Chapter 780: Dialogue with Transcendence

Zhan? Zhan, who is it...

Why does this name sound so familiar?

Bai Donglin's phantom consciousness was chaotic, and its surface was covered with twisted black lines. It was an extremely terrifying "time worm" that could only be naturally bred after one trillion epochs.

This worm was different from its usual state, and its aura was even more bizarre and terrifying, as if all the malice, death, and darkness in the concept were condensed in it.

Time has passed too long, too long, so long that Bai Donglin has forgotten his most original memories. Even something as important as "war" seems to have been forgotten. He only feels a little familiar.

The phantom of consciousness still had no reaction and slowly fell into the darkness. The illusory giant hand tried its best to hold it up. The vague and ethereal figure was heavier than the endless heavens here. The palm was twisted and about to break.

"Bai! Dong! Lin!!"

"Are you going to stop here?"

"Who said he wanted to become the strongest and transcend everything? And who secretly made the decision to exterminate the Black Calamity?"

"And now, you have forgotten all of this and are choosing to fall into the nothingness of eternity?"

The sound of war, with a hint of regret and a few sighs, roared and shook, but was completely eaten away by the endless "worms of time" and could hardly reach consciousness.

"Hahaha! I have made friends with many Origin Walkers, Ye, Chen, Shang, Bei Ming..."

"They have all achieved transcendence. No matter which aspect they are in, they are at the top. I am amazed by them!"

"And you, Bai Donglin, as their fellow countryman, a Blue Star native, are the worst Origin Point Walker I have ever seen!"

"That's it? That's it!?"

Zhan was almost unable to maintain the illusory giant hand and could no longer wake Bai Donglin up. He was powerless and could only change his tricks, even imitating Bai Donglin's speaking habits, to stimulate the phantom of consciousness.

"The worst Origin Walker! Blue Star, the worst Blue Star people!"

No way, no way, just this, just this...''

Bai Donglin was still trying to salvage information about "war" from his empty memories when he suddenly heard a sarcastic taunt. His phantom consciousness suddenly froze and his tightly closed eyes slowly opened. In the deepest part of the pure darkness, a little white light was faintly visible.

"Hey, brat, you really won't let me down!"

As the faint white light appeared, Zhan Jing was shocked. This was what he was looking for, a way to break the impasse.

Not daring to delay, for fear that the phantom of consciousness would close his eyes again, Zhan condensed his limited strength, which turned into a ray of light that shot out from his palm, piercing through the hideous and roaring "time worms", passing through the endless darkness in his eyes, and directly sank into the white light.

“This, this is…”

A trace of Zhan's consciousness turned into a human form. When he saw everything in the space of the light spot clearly, he was stunned where he was.

"Zhan, I didn't expect you to be alive."

"It's our first meeting, but it's such a scene. I'm sorry."

Looking at Zhan who had a puzzled look on his face, Bai Donglin shook his head and slowly stood up. In this small space, there was a pure snow-white color, and he was also wearing a white robe, which was very different from his usual black robe image.

"Wonder why I'm not completely lost?"

Seeing Zhan nodding in acknowledgment, a smile flashed across Bai Donglin's dark right eye, which contained a complex emotion, while his dark blue left eye remained eternally cold and indifferent.

"Haha, Zhan, it seems that your power is very weak now, very weak, and has fallen below the level of transcendence, otherwise you would not be unable to see through my current state. At the same time, I have a lot of doubts in my heart, and I think we can answer them for each other."

Bai Donglin walked up to Zhan and their eyes met. The ten-color origin universe ring that was spinning rapidly between his eyebrows had merged into one color. It was not the black that should have appeared, but pure white that went against common sense and was extraordinary and magical.

"You are really weird, kid..."

Zhan shook his head slightly, then sat cross-legged on the ground. After Bai Donglin sat down, he continued, "I thought you were completely lost, but I didn't expect that in the remaining original consciousness, your rationality still exists. It's hard to imagine how you managed to survive for such a long time."

"After all, you don't have any transcendental characteristics in your essence. Also, when did you know that you were attacked by the Black Disaster Transcendent!?"

After hearing Zhan's question, Bai Donglin's eyes flashed with reminiscence. These were indeed long and difficult years. As for when...

"In the first prehistoric universe, I fought fiercely with the other shores, fighting one against a thousand. I fought to the point of madness, annihilating them and destroying the Sword Wielder's headquarters. I finally realized something was wrong."

"But by then, it was too late. The superego and the other egos had completely sunk into depravity. Only the ego and the divine self still had a trace of clarity."

"The methods of the Transcendent are truly terrifying!"

Bai Donglin sighed secretly, full of emotion, helplessness, and hidden admiration.

"I knew that I had completely fallen into the calculations of the Transcendent Ones and was unable to change the situation at that time. So I used the last bit of my mental strength to cut off the only remaining clarity between my ego and my divine self, condensing it into the me of today. I hid in the depths of the origin of consciousness to find a way out of the situation."

"I thought this was just a terrifying method of controlling illusions. It wasn't until many years later that I realized that the methods of the Transcendents were not that simple."

"The passage of time is real. However, after a trillion epochs, I was on the verge of collapse. Fortunately, I finally used the 'Divine-Human Two-Sided Way' to completely merge my ego and my divine self, standing between existence and non-existence, eliminating the torment from the years."

After Bai Donglin finished speaking, he raised his hand and pointed at his eyes. The two gazes, one pitch black and one dark blue, met in the void, mysterious and unpredictable.

"Between existence and non-existence? I see. You are really smart. You can come up with this method to simulate the transcendental characteristics."

Zhan's eyes flashed, and in an instant, he understood Bai Donglin's current situation.

"pity!"

"So what if I know the truth? So what if I can maintain my identity despite the erosion of time? I still cannot fathom the methods of the transcendents, nor can I find a way to break the situation. I even can't figure out how I got into the game in the first place!"

"As expected of a Transcendent One, you are beyond everything, unimaginably powerful. My realm is still far from being as powerful as yours."

Bai Donglin was a little depressed. Although he was extremely confident in his own strength, talent, and future potential, he had never underestimated the transcendents. He had already exhausted his imagination to guess, but he didn't expect that there was still such a big gap.

"Dongli, this is not your fault. You have done a good job."

Zhan tried to persuade him. He was a transcendent and naturally understood the huge gap between them. If he was on the other side, facing a transcendent, he would never be able to do what Bai Donglin did and still be able to retain a chance of life by his own strength.

"I can explain to you how you fell into the hands of the Transcendent."

Bai Donglin was shocked and listened attentively. This question has been bothering him for a long time.

"To be honest, you are a bit unlucky this time. Under normal circumstances, the transcendents will not care about what happens in the heavens. They focus their energy on the beings at the same level."

"It just so happens that the Infinite Dao is spreading. Under such a grand occasion, there may be a chance for a being to realize and achieve transcendence. A new transcendent is naturally qualified to be noticed by them. Therefore, according to convention, the Black Disaster Transcendent will take a look at the Vortex of the Heavens."

"And you, by coincidence, were devouring the Black Calamity Heavens and fell into the sight of the Transcendent. Haha, it's not your fault. There are very few people who know about this secret."

Zhan shook his head and laughed, as if he was gloating. Perhaps it was not a bad thing for Bai Donglin, who was doing well, to suffer a loss.

"All right!"

Bai Donglin shook his head helplessly. It was too late to regret now. The key was to understand the situation as soon as possible and break the impasse as soon as possible.

"So, what state am I in right now? Am I in a fantasy? But I feel like it's more than that."

“That’s right!”

"Ordinary illusionary methods, even if performed by a transcendent being, cannot completely eliminate an immortal monster like you."

Zhan was in a good mood, or maybe he hadn't communicated with anyone for a long time, so his words were full of teasing.

"When the Transcendent's gaze sweeps over you, all your secrets will be exposed to Him, and He will instantly figure out the best way to deal with you!"

"Using a real illusion, I will pull your ego consciousness into the final nothingness and suppress it forever. This method only guides you at the beginning. Every step after that is your own choice and self-destruction. If it succeeds, outsiders will not be able to break through and save you, and you yourself will not be able to save yourself, forming a logical closed loop."

"Unless a logical-level transcendent takes action, but..."

Zhan shook his head. Obviously, this was also a possibility that was so small that it was nonexistent.

"A real illusion?"

Bai Donglin frowned, he was a cautious person, even when he first awakened his talent, he did not become arrogant, but instead reflected on himself and listed one by one the ways to control immortality.

One is suppression and banning, including freezing time and space, reversing cause and effect, and so on. Each of these possibilities has been eliminated as our strength grows.

The second is a non-subjective illusion, hypnosis, memory flood, personality influence...

Regarding illusions, the female ghost among the "monsters" that Bai Donglin first met taught him his first lesson. Although the female ghost was too incompetent to completely confuse his consciousness, she was instead burst by his yang energy.

Another time, when he was fighting for the inheritance of Wandering Emperor, he was attacked by the "Illusion-Eating Demon" and sank into an illusion, from which he almost couldn't come out. That was why he began to consciously improve his resistance to illusions. After igniting the fire of will, his consciousness became stronger day by day, and he could no longer be confused by illusions.

Now, he has countless clones scattered across the world, with memories and perceptions interconnected. If you want to pull him into the illusion, you must bring all the clones with you, but...

"You are right. A part of you, his or her clone, is always in the so-called observer state and is not affected by the outside world. Therefore, the illusion has no effect on you at all."

"But the real illusion created by the Transcendent is not that simple..."

Zhan saw through Bai Donglin's thoughts, shook his head, and explained in detail:

"When you first noticed the gaze of the Transcendent, what was your first reaction? Did you seek the Transcendent's protection? And the Transcendent you are most familiar with, and even the one you have come into contact with, is only Tongtian."

"This is the choice made in your subconscious mind, so you destroyed yourself and went to the primitive world. The Black Disaster Transcendent followed your choice and created the primitive world in a single thought. It is a perfect one-to-one replica, and every living being and every speck of dust in it is exactly the same..."

Bai Donglin was slightly stunned when he heard this. No wonder he didn't notice it at all at the beginning.

"Is this what they call a real illusion?"

"That's right. Everything you experienced in the prehistoric universe is true. It's just that some things have been added to it. You, as well as many prehistoric creatures, have all had their minds twisted, endowed with and expanded with a dark side."

"The most important thing is that you have all been hit by a drop in intelligence. Your perception of the outside world and your thinking logic will subconsciously tend to the wrong direction. In other words, you are no different from an idiot at that time!"

Bai Donglin opened his mouth, speechless, recalling his previous actions, in addition to killing, it was swallowing, isn't this just a stupid idiot who eats and drinks without thinking? The Transcendent, so cruel, so insidious!

"With reality, I lead you into a perfect illusion. This can no longer be called an illusion, but a strange time and space that exists in the eyes of a transcendent. From the beginning, you have never escaped the eyes of the black disaster transcendent..."

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"His purpose is very simple, and it is about to succeed. It is to pull your self-consciousness into the final nothingness. Moreover, this is your own choice!"

Zhan spoke in a gloomy tone as he explained Bai Donglin's situation. Only by understanding everything could they help to break the deadlock.

"Okay, I understand."

Bai Donglin narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking about. After a moment, he raised his eyes to look at Zhan and said, "Zhan, now the question is back to you."

"Aren't you already dead?"

"He sacrificed everything, including his life, and sealed the seven-colored divine light forever in the Heavens of Peace and kept it hidden."

"Why are you here again now? Deep in my consciousness, and you know me so thoroughly..."

Bai Donglin's eyes flickered with inexplicable meaning. As someone who pursued absolute freedom, he was very disgusted with this kind of secret gaze, even if the other party was Zhan, or even the only savior who could help him break the predicament.

He was outspoken and said whatever he thought. Moreover, facing a transcendent person, there was no need to hide his thoughts. Naturally, he could not hide his strong dissatisfaction from Zhan.

"Haha, you little brat, I am a transcendent being. You are talking like this, aren't you..."

"stop!"

"Zhan, you should also understand how many years I have spent in this damn place. To be honest, I can no longer do it at this moment. I can no longer pull myself to a position of transcendence. The difference between the high and the low has no meaning to me anymore."

Bai Donglin tilted his head slightly, and the vast indifference in his dark blue eyes made Zhan, who was being stared at, feel a little strange.

"Okay, I understand."

Zhan shrugged and silently acknowledged Bai Donglin's peer relationship.

"Actually, you don't have to think too much. Things are not as bad as you think."

“I was indeed dead at the beginning, and only death could satisfy the means I had set up to turn the Heavens of Peace into a cage and completely isolate them. But just as it finally dissipated, I saw the seven-colored divine light that I had never been able to find…”

There was emotion and gratitude in Zhan's tone. It was this strange and unpredictable seven-colored divine light that triggered that horrific war. Countless heavens were implicated in it and were annihilated one after another. Countless lives turned into ashes, and even three transcendents died. It can be seen how tragic the war was.

Stop the war. Stop the fighting.

Zhan, unable to bear to see the war go on forever and unable to bear the loss of lives, chose to sacrifice himself and end the endless terrorist war at the source.

"I saw the seven-colored divine light. It traveled at a very fast speed in the dark passage, ignoring my sealing method. At that moment, I thought my plan had failed, so I rushed towards the seven-colored divine light..."

"The seven-colored divine light seems to have undergone an unusual change from the original one. I sensed a sleeping soul in it. Now that I think about it, it should be you, Bai Donglin."

Zhan looked at Bai Donglin opposite him meaningfully. He guessed that it was because the seven-colored divine light had merged with the souls of living beings that he was able to sense their traces.

"I was very curious about what this divine light was, so when it dissipated, I immersed myself in it. However, I didn't expect that my self-destruction would actually dissolve."

"In the outside world, even in the eyes of the transcendents, Zhan is dead, but I am still alive, living in the seven-colored divine light. As a price, I lost my freedom and my perception of the outside world. I was bound in the divine light forever, until not long ago..."

"Bai Donglin, your subconscious desire to survive has touched the seven-colored divine light, causing ripples. At that time, I finally sensed the outside world and saw you at first sight."

"With the characteristics of a transcendent, I naturally understand everything about you at a glance. You are no different from the Black Disaster Transcendent."

"Haha, the difference is, I won't harm you."

Zhan chuckled softly, as if trying to lighten the mood.

"In the future, you are the hope for destroying the black disaster. At the same time, the seven-colored divine light is completely moved by you. My life and death are already tied to you..."

Bai Donglin remained silent, his thoughts flowing. He temporarily chose to believe in the description of the battle. At least for now, a transcendent who was willing to give up his life for all living creatures in the heavens was undoubtedly very great. If he were in another position, he believed that he could not do it.

"Zhan, I have another question."

"oh?"

Zhan raised his eyes to indicate that he was willing to help Bai Donglin solve his doubts, as this was the fastest way to increase mutual trust.

"I'm not being arrogant. I believe that in the long years ahead, I will definitely reach the realm of transcendence."

"In that case, I am in a desperate situation right now. Why don't you help me when I achieve transcendent success in the future?"

Bai Donglin's eyes were filled with confusion. This was also the question he was thinking about. Although his consciousness could not extend into the future fog in this ghost place and could not touch his future body, that was for the other side. A future body of the transcendent level should not be so troublesome, right? "Hahaha!"

Zhan laughed loudly, he didn't expect that Bai Donglin, who was extremely smart, would fall into cognitive misunderstanding.

"Bai Donglin, first of all, you have to understand one thing——"

"The past is known and can be changed, the future is unknown and can be changed, only the present is eternal!"

“The present, the present, this moment, is the point of truth for everything. No matter how weak we were in the past, no matter how powerful we will be in the future, we cannot change this fact. The present is unique and eternal. It is the link between the past and the future, and is the cornerstone of both. Its meaning of existence is supreme and irreplaceable.”

"The future is in a chaotic and disordered state. Without observation, no one knows what is beneath the fog of time. This is why when you summon your future body, you need to probe your consciousness into the future."

"It was your sight that observed the chaotic future, causing it to collapse into a single result amidst the infinite disorder. This provided the foundation for the future self to step into the present world."

"As for the future body at the level of a transcendent being, it does not rely on observation to exist, so it is not that difficult for it to enter the present world. As for why it has not appeared..."

Zhan stopped talking, looked Bai Donglin up and down, and said meaningfully: "Maybe he can't get away."

"Um!?"

Bai Donglin's expression changed and he seemed to want to say something but stopped.

"Hahaha, I was just teasing you. The atmosphere is too tense!"

"Brat, since you will achieve transcendence in the future, it means that the current predicament is not difficult for you. This is also the reason why I can temporarily break free from the shackles of the seven-colored divine light. Isn't this helping you?"

"You are destined to have a transcendent self in the future after you have nothing to do. Your future self naturally knows this. So, why did he come to the present world? Do you have nothing to do?!"

Zhan slowly stood up, raised his illusory hand, patted Bai Donglin on the shoulder, and said meaningfully:

“Remember, it is you who are now that make up your future self, no matter how powerful he is.”

“The present, now, this moment, is everything.”

"The order of the two cannot be reversed."

When Bai Donglin heard this, a flash of enlightenment came into his mind and he nodded in understanding.

"I understand."

"Zhan, please do it and take me away from here!"

Zhan waved his hands, and his distorted and blurry figure became more and more illusory. The power that escaped from the seven-colored divine light was extremely weak.

"Dongli, I still have to rely on you for this. The Seven-Colored Divine Light will only obey your orders. Let it release one of my arms."

"One is enough!"

"What the hell is this Black Disaster Transcendent?"

"It's just a concept. I can destroy it with one hand!"

Two-in-one 　　 　 (End of this chapter)