Chapter 350: Divinity Transformation Stage

On just another unremarkable day.

The Broken Sect dropped another bombshell!

Starting With a Broken Sect V: Hey everyone! To thank you for all the attention and enthusiasm you’ve shown the Broken Sect, we will be rolling out our no-wipe major version 1.003 update tonight at midnight. At the same time, we’ll be releasing seven hundred new player slots. The update rules are as follows:]

[1. Opening new game maps: the Liuyun Sect, Taohua Sect, Netherworld Sect, Sea View Sect, and Taixue Sect. Choosing the Longevity Sect will still make you a disciple of the Longevity Sect.]

[2. Players may choose to start on any of the five new maps listed above.]

[3. This game has no respawn mechanism, so the survival rate for new players is not guaranteed. However, different reward tiers have been established for the new maps based on their unique mechanics.]

[Longevity Sect: 99% safety rate. New players start as Outer Disciples with no extra rewards.]

[Liuyun Sect & Taohua Sect (New Sect Trial Run): 80% safety rate. For the first month, all reward points earned by new players are doubled (this does not apply to points from player-to-player trades).]

[Sea View Sect: 35% safety rate. For the first month, all reward points earned by new players are multiplied by 2.5 (this does not apply to points from player-to-player trades).]

[Taixue Sect (High-Difficulty New Map): 2% safety rate. For the first month, all reward points earned by new players are tripled (this does not apply to points from player-to-player trades).]

[Once a new slot is acquired, you must log into the game within one hour. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the slot.]

Weibo instantly exploded.

The hype surrounding the Broken Sect was already off the charts.

Those vivid videos and livestreams from within the game had also spread abroad.

It garnered immense attention domestically and caused a huge uproar abroad.

The game had even recently put a strain on international relations.

Everyone wanted to know why on earth only Huaxia people could play such a game, while foreigners couldn’t.

Unfortunately, Huaxia offered no explanation—not that they had one to give.

For now, they could manage the issue of access. The truly terrifying moment would be when people realized the game could genuinely alter a person’s physical self.

At least, they hoped that by that time, a large number of slots would have been released, so even if foreign countries caught on, it would be too late for them to do anything.

Compared to the last announcement, this one racked up hundreds of thousands of comments in under a minute.

Weibo crashed almost immediately.

[Seven hundred? Holy shit! It’s like getting blood from a stone!]

[I give up. There must be, what, over a hundred million people following this game now? And we’re all fighting for seven hundred slots. My god... That streamer Han Tian consistently pulls in millions of viewers; he’s the number one streamer online now.]

[I checked. Compared to the last announcement, you guys literally just changed a few words. Do you think we can’t live without your game, you lazy-ass devs?]

[I’m terminally ill, and all I want before I die is a chance to play Broken Sect. I’m begging you all, please, give me a chance! Let me have a spot!]

[Aah, my Weibo app crashed!! I never thought I’d live to see the day I’d go this crazy over a game!]

...

Weibo had crashed.

In the real world, many factions also began to make their move.

’Missing out last time was a fluke. We absolutely cannot fail this time!’

’I refuse to believe it! There’s no way we foreigners can’t snag a single one of these slots!’

Even more people rushed to tell their families the news.

Some of them had family members with disabilities. Ever since word got out that the Broken Sect game could make a person whole again, the families of many patients had been eyeing it.

If they could get a slot for their family member, it would be like giving them a new life.

What a great opportunity!

As soon as the Broken Sect announcement dropped, major game developers everywhere groaned in dismay.

These days, any self-respecting gamer was keeping tabs on Broken Sect. Even the small handful of people who genuinely weren’t interested would still pop in to watch the drama unfold.

The moment the Broken Sect message went out, players from other games started logging off in droves.

Recently, plenty of game developers had been trying to figure out just how Broken Sect had pulled it off.

They bought all kinds of gaming pods, ran all sorts of tests, but without a slot, they couldn’t even log into the Broken Sect game.

Faced with such epoch-making technology, a leading expert finally offered a conclusive opinion: "This is definitely higher-dimensional technology. It’s impossible with our current level of science. Perhaps our world itself is about to change."

Some people scoffed at this, thinking he’d gone crazy from playing too many games.

But others, after looking into it, felt more and more that there was some truth to his words.

What kind of technology could allow the disabled to be fully healed inside a game, and the blind to see again?

Blue Star’s technology definitely couldn’t do it.

A new question even resurfaced in the scientific community:

"Do advanced extraterrestrial civilizations actually exist?"

Could the emergence of the Broken Sect serve as corroborating evidence?

So, was a massive global change really about to happen?

In that case, would those of them who couldn’t get a slot even be able to make a living?

When the world begins to change, the frightening part isn’t the growing gap between people, but the fear of being left behind by the vanguard.

For now, even this vanguard couldn’t get slots, and with the government keeping a lid on things, the undercurrents of dissent remained suppressed.

But there was no telling what the future held.

With a single message from Song Jiulai, many people would lose sleep.

One day on Blue Star was two days here. Compared to the chaos on Blue Star, she, the Sect Master, was feeling quite cheerful.

Having chosen a good spot, she had Han Daozi prepare to set up a great array.

This time, she had chosen the area adjacent to the back mountains of the Feique Sect.

On the surface, it all looked like the Feique Sect’s territory, but in reality, it was already the wilderness.

The area was home to roaming demon beasts and was mountainous and heavily forested.

This direction also led toward the ruins of the long-destroyed Spirit Fox Sect.

Because the distance between sects was already vast, and with the Spirit Fox Sect gone, there wouldn’t be any other powers for at least several dozen kilometers.

A place this large was more than enough to carve out a piece for a hidden sect.

With this array from Han Daozi, ordinary Cultivators would only see the same patch of land; only those at the Mahayana Realm or above would be able to spot anything unusual.

Of course, if it really came to that—

Han Daozi said, "Then you can only blame it on your bad luck."

"..."

Han Daozi continued with an analogy. "Of course, a Mahayana Realm expert can cross hundreds of thousands of miles in the blink of an eye. They’ll be gone before you know it, and they generally don’t have the leisure to check for anomalies beneath their feet. If you still feel it’s not safe, just herd some more demon beasts into this area to act as cover. However," he added, "your disciple, Chen Miaomiao, has such a powerful talent for studying Spirit Grass. In the future, once you have an abundance of High-level Spiritual Grass, the Spiritual Energy will become rich, and the demon beasts may evolve. You must be wary of that."

Song Jiulai nodded hurriedly, "Many thanks for the warning, Senior!"

Seeing that Song Jiulai understood, Han Daozi’s figure flew up into the sky. He stood in mid-air, and with a wave of his hand, an extremely brilliant light bloomed.

With a deep RUMBLE, a terrifying aura radiated from Han Daozi.

The sky nearby instantly darkened, and the oppressive pressure was immense.

The brilliant light spread into a circle, descending upon a ten-thousand-meter area.

The Sect was hidden within it. Other Cultivators who passed by would only see an empty mountain forest and would not discover anything unusual.

Song Jiulai was filled with envy. ’If he’s not in the Mahayana Realm, then he must be in the Divinity Transformation Stage. So powerful... to be able to overturn heaven and earth with a wave of his hand. Compared to that, we at the Foundation Establishment Stage are really just engaged in child’s play.’