[The Dharma-Ending Age, where spiritual energy has dried up.]
[Artifact cultivators rule, and spells are in decline...]
...
This was a carefully crafted cinematic made by Lu Ze to rationalize the search-and-extract mode.
Accompanied by a leisurely voiceover, the background setting of a Dharma-Ending Age where cultivators had to rely on spiritual artifacts to fight quickly unfolded before Zhong Yi's eyes.
"The evil Hafk Merchant Guild? The displaced Asara rogue cultivators? And... the Righteous Alliance that I belong to?"
Zhong Yi quickly analyzed the information revealed in the cinematic, an excited smile forming on the corners of his mouth.
The short cinematic of just a few minutes quickly immersed him into the role of the story.
Three major factions, novel spiritual artifacts, uniquely styled architecture...
Everything filled him with anticipation.
Entering the illusion realm, Zhong Yi used his fastest hand speed to claim the nickname [Genius Cultivator].
Lu Ze was quite considerate in this regard; every cultivator's account retained the right to use their own forum ID.
Unless the cultivators themselves gave it up, others could not claim it.
[About to enter the beginner tutorial. Do you want to enable multiplayer mode?]
As soon as he entered the illusion realm, the beginner tutorial pop-up appeared before him.
"Enable!"
Zhong Yi decisively chose to enable it, and then pulled the Zhou Yue siblings into his squad.
"Old Zhong, sis, why are you two dressed exactly the same? Damn! Why am I wearing this outfit too?"
For the three entering the squad for the first time, the default character class was the Bee Doctor.
Like other illusion realms, Xianyuan Continent Operation still used clothing and accessories to highlight character traits, rather than character replacement.
Zhou Qiaoling waved her hand in disgust. "Ew... this character looks so dumb! Change it, change it!"
"There seem to be very few characters?"
At this time, Zhong Yi had already opened the character list and started browsing.
The cultivators of the Righteous Alliance were divided into four types:
Vanguard, Scout, Raider, and Pharmacist.
"There is only one available character under each category... Tsk, is Junior Brother Lu short on spirit stones again?"
Zhong Yi complained with a smile.
After quickly scanning the introductions of the four initial characters, Zhong Yi decisively chose the Vanguard character with the Daoist name [Red Wolf].
"Lao Zhou, you also chose Red Wolf? Haha, charging into enemy lines really is a man's romance!"
Seeing Zhou Yue beside him change into the same outfit, Zhong Yi laughed loudly.
"Old Zhong, listen to my advice... I think that Bee Doctor suits you better."
Zhou Yue teased with a cheeky smile, and Zhong Yi's old face immediately turned red.
"N-Nonsense! Studying medicine cannot save the world! My mechanics are very smooth now..."
"Oh, stop arguing you two, let's hurry up and start."
Zhou Qiaoling looked at the noisy duo speechlessly and couldn't help but yawn.
This baffling illusion realm exuded an atmosphere that she found boring everywhere.
As the captain, Zhong Yi stopped the argument, and the three of them entered the beginner tutorial together.
Illusion realms were not entirely identical to the games of his past life. Lu Ze's setup for the beginner tutorial still had some differences from past life games.
For example, you could form a squad for the tutorial.
For example, routine running and jumping operations didn't need to be repeated at all.
The beginner tutorial of Xianyuan Continent Operation started with the use of weapons.
Zhong Yi and the other two spawned in a military camp tent.
On the wooden table in front of them lay three strangely shaped, long iron implements.
A system prompt popped up in the air before them:
[Pick up the weapon on the table]
"Is this a gun?"
Zhong Yi's eyes lit up, and he immediately picked up the pitch-black [Mingju 15] in the middle to examine it carefully.
The cinematic had spent a considerable amount of time depicting how cultivators in the Dharma-Ending Age invented a magical artifact called a gun.
Cultivators condensed spells into ammunition, and then used the gun to shoot it out, achieving an attack level close to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
"What? What gun?"
Zhou Yue, completely confused, picked up the much shorter [Bison] next to it and looked at Zhong Yi in bewilderment.
He never paid much attention to cinematic plots, so naturally, he wasn't as clear on things as Zhong Yi.
"It's..."
Just as Zhong Yi was about to explain, after the three of them each picked up a gun, a new quest prompt appeared again.
[Enemy spotted! Please use the weapon in your hand to defeat them!]
An Asara rogue cultivator wearing a gray steel helmet suddenly wandered outside the tent.
"Use... the gun?"
Zhou Yue looked at the goofy-looking Asara rogue cultivator, then looked at the short and sturdy Bison in his hand, and suddenly understood.
"Lao Zhou, you see, a gun is meant to shoot these bullets..."
Before Zhong Yi could finish his sentence, he was excitedly interrupted by Zhou Yue.
"I get it! Let me do it!"
With a loud bang.
The butt of the Bison slammed ruthlessly into the forehead of the Asara rogue cultivator.
Unexpectedly, the opponent seemed completely unharmed and just symbolically touched his forehead.
"You're asking for trouble, aren't you!"
The Asara rogue cultivator immediately entered a state of alert, raised the [Spirit Snake 74] in his hands, and several spirit bullets flashing with pale light spewed out.
"Come on, let's spar!!"
"???"
Zhou Yue looked at the gun in his hand with a face full of doubt about his life choices.
"No way..."
"Which little genius forged this artifact? It's way too trashy!!"
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."
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
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.
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.
