Chapter 528: Chemical God Conflict, Heaven Falls and Earth Collapses

The Nascent Soul cultivator, whose sword and body were one, soared through the sky, tearing through the atmosphere and crushing all of Bai Zhenzhen's attacks with his physical body.

But the more disadvantages Bai Zhenzhen faced, the greater resilience she displayed.

Wen Wuya watched Bai Zhenzhen's sword momentum grow stronger and stronger, thinking to herself: "Zhenzhen's Divine Spirit Root is very suitable for flying swords. It not only allows her to hide herself but also her sword. When she encounters an opponent of lower skill, she can defeat them in one or two rounds."

"If she encounters an opponent of equal skill, the more intense the fight, the stronger her will to battle becomes. Her Seven Emotions Sword Dao is perfectly unleashed, often allowing her to perform exceptionally in real combat and ultimately defeat her opponent."

"And if she faces an opponent stronger than herself..."

Looking at the Nascent Soul cultivator from White Bones University on the field, Wen Wuya knew this was precisely the situation at hand.

"If she can't win, negative emotions will start to accumulate in her heart, and the power of her Extreme Emotion Sword Dao will skyrocket."

"If she recalls Zhang Yu and their agreement, the power of her Extreme Emotion Sword Dao will surge even more intensely."

"Therefore, the stronger the opponent she faces, the greater Zhenzhen's combat improvement."

Thinking of this, Wen Wuya increasingly felt how underhanded this tactic was, or rather, how underhanded the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao was.

It made her prefer fighting stronger opponents rather than fighting Bai Zhenzhen.

After all, an opponent's strength, even if greater, could still be estimated.

But Bai Zhenzhen's tactical fighting style made her unpredictable.

Wen Wuya thought to herself: "If she called a timeout mid-fight and then talked to Zhang Yu, who knows how much her combat power would increase."

As Wen Wuya pondered, the situation on the field suddenly reversed. Tufts of blood mist erupted from the Nascent Soul cultivator, as Bai Zhenzhen had forcibly broken through his protective sword aura.

"She won," Wen Wuya thought. "It seems Zhenzhen can make it into the top ten this year."

But just as the victory was decided and the match was declared over, an unexpected change occurred on the field.

Streaks of crimson sword light pierced through the Nascent Soul cultivator's body, brutally slaying his physical form.

Wen Wuya, witnessing this scene, was slightly stunned and murmured to herself: "Zhenzhen was too excited, lost control?"

Regardless, Wen Wuya knew things were getting troublesome.

With the death of the opponent's physical body, a dispute over compensation erupted between Heavenly Sword University and White Bones University.

Soon after, streaks of seven-colored sword light and white bone divine radiance exploded across the vast sky.

Wen Wuya exclaimed in surprise: "Lord Seven Emotions and Lord White Lotus have both arrived?"

She knew that Lord White Lotus was the master of the deceased Nascent Soul cultivator from White Bones University.

The conflict between Lord Seven Emotions and Lord White Lotus was like a fuse.

A few days later, Joyful Union University accused Myriad Law University of cheating in the Treasure Duels, leading to a conflict between Lord Myriad Transformations and Lord Ambrosia.

As the Ten Great Leagues progressed, more Lords appeared, and each brief skirmish they had caused a huge stir.

Over the next month, stock prices fluctuated wildly, currencies plummeted, prices soared, companies went bankrupt, and waves of unemployment emerged, one after another.

It was then that countless cultivators suddenly realized a financial crisis, a great tribulation, had quietly begun.

Outside the arena, inside a temporary cave dwelling built by Myriad Law University.

Ye Xingli was filming her legs.

Previously, she wasn't so diligent about filming videos.

However, as the Nascent Soul cultivators engaged in successive battles, the stock market plummeted amidst violent fluctuations, causing Ye Xingli's assets to continuously shrink and severely impacting her combat power and performance in the arena.

She had to take advantage of the breaks in the Ten Great Leagues to film more videos, supplementing her cultivation and competition expenses.

Zhang Yu: "Senior Sister, how are things? Are you okay?"

Ye Xingli was about to reply when she suddenly remembered she hadn't activated the Pauper Simulator, so she quickly opened it.

Pauper Simulator: The user is asking again how to answer Zhang Yu's question. Hmm... it seems she is still indulging in the joy of playing a pauper and wants to continue increasing the other party's favorability.Pauper Simulator: Considering the current financial crisis, a user simulating a pauper should, when faced with the other person's concern, express useless concern, mindless comfort, and worthless mutual encouragement, demonstrating the pauper's incompetence and foolishness.Pauper Simulator: "Junior Brother, I'm fine."Pauper Simulator: "How are things with you?"

Ye Xingli: "This financial crisis probably won't end so quickly. You must be careful."Ye Xingli: "If you have any problems, come to me anytime."

Zhang Yu: "Okay, Senior Sister, you be careful too."

Seeing Ye Xingli's concern for him, Zhang Yu felt a flicker of warmth. This Senior Sister of his seemed more humane than True Monarch Magnetic Pole.

"Unfortunately, Senior Sister doesn't seem to know much about the conflicts between the Nascent Soul cultivators, and even less about Ah Zhen's situation."

"Nascent Soul..."

Just a few minor clashes between Nascent Soul cultivators, and Zhang Yu already felt a terrifying destructive power: stock market fluctuations, currency plunges, soaring prices... It seemed to be more than just a financial storm.

He was particularly deeply affected. First, his company couldn't secure project payments or take on new projects.

Second, Wen Wuya's 10 Spirit Coin monthly subscription fee and his sister Zhang Pianpian's monthly loan repayments were also suspended.

Wen Wuya: "I'm sorry, I don't know how big or small, long or short this storm will be, so let's pause the monthly subscription for a while."Zhang Pianpian: "Repayments are suspended. I need Spirit Coins to get through this period. You be careful too; hold onto your Spirit Coins and don't spend them carelessly."

Then, True Monarch Magnetic Pole and Director Gao's monthly company reimbursement of 30 Spirit Coins was also suspended.

The impact of these various events meant that Zhang Yu's main income was suddenly reduced to only 40 Spirit Coins per month from the Nascent Soul Cultivation Laboratory.

"As expected of a project involving Nascent Soul dharmic remains, it doesn't seem to have been significantly affected."

Zhang Yu couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had joined this project.

Zhang Yu sighed, "But how long will this financial storm last? Does it have to wait until the Ten Great Leagues conclude? Won't that be two months?"

He could hardly imagine the devastation that would befall Myriad Law University if this situation continued for two months.

Fu Ji said, "I'm afraid it's not just a simple financial storm."

"The last financial storm was caused by the collapse of Lord Ambrosia's family assets."

"This time, multiple Nascent Soul Lords are involved."

"If their conflicts continue to escalate, it will be like 'reforging Feng Shui, Earth, and Fire,' which would turn the world upside down."

Zhang Yu asked, "Reforging Feng Shui, Earth, and Fire?"

Fu Ji replied, "When ordinary cultivators fight, they need to mobilize their magic power, drawing it from their dantian to various parts of their body, right?"

"When Nascent Soul cultivators fight, they also need to mobilize their own power. And what is their power?"

"It's stocks, companies, countless assets and personnel under their command, and the countless Spirit Coins in your accounts."

"Not to mention, every conflict between Nascent Soul cultivators affects everyone's confidence in investment."

"For example, the current plummeting of both the stock and currency markets has triggered a financial storm, causing countless people to be liquidated or even go bankrupt, turning them into 'ghosts.' This financial storm is the 'wind calamity'."

On the streets, divine light occasionally descended, dissolving the physical bodies of bankrupt debtors and dragging their souls into the depths of the Spirit Realm.

On the Spirit Realm network, reports occasionally sounded: "Storm Alert: Emergency! A financial storm triggered by the Nascent Soul conflicts in the Ten Great Leagues is anticipated to be approximately 1.8 magnitude. Small-scale debt recovery will occur in your area. Please stay away from crowds, reduce outdoor activities, and ensure the safety of your account funds. After the disaster, invest cautiously and do not believe rumors. —Myriad Law University."

Fu Ji then sighed, "And the 'water calamity' is the wave of unemployment. As Nascent Soul cultivators mobilize their power for conflict, vast resources converge towards them, causing many projects to halt and many companies to face difficulties in resource turnover, leading to layoffs."

"Once unemployment rates continue to soar and large-scale unemployment emerges, it will exacerbate poverty, causing countless cultivators to fall from the path of immortality and their cultivation levels to plummet."

At the latest 670th-floor construction site.

Numerous highly cultivated graduates rushed to compete for jobs.

Xiao Qingxuan, witnessing this scene, was also somewhat bewildered: "Why are so many people rushing to the construction site to snatch temporary work?"

Xiao Qingxuan also saw many seniors who had graduated years ago and even established their own engineering teams, now scrambling for temporary labor jobs.

And looking at the ever-decreasing wages, Xiao Qingxuan couldn't help but feel like giving up.

But recalling his own situation of graduating into unemployment, he gritted his teeth, submitting resumes while waiting outside the construction site, just hoping to find any work.

"Our graduating class has truly terrible luck; this is practically the hardest graduation season."

Fu Ji sighed towards Zhang Yu, "Next is the 'earth calamity.' The power of spirit veins will be extracted by Nascent Soul cultivators, many civil engineering projects will be abandoned unfinished, and many formations will lack maintenance. This will cause the supply of spiritual energy to gradually fall behind demand, leading to skyrocketing rents in places with stable spiritual energy supply, and a scarcity of magic power on the market."

Ji Yuanxu emerged from his dormitory with his bag.

Due to a sudden surge in dormitory rent, he had to leave.

Feeling the increasingly thin spiritual energy in the air, Ji Yuanxu headed underground.

He planned to visit the Dragon's Gathering Garden under the pretense of touring a graveyard, to absorb some of its spirit vein energy.

On the way, he met Li Xiao, and the two walked together to the entrance of the Dragon's Gathering Garden, only to find an impossibly long queue already formed.

Fu Ji sighed, "Finally, there's the 'fire calamity'."

"As vast numbers of people face bankruptcy, poverty, and magic power scarcity, social order is severely disrupted, requiring the deployment of many True Gods to maintain order."

"Besides this, True Gods also have to deal with an increasing number of debt issues, all of which will lead to the compression of basic services provided by the divine power network."

"Crime rates will skyrocket, and various shootouts and conflicts will become more frequent."

"The Dark Seed Realm, the Dark Magic Power Realm, as well as the Dual Cultivation Sect, the Ascension Sect, the Unemployed Sect... they will all desperately emerge, burning everywhere like wildfires, igniting the entire world."

Listening to Fu Ji's words, Zhang Yu seemed to envision the four calamities of Wind, Water, Earth, and Fire unleashing simultaneously, interacting and exacerbating each other, throwing the world into utter chaos.

"This..." Zhang Yu thought to himself, "It won't be that bad, will it?"

Fu Ji said, "If the Nascent Soul cultivators disregard everything, the situation will only get worse."

"Of course, it's unlikely that the Nascent Soul cultivators would be completely indifferent."

"The direction of this world is ultimately determined by the collective will of the high-ranking powerful individuals. They wouldn't continue to conflict indefinitely at the risk of their own downfall."

"So what we need to do is hide well, quietly observe all of this, and just hope to safely escape this tribulation."

"Fortunately, you don't have much debt and still have an income of 40 Spirit Coins per month, so getting through this tribulation shouldn't be a big problem."

"In summary, hold onto your Spirit Coins and absolutely do not do anything unnecessary."