripple like me offer? Fellow Daoist Hu is joking. Can't we just hide here and wait for them to finish fighting?"

Upon hearing this, Old Chen Sheng indeed looked resistant.

Hu Mang stared at the thunder-fire furnace and asked, "Old Man Chen, who do you think will win this battle?"

Old Chen Sheng smacked his lips and stroked his already sparse beard.

"It's hard to say. To be honest, ever since the forty-nine Orthodox Gods of heaven and earth in this realm achieved their merits and ascended to heaven one after another, false gods have emerged one after another. It's not surprising at all that they've appeared here."

"Under normal circumstances, the righteous, demonic, and Buddhist sects would send their own disciples down the mountain. Firstly, to suppress false gods and prevent them from interfering with the evolution of their own world; secondly, to train their disciples and grand-disciples, allowing these high-ranking disciples who only know how to cultivate to get involved in worldly affairs, experience grudges and affections, accumulate some human merit, and ideally, undergo some setbacks and trials."

"So, these 'false gods' are actually just old monsters from the beginner villages of major sects?"

Although Chen Sheng had never heard the term "newbie village monster" before, he understood its meaning immediately and nodded vigorously.

"For us independent Rogue Cultivator, this is like the sky falling, but for the disciples of the Seven Sects of the Righteous Path, it's actually a whetstone."

"But the problem is that the Thunder God here does seem a bit abnormal. According to Zhen'ezi, this Demon-Subduing Demon-Subduing Thunder God has five incarnations of equal strength. In other words, he is a pseudo-god with the combat power of six pseudo-gods, and among the pseudo-gods, they are all relatively strong. Who can withstand that? That's why the disciples of the major sects are all trapped."

"In general, if a disciple of a major sect can't handle a false god, how would those prestigious sects deal with it?"

Hu Mang asked with great interest.

"Then naturally we should ask our elders to descend the mountain and vanquish the demons and protect the righteous path."

Oh, call for backup.

"What if it's the demonic path?"

"That also means a demonic elder has descended the mountain. However, in such cases, they usually deal with the false god and the demonic disciple responsible for refining the god as well."

Oh, this is another case of calling in reinforcements only to have them die.

"In our situation, how do you think they would handle it? For example, Zhen'ezi, and the two from the High Heaven Sword School that Zhen'ezi mentioned, would they ask their elders to come down the mountain and deal with the local Thunder God?"

Old Chen Sheng pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

"Although I'm not particularly fond of righteous people either, that Zhen'ezi is a straightforward person, and straightforward people are usually stubborn. Not to mention, he just turned misfortune into fortune, cultivating the Ghost Immortal Samadhi with the body of Yin Spirit. Under these circumstances, he's definitely preparing to show his skills, not running away."

"Even if righteous sects are more humane, this kind of behavior of running away when they can't win will lower their reputation in the eyes of their elders, and may even lead to them being seen as incapable of taking responsibility."

"Moreover, this Thunder Commandery Domain is quite special because it is constantly shrouded in thunderclouds. Ordinary communication talismans are completely useless, and even some high-level methods of transmitting sound over long distances are mostly ineffective. One can only personally return to the mountain gate to ask for help, and who knows what might happen during that round trip, especially since the Thunder God is showing signs of emerging."

"So, it's highly likely that the righteous disciples inside and outside the city will have to rely on their own abilities to have a proper fight with this Thunder God?"

I'm 90% confident.

"Okay." Hu Mang nodded, reached into his pocket and pulled out a stack of papers, handing them to Chen Sheng. "Take a look at this; I wrote it in my spare time yesterday."

Chen Sheng took the stack of papers, leaned close to the stove, and saw that the characters on them were standard "Azure Mysterious Realm Script," with neat strokes and easy to understand.

But the content itself isn't quite as "Azure Mysterious Realm" as it seems.

Map of the First Phase of Spiritual Qi Allocation and Renovation in the Old Town of Demon-Subduing City

After flipping through a few pages, Old Chen let out a few soft "hmm" sounds.

"So that's what you meant. I was wondering what those lines you drew before were for. This method is somewhat like Primordial Spirit merging with the mountain gate's formation, mobilizing the power of all the Spirit Vein and earth veins in the entire spiritual mountain and immortal river, causing the Primordial Spirit's Law Power to surge tenfold or a hundredfold. Generally, when facing a demonic invasion, a sect leader of a sect with a strong foundation will use this method, Unity of Man and Formation and the formation to resist the demonic invasion, until the righteous path arrives to help, and even using the surge in Law Power to evolve forbidden techniques to defeat the demon."

Hu Mang knew what the Primordial Spirit was.

After the Three Flowers Gather at the Crown and the Five Qi Converging at the Origin, one can condense the Primordial Spirit. This marks the transition from the peak of Refining Essence into Qi into Qi to the realm of Qi Training to Spirit Transformation into Spirit.

Beyond the Primordial Spirit lies the Yin Spirit. After the yin reaches its extreme and generates yang, the Yang Spirit can be refined.

According to the two-dimensional combat power standard that Hu Mang himself devised.

The Primordial Spirit should be positioned above the Nascent Soul and below the Spirit Transformation.

However, Heavenly Gate does not possess Primordial Spirit.

Moreover, Heavenly Gate has no sacred mountains or rivers, nor any natural earth vein power.

Forget about natural Spiritual Qi; it's all pure industrial Spiritual Qi.

You want this kind of Unity of Heaven and Man, but you don't even have that kind of heaven.

As a native of Heavenly Gate, Hu Mang wiped away a tear of bitterness in his heart.

Poor places have no class.

However, it is precisely because Heavenly Gate lacks the "heavenly advantage" that it has been able to develop its "geographical advantage" to the fullest extent.

In this so-called era of massive infrastructure development, we'll turn any run-down place into a blessed land, no matter what.

That was the golden age of civil engineering—clearing mountains and destroying temples, refining magical techniques, it was incredibly powerful.

Almost all Nascent Soul Nascent Soul pursued a career in civil engineering were born during that era.

After a while, Old Man Chen finally finished reading the first phase of the plan.

"----I understand what you mean. You plan to connect all the array points and lightning points here using Law Artifact, so that at a crucial moment, you can control the entire city's Thunder Net and transform into the Thunder God of this place for a short time?"

Old Chen expressed his amazement at this "outlandish idea".

This idea of "modifying formations" is something I've never even heard of before.

"I won't even discuss whether your idea is feasible or not, but where did you get so many magical Law Artifact to manipulate? Moreover, for the same scale and with the same efficiency, a master craftsman wouldn't forge such low-level Law Artifact, and an ordinary apprentice couldn't complete the mass production of magical Law Artifact with such precision."

Without saying a word, Hu Mang shook out more than a dozen Storage Bag from the lining of his Thunder-Warding Robe, and then opened each of them one by one.

To Old Chen's astonishment, a large number of spiritual energy pipelines, spiritual energy transformers, cutting machines, spiritual energy meters, and other devices were revealed.

"I'll give you some of the larger items when we actually install them."

Hu Mang hadn't finished moving everything on his previous trip, and he planned to go back again before the big battle.

The Thunderfire Furnace in front of us is similar to Artificial Lightning Tribulation Tower, and it should also have the ability to recharge.

Old Chen quickly calmed down, and with his experience of seeing all sorts of monsters and demons, he immediately saw through the true nature of Hu Mang's "old city renovation".

"So, you plan to create a smaller version of the 'Harmony of Unity of Heaven and Man' technique within the city, and in a short period of time, generate combat power at the 'Primordial Spirit' level?"

"Is it not allowed?" Hu Mang asked back.

"If you truly possess so many strange magical Law Artifact, and that spirit electricity converter you mentioned, theoretically speaking, it's not impossible. After all, since the Heavenly Tribulation Imperial Dynasty vanished, the Thunder Net here has been left unattended, unless that false god 'Thunder God' regains control."

"Um."

Hu Mang nodded, but that's where the strangeness of the matter lies.

Such a terrifying Thunder God, yet he failed to control the Thunder Net.

"Moreover, discerning and upright disciples like Zhen'ezi are keeping an eye on Thunder God, so they shouldn't pay attention to our little tricks as long as they're not excessive."

Old Chen Sheng then brought up another key point: according to the standards of the Azure Mysterious Realm, if one wants to guard the mountain with Primordial Spirit and achieve harmony Unity of Heaven and Man, one must first use an array to generate a massive amount of Spiritual Qi. Such extraordinary phenomena of heaven and earth cannot be concealed even if one tries.

In this situation, not only would righteous disciples have any ideas, but even the unborn Thunder God would be the first to come and get you.

Because you are stealing His divine secrets.

But what we're doing now is just wiring and networking; unless activated at the last minute, it basically won't create any changes in spiritual pressure.

Humans cannot imagine things they have never seen before.

Even the direct disciples of the righteous path are no exception.

"So here's the question," Chen Sheng said with a serious expression, his usual playful demeanor gone.

He usually adopts this stance when faced with situations that are extremely dangerous, but not entirely without a chance of success.

The last time he possessed Zhuo Turbid Sha Old Man, he had this same expression when he and Zhou Yu had a secret discussion late at night.

The current situation is more than ten times more dangerous than before, so his expression is more than ten times more solemn.

"Even if a brief connection through the Thunder Net grants you Spiritual Qi at the Primordial Spirit level for a short period, controlling this level of Law Power requires a physical body at the Primordial Spirit level, as well as Primordial Spirit realm."

"Tell me, where did you get your physical body and cultivation level? Even if you were Devil-Subduing Heavenly Soldier, you couldn't have done this with just your Jade Firmament Divine Office. You know very well that the female heavenly general died inside the city, not outside."

The old man was knowledgeable and experienced, and he had basically guessed the outline of that old story. The female general probably wanted to go further, but at that time the Jade Firmament Divine Dynasty had been destroyed and the Thunder Ministry's authority had been severed, so going further would have been a dead end.

She took half a step, and then she was gone.

The current situation bears a strange resemblance to that of back then.

Hu Mang subconsciously touched his neck, or rather, the fragment on his neck—this thing that could violently absorb lightning power was his ultimate trump card.

Even if the plan fails, he could still make a last-ditch effort to travel back to the Heavenly Gate for an emergency, and he'd already come up with a reason—"secretly using a flying thread to transcend the lightning tribulation."

Moreover, the combination of special fragments, multi-layered Thunder-Warding Robe, the Jade Firmament Divine Office, a Buddhist body that had broken through three barriers, a half-demon body, the Profound Yin Body Refining Technique, and Innate Foundation Establishment made him feel that he could give it a try.

He hesitated for a moment, then stared intently into Old Chen's eyes.

"Regarding the physical body, I am 60% confident."

"And what about the realm of cultivation?" Chen Sheng pressed on.

Hu Mang suddenly grinned, revealing his white teeth.

The originally dim yellow pupils suddenly elongated and narrowed, transforming into a pair of vertical pupils.

Those vertical pupils were cold and indifferent, as if they were high above the heavens, looking down on all living beings, without the slightest bit of human warmth;

Deep within the pupils, something ancient and enormous seemed to be slowly turning, as if it had merely cast a glance unintentionally.

His gaze fell downwards.

Old Chen Sheng froze instantly, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over him from head to toe.

"How do you know?" he said softly, "That I don't have the Primordial Spirit level?"