Seeing Through the Illusion and Discovering Its Origin

Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu exchanged a glance. Shen Chenxi's words had stirred towering waves in both their hearts.

Fake? Did he mean that this world's Heavenly Tribulations and Decay Tribulations were fake, or that he himself was fake?

Given the cultivation of their Dao hearts, they suppressed their many emotions in an instant and began discussing the matter calmly.

"At the very least, Shen Chenxi's Primordial Spirit Decay isn't fake." Shi Xuan swept out his Immortal Awareness, meticulously examining the power of Great Dao backlash covering Shen Chenxi's Primordial Spirit.

Mo Jingqiu opened her eyes. "After clearly seeing one's heart and nature and achieving Primordial Spirit, if one already knows oneself has been affected by Taiji Power such as illusions, Inner Demons, or dreams, then one will certainly find abnormalities upon introspecting one's Primordial Spirit. When Fellow Daoist Shi examined Shen Chenxi just now, I entered meditation and reflected inwardly, but found nothing—unless it is an external illusion that has turned from void into reality, such as an 'Inner Demon Illusion Realm.'"

"You mean this was the work of that Half-step Golden Immortal's Inner Demon, using a genuine Fourth Tribulation Heavenly Sovereign as the foundation of an Inner Demon Illusion Realm to deceive us?" Shi Xuan shook his head. "That could indeed explain many things, such as why the Fourth Tribulation Heavenly Sovereigns here are weaker than normal. Otherwise, how could we have killed the Immortal Elder of Immortality? But it cannot explain why this world once had a Half-step Golden Immortal, or why the number of high-level cultivators gradually dwindled."

"Of course, those details could all have been freely derived by the illusion itself. But what would be the point? Besides, there is one greatest problem. If this were the handiwork of a Half-step Golden Immortal's Inner Demon,