Mythological origin

There are actually many more emotions to choose from.

Unconsciously, Bai Mo's fingertips lightly tapped the void, creating ripples in space that could only be observed by those with extremely strong divine sense.

Behind these ripples lies a projection of possibilities.

“Fear…” Bai Mo repeated the word in a low voice. He began to think that perhaps he could create a world where horror movies were everywhere.

Fear is a highly effective emotional catalyst.

Do you want to know the meaning of life?

If you're too full, just brush with death a few more times and you'll feel better.

As Bai Mo pondered, hazy images began to emerge from the numerous spatial ripples.

A world forever shrouded in gray fog, from the depths of the fog comes an indistinct whisper...

The building's structure defies common sense; the staircases always lead to unexpected floors...

The reflection in the mirror sometimes makes different movements than the real person...

There's always something lurking outside the window in the darkness, but if you actually draw back the curtains and look out, there's only emptiness...

……

Creating such a world is technically not difficult at all. It simply involves adjusting the rules, distorting perceptions, and creating information asymmetry.

However, he then realized that the problem lay in the aftermath—if the fear was to continue to take effect, the infiltration of supernatural forces must be prevented.

Or perhaps it is extremely bizarre.

Otherwise, if you could cultivate to the point where you could kill a whiny kid with a single punch, you wouldn't be afraid of anything.

Fear ultimately stems from ignorance and weakness. As one learns more and becomes stronger, fear will naturally dissipate.

But this conflicts with his underlying beliefs.

Bai Mo was obsessed with cultivating immortality, and he disliked restricting the extraordinary. Restricting the extraordinary was like stifling the diversity of life and imprisoning possibilities.

Just like on the endless earth, even someone without any lineage can gain some insight by looking up at the sky and trying to contemplate the sun and moon that can never be touched.

For example, black magic.

In the endless land, the rules are explicit, even “generous”.

It is useless for sects to monopolize classic texts, and it is useless for families to control bloodlines, for the sun and moon in the sky are open to all living beings.

A hunter keeping watch at night, gazing at the unchanging trajectories of the stars, might just be able to comprehend the dark magic of the shifting stars.

……

Fear is not a good match, so what about desire?
To build something similar to the Lustful Heaven.

When the idea first came to Bai Mo, he didn't think of the specific design, but rather of the "Blood Alliance" group.

After all, they are undoubtedly the most advantageous in the fields of bloodline research and biological reproduction, and they also have a large number of subsidiaries similar to the Hehuan Sect.

This group, formed by the union of several families with the bloodline of true immortals, focuses on the essence of life, the mysteries of bloodlines, and all experiences related to them.

These technologies, originally developed to address the issues of continuing special bloodlines, optimizing offspring's aptitude, and even conducting certain forbidden life experiments, have long since matured and been widely used by the public.

They have broken down all the boundaries of natural reproduction, transforming the creation of life from an innate instinct into a customizable and selectable technological endeavor.

In their eyes, ethics and morality are nothing more than clay in their hands, and natural evolution can only be described as a "failure".

The Blood Alliance has always defined "success" themselves. They built one Water Dragon Entertainment Park after another, at its peak dominating 80% of Terra's entertainment industry.

Whether in the virtual world or the real world, what they create is the most realistic and the most diverse.

Their virtual reality technology, combining cutting-edge neural access, spiritual simulation, and emotional rendering, can provide a sensory experience that is more than 100% realistic.

It's not about "looking like reality," but about "being more real than reality"—because reality has physical limitations, physiological discomfort, and moral burdens. In the virtual world, all negative factors can be eliminated, leaving only pure pleasure.

They can even simulate certain special physical sensations brought about by cultivation: such as the trembling of the soul sublimation when breaking through a realm, the vastness of resonating with the universe when suddenly comprehending the Dao, and even the illusion of the fusion of spirit and body and the advancement of cultivation during dual cultivation.

So even after the incident of altering the coordinates of the True Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation, which resulted in numerous returning True Immortals demanding huge compensations, they still maintained a 30% market share in the Terra sex industry.

After all, desire is a basic need.

Especially for many long-lived species—after living for a long time, ordinary sensory stimuli have long since become numb, and only more intense, more sophisticated, and more beyond common sense experiences can prove that they are still "alive".

However, doing these things didn't seem to fit Bai Mo's painting style, so this idea was like a bubble that quickly rose and fell.

……

His gaze returned from the void to Ji Qingxuan.

The spirit coins she had just taken out, after swirling in everyone's hands, were now quietly floating in her palm, slowly rotating.

Bai Mo was a little curious. What did the other party mean by taking out spirit coins here?
True immortals are all outstanding individuals. Once they have a general direction, they can build something that is seven or eight parts similar to a complex system like the Spirit Coin Network in a hundred or eighty years.

This kind of thing alone is not enough to win anyone over to defect.

unless……

Ji Qingxuan seemed to have noticed Bai Mo's doubts.

She raised her other hand and gently touched the floating spirit coin.

"My master, the Seven Emotions True Lord, wishes to speak with you all."

As soon as he finished speaking, the spirit coins in Ji Qingxuan's hand turned into a wisp of green smoke.

The smoke started as a hazy cloud, but gradually condensed and took shape, vaguely forming the image of a young woman.

Another true immortal from the Divine Ruins.

“I don’t like the current state of the Divine Ruins. Why don’t we work together to start all over again…”

"..."

Without any build-up, this Seven Emotions True Lord came out with a royal flush.

"Start over from scratch?"

“The Divine Ruins a thousand years ago were not like they are now.”

She began to speak, her voice carrying a hint of reminiscence.

"Back then, it was just an ordinary world of cultivation..."

A thousand years ago, the Divine Ruins was not like it is now. It was just an ordinary world of cultivation. But ever since a group of powerful beings claiming to be from the depths of the Heavenly Shuttle Great World invaded and took control of this world, everything has been accelerated.

In just a few hundred years, the Divine Ruins have undergone earth-shattering changes. Powerful new-method cultivators have completely replaced the old-method cultivators, and society has changed from a loose sect system to one where the Heavenly Court oversees everything, and everyone can only desperately make money within the rules of the game.

Spiritual roots and aptitude are completely unimportant; with money, you can have anything.

In the dialogue, the Seven Emotions True Lord seems to be a remnant of the old era. Although his powerful cultivation prevented him from being swept away by the tide of the new era, he is still quite ill-suited to the new world. (End of Chapter)