Chapter 660: Breakthrough to Golden Core

Wen Wuyan crossed his arms over his chest, listening to Zhang Yu's words, and slightly adjusted the flesh on his chest before saying casually, "You want to take Zhenzhen away? No problem, as long as she agrees herself."

Zhang Yu asked, "Where is she?"

So Zhang Yu followed Wen Wuyan to a room, where he saw layers of formations, spiritual energy circuits, and mana circuits surrounding a spiral longsword quietly floating in midair.

"Ah Zhen!" Zhang Yu hurried over and said to the spiral longsword, "Come with me to Ten Thousand Methods University. My master, Magnetic Pole, has become the principal; let's go be second-generation campus kids together."

Seeing that the spiral longsword did not respond, Zhang Yu continued, "In your current state... I'm afraid if you go back to Heaven's Sword University, they'll use you as a sword."

Seeing the longsword still silent, Zhang Yu's heart suddenly sank.

He thought of how under the current Crimson Moon, every university had become an information island, and how the soul cultivators, now disconnected, were also sealed inside these information islands.

Zhang Yu abruptly turned his head and looked at Wen Wuyan beside him, saying, "Has Ah Zhen already disconnected?"

"Then as a soul cultivator, she's trapped in Heaven's Sword University now?"

Thinking of Bai Zhenzhen becoming a soul cultivator left behind at Heaven's Sword University, and the Seven Emotions Divine Lord having already departed with Kunxu Layer 6...

Zhang Yu seemed to have already seen Bai Zhenzhen, once the school goddess, fall to the bottom of Heaven's Sword University's contempt chain as a soul cultivator, becoming an object of humiliation for countless people, with new phrases of "respect" for soul cultivators being produced every day...

Imagining Ah Zhen might be suffering just as miserably as college students like Zhao Tianxing, Zhang Yu felt a surge of anxiety in his heart.

Just then, footsteps came from outside, and a familiar figure appeared in Zhang Yu's view.

"Ah Zhen!" Zhang Yu exclaimed in surprise at the Bai Zhenzhen before him, saying, "You've been resurrected?"

Looking at Bai Zhenzhen's current figure, he noticed that her form had become more slender and elongated than before; if she had originally looked more like a gymnast, now she resembled a frail ancient lady.

Bai Zhenzhen sighed, "Last time I told you not to pay, it was because my master had already started arranging the means to reshape my physical body after the competition ended."

"During this great upheaval of heaven and earth, my master was afraid that after she left, I would become someone else's flying sword, so she used all her power to complete the reshaping of my new body before disconnecting."

But she looked at her new body with some dissatisfaction and shook her head, "I just don't know what she was thinking, cutting corners everywhere."

Bai Zhenzhen touched her own arms and thighs, evaluating, "I was never this thin originally. Sigh, all that good physique I worked so hard for... I'll have to eat and train it all back."

Zhang Yu asked, "Ah Zhen, did you hear what I said just now? Come with me to Ten Thousand Methods."

Bai Zhenzhen pondered for a moment, then said, "Yu Zi, I do want to go to Ten Thousand Methods with you."

"But before my master left, she gave me her keys to Heaven's Sword University, asking me to guard and manage the Sword Pavilion and the other assets she left on the second floor."

"I've already promised her, so I can't just walk away."

Bai Zhenzhen wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, her eyes sparkling as she said, "I must protect my master's property, no mistakes allowed."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "You just want to use it for yourself, don't you?"

Zhang Yu reminded, "Stay safe."

Bai Zhenzhen: "Don't worry, I understand."

Zhang Yu suggested, "It's inconvenient to travel at night. Have your people from Heaven's Sword hide with us. Once the avatar of Magnetic Pole Divine Lord arrives, you can set out with us, and we can see you part of the way."

"I think that's fine." Bai Zhenzhen nodded and looked at Wen Wuyan beside her.

Wen Wuyan said, "I'll go talk to the lead teacher. Should be fine."

After Wen Wuyan left, Zhang Yu immediately rushed in front of Bai Zhenzhen, hugged her tightly, and whispered, "Ah Zhen, let's hurry up and swap back!"

Feeling the spiritual root pressing from Zhang Yu's belly, Bai Zhenzhen immediately nodded, relaxed her body and mind, and allowed the two spiritual roots to wander through each other's bodies for a while.

As her true spiritual root returned, Bai Zhenzhen shivered slightly and touched her belly, a bit uncomfortable: "So full."

Zhang Yu also touched his belly and said, "I can feel your mana, prickling me with a tingling numbness."

Having swapped back his spiritual root, Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and asked Bai Zhenzhen, "When the Seven Emotions Divine Lord reshaped your body, did she notice the problem with the spiritual root?"

Bai Zhenzhen shook her head: "Probably not? I'm not sure. After my master finished reshaping my body, she disconnected, so I couldn't even chat a few more words with her."

Then the two teams from Ten Thousand Methods University and Heaven's Sword University gathered together.

One flying boat after another hid among the clouds, temporarily concealing themselves as they awaited the arrival of Magnetic Pole Divine Lord's avatar.

Zhang Yu also prepared to enter a meditation chamber to break through to the Golden Core realm.

Just then, Zhang Yu felt a tremor in heaven and earth, and streaks of light flashed across the sky.

Zhang Yu quickly looked up and saw that in the layers of sky from the 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors, it seemed as if invisible chains were shooting out, sealing each layer of sky one by one.

And Zhang Yu, who had cultivated immortal sect techniques, could even sense that this seal contained traces of spatial fluctuations—a form of spatial isolation.

Zhang Yu's heart trembled: "Before, the 6th to 2nd layers were completely opened up by the Heavenly Court. I originally thought that after the 6th layer disappeared and without the Heavenly Court's interference, the 2nd to 5th layers would remain connected. But now it seems... has the sky been sealed? Are the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th layers separated again?"

"Who did it?"

The first thought that emerged in Zhang Yu's mind was, naturally, the Heavenly Court.

But he quickly shook his head and thought to himself: "The Heavenly Court has already lost contact, and if they could have sealed it, they would have done so long ago."

Just then, Fuji's voice sounded: "It's not the Heavenly Court. It should be people under Brother Dao. The Finance System? The Evil God? Or the Demon Sect? Maybe all of them."

Zhang Yu's heart stirred: "Fuji, you're awake?"

Fuji said: "With such a big commotion, how could I not wake up... I've just been quietly observing and thinking."

Looking at the sealed layers of sky, Fuji said: "Before, when the great battle broke out on the 6th layer and both sides were pulling at each other, there was a tremor on the 2nd to 5th layers. It's very likely that this 'Brother Dao' set up something on the 2nd to 5th layers to counter the spatial interference from above."

"Now it seems this arrangement isn't just for countering interference from above—it can also be used for sealing."

"If they seal the sky but their own people can freely travel between layers, then they can move troops around the 2nd to 5th layers at will, outnumbering the weak, striking the strong with the weak..."

Listening to Fuji's words, a sense of unease rose in Zhang Yu's heart.

As if responding to Fuji's thoughts, soon, on the sealed 5th layer, flashes of thunder and flames continuously lit up, as if a great battle had fully erupted across the 5th layer of Kunxu.

Fuji said: "Not good. If they gather their scattered forces across the 2nd to 5th layers and then sweep down layer by layer, they might actually win."

Zhang Yu said with some surprise: "Fuji, don't you want Brother Dao's side to win either?"

Fuji said: "First, can that Brother Dao really come back? After this battle, I don't believe he came out unscathed. He must have been severely wounded by those above, maybe even dying. Even if he luckily didn't die, just with one 6th layer, can he recover his strength within three years?"

"I think his promise of returning might just be empty words, a slogan to deceive the masses. Only those fools from the lower schools, junior colleges, and demon-blooded would believe him at his word."

"Second, now that Brother Dao isn't here, his subordinates—the Finance System, the Evil God, and the Demon Sect—are in power. If these guys take over the 2nd to 5th layers, what good would that do us?"

"Finally, even if they don't make things worse than they are now, the Heavenly Court will eventually descend. When they see the 2nd to 5th layers occupied, won't there be another great purge?"

Saying this, Fuji sighed repeatedly: "Sigh, this is a bit bad."

Watching this scene, the image of Dao Qiankun trying to take him away at the end flashed through Zhang Yu's mind.

He suddenly thought: "Brother Dao said I chose the 'Kunxu in the Palm' and also possess his bloodline power, so staying here is too risky..."

"Kunxu in the Palm involves spatial technology, and if the bloodline power refers to being a descendant of immortals, that's also a power involving spatial technology."

"So... Brother Dao is worried that I could affect the plan."

Zhang Yu looked up at the sealed layers of sky and thought to himself: "Is he worried that I could use spatial technology to break the seal?"

Zhang Yu shared his thoughts with Fuji, but omitted the part about being a descendant of immortals, only mentioning the matter of Kunxu in the Palm.

Fuji's eyes flickered as she listened: "What you said makes sense. Speaking of which, what made you think of choosing Kunxu in the Palm?"

"I missed too much information about the events around the Top Ten League. Fill me in."

Zhang Yu said: "Just look at my social media feed and the news articles I've saved. Get a full understanding first, then I'll tell you the details."

Looking up again at the 5th layer locked in fierce battle in the sky, Zhang Yu shook his head, suppressed his stray thoughts, and entered the meditation chamber.

Zhang Yu understood that no matter how the situation unfolded, his own strength was extremely important.

And though the present was an era gradually spreading chaos, it was also an era full of opportunities.

For instance, he was about to break through to the Golden Core stage...

Zhang Yu took out a golden core and swallowed it. In the next moment, rays of golden light burst through his body, his aura surged violently, and streams of magical power rushed like erupting lava toward his dantian.

Golden Core stage... breakthrough!

Zhang Yu knew that in the immortal cultivation system of Kunxu, each type of golden core used when breaking through to the Golden Core stage had different effects, and the more powerful the golden core, the stronger the cultivation base needed to activate it.

Fortunately, Zhang Yu's cultivation at the Foundation Establishment stage was unmatched in the world, and there was no golden core among those available from the school's resources that he could not activate.

Zhang Yu thought to himself: "If I used my full strength to score on the golden core test, I estimate I could get over a million points."