Are We Players Actually Demons from Beyond the Realms?

In the Primordial Era, demons from beyond the realms invaded. The immortals descended to fight them, and both immortals and demons perished. This was the Age of Demonic Turmoil.

In ancient times, the demons from beyond the realms, long since vanished without a trace, seemed to be stirring back to life. The foremost immortal of antiquity sacrificed himself, pretending to fall in love with one of them to coax out their secrets. The ancient cultivators of the cultivation world swarmed forth and stormed the demons' stronghold, aborting their resurrection plan before it could come to fruition.

In the distant past, a favored beast of the demons from beyond the realms came from the stars, vowing to avenge them. In the ensuing battle, nearly all the great cultivators of the cultivation world were killed. A powerful figure, believed to be an ancient immortal reborn, burned through his remaining lifespan and finally stopped the calamity.

Three years ago, a living fossil of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was so troubled that he used his life to glimpse the heavens, only to die a gruesome death. Before dying, he used his blood to write four words on the ground: Demons from Beyond the Realms!

First beta test: players kill, rob, and wreak havoc everywhere.

Second beta test: players get ambushed as soon as they leave the starting village, and can't even get out of it.

Third beta test: players level up in the starting village and never leave again.

Open beta: *Damn it, we can't get back to the real world.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.