Chapter 840: True Source Power

"This... what is going on!"

The Wriggling Thing was greatly shocked. How could the Greatness figure move on its own? Was it triggered by this madman? What happened?

Li Heng did not answer. He watched the figure that had already walked before him calmly, and the figure also watched him silently; for a time, they stared at each other without a word.

The Wriggling Thing here did not have time stopped, and wanted to make a move.

But at this moment, it was inexplicably frozen in place, unable to move.

"You... are you me?"

After a long while, Li Heng stared at the figure and spoke.

The figure did not respond, still watching Li Heng silently.

"No, no, no, perhaps I thought wrong. You are not me, or rather, I am not you."

However, Li Heng seemed to have understood something. With a thought, he communicated with that strange scene and manifested it. The position within the strange scene transformed into a supreme throne, standing tall above the heavens.

"You should be the person who sat on this throne, right?"

Li Heng pointed at the Source Power Throne and spoke.

"Correct, I am the person who sat on the throne."

The figure finally spoke, communicating with Li Heng rationally.

"But there is no one on the throne anymore. What state are you in?"

Li Heng said.

"A state of no longer existing. I originally wanted to undo a certain mistake, but unfortunately, after I made that wrong decision, everything could not be undone. So I no longer exist, and there is no figure of me on this ridiculous throne."

"The me of today is merely a lingering echo manifested within the Wuqiong Weizhi."

The figure replied.

"A wrong decision? A ridiculous throne? Speak more specifically! And since you said you no longer exist, why can you still trigger the Calamity and monsters, causing such a great impact?"

Li Heng said.

"These questions you ask... how about this, let's fight first and talk later. Let me see if you are actually qualified."

The figure waved a hand, took the Wriggling Thing, and absorbed it into its body. Its aura became indescribable and impossible to distinguish; it seemed to have also become a kind of Calamity or monster.

"Come, defeat me, and you can know everything."

The figure replied.

Li Heng wiped with his large hand, and the Erasure Power acted upon the figure, but it had no effect at all.

The figure shook its head.

"You should know that this method cannot do anything to me. Or is it that even you cannot freely use that power?"

Li Heng frowned and immediately used Source Power to bolster the Erasure Power, acting upon the figure again. This time it had an effect; the figure began to become flickering and uncertain, as if it would dissipate at any moment.

"That's right, that's right, it is exactly this power!"

The figure became pleasantly surprised.

"No need to compete anymore. That you can control this power proves that I have lost. As a reward, I will tell you everything I know; you may ask."

Li Heng still frowned, somewhat unable to understand.

"Who exactly are you? What is the wrong decision? And what does the ridiculous throne refer to?"

"Who I am is not important. To you, the only identity of mine that has meaning is that of the previous user of Source Power. You should also be using this name, right?"

"As for the wrong decision, it was that I did not fully control Source Power back then, yet I hurriedly forged this Source Power Throne to completely control Source Power, and unfortunately, I suffered a backlash and died."

"As for the ridiculous throne? Don't you think it's ridiculous? The Carrier of the Dao that was originally used to verify the Dao and control Source Power has now become the main reason for my death."

The figure said with a smile.

After hearing these words, Li Heng's brow furrowed even deeper.

"Are you sure what you said is true?"

"Every word I said is true."

The figure said with a smile.

"But under the Appraisal of Source Power, you told a partial lie," Li Heng said calmly.

The figure was slightly stunned, then immediately smiled bitterly and shook its head.

"Interesting. It seems you really are willing to use Source Power. If I guessed correctly, your current Source Power should be almost exhausted, right?"

"Correct. I almost exhausted my Source Power to appraise your words, but I think it is worth it. It did not let me be deceived."

Li Heng responded, wealthy and imposing.

"Forget it, forget it. It seems I had some delusions and harbored wishful thinking. I never thought that when facing a user of Source Power, this kind of lie could not be hidden."

"Then I shall tell the truth."

"I am indeed the previous user of Source Power. As for my mistake? That is naturally because I forged this ridiculous Source Power Throne to completely control Source Power."

"What you said is no different from before."

Li Heng said with a frown.

"That is certain. It is the 'Spring and Autumn' writing style—hiding the details. Otherwise, why would I have wanted to deceive you just now?"

The figure replied with a smile.

"I said just now that I died from a backlash for forging the Source Power Throne; that was actually a lie. The truth is, my act of forging the Source Power Throne to completely control Source Power was, in essence, abandoning Source Power. Therefore, the decision was wrong, and the throne is ridiculous."

"And why is that?"

Li Heng asked.

"Why? Then have you ever thought about what the essence of Source Power actually is? In the process of your growth, have you made many guesses about Source Power? The power of the World itself? The power of Causality that transcends time and space? The Absolute power that satisfies all wishes in a metaphysical sense?"

The figure asked.

"I have indeed thought about it, but does it have anything to do with the current topic?"

Li Heng frowned.

"That certainly has everything to do with it. When you think you can probe the deepest essence of Source Power, and you think you have completely mastered Source Power, guess what happens?"

"I don't want to guess; you had better say it yourself."

Li Heng said calmly, what a riddle-monger.

"Sigh, are this generation's Source Power users so impatient? Forget it, forget it, I still have to reveal the answer myself; the answer is that when you think you have completely mastered Source Power, the true Source Power will leave you."

"In the end, you will only master the Source Power you perceive. And the true, transcendent Source Power, which lies beyond your cognition and has no upper limit, will vanish from your body, and you will no longer be a user of Source Power."

"This is exactly what my fate was."

The figure sighed and continued to explain.

"Therefore, my initial belief that I understood the essence of Source Power, and my act of forging the Source Power Throne to completely master and dominate Source Power, was a thorough and utter mistake."

"And in order to rectify this thorough and utter mistake, I paid with my life, my everything, and then it created the rampant Disaster monsters in your eyes; this is the answer you wanted."

Li Heng still frowned, feeling somewhat surprised in his heart.

The attempt to master Source Power is a mistake?

Is this true or false?

Could it be that this figure is afraid of him completely mastering Source Power, causing the figure to lose their chance entirely, and is therefore saying this on purpose? But this figure also knows that lies cannot deceive him; if so, why bother with such a futile effort?

"If you don't believe it, you can sit your true self upon this throne. That way you can completely master the Source Power you perceive; although this will mean losing the true Source Power, what does that matter?"

"After all, the Source Power one perceives can also be viewed as a kind of no upper limit. And one can also get rid of this Unknown thing called Source Power, without having to worry about what dangers might be hidden within..."

The figure smiled, coaxing him step by step.

"Do you take me for a fool?"

Li Heng said.

"No, no, no; in fact, I am not the first user of Source Power. There were others before me, but some users even voluntarily gave up the true Source Power."

"Why do you think that is?"

"Fear of the true Unknown..."

The figure said gloomily.