Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System

Chapter 521 - 440: Nuclear-Powered Workhorse Pope Su

Of course, all of the above was just a little drama in Su Yuan’s head. He wasn’t superstitious enough to annihilate an entire family just because of some novel plot.

Retracting his scattered thoughts, he beckoned to the spot where the five Abyssal Shadows dissipated, and threads of Primordial Essence invisible to others fell into his hand.

Refining Abyssal Shadows requires the concept of the Primordial Dao, which needn’t be mentioned further.

If the Abyssal Shadows could return to their master alive, the Primordial Essence on them could be recovered.

But if they died outside, the Primordial Essence they contained would end up stranded like the remnants of the Heavenly Tribulation.

When Su Yuan himself created Abyssal Shadows, once the shadow was destroyed, he would retrieve the Primordial Essence at the first opportunity to prevent the power of his Dao from diminishing.

However, the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity could casually discard vast amounts of Primordial Essence—his status as the number one in the Cultivation Realm was self-explanatory.

One had to admit, even if this guy was stingy, the bits that leaked through his fingers were enough to feed Su Yuan.

A million Abyssal Shadows, truly a massive granary.

However, whether it was recovering a million portions of Primordial Essence or vaccinating everyone in the Celestial Law World, for Su Yuan, who was only at the Golden Core Stage, it was an extremely daunting task.

"In any case, let’s build a Primordial Sect Headquarters first."

Thinking about the colossal workload ahead, Su Yuan rubbed his temples in frustration.

After all, he was the only one in the world capable of making Abyssal Shadows. Even if he were a nuclear-powered workhorse, it would be challenging to vaccinate the entire world.

But some tasks must be done. Once completed, the rewards would be substantial.

Under Gui Yuan’s supervision and the urgent sense of danger to his own life, the bureaucratic system of the Celestial Law World erupted with astonishing efficiency.

In just under three days, a grand Primordial Sect Headquarters rose atop the giant Ascension Platform.

During these three days, Su Yuan wasn’t idle. Under Gui Yuan’s protection, he inspected important cities of the Central Continent, uncovering over ten thousand Abyssal Shadows that had either replaced bodies or were still dormant.

After a thorough search, the major cities of the Central Continent were temporarily free from the influence of shadows. As long as enough people were vaccinated, Abyssal Shadows would find it hard to gain a foothold in the Central Continent.

Even if they managed to, they could only lurk in towns or turn into insignificant Foundation Establishment Cultivators, with influence limited to local areas.

At the same time, Su Yuan made time to vaccinate key figures like Leng Qianliu, Xuan Haoran, Zhu Tianqing, and Chi Le’an from the Primordial Sect, to prevent them from being ambushed by shadows.

After the headquarters was established, using the Holy Sect Blood Sacrifice Array, Chen Nuoyi and others residing in the official residence of Cold Plum World were summoned to handle the various affairs of the Primordial Sect.

The day after the official operation of the Primordial Sect Headquarters, the vaccination campaign also commenced.

One by one, high-ranking Immortal Officials lined up in front of the Primordial Sect’s main hall.

The first Immortal Official Su Yuan received was a heavyweight figure.

Possessing cultivation at the Nascent Soul Peak, standing at the top of the Immortal Official System, he was a Senior First Grade officer, holding the position of Chief Minister of the Central Continent Cabinet—Chief Minister Zhang.

Su Yuan had met him yesterday; he was the old man who led all the Immortal Officials to pay homage to Gui Yuan.

Now, he was looking at Su Yuan with a kindly expression, sincerely asking:

"Pope Su, may I ask what I should do now?"

Su Yuan pointed to the membership application form on the table beside him:

"Fill out the form first. After you officially join the Primordial Sect, you’ll get vaccinated."

"Yes."

Chief Minister Zhang quickly completed the membership application form and officially joined the Primordial Sect.

Looking at the old man who returned to him with an expectant expression, Su Yuan took a deep breath and activated the Corruption Golden Core, linking it to Chief Minister Zhang.

"You will lose some of your cultivation next, but not too much. Don’t resist."

Su Yuan reminded him and boldly activated the power of the Corruption Golden Core.

The next second, Chief Minister Zhang felt the spiritual power overflowing in his Dantian being extracted, including a part of the primordial power affecting his cultivation realm.

But as Su Yuan said, the extracted amount wasn’t much, just slightly affecting his Nascent Soul Peak cultivation, which could be restored in one or two years.

For an old monster like Chief Minister Zhang, who had lived for two or three hundred years, one or two years was truly insignificant.

However, for Su Yuan, this spiritual power was already astronomical.

After creating Chief Minister Zhang’s shadow with this portion of spiritual power, he could even retain a small part.

Abyssal Shadow, activate!

The next second, the shadow under Chief Minister Zhang’s feet wriggled, turning into a three-dimensional human figure in an instant, identical to Chief Minister Zhang in appearance and cultivation aura.

The moment the shadow appeared, Gui Yuan, standing beside Su Yuan, immediately struck, smashing the shadow to pieces with one palm.

"Alright, you won’t be infected by the plague anymore, but be cautious of attacks from other infected individuals."

Su Yuan wiped the sweat off his forehead, while recovering the Primordial Essence used earlier, and said:

"Also, don’t reveal anything that happened today to anyone."

"Alright, next one."

"Thank you, Pope."

Chief Minister Zhang, witnessing his own shadow being obliterated, had many speculations in his astute old mind, but in the end, he said nothing and quietly stepped back.

"Su Yuan, is it really okay to forcibly create the shadow of a Nascent Soul Cultivator with just Golden Core Cultivation?"

Gui Yuan asked with some concern.

Su Yuan smiled and said:

"There are definitely issues, but I have already used many methods to alleviate them."

"For example, the spiritual power used to create the shadow comes from the target itself. Also, the shadow just now was a low-grade version of a low-grade version. Although it looked indistinguishable from Chief Minister Zhang, it could only be maintained for one or two minutes."

"Besides, how many Nascent Soul Cultivators can there be in the entire Celestial Law World? It would be incredible if, together with the Five Continents and Two Seas, there are a hundred Nascent Soul Cultivators."

"Once I finish vaccinating these hundred Nascent Soul Cultivators, the next steps will be much easier."

Gui Yuan was silent for a moment, then said seriously:

"Thank you for your hard work."

After a pause, Gui Yuan asked again:

"Su Yuan, are you sure that when you vaccinate everyone in the world, you won’t be detected by the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity?"

Su Yuan smiled and responded:

"Based on my understanding of this divine technique, information is not shared between shadows."

"Moreover, as long as the shadow does not return to its owner, the owner cannot share in the information obtained by the shadow."

"On this basis, I first ensure that everyone vaccinated joins the Primordial Sect and strictly keeps the secret."

"This way, even if other shadows infect people around the vaccinated, they won’t be able to gather any concrete information about the vaccination."

"Even if some shadows coincidentally keep an eye on the vaccinated and realize that someone else also possesses the Abyssal Shadow divine technique, they won’t be able to spread the message."

"Because Junior Sister An has secretly sealed off the Celestial Law World and its affiliated worlds, no one can leave these worlds and can only watch as I eliminate them one by one."

After hearing Su Yuan’s explanation, Gui Yuan nodded slightly and asked no more questions.

At this moment, the second vaccinated person entered the hall, a Senior First Grade Immortal Official at the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Su Yuan repeated the process, vaccinating him while simultaneously siphoning off a portion of his cultivation and storing it within the Corruption Golden Core.

Half a month flew by.

During this fortnight, Su Yuan worked tirelessly, vaccinating all the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators across the five continents.

From Immortal Officials to leaders of major powers, without exception.

Even though he minimized the consumption when activating the Abyssal Shadow, he was utterly exhausted, to the point where pouring his heart and soul into it might be an understatement.

Nonetheless, the hard work paid off with substantial rewards.

Besides the greatly increased Primordial Sect’s fate and the imminent completion of the system task, the sheer power he extracted from the Nascent Soul Cultivators through the Crown of Corruption benefited him immensely.

His Inner Core cultivation successfully advanced to the Golden Core Third Layer, while his Outer Pill cultivation skyrocketed to the Golden Core Fifth Layer.

As for why the progress of Inner Core cultivation was so much slower?

It wasn’t due to a lack of power stored in the Crown of Corruption; it was simply because the supply of Primordial Essence was lagging behind.

But this was not an issue, for Su Yuan was about to harvest a large quantity of Primordial Essence next.

Within the Primordial Sect Headquarters, over a thousand Golden Core Cultivators gathered in the grand hall, some anxious, others worried, as they gazed at the young Pope seated on the main seat.

Su Yuan lifted his eyelids and swept his glance over the numerous Golden Core Cultivators.

Among these people were high-ranking officials from the Central Continent and relatives of top Third Grade officials, the first batch of Golden Core Cultivators to be vaccinated.

Due to the ongoing spread of the Primordial Sect and pandemic rumors, these cultivators lived under the protection of their respective patrons, and few had been replaced by shadows.

Of course, among the thousand-strong crowd, there were bound to be a few with issues.

With just a glance, as many as thirteen shadows were exposed under Su Yuan’s Eye of the Heavenly Dao.

The next second, tribulation thunders gathered inside the Primordial Sect’s grand hall, and thirteen purple-black divine thunders crashed down, instantly killing those thirteen shadows, and Su Yuan reclaimed the Primordial Essence contained within them.

The Nascent Soul Stage high officials watching, though pained, could only sigh deeply.

Immediately, Su Yuan waved his hand, activating the Crown of Corruption.

The cultivation of the thousand Golden Core Cultivators present collectively dropped by a small realm.

Simultaneously, their shadows materialized but were immediately shattered by tribulation thunders as soon as they appeared.

Su Yuan calmly reclaimed the Primordial Essence that had just separated, saying:

"Next batch."

His cultivation skyrocketing, while creating shadows of the Nascent Soul experts was strenuous, handling these Golden Core Cultivators was no effort at all.

He had already suffered enough when vaccinating the Nascent Soul Cultivators; now it was harvest time.