On the day of the semifinals,
the five major sects coincidentally eased their cultivation intensity.
Countless elders and disciples flooded into the livestream to witness this grand esports spectacle.
In the barrage of comments, debates occasionally erupted over who was truly the strongest.
[Go, Team Slaying Immortals! The honor of rogue cultivators rests on your shoulders!!!]
[These rogue cultivators are strong individually, but I still think Lingxiao Sect is better… Their tactics and execution are unmatched.]
[With both the strongest combat power and the sharpest strategist, how can Lingxiao Sect lose?]
[Go, rogue cultivators!! Defeat Lingxiao Sect!!!]
[Bro, your username says "Infinite Sword Sect"… Are you just stirring the pot here?]
[It’s a shame Bai Mu isn’t competing… That guy is seriously OP.]
[Not as good as Lu Ze.]
[Lu Ze? More like Lu the Demon!]
...
"Junior Brother Lu? If he competed, it’d be unfair to everyone else… Hahaha."
Zhong Yi, the event commentator, chuckled while engaging with the chat.
Of course, many disagreed with this take.
After all, Immortal vs. Demon was a game where mechanics and teamwork mattered—everyone’s cultivation level was capped equally, and the illusion designers might not even be as skilled as the players.
"But as for this 'sharpest strategist' thing… Let me break it down for you."
Zhong Yi’s eyes lit up at the lone comment about the "sharpest strategist," and he instantly became a chatterbox.
He was the coach of Lingxiao Sect’s team, as well as the official commentator for the tournament.
But the audience didn’t mind.
After all, Zhong Yi’s commentary was undeniably hype, and his analysis during critical moments was razor-sharp.
Aside from his occasional jinxes, he was practically a gold-tier commentator.
"My prediction? Lingxiao Sect sweeps 3-0! No contest!"
Faced with the barrage’s questions, Zhong Yi answered with absolute confidence.
"Of course, I’m not underestimating our opponents… We’ve just prepared more and better! You’ll see soon enough!"
He dropped a cryptic hint before stepping away from the commentator’s booth to enter the illusion as the coach, walking among the altars.
"Let’s go, everyone!!"
Zhong Yi grinned, pumping his fist before stopping behind Liu Mo and patting his shoulder.
"Junior Brother Liu, your performance in the last few matches was stellar. We owe a lot to you!"
"Uh… yeah."
Liu Mo nodded nervously.
"By the way, why’d you skip training these past few days?"
With the match yet to start, the group chatted casually.
"Had to go back home for something urgent. But I can still log into the illusion from anywhere."
"No worries, no worries… Everything alright with your family?"
"...Yeah, all good…"
"Glad to hear it. If you need anything, just let your seniors know."
Zhong Yi sighed in relief and gave his shoulder another pat.
The drafting phase had begun.
This was a test of the team’s strategic mind—how to counter the enemy’s hero pool, dismantle their plans, and secure a favorable lineup.
Zhong Yi was a master at this.
"So? Should we just go with that plan? Team Slaying Immortals is probably our toughest opponent."
Zhong Yi grinned as he made the suggestion.
"You mean that annoying long-range poke comp?"
Zhou Qiaoling’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Exactly."
Zhong Yi nodded.
He had spent a lot of time researching strategies—from basic hero synergies like ultimate combos to full-fledged tactics like split-pushing and poke comps.
He even wrote academic reports on timing, power spikes, and optimal plays.
The poke comp was an idea he got after suffering in Howling Abyss, where five long-range enemies made his life miserable.
The core of the strategy was simple: whittle the enemy down until they couldn’t fight back!
"Hahaha, they’d never expect us to run a team with Nidalee, Kha’Zix, and Varus…"
The moment Zhong Yi finished speaking,
Varus—a hero no one ever banned—was slapped onto the first ban list.
"No big deal, just Varus. As long as we get two key heroes, we’ll be fine—"
Thud.
Nidalee joined the ban list.
Zhou Qiaoling: "..."
Zhou Yue: "Old Zhong, maybe stop talking?"
...
At first, they thought Zhong Yi’s infamous "jinx" had struck again.
But soon, it became clear something was off.
Team Slaying Immortals’ bans were exactly targeting their pre-planned strategy.
The problem?
The poke comp had never been used in competitive play.
How did the enemy know?
"Don’t panic, everyone…"
As the coach, Zhong Yi quickly steadied the team.
"Even without this strat, we outclass them in raw skill!"
"Relax, I’ve studied their hero pool—their most troublesome picks are all banned. Let’s crush them!"
...
...
Twenty short minutes later.
As their Nexus stood on the brink of destruction, Lingxiao Sect’s team felt suffocated.
"Why do they always know where I am?!"
Zhou Yue’s frustration boiled over.
This wasn’t like getting outplayed by Bai Mu in the jungle.
This was two or three people ambushing him at every turn, completely shutting him down as the team’s playmaker.
"NO!! Senior Sister Li’s dead too!!!"
Zhou Qiaoling wailed.
After Li Moran went down in a desperate 1v2, the match was effectively over.
"..."
Li Moran frowned but stayed silent.
Aside from Zhou Yue, the bot lane had suffered the most.
Every last-hit was contested, every trade punished—she couldn’t even think about going aggressive.
Everyone knew Li Moran (ADC) and Zhou Yue (jungle) were the team’s core.
But no one had ever managed to shut them both down at once.
Team Slaying Immortals did.
First, because they tracked Zhou Yue’s jungle pathing with terrifying precision.
Second, because Liu Mo—who had been performing well—suddenly went silent.
As the Nexus exploded, Lingxiao Sect suffered a crushing defeat.
Liu Mo hurriedly apologized, "Sorry, seniors… I played terribly."
"It’s fine. We’ll bounce back next game…"
Zhou Yue forced a smile, swallowing his frustration.
As captain, he knew better than to let his emotions affect the team.
But still…
His gaze lingered on Liu Mo, suspicion flickering in his eyes.
After changing his jungle path repeatedly, only to get caught every time…
Was it really just bad luck?
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.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
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!
