Recaps

The Five Great Sects prepared to watch a livestreamed final battle against the demonic path, only to discover that Lu Ze would play the opponent himself. The representatives abandoned their plans to cooperate and turned on one another, while Lu Ze considered how to impress the audience.

• The Limitless Sword Sect finished first in the opening round, followed by the Sky Profound Gate, Spirit Cloud Sect, Cloud Immortal Palace, and Azure Peak Sect.
• Lu Ze offered to use Immortal Realm Supremacy's Live Streaming function so disciples at other sects could watch the final battle, and the Elders agreed to relay the broadcast.
• The next day, Chao Wendao moved the packed final battle to the sect plaza, where Zhong Yi introduced the five sect representatives and built suspense over their opponent.
• The disciples and representatives were shocked when Lu Ze's name appeared in the demonic path slot, and the representatives decided to compete for points instead of cooperating.
• Lu Ze reflected on the livestream audience and wondered how best to defeat the other players in a way that would earn rewards.

Lu Ze used precise worker control to accelerate his Spirit Stone mining, then sent three slaves to Xu Huoyao’s Azure Peak Sect. Xu Huoyao panicked when Lu Ze’s slaves began building an Arrow Tower outside his base.

• Lu Ze split his slaves among mining points and manually controlled their movements to mine faster than the other contestants.
• The audience suspected cheating, but Zhong Yi reported that Elder Lin had found no tampering in the Illusion Realm.
• Lu Ze recruited new slaves and sent three of them toward Xu Huoyao’s Azure Peak Sect.
• Xu Huoyao mistook the slaves for an early attack and ordered his disciples to build a Martial Arts Hall.
• Xu Huoyao realized Lu Ze’s slaves were building an Arrow Tower outside his sect.

Lu Ze used an early Arrow Tower rush to destroy Xu Huoyao’s Azure Peak Sect, then turned his attention to the other sects. As Chen Feng’s forces moved to confront Lu Ze’s three Shadow Rhinos, the rhinos destroyed the Spirit Mine instead of attacking his troops.

• Lu Ze built three Arrow Towers outside Azure Peak Sect’s gate, killed its defenders, and blockaded Xu Huoyao inside.
• Lu Ze built a Demon Path Branch Sect in Azure Peak Sect and mined its Spirit Stones until Xu Huoyao broke the Illusion Realm’s restrictions and was disconnected.
• Guo Yunwen, Zhang Shifei, and Li Yuluo formed an alliance after Azure Peak Sect’s defeat, while Chen Feng rejected their request.
• Lu Ze sent three Shadow Rhinos toward Limitless Sword Sect, and Chen Feng assembled his troops to meet them near a Spirit Mine.
• The Shadow Rhinos fired Blood Energy Orbs past Chen Feng’s forces and blasted the Spirit Mine into pieces.

Lu Ze crippled his opponents’ economies by destroying spirit mines and sending assassins after their menial disciples, while building his own advantage. After the other sects prepared to counter his tactics, Lu Ze sent a small force toward the newly spawned Spirit Secret Realm.

• Lu Ze used the Shadow Rhinos to destroy distant spirit mines, then sent assassins to attack bases and pick off menial disciples.
• Zhong Yi narrated Lu Ze’s raids as the Sky Profound Gate and Cloud Immortal Palace lost resources and troops while pursuing him.
• Zhang Shifei, Li Yuluo, and Guo Yunwen agreed to develop their forces before launching a joint assault, and recruited beasts to detect stealth and counter assassins.
• A Spirit Secret Realm spawned near the Devil Dao Sect, but Guo Yunwen advised the others to prioritize developing their sects before contesting it.
• Lu Ze canceled a large troop order and gathered three Blood Golems, one Soul Summoner, and one Blood Curser to head for the Spirit Secret Realm.

Lu Ze used a carefully coordinated ambush to clear the Spirit Secret Realm and gained Zhong Yi’s Spirit Manifestation Array of Truth. When a village rescue event began, Guo Yunwen, Zhang Shifei, and Li Yuluo found no Demon Path troops and discovered an unusually large group of villagers, leaving Guo Yunwen uneasy.

• Lu Ze lured the rogue cultivators away with Blood Golems, trapped a Blood Curser in a narrow cave, and healed it from the cliff with a Soul Summoner to defeat the defenders.
• Zhong Yi admired Lu Ze’s tactics, granting him the beginner Spirit Manifestation Array of Truth.
• Lu Ze continued harassing the Sky Profound Gate and recruited a painted-skin spy as a neutral village rescue event appeared.
• Guo Yunwen, Zhang Shifei, and Li Yuluo gathered their troops and approached the village, finding no Demon Path soldiers nearby.
• The three righteous cultivators entered the village and counted twenty-four villagers, while Guo Yunwen grew uneasy about the unusually large number.

Lu Ze used Painted Skin Moles disguised as Villagers to infiltrate the Four Great Sects and steal their special units. The Four Great Sects were left defeated, while Nangong Yuan denied having any connection to Lu Ze.

• Guo Yunwen, Li Yuluo, and Zhang Shifei allied with Chen Feng and escorted the rescued Villagers toward their sects.
• Lin Anzai sensed an ominous divination sign as the Elders and Li Moran watched Lu Ze's movements.
• Lu Ze attacked the Four Great Sects near their bases, drawing out their troops while the Villagers reached home.
• The disguised Moles entered the sects' buildings and stole their special units, costing Chen Feng and the others their gains.
• Zhong Yi revealed that Lu Ze had used Painted Skin to disguise spies as Villagers, and the Four Great Sects suffered a complete defeat.
• Nangong Yuan denied that Lu Ze was his disciple after the Elders questioned his earlier claim.

Lu Ze prepared a maneuver as the Four Great Sects launched a three-pronged assault, using his stolen map technology and rapid commands to counter their attacks. The battle turned in his favor as the attackers’ formations and troops struggled against his forces.

• Lu Ze kept Spirit Stones in reserve and decided to use a maneuver instead of overwhelming the Righteous Path with troop numbers.
• Guo Yunwen, Zhang True Disciple, and Li True Disciple launched attacks from three directions while Chen Feng stayed behind to stockpile troops.
• Guo Yunwen activated Shadow Veil, cutting off the Righteous Path’s map vision, but Lu Ze could still see their movements through stolen Celestial Secrets Pavilion technology.
• Lu Ze rapidly issued commands as the three sects advanced with formation attacks, Cloud Immortal Saintess, and strengthened Flame Rhinoceroses.
• Lu Ze’s troops dodged attacks and retreated strategically, while Zhang True Disciple’s rhinoceroses died quickly and Cloud Immortal Saintess struggled to choose a target.

Lu Ze used precise micromanagement to outmaneuver the Sky Profound Gate, Cloud Immortal Palace, and Spirit Cloud Sect forces while Zhong Yi explained his tactics to the watching disciples. As Lu Ze gained abilities and cultivation insights from his opponents’ admiration, he prepared to finish the battle.

• Guo Yunwen watched Lu Ze’s troops dodge the Sky Profound Formation Masters’ attacks and advance toward his back line.
• Li Yuluo’s Cloud Immortal Saintesses struggled against the Blood Cursers’ dispersal and the Blood Golems’ encirclement.
• Zhang Shifei’s Flame Rhinoceroses lost ground as Lu Ze repositioned his Shadow Rhinos, saved wounded units, and forced Zhang’s troops out of formation.
• Zhong Yi recognized that Lu Ze was winning through exceptional control across three battlefields, and the watching disciples reacted with astonishment.
• Lu Ze received Heavenly Passage Art, Cloud Immortal Step, a year of cultivation insights, and Spirit Intent Fist from the admiration of his opponents.
• Lu Ze smiled and declared that it was time to end the battle.

Lu Ze’s forces crushed three Righteous Path sects, but Chen Feng sent the Limitless Sword Sect’s massive army and forty Thunderblaze Wyverns to the battlefield. As Zhong Yi’s excited commentary awakened his sacred speech spirit root, Lu Ze gathered his remaining troops at a chokepoint to face the incoming attack.

• Lu Ze steadily wore down the forces of the three Righteous Path sects, while Zhang Shifei and Guo Yunwen demanded that Chen Feng join the fight.
• Chen Feng revealed that he had held back his forces while building his economy, then sent the Limitless Sword Sect’s army to the battlefield.
• The audience and Zhong Yi watched as the Limitless Sword Sect advanced with forty Thunderblaze Wyverns and a force larger than both sides already fighting.
• Zhong Yi’s sacred speech spirit root activated during his commentary, surrounding him with golden characters and mysterious runes.
• Zhong Yi announced that Lu Ze was gathering his remaining troops at the sect’s chokepoint as the wyverns approached.

Lu Ze used an ice wall to defeat the Limitless Sword Sect’s larger army, then farmed rewards from the other sects before ending the Competition. After Azure Peak Sect finished last again, Lu Ze announced a new Arena Mode for Immortal Realm Supremacy.

• Lu Ze separated the Limitless Sword Sect’s flying dragons from its ground troops with an ice wall and defeated its forces by focusing fire on each group.
• Lu Ze built Defense Towers across the map and defeated the Four Great Sects one by one after gathering rewards from several more battles.
• The Competition ended with Azure Peak Sect last and the other Four Great Sects tied for first, while Lu Ze congratulated Xu Huoyao on second place.
• Xu Huoyao challenged Lu Ze, but Guo Yunwen and Chen Feng stepped in to defend him before the Elders stopped the confrontation.
• Yang Zhengxin criticized the Illusion Realm, and Lu Ze announced that Immortal Realm Supremacy would soon release an Arena Mode featuring sect Grandmasters.

Lu Ze secured his games with a system artifact, released an editor for Immortal Realm Supremacy, and planned his next games to earn demonic value and reach the Golden Core Stage. Chao Wendao then asked him to make an illusion realm that would encourage teamwork among the sect’s disciples.

• Lu Ze used the Heaven Concealing Inscription Disc to encrypt the master crystals for his released games and prevent them from being cracked or pirated.
• Lu Ze noted that arena mode had become popular but difficult to control, while players from the Righteous Path adopted the Devil Dao Sect’s tricks and tower tactics.
• Lu Ze released a map editor for Immortal Realm Supremacy and planned to make a small game to gain demonic value before developing a game built around paid purchases.
• Nangong Yuan summoned Lu Ze to Thunder Peak, where Chao Wendao complained that the games had made disciples too scheming and eager to fight alone.
• Chao Wendao asked Lu Ze to create a new illusion realm that would teach the disciples the importance of teamwork.

Lu Ze created a four-player team Illusion Realm to teach the sect’s disciples cooperation and earn Demonic Value. After it opened at the Illusion Training Hall, Zhou Yue arrived with his younger sister and boldly agreed to try it.

• Lu Ze decided to adapt a cooperative platform game into a four-player Illusion Realm and spent three days building it with traps and chained Cybersouls.
• Lu Ze gave the completed Illusion Crystal Stone to Chao Wendao, who praised his dedication and announced the new Illusion Realm throughout the sect.
• Disciples crowded into the Illusion Training Hall, where Lu Ze explained that the Illusion Realm required exactly four players.
• Zhong Yi hesitated to recruit strangers, worried they would see his ordinary Illusion Realm skills, until Zhou Yue arrived with Qiaoling.
• After Zhong Yi introduced the Illusion Realm, Zhou Yue dismissed its difficulty and declared that he would test whether its blades or his life were tougher.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, Zhou Lingqiao, and Mu Yawen entered Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm, where they had to escape a Demon Path Secret Realm while chained together. After several failed shortcuts and a near-fall on a floating-stone crossing, Zhong Yi realized the challenge lay in coordinating their movements.

• Zhong Yi brought Zhou Yue, Zhou Lingqiao, and Mu Yawen into the Illusion Realm, where they found themselves in prison uniforms linked by an unbreakable chain.
• Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen tried to break the chain and exploit the rules, but their attempts failed and they began moving forward together.
• The group crossed an iron cage to the second floor and faced two paths across floating stones and boxes.
• Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen jumped in opposite directions before Zhong Yi was ready, leaving them hanging from separate stones while Zhong Yi dangled between them.
• Zhou Lingqiao pulled Mu Yawen onto the platform, and Mu Yawen helped pull Zhong Yi up, after which Zhong Yi understood that the chain made teamwork essential.

Zhong Yi’s team struggled through Lu Ze’s teamwork Illusion Realm, repeatedly failing its traps and coordination challenges. After dying to spikes and restarting, the group argued over whether to jump at “zero” or “one,” leaving their progress uncertain.

• Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Lingqiao struggled to coordinate their jumps and crossed an oil-slicked iron chain while a Demon Beast taunted them.
• Lu Ze watched the teams from the Illusion Realm’s control room and reflected on the extra challenges he had added to the stages.
• The four reached a platform three hundred feet up, where Zhou Lingqiao touched a golden beam and triggered spikes that killed them and sent them back to the start.
• After returning to the stone steps, Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue instructed the others to wait for their countdown before jumping over the beams.
• Zhong Yi and Zhou Lingqiao jumped at “Jump,” while Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen waited for “Zero”; the trap killed the group again, and they argued about whether zero came after one.

Lu Ze watched disciples struggle through his teamwork Illusion Realm, while Chao Wendao and Lin Qingxuan arrived to observe the new course. The chapter ended as they sensed violent spiritual energy from the Back Mountain and heard that True Disciples Zhou Yue and Zhong Yi were fighting.

• Lu Ze watched Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, Mu Yawen, and their fourth teammate repeatedly fail the Illusion Realm’s obstacles and laughed as their teamwork collapsed.
• Chao Wendao and Lin Qingxuan visited the Illusion Realm hall, expecting to see the disciples completing a team course.
• Chao Wendao asked Lu Ze to project the Illusion Realms, revealing disciples dangling from chains, falling, and fighting one another.
• Chao Wendao and Lin Qingxuan questioned whether the Illusion Realm was really meant to test teamwork, and Chao Wendao decided to confront Lu Ze.
• Violent spiritual energy erupted from the Back Mountain, and the disciples cried that True Disciple Zhou Yue and True Disciple Zhong Yi were fighting.

Lu Ze defended his “Four Together” Illusion Realm as a test of teamwork after Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue argued and sparred over its challenges. Chao Wendao ordered every disciple in the sect to clear it and called for a crackdown on poor team discipline.

• Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue sparred outside the Illusion Training Hall after their tempers flared in the Illusion Realm.
• Chao Wendao and Lin Qingxuan confronted Lu Ze, questioning why a teamwork test had driven disciples to fight.
• Lu Ze gave Chao Wendao and Lin Qingxuan single-player versions, which they cleared easily, while Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue confirmed they had been stuck in the team version.
• Lu Ze explained that a teammate out of sync could drag the entire group down, while a united team could clear the realm quickly.
• Chao Wendao ordered all disciples to clear the Illusion Realm and declared that the sect would crack down on poor team discipline.

Lu Ze’s new rewards drew cultivators into Four Together while Zhong Yi’s team struggled through the Illusion Realm’s obstacles. Zhou Yue declared that he had broken his bad-luck fate, but after the team cleared the stages, he fell off a cliff.

• Lu Ze offered an Immortal Realm Supremacy accessory to the first hundred teams to clear the stage, prompting cultivators to join Four Together.
• Zhong Yi, Mu Yawen, Zhou Yue, and their fourth teammate climbed higher by grabbing a hook beneath a winged Meatball, but Mu Yawen let go and sent them falling.
• Zhou Yue drove the team’s magical cart through a Cross Windmill and, recalling his past misfortunes, declared that he had broken his disaster-ridden fate.
• Falling boulders repeatedly smashed Zhou Yue’s cart, and Zhou Qiaoling eventually drove the team past the obstacle.
• Zhou Yue dismissed his continued bad luck as coincidence, then stepped onto a fake brick and fell off a cliff.

Zhou Yue, Zhong Yi, Zhou Qiaoling, and Mu Yawen struggled through Lu Ze’s teamwork Illusion Realm, repeatedly falling victim to its traps. The Elders tried the realm themselves and suffered through the night, while Lu Ze woke to find his Demonic Value had risen.

• Zhou Qiaoling rescued the others from a fall, and the group continued through the Illusion Realm’s traps toward a narrow path above Lava.
• Zhong Yi misjudged the moving beams, and the group slid off the platform; Zhou Yue pulled Zhong Yi up, but the platform vanished beneath Zhou Yue and sent everyone back to the start.
• Lu Ze checked the Illusion Crystal Stone and found that Zhou Yue triggered traps at nearly ten times the normal rate.
• Nangong Yuan learned that Chao Wendao had ordered the sect’s disciples to clear the teamwork Illusion Realm, and the Elders decided to try it themselves.
• Disciples complained about the Illusion Realm on the Forum, while the four Elders endured a night of thunder after their attempt.
• Lu Ze saw the exhausted Elders eating in the cafeteria and teased Nangong Yuan by offering to count down before he ate.

Lu Ze profited from the Spirit Cloud Sect’s obsession with his Illusion Realm as Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Qiaoling finally reached its finish line. Their apparent victory ended with Zhou Yue dying on the platform and the game revealing that the Demon Path had deceived them; afterward, Elder Chao summoned Lu Ze to Thunder Peak.

• Lu Ze earned large amounts of Demonic Value as the disciples and Elders repeatedly played “Four Together,” while Zhong Yi’s team came close to clearing it.
• Mu Yawen drove the carriage across a collapsing road, Zhong Yi solved the Eight Trigram Array, and the four reached the finish platform.
• Zhou Yue stepped onto a trap and was left behind as Zhong Yi, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Qiaoling entered the golden sphere and received a clear time of 47 shichen.
• The Illusion Realm showed Zhou Yue dying among traps and revealed that the apparent finish was part of the Demon Path’s scheme.
• Lu Ze congratulated the three survivors and explained the ending, then received a message ordering him to Thunder Peak to see Elder Chao.

Lu Ze pitched a Romance of the Three Kingdoms board-game illusion realm to win over Sky Profound Gate’s elders and secure a sect server. He finished the game in under five days and began refining its platform and payment features.

• Lin Anzai scolded Lu Ze for creating the teamwork illusion realm “Four Together,” while Chao Wendao praised it after learning Zhou Yue and Zhong Yi’s team had cleared it.
• Lin Anzai told Lu Ze that Sky Profound Gate’s elders enjoyed Go, mahjong, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
• Lu Ze proposed a Romance of the Three Kingdoms board-game illusion realm, and the elders showed interest when he suggested making it a board game.
• Lu Ze decided to create “Three Kingdoms Kill” to earn spirit stones and persuade Sky Profound Gate to establish a server.
• Lu Ze recreated the card game with themed settings, artwork, and music, finished it in fewer than five days, and began developing accounts, livestreaming, memberships, and top-ups.

Lu Ze introduced his Three Kingdoms-based Illusion Realm, Three Kingdoms Kill, to the Spirit Cloud Sect’s Elders and True Disciples. The players began their first match by receiving hidden identities and choosing generals, while Lu Ze explained the rules.

• Zhong Yi arrived at Thunder Peak to try Lu Ze’s new Illusion Realm, and Zhou Yue worried that its luck-based mechanics might bring back his old fate.
• Lu Ze placed Three Kingdoms Kill in the advanced Illusion Tower, where eight players gathered at a card table inside Cao Cao’s Bronze Sparrow Terrace.
• Lu Ze dealt the players identity cards and explained the Lord, Loyalist, Rebel, and Traitor roles; Zhong Yi received the Lord card.
• Lu Ze gave each player general cards to choose from, and Zhong Yi selected Cao Cao while Lin Anzai chose Zhuge Liang.
• Mu Yawen and Yue Lingfeng discussed their general choices, with Yue Lingfeng urging her to pick Zhao Yun so he could play Guan Yu.

Lu Ze introduced Three Kingdoms Kill as a new Illusion Realm and demonstrated its live-streaming Danmu feature. Zhong Yi’s first turn as Lord descended into confusion when Mu Yawen, a Loyalist, repeatedly attacked him, leaving Zhong Yi frustrated as the match continued.

• Lu Ze launched a beginner match of the original Three Kingdoms Kill, and the eight players chose generals based on their preferences.
• White Danmu messages appeared in the sky, and Lu Ze explained that they came from disciples watching the live stream.
• Zhong Yi began as Lord, but Mu Yawen used Unassailable to cancel Zhong Yi’s card and then dodged his Slash.
• Mu Yawen asked Zhong Yi whether they were teammates, then cheerfully Slashed him after deciding to copy Zhong Yi’s earlier play.
• Zhou Qiaoling turned away when Zhong Yi called for Wei generals, and Zhong Yi lost a Health Gem.
• Zhong Yi discovered that Mu Yawen’s attacks sent cards to him, then complained and played a Quick Voice line about the team being hard to lead.

Lu Ze explained the rules of Three Kingdoms Kill as Lin Anzai and Chao Wendao tested Zhuge Liang’s and Zhou Yu’s skills against each other. Their rivalry escalated into a string of card tricks and curses, leaving them eager to get even on the next turn.

• Mu Yawen ended her turn, and Yue Lingfeng used Guan Yu’s Slash to attack her.
• Lin Anzai used Zhuge Liang’s Star Observation to rearrange his cards, then played Lightning against Chao Wendao and learned that its judgment would begin on his next turn.
• Chao Wendao tried to Slash Lin Anzai, but Zhuge Liang’s Empty City prevented Lin Anzai from being targeted while he had no cards.
• Chao Wendao used Zhou Yu’s Sowing Discord, and Lin Anzai chose Spades to avoid its damage by drawing a Slash.
• Chao Wendao’s Slash hit Lin Anzai and ended Empty City, but Lin Anzai used the Slash he had drawn to counter Chao Wendao’s Duel.

During a Three Kingdoms Kill match, Zhou Yue tried to use Huang Gai’s skill and a Zhuge Repeating Crossbow to turn his luck around, but he drew no Peaches. Lin Qingxuan offered to heal him, then ran out of red cards, leaving Zhou Yue to target Zhou Qiaoling as his last chance to break his fate.

• Zhong Yi analyzed the players’ roles, while Lu Ze privately knew that Yue Lingfeng was the Traitor and Chao Wendao and Lin Anzai were Rebels.
• Lin Qingxuan skipped his turn, and Zhou Yue explained the game’s rules before equipping a Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
• Zhou Yue used Self-Inflicted Injury repeatedly to draw cards, but he found no Peaches and risked losing all his health.
• Lin Qingxuan told Zhou Yue to keep using Self-Inflicted Injury and promised to heal him with red cards, but he eventually ran out.
• Zhou Yue decided to attack Zhou Qiaoling for the three-card reward, although Lu Ze saw that Zhou Yue had only three Slash cards and many Dodges.

Zhou Yue was eliminated by Lightning despite the group’s efforts to help him break his bad-luck fate pattern, then chose Zhuge Liang in the next game to control his cards. When Lightning judged him again, he drew five consecutive Spades, and Lu Ze realized Zhou Yue’s Calamity Fate was paired with the Cursed Healing Root.

• Zhou Qiaoling used Zhen Ji’s skills to draw many cards, then played Southern Barbarian Invasion against Zhou Yue.
• Chao Wendao used Unassailable to save Zhou Yue, and the group encouraged him to overcome his fate pattern.
• Lightning moved to Zhou Yue and revealed the Spade 6 Qinggang Sword, dealing enough damage to eliminate him.
• Zhou Qiaoling led the Rebels to victory, and the group began another game with Zhong Yi as a Loyalist and Mu Yawen as the Lord.
• Zhou Yue chose Zhuge Liang and used Star Observation to control his cards, but Lightning revealed five consecutive Spades from Spade 2 through Spade 9.
• Lu Ze realized that Zhou Yue’s Calamity Fate was paired with the Cursed Healing Root.