Xiong Ba was shocked beyond belief, and Fairy Bai Ying was also stunned, almost completely unable to imagine that this could be the result.
She wanted to prove that this world was real, but Wan Jian Tian proved to her that this world was an illusion.
Both of them were frozen in place for a moment, unable to convince each other.
After a long while, the scene was dead silent.
Xiong Ba sighed and suddenly spoke, "Since you think it’s , then let it be this way. Wan Jian Tian, I need your help now, can you help?"
Xiong Ba also knew that at this point, Wan Jian Tian was unlikely to wake up; this might be a mutation occurring in the Killing Spirit, and once the insights within the Killing Spirit Illusion Realm synchronized with the outside world, it could produce a terrifying synchronization that completely changes a person.
Once this happens, there wouldn’t be any need to spend efforts to prove anything about illusion versus reality, because no matter how one proves it, the other party would definitely overturn the conclusion, instead confusing oneself.
Considering this, Xiong Ba decided to ignore everything and instead turned to ask for help.
Fairy Bai Ying was startled and came to her senses, with cold sweat immediately breaking out on her beautiful forehead because she almost believed what Wan Jian Tian said and was almost persuaded by him.
"That stinky dog bear, you suffered a lot for me at the Ten Thousand Beasts Manor and even suffered indignities and maltreatment, which fills me with guilt to this day. Don’t worry, whatever it is, I’ll bear it for you."
Wan Jian Tian suddenly spoke with emotion.
"Darn it, you were the one harassed by the beasts, damn it, you old fool, you’re awake and still joking with me?"
Xiong Ba exploded with anger and immediately scolded.
"Hahahaha, I really have to thank Fairy Bai Ying. If it wasn’t for her invoking the Vast Qi that made me strive to invoke it as well, I wouldn’t have woken up. But now that I am truly awake, I realize that the torment of the Killing Spirit is far more dreadful than anything!"
Wan Jian Tian laughed and then his tone immediately became serious again, his expression carrying a hint of fear.
Hearing this, Fairy Bai Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, her expression was very solemn.
Fairy Bai Ying and Xiong Ba almost asked simultaneously.
"It’s a long story, but as you know, even with endless torment and Sealing, I would never give up my beliefs. Yet, each derivation of the Killing Spirit gets closer to reality; this Killing Spirit can use fluctuations in mindset to derive an illusion incredibly close to reality, making it hard to defend against. Over the years, I fell for it numerous times, but at critical moments, I always woke up.
This time, I almost died. In the end, in the illusion, watching my wife cry and my son plead, my heart was in unbearable pain, but I decided to ascend for greater strength and thus took a drop of Thunder Flame Soul Liquid.
By then, I knew I would definitely wake up.
Also, knowing that the illusion was just an illusion, I considered it a place for the training of my heart, but who can be without emotions?
In that world, I didn’t trouble others and strictly refused to have family, lovers, or friends, because I knew once I woke up, everything would vanish like smoke.
But every life in that illusion had flesh and blood, they would feel pain and sadness, they would bleed and cry, how are they different from ordinary people?
This is the cruelty and sadness of this world.
Especially, living soberly in such a world, one can indulge in slaughter and destruction, wantonly acting and telling oneself that all these are just illusions and do not exist, yet also forcing oneself to maintain a distance from those lives... How terrifying is that?
Originally, by ascending, I could have left that illusion and returned to reality.
Therefore, when you two came before, I still had a strand of consciousness. However, after I took the drop of Thunder Flame Soul Liquid, Fairy Bai Ying gave me another drop at the same time.
This result... I don’t know how to describe it, only that it was... an experience worse than death.
It was like space-time had reversed, and everything formed an eternal memory, the two worlds unexpectedly connected, and I was suddenly struck at the key point of awakening in my heart, not only restoring the strength from that world but also making the Dao I comprehended false into true.
At that moment, even I became confused because falsehood had become reality.
Now, even though I am awake, it’s still impossible for me to forget everything about that world, it’s like a brand new life experience... This is an indescribable sadness.
Because I believed that world was real, everything there, after my Ascension, annihilated, as if I had nothing, and family and friends, all annihilated.
And I, also because of the inexplicable synchronization between the two worlds, could not deem that world as false anymore.
That has already become a completely new past life experience for me.
This feeling is very complicated."
Wan Jian Tian explained carefully.
Fairy Bai Ying and Xiong Ba couldn’t help but fall silent.
Both pondered for a long time and couldn’t help but both sigh.
"Perhaps, the Soul Killing Chains is not just a form of torment but a means of transformation."
"The Killing Spirit Goddess once said that to obtain this thing, one must pay a painful price, but the outcome might not necessarily be as one wishes."
"Killing Spirit, perhaps holds different meanings."
Suddenly, Xiong Ba and Fairy Bai Ying simultaneously voiced some of their thoughts.
And Wan Jian Tian appropriately added a judgment too.
Then, the three of them simultaneously brightened their gaze.
However, in an instant, Wan Jian Tian’s gaze dimmed a bit as he sighed and said, "Unfortunately, we don’t understand all this."