Chapter Summaries

Lu Ze abandoned his Grand Battlefield plans after a system quest made Firefight Mode far more rewarding, and he began choosing between Zero Dam and Ascension Base. Meanwhile, Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen wondered where Lu Ze had gone, until Zhou Yue arrived furious that the Illusion Alliance had copied another of Lu Ze’s Illusion Realms and earned a Heavenly Dao reward.

• Lu Ze received a quest to divide treasures in the Demon Path’s Treasure Land and make greedy Righteous cultivators kill one another for permanent Demonic Value bonuses.
• Lu Ze realized Firefight Mode would make every cultivator killed inside worth as much as a top Refining Void Realm powerhouse, so he dismantled his Grand Battlefield foundation.
• Lu Ze considered whether to build Zero Dam or Ascension Base first.
• At Qingfeng Pavilion, Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen discussed Lu Ze’s absence and guessed that Li had beaten him after his Illusion Realm provoked her.
• Zhou Yue flew in and announced that the Illusion Alliance had copied another of Lu Ze’s Illusion Realms and received a reward from the Heavenly Dao.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen examined the Illusion Alliance’s new Illusion Realm, “Eight Directions Venerables,” and found it closely imitated “Naraka: Bladepoint” while offering Spirit Stones to keep players inside. Zhong Yi worried that Lu Ze’s game might lose its players, but Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen expected Lu Ze to have another Illusion Realm ready.

• Zhong Yi doubted Zhou Yue’s claim that the Heavenly Dao had rewarded the Illusion Alliance, so Zhou Yue showed him and Mu Yawen an Illusion Crystal Stone.
• Zhong Yi entered “Eight Directions Venerables” and recognized that its gameplay was identical to “Naraka: Bladepoint,” though it featured factions and characters tied to the cultivation world.
• Zhong Yi noticed that the prominent characters’ Skills were stitched together from “Naraka: Bladepoint” characters, while the Illusion Alliance’s original characters were unpopular.
• Zhou Yue explained that players could collect Spirit Stones by staying in “Eight Directions Venerables,” which helped account for its popularity.
• Zhong Yi worried that cultivators would abandon “Naraka: Bladepoint,” but Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen said they expected Lu Ze to release another Illusion Realm.

At the Illusion Alliance Base, Heart Demon announced that the Heavenly Dao would award prizes based on the quality of illusion realms, and resolved that the top prize would belong to his alliance. In Lu Ze’s illusion world, the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao took on a new role and gave Lu Ze information that could let him compete for the upcoming rewards.

• Heart Demon revealed that his Heavenly Dao blessing would produce ranked rewards in a month, including a single first-tier prize from the Primordial Era.
• The Illusion Alliance members praised Heart Demon, while he asked whether the Spirit Cloud Sect’s Lu Ze had made any moves.
• A subordinate reported that Lu Ze was recovering behind closed doors, and Heart Demon insisted that the top prize belonged to the Illusion Alliance.
• Lu Ze showed the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao a new work area and gave it a Black Cloak and a Red Mask as its uniform.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao gave Lu Ze a ball of light and said he might still have time to enter the Heavenly Dao’s rewards.

Lu Ze discovered that the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao’s top reward was the Dao Transformation Art, a cultivation method ideal for his Illusion Realms, and resolved to win it. After completing his Delta Force Illusion Realm, he learned the Illusion Alliance had created a Naraka: Bladepoint imitation and claimed a Heavenly Dao reward, but he remained confident he would take the prize.

• Lu Ze learned that the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao had placed the Dao Transformation Art in the highest prize pool and decided he would win it.
• Lu Ze completed the Delta Force Illusion Realm after a month of work with his Cyber Souls.
• Lu Ze caught Zhou Qiaoling’s Cybersoul hiding a Night-Shining Pearl while he considered how to reward his exhausted helpers.
• Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue told Lu Ze that the Illusion Alliance had made a Naraka: Bladepoint imitation and received a reward from the Heavenly Dao.
• Lu Ze dismissed the rival Illusion Realm and declared that the reward belonged to him alone.

Lu Ze launched Immortal Abyss Continent Operation, a competitive Illusion Realm built around choosing gear and extracting resources from a Secret Realm. Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Zhou Qiaoling entered together as thousands of cultivators joined the new realm.

• Lu Ze gave Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue Illusion Crystal Stones and explained that Immortal Abyss Continent Operation let players choose gear and compete for resources in a Secret Realm.
• Zhong Yi invited Lu Ze to join their group, but Lu Ze declined and suggested they ask Zhou Qiaoling instead.
• Lu Ze announced the Illusion Realm on the Forum, and thousands of cultivators entered once it opened.
• Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue watched their Crystal Stone glow while Zhou Qiaoling dismissed the realm as unremarkable, then entered with them.
• An animated sequence began unfolding before Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Zhou Qiaoling.

Lu Ze’s animation introduced Zhong Yi and his squad to the setting of Immortal Abyss Continent Operation before they entered its multiplayer beginner tutorial. The tutorial turned chaotic when Zhou Yue tried to use his Gun as a club and an enemy retaliated with Spirit Bullets.

• Lu Ze’s animation explained the declining age of magic, the Spirit Artifact-using cultivators, and the three factions to Zhong Yi.
• Zhong Yi registered as Genius Cultivator, enabled multiplayer, and invited Zhou Yue and Zhou Qiaoling into his squad.
• The trio chose their characters, with Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue both selecting the Vanguard Red Wolf, then entered the tutorial.
• The squad picked up Guns from a table, and Zhong Yi began explaining how the weapons worked.
• Zhou Yue struck an Asara Rogue Cultivator with his Bison, provoking the enemy to fire Spirit Bullets at them.
• Zhou Yue questioned the Gun’s quality after his attack failed to hurt the enemy.

Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue tested the tutorial weapons in the Illusion Realm, while Lu Ze’s design aimed to make “Immortal Abyss Continent Operation” more engaging through fast gunplay and varied player styles. Zhou Qiaoling left them behind to finish the tutorial and became excited when a secret cache appeared.

• Zhong Yi showed Zhou Yue how to load and fire the [Mingju-15], but his shots missed the Asara Rogue Cultivator.
• Zhou Yue fired the gun accurately and praised the artifact, then he and Zhong Yi eagerly tried the camp’s other weapons and abilities.
• Lu Ze’s design combined modern-style guns with cultivation artifacts to create short fights and attract a diverse player base.
• Zhou Qiaoling dismissed the weapons as Foundation Establishment Realm junk and left the military camp to follow the tutorial marker.
• Zhou Qiaoling’s quest prompt directed her to open the Immortal Master's Secret Cache, and she grew excited at the sight of the green box.

Zhou Qiaoling, Zhou Yue, and Zhong Yi learned the loot-searching, storage, and combat mechanics in Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm, with Zhou Qiaoling greedily claiming valuable items. After they extracted successfully, Zhong Yi admired the game’s potential but wondered what use the extracted supplies had.

• Zhou Qiaoling searched an Immortal Master's Secret Cache with Spiritual Sense and found items of several grades, including a golden Formation Blueprint.
• Zhou Yue and Zhong Yi discovered that containers held randomly revealed loot, and they learned that the Reincarnation Seal had two secure storage spaces.
• The trio completed a Skill tutorial and defeated an AI opponent near the Extraction Point, whose Soul Casket contained valuable equipment.
• Zhou Qiaoling snatched the AI opponent’s best loot as it appeared, prompting Zhou Yue to shout at her.
• The trio successfully extracted with spirit stones, and Zhong Yi praised the Illusion Realm’s mechanics while questioning the purpose of extracted supplies.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Zhou Qiaoling explored the Special Operations Office and prepared to enter Lu Ze’s new extraction-style illusion realm, “Immortal Abyss Continent Operation.” They began their first match with basic equipment and landed at the map as the mission’s command to fight, search, and extract sounded.

• Zhong Yi realized the Special Operations Office was an individual base that teammates could reach through teleportation arrays, and Lu Ze added glowing arrays to make the explanation work.
• Zhong Yi explained that extracted supplies could fund better equipment for future matches, revealing how the illusion realm’s economy linked each match.
• Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Zhou Qiaoling each redeemed a standard Menial Disciple equipment set and queued for their first match.
• The trio arrived by spirit boat, slid down ropes onto the ground, and heard the command to fight, search, and extract.
• Zhou Qiaoling joked that the command sounded like an order to extort and blackmail people.

Zhou Yue, Zhong Yi, and Zhou Qiaoling explored the east side of the Administrative Palace, where Zhou Qiaoling looted ahead of the others and opened a valuable coffer. The chapter ended with her discovering a red-grade gold bar.

• Zhou Qiaoling rushed ahead and looted the building outside the Administrative Palace while Zhou Yue and Zhong Yi followed.
• Zhou Yue and Zhong Yi encountered an Asara machine-gun cultivator, and its Gatling-like weapon shot Zhou Yue while leaving Zhong Yi unharmed.
• Zhou Yue found only a helmet and basic supplies in the machine-gunner's loot, and Zhou Qiaoling teased him about his bad luck.
• Zhou Qiaoling looted the first-floor rooms and opened the [Essence-Sealing Coffer] in the [Steward Hall].
• Zhou Qiaoling identified a golden wine cup and a red-grade gold bar inside the coffer.

Zhong Yi deduced that larger items occupied more backpack slots and were not necessarily more valuable, while Zhou Yue found a heavy bag of corn and then rushed toward gunfire in the Administrative Palace. A hidden Boss ambushed Zhou Yue and killed him instantly.

• Zhou Qiaoling showed Zhong Yi her collection of multi-slot items, and he concluded that item size determined its slot count.
• Zhou Yue found a six-slot blue Bag of Corn, discovered it was unusually heavy and cheap, and dropped it on his toes.
• Zhou Yue charged toward gunfire in the west building while Zhou Qiaoling headed downstairs to loot.
• Zhong Yi spotted the Administrative Palace's Boss activity range on the map and warned Zhou Yue through his Sound Transmission Jade Slip.
• Evil Venerable Yide emerged from the corridor and killed Zhou Yue with a rapid burst of Spirit Bullets.

Evil Venerable Yide killed Zhou Yue and Zhou Qiaoling after they made noise while looting the Administrative Palace. Zhong Yi prepared to face Said, but Said ignored him and leisurely changed direction.

• Said killed Zhou Yue, who returned in soul form to Zhong Yi's Return-Soul Bottle.
• Zhou Qiaoling opened a weapon crate, alerting Said, who killed her with a flaming bolt.
• Zhou Yue and Zhou Qiaoling urged Zhong Yi to avenge them, while arguing about the loot in Zhou Qiaoling's backpack.
• Said approached Zhong Yi, who raised his Mingju-15 and declared that he had no fear.
• Said turned away from Zhong Yi and walked in another direction, humming a carefree tune.

Zhong Yi tried to ambush Evil Venerable Yide but missed every shot, prompting the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao to leave rather than risk killing such a weak player. Left to fight, Zhong Yi and Evil Venerable Yide exchanged wildly inaccurate gunfire and both ran out of ammunition.

• Zhong Yi crept up behind Evil Venerable Yide and fired his [Mingju-15], but recoil sent every Spirit Bullet wide.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao explained that Lu Ze's dynamic-difficulty rule made NPCs weaker against weak players, then complained that Zhong Yi's strength rating was only [5].
• Lu Ze told the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao to miss his shots, and the Fragment chose to leave the match rather than risk killing Zhong Yi.
• Evil Venerable Yide turned on Zhong Yi, who faced him down despite the incoming machine-gun fire.
• Zhong Yi and Evil Venerable Yide emptied their magazines without hitting each other, and Zhou Yue suggested that Zhong Yi try using a knife.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Zhou Qiaoling fought through the Illusion Realm and gathered valuable loot, but an ambush at the Extraction Point wiped out their hopes of escaping with it. Zhou Qiaoling fell with her million-plus spirit stones’ worth of supplies as the chapter ended.

• Zhong Yi killed Evil Venerable Yide and revived Zhou Yue, who discovered that revived players lost maximum health and could only be revived once.
• Zhou Qiaoling inspected Evil Venerable Yide’s loot, and the three collected his equipment before Zhou Yue detected an approaching team.
• Zhou Yue led the trio in defeating the ambushers, while Zhou Qiaoling filled her backpack with loot from the Administrative Palace.
• Zhong Yi practiced shooting as the three headed toward the Extraction Point, and Zhou Qiaoling reached it first with supplies worth 1.3 million spirit stones.
• Three villains ambushed the group near the Extraction Point and immediately killed Zhou Qiaoling, leaving Zhou Yue and Zhong Yi stunned.

Zhou Yue, Zhou Qiaoling, and Zhong Yi decided to copy Lu Ze’s ambush tactic, but they camped at the wrong extraction point and realized their mistake near the end of the match. Meanwhile, the Illusion Alliance learned that Lu Ze had released another Illusion Realm.

• Zhou Qiaoling persuaded Zhou Yue and Zhong Yi to try ambushing other players at an extraction point, while Zhou Yue insisted he would stay back and avoid fighting.
• The trio spawned beside the extraction point from their previous match and waited there, expecting other teams to arrive.
• After twenty minutes without seeing anyone, Zhong Yi checked the map and discovered their actual extraction point was on the opposite side of the map.
• With less than three minutes left, Zhou Yue, Zhou Qiaoling, and Zhong Yi rushed toward the correct extraction point, and Zhou Qiaoling lamented leaving behind a valuable item.
• At the Illusion Alliance Base on Luofeng Continent, an Alliance member announced that Lu Ze had released another Illusion Realm.

The Illusion Alliance dismissed the early version of "Immortal Abyss Continent Operation," but [Heart Demon] ordered the elders to monitor it and help activate [Heaven and Earth Four Symbols]. Meanwhile, Zhong Yi and his companions became hooked on the game, and Zhong Yi faced the last enemy as Wyvern.

• [Blood Crow], [White Crane], and other elders criticized "Immortal Abyss Continent Operation" after trying its tutorial and first match.
• [Heart Demon] told the elders to keep monitoring the game and summoned them to Luofeng Continent to activate [Heaven and Earth Four Symbols].
• [Heart Demon] declared that the Illusion Alliance would take first place.
• Zhong Yi and his two companions grew proficient in "Immortal Abyss Continent Operation" after nearly ten matches and found its varied objectives kept matches unpredictable.
• Zhou Yue teased Zhong Yi about playing Wyvern, while the team eliminated the other opponents until only one enemy Wyvern remained.

Zhou Yue, Zhong Yi, and Zhou Qiaoling played Immortal Abyss Continent Operation, where Zhong Yi’s botched Wyvern attack accidentally wiped out their squad. After they ran out of vouchers, Zhou Qiaoling and Zhong Yi bought new supplies, but Chao Wendao interrupted them to say class was about to start.

• Zhong Yi tried to ricochet his Crouching Tiger shell into an enemy but sent it bouncing back to his feet, knocking himself down.
• An enemy Wyvern threw two Spirit-Draining Bombs that stuck beneath Zhong Yi, and his jet spell launched him into Zhou Yue as Zhou Qiaoling arrived with a Gilded Lion Dance.
• The bombs exploded and emptied all three of their health bars, prompting Zhou Yue to forbid Zhong Yi from playing Wyvern.
• After they spent their remaining vouchers, Zhou Qiaoling bought a Divine Mechanism Token with a six-slot Reincarnation Seal, and Zhong Yi bought one too.
• Zhong Yi sensed lightning and thunder in the party space, but Zhou Yue and Zhou Qiaoling saw nothing unusual.
• Chao Wendao rebuked them for still playing and reminded them that class was about to start.

Zhong Yi’s all-night session in Lu Ze’s “Immortal Abyss Continent Operation” illusion slightly improved his cultivation, but it also led him to give his students gaming-inspired answers during a lesson on Secret Realm expeditions. Chao Wendao sent him to Thunder Peak to reflect, where Zhong Yi kept playing in the illusion.

• Chao Wendao found Zhong Yi playing after dawn, scolded him for missing the start of his lesson, and noticed that his cultivation had improved.
• Chao Wendao told Zhong Yi to prepare to teach about Secret Realm expeditions and praised the cultivation benefits of Lu Ze’s illusions.
• Zhong Yi answered his students’ questions with advice and stories from “Immortal Abyss Continent Operation,” including warnings about ambushes and losing spirit stones.
• Chao Wendao attended the lesson in disguise, became furious at Zhong Yi’s strange answers, and sent him to Thunder Peak to reflect beneath divine lightning.
• Zhong Yi sat beneath the lightning, circulated his cultivation method, and immersed his Spiritual Sense in the illusion.

Zhong Yi learned that his advice had saved thirty-four Spirit Cloud Sect disciples from a Demon Path ambush, and his punishment ended with a reward. Meanwhile, Lu Ze saw that his game was thriving and discovered cultivators had dubbed him the “Old Six.”

• Zhou Yue asked Zhong Yi to modify a more powerful gun so he could take on snipers in Longbow Valley.
• Chao Wendao ended Zhong Yi’s punishment and explained that the disciples had used Zhong Yi’s advice to expose a Demon Path trap at a Secret Realm exit, saving thirty-four lives.
• Zhong Yi admitted that Righteous cultivators were not as righteous as Chao Wendao thought.
• Lu Ze checked the game’s progress and read Forum posts celebrating its popularity and discussing newly unlocked maps.
• Lu Ze asked the Forum where the term “Old Six” came from and learned cultivators used it to describe him for setting traps.
• Lu Ze muted several users who called him an Old Six, citing improper punctuation.

[Heart Demon] used the [Heaven and Earth Four Symbols] formation to deduce the key elements of "Immortal Abyss Continent Operation" so the Illusion Alliance could develop a competing mode. He and the elders agreed on what to copy and left the unknown element unresolved before taking charge of Immortal Fate.

• [Heart Demon] assembled four Illusion Alliance elders at Binding Spirit Mountains and used the formation to analyze the Illusion Crystal Stone for "Immortal Abyss Continent Operation".
• [Heart Demon] revealed that his deduction had uncovered currency and treasure hunting as two key elements, while firearms were a likely third and the final element remained unknown.
• The elders discussed how to adapt the findings, agreeing to add an independent currency system and treasure hunting without copying the rotating-grid design.
• [Heart Demon] and the elders decided not to use firearms, instead keeping the weapons and skill system from "Eight Directions Venerables".
• [Heart Demon] thanked the elders and said that he and they would take charge of Immortal Fate.