Thunder God Peak, Qingyun Pavilion.
“Old Zhong, why are you so furious? What happened?”
Zhou Yue looked curiously at Zhong Yi, who had just exited the illusion realm, his face flushed with anger.
“Those lackeys of the Illusion Alliance, committing such despicable acts, and yet they still have the nerve to say those things!”
Zhong Yi ground his teeth in fury and used his magic to project images from the forum into the air.
Zhou Yue was the type who kept his head down and focused on playing games, so he knew very little about what was happening on the forum.
But after seeing the images Zhong Yi projected, he finally understood the situation.
After Jiang Lingfeng’s misdeeds were exposed, there wasn’t any severe punishment.
After all, killing a few players in the illusion realm through illegal means didn’t cause any real damage, so the sect wouldn’t get furious at an elder over it.
As for the impact on reputation, a symbolic punishment was dealt to Du Cheng, who was an administrator.
Actually, Du Cheng was just stripped of his administrator status and sentenced to hard cultivation.
The illusion-loving cultivators were definitely unhappy about this and flooded the forum with complaints.
Then a group of people started mocking and sneering, claiming that Lu Ze was powerless against them.
Their classic remarks were—
“Others can do whatever they want in your illusion realm, but can Lu Ze dare? Can Lu Ze even do anything?”
“The path of cultivation is all about strength! Don’t fool yourself in the illusion realm!”
“Lu Ze’s silence is the right choice; don’t embarrass yourself.”
Zhong Yi had just been arguing with these people.
“What do you mean ‘silence is the right choice’? Our Junior Brother Lu is just magnanimous and doesn’t want to stoop to their level!”
Zhong Yi was so irritated he was practically itching to argue more, explaining passionately.
Just as he finished speaking, a notification popped up at the bottom of the forum.
“The user you follow, ‘Realm Master Lu Ze,’ is live now! Click to enter the stream →”
“Lu Ze is streaming? Is he going to preview some new illusion content?”
Zhong Yi was stunned for a moment, then clicked in with excitement.
But when he saw the stream’s title, he was dumbfounded—
“Challenge Match.”
……
……
Lu Ze’s streaming room.
“Why are there so few people?”
Lu Ze looked at the nearly empty world and casually commented.
“Competitors are just too strong, spending so much money creating a tourism simulation illusion realm. Not bad, not bad.”
This was already the room with the highest number of viewers he could find on the list.
There were eight players in total.
Including himself, nine.
The illusion realm was quite large, but its details paled in comparison to his “Eternal Tribulation.” Most of it was just barren hills and grasslands.
At this moment, more people were entering the stream.
“What the heck, going to the Illusion Alliance’s realm to challenge them?”
“Supporting this righteous challenge!”
“Though I admit the streamer is strong, a Nascent Soul realm cultivator challenging a Refining Void realm? Probably won’t stand a chance…”
“Lu Ze, hold on, we’re coming to back you up!”
……
Lu Ze glanced at the chat and shook his head with a chuckle.
“Senior Brother Zhong, Senior Brother Zhou, no need to come. I take full responsibility for what I’m about to do.”
He was well aware that the opponents he was about to face were at least Refining Void realm cultivators.
This was no longer a battle Zhou Yue and Zhong Yi could interfere with.
“Of course, there’s no need for you to worry…”
Lu Ze smiled as he stretched out his hand.
The space before him twisted in a strange distortion.
In the next moment, a cultivator who was idly AFK at the far edge of the realm was suddenly pulled right in front of him.
“Manipulating illusions like this? Lu Ze… is quite skilled at it too.”
Lu Ze narrowed his eyes and said calmly.
Just then, a sudden chill swept over from behind him.
Turning around, Lu Ze met the exasperated gaze of Li Moran.
“…”
Neither of them said a word.
Strictly speaking, Li Moran was speechless.
She had just tracked this room and witnessed an utterly unbelievable scene.
This was something absolutely impossible for a Nascent Soul realm cultivator.
In other words, this seemingly harmless young man in front of her was definitely cheating…
Without another word, Li Moran turned around and logged off.
Watching her vanish, Lu Ze was momentarily unsure whether she had come to help him or to find another place to spar with him…
But clearly, regardless of the reason, she saw no need to continue and left.
“?”
After a moment, the cultivator who had been forcibly relocated finally reacted.
“How dare you! Who dares—”
“Smack!”
Before the words even finished, a golden palm behind Lu Ze smashed down, turning the man into a bloody pulp.
The live chat exploded instantly.
【Holy crap! This is even more brutal than those two evil cultivators!!!】
【Obviously… ‘Naraka: Bladepoint’ has rules, but this broken illusion has none at all…】
【That guy looks like an elder steward from Qingshan Sect, late-stage Divine Transformation, near Perfection!】
【What? He just got palm-smashed by Lu the Mad???】
【Wait… what cultivation level does Lu the Mad have now??】
【Are you dumb? He just altered the illusion’s rules with a glance…】
【It looks like a fight of cultivation, but it’s actually a contest of who cheats better as a Realm Master.】
【Still… he probably can’t beat Elder Jiang, right?】
…
Watching the dense barrage of comments in the sky, Lu Ze smirked.
“Cheating? These are all the hard work and sweat of the streamer, thank you very much!”
With that, he waved his hand again.
Two more cultivators appeared before him.
And in an instant, they too turned into two piles of bloody mush.
…
…
At Wuji Sword Sect, Illusion Sword Peak.
Jiang Lingfeng, his face covered in ointment and still nursing fresh wounds, jumped up from his bed.
“What!?”
“That brat actually… dared to cause trouble in my illusion!?”
Jiang Lingfeng’s mouth twitched uncontrollably with anger.
Who else but Lu Ze could cancel their disguises and transformations inside the illusion?
Who else could restrict their grand array techniques?
Who else could prevent them from exiting the illusion?
It was all thanks to Lu Ze that Jiang Lingfeng was now disgraced and had just been beaten badly by Li Jiujian’s poison attacks!
“Alright, alright…”
Jiang Lingfeng’s eyes darkened.
“My domain isn’t so easily kicked around!”
“Today, I’ll show you…”
“What it means to humiliate yourself!”
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.
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
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."
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
