The end of the eighth month.

Zhang Yu sat cross-legged within his dormitory, sensing the state of his being.

Since his arrival at the Wan Fa University City on the second layer in June of the previous year, he had first undergone three months of foundational cultivation. Then, from the commencement of the academic year in September of that same year, he had relentlessly pressed forward, and now, at this moment… he had finally reaped abundant rewards upon the path of Immortal Dao.

His Dao Heart had ascended to Level 15 (55.1), and the operation of his heart method had seamlessly achieved the realm of Spirit-Flesh Union, flowing effortlessly like breath at every moment. He had also successfully unlocked his second heart method.

His magic power, day and night without cease, absorbed and grew explosively, reaching a staggering 752.8 units.

The quality of his magic power, after continuous enhancement, though its growth rate had begun to slow, still reached a formidable level of 173!

Although the second semester’s primary focus had been on breathing techniques, through the assistance of various Dao techniques, supplements of food essence, numerous potent elixirs, the constant gravity tempering of the Nine Prisons Town Yue Band, and Zhang Yu’s unceasing “overtime work” at the construction site!

His physical strength had also reached Level 15.88!

And with the steady advancement of his cultivation in all aspects, Zhang Yu’s Gang Qi conduction rate had now reached 53, allowing his Gang Qi to extend its reach beyond 50 meters!

Feeling the surging power within his body at this moment, a satisfied smile couldn’t help but grace Zhang Yu’s lips!

He then cast a glance at his bank balance!

Though he constantly incurred expenses each month on spirit stones, pills, spirit world traffic, Dao techniques, and spirit world services, Zhang Yu had consistently acquired windfalls!

Later, he had also freely gained the benefits of the Spirit-Flesh Union journey, coupled with his ever-increasing work efficiency, and occasionally selling off some magic power!

His account balance had finally risen instead of falling, reaching 46 spirit coins!

Gazing at the 46 spirit coins in his account, Zhang Yu felt a sense of profound satisfaction!

“This feeling of my Immortal Dao potential being so firmly consolidated… truly wonderful!”

At the same time, the white bull within his mind roared, vaguely portending a new transformation!

And this change stemmed from the second heart method Zhang Yu had obtained from the spirit world, a formidable black-level technique!

This technique was named the 《Infinite Heart Inner Law Body》, and upon reviewing its contents, Zhang Yu realized that this heart method was a perfect match for the Residual Cow Shed Body Mind Art!

When Zhang Yu had initially comprehended the complete version of the Residual Cow Shed Body Mind Art, he understood that this heart method was for fighting to the bitter end. Even if the body suffered grievous injuries, with broken limbs and severed arms, one must shed their form and fight anew, unyielding even in the face of a hundred deaths!

To achieve this, the Residual Cow Shed Body Mind Art stimulated the body’s vitality, granting the cultivator powerful self-healing abilities. This allowed for fighting to the death and seeking life from death repeatedly after shedding one’s form, preparing for the next such confrontation!

Otherwise, after a few such battles, the body would be destroyed, leaving no power to fight further!

But even with the blessing of the Residual Cow Shed Body Mind Art, it did not guarantee safety and soundness. In repeated life-or-death battles, the possibility of suffering heavy injuries and bodily demise always existed!

And the existence of the Infinite Heart Inner Law Body was precisely to compensate for this!

According to the heart method content Zhang Yu had obtained, this technique directly pointed towards an 80-level Dao Heart, meaning… this technique could be cultivated from the first level of the Qi Refining period, through the 20th level of Foundation Building, the 30th level of the Golden Core period… ultimately pushing all the way to the full 80 levels!

This was also the first time Zhang Yu had obtained a complete set of subsequent realm contents for a technique!

Like the techniques he had purchased before, he could often at most buy versions for the Qi Refining or Foundation Building periods!

And the description of the heart method’s final realm claimed that every strand of flesh contained intent. If combined with the 80-level Residual Cow Shed Body Mind Art, one could achieve rebirth from a single drop of blood, becoming undying and indestructible. Even a single drop of blood, or a single hair… could split off to form external incarnations, capable of transforming into thousands!

The concept embodied by the Infinite Heart Inner Law Body was that of struggling to the very end, refusing to stop fighting resolutely until every single strand of flesh and every piece of bone was utterly ground into dust!

And after Zhang Yu began cultivating this technique, he felt that with every level the Infinite Heart Inner Law Body ascended, his thinking speed increased. This continued until this moment, where he welcomed a qualitative change…

“Nine deaths yet yielding not, shedding form without regret, only then can the Primordial Spirit return to the flesh’s homeland!”

The heart method’s incantation flowed through Zhang Yu’s mind once more, and his Infinite Heart Inner Law Body finally surged to the 10th level at this very moment!

Zhang Yu then felt his thinking intent, at this moment, splitting as if into two!

The roaring white bull in his mind raised its head and bellowed angrily, its head also splitting into two, transforming into a two-headed white bull!

Accompanied by the roar of the two-headed white bull, Zhang Yu felt his heart being used in two ways simultaneously, capable of operating two kinds of intent in parallel!

This was the effect of the 10th level of the Infinite Heart Inner Law Body, allowing Zhang Yu to simultaneously operate two kinds of intent!

Next, as long as he continued to elevate the level of the Infinite Heart Inner Law Body, not only would his thinking speed become faster and faster, but the number of parallel intents he could handle would also increase!

And reaching Level 10 allowed for further elevating the quantity of parallel intents, gradually reaching “one heart with ten uses,” “one heart with a hundred uses”… until every single strand of flesh could be allocated an intent, cooperating with the Residual Cow Shed Body Mind Art to achieve the realm of rebirth from a single drop of blood, undying and indestructible, external incarnations, and transforming into thousands!

As Zhang Yu gradually comprehended the formidable nature of this technique, he also understood why his sister believed this heart method, even if not military-grade, was at least of pre-military-grade level!

“Perhaps in the era when this technique was created, it was indeed a military-grade technique.”

“Only as time passed, military-grade techniques became more and more overbearing, causing this technique to gradually fall to a pre-military-grade evaluation? Just like the Nine Heavens Cloud Strength.”

Of course, at this moment, Zhang Yu was still too far from that legendary realm of rebirth from a single drop of blood and transforming into thousands. In his view, the greatest role the Infinite Heart Inner Law Body currently played for him was not reflected in his flesh, but rather in the manipulation of Gang Qi!

He saw two Formless Warriors float out from behind him. With a loud bang, they exploded, then *boomed* and clashed together!

The two human-shaped Gang Qi figures exchanged blows, fists and feet colliding. Under Zhang Yu’s dual intent control, they were like two different individuals locked in fierce combat!

Zhang Yu secretly estimated in his heart: “Under the blessing of the 10th level Infinite Heart Inner Law Body, with dual thinking… at my full strength, I can probably manipulate 9 Formless Warriors relatively perfectly!”

“However, correspondingly, the magic power consumption per unit of time will also inevitably increase!”

Just at this moment, Yu Xing Han’s voice called out from the side: “Zhang Yu, let’s go, it’s time for the exam!”

Yu Xing Han, his fists clenched, spoke with a face full of fighting spirit: “After so long of diligent cultivation, it’s finally time for us to shake the world!”

Walking all the way to the exam field, the two of them saw many students rushing hurriedly to their exams along the way!

After all, it was the end of the academic year, and too many students were taking exams during this period. Even Zhang Pian Pian and Le Mu Lan had left the dormitory much earlier to begin their exams!

When Zhang Yu and Yu Xing Han arrived at the exam hall, they saw many students already waiting there, their faces etched with nervousness, anticipation, or excitement…

The first exam, the Dao Heart examination, officially began!

Deep within the Spirit World!

The Dao Heart teacher, Feng Jiu, was observing the situation in the Spirit World exam field with her spirit!

A student’s image floated before her, with all sorts of detailed situations being recorded!

The content of this Dao Heart exam was randomly drawn for each student, combined with a portion of public data!

Although the content varied for each individual, when matched with different refined scoring rules, it could evaluate a student’s Dao Heart score with the highest degree of accuracy!

In one picture, Li Xiao was walking like a zombie on the street!

His exam question was “Death”!

At this moment, he suddenly discovered that a death certificate had been mistakenly opened for him in the Spirit World network’s data!

As a result, he was defined as dead in various fields!

His Spirit World network connection was severed, and in his eye sockets, he could only see a vast expanse of a gray and white city!

His bank account was frozen, not a single spirit coin could be used!

Even the Yuan Magnetic Passage, he had lost the authority to use!

And all his titles, rankings, and fields had completely vanished, appearing to others like an illusion!

Even after being injured, because he was already in a state of death, he was unable to receive any compensation or medical treatment!

He was like a lonely ghost wandering in this vast forest of gray and white city, his spirit suffering torment. The spirit recorded Li Xiao’s situation: “Emotional autonomy 76 points, inner stability 72 points, inner sense of abundance 71 points!

Lacks the resilience of independent cultivation, highly dependent on social recognition!”

After giving Li Xiao his final score, the spirit noticed another student!

Ying Xin’s situation… was called bankruptcy!

Bankruptcy, regarded by countless people of Kun Ru as the beginning of bodily demise and the elimination of the Dao, was in the eyes of many a more terrifying thing than going mad, becoming possessed, or being infected by evil Qi!

But Ying Xin, facing such a situation, displayed a hint of composure!

“It’s time to show the family foundation of us six generations of Earth and Wood people!”

“Come forth, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, High Ancestor, Heavenly Ancestor!”

With a single palm strike, Ying Xin pushed out with the Level 20 Digging Palm, overturning a large section of land. Six coffins *boomed* and rose from the ground!

Immediately after, a number floated above each coffin, representing the price of the corpse within. From Father to Heavenly Ancestor, the numbers grew larger and larger, revealing increasingly terrifying pressure!

“Six worlds of remaining fierce, help me overturn the heavens!”

Looking at Ying Xin’s high-spirited state, the spirit recorded: “High degree of family socialization, possessing extremely strong psychological resilience fostered by upbringing. Once again verifies the theory that the wealthier one is, the stronger their emotional capacity!”

“Money is indeed the most important reference factor for humans. I still cannot understand why property value is not included in the university ranking reference data!”

At the same time, more student data surged to the spirit’s forefront!

Yu Xing Han was currently facing divorce!

The daughter of a wealthy upper-layer family with assets reaching tens of thousands of spirit coins sent the divorce papers to him!

Facing the humiliation of the rich, the sarcasm of relatives, the ridicule of classmates, and the blatant or veiled threats from the wealthy daughter, a heavy spiritual pressure was unleashed upon him!

“Yu Xing Han, if you have any backbone, just accept it. Then we can still be friends!”

“Backbone?” Yu Xing Han’s heart surged with anger. He had never felt so wronged before!

This kind of profound wrong made him tear up the divorce papers and shout towards the other party: “No divorce!”

“If he wants to do great things, I’ll do small things. I must marry this son-in-law, and no one can stop me. Unless you go bankrupt today!”

Watching this scene, the spirit shook its head and recorded: “This exam question is too old. The question bank should be updated. Things like backbone and dignity, how much psychological pressure can they still cause now… Hmm, let’s change his question!”