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Chapter 498: Successor of the Great Saint 4 (Please Vote for Me)
Early March.
Tianyao University.
Xiang Shan, from the Civil Engineering Department, walked through the breeding grounds of the Breeding Department.
His massive frame loomed like a small mountain. Each step he took sent tremors through the ground, sending the young creatures nearby into a panicked scramble.
Yet, when he caught sight of the Breeding Department’s prodigy standing before him, Xiang Shan gently curled his trunk, taming the fierce aura radiating from his body.
Before him stood a pig demon towering over eight meters tall, his bulk resembling a mountain of flesh. Around his neck hung a string of Buddhist beads. His entire body pulsed with immense demonic energy, and beneath his thick skin, countless demonic faces writhed and screamed in agony.
The pig demon opened his mouth and spat out a torrent of newborns, coated in sticky mucus, which landed in the enclosure below. The tiny creatures squirmed and immediately began feasting.
Xiang Shan knew this demon’s name: Zhu Mianseng.
Not only was he a top-tier prodigy of the Breeding Department, but also a veteran competitor in the Top Ten League—master of three Military-Grade Powers.
Zhu Mianseng exhaled deeply, then spoke slowly:
“Xiang Shan. You should be preparing for the competition. What brings you here?”
Ordinary students from the Civil Engineering Department wouldn’t have earned his attention.
But Xiang Shan wasn’t ordinary.
He was one of the rare few who had mastered two Military-Grade Powers—enough to qualify for the Top Ten League.
In fact, Zhu Mianseng knew that if Xiang Shan could defeat Zhang Yu and Mo Ejin—both cultivators of Military-Grade Techniques—in the Civil Engineering finals, he could be granted special permission to join the university’s elite team, despite being from a non-military department.
To countless Demon Descendants at Tianyao University, this was nothing short of a revolution—shattering the rigid tradition that one must enroll in a department matching their race.
But Zhu Mianseng wasn’t moved by such upheavals.
He cared only about the upcoming Top Ten League.
If Xiang Shan could prove his strength was worthy of being his ally, he wouldn’t object to adding him to the team.
Xiang Shan spoke calmly:
“I’d like to borrow your Spirit Armor.”
Zhu Mianseng’s snout twitched.
“Are you planning to crush Wanfa, then immediately breed their Bloodline offspring on the spot?”
Xiang Shan replied:
“I know our school secretly operates a human breeding facility—just like how we breed demons. They’ve produced humans for labor and research.”
“Isn’t the Breeding Department already experienced in this?”
Zhu Mianseng snorted.
“I can lend you my synthetic Spirit Armor. But the Qiongjiang God’s technology… it’s tied to Spirit Armor, Bloodline cultivation, reproduction, and techniques—all Immortal Dao-level secrets.”
“Just from Zhang Yu alone, how much useful data can you extract?”
Xiang Shan smiled faintly.
“At least there are plenty willing to pay for raw material. Breed his offspring, then immediately refine them into Living Stakes. Legal under human breeding laws, and profitable too.”
He paused, his trunk curling back, fangs lengthening.
“And besides… if I don’t crush these two utterly, how will the Heavenly Demon clans ever recognize my might? How could they ever accept me breaking tradition and joining the team?”
With Zhu Mianseng’s synthetic Spirit Armor in hand, Xiang Shan stepped out of the breeding grounds.
His eyes sharpened.
He had just received further details about the upcoming finals.
Besides the logistics, his attention fixed on the prize.
“Military-Grade Armor Design Blueprint… This armor is… Bishui Jinjing Armor?”
…
In Wanfa University City’s Simulation Construction Site,
invisible Disha Gravity held a vast mass of mud and sand suspended in midair.
Behind Zhang Yu, three Golden Thread Jade Discs glowed like three suns.
After flashing once, the two outer discs shot out torrents of crimson light, funneling into the central disc.
The central disc flared violently, erupting in a beam of fiery light—thick as an arm—slamming into the suspended mud and sand.
Instantly, the material crystallized under extreme heat, transforming into a glass-like lattice.
Zhang Yu then tested Shenhan Martial Energy, channeling it into the discs to emit deep-cold rays for cooling.
Next, he activated his second-level Deep Cold Mana Vein, attempting to transfer internal heat from his body.
Watching the three discs flicker in sequence, then alternate between intense heat and freezing cold, Zhang Yu thought:
“Confirmed. By combining the Deep Cold Mana Vein with the Golden Thread Jade Discs, I can remotely drain my body heat.”
“This means in battle, as long as I keep the Vein and Discs running, I can continuously cool myself—while relentlessly heating up my opponent.”
“It’s like giving myself endless buffs while stacking debuffs on them. One rises, the other falls. Over time, the gap in combat power will widen.”
These past days, besides upgrading to three Golden Thread Jade Discs, Zhang Yu had begun cultivating the third technique of his Chain Law Diagram Set: Alchemy Genius.
The technique, named Yuhuo Shenjian, required gathering various fire sources to refine a true fire essence—one capable of controlling all kinds of divine flames, greatly improving material refinement efficiency in alchemy.
Combined with ongoing Spirit Artifact maintenance and other cultivation efforts, his deposit had plummeted to less than 10 Lingbi.
But fortunately, the three Golden Thread Jade Discs were usually left with employees to work, generating an extra 0.03 to 0.04 Lingbi in passive income each day.
“Thankfully, the more Spirit Artifacts I have, the more production materials I generate—and the higher my passive income. Otherwise, this multi-Artifact strategy would be impossible for someone like me, a poor man.”
Of course, Zhang Yu hadn’t upgraded the discs just for profit.
He was preparing for the finals.
“I can fight in Yishan Lishi state, using Jiuxiao Yun Kongjin to unleash dual Tian Kunlun Shifting Mountain Divine Powers—formidable, yes, but unsustainable.”
“If my opponent is weaker, it’s devastating. But if they’re stronger than me? That’s a fatal flaw.”
At that moment, Mo Ejin’s voice echoed in his mind—words spoken after his recovery from injury, during their training session.
“Zhang Yu, the power of Tian Kunlun Shifting Mountain Divine Power is immense—but its true strength lies in environmental transformation.”
“The wider the area, the greater the power unleashed.”
“Conversely, the smaller the area, the harder it is to activate Disha Gravity effectively.”
“So against individual targets, if raw strength isn’t enough to dominate, use Tian Kunlun Shifting Mountain as a control tool—pin them down, wear them down slowly.”
Mo Ejin sighed.
“Xiang Shan is exactly that kind of opponent. To beat him, we’ll have to use the Divine Power together—coordinating control and pressure, grinding him down bit by bit.”
Zhang Yu blinked.
“Xiang Shan that strong? Even with both of us, we can’t beat him head-on?”
Mo Ejin nodded.
“Besides his Civil Engineering Department’s Military-Grade Technique—Xumi Shanwang Jing—this year, he likely possesses a Military-Grade Spirit Armor.”
Zhang Yu:
“A Military-Grade Spirit Armor?”
Mo Ejin sighed.
“Apparently, he won the design blueprint for it in a lottery shortly after earning his Military License.”
Zhang Yu burst out:
“A lottery? Won a Military-Grade Spirit Armor blueprint? Damn it—what kind of backdoor is this?”
Mo Ejin added quietly:
“Since getting the blueprint, he’s been working nonstop, earning money to have others refine the armor.”
“When we fought last year, it wasn’t fully complete—but even then, it was enough to overpower me in direct combat.”
“After a year of relentless effort, he’s probably finished it.”
He then detailed Xiang Shan’s combat style, technique usage, and Spirit Armor performance, even sending Zhang Yu last year’s match footage for analysis.
The more Zhang Yu learned, the clearer it became why Mo Ejin—so strong—had lost the previous year.
“Two Military-Grade Powers in Civil Engineering? That’s cheating.”
“But this year, with both of us facing him? Our chances aren’t bad.”
Just as Zhang Yu was pondering, another update arrived about the finals.
He scanned through the time, location, participants—then his gaze settled on the prize: the Military-Grade Armor Design Blueprint.
At first, Zhang Yu wasn’t particularly interested. Though he’d taken the Alchemy path, he was still primarily focused on refining Spirit Artifacts. Armor design wasn’t his expertise.
“Bishui Jinjing Armor?”
But as he clicked into the blueprint, reading its description, a small line of text suddenly appeared:
> Great Saint's Successor?
Zhang Yu froze.
He stared at the words, then exited the page and re-entered several times.
“…Great Saint’s Successor?”
“Why would a Military-Grade Armor blueprint trigger a Chain Law Diagram Set?”
He knew Chain Law Diagrams were formed by combining techniques.
Great Saint's Successor, for instance, included three core arts:
- Huangniu Zhenhun Xinfa
- Cannibal Cow Serenity Heart Technique
- Wuliang Xin Nei Fashen
Could it be… the Bishui Jinjing Armor blueprint contained a full technique set?
Zhang Yu wasn’t certain—but his heart quickened with anticipation.
After all, Great Saint's Successor had remained incomplete in his collection for a long time. He’d only obtained the first two techniques.
The third, Wuliang Xin Nei Fashen, had only recently been found in the Deep Ling realm—a forbidden technique not listed in any Top Ten Sects’ Daozang Catalog.
What other techniques made up this Chain Law Diagram?
Zhang Yu had no leads.
He’d long suspected the missing techniques were either lost to time… or, like Wuliang Xin Nei Fashen, were hidden, forbidden arts.
Now, a thought struck him:
“The Bishui Jinjing Armor blueprint… it’s been passed down for generations. Probably never seen outside university circles—until now. Until this Civil Engineering final.”
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