Chapter 1421 - 862: United Ban by the Five Great Sects

In the past month, aside from the public opinion offensive and the Sealing List, Xiao Yunhe and the Ancient Alliance made no other moves. To Zhang Yu, this seemed more like the calm before the storm.

Because he knew the Wanfa Sect’s involvement meant the other party would not remain inactive. The current calm only indicated that they were still preparing a fierce offensive.

Just then, a piece of thunderous news exploded in the Spirit Realm, instantly shaking every force within the Old Graveyard.

"Today, the White Bone Sect and the Netherworld Sect announced that Wan Hun Square and its affiliated companies are added to the ban list."

Zhang Yu’s gaze sharpened slightly. Wan Hun Square was the registered name for the joint venture. This news signified the opponent’s offensive escalated from an industry-wide ban within various soul cultivator company alliances in the Old Graveyard to a sect-level ban.

"This action is based on information held by the two major sects, with reasonable grounds to believe that Wan Hun Square is engaged in activities violating the Sect Safety Law and Immortal Rights Protection Law."

"The Joyful Union Sect, the Sky Demon Sect, and the Dan Ding Sect simultaneously introduced sanctions, following up with restrictions on Wan Hun Square."

Watching this scene, Fu Ji was shocked: "Five major sects are joining forces to ban us? Do they have to be so ruthless?"

Immortal Slayer said: "It shows how much the major sects value the Law Realm. Even a slight expansion triggers sect-level sanctions."

The Kao Sect Avatar angrily said: "This is unfair competition! They can’t compete with my Wanfa Sect in Immortal Dao Technology, so they resort to underhanded tactics."

At the same time, the joint ban by the five major sects had been initiated with a crash.

A talisman jointly developed by the five major sects was supplied for free, usable anywhere covered by the Spirit Realm.

This talisman, called the Divine Soul Safety Talisman, allows users to check the memory data of a target soul cultivator for signs of artificial alteration.

If a problem is detected, a warning appears: "High-risk divine soul vulnerability found; the soul cultivator presents severe security risk, ban immediately."

Choosing to ban immediately cuts off all information exchange with the target soul cultivator. It can even allow the entire department or company to ban the soul cultivator.

Looking at this description, Fu Ji couldn’t help but curse: "That’s so damn shameless. How can traces of memory manipulation be called a vulnerability?"

Xiangzi said: "Yeah, it’s shameless! Even the Evil God wouldn’t frame people like this."

Zhang Yu couldn’t help but think to himself: "Damn it... Are they treating soul cultivators who’ve used the Law Realm memory service like a virus?"

He couldn’t help but sigh; the support of Law Realm technology, although it gave the joint venture a significant advantage, also brought stronger opponents.

Immortal Slayer said seriously: "It’s not just about banning soul cultivators. The target of the Divine Soul Safety Talisman is divine souls, meaning... it can be used on ordinary people too."

"Using soul cultivators as an excuse, further escalation could mean banning all cultivators who’ve used the Law Realm memory service."

"It claims to ban Wan Hun Square, but actually it uses this as an excuse to ban the Law Realm, forcing people to choose."

The Kao Sect Avatar gritted his teeth and said: "Do they not fear starting a sect war, treating my Wanfa Sect like this?"

At this moment, Zhang Yu seemed to see a giant hand descending from the sky, ready to crush the entire joint venture completely.

Zhang Yu understood that with the five major sects’ sanctions, the intensity of this path struggle over the Law Realm had dramatically increased.

What he worried more about was whether the remaining major sects would also join the ban to block the Law Realm’s Taoist inheritance.

If that happened, the joint venture’s market share in the Old Graveyard might never break 10%.

Just then, the Level 7 Sect Official responsible for Law Realm support, World Spirit Communication, sent a message to Zhang Yu: "Minister Zhang, have you seen the joint sanctions by the five major sects?"

In World Spirit Communication’s view, with the escalating intensity of the path struggle, the Old Graveyard was full of crises, and only the enigmatic Minister Zhang might understand the upper-level strategy and response.

Fu Ji said: "Zhang Yu, this involves more than just the Old Graveyard now. We must consult the Immortal Emperor."

Zhang Yu nodded, then co-wrote a report with others in his mind.

The report first praised the Immortal Emperor and Law Realm, then outlined the joint venture’s current achievements, before inquiring about the next steps with the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor.

The Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor responded quickly again, only giving Zhang Yu two words.

"Keep going."

Seeing these two words, the Immortal Slayer Avatar was invigorated: "See that! The Immortal Emperor wants us to continue, meaning everything is still within the Immortal Emperor’s plan."

"Two words and you’re convinced?" Fu Ji worriedly said: "I’m just afraid the Immortal Emperor wants us to continue while preparing to use us as a scapegoat."

Zhang Yu didn’t answer, just continued to drive the joint venture’s business.

However, as the joint ban by the five major sects came out, the joint venture’s daily user registration plummeted, and after half a month, the market share barely reached 2.1%.

During those two weeks, Zhang Yu observed various news in the Spirit Realm, sensing an air of restlessness throughout the sect levels, as if conflicts and clashes were erupting everywhere.

Until one day, another message roared through the Spirit Realm, shockingly announcing that the Wanfa, Heavenly Demon, Sky Sword, Vajra, and Immortal Soldier Sects had reached an agreement to establish a local Law Realm device for local information processing, providing Law Realm technical support under the various sects’ supervision on the soul cultivator issue.

Witnessing this, Fu Ji was astonished: "How is this possible? These major sects permit Law Realm to expand there? What a joke! How did the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor accomplish this?"

The Kao Sect Avatar laughed heartily: "Our Wanfa Sect is indeed the number one among the Ten Great Sects! The Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor is the top Immortal Emperor!"

Zhang Yu carefully reviewed the related news content while recalling various events within the sect levels over the past two weeks.

There were conflicts between the Immortal Soldiers’ Immortal Path revolution and Vajra University’s Ten Thousand Buddhas Returning to the Sect, between the Sky Sword Sect’s Sword Intent transformation and mana supply with other sects, and clashes triggered by internal purges of Evil Gods within several sects...

In that moment, a flash of understanding hit Zhang Yu’s mind.

"It’s not just the Old Graveyard in a path struggle."

"Elsewhere... Sky Sword, Vajra, Immortal Soldier... all the sects are engaged in path struggles."

"But amidst the struggles, there’s also unification happening."

Just then, Wild Bull said: "For the major sects to develop their Taoist inheritance, if they want to expand the inheritance’s coverage and ultimately develop into an Immortal Daoist Lineage covering the world, they must transcend sects."

"To transcend sects, Taoist inheritance must follow the relationships of mutual generation and restraint, avoiding restraining sects and uniting with generating sects."

Zhang Yu nodded. At that moment, he strongly felt he was not this world’s protagonist. The Old Graveyard wasn’t the main battlefield of the path struggle; rather, the entire Kunxu, from top to bottom, was part of the chessboard of mutual struggles among the Ten Great Immortal Emperors.

To win in the Old Graveyard, he needed not only his abilities and tactics but also the strategic planning of all his talented brothers on this expansive chessboard.

"I must follow the trend..."