Cultivation: But Not a Game

Aside from this, all derived Dao laws of the Heart Skill also rise to supreme power, achieving the might of an unparalleled Heart Skill.

Both the Primordial Qi of Ten Thousand Transformations Divine Thunder and the Divine Thunder Net have been upgraded from town-teaching level to supreme tier, with their power reaching supreme tier Thunder Skill level.

The Profound Court Spiritual Light Escape Skill has also been upgraded from town-teaching level to supreme tier, with its power correspondingly enhanced.

"Whew!"

The Qi Refining Heart Skill was fully upgraded to supreme tier, and Su Yu let out a sigh of relief. Next, he only needed to do one thing, which was to elevate the primary Dao laws to the hundredth level, condense the Immortal Combat Body, and then begin preparing for the tribulation.

This is purely a matter of gradual cultivation, and Su Yu estimated that it would take at least a year, or at most not more than two years.

Gradual cultivation is a minor issue; it’s best to take it slowly.

Closing the panel, Su Yu turned his gaze to other areas.

There are now 19 strands of the Power of Law remaining, which still allows for...

Su Yu thought for a moment, then took out the Cyan Cloud Cover.

Without hesitation, he decisively integrated strands of the Power of Law into the Cyan Cloud Cover, causing the treasure to integrate with the power, and Qingyun began to boil, expand, and continuously emit clouds of Qingyun.

One point of the Power of Law.

Two points of the Power of Law.

At five points of the Power of Law, the Cyan Cloud Cover surpassed the limit of a tier-seven treasure, but it did not display its grade.

"Keep going!"

With the tenth point of the Power of Law integrated, the treasure remained unchanged.

A whole fifteen strands of the Power of Law were integrated in one go, and the boiling Cyan Cloud Cover quickly contracted internally until it condensed into a cluster of flowing cyan Qingyun. Su Yu immediately looked at the treasure, his eyes shining brightly.

Cyan Cloud Cover (Tier Eight): Rare treasure, defensive treasure. When activated, Qingyun emerges, providing Cloud Protection, impervious to the Five Elements, immune to all skills.

Attributes: Defense power of 1,000,000, damage reduction of 60%, mana conversion rate of 600, +5000 defense strength, with features: impervious to the Five Elements, immune to all skills, Cloud Protection, True Dragon Scale.

Impervious to the Five Elements: Activating the Cyan Cloud Cover can isolate the Power of the Five Elements.

Immune to All Skills: The power of Qingyun is immune to all skills, shielding against worldly laws.

Cloud Protection: Activating the Cyan Cloud Cover’s Cloud Protection provides a treasure defense eight times greater, reducing damage by 75%, lasting for 5 minutes, with a 24-hour cooldown.

True Dragon Scale: Grants a 10% damage reduction in Defense Treasure Light, adding 5000 defense strength.

"A good treasure."

The defense strength was maximized directly, and the added feature strength was enhanced. Alongside some cannon fodder treasures, Su Yu was filled with confidence regarding the celestial tribulation in at most two years.

After upgrading the Cyan Cloud Cover, there were 4 strands of the Power of Law left, allowing for a minor enhancement, but Su Yu felt it unnecessary, preferring to save them for future collective use.

Emerging from the Grotto Heaven, Su Yu pondered briefly before opening the connection to the military channel on the Grand Void Divine Network and searching for battleship blueprints.

The intention was to exchange for a blueprint of a super battleship to take back for guild construction; it seemed rather unimpressive for the Overlord of the Ten Thousand Poison Island to not yet have a super battleship.

However, when he opened the panel to view the numerous blueprints, the wealth of choices was simply dazzling.

Celestial Strike Battleship (Tier Eight): Floating Immortal Battleship, 3000 meters in length, nine levels up and down, capable of setting up a Resurrection Array, mid-range Teleportation Array, can accommodate up to 5000 Divine Thunder Towers, main Celestial Strike Cannon, blueprint exchange requires 10,000 merits and 1 grand merit.

Heaven Punishment Battleship (Tier Nine): Floating Immortal Battleship, 6000 meters in length, eighteen levels up and down, capable of setting up a large Resurrection Array, long-range Teleportation Array, can accommodate up to 30,000 Divine Thunder Towers, 4 main Celestial Strike Cannons, 1 main Heaven Punishment Cannon, blueprint exchange requires 30,000 merits and 3 grand merits.

Celestial Base Fortress (Tier Ten): Void Fortress, 30 kilometers in diameter, super combat fortress, blueprint exchange requires 150,000 merits and 1 celestial merit.

He didn’t look at the ordinary ones, only at the numerous top-tier battleships.

The Celestial God Association’s flagship Celestial Strike Battleship was not only present but also a military-standard battleship with no exchange restrictions, as long as you have enough grand merits and a rank of officer or above.

The Heaven Punishment Battleship is a higher-tier battlecruiser than the Celestial Strike Battleship, requiring 30,000 merits and three grand merits, but it requires a rank of lieutenant or above.

The Celestial Base Fortress is the vehicle for Han Zhuofei, the Junior General, requiring a rank of colonel or above to exchange.

Su Yu pondered for a moment, spending a total of 40,000 merits and 4 grand merits to exchange for a blueprint to construct both a Celestial Strike Battleship and a Heaven Punishment Battleship.

He spent another 5,000 merits and 1 minor merit to exchange for a Great Transposition Divine Talisman that allows direct teleportation to Longwan City.

After obtaining the blueprints, Su Yu greeted Han Zhuofei and Cheng Shayu before soaring into the sky and leaving the Fallen Star Islands, heading straight for Blue Mountain Island.

A month later, Su Yu returned to Ten Thousand Poison Island.

He summoned Gu Zhiqiu and handed him the two blueprints.

Upon receiving the blueprints, Gu Zhiqiu was stunned on the spot:

"Damn, Tier Nine battleship blueprints? Boss, where did you get these?"

Su Yu waved his hand, saying:

"Don’t worry about where I got them, just tell me if you can build them."

Gu Zhiqiu examined the construction material requirements closely and said with a smile:

"We can build the Celestial Strike Battleship now; the keel is in our guild warehouse."

"But the Heaven Punishment Battleship is a bit tricky; a keel six to ten kilometers long is uncommon, and it may not be readily available for purchase."

Su Yu didn’t concern himself with this problem, instead asking about other aspects:

"Leave the keel for now; are the other materials sufficient?"

"Of course, it’s enough!"

Gu Zhiqiu laughed and said:

"Boss, since you’re not often with the guild, you might not realize how many resources an overlord-level guild dominating a region can mobilize. Our Thousand Star Hall dominates Ten Thousand Poison Island, and our influence now extends to a maritime area of over a hundred thousand kilometers beyond the island. The resources collected each month are beyond your imagination."

"What’s the deal with two battleships? If we wanted to, we could gather enough materials to build ten at once."

"Well, except for the dragon bones, such long skeletons are indeed rare."

"Is that so."

Su Yu rubbed his chin, his mind drifting back to the time he encountered that level 200-plus Sea Serpent King in the waters between the Feixing Islands and Ten Thousand Poison Island.

"Let’s find an opportunity to take down that big boss, collect the dragon bones, and gain some cultivation along the way."

"Then every month, go out and clear some big bosses, killing three birds with one stone."

He nodded, then looked up at Gu Zhiqiu and said:

"You start preparing materials to build the Celestial Strike Battleship. As for the Heaven Punishment Battleship, get the materials ready, and wait to collect dragon bones before building it. Also, keep an eye out externally for dragon bones that can be used to build the Celestial Strike Battleship; purchase them long-term to keep on hand."

"No problem."

"Additionally, spread the word, a week from now there will be a large guild event, and everyone in the guild can participate."

Gu Zhiqiu hesitated for a moment and asked:

"Can the second and third groups participate as well?"

"Not just them, all independent teams can join."

"Throwing such a big event?"

Su Yu laughed and said:

"I’ve been away from the guild for a long time, the majority of the guild members have probably never met me. Now that I’ve finished my outside affairs, I won’t be leaving in the next year or two. It’s a good opportunity to understand the guild’s development."

Gu Zhiqiu’s eyes lit up, and he asked:

"Boss, are you preparing to face the tribulation?"

"Yes, everything else is ready. I just need to accumulate a bit more before I can prepare to trigger the heavenly tribulation."

Saying this, he suddenly remembered something and asked:

"By the way, didn’t Qe Dongyang say last time he was preparing for the tribulation? Did he succeed?"

"Yes, he succeeded, achieving a Level Five Dao Foundation."

"That’s quite something, it’s a mid-tier Dao Foundation."

A Level Five Dao Foundation, while unable to reach Immortal status, has the chance to become an Earth Immortal. For players not born into top-tier sects, it’s already an excellent foundation.

Su Yu then chatted with Gu Zhiqiu a bit longer, and after he left, Su Yu opened the guild channel to better understand the current status of the guild.

Currently, the total number of people in the Thousand Stars Association is about 500,000.

The three main groups remain unchanged, each with varying numbers of members. Su Yu’s main group has 80,000, while Chu Xinyue’s second and the second brother’s third main groups each have 50,000, totaling 180,000 people.

The remaining 320,000 include 120,000 who are support and various life professionals, non-combat personnel.

The other 200,000 are divided into 40 large teams, each with 5,000 people.

In addition, the guild has at least two to three million peripheral members, ready to join at a moment’s notice whenever the guild recruits.

The guild has no affiliate teams but has affiliated small and large business associations and studios to prosper the economy and increase income.

Having understood all this, Su Yu then looked at the guild’s income section.

Firstly, there’s the Gu worm resource from Ten Thousand Poison Island. As the guild completely unified Ten Thousand Poison Island, consolidating the venomous creatures and Gu worms on the island, the monthly income from this alone has grown from the initial 50,000 gold to now 120,000 gold.

Then there’s the 26 various Gu Abysses of different sizes—3 large, 7 medium, and 16 small. The total monthly income remains unchanged at 60,000 gold.

Income from mineral sources greatly increased as the guild fully unified Ten Thousand Poison Island and the surrounding hundreds of thousands of kilometers of sea. Initially, the monthly mineral income was 80,000 gold, and now it has soared to 250,000 gold, more than tripled.

The income from spiritual fields and medicinal fields also increased significantly as island territories and Grotto Heaven’s medicinal field productions began selling products, increasing from the original monthly income of 20,000 gold to 80,000 gold.

Overall, the territory’s resource income alone is now 510,000 gold a month.

Aside from resources, there are also taxes from three cities. With all guild cities on the island and nearby islands cleared out, players in the entire Ten Thousand Poison Island and surrounding sea areas of hundreds of thousands kilometers now have to come to Ten Thousand Poison Island for transactions, making commerce several times more prosperous than before.

Even with lowered tax rates, total income has increased significantly.

The previous monthly tax was 440,000 gold, now it’s 660,000 gold, a 50% increase.

Then there are the city shops and housing rentals, which rose from the original 120,000 gold to 160,000 gold.

The guild’s proprietary industry income within the city, including revenues from the guild’s direct businesses, was originally 300,000 gold a month, now it increased to 550,000 gold.

Overall, the total income from this side is 1,370,000 gold.

Combining both, the guild’s total monthly income is 1,880,000 gold, with monthly regular expenses being 750,000 gold, including various rewards, guild event expenses, city and resource maintenance, battleship maintenance fees, guild rewards, and salaries for officials and important life professionals, etc.

Comprehensively calculated, under normal circumstances, the guild’s net monthly income is 1,130,000 gold.

It is worth mentioning that this net income refers to the estimated value of all income, not just pure cash. A large portion of the income exists in the form of minerals, medicinal herbs, venomous creatures, Gu worms, and various flying swords and treasures. The actual pure cash income is generally tax revenue, accounting for approximately half of the total income, which is still over 500,000 in cash, already quite impressive.