In the original game from Lu Ze’s previous life, Genichiro Ashina was certainly strong, but only to a limited extent. He wasn’t among the absolute top-tier fighters.
After all, under normal circumstances, by the time players reached Ashina Castle, they had already been beaten senseless by quite a few bosses and had more or less learned the basics of deflection.
After getting thrashed for three to five hours, most people could clear the fight.
The moves in the first and second phases were powerful, but their patterns were fixed. Once players had died enough times, they could handle one or two of them simply by memorizing the attack patterns.
As for the third phase, it was all flash and no substance.
On the surface, the lightning attacks unleashed through the Lightning of Tomoe looked ferocious. But once players learned the lightning reversal technique, the attacks became nothing more than free openings—easier to deal with than an elite enemy by the roadside.
As the game progressed, Genichiro Ashina gradually went from an untouchable, top-tier master to a katana-wielding joke that anyone could take a shot at.
But in Lu Ze’s illusion, the situation was precisely the opposite.
Lu Ze would never allow any cultivator to clear the illusion within five days.
The only variable, Li Moran, had already been dragged away by the remnant spirit of the Heavenly Dao for special training. The rest of these cultivators could forget about having an easy time.
The final boss of the beginner’s village?
What was the point of making it that easy?
At that point, Genichiro already had enough prestige in the players’ eyes. No matter how much stronger Lu Ze made him, nobody would find it strange. So Lu Ze simply gave the man an ultimate enhancement.
The famous saying from his previous life—“Women may lie to me, but Genichiro’s sword never will”—was probably something the cultivators of this world would never be able to say.
Because Genichiro’s swordsmanship had already gone through who knew how many iterations…
And what about that third phase that originally existed merely for show?
Lu Ze had maxed out its stats as well.
Otherwise, it would hardly do justice to all the cultivation the Lightning of Tomoe had received…
Of course, in the original story, Genichiro’s talent for cultivation truly wasn’t anything special.
In short, whoever came along would be stuck at Genichiro Ashina for at least an entire day before they could leave.
And so, an utterly horrific disaster began unfolding across the cultivation world…
…
Zhou Qiaoling’s illusion world.
“Is this the power of the Dragon’s Heritage…?”
The moment Zhou Qiaoling opened her eyes, she heard a deep, alluring voice beside her. The line was so familiar that it made her scalp prickle.
“No, no! This isn’t the power of the Dragon’s Heritage!!”
Zhou Qiaoling hurriedly shook her head, her lips turning pale.
Genichiro would say that line the first time he rose after being revived during the battle.
Genichiro said nothing.
Instead, Zhou Qiaoling was greeted by a blade that grew faster and fiercer with every swing.
“I’ll give it to you… I’ll give you all of it!! Just stop slashing me, aaaaaah!!!”
…
Amid a series of agonized, resentful wails,
Zhou Qiaoling respawned once more at the Sculptor’s Idol beneath Ashina Castle.
“Ow, ow, ow… No, no, this Genichiro is way too insane. No wonder Senior Brother Zhong still hasn’t released a guide…”
Zhou Qiaoling shook her head in dejection.
Before Genichiro, she had relied on Zhong Yi’s guides to cheese her way past most of the bosses.
But for some reason, Zhong Yi had never come forward with a solution for Genichiro.
She was different from everyone else.
When other people got frustrated playing, they could at least return to the real world and take a breather. Zhou Qiaoling, however, could only admire the scenery within the illusion.
After all, the barrier’s restrictions meant that she truly couldn’t leave until she cleared the illusion!
In order to escape sooner, she had no choice but to investigate Genichiro herself.
The result? In barely half an hour, she understood why Zhong Yi had yet to release a guide.
“Forget it, forget it. I’ll just wait patiently for Senior Brother Zhong to come up with a cheese strategy~~~”
With that, Zhou Qiaoling contentedly lay down in front of the Sculptor’s Idol, crossed her legs, and began fantasizing about the wonderful life awaiting her outside.
“Once I get out, I’ll first sneak into that good-for-nothing brother’s secret stash, then go get something delicious to eat, and then…”
She had only gotten halfway through her sentence when a strange atmosphere suddenly enveloped her.
Rather than strange, it would be more accurate to say that the background music had changed…
After enduring one illusion after another created by Lu Ze, the cultivators had gradually developed an understanding of “BGM.” It had already become a standard feature of illusions, and other illusion masters had begun using it in their own creations as well.
When the background music changed, Zhou Qiaoling sat bolt upright.
Because echoing in her ears was the music from her battle with Genichiro atop Ashina Castle.
The next moment, a deep voice rang out coldly:
“This… is also the power of the Dragon’s Heritage?”
“???”
Zhou Qiaoling’s scalp went numb. She turned around—and sure enough, Genichiro Ashina was standing by the window, the katana in his hand already drawn.
“Holy crap!!! How can Genichiro leave the battle area and come down here…?”
“Old Demon Lu, you’re seriously the worst!!!”
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.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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."
