Master of Kaidan-Chapter 510: The Wise Have Thousands of Concerns

Upon realizing that the Pen Immortal was bestowed with a "Setting" by some power, Feng Xue became alert.

"Settings prevail over everything, especially targeting deities," it’s a lesson every Kaidan must remember, even immortals cannot evade slipping into tailored "settings". Even Thanos, in the hands of an ordinary female college student, could only be left with a single gemstone.

If all spiritual bodies in this world inherently possess the compulsory force of the "Setting", it means he must also be cautious in this world.

But the question arose, where does the power of this setting originate from?

Ruling out the power of deceased seniors, it boiled down to two possibilities, either the influence of apparitions or the cognition of ordinary people.

If it’s the former, then it should be an item similar to the "Supreme Martial Arts" that Feng Xue owned, possibly a book like the "Ghost Monster Atlas" or "Ghost Encounter Notes". Just as how "Supreme Martial Arts" anchors the "Martial Arts definition" of the real world, this book would anchor the ghost definitions allowing all ghosts to deviate in power according to that book.

For Feng Xue, this scenario would no doubt be the best outcome. If he found that book, it would be almost like obtaining a Primordial treasure of proclamation, where he could easily unlock titles like "Lord of Hundreds Ghosts"or "Father of Thousands Ghosts" in any world. This would also likely give him a "Ghost" power, much more practical than his current one-circle "Immortal" power.

Though the potential of "Immortal" was certainly greater, having this would mean an immediate boost in power!

However, if it were the latter case, Feng Xue would need to be even more careful, for it meant that this world possessed a thorough and precise classification of ghosts, where every ghost had a rigidly established setting. Only with such a condition could non-Kaidan ghosts also receive power.

In this scenario, it wouldn’t be long before the Pen Immortal, as a non-Kaidan ghost, could potentially become a vessel for the revival of the Pen Immortal Ancestor Kaidan.

But considering that Pen Immortals lacked uniqueness, most likely it would just become one of the backups.

This was actually a minor issue. The bigger concern was this all-encompassing, fixed setting—it could not have formed naturally.

After all, myths and folktales differed essentially from nothing. Even officially recognized divine pantheons evolved with changing times. The saying "thrives a lie thrice-drawn, breed but thrice-copied feasts the damned" suggests the improbability of folktales matching the originals. So why could the ghost lore of this world remain so stable?

If it was done deliberately, at some cost, correcting the world’s cognition of ghosts, or even inscribing ghost concepts into a world where they shouldn’t exist, then what was the purpose?

Undoubtedly, having seen and done the same thing himself, Feng Xue could state that answer clearly—

Creating Kaidan.

Now, at the moment of death in this Kaidan world, the operation of these rules, and the game’s mechanism to select players, seemed to majorly overlap with the Divine Enthronement strategy planned by the Primordial administrators in the previous world.

Only, one directly incited war, while the other pulled war into a "game" more subtly.

"Phew, this resurrection mechanism looks quite intriguing, should I keep one for myself?" Feng Xue thought quietly, feeling that if he were to keep this mechanism, it needed to be handled with care. A slight misstep could result in becoming trapped in mutual absorption like the Primordial administrators, ending up unable to truly survive or, worse, be identified by someone else seeking their legacy through similar means like tipping bartenders for information, thus inheriting his legacy.

"My current size is a bit too large, if I actually died, resurrection might take a century or so. Even though it’s rare to be killed while wearing over twenty layers of Resurrection Armor along with a Resurrection Tool, it’s better to arrange more back-up plans before challenging the higher floors of Babylon Tower."

Feng Xue muttered to herself, then took out her notebook and removed the cap of the Pen Immortal’s pen to write "Post-resurrection Hand" under "Bloodline Curse". Then she drew her attention back to the game.

After linking this game with resurrection and Kaidan, everything became clear.

Whether it was the sophisticated ghost settings or the rules of pairing humans with ghosts, they all indicated one thing—

The purpose of the game was to deeply imprint the characteristics of all the ghosts in the minds of the participants.

After all, it was a life-involved PvP game; remembering an extra type of ghost could provide an additional tactic when dealing with opponents. Even the exorcism methods provided to novices were actually deepening the setting of the ghosts.

To pass the novice assessment, one either had to unite everyone so that all remembered each piece of information or kill everyone else to consolidate all the ghost information in their own hands.

Moreover, from the previous exchanges with the policemen, it seemed that the players would eventually return to the real world, and the information could also be taken out to deal with various ghosts in the real world. This was probably why the ghost legends and settings in this world were so rigorously defined.

After all, it involved life, and with the official and players promoting it, naturally, no one would spout nonsense casually. It was somewhat like someone boasting audaciously about Three Gorges taking five billion but absolutely no one would joke about extinguishing fire with alcohol.

"The arrangement is exquisite, but there are also big problems," Feng Xue concluded silently as she remembered various details—

The Kaidan that died in this world must be related to ghosts, and every ghost story in this world is based on an entry from that Kaidan.

That is to say, as the game continues and ghost knowledge becomes widespread, every ghost could become a vessel for his resurrection.

The only problem was—

"This Kaidan does not originate from Infinite City and did not account for the possibility of foreign Kaidan violently breaking the setup."

Feng Xue took out the "Six Complete Daoist Scripture" and "Mystical Lord Secret Scripture," both of which underwent new transformations.

The former was expanding wildly in the world of the Ke family’s daughter, while the latter continued to advance under the efforts of Jiang Ziya.

This predecessor’s resurrection plan was based on "everyone relying solely on the Ghost Monster Atlas he provided to deal with ghosts". But after the advent of Immortal Techniques in this world, would people still be interested in recording every detail of the ghosts?

Holding the supreme masterpieces of this learning, Feng Xue thought for a moment and then put them away.

Although directly breaking the setup with violence would settle things fastest, such gains would merely extend the immortal cultivation Kaidan into another world. She had not forgotten her true purpose in coming to this world was to find the curse.

"Knock knock knock..."

Just as Feng Xue stowed away the books, there was another knock at the door. She frowned slightly, but still slipped the expensive steel pen into her jacket pocket and turned towards the door—

"Before I encounter a ghost to my liking, I might as well play along with you."

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