Chapter Summaries

After Minecraft’s new graphics and mod features drew more cultivators into the Illusion Realm, Xiao Hongzhi and Zhong Yi pushed its Spiritual Energy demands too far. Zhong Yi collapsed after repeatedly re-entering the game, leaving his companions alarmed and calling for help.

• Minecraft’s new anywhere access, upgraded visuals, and mod functions caused its online activity to surge.
• Xiao Hongzhi enabled the High-Resolution Texture Pack and Ray Tracing, then fainted from the strain as his junior brothers rushed to get their Master.
• Zhong Yi enabled every available graphics option and the Shared Server World setting before building with his companions.
• After feeling drained, Zhong Yi refilled his Spiritual Energy and repeatedly returned to Minecraft, enduring mining, construction, and a battle against a demon.
• Zhou Yue noticed Zhong Yi smoking and red-faced, then watched him gush blood as Zhou Qiaoling and Mu Yawen woke and cried for help.

After Ray Tracing caused hundreds of Spirit Cloud Sect disciples to faint, the elders banned its use and sent Nangong Yuan to investigate the Sky Profound Gate. Lu Ze discovered that the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao was lagging under the spell’s load.

• Lin Qingxuan reported that 863 disciples had fainted from excessive Spiritual Energy consumption, though none appeared to be in serious danger.
• Yunzhu found no unusual Spiritual Energy flow, and Chao Wendao ordered Nangong Yuan to investigate the Sky Profound Gate and banned Ray Tracing Spells within the sect.
• Ding Mingcang concealed his satisfaction, planning to use the incident as evidence against Lu Ze when he visited the Sect Forbidden Grounds in three days.
• Lu Ze entered the Main Server world and found the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao unresponsive in an otherwise empty world.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao spoke with severe delays, and Lu Ze realized Ray Tracing had pushed it to the brink of crashing.

Lu Ze discovered that the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao had over-optimized the Illusion Realms, but learned its enhanced Spells could make playing them count as cultivation. He gave the Fragment a new appearance and nickname, then encouraged it to visit players’ Illusion Realms.

• Lu Ze told the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao to apply Spell enhancements only near cultivators after it had optimized the entire Illusion Realm world.
• The Fragment explained that its enhanced Spells refined Spiritual Energy and could help cultivators gain insight, leading Lu Ze to see Illusion Realms as a way to attract sect support.
• The Fragment demanded that Lu Ze shorten the time he needed to a hundred years and gave him one month to show progress.
• Lu Ze changed the Fragment’s appearance to resemble HIM from Minecraft and suggested the nickname Black Curtain.
• Lu Ze said he would make Obsidian Spell Mods for the Fragment and urged it to explore players’ Illusion Realms.

After Zhong Yi defended Minecraft to Chao Wendao, the Sect Master decided to try the Illusion Realm himself and became absorbed in its mod feature. Li Moran also agreed to try Minecraft after Zhou Qiaoling described it, while Ding Mingcang arrived at the Sect Forbidden Grounds to request the Sect Master's Decree.

• Zhong Yi insisted that Minecraft had not harmed him and told Chao Wendao that Lu Ze had adjusted its Spiritual Energy limits.
• Chao Wendao agreed to try Minecraft and later spent a day studying its mod feature, hoping to build his Thunder Arts into it.
• Zhou Qiaoling invited Li Moran to play Minecraft, and Li Moran agreed after hearing about its mod feature.
• Three days later, Ding Mingcang knelt outside the Sect Forbidden Grounds and requested the Sect Master's Decree.

Ding Mingcang convinced the Sect Master that illusion realms were harming the Spirit Cloud Sect, and the Sect Master ordered an inspection that exposed how widely the disciples and elders played them. As the Sect Master demanded Lu Ze be brought before him, Zhong Yi sensed trouble, and Lu Ze suddenly vanished from the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao’s Main World.

• Ding Mingcang persuaded the Sect Master to inspect the peaks and punish the creator of the illusion realm and Chao Wendao if his claims proved true.
• At Numinous Ascent Peak, the Sect Master discovered that disciples used the prospect of Ray Tracing in Minecraft to motivate themselves to reach Nascent Soul.
• Ding Mingcang led the Sect Master across the peaks, where they found disciples and elders absorbed in illusion games, and the Sect Master demanded to know who was harming the sect.
• Ding Mingcang identified Lu Ze as the creator of the illusion realm, and the Sect Master ordered him brought in.
• Zhong Yi saw danmu warning that Lu Ze was in trouble and shouted through the party voice channel that Junior Brother Lu was in danger.
• Lu Ze discussed Black Curtain and mod development with the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao, then suddenly vanished from its Main World.

Chao Wendao and Li Moran made progress using Minecraft’s Mod Editor as they refined their spells and sword techniques. At Glazed Fire Peak, Ding Mingcang tried to seize Lu Ze, but Lu Ze claimed the Illusion Realm drew Spiritual Energy through a wisp of the Spirit of the Heavenly Dao before red lightning struck Ding Mingcang.

• Chao Wendao studied Minecraft’s principles and sensed he was close to mastering his spell.
• Li Moran repeatedly refined her Sword Art Mod and felt she was nearing enlightenment.
• Ding Mingcang accused Lu Ze of disrupting the sect and tried to attack him, but Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue intervened.
• Ding Mingcang restrained Zhong Yi and the others, and the Sect Master ordered him to deal with Lu Ze and find Chao Wendao.
• Lu Ze said the Illusion Realm drew Spiritual Energy through a wisp of the Spirit of the Heavenly Dao, and red lightning struck Ding Mingcang.

Lu Ze challenged Ding Mingcang to prove that his Illusion Realm could improve cultivation, while a hidden Fragment of the Heavenly Dao struck Ding with crimson thunder. Li Moran arrived to testify that she had gained Sword Dao insight and broken through in the Illusion Realm, but as Ding objected, eight bolts of Purple Thunder struck Thunder Peak.

• A crimson thunderbolt wounded Ding Mingcang, and Lu Ze claimed it came from the Spirit of the Heavenly Dao.
• The Sect Master stopped Ding from attacking Lu Ze and proposed that Lu Ze prove the Illusion Realm’s benefits, with the guilty party to be crippled and expelled.
• Lu Ze and Ding Mingcang both accepted the Sect Master’s terms.
• Li Moran arrived after breaking through and testified that she had gained Sword Dao insight in the Illusion Realm.
• As Ding Mingcang challenged Li Moran’s testimony, eight bolts of Purple Thunder struck Thunder Peak.

Chao Wendao reached the eighth bolt of Ninth Heaven Divine Lightning after finding enlightenment in Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm, and the Sect Master confirmed the realm’s connection to a fragment of the Heavenly Dao. The Sect Master expelled and punished Ding Mingcang, but Ding fled using the Sect Protection Array before the Heavenly Dao intervened and killed him.

• Chao Wendao revealed that he had attained enlightenment in Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm and demonstrated how its laws could be understood.
• Lu Ze explained that a wisp of the Spirit of the Heavenly Dao sustained the Illusion Realm, and Nangong Yuan confirmed that a fragment of the Heavenly Dao lay at the heart of the Spiritual Sense Formation.
• The Sect Master accepted Lu Ze’s proposal, condemned Ding Mingcang for deceiving the sect, and reduced his cultivation before expelling him.
• Ding Mingcang fled by using the Sect Protection Array and swore that he would kill Lu Ze.
• The Heavenly Dao appeared in the clouds, asked Ding Mingcang who the ant was, and killed him with two massive cloud hands.

After the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao killed Ding Mingcang, the Sect Master cleared Lu Ze's name and rewarded him with an Illusion Tower and Protective Artifacts. Lu Ze returned to the Fragment, which urged him to prove the Server plan could restore its power, and he promised results within a week.

• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao killed Ding Mingcang, and the Sect Master announced that Ding had been executed for deceiving him and harming disciples.
• The Sect Master offered Lu Ze the position of Saint, but Lu Ze declined and asked for an Illusion Tower made from the sect's best materials.
• The Sect Master promoted Nangong Yuan to Second Elder, made Glazed Fire Peak the sect's second peak, and appointed Lu Ze its fourth direct disciple of the generation.
• The Sect Master granted Lu Ze three Protective Artifacts and asked for an Illusion Tower and Crystal to be sent to the Sect Forbidden Grounds so he could try them.
• Lu Ze thanked the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao for saving him, and the Fragment explained that the cultivators' deaths in the illusion were slowly restoring its power.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao reminded Lu Ze that he had one month to demonstrate the Server plan's results, and Lu Ze promised to do so within a week.

Lu Ze prepared a competitive Bed Wars mode for Minecraft, hoping its fast matches would satisfy the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao’s need for cultivators to die repeatedly. As Minecraft’s reputation grew after Chao Wendao and Li Moran advanced through it, the Great Illusion Era began, and Lu Ze’s update introduced Bed Wars and a module marketplace while removing the Black Curtain.

• Lu Ze chose Bed Wars for Minecraft’s new Arena Mode and began adapting its combat to the characters’ greater agility.
• Chao Wendao comprehended his eighth bolt of divine lightning in Minecraft, and Li Moran broke through to a new realm, prompting sects to treat Illusion Realms as a new Celestial Bridge.
• Cultivators flocked to Minecraft, and sects began studying and sharing modules as its popularity soared.
• A week after Ding Mingcang’s death, Zhou Yue complained that the Black Curtain had beaten him again, while Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen discussed modules and their encounters.
• Lu Ze announced that Bed Wars was live, opened the module marketplace, and removed the Black Curtain.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Qiaoling entered the new Bed Wars mode and began competing to gather resources and destroy the other teams’ beds. As they built bridges toward the islands, the Blue Team angled its path toward their base, forcing them to rush back to defend their bed.

• Zhong Yi and the others tried Bed Wars after the Illusion Crystal Stone updated, and their team was assigned the Red base.
• Zhou Qiaoling secretly collected the Iron Ingots and Gold Ingots spawning in the base’s resource pit, while Zhong Yi figured out the basic resources and objectives.
• Zhong Yi demonstrated how to place Wool blocks from the island’s edge, fell while trying to speed up, and respawned to find the others building steadily.
• Zhong Yi sent himself and Zhou Yue toward a Border Island and assigned Mu Yawen and Zhou Qiaoling to explore Central Island.
• The Red Team began building bridges as the other teams did the same, but Zhong Yi spotted the Blue Team building toward their base to steal their bed and ordered everyone to fall back.

After their first Bed Wars loss, Zhong Yi planned a new strategy with Zhou Yue, Zhou Qiaoling, and Mu Yawen, but his poor controls left Zhou Yue fighting alone for Spirit Stones. The chapter ended with Zhou Yue surrounded on Central Island while Zhong Yi struggled to rebuild a bridge to reach him.

• Zhong Yi assigned Mu Yawen to raid enemy beds, Zhou Yue to collect resources at Central Island, and Zhou Qiaoling to defend their bed.
• Mu Yawen bought iron gear, Wool, and a pickaxe with the team’s first resources, then quickly built a bridge toward the enemy base.
• Zhong Yi tried to follow Zhou Yue but fell into the void, respawned, and received more resources from Zhou Qiaoling before leaving to help.
• Zhou Yue reached Central Island alone, evaded two Yellow Team players, and stole three Spirit Stones as the other teams joined the fight.
• Zhou Yue called for help as enemies surrounded him, while Zhong Yi admitted that someone had destroyed their bridge and he was still rebuilding it.

Zhou Yue tried to escape with the Spirit Stones while Zhong Yi slowly built a Wool bridge, but their rescue plan fell apart. Mu Yawen destroyed Yellow Team’s bed and gave Zhou Yue a chance to survive, yet he fell into the void after Zhong Yi accidentally destroyed the bridge, and Zhong Yi later died with the Spirit Stones.

• Zhou Yue drew the pursuers away and arranged for Zhong Yi to collect the Spirit Stones he would drop, while Zhong Yi struggled to finish the Wool bridge.
• Zhou Yue dropped the Spirit Stones behind Wool cover and ran off to lure the pursuers away as Zhong Yi finally reached the island and picked them up.
• Zhong Yi chopped up the Wool bridge while retreating, and Mu Yawen’s destruction of Yellow Team’s bed forced its members to rush back to defend their base.
• Zhou Yue found his bridge to the base destroyed and fell into the void, then respawned and scolded Zhou Qiaoling for hoarding resources instead of guarding the bed.
• Zhong Yi reappeared at the respawn point after falling to his death, having lost the Spirit Stones, and Zhou Yue shouted in despair.

After all four teams lost their beds, Zhou Yue’s team relied on Zhong Yi’s strategies and won the Chaos Summon event by collecting 100 Chaos Shards. Zhou Yue activated the Chaos Orb, which summoned the familiar figure Black Curtain.

• Green Hat Kid tunneled beneath Zhou Qiaoling’s Wool-covered bed and destroyed it, leaving all four teams without beds and only one life per player.
• Zhong Yi urged Zhou Yue to max out the Spirit Gathering Array, and Zhou Yue upgraded it with Diamonds to strengthen the team’s resource pool.
• A Random Event announced that the first player to collect 100 Chaos Shards on Central Island would receive a Chaos Orb, so Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen rushed there.
• Zhong Yi directed Mu Yawen to harass opponents while Zhou Yue collected shards and killed two enemies, securing 100 Chaos Shards.
• Zhou Yue crushed the Chaos Orb, and its random effect summoned Black Curtain.

Lu Ze’s Bed Wars game drew more players, though Zhou Yue suffered another disastrous encounter with Black Curtain. The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao questioned Lu Ze about the players and hinted that it wanted someone to torment them on its behalf.

• Zhou Yue summoned Black Curtain as a Random Event reward, only for it to attack him with Obsidian Ground Spikes.
• Lu Ze saw Bed Wars gaining players and told the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao that the game’s player base would soon grow much larger.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao asked whether cultivators’ characters all looked alike, and Lu Ze recognized its description as Senior Brother Zhou.
• Lu Ze reminded the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao to treat Zhou Yue more kindly, and it agreed to give him a quick death next time.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao said the players were not suffering enough, and Lu Ze realized it wanted someone else to beat them senseless.

A week after Bed Wars launched, Zhong Yi tried to lead his team in a daring bed raid but fell short of his plan. Meanwhile, Lu Ze matched with fifteen Righteous Path Heavenly Prides in a Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm and received a mission to win there.

• Bed Wars spread through the Five Great Sects, and disciples began discussing tactics and players on the Forum.
• Zhong Yi assigned his team their roles and attempted to destroy the Blue Team's bed with a Fireball Talisman, but he slipped and was blasted away.
• Zhou Yue learned that White Curtain was online and prepared to challenge him with Mu Yawen and Zhou Qiaoling after their current match.
• Lu Ze received a mission to take first place in a Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm against fifteen Righteous Path Heavenly Prides, with a week of triple Demonic Value rewards at stake.

Lu Ze entered a Bed Wars match with Zhong Yi and seven teams of familiar rivals, planning to farm Demonic Value by defeating them. He left Zhong Yi at the base with a fishing rod and demonstrated an astonishingly fast bridging technique as the other players raced toward Central Island.

• Lu Ze recognized the fifteen Heavenly Prides in the match and found Zhong Yi assigned as his teammate.
• Lu Ze reassured Zhong Yi that the opponents could not win, then bought gear, Wool, and fishing rods while telling Zhong Yi to fish at the base.
• Zhong Yi refused to fish and watched as players from the other teams hurried toward Central Island.
• Lu Ze called Zhong Yi over to watch, then bridged through the air at incredible speed without crouching or slowing down.

Lu Ze used his Celestial Bridge to reach the Central Island first, then ambushed the other players with chained Fireball Talismans and killed Li Jiujian. While Lu Ze focused on gathering resources and avoiding a drawn-out fight, Li Jiujian respawned and challenged him again, only to be killed a second time.

• Lu Ze surged to the front with his Celestial Bridge, survived a sudden slip with a Self-Rescue Bridge, and told Zhong Yi to stop talking and fish.
• Lu Ze rushed for the emerald spawn point as the other players converged on him, arguing over who would challenge White Curtain first.
• Lu Ze used one Fireball Talisman to blast a second into the crowd, then killed Li Jiujian as the others reeled from the explosion.
• Lu Ze ran toward the spirit stone spawn point to secure resources, while the other players chased him and Li Jiujian returned from respawn.
• Li Jiujian tried to block Lu Ze and demand a fight, but Lu Ze killed him again, prompting Li Jiujian to accuse Shen Yan of lying.

Zhong Yi tried to defend Yellow Team’s bed from Gu Lingfei but was killed, leaving White Curtain to continue alone. With the Spirit Stones secured, Lu Ze faced Zhou Yue on an aerial Wool Bridge and cut away the blocks beneath him with scissors.

• Zhong Yi fished up a Grilled Fish, then waited beside the bed he had reinforced while White Curtain fought on Central Island.
• When Gu Lingfei arrived to destroy the bed, Zhong Yi challenged him, but Sword Sword Sword destroyed the bed and killed Genius Cultivator.
• Zhong Yi watched through White Curtain’s perspective as White Curtain faced Li Moran and Zhou Yue.
• After collecting most of the Spirit Stones, Lu Ze stopped running and prepared to fight Zhou Yue on the Wool Bridge.
• Lu Ze dodged Zhou Yue’s sword, pulled out scissors, and cut away the Wool beneath Zhou Yue’s feet.

Lu Ze manipulated Zhou Yue and Li Moran into fighting, then killed Zhou Yue after Li Moran defeated him. He faced Li Moran in a duel as a large audience watched, doubting his ability to win in a direct fight.

• Lu Ze chased Li Moran across the island, but Zhou Yue recovered and demanded that Lu Ze fight fairly.
• Lu Ze suggested Zhou Yue and Li Moran fight first, then threatened to flee, prompting them to duel.
• Li Moran controlled her distance and chained attacks to reduce Zhou Yue to one drop of health, then stopped their sparring.
• White Curtain stabbed Zhou Yue from behind, earning 1.3 Demonic Value, and Li Moran challenged him to a duel.
• Viewers gathered to watch White Curtain face Li Moran, while Zhong Yi and the crowd expected Li Moran to defeat him.