Building a sect from scratch.

The leader, the Star Lord of Horned Wood, sneered, "Spreading heresy and misleading the public!"

The God of Penglai ignored him, instead glaring fiercely at the flying ship above the Chang'an.

Fang Xianyu and Yin Quan were standing there, invisible to the players, but visible to the immortals and gods.

"Witch! Hand over that hidden treasure of yours!"

A familiar phrase rang out, and Fang Xianyu was somewhat stunned.

She only paused for a moment, then rolled her eyes dismissively, completely ignoring the other person.

The reason Fang Xianyu rewound last time wasn't because she couldn't defeat those people, but because the Zhongzhou City she had painstakingly built was destroyed. She was simply furious and exhausted her points and energy to start a second playthrough.

This time, she led the players to cause trouble everywhere. It would be good enough if she didn't destroy other sects and forces. Why would she care about the barking of the Penglai God?

The God of Penglai had never been treated with such disrespect before. He was immediately enraged and roared, "Fang Xianyu! You demon! You serve a demon from beyond the heavens and slaughter the sects on the ten continents and three islands of Guixu! You are aiding and abetting evil, why don't you all leave her at once? We are all cultivators of Guixu, why are you helping a demon from beyond the heavens!?"

Fang Xianyu was too lazy to argue, and before anyone else could speak, the players themselves erupted in chaos—

"Wow! So our settings are all about 'demons from beyond the heavens'?"

"Wow? Isn't he an international student?"

"This NPC is ugly enough, but he even called our sect leader a demon! Shouldn't we teach him a lesson?"

Strictly speaking, the image of the Penglai God would be considered a standard "handsome man" even in the old society of Earth, let alone in the current Central Continent!
For example, he had a neat goatee, his black hair was combed up meticulously, and his eyebrows were thick, angular, and set in his face. Combined with his single-eyelid phoenix eyes, he looked very dignified.

However, to players who are used to characters in games and movies with colorful hair, this image is incredibly ugly—or at least not good-looking.

Some players who insisted on "beauty is justice" decisively sided with their sect leader, whose clothes and character model were both attractive. Others who were story enthusiasts were already passionately supporting the Taiyin Sect. As for the few remaining players who wanted to cause trouble, under the pressure of warnings and account bans, they became the most loyal Taiyin Sect sycophants.

So, after the players had only been discussing it for a few minutes, several rockets eagerly changed angle and rushed towards the Penglai God in the sky.

The latest model, the one with tracking functionality.

The God of Penglai was first shocked and his eyes widened. Then, in a fit of rage, he flicked his sleeve, and a gust of wind formed by spiritual energy swirled and crashed into the incoming rocket launchers.

Unfortunately, the wind didn't blow the rocket launchers away; it only slowed them down slightly.

The God of Penglai then hurriedly took out a small cauldron and hurled it at the rocket launchers one by one.

Fortunately, this small cauldron was quite capable; it was a very tough magical artifact. It swallowed several rockets in a row before finally being unable to withstand the last one and exploding from the inside.

The explosion wasn't particularly loud, and the fragments of the small cauldron only reached the hem of the Penglai God's robe, but for him, it was still a great humiliation!
What's even more humiliating is that those Taiyin Sect disciples, who had only just reached the Foundation Establishment stage, actually pointed and gossiped at him, spouting arrogant words—

"Wow! This NPC is pretty awesome! Even rocket launchers can't hurt him?"

"He's pretty tough, probably the toughest NPC we've ever encountered?" "No, there are actually several dungeons in [Endless Ruins] that we just can't beat no matter what, and I think the bosses in those are even tougher than him!"

"The players are so lame! Why haven't they created the Ivan the Great yet?! I want to play big! Big! The firecrackers aren't fun enough!"

"Ivan the Great! You're the one who looks like Ivan the Great! Do you think that thing can be easily replicated? I think making firecrackers and Gatling guns is already pretty awesome!"

"Be confident! It's just a game, whatever happens is just a matter of what the game planner says!"

"It's just..."

The buzzing of a swarm of ants right under his nose was incredibly irritating to the God of Penglai. Coupled with the anger at being ignored by Fang Xianyu, which simmered in his mind, he became even more agitated. Therefore, he immediately retaliated with several spells, directly targeting the largest flying ships.

A flash of white light appeared around the flying boat, and the magic of the Penglai God disappeared in the blink of an eye, like water flowing into the sea, without even a ripple.

Fang Xianyu glanced painfully at his remaining system energy points, but remained outwardly calm, coldly saying, "Your actions mean that the Penglai Sect is declaring war on my Taiyin Sect?"

The Guixu Realm doesn't have the concept of "declaring war," since everyone is still stuck in the traditional mindset of killing, robbing, and taking revenge. But that doesn't prevent everyone from understanding what Fang Xianyu meant.

"Hmph! It seems you, you vixen, are truly stubborn and unrepentant!"

The God of Penglai seemed too lazy to explain. Just as he was about to unleash another spell, a huge golden dragon tail lashed out from the clouds, striking the God of Penglai squarely in the face and sending him flying.

Fortunately, he managed to steady himself before falling to the ground, thus avoiding a serious fall.

The back-and-forth movements were extremely fast, making it seem as if a deity from Penglai had dodged a waving dragon's tail. Only a celestial being like Fang Xianyu could see the truth.

Not only were the gods surprised, but Fang Xianyu also couldn't help but crane his neck.

Even a normal person, let alone a deity, couldn't possibly possess such cultivation and strength—the High God of Penglai has been a god who has attained enlightenment for hundreds of years! How could he be so easily knocked down from the clouds? And in such a way that they didn't even meet?
She soon saw the answer.

"Why is the Dragon King getting involved too?! It wasn't this lively in my last playthrough!?"

Fang Xianyu had barely uttered a word when he heard the Dragon King Yinglong roar in the sky: "Kunlun Hill Dragon Clan, heed my command! Return to the island immediately! Do not participate in the karma of the human race! Anyone who disobeys will be immediately expelled from Kunlun Hill!"

Those were actually dragon roars, but everyone understood the meaning behind them.

Surprisingly, yet predictably, although Yinglong King appeared, he was far away from Taishui Dragon King. The two did not even exchange a glance, let alone greet each other.

However, in this tense moment, Fang Xianyu had no time for gossip. Having finally encountered a true "acquaintance," she quickly flew to Yinglong King's side and used a secret telepathic communication method to inquire: "Yinglong King, what exactly is going on? Why have so many immortals and gods gathered here?"

King Yinglong's attitude towards Fang Xianyu was quite good, or rather, extremely good, much better than when he came to watch the military exercise before.

She nodded slightly to Fang Xianyu as a greeting before replying carefully: "I only just learned that this matter is related to you. It turns out that there is a small world outside the heavens, which is said to hide the greatest secret of the Guixu world. For many years, many immortals and gods have been searching for it. I only vaguely know that it is about ancient gods such as Nuwa. When the ancient gods were still alive, they mentioned leaving a contingency plan to help the Guixu world survive the greatest calamity. I thought it was something about the Five-Colored Array... Until a few days ago, when King Du Guang sent me a message, I learned that... you are actually the contingency plan left by the ancient gods!"

(End of this chapter)