No Money to Cultivate Immortality? - Chapter 825 (Patreon)

Chapter 825: Bu Daojun, Thanks To Your Layout

As for the giant corpse before him, the being Ying Xintian had called a former sect master of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Zhang Yu had never quite been able to sort out his thoughts.

Because in the information Ying Xintian had left behind, including the memory-dreams contained within the corpses of various predecessors, the other party’s identity and function had never been explained clearly.

What Zhang Yu could guess was only that the other party might have been Ying Xintian’s collaborator, and might be the creator of the maddened corpse parts now within the Labyrinth Realm.

At this moment, listening to the giant corpse’s question, Zhang Yu replied without a change in expression, “Walking this road of the Immortal Dao, who has not gone through crisis after crisis and crossed countless hardships and obstacles? What we can do is nothing more than remain unyielding no matter how many setbacks we suffer.”

The giant corpse sent a voice transmission to Zhang Yu, sighing through a private chat, “Unyielding no matter how many setbacks… Well said. But if you can grasp more intelligence and better understand how Kunxu operates, you can always avoid a few detours.”

Zhang Yu’s gaze shifted slightly, and he also transmitted his voice. “What guidance does Senior have for me?”

The giant corpse said, “Ying Xintian’s inheritance is not merely an inheritance. It is also a network of connections. Do you already know this?”

After seeing Zhang Yu nod, the giant corpse continued, “But an immortal’s network can be called an immortal network. It is not something ordinary people can make use of so easily.”

“If you want to truly use an immortal network and turn it into a force that pushes you up the road of the Immortal Dao, you must understand what the immortals of today’s Kunxu are thinking. Only then will you know how you should use them.”

Zhang Yu looked somewhat doubtfully at this corpse and True Spirit that had been dead for who knew how many years, and asked curiously, “Senior, you know?”

The giant corpse smiled faintly. It did not mind the suspicion in Zhang Yu’s eyes and said directly, “Do you know why immortals rarely take direct action?”

Following his own understanding of Kunxu, Zhang Yu tried to answer, “Is it because immortals… have more important and more profitable things to do?”

The giant corpse said, “You could be considered half right. Immortals do indeed pursue profit, and they always put their power toward the most profitable matters, but that does not mean they have abandoned other places.”

“To understand this, you must first think clearly about what power and authority are to immortals.”

As Zhang Yu listened intently, the giant corpse slowly said, “Power, whether it is a lineage, a cultivation realm, or specific Immortal Dao technology, is the foundation of immortals. It is the confidence that lets them sit high above the Nine Heavens, and it is also what all immortals are forever pursuing.”

“But power is ultimately limited. It is something that is consumed with every portion used. And once one reaches the realm of immortals, even if one has jumped beyond the Three Loans, is no longer within the Five Insurances, and is jobless and leakless, one still needs to compete.”

Hearing this, Zhang Yu sighed. “Even after reaching the realm of immortals, they still have to grind?”

“Of course,” the giant corpse said. “Rather, it should be said that once they reach the realm of immortals, they have to compete even more. If you are an ordinary person and stop participating in competition, the worst that happens is you live muddleheadedly until you eventually die. But once you reach the level of immortals, the moment you give up competition and begin falling behind, you must face the covetous eyes of other immortals. At that point, it will not be as simple as death.”

“Power is limited, and when you add endless competition on top of that, it means immortals must use their limited power in order to maintain their lead… in those places that bring them the highest personal returns.”

“Once power is consumed in low-yield places, it represents falling behind. It represents danger.”

Zhang Yu said thoughtfully, “Then what if the power of two immortals is spent in the same place, creating a direct conflict?”

The giant corpse said, “That is what immortals least wish to see. Both sides wear down each other’s power through battle, causing their returns to decrease. If they encounter that kind of situation repeatedly, it may cause both sides of the battle to begin falling behind other immortals.”

Zhang Yu nodded and said thoughtfully, “Power… is like money. Money itself is limited. Only by investing it in the places with the highest profit margin can you maintain a leading advantage while everyone’s wealth grows together.”

“And once immortals reach that level, everyone must be extremely unlikely to make mistakes, and they must all have absolute determination to climb the Immortal Dao. So… every immortal wastes power as little as possible, and every immortal is working hard to maintain high-speed growth.”

“That means… after becoming an immortal, one cannot waste power. One must put all limited power into high-growth projects in order to continue maintaining the lead and avoid being targeted by other immortals.”

The giant corpse nodded, then continued transmitting its voice. “Since you have already understood this point, let us speak of authority next.”

“Unlike power, authority… in a certain sense, can be infinite.”

Zhang Yu frowned. “Infinite?”

The giant corpse explained, “You are currently a level-four sect affairs officer. If you lend your authority to your deputy and let him issue orders in your place, have you not copied a share of your authority?”

Zhang Yu nodded slightly. “Indeed.”

Fu Ji nodded along. “Indeed.”

The giant corpse continued, “Bestowing and copying out of thin air. That is authority.”

“An immortal’s power is limited, so it is all placed on the highest-growth and most important projects.”

“But the authority of immortals is nearly infinite. Relying on the systems they have built, they can command countless trillions of living beings under heaven to serve them.”

“And authority is built upon power. Only when power grows stronger and always maintains high growth can authority be maintained. Once power is excessively consumed in struggle, causing it to fall behind, authority will also gradually be weakened.”

Listening to the giant corpse’s words, Zhang Yu seemed to realize something for a moment and said, “So… the immortals’ power is used in the most important places… to profit themselves. Then they use authority to influence other places… to continue profiting themselves.”

“In other words, if I attempt to use an immortal network to summon an immortal’s power, making the immortals use force to help me, that is something immortals detest, unless the profit margin of this matter is absurdly high, surpassing whatever they already have on hand.”

“But if… I use Ying Xintian’s immortal network to grant me authority, and in this process seek profit for the immortals, then that is the method immortals approve of. It is also what the immortals of Kunxu have been doing all along.”

Recalling his various experiences in the past, Zhang Yu said, “So… I have to become a pawn of the immortal network and let them use me.”

The giant corpse nodded, then continued, “To accomplish this, you must understand what the immortals in the network Ying Xintian has guided you to are thinking, and what they need.”

“These former companions of Ying Xintian’s are dissatisfied with the current Kunxu to some degree. It is precisely because of their existence that many reforms, such as the college entrance exam, the Foundation License, and the Exam Sect, came about.”

“This is partly because the remaining righteous ideals in their hearts are taking effect, and partly to preserve Kunxu’s vitality and maintain the growth of the entire Kunxu.”

“But they are not as extreme as Ying Xintian either. They do not wish to lose too many of their own interests during these reforms and fall from the clouds.”

Just as Zhang Yu nodded slightly, sighing that this giant corpse really knew quite a lot, he heard the other party continue, “And your identity is very useful to them.”

“From the First Floor of Kunxu, you tested into the Ten Great Academies through the Foundation License, then advanced fiercely all the way and entered a sect through the first lower-realm sect exam. You are the best banner for the success of reform.”

Zhang Yu’s heart shook when he heard this. “Senior, you even know about these things?”

The giant corpse gave a mysterious smile and did not answer. It merely continued, “Aside from that, you also stopped Zhanxian and Lord Fuxian during the university war. This represents that you have drawn a clear line between yourself and Ying Xintian, and that you do not identify with Ying Xintian’s ideals.”

“These two points have already made you usable. They have given you the qualification to serve as a banner of reform and become their pawn.”

“But merely becoming a pawn still will not let you climb high enough or far enough on the road of the Immortal Dao.”

“If you want to climb higher and farther in today’s Kunxu, you need to become a blade in the immortals’ hands.”

“And if you want to ascend to the peak within the thirty-six layers of Kunxu, then after fully revealing your edge, you must also successfully extricate yourself. That is the most difficult and highest immortal road.”

“Are you willing?”

Zhang Yu nodded and said firmly, “Naturally.”

The giant corpse said, “Then do you know that once you step onto this path, it is often ten deaths and no life, and it may cause you to fall into a danger that will bankrupt you for ten lifetimes, a hundred lifetimes?”

“And if you are willing now to hand over the immortal inheritance with both hands, you might still have a chance to pass this life safely and peacefully.”

Zhang Yu took a deep breath. At this moment, many scenes surfaced in his mind.

There was his predecessor, who had been driven into a dead end and died after summoning an Evil God. There were his high school classmates who had been sold. There was the First Floor of Kunxu that had almost become a flesh factory.

There were also countless university students and vocational college students who were eating cement and drinking filth.

He thought of the countless cultivators who had once been like sparks filling the sky, chasing after him as he broke open the firmament.

He thought of the university layer that was being transformed by the Ten Major Sects.

And Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Pianpian, Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, Teacher Magneto, Teacher Gao… countless people who were destined to be forever consumed in endless cycles of reincarnation.

There were also Zhanxian and Lord Fuxian, who had fought him. There was Desolate Ox, who charged toward the sky to resist an immortal. There was Ying Xintian, who had persisted until now…

Zhanxian said, “Zhang Yu, it is our turn. This is the chance our grandmaster gave us. This is the baton he handed to us.”

Desolate Ox said, “Nine deaths, yet no surrender. Giving up this body, yet no regret.”

The Exam Sect avatar said, “What are you all doing? I think we should just hand the immortal inheritance over to Myriad Laws Sect.”

Fu Ji’s heart surged. “Here it comes, here it comes. I have a feeling… what comes next will be a game with ultra-high risk, but also ultra-high returns. The most important all-in of my Evil God career is about to arrive.”

Looking at the giant corpse before him, Zhang Yu slowly said, “I… want to change Kunxu. I want to climb upward step by step until I finally stand at the peak of Kunxu. From the moment I made this decision, I understood that this road would be very difficult, and that the end of the road would very likely be failure.”

He smiled and said, “Originally, I thought… I could still get through a period of time in a safer way.”

“But since the road has already come before me, I can only give it everything I have.”

“As for success or failure, that is not something I can decide. All I can do is stake everything on one throw.”

“Good,” the giant corpse said. “Then stake everything on one throw.”

“Your identity and your deeds are already enough for you to become a pawn. But you must remember to constantly reinforce this point, and ensure that you always remain a banner of reform.”

“Then you must also display your value and your edge.”

“Your greatest value now is, first, your own potential. But that still needs time before it can be cashed in, and it is not yet time for it to come into play. The second point is your current control over the Labyrinth Realm. This is crucial. You must familiarize yourself with it as quickly as possible…”

Then the giant corpse said, “As for displaying your edge, the best method is to take the initiative to become enemies with Yun Taizhen.”

Zhang Yu was slightly startled when he heard this. “Yun Taizhen?”

The Exam Sect avatar said anxiously, “That is an immortal! You can’t go against an immortal!”

The giant corpse said, “The immortal network Ying Xintian introduced to you all has conflicts with Yun Taizhen. There are conflicts of interest, and even more so conflicts of lineage.”

“As long as you are willing to turn the blade toward Yun Taizhen, the hilt will naturally face these immortal connections, and they will become your backing.”

The giant corpse sighed. “Displaying loyalty and displaying resolve are all very good, but handing them a handle and letting them control you will satisfy them more than loyalty, resolve, or ideals.”

“But this does not mean I want you to truly fight Yun Taizhen with your life on the line. Your target can be the Taizhen Immortal Clan under Yun Taizhen. That is also becoming enemies with her.”

“And it just so happens that you know Bu Yingshu of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan. This is very good… and can also be used against Yun Taizhen…”

“You must give the immortals an opportunity to exert their authority. You must find an angle from which the immortals can strike, so that the immortals only need to lightly push the hilt to profit…”

While Zhang Yu was speaking with the giant corpse, he had also invested the vast majority of his remaining energy into sensing the Labyrinth Realm, wanting to familiarize himself with his control over it as quickly as possible.

Ever since he had obtained Ying Xintian’s bloodline power from Ying Yunyao’s corpse and raised Immortal Descendant to level six, he had felt countless layers of resonance between himself and the Labyrinth Realm.

And the giant corpse had even clearly told him that this Labyrinth Realm would be controlled by him in the future.

“The Labyrinth Realm is to be controlled by me?”

“Then… to what extent can I control it? This is connected to my value…”

This area that Ying Xintian had transformed into the Labyrinth Realm covered more than half of the Old Days Graveyard. It also occupied the former essence region of the Old Days Graveyard, encompassing the Experimental Zone and the Factory Zone.

Zhanxian said, “If production can be restored here in the Labyrinth Realm, its gross output, economic value, and industry influence… will all be extremely enormous.”

Zhang Yu said, “So the extent to which I can interfere with the Labyrinth Realm, and whether I can restore production here, are connected to the value I will possess in the future.”

The Exam Sect avatar said excitedly, “Holy crap! If we can fully control this Labyrinth Realm, wouldn’t we become the biggest landlords here? I’ll be the land king of the Old Days Graveyard from now on! Wouldn’t that mean I can make money lying down?”

Fu Ji said, “How could it be that simple? The property rights to this land don’t belong to us in the first place. At most, we can only help restore production. It’s still hard to say how much benefit we can ultimately obtain. And… the key is our degree of control over this place. The stronger our control, the greater our value, and only then can we receive more of the profits.”

“And if we don’t have any backing, how could we protect the interests within it?”

Just then, Zhang Yu’s sensing of the Labyrinth Realm also entered a new stage.

In his perception, the entire Labyrinth Realm seemed to be wrapped in a layer of hazy mist. The deeper one went, the denser it became, blocking the external Spiritual Realm connections again and again.

“Is this the reason the Spiritual Realm was blocked off?”

“Then…”

With a movement of Zhang Yu’s will, it was as if he had transformed into a great hand that gently brushed across the mist shrouding the outside of the Labyrinth Realm, allowing the Spiritual Realm connection to cover the Labyrinth Realm once more.

…

The fifteenth layer of Kunxu.

Inside a garrison controlled by the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan.

Bu Yingshu was bored out of her mind as she looked at the dual cultivation list before her.

Recently, after her Immortal Dao potential had greatly increased, she had attracted the attention of many people, and her views on the Immortal Clan’s dual cultivation matching platform had risen sharply.

Although her views had risen sharply, no Immortal Clan had sent Bu Yingshu a matching request, making her feel that she had been slighted.

“I can refuse, but how can you not apply?”

“The fine for dual cultivating with me is only a few hundred million immortal coins, right? Am I not even worth that price?”

“Every single one of you looks down on me. I’ll just have to make you understand that I, Bu Yingshu, am the strongest.”

Bu Yingshu glanced again at Zhang Yu’s profile picture and thought to herself, “How many days has it been since this brat messaged me? Is he asking for a kicking?”

In Bu Yingshu’s view, she had taken him out for a drive, and she had even lent him her immortal shuttle. Should Zhang Yu not be messaging her every day, thinking about her at every moment, and placing her in the most important position in his heart every minute and every second?

“Why can’t I contact the immortal shuttle either? Where exactly did that brat go?”

“He is a lower cultivator. Too many people in the Ten Major Sects can crush him to death. It would not be impossible for something to have happened.”

At this moment, the feeling that rose in Bu Yingshu’s heart was similar to when the family’s pet cat slipped out the door and had not come back for several days, making one unable to help worrying… afraid that the cat had been run over by a car, beaten to death by someone, bitten to death by a dog…

After thinking it over and over, Bu Yingshu still could not quite set her mind at ease, so she contacted her elders and wanted to send someone to investigate the situation in the Old Days Graveyard.

“Stinking lower cultivator, if I find out you’re fine but didn’t send me a message… next time I’ll stomp you flat.”

But not long after Bu Yingshu sent people to investigate, she discovered that the immortal shuttle had resumed communications, and Zhang Yu was sending her a message through the shuttle’s exclusive connection.

Zhang Yu: Daojun, thanks to your advance layout, I seized the immortal inheritance from Ying Aikun’s hands.

…

At the entrance of the Experimental Zone.

Ling Chiye and the others were still observing the changes inside the Experimental Zone.

From their perspective, what they saw was the Divine Light represented by Ying Aikun first colliding repeatedly with the other Divine Transformation Auras, illuminating the four directions through his power alone.

Then Ying Aikun’s Divine Transformation Aura rapidly declined, until it vanished without a trace.

In Ling Chiye’s view, this meant Ying Aikun had defeated everyone, successfully obtained the immortal inheritance, grasped Cave Heaven Power, and perhaps even obtained the grotto-heaven Ying Xintian had left behind, finally entering it…

“Senior Ying has probably reached the grotto-heaven now and is familiarizing himself with its power…”

Just as Ling Chiye was thinking this, lines of notifications from the Spiritual Realm suddenly appeared before his eyes.

“Today, the Old Days Graveyard’s average temperature has reached minus sixty-five degrees. It is a cool, overcast day. Everyone may take out their corpses and freeze them to prevent decay.”

“Yin qi quality index: excellent. Suitable for the soul to leave the body and for Soul Entity activity…”

Ling Chiye was slightly stunned, and his heart suddenly reacted. “The Spiritual Realm has been restored? The Labyrinth Realm has been covered by the Spiritual Realm again?”

Immediately afterward, a hint of understanding flashed through his eyes, and he thought to himself, “Could it be that after Senior Ying grasped the immortal inheritance, he also gained control over the Labyrinth Realm, which allowed the Spiritual Realm connection to be restored?”

Thinking of this, a trace of envy flashed through Ling Chiye’s heart.

He immediately sent a message to Ying Aikun: Senior Ying, congratulations. Now that you hold the Labyrinth Realm, your future Immortal Dao is already a smooth road.

But on Ying Aikun’s side, there was no reply for a long time.

At the same time, various Spiritual Realm messages also popped up before the other surrounding cultivators, and all of them realized that the Spiritual Realm had been restored.

Minister Qin Chuan sighed inwardly. “Is it over? With so many Divine Transformation Auras, only Ying Aikun ultimately vanished without a trace… It seems only he obtained the immortal inheritance and grasped Ying Xintian’s grotto-heaven, which allowed him to enter it. He even helped restore the Spiritual Realm connection here.”

“Sigh, didn’t I say so? How could an immortal inheritance really be opened up for public competition? It must have been decided internally long ago. You Nascent Soul cultivators, every single one of you… today you want to openly compete for an immortal inheritance, so tomorrow will you want to openly compete for the Immortal Emperor’s position?”

As he thought, Qin Chuan had already sent a message to Jiang Xunyi: Well? I told you going there would be for nothing. The immortal inheritance was still taken by Ying Aikun, right?

Jiang Xunyi: No.

The other party is typing…

Qin Chuan replied in surprise: Not Ying Aikun? Could it be cultivators from Netherworld Palace or the Whitebone Cult? Did they win after surrounding him just now?

Jiang Xunyi: It was Zhang Yu!

Qin Chuan: ???

Qin Chuan’s heart shook. “Zhang Yu? How could it be Zhang Yu? What does this have to do with Zhang Yu?”

Just as Qin Chuan was inwardly shocked, the Experimental Zone before his eyes changed again.

The layers of darkness that had originally shrouded his entire field of view suddenly scattered with a thought from Zhang Yu, revealing the true scene within to everyone.

Surrounded by Divine Lights that symbolized Nascent Soul cultivators, Zhang Yu was seated upright in the void, pressing Ying Aikun firmly to the ground with one palm from afar.

Beside Zhang Yu, within a radius of a thousand meters, light and shadow changed continuously, switching back and forth between the real world and the immortal grotto-heaven, displaying his control over the grotto-heaven’s power.

Qin Chuan looked at this scene in shock and thought to himself, “The immortal inheritance was actually taken by Zhang Yu? Could this also have been arranged long ago?”

On the other side, Ling Chiye of the Heavenly Demon Sect trembled and stared fixedly at Zhang Yu’s position.

At this moment, countless thoughts surfaced in Ling Chiye’s mind all at once.

“How could Zhang Yu defeat Ying Aikun?”

“What right does he have to seize the immortal inheritance?”

“Is Myriad Laws Sect trying to swallow up an orphaned estate? Sending someone to forcibly seize the Ying family’s ancestral property?”

But although his heart was filled with surprise, doubt, and confusion, he still immediately reacted. He opened his mouth and shouted, “Zhang Yu! What are you doing?”

“Why haven’t you released Senior Ying immediately? You injured a sect affairs officer of my Heavenly Demon Sect without a license. You’ve got some nerve!”

At this moment, Ling Chiye thought to himself, “In terms of legal principle, we have the advantage. First, we have to define the nature of this matter, then seize the immortal inheritance back…”

At the same time, doubt also rose in Ling Chiye’s heart. “The Spiritual Realm has reconnected, so why has Ying Aikun not reacted at all?”

In Ling Chiye’s view, at this moment, Ying Aikun should at least activate his own Kill Permit.

A guess welled up in Ling Chiye’s mind. “Could Zhang Yu have dismantled everything on Ying Aikun that can connect to the Spiritual Realm? Or has he suppressed his consciousness?”

Thinking of this, his spirits lifted. “If that is the case, it counts as a minor injury at least. That would be another crime added on.”

At the same time, rays of Righteous God radiance descended through the atmosphere.

As the Spiritual Realm once more covered the area, the entire region within the Labyrinth Realm once again returned within the range of the Righteous Gods’ power.

At this moment, as one Righteous God after another descended upon the scene, vast divine power swept toward every corner, causing every cultivator present to quickly withdraw their power, not daring to act lightly again.

Ling Chiye immediately cast a sigil and called upon the Righteous Gods. “Myriad Laws Sect disciple Zhang Yu committed assault and injured my Heavenly Demon level-four sect affairs officer, seizing the ancestral property of Ying Aikun’s family. Please arrest him immediately!”

At the same time, Ling Chiye tapped “add money” several times on his Spiritual Realm sigil, strengthening this sigil of his.

Then Ling Chiye looked at Zhang Yu and shouted sternly, “Zhang Yu, you injured someone without a license and forcibly seized property. Surrender immediately and return the item to Ying Aikun now, and you may still pay a little less in compensation.”

But Zhang Yu remained unmoved. He still suppressed Ying Aikun with one hand and sat upright in the void, as steady as Mount Tai, as if he were too lazy to refute Ling Chiye’s words.

The next moment, rays of Divine Light gathered toward Zhang Yu.

But at this moment, a cold snort rang out.

“Hold!”

At some unknown point, Bu Yingshu’s Qingming Riftspace Immortal Shuttle had appeared once again, and Bu Yingshu’s Spiritual Realm Projection walked out from within it.

When they heard Bu Yingshu’s voice, the Righteous Gods who were preparing to take measures against Zhang Yu did not take it seriously.

“Hold what?” The Righteous God about to make a move glanced at the add-money version of the strengthened sigil and thought, “Since when is it your turn to interfere with us arresting someone?”

But when Bu Yingshu’s God-Slaying License shot into the sky and warnings appeared in the eyes of every Righteous God, the Righteous Gods present immediately retreated again and again.

The leading Righteous God said, “I see that this Labyrinth Realm has been disconnected from the Spiritual Realm for too long. What happened here before still requires detailed investigation, and how to deal with the cultivators on-site also requires long-term deliberation.”

“Resolutely support leadership decisions.”

“Impartial law enforcement is the true righteous path.”

“Everyone must keep the Heavenly Court’s new regulations in mind and enforce the law in a civilized manner.”

After shouting back the Righteous Gods filling the sky, Bu Yingshu finally looked closely at Zhang Yu’s position and sent a message asking, “You robbed… you were bestowed Old Ancestor Ying’s immortal inheritance?”

Zhang Yu replied, “It was all thanks to your deep foresight, Daojun. You long ago noticed the Labyrinth Realm’s abnormality and not only arranged for me to come here, but even lent me the immortal shuttle. Otherwise, this immortal inheritance would definitely have been obtained by Ying Aikun, that Myriad Laws traitor.”

At the same time, Zhang Yu also edited some of his experiences before and after the incident and sent them to Bu Yingshu.

As Bu Yingshu swiftly browsed through them, she replied, “You did very well.”

She thought to herself, “Immortal Ying was still our Myriad Laws immortal no matter what. Although he became a criminal, his things can’t be taken to the Heavenly Demon Sect by someone like Ying Aikun.”

“Hehe, if the elders at home find out I sent someone to seize this immortal inheritance, they will definitely be shocked again.”

Thinking of this, Bu Yingshu could barely restrain the urge to contact her family.

Just then, Ling Chiye said from the side, “Bu Daojun, this immortal inheritance was left by Immortal Ying to his descendants. Your subordinate not only injured Ying Aikun, but also seized someone’s ancestral property. This is blatant illegal conduct. Our Heavenly Demon Sect will absolutely not sit by and ignore it.”

Bu Yingshu looked at him coldly and said, “Zhang Yu came under my orders to reclaim the illegal gains of the criminal immortal Ying Xintian. By lending him the immortal shuttle, I granted him all relevant authority. It was clearly Ying Aikun who stood on the wrong side and obstructed my Myriad Laws Sect affairs. Forget injuring him; even if Zhang Yu beat him to death, he would deserve it.”

Ling Chiye frowned when he heard this and was just about to continue arguing, but when he saw the nose of the immortal shuttle turning toward him, he immediately said, “Bu Daojun! Peak Master Su Lingyou is currently in the Old Days Graveyard! You had better not act recklessly!”

Bu Yingshu said, “Stop using Su Lingyou to pressure me. Their Heavenly Demon Immortal Clan still has no right to manage us Myriad Laws.”

“Oh? Is that so?”

Just then, a will descended, causing the surrounding Spiritual Realm to churn as if such a small regional Spiritual Realm could not bear that terrifying will.

At the same time, at some unknown point, the projection of a cold-faced young girl had descended before Bu Yingshu and said coldly, “Bu Yingshu, you have caused trouble again and again in the Old Days Graveyard. Do you think this place is Myriad Laws Sect?”

Bu Yingshu still wanted to speak, but Su Lingyou stretched out a hand and pressed down. The surrounding Spiritual Realm trembled slightly, and Bu Yingshu’s projection was already frozen in place, as if sealed in ice, unable to make another sound.

The Righteous Gods filling the sky silently watched this scene. One Righteous God said in the Spiritual Realm, “Peak Master Su doing this… isn’t this illegal disconnection? Is it really fine for us to just watch?”

Another Righteous God said, “She is a seventh-rank Tribulation-Transcending cultivator, the peak master of the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Soul-Devouring Peak. She participated in drafting the Spiritual Realm Information Code. Her legal articles are the relevant provisions. In the Spiritual Realm, she is the law. How does that count as breaking the law?”

At the same time, after freezing Bu Yingshu with one hand, Su Lingyou consecutively cast two sigils at Zhang Yu.

In the Spiritual Realm, the leading Righteous God said, “Time to work.”

A Righteous God asked, “This Zhang Yu has the title of Hundred-Billion Sigil Lord…”

Another Righteous God said, “What do the lower realm’s hundred billions have to do with us? Even if a trillion came, we would still arrest him.”

As Su Lingyou’s Restraint Sigil descended, the Righteous Gods transformed into golden hands that pressed directly onto Zhang Yu, binding all his movements.

Immediately afterward, another Demolition Sigil descended. Large numbers of Righteous Gods thunderously arrived, and warning after warning appeared before Zhang Yu.

“The grotto-abode you hold has been found to be an unlicensed illegal grotto-abode. The grotto-abode and the illegal gains within the grotto-abode will be frozen together.”

Cracks appeared in the sky, and currents of divine power seemingly capable of tearing space apart descended from above, directly surging into Zhang Yu’s grotto-heaven and completely locking it down.

Zhang Yu did not make any pointless resistance and allowed the immortal grotto-heaven to be invaded.

At the same time, numerous Righteous Gods had already descended into Zhang Yu’s grotto-heaven and begun sealing the corpse units and various resources within.

The Spiritual Realm also extended into it, and sealing strips flashed one after another in the air.

Almost in an instant, Su Lingyou’s two sigils descended. Not only did they bind Zhang Yu, they also locked down his grotto-heaven, sealing everything inside it as well.

Ying Aikun, who had originally been suppressed on the ground, also climbed back up.

He looked at Zhang Yu, who was now being suppressed by the Righteous Gods, and instantly felt that he was capable again. He sneered and said, “Lower beast, that old thing is a rebel immortal! You thought his inheritance would be easy to take? With your identity, you thought you could take this inheritance legally and compliantly?”

As for Su Lingyou, she did not even glance at Zhang Yu. She merely looked at the Righteous God beside her and listened to the other party’s report.

The Righteous God said, “Peak Master Su, we have temporarily detained the items first. As for how exactly they should be handled…”

Su Lingyou said indifferently, “Just proceed according to procedure. I had originally planned for my grandson Ying Aikun to collect these rebel immortal items and turn them in, after which the Heavenly Court and the sect would inspect them together before confirming ownership.”

After the Spiritual Realm once more covered the Labyrinth Realm, Su Lingyou understood that the matter could no longer be hidden. She could only detain Zhang Yu first, then think of a way to obtain this immortal inheritance step by step according to procedure.

With Ying Aikun’s identity and Yun Taizhen’s support, Su Lingyou was confident she could complete all this. But in the process… it would inevitably consume more costs.

Ying Aikun, off to the side, secretly hated him. “Damn Zhang Yu… Because of you, how much more money will we have to spend this time?”

At the same time, not far away, the many cultivators watched this scene of sudden twists and turns and sighed inwardly.

Minister Qin Chuan of the Ghost Letter Department thought to himself, “Looks like this Zhang Yu wasn’t the internally designated candidate for the immortal inheritance. Ying Aikun was the one who had been internally chosen. As expected, the struggle for an immortal inheritance is full of danger. Until the very end, no one knows the result.”

On the other side, although Bu Yingshu’s projection had been frozen, she could still watch everything on-site through the Spiritual Realm.

And as she watched her subordinate Zhang Yu being suppressed by Su Lingyou like this, she was both anxious and furious for a moment, like an incompetent husband watching helplessly as his wife was pinned to the ground by a group of big men.

Just then, a sigil flashed on Zhang Yu’s body.

“A Report Sigil?” Su Lingyou snorted coldly in her heart. “Casting a sigil in front of me?”

With a wave of her hand, she was about to knock down Zhang Yu’s sigil, only to see that sigil suddenly explode, already taking effect.

“A remote sigil? Someone crossed the Spiritual Realm to cast this Report Sigil for him?” Su Lingyou’s brows rose, and her will traced back along the Spiritual Realm, eventually seeing Zhang Pianpian’s figure vanish into the depths of the Spiritual Realm.

At the same time, a Righteous God descended under the summons of the Report Sigil and looked at Zhang Yu.

“You are the real-name whistleblower, Zhang Yu?”

Everyone’s gazes looked over together, as if they were all curious what Zhang Yu had reported.

Ying Aikun snorted coldly. “Poor ghost, you think one Report Sigil can do anything to us?”

Under everyone’s watch, Zhang Yu opened his mouth and said, “I want to report the rebel immortal Ying Xintian for colluding with Ying Aikun and the Taizhen Immortal Clan, attempting to launder illegal gains and transfer them out.”

“To prevent them from evading taxes and transferring illegal income, I had no choice but to temporarily seize the immortal inheritance.”

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