[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-667":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","No Money, What Cultivation?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},164536,323,"Chapter 667","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-667",667,"\u003Cp>Watching the series of tasks released by the Evil Gods, Zhang Yu could already see countless cultivators driven by desire and ambition, launching attacks everywhere under the guidance of the Evil Gods, all to obtain military-grade techniques, blueprints, and knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu could even imagine that within the ten major universities, some people had already secretly defected to this Righteous Alliance for the sake of these things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Zhang Yu felt that if he were an ordinary student, he might have already started secretly doing tasks just to obtain a military-grade technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the name \"Righteous Alliance\"—when it comes to piracy, infringement, and open source in Kunxu... you tell me if that isn't full of righteousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that once this method was introduced, in the eyes of a large number of cultivators, any Evil God or demonic sect would become more righteous than righteous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Fuji suddenly said, \"Someone is looking for us. Since they've come to our door, let's go meet them, so they don't think we're afraid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu nodded, and the next moment the scene before him shifted violently, as if being pulled through layers of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhang Yu came to his senses, an infinitely tall giant tower had appeared before him, with countless strands of consciousness缠绕 around the tower, all chanting demonic scriptures in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu immediately realized: souls! A vast number of souls were right before him, in the Dark Spirit Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the top of the tower, the thousand-armed, thousand-legged Xishen smiled slightly and said arrogantly, \"Fushen, long time no see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems you haven't made much progress?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"During our great rampage in Kunxu, you were nowhere to be seen. You weren't hiding out of fear, were you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xishen spoke, waves of sound burst like thunder, filling the space before them. Countless torrents of information swirled around Zhang Yu, seeming ready to see through him completely at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhang Yu and Fuji appeared in the Dark Spirit Realm in the same form—a dummy made of sewn straw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xishen's words, Fuji snorted inwardly and communicated with Zhang Yu telepathically: \"This guy has probably grown a lot stronger with the expansion of the Dark Spirit Realm, and his number of followers must have skyrocketed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right now, he's looking down on us like we're nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this show of force might even be his way of trying to recruit me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Yu, let's send him a photo to shake him up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Fuji said aloud, \"Xishen, me afraid? Me hiding?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I sacrificed short-term gains to go deep undercover high up in Wanfa University for a big operation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\" Xishen said flatly. \"How high up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuji casually replied, \"I heard you're very interested in the yin artifact body remains developed by Lord Ciji?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a photo appeared before Fuji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a picture of Ciji with his eyes closed, a yin artifact floating beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a photo Zhang Yu had taken during a lab session when he was filming the yin artifact. At the time, Lord Ciji was connecting to the Spirit Realm and had subconsciously closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, presenting this photo made it look as if it had been taken just after Ciji finished operating the yin artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the photo, Xishen's thousand eyes narrowed, and a flood of data immediately began comparing the artifact body remains in the image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The shape, structure, runes, circuits... just from the appearance, this thing has a lot in common with the yin artifacts from Hehuan University, but it's clearly been customized. It should indeed be Lord Ciji's work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Xishen laughed and said, \"To have such an information channel inside Wanfa—Fushen, you're truly impressive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the tower, the followers, and the souls all vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xishen had already led Fuji to the meeting room where they had first met, and said with a friendly expression, \"May I ask what brings Fushen to the Dark Spirit Realm this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuji said, \"I felt the Dark Spirit Realm was thriving, so I came to take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xishen said, \"Heh heh, under my full development of the Dark Spirit Realm, the number of users has grown tens of thousands of times in the past four months, and I'm confident that with our aggressive promotion, the user base will continue to expand. Before long, we'll surpass the Spirit Realm and become the number one network provider for layers 2 to 5.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xishen's thousand arms and thousand feet all smiled at once. \"By then, I'll make every cultivator use the Dark Spirit Realm to communicate—no, by then it should be called the Righteous Spirit Realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuji certainly didn't believe that the Dark Spirit Realm had been developed by Xishen alone. She had heard enough self-praise like this and didn't take it to heart at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just took the opportunity to probe, \"Surpass the Spirit Realm? Even with the current situation, that's not easy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xishen smiled faintly, and a list appeared before him: \"In the first four months, we were only doing basic infrastructure, resource collection, and initial user promotion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next, as our publicity offensive intensifies and we expand virally, users will undergo fission-like growth...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the list before him, Zhang Yu realized this must be the new features the Dark Spirit Realm plans to launch in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xishen's introduction confirmed Zhang Yu's guess: \"Users check in daily for Righteousness Points, which will encourage a large number of Dark Spirit Realm users to log in every day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, the daily routine tasks in the Dark Spirit Realm can extend their average daily online time, making them spend more time here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And all kinds of routine tasks, hovering on the fringes of Heavenly Court law, impose little burden on them while guiding them step by step to oppose the Heavenly Court.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's also the invite-friend function: as long as you invite friends to join the Dark Spirit Realm, you can gain tiered growth and a large amount of Righteousness Points, which can be exchanged for various precious knowledge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next month we even plan to launch an event where both new and old users, by simply checking in for seven consecutive days, can choose a free military-grade cultivation method.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi God laughed: \"What do you think the user count of the Dark Spirit Realm will be by then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not to mention... the killer features we are developing, like one-click migration of Spirit Realm friend lists, encrypted spirit coin transfers, and soul capture functions...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to what Xi God said, Zhang Yu's mind churned violently; he seemed to already see the storm brewing in the Dark Spirit Realm, while the Spirit Realm, unmanipulated by the Righteous Gods, was losing ground one after another, its user count plummeting sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seven-day check-in gives a military-grade cultivation method?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself: \"This is digging up the roots...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood very well that giving away military-grade cultivation methods in this way could hardly improve a person's strength in a short time. After all, not everyone was a genius like him, able to master various cultivation methods quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would probably take a few years before cultivators who obtained the military-grade methods could wield 20th-level, 30th-level, or even 40th-level military-grade power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... the key to giving away military-grade methods like this is not to improve the strength of the Righteousness Alliance cultivators, but to lure people in and sway more Kunxu cultivators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself: \"Does the Spirit Realm have any way to respond?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he sighed inwardly: \"Probably not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu understood that this wasn't just a matter of technical capability; it was about whether anyone among the Ten Great Academies had the guts and the boldness to adjust the Spirit Realm to compete against the Dark Spirit Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they engaged in all kinds of free and open-source behavior, even if they won this war, who would dare to say that after the Heavenly Court descended, they wouldn't be held accountable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself: \"I'm afraid that for the Ten Great Academies, the countermeasures they will choose are still blocking propagation, isolation, and purging the Dark Spirit Realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But even this initial offensive from the Dark Spirit Realm is already so thorny; once the main force from the fourth and fifth layers comes down...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xi God before him smiled faintly, then continued: \"Fortune God, now with your help, our success rate in this great war has greatly increased.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be honest, victory or defeat is no longer the key; the key is how to unify layers 2 to 5 earlier and faster, to prepare for resisting the Sects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortune Ji's heart stirred, and she asked: \"Oh? How do you plan to resist the Sects?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi God smiled without speaking, clearly not going to answer this question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, the two sides had a friendly exchange; after Xi God gifted Fortune Ji 500 Righteousness Points, he vanished from their sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the 500 Righteousness Points credited to his account, Zhang Yu said: \"This thing can't track us, can it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortune Ji's eyes swirled with Evil God power, seemingly purifying those 500 Righteousness Points, then said: \"Hmph, it's just a test to see if I have the ability to take these 500 Righteousness Points without leaving any evidence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But in the end, this place can't escape the underlying framework of the Dark Spirit Realm. I just need to give it a slight wash...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After smoothly taking over those 500 Righteousness Points, Fortune Ji and Zhang Yu flickered and had already moved to another information stream within the Dark Spirit Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the Fortune God's actions, Xi God, seated high atop the giant tower, murmured: \"This old fellow, his words are evasive; probably wants to have a foot in both camps, helping whoever wins?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Zhang Yu and Fortune Ji had arrived at the Intelligence Bureau, ready to purchase intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, of course, intelligence was not provided arbitrarily; according to the degree of secrecy and value, it was also divided into different levels, requiring Righteousness Points to upgrade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his current 500 Righteousness Points, Zhang Yu naturally had no level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if he wanted to buy intelligence on whether the Yu Xinghan conflict involved devil cults or evil gods, the level required for that intelligence was clearly not something he possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I can't buy high-level intelligence, I can start with low-level ones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortune Ji said: \"We can understand it from the side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Fortune Ji quickly spent 100 Righteousness Points to purchase a piece of basic intelligence—namely, the number of people who had accepted the mission to kidnap Zhang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire process was also hidden using Evil God power, leaving others unable to know what intelligence he had bought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that over a hundred people had accepted the mission to kidnap him, Zhang Yu couldn't help but take a deep breath: \"There's probably an eight-out-of-ten chance that something is behind the Yu Xinghan conflict; maybe someone wants to lure me out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu understood that in the past few months, he had been holed up in the heavily guarded dormitory of the Academy City, able to summon a large number of Nascent Soul cultivators and his two Deity Transformation masters with just a thought, so naturally there was no opportunity to take advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by luring him out could they possibly capture him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just before leaving the Dark Spirit Realm, Zhang Yu said, \"With 100 Righteousness Points, you can redeem any open-source technique below military-grade for free.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if we earn a few hundred more Righteousness Points and reach 1,000, we could redeem a military-grade technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Zhang Yu began to feel tempted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu at this moment was like a student who had been abstaining from lust for months; focused on cultivation, he had constantly rejected all kinds of temptations and distractions, but now faced with the various benefits of the Dark Spirit Realm, he couldn't help but feel his heart stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fuji advised him, \"Where would you store it if you bought it? Have you forgotten about existences like your sister? If you get caught, it'll be a landmine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And for techniques below military-grade, do you really need to cultivate them now? The benefits are small, but the risks are extremely high. This is deliberately designed to lure people into joining the Righteous Alliance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's like a treasure you can hardly use—once given to you, you have to scheme endlessly, hide everywhere, and fully join the Righteous Alliance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for military-grade techniques... Didn't Xi God say there's a check-in event next month? You can just pick one then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But since you don't have the copyright, you can't show it freely, and you have to be careful not to be discovered... In short, it's all trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuji said seriously, \"Zhang Yu, you've been focusing on cultivation for the past few months. I didn't disturb you or drag you to the Dark Spirit Realm because I agreed with your choice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that you have a transcendent technique like 'Kunlun in the Palm,' it's like carrying a great treasure—why look far when it's right in front of you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your top priority is to break through to the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible, pushing 'Kunlun in the Palm' to level 40, so that you can have the strength to protect yourself and secure a place in the upcoming great battle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu nodded, gradually suppressing the restlessness in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are... techniques below military-grade that are still somewhat useful to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself, \"For example, to gather more chain method diagrams.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... as Fuji said, the most important thing is to quickly raise the level of 'Kunlun in the Palm.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zhang Yu agree, Fuji continued, \"Since we're here anyway, with 400 Righteousness Points left, why not exchange them for some evil divine power for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuji said expectantly, \"I've seen the intelligence on the Dark Sect District of the Dark Spirit Realm—you can exchange Righteousness Points for evil divine power...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself, \"This guy... could it be that she told me not to use the Righteousness Points just to exchange for evil divine power?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, Zhang Yu still exchanged all 400 Righteousness Points for evil divine power for Fuji. After all, as the Dark Spirit Realm developed, Fuji's power indeed became increasingly important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after obtaining a trace of evil divine power, combined with the now thriving Dark Spirit Realm, Fuji could activate more ritual powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, after leaving the Dark Spirit Realm this time, as Fuji activated the evil divine power ritual, Zhang Yu's voice crossed a thousand miles and directly appeared in the mind of another believer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yu Xinghan, it's me,\" Zhang Yu said. \"Don't be nervous. This is a new power of the evil god, allowing us to communicate over long distances.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Yu Xinghan was startled, he heard Zhang Yu continue, \"Someone might have targeted me and you all. Listen to me now...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a construction site far from the university town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruoli was silently observing Yu Xinghan's direction, believing she had him completely under surveillance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If there's even a hint of trouble, I'll directly take Zhang Yu's companions away and see if I can torture out any information about Zhang Yu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Zhang Yu comes, it'll be even easier...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruoli thought to herself that she would pretend to fight with Zhang Yu, and then the four Nascent Soul cultivators hiding in the shadows would capture Zhang Yu directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, like Zhang Yu, have just entered the Golden Core stage, which makes it easier to lure him out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But with the Dharma Remains of a Golden Core cultivator, captured during the war, secretly hidden inside me, it won't be hard to engage Zhang Yu in a fierce battle and divert his attention.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... He hasn't fought his way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood like I have. Although he was definitely stronger than me at Foundation Establishment, now we're both at Golden Core—maybe I can even fight him for several rounds without trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Zhao Ruoli was thinking, a Nascent Soul Lord hidden in the shadows was also observing Yu Xinghan and Zhao Ruoli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Nascent Soul Lord was called the Flowing Gold Lord, from the Finance Department of Netherworld University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the construction site before him, he thought to himself, \"Zhang Yu himself is nothing special. Even if he obtained a transcendent technique, he can't grow strong in just a few years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the initial Golden Core level, if I get the chance... I can take him down in one encounter, not even giving him a chance to send out a message.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flowing Gold Lord was confident that with his peak Nascent Soul cultivation, Zhang Yu would have absolutely no resistance before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, given his strength, if he didn't lack sufficient certainty and was still short on some resources, he would have already broken through to the Divine Transformation stage and retired to the fifth level to cultivate in seclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, information about an evil god appeared in Flowing Gold Lord's eye remains—it was Xiang God, who had once met Fuji and Zhang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang God: The key to the success or failure of this matter is not Zhang Yu, but the Magnetic Pole behind him. As long as we can avoid alerting the Magnetic Pole, half the battle is won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang God: But if we do alert him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Lord Liujin replied calmly: I know. Even if I have to die once, I will strike and kill Zhang Yu here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang God: Good, as long as you understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing True Lord Liujin's response, Xiang God finally felt satisfied, but then he became dissatisfied with some decisions made by the Fifth Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dao Qiankun misjudged the person,\" Xiang God thought to himself. \"If he hadn't misjudged, and Zhang Yu could truly be used by us, he should have joined us proactively long ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As it seems now, this Zhang Yu is nothing but a coward cowed by the might of the Heavenly Court, afraid to break the order, afraid to break through the seal of the rules—utter trash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if he falls into the hands of the Ten Greats, he will ultimately be a variable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rather than fighting over him...\" Xiang God's gaze sharpened. \"Better to just erase him and be done with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",3094,"2026-05-29T04:55:10.865Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","e00133b77d044ba99e8407960be675a21187bf5c06bed6edad64f1efa57fb833","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-668","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-666",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]