The third challenge sent an uproar through the cultivators gathered beside Leisure Cloud Lake.
"Did I read that right?? Make the Ruthless Sect's grand elder cry??"
"How could that possibly happen??"
"Even Old Devil Lu couldn't pull that off!"
"If the Illusion Alliance can't afford the prize, they can just keep it! Why resort to such a cheap trick?"
"Unfair! Unfair!"
Faced with the cultivators' collective protest, Rakshasa seemed to have expected it.
"Everyone, hear this old man out."
Rakshasa's steady voice quelled their discontent.
"Making Elder Guo cry is merely the ultimate goal of this Illusion Realm..."
"If no one manages it, that doesn't mean this challenge will have no winner."
"When the time comes, Elder Guo's judgment will decide the matter. As the Ruthless Sect's grand elder, she is unlikely to judge wrongly."
Heart Demon had prepared this explanation well in advance.
Everyone knew Guo Yunfeng could not possibly shed tears over love, much less over an Illusion Realm.
That meant the decision on who won or lost would fall naturally into Guo Yunfeng's hands.
And with that, the outcome could be controlled at will.
Whoever they wanted in first place would take first place.
If they wanted Lu Ze last, last was where he would end up.
No one could find fault with it!
At those words, the agitated cultivators gradually quieted down.
If making Guo Yunfeng cry was not required, the Illusion Realm became much easier to create.
It only had to suit Guo Yunfeng's tastes.
"Junior Brother Lu, this challenge... it's utterly despicable."
Zhong Yi frowned, then hesitated.
"Oh? What makes you say that?"
Lu Ze asked with a smile.
"A cultivator who reached the Refining Void Realm through the Dao of Ruthlessness... you could say she severed her emotions and desires long ago.