The three returned to the party lobby.
"The world is going downhill, and morals are rotting! Since when did our righteous cultivators start acting like this?!"
Zhou Yue was so furious that he burst into curses.
He couldn't help recalling the time someone had baited him with a weapon in Naraka: Bladepoint.
At some point, the righteous cultivators' playstyles in the Illusion Realm had become increasingly sinister.
They were acting like followers of the Demon Path.
"It's all thanks to the wonderful example Junior Brother Lu set!"
Zhou Qiaoling clenched her fists, wishing she could challenge Lu Ze to a real-life duel.
It had all begun with Lu Ze's first competitive Illusion Realm, Immortal Realm Supremacy.
From then on, righteous cultivators had gradually strayed off course, with all sorts of unorthodox tricks springing up endlessly.
But fighting Lu Ze was no longer an option.
There was no way she could beat him.
Ever since he'd entered the Dao through Illusion Realms, his cultivation had soared as though it had wings, and his realm had long since surpassed Zhou Qiaoling's.
The rumor outside was that Sword Inquiry Peak's eldest senior sister had given Lu Ze a savage beating that day, leaving him seriously injured and forcing him into seclusion to recover.
But Zhou Qiaoling was close to Li Moran, and the version she'd heard from her was nothing like that.
She had gone over that day, delighted to hear the gossip firsthand. All she remembered was Li Moran shaking her head lightly and gazing toward Glazed Fire Peak, a faint, elusive smile on her lips.
"I couldn't defeat him."
That one sentence had told Zhou Qiaoling that Lu Ze's strength was unfathomable.
That was the greatest genius of the current generation in the Spirit Cloud Sect!
Even with her cultivation suppressed,