"What's going on!? What kind of massive incident is this!?"
Zhang Yuxian's pupils violently contracted.
At this very moment, although the suddenly skyrocketing pillar of light behind Lu Ze was terrifying, it paled in comparison to the spiritual energy fluctuations erupting into the sky from all directions.
Such intense spiritual energy meant that more than one mighty figure was unleashing their full power at the exact same time!
"Has an ancient great demon awakened? Or perhaps an otherworldly heavenly fiend has descended upon this world... No! How could they happen simultaneously..."
Zhang Yuxian muttered to himself in disbelief.
Lu Ze, however, smiled faintly. "Elder Zhang, please stop cursing this great era of peace we live in... It is simply that the seniors have become far too mesmerized by this junior's illusion."
"Hah, ignorant child. How could a mere illusion possibly possess the merit to make mighty figures mobilize their spiritual energy?"
Zhang Yuxian retorted with a cold snort.
Lu Ze shook his head unhurriedly, narrowing his eyes as he looked at Zhang Yuxian. "Does Elder Zhang have any regrets in life?"
Zhang Yuxian countered, "Who doesn't have regrets?"
"Then if Elder Zhang were given an opportunity—where simply offering your spiritual energy to the heavens could resolve this regret—dare I ask, would Elder Zhang be willing?"
Zhang Yuxian was no fool; he instantly grasped the implication behind Lu Ze's words.
"Are you saying... they are doing this for what is inside the illusion? No! Impossible! That is absolutely impossible!"
Zhang Yuxian shook his head frantically, rejecting such a mad thought.
One must understand, why would a mighty expert at the Soul Formation or even Void Refinement realm so casually sacrifice such a terrifying amount of spiritual energy if not for some monumental benefit?
However, this denial was swiftly shattered by brutal reality—
A voice transmission from his sect made him realize that Lu Ze was speaking the absolute truth!
As he raised his head once more, he was shocked to discover...
The pillar of light behind Lu Ze had actually pierced through the very heavens!
It was more than ten times taller than that of the Green Mountain Sect, which had just been ranked first!
Most terrifying of all,
this pillar of light was still surging upward at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Zhang Yuxian knew the rules of the voting spell inside and out.
The higher one's cultivation base, the greater the weight of their vote!
Such a rapid rate of growth...
It meant there had to be at least a hundred experts at the Soul Formation—no, the Void Refinement realm!
A bizarre-looking spirit crane flew across the sky, screeching in a sharp, ear-piercing voice: "High noon has arrived!"
This signaled that the final illusion voting phase had come to an end.
"The victor is..."
"Lu Ze of the Lingxiao Sect!"
Hearing this result, Zhang Yuxian's face instantly turned a mix of green and pale white, looking exceedingly grim.
Lu Ze gave a slight nod and smiled faintly. "Elder Zhang... I humbly accept this victory."
"The reward for first place is a dharma treasure..."
Zhang Yuxian kept a straight face, about to go through the routine procedure, but was interrupted by Lu Ze.
"This junior has heard that if one chooses not to claim the dharma treasure, it is permissible to make a request of equivalent value instead?"
"What? What request do you have?"
Zhang Yuxian stroked his chin, mentally calculating the value of the dharma treasure.
"It is quite simple..."
Lu Ze stood up and said with a solemn expression:
"The demonic cultivator that Senior Brother Zhong brought back—spare his life."
Upon hearing these words, everyone present exchanged bewildered glances, their eyes filled with absolute disbelief.
This was a grand gathering of righteous cultivators, and its very theme was "Demon Slaughter."
Yet now, Lu Ze was actually demanding they spare a demonic cultivator's life?
It was nothing short of a blatant provocation against the righteous path!
Zhang Yuxian's expression darkened at first, but then a subtle sneer, imperceptible to the others, crept onto the corners of his lips.
He had just been fretting over finding a flaw to use against Lu Ze, yet he never expected the boy to willingly deliver himself right to his doorstep!
"Lu Ze, you dare speak on behalf of a mere demonic cultivator... Could it be that you wish to join the demonic path!?"
Behind Zhang Yuxian, the dharma avatar of a fierce Buddha materialized. Its eyes burned like hellfire, locking fiercely onto Lu Ze.
"Today, this demonic cultivator..."
"Must die!"
igrating to the cultivation world for two hundred years, I've managed to lie low and reach the Nascent Soul stage. Only now does my golden finger arrive? ...
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
invincible power, Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world, bound to a sign-in system that grants him cultivation rewards and various peerless treasures daily. While others struggle desperately to break through their cultivation realms, he has long since reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao, becoming a reclusive Emperor whose true strength even he himself cannot fathom. Originally planning to lie low and retire peacefully on Purple Bamboo Peak, the system suddenly issues a new task — take on disciples. With no other choice, Gu Changge casually picks up a few disciples: The eldest disciple, born with a War God Constitution, is thrown a copy of "War God Stratagems" by him, and ends up conquering the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, becoming a peerless War God who sweeps across the cosmos. The second disciple, possessing a Chaos Sword Body, can break all techniques with a single sword, his swordsmanship unmatched throughout history. He points his sword at the heavens: "My master said, the sword and the man stand together. If the sword perishes... my master will give me another one." The third disciple, a reborn Empress who returns to her throne, her elegance and grace overshadowing all beings. And without anyone noticing, his own sect, the Qingxuan Sect, has become the number one sect on the continent. Looking at these unbelievably formidable disciples, Gu Changge, holding the "Primordial Purple Qi" he just signed in for, falls into deep thought: — Wasn't this supposed to be a peaceful retirement? How did I become the ultimate master?!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
