God in the Illusion? I Refuse to Believe It!

The scene just now made Gu Changsheng's heart tighten abruptly. The pressure was suffocating.

With the Myriad Heaven Book empowering him, he clearly knew this was an illusion, yet he did not dare move an inch.

At that moment, an even weaker voice came from deep within the ruins.

"Changsheng..."

Gu Changsheng suddenly turned his head and saw Bibi Dong lying on shattered stone steps, her purple Pontifex robes already stained red with blood.

Her face was pale, the Scepter in her hand was broken, and her breath was so faint it seemed as though it could vanish at any moment.

"Teacher... you..."

Gu Changsheng had instinctively wanted to reach out with his right hand, but in that instant, the Myriad Heaven Pivot suddenly began to tremble.

[Warning: Mental Illusion.

Emotional influence intensified. The target is luring the host toward the core illusion!]

Seeing this, both his steps and his outstretched hand halted abruptly. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong, lying in a pool of blood, slowly steadied her breathing.

Fake. It was all fake!

The Spirit Pattern Book Demon must have read the scene he feared most, but it had overlooked one thing: the real Bibi Dong should not have been like this.

The real Bibi Dong, his teacher, would never call him in that tone, even if she were lying in a pool of blood. She would never ask someone to save her!

Yet at that moment, Bibi Dong's true voice rang beside his ear.

"Get up! Gu Changsheng, get up!"

That feeling gradually drove the panic from his eyes. He slowly raised his head and looked toward the godlike figure in the heavens.

"You are not Tang San. You are only the version of him I fear most!"

Beneath the dark red sky, the godlike Tang San looked down at him coldly.

"Fate cannot be reversed. Spirit Hall is destined to fall, Gu Changsheng. You cannot change anything either!"

When the Trident pointed at him, Gu Changsheng clenched his fists once more, then suddenly laughed like a madman.

"Hahaha! The real Tang San is still in Nuoding City. He has not become a god, and he is not invincible. And I still have time!"

As he spoke, the Myriad Heaven Book suddenly opened. A bright yellow beam of light shot into the sky, illuminating the entire dark red ruin.

"Tear it apart for me!"

Tang San, standing in the heavens, remained cold-eyed.

"Futile. Fate will never change because of a weakling's struggle!"

Gu Changsheng's Soul Power was burning to its limit, yet his gaze did not waver in the slightest. He looked up and answered domineeringly.

"You are wrong. Fate may not change because of a weakling's struggle, but I will not remain weak forever!"

As his words fell, the Myriad Heaven Book unfolded again.

[Capturing mental patterns.

Illusion node locked.

Target core fluctuation confirmed.]

"If it is an illusion, then there must be a flaw. And if there is a flaw, it can be analyzed!"

Behind him, Bibi Dong grew even weaker. She raised her head, and her voice suddenly turned shrill.

"Changsheng, are you really not coming to save me?"

"Get lost! You are not my teacher. She would never ask me to save her. My real teacher would only tell me to win!"

The next second, the Myriad Heaven Book erupted with even more intense light, golden patterns piercing through the illusion.

Bibi Dong in the pool of blood instantly shattered, turning into countless silver-gray pages.

The entire illusion shook violently, and Tang San in the heavens finally began to change as well.

Silver-gray cracks began to spread across his body.

Yet his voice remained cold.

"You know the ending. You have seen the ending. You know what you will have to face, don't you?"

Gu Changsheng had already entered a state of complete selflessness. He spoke slowly.

"Precisely because I have seen the ending, I know you are not unbeatable. Sometimes, what is truly terrifying is not the protagonist himself, but the fact that everyone believes he is destined to win!"

"But this time, I refuse to believe it!"

With his shout, the light of the Myriad Heaven Book surged. With a boom, the illusion collapsed. At the same time, within the ruins in reality, the massive white Ancient Tree was still trembling.

Chrysanthemum Douluo, standing nearby, showed a trace of surprise in his eyes.

"This kid is actually reverse-analyzing the illusion?"

Mental illusions created by Mental Attribute Spirit Beasts could normally only be resisted through sheer mental strength or broken by external force.

But Gu Changsheng was different. He was not merely trying to break free. He wanted to see through the mental structure of the Spirit Pattern Book Demon.

It was like someone trapped in a maze who did not rush to find the exit, but instead began tearing down the maze's walls.

This approach was extremely dangerous. One misstep, and the entire person would be devoured by the illusion. But if it succeeded, the gains would be equally enormous.

In stark contrast, there was the other side.

Yan was still trapped within the illusion. He stood in a massive Training Ground, surrounded by Spirit Hall students.

Everyone was watching him. Everyone was laughing at him.

"Yan, you are going to lose. And you are losing to Gu Changsheng again!"

Xie Yue and Hu Liena were also being tormented by their own illusions, each enduring what they feared most in their hearts.

Chrysanthemum Douluo waved his right hand and forcibly pulled all three of them out of their illusions.

Their eyes were hollow, their faces deathly pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans slid slowly down their foreheads.

Hu Liena, who had just regained her senses, was the first to notice Gu Changsheng's condition.

He was gritting his teeth tightly, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

"Why hasn't Junior Brother woken up yet?"

Just as she wanted to step forward, Chrysanthemum Douluo hurriedly stopped her.

"Do not touch him. He can only rely on himself now!"

At that moment, within Gu Changsheng's Soul Sea, golden chains extended from the book one after another, forcibly binding those violent mental patterns.

[Second Spirit Ring absorption in progress...

Spirit pattern structure merging...

Myriad Heaven Book evolving...

New Soul Skill being conceived...]

Looking at the blurry words, Gu Changsheng desperately held on to his will.

Before his eyes, the ruins of Spirit Hall beneath the dark red sky appeared once more. Tang San's lofty figure after becoming a god still stood in the heavens.

But this time, he was not afraid. He merely engraved the scene clearly into the depths of the Myriad Heaven Book.

This was not the ending. It was only a warning.

A warning that he needed to grow faster and become stronger faster.

No one knew how much time passed. The sound of wind within the ruins slowly subsided, and the Soul Power fluctuations around Gu Changsheng gradually stabilized.

That pale purple Soul Ring had completely merged into his body.

The next second, the Myriad Heaven Book opened before him, and two Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet: the First Spirit Ring was yellow, while the Second Spirit Ring was pale purple!

Gu Changsheng slowly opened his eyes. A bright yellow gleam flashed through them and vanished.

[Second Soul Skill awakened.

Soul Skill Name: Myriad Heaven Spirit Seal.

Effect: Can leave a temporary mental mark on a target, sense the flow of its Soul Power, and instantly interfere with its soul trace trajectory.

Current restriction: Only one Spirit Seal may be maintained at a time.

Duration: Three breaths.]

Only after reading those lines did Gu Changsheng slowly raise his head and take a deep breath. Three breaths might seem short, but in a real battle, three breaths were enough to decide victory or defeat.