In the world of the heavens, there are an elite few in history who transcend the word "genius." They rise through the ranks of cultivation with unparalleled speed, perform feats that defy common sense on a regular basis, and generally educate all who cross their path on just what it means for the difference between two cultivators to be as the difference between heaven and earth.

This…is NOT their story.

Xu Zuhui has never been considered a genius, or particularly talented, though no one would call him a failure either—no small feat in the cutthroat world of VRMMOs, the dominant form of entertainment on a dying Earth. Indeed, he is one of the lucky few to escape the terrible, ruined real world by uploading to a persistent virtual world based on the world of Cultivation.

But though his new body and new life comes with substantial perks, he will soon discover there are substantial risks as well. He’s far from the only strong talent in this new world, and few such people are happy to welcome more into their ranks. In what was supposed to be a virtual world, Xu Zuhui will soon find that the stakes he’s fighting for are very real…and he’ll have to become very strong indeed to survive the events the real hero of this world will inevitably drag him into.

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Only once his soul barrier had been depleted, did I have time to so much as think that these situations, where I'd lose the fight if the enemy so much as touched me whereas I'd win over time if they didn't had become shockingly common, at least against opponents who I didn't overwhelm either way. I'd been in a few situations like that in Dive Games, but I'd usually had to actively seek them out and set them up, generally by isolating a single mob of a level that was supposed to be too high to be confronted just yet. 


Chapter 304 - Dragon's Shackle