Chapter 1770 True Disappearance
"Who are you?"
The hand on his shoulder was icy cold, freezing his entire being.
Even if Zhang Fan protected himself by changing between truth and falsehood in an instant, he still couldn't escape the loss of his life force.
Although he had reached the Saint realm, Zhang Fan had rarely fought against others in his life. Therefore, in this first battle after becoming a Saint, he suffered a slight disadvantage.
Fortunately, although he hadn't achieved immortality through his own methods, he nonetheless benefited greatly from it. The gentle power of immortality, like the gentle gurgling of spring water, resisted the onset of complete freezing.
Zhang Fan, who had gradually recovered from the opponent's sneak attack, had a cold expression on his face, and his eyes were like knives, locking onto the opponent instantly.
Even if you don't know the other party's background and name, as long as he is within your perception, the fatal sword can fall!
And not just one.
A slender jade hand appeared out of thin air and gently grasped the fatal knife.
Then, like a piece of white paper folding, the life-slaying sword turned into two, and two became eight. In just a breath, the swords fell like rain, falling down in a cold and murderous manner!
"Who are you?!"
"Who are you?!"
"Who are you?!"
It is both an inquiry and a question.
What is being asked is the identity of the other party, and what is being questioned is the existence of the other party.
The sound was like thunder, echoing and striking down continuously.
To wipe out the other party directly.
Paper stacking fuses to kill, and Wangji fuses truth and falsehood.
The moment he saw the pale dot, Zhang Fan instinctively knew that the opponent was powerful. Therefore, he used all his magical powers as a sign of respect!
Pale Dot groaned, and the hand on Zhang Fan's shoulder disappeared.
But the light it emitted was still as bright and stable as before, and was completely unaffected by Zhang Fan's various great ways!
Obviously, all the magical powers were accurately locked and hit the target, but for some reason, they did not play their due role at all.
"This feeling, the blessing of the transformation of truth and falsehood?"
Zhang Fan was suddenly shocked and suspicious.
But after a moment, he realized the difference.
"It's not that he's unaffected, but it's as if he's already experienced and endured all of my magical powers countless times. He's already gotten used to it, so he doesn't even feel affected by it!"
Zhang Fan had a vague feeling that the pale dot before him might be even more powerful than he had imagined. So after forcing it to retreat, he didn't rush into action again.
The pale light, its brilliance dissipated, revealing its contents.
The image of an ordinary, thin middle-aged man.
"I am [Zhen Shiyin]." The man bowed and said with a faint smile.
"True, dies, and disappears?" The moment these three words appeared in his mind, Zhang Fan felt that his understanding of the great truth of truth and falsehood was subtly touched. It was as if the thin man before him was related to "True".
Zhen Shiyin looked no different from an ordinary person, but just by standing there, he brought subtle pressure to Zhang Fan.
Zhang Fan calmly stepped back a little, pretending to be confused and said, "I wonder what exactly does Fellow Daoist Zhen mean by 'the person behind the scenes'?"
Zhen Shiyin didn't expose Zhang Fan's feigned ignorance, but directly said, "The person behind this chaos in the Star Sea is naturally the master of the [Great Way of Truth and Falsehood]."
"As for you, and them..."
"It's just an avatar he created."
"Clone...clone." Zhang Fan was stunned.
"Clone? So that's how it is."
Then he woke up as if from a dream and understood everything. He felt a little relieved, but also a little dazed.
As the saying goes, one cannot see the true face of Mount Lu because one is within it. Zhang Fan had long since glimpsed the possible existence behind the scenes, and was even able to gradually break free from his predetermined fate, comprehend many extraordinary principles of mountains and seas, and achieve the realm of a saint.
But he always instinctively believed that the real culprit behind the scenes was someone else.
But he subconsciously and instinctively ignored the possibility that he was a clone.
Now Zhang Fan realized it belatedly and reacted.
Perhaps it was because of the subtle influence of Shanhai Diaoweng and Xuanyuan Hong and others.
"It is precisely because I have always firmly believed that I am an independent person, not someone else's clone, that I can successfully inherit the principles of the multitude, cultivate and attain sainthood. However, if the thought of being someone else's clone ever arises in my mind, even for a moment, my path to sainthood will be cut off."
Zhang Fan, who vaguely understood what was going on, couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
"You may already know, fellow Daoist, that the mountains and seas are in an endless cycle of reincarnation."
"Life and death are endless, and the cycle of reincarnation never ends."
“Things of truth and falsehood are illusory.”
"However, among countless experiences, this is the first time I have seen a scene like this." Zhen Shiyin said, pointing to the big tree standing in the void in front of him.
"Thankfully, we are able to observe the true and false avenues from such a close distance."
There was an obvious fluctuation of emotions in Zhen Shiyin's words.
Zhang Fan only had a vague guess about the reincarnation of mountains and seas.
Now that I got confirmation from Zhen Shiyin's mouth, I wasn't too surprised.
He was more concerned with the truth and falsehood. So he asked, "Did you gain anything?"
Zhen Shiyin laughed again: "If I can't even see you, what can I gain?"
"The true and false path only exists for one person. Even if you exhaust all methods, you cannot touch it or understand it. Although I had a premonition long ago, it was not until this time that I was completely convinced and gave up hope."
"Then why were you able to be retained in the small-scale reset of mountains and seas just now?" This was the only thing Zhang Fan couldn't figure out.
"We still exist, not by relying on our own strength. But by relying on the contributions of countless sons of destiny before us." Zhen Shiyin did not hide it.
"Although we ourselves cannot perceive or manipulate the changes between truth and falsehood, we can influence and distort the thoughts of the Fellows of Destiny, causing them to voluntarily use the power of truth and falsehood on us."
"Of course, they may not be truly aware of what they have done while they are asleep."
Zhang Fan remained silent and looked again at the countless huge trees built by "himself".
Zhen Shiyin seemed to have read Zhang Fan's inner thoughts and suddenly suggested, "It's not a bad idea to let them go. You can even do it yourself and put an end to it all."
Zhang Fan's heart moved when he heard this, but he didn't respond immediately.
"The road of truth and falsehood cannot be seen or touched. Although it can be used to a certain extent with the help of the Son of Destiny, it has no practical significance. On the contrary, if it can gain an ally who can turn the situation around, it would be a great deal." Zhen Shiyin's face was calm, but his tone was very sincere.
"So, what is your purpose?" Zhang Fan looked at the other party and asked.
"Seize the change between truth and falsehood and return to the gods." Zhen Shiyin only said eight words.
Zhang Fan fell into deep thought.
After a long while, Zhang Fan finally asked the question in his mind: "Whether the true or false changes are in me or in God, what difference does it make? Isn't it all about the destruction of mountains and seas, and reincarnation?"
Zhen Shiyin's eyes were dim: "The past and the present may be no different. But the future..."
He was silent for a long moment, as if pondering something. After finally confirming his deduction, Zhen Shiyin continued, "The transition between truth and falsehood lies in the mind. The destruction of mountains and seas is not truly destruction. Death is the beginning of life, and life is the beginning of death. Reincarnation is endless, and the future is endless."
"But if the change of truth and falsehood depends on him..." Zhen Shiyin did not look at Zhang Fan.
Instead, he looked up and looked beyond the dark mountains and seas, at the approximate location of the world of [Transformations of the Gods] where Li Fan himself was in seclusion.
"The mountains and seas are sunk, reincarnation is over, and everything belongs to one person."
“This is the outcome we see.”
Zhang Fan was shocked when he heard this.
"There is no reincarnation, and everything belongs to one person?"
These eight characters seemed to have infinite magical power. Even though he was actually being completely controlled by others, Zhang Fan couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
But he quickly regained consciousness and asked in disbelief, "How could he do this?"
Zhen Shiyin nodded: "These countless children of destiny are the best evidence. Although it is just the beginning, if we don't stop it..."
"What awaits us is only destruction."
"Destruction..." Zhang Fan heard this and suddenly remembered the fisherman, Xuanyuan Hong and others who suddenly disappeared because of him.
This might give us a glimpse into the true "his" style of doing things. I couldn't help but believe it a little.
Zhang Fan frowned again and asked, "Just what kind of person is he? Since you know about the reincarnation of mountains and seas, you should be very familiar with him."
Zhen Shiyin denied Zhang Fan's guess: "The great road of truth and falsehood is upon you, and the cycle of reincarnation of mountains and seas begins. Everything in the mountains and seas cannot escape the fate of being reset."
"Even if it's a true or false avenue, it's still like this!"
"Although we have some cultivation, how can we escape such a fate? It's just that we have reincarnated so many times that only a few can vaguely feel something."
"For example, I have an [intuition] about everything that happened in the past, as if I had experienced it before. When the mountains and seas first reappeared, this premonition was the weakest. Only as the mountains and seas evolve, the sensations accumulate, and I can know and remember more. Therefore, even though I know about the reincarnation of mountains and seas now. But as the mountains and seas are reset, I will still lose all consciousness and repeat my past foolish actions..." Zhen Shiyin said self-deprecatingly.
"If I am like this, what about them?" He was referring to the group of mountain and sea saints who were still watching and gaining insights under the tree.
Hearing the surprise in the other party's words, Zhang Fan's expression became serious: "Excuse me, fellow Taoist, what is your realm?"
"They are all at the Saint level. However, unlike most of them, I have achieved the Divine Body."
"You can call it, [Chengshenke]."
god.
Such majestic and heavy words were spoken lightly by Zhen Shiyin, as if he didn't care at all.
Zhang Fan naturally knew that everything in the mountains and seas originated from the fallen true god, and knew the weight of the word "God".
Thinking that the cultivator in front of him had actually achieved the status of a god, the invisible pressure he felt from him seemed to increase a bit.
"Actually, strictly speaking, he can't be considered a true god." As if seeing the changes in Zhang Fan's inner thoughts, Zhen Shiyin smiled and explained.
He sighed softly, "In the cycle of mountains and seas, the [God-Cheng Guest] shouldn't have been born."
"When the old gods fall, mountains and seas appear. When mountains and seas disappear, new gods emerge."
"New gods always replace old gods."
"Once you become a god, you are always a god. You either live in the name of God or perish and disappear."
"And the so-called [Becoming a Godly Guest]..."
"It was the Saint of Mountains and Seas who traveled back to the time when the Mountains and Seas split their spirits and seized the fortune of the old gods. However, it was reset by the Great Dao of True and False, leaving behind what was left."
"Although I returned to the mortal world, I survived for a while in the name of God. I became subtly different from other creatures in the mountains and seas."
“But only a little.”
Zhen Shiyin gave a long speech, introducing Zhang Fan in detail about the various aspects of "Becoming a God Guest".
"Only those who have attained divine status can know the truth through the cycle of mountains and seas. So, Senior Fishing Master and the others could possibly be divine beings?"
After understanding the whole story, Zhang Fan thought about how he had been with the Chengshenke people day and night and had even become accustomed to them. Suddenly, the pressure he felt from Zhen Shiyin was reduced.
While feeling relieved, he was even more astonished at the power of the Avenue of Truth and Falsehood.
Even though he once "possessed" it, and even though he still possessed it now, Zhang Fan felt that the power of [The Great Way of Truth and Falsehood] was beyond his imagination.
Suddenly, he recalled what Zhen Shiyin had said before, and felt something was wrong.
"Fellow Daoist just said that everything in the mountains and seas cannot escape the fate of being reset. Even the true and false avenues are like this. If this is true..." Zhang Fan frowned.
"Theoretically, shouldn't he be reset as well? How can that be..."
Zhen Shiyin's words brought Zhang Fan to a halt, and all his doubts vanished. "That's because he's an [Outsider]."
"I see, I see."
Zhang Fan repeated in a low voice.
Zhen Shiyin continued in a gloomy tone, "Once upon a time, at the end of the mountains and seas, a group of gods who had regained most of their consciousness gathered together to discuss resetting the source."
“But I still can’t figure it out.”
"After all, we have all become divine bodies, yet we are always reset and restored."
"Everything in the world comes from God. Yet God can be reset by the true and false avenues. This seems completely unreasonable."
"Then, when the mountains and seas were destroyed again, we suddenly woke up."
"[Truth and falsehood] is a great force that even gods cannot escape."
"Although it originates from the True God's body, the True God himself is also affected by it. We speculate that this may be the True God's innate magical power, and the fundamental origin of the cycle of mountains and seas."
"Even if you perish and disappear, you can, through the great path of truth and falsehood, reappear from the void and return to your original state. Immortal and indestructible, this is God."
From Zhen Shiyin's description, Zhang Fan seemed to have a vague glimpse of the power of the true god who gave birth to everything in the mountains and seas.
But soon, the style of painting changed drastically.
"If the change between truth and falsehood lies in the divine body, then everything will be easy to explain."
"but……"
"For some unknown reason, [True or False] fell into the hands of outsiders."
"The divine authority has fallen into disuse, but because it comes from outsiders, it can avoid resetting fate. The changes between truth and falsehood are in its hands, and its influence even exceeds that of the gods."
Zhang Fan vaguely sensed that there seemed to be a hint of fear hidden in Zhen Shiyin's words.
"With just one thought, he can reverse everything we know. Going back to the beginning, he can carry the memories of the past. But you know nothing."
"How can we be an enemy of such an opponent?"
"For countless reincarnations, we have seen no hope of breaking through. Until..."
"The appearance of fellow Daoist."
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