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]
and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
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.
