"Recovered?"
Merlin, who had kept his head lowered and his expression calm, slowly looked up. He glanced around and said gravely, "Ditas, you're in the Illusory World too. Can't you tell?"
Ditas shook his head. "I can't. This Illusory World is now entirely under your control, while I merely live as a parasite in your world. Besides, ever since your last battle with the Void Realm's Rule Origin, when the Illusory World was damaged and most of its Rule Power was destroyed, I've been unable to sense any changes in it. I can only see the world before my eyes."
A trace of helplessness crept into Ditas's voice. He had originally condensed this Illusory World himself, and he had built its entire framework.
But after he gave it to Merlin, the Illusory World underwent earthshaking changes. In the past, he could still faintly sense the various changes within it. Now, however, almost the entire Illusory World had been rebuilt, and the restoration had been shaped wholly by Merlin's will. Thus, this Illusory World no longer had anything to do with Ditas.
Seeing Ditas's helpless expression, Merlin instead revealed a faint smile. This feeling of absolute control was wonderful. Three thousand years ago, he had indeed been gravely wounded, left barely clinging to life.
The Illusory World was his most fundamental source of power. Fortunately, its foundational rules had not collapsed. Those foundational rules were the very bedrock of a complete world.
Thus, through the sheer strength of his formidable Mind Power, Merlin had begun rebuilding an Illusory World upon his original Mental Core, using the shattered Illusory World as its foundation.
This Illusory World could also be considered the gradual restoration of his former one. After three thousand years of recovery, the new Illusory World had not only returned to