Mystery of Taixuan: Ten Thousand Ships, Star Rain

"High-dimensional... interloper?"

Only after an unknown amount of time did Lin Chen's murmuring voice finally sound within the ship cabin.

"You mean the Ancient Cultivators suspected that this universe contained a so-called... Creator?"

"At least, the Ancient Cultivators who created the Divine Firmament Gang Law Dao thought so," Song Jingxuan said.

"What do you mean, 'at least the Ancient Cultivators who created the Divine Firmament Gang Law Dao thought so'?" Lin Chen raised a brow.

"It's very simple. The first-generation Patriarch of the Divine Firmament Gang Law Dao believed that a Creator existed behind this universe, presiding over everything in the world. But the founder of my Hunyuan Five Elements Sect questioned whether this universe was real or false. As for the original master of the Heavenly Mystery Gate, I once heard our sect leader say that he seemed to suspect that everything in this universe was merely a recording stone containing illusions prepared long ago, doing nothing but playing on an endless loop..."

"A recording... stone?" A flicker crossed Lin Chen's face. "You mean the existence behind the Heavenly Mystery Gate suspected that this world's so-called past, present, and future were actually facts that had already happened, merely turned into illusions by some unknown existence and played over and over within a recording stone?"

Having said this, Lin Chen pondered for a moment, yet he was still somewhat confused.

"If that is the Heavenly Mystery Gate's purpose, I can understand it. If the past, present, and future as we understand them are all events that have already occurred, then everything would be like destiny, impossible to change... That does fit their theories of fortune, destiny, and heavenly secrets."

"But what did the world's reality or falsehood, and the Creator behind the scenes, have to do with the Hunyuan Five