Unsealing, Profound Body Promotion Failure

The moment the "Banned" notification popped up, Jiang Liu's heart stopped. His face instantly turned pale, and his eyes showed unspeakable panic. He froze completely.

When he came to his senses, he had already been kicked out of the Cultivation Era.

"Banned? They banned me?"

Jiang Liu blinked, his expression utterly bewildered, his mind a blank slate like a bolt from the blue.

Why would they ban me?

How could they ban me?

Oh, right, this is a game. Getting banned is pretty normal, isn't it?

Didn't Li Dongze mention something about trying out the "Eighteen Forbidden" to see if it would get him banned?

Getting banned for violating game content is completely normal. Jiang Liu, Jiang Liu, you've played so many games, how could you forget this?

Now look at you. Spending thousands of draws, thousands of draws. Even an idiot would see something's up. Did you really think the officials were blind?

Even games made by mortals have cheat detection, let alone games made by immortals!

Jiang Liu, you absolute idiot, couldn't you have held back a little?

After Jiang Liu came to his senses, he was filled with regret. How could he have forgotten about getting banned?

Official sanctions are the deadliest. It's over this time.

How many days will I be banned?

The number of days doesn't matter. The key is his 0.1% discount Welfare Version client!

This was a client he got by exploiting a bug. If it gets taken away, then it's really...

Huh?

The 0.1% discount Welfare Version client?

That's not right!

I'm playing the 0.1% discount Welfare Version of Cultivation Era. It's not even the same server client as the official one. Why would you ban me!

You're an official server employee. Why would you ban my account on the 0.1% discount Welfare Version?

The clients are different, can they still ban accounts across channels?

Besides, where is my data abnormal?

I was drawing normally. I didn't use cheats or exploit bugs. Why are you saying my data is abnormal!

Li Dongze's BUG magic robe had abnormal data and no one cared, but I get punished just for drawing?

Jiang Liu was truly panicked when he first saw the ban notification, but now that he's calmed down, the more he thinks about it, the angrier he gets.

The officials are sanctioning players across channels!

I refuse to accept this!

I'm going to appeal!

I'm going to report it through the official communication channels!

Report what? Report that I'm playing the 0.1% discount Welfare Version of Cultivation Era?

Isn't that just turning myself in?

Not going, not going.

"What should I do?"

Jiang Liu scratched his head, looking completely lost.

He got the Welfare Version client by exploiting a bug. How could he dare to confront the officials? He could only wait for his account to be unbanned.

If he's lucky, it'll just be a few days, and it'll be like nothing happened.

If he's unlucky, the Welfare Version client will be taken back, and he'll be cast down from the heavens to the mortal world.

I was wrong, I truly know I was wrong. I was too arrogant. I'll never do thousands of draws again.

Jiang Liu deeply regretted his rampant behavior when drawing. In just one day, over ten thousand draws and hundreds of thousands of spirit stones flowed away like water.

There's no second person like that in the entire server!

If they don't investigate you, who will they investigate? If they don't ban you, who will they ban?

"How long is the ban?"

Jiang Liu, filled with regret, tentatively tried to log into Cultivation Era, but he was kicked out before he could even enter the game. His heart was filled with anxiety.

He couldn't access the game, and he had no interest in cultivating. All he wanted to know now was how long he would be banned for his first offense.

"Brother Ze."

He woke Li Dongze up again and asked with a hint of urgency, "That thing you said about trying the 'Eighteen Forbidden' in the game last time, did you try it?"

"Huh?"

Li Dongze turned to look at Jiang Liu, his expression a little embarrassed, and said with a hint of guilt, "Why are you asking this?"

"You tried it!"

Seeing Li Dongze's expression, Jiang Liu knew what had happened. He was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "You were banned? How long were you banned for?"

He knew it. Li Dongze absolutely couldn't resist trying it. He wouldn't dare to do it in reality, but he was decisive in the game.

"Only a few hours. Why are you asking?"

Li Dongze replied somewhat awkwardly, looking at Jiang Liu with confusion in his eyes. Suddenly, as if he thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he burst out laughing, "You were banned too? Was it also R-rated?"

"Was it the City Lord's daughter too? Did you just touch her hand, hahahaha!"

Jiang Liu: "..."

Do you think I'm as perverted as you? If it were just an R-rated violation, would I be this anxious?

A few hours, that's not too bad.

Jiang Liu breathed a sigh of relief, praying silently that nothing would be found. Cross-channel sanctions are against the rules. Let's pretend nothing happened, okay?

This day.

His heart had been in his throat the entire time, and he was extremely anxious, even his emotions were a little unstable.

I'm so anxious! Is it a death sentence or detention? Just give me a response!

Finally.

After a night passed, Jiang Liu once again heard the familiar and kind system voice, and he was so excited he almost cried out.

[After review, your game data shows no anomalies.]

[After review, you have not engaged in any prohibited activities such as using hacks or maliciously exploiting game bugs.]

[Your account has been unbanned. Official reminder: Please abide by the game rules and do not use hacks or maliciously exploit game bugs.]

No need, no need. I wouldn't dare touch any other bugs even if I encountered them. It's too scary.

Jiang Liu let out a huge sigh of relief. If other games banned his account, he could just switch to another game.

But the Cultivation Era was different. Being banned in the Cultivation Era was no different from death.

After this ban, he wouldn't dare to be so reckless anymore. He would have to be more careful with his spending in the game. He definitely couldn't do more than 10,000 gacha pulls a day!

During the period he was banned, he had carefully thought about it and roughly calculated his gacha pull count. The first wave of pulls, thousands of them, caused no issues. It was only after the second wave of pulls that the incident occurred.

Adding both waves together, the total gacha pulls exceeded 10,000. This should be a hidden threshold. Once this threshold was crossed, he would be put under close scrutiny.

Ten thousand pulls a day. Just the gacha pulls and organizing the backpack would take several hours. It's still okay, not a significant weakening.

Jiang Liu comforted himself silently and cautiously logged into the Cultivation Era.

The familiar game interface appeared, and everything was unchanged.

He cautiously bought an item from the store at random. Seeing that the 0.1% discount benefit was still there, he finally felt at ease.

"Nothing happened, it's good that nothing happened. I was scared to death. I won't dare to pull gacha for the next few days."

Jiang Liu muttered to himself, still shaken, and it took him a while to calm his trembling heart.

Scared me to death. I should upgrade my magic body to calm my nerves.

He opened his backpack. It was filled with magic tools and spells, no different from stocking up. Being banned was normal.

Before he was banned, he had already pulled 10 top-grade spirit roots of each element, meeting the conditions to advance to the Five Elements Profound Body. He even had many extra water and metal spirit roots.

After using the 10 top-grade spirit roots of each element, he eagerly opened his character interface and clicked on the magic body promotion.

The next second.

Another deep red prompt box popped up, scaring his heart to stop.

[Realm has not reached Foundation Establishment Stage, unable to bear the Five Elements Profound Body, promotion failed.]

Jiang Liu: "?????"

Everything is going wrong!