Chapter 985: This Is Not Real

But immediately after, dozens more monsters appeared. With a *puff* sound, a patch of blood-red sprayed from his shoulder, and intense pain radiated from it.

Chen Yu was furious and finished off his opponent with a sword strike. Watching that monster turn into ashes, Chen Yu realized something: although it was fake, his state of mind could not overcome the Demon barrier before him, which meant these things could truly kill him.

Seeing several more monsters surrounding him, Chen Yu let out an angry shout. He slashed out with the Lichen Sword in his hand, and a flash of red light vanished in an instant. More than ten monsters before him were cut down. He pointed the Lichen Sword forward and plunged into a bitter battle.

In the real world, Chen Yu's knees had already sunk into the ground. Liu Lianxin and Yu Sichen were anxious, but no matter how hoarsely they shouted, Chen Yu did not respond.

"Shouting like that is completely useless." Just then, a cold voice came, and immediately after, Ye Xinyu walked over slowly.

"Who are you?" Liu Lianxin looked at her vigilantly.

"Ye Xinyu."

"It's you?" A strange look flashed across Yu Sichen's eyes. She had heard of Ye Xinyu and knew she was the person Chen Yu had once loved most, but she had not expected her to appear here.

Ye Xinyu walked forward slowly. She glanced at Wuge, and with a wave of her right hand, a purple butterfly shadow suddenly magnified.

A look of fear appeared in Wuge's eyes, and he screamed: "Ancient Spirit Butterfly, how is this possible..."

In Wuge's terrified eyes, the purple butterfly shadow let out a sharp screech and lunged fiercely at the barrier. With a *boom*, the barrier shattered. Wuge let out a miserable shriek, and his massive eyeball burst with a spray of blood.

He clutched his eye and stumbled backward, falling to the ground with a *thud*, his face full of horror.

Recalling thousands of years ago, this Spirit Butterfly had devoured countless members of the Ghost Clan; even though it was now only an Immortal Spirit Soul, it was enough to destroy Wuge.

He screamed: "Just you wait. When our Ghost Clan's Ghost Emperor appears in this world, he will surely exterminate you humans of the light..."

A trail of black smoke shot up and then quickly vanished without a trace.

The black hole beneath Chen Yu's body also slowly disappeared. His eyes were tightly shut, and he knelt on one knee, holding the Lichen Sword; he had not yet fully emerged from the illusion.

Ye Xinyu walked forward slowly. She leaned down, knelt on one knee, and then reached out both hands to press against Chen Yu's ears, whispering softly: "Hold on, try a little harder, and you will be able to come out."

Two streams of Spiritual Light surged into Chen Yu's body. Ye Xinyu stood up slowly and took a few steps back.

Chen Yu's eyes were tightly shut, his brows furrowed as if recalling something. Suddenly, he murmured: "Ye Xinyu, I seem to... see you."

A smile appeared on Ye Xinyu's face as she retreated, looking at Chen Yu with lingering attachment.

"Why? You clearly love him, why do you want to be apart from him?" Yu Sichen finally could not hold back.

"Many things cannot be explained. You only need to know that everything I am doing now is for his sake." Ye Xinyu smiled: "In the future, take good care of him for me."

"Are you leaving?" Yu Sichen asked.

"Before he wakes up, I must leave. Promise me one thing: do not tell him I was here. Pretend you don't know me, otherwise, it will harm both of us." Ye Xinyu looked at the two of them.

"I know, we will." Liu Lianxin nodded slightly; Ye Xinyu must have had no other choice to do this.

"Thank you." Ye Xinyu uttered these two words and took a deep look at Chen Yu: "Follow the river all the way up, there is an exit."

After saying this, she turned and left, quickly disappearing into the darkness.

Watching Ye Xinyu's departing figure, the two women remained silent for a long time.

Suddenly, Chen Yu opened his eyes. A stream of Spiritual Light wandered over his body, crackling slightly like electric light. He looked up at the sky, feeling something in his heart; the realm that had not broken through for a long time broke through in this instant. This realm was called "Entering the Dao."

"Chen Yu, you broke through?" Liu Lianxin looked at Chen Yu with some suspicion. She could no longer fathom Chen Yu's current realm, and there was only one possibility: Chen Yu had already broken through to the Dharma Cultivator's "Entering the Dao Realm."

There are eight great realms for Dharma Cultivators. Primordial Qi counts as the entry level, followed by Spirit Rhinoceros, Peering into Divinity, Cave Profound, Entering the Saint, Immortal Profound, and Divine Aperture, totaling eight great realms. Chen Yu had now stepped into the Second Realm.

"I suppose so." The Spiritual Light on Chen Yu's body slowly faded: "This illusion is truly terrifying. I shouldn't have been trapped in it for long, but it felt like a century had passed inside. Although the things inside are illusions, if your state of mind is insufficient, you can truly be injured."

"So you tempered your mind inside and broke through directly?" Liu Lianxin asked.

"Yes. Where is Wuge?" Chen Yu glanced around; the Ghost Clan member from just a moment ago had already disappeared.

"When he was in a stalemate with you just now, his eyeball suddenly burst, and he ran away screaming," Yu Sichen said: "We were quite worried about you, but we didn't expect this to happen."

"There is such a thing?" Chen Yu's expression was puzzled. The opponent's illusion was very strong, so why did he suddenly run away?

"Brother Chen, let's leave here first. What about this place?" Yu Sichen changed the subject.

"This place connects to Youming below and carries the Heavenly Dao above. It is itself an entrance to the Ghost Kingdom. If I am not mistaken, after the Ghost Clan was defeated back then, they left entrances in many places, guarded by nobles of the Ghost Clan. When the time is ripe, they can awaken the sleeping army of the Ghost Kingdom."

"This time, Jingxi also wanted to use the Dark Power to break the seal. If I am not mistaken, she will definitely come back in the future." Chen Yu looked up at the palace, which was dozens of meters high: "Destroy it."

"This place is too big. With the strength of just a few of us, it is impossible to destroy this place." Liu Lianxin looked around. The area of this karst cave was extremely large, and the palace before them was built with imposing momentum; it would not be easy to destroy it with just a few people's strength.

"It is nothing but a passing cloud." Chen Yu sneered. He slashed the Lichen Sword forward, severing the sacrificial table. With a *boom*, the table was split in two.

As the sacrificial table was split open, the palace before them shook, then slowly transformed into a wisp of green smoke.

Where the palace had originally stood, there was a massive Yin Yang Fish pattern, its seal intact. Chen Yu looked ahead: "You go first, this place is about to collapse."

"Brother Chen, follow the river all the way up and that is the exit," Yu Sichen shouted: "Take care of yourself."

"Alright, I know, don't worry about me." Chen Yu smiled slightly. Watching Yu Sichen and Liu Lianxin leave, he walked to the top of the Yin Yang Fish, and then he waved his right hand. The Lichen Sword, glowing with a faint light, floated in mid-air.