“The power of all spirits, pushing Kunxu, pushing the immortal path, pushing the will of Heaven.”

As Dao Qiankun’s advertising slogan echoed throughout the land, he, a shareholder in the Myriad Spirit Powers Production Group, simultaneously summoned a sky full of black Yin lightning with one hand and roaring white Yang lightning with the other. The two forces violently collided the next moment.

With the collision of the Yin and Yang lightning, the incandescent bolts seemed to solidify, descending from the sky like a towering pillar of light.

This was the military-grade Dao technique from Myriad Law University’s Dao Arts Department: the Bipolar Primordial Magnetic Divine Light Cannon.

As the light pillar descended, fine electric currents surged within a kilometer radius. Even this aftermath made everyone on the battlefield feel a tingling sensation, with sparks bursting from their hair.

Kuang Tianqing, facing the lightning pillar head-on, felt her heart sink.

She had just exhausted herself in a series of intense battles and hadn’t had time to rest and recover.

In contrast, Dao Qiankun in the sky had been resting for a long time, even waiting in that position to charge his Dao technique.

This kind of output environment, absolutely impossible in a one-on-one fight, greatly amplified the effect of Dao Qiankun’s strike.

But Kuang Tianqing could only block it with all her might, knowing she had no other option but to take the hit.

Heavenly Demonic Void Art… Curse Heaven Myriad Demon Seat… All the cultivation methods on her, and every military-grade Dharma bone, were pushed to their limits.

The next moment, Kuang Tianqing’s figure was swallowed by the pillar of light, but her magical power and *gangqi* were severely depleted by this strike.

The power she had borrowed from her teammates through dual cultivation, already used up in the previous intense battle, was now completely exhausted under the pressure of Dao Qiankun’s attack.

At the same time, she felt the remaining flying swords and sword pellets of Zhang Yu encircling her, conducting electric currents and further strengthening Dao Qiankun’s attack.

Kuang Tianqing suddenly understood: “That immortal scum! Did he plan this even before his death?”

“He and Dao Qiankun conspired… He deliberately left this escape route, specifically so Dao Qiankun could block it here…”

“Zhang Yu!!!”

The next moment, Kuang Tianqing’s body was completely engulfed by the lightning pillar, disappearing into the vast white light.

Dao Qiankun’s control over this Dao technique attack was clearly superb. As the lightning pillar dissipated, the buildings below were almost undamaged, closing back together with a bang, completely swallowing Kuang Tianqing’s figure.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Yu felt himself gradually waking up from darkness.

“Hm?”

Initially, he was a bit disoriented, but as his consciousness slowly returned, Zhang Yu gradually recalled what happened before he completely lost consciousness.

“I was fighting Kuang Tianqing…”

“Am I dead?”

“Is this the Spirit Realm?”

“Did I… become a soul cultivator?”

Just as Zhang Yu was thinking this, a voice reached his ears: “You’re awake?”

Zhang Yu struggled to open his eyes and saw the familiar sky.

He looked down at the surrounding ruins and murmured, “Am I not dead?”

Zhang Yu looked up and saw Dao Qiankun, Jiu Tianliu, Yan Qianji, Ye Xingli, and other powerful cultivators from various schools standing beside him, all looking at him.

Cang Shenyu of Vajra University said, “I gave you emergency treatment.”

“Although you used a Faked Death Life Stake, the fact that you didn’t die means you’re very lucky.”

Zhang Yu’s muddled mind slowly cleared, and he remembered more things.

“Right, I used a Faked Death Life Stake.”

The first time Zhang Yu saw a Faked Death Life Stake was when Che Yufei used it in the Civil Engineering Competition.

Later, he learned that it was a method used by workers to temporarily replace actual piles and deal with quality inspections. It was knowledge not taught in civil engineering textbooks, and something teachers implicitly avoided mentioning.

However, even with a fake death, Zhang Yu felt there was a high probability he would have been killed by Kuang Tianqing’s final fierce assault and Dao Qiankun’s strike.

Not to mention that after completely engulfing Kuang Tianqing, only he and Kuang Tianqing would have been left in that small, enclosed space.

If Kuang Tianqing had done something to his corpse then… Zhang Yu didn’t dare to imagine how high his chances of survival would have been.

“I’m actually still alive?”

This thought brought a hint of surprise to Zhang Yu, who had already mentally prepared for resurrection.

After all, resurrection would cost a considerable amount of *lingbi*. Even if someone sponsored him after the competition… wouldn’t it be better if that money was given directly to him instead of being used for his resurrection?

Then Zhang Yu looked up at the surrounding ruins and asked, “Where is Kuang Tianqing? Where did she go?”

He looked at his own body and hastily asked, “Did she not do anything to my corpse?”

Dao Qiankun smiled slightly, pointed to a nearby hole in the ground, and said, “She retreated.”

Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback: “Retreated?”

“Before she retreated, she didn’t get revenge on me?”

Jiu Tianliu exclaimed, “Kuang Tianqing only appears arrogant and unruly, but she has always been very rational.”

“Just as she said, where money flows, the will of Heaven follows. If she is to act on behalf of Heaven, she must follow the direction of wealth growth.”

Jiu Tianliu looked at a several-meter-deep hole dug in the ground nearby and said, “Even after being severely depleted by Brother Dao’s final strike, she never gave up.”

“Look at the direction of this hole; it’s likely where she started digging first after being trapped.”

“She wanted to dig her way back to the battlefield and turn the tide.”

“Even though your corpse was not far from her, she didn’t waste a second to bother with you. Instead, she chose to rush back to the battlefield immediately.”

“But the high strength of the surrounding buildings caused Kuang Tianqing immense trouble, and coupled with her already greatly diminished power, it took her a considerable amount of time to advance even a few meters.”

“During her absence, the balance of power on the battlefield was lost. Without Kuang Tianqing’s intervention, we defeated the powerful students of the Four Heavenly Demonic Schools one by one.”

“After capturing several people, the students of the Four Heavenly Demonic Schools began to scatter and flee. After chasing and capturing several more, we were preparing to return and collectively suppress Kuang Tianqing.”

At this moment, Yan Qianji walked to another hole in the ground and analyzed, “Kuang Tianqing might have perceived the changes on the battlefield through the Four Schools’ group chat.”

“Realizing that even if she returned, she couldn’t turn the tide, and might even be ambushed herself, she quickly changed her strategy.”

Yan Qianji’s eye-sockets scanned the data of the hole, then continued to analyze, “From the digging marks, her change of mind was quick and decisive.”

“Still not wasting any time on you, she quickly determined her retreat direction and started digging.”

“Of course, this also has to do with her thinking you were already dead.”

Zhang Yu nodded to himself, understanding that for Kuang Tianqing, spending time retaliating against Zhang Yu’s corpse was less important than retreating quickly.

Otherwise, once surrounded by Dao Qiankun and his group, it would cause immense damage to her physical body and Dharma bones.

And if she were captured, it would be a severe blow to her reputation.

But even so, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but marvel at Kuang Tianqing’s calmness and decisiveness. He could almost imagine Kuang Tianqing, after bottling up her anger, enduring the urge to desecrate his corpse, and desperately digging in the ground…

Just then, Zhang Yu suddenly asked, “Is the competition still ongoing?”

Ye Xingli nodded: “It’s going to end in a few minutes.”

Zhang Yu immediately shouted, “Kuang Tianqing!”

“You lost again!”

“This is the second time you’ve run away from me!”

“Did you hear me! Kuang Tianqing!”

With Zhang Yu’s furious shout, a visible sound wave erupted from his mouth and spread across the heavens and earth.

After this roar, his weakened body immediately felt a pang of soreness, and the straining of his internal organs made Zhang Yu involuntarily cough up a mouthful of blood.

But in Zhang Yu’s view, all of this was worth it. Shouting at this last moment of the live broadcast would increase his popularity and traffic, greatly enhancing his achievements and boosting his potential for the immortal path.

Having gone through this battle, Zhang Yu understood even more clearly that to catch up with Kuang Tianqing and Dao Qiankun, he had to seize every single opportunity to earn money and grow stronger.

At the same time, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “And… that old schemer might be hiding nearby right now, waiting for an opportunity to ambush.”

Several kilometers away, Kuang Tianqing, who was observing the battlefield, heard the distant shouts, and the cold glint in her eyes became even more sinister.

She had stayed there, originally hoping for an opportunity—perhaps the students of the Four Myriad Law Schools would relax their guard in their complacency, allowing her to release a captive, or abduct someone.

But she didn’t expect to wait until this moment, near the end of the competition, and hear Zhang Yu’s shout.

“Immortal scum…”

At this moment, Zhang Yu’s position in Kuang Tianqing’s “must-devour” list had dramatically risen, second only to Dao Qiankun.

Zhang Yu, in Kuang Tianqing’s eyes, had now become her dark history, a stain on her reputation, a stumbling block that lowered her investment value, advertising value, and immortal path potential.

Zhang Yu… had become her enemy on the Dao.

Only by devouring him could she maximally recover her losses.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield.

The groups from Heavenly Demon University and Dan Ding University faced each other.

A student with a dragon’s head and a human body looked at the students from Dan Ding University before him and angrily said, “You scoundrels… satisfied now that you’ve blocked us until now?”

The other person merely smiled and said, “Human infighting, why should the demon-blooded participate?”

In a flash, the last few minutes of the competition ended.

Beams of divine light descended, taking all the students and captives back to the northern outpost.

As Kuang Tianqing landed on the mountain peak, she saw projections descending from the sky, holding signs of various news media, surrounding him.

A demon-blooded person said, “Hello, Kuang Tianqing. I’m a reporter from Peng School Immortal News. What do you have to say about twice escaping from Zhang Yu?”

Kuang Tianqing’s face darkened. Too lazy to answer, she turned to the other side.

Only to see a human say, “I’m a reporter from Sky Patrol Records. What do you think of the Civil Engineering Department, student Kuang?”

“Damn it.” Kuang Tianqing gritted her teeth, ignored all the projections, and walked away.

The reporters then surrounded Dao Qiankun, who arrived shortly after.

Looking at the circling reporter projections, Dao Qiankun waved to the weakened Zhang Yu behind him: “Come here, Zhang Yu.”

Feeling the constantly flashing lights before him, and seeing the projections staring at him, Zhang Yu suddenly felt nervous.

At the same time, a reporter asked, “Student Zhang Yu, do you have anything to say?”