In an unknown place, deep within the void, a path to heaven appeared before Ye Tian.
A path to heaven formed from countless glowing steps.
The road made of those winding steps was exactly like the legendary Heavenly Ladder.
"So that's it! I understand now. To think it was the Void True Illusion!"
Just as he stood bewildered, a profound passage appeared in Ye Tian's sea of consciousness:
"Seemingly real yet not real, seemingly void yet not void. The void illusion—once seen through. No fulfillment but an end; come, ascend the Heavenly Ladder!"
He pondered slightly.
In his memories, the Void True Illusion was one of the void's nine great calamities. It was said that none could break it and none could unravel it. Once trapped within, one would sink forever without waking, beyond even immortals' power to save.
Within the void, Ye Tian murmured softly:
"Now that I think about it, the illusion had already begun after I entered the Land of Void Nothing from Feather Ascension Heavenly Venerate's ruins.
No wonder those experiences seemed dreamlike and fantastical in retrospect. Looking closely, there were many flaws and inconsistencies, yet I never noticed them.
That was the single thread of life within the Void True Illusion.
Those mistakes in detail and common sense were reminders that none of it was real.
But was all of that truly fake?"
At this point, a strange light flashed through Ye Tian's eyes. "Not necessarily!"
Turning the void into substance and forging falsehood into truth—this was the true terror of the Void True Illusion.
What made this illusion terrifying was that it was not entirely false.
His experiences in the Demon Realm, and everything afterward, had all been real.
It was merely a world shaped through Ye Tian's innermost desires.
One thought gave rise