GALACTIC SECT MASTER

Chen Hao was a failed cultivator who died on Earth and woke up on Azure-4—a backwater planet in a sci-fi universe where cultivation is considered obsolete. His only asset? A parasitic System that lets him summon gamers from Earth, disguising his desperate survival as an immersive VRMMO called "Stellar Immortal Online." The players think it's just a hardcore permadeath game. They min-max, speedrun, and treat deadly alien monsters like raid bosses. Chen Hao desperately needs them to die—each "player death" lets him loot their talents and grow stronger. But if they die too much, they quit playing. If they discover the truth, his power source vanishes. And if the interstellar corporations or real cultivators discover his scheme, everyone dies for real. As his sect grows from a ruined hall to an interstellar power, Chen Hao faces an impossible choice: maintain the lie and become a monster, or reveal the truth and lose everything—including the genuine connections he's forged with disciples who believe in him, even if they believe in a lie. This is a story about exploitation and redemption, about the blurred lines between game and reality, and about a man who became a villain to survive—and must become a hero to truly live. Content Warnings: Death (permanent), exploitation, moral ambiguity, body horror (alien creatures), psychological manipulation