A Broken Sect from the Start, Summoning Players as Laborers

The sect's main hall was on the verge of collapse. As she stared at her last copper coin, she burst into tears.

"Ding! Immortal Sect Leader System successfully bound. Host can use points to recruit players and expand the immortal sect!"

Driven to despair by poverty, she summoned a group of quirky "Fourth Calamity" players.

The players all thought it was a groundbreaking virtual reality game, and excitedly hauled bricks, built houses, leveled up, and fought monsters.

A few months later, the entire cultivation world was baffled. "Where did this crazy bunch come from?"

Then, with the war between immortals and demons imminent, a vast enemy army arrived at the gates.

Standing atop the sect, now transformed beyond recognition, she looked down at the players rubbing their hands in anticipation and smiled. "Are you ready?"

Their response was a frenzied roar that shook the heavens: "For contribution points! For legendary gear! Charge!"

For the first time, the Demon Venerable across the battlefield began to wonder: Who was the real villain here?