Chapter 1
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: Possessed by a Heavily Modded Martial Arts Game
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[Final Outcome: Death (Qi Deviation)]
[Final Realm: First-Rate]
[In your reckless consumption of spirit elixirs and cultivation process, your qi and blood went berserk. Unfortunately, there was no one by your side to help, and you met your end just like that.]
[※Tip: Consuming elixirs without regard for your current internal energy can turn them into poison instead.]
"Ow, fuck."
Died again.
By the time dawn was about to break.
My seventh martial world life had come to a pathetic end.
Lately, the game I'd been hooked on was Murim Person Raiser.
Setting aside its generic mobile-game naming sense, the game itself was so polished that it had earned rave reviews.
I'd always liked character-nurturing games anyway.
So even though I wasn't super familiar with the wuxia genre.
I decided to give it a shot during my rare long vacation.
But.
It was way harder than I'd expected.
Forget the long playtime.
I kept dying like a fish out of water at every turn.
Less Process Maker.
More Long Rider Queen difficulty.
It was clearly supposed to be a game about training at an academy—er, academy hall—to become a master and live large, collecting endings like that.
But I'd set out on a warrior's journey and get stabbed by bandits.
Or hole up in the academy for training and suffer Qi Deviation.
Or pick a fight with some passing unorthodox master and die on the spot.
Or mouth off to a guard and end up imprisoned, losing all my progress.
Sure, I played a bit aggressively myself.
But this was the martial world—a place teeming with psychos who flipped out and drew their swords at the drop of a hat.
At least, that's how I saw it.
My ninth martial world life.
"Phew..."
Warrior Ending NO.018: Supreme Under Heaven (Orthodox Faction)
Final Realm: Profound Realm
[Atop the Heavenly Mountains, you finally brought the Heavenly Demon to his knees and arrogantly declared, "From this day forth, I am the heavens themselves." No one present could deny your words. It was the birth of a true 'strongest'—unprecedented and never to be matched again.]
After swallowing my pride and checking strategy guides, I'd finally cleared it.
Choosing Shaolin Temple early on to quickly pump up the hard-to-raise strength and internal energy.
Picking the fist/staff tree—simple, intuitive, yet brutally powerful.
Ignoring all interactions with in-game characters, diving straight into cultivation immersion.
And the payoff? The Supreme Under Heaven ending.
But.
Romance Ending NO.999: Ascetic
[You followed the Buddha's teachings your entire life, never once breaking the precepts. Though solitude tinged your existence, you have more than earned the right to reach nirvana.]
"..."
The price?
I'd missed out on half the game's content.
Shaolin characters—baldies—couldn't get married.
Sure, you could raise affection with women and see events, but the moment you did, you became a precept-breaking monk and lost all benefits.
In other words.
I'd focused solely on clearing the game.
And completely skipped the flirty heroine event cutscenes.
The throne of Supreme Under Heaven, won by sacrificing romance and my hair...
If I were the game character, I'd have bitten my tongue and died.
Sorry, my dude. Sob sob.
My thirteenth martial world life.
[Final Outcome: Death (Assassination)]
[Final Realm: Peak]
[You staggered after ingesting scattered poison at an inn, losing your internal energy, only to be ambushed and killed by an assassin. The news of a great star of the orthodox faction falling left everyone in mourning.]
[※Tip: Always watch friendly relations. You never know when someone with a grudge might attack or hire a killer.]
"Argh...!"
Those damn cowardly chinks.
Poison first, then fight? Dirty, petty bastards...!
[Quit Game?]
[Yes ■ / No □]
Unable to contain my boiling rage.
I rage-quit hard.
By the time I'd seen the super-master baldie ending, my pride was already half-buried.
But the path to the 'harem ending' was tough even with guides.
Mess up affection management even a little, and jealousy would tank relationships.
And cramming meetings with as many characters as possible in limited turns? Stat requirements were a nightmare.
"Hoo, hoo."
I calmed my fury with Lamaze breathing.
Stressed from a game?
That's not gaming; that's an illness.
Anyway, I'd roughed out most of the game by now.
Goal from here: heh heh, collect those happy illustrations.
Time to compromise.
First playthrough was pure clear.
Mods should be fine now, right?
Decision made quick.
Straight to the workshop, grabbing the mod pack I'd eyed before.
[Even Noobs Can Become Masters: All-in-One Mod Pack.zip]
Install instantly.
Watching the progress bar fill.
Scroll scroll.
Eyeing what would guide me to mastery.
- [Beginner-Friendly] Baby Mode Difficulty
[No more flatfish endings from high difficulty!
No more hour-long map traversal for item farming right at start!
Perfect start, perfect growth base.
Live the life of Ten Thousand Gold Treasury Fortress's spoiled youngest son!]
Liked it from the jump.
- [Team Walloo] Korean Patch (99.8%)
[Strong and good Lupin!
Official localization too stiff?
Aw, no talent for no-bullshit talk. Us neither.
So we softened the hard-to-parse wuxia speech to fit modern sensibilities. Even threw in Western tongue (English)—get it and move on, yeah?
Some characters keep archaic flair for flavor.
Fully compatible with other modern culture mods.]
Had to admit it.
At the start, I'd hit a wall with nonsense like "noble phase" or "life-saving absolute initial"—pure Hanja vomit.
What the hell is "life-saving absolute initial"?
Just say ultimate technique, finisher.
Leave good phrasing unused.
And more.
[Flashy Martial Arts Effects]
[Multiple Internal Art Cultivation Unlock]
[(All-in-One) Appearance Buff + Exposure Patch]
[(Major Mod) Smartphone in Murim]
[(Sinmu Addon) Gallery in Murim]
...
[Triple the Fortuitous Encounters]
[More Immersive Murim Life Mod]
Skimming the mods.
A satisfied smile crept across my lips.
Especially dug 'Smartphone in Murim'.
User reviews were meh.
Game got too easy.
But.
[Tired of lightness skill dashing everywhere for affection grinding?
By the time you reach the relay station, events are done.
One phone per person policy fixes all.
Murim Talk for anytime heroine flirting!
Plus addons for modern Murim vibes!]
As described, tons of events vanished if you missed exact timings.
Plus the hassle of trekking to characters for chats to raise affection.
No need to meet IRL?
Messenger affection grinding?
Worth it alone. Cuts grinding by half.
[Installation complete! Launch now?]
[Yes ■ / No □]
Midway through reading remaining mod descs.
Install done alert popped.
Weird addons like galleries or streams bundled in the pack? Must be useful.
Too lazy to pick and choose.
I'll discover the rest in-game.
Launch.
New game.
Create Murim person.
Last preset: mod-added 'Geum Sihyeon'.
Baby mode indeed.
Even random gen struggles for one OP trait; this had five.
Heavenly Martial Body. Learns arts fast.
Divine Mountain Ghost Vessel. Smart.
Clear Mirror Still Water. Always calm.
Jade Bone Whirlwind. Handsome. Popular.
Immunity to All Poisons. Poisons no effect.
This is modding, this is cheating, this is gaming.
Grinning satisfied.
Hit start.
Spin spin.
Familiar loading screen, space-time vortex swirling center monitor.
Spin spin.
Mod overload?
Load time dragging──
"...?"
──Next instant.
Vision went black.
"Gaaahhh...!"
Body burned like fire, intense pain wracking me.
"Sihyeon! Sihyeon, hang in there!"
"Oh dear, young master...!"
"Sniff, sob, Sihyeon, boo hoo...!"
Hallucinations now too.
- More Immersive Murim Life Mod
[Tired of just watching?
Live the martial world yourself!
Can you resolve your clan's chaos, thwart the Blood Cult's plot to destroy the martial world, and bring true peace?]