Chapter 269: The Upper Realm Has Nothing Compared to Here 1
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Fellow Daoist Lu, what kind of competition is this Glory of Immortal Hero esports competition?”
On the way to the foot of the mountain, Xu Zile curiously asked Lu Yuan all sorts of questions.
He no longer acted like a composed young master like he used to when he had just arrived in the Lower Realm. He wore an excited expression now and was eager to join in the fun.
Lu Yuan explained, “Daoist Zile, the Glory of Immortal Hero esports competition is a competition that I and my sect have specially set up for a certain game in the spiritual energy phones. How much do you know about the game the Glory of Immortal Hero, available on your spiritual energy phone?”
Xu Zile looked at his phone and said, “I bought this phone not long ago. I originally wanted to study it properly, but I was unconscious for several days due to the incident you know of. So, I don’t know much about the game you’re talking about. Fellow Daoist Lu, please tell me.”
“It’s fine. On the way down the mountain, 1 can tell you about the Glory of Immortal Hero.”
Lu Yuan expounded, “First of all, although the Glory of Immortal Hero is a mobile game, it can connect divine souls in a certain area since the current spiritual energy phones have developed to the fourth generation. In other words, as long as the cultivators are in a designated area, they can use specific software on their phones to form a special divine soul illusory realm. Everything that happens in this illusory realm is virtual, so cultivators can take advantage of it to fight against others.”
Xu Zile exclaimed, “Battling each other in an illusory realm? Fellow Daoist Lu, the cultivators in the Lower Realm have such high attainments in arrays! In the Upper Realm, even with the special illusion array, Ethereal Mirage, we can simulate Core Formation Stage cultivators at most. Simple arrays cannot simulate cultivators at higher stages since it will involve Shapeshifting. After all, arrays cannot simulate the power of the heavens.”
Looking at the shocked Xu Zile, Lu Yuan immediately knew that the former had misunderstood.
If he guessed correctly, that illusion array, Ethereal Mirage, was the illusion he encountered during the third stage of the Immortal Ascension Assembly.
Lu Yuan said, “Daoist Zile thinks too highly of us. Our attainments in arrays naturally can’t compare to that of those in the Upper Realm. The divine soul illusory realm I mentioned is actually equivalent to letting cultivators control a puppet to fight in an illusory realm. The power a cultivator can display is limited by their chosen puppet.”
“I see.”
Xu Zile roughly understood how this worked.
Indeed, developing an array with some puppets that the cultivators could control was easy.
Xu Zile could think of 100 ways to do this himself, but he had never thought of doing it before.
What purpose did it serve to have puppets fighting each other in an illusory realm?
Lu Yuan looked at Xu Zile, whose eyes were filled with doubt. While controlling the flying sword, he pointed out with a smile, “Daoist Zile, you might think that controlling puppets to fight is meaningless to cultivators.”
Xu Zile nodded in agreement and replied, “Yes. That’s exactly what 1 was thinking.”
Lu Yuan explained, “Although the Glory of Immortal Hero that my sect and 1 developed cannot replicate a cultivator’s strength in the game, it can train the cultivators to develop an important skill.”
“Oh? What is it?”
Lu Yuan smiled and replied, “They gain the ability to make choices when faced with difficulties.”
“The ability to make choices when faced with difficulties?”
Lu Yuan elaborated, “Yes, you should have noticed by now that as a cultivator’s cultivation increases and the number of divine abilities they master increases, they will gradually get lost and not know which divine abilities to use when faced with a strong enemy. Or a cultivator might have trouble effectively allocating their spiritual energy for the best outcome when they have insufficient spiritual energy. Even though the ability to make choices might not seem as useful to a cultivator as divine abilities and cultivation, it is an important skill to acquire.”
He then analyzed, “For example, when you and Daoist Ziyu faced the patriarch before this, in terms of cultivation, the two of you weren’t much weaker than him. However, you focused all your attention on the mystical black tortoise made by Paper Men and ignored other possible attacks. Therefore, when the patriarch revealed himself, you lost precious time to react because you were shocked.”
He continued, “1 believe you should have chosen to leave the mystical black tortoise alone and focused on attacking the patriarch when he appeared. Or you could choose to flee the moment you were exposed. These two choices are loo times better than standing still like you did. Remaining motionless on your spot was equivalent to giving the initiative to the other party. This was very unfavorable for you to plan your next move.”
Xu Zile fell silent after listening to Lu Yuan’s analysis.
It was because he felt that Lu Yuan’s words were valid.
He recalled the details of the fight carefully.
At that time, he and Xu Ziyu subconsciously felt that they had been trapped and could not escape when they saw the ferocious attack of the Dharma swords.
Therefore, they thought they had no choice but to stand their ground and defend themselves.
However, even though the sword of the mystical black tortoise was mighty, the two of them were Nascent Soul Stage cultivators. If they really wanted to escape, there was a high chance that they could do so successfully.
When he thought of this, Xu Zile asked, “Fellow Daoist Lu, is this game called the Glory of Immortal Hero really as amazing as you claim?”