422: The title "Chapter 422" is somewhat targeted.

Inside the arena.

Three thousand players stared blankly at the center of the arena.

Those two massive corpses had already turned into specks of light and dissipated, but the bottomless hole on the obsidian wall was still emitting wisps of destructive aura.

Augustus floated in mid-air, his nebula vortex trembling violently.

The Level 60 Twin Lords he had meticulously selected hadn't even lasted a second before that three-eyed man.

"999,999 points of True Damage..." Augustus muttered to himself. "This doesn't conform to the law of conservation of energy."

Chen You yawned.

He glanced at the time.

"Lord Arbiter." Chen You looked up. "Best of five, I've already taken three rounds."

"According to the rules, isn't it time to settle the bill?"

Augustus snapped his head down, staring fixedly at Chen You.

He was extremely unwilling.

As the incarnation of rules, he had intended to sanction this anomaly that broke the balance, only to have the other party use an even more unreasonable form of violence to smash the table to smithereens.

"You..." Augustus gritted his teeth.

Yang Jian glanced sideways slightly.

Those emotionless eyes swept over Augustus indifferently.

The tip of the three-pointed double-edged halberd traced a dazzling, cold light in the air.

Augustus's entire body stiffened.

"Trialist Chen You." Augustus took a deep breath. "Trial of Virtue... passed."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Yang Jian put away his weapon, turned into a green lotus, and dissipated into the air.

[System Announcement: Player Chen You has successfully cleared the 'Trial of Virtue', unlocking the Ancient Contract!]

[The Trial Space is about to close. All participating players will be teleported back to their original main cities and issued the 'Immortals' participation reward.]

"Holy crap! It's settling!"

"God You is awesome! Long live God You!"

The players in the stands instantly erupted.

White lights flashed repeatedly as the three thousand players were teleported away.

Augustus gave Chen You a deep look before his body turned into a stream of data and merged into the void.

The arena began to collapse.

Chen You stood where he was as a series of dazzling golden notification boxes popped up before his eyes.

[Ding! The final stage has begun—Admiration of the People, Accumulating Virtue to Become a Saint.]

[As proof of passing the trial, the system will temporarily establish life-sized statues of you in the central squares of the seven main cities you have contracted with (East Iron City, Qirui City, Zhao City, Thousand Light City, Cangxing City, Sanjing City, Chuxin City).]

[Statue duration: 2 hours.]

[The system will condense a unique 'Name of Virtue' for you based on the feedback, evaluations, and intentions of the citizens (including NPCs and players) of the seven cities toward the statues.]

Chen You was stunned for a moment.

"Even making statues?" He rubbed his chin. "This is quite the grand treatment."

"But collecting player evaluations..."

He suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Meanwhile.

Source Realm, the seven main cities.

Rumble—

East Iron City, Qirui City, Zhao City, Thousand Light City, Cangxing City, Sanjing City, Chuxin City.

In the central squares of the seven cities, each with its own distinct style, the ground trembled simultaneously.

A ten-meter-tall white jade statue rose from the ground.

The statue was carved in the likeness of Chen You.

Dressed in the moyuan star river robe, with one hand behind his back, looking up at the sky with a deep and melancholic gaze, it pushed the 'Aloof Sword Immortals' vibe to the absolute limit.

On the base of the statue, a line of glittering golden characters was engraved: [Trial of Virtue Clearer — Chen You].

All players on the server received the admiration coordinates pushed by the system.

In less than ten minutes, the squares of the seven main cities were packed to the brim.

Cangxing City Square.

City Lord Sander, wearing overalls, stood before the statue with tears in her eyes.

"Mentor! Is this your true form?!"

Sander suddenly turned around and roared at the dense crowd of City Guards and players behind her: "For art! For the Mentor! Everyone, start the music!"

A loud, tacky DJ dance track echoed through the square.

Hundreds of players and NPCs formed a phalanx beneath the statue and began practicing the Iron Mountain Lean and flower-hands in perfect unison.

"Two and a half years of sweat! Dedicated to the great Mentor!"

Thousand Light City Square.

The style here was completely different.

City Lord Meng De, along with Cai Wenjuan and Du Chedi, placed a massive incense burner in front of the statue.

"Our benefactor's great righteousness has granted the three of us fulfillment." Meng De pressed his palms together.

The players nearby were even more ridiculous.

"Quick! Worship God You to get top-tier drops!"

A group of players surrounded the statue, frantically burning paper money and throwing flowers, turning the admiration ceremony into a large-scale scene of feudal superstition.

Zhao City Square.

City Lord Gao De stroked his beard and smiled: "The immortal path pioneer truly lives up to his reputation."

The player base was even more direct.

"Top-ranked Big Brother, please accept my bow!"

"Adoptive Father! Your child has had such a hard time finding you!"

"God You, Venmo me 50, and I'll give you my life!"

Inside the trial settlement space.

Chen You watched the real-time scrolling comments and data on the system panel, his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

[Collecting Power of Faith and the will of the people...]

[Extracting current high-frequency keywords:]

[Adoptive Father (Frequency: 450,000 times)]

[King of Pretenders (Frequency: 380,000 times)]

[Top-ranked Big Brother (Frequency: 320,000 times)]

[Living Yama (Frequency: 280,000 times)]

[Trainee Mentor (Frequency: 150,000 times)]

"Stop, stop, stop!" Chen You panicked, reaching out to click the close button. "What kind of mess is this? What kind of good name can be refined from this?"

The system ignored his protest entirely.

The progress bar filled up rapidly.

[Will collection complete. Beginning fusion of Title Laws.]

[Analyzing player behavioral characteristics: Acts unexpectedly, skilled at exploiting rule loopholes, likes to crush opponents with money and stats, frequently causes enemy mental breakdowns and loss of order.]

[Comprehensive evaluation complete.]

[Congratulations Player Chen You, for obtaining the unique mythological-grade title—[Lack of Virtue].]

Chen You's vision went dark.

He stared fixedly at those two glittering golden characters on the panel, which carried a hint of mockery, feeling his blood pressure spike to his skull.

"Lack of Virtue?"

"You freaking call this a mythological-grade title?!"

Chen You's composure shattered.

Gao De, Meng De, Kid, Sander, Xuan De.

At least those guys sounded like proper lords.

When it came to him, he was just called Lack of Virtue (Lacking Virtue)?

"In the future, when I go out and introduce myself, am I supposed to say I'm the Lord of White Jade Capital, Lack of Virtue?"

Chen You covered his face, already imagining Zhang Yunhai and Sun Feng laughing so hard they'd be pounding the table.

The system notification continued to broadcast heartlessly.

[Title: Lack of Virtue (Unique mythological-grade)]

[Attribute Bonus: All attributes increased by 20%.]

[Special Effect 1: No Martial Virtue. When attacking an enemy with a higher level than yourself, the first instance of damage is forcibly doubled, and the critical hit chance is doubled.]

[Special Effect 2: Loss of Rules. In any dungeon or trial, you have a 10% chance to ignore the negative rule restrictions of the current scene.]

[Special Effect 3: Highly Respected (Fake). When you are active within the range of a main city, the initial favorability of NPCs toward you is fixed at 'Respect'.]

Chen You's grumbling came to an abrupt halt.

He stared at the attribute bonuses and special effects on the panel and swallowed hard.

All attributes increased by 20%?

First damage doubled plus increased crit?

Ignoring dungeon rules?

"This..." Chen You rubbed his hands, the anger on his face instantly vanishing, replaced by an expression of solemn righteousness.

"Actually, thinking about it carefully, the term 'Lack of Virtue' might also mean 'great wisdom appearing as folly' or 'breaking through to establish anew' in ancient language."