The world was stagnant.
Along with everything in this realm.
The expressions of the members of the Immortal Slaying Alliance froze in that moment, even Ling’Er was the same.
In mid-air, the foul blood of the Insect Immortals also froze in place.
After the fall of Master Shangshan, it lay before Lu Sheng.
"Is the illusion... about to change?"
When Lu Sheng saw this scene, he already had the answer in his heart.
This world was originally false, constructed by some incredibly powerful entity with their own strength.
When a part of the illusion is broken, the illusion naturally collapses along with it.
And this false world would eventually perish entirely.
The moment the answer appeared in Lu Sheng’s heart, his gaze instantly fell on Ling’Er, his expression becoming increasingly complex.
Regarding Ling’Er, Lu Sheng had long since had some guesses.
Perhaps feeling the thoughts in Lu Sheng’s heart, Ling’Er, who should have been as motionless as this world, had a face that continually changed at this time.
Joy, sorrow, anger...
Various emotions constantly floated across Ling’Er’s face, continually transforming.
In the end, a feeling called desolation hung upon Ling’Er’s face.
Her lips clearly smiling, but crystalline tears fell from Ling’Er’s eyes.
Ling’Er slowly walked toward Lu Sheng, coming in front of him, she reached out her arms, and embraced Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng instinctively wanted to take a step back, but as if some force had armoured his body with the stoppage of the world, Lu Sheng’s body couldn’t move at this moment.
In the end, Ling’Er embraced Lu Sheng, she gently leaned close to Lu Sheng’s ear, and said with a sorrowful voice: "Senior Brother... if only you had come to this world a thousand years earlier!"
Lu Sheng’s body trembled slightly, as if heavily struck within his heart.
At this moment, the Immortal Slaying Alliance members who should have been frozen also looked at Lu Sheng with the same desolate expression, smiling through tears.
"Indeed, fellow daoist!"
"If only you could have come to save us a thousand years earlier... how wonderful that would have been!"
The voices of the members of the Immortal Slaying Alliance intertwined, flooding into Lu Sheng’s ears, echoing endlessly, never fading away.
Lu Sheng wanted to speak but could not, and at this very moment...
With a muffled sound, the entire world shattered like mirrors cracking with fractures everywhere, suddenly exploding.
Turning into countless fragments, reflecting countless figures, endlessly floating in the void of this world.
Lu Sheng stood amidst the scattered fragments, even the figure of Ling’Er turned into pieces in an instant, yet in the fragments, her gentle gaze was still reflected.
Lu Sheng moved his lips, but as his voice came through, everything before his eyes instantly returned to darkness.
Lu Sheng’s figure was gradually engulfed by the infinite darkness, as if drawn into... an endless abyss.
Meanwhile, in the deepest part of the ground beneath the Celestial Profound Star in the Three Thousand Worlds, a golden insect shadow’s body shuddered, accompanied by a surge of breath that erupted from it.
In the next moment, the golden insect shadow slowly opened its eyes, which should have been devoid of any emotion, yet a trace of confusion emerged.
In that confusion, tenderness flickered.
A gentle girl’s voice echoed from the mouth of the insect shadow.
As if within the depths of the insect shadow, a girl curling herself up was gazing at the surrounding darkness, letting out a soft murmuring.
The tender voice slowly echoed in the depths of this underground, yet eventually dissipated bit by bit into the endless darkness.
The insect shadow closed its eyes again, but within its body, a stronger, thicker breath seemed to seep out bit by bit.
When Lu Sheng opened his eyes again, a complex look appeared in his gaze.
In his mind, the scene of Ling’Er embracing him just now flashed by.
Lu Sheng let out a soft sigh.
In fact, since the first time Lu Sheng discovered the Jade Scroll flashing red, he had begun to observe Ling’Er.
After all, when the Jade Scroll flashed red, only Ling’Er was by Lu Sheng’s side.
The Jade Scroll flashed red to detect what the human federation’s experts were searching for, and from that moment, Lu Sheng had begun to suspect Ling’er.
On top of that, there were various differences in Ling’Er and this world.
First, she showed aversion to the Cultivation Technique of the Insect Immortal.
Of course, this could be explained by Ling’Er being a child.
But this world had been colonized by the Void Insect Race, and the entire world’s creatures had been deceived by them, so why was Ling’Er the only one with such feelings?
Lu Sheng had been in contact with those members of the Immortal Slaying Alliance, and although they had seen through the falseness of this world, most of them had only noticed something was wrong when they ingested the Insect Egg Golden Core.
Thus developing doubts about the world.
And eventually... seeing through the illusion of the world.