[{"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-972":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},2342983,4578,"Chapter 972","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-972",972,"\u003Cp>Jiang Ding extended his spiritual sense, spreading it across a range of sixteen hundred kilometers, surveying the current Liu Dao Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a hundred years have passed; with numerous spiritual veins returning, this place has become a Fifth-Rank Lower-Grade spiritual vein, and as the world’s spiritual veins converge here, it may even reach Fifth-Rank Upper-Grade within a few centuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clouds and mist perpetually swirl here, with electromagnetic light blanketing the sky, surrounded by the Wangting Blessed Land Realm, the Luo Xu Sect’s Secret Realm, and numerous Fourth-Rank secret realms, the mist thick and hazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, it resembles a sacred immortal land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, this place is, to some extent, a sacred immortal land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of the entire world, countless Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators gather here; every moment, new immortal achievements are born, new prodigies emerge, and their names resound across regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any major event here, any new immortal achievement, spreads throughout the world in a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators here gain the great opportunities of their Dao, break through their realms, and look toward the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The immortal civilization of this small world is developing at a pace dozens of times faster than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding’s gaze lowered, settling on the Yin-Yang Electromagnetic Absolute-Spirit Mountain, and on the cultivators—human and beast—within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undoubtedly, from the perspective of a ruler, the greatest wealth is talent, far surpassing countless rare treasures; talent and the intellectual achievements it creates are the most precious wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only about ten thousand cultivators reside permanently on the Yin-Yang Electromagnetic Absolute-Spirit Mountain, for too many people would disrupt the spiritual vein.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them are dozens of Heaven-Spirit Root cultivators, beast tribes with Earth-Class bloodlines, special physiques, extraordinary wisdom and comprehension, outstanding battlefield achievements, or indisputable accomplishments in agriculture, weapon forging, or pill refining—thus earning the right to cultivate on the Yin-Yang Electromagnetic Absolute-Spirit Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The future Nascent Soul cultivators, even Soul Transformation cultivators, will be born from among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding’s gaze fell upon a centipede winding its way up the mountain path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This centipede, its body gleaming gold-green, was merely at Foundation Establishment, yet emitted an aura that made even Golden Core cultivators slightly wary; its carapace was tougher than the finest top-grade magic treasure, and every human and beast cultivator who passed by showed signs of caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This centipede is a descendant of the Bai Zu Tianjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At sixty years old, it has grown to this level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jia Jin, Dao Heart score: sixty-two…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding pulled up his records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a Dao Heart score normally disqualifies one from coming to the Yin-Yang Electromagnetic Absolute-Spirit Mountain for the highest-level immortal education; at least eighty-five out of one hundred is required.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jia Jin’s talent is too exceptional—it surpasses Earth-Class beast bloodlines and forcibly raises his overall score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some Zheng Zong cultivators suggested suppressing him, since his Dao Heart score is too low, barely qualifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one dared violate the system established by Tu Shan Zhongting, so the matter was reported upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As per law.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding issued his ruling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While handling official duties, he transmitted the newly acquired Ice Phoenix egg to Zheng Zong for them to handle the related matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these enemies’ descendants can grow despite their low Dao Heart scores within the system I established, let them be; no need to interfere or fear them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely some mongrel phoenix beast cultivators—if they violate Tu Shan law, execute them on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they abide by Tu Shan law, and live within this immortal system I built, everything they do benefits me, benefits the economy, benefits the growth of immortal civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding spent some time handling official affairs, randomly inspecting documents involving Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators—praising some, harshly reprimanding others, or immediately signing arrest and execution orders, sending the Tu Shan Maidens and Da Ri Chang Jian cultivators to carry them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s unfortunate—merely neglecting state affairs for a few decades has led some to harbor Jiaoxing  psychology, no longer strictly obeying Tu Shan law; the strict surveillance laws I established have been corroded and rendered useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not bad—no widespread violations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding set down the documents and turned to the most important financial report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This year’s tax revenue: fifty-three billion nine hundred million Lower-Grade Spirit Stones!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stabilized.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From now on, as the world and industries develop, and as talent and technological innovation advance, tax revenue will slowly increase—but it will largely remain at this level, no major changes expected.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just enough to cover the interest on the immortal sect’s loans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the output of Da Ri Tianchi, he could barely afford his own cultivation each year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, the cost of one Da Ri Yaojin is over five billion Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s not all—the sect’s No. 4 Synthetic Gengjin is also an excellent material, a Fifth-Rank Supreme-grade substance that, when added to sword forging, greatly enhances a sword’s sharpness and resilience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined, plus the interest on the sect’s loans, his annual expenditure amounts to roughly fifteen hundred Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The small realm’s income is five hundred Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones; the portion of Da Ri Tianchi that reaches me is four hundred Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s still a six-hundred Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone deficit each year.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding silently calculated—his savings could sustain him for over a hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is thanks to the accumulated reserves of the Ice Plain Tianjun’s Ice Phoenix clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The sect’s Da Ri Yaojin production chain has begun to deliver results; the cost of one Da Ri Yaojin has already dropped to just over four hundred Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones—a reduction of one-fifth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If development continues, it may even turn profitable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that point, producing Da Ri Yaojin won’t cost money—it will generate profit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding envisioned it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With breakthroughs in the sect’s Da Ri Yaojin application technology, the immortal sect has begun experimenting with embedding Da Ri Yaojin into warships and space fortresses to enhance the military soul “Zhong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The entire world’s spiritual veins are under the control of Tu Shan Zhongting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding’s thoughts turned, his gaze fixed on the distant direction of Gui Mountain’s Iron Clan, where his surveillance magic treasure constantly monitored the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That square metallic mountain peak remained unchanged, sealing within it an unknown mutated entity from the Shuo Yang Tianjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After over a hundred years of spiritual energy leakage, its spiritual vein has dropped to Fourth-Rank Upper-Grade; within a few more centuries, the spiritual energy will vanish entirely, leaving no trace of even a First-Rank vein, transformed by surrounding arrays into an Absolute-Spirit zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When that time comes, I’m curious—what exactly is that thing that unsettles me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are Shuo Yang Tianjun and Ming Guangzi still inside?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ding whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire world lies beneath the Da Ri Dingjie Array—no secrets remain, except Gui Mountain’s Iron Clan, which, due to the influence of fragmented immortal arts, has become an unknown land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For safety’s sake, I chose the method of time and spiritual energy erosion, rather than forcibly attacking.\u003C\u002Fp>",1172,"2026-06-20T23:34:28.016Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6b562e23d77d47ec1b05d7158138b8e650a7c96d71908e7ef806a2d549b44f44","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-973","cluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-chapter-971",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcluster-artillery-shattering-the-immortals-cover.jpg"]