Who let him join the Sword Sect?!

"Look over there."

You have to admit, after the upgrade, the Jade Book Illusion Realm is indeed much more interesting and rigorous than before.

It's not as simple as the first time nor as broad and unruly as the second time.

Lines of text appeared on the wall, detailing the tasks of this Jade Book Illusion Realm and some background introduction.

It's to save those who don't study history from being completely baffled.

...

Before Dongqi, after the Primordial, was an era known as the Ten Kingdoms Chaos.

The Ten Kingdoms occupied various places in the Four Continents, constantly warring with each other, and there were also noble families and sects maintaining independence in the Jianghu, with grudges unending.

The method of cultivation was inherited from the Primordial, though there was progress, it was not much.

Many paths of cultivation had frighteningly large negative impacts.

Thus, during the Ten Kingdoms era, Foundation Establishment was considered an ancestor, Golden Core was a freak, Nascent Soul was a great power, and Half-step Divinity Transformation was something extraordinary.

At the level of a nuclear weapon, everyone tacitly agreed to temporarily hold back and would not be the first to use top-level powers of Half-step Divinity Transformation.

Of course, these great powers also did not want to act; living is not easy, so why act rashly? It's much better to just keep watch over one another. If a fight breaks out and one gets injured, wouldn't they be immediately besieged by everyone?

To have the chance of creation taken away, fall into dust, and face death and disappearance.

In such a backdrop, Liang Song, to which Little Jin River town belongs, was the safest, yet also the first country to collapse in the Ten Kingdoms Chaos.

It was safe because of its advantageous terrain, located in the southern part of the Central Continent, with great rivers and mountain ranges. Within its borders, although the number of Golden Core cultivators was slightly low, it could still stalemate with neighboring countries.

Sufficient for defense, but lacking the power to attack.

Thus, occupying a corner, it should have become a land of plenty amidst the chaos, but due to the causes of prominent officials in the court along with the emperor who didn't act humanely, most people within its borders were not living well.

The mountain folk were not regarded as human.

Therefore, after consecutive natural disasters, rebellions broke out across Liang Song.

Furthermore, one person, under the eyes of the great power guarding the Imperial City, entered Bianjing alone, and shattered the Imperial City with a single sword, almost taking off the emperor's head.

After failing, they left gracefully.

Though the emperor was not killed, the national fate was severed.

As a result, various sects within Liang Song began to stir, appearing to comply while secretly opposing, and refusing to follow Bianjing's commands.

Watching from the sidelines, waiting for the right time.

Some even joined in the act of rebellion or started colluding with external forces.

If it weren't for the other nine countries fighting each other like dogs and temporarily being too busy, Liang Song would likely have been destroyed.

Amidst this backdrop, Zhang Ze and the others' new identity this time was simple.

Prisoners of a Golden Core freak.

Because throughout Liang Song, rebellions were popping up like a game of whac-a-mole, the number of Golden Core freaks was somewhat inadequate.

And compared to other places, Little Jin River was relatively minor unrest, so the passing Golden Core freak did not stop here but simply caught a few unlucky ones and went elsewhere to put out fires.

Zhang Ze and his group were those unlucky ones.

The four of them were cursed by a Golden Core freak, their cultivation suppressed back to a mortal state, and if they couldn't remove the curse within three days, they would be transformed into puppets.

And the task given by the Jade Book Tower this time was to survive.

Survive for three days and find a way to lift the curse.

Once everyone had finished reading, the words on the wall quickly dissipated.

After reading the task, it was supposed to be time for a tense and exciting discussion session, yet before anyone could speak, the other three all looked at Zhang Ze with complicated expressions.

Zhang Ze also looked at everyone with a complicated expression.

Because at this moment, his hands started moving uncontrollably, in full view of everyone, his right hand squeezed his own chest, and his left hand reached downward...

"Let me explain..."