Zhong Yi's livestream.
"Go to the lunar realm?"
Zhong Yi looked at his senior sister Qin Li'en behind him with a stunned expression.
"Why are you looking at me... I can't read minds."
Qin Li'en rolled her eyes at him, not holding back her sarcasm.
In Lu Ze's original version from his past life, the game was a pixel game, and players progressed through the story following the perspectives of a male and female researcher. After modifying it to first-person perspective, it couldn't be made that way naturally, so Lu Ze made a bold adjustment.
Each player would always have a senior brother or sister of the opposite gender, whose personality would complement the player's. At this moment, Zhong Yi was a talkative junior disciple, while his partner had become a sharp-tongued, outwardly cold but inwardly warm, reliable senior sister.
This design, similar to the male and female researchers with contrasting personalities from the original version, ensured that as the story progressed, players wouldn't feel too lonely or bored.
"Damn it! Is this what Junior Brother Lu thinks love is?!" Zhong Yi grumbled inwardly.
He also felt that Qin Li'en was the romantic interest Lu Ze had arranged for him.
"I miss Sudi'er... Ah!"
Zhong Yi let out a sigh.
At that moment, a new piece of information appeared in his notebook: [Lunar Realm: The celestial domain where the moon resides]
"Do you know why your master wants to go to the lunar realm?"
Qin Li'en asked.
"I don't know... The master always liked to gaze at the moon under the lighthouse, watching until midnight. That's all I know."
Chen Lili thought hard for a moment before answering.
"Not knowing the reason makes things difficult..."
Qin Li'en nibbled on her finger, looking troubled.
"Can you tell me more about your master?"
Chen Lili sighed: "I've cared for the master for two years now. He's truly a kind man... but also a strange one. He speaks very little, and I dare not ask too much."
"The master used to be a carpenter; this old mansion was entirely built by his hands..."
"Oh, and the master had a wife who passed away not long before I came here..."
"Aside from that, I really don't know much. I only know the master is truly a good person."
Hearing this, Zhong Yi couldn't help but complain: "Listening to you is like not listening at all... Absolutely no useful information!"
Qin Li'en shot him a glare: "Shut up and do your job!"
Chen Lili looked somewhat embarrassed: "I'm terribly sorry, honored immortals. I really don't know much. Perhaps you could take a look around the old mansion; you might find letters or notes left by the master?"
"Mm, I suppose we'll have to do that."
Qin Li'en nodded and turned to Zhong Yi.
"Junior Brother Zhong, do you remember the key to my dream-weaving formation?"
"What is it?"
"...I'm asking you!"
Qin Li'en pressed her forehead, then explained to Zhong Yi.
"Our Dream-Weaving Sect's techniques don't create something out of nothing; we must plant causes to reap results..."
"If we want to realize the 'result' of the master going to the lunar realm, we must plant the 'cause' that makes him want to go."
"So we must first figure out why the master wants to go to the lunar realm, so that the 'cause' can be accepted by him personally."
After listening to Qin Li'en's explanation, Zhong Yi nodded thoughtfully.
"This technique may be rough, but the theory has some merit... As expected of Junior Brother Lu."
"I'll stay here to set up the artifacts. You go search the old mansion for clues—the more, the better."
Qin Li'en tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as she spoke to Zhong Yi.
As her words fell, the main quest in the upper right corner of Zhong Yi's vision updated:
[Main Quest Updated:]
[Go to the old mansion's surroundings and gather clues about "Gu Yun"]
"Got it!"
Zhong Yi agreed with a smile and was about to step out of the room when the Divine Doctor called him back.
"Wait! Please take this!"
Wen Yaoxin handed over a half-black, half-white Gu worm, which was steadily emitting a rhythmic "beep-beep" sound.
Zhong Yi was curious: "What's this?"
"A Twin-Life Gu worm... It can sense the condition of the Heartstrong Gu within the master."
Wen Yaoxin explained.
"Its chirping matches the master's heartbeat..."
"The white part represents the master's remaining time. If the Twin-Life Gu turns completely black, then the master will soon pass away."
"Take it with you, so you'll know the master's condition. I'll watch over him here, so I won't need it for now."
Zhong Yi took the Twin-Life Gu worm and watched as its black color slowly crept upward, its "beep-beep" cries lingering endlessly.
[Twin-Life Gu: Can sense the host's fading life force (Remaining lifespan: 1 day and 7 hours)]
"The master is truly a pitiful man..."
Zhong Yi sighed, stored the Twin-Life Gu in his backpack, and headed downstairs.
Following the quest's guidance, Zhong Yi arrived downstairs.
Chen Lili's two children were playing the strings of an instrument together.
It was a melody Zhong Yi had never heard before.
Melodious, graceful, yet carrying an indescribable hint of sorrow.
"Strange, this melody feels almost magical... Not only does it make my nose sting, but now everything in this mansion seems fascinating to me..."
Zhong Yi muttered to himself while stroking his chin.
It was odd, but not unpleasant.
Watching the livestream from his end, Lu Ze blinked in surprise: "Senior Brother Zhong is quite sharp!"
The song concealed a hidden secret.
The Fear-Soul Heartbinding Formation.
This was a profound technique he had obtained from the system a long time ago.
It could ignore cultivation levels and sway a cultivator's emotions.
The BGM of To the Moon was already a tearjerking masterpiece, and with the enhancement of the Fear-Soul Heartbinding Formation, its emotional influence became even more potent.
Considering that their target was an emotionless elder from the Heartless Sect, Lu Ze didn't bet everything on guiding love or grief.
When the BGM played, the cultivators' melancholy came from the music itself.
The Fear-Soul Heartbinding Formation guided instead—
Curiosity. The desire to explore.
Once Guo Yunfeng began actively seeking the truth under this influence, he would naturally immerse himself in the storyline.
With his psychological defenses lowered, Lu Ze could then use the formation to steer emotions toward sorrow.
If, after this combination of tactics, Guo Yunfeng still managed to remain calm...
Then Lu Ze would have no choice but to call upon the remnants of the Heavenly Dao.
After all, the Illusion Alliance had been unjust first; this couldn't be considered improper on his part.
As for the reward...
He was already prepared.
[[To the Moon] is a frequent guest in game novels.]
[But... I should be the first to adapt it into a cultivation story, give it a magical twist, and make it reasonably fitting.]
[Those of you following the updates are also the first to witness the cultivation version of To the Moon. I hope fate can be defied, and that both the story and its readers can overcome hardship.]
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.
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!
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
