Chapter Summaries

Lu Ze and Zhong Yi entered the Nurturing Spirit Hall, where elders from several sects discussed the contents of a competition Secret Realm. Yang Zhengxin proposed a grand illusion realm themed around war, leaving Chao Wendao concerned that Lu Ze could not create one large enough.

• Lu Ze found Zhong Yi nervously inspecting the Nurturing Spirit Hall steps and advised him not to leave the sect for years.
• Lu Ze offered to teach Zhong Yi Jump Stab, and Zhong Yi promised to protect him if he ever left the sect.
• Lu Ze and Zhong Yi entered the Nurturing Spirit Hall, where the elders discussed their disciples’ experiences with Lu Ze’s illusion.
• Yang Zhengxin, Li Jiujian, Lin Anzai, and Wen Lingwu backed making the competition illusion grander, while Chao Wendao worried that Lu Ze’s Foundation Establishment cultivation limited its size.
• Yang Zhengxin proposed war as the illusion’s topic, invoking the Righteous-Demonic War and the need for righteous cultivators to remember battle.

The elders chose the Righteous-Demonic War as the theme for the Competition’s Illusion Realm, despite Chao Wendao’s objections that it was too difficult for Lu Ze. Lu Ze volunteered to create it alone, and Yang Zhengxin laid out the demanding requirements for the task.

• Yang Zhengxin proposed war as the theme, and the elders approved it over Chao Wendao’s concerns.
• Yang Zhengxin insisted that Lu Ze create the Illusion Realm himself, and Lu Ze volunteered to accept the challenge.
• Chao Wendao reluctantly agreed to let Lu Ze try, while Nangong Yuan worried that Lu Ze was taking on too much.
• Yang Zhengxin required the Illusion Realm to depict the Righteous-Demonic War, showcase every sect’s methods, allow disciple representatives to fight together with clear scoring, and be completed without assistance.

Lu Ze overcame the Illusion Realm’s strict space limit by designing a real-time strategy game called Immortal Realm Supremacy. As he built it, Chao Wendao organized the elders to prepare a desperate plan to rescue Lu Ze from prison.

• Lu Ze rejected battlefield games that needed too much space, then realized an overhead real-time strategy game could depict a vast war within a small Illusion Realm.
• At the Council Hall, Nangong Yuan and Chao Wendao explained why Lu Ze could not reuse the space-stacking trick from Demonic Path Escape, and the elders feared losing their sect’s share of low-level Secret Realms.
• Chao Wendao assigned Nangong Yuan and the other elders urgent tasks to create a War Illusion and protective Artifacts, then revealed that they were preparing to break someone out of prison.
• Lu Ze tested a battlefield controlled through a floating screen and chose to combine ideas from StarCraft, Warcraft, and Red Alert into an original game.
• Lu Ze adapted the game’s buildings and units to the cultivation world and named it Immortal Realm Supremacy.

Lu Ze completed the framework for Immortal Realm Supremacy, then secretly strengthened the Demonic Faction after the system assigned him a mission to secure its victory in the coming Righteous-Demonic War. On the day he was to submit the illusion realm, Nangong Yuan arrived with a scheme to fake a disaster and replace Lu Ze’s crystal, only to learn Lu Ze’s work was already finished.

• Lu Ze built Campaign, War, Arena, and Map Editor modes for Immortal Realm Supremacy, then tested the Demonic Faction against the Crazy Enemy.
• The system tasked Lu Ze with ensuring the Demonic Faction won the coming Righteous-Demonic War, so he raised enemy difficulty, boosted demonic units, and expanded their campaign territory.
• Yang Zhengxin sealed Spirit Jade Pavilion behind a Barrier while Lu Ze waited to submit his Illusion Crystal Stone.
• Nangong Yuan crashed through the Barrier after staging a fight with Chao Wendao and explained their plan to shatter Lu Ze’s crystal with divine lightning so the sect could substitute Nangong Yuan’s War Illusion.
• Lu Ze revealed that his illusion realm was complete and sound, then told Nangong Yuan they would have to continue the act; he also revealed that he had already bound the Artifact Nangong Yuan gave him.

Zhong Yi entered Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm, Immortal Realm Supremacy, and began its Spirit Cloud Sect campaign, where he learned to move and settle a floating sect. He started recruiting workers and gathering resources as the campaign’s sect-building challenge began.

• Lu Ze presented the Illusion Crystal Stone, and Yang Zhengxin urged the disciples to test it while secretly watching for signs that its illusion exceeded a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s ability.
• Chao Wendao allowed Zhong Yi to enter the illusion and project its scenes for him to inspect.
• Zhong Yi saw the Immortal Realm Supremacy home page, featuring Severed Thought Cliff and Spirit Cloud Sect facing the Demon Path, then chose Campaign Mode and the Spirit Cloud Sect chapter.
• The campaign instructed Zhong Yi to find a site and establish Spirit Cloud Sect, so he moved the Floating Island to a location with three Spirit Veins and settled it.
• Zhong Yi received a mission to recruit Menial Disciples to gather Spirit Stones and learned that upgrading the sect required Spirit Stones and Mystic Iron.

Zhong Yi learned the basics of Immortal Realm Supremacy, built up the Spirit Cloud Sect, and rescued villagers while fighting the Demon Path. After completing the beginner tutorial, he received a warning that endless Demon Cult forces were closing in on him.

• Zhong Yi gathered spirit stones, built a Martial Arts Hall and other structures, and recruited combat units to defend the Spirit Cloud Sect from Demonic Warriors.
• Zhong Yi built a Celestial Secrets Pavilion, explored the map, found a Mystic Iron Mine, and upgraded his sect with new units and spirit beasts.
• Zhong Yi led his troops to a human settlement, defeated the arriving Demon Path forces, and brought the villagers back to his base for resources.
• Zhong Yi completed the beginner tutorial and learned that the Demon Cult had discovered his whereabouts and was sending an endless stream of forces toward him.

Zhong Yi fought off a Demon Path invasion in War Mode but lost his base and died when a stronger second wave overwhelmed him. After returning to the starting space, he took the sect’s disciples’ comments to heart and vowed to restore the sect’s glory.

• Zhong Yi recruited an army and arranged his forces to defend Spirit Cloud Sect against the Demon Path.
• Demon Path assassins and Soul Summoners turned the battle around, forcing Zhong Yi to sell most of his buildings and recruit emergency troops.
• Zhong Yi’s remaining Spirit Archers and Talismaster survived the first wave, but a much larger second force appeared on the minimap.
• Zhong Yi converted the sect base into a Floating Island and fled southeast, but Demon God Soldiers crushed his last three units.
• The Demon Path destroyed Zhong Yi’s base and killed him, triggering his return to the starting space.
• Zhong Yi read the disciples’ comments and vowed to restore the sect’s glory.

Lu Ze defended the strategy game Immortal Realm Supremacy against Yang Zhengxin’s objections, and the elders and disciples voted overwhelmingly to keep it. Yang Zhengxin then challenged Lu Ze over reports that the Righteous faction was too weak to defeat the Demonic faction.

• Yang Zhengxin criticized the Illusion Realm for failing to depict a real war, while Chao Wendao and Lin Anzai defended its strategy and battlefield features.
• Lu Ze explained that each sect had unique units and abilities, and that players could cooperate or fight one another in War Mode.
• Wen Lingwu suggested letting the disciples decide, and Xu Huoyao reluctantly said he wanted the Illusion Realm replaced.
• Chao Wendao organized an anonymous vote, and the disciples approved Immortal Realm Supremacy by 23 votes to 6.
• Yang Zhengxin confronted Lu Ze after hearing that the Righteous faction was too weak to defeat the Demonic faction.

Lu Ze defended the difficult Righteous campaigns as a lesson in the sects’ history and urged cultivators to practice in War Mode before attempting them. Zhong Yi discovered the Demonic Chapter but refused its mission because he considered himself a Righteous cultivator.

• Yang Zhengxin accused Lu Ze of slandering the Righteous faction, but Lu Ze defended the campaigns as a portrayal of the Righteous sects’ hardest era.
• Chao Wendao, Lin Anzai, and Li Jiujian backed Lu Ze, turning the assembled cultivators against Yang Zhengxin.
• Lu Ze offered to clear the campaigns himself, but disciples from the Five Great Sects insisted on clearing their own sects’ trials.
• Lu Ze advised the cultivators to master battlefield techniques in War Mode before attempting Campaign Mode.
• Zhong Yi continued struggling with the Righteous campaigns, then discovered that the Demonic Chapter began with a Tier 3 Sect and powerful forces already assembled.
• Zhong Yi rejected the Demonic Chapter’s mission to suppress Righteous forces, declaring that he would not associate with the Demonic path.

Lu Ze’s game settings helped the demonic side win Campaign Mode, while Zhong Yi stumbled through the campaign and unlocked War Mode. After the Crazier Enemy AI crushed him in his first match, Zhong Yi tried to select an easier difficulty but found only even more intimidating options.

• Zhong Yi tried to sabotage the demonic side in Campaign Mode, but his two demonic allies defeated him and went on to wipe out the righteous forces.
• Lu Ze enjoyed the resulting Demonic Value gains and watched his mission progress rise, confident that his difficulty settings kept players from helping the righteous side win.
• Zhong Yi joined the demonic AI to finish the campaign, then realized that completing every chapter unlocked War Mode.
• Zhong Yi entered War Mode against a Crazier Enemy AI, but its relentless attacks flattened his base before he could build up his forces.
• Zhong Yi returned to War Mode to choose an easier difficulty, only to find options labeled Crazier Enemy and Super Invincible Perverted Crazy Enemy.

Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen struggled against the Demonic Army in multiplayer War Mode, while “Immortal Realm Supremacy” spread through the sects and drew a flood of players. Lu Ze completed his task ahead of schedule, claimed a Demonic Path Experience Tome, and secretly increased his cultivation while hiding his true aura.

• Zhong Yi called Mu Yawen to help defend against the Demonic Army, but Mu Yawen brought only slow Body Cultivators, and they both died in the next assault.
• Zhong Yi suggested that Mu Yawen reach sect Level Three so they could test stronger Body Cultivators.
• Disciples and elders from the Four Great Sects flocked to obtain Illusion Crystal Stones for “Immortal Realm Supremacy,” and its forum filled with players discussing matches and strategies.
• Lu Ze’s task to achieve victory in the Righteous-Demonic War finished after one night, and he received a Demonic Path Experience Tome.
• Lu Ze used the tome to gain Demonic Value and level up, then suppressed his aura with the Ice Breath Technique to conceal his cultivation.

Several sect elders challenged the demonic faction together, suffered defeat, and summoned Lu Ze after learning an Outer Disciple had beaten the enemy. Lu Ze agreed to help the elders in exchange for their support in creating an illusion formation that would let cultivators play together across distances.

• Li Jiujian, Wen Lingwu, Lin Anzai, and Chao Wendao argued over their defeat by the demonic faction, which had hidden Demonic Blood Assassins inside Carnivorous Kun Beasts.
• Chao Wendao found a Forum post saying four people had beaten the demonic faction, and learned that one of them was an Outer Disciple; the elders decided to get Lu Ze.
• Lu Ze initially refused to help Chao Wendao, insisting he would not condone cheating, but agreed when the elders offered him rewards.
• Lu Ze asked the elders to help fund an illusion formation that would let cultivators connect and play together without being in the same place.
• Lin Anzai realized the formation would require several elders' strength, while Lu Ze said Nangong Yuan had already arranged it and only five elders needed to contribute.

Lu Ze expanded Immortal Realm Supremacy into a sect-wide multiplayer game with parties and rankings, and its players developed new tactics and rivalries. After Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen lost to disciples from Cloud Immortal Palace, Zhong Yi misunderstood an opponent’s invitation to spar as a challenge and asked Lu Ze to join him.

• Lu Ze completed a grand formation with the elders, enabling the Spirit Cloud Sect to access multiplayer throughout the sect, and asked Nangong Yuan how to extend it across the continent.
• Lu Ze added party lobbies and rankings to War Mode, and the game grew popular as disciples created rooms, devised tactics, and disabled sect grand formations for fairer matches.
• Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen teamed up against two Cloud Immortal Palace disciples, but their opponents overwhelmed them despite Zhong Yi’s attempt to use a spy to steal resources.
• Zhong Yi told Lu Ze that a Cloud Immortal Palace disciple had insulted him and invited him to spar at Shattered Rain Tower, while Lu Ze realized Zhong Yi had missed her hint.
• Zhong Yi decided to bring Junior Sister Li to spar with the woman’s junior sister, and Lu Ze agreed to accompany him.

Lu Ze defeated Li Moran in the Battle Hall, where she recognized him as the creator of the game and later led her sect to its first Campaign Mode victory. As the elders planned the Official Martial Tournament, the system assigned Lu Ze a new mission to lead the Demonic Path against the Five Great Sects.

• Lu Ze used an alternate identity to defeat Battle Hall challengers, then beat Li Moran and earned minor mastery of Profound Ice Sword Intent.
• Li Moran deduced that Nameless was Lu Ze, thanked him for his help at the Enforcement Hall, and arranged to fight him again.
• Li Moran later led the Spirit Cloud Sect to its first victory over the Demonic Path in Immortal Realm Supremacy.
• Li Jiujian questioned Lu Ze about helping Li Moran, and Lu Ze explained his plan for the Official Martial Tournament’s team battles and final battle.
• The elders approved Lu Ze’s tournament format and boasted about their sects’ ability to handle powerful Demonic Path enemies.
• The system assigned Lu Ze a mission to lead the Demonic Path against the Five Great Sects and defeat them for a random Artifact.

Lu Ze prepared the highest-difficulty Demonic AI matches for the Sky Profound Gate and Limitless Sword Sect after their Elders demanded a challenge, then hosted the first rounds of the sect competition for a growing audience. After the matches drew interest and inspired a food-selling opportunity, he charged Nangong Yuan 300 Spirit Stones for a serving of pig knuckle.

• Lu Ze agreed to prepare the hardest enemies after Lin Anzai and Li Jiujian insisted their disciples take on the greatest challenge.
• The Sky Profound Gate and Limitless Sword Sect disciples trained against increasingly numerous Demonic AIs over several days.
• Lu Ze held the first round of the sect competition with Zhong Yi commentating, and viewers praised the exciting matches on the Forum.
• Lu Ze noticed the competition’s popularity and contacted Glazed Fire Peak’s cafeteria about selling food to viewers.
• Lu Ze served Nangong Yuan Emerald Braised Pig Knuckle and demanded 300 Spirit Stones, leaving Nangong Yuan outraged when Lu Ze said the other Elders called him a good master.

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.