Word that Li Moran had comprehended the Void-Returning Sword Intent in the Illusion Realm swiftly spread throughout the cultivation world.
After all, it was one of the Limitless Sword Sect's supreme sword intents.
Rumors ran wild that, in Sekiro, with her cultivation and insights into the Sword Dao sealed away, Li Moran had honed her sword techniques to the utmost simplicity and perfection, thereby earning the recognition of the Void-Returning Sword Intent, which shared the same origins.
This wasn't a matter of stumbling into good fortune in the Illusion Realm. It was genuine self-improvement through rigorous training!
For a time, even the last batch of stubborn old holdouts in the cultivation world who refused to accept the Illusion Realm joined the fray.
Because this was no longer a Heavenly Dao opportunity, but a tangible improvement brought about by the Illusion Realm.
There was also a group of cultivators who had been taking a wait-and-see approach to Sekiro.
Most of these cultivators were players traumatized by If You're a Cultivator, Descend a Hundred Levels, Getting Over It, and Four Together. Whenever Lu Ze released a new Illusion Realm, they would watch from the sidelines for a while first.
This time, seeing the cries of misery coming from all the live streams, they had chosen to remain quiet spectators.
After all, an Illusion Realm like this was the most entertaining one in the world—as long as you weren't playing it yourself.
But once news broke that Li Moran had comprehended the Void-Returning Sword Intent, they could no longer sit still.
One after another, they joined in.
Overnight, Sekiro's cumulative player count actually surpassed even the highest peak reached by the Immortal Abyss Continent Operation.
That would have been utterly unimaginable in his previous life.
In Lu Ze's previous life, Sekiro had actually