Chapter 684: Realm-Piercing Awl Repaired, Nascent Soul Modulation

Chapter 684: Mending the Realm-Breaking Cone, Tuning the Nascent Soul

Kunxu Third Layer.

The expeditionary army composed of the ten major universities converged, passing through the massive rift opened by the Magnetic Pole Divine Lord in waves, arriving at Kunxu's third layer, and building defensive fortifications near the rift.

Yu Xinghan was now also among the ranks, as a civil engineering student, participating in front-line construction while also joining the fight.

And before the multitude of civil engineering students, Tu Lishan spoke up saying: "The mystery of war is actually like civil engineering, the key lies in the word transport."

"It is just that civil engineering is transporting our own things to the target location."

"And fighting... is transporting the opponent's things over to our own side."

"War is not about seeing how many people you can kill, how much destruction you can cause, but about seeing how much you can transport back."

"Look at some security department top students, despite how capable they are at fighting, in the end weren't they stripped away? Just knowing how to fight, not knowing how to transport, ending up empty-handed till old age."

"Some security captains passed down four or five generations, reaching his generation the inheritance broke, truly shameful before the ancestors."

"So you all must remember these war essentials..."

Yu Xinghan looked at Zhang Yu's grayed-out avatar in his Eye Remains, thinking inwardly: "Zhang Yu... where exactly did he go?"

In the recent half month, he not only could not contact Zhang Yu, but even discovered Zhang Yu's company had already been handed over to Ye Xingli for management.

And according to Yu Xinghan's understanding, the company had not transferred funds to Zhang Yu for a long time.

"Is someone suppressing Zhang Yu?"

Yu Xinghan shook his head, feeling the entire matter shrouded in a layer of mist, leaving him unable to see the truth clearly.

Yu Xinghan could only send another message to Zhang Yu: Are you there?

Yu Xinghan: [10 Spirit Coins]

Yu Xinghan: Need help speak to me directly

Yu Xinghan: I am online twenty-four hours now

……

On the battlefield washed by waves of thunder and fire, Kuang Tianqing's figure flickered in and out, constantly piercing through various Daoist attacks, charging toward the research institute ahead.

After the ten major universities organized personnel and launched an expedition against Kunxu Third Layer, Kuang Tianqing signed up.

Because he truly did not want to stay on the Second Layer, especially staying on the territory of Tianmo, Youming, Hehuan, White Bone these few universities.

He just felt that here if he went out and met a dog demon, the other party might have claimed him.

"The past me without memory, for cultivation used any means necessary."

So he came to Third Layer, wanting to start anew here.

Kuang Tianqing thought inwardly: "At least there are not so many messy things on the battlefield."

Just then, a group of Tianyao University students also came to reinforce.

Tianyao University's strongest undergraduate Ying Mingchi scanned Kuang Tianqing with his gaze, immediately sending a message saying: Free time?

Seeing Kuang Tianqing did not reply, Ying Mingchi could not help but suspect the other discriminated against demon descendants, otherwise why were the four Tianmo schools fine, just his Tianyao University not?

Ying Mingchi continued speaking: Do you think there is a large gap between humans and demons?

Ying Mingchi: Look around you, are many people truly human? I see them no different from dogs, and oxen, and horses.

Kuang Tianqing: I think men and women have a large difference.

Ying Mingchi slightly stunned, looking at Kuang Tianqing currently in male form, asked puzzled: Is there a difference?

……

Kunxu Third Layer, outside a laboratory just captured.

Bai Zhenzhen and Wen Wuya and other Tianjian University students sat together, looking at the killing manual distributed by the school.

The teacher ahead spoke saying: "Your internship grades this semester, will be calculated according to the killing scores in the coming two weeks."

"I observed many classmates when killing, still attacking opponent weak points, blindly pursuing victory in battle, pursuing sword technique destructiveness, for victory ignored battle profits."

"I want to remind everyone, we come to Third Layer not for killing, but for earning money."

"What difference is there inside? The difference is too large."

"Those junior college students, lower school students, might use any means to defeat us, as long as they win dare use any bad moves, not considering consequences at all."

"Can we Top Ten Students do this?"

"You remember, during combat process try to attack opponent's least valuable parts, ensure opponent's valuable parts remain, allowing after combat ends to obtain higher profits."

"This killing manual introduces conventional Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core bodies, various different part prices, and various conventional Spell Remains market prices, you must watch repeatedly, memorize in heart before tomorrow."

Casually flipping through the killing manual once, Bai Zhenzhen's Eye Remains floated up Zhang Yu's gray avatar.

"Yu Zi..."

Although Zhang Yu had been out of contact for over a month, Bai Zhenzhen still remembered the last words the other party spoke.

Bai Zhenzhen thought inwardly: "I believe you, but I still wish to help you."

So Bai Zhenzhen sent a message over: [50 Spirit Coins]

Bai Zhenzhen: I recently killed people earned quite a lot

Bai Zhenzhen: You take it and use it

Bai Zhenzhen: Work hard, my side money is easy to earn

……

On the other side Third Layer battlefield.

Xianbing University's Tian Shenggong was about to collect battlefield supplies, but saw a notification float in Eye Remains.

"Combat Recorder?"

Tian Shenggong cursed inwardly: "After coming to Third Layer, must open Combat Recorder twenty-four hours? Record every loot item, convenient for Soul Cultivators to conduct tax statistics."

"Is this not distrusting us, thinking we will grab things chaotically?"

However although grumbling, Tian Shenggong still followed the notice and activated the Combat Recorder.

But just as he was about to confiscate various supplies on this battlefield before his eyes, he felt a vast power descend from the sky.

Only saw a giant dragon fly over the battlefield, various colored supplies already shot upward, rushing toward the clouds under the dragon's claws.

Watching this scene Tian Shenggong exclaimed: "Tianyao University's Cang Shi Divine Lord?"

"She snatched our loot?"

"A proper Deity Transformation, even Foundation Establishment, Golden Core things must snatch?!"

Although Tian Shenggong was far from Cang Shi Divine Lord, this female dragon still heard Tian Shenggong's speaking voice, subsequently face revealing a trace of disdain.

"Nonsense, I run once Third Layer consumption how great? How can I not return fully loaded?"

Looking at load data displayed in Eye Remains still at 298.8%, Cang Shi Divine Lord swept her pair of dragon eyes, immediately decided to add burden to herself again.

"With my strength, overload three times no problem, can still pack a bit more."

Gazing at the batch of Qi Refining students picking up trash in the distance, she immediately extended her dragon claw and snatched the scattered refuse on the ground.

……

“Make money! Make money! Make money!”

“Get rich! Get rich! Get rich!”

Watching the juniors before her with momentum like a rising tide, Shi Huaiyu nodded silently in her heart.

The original Layer 2 had gradually run dry due to the war, even fighting might result in losses, so everyone avoided battle.

But now, as more and more people made money during the expedition to Layer 3, the number of people signing up to fight increased, almost every student from the Top Ten Universities eagerly signed up, just wanting to go up and legally loot.

Shi Huaiyu reminded the juniors before her: “Remember after killing people and snatching things, don’t forget to pay taxes. War tax, plunder tax, life-risking tax, missing one results in massive fines, fining you until you have no money left to loot.”

A student couldn’t help but say: “Pay tax even when risking your life? And wasn’t the Righteous God gone?”

Shi Huaiyu said coldly: “The Righteous God disappeared, currently naturally collected by the school on their behalf.”

After a moment, ending communication with the juniors, Shi Huaiyu looked at Zhang Yu on the contact list again.

“Zhang Yu hasn’t appeared for two months.”

Shi Huaiyu thought secretly: “Could those rumors be true? Did the principal plagiarize Zhang Yu’s Immortal Sect technique, so he wants to suppress Zhang Yu and bury him in the snow?”

Shi Huaiyu sighed, thinking again of Zhang Yu saying he wanted to close off his cultivation for a while.

Finally she still decided to trust Zhang Yu.

Shi Huaiyu: [5 Spirit Coins]

Shi Huaiyu: Zhang Yu, keep cultivating, we wait for you to return

……

Vajra University.

Lord Qingmu, who had been waiting in the reception room for several hours, moved his gaze, knowing the person he waited for so long had finally come.

“Lord Zhipan.”

Looking at the divine light before him, Lord Qingmu smiled slightly and said: “You have made me search hard.”

Lord Zhipan said indifferently: “Qingmu, I said I have no time to mess with what Nascent Soul.”

“Begging me for another ten years won’t help.”

Lord Qingmu gave a bitter smile, bowed and said: “Do me a favor Zhipan, just give me some face.”

“What face do you have?” Lord Zhipan said coldly: “If not for Ciji, would you think I would come to see you? Even Ciji herself, how much mental energy does she have left to manage this trivial matter now?”

Lord Qingmu still spoke with a smile on his face: “Materials, costs I have prepared for you, consider it I owe you a favor, whatever you have in the future, you can find me.”

Lord Zhipan said: “There are many who can mix Nascent Souls, why must you seek a Deity Transformation to do this thing?”

Lord Qingmu sighed, saying: “You are the first Nascent Soul mixing master among the Ten Schools, I seek you, naturally want to get the strongest Nascent Soul I can find.”

Lord Zhipan said: “Qingmu, I am getting more and more curious… exactly what person wants to break through to Nascent Soul, that makes you lower your old face, coming to beg me like this.”

Lord Qingmu: “Then I will take that as you agreed?”

Lord Zhipan said: “After the matter is done, you must do three things for me for free.”

……

On the battlefield of Kunxu Layer 3.

Li Xuelian casually smoothed her silver long hair blowing in the wind, looking at Xinghuo True Lord sitting beside her on the ground, already promoted to Nascent Soul, or Lord Xinghuo.

Li Xuelian opened her mouth and said: “Dad, there seems to be a problem ahead.”

Lord Xinghuo looked at the fortress emitting layers of distorted ripples ahead, opened his mouth and said: “Hmm, it is spatial blockade.”

He sighed: “The enemy started fortifying walls and clearing fields, setting up spatial blockades around various strongholds.”

“No wonder the enemy has been shrinking back and letting go for these three months, giving up large areas of territory, probably waiting for breakthroughs in Immortal Dao technology.”

“If the various attacking teams here from the Top Ten cannot crack it, next we will probably fall into disadvantage again.” ……

With the progress of the war, almost every moment, the Top Ten Universities and the Righteous Alliance were pushing the development of various related technologies.

Whether it was the reconstruction and management of the Spirit World, the vigorous development of the Dark Spirit World, or the rapid promotion of various techniques for killing and seizing treasures by both sides… all this, only to eliminate opponents, and gain greater profits in the war.

Among the many technologies being pushed, the most critical obviously all related to spatial blockades.

When Layers 2, 3, 4, 5 were isolated by spatial blockades, when the moon of Layer 2 was protected by spatial blockades, the Top Ten Universities fell into disadvantage, whether in momentum or strategy they retreated step by step.

But when Lord Ciji broke open the sun and moon, and punched a big hole in the spatial barrier between Layers 2 and 3, the situation changed sharply, wave after wave of the Ten School armies expediting to Layer 3 obtained rich profits.

Until right now, the war situation also changed again due to changes in Immortal Dao technology.

More and more research institutes, laboratories, and strongholds surrounded by spatial barriers began to appear on the land of Layer 3.

Surrounded by spatial barriers, the defensive ability of these Righteous Alliance strongholds greatly enhanced, just like nails, hammered deeply into the earth.

……

Inside the Spirit World space.

Lord Nie Lian of Heavenly Demon University sneered, saying: “Now every time we break an enemy stronghold, it consumes huge resources, the more we fight the more we lose, how can we continue to fight?”

Lord Xue Pu nodded in agreement: “If we do not solve the spatial barrier problem soon, our combat space gets compressed bit by bit, finally retreating from occupied territory, even later retreating out of Layer 3, back to Layer 2… continuing to retreat down, simply retreat back to respective schools.”

As many Deity Transformations from the Top Ten Universities spoke one word after another, everyone vaguely focused their gaze on Lord Ciji.

Lord Ciji could naturally keenly feel all this, but remained silent, as if she hadn’t heard.

At the same time, her mind recalled the scenes that happened over the past nearly four months.

When she just broke the spatial blockade between Layers 2 and 3, Deity Transformations from each school respected her highly, she said she wanted to repair the Boundary-Breaking Spike, the Deity Transformations although murmured in their hearts, no one opposed.

But as time passed, people in the Spirit World gradually began to call on Lord Ciji to publicize spatial technology, allowing schools to attack Layer 3 from multiple points, instead of concentrating entry and exit at the big hole.

When two months passed, this voice in the Spirit World grew louder, and Deity Transformation Lords also began visiting, starting to mention spatial technology intentionally or unintentionally.

And starting a month ago, every meeting had Deity Transformations proposing sharing spatial technology, although directly vetoed by Lord Ciji, she could also feel dissatisfaction in the hearts of many Deity Transformations accumulating continuously.

Until right now, as the Righteous Alliance’s spatial technology began to spread, the Deity Transformations’ dissatisfaction accumulated to a new stage, today’s meeting started with everyone attacking Ciji.

Listening to the speeches of each Lord in the Spirit World space, Lord Ciji didn’t even lift her eyelids, just said indifferently: “The Boundary-Breaking Spike is still under repair, once the treasure weapon is repaired, I will start action, breaking open various spatial barriers.”

Lord Nie Lian angrily said: “Ciji! You have said this for four months!”

Lord Xue Pu said: “Now the war situation is critical, exactly how long do we still have to wait?”

Lord Cang Shi said gloomily: “How many people are losing money every day now? If we continue fighting like this, I see all the Top Ten going bankrupt.”

Lord Qian Kui of Immortal Weapon University followed saying: “Ciji, us losing a little money is small matter, but this battle relates to the safety of each school, the future of hundreds of millions of living beings, we cannot help but be anxious.”

Looking at Lord Qian Kui, this former Head of the Artificing Department at Immortal Weapon University, involved in over two thousand copyright disputes within three years, called one of the Plagiarism Kings of Immortal Weapon University, Ciji couldn’t help but laugh.

Only heard Lord Ciji laughing: “Hundreds of millions of living beings? Don’t make me laugh Qian Kui.”

“I see you just waiting for my Boundary-Breaking Spike to want to copy? Even if I give it to you to copy, give it to you to copy, do you understand how to copy?”

Lord Ciji suddenly stood up, nine Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Towers behind her burst with light, forming a great array suppressing the Spirit World space before her eyes.

Seeing this scene, the hearts of the Deity Transformations jumped.

Divine Lord Nielian thought silently within his heart: "This fellow has stored so many Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Towers on the Third Layer? They can even form a great formation..."

Divine Lord Ciji said coldly: "Billions of living beings... If you are anxious, then be anxious. Anyway, I am too lazy to be anxious."

"I said the Boundary Breaking Cone is under repair, so it is under repair."

"Whether you believe it or not is none of my damn business."

"At worst, I will withdraw back to Myriad Laws University, leaving the entire Third Layer for you to continue fighting."

The Deity Transformation Divine Lord of Vajra University advised: "Ciji, we naturally believe what you say. But the situation is tense, and everyone is anxious."

"Look, can you give us a number? Exactly how much longer will it take?"

Divine Lord Ciji waved her wide sleeve and turned to leave: "Soon. At most one or two months. Anyway, just wait."

Watching Divine Lord Ciji's departing back, the Thousand Puppet Divine Lord of Immortal Weapon University was annoyed: "Look at her attitude! Anyone who doesn't know would think she conquered the Third Layer all by herself."

The meeting ended unhappily. Many Deity Transformations exchanged glances, their dissatisfaction growing ever more intense in their eyes.

Yet Divine Lord Ciji, as she departed, thought silently within her heart: "Fortunately, I bore the burden."

"If they had known back then that Zhang Yu broke the spatial barrier, Zhang Yu would have been borrowed to various battlefields over the past few months, having absolutely no time to break through."

"However..."

Divine Lord Ciji looked toward the direction of the Great Void, thinking silently: "The Righteous Alliance has accumulated strength for so long; next, they will likely launch a major counteroffensive."

"Over the next month, the pressure will likely grow greater and greater."

...

On the Third Layer battlefield.

True Lord Tiansha looked at the enemy stronghold before him, feeling immense anger in his heart.

Especially seeing so many enemies hiding behind the spatial barrier, yet he could only watch and not kill, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

"These turtle shells one by one... To attack them, we can only go through the narrow passage at the main gate."

"But they can strike out from every angle and direction."

"Come out and fight once, then immediately hide back inside..."

True Lord Tiansha circled the stronghold once, like a male lion circling its prey endlessly.

"Originally, one place could be taken in a few hours. Now, even for me... it cannot be taken without several days."

"The consumed supplies, time, mana... are all too much."

Just then, the sky gradually grew dim.

True Lord Tiansha looked up and saw a heavy darkness like an abyss descend, covering the entire stronghold along with the spatial barrier.

"Qingming... Divine Lord." True Lord Tiansha gritted his teeth, a hint of unwillingness appearing in his eyes, watching Divine Lord Qingming descend from the sky wielding the Beiming Star Swallowing Technique.

He thought somewhat sourly in his heart: "What arrogance? Someone who just broke through and owes a mountain of debt, isn't still poorer than me, a Nascent Soul cultivator."

True Lord Tiansha knew that as the war dragged on, Divine Lord Ciji finally issued the last Deity Transformation certificate in hand, allowing Divine Lord Qingming to breakthrough to the Deity Transformation realm.

However, according to what True Lord Tiansha knew, the requirements for this Deity Transformation breakthrough were stricter.

Besides the materials needed for the breakthrough which Divine Lord Qingming had to purchase himself, Myriad Laws University provided not a shred of subsequent materials; Divine Lord Qingming had to go to the Third Layer to snatch them himself.

Therefore, after breaking through, Qingming already owed a huge debt.

But... although the conditions were harsh, if True Lord Tiansha had to choose, he would definitely agree.

And at this moment, Divine Lord Qingming, wielding the Immortal Sect technique, felt nothing but pride and satisfaction. His mana unfolded as never before, almost invincible on the battlefield.

However, his appearance soon attracted the attention of the opposing Deity Transformations, and both sides fought fiercely, sweeping across a thousand li.

Divine Lord Qingming snorted coldly: "Waste. What does it matter if you broke through a year earlier? Today I shall defeat you just the same."

...

On the battlefield on the other side.

As the situation became unfavorable, Yu Xinghan could feel the universities' methods becoming increasingly radical.

Looking at the battlefield slaughterhouse jointly established by the Heavenly Demon and Netherworld Universities, he saw individuals being sent in, then transported out alive as various corpse parts.

Some corpse parts were thrown into the Blood Pool of Netherworld University, some were used to construct defensive works, and others were reprocessed into magical treasures used by students in the war.

Yu Xinghan knew that those people sent away were called prisoners of war, but actually, some were not.

He even suspected that if the situation continued to be unfavorable, the actions of the four Heavenly Demon schools might become even more radical.

After all, not long ago he heard Heavenly Demon University students saying that high-level officials had proposed establishing large-scale human breeding farms, cultivating manufactured humans with a three-month lifespan, releasing Earth Fiend Qi, causing irreversible damage to the Third Layer, permanent pollution, and other tactics.

Looking at Zhang Yu's still gray avatar on the contact list, Yu Xinghan thought silently: "It has already been four months..."

The next moment, a notice from superiors appeared within Yu Xinghan's eye socket.

"Constructing defensive works?" Yu Xinghan thought: "They build defensive works, do we build them too?"

In the following time, the ground of the Third Layer became like interlocking dog teeth. Both warring sides built long defense lines, meat grinders one by one, turning countless supplies and property into ash.

...

Above Myriad Laws University.

A bolt of thunder fire suddenly fell from the heavens.

Amidst a deafening roar, a piercing alarm sounded throughout Myriad Laws University.

Le Mulan raised her head, surprised: "Didn't we attack the Third Layer? How did an air raid happen here?"

At the same time, not only did Myriad Laws University suffer an air raid, but territories of the ten top universities on the Second Layer also encountered air raids.

A large number of Righteous Alliance cultivators broke through the spatial blockade of the Second and Third Layers, beginning to attack the rear of the ten top universities.

During this process, Xiang Shen had been observing, watching the movements of each school over the coming days.

Finally, he confirmed one thing.

"Indeed, Ciji has no ability to continue breaking the spatial blockade, so facing air raids, she can only take passive hits."

"Hmph. For nothing, we prepared for so long to guard against her before launching the general offensive."

"If I had known this, we should have attacked long ago."

At the same time, Xiang Shen's gaze shifted, seeing a message sent by a believer.

"Oh? Finally found a clue to Zhang Yu?"

At the same time, within a space in Myriad Laws University that was hard to detect, hard to enter, and known to almost no one.

Zhang Yu's eyes slowly opened, and an aura belonging to the Nascent Soul realm gradually surged from within his body.

(End of Chapter)