Recaps

Revered Netherworld Soul escaped a Red and White Clash and nearly completed Ghost Marriage by using Evil-dispelling Incense, but he stumbled into the Ghost Buddha’s presence. The Ghost Buddha showed him visions of his death and demanded that he bow.

• Revered Netherworld Soul realized the red and white ghost processions had tricked him, then used Evil-dispelling Incense to survive being sealed in a coffin as it filled with water.
• He awoke in a dark passage and was forced through a Ghost Marriage ceremony, escaping the final bow when Evil-dispelling Incense blinded the ghostly men.
• With the incense nearly burned out and the Danmu gone from his sight, Revered Netherworld Soul fled into a pitch-black passageway.
• Revered Netherworld Soul emerged before a black Ghost Buddha, which showed him visions of his own death and revealed itself as the true evil entity.
• The Ghost Buddha asked Revered Netherworld Soul why he did not bow after seeing the future.

Revered Netherworld Soul survived Ghost Buddha’s Illusion Realm and emerged believing he had overcome its deception, only to find Ghost Buddha had appeared in the Spirit Cloud Sect. Realizing his vision had shown the future, he faced the same demand to bow.

• Revered Netherworld Soul nearly knelt before Ghost Buddha in the Illusion Realm but remembered it was an illusion and resisted.
• Ghost Buddha crushed Revered Netherworld Soul, and the settlement screen recorded his failure to escape a ghost hunt and survive an eerie perspective.
• Back in the safe room, Revered Netherworld Soul boasted that the Illusion Realm had not troubled him and angrily called for Lu Ze to apologize.
• Nangong Yuan stumbled into Revered Netherworld Soul’s room, warned him to run, and was crushed by the deathly aura behind him.
• Ghost Buddha appeared in the Spirit Cloud Sect, and Revered Netherworld Soul realized his earlier vision had been a real future as Ghost Buddha asked why he would not bow.

Lu Ze’s Ghost Buddha Illusion Realm drove Revered Netherworld Soul to a breakdown and exposed his collusion with the Demon Path. After the Spirit Cloud Sect confirmed the Ghost Calamity plot, Lu Ze received a system upgrade and considered making a different kind of game.

• The Ghost Buddha trapped Revered Netherworld Soul in an Illusion Realm within an Illusion Realm, terrifying him until he kowtowed and begged for mercy before vanishing from the simulation.
• Nangong Yuan and Lu Ze found Revered Netherworld Soul broken in the guest quarters, and his words revealed his ties to the Demon Path.
• The Spirit Cloud Sect investigated by disguising themselves as the Ghost Buddha, and Revered Netherworld Soul confessed that the Demon Path had promised him Ghost Immortal power in exchange for helping cause the Ghost Calamity.
• Revered Netherworld Soul lost his reverence, his soul cultivation path, and much of his cultivation, while Ghost Immortal difficulty became infamous across Tianxuan Continent.
• Lu Ze completed his mission and received an upgrade that increased his Demonic Value gain coefficient, prompting him to consider making a heartbreaker game.

Zhou Yue destroyed the Ghost Immortal and captured the Demon Cultivators behind the Ghost Calamity, while cultivators across the sects learned to resist ghosts by playing Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm. Lu Ze advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm and received word that Chi Shengtian had found the Spiritual Sense-enhancing treasure he promised.

• Demon Path leaders discussed the Ghost Immortal’s formation and planned to use it to slaughter Righteous Path disciples, then learned Zhou Yue was coming to Immortal Abyss Continent.
• Zhou Yue reported to Chao Wendao that he had killed the Ghost Immortal and captured the Demon Cultivators responsible for the Ghost Calamity.
• After learning that Zhou Yue had resisted the Ghost Immortal, the major sects and Rogue Cultivators began playing Lu Ze’s “Ghost Town Terror” Illusion Realm to overcome their fear of ghosts.
• Lu Ze benefited from the Illusion Realm’s popularity, accumulated enough Demonic Value, and advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lu Ze tested his Illusion Realm’s range, found it reached six thousand meters, and considered making smaller versions of large-scale games.
• Chi Shengtian sent Lu Ze a voice transmission to say that he had found the promised Heavenly Treasure that could enhance Spiritual Sense.

Lu Ze broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, expanded his illusion range to ten thousand meters, and faced a new group of cultivators competing with his illusion games. When Zhong Yi warned that the Illusion Alliance was attracting attention with unrestricted combat, Lu Ze remained confident that their creations could not match his.

• Zhou Qiaoling challenged Lu Ze to a spar, but was shocked when he revealed his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation and then beat her black and blue.
• Chi Shengtian gave Lu Ze the Mystic Sea Hidden Sky Flower, and Lu Ze arranged for Lin Qingxuan to refine it into a pill that would strengthen his Spiritual Sense.
• Lu Ze swallowed the supreme-grade pill and discovered that his illusion range had grown to ten thousand meters.
• Zhong Yi told Lu Ze that the Illusion Alliance was promoting free combat illusions made by powerful cultivators and had begun advertising on Lu Ze's forums.
• Lu Ze dismissed Zhong Yi's worries, insisting that the Heavenly Dao did not favor their illusions and that his own creations were more fun.

Lu Ze tested the Illusion Alliance’s Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm and judged its unrestricted combat design would drive away weaker cultivators. Seeing an opportunity to demonstrate a better kind of free combat, he announced that he would soon release Naraka: Bladepoint.

• Lu Ze entered the Illusion Alliance’s Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm and found that cultivators could bring their real cultivation levels and abilities into its battles.
• Lu Ze concluded that the realm’s lack of balance would make weaker players quit and eventually leave only powerful cultivators.
• Lu Ze decided to create a battle royale inspired by Naraka: Bladepoint, adapting its martial arts combat for the Cultivation World.
• Lu Ze announced Naraka: Bladepoint server-wide and challenged the Illusion Alliance to see how real free combat should be done.

Du Cheng and Jiang Lingfeng tried to boost the Illusion Alliance’s failing Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm while preparing to outsize Lu Ze’s upcoming free-combat illusion. Lu Ze finished building his Naraka: Bladepoint illusion and accepted Li Moran’s challenge to settle their rivalry there.

• Jiang Lingfeng warned Du Cheng that the Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm was losing players, and Du Cheng promised to make disciples use it daily.
• Du Cheng claimed Lu Ze’s illusion could not match the Alliance’s in scale, so Jiang Lingfeng planned to expand theirs to ten thousand meters.
• Forum users argued over the rival illusions as the Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm’s player count fell and cultivators awaited Lu Ze’s release.
• Lu Ze completed Naraka: Bladepoint’s map and balanced movement system, then tested it with cyber souls.
• Li Moran challenged Lu Ze after clearing Ghost Immortal difficulty, and Lu Ze suggested they spar in his new illusion.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen tried Lu Ze’s new Illusion Realm, “Naraka: Bladepoint,” and learned its combat mechanics on Juku Island. Zhong Yi defeated the tutorial version of Master Tianhai, then was killed by a hidden archer.

• Zhong Yi argued with Illusion Alliance players about the scale of their Illusion Realms until Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen called his attention to Lu Ze’s new release.
• The three watched the “Naraka: Bladepoint” trailer and discussed its setting, characters, and low-martial combat.
• Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen logged in and learned the Illusion Realm’s weapons, attacks, dodges, equipment, and survival mechanics.
• Zhong Yi defeated Master Tianhai in the tutorial and laughed that Lu Ze had gone easy on him.
• A hidden archer shot Zhong Yi through the skull as he headed toward his quest destination.

Zhong Yi, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Yue entered the Chosen Ones mode of Naraka: Bladepoint, explored their characters and appearances, and began a match on Juku Island. The chapter left them aboard the flying ship as Zhong Yi chose Tianren City as their landing destination.

• Zhong Yi invited Mu Yawen and Zhou Yue to play after they finished Lu Ze's beginner tutorial.
• The three chose trio mode in Chosen Ones, and Mu Yawen and Zhou Yue selected Yue Shan and Ji Canghai while Zhong Yi studied the characters' Skills.
• Zhong Yi selected Master Tianhai and entered the preparation area in his outfit, while Mu Yawen and Zhou Yue transformed into their chosen characters.
• The trio appeared aboard a flying ship above the enormous Juku Island and learned they could choose where to land.
• Zhong Yi examined the map, spotted the high-resource areas, and pointed to Tianren City as their destination.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen tried to reach Tianren City in the Illusion Realm while the cultivators aboard the flying ship deceived one another about where they were jumping. They reached the city ahead of a crowd, but their attempt to fight Chu Feiyu ended with him armed with a spear and Mu Yawen knocked away.

• Zhong Yi urged Zhou Yue to keep Tianren City’s location quiet, and the three plotted to get there while others were drawn toward Buzhou Beach.
• Chu Feiyu provoked the cultivators aboard the flying ship into pursuing him to Buzhou Beach, but he and dozens of others secretly jumped toward Tianren City.
• Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen opened their Spirit Umbrellas and descended toward Tianren City, only to discover Chu Feiyu and many others gliding there behind them.
• The three landed and chased Chu Feiyu, who fled into a dilapidated tiled house before emerging with a spear.
• Zhou Yue retreated from Chu Feiyu, and Mu Yawen tried to disarm him with a barehanded technique but was sent flying.

Zhong Yi, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Yue fled Chu Feiyu after learning that barehanded Blade Vibration could not stop his spear. Zhou Yue found a sword in a Loot Pile and went to confront Wanzi Daoren, only to discover his opponent had a golden health bar and a Broadsword glowing with golden spiritual energy.

• Chu Feiyu battered Mu Yawen with his spear, and Zhong Yi realized his charged attacks glowed blue.
• Mu Yawen tried to use Blade Vibration barehanded but failed, while Zhou Yue kicked Chu Feiyu in the face with a charged sneak attack.
• Zhong Yi ordered the three to split up and search the houses in Tianren City for weapons.
• Zhou Yue searched several houses, found armor, and mistook a white longsword overlapping a blue grappling hook for a blue weapon.
• Zhou Yue went to attack Wanzi Daoren and noticed his opponent had a golden health bar and a Broadsword surrounded by golden spiritual energy.

Zhou Yue, Zhong Yi, and Mu Yawen died in Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm and headed for a safer Revival Altar to regroup. They revived into an ambush set by Chu Feiyu and his powerful teammates, leaving them trapped by two ultimate abilities.

• Zhou Yue struggled to damage Wanzi Daoren’s golden armor with his White Longsword, then was nearly killed by Wanzi Daoren’s Golden Saber.
• Zhou Yue tried to lure Wanzi Daoren toward Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen, but learned both were also in trouble, and all three died.
• Zhong Yi led the group toward a distant Revival Altar, where they found Chu Feiyu hiding as a spirit body.
• Zhou Yue, Zhong Yi, and Mu Yawen revived after Chu Feiyu provoked them, then two of Chu Feiyu’s Purple-Armored teammates ambushed them with grappling hooks.
• The two teammates trapped the group with Sandstorm Fury and Scarlet Unknowing, and Zhong Yi learned Chu Feiyu’s full name was Chu Sheng.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen returned to Lu Ze’s Naraka: Bladepoint Illusion Realm for another match in Tianren City, where Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen fought their way across Tianren Bridge. Zhong Yi was left stranded in the river valley, and he called for help after teaching Zhou Yue how to counter a longsword combo.

• Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen decided to enter another match and headed back to Tianren City.
• The three cultivators landed near Tianren Bridge, but Zhong Yi accidentally fell into the river valley below it.
• Zhou Yue fled from an opponent with a purple Tang Blade, while Mu Yawen learned to fight with a Broadsword and teamed up with Zhou Yue to pursue a fleeing Ganan player.
• Zhong Yi was surrounded in the river valley and lost the longsword he had found, leaving him without a weapon.
• Zhong Yi told Zhou Yue to use Blade Vibration after an opponent’s two normal attacks, and Zhou Yue disarmed the longsword wielder.
• Zhong Yi urged Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen to finish the fight and come rescue him.

Zhou Yue, Mu Yawen, and Zhong Yi fought their way out of Tianren Bridge and searched Xihe Courtyard for supplies. Zhou Yue found what looked like valuable gear, but a trio of ambushers killed him and looted him, leaving him with nothing.

• Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen fought through two squads at Tianren Bridge, while Zhong Yi revived at the bridge's soul-return point.
• The three headed east to Xihe Courtyard to search for equipment before joining the battle near Immortal Shrine.
• Zhou Yue ignored Zhong Yi's warning and opened a Loot Pile, finding only a few mediocre items, then collected scattered supplies and a Purple Bows and Arrows.
• Zhou Yue found a ruined Golden Armor and entered a small room to replace his Purple Armor.
• Three cultivators ambushed Zhou Yue from the rafters, killed him with a coordinated attack, and took his valuable equipment, leaving only white items.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen defeated one squad, but another trapped them with a tornado and a transformed Master Tianhai. Zhong Yi transformed to protect his companions and revealed Tianhai’s golden weak point, only for Zhou Yue to spot Zhong Yi’s own glowing sigil in an embarrassing location.

• Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen used their ultimates to defeat three opponents and recover valuable equipment and supplies.
• An enemy arrow struck Zhou Yue, and Zhong Yi led the weakened team away from a squad waiting above them.
• A Temur trapped the trio in a tornado while an enemy Master Tianhai transformed into a giant vajra.
• Zhong Yi transformed into a vajra and told Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen to target the golden weak point on Tianhai’s body.
• Zhou Yue found Tianhai’s sigil on his neck, then spotted Zhong Yi’s own glowing sigil between his legs.

After a humiliating defeat caused by Zhong Yi protecting the glowing weak point at his crotch, he persuaded Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen to change their team strategy and chose Wuchen for the next match. The trio landed at the overlooked Abandoned Kiln, gathered strong equipment, and prepared to third-party the fights in Tianren City.

• Zhou Yue discovered Zhong Yi's golden weak-point mark at his crotch, and Zhong Yi lost the match while covering it as viewers mocked him on his stream.
• Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen quit after being eliminated, and Zhong Yi explained that a third-party team had attacked them while they were depleted and lacked ultimates.
• Zhong Yi recommended prioritizing third-party attacks and having Temur on the team, so Mu Yawen chose Temur for the next match.
• Zhong Yi selected Wuchen, and the trio landed at the Abandoned Kiln instead of Tianren City to avoid the crowded central area.
• Zhong Yi quickly looted blue and purple gear for the team, then declared that they were ready to third-party the fights in Tianren City.

Zhong Yi, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Yue repeatedly fought in Tianren City, but their ambush plan failed when a waterwheel crushed them. As the Dark Zone spread, they survived with the Breath Regulation Technique and prepared to reach safety, only for another enemy to ambush them.

• Zhong Yi teleported his team into the middle of three battling teams, but a collapsing waterwheel rolled over them and wiped out the fight.
• Zhong Yi proposed using Di Sha Talismans to jump into other battles, but the talismans kept exploding on their own team.
• Over two and a half hours, Zhong Yi, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Yue dropped into Tianren City twenty-nine times without winning and forgot they had come for the Immortality Mask.
• As the Dark Zone spread, the three took turns using Zhou Yue's Breath Regulation Technique to recover while crossing the poison zone.
• Zhong Yi lamented losing his Golden Saber and Golden Armor and said they would be unstoppable once they reached the safe zone, but an unseen enemy attacked with Sandstorm Fury.

Naraka: Bladepoint surged in popularity as cultivators embraced its battle royale gameplay, while Lu Ze hoped even sect masters would become addicted. The Spirit Cloud Sect’s Sect Master dismissed the new game until a misleading pop-up persuaded him to download it, leaving him suspecting he had been tricked.

• Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen nearly defeated Ganan, but Ganan reflected Zhong Yi’s Sword Qi and used Dragon King Break to eliminate all three.
• Cultivators filled the Naraka: Bladepoint forum with comments about the game, its characters, and campers, as the Illusion Realm rapidly gained popularity.
• Lu Ze watched his Demonic Value increase and wondered when cultivators at the Sect Master level would become hooked on the game.
• The Spirit Cloud Sect’s Sect Master dismissed a Naraka: Bladepoint promotion while cultivating in Minecraft.
• The Sect Master clicked a pop-up claiming cultivators had found Heavenly Dao opportunities in Naraka: Bladepoint, downloaded the game, and realized he might have been played.

Huang Xiao entered Lu Ze’s combat Illusion Realm, Naraka: Bladepoint, expecting an easy victory, but repeatedly lost and was shocked by the Spirit Cloud Sect disciples’ ruthless tactics. After claiming to be the Grand Elder to stop three players from attacking him, he returned to the room and summoned Chao Wendao, who had just suffered the same problem.

• Huang Xiao cleared the Naraka: Bladepoint tutorial confidently, but a sneak attack killed him before he could enter the match.
• Lu Ze received Demonic Value when Huang Xiao entered the Illusion Realm, and Huang Xiao lost three rounds to ambushes and other unfamiliar tactics.
• Huang Xiao switched to the Spirit Cloud Sect Server, where three players took his purple Tang Blade and surrounded him.
• Huang Xiao claimed to be the Grand Elder, but the players laughed and said he was the eighth person to make that claim before killing him.
• Huang Xiao summoned Chao Wendao, who arrived complaining that players had called him the ninth person impersonating the Grand Elder.

Huang Xiao, Chao Wendao, and Lin Qingxuan tried Lu Ze’s Naraka: Bladepoint, where Lu Ze repeatedly humiliated Huang Xiao and Chao Wendao. Meanwhile, Jiang Lingfeng learned that the game had devastated his Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm and told Du Cheng to copy it.

• Huang Xiao, Chao Wendao, and Lin Qingxuan played Naraka: Bladepoint together, but Lu Ze appeared as White Curtain and repeatedly killed Huang Xiao and Chao Wendao while waiting for Lin Qingxuan to revive them.
• Lu Ze left the illusion realm satisfied, explained that he had tailored the game’s weapons and heroes for cultivators, and planned to introduce the Yang Realm mechanic early.
• Jiang Lingfeng smashed his Illusion Tower after reading Du Cheng’s report that Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm had dwindled to only a few dozen players.
• Du Cheng explained that Naraka: Bladepoint’s larger arena and hundred-player matches had drawn players away from Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm.
• Jiang Lingfeng concluded that the Sect Master had intervened and told Du Cheng, “If you can’t make it... can’t you at least copy it?”

Zhong Yi joined the cultivators in practicing weapon techniques in Naraka: Bladepoint’s new Blade Training Rooms, but struggled against both skilled players and supposed beginners. The chapter ended with him cursing the beginner room after being repeatedly defeated.

• Zhong Yi hosted a Blade Training Room where cultivators practiced Naraka: Bladepoint’s attack counters and developed new techniques.
• Li Moran defeated Zhou Yue after quickly learning charged attack into Blade Vibration, while Mu Yawen explained that White Curtain had recently beaten Li Moran repeatedly.
• Zhong Yi left the expert room to test himself in a beginner Blade Training Room and selected Master Tianhai with a spear.
• Zhong Yi challenged ten players and was instantly killed eight times, while the other two opponents apparently chose not to beat him further.
• The author explained that updates would slow to one per day while they took a short break, and said they were not abandoning the book.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen entered Naraka: Bladepoint, where Zhou Yue’s attempt to demonstrate a new combo ended in a humiliating lantern accident. Lu Ze defeated Li Moran again and secured her promise to promote future skins, while Jiang Lingfeng and Du Cheng devised a plan to sabotage Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm.

• Zhong Yi advised Zhou Yue on using Ji Canghai’s ultimate to chain Rising Dragons, then watched him fight two opponents after Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen were defeated.
• Zhou Yue activated his ultimate and launched both enemies, but a falling lantern stunned him and set him on fire, allowing the opponents to attack him.
• Lu Ze defeated Li Moran in their custom-room duel and reminded her that losing the next round would require her to promote Naraka: Bladepoint skins.
• Jiang Lingfeng questioned why Du Cheng’s remodeled Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm was struggling, but refused to remove its cultivation levels.
• Du Cheng proposed that they sabotage Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm by sending in a cultivator whose cultivation was unrestricted.

Lu Ze recruited Li Moran to promote new Illusion Realm skins, while Jiang Lingfeng and Du Cheng tested a Magic Array that let players exploit the Illusion Realm’s rules. As players flocked to Naraka: Bladepoint, the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao asked when it could join in, and Lu Ze hinted that a new mode might give it a chance soon.

• Lu Ze changed Li Moran into a bikini skin, angering her, then replaced it with the Fragrant Snow Water Orchid skin and explained his plan to promote it and the Ice Soul longsword through a staged tournament.
• Li Moran rejected Lu Ze’s staged tournament idea and proposed an in-person duel at Severed Thought Cliff instead.
• Du Cheng told Jiang Lingfeng that their Magic Array let him exploit Illusion Realm rules, including using extremely fast attacks and transforming into a giant Buddha to throw opponents far away.
• Jiang Lingfeng approved of the plan to crush players and make them want to bring their cultivation into the Illusion Realm.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao asked Lu Ze when it could join Naraka: Bladepoint, and Lu Ze hinted that the planned Showdown mode would soon give it more chances to torment players.

Zhong Yi was killed in ranked mode by You Are All Ants, the Heretical Buddha who could grab players across the map, and learned the Forum reports were real. Lu Ze discovered the Illusion Alliance had hidden thirteen Formations to disrupt the game, but chose to let events unfold; the cheaters entered the Illusion Realm again, and he identified Genius Cultivator and Bu Po Bu Li.

• Zhong Yi used his Hu Tao poison-soaking strategy until another Hu Tao attacked him in the poison zone.
• You Are All Ants grabbed both Hu Taos from afar and killed Zhong Yi in Tianren City.
• Zhong Yi told Zhou Yue what had happened, and they discussed whether Lu Ze had created the Heretical Buddha.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao located thirteen concealing Formations planted by the Illusion Alliance, but Lu Ze said not to destroy them yet.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao detected the cheaters entering the Illusion Realm, and Lu Ze identified Genius Cultivator and Bu Po Bu Li.

Jiang Lingfeng and Du Cheng entered a trio match using their cheating formation, where the players recognized them as the infamous Hidden clansman. Zhong Yi rallied the furious cultivators to fight back, while Lu Ze watched from above and waited for events to unfold.

• Zhong Yi and his companions switched from solo matches to trios after repeated encounters with cheating players.
• Jiang Lingfeng and Du Cheng entered a trio match and spotted Li Jiujian, Spirit Cloud Sect disciples, and the renowned player White Curtain among their opponents.
• When Jiang Lingfeng’s name appeared overhead, players recognized him and Du Cheng as the Hidden clansman and condemned them for cheating.
• Jiang Lingfeng and Du Cheng mocked the gathered cultivators and threatened them, prompting Zhong Yi to denounce their crooked methods.
• Zhong Yi declared that he would land in Tianren City and asked the cultivators to face death with him, inspiring many to volunteer for battle.
• Lu Ze watched from above as Purple Thunder surged through the clouds and decided to wait for the confrontation to develop.