To Harm the Righteous Path, I Had No Choice But to Make Games

After several days of Cultivation, Lu Ze roughly understood the effects of the "Heaven and Earth Unification Art."
Simply put, it can devour other Cultivation Techniques to improve the grade of its own Cultivation Technique.
Moreover, the characteristics of the devoured Cultivation Technique will be fully inherited.
A few days ago, he demonstrated clearing Endless Mode in front of the Disciples and obtained many rewards.
Among them were many Cultivation Techniques.
It was as if they were tailor-made for the "Heaven and Earth Unification Art."
"As expected of a Cultivation Technique compatible with the Myriad Forms Profound Devil Immortal Body..."
Lu Ze sighed with emotion as he Cultivated.
The "Heaven and Earth Unification Art" devouring Cultivation Techniques is not like feeding skill books in a game.
Instead, the Cultivator must learn it themselves.
If it weren't for the Comprehension Ability boost from the Myriad Forms Profound Devil Immortal Body, even the most Genius Cultivator would find it difficult to maximize its potential.
Conversely,
Without the support of various Mind-Cultivation Techniques, even if one comprehended the Dao of different Cultivators through the Myriad Forms Profound Devil Immortal Body, they might not be able to use it.
Especially certain special Moves that require specific Cultivation Techniques to be used.
Lu Ze did not find any information in that ancient book indicating that the powerful Immortal had practiced the "Heaven and Earth Unification Art."
This means that his own upper limit might be even higher than that of the legendary Immortal.
"It seems I'm thinking too far ahead."
Lu Ze smiled, shaking away the distracting thoughts in his mind.
He was just a game developer.
Thinking about Immortal Ascension now seemed a bit too early.
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The next day, Refining Hall.
"You Rebellious Disciple, I, your Master, was only gone for a few months, and you've caused such a huge mess!"
Nangong Yuan glared at Lu Ze, but despite his fierce appearance, a smile hung on his lips.
"It seems Master already knows that this Disciple won."
Lu Ze said cheerfully.
"These old fogeys are really something, acting all mysterious and refusing to tell me the result..."
Nangong Yuan mumbled.
A few days ago, when he learned about Lu Ze and Ding Mingcang's matter, he rushed back to the Sect from beyond the Nine Domains overnight.
He originally thought Lu Ze was doomed to lose.
After returning to the Sect, he went straight to Siguo Valley.
When he saw Ding Mingcang sitting by the cliff with a dark face, reflecting on his mistakes, it made him incredibly happy.
From now on, Lihuo Peak could walk with their chins held high in front of Linxian Peak.
"Does Master still owe this Disciple something?"
Lu Ze lightly coughed twice, reminding him.
"Hmph, since I, your Master, promised, I never go back on my word."
Nangong Yuan put his hands behind his back, adopting the posture of a distinguished individual.

"Speak, what Magic Treasure do you want?"
"No need for a Magic Treasure, I won't be leaving the Sect anytime soon anyway... What this Disciple wants is an item for use in the Illusion Realm."
"Oh? What kind of item? Tell me about it."
...
Lu Ze explained his idea.
Basic screenshots, video recording, and deeper real-time sharing of images within the Illusion Tower.
In the words of his previous life, it was "live streaming."
Nangong Yuan stroked his chin, falling into deep thought.
"Recording images isn't difficult... just copy the key spell from a Shadow Orb."
After a long while, he mused.
"As for real-time sharing of images, allowing Cultivators who aren't together to see it... Difficult!"
After a long pause, he finally squeezed out the word "Difficult" as an answer.
"It's alright, this Disciple believes Master can definitely do it."
Lu Ze quickly flattered him.
"Oh? You know it's difficult? Then tell me, where is the difficulty?"
Nangong Yuan, in a teaching mood, suddenly asked.
Lu Ze smiled calmly, and after a brief thought, began to answer.
"The spell for transmitting images alone isn't difficult. Elders hundreds of miles away, attending Elder meetings, usually use this spell."
"The difficulty lies in the fact that the transmitter and the sharer are not one-to-one, but one-to-many, even one-to-very-many!"
"Therefore, a massive relay platform is needed to first receive the images from the transmitter; then the sharers extract them from this relay platform."
Lu Ze's answer greatly satisfied Nangong Yuan.
It was even more complete than what he had thought of himself.
"Not bad. What about the specific difficulties?"
Nangong Yuan continued to ask.
"The difficulty lies in this relay platform... it requires an enormous amount of Spiritual Qi."
Lu Ze replied.
Nangong Yuan nodded: "Indeed, at least Elder-level Spiritual Qi and above would be needed to potentially meet your requirements... And, it would be limited to within the Sect."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt that Lu Ze's gaze towards him was a bit off.
"Master, you promised to complete this item for me, didn't you?"
"??? I, your Master, can't be making some relay platform for you every day!"
"Then occasionally would be fine?"
..."Rebellious Disciple, do not push your luck."
...
After much persuasion, Nangong Yuan finally agreed to first create the key items for Lu Ze that would allow screenshots, video recording, and live streaming.
As for the relay platform issue,
Lu Ze would solve it himself.
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...
Within Lingxiao Sect, the craze for "Plants vs. Zombies" had not yet faded.
There wasn't even the slightest sign of it fading.
The Disciples were still immersed in chopping fruits and planting spiritual plants, having a great time.
Even after clearing Adventure Mode and ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) normal survival mode, they still tirelessly replayed various levels.
A small group of Disciples had evolved into hardcore players.
Every day, they studied how to clear any level in Endless Mode without pressure.
The Endless Mode clear record, which started at 20 levels set by Zhong Yi, gradually increased to over a hundred levels, with signs of approaching a thousand levels...
The forum for "Plants vs. Zombies" remained highly popular.
Every day, Disciples shared various lineups for clearing Endless Mode, making Lu Ze feel like he was back in the Tieba forums of that year.
It probably wouldn't be long before this group of fanatical core players, like in his previous life, would no longer be satisfied with simply clearing Endless Mode.
Instead, they would add various restrictive conditions.
Such as no deities, no cannons, or even no purple plants...
In his previous life, Lu Ze had seen all sorts of bizarre restrictions, even those limiting the artistic design of formations.
"Forget it, I won't wait any longer, I'll just take the initiative."
Lu Ze looked at the gradually decreasing Demonic Path value and muttered to himself, stroking his chin.
As their proficiency increased, Lingxiao Sect Disciples playing "Plants vs. Zombies" would often take a long time to die even once.
The accumulation speed of Demonic Path value plummeted.
The output from "Demon Sect Escape" remained stable, as the battle mode was enduring.
But the problem was that Cultivators of higher Realms were less interested in "Demon Sect Escape" than in "Plants vs. Zombies."
As a result, Lu Ze had been receiving less and less Demonic Path value recently.
Seeing his Cultivation progress stuck at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage,
Lu Ze decided to manually speed things up.
He would directly implement the self-organized restrictive lineup behavior of players from his previous life into the game.
Beyond Endless Mode, there would also be a separate Advanced Endless Mode.
Only players who had cleared Endless Mode 500 times could participate.
Restrictive conditions would rotate weekly, adding limitations to players' troop deployments.
In Advanced Endless Mode, there would be a leaderboard feature every week.
The top ten players on the ranking would receive special titles and designations.
A bunch of common settings from his previous life had immediate effects in this world.
Players who had gradually grown numb to Endless Mode instantly rekindled their fighting spirit.
To compete for the top ten spots on the leaderboard, the core players, as if injected with a stimulant, once again began endless deaths...
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Lu Ze was not idle either.
Although the Illusion Realm topic had not yet appeared, Chao Wendao told him not to rush and to prepare during the Martial Arts Assembly, and that he would also send people to help Lu Ze create the Illusion Realm.
But to be safe, Lu Ze decided to prepare some materials himself first.
Such as monster designs, scene construction, and so on.
He did not intend to accept Chao Wendao's help.
What if someone intervened and the ownership of the Illusion Realm wasn't considered his?
If Cultivators died in the Illusion Realm, would the Demonic Path value count as his?
No one could say for sure.
Lu Ze decided it was best to be fully responsible himself.
"No matter what, the success or failure of the Sect isn't important; what's important is how to make them die as much as possible..."
Lu Ze pondered this question every day.
He even made many plans for this.
Just waiting for the topic to be released, so he could use them at any time.