Su Deng emerged from the shadows.

The old celestial master looked at her, paused for a moment, and then said, "I've seen you before."

Yan Sizhan, with his black hair, said, "I've seen you before."

"..." Su Deng was on guard.

The old celestial master said, "You must be very curious about how I know you are from outer space, right?"

Su Deng remained silent, waiting for him to continue.

The old celestial master sighed and said, "Recently, I've been divining for the fortunes of Da Jin, and the results are always ominous. It's ominous for me, for Liu, for the emperor, and for the entire Da Jin..."

"And within the ominous signs of these divinations, there is a tiny glimmer of hope: someone will come from beyond the heavens. At first, I thought it was the young master beside me, but a recent divination revealed the appearance of a young woman..."

"The one I'm going to face is you."

Su Deng remained silent.

“You don’t need to be afraid,” the old master said with a smile. “This young master came here looking for you. I thought you two must know each other.”

"I know him," said Yan Sizhan, who has black hair, first.

Su Deng's heart skipped a beat, and she said, "I don't know him."

Yan Sizhan looked at her and frowned, "We know each other!"

Su Deng replied expressionlessly, "I don't know him."

Yan Sizhan: "I know him!"

Su Deng: "I don't know him!"

"Hehe..." The old master couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the two of them. "Whether we know each other or not, let's pretend we know each other today."

Su Deng looked at him, "You didn't stop me just to let me see him, did you? You said you saw my image and that I'm the lifeline of your Great Jin. Do you want me to save you?"

“No.” The old master shook his head again. He said, “You are a very weak glimmer of life in this extremely inauspicious divination, but you are not the life force of this world, but your own life force.”

Su Deng: "...Please say something in a way that I can understand."

The old celestial master smiled again, stroking his beard with an air of otherworldly wisdom, and said, "You are your own life force and hope. If you can save yourself, then Liu can save the world."

The old celestial master looked at her and said, "Perhaps you've been to this world before."

Su Deng's brow furrowed even more tightly. "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"What has already happened cannot be changed, but what has not happened can be changed. I cast another divination yesterday, and the destruction of Da Jin is irreversible. The ominous consequences of Liu Suan will be borne by the extraterrestrials, which is you."

The old celestial master said, "His soul now is not the soul of the past, and you are not the person of today, but the person of the future. No matter what you want to reverse, no one but you can do it."

"But Liu Suan's soul is the main force supporting this world that should have been broken. His influence on this world is even greater than yours."

"As long as his obsession remains, the world formed by all this delusion and anger will not break, and life will turn into death."

The old master turned his head to look at the archway connecting the front and back yards, a dark place, and his voice became a little louder, “This world no longer exists. We are all living in his obsession. He is in pain, and those in the obsession are also in pain. Letting go is the way to break through everything and be reborn.”

Su Deng followed his gaze and guessed that Liu Sangua was listening there.

Suddenly, she understood what the old master had said.

She had suspected it before.

In the four levels of game worlds, the game instances in the game pool are generated by the players' obsessions with themselves in each game world.

Therefore, later, the God Lord released new game rules, requiring her to save the world. If she failed to save it, the corresponding world in that game instance would collapse and perish.

And the players belonging to that game world will also die.

However, if a player dies, their obsession deepens. The game instance born from their obsession will not only not be destroyed, but will exist even more stably. After the player dies, they will be trapped in that game instance, repeating the game's storyline endlessly.

This game was created by Shenting Technology, drawing upon the passion and dedication of its players.

Perhaps this is the method that the creators of this game world originally used, and it has continued to this day.

The old master meant that this Great Jin world had already been destroyed.

The reason it exists today is because of Liu Sangua's obsession.

Just like back in the Witch's Castle, the Witch's Castle keeps repeating its cycle of destruction, due not only to Lilith's obsessive power, but also to Bella's obsession...

The old celestial master looked at her expression and asked, "Do you understand?"

Su Deng took a step back, her fingers slightly clenched, "Understand what..."

"Everything is attachment, everything is delusion, everything is nothingness. As long as there is thought, the world exists; when thought ceases, the world ceases. Everything is a cycle of cause and effect. Miss Su, do you have any attachments?"

Su Deng took two steps back. "I didn't..."

"No?" The old master looked at her, his cloudy eyes unreadable in the dim light of the lantern. "Life and death, too, are matters of attachment."

“Miss Su, have you forgotten? You’ve been here many times. Each time, you were the one who severed your obsessions and forgot everything. But how can you possibly sever your obsessions…”

"I don't understand... I don't understand your nonsensical words..."

Hearing his words, Su Deng felt a headache starting to rise, and the pain intensified. She interrupted him, backing away as her face turned pale.

The old celestial master remained unmoved. "Miss Su, everything in this world is because of your obsession. As long as your obsession remains, the world will not perish..."

"Shut up!" Su Deng suddenly raised her head and shouted, her eyes turning red with the pervasive bloodlust.

His aura was wildly evil, and a gust of wind could rise between heaven and earth.

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