When Lu Ze and his group arrived at the entrance of the secret realm, disciples from the other three sects had already been waiting there for some time.
"So you're Lu Ze? The one who entered the Dao through the realm of illusions?"
A delicate and fair-skinned young girl eyed Lu Ze with keen interest.
"Chen Yiyun, an inner disciple of the Cloud Immortal Sect… Be careful, she might be another troublemaker."
Zhong Yi transmitted his voice directly into Lu Ze's ear, warning him in a hushed tone.
"Senior Brother Lu, your reputation precedes you. Senior Brother Shen asked me to pass along his regards."
A more refined-looking young disciple clasped his hands politely toward Lu Ze.
"That’s Wang Tianjing from the Heavenly Profound Sect… a junior under Senior Brother Shen."
Zhong Yi continued feeding Lu Ze information.
"Hmph! Going out on a mission with senior brothers babysitting you—what kind of true disciple does that make?! Don’t expect me to hold back when we compete in the secret realm!"
Another burly young man shot Lu Ze a sidelong glance, not bothering to hide the disdain in his tone.
"That’s Xu Hao from the Limitless Sword Sect… a bit brash, but not a bad guy. Probably thinks your cultivation is too low and assumes you got here through connections."
Zhong Yi chimed in again.
"Brother Xu, you’ve misunderstood. Junior Brother Mu and I had other tasks to attend to and simply accompanied Junior Brother Lu here on the way."
Zhong Yi flashed a diplomatic smile, explaining on Lu Ze’s behalf.
"Junior Brother Lu’s talent is among the finest even among our sect’s true disciples."
Seeing Zhong Yi step in, Xu Hao didn’t press further.
After some final preparations, the four of them entered the secret realm together.
"Senior Brother Zhong, are we just going to stand around here doing nothing?"
Mu Yawen scratched his head.
"How about we queue up for a round of Bed Wars?"
Zhong Yi suggested.
Bed Wars had recently introduced a ranked mode and was still riding high in popularity.
"Sure! Let’s go!"
Mu Yawen grinned.
The two pulled out their Illusion Towers and happily began their match.
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Inside the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm.
A desolate landscape stretched as far as the eye could see, everything in ruins.
"This place… looks like it’s been deliberately destroyed."
Chen Yiyun frowned in alarm.
"The Heavenly Dao Secret Realm holds endless mysteries… Perhaps this is just how it naturally appears."
Wang Tianjing mused before his gaze settled on a conspicuous, man-made signpost not far away.
A signpost standing in the middle of a wasteland was far too out of place.
Lu Ze’s lips twitched slightly.
These so-called "allies" were unbelievably dense.
Even if he tried to carry them, they’d probably drag him down instead.
"Could someone have already been here?"
Wang Tianjing grew cautious.
"What’s there to fear?! We’re all at the Golden Core stage—who dares cause trouble here? I’ll deal with them myself! Honestly, I don’t know how you people even became cultivators with nerves like that."
Xu Hao yanked the signpost out of the ground and strode confidently in the direction it pointed.
Lu Ze followed silently behind the group, expanding his spiritual sense.
"Pfft! How far can a mid-Golden Core’s spiritual sense even reach? Save your energy. If there’s any danger, I’ll sense it long before—"
Xu Hao’s words abruptly cut off as he froze in place.
In just a few breaths, Lu Ze’s spiritual sense had already surpassed his own range.
"Hmph, not bad."
Xu Hao’s earlier arrogance faded slightly as he continued forward more carefully.
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Outside the secret realm.
From the shadows, two demonic cultivators emerged.
"Heh, looks like those four fat sheep have already entered the realm."
The taller one smirked darkly.
"We just need to guard the exit and cut off their retreat… Hehehe, easy pickings!"
The pudgy cultivator rubbed his hands together, eyes gleaming greedily.
Both were at the early Nascent Soul stage.
Over a dozen Golden Core demonic cultivators had already set up traps inside.
Their role was to stay outside as a failsafe, ensuring no one escaped.
With this pincer strategy, capturing these prey was practically guaranteed.
Just as they were reveling in their flawless plan, voices suddenly echoed from the secret realm’s entrance:
"Ah, Junior Brother Mu, we lost again!"
"Senior Brother Zhong, if you’d just talked less during the match, I’m sure we would’ve won…"
The two demonic cultivators stiffened, exchanging stunned glances.
Someone was still guarding the entrance?
Who could it be?
Could it be an elder or deacon assigned to protect the disciples?
Panic set in immediately.
If it really was an elder or deacon, the two of them stood no chance!
But they didn’t dare probe with demonic energy either.
If the other party truly was a high-ranking sect member, detecting demonic energy would mean instant death for them!
Then, the conversation continued:
"Junior Brother Mu, I finally reached Foundation Establishment. How about you?"
"Hehe, late Foundation Establishment. Almost at Golden Core."
Hearing this, the two demonic cultivators locked eyes again, sinister grins spreading across their faces.
Just two little Foundation Establishment lambs!
Not as nourishing as Golden Core prey, but still a decent meal.
One drew a broadsword, the other hefted a spiked mace.
With each step, they let out a low, eerie chuckle as they crept up behind Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen.
Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen had already noticed their approach and turned to look curiously.
"Didn’t your masters teach you… that weaklings like you should be more careful when wandering outside? Hehehe…"
The tall demonic cultivator tapped his mace against his palm.
"Two little… lambs~"
The pudgy one licked his dry lips.
Then—
Two overwhelming auras, unmistakably at the Soul Transformation stage, erupted and pinned the two demonic cultivators in place.
Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen stared coldly at them.
"Tch, Senior Brother Zhong, we’re actually being looked down on by demonic cultivators!"
"Hehe, demonic cultivators should also be careful when they’re outside, you know…"
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Lu Ze quickly located the demonic cultivators’ position with his spiritual sense.
Oddly enough, it matched exactly where the signpost had pointed—likely the treasure site within the realm.
The area was shielded by some kind of barrier. Even his spiritual sense could only faintly detect traces of activity, which explained why they’d been so brazen about hiding there.
‘What a bunch of idiots…’
Lu Ze sighed inwardly.
He’d already pieced together their plan.
Lure the righteous sect disciples into the treasure site with an ambush waiting.
But burning the surroundings to wasteland and even putting up a signpost?
That was just screaming "Nothing suspicious here!"
"Brother Xu, be careful! There might be people inside!"
Wang Tianjing warned.
"Tch! We’re all Golden Core cultivators—below Nascent Soul, I have no equals! Who dares make trouble here?"
Xu Hao scoffed and marched forward without hesitation.
The others exchanged glances before following.
The moment they stepped inside, a strange suppression field weighed down on them.
"Heh, spiritual sense range reduced, movement techniques disabled? Interesting."
Xu Hao smirked and drew his sword.
"This isn’t the work of Golden Core cultivators… Probably a restriction from the treasure site itself!"
Wang Tianjing analyzed.
"Who cares?! Let’s see what tricks they’ve got!"
With that, Xu Hao kicked open the iron gate ahead.
Lu Ze followed with mild amusement.
He was genuinely curious—what gave these demonic cultivators the confidence to ambush righteous sect disciples?
And Golden Core ones at that.
What exactly were they relying on?
At that moment, everyone froze.
Floating and shifting stone steps, bloodied spikes protruding from the ground, all sorts of eerie pits and holes...
The other three instinctively turned their gaze toward Lu Ze, their eyes filled with a hint of resentment.
"......"
Lu Ze's lips twitched involuntarily.
"Why are you looking at me? There's no way this was my doing..."
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
