Recaps

Zhong Yi organized the cultivators in Tianren City to gather equipment, build rage, and send out a vanguard against Jiang Lingfeng and Du Cheng. As Mu Yawen and Li Jiujian faced the enemy in the Tianren River Valley, Zhong Yi arrived transformed into a giant Buddha and launched a counterattack.

• Jiang Lingfeng declared that no one aboard the spirit boat would leave Tianren City alive, and Zhong Yi rallied the cultivators to slay the immortal.
• After the cultivators landed, Zhong Yi assigned Zhou Qiaoling to find resources, gathered fighters to build rage, and asked Mu Yawen to lead a vanguard to buy them time.
• Mu Yawen led more than a dozen cultivators toward the advancing Evil Cultivators, while kill notifications showed their numbers rapidly dwindling.
• At the Tianren River Valley, Jiang Lingfeng and Du Cheng taunted Mu Yawen and Li Jiujian as their allies fell, and Du Cheng seized a Hu Tao player to show Mu Yawen his power.
• Du Cheng moved to grab Mu Yawen, but Zhong Yi arrived as a giant Buddha, struck him, and enabled arrows to target the weak point at the back of his neck.

Du Cheng used the Heretical Buddha’s powerful attacks to break through the players’ defenses while Jiang Lingfeng attacked the ranged cultivators above the valley. Li Moran charged Du Cheng, and as his Golden Runic palm seized an ally who shielded her, the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Zhong Yi led four Buddha players in shielding the cultivators, but Du Cheng unleashed a barrage of Golden Runic palms that destroyed three of them before the players charged him.
• Li Moran grappled toward the weak point on Du Cheng’s neck, but he renewed his attack as she led the charge.
• Jiang Lingfeng ambushed the ranged cultivators above the valley, killing several before Zhou Yue challenged him with a Tang Blade.
• Li Moran evaded Du Cheng’s first grab with the Ice Heart Spell and pressed her attack, relying on Zhong Yi’s plan and the others’ support.
• A figure swept in front of Li Moran and was caught by Du Cheng’s Golden Runic palm, urging her to carry out the task of slaying immortals.

Lu Ze delayed the Heavenly Dao Fragment’s intervention while the cultivators fought the Heretical Buddha and Hu Tao, then used a Di Sha Talisman to give Zhou Yue a chance to survive and learn Ji Canghai’s fighting technique. The chapter left Zhou Yue facing Hu Tao again, newly confident that he could defeat her.

• Lu Ze watched Li Moran’s allies sacrifice themselves to block the Heretical Buddha’s attacks as she closed in and froze him with Gu Qinghan’s ultimate.
• The Heretical Buddha broke free of the ice and seized Li Moran, while Hu Tao’s speed prevented Zhou Yue from landing his first attack.
• Lu Ze refused to let the Heavenly Dao Fragment intervene directly and created a Di Sha Talisman to help the players.
• The Di Sha Talisman erupted around Zhou Yue, but instead of dying, he entered a white space and watched Ji Canghai demonstrate a combo.
• Zhou Yue returned to the battle having understood how to break Hu Tao’s defenses and declared that she would meet her end.

Zhou Yue used a new combo to trap Jiang Lingfeng in the air, while Lu Ze helped Li Moran escape Du Cheng and turn the fight around. The chapter ended with Zhou Yue naming his flame-transformed weapon technique Wok Tossing.

• Zhou Yue thanked a senior, transformed with the Fire Man's ultimate, and prepared to face Jiang Lingfeng with a white Tang Blade.
• Du Cheng hurled Li Moran toward the Dark Zone, but Lu Ze hooked her out of her knockback and urged her to trust her teammates' victory.
• Li Moran froze Du Cheng despite his formation, attacked his weak point with Ice Soul, and began stripping away his health.
• Zhou Yue used a barehanded lunging punch to stagger Jiang Lingfeng, then chained Rising Dragon attacks to keep him airborne.
• On his fourth Rising Dragon, Zhou Yue's Tang Blade transformed into a golden ladle, and he named the technique Wok Tossing.

Zhou Yue and Li Moran defeated Jiang Lingfeng and Du Cheng in the Illusion Realm, exposing them as the Heretical Buddha and Evil Cultivator Hu Tao. Their victory boosted the Illusion Realm’s reputation, while Lu Ze left the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao furious that he had not been allowed to intervene.

• Zhou Yue used Hook Rope Hundred Severing to overwhelm Jiang Lingfeng, while Li Moran struck the Heretical Buddha’s weak point and reduced its health to one.
• Jiang Lingfeng and Du Cheng found themselves unable to move or leave the Illusion Realm as their disguises vanished and their identities were exposed.
• Jiang Lingfeng tried to claim his identity was a frame-up, but Li Jiujian recognized him and confronted him in the outside world.
• Li Jiujian beat Jiang Lingfeng at Illusion Sword Peak, and the battle’s revelations caused an uproar while the Illusion Realm’s reputation, titles, and Skins gained popularity.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao accused Lu Ze of deceiving him, and Lu Ze replied that he had never promised to let him act inside the Illusion Realm.

Lu Ze entered the Illusion Alliance’s realm and began killing cultivators, demonstrating his ability to manipulate the Illusion Realm as viewers watched. Jiang Lingfeng learned of the attack and vowed to stop him.

• Zhong Yi showed Zhou Yue the Forum’s reaction to Jiang Lingfeng’s light punishment and Lu Ze’s silence, then saw that Lu Ze had started a stream titled “Kicking Down the Door.”
• Lu Ze entered a sparsely populated Illusion Realm and told viewers that he would answer for his actions alone, while warning Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue not to come.
• Lu Ze warped the realm to drag a cultivator to him and killed him with a golden palm; Li Moran witnessed the feat and logged off.
• Lu Ze dismissed accusations of cheating and killed two more cultivators by manipulating the Illusion Realm.
• Jiang Lingfeng learned that Lu Ze had entered his Illusion Realm and vowed to defend it.

Lu Ze continued defeating challengers in the Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm, then faced Jiang Lingfeng, an Elder of the Limitless Sword Sect. After Lu Ze copied Jiang Lingfeng’s sword attack and Formation, someone intervened just before Jiang Lingfeng was killed.

• Lu Ze used the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao to defeat the challengers who came to his room, while viewers watched his live stream.
• Jiang Lingfeng attacked Lu Ze with a purple True Qi sword, but Lu Ze emerged unharmed and copied the attack to kill eight people.
• Lu Ze told Jiang Lingfeng that he could kick him out of the Illusion Realm if he could not win, and Jiang Lingfeng refused to do so in front of the watching crowd.
• Jiang Lingfeng laid a Formation beneath Lu Ze, but Lu Ze rapidly copied and expanded it, summoning golden evil-god phantoms that overwhelmed Jiang Lingfeng’s blood-red phantoms.
• As Jiang Lingfeng’s defenses failed and he faced death, golden sword blades destroyed the evil-god phantoms and an unseen figure asked Lu Ze to spare him.

Lu Ze refused Wei Chengfeng’s demand to spare Jiang Lingfeng, and the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao intervened, killing Jiang Lingfeng, Du Cheng, Wei Chengfeng, and others before the Illusion Realm collapsed. After the realm was restored, Wei Chengfeng returned and bowed to the Fragment, while Lu Ze regretted missing out on Demonic Value.

• Wei Chengfeng arrived to protect Jiang Lingfeng and told Lu Ze to show mercy, but Lu Ze insisted Jiang Lingfeng had to die.
• Wei Chengfeng attacked Lu Ze with thousands of swords, but two enormous golden hands shielded him.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao appeared and killed Jiang Lingfeng, Du Cheng, Wei Chengfeng, and several other cultivators, causing the Illusion Realm to collapse.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao restored the Illusion Realm, and Lu Ze regretted not killing Wei Chengfeng himself to gain more Demonic Value.
• Wei Chengfeng logged back in, sensed the Heavenly Dao’s power, and bowed to the Fragment as Lu Ze teased him about visiting the Spirit Cloud Sect.

Lu Ze repeatedly killed Jiang Lingfeng in an illusion realm before Wei Chengfeng stripped Jiang of his authority and confined him. Jiang then accused the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao of favoring Lu Ze, prompting it to destroy Du Cheng’s Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm and threaten Jiang.

• Wei Chengfeng asked Lu Ze how he wanted to resolve Jiang Lingfeng’s offense, and Lu Ze chose to kill Jiang in the illusion realm.
• Lu Ze killed Jiang Lingfeng more than a dozen times, earning Demonic Value, until Wei Chengfeng asked whether his anger had subsided.
• Wei Chengfeng stripped Jiang of his authority in the Limitless Sword Sect and sentenced him to a year in confinement, and Lu Ze accepted the punishment.
• Jiang angrily accused the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao of colluding with Lu Ze and monopolizing the path of illusion.
• The Fragment declared that it would govern every illusion realm and shattered Du Cheng’s Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm, causing Du Cheng to suffer backlash.
• The Fragment appeared behind Jiang and threatened to kill him for insulting the Heavenly Dao.

After the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao opened Illusion Realms to everyone, cultivators across the Tianxuan Continent began competing to create them, risking their cultivation if their realms failed. Lu Ze learned how the change could benefit his own Illusion Realms, then heard that the Righteous Path’s upcoming Demon Slaying Day would probably center on Illusion Realms.

• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao opened Spiritual Energy Authority for Illusion Realms, making creators risk punishment if their realms failed its standards.
• Cultivators across the Tianxuan Continent began researching Illusion Realms, while Jiang Lingfeng was left crippled and reduced to Foundation Establishment after the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao attacked him.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao explained to Lu Ze that high-quality Illusion Realms would receive purer spiritual energy and attract more cultivators.
• Nangong Yuan told Lu Ze that the Righteous Path’s Demon Slaying Day would take place in a month and that Illusion Realms would probably be its theme.

Lu Ze learned that Zhong Yi would represent the Spirit Cloud Sect at Demon Slaying Day’s illusion realm exchange, while he stayed behind. Zhong Yi returned from the demon hunt shaken by the people he had captured, then brought Lu Ze, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen to see a scarred demon cultivator and an ordinary girl protecting him.

• Nangong Yuan explained that Chao Wendao had kept Lu Ze out of the exchange to protect him from rivals, and named Zhong Yi as the sect’s representative.
• Lu Ze spent half a month advising Zhong Yi about illusion realms before Zhong Yi departed for Demon Slaying Day’s demon hunt.
• Zhong Yi arrived just before the deadline and reported that he had fulfilled his duty, leaving Chao Wendao concerned by his distraught appearance.
• Zhong Yi asked Lu Ze, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen whether all demon cultivators deserved to die, then led them to the dungeon.
• The group saw a scarred young demon cultivator and an ordinary girl who stood protectively beside him.

Zhong Yi struggled to judge a young Demon Cultivator after learning he had protected villagers from corrupt Righteous cultivators and uncovered a scheme to raise Demon Cultivators for slaughter. At the Demon Slaying Assembly, Zhong Yi refused to create an Illusion Realm on the theme of Righteous and Demonic, and Lu Ze stepped forward to take his place.

• Zhong Yi told Zhou Yue that the young Demon Cultivator had killed only other Demon Cultivators and harmful Righteous cultivators, while the girl had defended him and shared her memories.
• Zhong Yi revealed that someone had used a potion to turn villagers into Demon Cultivators, whom corrupt cultivators later harvested, and he questioned whether he should kill the young man.
• Zhong Yi and the other True Disciples traveled to Immortal Abyss Continent as the second segment of Demon Slaying Day began.
• Zhang Yuxian announced that the Illusion Realm presentation would use the theme Righteous and Demonic, but Zhong Yi said he could not complete it.
• As people mocked Zhong Yi and Zhang Yuxian pressed Spirit Cloud Sect to appoint another disciple, Lu Ze rose and volunteered to take the Illusion Realm task.

Lu Ze entered the Demon Slaying Assembly’s Illusion Realm competition and began planning a story-driven game to complete his mission without openly defending the entire Demon Path. As his rivals prepared to exploit the ban on Heavenly Dao assistance, Lu Ze settled on the idea of adapting “This Killer Is Not Too Cold.”

• Lu Ze accepted his replacement as the Spirit Cloud Sect’s representative and entered one of the Illusion Towers for the seven-day competition.
• Zhang Yuxian explained that representatives had to create Illusion Realms independently and that the participating sects would vote on the rankings after seven days.
• At Azure Peak Sect, Yang Zhengxin and Huang Qi revealed that they had spent a month preparing an Illusion Realm to defeat Lu Ze without Heavenly Dao assistance.
• Yang Zhengxin urged Zhang Yuxian to use a true disciple’s doubts about Righteous and Demonic principles as another way to target the Spirit Cloud Sect.
• Inside Illusion Tower Twelve, Lu Ze decided to make a small, story-driven RPG focused on specific characters rather than Demon Cultivators as a whole.
• Lu Ze recalled a young man and young woman he had recently seen and chose “This Killer Is Not Too Cold” as his inspiration.

Lu Ze decided to adapt “This Killer Is Not Too Cold” into the Illusion Realm game “This Demonic Cultivator Is Not Too Cold” and designed a system to balance player freedom with the story. After learning that Zhong Yi was under fire for sheltering a demon cultivator, Lu Ze promised to clear his name and asked Zhou Yue to bring Zhong Yi and the girl into the Illusion Tower for a grueling trial.

• Lu Ze chose to adapt “This Killer Is Not Too Cold” into a role-playing Illusion Realm game focused on individual characters.
• Lu Ze created a Role-Playing System that tracked players’ Behavior scores and restricted their choices when they strayed too far from their characters.
• Lu Ze decided to use a Cyber Soul to play Matilda and contacted Zhou Yue to ask where Zhong Yi was.
• Zhou Yue told Lu Ze that rumors about Zhong Yi sheltering a demon cultivator had spread across the forum, prompting Lu Ze to promise to clear Zhong Yi’s name.
• Lu Ze asked Zhou Yue to make Zhong Yi, the demon cultivator, and the girl play “If You're a Cultivator, Descend a Hundred Levels” in the Illusion Tower for three days and nights.

Lu Ze endured speculation that he had run out of ideas while crafting an Illusion Realm for the competition. He emerged on the final day with his completed work, titled “This Demonic Cultivator Is Not Too Cold.”

• Lu Ze used Mathilda as a template for a fledgling girl's Cybersoul and continued building his Illusion Realm setting.
• Cultivators debated the competition and the controversy surrounding Spirit Cloud Sect True Disciple Zhong on the Forum.
• Azure Peak Sect's Zhao Ruoshan completed “Demon Slaying Legend” in two days, and its popularity fueled claims that Lu Ze's influence was fading.
• Other competitors finished their Illusion Realms, while Lu Ze's tower remained unopened through the competition's final day.
• Zhang Yuxian taunted Chao Wendao as Lu Ze's tower finally burst open, and Lu Ze submitted his Illusion Crystal Stone.
• Zhang Yuxian announced that Lu Ze had completed “This Demonic Cultivator Is Not Too Cold” in six days and three hours.

Lu Ze reassured Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen that his Illusion Realm could help Zhong Yi, who had been sent to Repentance Valley amid the controversy over a demon cultivator. Chao Wendao gave Zhong Yi an Illusion Tower, and Zhong Yi entered Lu Ze’s new realm, “This Demonic Cultivator Is Not Too Cold,” where he was assigned to play Li Ang and defeat Zhang San.

• Lu Ze told Zhou Yue that Azure Peak Sect’s “Demon Slaying Legend” was a poor imitation and could not beat his Illusion Realm.
• Lu Ze assured Mu Yawen that his Illusion Realm would help Zhong Yi, who had been sent to Repentance Valley to reflect on his actions.
• Chao Wendao weakened Zhong Yi’s Spirit-Sealing Formation and gave him an Illusion Tower so he could take part in the competition’s Vote Scoring.
• Zhong Yi entered the Illusion Tower and criticized several Illusion Realms before choosing Lu Ze’s “This Demonic Cultivator Is Not Too Cold.”
• Zhong Yi took on the role of Li Ang and received the mission to defeat the Extremely Evil Person, Zhang San.

Zhong Yi explored the Illusion Realm as Li Ang, learning about the assassin’s past and discovering how Assassin’s Focus revealed information about people. He reached the guarded Mountain Villa where his target, Zhang San, was hiding and received the assassination mission details.

• Righteous cultivators objected to being required to act like Demon Cultivators, while Zhong Yi examined the behavior rules and lost points when he tried to question the innkeeper.
• Zhong Yi read Li Ang’s character memories, learning that he had escaped a Demon Path experiment and now accepted jobs only to kill the guilty, never women or children.
• Zhong Yi activated Assassin’s Focus and used it to uncover information about the innkeeper, Li Youqian, and a guest, Sun Yu.
• Zhong Yi followed the mission’s guidance to Zhang San’s heavily guarded Mountain Villa and learned that Zhang San sold women and children to the Demon Path.
• The mission required Zhong Yi to confirm Zhang San’s death, limit the disturbance, and find the Black Snake Gang’s Ledger hidden in the Mountain Villa.

Zhong Yi struggled to assassinate Zhang San quietly in Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm, while Zhou Yue discovered a way to kill guards before they could witness him. Zhong Yi began livestreaming from the mountain villa entrance, ready to demonstrate his own new approach.

• Zhong Yi tried to force his way through the villa’s barrier but was overwhelmed by guards, then repeatedly failed to reach Zhang San without making noise.
• Zhou Yue charged into Zhang San’s room and killed him, earning only a Good rating before restarting the mission.
• Zhou Yue realized that killing guards quickly could prevent them from entering the Witnessed state, then used rapid attacks to clear the manor without being seen.
• Zhong Yi started a livestream and showed viewers a Blow Dart Tube and powder from his Backpack as he prepared to demonstrate his method.

Zhong Yi experimented with poisoning and other tactics in Lu's Illusion Realm until he cleared the Mountain Villa mission without killing its guards. He defeated Zhang San, spared a woman, and recovered the Black Snake Gang's Ledger.

• Zhong Yi used a Blow Dart Tube to poison guards through a vent, but the alarm exposed him and he died.
• Zhong Yi disguised himself as a cook and poisoned the food, but the poison testers caught him and he respawned.
• Zhong Yi mixed crimson flame fruit into the soup and spread azure sorrow powder through the Central Pavilion, sending the guards rushing to the latrine.
• Zhong Yi entered the Top Pavilion, dodged a crossbow bolt, and defeated Zhang San.
• Zhong Yi let a frightened woman escape, then searched the basement and found the Black Snake Gang's Ledger.

Zhong Yi discovered a clever way to complete the assassination mission, uncovered the Black Snake Gang’s connection to the Demon Path and the Demon Suppressing Division, and earned a perfect rating. After experiencing the story sequence and exploring town, he followed Li Ang’s routine home, where he found a girl’s legs dangling from the stair railing.

• Zhong Yi examined the Black Snake Gang’s ledger and learned that the gang trafficked women and children for the Demon Path, which secretly traded Demon Cultivators with the Demon Suppressing Division.
• Zhong Yi completed the assassination mission with a perfect rating, earning 1,000 Copper Coin and the Top Assassin (Beginner) achievement.
• Zhong Yi watched a story sequence showing Li Ang attacking the Mountain Villa, then explored the underground Black Market and learned how to raise his Assassin Rank and unlock skills.
• Zhong Yi followed the Main Quest home after his Behavior score began falling, and he raised it by buying two jugs of Goat Milk from the Grocery Store owner.
• Zhong Yi entered Li Ang’s residential compound and spotted a young girl’s calves dangling through the stair railing.

Zhong Yi met Sutier, a rebellious girl who hid a stolen wine flask and a fresh bruise, but Leon’s behavior restrictions prevented him from asking further about her family. Back in his room, Zhong Yi secretly watched Ma Wei argue with Feng Tianshuo and learned that a batch of Demon Potion had been stolen and tampered with, while Stan’s lie-detecting ability threatened Ma Wei.

• Zhong Yi saw Sutier on the stairs, and a quest prompted him to speak with her after she called out to him.
• Sutier admitted she had stolen wine from her father and concealed a bruise, but Zhong Yi stopped asking about it when Leon’s behavior score dropped.
• Sutier asked Zhong Yi not to tell her father about the wine, and Zhong Yi agreed before returning to his room.
• Zhong Yi heard Ma Wei and Feng Tianshuo arguing about a missing batch of Demon Potion and used a hidden glass panel to observe them.
• Zhong Yi learned that the Demon Potion had been stolen and diluted, and Feng Tianshuo warned Ma Wei that Stan could detect lies.

Zhong Yi explored the town in the Illusion Realm, discovered a randomized side quest, and experienced its cinematic storyline before sleeping. He woke on Day Two to find a red-eyed carrier pigeon watching him from the windowsill.

• Stan ordered Ma Wei to find and return something by noon, though Ma Wei insisted he had not taken it, then Ma Wei struck Sutier for stealing his liquor.
• Zhong Yi left home to explore, but a Behavior score penalty forced him to return and tend to Li Ang's potted plant.
• At the tavern, Zhong Yi found a drunk vagrant who asked him to avenge his ruined family, unlocking the Vagrant's Treasure quest.
• Zhong Yi explored the Night Market and other parts of town, lost Behavior score for showing off, and was fined after breaking curfew before returning home to sleep.
• Zhong Yi watched the Illusion Realm's cinematic scene featuring Sutier, Li Ang, Stan, and Ma Wei, then woke on Day Two to a red-eyed carrier pigeon.

Zhong Yi spent a day off exploring town and comforting Sutier, then watched helplessly as the Demon Suppressing Division slaughtered her family. The chapter ended as Sutier returned, unaware of the massacre inside her home.

• Zhong Yi completed Li Ang’s day-off quests, watched a Shadow Puppet Show, and explored the town while discovering several side-quest clues.
• Zhong Yi found Sutier injured and comforted her by answering that life was always painful; she then went downstairs to buy him two jugs of Goat Milk.
• Six members of the Demon Suppressing Division arrived and slaughtered Sutier’s family, including Ma Wei and a child hiding under the bed.
• Zhong Yi used a Spell to watch the attack through the carrier pigeon, but Stan spotted and killed the bird.
• Sutier’s footsteps sounded in the stairwell as she returned with the Goat Milk.

Zhong Yi fought the Behavior System’s penalties to open his door and save Sutier from the Demon Suppressing Division. After Sutier revealed her family’s deaths and discovered his assassination tools, she asked him to teach her to kill.

• Sutier passed her blood-soaked home without showing recognition and knocked on Li Ang’s door while a Demon Suppressing Division guard watched her.
• Zhong Yi repeatedly tried to open the door, but the Behavior System penalized him until Li Ang’s door finally clicked open and he invited Sutier inside.
• Sutier told Zhong Yi that her father, stepmother, and half-sister had mistreated her, and that she grieved only for her four-year-old brother.
• Sutier found Li Ang’s assassination tools and asked whether he would kill her, then requested his help killing six people outside.
• Sutier asked Li Ang to teach her to kill and become her master.

Zhong Yi struggled against Li Ang’s role and his own desire to protect Sutier, while Li Ang nearly killed her in her sleep before sparing her. The next morning, Li Ang rejected Sutier’s wish to become his disciple and sent her away with a cruel parting challenge.

• Zhong Yi refused Sutier’s offer to work for him, then gave her a place to sleep and watched over her as she fell asleep holding his finger.
• The quest returned control of Zhong Yi’s body to Li Ang, who drew a dagger and held it above Sutier’s forehead before sheathing it and leaving.
• The Illusion Realm replayed the events, and Zhong Yi watched Li Ang tell Sutier to leave after breakfast.
• Sutier showed Li Ang a note saying she wanted to become an assassin like him, but Li Ang angrily gave her blood-marked Talismans and told her to go kill someone and never follow him.