Tanmeng City.
Death Dream Hall Master's cave abode.
"Though the Soul Dao can construct illusions of all things, everything must be grounded in reality. Reality is everything."
"Heh, that is why you have failed to comprehend the true Soul Path. The Void Realm Dao of the Soul Path involves constructing an almost real Illusory World, then turning it into reality. The ultimate culmination of illusions is for illusions to become real, for the mind to become all things. Illusion must be the foundation.
"An illusion is itself a kind of reality. Like the past and the future, it is merely another facet of reality."
"What you have comprehended isn't the Void Realm Dao, either. And even those who comprehend the Void Realm Dao-do they comprehend that Dao alone?"
"Correct. What I have comprehended is the Illusory Dream Dao. In terms of 'illusions,' it isn't as pure as the Void Realm Dao. But the Dao I cultivate is the Death Dao. Death is eternal sleep, and eternal sleep should have dreams of death."
"Those so-called dreams of death are merely rules unique to your own Source World. The Dream of All Living Beings shouldn't be so narrow."
"Narrow? Ridiculous! That is the perfect result of a Source World's supreme rule at work."
"Does perfection truly exist in this world? The Chaos Realm is already very perfect, yet there is still the God King Realm. The God King Ultimate Realm is perfect too, yet there are God Emperors. Half-Hunyuan is almost the limit, yet there is still the possibility of breaking free of the prison cage."
Dongguan was discussing the Dao with Death Dream Hall Master once again, and they could not help arguing.
Their greatest point of contention lay in how to define "illusion."
Illusions truly existed, whether within a Source