Fuxi remained silent for a long time.
The flame of the Everlasting Lamp flickered, casting shifting shadows across his face.
"I don't know."
In the end, Fuxi slowly shook his head, his voice carrying profound exhaustion.
"I have lived for countless millennia and deduced the truth for countless millennia, yet in the end, I still failed to understand whether this world is real or false."
"Yuan Yi's argument makes sense. That Unregistered One's argument also makes sense."
"Both have their own evidence, and both have their own flaws."
"I cannot tell them apart."
"So, I chose to stay."
Fuxi's gaze fell upon Ye Wudao, his eyes carrying a sense of release.
"Back then, I also had a chance to leave. I deduced the Great Dao; if I had taken one more step, I could have ascended into Origin Chaos."
"But I did not dare."
"I did not know what I would face after ascending into Origin Chaos."
"Would it be the Real World Yuan Yi spoke of? Or the breeding ground that Unregistered One spoke of? Or something else entirely?"
"I don't know."
"So, I chose to stay. To protect the Human Race, to protect Human Emperor Hall, and wait for someone who could unravel all of this."
"I thought I would never live to see that person."
"Until you appeared."
Fuxi's gaze fixed directly on Ye Wudao, filled with deep expectation and a sense of liberation.
"Ye Wudao, you are luckier than I was. You have Yuan Yi's guidance, as well as the clues left behind by that Unregistered One."
"You can reach places I could never reach."
"You can understand things I could never understand."
"So do not rush to believe anyone, and do not rush to deny anyone."
"See with your own eyes, feel with your own