Chapter Summaries

Lu Ze used a precise hit-select technique to defeat Li Moran, then went to the Red Team Base and killed Li Jiujian and Gu Lingfei while collecting their resources. Li Moran gained insight from the battle and vowed to defeat him as Lu Ze prepared for the next random event.

• Li Moran attacked first, but Lu Ze timed his sword strike to land before her and reverse their positions in the fight.
• Zhong Yi explained that Li Moran’s midair knockback delayed her landing, allowing Lu Ze to strike while she was still airborne.
• Lu Ze killed Li Moran and gained Demonic Value, while she reflected on his technique after respawning and vowed to defeat him.
• Lu Ze reached the Red Team Base, killed Li Jiujian and Gu Lingfei, and took the team’s iron and gold ingots.
• The system awarded Lu Ze Ten Years of Enlightenment Experience for winning Li Moran’s admiration, and he noted that the next random event was about to refresh.

Lu Ze terrorized the Purple Team as White Curtain, trapping its members on an obsidian-topped wool pillar and earning Zhong Yi’s admiration with his elaborate Minecraft maneuvers. After roaming the map and defeating the remaining players, he faced a rare random event that enabled skill mods, destroyed every team’s bed, and prevented respawns.

• Lu Ze killed Xu Huoyao repeatedly, then built a tall wool pillar over the Purple Team’s respawn point and capped it with obsidian.
• Lu Ze jumped from the pillar and used a wool block and ladder to avoid fall damage, impressing Zhong Yi and earning ten years of enlightenment experience.
• Lu Ze trapped Xu Huoyao and his teammate in a cycle of unavoidable deaths, and Xu Huoyao’s rage triggered a large Demonic Value reward.
• Lu Ze looted the bases and islands while defeating players who tried to join forces against him, as Zhong Yi watched his advanced combat techniques.
• After Zhong Yi praised Lu Ze’s skills, a rare random event enabled mods for surviving players, destroyed every team’s bed, and stopped players from respawning after death.

A Divinely Blessed Random Event gave the players powerful Skill modules but removed their ability to revive, leaving Lu Ze worried about losing Demonic Value rather than losing the fight. As the other teams prepared to attack him, Lu Ze hesitated over which module to choose.

• Zhong Yi accidentally triggered the event, and Lu Ze explained that players could no longer revive and that he would make Zhong Yi compensate for his lost Demonic Value.
• Xu Huoyao loaded the Heart-Devouring Black Flame module and began breaking through the Purple Team Base's Obsidian blocks.
• Li Jiujian ordered his disciple to buy swords and loaded the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin module.
• Shen Yan loaded a module that let him summon a phantom Golden Giant Hammer, while Zhou Yue summoned a giant of black-red flames and set his sights on Lu Ze.
• Li Moran launched Ice Spikes toward Lu Ze's direction and wondered what he would use next.
• Lu Ze inspected his module list and struggled to decide which module to choose.

Lu Ze used the Heavenly Dao Black Curtain Mod to defeat the contestants who gathered against White Curtain on Central Island. He won the match, and the system rewarded him with triple Demonic Value for a week.

• Lu Ze chose the Heavenly Dao Black Curtain Mod, bought Obsidian, and used an Ender Pearl to reach Central Island.
• Zhong Yi advised the viewers that White Curtain should stall until the Random Event ended, while contestants rushed to confront Lu Ze.
• Li Jiujian, Shen Yan, Zhou Yue, Xu Huoyao, and the others attacked Lu Ze as he sat fishing.
• Lu Ze blocked their attacks with an Obsidian barrier, revealed a face like Black Curtain's, and killed Xu Huoyao with an Obsidian spike.
• Lu Ze defeated the remaining contestants and won the match, while Zhong Yi celebrated and Lu Ze received a week of triple Demonic Value rewards.

Lu Ze advanced to the Mid-stage Golden Core, kept his White Curtain identity separate, and persuaded the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao to support a server for more Illusion Realm games. After returning to the Spirit Jade Pavilion, he received a mission involving a Secret Realm in the Great Zhou Western Region.

• Lu Ze openly revealed his breakthrough to the Mid-stage Golden Core, startling the Spirit Cloud Sect’s Elders, while Chao Wendao accepted his explanation that he had entered the Dao through an Illusion Realm.
• Lu Ze kept his White Curtain identity secret by appearing publicly with Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue, then used Li Moran's Cybersoul to play Bed Wars as White Curtain.
• Lu Ze described future Illusion Realm game modes to the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao and convinced it to let him build the Heavenly Dao Server.
• Nangong Yuan told Lu Ze about a Golden Core-stage Secret Realm in the Great Zhou Western Region, and Lu Ze initially considered refusing to go.
• The system gave Lu Ze a mission to help the Demon Path Remnants ambush righteous cultivators and seize the Illusion Realm's Secret Treasure.

Lu Ze agreed to enter the Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm to stop the Demon Path's planned ambush and traveled there with Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen. Meanwhile, Liu Dumu and his Demon Path followers prepared lethal traps near the realm's Treasure Land, eager to attack the incoming disciples.

• Lu Ze accepted the Secret Realm mission after learning the Demon Path planned an ambush, and Chao Wendao assigned Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen to accompany him.
• Nangong Yuan gave Lu Ze Protective Artifacts and warned him to flee from enemies he could not defeat.
• Zhong Yi explained that the Secret Realm held a single Treasure Land, then joked that no Demon Cultivators could challenge him, prompting Mu Yawen to send a warning to their allies.
• Liu Dumu's Demon Path cultivators carved traps and formations inside the Secret Realm using instructions from the Trap Ancient Tome, If You're a Cultivator, Descend a Hundred Levels.
• Liu Dumu planned to exploit the Treasure Land's movement restrictions to injure the late-stage Golden Core disciples and capture them.

Lu Ze and the others entered the Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm, where Lu Ze recognized a suspicious signpost leading to a Treasure Land. Demon Path cultivators ambushed Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen outside but were overwhelmed by their hidden strength, while Lu Ze's group entered the trapped Treasure Land and found a bizarre obstacle course.

• Lu Ze met Chen Yiyun, Wang Tianjing, and Xu Hao before entering the Secret Realm with them, while Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen stayed outside to play Bed Wars.
• Lu Ze's Spiritual Sense quickly surpassed Xu Hao's as the group explored the ruined Mystic Realm and followed a conspicuous signpost.
• Two Nascent Soul Early Stage Demon Cultivators tried to attack Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen, but the pair revealed Spirit Transformation Stage auras and pinned them down.
• Lu Ze located the Demon Path cultivators' hiding place near the Treasure Land, while Xu Hao dismissed Wang Tianjing's warnings and led the group inside.
• The group entered the Treasure Land, where a restriction weakened them and they found shifting stone steps, bloody Ground Spikes, and strange pits; the others looked at Lu Ze suspiciously, and he denied making the traps.

Lu Ze and the others entered a Treasure Land filled with traps, where their familiarity with the traps bewildered the Demon Cultivators lying in wait. After Lu Ze entered a sealed cave to confront Helmsman Liu, he prepared to test his powers and see whether the Demon Cultivators would yield Demonic Value.

• Chen Yiyun, Xu Hao, and Wang Tianjing recognized the traps from the Illusion Realm “If You're a Cultivator, Descend a Hundred Levels” and confidently began crossing them.
• Helmsman Liu and his henchman watched in disbelief as the three disciples avoided the traps and cut down hidden weapons with their swords.
• Lu Ze rushed to protect the disciples, while the henchman mistakenly dismissed the motionless youth at the rear before he crossed the traps with ease.
• Helmsman Liu ordered the Demon Cultivators to attack, and Lu Ze charged into the Black Cave as the others faced the attackers outside.
• A barrier sealed the cave entrance, and Helmsman Liu confronted Lu Ze; Lu Ze readied purple lightning and Extreme Ice Sword Qi, eager to test powerful techniques and gain Demonic Value.

Lu Ze emerged from the cave after killing Liu Dumu and found Xu Hao, Wang Tianjing, and Chen Yiyun still fighting the Demon Cultivators. After they secured the Earth Vein Jade Marrow, Lu Ze proposed a way to decide who would receive it and suggested Russian Roulette.

• Xu Hao, Wang Tianjing, and Chen Yiyun fought eight Demon Cultivators outside the cave while Liu Dumu's confidant claimed the barrier would open only when someone inside died.
• Lu Ze killed Liu Dumu inside the cave, discovered that killing Demon Path cultivators granted no Demonic Value, and emerged as the barrier shattered.
• Outside the Secret Realm, Zhong Yi captured two Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators and prepared to notify the Elders that Lu Ze was in danger.
• With Liu Dumu dead, the remaining Demon Cultivators fled, and Lu Ze and the others won the fight.
• Lu Ze showed the others the Earth Vein Jade Marrow and insisted it should be shared, prompting Xu Hao, Wang Tianjing, and Chen Yiyun to argue over how to divide it.
• Lu Ze proposed Russian Roulette as a game that would test calculation, luck, and courage.

Lu Ze created a Russian Roulette game in an Illusion Realm and brought Wang Tianjing, Chen Yiyun, and Xu Hao inside to play. Meanwhile, the Spirit Cloud Sect and other forces rushed to respond to reports that Lu Ze was in danger, while the players learned the rules of the Cheater's Tavern.

• Lu Ze modified a Hand Crossbow into a Russian Roulette device and frightened Helmsman Liu's henchman with it.
• Lu Ze proposed an Illusion Realm game in which the loser would pull the Trigger, and Chen Yiyun, Wang Tianjing, and Xu Hao agreed to try it.
• After hearing Lu Ze had suffered a mishap, Chao Wendao gathered the Spirit Cloud Sect's Elders and hurried toward the Secret Realm as other sects mobilized.
• Lu Ze finished the Illusion Realm, handed out Illusion Crystal Stones, and entered it with the others.
• Lu Ze introduced the Cheater's Tavern and displayed its card rules, including bluffing, challenging, and pulling the Trigger for the losing player.

Lu Ze started a Russian Roulette card game with Xu Hao, Wang Tianjing, and Chen Yiyun, whose cultivation had been sealed by the Illusion Realm. Xu Hao lost a challenge but survived his first trigger pull, while Wang Tianjing’s deceptive play made him a threat to Lu Ze’s hoped-for reward.

• Xu Hao, Wang Tianjing, and Chen Yiyun readied their Hand Crossbows, and the game began with Heaven as the target card.
• Xu Hao played one Heaven, Wang Tianjing claimed two Heavens, and Chen Yiyun chose not to challenge him before playing a genuine Heaven.
• Xu Hao, unable to play a Heaven card, put down a false card, and Wang Tianjing immediately challenged him.
• The revealed card was a Human, so Xu Hao had to press the Hand Crossbow to his temple and pull the Trigger.
• The chamber was empty, and Xu Hao survived his first death challenge while Lu Ze observed the players’ fear.

Xu Hao, Chen Yiyun, and Wang Tianjing played a deadly illusion game, where Wang Tianjing died on his first shot and Xu Hao won. Outside the Secret Realm, the elders divined that someone had died and joined forces to intervene, unsure whether the disciples inside could hold on.

• Chen Yiyun challenged Wang Tianjing’s claim of two earth cards, exposed his lie, and Wang Tianjing fired the Hand Crossbow, dying in the illusion.
• Wang Tianjing’s talking corpse urged Xu Hao and Chen Yiyun to finish the game, and Xu Hao won after surviving five shots.
• Wang Tianjing, Xu Hao, and Chen Yiyun eagerly started round after round of the game instead of searching for the Secret Realm’s treasures.
• The elders gathered outside the Secret Realm, found its restrictions unusually powerful, and feared the disciples might be facing a demon-path ambush.
• Chi Shengtian’s divination showed the word “Death,” so Nangong Yuan urged the elders to act together as Chao Wendao worried about the disciples inside.

Lu Ze joined Xu Hao, Chen Yiyun, and Wang Tianjing for a proper round of Liar’s Teahouse after they finished practicing. The game began with Lu Ze holding five false cards, and he opened by claiming three Heaven cards, leaving Chen Yiyun to decide whether to challenge him.

• Wang Tianjing won the previous game, and Xu Hao vowed not to make eye contact with him again.
• Chen Yiyun urged the others to play another round, but Wang Tianjing invited Lu Ze to join a proper game for the Secret Treasure.
• Lu Ze accepted after observing the others’ playing styles and took the final seat at the table.
• The players received their hands, and Lu Ze discovered that all five of his cards were Human cards rather than the target Heaven cards.
• Xu Hao played two Heaven cards, and Lu Ze calmly played three cards while claiming they were Heaven cards and inviting Chen Yiyun to guess.

Lu Ze used his opponents’ habits and suspicions to bluff through a card round, then played three real Humans in the next round despite repeating the same trick. Chen Yiyun ended the chapter furious after challenging him and losing.

• Lu Ze read Chen Yiyun’s tells and played three fake cards, while Wang Tianjing urged her to challenge and Lu Ze made her doubt his motives.
• Chen Yiyun finally played her only Heaven, and Wang Tianjing played three Heavens before Xu Hao challenged him and revealed two Heavens and one Immortal.
• Xu Hao survived the Hand Crossbow’s empty chamber, and the next round’s target became Human.
• Lu Ze played three cards as Humans and invited the others to guess again, prompting Chen Yiyun to challenge him.
• Lu Ze revealed three real Humans, leaving Chen Yiyun to complain that she was stuck between two swindlers before demanding to be killed.

At the Secret Realm entrance, Chi Shengtian’s divination revealed another disciple had died, prompting the furious elders to attack the captured demon cultivators. Inside the Illusion Realm, Lu Ze eliminated Xu Hao and Chen Yiyun in a bluffing game, then prepared to face Wang Tianjing for the secret treasure and mission rewards.

• At the Secret Realm entrance, Chi Shengtian revealed another death divination, and the elders feared a disciple had died with their head shattered.
• In the Illusion Realm, Lu Ze shot Xu Hao, who accepted his defeat and agreed to try Lu Ze’s Three Kingdoms Kill game.
• Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen beat the captured demon cultivators for information, while Li Moran killed the tall one and Zhong Yi prepared to strike the fat one.
• Chen Yiyun was eliminated by a crossbow bolt and complained about being caught between Lu Ze and Wang Tianjing.
• Wang Tianjing challenged Lu Ze in the next round, and Lu Ze confidently aimed to win the secret treasure and mission rewards.

Lu Ze outplayed Wang Tianjing in Liar’s Teahouse by reading his bluffs and using a hand full of fake cards to seize the lead. When Wang Tianjing hesitated over Lu Ze’s three claimed Heavens, Lu Ze revealed the first card himself, showing it was real.

• Lu Ze challenged Wang Tianjing’s first One Man and exposed it as a fake Earth, forcing Wang Tianjing to fire the Hand Crossbow at himself; it was blank.
• Lu Ze challenged Wang Tianjing’s One Heaven and revealed it was a fake Man, then admitted his own hand contained no real Heaven cards.
• Wang Tianjing fired the Hand Crossbow again, survived another blank shot, and continued the game.
• Lu Ze received four Heaven cards, while Wang Tianjing played two cards and claimed they were Heavens.
• Lu Ze shuffled his cards and played three cards as Three Heavens, leaving Wang Tianjing to weigh whether to challenge.
• Lu Ze voluntarily flipped over his first card, revealing a real Heaven.

Lu Ze defeated Wang Tianjing in the Illusion Realm and claimed the Secret Treasure, then stayed to play more rounds with the others. Zhong Yi and the others rushed in after Elder Chi’s divinations reported repeated deaths, only to discover that the deaths were happening inside the game.

• Lu Ze outmaneuvered Wang Tianjing, revealed three real Heaven cards, and won the match as Wang Tianjing conceded defeat and killed himself with the Hand Crossbow.
• Lu Ze claimed the Secret Treasure and completed his task, earning Jade Nectar of the Soul, which he planned to use on Zhong Yi’s Cyber Soul.
• Wang Tianjing, Xu Hao, and Chen Yiyun urged Lu Ze to play more rounds and offered treasures and Spirit Stones as stakes.
• Zhong Yi, Li Moran, and Mu Yawen entered the Secret Realm after the Elders broke its restriction, while Elder Chi’s divinations reported that more disciples had died.
• The three found Lu Ze and the others alive, playing with Illusion Towers among bound Demon Cultivators, and realized Elder Chi’s divinations were tracking deaths inside the Illusion Realm.
• Zhong Yi and the others considered joining the game.

After Zhong Yi’s reckless game led the Elders to fear a True Disciple had died, Chao Wendao scolded him and learned that Lu Ze had killed a powerful Demon Cultivator. As Liar’s Teahouse grew popular, Lu Ze launched a new event that let players bring one low-level Spell into card matches.

• Chao Wendao scolded Zhong Yi for causing panic after his false death report, then praised Lu Ze for killing Helmsman Liu despite the gap in their cultivation.
• The Five Great Sects increased their campaigns against the Demon Path, while Liar’s Teahouse spread among cultivators and Lu Ze added paid features.
• Zhou Yue quit Liar’s Teahouse after repeatedly losing to Zhong Yi’s unlucky shots, and the two argued over who would win using their real abilities.
• Lu Ze announced the three-day Gods Fight event, which would let players bring one Spell below the Nascent Soul Realm into card games.

The “Gods Fight” event brought cultivation spells into the card game, and Zhong Yi and the Zhou siblings challenged Lu Ze. Lu Ze redirected a crossbow bolt into Zhong Yi, leaving Zhou Qiaoling and Zhou Yue stunned by his Demon Path tactics.

• Cultivators prepared spells for the “Gods Fight” event after it was announced.
• Zhong Yi and the Zhou siblings joined Lu Ze in his Teahouse to play, with Zhong Yi taking the first turn.
• Zhou Qiaoling used her stretched neck to spy on the other players’ cards, while Zhou Yue’s spell swapped Zhong Yi’s hand.
• Zhong Yi survived shooting himself with a hand crossbow because he had Golden Bell Shield.
• After Zhong Yi challenged Lu Ze’s false play, Lu Ze shrank his head out of the bolt’s path and sent it into Zhong Yi, killing him.

Lu Ze designed and released the Illusion Realm game "Demonic Murder" after a system mission challenged him to make Righteous cultivators desire a Demonic Son System identity. Zhong Yi brought the dejected Mu Yawen into the game, where they discovered it assigned players to competing factions and began their first match.

• Zhong Yi told Lu Ze that Mu Yawen had withdrawn into seclusion after failing to uncover Demon Path members disguised as villagers.
• Lu Ze received a mission to make more than 100 Righteous cultivators yearn for a Demonic Son System identity and decided to create a social-deduction game.
• Lu Ze designed "Demonic Murder" with Righteous Path, Demon Path, and Demon Race factions, then released it after three days of work.
• Zhong Yi persuaded Mu Yawen to try the new Illusion Realm, hoping it would help him expose the Demon Path's schemes.
• Zhong Yi created a room and found its nine-player setup included two Demon Path players, one Demon Race player, and six Righteous Path players; the room filled and the game began.