CHAPTER 146: CHAPTER 145 SPIRITUAL QI MANIFESTATION

The version change value of 50% is undoubtedly an unprecedented number.

Before this, the highest version change value Lu Yan brought was only 11% of the Cyber Version.

Even achieving 11% was a result of Lu Yan saving a super city with a population of tens of millions, forcibly taking a piece of the Soul Continent from the Intelligent God.

However, Lu Yan also realized from the final changes in the Cyber Version that an 11% version change value does not affect the overall version trend.

Despite his hard work in the Cyber Version, Lu Yan ultimately could not prevent the Intelligent God from implementing a law to collect a spiritual energy tax three hundred years in advance, only delaying the enactment slightly.

In this upheaval of the Spiritual Energy Revival trend, Lu Yan successfully reached a version change value of 50% for the first time. This indicates that the original dominating trend of the Urban Celestial Dao is shifting and has lost its absolute leading position.

In such an environment, Lu Yan can even sense the effects brought by the imbalance of the Celestial Dao.

The originally stable order is silently collapsing, and the development and peace that once enveloped the entire world are being stripped away, resembling a powder keg that could be ignited at any moment.

It takes only a spark for the peace maintained for decades to easily crumble.

But after this imbalance of the Celestial Dao, will the dominant trend definitely be the Spiritual Energy Revival?

Lu Yan frowned, unable to confirm even in his heart.

The future outcome might be the collapse of the Urban Celestial Dao, allowing the Spiritual Energy Revival to rise in response and dominate the major trend, successfully driving the emergence of the Spiritual Energy Revival Version.

Alternatively, the loss of peace and development could exacerbate conflicts among nations, leading to a global war instigated by the Eastern Federation and the United States, resulting in the World War Version.

Or it could be the Urban Celestial Dao retreating to further its progress, still holding onto 50% of the version, waiting for the crucial moment of change to regain dominance, returning everything to the Urban Version.

The possibilities for the future are too complex, and even Lu Yan could not make an instant judgment.

Sweeping his gaze over the 50% data, Lu Yan lightly shook his head and murmured:

"Still not enough!"

"To what extent has the Blood God’s Yin Soldiers transformation been completed?"

Giant Spirit God replied earnestly: "Out of the eight hundred fierce ghosts, four hundred have been transformed. The initially transformed Yin Soldiers have reached the mid-stage of Qi Cultivation and can use some Ghost Skills.

However, currently, there is no cultivation technique for Ghost Skills, so we can only deduce them ourselves."

Lu Yan nodded: "The power of the Yin Soldiers is already sufficient in this world without Extraordinary Power, so temporarily set aside the deduction of Ghost Skills."

"The influence of the Night Parade of Hundred Demons and Yin Soldiers Crossing is already sufficient, but they are far from the factors truly affecting the major trend.

The Spiritual Energy Revival, in the end, the root should always be placed on Spiritual Qi.

Prepare the planning; it’s time to let them see what the true Spiritual Qi Era is."

...

In the ruins of Luocheng.

The scene left behind after the battle between Yin Soldiers and the souls from Beimang Ancient Battlefield has long been completely sealed off by the City Council in collaboration with various forces.

Li Hao, the chairman of the Luocheng City Council, personally arrived at the temporary command building, responsible for the inspection work at the site.

On the main road after the battle, dozens of staff members were carefully cleaning the site, not missing a single trace.

Meanwhile, in the temporary command building, hundreds of workers were comparing the traces cleaned from the site and the footage from various videos, trying to find valuable information.

Li Hao sat in the office, listening to the reports from the staff one by one:

"The inscriptions on the armor of those Yin Soldiers are very unfamiliar, seemingly not belonging to any known writing system.

I have reason to suspect that the inscriptions on these Yin Soldiers are one of the sources of their Extraordinary Power."

"In addition, the styles of those Soul Hooks seem to be inconsistent, not only able to stretch and change shape but also restraining souls, such that even the Beimang Ancient Battlefield general, who could cleave the earth for a hundred meters, could not break free.

But verifying these weapons from mythological legends, they seem to be exclusive treasures of the Underworld, and difficult to replicate."

Li Hao nodded: "Put aside the Soul Hook for now; what are the results of attempting to replicate the inscriptions?"

"Not ideal. We seem to be missing something, unable to successfully activate the inscriptions."

Upon hearing this, Li Hao frowned: "Then study other things first."

The staff nodded, then produced a report.

"This is a preliminary conjecture of the world behind the rift, based on the videos and photos."

Li Hao received it but did not examine it, instead placing it directly on the desk.

Tapping his finger lightly on the desktop, Li Hao said in a low voice:

"The things involved behind the world of the rift are too many. Even if we explore it, it should be led by the Federation Government, not something the Luocheng City Council can decide.

What I need now is something that can immediately yield results and bring tangible benefits to Luocheng!"

In just a few short hours after the issue began to ferment, many forces had tried to take a share, and Li Hao’s personal phone had been ringing off the hook.

Li Hao rejected all call requests.

By personally arriving at the scene immediately, his aim was to secure benefits for himself and the forces behind him. If he delayed any longer until the Federation Government took over, he, as a mere City Council chairman, would stand no chance to speak.

Li Hao’s remarks made the person in charge visibly tense, who then immediately produced a document.

"Regardless of whether it is the souls from Beimang Mountain or those from the modern metropolis, once things on their bodies separate, they turn into black smoke and disappear.

On the entire scene, only this object was successfully preserved, suspected to come from those souls of Beimang Mountain."

Li Hao showed a joyous expression, quickly flipping through the document, but found the contents differed from what he expected.

"Is this... a peach pit?"

The smile on Li Hao’s face vanished instantly, as he waved the document to question:

"Could you have made a mistake? How could those souls of Beimang Mountain possibly carry a peach pit?"

The person in charge replied solemnly:

"Initially, we also thought it was left by some ordinary person, but to be sure we sent the peach pit to the laboratory.

The laboratory results shocked everyone, as data revealed that this peach pit was freshly picked, with a growth cycle of less than five days."

"Five days? Isn’t that exactly when the abnormality at Beimang Mountain occurred?"

Li Hao was stunned by the revelation.

"Moreover, the researchers discovered a peculiar substance in the peach pit; even a negligible amount could make dormant stem cells divide again, breaking genetic limits.

The researchers at the laboratory have called it—Spiritual Qi!"