Demon Gate Player

Chapter 1: Demon Talisman Sect

Eastern Sea Demon Talisman Sect, Dragon Spine Island, on the northern shore of Fallen Star Lake.

The eaves are pouring rain, causing clouds and mist to cover the lake, as if a misty curtain has been pulled up out of thin air, dividing the inside and outside of the pavilion into two worlds.

In the sound of the drizzling rain, the suppressed silence inside the pavilion becomes more apparent.

"This rain... it's as if the sky is falling," sighed a girl in a light yellow dress inside the Star Plucking Pavilion.

She has a picturesque appearance, a graceful figure, and exudes youthful vitality from head to toe.

The girl turned to the woman beside her and whispered, "Sister Qin, I wonder if Young Master Ning will be able to defeat Daoist Xu here in a month."

The woman called "Sister Qin" is wearing a gorgeous palace dress. She has a beautiful appearance, fair skin, and an elegant and quiet temperament. Compared to the girl in the yellow dress, she exudes a mature and charming aura. Her beautiful eyes are radiant, and there is a flicker of light in the plum blossom mark on her forehead, giving her a sense of sacredness and transcendence.

Qin Shuyi smiled, "Lian'er, you worry too much. Daoist Xu is just an outer disciple, how can he be a match for Young Master Ning? The Xu family only sent Daoist Xu out as a sacrificial pawn. Young Master Ning already knows this, so it will just be a formality when the time comes."

Lian'er's yellow skirt fluttered in the wind, highlighting the contours of her slender and beautiful legs. She pouted and said, "But I still can't help but worry. After all, it's a decisive battle. If Young Master Ning loses, you and I will have to submit to Daoist Xu..."

In the Demon Talisman Sect, private fights among disciples are not forbidden. The so-called decisive battle determines both victory and life and death.

The loser not only loses their life, but also everything they possess will belong to the winner.

Identity, spiritual stones, Cave Mansions, Law Weapons, and even companions and concubines will all become the possessions of the winner, to be disposed of as they please.

Qin Shuyi is a descendant of a declining cultivation family in the Eastern Sea. Because of her outstanding talent, she was brought back to the sect by a true disciple of the Demon Talisman Sect and raised since childhood. She has now reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

The true disciple predicted that within ten years, she will break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Unfortunately, the Primordial Yin abundant in her cultivation technique is destined to be used as a bridal dress for others.

In the eyes of that true disciple, she is nothing more than a beautiful and rare cauldron filled with Primordial Yin... Naturally, she is unwilling to accept such a fate. After careful planning, six months ago, she was handed over to "Young Master Ning" and became his concubine, finally escaping the identity of a cauldron.

The status of a concubine is ultimately higher than that of a cauldron.

If there is a chance in the future, it is not impossible for her to become that person's companion.

Young Master Ning is an inner disciple of the Demon Talisman Sect. The Ning family behind him is also a prominent cultivation family in the sect. His elder brother is even a true disciple of the Flame Demon Temple, one of the five branches of the Demon Talisman Sect. He has already reached the eighth level of Foundation Establishment and has the potential to break through to the Gold Core stage.

Since becoming Young Master Ning's concubine, she has remained pure.

The reason for this is due to the cultivation technique she practices. If she can break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, the marvelous effect of the Toppling Phoenix Nurturing Yuan Technique in helping cultivators break through realms and enhance their cultivation will be greatly enhanced, surpassing the effect of the Qi Refining stage by far.

Young Master Ning is currently doing everything he can to help her break through her cultivation, and he even spent a great price to buy a Foundation Building Pill to give to her.

"Lian'er, you underestimate the inner disciples. If both Daoist Xu and Young Master Ning are at the third level of Foundation Establishment, the combat power of an inner disciple can reach around thirty, while a true disciple can reach eighty to one hundred... Not to mention that Young Master Ning is one of the outstanding inner disciples," Qin Shuyi smiled confidently, full of confidence in Young Master Ning's strength.

This is also her growth under the true transmission since childhood, being influenced and having a good understanding of the Demon Talisman Sect.

Lian'er asked in confusion, "But isn't Daoist Xu an elder of the outer sect? Since he is an elder, how can he be so weak?"

Qin Shuyi looked at her beloved maid, who was like a sister to her, and patiently explained, "The difference between the outer sect and the inner sect is like heaven and earth. The elders of the outer sect are just tools for managing the basic affairs of the sect. They have long abandoned the path and have no opportunity to access the profound inheritance of the sect."

After a pause, a slight smile appeared on her lips. "To put it more bluntly, the elders of the outer sect with Dao Foundation can be considered as waste."

"I see..." Lian'er widened her beautiful eyes, with an expression of disbelief and sudden realization.

Qin Shuyi's gaze pierced through the endless rain curtain and sighed softly on a mountain top on the southern bank of Fallen Star Lake. "The Ning family and the Xu family are archenemies. Every ten years, the two families will send a young disciple to compete. The immortal seed of the Xu family of this generation has not yet grown, so they sent Daoist Xu to face the tribulation... Family matters are often beyond one's control."

After speaking, she sighed with some regret.

Lian'er nodded and said, "It's still better than Young Master Ning losing. If we were defeated by Daoist Xu, we would spend our whole lives being played with..."

"No, these past few days I have secretly investigated Daoist Xu's background. Tomorrow, we will go back and report to Young Master!" Qin Shuyi looked at Fallen Star Lake, as if she could already see the scene of Daoist Xu falling on the surface of the lake.

...

On the southern bank of Fallen Star Lake.

Ancient and elegant buildings with flying eaves and arches were scattered among the mountains, forests, and lakes.

In a Cave Mansion on the mountaintop, a long sigh echoed.

"The world is but a big dream, life experiences autumn chill several times!"

Pang Yue sat cross-legged in the quiet room of the Cave Mansion, his expression changing, and a bitter smile appeared on his lips.

Who could have imagined that he would mysteriously transmigrate!

And it was even soul transmigration!

In the previous moment, he was still experiencing the most popular virtual reality cultivation game of Blue Star in the year 2035 - Tushita Heaven!

In the next moment, the heavens and earth suddenly collapsed and collapsed. His soul transmigrated to this world and occupied the body of a cultivator named "Xu Liming".

This Daoist Xu had already lived for over two hundred years. Countless complex memories flooded into Pang Yue's mind, almost driving him to mental collapse.

After "reading" the memories of Daoist Xu's entire life, Pang Yue couldn't help but feel a sense of vicissitudes. He felt that everything from his previous life was like fleeting clouds, scattered by the wind.

The memories of just over twenty years before the transmigration felt like a big dream.

It was like the feeling of Zhuangzi dreaming of being a butterfly and the butterfly dreaming of being Zhuangzi.

What was comforting was that although this world was different from the game world, the cultivation of the Body Refining system was generally the same.

Absorbing Qi.

Dao Foundation.

Gold Core

Primordial Spirit

In his past life, he had already cultivated to the Primordial Spirit Realm in the game, with various insights deeply ingrained in his heart.

In addition, the nine Law Treasures he refined in the game were also deeply imprinted in his mind along with these insights.

The blueprints, materials, restrictions, and refining methods... all clear in his mind.

But the other skills he cultivated only brought their names with him, completely useless.

He thought about it and felt relieved.

Those skills were all raised through experience points, and he never truly "cultivated" them.

But the nine Law Treasures were all personally refined by him.

According to the rule of the transmigrator having a Goldfinger, the memories of these nine Law Treasures became his greatest reliance in this world.

These nine Law Treasures are:

Formless Sword

Two-World Banner

Monster Refining Pot

Profound Order Mirror

Great Sun Divine Furnace

Chaos Thunder Seal

Good Fortune Golden Boat

Innate Limitless Monument

All-Encompassing Tower of the Nine Heavens

With these nine Law Treasures, in the game of his past life, players gave him a famous nickname - Daoist Endless Treasure.

Countless players higher level than him ended up defeated by him, and when players mentioned Daoist Endless Treasure, there was both envy and admiration in their words, but more so jealousy and hatred.

Pang Yue was a person who went with the flow, able to quickly calm down in the face of transmigration to another world.

"After all, the game is just a game. It would be interesting to pursue the path of immortality in the real cultivation world."

He chuckled, his heart as calm as a lake, with no ripples.

"The urgent matter now is the decisive battle a month later."

The original owner, Daoist Xu, knew that he couldn't match Young Master Ning from the inner sect, but he was unwilling to just give up his life. So he practiced a secret technique, but ended up falling into demonic cultivation, and Pang Yue inherited his karma.

Pang Yue waved his hand and condensed a water mirror in the air, carefully examining his appearance in this world.

In the water mirror was a tall and handsome young Daoist. He was dressed in a gray Daoist robe, with a few strands of white hair at his temples. He had a refined temperament, a touch of vicissitude on his face, and a deep sense of age in his eyes.

Daoist Xu came from a family of cultivators. He started cultivating at the age of seven, drew talismans at the age of ten, and reached the peak of the Qi Nourishing stage at the age of eighty. He broke through the Dao Foundation stage at the age of one hundred.

In the hundred years that followed, his cultivation progressed slowly, and now he had barely reached the third stage of the Dao Foundation stage.

With a lifespan of less than a hundred years and no hope in his cultivation, he indulged in qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, flowers, wine, and tea. He became a leisurely elder in the outer sect of the Demon Talisman Sect, raising a thousand Seven-Star Carp in Fallen Star Lake and living a carefree life.

But people are not in control of their own fate in the world. The status of his family gradually declined, manipulated by those with ulterior motives, and finally pushed out as a contender for this year's decisive battle.

Ten years ago, the Ning family lost a battle.

This year, the Ning family sent a talented inner sect disciple from the Flame Demon Temple, Ning Daoyu, who achieved the Dao Foundation stage before the age of fifty!

The Xu family, on the other hand, took the initiative to avoid his sharpness and played the strategy of sacrificing pawns to protect the car.

In fact, the original owner's personality was quite similar to Pang Yue's.

Cultivation was not about fighting and killing, but about pursuing and comprehending the principles of the Great Dao, exploring the true self, transcending one's own shackles, and living freely between heaven and earth.

Ning Daoyu was also at the third stage of the Dao Foundation stage, but he cultivated the Flame Demon True Talisman, the sect's supreme inheritance of the Demon Talisman Sect. With his demonic power that could burn the sky and boil the sea, Pang Yue knew he was no match for him.

"What plan should I make?"

In the quiet room, Pang Yue paced back and forth.

Suddenly, he had a thought and looked down at the storage pouch at his waist.

Daoist Xu had cultivated for two hundred years, but he hadn't saved much spiritual stones for Law Weapons. The storage pouch was filled with various miscellaneous items, such as ancient qins, calligraphy and paintings, spiritual wine, spiritual tea, carved wooden roots, and jade stones.

Among them, a dull gray stone caught Pang Yue's attention.

In Daoist Xu's memory, he found this stone in an ancient secret realm. It was extremely hard and faintly contained a trace of Dao Rhyme. Other than that, it had no other characteristics.

Daoist Xu was a master of carving and jade, and he liked to collect all kinds of jade stones. He casually put it away, but he never understood the name of this stone.

Pang Yue reached out and a three-foot square gray boulder appeared in the quiet room.

The stone had natural textures, full of Dao Rhyme, and was extremely hard with a rough surface that didn't look impressive at first glance.

Pang Yue carefully examined it for a moment and exclaimed, "It's really the Great Dao Boulder!"

Also known as the Great Dao Boulder, it was a fossil formed when fragments of the chaotic primordial world mixed with ordinary earth and stones during the early days of the world!

For ordinary cultivators, this item was only for appreciation.

But for Pang Yue, it was a rare treasure.

Because his Innate Limitless Monument was refined using this item!

(End of this chapter)