November 18th, Sunday, cloudy with a chance of rain.

As night fell, a drizzle began to descend upon Heavenly Lotus Academy. Raindrops pattered onto the balcony, splattering like tiny fragments of silver against the tiles before flowing along the slightly sloped surface into the drainage channel, gurgling into the downpipe.

"It's the Five Consecutive Cuts! Retreat, retreat, let the NPC take the front!"

"She's transforming into her Second Form! Enchant quickly, eat the green herb!"

In the living room of Ren Suo's House, Ren Xingmei sat on the sofa holding Little Jiu, occasionally shouting a reminder or two.

Little Jiu was intensely focused on the TV screen, gripping the game controller, directing her Knight character to confront the final boss—rolling, raising her shield, sneaking in a couple of hits, but also occasionally getting too greedy for damage and being swept to death by the boss, forcing her to load the game and start over.

Meanwhile, Ren Suo was beside her, browsing issues posted on the internal network on his laptop.

These last few days, the internal network had been buzzing with issues, as it seemed that Sources of Disaster had been emerging frequently all over the world.

Sources of Disaster are born from disaster itself, so their appearance indicates that some kind of disaster is also unfolding.

Smaller Sources of Disaster, such as those of fire and smoke, usually appear at fire sites and are the most common. For reasons unknown, criminals around the world seemed to have a high level of professional integrity, almost always committing arson after murder. This led to the frequent emergence of these minor Sources of Disaster.

Most of these criminals were also Transcendents, but Ren Suo couldn't see their Supernatural Abilities. It was unclear whether the Mysterious Country's intelligence network had failed to uncover them or if their abilities were confidential.

The larger Sources of Disaster, though, were far more formidable. For example, the 'Source of the Sandstorm Calamity' had appeared north of Sky Capital. Its stature had become well-known, not only on the internal network but also across major media forums. It resembled a gigantic scorpion, its sand-colored body large enough to cover a standard soccer field.

As it moved, it whipped up furious sandstorms, turning the ground it crossed barren. Upon detecting any Move object, it would burrow and charge, puncturing a passing truck with devastating force, earning it the media moniker 'Sand King.'

However, the Mysterious Country did not stop the public from learning about the Sand King. In fact, they even released a video about it on various platforms.

The video was only 59 seconds long. Amid a sand-filled sky, a Light Saber flew from afar, tearing open the curtain of sand as though with the might of thunder, pinning the advancing Sand King to the spot.

Then, from an off-road vehicle speeding towards the center of the storm, a handsome figure in a dark Taoist robe appeared. With fair skin and spotless Clothing, as if an invisible barrier guarded him against the sandy winds, he exuded an aura of 'high-end, sophisticated class.'

He looked towards the Sand King, now resigned to its fate, without any change in expression. With his fingers forming a sword incantation, he shouted, and the Flying Sword impaled in the Sand King flew back, hovering in front of him.

The young Taoist drew a large circle with both hands. As his arms moved, the single Flying Sword split into dozens, forming a ring around him like a blooming light lotus, too dazzling to look at directly!

"Strike!"

The lotus-like Flying Swords poured forth, transforming into a raging river in the sky, thoroughly piercing the struggling Sand King!

The Flying Swords scattered in all directions from within the Sand King, colorful Spiritual Energy leaking out of its body like an illusory mirage. Within moments, it turned to ash and vanished. The sandstorm it had stirred also dissipated like rootless duckweed, settling down within a mere ten seconds!

Yes, this person was none other than the Emperor, a man with pronounced straight-male chauvinism—You Jiu—well known to Ren Suo.

But in this video, he was dressed to impress, standing up straight, and said only the word "Strike!" never revealing his eccentric true nature. Furthermore, he demonstrated the terrifying combat power of a Sword Immortal, invoking a yearning that made even Ren Suo feel the urge to declare, Great men should aspire to this.

Without a doubt, the officials of the Mysterious Country intended to promote You Jiu as the nation's star combat power in the public eye.

After the video was released, You Jiu immediately started a Weibo account with the username 'You Jiu,' his avatar an image of him exuding an air of immortal elegance. His bio read, 'Nationally registered Cultivator, Guardian of the Great Wall,' and he posted his first Weibo: "You Jiu, present."

On that day alone, his Weibo was shared 100,000 times. However...

Ren Suo still remembered that day's Weibo headlines and trending searches: #You Jiu, the Pervert#, #Fairy Palace's Bootlicker#, #Great Wall You Jiu Epic Battle with the Sand King#…

And the top-liked comment on his Weibo was this: "Although you are a pervert, I still respect you for being a real man!", accompanied by a picture: 'You Jiu gets launched by the Fairy Palace's Disaster Messenger in the Abyssal Sea.jpg'.

Quite a few companies also spotted the officials' intentions and wanted to ride on the coattails of the trend, hastily launching 'Taoist You Jiu' T-shirts, pants, mouse pads, mice, phone cases… However, most of their comments also featured the picture 'You Jiu gets launched by the Fairy Palace's Disaster Messenger in the Abyssal Sea.jpg', and everyone kindly replaced the product images with this one.

There was no helping it. Netizens had almost all watched the "Destiny" live broadcast or at least the replays. Naturally, they saw You Jiu getting thrashed by the Disaster Messenger after chasing to Attack him, and also saw You Jiu being hit back into the Abyssal Sea while unrequitedly trying to help the Disaster Messenger.

That's right, You Jiu killed the Source of Disaster and made a great contribution to the country… but his image as a stalker was deeply ingrained in everyone's heart, and it wasn't something that could be reversed in a short time.

Netizens didn't hate You Jiu. They just felt that saying "Thank you" was too superficial. It seemed more sincere to post the comment, 'Although you are a pervert, I still respect you for being a real man!' Plus, sharing You Jiu's embarrassing photos was naturally their way of showing affection for him (and because they found it amusing).

Originally, if You Jiu had ignored this matter, or simply had Weibo delete the comments, this incident might have passed quietly.

However, on the next day, You Jiu posted another Weibo: "Can you guys stop posting pictures of my wife hitting me?!"

He also attached a frontal photo of 'Taoist You Jiu', with the caption 'The diligently cultivating me's heart remains unmoved' above it.

The Mysterious Country's internet exploded once again. His Weibo was reposted 1,000,000 times, and it once again topped the trending searches of the day with #You JiuGetsHitByHisWife#.

In less than a day, fan-made fighting games featuring You Jiu and the Disaster Messenger even appeared online, though most of the game content was about You Jiu getting brutally beaten by the Disaster Messenger.

This series of maneuvers virtually ensured that everyone remembered the terms 'Great Wall' and 'You Jiu'. They also knew that besides the Tactical Bureau, there was another national Supernatural Department—one whose members could chase the clouds and moon, maintained close ties with the Fairy Palace, and possessed formidable strength—constantly protecting national security.

Those two days, Ren Suo also watched with great amusement, but then thought that the Great Wall's approach actually wasn't bad.

After all, it wouldn't be easy to change You Jiu's image, and it seemed he had no intention of changing his true nature either.

When Ren Suo checked You Jiu's friend circle, he saw him complaining, Wearing a Taoist robe is freaking uncomfortable; sportswear is the best outfit for humans. and Even if I don't stand up straight, who would dare to look down on me anyway? and so on.

If the officials had initially established an image of a 'high and mighty Cultivator' for You Jiu, but his straight-male chauvinist personality was later exposed during interactions with others, leading to the collapse of his public image, it would have resulted in a greater loss.

It would be better to just extend You Jiu's previous online image, making his image more down-to-earth and easily accepted by the public.

Maybe this was also a test for the Fairy Palace—if a Mortal Realm Cultivator was openly pursuing a powerhouse from the Fairy Palace, any reaction from the Fairy Palace would be a win for the Mysterious Country officials.

If the Fairy Palace accepted, the Mysterious Country officials would naturally welcome this alliance.

If the Fairy Palace refused, then You Jiu would become a pitiful character and receive even more praise, and the officials could also deduce the standards that the Fairy Palace has for its members.

If the Fairy Palace ignored it… well, that equates to tacit consent, and the Mysterious Country officials certainly wouldn't mind, since testing doesn't cost a thing except for possibly bruising You Jiu's pride.

In any case, no one would look down on You Jiu for this. Even if You Jiu was ugly, married a girl twenty-four years his junior, or made boastful remarks such as 'set a small goal for myself, like advancing to fourth transformation within a year,' people would still adore and long for him—because he had the power to subdue lands and change weathers.

Even if You Jiu was a jester, he was a jester who could control life and death.

But making You Jiu's image acceptable to the public was a step towards reducing the gap between ordinary people and Transcendents.

There were already many opinions like 'Transcendents are superior humans,' 'ordinary people will be eliminated,' and 'Transcendents should get special privileges.' News about Transcendent criminals also surfaced from time to time, causing ordinary people and Transcendents to start discriminating against each other.

However, there weren't many Transcendents yet, and ordinary people could still become Transcendents. So, this division wasn't too apparent, but if the nation ignored it, trouble would eventually arise.

At this moment, You Jiu's presence was simply a divine intervention. In the entire Great Wall, only he was the most appropriate and didn't mind playing such a comedic character.

Now You Jiu's fan count had reached 40 million. Ren Suo guessed that the next move of the Mysterious Country would be to release content through You Jiu's account such as 'Daily Life of a Cultivator,' 'Cultivator Work is Very Dangerous,' and 'Ordinary People Can Also Be Cultivators.'

With one of the Mysterious Country's strongest Cultivators being so approachable, it would naturally help to further ease the conflict between ordinary people and Cultivators.

Not just in the Mysterious Country, other nations also took advantage of the chaos caused by the Sources of Disaster to promote their own prominent Transcendents, in order to settle the hearts of the people and incidentally attract more wild Transcendents to serve their countries.

A Transcendent warrior from Flourishing Sakura Country, who claimed to be a successor of the Treasure Courtyard School's spear techniques, subdued the earthquake Source of Disaster in the Hokkaido area.

Outside of Lisbon in Europe, a gigantic Sea Monster, suspected to be a Tornado Source of Disaster, appeared on the sea transport route and was killed by a gun-wielding Transcendent from the European Wizards' Guild with a single shot. Notably, the European Wizards' Guild is a large Supernatural Organization based on the European Union, with 28 member countries. The gun-wielding Transcendent who killed the Sea Monster with one shot is marked as an 'extremely dangerous person' on the internal network.

An Avalanche occurred in the Ural Mountains of Siberia, and a giant snow monster emerged as a result. However, it was quickly extinguished by Russia's Bear Warrior Supernatural Squad. The lead warrior was a Transcendent who could harness the power of thunder. It was unknown if he could also fire an electromagnetic railgun.

In the Amazon Rainforest within Colombia, South America, a giant serpent as formidable as a tank appeared. It was quickly subdued by a Brazilian Transcendent, rendering it immobile. Eventually, the Brazilian military killed it using the combined firepower of their weapons and tanks. The commander of the Brazilian Transcendents was a man with a harelip, his face exuding a comical yet sinister air.

Last but not least, the disaster-plagued Federation.

In recent days, the Federation witnessed many calamities and Sources of Disaster, with Federal Watchers fighting fires everywhere. Just watching the news makes me feel like the Federation's people are living in dire straits.

Among the Federal Watchers, the most famous one, who defeated the most Sources of Disaster and was most adored by the people, was the handsome blond man that Ren Suo had met some days ago, known as the 'male public enemy,' a Perfect Prince as if straight out of a fairy tale—

Bright Leopold.

"Little Jiu is awesome!"

Ren Suo lifted his head and saw on the TV screen that the BOSS had finally bled out its last drop of blood, weakly knelt on one knee, burst into flames, and died, turning to ashes.

"Little Jiu has defeated the final BOSS!" Ren Xingmei rubbed her chin back and forth on Little Jiu's head and giggled. "You've cleared the game, are you happy?"

These past two days, his sister had been coming over to play with Little Jiu, causing Little Jiu's gaming skills to make rapid progress, and now she had actually cleared the game.

Games that are difficult but highly playable and won't make Players dislike them are quite rare, and this unintentional act by his sister had put an end to Ren Suo's scheming.

I can only think of other methods to coax Little Jiu into studying obediently now.

However, Little Jiu at this moment was pursing her lips and shaking her head.

Ren Xingmei was slightly surprised and asked, "Why aren't you happy, Little Jiu?"

Little Jiu pointed at the screen and said, "Both NPCs died."

Ren Suo remembered that in the final boss battle, Players could summon two NPCs to help in the fight. While these two NPCs would extend the boss's Health Points, they could significantly distract the boss's attention, creating opportunities for the Player to heal and Attack.

It could be said that the existence of these two NPCs made the final boss battle significantly easier.

The reason Little Jiu wasn't very happy was that both NPCs had died one after the other in the battle, leaving only her Knight character to defeat the boss alone.

Ren Xingmei found it amusing and said, "The NPCs in this game don't really die, you know. The NPCs you summoned are just Cloning, and the death of a Cloning doesn't cause the True Form to die."

Little Jiu blinked her eyes at Ren Xingmei. "Really?"

Little Jiu didn't know about this setting, because even the Ability to summon NPCs was something Ren Xingmei had informed her—Ren Suo, with his bad intentions, would never tell Little Jiu that she could call for help during boss fights in the game.

Otherwise, Little Jiu's game character would have died dozens of times less.

"Really. But if you don't like it, you can try again. You know how to fight now, right? Maybe you can clear it alone without summoning any help."

"Okay, Little Jiu will try again!"

Ren Xingmei smiled and patted Little Jiu's head, saying, "It's okay if the NPCs die, too. They don't affect the storyline. It's just a game, so don't get hung up on it and force yourself. There are lots of other fun games to play."

Nevertheless, Little Jiu reloaded the save and tried to beat the boss alone, without calling for help.

As for Ren Suo, hearing his sister's words, he exhaled softly.

It's just a game, so don't get hung up on it and force yourself...

There are lots of other fun games to play...

Time quickly reached 11:00 PM, and Ren Xingmei, seeing it was getting late, said goodbye to them and headed back to the dormitory—had Little Jiu not been there, she would have definitely stayed the night.

After Ren Suo made sure Little Jiu had taken a bath and tucked her into bed, he leisurely took a bath himself, and then sat in front of the computer, turning on the Mini-World Game Console.

"Minor World, endlessly delightful."

Today's startup tone was a young male voice, calm and carrying a hint of appreciation, as if rewarding Ren Suo with a little red flower.

Ren Suo entered 'Inverted World' and loaded the game.

The 1,204th BOSS battle.

Even though Ren Suo believed that Maid Xiao Suo was definitely a goner, these past few days, he had diligently repeated the BOSS battles, attempting countless Skill combinations, trying to let Maid Xiao Suo die a more graceful death.

However, in hundreds of boss battles, the outcome never changed.

Once again seeing Maid Xiao Suo embracing Young Master Mu turn into flying ash and dissipate, the game popped up a mission completion notification. Ren Suo felt no emotion. He even felt a bit hungry.

Now, it was past midnight, November 19th.

He had 24 hours left until the final deadline for uploading game reviews.

He recalled his sister's words: It's just a game, so don't get hung up on it and force yourself.

I'm going to force... never mind.

Playing another 24 hours won't produce a Miracle.

I've done all I can, put in all my efforts. It's hopeless. Time to die. Farewell.

"I'll upload the game review then."

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