To ascend, I had no choice but to create games-Chapter 844 - 466: There Are Too Many of Them

Exploring this small world could not be completed in a short time, and players did not believe they could quickly develop the game’s secrets.

Having singled out "Please Come In, Guest" as an independent project to continue operating, Fang Cheng returned to his own studio and then began planning the next game.

Previously in the game, Fang Cheng had gotten some inspiration from Xiemen Waidao and decided to extend from this inspiration.

However, just as he was ready to continue, he discovered a layer of fog had appeared in his mind.

Even his own Celestial Purple Palace was filled with countless mists, obscuring his view, giving him the feeling of watching flowers through fog.

That thing was hazy and beautiful, making Fang Cheng feel that what he needed was right in front of him, yet somehow it felt off.

He had never experienced this kind of dislocation before.

So, he summoned Zhiyi Heavenly Lord and the new Heavenly Lords to discuss his problem.

Afterwards, he concluded, "This issue might be quite troublesome, this is the first time I’ve had such a murky feeling. I’m planning to seclude myself to ponder where this sensation comes from. If you have any issues, directly contact Zhiyi Heavenly Lord."

Upon hearing Fang Cheng’s problem, the expressions of Zhiyi Heavenly Lord and the other new Heavenly Lords were quite remarkable.

Noticing their unusual reactions, Fang Cheng asked with curiosity, "Zhiyi Heavenly Lord, do you have any questions?"

Hesitating for a moment, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord carefully asked, "Great Heavenly Lord, what is your view on the ’Taoist Heart Tribulation’?"

"I don’t think it exists," Fang Cheng stated firmly.

Taoist Heart Tribulation is a common feeling during the process of cultivation, appearing once a certain level has been reached.

It specifically manifests as a severe deviation in the cultivator’s senses, a serious disconnect from the understanding of the world, and a feeling that everything is unreal and false.

This process is a byproduct of self-improvement reaching a certain level, a purging of old knowledge, so although painful, it is a tribulation that all cultivators must go through.

Zhiyi Heavenly Lord had thought all cultivators experienced this process, but learning that Fang Cheng had not, he felt that Great Heavenly Lord had become even more enigmatic.

This situation indicated that Great Heavenly Lord Fang Cheng had never been confused before; he had mastered every spell upon learning and understood all scriptures upon reading them, truly a once-in-a-million-years cultivation prodigy.

Looking up at the sky, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord felt one really cannot compare with others.

What made him even more bitter was that Great Heavenly Lord’s first experience with the Taoist Heart Tribulation was triggered by something as minor as a game. Truly, every path may lead to the Tao; so where then is his own minor path?

After explaining the situation in detail to Fang Cheng, Fang Cheng nodded his head, indicating he understood.

One must say, games and their players are quite interesting.

Through them, he had experienced many things he had never encountered before, each stirring him with the desire to continue pursuing.

Thinking of desire, Fang Cheng felt the fog before his eyes seemed to break a little, making him feel that the essence of games was about satisfying certain human desires, and this desire was what was missing in his own Taoist Heart.

"Phew."

Releasing a breath, Fang Cheng felt he had taken another step closer to ascension.

Although he had not obtained what he wanted through making games, he had still seen a new path through the players’ performance and further solidified his idea of attaining enlightenment through games.

Originally planning to go back and directly make the next game, his ideas changed after the advent of the Taoist Heart Tribulation.

He would continue to watch these players and see what they could do.

Players are also an essential part of the game; their expectations, desires, and actions ferment within the vessel of the game, and the stories they bring become part of the game itself, also worthy of appreciation.

Reaching out his hand, Fang Cheng took a cup of tea passed to him by a new Heavenly Lord and continued to observe Xiemen Waidao’s actions.

Xiemen Waidao had no idea he had become an observation target of Fang Cheng EX.

He was now so immersed in his own flow that he could not extricate himself, his mind filled with his new tactics.

After waiting anxiously for several hours, Merlin returned, dragging his tired body.

"You’re finally back, I was almost beginning to think I’d lost connection."

Expertly wringing out Wang’s diaper, Merlin filtered the liquid into a cup and downed it in one gulp.

After drinking, he frowned and said to Xiemen Waidao, "Next time have Wang make a different flavor, I’ve grown tired of orange."

"I wish I could, but Wang recently took a business order for making orange soda. So now he only produces this flavor of diaper."

Merlin drank the soda with a peculiar expression, feeling it was quite odd.

Although he was unclear on the precise definition of a business order, he guessed it must be similar to advertising.

You pay me, I promote you on my social media, if it works well, we continue next time; if not, we drop it.

But linking a drink with diapers...

One could only say it’s ingenious.

Sighing, he tossed the used diaper aside and said to Xiemen Waidao, "I’ve found the person you’re looking for. They were quite interested after hearing your promotion, and now they’re waiting outside. Are you interested in taking a look?"