Western Xian Yuan Continent, Myriad Ghost Cave.

"Nine Nether Sky Sovereign...that useless old man, I heard he exposed himself?"

"So what? Anyway, the Ghost Immortal's ghost fetus is already formed, with or without that trash, it's all the same."

"True...let's just consider it as those people from the Righteous Path solving a problem for us."

"Hehehe...with the Ghost Immortal in hand, all below the Void Refining Realm are like ants...the day of the Demonic Path's rise is today!"

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Above a massive tomb, several Demonic Path minor leaders were grandly planning and discussing.

By relying on ancient evil artifacts occasionally obtained, coupled with the guidance of Nine Nether Sky Sovereign's Dao techniques, they successfully created a batch of powerful evil spirits.

This was the "Ghost Disaster" that had recently caused widespread panic.

The power of these evil spirits lay in their ability to ignore a Cultivator's Spiritual Qi defense and directly launch mental attacks, causing the opponent to feel fear and lose their fighting spirit.

Now that a Ghost Immortal King had emerged, even if a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator came, they could only become food for the evil spirits!

If this continued, the Ghost Immortal's Realm could still improve further.

In time, it was not impossible for them to completely slaughter the Righteous Path!

Thinking this, everyone was incredibly excited.

Originally, their plan was to cooperate with Nine Nether Sky Sovereign, feigning to teach Righteous Path Disciples how to deal with ghost evils.

Then, they would arrange a comprehensive examination for the Five Great «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» Sects, to be held at a barrier.

Finally, the Ghost Immortal, pre-arranged by the Demonic Path, would turn all the Disciples in the barrier into evolutionary food...

"It's just a pity that useless old man has already been exposed."

"What's there to fear? The Ghost Immortal is complete, let's go find a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator now to celebrate its birthday!"

"What did the Lingxiao Sect intelligence that the Nine Nether old man sent a few days ago say?"

"Oh? There's someone named Zhou Yue who's coming to Xian Yuan Continent to provide disaster relief soon..."

... 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

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Seven days later.

Lingxiao Sect, Yunling Hall.

"...Elder Chao, that's everything I encountered in Xian Yuan Continent."

Zhou Yue reported to Chao Wendao, holding a black evil object that had turned into an embryo in one hand and dragging a group of Demonic Cultivators tied together in the other.

"This is the source of the Ghost Disaster? Didn't they say...it would ignore Spiritual Qi and directly affect the mind?"

Chao Wendao stroked his chin, deep in thought.

"Ignoring Spiritual Qi? Affecting the mind? Oh...it seems there was a little bit, a slight chill down my spine? Hmm, it's probably similar to when the sanity value drops to around 85 points in Phasmophobia?"

Zhou Yue paused, then turned to recall for a moment before coming to a conclusion.

What ignore sanity value attacks?

He only remembered that this black monster, called the Ghost Immortal, was giggling foolishly, and he only felt a slight chill.

At that time, upon hearing the name Ghost Immortal, his expression changed, fearing it was a monster of the Ghost Buddha's level, and he didn't dare to hold back, launching a full-power attack right away.

As a result, he killed the opponent with one slap...

"Hmph, that Illusion Realm made by my Rebellious Disciple actually has such an effect?"

Nangong Yuan, hearing this, immediately puffed out his chest and became smug.

"I never thought...so Lu Ze really made this Illusion Realm to deal with the Ghost Disaster?"

Chao Wendao said thoughtfully, his face beaming with smiles.

"Zhong Yi, convey my order...everyone in the entire Sect, whether Disciples or Elders, must ensure they can pass the 'Nightmare' difficulty test three times or more!"

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...

Lu Ze's evaluation of this unexpected "surprise" was: It's great!

He hadn't thought so much at first, simply doing a System task.

But thinking about it, it made sense.

How could a mere Ghost Immortal compare to the supreme Immortal Formation given by the System?

Those who had played Phasmophobia would hardly be afraid of the effects brought by ghost evils anymore.

It was true that the culprit of the "Ghost Disaster" had been caught, but the ghost entities had already evolved.

So, not only the Lingxiao Sect,

After learning that Zhou Yue was completely immune to the Ghost Immortal's attacks, various Sects, including Loose Cultivators, all took action.

Phasmophobia instantly became an Illusion Realm that Cultivators had to play.

Cultivators also gradually became accustomed to it, from initially trembling with fear.

As long as the Ghost Immortal difficulty wasn't enabled, the other difficulties were not much different from Phasmophobia in his previous life.

It was just a little scarier.

Soon, the strategy masters led by Zhong Yi developed a series of tutorials such as no-evidence ghost identification, flat-ground ghost kiting, and clear-game routines.

Players gradually evolved.

During the recent Ghost Festival, Lu Ze launched a special event, temporarily removing the player limit per game.

As a result, in a small Abandoned House, over a hundred players collectively watched.

Players, each stepping with the Human Emperor's Gait, played instruments, drank tea, and discussed the Dao in the Abandoned House, creating a lively scene.

Many players jokingly called Phasmophobia "Phasmophobia: Human Edition"...

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...

An Illusion Realm like Phasmophobia could bring Lu Ze an incredibly huge amount of Demonic Value in a short period.

Because at the very beginning, Cultivators were most prone to fear.

In just over a month, he had covered the ground that would originally take three months.

At this time, the Demonic Value was already enough for Lu Ze to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm!

"Finally, the Nascent Soul Realm..."

After quietly making the Breakthrough, Lu Ze introspected his body, thoughtfully using his Divine Sense to probe the limits of the Illusion Realm's range.

It had tripled from the Golden Core Realm's two thousand meters.

"Only six thousand meters? No wonder treasures for improving Divine Sense are so hard to find..."

Lu Ze pouted regretfully.

If others heard this, they would definitely curse Lu Ze for humble-bragging.

One must know that the range of an Illusion Realm is not equivalent to the range of Divine Sense.

When creating a world and needing to express it with fine detail, many Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators even found it difficult to ensure an Illusion Realm's range could reach six thousand meters!

But for Lu Ze, he was still somewhat dissatisfied.

Neither the ultimate MMORPG of online games nor the ultimate large-scale battlefield game for farming Demonic Value could be covered by a mere six thousand meters.

Not to mention these two behemoths, even battle royale or survival games, when moved into the Illusion Realm, six thousand meters was a bit stretched.

"If I cut down the map, I can probably still make it work."

Lu Ze put away his Illusion Tower and Divine Sense, spreading his hands.

He couldn't wait until the Soul Transformation Stage to do these things.

If it really didn't work, he would let Cultivators play a stripped-down version, to make money...no, to get Demonic Value was more important.

Just as he was about to begin his grand plan, the sound transmission Jade Slip by his hand rang.

To his surprise, the one transmitting to him was the Tianxuan Sect's Grand Elder, Chi Shengtian.

Lu Ze smiled slightly; it seemed someone was bringing a pillow when he was sleepy.

"Little Friend Lu...Little Friend Lu!"

"The Heaven And Earth Treasure I promised you...that can enhance Divine Sense, has finally been found!"