Seeing Through Illusions

In his previous life, Wenren Chaoge was forced to obey the arrangements of the Book of Heavenly Dao, leading a group of so-called champions of righteousness who were not only useless in a fight, but also dim-witted, to oppose the demonic cultivators of the Demon Sect.

It would have been bad enough if his teammates had been useless, but they also went out of their way to make trouble. If not for him, the so-called righteous cultivators would have been wiped out by the Demon Sect long ago.

Wenren Chaoge spent his whole life playing the virtuous gentleman and paragon of the righteous path. After finally completing the Book of Heavenly Dao's instructions, he lost his composure when he saw how his story was supposed to end.

The Book of Heavenly Dao recorded that Wenren Chaoge would die after tearing it apart, and that the forces he left behind would become a Demon Sect. After struggling for a few years, they would be wiped out by the righteous path, bringing peace to the world.

Peace, my ass! He had poured his heart and soul into things all these years. Though it hadn't exactly been his choice, he had still done his utmost. It was thanks to him, Wenren Chaoge, that the demonic path had declined and the righteous path had flourished in the cultivation world. And then, the moment he turned his back, these ungrateful ingrates stole his home out from under him.

Furious, Wenren Chaoge tore the Book of Heavenly Dao to pieces on the spot.

Then he was reborn, back at the moment he had first been forced to join the champions of righteousness.

He had destroyed the Book of Heavenly Dao before his rebirth, so in this life, free from its coercion, Wenren Chaoge, who had suppressed his true nature all his life, returned to his old self.

I'm a top-tier player. Why should I carry a bunch of bronze-rank noobs? Isn't it more fun to show off on my own?

From then on, the cultivation world lost the brilliant strategist Immortal Lord Mu and gained Wenren, the mysterious and unpredictable Tower Master who was both righteous and wicked.

The Tower of Flowers and Moon is a sect as mysterious as the Demon Sect in the Demon Realm, if not more so. Its spies are spread across the world, and every disciple in the tower is a formidable cultivator. The Tower of Flowers and Moon does business, not friendships.

Rumor has it that its tower master is surnamed Wenren, and is descended from the Immortal Master Mao, said to be the equal of the Sage Master Kong Xian. The Wenren line is blessed with innate wisdom, clever to the point of seeming demonic. They can treat heaven and earth as a game board and all things as pieces, controlling the course of events.

The Wenren tower masters of generations past have lived in seclusion within the Tower Beyond the Tower, rarely venturing into the world.

But this generation's tower master is completely different. He goes out for a stroll whenever he feels like it, sometimes wiping out an entire sect along the way. Whether it is the righteous path or the Demon Sect, any sect he passes by is doomed.

The Wenren tower master is at the peak of his power, and the strength of the Tower of Flowers and Moon behind him is even harder to fathom. For a time, everyone in the cultivation world, righteous or demonic, lived in fear, terrified that the tower master might stroll over to their sect.

The first time Huo Qingqiong met Wenren Chaoge was on the Immortal Selection Stage.

At the time, Huo had extraordinary talent as a Heavenly Spirit Root, and the major sects were scrambling to recruit him. Only Wenren Chaoge yawned and said how boring it was. He didn't spare Huo so much as a glance, yet somehow captured all of Huo's attention.

Others called Wenren brazen and arrogant, as if the world belonged to him. Without even raising his eyelids, he lifted a hand, and his opponent turned to ash.

The second time Huo Qingqiong met Wenren Chaoge, Huo's spiritual root had been destroyed, and his master had died saving him. His former fellow disciples were now attacking him with swords.

Just as everyone had turned against him, he ran into Wenren Chaoge, who was out for a stroll.

Just as the first time, the man had only a purple-robed maid by his side. Faced with everyone's accusations, he merely said, nonchalantly, “I happened to be passing by. I thought I'd stop in and wipe out a sect while I was at it.”

Theme: Do not neglect a good deed because it is small, and do not commit an evil deed because it seems small