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

Jiang Liu rolled his eyes, indicating he was utterly speechless.

But the next second, a server-wide announcement rang out.

[Server-wide announcement: The main force of the demonic path from tens of thousands of years ago has returned. The chaotic war has ended. With the death of the leader of the Taiyi Immortal Alliance, Zhongzhou has officially entered an era of separation between good and evil.]

[Server-wide Announcement: The Faction Change System is now available. Players can go to any faction stronghold (Righteous Path Taiyi Immortal Alliance/Demon Path Black Abyss) to choose their faction. Once selected, the faction cannot be changed (reset costs 1000 million spirit stones)]

[Benefits for the Righteous Path Faction: 1- Access to Taiyi Immortal Alliance resources; 2- 100% increased damage against demons; 3- Daily spiritual energy allowance; 4- Double merit points for participating in Righteous Path extermination missions]

【魔道阵营福利：1—修为值获取速度+100%，2—对凡俗掠夺权限开启，3—对正增伤+100%，4—参与魔道扩张任务可获得魔器碎片奖励】

[System Notification: Faction switching is limited to 7 days. After this period, you will be automatically reassigned to the righteous faction!]

Jiang Liu: "??????"

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

When Jiang Liu heard this series of system announcements, his face was full of question marks.

At that moment, only one sentence came to mind.

Why did Your Majesty surrender first?

He utterly destroyed the NPCs from the Demonic Path, but the system immediately allowed them to make a comeback!

Not only that, but they even made players choose a new faction!

The leader of the Taiyi Immortal Alliance is dead?

Whether he lives or dies is none of our business!

A major buff! The Mage class has received a major buff!

Jiang Liu realized that the planners were trying to balance things out.

Not only did it allow players to choose a new faction, it also brought back the NPCs from the Demonic Path, so ordinary Demonic Path players will have NPCs protecting them from now on.

The players of the Demonic Path were overjoyed.

Moreover, with the faction shift, there will be more PVP gameplay options, and the number of players engaging in PVP is expected to increase significantly.

But what does this have to do with him? He's about to ascend to immortality.

Oh, perhaps there is a connection. Maybe after he ascends to immortality, he might be in charge of regulating the cultivation era.

Going to be a planner in the Immortal Cultivation Era sounds pretty good.

At that moment, a system notification sounded in his mind.

[Exclusive Hint: Player Jiang Liu has triggered the unique quest "Central Plains Faction Choice"]

[Task Requirements: You can choose between the righteous path or the demonic path]

"I will not choose to switch sides."

Jiang Liu immediately refused. He was doing well in the righteous path and had no need to cause trouble in the demonic path.

Moreover, the ascension of demonic cultivators goes to the underworld instead of the heavenly court, which is a bit inappropriate.

He still hoped for a job in Heaven.

After all, the Heavenly Court is closer to the Jade Emperor, and being close to the leader means a faster promotion. He doesn't want to guard the Milky Way for a thousand years.

Oh, even a thousand years might not be enough. Who knows how immortals calculate time? Maybe they'll have to wait ten million years. In that case, I'll just stay in Bengbu.

Chapter 499 Cross-server battles are now open!

The next question is how to upgrade to the Great Perfection of the Mahayana stage.

Jiang Liu looked at his cultivation level. He was currently in the late stage of Tribulation Transcending, and there were five minor stages ahead: Tribulation Transcending Great Perfection, Mahayana Early Stage, Mahayana Middle Stage, Mahayana Late Stage, and Mahayana Great Perfection.

If he were to level up by grinding monsters on his own, it would definitely take him a year and a half to reach the five minor realms.

A year and a half is too long!

He wished he could ascend to heaven tomorrow!

Just as Jiang Liu was stroking his chin, pondering his upgrade path and figuring out how to push his ascension progress forward, a server-wide and cross-server announcement, several times louder than the previous faction announcement, suddenly rang out, completely blasting him out of his mind.

[Cross-server announcement]

[The game progress has reached a certain level, and the conditions for removing the cross-server barrier in the Immortal Cultivation Era have been met. The barriers between the four main servers are now permanently closed, allowing players from all servers to freely travel between servers and engage in battles.]

[Four main server divisions: China Server, Asia Server, Europe Server, and Africa Server]

The cross-server map is now fully open. The only safe zones are the core areas of each server's main city. The entire wilderness is a free PvP zone, where players from different factions can kill players from opposing factions across servers without penalty.

[Cross-server battle series of events officially begins]

[Event Duration: 30 days]

【活动阶段：分为预热期（1-7日），争霸期（8-21日），巅峰期（22-30日）】

[Event Rewards: Celestial Artifacts, Primordial Spiritual Energy, Ascension Qualification Boost, Unique Titles, etc.]

[Event 1: Cross-Server Individual Ladder Tournament]

[Competition Rules: All players on the server will automatically register. Opponents will be randomly matched across servers. The competition will be a 1v1 duel to determine the winner. Victory will earn you ladder points, and defeat will deduct points.]

[Rank Division: Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum → Diamond → Star → Supreme, unlocking corresponding rank rewards for each rank advancement]

[Weekly Settlement Rewards: Diamond rank and above can receive rewards such as Immortal Artifact Fragments; Primordial Supreme rank enjoys the exclusive privilege of cross-server teleportation without cost, and Immortal Artifact Advancement Crystals]

[Final Rewards: The top player in each group will receive the Cross-Server War God title and +1 cultivation level. The top player in the Tribulation Transcending group will also unlock the Ascension Green Channel]

【Event 2: Cross-Server Stronghold Conquest】

[Battlefield Setup: 12 cross-server resource strongholds will be generated at the intersection of the four main servers (3 each of Demon Flame Stronghold, Vast Righteousness Stronghold, Holy Light Stronghold, and Savage Stronghold). The strongholds will produce cross-server currency, Immortal-grade materials, and server-wide merit points.]

[Participation Rules: Players from different servers will form teams to capture points. Holding a point for one day constitutes capture. Killing players from other servers will earn server merit.]

[Faction Reward: The server with the most captured strongholds will grant all its members a permanent 100% damage increase buff]

【Event 3: Cross-Server Battle for Extraterrestrial Realms】

[Secret Realm Classification: The four secret realms correspond to the four servers - China server 'Kunlun Void Secret Realm', Asia server 'Fumo Abyss Secret Realm', Europe server 'Northern Mystic Realm', and Africa server 'Savage Wilderness Secret Realm'. The secret realms are divided into Mortal Level, Nascent Soul Level, and Mahayana Level according to difficulty.]

[Drop Rewards: The Great Ascension-level Secret Realm guarantees a drop of Primordial Purple Qi (a core material for ascension), Immortal Artifact Fragments, and the Secret Realm BOSS is shared across servers; the server of the player who lands the final blow receives server-wide points.]

[System Notification: The cross-server barrier has been removed in real time. Cross-server teleportation hubs in the main cities of each server are now open. The first cross-server teleportation is free; subsequent teleportations will consume the corresponding amount of spirit stones.]

The series of system announcements scrolled for a full three minutes. Jiang Liu looked up for a long time, and then opened the event interface for a long time before he finally figured out what had happened.

First of all, cross-server battles are now possible.

Secondly, several events were launched.

Ranked battles, stronghold battles, and secret realm battles.

Among them, the final reward for several events is a material called Primordial Purple Qi, whose use is simple and clear: a core material for ascension.

Can't you ascend without this thing?

That won't do, I don't want to be stuck with materials.

Just then, the system notification sounded again, but this time it was a personal notification.

Player Jiang Liu has reached the Tribulation Transcending stage, triggering the cross-server quest 'Tracing the Origins of the Demon Abyss: The Broken Chain of the Eastern Sea'.

[Mission Introduction: The demonic energy overflowing from the rift in the Central Plains Demon Cave has connected to the Fuji Demon Abyss in the East Asia server via a cross-server spatial node. The remnant soul of the Yamata no Orochi, sealed tens of thousands of years ago, has been revived by the demonic energy and is preparing to wreak havoc in the East Asia server.]

[Mission Requirements: Go to the Asian server's East Japan region, explore the Fuji Abyss spatial node, destroy the three major demonic pillars of East Japan (Ise Grand Shrine Pillar, Mount Fuji Summit Pillar, and Osaka Underground Pillar), and kill the remnant soul of Orochi.]

[Task Reward: 100 Primordial Purple Qi (Ascension Core Material)]

Jiang Liu: "......"

He was just thinking about obtaining Primordial Purple Qi through the event when the system gave him a task that would give him Primordial Purple Qi.

So, could it be that I've been given special attention by the planners?

However, it's normal to receive special attention, since I'm already in the late stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm and will soon be able to ascend.

Yes, fresh labor is about to arrive, and they are naturally very willing.

"A mission for the Asian server's Japanese region..."

Jiang Liu frowned. Although the mission reward was something he needed, he didn't really want to do it.

The remnant soul of Orochi has been resurrected; is it about to wreak havoc in the Eastern Kingdom?

What does this have to do with me?

And cholera won't reach us.

Jiang Liu felt awkward about the task, but after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and accepted it anyway.

Alright, the savior is about to descend upon the Eastern Lands.

"There's a direct teleport from the main city, right?"

Jiang Liu opened the large map and clicked to teleport to Taiyi Immortal City.

Upon arriving in Taiyi Immortal City, the newly renovated building immediately came into view. Located in the square in front of the Taiyi Immortal Alliance headquarters, it was entirely made of white jade. The hundred-zhang-high teleportation gate rippled with spatial energy, and the names of the four major servers were engraved on the lintel.

The system stone tablet next to the portal indicates the teleportation rules: the first cross-server transfer is free, subsequent transfers from the Chinese server to the Asian server cost 100 million spirit stones each, and transfers to the European or non-European servers cost 200 million spirit stones each. Players above the Tribulation stage can get half the cost.

Damn it, a teleport costs 100 million spirit stones! I don't want to do this stupid quest anymore.

[Spend 100 million spirit stones to teleport to the Asia server - Japan region?]

【Yes】

The moment Jiang Liu clicked to confirm, the portal burst forth with blinding white light, and spatial power enveloped his body, instantly tearing apart the spatial barrier between Central China and Japan.

In less than half a breath, the white jade plaza beneath his feet transformed into a Japanese-style street paved with bluestone slabs. Pink and white cherry blossoms fluttered down his shoulders, and in the distance was Mount Fuji covered in snow, its summit shrouded in an intense, impenetrable black demonic aura, exactly like the demonic aura of the Central Continent's Demon Cave.

[System Notification: Player Jiang Liu has arrived at the safe zone of the main city in the East Japan region of the Asia server]

[System Notification: Fluctuations in the Demon Pillars of the Eastern Region Detected. The Demon Pillar at Ise Grand Shrine is located on the outskirts of the main city, the Demon Pillar atop Mount Fuji is located in the Demon Abyss of Mount Fuji, and the Underground Demon Pillar in Osaka is located beneath the Osaka Kendo Hall. Coordinates have been marked.]

Looking around, Jiang Liu noticed that the style of the Eastern Japan region was completely different from that of the Central Plains.

The buildings along the street are a combination of Japanese shrines and kendo dojos, and the players wear kimono-style robes and wield samurai-style magical weapons.

The NPC monks are divided into two categories: one is the shrine maiden dressed in white, a swordsman, who belongs to the orthodox path of Japan.