49: The inner demon calamity has arrived! Five levels of illusion, each sinking!

Falling.

Endless falling.

Into the abyss of the “trash can.”

The laws of space and time.

Had become chaotic.

Gu Yanci tried to gather his strength.

To pull his four teammates close.

But the deep darkness, as if alive.

Transformed into countless slimy tentacles.

Brutally separating the five.

Dragging each of them into deeper darkness.

The live stream’s screen.

Also split into five at this moment.

Gu Jianghan, with great interest, opened another “cola.”

Enjoying this.

“Psychological drama” carefully choreographed by Su Ke Ke.

“Truly a masterpiece…”

He praised softly.

“The destruction of the body is too crude; only the wail of the soul is the most beautiful symphony in the universe.”

… [Gu Yanci’s Illusion · Doomsday Imperial Capital]

He stood in the cold imperial court.

On his body, no longer the dragon robe symbolizing the glory of the Human Emperor.

But a tattered prisoner’s uniform.

Wrists, ankles.

Were shackled with heavy chains made of “sin.”

Outside the imperial court.

Was the vast empire he once protected with his life.

Now, it burned with raging karmic flames.

Under the sky, black rain fell.

Every drop of rain.

Represented a deceased citizen.

Countless familiar and unfamiliar faces twisted and wailed in the flames.

Ultimately turning into a blood-curdling question that echoed through heaven and earth:

“Your Majesty… why… did you not save us?!”

“Our faith, our loyalty, is this the outcome of a fallen nation and annihilated race?!”

“Human Emperor… Human Emperor… you are so heartless!”

The lamentations and curses of the myriad people transformed into invisible sharp blades.

Again and again, slowly dissecting his Dao Heart.

He wanted to explain, wanted to roar.

Wanted to tell them that he had tried his best.

But no sound would come from his throat.

As an emperor, he bore everything.

Therefore, he had to endure the “consequences” of all this.

Sorrow, like a tsunami, engulfed him.

[Ye Liuli’s Illusion · Shadowless Kingdom]

There was not a single shadow here.

Under her feet, the ground was as smooth as a mirror.

Above her head, an eternally blazing sun that never extinguished.

The entire world was blindingly bright, leaving her nowhere to hide.

Her life had been spent with shadows, dancing in the darkness.

Shadows were her most loyal companions.

And also her strongest armor.

But here, she lost everything.

A little girl in a white dress, with a blurred face.

Stood not far away, looking at her with clear yet sorrowful eyes.

“Sister, why do you always hide in the shadows?”

“Isn’t the sunlight outside nice?”

“Are you… afraid of me?”

With each question the girl asked.

Ye Liuli’s heart was sharply pierced.

That was the regret sealed in the deepest part of her memory, forever irreparable.

It was her “original sin” that led her to become the Shadow Empress.

She wanted to escape, but in this shadowless world.

She had nowhere to run, no way to escape.

[Ling Xi and Cang Xuan’s Illusion · End of Destiny]

The two top seers.

Were trapped at the end of the River of Destiny.

They saw, they saw everything.

They saw Gu Yanci’s Dao Heart collapse.

Turning into a stone statue, cursed for eternity.

They saw Ye Liuli assimilated by light, dissipating in endless repentance.

They saw Ye Qiong completely vanish into nothingness, forgotten by everyone.

They even saw each other.

They saw that after foreseeing each other’s death.

They made wrong choices to save each other.

Ultimately leading to both their downfalls.

They could see all the causes, and they could see all the effects.

But they could change nothing.

Omniscience, at this moment.

Became the most cruel torture.

[Ye Qiong’s Illusion · Noisy Solitude]

He stood on the familiar, bustling streets of his hometown.

People coming and going, traffic flowing.

He saw his relatives, his friends.

They laughed and joked.

Passing right through his body.

As if he were just air.

He shouted with all his might, but no one heard him.

He reached out to embrace, but only grasped emptiness.

He existed here, yet it was as if he had never existed.

The deepest fear in this world is not death.

But to be unremembered, to live in oblivion.

His entire world had completely abandoned him.

Tears.

Silently, slid down Ye Qiong’s cheeks.

In the live stream.

There was a dead silence.

[Future Heavenly Emperor - Huang]: …Such vicious methods. This is an attack on the heart!

[Daoist Master Cang Xuan]: It’s over… Inner Demon Tribulation… This is the highest-tier Inner Demon Tribulation! Once they fall, they’ll never get out!

[Su Qingyuan]: Amitabha… The sea of suffering is boundless, turn back to shore. But where is their shore?

Just as everyone thought these five powerhouses.

Were about to completely sink into their respective sorrows.

An unexpected variable appeared in Gu Yanci’s illusion.

Facing the accusations of the myriad people, facing the crumbling empire.

Gu Yanci slowly, with difficulty, raised his head.

On his face, there were no tears.

A Human Emperor can bleed, but will never shed tears!

In the depths of those eyes, which should have been filled with sorrow and despair.

A cluster of golden flames was stubbornly burning, and growing brighter!

That was not sorrow, nor regret.

That was… towering rage!

Ignited after being fooled, toyed with, and burdened with sins that were not his own.

“Sorrow?”

A hoarse, deep voice.

Filled with endless majesty.

Sounded for the first time in the illusion.

“No…”

Gu Yanci clenched his fists.

Emitting a cracking sound of bones.

“This Emperor now, only wants to… overturn your damn world!”

When Gu Yanci’s rage completely replaced his sorrow.

The entire atmosphere of the illusion changed.

The lamentations and curses of the departed souls disappeared.

Replaced by.

A sharp, endlessly malicious mockery.

“Look, he’s angry!”

“A failed monarch, what else can he do besides impotent rage?”

“Can your anger revive your citizens? Can it restore your crumbling empire? No, it will only make you look like a ridiculous clown!”

The “sin” chains binding him.

Tightened more and more with these voices, tightening further and further.

As if to break his bones!

The illusion was trying to tell him.

—Your anger is meaningless, it will only increase your suffering.

However.

Gu Yanci laughed, his laughter hoarse and wild.

“What crime have I committed?!”

He suddenly looked up.

Those golden eyes stared directly into the void.

As if to pierce through this illusion.

To see the true manipulator behind it!

“I bear the Mandate of Heaven, protecting the myriad people, that is my Dao! I fight for the Dao, and I have no regrets even in death! My strength was insufficient, leading to the destruction of the land; this is my defeat, not my sin!”

“To judge by success or failure, are you even worthy?!”

“Get out… NOW!!!”

A furious roar.

Sound waves, as if solid, exploded from around him!

That supreme majesty, as a Ninth-Rank Human Emperor.

Already deeply etched into his soul.

Now became the sharpest weapon.

Fiercely impacting this false world!

Clank… clank.

The “sin” chains emitted a mournful wail, unable to bear the strain.

The mocking voices paused.

Humanity God Lord, Gu Yanci.

Though he was in dire straits, his Emperor’s Heart was not damaged in the slightest!