[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t":3,"chapter-struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-chapter-166":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect",{"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},1730158,2212,"Chapter 166: Su Nu’s Endless Suffering","struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-chapter-166",166,"\u003Cp>Chen Xinghai ultimately had no choice but to accept reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view, he was just unlucky this time, encountering an accident that was not covered by the Immortal Alliance's insurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for Lü Yang, who had experienced countless battles in the Primordial Saint Sect, this little trick of the Immortal Alliance was something he could see through at a glance, and it was not surprising at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This so-called natural disaster insurance of the Immortal Alliance only covers marine disasters but not ghost clouds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet, there are talismanic protections on the ship, making ordinary marine disasters powerless against it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This created a paradox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You encountered a ghost cloud?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would a sailor like you venture into a ghost cloud?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the ghost cloud come to you on its own?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No evidence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then you are committing insurance fraud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You encountered a marine disaster?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was a marine disaster able to break through the ship’s talismanic protection?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is clearly unreasonable, and you are still suspected of insurance fraud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you ask, they will simply refuse to compensate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Immortal Alliance would not be so blatant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Yang estimated that the Immortal Alliance probably paid compensation to a group of people every year and then heavily promoted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This style was all too familiar to Lü Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For people like Chen Xinghai, and the millions of other sailors, the Immortal Alliance treated them like crops to be harvested from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After learning this mechanism, Lü Yang’s mind spun quickly, and he even came up with ways to further exploit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So far, the natural disaster insurance provided by the Immortal Alliance was extremely expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a boat owner like Chen Xinghai, who had a large ship, could afford it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boatmen on the ship did not need to buy insurance at all, which was clearly wasting manpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Lü Yang’s opinion, the Immortal Alliance could completely launch personal insurance for sailors to report their safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, very few people would buy this kind of insurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, for sailors, surviving at sea was already a one-in-ten-thousand chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One careless mistake could result in being swallowed by the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they bought personal insurance, if they died, they would not receive any compensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, to promote sales, they could spread rumors that while personal insurance might seem useless, not buying it could result in being dispatched by the Immortal Alliance to dangerous sea regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t that boost sales?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this wasn’t even Lü Yang’s original idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the battlefield between the righteous and demonic sects, there had once been a True Person from the Primordial Saint Sect who had done the same thing and made a fortune afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to his thoughts, Lü Yang looked again at the middle-aged man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waited patiently until the man finished talking with Chen Xinghai and flew away on his light escape before secretly following him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that there was no one else within a thousand miles, Lü Yang made his move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single grab, he instantly performed a soul search.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Xinghai, being a low-level sailor, did not know much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as a patrolling sea emissary of the Immortal Alliance, the middle-aged man was sure to know more useful information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Lü Yang’s soul search, more information was unearthed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This place is the northwestern corner of the Chaotic Current Sea. The corresponding Immortal Alliance port is currently under the control of the ‘Divine Firmament Sect’, which even has a Foundation Establishment elder overseeing it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Lü Yang gasped sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of Divine Firmament Sect was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its strength could actually rival that of the top sects beneath the Primordial Saint Sect in the Jiangbei region, having a Foundation Establishment True Lord overseeing it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the memories were somewhat vague, referring to the elder as a Foundation Establishment ancestor, the core was still the same: a Golden Core cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overseas and inland had different naming conventions, which was normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only pity was that this person did not possess the complete inheritance of the ‘Divine Firmament Sect’ and only had the Qi Refining portion of the cultivation method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This person is named Situ Zheng, with cultivation at the Qi Refining… huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point in the soul search, Lü Yang was suddenly stunned because in Situ Zheng’s memory, the so-called ‘Qi Refining’ actually had twelve layers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are there two extra layers?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Yang frowned deeply and decisively extracted the cultivation method from the man’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the opponent’s sea of consciousness did not have any defensive restrictions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a cultivation method appeared before Lü Yang’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Ocean Treading Art』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To successfully cultivate this method, one must possess a Water Spiritual Root and use the root to absorb seawater, thereby refining true Qi, and after twelve cycles, one can reach Foundation Establishment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he read, Lü Yang gradually furrowed his brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the description in the cultivation method, only those born with spiritual roots could cultivate immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This completely contradicted the common knowledge he had formed over the past century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty of cultivation lay in the journey, but the entry itself was extremely easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one was human, they could cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could there be a distinction based on spiritual roots?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the content of the 『Ocean Treading Art』, which used the spiritual root to absorb seawater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about the cultivator themselves?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this Qi Refining or Root Refining?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Lü Yang read, the more he felt something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after witnessing the behavior of the Immortal Alliance just now, he couldn’t help but become suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this so-called Biyang Cultivation World be a large-scale talent training base secretly established overseas by the Primordial Saint Sect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Lü Yang once again concealed his figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he erased the memory of Situ Zheng seeing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then took out the Myriad Spirits Banner and summoned Su Nu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your servant greets Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Su Nu appeared, she bowed gracefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at Lü Yang with a hint of grievance, as if questioning why he had kept her sealed for so long without letting her out for some fresh air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Yang ignored her gaze and pointed at Situ Zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The background of this ‘Divine Firmament Sect’ was unclear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there really was a Golden Core True Lord, it would be too dangerous for Lü Yang to follow personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Playing it safe was the better choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let Su Nu scout ahead first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your servant obeys.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Nu asked no further questions, seemingly accustomed to being used as a tool by her master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately transformed into a breeze and followed behind Situ Zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Zheng remained completely unaware and continued flying on his light escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, the clouds parted and the fog dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Lü Yang’s vision, a vast and boundless island suddenly appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual light surged on the island, and cultivators could be seen at every moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Zheng flew all the way into the island and soon arrived in front of a pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, several cultivators greeted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they were all minor Qi Refining cultivators and naturally failed to notice Su Nu standing right beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, Su Nu followed Situ Zheng around the island, searching and observing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the more Lü Yang watched, the more he frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are they all at the Qi Refining stage?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through Su Nu’s perspective, Lü Yang had already grasped most of the situation on the island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, he found that there was not a single Foundation Establishment True Person on the island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where had the Foundation Establishment cultivators gone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lü Yang was puzzled, the entire island suddenly trembled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, beams of spiritual light shot into the sky, forming a grand formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, countless figures appeared outside the island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha! Today shall be the day of your Divine Firmament Sect’s extermination!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the crowd, the leader’s aura was immense, stirring the surrounding spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, Lü Yang judged that the person’s cultivation was around the late stage of Qi Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you insane?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Yang was utterly baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Firmament Sect supposedly had a Golden Core True Lord overseeing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could someone at the late stage of Qi Refining dare to shout about exterminating them at their doorstep?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lü Yang quickly thought of the example of the Divine Martial Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t the Divine Martial Sect suffer the same fate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its late Foundation Establishment Sect Master was lured away by True Person Yinshan, ambushed, and killed, resulting in the near destruction of the Divine Martial Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Lü Yang himself wiped them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the Divine Firmament Sect had encountered a similar situation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would explain why there were no Foundation Establishment True Persons left on the island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, a beam of spiritual light shot up from a palace in the center of the island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivation was also at the late stage of Qi Refining, and the voice boomed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qing Thunder Sect, your ambitions are boundless! Are you trying to violate the laws of the Immortal Alliance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the voice fell, dozens to hundreds of beams of spiritual light rose from the island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Yang took a quick glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked imposing but were actually fragile, merely putting on a show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This might be my chance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view, the Divine Firmament Sect must have fallen into a crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of its Foundation Establishment cultivators were likely dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not believe they were completely wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, two had escaped from the Divine Martial Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, they were seriously injured and temporarily hiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I help the Divine Firmament Sect now, I might be able to connect with the True Lord or True Person behind them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This will surely be a great help in my search for the Heavenly Astral.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Lü Yang would not act personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if the Qing Thunder Sect dared to challenge the Divine Firmament Sect with a Golden Core True Lord, they likely had one themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The risk of him taking action was far too great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison, Su Nu, as a spirit of the banner, was untraceable by cause and effect and could even self-destruct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the perfect choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this in mind, Lü Yang immediately made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Nu would have to suffer once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would bear the karma.\u003C\u002Fp>",1759,"2026-06-06T16:06:03.280Z",1,"novelbin.me","53945fb965a53a53fb511979e83d37b9117363c6f41be41336d12f2fa48870f8","struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-chapter-167","struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-chapter-165",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstruggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-cover.jpg"]