Chapter 1396 - 855: Joyfully Acquiring Xiang Shen, First Email Exchange with the Immortal Emperor

"To gain support from above, one must adopt the perspective of the upper echelons of the Wanfa Sect..."

And who is at the highest level of the Wanfa Sect? Naturally, it’s the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor.

"Would the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor agree to cooperate with the Sky Demon Sect... No, it should be with the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor?"

Zhang Yu pondered the question in his mind while searching through the Spirit Realm for various analyses and commentaries (praises) on the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor.

"Although Immortal Emperors possess a large number of secret assets and unknown cutting-edge Immortal Dao technologies, quite a few people still make estimates based on public data, and according to most people’s estimates... the personal cultivation growth rate of the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor this year is about 5%."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "A personal cultivation growth rate? This thing is somewhat like Earth’s GDP growth rate."

"And this 5% cultivation growth rate of the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor is probably ranked in the bottom five of the Ten Great Immortal Emperors."

"In contrast, the overall assets of the Sky Demon Sect are estimated to be in the top three of the Ten Great Sects."

Zhang Yu then looked at the publicly available data on the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor and the Wanfa Sect. According to most people’s estimates, both the personal cultivation growth rate of the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor and the overall assets of the Wanfa Sect could rank in the top three.

"Why is there such a difference?"

Zhang Yu’s heart moved as he looked at Xiang Shen, whom he had locked in the Immortal Cave Heaven.

"Xiang Shen, you’ve been with Kuang Tianqing for so long, do you know some internal situations of the Sky Demon Sect?"

Upon hearing Zhang Yu’s question, Xiang Shen quickly said, "Sigh, actually, many people inside the Sky Demon Sect are aware of these matters."

"In general, it’s because the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor, as the second-generation Tao Master of the Reincarnation Daoist, hasn’t held the Immortal Emperor’s Dao for long and hasn’t been on top of the Sky Demon Sect for long. Yet, the Sky Demon Sect internally has many factions, and several Immortal Venerables are in a state of listening to orders but not following them."

"I’ve seen those Immortal Venerables eagerly eyeing, wanting to take the Immortal Emperor’s Dao from the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor."

"Although the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor can temporarily suppress them, if he were to engage them in a full-scale war, even if he were to defeat these Immortal Venerables, other Immortal Emperors would take advantage."

"One could say that among the Ten Great Immortal Emperors, the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor should have the weakest control over his sect."

"Over the years, the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor has been pressured by other external Immortal Emperors on the one hand and has had to suppress the internal factions on the other hand, which naturally dragged down his personal cultivation growth rate."

At this point, Xiang Shen illustrated with an example, "Remember the time during the Top Ten League when the Sky Demon University and several other universities joined hands, wanting to collectively compete for the ’Eternal Spring Scripture’ life extension technique?"

"In the end, the Reincarnation Group had to act in the background to obstruct the matter, which is a manifestation of the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor’s lack of control over the Sky Demon Sect and even the Sky Demon University."

"In contrast, when Wanfa University was pursuing the Law Realm at that time, it was a complete implementation of the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor’s idea."

Zhang Yu nodded, thinking to himself that without the support of the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor, how could the Law Realm spread throughout the Wanfa Sect?

Zhan Xian also remarked in Zhang Yu’s mind, "Indeed, behind the Law Realm is the Law Realm Daoist Lineage. I once heard from my master that this is the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor’s deliberate support of an Immortal Daoist Lineage to bolster his own Immortal Emperor’s Dao."

"The existence of the Law Realm means quantifying everything through Immortal Dao technology, making it all tradable."

"The Law Realm can be said to be the ultimate embodiment of Immortal Dao technology, and since its appearance, it has gradually become the largest platform within the Wanfa Sect, gradually accommodating everything, and ultimately uplifting the Immortal Emperor’s Dao."

Zhan Xian sighed, "The development of the Law Realm technology, even the Law Realm itself... there is no distinction between right or wrong. But the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor wants to use the Law Realm Daoist Lineage to monopolize everything, to control everything, wanting to hold everyone’s assets, lifespan, memories, cultivation techniques, cultivation, and even realms in his hands."

And now, having been in the sect for so long, Zhang Yu increasingly understood the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor’s plans.

Zhang Yu thought, "Our Immortal Emperor wants this and that too, as long as his gaze can reach, and as far as his will extends, he wants to hold it all in his hands."

"Including Artifact Spirits and Soul Cultivators, he wants to control them... Will he be willing to cooperate with the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor?"

As Zhang Yu was pondering, Wild Bull suddenly said, "He will, but it depends on what you do."

"As long as you bring Law Realm technology into the Soul Cultivation industry of the Old Graveyard, there is a chance to expand the Law Realm Daoist Lineage into the domain of the Soul Cultivation Dao."

"As long as there is this chance to expand the Daoist Lineage, the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor will never miss it."

"Or perhaps this... might be the real reason he wants you to develop the Soul Cultivation industry."

Upon hearing Wild Bull say this, Zhan Xian refuted, "The Law Realm is already too inflated, and if it continues to expand like this, it’s not a good thing for countless living beings in Kunxu."

Wild Bull said, "If we don’t do it, the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor will eventually find someone else to do it. The development of the Daoist Lineage in itself has no distinction between right or wrong. A Daoist Lineage that benefits the world can also become a source of chaos. A Daoist Lineage that monopolizes everything can also be used to benefit the world."

"All this depends on the heart, seeing how the Cultivator utilizes it."

"And only by establishing the Law Chain, ascending to immortality, and having our own Daoist Lineage, mastering the interpretation of the Daoist Lineage, do we have the qualification to discuss whether a Daoist Lineage is good or bad for the myriad beings of this world."

Accompanying the exchange in his mind, Zhang Yu pondered while starting to draft a plan, designing the structure of the Soul Cultivation industry for the Wanfa Sect.