This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

Qian Zhenghao thought Jiang Liu was going to settle scores later, so he walked over nervously. Without saying a word, he bowed deeply at a 90-degree angle and shouted, "Master Yao, I was wrong! I was blinded by the spirit ore! Punish me!"

Old Qian, I still prefer your old, unruly self. Can you come back to that?

"You two come with me."

Jiang Liu beckoned to the two of them, then walked to a spirit mine mountain wall, cleaved the wall in two with his sword, revealing a hidden map inside—the Ghost-Faced Demon Palace.

Just as he was about to walk straight in, a prompt box suddenly popped up in front of him.

You are not the master of this world and cannot enter this map on your own.

There are definitely restrictions. It would be so great if I could just walk in freely...

Slightly disappointed, he pushed the bewildered Qian Zhenghao into the outer layer of the Ghost-Faced Demon Palace.

"Let's team up!"

A few seconds later, another prompt box appeared in front of me.

[Player Qian Zhenghao invites you to challenge the Ghost-Faced Demon Palace together. Do you agree?]

【Yes】

After forming a team, Jiang Liu stepped into the outer layer of the Demon Palace. As soon as he entered, he saw a large number of red-named monsters and Qian Zhenghao's tombstone.

Wow, that was quick!

He casually cleared the screen with a sword strike, but the system voice that followed made his face darken.

[You have killed a disciple of the Demon Palace. You are no longer the master of this world. All rewards in this world, except for boss drops, will be reduced by 90%]

Jiang Liu: "!!!!!!!"

That was a really vicious cut!

With his earnings reduced by 90%, his plan to infinitely farm for permanent damage boosts was thwarted.

He was also planning to run around the worlds of each sect member, endlessly grinding monsters in the depths of the Demon Palace to stack the permanent damage boost of the Battle Saint Body.

But now, the benefits have been reduced by 90%, and killing a small monster only increases the permanent damage by 0.001%. What's the point of killing monsters now? It's not even worth the effort!

I can clear the dungeon quickly but my rewards are greatly reduced. Designer, are you targeting me?!

I refuse to accept this!

The only thing that gave him some psychological comfort was that the BOSS drops were normal, meaning he didn't have to wait for the BOSS to respawn to farm top-tier items.

"Merely laying the foundation..."

"Five Elements Ascension Technique! Five Elements in One Line!"

You have killed the Black Skull...

The moment the black skull jumped out, it became a tombstone.

"Go loot the corpse."

Jiang Liu patted Yi Luoluo on the shoulder.

"I knew it, I knew it, that's all the use I have..."

Yi Luoluo ran over, muttering to herself, and groped around under the tombstone. Then she raised her little hand high and let out an extremely excited scream.

"Ahhhhh, it's out!"

What happened?

Is it a skull altar or a blueprint for elixirs?

Jiang Liu was overjoyed and rushed over to take a look. He saw Yi Luoluo holding a piece of Demon Spirit Wood and looking at him with a smile.

Damn it, I got scammed again!

Are all little girls this naughty these days?

His face darkened, and he slapped Yi Luoluo on the back of the head, then snorted and turned to leave.

Yi Luoluo chuckled and followed up with Jiang Liu, asking, "Aren't you going to refresh the page for the rest?"

"I'm not going to swipe anymore, I'll talk about it later!"

Next up is Ji Wuling, who is in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. If you can't kill him instantly, it's too slow to farm him, so it's not worth it.

First, finish the important business, then call out names one by one in the sect and frantically farm Black Skulls. At the very least, we need to farm the Skull Platform and the Demon Pill blueprints.

What is the important thing?

Of course, it's about building the sect's grand formation and submitting the mission!

Jiang Liu returned to his own world, and after returning to his residence, he stood behind his statue and took out the blueprints for the Blood Bone Throne.

[Consume 1000 Spirit Stones, 1000 Ghostly Green Stones, and 1000 Demonic Wood to construct the Bloodbone Throne?]

【Yes】

next second.

A five-meter-high, three-meter-wide crimson skull throne emerged, gradually solidifying from nothingness, faintly exuding a bloody aura.

What a huge seat!

It's a pity that his statue is standing; he can't sit down.

If you could sit down, a ten-meter-tall golden statue sitting on a five-meter-tall blood-red throne—wow, just thinking about it is incredibly imposing.

20% increase in all attributes!

To determine true combat strength, one must look at the sect's architecture!

After completing the Blood Bone Throne, Jiang Liu flew to the center of the sect's headquarters. In an open area, he activated the special formation skill, the Sect Protection Formation.

[This is the headquarters of the Tai Chu Sect. Should we establish a Spirit Gathering Array here?]

【Yes】

[Consume 10 spirit stones to establish a Spirit Gathering Array?]

Jiang Liu: "??????"

Holy crap... You have to spend money to build a sect protection formation?

You should have said so earlier! If you had, I would have... but the building still had to be built.

【Yes】

next second.

The 10 spirit stones transformed into a tide of spiritual energy, converging above the Taichu Sect's headquarters, causing the spiritual energy concentration within the entire headquarters to suddenly increase several times over.

High in the sky, spiritual energy gathered like an illusory dragon, gradually forming a huge vortex covering an area of ​​several miles in radius.

The translucent vortex swirled slowly, absorbing massive amounts of spiritual energy from all directions.

Suddenly.

As if it had reached its limit, the vortex of spiritual energy suddenly exploded, disappearing in an instant like a dazzling firework.

Sparks of spiritual energy from the explosions drifted down from the sky, landing on every inch of the settlement.

Immediately, a nearly transparent barrier appeared, enveloping the ten-mile-long encampment, and then vanished without a trace in a flash.

[The Spirit Gathering Array has been established.]

Is that all?

Jiang Liu looked slightly bewildered, glancing around but not noticing any changes.

He subconsciously opened the sect interface and saw the [Spirit Gathering Array] icon appear on the right side of the row of attributes.

With a simple tap, the control interface for the Spirit Gathering Array popped up.

[Accumulated Spirit Stones: 3]

[Spirit Gathering Array Energy Bar: 1%]

The sect-protecting formation is still gathering spirit stones and energy.

"Let's take our time to heal it; there's no rush to use it anyway."

Jiang Liu nodded with great satisfaction. After closing the Spirit Gathering Array interface, his gaze fell on the long list of attributes, and his satisfaction deepened.

He glanced at the attribute panel a few times, but found that the attributes didn't quite match, which startled him slightly.

Ok?

Why does it feel like there are a lot of added attributes?

He glanced up and down a few times with some confusion, and quickly discovered the problem.

[Sect Leader Bonus: 2.2x]

2.2 times!

When was it increased by 0.2 times again?

Jiang Liu looked bewildered. When he saw the sect's ranking, he was completely stunned.

[Primordial Sect: Level 4]

[Sect Members: 621/848]

A level 4 sect!

His expression looked extremely strange, with a hint of guilt.

I, a sect leader, was unaware that the sect had already reached level 4. This is dereliction of duty, a grave dereliction of duty!

In just over a month, the sect has reached level 4. Senior Zhang, you did a great job!

You've won my heart. Once the sect reaches level 5, I'll promote you to vice sect leader!

"As the sect levels up, the sect leader's bonus also increases. This sect gameplay is so awesome..."

Jiang Liu couldn't help but sigh. He had been a little annoyed by the trouble caused by the sect members earlier.

But now...

Call me if anything happens, and I'll take care of it all!