In layers of illusions.
The remote mountain village set aflame, a weary young man with a Manure Fork, blood covering him, scarred all over, corpses lying at his feet, he looked up at the sky, as if gazing at some distant, unattainable True God, with an expression of extreme envy, gazing at Duncan above the Dimension.
I am you.
You are me.
But I have no Dimension Space, no God perspective, no authority comparable to a creator, only myself, that's it.
I truly envy you!
Endless power, supreme authority, enjoying endless human beauty.
In the illusion shaped by the True Self Heart Demon, the two youths with drastically different appearances looked at each other, both were Duncan, yet their fates were worlds apart. The severely injured youth hunched over, holding his Manure Fork, picked up some dried meat, chewing hard while bandaging his wounds.
One of his legs, injured, slightly lame.
Clearly weak beyond measure, yet his gaze remained steadfast, looking at the high heavens, piercing through all barriers, transcending time and space.
At that time and moment, just like now.
His gaze silently met Duncan's.
Can you, now, face the former me?
I am your Three Corpses.
Also your heart demon.
Come!
Face me!
King of Kings - Duncan - Caesar - Augustus!!!
Inside the waterfall.
Duncan was silent for a long time, finally sighing lightly, slowly standing up and leaving.
He failed to break through to the Dao Entrance Realm.
Although he had the cultivation of the Dao Entrance Realm and condensed True Yuan, he still failed, because that was truly him, without the Dimension Space cheat, without the God perspective, nor the authority to seize abilities from others.
The Dao of this world was making it difficult for him; in what realm does one need to face the True Self Heart Demon, confront the Three Corpses of the self to break into the Dao Entrance Realm?
He was the weakest of heart demons.
But to Duncan, he was the strongest enemy.
The breakthrough failed.
Duncan wants to attain the office of great joy and freedom, but the Heavenly Dao of this world has already matched him with an opponent of equal caliber.
It's himself.
Outside the waterfall.
Everyone watched as a youth, soaked by the flow of water like a drenched rat, slowly walked out, not far off was Lady Jade Face, her long sleeves fluttering, appearing as a celestial being, adorned in radiant light, with celestial grace and beauty.
Even Lu Shanjun looked surprised, he did not expect Duncan to fail to break through to the Dao Entrance Realm, while Lady Jade Face succeeded instead.
Originally, Lady Jade Face's expression was as calm as an ancient well, seemingly emotionless and desireless, but looking at the desolate youth in front of her, for some reason, an emotional ripple appeared in her eyes.
The truth and falsehood are not that easy to distinguish.
The young man is a peerless genius!
How could he possibly fail to break through?
Lu Shanjun quietly stepped forward, patting the youth's shoulder, comforting: "It's alright."
"Rest for a while."
"I'll tell you about the time I broke through to the Dao Entrance Realm; maybe you'll succeed next time."
The youth remained silent, only letting out a soft sigh.
That was himself.
The Three Corpses formed from his old self; breaking through is not that easy.
Why the situation occurred, Duncan had yet to have a clue, but he faintly felt as if he was being targeted by the Heavenly Dao; the mental bottleneck for breaking into the Dao Entrance Realm prematurely forced out his Three Corpses Heart Demon.
This is definitely a problem!
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