I Said I’d Only Make a Game, So What’s This Ten Thousand Souls Banner?

Chu Xiao transmigrates into a modern world of cultivation and finds himself in a catastrophe from the start. His parents are dead, his spiritual roots are gone, and his sect lies abandoned... Despairing, Chu Xiao stares at the soul banner his father left behind and falls into deep thought. Fortunately, this world’s gaming industry is woefully underdeveloped, and players’ souls are linked to the virtual world known as the Spirit Net. Every time a player dies in a game he creates, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner gains one soul. Reviving the glory of our sect is our solemn duty! And so, a legendary “godfather of gaming” takes the world by storm. [You released “Cat Mario.” Players around the world are losing their minds. You gained 4,396 souls.] [N players’ Dao hearts shattered in “Hollow Knight.” You gained 10,086 souls.] [You released “Sekiro.” The whole world echoes with the word “Death.” You gained 114,514 souls.] Genius girl: Please, Teacher Chu Xiao, stop releasing new games! My Dao heart is in pieces! Cultivation tycoon: How is this a game? It’s clearly the ultimate trial of the soul! Players across the internet: Sure, he makes us wish we were dead, but he’s shown us what a real game is. He’s the one true god of gaming! Years later, Chu Xiao, now a Mahayana cultivator, is interviewed: “I really just wanted to be an ordinary game developer. And this enormous soul banner blotting out the sky... it’s just my server. Really.”