In the Honkai world, because Fu Hua had a high level of intimacy with Kiana, the Herrscher of Sentience cared deeply about Kiana and hoped to earn Kiana's recognition—to have her acknowledge that she was the real Fu Hua.
But in this world, no one knew Fu Hua at all! There was no one she could find to acknowledge her, so she was Fu Hua. After all, Crimson Kite, the only one who knew, was a spirit body and her former self, so Sentience Fu Hua selectively ignored what she said.
Therefore, even though she used Herrscher powers, she was still the true Fu Hua.
"So this is just an illusion..."
The old man clearly did not care about what Sentience Fu Hua and Crimson Kite thought. After hearing Sentience Fu Hua's words, he instead calmed down completely. None of his earlier fear remained.
He had thought it was some power capable of changing heaven and earth, but it was merely an illusion. He only needed to break it to return to normal.
With that thought, the old man began casting spells in an attempt to break the illusion. It was not as though he had never encountered enemies skilled in illusion techniques before; this illusion was simply far more realistic than those he had faced in the past.
Yet no matter what methods he used, he found himself still trapped within the illusion, and the old man's expression darkened.
This illusion was powerful!
It simply could not be broken. Especially since... he pinched himself and felt a burning pain. If Sentience Fu Hua had not said this was an illusion earlier, he would never have known.
But even now that he knew, he could not detect anything wrong with it. It did not look like an illusion at all—it