Chapter 344: My Illusory World

"Second one?"

You asked, "Is the first one the strongest Guardian?"

"Correct."

Elder Chen Yuan nodded, "Back then, that one who ascended the ranks and defeated the Third Realm of Ascension was far stronger than this old man whose Qi and blood are about to wither."

"Understood."

You inhaled deeply, "I will catch up with her."

Up to today, you have never seen that strongest Guardian; only through one of the Guardians, Bai Li Ming, did you learn a few bits of information about her.

In short, that one's pressure is immense.

She must constantly stay alert for An Ying Zhu's revival while maintaining the stability of the Jing Tu Shi Jie.

She must be very lonely.

If you can reach her side, you could greatly lessen her burden.

"Make your move."

Elder Chen Yuan stood with his hands behind his back.

The Third Realm of Ascension is called the Wangxian Realm, which differs fundamentally from the preceding realms.

This realm can already obtain the baptism of Immortal Divine Power from the depths of the Chaos Universe, standing at the pinnacle of the Dao of living beings.

One step further, and you become a true Immortal!

An Immortal who lives as long as the heavens, roaming the Chaos!

Facing such an opponent, you feel tremendous pressure and dare not say you can definitely win.

You draw your sword again!

A sword that penetrates the origin of all things, merging with space, merging with time, merging with the Chaos Void; the sword has form, the Sword Intent is formless.

"Slash!"

At the moment you unleash the sword, the environment around you changes.

Heaven, Earth, Mountain Sea hang upside down.

Your sword clearly thrust toward Elder Chen Yuan, yet at this moment it also strikes yourself, and the laws of Heaven and Earth are reversed.

"Is this the great power of the Wangxian Realm?"

For the first time you feel the might of the Wangxian Realm, a power that controls the laws of Heaven and Earth at will, which is a Dimensional Reduction Strike against cultivators of lower realms.

With the laws of Heaven and Earth reversed, you adjust your strike direction accordingly.

Pfft!

To your surprise, your sword still pierces your own body.

Elder Chen Yuan hangs high in the Heavenly Dome, gazing at you; the clouds are light, the wind gentle, and everything about you seems within his palm.

"The laws are reversed; whether I go with the flow or against it, it is all under his control, impossible to defeat him."

You quickly realize the seriousness of the situation.

Unless you can also comprehend the full domain of the laws, you cannot counter Elder Chen Yuan's tactics.

But you cannot.

Your realm is insufficient; without stepping into that realm, even the highest insight is futile, you cannot wield that power.

"What should I do? Am I going to lose?"

If you fall here, you will not only fail to see Sister Fu Yan, but also cannot fulfill the original goal you set.

Let alone defeating An Ying Zhu.

"Within the domain of the laws, how can I win?"

You keep pondering a way to break through.

"If I can isolate the influence of the laws, as long as I can touch him I have a chance to win; a sword that penetrates the origin of all things, even if he is protected by Immortal Divine Power, I still have a chance!"

With the laws reversed, Heaven, Earth, Mountain Sea hang upside down, you are wholly within Elder Chen Yuan's game; without isolating the laws' influence, you cannot even reach him.

"I..."

The figure of Lü Ya floats in your mind.

You recall the experiences with Lü Ya in the An Ying World of Qingyun Prefecture, and think of the world in Lü Ya's imagination.

At first, you thought Lü Ya was ill, mentally unstable.

But at this moment, you suddenly awaken and no longer think so.

Perhaps Lü Ya can survive in the An Ying World, becoming the sole life under the An Ying shroud, precisely because that imagined world exists!

Perhaps the existence of the imagined world prevents Lü Ya's spirit from seeing the An Ying, thus avoiding assimilation.

"If I also had such a world!"

"Isolate the influence of the laws."

"In this world, I am the sole ruler; others' laws are useless to me, why can't I win?"

In your heart, an increasingly clear feeling rises.

"This is the Guidance she gave me."

"This is my chance to win! The only opportunity to ascend and defeat Elder Chen Yuan of the Wangxian Realm!"

Buzz—!

Your mind buzzes.

The scene before your eyes blurs; the Jing Tu Shi Jie shatters piece by piece like a mirror, and another world squeezes out through the cracks of the fragments.

The two 'worlds' blend together, making it impossible for you to distinguish reality from illusion.

At the same time, the influence of the laws upon you weakens.

"It really works."

"Constructing an illusory world to fend off the erosion of the real world—such a method, can a Mortal really achieve?"

The secret on Lü Ya's body could overturn the entire Jing Tu, even overturn the Darkness.

"What should my illusory world look like?"

You saw a rolling expanse of Darkness surge out, devouring the Jing Tu before you, and a brand‑new world formed under the wave of Darkness.

This world is imprinted deep in your soul, influencing your Deity soul.

It seems illusory, yet it is so real.

"Why is the illusory world I constructed like this? It turned out to be a realm of such Darkness?"

You are born with a pure divine heart, toward the light.

You never imagined that such Darkness was hidden in your heart.

Amid the rolling wave of Darkness, ferocious ugly demons bow to you, along with a horde of strange specters.

"That is…"

"The Ye Cha recorded in the ancient nether tome? Xiu Luo? Headless General? Skeleton? Wu Chang? Ox‑Head and Horse‑Face? Red‑clad woman?"

"And also Naihe? Wangchuan? The Other Shore?"

You are puzzled why these things appear in your illusory world.

"No!"

If it were built according to your thoughts, such rarely imagined specters and this level of Darkness would never appear.

Perhaps all this has always existed deep within your heart, or within your soul.

Just like Yan Du in Lü Ya's imagination, that repeatedly envisioned false world.

Who is illusory? Who is real?

How then can all this be discerned?

You stand amid the rolling wave of Darkness; even if only you can see the myriad ghosts bowing, it is certainly not false.

At this moment, Elder Chen Yuan's Law Domain exerts only a negligible influence on you.

You have succeeded.

Even though you have not yet grasped the true mystery of the "Illusory World," this alone is enough to let you turn the battle around.

"Lü Ya, thank you."

You silently chant in your heart, and the sword moves with you.

When the dark Illusory World shattered, your sword also struck Elder Chen Yuan's back, locking his soul.

"Elder Chen Yuan, you have lost."