Building a sect from scratch.

"Get out? But you don't seem to be human either?"

Niohuru's expression turned cold again. Then, a semi-transparent, milky-white barrier appeared out of thin air behind him, encompassing the courtyard houses of Chakota and the entire area in front of them. Even the flying snow fell on it and then slowly slid down to the ground, piling up in the blink of an eye.

Chakota quickly explained, "Niohuru, don't misunderstand, they are puppets, supposedly because..."

"Because our original bodies can't come to the Ruins of Return!"

The Jade Emperor naturally responded, seemingly oblivious to Niu Helu's hostility, and said frankly, "Our own bodies and souls reside in a small world called the Blue Star Realm, and we cannot come to the Ruins of Return. Therefore, we can only cultivate through this method of controlling puppets with our divine sense. Some sects in the Central Continent know this! The people of the Fortune, Prosperity and Longevity Merchant Guild should also know this!"

"Good heavens! There's this kind of explanation for the background of us players?"

The group of people, including Renxin Huadao, started discussing this in surprise in the team channel.

"I think the initial identity was that of an 'exchange student from another world'?"

"It's still the same now! Students sent by the Blue Star Realm to the Guixu Realm to cultivate immortal arts... uh, they're disciples too, it's all the same! There's a text description at the bottom every time you log in to the game! It's all mentioned there!"

"Hey! I didn't notice! I never pay attention to the plot!"

"You're only obsessed with the thrill of fighting? But I haven't seen you have combat prowess as amazing as Brother Wu Ke!"

"It hurts my heart!"

While everyone was secretly chatting and joking in the team channel, Niuhelu and Chakota were also asking the Jade Emperor about the disciples of the Taiyin Sect.

Niuhelu frowned: "So, if that's the case, how do you cultivate using puppet bodies to nourish yourselves? Do you all have to cultivate to the level of Nascent Soul or higher?"

“We… uh,”

The Jade Emperor, who was initially a bit stuck, suddenly remembered a scene he had seen in a story expansion.

That was during the first timed battlefield. Fang Xianyu stood before the elders of Guangcheng Sect, her expression haughty yet filled with pity. She said—

"We, the disciples of the Taiyin Sect, do not cultivate immortality, but the Dao, the glorious Great Dao of universal harmony!"

The Jade Emperor uttered the same words, and for a moment, he seemed to overlap with the figure of Fang Xianyu from back then.

"Holy crap! The Emperor pulled off a huge stunt!"

In contrast to the noble and virtuous atmosphere in the game, in Nietzsche's team channel, everyone expressed their sincere contempt for the Jade Emperor.

"Why won't I get this chance to show off?!"

"Damn it! He got away with it again!" However, the quickest to react, Renxin Huadao, wasn't about to be outdone and patted his chest, joining the conversation—

"That's right, what we disciples of the Taiyin Sect strive for is for every person in the world to have clothes to wear and food to eat! There should be no more starving people, no more selling wives and daughters, and no more serious illnesses that can be treated but for which there is no money to pay!"

The shouts in the team chat grew even louder: "Holy crap! Huadao, you're so dirty! How the hell did you install that too!?"

"It's just pretending! Anyone can do that! Watch me!"

While typing in the team chat, Guantangbao secretly pinched his cheek to adjust his expression and then spoke seriously: "Not only that, our Taiyin Sect also plans to make everyone literate and give everyone the opportunity to cultivate immortality. All kinds of cultivation techniques and secret manuals will be made public, and there are also many spiritual artifacts and magic treasures that can be used by people who cannot cultivate qi. Everyone can afford to see a doctor and go to school. There will be no slave owners and no slaves!"

"absurd!"

Niuhelu's hoarse voice carried a slightly eerie tone as he heavily tapped his cane: "Who doesn't want to be superior to others? If you can't control life and death, why bother cultivating for hundreds of years! Even if you think this way, do you think that all the millions of people in the world think the same way as you? That's absurd!"

"No, I—"

The Jade Emperor's voice suddenly rose in excitement, but he had only said a few words when Nietzsche interrupted him, confidently speaking into the microphone: "Let me handle this! This is my specialty!"

Then, she asked in a very fast voice, "Are you now guarding the Hu Buyu clan so that you can become a superior person?"

Niohuru's face immediately darkened, and even Chakota said angrily, "That's not true! Niohuru has protected the Hubuyu clan for hundreds of years! It's not for the sake of being a superior person! He doesn't even eat or dress as well as I do!"

"Please don't misunderstand, gentlemen. Of course I know that you're guarding Liuzhou and Hu Buyu's clan not to become someone important. Putting aside everything else, with your cultivation level, whether you go to Zhongzhou or Tianyingzhou, you'll be treated as an honored guest wherever you go! A position in charge of a major sect is hard to come by, but becoming an elder in a small sect wouldn't be difficult. You could even find a prime location, become a king of the mountain, and establish your own sect. But you haven't done any of that, which is enough to prove your ambition and virtue!"

Nietzsche showered him with praise, which not only calmed Niohru's sullen expression but also made Tsakta nod repeatedly, eager to echo his sentiments.

However, Nietzsche did not give anyone a chance to speak, and continued, "Therefore, if you have such noble sentiments, others will too! Just like Fellow Daoist Chakta, if you were asked to dedicate your life to protecting the Hubuyu clan, would you?"

Chakota immediately declared, "Of course! Although I am of mediocre talent and lack ability, I have already decided to dedicate my life to the Hu Buyu clan!"

"You see, there are people right here with you, and if I may boldly guess, there must be quite a few in the Hu Buyu clan who think like Fellow Daoist Chakota. So, aren't so many people enough?"

Seeing that Chakota seemed to be listening thoughtfully, while Nietzsche still didn't even lift his eyelids, Nietzsche hurriedly continued, "Just like your Hu Buyu clan, almost every disciple of our Taiyin Sect thinks the same way! One or two may not seem like much, but what about ten thousand, twenty thousand, or even one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, or one million?"

Niohuru snorted and sneered, "Hmph, you're just making excuses. How do you know that those million people are exactly the same as you think?"

“If a person has never understood our propositions, then he should understand them,” Nietzsche said forcefully. “And if a person fully understands our propositions, then he will surely be one of us!”

"Are you so sure your ideas are correct? With such vast differences between people, with natural disabilities and physical defects everywhere, how can you talk about fairness?" (End of Chapter)