This common gacha pity system, if seen by players of Three Kingdoms Kill from his past life, would surely make them shout two words:
"Generous!"
Not that Lu Ze didn’t want to scam money.
The spending power of cultivators was limited, and the value of spirit stones was higher than in his previous life.
If he squeezed dry like the greedy devs of his past life, ignoring the plight of casual players and relying solely on a few elders and core disciples to fund the game, it would die out faster.
So Lu Ze lowered the difficulty of acquiring generals.
Even Qi Refining cultivators could obtain a divine-tier card in two months just by relying on monthly passes and quests.
Not to mention, Lu Ze also introduced weekly free generals—pure player-friendly design.
He placed all his profit hopes on skins.
"Spending 1,000 spirit stones for one divine-tier card? A bit expensive..."
Zhou Yue frowned.
Though he was a core disciple with a decent monthly stipend,
and earned a fair amount from sect missions,
his humble origins made him far more cautious with money than other core disciples.
"Pfft, what’s there to worry about? The rules say it’s guaranteed within 100 pulls—it’s not like you’ll actually need all 100, right? Hahaha... haha... uh..."
Zhong Yi’s laughter trailed off as he suddenly realized something and covered his mouth.
At that moment, a notification appeared in the bottom-left corner:
[Congratulations to "Swift Little Zhou" for recruiting the divine-tier general "Divine Zhuge Liang"!]
Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue immediately turned to Zhou Qiaoling beside them, their eyes nearly popping out.
"You... how much did you spend?"
"Just one tap, and it came out."
"A 10-pull?"
"Single pull."
As she spoke, the phantom of Divine Zhuge Liang materialized behind Zhou Qiaoling.
In the idle interface, players could preview generals and their effects.
Seven dazzling stars hovered above Divine Zhuge Liang’s palm, shifting formations endlessly.
Zhong Yi, staring at the majestic Divine Zhuge Liang, could no longer control his hands and immediately opened the top-up menu.
"Damn, 648 spirit stones for this much ingots? What a steal! But why 648...?"
Before he could figure it out, his hands had already completed the transaction.
He eagerly started pulling.
First 10-pull—nothing.
Second—still nothing.
Third—Divine Lü Meng appeared.
"See? The rates aren’t bad! Junior Brother Lu isn’t that heartless..."
Zhong Yi clicked his tongue in admiration.
Divine Lü Meng manifested behind him, bathed in a faint golden glow with an air of divine mystique.
"I’m joining in too!!"
Mu Yawen, swayed by the spectacle, also topped up and pulled.
On his 42nd pull, Divine Guan Yu arrived.
"Hahaha! Guan Yunchang truly has a bond with me!!!"
Mu Yawen cheered as he summoned Guan Yu.
The black-and-red Guan Yu, shrouded in killing intent, instantly locked onto Zhong Yi’s Divine Lü Meng upon appearing.
The blood-stained Red Hare beneath him let out a furious neigh, sending a wave of crimson-black energy toward Lü Meng.
The golden halo behind Divine Lü Meng shimmered as he raised a hand, effortlessly blocking the assault.
The spectacle was breathtaking.
"No way..."
This display made Zhou Yue’s fingers itch.
648 spirit stones weren’t much to him, but his frugal mindset held him back.
After much hesitation, the allure of the others’ divine generals proved too strong, and he finally caved.
648 spirit stones → ingots → 80 pulls.
Predictably, nothing.
Zhou Yue felt he should quit.
Yet, for some reason, he couldn’t.
Unaware of the concept of sunk cost, he instinctively reasoned that spending another 200 spirit stones for a divine-tier card wasn’t unreasonable.
He topped up another 198 and finally pulled Divine Lü Bu on his 98th attempt.
"Not bad... Lü Bu should be strong."
Zhou Yue exhaled heavily, his chest tight.
Then, three notifications popped up in quick succession:
[Congratulations to "Swift Little Zhou" for recruiting the divine-tier general "Divine Sima Yi"!]
[Congratulations to "Genius Cultivator" for recruiting the divine-tier general "Divine Cao Cao"!]
[Congratulations to "Battle Junkie Who Fights Hard" for recruiting the divine-tier general "Divine Zhao Yun"!]
Zhou Yue: "...What are you all doing?"
"Had spare ingots lying around, so figured I’d pull a few more," Zhong Yi explained. Mu Yawen nodded in agreement.
"The rates are really that good?"
Zhou Yue’s fingers itched again.
The other three exchanged glances, unsure how to respond.
From their experience, the rates seemed fair—not a scam.
But saying so out loud felt like aiding Lu Ze’s money-grubbing schemes...
"Whatever, my sect points are just sitting there anyway... One more try!"
Zhou Yue, now a seasoned gamer, had mastered the art of self-persuasion.
This time, he improved—Divine Lü Bu arrived on his 94th pull.
[Congratulations to "No Risk No Reward" for recruiting the divine-tier general "Divine Lü Bu"!]
[You already own "Divine Lü Bu." This general has been converted into 2,000 Hero Souls.]
"SCREW YOU, JUNIOR BROTHER LU! YOU HAVE NO CONSCIENCE!!!"
......
For most players, the general recruitment system was fairly forgiving.
After all, a guaranteed divine-tier within 100 pulls wasn’t bad, and spending 10 spirit stones for a chance at a powerful heaven- or earth-tier general was decent value.
But the other gacha feature, [Treasure Summon], was clearly not meant for casual cultivators.
One pull cost ingots, and the pool contained no generals—only items.
Unlucky pulls yielded common shop items like General Selection Cards, Luck Cards, or Role Cards.
Luckier ones got random skin or effect loot boxes.
As for pity?
Nonexistent.
Lu Ze’s targets were the wealthy disciples—their pockets would subsidize the casual players.
The grand prize was the most sought-after skin: Zhuge Liang’s "Starborn Crane Sage."
In his past life, Three Kingdoms Kill lacked standout Zhuge Liang skins, so Lu Ze designed one himself.
He borrowed concepts from other skins and went all-out on effects.
Other generals’ skins and effects were equally top-tier.
But since they were gacha-exclusive, obtaining your favorite skin meant suffering...
......
Within two hours of the update, the Three Kingdoms Kill forums exploded.
[I take back calling Junior Brother Lu generous.]
[Three pity Divine Lü Bu pulls in a row—who understands my pain?]
[Brother, are you Senior Brother Zhou?]
[I think it’s fine—got two divine-tier cards in one 10-pull.]
[The real scam is Treasure Summon. 1,000 spirit stones for three General Selection Cards?]
[I got 10 eggs...]
[If not for the free skin trial card after pulling a general, no one would touch Treasure Summon...]
[It’s expensive AND time-limited to 40 days?!]
[JUNIOR BROTHER LU IS TOO SHADY!!!]
......
In just one night,
Lu Ze’s sect contribution points soared by 100,000.
All thanks to a sneaky little trick:
When players exited the general recruitment screen, they received a 3-day limited skin trial—
a showcase for the prestige of skins.
Lu Ze had poured immense effort into skin and effect designs.
Take the elders' favorite Zhuge Liang as an example.
Even without a skin, just unlocking his skill animation is enough—when Zhuge Liang activates his [Stargazing] ability, the surrounding scenery transforms into a celestial chessboard woven from constellations.
Standing amidst the stars, he commands the cosmos like pieces on a board, exuding an air of grandeur.
Impressive?
Extremely.
Worth pulling for?
There will always be deep-pocketed old fools who’ll go for it.
Judging by his earnings, such fools aren’t in short supply…
...
"If this keeps up, I’m starting to worry the sect’s spirit stones won’t be enough for me to exchange anymore…"
Lu Ze counted his newly acquired spirit stones, muttering to himself.
Using sect contribution points as a trading medium didn’t seem sustainable in the long run.
"Unfilial disciple!"
Nangong Yuan’s voice abruptly cut through his thoughts.
"Hey, Master, let’s get one thing straight—all cultivators are equal in my eyes!"
Lu Ze rose solemnly, already poised to wave his hands in refusal.
"..."
Nangong Yuan was momentarily speechless.
The words he’d been about to say—asking if he could discreetly get a skin as a favor—stuck in his throat.
"The elders of the Tianxuan Sect wish to see you. I’ll take you there."
[P.S. This chapter was condensed for pacing—otherwise, it’d drag on too long. The Three Kingdoms Kill segment ends here. The upcoming Tianxuan Sect arc will gradually unveil the true server, and the game through which Lu Ze obtains it will be something worth anticipating!]
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
