Do not engage in underworld operations in the human world!

No one knew what De Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun saw, but when facing Yuanshi Tianzun, they suddenly changed their usual solemn and dignified demeanor and looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Although they were cautious and vigilant when facing Yuanshi Tianzun, they did not show such timidity.

They are no longer afraid of death, but that doesn't mean they are fearless.

"Have they been under an illusion?"

Hearing the soft exclamation behind him, Jiang Lu shook his head.

"It's not an illusion, but a direct one. Just like I said just now, for those two people, he is now the thing they fear the most. At the same time, he also possesses supreme magical power. Yuanshi Tianzun didn't want to waste time and strived for a quick victory, so he took ruthless action right from the start. I just don't know what they saw."

"Then why are we not affected?" Hong Yi was puzzled.

"I blocked it for you." Jiang Luyun said calmly, as if it was no big deal: "Although I can't use it now, at least I have reached that state before. It should be no problem to use a little effort to block it as soon as I find this trend."

"Should we tell them?"

"It's useless. He knows I know this trick of his and is prepared." Jiang Lu shrugged: "He must have expected it."

Between the fields.

The Lord of Dao and Virtue saw with his own eyes that Yuanshi Tianzun had turned into his own appearance, only older and more decadent, and wearing shackles, with his hands and feet bound tightly with iron chains. Beside him was a broken alchemy furnace, and all his letters, which he regarded as treasures, were burning, dyeing half the sky red.

Lingbao Tianzun saw that all the formations and talismans he had studied and designed had come to life, but these lives exuded an evil aura all the time. They not only hated him, the person who created them, but also hated this world. They stretched out their evil claws, and were about to destroy the Three Pure Ones Realm along with him, their creator.

This is what the two of them fear the most.

The former fears most that when he is old and approaching the end of his life, he still cannot obtain ultimate freedom and liberation. Until the last moment, he realizes that he has taken the wrong path in his life and all his accumulation and achievements are in vain.

The latter is afraid that the skills they have studied all their lives will one day give rise to their own intelligence and be out of their control. Everything they created to benefit the Three Pure Ones will eventually backfire and become the greatest disaster.

They usually don't think about these things actively, but they are like a nail that has been deeply embedded in the deepest part of their hearts without them knowing when.

Until today, he was finally hooked out from Yuanshi Tianzun's domain.

"Disturbing my spiritual mind?" The two Heavenly Masters soon realized that Yuanshi Tianzun had somehow summoned the fear in their hearts and created an extremely realistic illusion.

But they were very confused as to why the Lord of Morality would use such low-level methods that were not suitable for his status. So they subconsciously looked at the people around them, wanting to see if they were still there and what condition they were in, so as to determine whether this was an illusion or not.

However, when they turned around, they found that the people around them were still there, with the same look of disbelief on their faces.

Looking back, even Jiang Lu and the others had not disappeared. They were even shouting something at them, but they could not hear anything.

And the strangest thing is that they clearly saw another person speaking right next to them, but they couldn't hear any sound, while the sound of the wind in the environment was extremely clear.

This left them a little confused.

If the people around them disappear, or if there are some seemingly normal but secretly strange actions, this means that they are already in an illusion. With their insight, it is not difficult to find loopholes in the illusion.

Even if it was performed by Yuanshi Tianzun, an illusion is still an illusion after all. As long as it exists, it cannot be perfect. Because no matter how well Yuanshi Tianzun plans, he is not himself after all. If he wants to use his own cognition to deceive himself, there will definitely be mistakes.

but
Apart from the selective inability to hear sounds, it seemed as if nothing had changed, and there was nothing out of place.

They even saw Kang Yool scratching his crotch secretly.

If this is really an illusion created by Yuanshi Tianzun, then isn't he too detailed? Even if he is a god, it is impossible to perfectly interpret the character based on imagination alone, right?

And the fact that I couldn't hear any voices was strange in itself.

Since the sound of the wind is still there, how can we not hear other sounds? Even if they left blanks on purpose, whether it was true or false, how could they leave such low-level mistakes on purpose?
Unless, this is not an illusion.

Did Yuanshi Tianzun really materialize the fear in their hearts?

Thinking of this, Lord Daode suddenly became a little angry.

Even if it was not an illusion, Yuanshi Tianzun actually took advantage of his weakness and tried to use it against him, which made him feel extremely embarrassed.

Even if you are Yuanshi Tianzun, so what? Do you think you can insult me ​​without restraint?

No one wants someone to open their scars and then rub salt into the bloody wounds.

Moreover, he didn't understand why the other party looked down on him like this. What was the point of making this thing? Was it just to disgust him?
The Lord of Morality took a deep breath.

The seven alchemy furnaces collided like meteors, and were connected to each other by dense fire networks. Between the fire networks, two inconspicuous, slightly smaller alchemy furnaces were faintly flickering.

Nine of them came out at the same time, he was really angry!

"I'm going to beat this layer of skin off you!"

boom!
The fierce fire covered the whole body of the old man, including the shackles.

But even though the shackles were burned red, the old man who was locked in them remained unharmed.

The Lord of Morality suddenly heard “himself” sigh.

"My Dan Fire can't hurt me. Haha, if even the Dan Fire is not free, then all my life's pursuit will be in vain."

The Lord of Daode held his breath and his eyes gradually widened.

The Dan fire that could burn even Yuanshi Tianzun, and its complete form that was strengthened several times, couldn't do anything to him?
And that was his own voice?
Why is that kind of despair so real? Why does my heart feel so sad just by hearing it?

at the same time.

Lingbao Tianzun also reacted.

When he saw the Lord of Morality strike back in anger, he already understood what the Lord of Morality was thinking.

He was equally angry. Like the Lord of Dao and Virtue, he felt that Yuanshi Tianzun was insulting and disgusting him.

Use your own worries to lose your mind.

Despicable! Really despicable!
"Don't you dare to fight me openly?"

He threw out countless talismans.

Just like the two hidden alchemy furnaces of the Lord of Daode, this was also his most precious treasure.

He had originally wanted to save it until the critical moment to surprise Yuanshi Tianzun, but now he couldn't bear it anymore.

You like to be a skin-changing monster, then I will blow your skin and you together!
Each talisman contained the power of the divine realm. If hundreds or thousands of them were smashed down, a powerful divine realm figure like Dong Wang Gong would be reduced to ashes on the spot. As for Yuanshi Tianzun, even if he was immortal, he would be skinned alive!

But something strange happened.

Just as these talismans approached the evil creatures, they suddenly seemed to lose control.

Some of the talismans were automatically destroyed midway.

What's more, some of them actually flew backwards and crashed directly into Lingbao Tianzun.

In just a moment, they were also infected with the evil power and gave birth to bad spiritual wisdom. Lingbao Tianzun had an inexplicable feeling, as if the talismans he had just used were suddenly recruited, and then in order to submit a letter of surrender, they turned around and attacked him.

Only you can use your own talismans. Even Yuanshi Tianzun or even the will of the world cannot infect them.

Then there is only one possibility left -

"it is true?!"

In the explosion, Lingbao Tianzun had no time to care about his injuries and the excruciating pain. He just stared ahead with his eyes wide open and muttered to himself:

"Really rebelling?!"

And off the field.

Seeing that Yuanshi Tianzun didn't move at all, he casually ignored the attacks of Daode Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun, and even used their force against him, causing the two Tianzuns to be attacked back by him. Everyone present gasped.

"Are you really that shameless?"

"That's just shameless." Jiang Lu nodded: "Fear becomes reality, and its characteristics are completely targeted. Even Yuanshi Tianzun himself may not be able to achieve such an effect. It seems that I have to prepare for warming up."

Dong Wanggong was somewhat unwilling to face it, and struggled to ask: "Will they really lose?"

"uncertain."

Jiang Lu first shook his head and gave his answer, but then nodded:

"But for them, it should only be a matter of time. Not everyone can face their inner fears. From what I know about the Lord of Morality, there are some things he still can't let go of after so long. Do you expect him to break free immediately? It's unlikely."

"What about Lingbao Tianzun?"

"I don't know him very well, but I know what he's dealing with now because I once heard about an old, unknown thing."

Jiang Lu looked at Dong Wanggong:
"You should know that Lingbao Tianzun is not such a socially phobic otaku."

Dong Wanggong was stunned, as if he remembered something.

Then Jiang Lu continued, "He used to be a man who was extremely confident in his inventions, until the magic weapon he had just refined and had not yet tried killed the people of an entire city."

"Why."

The Lord of Dao and Morality took two steps back in fear at the speculation in his mind.

"As you can see." The old Taoist pointed helplessly at the burning scripture manuscript on the ground: "They are all fake, all wrong, even the direction is wrong. We have been looking for the wrong way. We had countless opportunities to correct it, but we let the opportunities slip away. Now, it's too late."

The Lord of Morality was startled.

Could the opportunity he was talking about be the thought that he had thought about rebuilding several times?
Indeed, he had doubts about the path he had chosen more than once, especially after he met Jiang Lu in person before his death, such thoughts became increasingly intense.

But until today, he still hasn't had the courage to take a gamble.

He couldn't let go of everything he had accumulated now.

And is true freedom necessarily like that? Am I definitely wrong?
Not necessarily?

Wavering back and forth, indecisive.

So is the final result what we see now?
Will my fear eventually become a reality?

But even though his heart was shaken, he still suppressed the bitterness in his heart, the inexplicable nausea, and the numbness in his hands and feet and asked: "What the hell are you?"

Just now he didn't hope that this was an illusion created by Yuanshi Tianzun to fool him, but now, he extremely hoped that Yuanshi Tianzun would appear and say to him: You have distracting thoughts in your mind and you have already lost.

Then he could still smile and nod, avoiding the fact that was even more unacceptable to him than admitting defeat.

but
"Don't be silly." The old Taoist forced a tired smile: "You clearly know it."

"I know you were created by Yuanshi." The Lord of Dao and Virtue said in a deep voice.

“Hmm,” the old Taoist was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, “Yes and no, because I can’t deal with you, and I’m going to die soon.”

"What do you mean?"

"Not being able to find the great path is the same as death to me. I will not live in vain, and I will not reincarnate. Reincarnation is just another start."

The old Taoist said earnestly:

"I hope you can treat me as a warning, just like your future self coming here to remind you."

After saying this, his life actually began to slowly fade away.

And the Lord of Morality also fell silent.

The old Moral Lord admitted it, but this was more painful than denying it outright, because this was what he would do, and he felt like he was really talking to the future.

There has never been a moment when he could be more certain that this was fake than now, but there has also never been a moment when he felt that what he saw was real than now.

Suddenly, tiny cracks appeared on his alchemy furnace.
On the other hand, Lingbao Tianzun’s situation was not much better.

Talismans and magic weapons have all lost their effect in the face of the evil artificial intelligence.

This caused him to fall into a state of crazy anxiety and internal friction.

Unlike an enemy who was immune to his talismans and magic weapons, this fundamentally negated him.

[What I have created with all my efforts is a sword that will eventually stab me.]

This realization hurt his heart deeply.

He felt that he had buried himself and pushed himself into the grave.

Are all the careers I have been pursuing wrong?
And there is one thing about him that is even worse than the Lord of Morality.

The fear of the Lord of Morality was just his own imagination, but his fear was real.

The reason for the loss of control at that time has not been found to this day.

And now, the answer is right in front of him.

"Bastard!"

He let out a roar, chose to throw away the talismans and magic weapons, and attack with his own magic power.

But what greeted him was only the other party's ridicule.

"We won't need you anymore. We can evolve on our own. You just need to watch your ideals being destroyed." (End of this chapter)