Lilia, the Reincarnation Island Master, was terrifyingly powerful.
With a single move, she had severely wounded Qin Shuang.
Qin Shuang suspected that wasn't even the Reincarnation Island Master's true strength.
If she were willing, she could probably kill him with ease.
But that was a visible kind of power.
The one in front of him now…
To be honest, in that brief moment, Qin Shuang had doubted whether his existence was real or illusory.
Was the "real him" the one unseen by the countless Hong Meng Beings, and was the current him merely an illusion wearing the name "Qin Shuang"?
And if he was truly existing, that would be even more terrifying.
Had this Illusion Island Master, at some unknown time, "deceived" all the Hong Meng Beings except himself with her Illusionary Technique?
Qin Shuang fell silent.
No wonder he had never encountered the Illusion Island Master on his visits to Illusion Island.
Perhaps he had encountered her, but she simply didn't want to deal with him, so he could never find her.
Qin Shuang wasn't even sure if the Illusion Island he had visited was a real Illusion Island.
Or perhaps he had never been to Illusion Island at all, and this Illusion Island Master, finding him troublesome, had simply made him believe he had visited and failed to find her?
The thought sent a chill down Qin Shuang's spine.
This fear stemmed from the questioning of his own existence.
"Come with me. Don't keep Lord Roy waiting!"
Seemingly sensing Qin Shuang's thoughts, Tina spoke up directly, then turned and flew towards Roy's Heavenly Gate.
Behind her, Qin Shuang, his face filled with terror, followed Tina involuntarily towards the Heavenly Gate adorned with Roy's ancestral script.
"She can do that?"
At this moment, Tina had taken control of Qin Shuang's body.
Although, from Qin Shuang's perception, this takeover only made him follow and fly, and he could break free and regain control of his body at any time if he wished.
Yet, Qin Shuang wasn't sure if this feeling was genuine or merely an "illusion" that the Illusion Island Master Tina had imposed upon him.
However, Qin Shuang didn't have the chance to try and regain control of his body, as he simply followed Tina in flight.
Although the Illusion Island Master Tina was terrifying, he believed that in front of Lord Roy, he would be able to distinguish reality from illusion!
The commotion below the floating island did not cease with Qin Shuang's departure.
Because, in the eyes of everyone, including Bowen, who was currently fighting "Qin Shuang," the battle between Qin Shuang and Bowen was becoming increasingly fierce.
"Qin Shuang" was step by step strengthening his advantage, aiming to turn his "advantage" into a "winning momentum"!
The Hong Meng Beings who were using Time Acceleration to watch the battle also did not notice anything amiss.
It was as if the Illusion Island Master Tina had never arrived, and Qin Shuang had not left…
…
"Teacher, Qin Shuang has been brought back."
Qin Shuang, in a dazed state, followed Tina into Roy's Heavenly Palace.
"Buzz—"
The moment Qin Shuang looked up and saw the man seated at the stone table in the pavilion, he felt as if everything in the world had come alive.
The warmth of the sunlight, the fragrance of the flowers and plants, the dance of the falling leaves, the caress of the gentle breeze…
Everything in this world told Qin Shuang of its beauty.
At this moment, Qin Shuang was absolutely certain that his presence here was incredibly real!
"Lord Roy."
Feeling the control of his body return, Qin Shuang respectfully bowed to the adult before him.
This person was the most magnificent being in the Primordial Space, second only to Lord Hong Meng!
In fact, if Lord Hong Meng hadn't been the first to create the Universe, and Lord Roy hadn't been born from the Universe created by Lord Hong Meng, then Lord Roy's magnificence might have surpassed Lord Hong Meng's!
This was a "fact" that even Lord Hong Meng himself had personally acknowledged!
"No need to be so formal."
Looking at Qin Shuang, Roy nodded slightly.
Judging by Qin Shuang's physical strength at this moment, he truly hadn't slacked off in his cultivation over these tens of millions of years.
However, there was also a hint of disappointment in Roy's eyes.
Over these tens of millions of years, Roy had explicitly instructed Qin Yu to tell Qin Shuang to work on his weaknesses.
However, clearly, the battles that had mostly ended in victory over the past tens of millions of years hadn't helped Qin Shuang find his own flaws.
Instead, the few defeats he'd suffered made Qin Shuang feel even more that he needed to strengthen his body to defeat opponents like Bowen and Leiding.
But…
Glancing at Tina beside him, Qin Shuang would likely take this incident seriously now.
"Qin Shuang, your father is my fourth brother. For the next sixty trillion years, you will be under my tutelage."
"Therefore, you should just call me Second Uncle."
"Okay, Second Uncle."
Qin Shuang obediently changed his address.
"Tina, you should leave first. With you here, Qin Shuang will probably feel quite uncomfortable."
"I'll call you when you're needed."
"Understood, Teacher."
"Then I'll be heading back."
After a slight nod, Tina's figure scattered like foam, disappearing into Roy's Heavenly Palace.
Seeing Tina leave, Qin Shuang unconsciously let out a sigh of relief.
"It seems Tina puts more pressure on you than I imagined."
Seeing Qin Shuang's reaction, Roy couldn't help but shake his head.
He had to admit, Tina's growth had exceeded his expectations.
"Haha, hahahaha..."
Qin Shuang chuckled dryly, "Second Uncle, it's not pressure, but rather that terrifying feeling where you can't distinguish between reality and illusion."
"Yes, that's also why I'm personally teaching you instead of letting her do it."
Roy wasn't surprised by the fear Qin Shuang displayed. "If I let her teach you like this, I suspect you'd be completely crippled within ten thousand years."
"However, momentary avoidance won't close the gap between you and her."
"One day, you will have to face Tina directly, and while under her attacks, you must maintain your sense of self."
"Otherwise..."
Roy didn't finish his sentence.
But just hearing that he would have to face Tina directly made Qin Shuang's face turn pale.
"..."
"Alright, it seems I need to give you a strong dose of medicine to help you recover from Tina's shadow."
"What?"
Qin Shuang looked up and saw his Second Uncle, Roy, standing up from the stone table and walking towards him.
"Qin Shuang, next, I will pierce through your chest."
"Struggle hard, let me see your limit."
Roy's voice echoed in Qin Shuang's ears.
Lilia, the Reincarnation Island Master, could heavily injure him with a single blow. Roy, who was even stronger than the Reincarnation Island Master, could kill him with a raise of his hand.
But no matter what, it couldn't compare to the fear he felt from the Illusion Island Master just now, the kind that made him doubt his very existence by blurring the lines between reality and illusion.
"Boom!"
For the first time, Qin Shuang unleashed his Jin Qi to its fullest.
The surrounding space was shattered into pieces by this powerful Jin Qi.
Layer after layer of space fractured and then reformed around Qin Shuang.
In just a brief moment, Qin Shuang's Jin Qi had already shattered three layers of the Hong Meng Realm's space.
However, what shocked Qin Shuang was that as his Second Uncle Roy gradually approached him, Qin Shuang felt his strength rapidly decreasing.
No, it wasn't his strength that was decreasing.
It was his time that was reversing!
A hint of fear finally appeared in Qin Shuang's eyes.
In this torrent of reversing time, Qin Shuang could clearly feel his body, cultivated over a long period, slowly degenerating, and his powerful Jin Qi weakening.
"How is this possible?"
"Is this the power that comes with time reversal?"
During the tens of millions of years he fought against those Hong Meng Beings, Qin Shuang had encountered their Space-Time Power more than once.
But even their Space-Time Power, which had integrated other laws, was as fragile as glass against his Jin Qi, easily shattered by him.
Yet now, neither his body nor his Jin Qi could sense how this temporal power was affecting him. No matter how Qin Shuang unleashed his Jin Qi, he could only watch helplessly as his time rapidly rewound.
Unlike the fear felt when facing the Illusion Island Master, Lilia.
The fear the Illusion Island Master brought was the fear of not being able to distinguish between dream and reality, or the fear of whether one's own existence was real.
The fear Roy, his second uncle, brought was the clear understanding that you had existed, but he could make you watch as all traces of your existence regressed and disappeared.
When Qin Shuang's time was rewound to before he unleashed his Jin Qi, the Jin Qi on his body shattered with a roar.
When Qin Shuang's time was rewound to before he created the Body Tempering Stance, Qin Shuang felt as though he knew the Body Tempering Stance and knew he had created it, but he simply couldn't recall how he cultivated it.
Roy walked towards Qin Shuang step by step.
With each step closer, Qin Shuang's aura weakened.
By the time Roy walked out of the pavilion, Qin Shuang's aura had already dropped to a level comparable to ordinary Hong Meng Beings.
When Roy was ten steps away from Qin Shuang, Qin Shuang's aura had already fallen to the Immortal Dao realm.
When Roy was three steps away from Qin Shuang, the Jin Qi on Qin Shuang's body dispersed, and his physical strength had regressed to the level it was at when he was eighteen years old.
When Roy stood before Qin Shuang, Qin Shuang couldn't control his body, trembling as if he were a sieve.
"I'm going to die!"
"Going to die, going to die, going to die, going to die..."
Every cell in his body was sending warnings to Qin Shuang's brain.
And yet, Qin Shuang felt like a newborn infant, more fragile than a dandelion's stamen.
Then, Qin Shuang saw his second uncle, Roy, extend his index finger on his left hand and gently tap his chest.
"Hiss!"
Blood splattered from Qin Shuang's back, leaving crimson plum blossoms on the pristine white Heavenly Palace.
"Ugh..."
For Qin Shuang, who possessed cultivation, such a through-and-through wound, as thick as an index finger, was no more serious than a scraped skin.
However, for Qin Shuang, who felt like he had just been born, it was an incredibly fatal injury.
"Am I going to die?"
Feeling his life force draining away, Qin Shuang's mind was a haze.
What had he come here to do, anyway?
How could he be dying after just a blink of an eye?
Just as Qin Shuang was preparing to accept his death, he felt the flow of time around him begin to accelerate.
Soon, under this torrent of time, Qin Shuang's cultivation began to recover.
Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, Body Integration, Tribulation Crossing, Heavenly Immortal...
Then, his physical strength began to recover.
The Body Tempering Stance and Jin Qi began to appear in Qin Shuang's mind.
As Qin Shuang's strength recovered, the wound that Roy had pierced through his body naturally began to heal.
"Boom!"
Unleashing his Jin Qi and feeling his own powerful strength, Qin Shuang's eyes, however, lacked something.
In his eyes, the strength that had once made him proud now lacked the ability to protect him and bring him peace.
Whether it was the Illusion Island Master or his second uncle, Roy.
In front of them, he was like a newborn child, completely unable to fight back.
"Snap out of it?"
"Second Uncle..."
Hearing Roy's call, Qin Shuang retracted the Jin Qi outside his body and obediently lowered his head, saying, "Yes, I've snapped out of it."
Indeed, in front of the Illusion Island Master, he truly couldn't distinguish between illusion and reality.
That was truly a terrifying thing.
But the moment he saw his second uncle, the sense of illusion completely vanished, and he could fully feel his own real existence.
And what his second uncle had just displayed was a thousand times more terrifying than the fear of not distinguishing between reality and illusion.
After all, sometimes, as long as one still exists, what does it matter if reality cannot be distinguished from illusion?
One could even become so powerful as to directly manifest illusions into reality.
His second uncle's ability to make one watch as they lost everything, regressing from their strongest state to their weakest, was even more terrifying.
At this moment, Qin Shuang felt that the fear imposed by the Illusion Island Master was not fear at all.
As expected, the best medicine to cure fear was to let a stronger fear cover the weaker one.
After facing the most terrifying existence, other things could no longer cause fear.
"Then follow me."
Roy returned to the pavilion with Qin Shuang. Roy sat down, while Qin Shuang stood with his hands at his sides, bowing.
"Frost, I'll call you that too."
"Do you know why I specifically cultivated you and let your strength increase rapidly?"
"Your nephew doesn't know."
"Hmm, I guess your father didn't tell you clearly either."
"Otherwise, how could you have wasted tens of millions of years without finding a way to compensate for your own shortcomings?"
Qin Shuang remained silent.
Honestly, before this, if someone had told him he had a significant flaw, Qin Shuang would have just laughed even if he heard it.
What a joke. In the Hong Meng Realm, out of nearly five thousand Hong Meng Beings, no more than ten were stronger than him.
If he was considered to have a major flaw, what would that make those weaker than him?
Although Qin Shuang had a gentle personality, he was able to create a cultivation method that directly reached the Hong Meng Being's Body Tempering Stance and Jin Qi. His pride was no less than that of any other Hong Meng Being.
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