Looking at the requirements of the system quest, Lu Ze couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Slaughtering righteous cultivators and seizing ancient secret treasures was one thing...
Anyway, it was all happening within the illusion realm.
But this second condition...
He had to use demonic methods?
Subvert everyone's perception of a Sage??
Lu Ze's mouth twitched violently.
His reputation had finally taken a turn for the better with great difficulty, and now the system was forcing him to act inhumanely!!!
Acting like a beast was actually quite easy to manage.
In "Operation Xianyuan Continent," he could come up with at least 100 different beastly maneuvers in the time it took to yawn.
If it were just about being a beast, he could just use his alt account Bai Mu to participate.
But the system quest explicitly stated that he had to subvert the public's perception of a Sage...
Didn't this clearly mean he had to use his main account!?
Did he not need his dignity anymore???
Lu Ze shook his head helplessly.
Knowing the system's nature, even if he ignored it this time, it would probably keep forcing him to maintain his demonic reputation in the future...
So he just couldn't be a good person for once?
Fine, fine, fine. I've done plenty of inhumane things anyway, one more won't hurt...
Lu Ze calmly accepted reality.
He thought about it and felt like he wasn't actually that reluctant?
Then I'll sign up.
Having made up his mind, Lu Ze immediately entered the illusion realm and arrived at the entrance for registration.
At this time, the content of the prize pool for the participation rewards had already undergone a round of updates.
Just as he expected, the rewards in each prize pool had become even more generous.
In the highest-tier prize pool, some top-level rewards appeared, and the "Dao Transformation Art" he had desired for a long time was among them.
It was almost as if the remnant spirit of the Heavenly Dao had dug a pit specifically for him.
You little...
Lu Ze gritted his teeth in anger.
No wonder the remnant spirit of the Heavenly Dao asked him if he would regret it before the competition started.
So it was digging a pit and waiting for him here!
At this point, the first stage of the competition was more than halfway over. The players at the very front had assets that were nearing the hundred million mark.
Even for Lu Ze, catching up within five days was somewhat challenging.
But Lu Ze did not panic.
Instead, he exuded a calm confidence.
Smurfing should come with a bit of pressure, right...
...
...
Every move of the remnant spirit of the Heavenly Dao attracted the attention of the cultivators.
As soon as the "Operation Xianyuan Continent" competition was released, people paid attention to its progress every day.
The list of cultivators in the first tier was updated daily.
Cultivators were also keeping an eye on the asset qualification line for advancement.
Even for some unimportant entertainment news, there were cultivators gossiping.
The posts in the forum had long been dominated by the competition.
[True Legacy Disciple Li of the Lingxiao Sect was sniped by other sects today and failed to evacuate successively... His ranking has dropped to third place!]
[What is the background of this rogue cultivator named Dusk? He can actually fight evenly with True Legacy Disciple Zhou!]
[True Legacy Disciple Zhou of the Lingxiao Sect is really unlucky... He gets ambushed by potato mines every single time.]
[Hahaha! Elder Li of the Limitless Sword Array went bankrupt again today... Truly worthy of being the fastest person to go bankrupt!]
[Tsk tsk tsk, the competition for first place is very fierce, but the last place seems... Wait!? Lu Ze!?]
...
While everyone was paying attention to the participants' situations, inevitably someone would take a look at the very bottom.
With this look, they saw a conspicuous name:
[Participant: Lu Ze (Lingxiao Sect)]
[Current Assets: 0]
[Ranking: 90214]
As soon as this information came out, the forum instantly exploded.
[Lu Ze?? Is that the Lu Ze we know??]
[Could it be someone with the same name?]
[Impossible! Where would the Lingxiao Sect get a second Lu Ze!?]
[Even if there was, they probably would have changed their name long ago... How unlucky would that be!]
[So that means, Old Demon Lu has entered the competition?]
[What is he aiming for by joining at this time? There are only five days left until the competition ends!]
[Maybe he's aiming for the Heavenly Dao rewards?]
[With five days, let alone first place... Even advancing is impossible, right?]
[Fellow Daoists! Putting everything else aside, hasn't our chance to beat up Old Demon Lu finally arrived?]
[Agreed!! Tomorrow, everyone snipe Old Demon Lu!!!]
[Whoever gets Old Demon Lu's dog tag, contact me. I'm willing to trade a tier-four magical treasure for it!]
[A tier-four magical treasure? You're looking down on Old Demon Lu too much!]
...
In the previous competitions Lu Ze attended, he usually entered as a guest for the finals.
Ordinary cultivators had no chance to come into contact with Lu Ze at all.
Of course, Lu Ze had made a move many times using the identity of Bai Mu, but no one knew this except Li Moran.
In short, from the cultivators' perspective, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Not only was he appearing in his true body, but he was also participating in the preliminary stage which had absolutely no entry threshold.
Everyone had a chance to run into Lu Ze!
It was hard to say for other illusion realms, but "Operation Xianyuan Continent" was different.
Whoever came would have to take a hit from a potato mine.
The cultivators both loved and hated Lu Ze.
Considering the recent "This Demonic Cultivator is Not Too Cold," the hatred should probably be a bit more.
So at the thought of being able to beat up Lu Ze, all the cultivators began to rub their fists and wipe their palms.
Even many cultivators who hadn't registered for the competition joined in just to participate.
For a time, the popularity of the competition rose by a few degrees.
...
The news of Lu Ze's participation spread quickly.
Lingxiao Sect, Sword Inquiry Peak.
The moonlight was bright and clear.
Amidst the crystal-clear frost, Li Moran's figure paused, a smile on her lips.
A burning heat surged in her beautiful eyes, which were as deep as an icy abyss.
This time...
Will I win?
...
Qingshan Sect.
The veins on Zhang Yuxian's forehead bulged, and hearing the name Lu Ze unconsciously filled him with killing intent.
The Lingxiao Sect is pushing things too far... Do they want to swallow all the karmic luck for themselves!?
Contact the Limitless Sword Sect and the Profound Heaven Sect...
Join forces to blockade the Lingxiao Sect!
...
Luofeng Continent, Illusion Alliance Base.
The patterns on the Alliance Leader's inner demon mask constantly shifted.
Lu Ze...
Behind him, a pitch-black array slowly unfurled.
You've come at the right time.
The Ten Directions Spirit Descent Array has been completed...
I will let the Heavenly Dao know that he is not omnipotent within the illusion realm!
[P.S. Earlier, many people asked, where is Hualai, where is Hualai. At first, I thought about letting Zhou Yue or Zhou Qiaoling do it, but it just didn't feel right. Sure enough, the matters of an Original Sage must be done by an Original Sage... By the way, begging for some gifts, the author is starving to death QAQ]
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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!
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
