Standing outside the temple hall and looking inside, one would see a Buddha statue.
But upon truly entering, one would find a vast ocean.
Sect Master Tongtian and the other three found themselves aboard a tiny boat, surrounded by endless expanses of water.
Above them, dark clouds pressed low against the sky, making it gloomy and oppressive, as if the world were nearing its end.
Howling winds swept past, and the tiny boat rocked wildly amid towering waves, as though it might capsize at any moment!
Sect Master Tongtian stood calmly on the boat as if he were walking on level ground.
But the three brothers could no longer even keep their balance. Despite their cultivation and strength, they could not keep their bodies firmly attached to the boat!
Moreover, they all felt somewhat unable to breathe, their hearts pounding like drums!
What exactly was this world before them?
Hadn't they already passed the trial?
Why had they ended up in a place like this again?
It seemed that the saintess had not told them the truth.
"Do you know?"
Sect Master Tongtian's voice rang softly in the ears of the three men.
"In this world, the only thing that can truly make you afraid is yourself. If you fear nothing, then nothing at all can make you feel even the slightest bit of fear."
Sect Master Tongtian did not know whether they could understand him.
But after he finished speaking, the sight before them was no longer one of a vast ocean beneath a sky pressed down by dark clouds.
The enormous Buddha statue had reappeared before them, and they were standing inside a brightly illuminated temple hall!
It had all been an illusion.
Once seen through, it was an illusion. If it could not be seen through, it