From the slums of Songyang City on the first floor, I climbed all the way to the second floor, then to the Top Ten, and now to the highest stage for college students.

Zhang Yu’s thoughts also gradually changed.

From the initial desire to eat, survive, and live longer… as his power grew and he became wealthy, he began to want more.

He wanted to protect Bai Zhenzhen, save his classmate Zhao Tianxing, shelter Yu Xinghan, help Che Yufei make money, start a company, employ fellow villagers, and take in classmates…

He grew stronger, and his desires multiplied.

“I… no longer just want to survive.”

“Surviving is not enough for me, far from it.”

“Because I am unwilling.”

“Because I am dissatisfied with this world.”

“I want to enter a sect, climb higher, and become wealthier…”

“I also want to change this damn world, even if it’s just a few people, a few things.”

Watching Kuang Tianqing charge again, Zhang Yu’s entire spirit, all his thoughts, all his ideas… were once again completely focused on this battle.

Soaring sword energy met Kuang Tianqing.

The earth shattered, and the impact sent both of them into the sky.

In an instant, Zhang Yu and Kuang Tianqing fought from the ground to the sky.

“Zhang Yu.” Kuang Tianqing sneered, “Your demeanor has changed.”

“Has your ambition also swelled with your power?”

“You immortal scum… do you also want to change the world?”

As the two intensely battled, the sky was like suns constantly exploding and dissipating.

Kuang Tianqing looked at the spirited Zhang Yu and secretly thought, “In this world, the stronger one’s power, the greater the influence one has on the world.”

He sighed, “The greater the influence, the more money one makes; the more money one makes, the stronger one becomes.”

“And as cultivators ascend step by step, as their power grows, they will increasingly want to influence the world, to change the world.”

“But who is right and who is wrong in the direction of change?”

Kuang Tianqing thought, “Who knows? Whether immortal or foundation establishment, big or small influence, much or little change, it’s all about trying to suppress the environment, trying to insult this world.”

“Then molding it into the shape they need, the way they want, making the world satisfy their ambitions, satisfy their desires.”

Zhang Yu also felt Kuang Tianqing’s fighting, sensing the increasingly intense battle intent from his opponent.

“What ‘longevity extension,’ what ‘Dharma realm,’ what ‘sentient world’… it’s all just the selfish desires of the strong, wanting to force the world, wanting the world to operate according to their will.”

“But so what?”

“Am I not the same?”

Zhang Yu sighed in his heart, “Are my ideas necessarily more correct than everyone in Kunxu? More suitable for this place? No, in the end, changing the world is ultimately just to implement my own ideas, to satisfy my own interests.”

“At this moment, this battle, my duel with Kuang Tianqing, is a fight between the two students with the strongest ambitions and desires among the Top Ten, fighting and clashing to realize their ambitions and satisfy their interests…”

They battled from the ground to the sky, and from the sky back to the depths of the earth.

Magical power was squandered wantonly, the cost of repairing magical artifacts was no longer considered, and the Dharma body was frantically worn down through repeated shattering of the Golden Core.

Both fought with all their might! Fight! Fight!

One minute, ten minutes, one hour… when they stopped again, a full ten hours had passed.

The sun in the sky had gradually set, and the afterglow of the sunset shone on them, seemingly indicating that one of them was about to reach the end of their power, the end of their life.

After ten full hours of battle, with all techniques and powers exhausted, both sides understood each other profoundly.

At the same time, they could feel their opponent’s power continuously declining and their state constantly dropping during this prolonged struggle, becoming increasingly “weak” and less strong.

And when this decline in strength reached a certain limit, they both stopped simultaneously.

“All moves are exhausted, strength is at its limit.” Zhang Yu said calmly, “Kuang Tianqing, it’s time to decide the victor.”

Kuang Tianqing nodded, “Even with our foundations, our state is now at its limit. Zhang Yu… are you ready to lose?”

Looking at Zhang Yu, Kuang Tianqing felt a sense of surprise.

With the power infused by many academic elites from the four schools of Tianmo, Kuang Tianqing had believed that her power was not only the best among all ten schools’ students, but her stamina and endurance were also absolutely peerless among all college students.

She had not expected that after ten hours of intense fighting, ten hours of struggle, Zhang Yu showed no sign of weakness, as if endless reserve power and potential continuously erupted from within him.

Zhang Yu also looked at Kuang Tianqing with surprise, not expecting that after unleashing all his various ultimate moves, his opponent could still hold on until now.

His Earth-Wood Sacred Body brought stronger defensive power to his injuries.

Switching to Qi Mai Chang Liu from time to time, coupled with the联动 (liándòng) effect of his twin spiritual roots, also allowed his magical power to recover rapidly.

Furthermore, the enhancement from his twin spiritual roots made Zhang Yu grow stronger and bolder the more he fought.

“It seems in the end… I still have to use that move.”

Zhang Yu’s eyes flickered as he activated the power of the Immortal Descendant.

The Immortal Descendant was a Dao Seed from Dao Qiankun’s corpse.

After Zhang Yu painstakingly tried countless times and submitted numerous modification blueprints to the spirit artifact, he finally succeeded in replicating this Dao Seed.

And the potential of this Dao Seed was something Zhang Yu had never seen before.

“Immortal Descendant represents a type of authority originating from an immortal.”

“And this authority allows me to…”

As the power of the Immortal Descendant was activated, Zhang Yu felt as if an extra dimension had appeared within him, a dimension connected to some other space.

“Spatial pocket? Storage ring? Kamui?”

Zhang Yu didn’t know the essence or the ultimate extent of this ability.

Zhang Yu only knew that at Level 1, the Immortal Descendant allowed him to interfere with space in the Kunxu world.

He could open a space of about 10 cubic meters and connect his body to this space, transferring any matter that touched his body into that space.

“At least at Level 1, the Immortal Descendant can currently only transfer inanimate objects, and the contact area can only be maintained at about 30 square centimeters.”

According to Zhang Yu’s understanding, after he opened that space, there was only an opening of about 30 square centimeters for entry and exit.

And this 30 square centimeter entrance and exit could only open on his body.

During the previous intense battle, Zhang Yu had not used the power of the Immortal Descendant, partly because he was confident that even without using this ability, he would never lose with his own strength and the true sword in his hand.

More importantly, Zhang Yu did not want anyone to discover that he possessed such power, so in this highly anticipated decisive battle, he was unwilling to easily use this power.

Until this point in the decisive battle, in order to win and defeat his opponent, Zhang Yu decided to use this power to increase his chances of victory.

“If the Immortal Descendant is simply used to store things, its impact on victory or defeat is minimal.”

“But if it’s used for defense, even if it only affects an area of 30 square centimeters, it’s an almost invincible power in the immortal cultivation techniques I know.”

While Zhang Yu was thinking, Kuang Tianqing had already moved.

At this moment, where both sides had pushed themselves to their limits, Kuang Tianqing understood very well that there would be no more opportunities for maneuvering. All victories and defeats, all thoughts, all plans, all desires… would be decided in the next strike.

With this strike, she would bet everything, even her life, just to blast Zhang Yu to death.

As long as Zhang Yu died before her, as long as she could win this battle, death was a cost she was willing to bear.

The power of the Golden Core gathered, and an astonishing aura surged. Under the surprised gaze of countless spectators, Kuang Tianqing was rushing towards the Golden Core with unprecedented momentum.

Ye Xingli said in astonishment, “What is she doing? If she continues like this, the momentum will be too strong, she won’t have time to shatter the Golden Core and will completely enter the Golden Core realm.”

Jiu Tianliu’s heart stirred, “She wants to approach the Golden Core realm more closely than ever before…”

Shattering the Golden Core, each shattering needs to be completed before entering the Golden Core realm.

And clearly, the closer one gets to the Golden Core realm, the more powerful the eruption when shattering the Golden Core.

However, the closer one gets to the Golden Core realm, the harder it is to shatter it. A slight mistake could lead to a complete breakthrough, becoming an unlicensed Golden Core.

After countless cultivations, Kuang Tianqing was able to control the process of shattering the Golden Core to 80%, sometimes even 90%.

But at this very moment, when Kuang Tianqing unreservedly began her breakthrough, and her aura surged to an unprecedented level, she instantly reached 90%.

Yet she didn’t stop, instead continuing to push towards 91%, 95%… 99%!

Her all-out realm sprint allowed Kuang Tianqing to instantly complete 99% of the Golden Core breakthrough process; it seemed that in the next moment, she would fully step into the Golden Core and reach a new realm.

Is there still time to shatter the Golden Core?

Is there still time to stop the realm breakthrough?

Countless spectators watched this scene, with the same question rising in their hearts.

They seemed to have already seen the moment Kuang Tianqing would be defeated due to an unlicensed Golden Core.

Then Kuang Tianqing showed them with her actions that there was indeed enough time.

Because she had no intention of shattering the Golden Core.

She intended to self-detonate her Golden Core, and she intended to self-detonate her physical body!

“Zhang Yu, how can I allow you to insult my world with your Dharma Realm? How can I allow you to harvest my wealth with your Dharma Realm?”

With a terrifying fluctuation infinitely close to the Golden Core, Kuang Tianqing’s body erupted into a sky full of blood mist, already shattering layer by layer with the Netherworld Disintegration Technique.

“This life is yours!”

“In this battle, I only need you to die before me!”

A terrifying strike, an invincible strike, Kuang Tianqing’s strongest strike in her life, came directly at Zhang Yu.

And on Kuang Tianqing’s body, there was no longer any discernible human form.

“Immortal scum! Be defeated!”