“Junior Brother Lu, you’re finally out... You haven’t replied to my messages, and as a crude Senior Brother, I couldn’t help, so I was really anxious.”

Seeing Lu Ze stroll down the Demon Execution Platform with a leisurely expression, Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen rushed to meet him.

“What, were you afraid I’d lose?”

Lu Ze chuckled inwardly.

By the third day of the competition, Zhou Yue had sent him many messages.

At the time, he was busy creating the Illusion Realm and hadn't had a chance to check them until just now.

The gist was an angry condemnation of the Qingshan Sect for shamelessly plagiarizing ideas, urging him not to be careless, as the Qingshan Sect's Illusion Realm was indeed of good quality.

“It wouldn’t come to that...”

Zhou Yue’s old face flushed. In truth, he had genuinely worried about such a thing.

“Don’t worry, with that kind of shoddy product, even if I went easy on him, he wouldn’t win.”

Lu Ze shook his head with a smile.

Zhou Yue was surprised: “You’ve played it?”

“Mm.”

“When?”

“Before submitting the Illusion Realm crystal.”

After his own Illusion Realm was completed, Lu Ze saw Zhou Yue’s message and casually downloaded one from the Heavenly Dao Network.

After only three minutes of playing, Lu Ze had a basic understanding of demon execution chronicle.

From the perspective of a player from his previous life, it could be understood as a low-quality version of 《True · Dynasty Warriors》.

The hack-and-slash experience was insufficient, the character’s equipment, skills, and attribute progression were extremely poor, and the BOSS design was crude... It only mimicked the form and hadn’t grasped the core of gaming enjoyment.

It was miles apart from the Illusion Realm he had created.

“Junior Brother Lu, you said this Illusion Realm could help Senior Brother Zhong. Can it really do that?”

Mu Yawen couldn't contain her impatience and asked anxiously.

“Senior Brother Zhong... was locked up?”

Lu Ze looked around, not seeing Zhong Yi’s figure.

“Mm.”

Zhou Yue nodded gravely.

“This matter is getting more and more out of hand. To protect Old Zhong, Grand Elder ordered him to go to Siguo Valley to reflect on his mistakes.”

“So that’s how it is...”

Lu Ze nodded, then smiled confidently.

“Don’t worry, this Illusion Realm can help him.”

“How will it help?”

Mu Yawen quickly pressed for an answer.

Lu Ze smiled and patted his shoulder:

“After Senior Brother Zhong clears this Illusion Realm, he will no longer be alone.”

...Lingxiao Sect, Forbidden Land, Siguo Valley.

At the bottom of a cliff with an extremely harsh environment, Zhong Yi, dressed in white, sat cross-legged with his eyes closed within a Formation that sealed Spiritual Qi.

Since that day, when the rumors of “Lingxiao Sect Disciple being bewitched by a demonic cultivator” grew increasingly wild, he had been punished by Chao Wendao to this place to reflect on his mistakes.

He naturally knew that Chao Wendao wasn't truly trying to punish him, but rather to preemptively act, lest other Sects take the opportunity to make harsh demands.

Zhong Yi’s mind was restless. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Having witnessed the memories of the young girl and the young man, he felt that his Dao Heart no longer seemed stable.

Suddenly, the surrounding Spirit-Sealing Formation weakened slightly.

Zhong Yi opened his eyes, looked up, and met Chao Wendao’s gaze.

“Sigh.”

Chao Wendao sighed.

He understood Zhong Yi’s Heart-Nature best.

He believed what Zhong Yi said, that the demonic cultivator had never done anything harmful to Heaven and earth;

But he also knew that the demonic cultivator’s mistake was simply being a demonic cultivator.

This was the current righteousness.

No one could defy it.

Chao Wendao pulled an Illusion Tower from his pocket and tossed it to Zhong Yi.

“The Illusion Realm competition will begin voting and scoring at midnight tonight... This ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) punishment can be postponed for now.”

Zhong Yi joyfully took the Illusion Tower: “Disciple thanks Master!”

...After Chao Wendao left, Zhong Yi eagerly entered the Illusion Realm.

Chao Wendao had already placed the Illusion Realm crystal inside, and as soon as Zhong Yi entered, he saw 12 additional Illusion Realms.

“demon execution chronicle? Heh heh, such a crude space, with a background full of flowers and plants... It’s clearly a clumsy imitation of Junior Brother Lu’s work!”

“《Guardian Immortal Sect? What is this... Isn’t this just a pure remake of Plants vs. Zombies??”

“《Righteous and Demonic》?? This art style... Bury it!”

...As a staunch supporter of Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm, Zhong Yi immediately began to give incisive critiques of various Illusion Realms as soon as he got his hands on them.

Basically, just by entering an Illusion Realm and taking a look, he could distinguish good from bad.

“this devil cultivator is not so cold?”

Upon seeing this name, Zhong Yi raised an eyebrow, a joyful smile spreading across his face.

“Such a strange name, it’s clearly Junior Brother Lu’s masterpiece... Here we go!”

Zhong Yi poured in his Divine Sense and instantly entered the Illusion Realm world of this devil cultivator is not so cold.

What greeted his eyes was a video.

A young man with black round-rimmed sunglasses sat in a secluded corner of a tavern.

In front of him, there was a steaming cup of goat’s milk.

“A demonic cultivator?”

Zhong Yi frowned, keenly sensing something unusual.

Even in a video, Lu Ze clearly, and intentionally, released the aura of a demonic cultivator from the young man within the Illusion Realm.

“A demonic cultivator drinking goat’s milk? Unspeakably strange...”

Zhong Yi clicked his tongue in wonder, his interest already piqued.

Sitting opposite the demonic cultivator youth was a middle-aged fat man with a pipe in his mouth.

“Leon.”

The fat man exhaled a thick puff of smoke and looked at the young man, saying.

“Let’s talk business...”

...A simple plot.

In short, the fat man assigned a killer mission to the demonic cultivator youth named Leon.

Without much elaboration, just from the lighting, atmosphere, and camera work, one could sense that Leon was an experienced killer.

And, he was a demonic cultivator.

After Leon accepted the killer mission, the plot ended.

Zhong Yi’s Divine Sense flickered, entering Leon’s body.

At the same time, lines of text prompts appeared before him:

【In this Illusion Realm, you will play as “Leon”.】

【Any action will generate a certain amount of action points (positive if consistent with Leon, negative if inconsistent).】

【If action points fall below 80, some of your words and actions may be restricted.】

【If action points fall below 50, various dangerous events will be triggered.】

【If action points fall below 0, the Illusion Realm fails.】

...【Please try your best to play the role and complete the plot!】

【Current Mission:】

【Defeat the extremely evil villain, Zhang San.】

【Mission Reward: 100 copper coins】