"Junior Sister Li, how is your moving attack so fluid?"
Zhou Yue glanced at Li Moran's gameplay during a break while returning to base to replenish supplies.
Two words: silky smooth.
Last-hitting and lane pressure, all executed without a hitch.
It made Zhou Yue feel as if Li Moran wasn’t restricted by her cultivation at all—like she was playing as her true self.
"Simple—rhythm!" Zhong Yi, who was currently locked in a fierce battle with the red buff, chimed in first.
When Lu Ze developed Immortal-Demon Rivalry, he implemented sweeping reforms to preserve the essence of MOBA games from his past life while ensuring the immersive experience of the illusion realm remained intact.
The most crucial change was the concept of "action validity."
In short, players could perform most actions—like attacking while moving, attacking while jumping, and so on.
However, most of these actions either had no practical effect or were significantly weakened.
Take "attacking while moving," for example.
If players could freely attack while moving, the fundamental mechanics of many MOBA games would need to be overhauled.
The entire mode would shift from MOBA-style combat to a battle of cultivation techniques and martial skills.
Thus, in the illusion realm, attacks performed while moving deal minimal damage.
Players can execute the action, but it’s practically useless.
To deal proper damage, they must follow the combat rules:
Move, attack, move.
Otherwise known as "orb-walking" or "stutter-stepping."
The more skilled the player, the smaller the gaps between actions, making the sequence appear seamless.
This way, the core mechanics of illusion realm battles remain rooted in MOBA principles while preserving the fluidity of player control.
Zhong Yi gave a detailed yet accessible explanation of "animation canceling" and "orb-walking"—techniques long familiar in Immortal Domination, though he never expected Lu Ze to adapt them into the illusion realm this way.
Li Moran gave a slight nod in acknowledgment.
When it came to theory, Zhong Yi had never been wrong.
In the ten days since Immortal-Demon Rivalry launched, the ID [Genius Cultivator] had become legendary on the forums.
Posts like:
[Analyzing the Core Mechanics of the Illusion Realm: The Importance of Orb-Walking]
[Hot Take: The Most Cost-Effective 400-Gold Item is the Vitality Crystal]
[Is 2-1-2 a Version Trap? The Jungle Might Become the Fourth Lane!]
…all came from Zhong Yi’s pen.
The Immortal-Demon Rivalry forums were flooded with traffic, and newcomers poured in daily.
As countless rogue cultivators joined the game, the forums evolved beyond a small sect circle, and [Genius Cultivator]’s identity as a true disciple was no longer common knowledge.
Newbies often gushed:
[Wow, another guide from Genius Cultivator!]
[Genius Cultivator must be insanely strong, right? Once ranked matches drop, they’ll be uncontested #1!]
[Facing Genius Cultivator in-game sounds terrifying…]
[I’d definitely feed… I mean, me!]
[My idol!]
Occasionally, players who had matched with Zhong Yi would criticize his skill level.
But of course, no one believed them…
After Zhong Yi’s lengthy analysis on orb-walking theory, Zhou Yue teased, "Old Zhong, when will your skills match your mouth? Hah! You kept saying there’d be a dedicated jungle role, yet you ended up three levels behind the support three games in a row…"
"What do you know? This is called innovation—understand? Maybe Lee Sin and Master Yi just aren’t suited for jungling…"
Zhong Yi coughed awkwardly, swinging his sword with renewed vigor.
"Senior Brother Zhong, I’m so strong now! They can’t even 2v1 me!"
Mu Yawen was dominating the top lane.
After ten days of play, everyone had found their favorite champions.
Zhong Yi, for instance, had fallen in love with [Master Yi] and [Nasus] alongside his beloved Yasuo.
Especially [Nasus]—stacking damage with [Siphoning Strike] on minions was downright addictive.
Mu Yawen, meanwhile, had discovered her soulbound spirit in [Sett].
Grab the enemy and brawl—two punches in, and whoever backed down was a coward.
Against female champions in the top lane, her brutality was unmatched…
"Heh, see? My Sett guide worked like a charm, didn’t it?"
Zhong Yi grinned, nearly dying to the red buff before chugging three health potions in a panic.
"Or maybe… Junior Brother Mu got stronger because you left the top lane?"
Zhou Yue chuckled.
"You—! Old Zhou, you’ve got a real problem with me, huh? Wanna settle this in a 1v1?"
Zhong Yi gnashed his teeth.
"Bring it. Loser plays support next game!"
Zhou Yue accepted instantly.
……
Twenty minutes later.
The mid-lane duel between Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue ended in under three minutes.
"Not that I couldn’t beat you… I just suddenly felt like playing support. Got the itch, y’know?"
Zhong Yi's face flushed red as he coughed awkwardly in explanation.
Just then, a notification popped up right in front of his eyes.
[First recharge of 6 spirit stones grants free Hero Souls and Rune Fragments! Click to claim→]
"These old tricks again..."
Zhong Yi's lips twitched slightly.
He remembered the first time he saw a similar prompt—back in Three Kingdoms Kill.
At first, it was just a measly 6 spirit stones.
But who could’ve guessed,
that within half an hour, he’d blown an entire month’s worth of his elite disciple stipend on it…
Sure, it felt amazing while playing, but every time he cooled down afterward, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret.
That was real money down the drain!
"No, no, I absolutely can’t fall for it this time!"
Zhong Yi kept warning himself internally.
But the temptation of free Hero Souls and Rune Fragments was just too strong.
Sure, the gold earned per match was generous, but with so many heroes to collect,
grinding them all would take at least two months.
"Just 6 spirit stones, no more!"
After much deliberation, Zhong Yi steeled himself—he’d only fall for it once.
After recharging the 6 spirit stones, he selected [Blind Monk] from the sea of Hero Souls.
Zhong Yi had a hunch this guy’s skill mechanics would shine in battle.
Just as he was about to exit the recharge screen, another prompt suddenly popped up:
[Nightbringer Yasuo, only 6 spirit stones! Limited-time offer→]
Zhong Yi’s eyes nearly bulged out of his skull.
That Yasuo, shrouded in darkness, exuded an unparalleled aura of sinister charm—it was downright irresistible!
At this moment, Zhong Yi felt his hands moving on their own.
Almost instinctively, he tapped into the offer.
Each skin came with a 3-minute trial. The moment Zhong Yi tried it, he was blown away by its quality.
Especially when that jet-black blade unleashed a crimson-black wind slash—
The ambiguous, anti-heroic vibe sent Zhong Yi’s blood boiling!
"This is the quality you get for just 6 spirit stones???"
Stunned, Zhong Yi immediately hit purchase.
"Lu Ze must be running a charity here!!!"
The moment the transaction went through, yet another message slapped him in the face:
[Premium skin you won’t want to miss! Jade Fang Master Yi, yours for just 6 spirit stones→]
"......"
Zhong Yi’s lips twitched again.
He couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was peeking at his hero pool…
"Fine, it’s just 6 spirit stones… But if I buy even one more skin today, I’ll play support for Old Zhou for a whole month!!"
[P.S. Adjusted the previous operating system and auto-attack mechanics.]
[Some feedback mentioned that the real-body integration still had pre/post-attack delays, which felt jarring. I’d considered this issue before but hadn’t found a good fix. Now it’s resolved—balancing free movement for cultivators in the illusion realm while adhering to MOBA combat rules. Pure free-for-all brawls would be a different game entirely.]
[All games will shift focus from pure combat to "gameplay" as the core. Core mechanics won’t change, and games of any genre may appear.]
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.
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."
transmigrates into the role of a villainous rich second-generation kid in an urban fantasy novel, and gets bound to a god-tier choice system. Right at the start, he catches the female lead stealing exam papers! This triggers the villain's choice options! [Choice 1: Pretend you didn't see anything] [Choice 2: Loudly call her out, drawing everyone's attention] [Choice 3: ...] And thus, a twisted villain is born. To avoid getting killed by the protagonist, he has no choice but to take down all the protagonists first. Jiang Che: Nobody understands being twisted better than me!
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.
