Proving Himself Out of Existence

"It's so good to be young!" Chen Yongjie exclaimed sincerely, then added, "Can you handle it?"

Wang Xuan had originally wanted to teach him a lesson, and now he couldn't help but wonder what this "old man" who looked like a short-haired youth was thinking.

Chen Yongjie kindly reminded him not to play with fire, saying, "Being young is great, but you should know when to stop."

Wang Xuan's palm glowed and pressed down. Although he really wanted to punch him, he couldn't bring himself to do it.

"A rare treasure, Peerless Grade Divine Robe? No wonder it felt so familiar, these are the clothes of Fairy Fang and the Demon Lord, what did you do?!" Chen Yongjie's eyes widened.

"I just came out of the pass and haven't traveled far yet. What are you thinking about? Let me see you first, to see if you're real or not." Wang Xuan felt that he had been tormented terribly and had been suspicious ever since he returned.

Soon, he was certain that he had come to the real world and was no longer in the Misty Land. However, he was lost in thought again, clutching two pieces of burnt clothing.

This time... he really brought something out. With the actual item in front of him, all sorts of thoughts raced through his mind, becoming more and more complicated, giving him a huge headache.

A moment later, he looked up and found Chen Yongjie staring at him with a strange look in his eyes, glancing at the hem of the skirt in his hand a few times.

"I'm a bit confused right now and need some time to calm down," Wang Xuan said. He needed to seriously consider this matter: were there really other people in the meteorite passage?

"I also want some peace and quiet." Chen Yongjie went to sit on the other side; this quiet room was big enough.

"Is there surveillance footage? Let's see what I was like during my seclusion," Wang Xuan asked. He wasn't expecting Old Chen to remember; he'd actually fallen asleep!

Chen Yongjie was embarrassed; he had never been so unprofessional before. While protecting others, he had actually become sleepy. He simply replied, "Yes!"

The two quickly reviewed the surveillance footage and found that the precision components had been damaged due to the corrosive effects of the Super Material. They called Qing Mu over and asked him to try to restore them. They eventually discovered that some of the earlier recorded footage was still there.

"Hiss!" Chen Yongjie looked surprised. Was there really something going on here?

In the surveillance footage, it didn't take long for Wang Xuan's body to glow, and ripples expanded, enveloping him in a hazy light.

Then, Chen Yongjie's eyelids drooped quickly, and he fell asleep as if he had been hypnotized.

The strangest thing was that Wang Xuan in the halo became blurry, and then seemed to disappear, his body almost invisible.

And during this process, Chen Yongjie in the quiet room also became unreal, eventually becoming more and more ethereal, as if he was about to disappear.

Until the very end, the surveillance equipment must have broken down, and in the final moments before the black screen appeared, the two of them almost... completely disappeared from sight.

Was this a ghost? Chen Yongjie could hardly believe it. He replayed the video again and again. It was indeed very eerie. In the final moment, he disappeared from the screen.

"I say, Little Wang, Lord Wang, Ancestor Wang, what heinous thing have you done? I was just protecting you, and I almost got killed?" Old Chen felt a sense of horror.

In that scene, he went from reality to nothingness, watching helplessly as he gradually blurred, as if swallowed by the endless void.

Just by watching the surveillance footage, he could feel an immense sense of crisis, his hair stood on end. What kind of terrifying situation was this?

"He was sitting in the quiet room, and that was it!" Qing Mu chimed in. He also thought it was absurd. At first, he wanted to laugh, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt a chill.

Wang Xuan's expression was not good; his brows were furrowed. He was horrified that a simple seclusion had resulted in the deaths of himself and everyone around him.

He reflected on it, wondering why this had happened when he hadn't done anything out of line.

"The meteorite passage is more terrifying than I imagined. Could it be that I severely underestimated the Demon Flower?" He glanced at Old Chen and Qing Mu, both alive and well, seemingly untouched by illusion.

However, he still took out the furnace lid and muttered to himself, "This seclusion is simply... almost driving me Mental Illness. Is my so-called return to the real world still just an illusion?"

Then, he released his physical blood and his Primordial Spirit Blood in order to fully merge with the lid and become one with it. He was now being forced to question the Real World.

The master and apprentice did not laugh at him. Instead, their expressions became extremely solemn. What kind of experience had driven such a confident young man to this point?

"It's real, not an illusion. I'm back. But what's wrong with this world? Why do I feel uneasy and uncertain?" Wang Xuan muttered to himself, stood up, walked outside, looked at the deep night sky, and stared at the distant, layered mountain shadows.

He had a feeling that things weren't over yet. Even though he had returned to reality and Chen Yongjie was still alive, he was back in the present.

But deep in my heart, it's as if a voice is reminding me, echoing, that everything has only just begun, and it's not over yet!

"I think the world seems a little different now." A sweet fragrance wafted from the flowerbed in the night breeze, which relaxed Wang Xuan slightly. He turned to look at the city lights in the distance.

His heart was heavy. In the past, the worst he had done when trying to overcome obstacles was to fail completely. This time, there were even various issues of illusion and reality. If he was not careful, he could lose himself and everyone around him.

He looked down at the pond beside the flowerbed, where the moon and his reflection were reflected, looking very real. Suddenly, with a splash, the fountain surged, water splashing everywhere, hitting the pond and obscuring his reflection and the moon.

At that moment, Wang Xuan gasped, his pupils contracted, and his heart pounded as this scene triggered a series of unsettling associations in his mind.

"Like this spring and its reflection? I'm heading to the Misty Land, getting closer to reality. Could it be that there really are two worlds? At opposite ends of the meteorite passage?"

Following this line of thought, he came up with various ideas.

"That passage was like a critical point, where I was an observer, discovering and contemplating the world, where reality and the other side of the passage corresponded to each other, like reality and its reflection. Suddenly, an external force disturbed the tranquility and broke the balance, so the reflection disappeared at that moment."

After Wang Xuan finished speaking to himself, not only he, but even Chen Yongjie was somewhat uneasy in a daze, as if he understood some things, but not completely.

"According to this theory, is the present world really an illusion? Is it just the moon reflected in the water, a reflection in a pond?!" Wang Xuan refused to accept this conjecture.

He felt it was outrageous; it made him disprove himself, turning him into a fraud. Wasn't that a sin? This conclusion was too unrealistic.

"If I am a shadow, how can I think?" he whispered, feeling slightly relieved.

"Powerful beings, their Mythical Radiation, their projections, seem to be capable of thought." Chen Yongjie didn't know the specific event he was thinking about, but he still gave him this comment.

Wang Xuan froze, then sighed, "You're finishing me off!"

His expression was grim as he looked at the night sky and then at the brightly lit cityscape. How did he end up doubting himself, questioning life, and feeling that the whole world was unreal?

"I drew a circle around myself and then tried to prove something within that circle, which in itself created limitations. I should step outside of that circle and broaden my perspective to observe."

Wang Xuan believes that the Demon Flower factor is problematic. In addition, Fang Yuzhu, Zhang Daoling, Yanyan and others were not by his side, yet their primordial spirit light was actually manifested, which is slightly different from the speculation of the "inside circle" earlier.

"Was it because the illusion from last time was frozen and recorded by the demonic flower? And in this incident of illusory reflections, were the false figures of those people used by some mysterious force? But how strong must this inexplicable force be to attract a portion of the primordial spirit's light?" Wang Xuan was utterly bewildered.

If that power came from the Demon Flower, then the Demon Flower's energy far exceeded his imagination. However, this is understandable. It exists between the real world and nothingness. It has been impacted by such terrifying Red Substance for so many years without being affected. Instead, it has become more and more radiant and sacred, which in itself speaks volumes.

It should be noted that even the primordial spirit of a peerless master cannot withstand the fierce impact of the Red Substance in the passage.

"I think there are other factors involved. We've been there before, but we've never encountered anything like this. What new variables have been introduced this time?"

Wang Xuan considered various possibilities, his expression shifting between light and shadow. If there truly was a so-called True Source, then was the present world an illusion, a mere reflection? And within that True Source, was there a real him?

However, the true source is a terrifying red energy that can burn even immortals. Such a place must be real and contain real creatures.

"Not necessarily. Maybe being bare would make it even more lifeless!" Wang Xuan felt like he was going to have a mental breakdown. He had too many thoughts and ideas.

He made various assumptions to guess the true source. In his wild thoughts, there was a pessimistic possibility that the True Source might have been destroyed. Otherwise, why would he be spewing destruction-related substances?

"For example, countless years ago, there were living beings and real creatures there, but they all collapsed and fled, radiating their shadows and shining here."

"No, I need to calm down. Thinking too much is not good either, otherwise it will lead to endless possibilities."

However, he couldn't control himself and couldn't help but overthink, and suddenly a lot of thoughts came to mind.

"What is illusion and what is reality? Although my mother is just an ordinary person, what she said last time made some sense. Reality is all around us, it is this Real World, and it is the most precious thing."

Deep in space, inside an ancient spaceship, the Demon Lord Yanyan looked at her tattered red dress, which was burned beyond recognition, but finally the burning trend stopped and it began to slowly recover.

However, in the end, her skirt was still missing a corner, which looked awkward no matter how you looked at it.

"Although it was burned and damaged beyond recognition, and looked like it was rotten, it also looked like someone grabbed it and tore it apart," Zhang Daoling said.

The Demon Lord Yanyan's expression immediately turned hostile, and she said, "Little Zhang, are you looking for a fight? You think you're very strong and can subdue demons and monsters, right? Come on, let's have a duel!"

"The part of the light of the soul that spread out and disappeared has returned, but why is there no memory of it, and no one knows where it went?" the Nether Blood Sect Ancestor said.

Fang Yuzhu frowned slightly and said, "This matter is not over yet. I always feel that there is some factor that will cause the light of our souls to sink into the distance and turn from reality to illusion. The most frightening thing is whether our whole being will be affected as a result?"

"Hey, sister, why is a corner of your snow-white dress missing?" Demon Lord Yanyan noticed the Female Daoist practitioner's condition.

"Don't worry about the details." Fang Yuzhu changed her perspective, not wanting her to elaborate, and said, "The treasures haven't been gathered yet, Sky-Veiling Mirror has already shattered, so why are there signs of a repeat of the great disaster?"

The Nether Blood Sect Ancestor sighed, "That era was incredibly glorious. There were people who were so powerful that I wanted to worship them. Before the demise of the extraordinary, they discovered something that seemed to be close to reality. They wanted to bring the extinguished Mythological World back to life and recreate it in its entirety. Unfortunately, it was too terrifying. Even the Sky-Veiling Mirror exploded because of it!"

"I have a personal suspicion and guess, but we need to find certain elements first..." Old Zhang began, stroking his broken mirror with his hand.

"Is there a small fragment of the Sky-Veiling Mirror hidden inside this broken mirror of yours?" Demon Lord Yanyan glanced at him, then looked down at the corner of her skirt that looked like it had been torn by hand. Her eyes... were blazing with fire. Though she was beautiful, she was gritting her teeth and said, "Don't let me find out who it was!"

In the present world, Wang Xuan muttered to himself, "I have too many ideas, but my understanding of mythology and history is not detailed enough, and my knowledge of the Vanished civilizations is even more limited. If only Old Zhang, the Demon Lord, and Fairy Fang were by my side, I could ask them."

He looked at Chen Yongjie and asked, "Is it still possible to contact them?"

"We can make contact occasionally, but the time span is a problem. Sometimes it takes half a day, sometimes several days. The main reason is that they are flying to farther and farther places. Even if they are on a super mothership, it is impossible to make contact all the time." Chen Yongjie shook his head.

However, he snapped two photos of the two pieces of clothing and said, "Have Qing Mu send them to them and explain the situation here."

Wang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute, don't send the whole 'skirt hem' message yet, just mention it briefly. My eyelids are twitching, if I send it..."

"I've already sent it out." Not far away, in a small spaceship, Qing Mu quickly completed the operation and said, "I wonder when they'll receive it."

"Old Qing!" Wang Xuan's eyelids started twitching wildly. He really wanted to ask him, "Why are you moving so fast?"

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