"Sacred Beasts: Paru" had been launched for seventeen days.
Most cultivators had basically reached the end - game stage centered around the World Tree.
In the original version of the game, the final boss battle against the Withered Star Dragon and Zenala wasn't extremely difficult for max - level players who had made it this far.
However, in the Illusion Realm version, as the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao's residual spirit, Lu Ze didn't dare to make this boss too weak.
Therefore, the difficulty of this final boss battle fully justified its position as the closing battle.
Players' Paru not only had to max out their basic potential values, reach the maximum star - level, unlock their awakenings, and fill up their stat - enhancing tags, but also assemble a team capable of winning in the arena to have a chance of victory.
The Withered Star Dragon was the Heavenly Dao's residual spirit that had been waiting at the World Tree for half a month, itching for a fight. Zenala was an evil soul that had suffered greatly at the hands of players and harbored intense hatred towards them.
Under the combined onslaught of these two top - tier opponents, the forum was filled with waves of wailing.
[Old Demon Lu is heartless!! This final battle is so difficult!!!]
[Considering that they are ultimate Paru capable of destroying the world, it's actually understandable.]
[I've noticed that if Zenala merges with the Withered Star Dragon, we can still put up a fight. But if Zenala stands on the Withered Star Dragon's head and comes at you... I can only say: Retreat quickly!!]
[Zenala is so beautiful. Can she be tamed like other tower masters?]
[Even if she can be tamed, the conditions will probably be extremely harsh... Otherwise, it won't match her difficulty.]
[Where is the genius cultivator? Come and save us!!]
...
At this moment.
In Zhong Yi's Paru world.
The highly - anticipated genius cultivator was engaged in a life - or - death battle with Zenala and the Withered Star Dragon in the final boss's secret realm.
A huge ring was spinning rapidly, unleashing a 360 - degree deathly shockwave.
"Brother Mu! Hold on!!"
"Sure thing!"
Mu Yawen summoned a second Taifeng and placed it directly in front of the ring to absorb all the attacks for everyone.
In the original game, players only needed to quickly dodge to the back of the ring to avoid the laser attacks from this ring.
However, under the violent modifications of the Heavenly Dao's residual spirit, players had to find a way to withstand this deadly onslaught.
Zhong Yi's solution was simple. He paired Mu Yawen with a Taifeng with maxed - out defense attributes to take the damage head - on, while the others took the opportunity to disperse and relieve the pressure.
This strategy clearly yielded good results.
"Damn it, we finally got a chance when Zenala and the Withered Star Dragon are merged... We have to seize this opportunity!!"
Zhong Yi gritted his teeth and started to assign tasks to everyone.
As is well - known, if you see Zenala standing on the Withered Star Dragon's head and flying towards you at the start, you might as well give up.
Of course, this situation wasn't that common.
It only occurred once every five to ten battles on average.
But in Zhong Yi's Paru world, it was as if they were haunted. They had never seen Zenala not standing on the Withered Star Dragon!
Fortunately, before entering this time, Zhong Yi had said with a long face that he felt it was going to be a failure again. Otherwise, they might have been beaten for who knows how long.
To prepare for the final battle, even Zhou Qiaoling's "human - bomb" team had been replaced with Night - Summoning Beasts, aiming to maximize their combat power.
Now that they finally encountered the Withered Star Dragon and Zenala at a normal difficulty level, they finally realized that the situation wasn't as hopeless as before.
The Withered Star Dragon and Zenala were powerful, but without the direct control of the Heavenly Dao's residual spirit and the evil soul, they weren't invincible.
Under the siege of Zhong Yi's four top - tier Paru teams, they were gradually pushed back.
"Fir... Um? Mm!!!"
Just as Zhong Yi was about to speak, Zhou Yue quickly covered his mouth.
"First kill! We got it!!"
Zhou Qiaoling shouted excitedly. A Night - Summoning Beast stabbed an ice pillar through the Withered Star Dragon's chest, draining its last bit of health.
Zenala painfully separated from the Withered Star Dragon's body, and they both fell to the ground.
Under the after - effects of the battle, the sealed room began to collapse.
Looking at the dying and helpless Withered Star Dragon, Zenala didn't choose to escape. Instead, she hugged the poor and cute white dragon, closed her eyes, and quietly fell into the abyss with the falling rubble...
At the same time.
The ground was constantly collapsing, and Zhong Yi and the others also fell...
...
A moment of darkness.
Zhong Yi groggily opened his eyes.
Pipi Chicken, Troublemaker Cat, and Fluffy Yoyo.
The familiar trio was once again surrounding Zhong Yi, sizing him up.
It was just like the first time he entered "Sacred Beasts: Paru".
"Damn... Do I have to start all over again?"
Zhong Yi rubbed his head and got up.
The difference from the beginning was that this time, he wasn't alone. There were many familiar Paru around him.
"Cloud Sea Deer, Smile Cat, Winter - Summoning Beast, Sea Emperor Whale, Void Vortex Dragon..."
Zhong Yi looked at the Paru beside him, deep in thought.
"These are all, uh... the Paru that have accompanied me the longest?"
"Humph, I'm not some Paru!"
Just then, Zuo Yi's voice sounded in Zhong Yi's ear.
The young girl proudly folded her arms across her chest. Her knees were red and bruised from being scraped by the gravel, indicating that she had been kneeling on the ground.
"Yeah! If you're not a Paru, why are you here... Ouch! Ouch! Why are you electrocuting me again???"
In Zhong Yi's live - stream room, gifts were flooding the screen.
As the first team to clear "Sacred Beasts: Paru", the previous boss battle had excited countless viewers, who showered Zhong Yi with gifts.
"Thank you, Realm Master Lu Ze, for sending the Ten - Thousand Swords Return to One... Wait! Junior Brother Lu is also here? When did he get back to the Lingxiao Sect?"
Seeing the familiar name, Zhong Yi was immediately overjoyed.
[Realm Master Lu Ze: I'm already at the Spirit Jade Pavilion. Come quickly, Senior Brother Zhong. I've brought you a gift.]
"Huh? Gifts are so formal... I'll go right away!"
Hearing there was a gift, Zhong Yi was immediately curious. He exited the illusion and rushed straight to the Spirit Jade Pavilion.
"Hehe, did Junior Brother Lu bring me a gift? What kind of local specialty could it be..."
...
"What do you mean He Qingyue dressed up as Zuo Yi and came to the Lingxiao Sect to discuss the Dao with me? ???? "
...
...
The matter at the Beast - Taming Sect was perfectly resolved, and the second Grand Void Soul Crystal was about to be obtained.
The craze for opportunities in "Sacred Beasts: Paru" was gradually fading, and the number of players was no longer at its peak, but the profits were still considerable.
Overall, it was a great success.
In particular, the fact that the souls of spirit beasts could be converted into Demon Path energy points and absorbed by the system was undoubtedly a huge boost.
In the future, when playing grind - type games, this would also be a new way to level up.
[+ 8.8 Demon Path energy points]
...
The familiar sound of a large - scale addition of Demon Path energy points rang in Lu Ze's ears.
Lu Ze glanced at it and, as expected, it was Li Moran.
Li Moran had now broken through to the Void Refinement Realm, and his Demon Path energy points had doubled.
One couldn't help but sigh at the huge gap between cultivators. Although Li Moran had just broken through to the Void Refinement Realm, in terms of Demon Path energy points, he was already on par with most senior Void Refinement Realm cultivators.
"Not bad, not bad. Keep up the good work~"
Lu Ze couldn't help but feel pleased.
It was obvious that Li Moran was still being severely beaten by the Withered Star Dragon and Zenala.
It wasn't that Li Moran's skills were lacking. It was simply that the output ceiling of a humanoid Paru was limited. It was impossible for a single person to clear the boss battle against the Withered Star Dragon and Zenala.
If the DPS was insufficient, no matter how skilled the operation was, it wouldn't work.
Even if Lu Ze stepped in himself, he wouldn't be able to do it.
Just then, Li Moran suddenly sent a message.
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.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
