[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals":3,"chapter-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-24":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Cluster Artillery: Shattering the Immortals",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2342035,4578,"Chapter 24: Cultivating the Sword","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-24",24,"\u003Cp>Jiang Ding sat cross-legged, drenched in sweat and pale-faced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, Branch 1 (100%)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, Branch 10 (100%)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inner vision revealed his body: the ten primary branches of the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian had been fully refined, glowing translucent, with pale white internal qi flowing through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten meridians, two days—thanks to constant use of Essence-Replenishing and Qi-Boosting Elixirs,” Jiang Ding calculated silently. “That’s fast. If I were using the top-tier methods of martial cultivators like Gong Caiyu, with a thousand meridians, I could reach full internal qi in at most two months and begin breaking through to Primordial.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah. Even a super prodigy isn’t that special.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drifted into private daydreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t belittle yourself. When the meridians are refined and nourished to the stages of Micro-Circulation, Small Circulation, and Great Circulation, and the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians form a unified loop, the progress of Essence-to-Qi transformation will surge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This % novel {first; release, > Please! Visit {to: read!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap in cultivation methods and mentorship is even greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recon Soldier-1 Camouflage, High-Quality Special Magic Artifact, woven and inscribed with a Level-One Concealment Array, requires use with the Lesser Concealment Art; when mastered to minor proficiency, it can mask detection by Qi Refining ninth-layer cultivators’ spiritual sense and also block the Level-One onboard radar of tanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then can the internal qi channels be considered preliminarily stabilized, and cultivation speed will increase dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding regained his composure and thought rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint prickling sensation; a trace of internal power flowed in, then withdrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Internal power flowed out from the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, entering the starting node of the adjacent Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian, spreading outward to the ten main meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This technique, when paired with the Immortal Sect’s Spirit Child Radar, greatly enhances its search range and precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh… I bombed this exam…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Li Junhao gave up cultivation so easily—he aced his academic subjects, long aware of these truths. No wonder Jiang Chaoyang spent half his life just reaching the Chuying  Internal Qi Great Completion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elixir: Old Ginseng Qi-Stabilizing Pill. Plain and unremarkable, rated by the education system as “low-cost, barely usable,” yet in the Yue Kingdom’s martial world, it was a heavenly pill even the imperial family rarely saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal Sect Qi Refining cultivators never cared for spells like Fireball or Ice Arrow with ranges of mere dozens of meters—but one spell was mandatory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note: Pre-Primordial martial artists must input three minutes of internal power; Internal Qi cultivators must input over ten minutes of internal qi to activate one shot—or fail to activate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below Primordial, downgrade one level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the rear seat, Jiang Ding gripped his pen, lost in deep thought, then wrote an answer with hesitant uncertainty—nothing like the confident flair he showed in Ideology and Morality class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, none of the dozen or so Internal Qi classmates in his grade chose the Recon Soldier path—there must be some insurmountable obstacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fifty-nine years!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not that hard. Not yet hopeless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After closing his eyes to meditate for a moment, Jiang Ding stood and walked to the equipment rack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the next piece of equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each magic artifact costs over a hundred times more than a normal weapon and is military-grade—unavailable unless you’ve served in the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core of the Immortal Sect’s combat system is generating specific-frequency electromagnetic waves via spells for reconnaissance and scanning, with ranges starting at a kilometer—far exceeding the hundred-meter limit of Qi Refining cultivators’ spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of the twelve regular meridians has its ten main branches refined and nourished, connected by the array diagrams from the Chuying  Takeoff Sword Art, stabilized into a unified loop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chinese: Main exam topics include cultivation theory, talismans, and the use of spiritual script for conveying immortal information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour for meals, half an hour for sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike previous practice weapons like heavy machine guns—mass-producible semi-artifacts—magic artifacts require consumption of various spirit mineral alloys and can only be crafted by Qi Refining cultivators using industrial machinery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Type 03 Anti-Material Sniper Rifle, High-Quality Special Magic Artifact, caliber 12.7x108mm, length 2124mm, weight 89kg, barrel inscribed with a Level-One Concealment and Level-One Spell-Breaking Array; hits can shatter the defensive magic artifacts of Qi Refining ninth-layer cultivators, consuming 5%–10% of a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s magic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is only natural. Just these two artifacts alone raise the value of a Recon Soldier far beyond that of a regular infantryman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means, right now, using the Major-Level Lesser Concealment Art with Recon Soldier Camouflage only masks scans from classmates’ proficient spiritual sense techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The service an Immortal Sect citizen casually sends via courier carries immense labor value—comparing it to turning stones to gold is not an exaggeration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Can and others have them; they possess various herbs over a hundred years old—but they cannot enjoy elixirs of this caliber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding had some understanding of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two high-quality special magic artifacts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Minor-Level Chuying  Takeoff Sword Art, a hundred-essence qi-boosting pill refined from ninety-year-old ginseng—these are advantages ordinary students don’t have. Combined, even with reduced innate talent, my cultivation speed is at least double theirs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exam time is up. Please submit your papers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To transform from mortal to immortal—only a prodigy can achieve it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third and fourth periods: Chinese exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although so, compared to before, after gaining the rusty sword tip’s insight boost and possessing internal qi as a concrete reference, his progress these past days had been substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to before, a semi-transparent camouflage uniform and a two-meter-plus rifle now stood there, with a spirit marker beside them providing annotations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing Immortal Sect Qi Refining cultivators, external cultivators of the same level often couldn’t even see their enemy before being drowned in artillery and bullets from unknown sources. Jiang Ding skimmed the spirit marker’s Lesser Concealment Art and found it obscure and difficult—its difficulty and effect were equal, no weaker than the Electromagnetic Induction Wave Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sss~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hours passed in a flash. Jiang Ding barely finished the spiritual script writing, glanced at the two still-blank major questions, sighed, and let the teacher collect his paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding held his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After over ten minutes, he again directed internal power into the previously nourished meridians, repairing, advancing, expanding step by step, never stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding opened his eyes, sat on the edge of the bed, closed his eyes, and meditated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His next cultivation goal is achieving ‘Micro-Circulation.’ Thus, he must now cultivate the ten main meridians of the second hand yin meridian: the Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too bad… the Chuying  Takeoff Sword Art has one hundred and eight thousand meridians!” After a brief daydream, Jiang Ding’s heart sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Electromagnetic Induction Wave Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a slight calculation, Jiang Ding was shaken, unable to remain calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not slow at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afternoon: Math exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the crowd out of the classroom, Jiang Ding glanced at Li Junhao beside him, his face etched with bitterness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Five meridians per day, refined and nourished—that’s twenty-one thousand six hundred days!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a Qi Refining cultivator has a spiritual sense scanning spell of equal level, it can mask detection from spiritual sense techniques one level lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomorrow: Science and Humanities comprehensive exams, then cold and hot weapon assessments, finally live combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combat formats vary: some are one-on-one duels under teacher supervision, wearing full gear and using reduced-power drugs for evaluation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others are team-based, completing objectives like stealth or assassination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, campaign-style: multiple classes and grades coordinate into battalions to assault a Foundation Establishment cultivator trained in external realm tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1267,"2026-06-20T23:34:14.007Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","06f0f7c3764560f5467894af1035f59fb95259db6414f276714607585b08baee","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-25","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-23",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cover.jpg"]