shí guāng fēi shì ， zhuǎn shùn zhī jiān ， xuán huáng jiè zài dù lái dào le máo dìng 15 nián 。
时光飞逝，转瞬之间，玄黄界再度来到了锚定15年。
Time flew by, and in a blink of an eye, the Xuanhuang Realm returned to its anchor point set 15 years ago.
zhè yī rì ， lǐ fán gù jì zhòng shī ， chóng xīn jiāng zì tiān wài guī lái de yào wáng dǐng bǔ huò 。
这一日，李凡故技重施，重新将自天外归来的药王鼎捕获。
On this day, Li Fan repeated his old trick, capturing the Medicine King Cauldron that had returned from beyond the heavens once again.
yì rú jì wǎng ， shè fú yào wáng zōng zhòng rén wéi zì jǐ mài mìng 。
一如既往，慑服药王宗众人为自己卖命。
As usual, he subdued the Medicine King Sect's members and made them work for him. At the same time, he quietly brought back Ruan Tianxiao to the old site of the Medicine King Sect, making him take another "Stone Pill."
tóng shí què shì qiǎo rán zhuā lái ruǎn tiān xiāo ， huí dào yào wáng zōng jiù zhǐ ， ràng tā zài cì tūn xià nà méi “ shí dān ”。
同时却是悄然抓来阮天萧，回到药王宗旧址，让他再次吞下那枚“石丹”。
Just like in his previous life.
gēn shàng yī shì yī yàng 。
跟上一世一样。
After swallowing the pill, Ruan Tianxiao's figure and aura became ethereal and otherworldly, as if he was a celestial immortal descending from heaven.
ruǎn tiān xiāo de shēn xíng yǔ qì zhì ， zài tūn fú dān yào zhī hòu ， biàn dé piāo miǎo chū chén 、 rú tiān shàng zhé xiān 。
阮天萧的身形与气质，在吞服丹药之后，变得缥缈出尘、如天上谪仙。
He began teaching the [Way Refining Medicine King Scripture] to those around him.
tóng shí kāi shǐ xiàng zhe zhōu wéi ， jiǎng shòu 【 liàn dào yào wáng jīng 】。
同时开始向着周围，讲授【炼道药王经】。
Li Fan roughly divided the areas for each of these spirits. With their ability to absorb dozens of small worlds, they were capable of integrating them into themselves without much issue.
xuán ào zhī yīn ， miǎo miǎo bù jué 。
玄奥之音，渺渺不绝。
Despite this, hundreds of more spirit forms continued to be generated to fulfill Li Fan's initial plan. It was as if a host of celestial demons had descended upon the Xuanhuang Realm, causing ripples in the atmosphere.
zòng shǐ yǐ jīng bú shì dì yī cì tīng zhè piān jué shì jīng wén le ， lǐ fán què yī jiù yǒu zhǒng zhǒng xuán zhī yòu xuán de gǎn wù fú xiàn 。
纵使已经不是第一次听这篇绝世经文了，李凡却依旧有种种玄之又玄的感悟浮现。
These spirits summoned by Li Fan were even more indistinct and lacked any significant法则力量聚集。它们更像是空壳，作为诸界归玄黄的容器。
hǎo sì zì jǐ liàn dān zhī dào ， wú xíng zhōng gèng jìn le yī bù 。
好似自己炼丹之道，无形中更进了一步。
然而，它们毕竟还是属于天地之魄的范畴。
yú yīn rào liáng ， jiǔ jiǔ bù jué 。
余音绕梁，久久不绝。
这种百鬼夜行般的异动很快引起了Xuanhuang Realm cultivators' attention.
lǐ fán jié hé zì jǐ duì yào wáng jīng xīn de lǐ jiě ， zài cì duì shēng huá xuán huáng de jì huà jìn xíng wēi diào 。
李凡结合自己对药王经新的理解，再次对升华玄黄的计划进行微调。
More and more people began to notice the changes in the world. Was it due to Xuanhuang's own celestial transformations, or was someone manipulating things behind the scenes?
“ chà bu duō shí duō nián de wēn yǎng ， zhū duō shǒu duàn àn zhōng de zī rùn ， xuán huáng jiè yǐ jīng cóng dāng chū de shuāi ruò zhōng zhú jiàn huī fù le guò lái 。”
“差不多十多年的温养，诸多手段暗中的滋润，玄黄界已经从当初的衰弱中逐渐恢复了过来。”
The common folk were uncertain, but many cultivators were eager to hunt these spirit forms for their cultivation needs. After all, achieving union with Dao was a dream come true for most people; the quality of the spirit form used in the process wasn't even on their radar.
“ huǒ hòu yǐ zhì ， shì shí hòu kāi shǐ liàn dān dì yī bù le 。”
“火候已至，是时候开始炼丹第一步了。”
Just as the cultivators formed groups and followed the trail of the spirit forms, thick clouds of darkness covered the Xuanhuang Realm's skies, and night fell upon the earth. An ominous feeling spread among the cultivators, but they didn't know where this unease was coming from.
lǐ fán yǎn zhōng shǎn guò yī dào wēi máng ， tā de shì xiàn chuān tòu xuán huáng jiè de cāng qióng ， kàn dào le yǔ zhī xiāng lián de wú shù xiǎo shì jiè 。
李凡眼中闪过一道微芒，他的视线穿透玄黄界的苍穹，看到了与之相连的无数小世界。
Soon, the clouds vanished, and the people resumed their unfinished tasks. Everything seemed to return to normal.
“ zhū jiè wàn qiān ， jǐn guī xuán huáng 。”
“诸界万千，尽归玄黄。”
However, in Li Fan's eyes, the inhabitants of Xuanhuang Realm were already ensnared in a delusional dream.
“ wàn fǎ guī yī ， tiān xià dà tóng ！”
“万法归一，天下大同！”
The [Mystical Xuanhuang Multitudes Great Array] had truly fallen upon the Xuanhuang Realm's beings!
yǔ qì zhōng dài zhe xiē xǔ guǐ yì de qì xī ， lǐ fán de qīng yǔ ， jiù jué dìng le nà wàn qiān xiǎo shì jiè de mìng yùn 。
语气中带着些许诡异的气息，李凡的轻语，就决定了那万千小世界的命运。
Apart from a few locations like Dao Source State and Fishing Pool, all living creatures within the realm were now inside the array. With the aid of the Star Sea's infinite power and the accumulated essence energy by the ancestral descendants over the past decade, Li Fan was able to cast this world-encompassing supreme仙阵.
cǐ shí cǐ kè ， zhè xiē xiǎo shì jiè zhōng de nǐ zào tiān gé ， kāi shǐ diào dòng shì jiè zhī lì 。
此时此刻，这些小世界中的拟造天格，开始调动世界之力。
Compared to his previous life when he trapped the Healer of Heaven, it had advanced further. Although the final disentanglement disc's derivation had hit a bottleneck, Li Fan incorporated his insights on Way Refining and the transformation between true and false into the array. This upgraded the [Mystical Xuanhuang Multitudes Great Array] to not just a mere illusionary array.
zì zhǔ kuò zhāng shì jiè xíng tài ， hǎo sì shēn chū yī zhī zhǐ chù shǒu ， yán zhe lǐ fán zǎo yǐ jīng bù zhì hǎo de tōng dào 。
自主扩张世界形态，好似伸出一只只触手，沿着李凡早已经布置好的通道。
If someone died within the illusionary array, their death would be real in reality. If they gained something through experiences in the illusion over time, those gains wouldn't manifest in reality but instead be absorbed by this supreme illusionary array as nourishment for Li Fan.
chù mō 、 lián tōng zhì xuán huáng jiè 。
触摸、联通至玄黄界。
Under the influence of the仙阵, all the inhabitants of Xuanhuang Realm could only regress and not progress from now on. Every little improvement they made towards a "better" direction would be harvested by Li Fan.
xiān shì hēi àn zhōng de yí gè xīng diǎn ， zhān rǎn le xuán huáng zhī sè 。
先是黑暗中的一个星点，沾染了玄黄之色。
As long as the array remained intact, they would forever serve Li Fan like diligent slaves.
ér hòu hěn kuài yòu shì chéng bǎi 、 shù qiān de jīn sè xīng chén liàng qǐ 。 wéi rào zhe xuán huáng jiè ， yì yì shēng huī 、 cuǐ càn zhì jí ！
而后很快又是成百、数千的金色星辰亮起。围绕着玄黄界，熠熠生辉、璀璨至极！
However, Li Fan wouldn't keep all these gains for himself. He would leave a small portion to Xuanhuang Realm and hand over the rest.
“ é zhuǎn tiān dì lǐ ……”
“讹转天地理……”
It wasn't because he suddenly repented or felt benevolent; it was mainly to gain more trust from Xuanhuang's celestial will. After his various operations in this life, Li Fan had already reached an unprecedented level of goodwill with the Xuanhuang Celestial Will. This goodwill would reach its peak when the [Mystical Xuanhuang Multitudes] Great Array encompassed all the cultivators.
lǐ fán cǐ kè fēn chū yī dào shēn yǐng ， piāo xiàng tiān kōng 。
李凡此刻分出一道身影，飘向天空。
Li Fan hadn't reacted to the affectionate intent from the Xuanhuang Celestial Will, instead narrowing his eyes and observing the realm within the array.
tóng shí kǒu zhōng dī niàn 。
同时口中低念。
"Except for those under the protection of Blissful Land, no one in the Five Elders' Gathering is spared."
rú cǐ duō xiǎo shì jiè de guī fù ， zì rán tóng yàng xū yào xuán huáng jiè de pèi hé 。
如此多小世界的归复，自然同样需要玄黄界的配合。
"The moment the array descended, Blissful seemed hesitant to divide its power to protect everyone in the Five Elders' Gathering. Just like when the World-Ending Immortal Array appeared before. But I'm not sure why he backed down."
fǒu zé jí yǒu kě néng ， huì bèi xuán huáng jiè tiān dào dàng zuò wài jiè wèi zhī dí rén de gōng jī 。
否则极有可能，会被玄黄界天道当做外界未知敌人的攻击。
Li Fan pondered and chose not to confront Blissful directly.
“ suī rán dān dú yí gè xiǎo shì jiè zhī lì ， gēn xuán huáng jiè xiāng bǐ jiào ér yán ， jī hū kě yǐ hū lüè bù jì 。 dàn wéi rào xuán huáng jiè de xiǎo shì jiè shí zài tài duō le ， liàng biàn zú yǐ xíng chéng zhì biàn 。”
“虽然单独一个小世界之力，跟玄黄界相比较而言，几乎可以忽略不计。但围绕玄黄界的小世界实在太多了，量变足以形成质变。”
"Regarding the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance..."
“ rú gǔn gǔn hóng liú ， zhí jiē zhù shè jìn xuán huáng jiè zhōng ， huò xǔ huì yǐn qǐ fǎn shì 。”
“如滚滚洪流，直接注射进玄黄界中，或许会引起反噬。”
In the Heavenly Xuan Mirror at the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, it seemed to have avoided the array's intrusion. It was no wonder that it was a divine artifact.
“ hái shì nà ge sī lù ， xū yào 【 yào yǐn 】。”
“还是那个思路，需要【药引】。”
There were several other places that had also escaped the influence of the仙阵.
lǐ fán xīn niàn shǎn dòng jiān ， yī dào dào shēn yǐng mó hú de tiān dì zhī pò jiàng lín le 。
李凡心念闪动间，一道道身影模糊的天地之魄降临了。
Li Fan became interested and checked each one. Most of them had survived due to their unique spatial positions or remnants from Xuanhuang Realm devouring and stitching together fragments of other cultivation realms.
tā men yuán dì lèng le xià hòu ， biàn fēi kuài de cháo zhe xuán huáng jiè gè dì fēi qù 。
祂们原地愣了下后，便飞快的朝着玄黄界各地飞去。
"Only slight modifications are needed for the next time, and I can cover all of them."
què shì lǐng “ tiān zhí ”， qù xī shōu nà xiē guī fù de xiǎo shì jiè le 。
却是领“天职”，去吸收那些归附的小世界了。
Li Fan didn't pay much attention to these exceptions as they lacked even a single cultivator at the union with Dao stage. They couldn't cause any significant trouble.
lǐ fán dà zhì wèi tā men gè zì huà fēn le fù zé de qū yù ， yǐ tiān dì zhī pò de chéng shòu néng lì ， xī shōu liǎng wèi shù de xiǎo shì jiè 、 nà rù jǐ shēn ， bú shì wèn tí 。
李凡大致为祂们各自划分了负责的区域，以天地之魄的承受能力，吸收两位数的小世界、纳入己身，不是问题。
The only exception that caught Li Fan's attention was in Flowing Light State, where nearly a hundred people in an ordinary town hadn't been significantly affected by the illusionary array.
ráo shì rú cǐ ， wèi le wán chéng lǐ fán de chū bù jì huà 。 cǐ kè yě yǒu shù bǎi dào tiān dì zhī pò ， yuán yuán bù duàn de shēng chéng 。
饶是如此，为了完成李凡的初步计划。此刻也有数百道天地之魄，源源不断的生成。
They had indeed entered a delusional state, but they managed to wake up much faster than even the Healer of Heaven!
zhēn rú tiān mó jiàng shì ， yǐn dé xuán huáng jiè nèi qì xī fān gǔn 。
真如天魔降世，引得玄黄界内气息翻滚。
Li Fan carefully sent out his intent and examined them thoroughly. "There are many strange things in this world. The storyteller's words from long ago have come true!"
gēn zhèng cháng de xiāng bǐ ， zhè xiē bèi lǐ fán jiǎ zhào ér lái de tiān dì zhī pò ， shēn yǐng gèng jiā mó hú 。
跟正常的相比，这些被李凡假召而来的天地之魄，身影更加模糊。
"But dreams are still just dreams. The master told us that as long as we remain vigilant and notice anything too perfect, we can wake up from the dream."
shèn zhì dōu méi yǒu duō shǎo de fǎ zé lì liàng huì jù 。
甚至都没有多少的法则力量汇聚。
"Wait. If you say so, shouldn't our waking be too perfect? Are we still in a dream?"
gèng xiàng shì yī jù kōng ké ， zuò wéi chéng dān zhū jiè guī xuán huáng de róng qì 。
更像是一具空壳，作为承担诸界归玄黄的容器。
...
dàn ， tā men bì jìng yī jiù shǔ yú tiān dì zhī pò de fàn chóu zhī nèi 。
但，祂们毕竟依旧属于天地之魄的范畴之内。
Before he could finish his thought, hundreds of people in this town were once again ensnared by the Xuanhuang Multitudes Great Array and fell into the illusionary state.
rú bǎi guǐ yè xíng bān de yì dòng ， zì rán hěn kuài jiù yǐn qǐ le xuán huáng jiè nèi xiū shì de zhù yì 。
如百鬼夜行般的异动，自然很快就引起了玄黄界内修士的注意。
"Storyteller," Li Fan pondered as he scanned with his divine sense and quickly located the person everyone was talking about. He had also just woken up from the array.
jìn ér ， yuè lái yuè duō de rén ， yě fā xiàn le shì jiān de yì biàn 。
进而，越来越多的人，也发现了世间的异变。
He didn't show any signs of shock or fear, but a hint of surprise appeared on his face as if observing a static world.
shì xuán huáng jiè zì shēn tiān dì zhī biàn ， hái shì bèi hòu yǒu rén cāo zòng zhǔ shǐ ？
是玄黄界自身天地之变，还是背后有人操纵主使？
"This person... I can't even perceive their cultivation."
shì rén yóu yí bù dìng 。
世人犹疑不定。
"Could there be another expert in Xuanhuang Realm?"
dàn gèng duō de xiū shì ， què shì chǔn chǔn yù dòng 、 xiǎng yào bǔ liè zhè xiē tiān dì zhī pò 。
但更多的修士，却是蠢蠢欲动、想要捕猎这些天地之魄。
"No way. He never showed any unusual behavior during the two world-destroying events."
bì jìng duì jué dà duō rén ér yán ， néng gòu hé dào yǐ jīng shì mèng mèi yǐ qiú zhī shì le 。 zhì yú hé dào suǒ yòng tiān dì zhī pò de zhì liàng ， gēn běn bù zài tā men de kǎo lǜ fàn wéi zhī nèi 。
毕竟对绝大多人而言，能够合道已经是梦寐以求之事了。至于合道所用天地之魄的质量，根本不在他们的考虑范围之内。
Li Fan shook his head and didn't scare himself. He reached out to summon the storyteller.
zhèng dāng xiū shì men ， sān wǔ chéng qún 、 hū péng huàn yǒu ， zhuī zōng tiān dì zhī pò zōng jì de shí hòu 。
正当修士们，三五成群、呼朋唤友，追踪天地之魄踪迹的时候。
"Y-y-see, Immortal Master," the storyteller was taken aback before showing a mix of gratitude and surprise in greeting Li Fan.
wú biān de yīn yún ， lǒng zhào le xuán huáng jiè de tiān kōng 。
无边的阴云，笼罩了玄黄界的天空。
Li Fan confirmed that he was indeed an ordinary person without any combat capabilities.
hēi yè ， jiàng lín dà dì 。
黑夜，降临大地。
"How did you wake up from the illusionary array?" he asked gently.
xiū shì men de xīn zhōng ， dōu yǒng xiàn chū le zhǒng zhǒng bù xiáng de yù gǎn 。
修士们的心中，都涌现出了种种不详的预感。
The storyteller looked confused. "I don't know. I just felt that the world before me was somehow out of sync."
dàn què bù zhī ， zhè zhǒng bù ān jiū jìng lái zì hé chù 。
但却不知，这种不安究竟来自何处。
"Out of sync?"
hěn kuài ， yīn yún jiù xiāo shī bú jiàn 。 yún yún zhòng shēng men ， jì xù gāng gāng de wèi jìng zhī shì 。
很快，阴云就消失不见。芸芸众生们，继续刚刚的未竟之事。
After some thought, the storyteller looked at Li Fan and hesitantly explained, "Even though the dream is real, it's still different from reality."
yī qiè sì hū dōu huī fù le zhèng cháng 。
一切似乎都恢复了正常。
"I know my limits, no matter how hard I try, I can only attract a maximum of a hundred people. But in the dream, nearly half the town came to listen..."
rán ér ， zài lǐ fán de yǎn zhōng ， xuán huáng jiè zhōng de shēng líng men ， zé shì yǐ jīng xiàn rù liǎo wú biān de huàn mèng zhī zhōng 。
然而，在李凡的眼中，玄黄界中的生灵们，则是已经陷入了无边的幻梦之中。
Upon hearing this, Li Fan frowned.
【 mí lí ， xuán huáng zhòng shēng 】 dà zhèn ， zhēn zhèng de luò zài le xuán huáng jiè shēng líng shēn shàng ！
【迷离，玄黄众生】大阵，真正的落在了玄黄界生灵身上！
The Xuanhuang Multitudes Great Array couldn't make such a basic mistake.
chú le dào yuán zhōu 、 diào yú chí děng jí shǎo shù dì diǎn yǐ wài ， xuán huáng jiè zhōng suǒ yǒu huó wù 、 dōu yǐ rù zhèn zhōng 。
除了道源州、钓鱼池等极少数地点以外，玄黄界中所有活物、都已入阵中。
"What interfered with the judgment of the immortal array?"
yǒu xīng hǎi wú xiàn zhī lì de jiā chí ， jiā shàng fǎn zǔ yōu zú rén shí nián lái jī lěi de hǎi liàng yuán lì jīng cuì 。
有星海无限之力的加持，加上返祖幽族人十年来积累的海量源力精粹。
Li Fan's mind raced as he carefully searched through the storyteller again.
Time flew by, and in a blink of an eye, the Xuanhuang Realm returned to its anchor point set 15 years ago.
On this day, Li Fan repeated his old trick, capturing the Medicine King Cauldron that had returned from beyond the heavens once again.
As usual, he subdued the Medicine King Sect's members and made them work for him. At the same time, he quietly brought back Ruan Tianxiao to the old site of the Medicine King Sect, making him take another "Stone Pill."
Just like in his previous life.
After swallowing the pill, Ruan Tianxiao's figure and aura became ethereal and otherworldly, as if he was a celestial immortal descending from heaven.
He began teaching the [Way Refining Medicine King Scripture] to those around him.
Li Fan roughly divided the areas for each of these spirits. With their ability to absorb dozens of small worlds, they were capable of integrating them into themselves without much issue.
Despite this, hundreds of more spirit forms continued to be generated to fulfill Li Fan's initial plan. It was as if a host of celestial demons had descended upon the Xuanhuang Realm, causing ripples in the atmosphere.
These spirits summoned by Li Fan were even more indistinct and lacked any significant法则力量聚集。它们更像是空壳，作为诸界归玄黄的容器。
然而，它们毕竟还是属于天地之魄的范畴。
这种百鬼夜行般的异动很快引起了Xuanhuang Realm cultivators' attention.
More and more people began to notice the changes in the world. Was it due to Xuanhuang's own celestial transformations, or was someone manipulating things behind the scenes?
The common folk were uncertain, but many cultivators were eager to hunt these spirit forms for their cultivation needs. After all, achieving union with Dao was a dream come true for most people; the quality of the spirit form used in the process wasn't even on their radar.
Just as the cultivators formed groups and followed the trail of the spirit forms, thick clouds of darkness covered the Xuanhuang Realm's skies, and night fell upon the earth. An ominous feeling spread among the cultivators, but they didn't know where this unease was coming from.
Soon, the clouds vanished, and the people resumed their unfinished tasks. Everything seemed to return to normal.
However, in Li Fan's eyes, the inhabitants of Xuanhuang Realm were already ensnared in a delusional dream.
The [Mystical Xuanhuang Multitudes Great Array] had truly fallen upon the Xuanhuang Realm's beings!
Apart from a few locations like Dao Source State and Fishing Pool, all living creatures within the realm were now inside the array. With the aid of the Star Sea's infinite power and the accumulated essence energy by the ancestral descendants over the past decade, Li Fan was able to cast this world-encompassing supreme仙阵.
Compared to his previous life when he trapped the Healer of Heaven, it had advanced further. Although the final disentanglement disc's derivation had hit a bottleneck, Li Fan incorporated his insights on Way Refining and the transformation between true and false into the array. This upgraded the [Mystical Xuanhuang Multitudes Great Array] to not just a mere illusionary array.
If someone died within the illusionary array, their death would be real in reality. If they gained something through experiences in the illusion over time, those gains wouldn't manifest in reality but instead be absorbed by this supreme illusionary array as nourishment for Li Fan.
Under the influence of the仙阵, all the inhabitants of Xuanhuang Realm could only regress and not progress from now on. Every little improvement they made towards a "better" direction would be harvested by Li Fan.
As long as the array remained intact, they would forever serve Li Fan like diligent slaves.
However, Li Fan wouldn't keep all these gains for himself. He would leave a small portion to Xuanhuang Realm and hand over the rest.
It wasn't because he suddenly repented or felt benevolent; it was mainly to gain more trust from Xuanhuang's celestial will. After his various operations in this life, Li Fan had already reached an unprecedented level of goodwill with the Xuanhuang Celestial Will. This goodwill would reach its peak when the [Mystical Xuanhuang Multitudes] Great Array encompassed all the cultivators.
Li Fan hadn't reacted to the affectionate intent from the Xuanhuang Celestial Will, instead narrowing his eyes and observing the realm within the array.
"Except for those under the protection of Blissful Land, no one in the Five Elders' Gathering is spared."
"The moment the array descended, Blissful seemed hesitant to divide its power to protect everyone in the Five Elders' Gathering. Just like when the World-Ending Immortal Array appeared before. But I'm not sure why he backed down."
Li Fan pondered and chose not to confront Blissful directly.
"Regarding the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance..."
In the Heavenly Xuan Mirror at the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, it seemed to have avoided the array's intrusion. It was no wonder that it was a divine artifact.
There were several other places that had also escaped the influence of the仙阵.
Li Fan became interested and checked each one. Most of them had survived due to their unique spatial positions or remnants from Xuanhuang Realm devouring and stitching together fragments of other cultivation realms.
"Only slight modifications are needed for the next time, and I can cover all of them."
Li Fan didn't pay much attention to these exceptions as they lacked even a single cultivator at the union with Dao stage. They couldn't cause any significant trouble.
The only exception that caught Li Fan's attention was in Flowing Light State, where nearly a hundred people in an ordinary town hadn't been significantly affected by the illusionary array.
They had indeed entered a delusional state, but they managed to wake up much faster than even the Healer of Heaven!
Li Fan carefully sent out his intent and examined them thoroughly. "There are many strange things in this world. The storyteller's words from long ago have come true!"
"But dreams are still just dreams. The master told us that as long as we remain vigilant and notice anything too perfect, we can wake up from the dream."
"Wait. If you say so, shouldn't our waking be too perfect? Are we still in a dream?"
...
Before he could finish his thought, hundreds of people in this town were once again ensnared by the Xuanhuang Multitudes Great Array and fell into the illusionary state.
"Storyteller," Li Fan pondered as he scanned with his divine sense and quickly located the person everyone was talking about. He had also just woken up from the array.
He didn't show any signs of shock or fear, but a hint of surprise appeared on his face as if observing a static world.
"This person... I can't even perceive their cultivation."
"Could there be another expert in Xuanhuang Realm?"
"No way. He never showed any unusual behavior during the two world-destroying events."
Li Fan shook his head and didn't scare himself. He reached out to summon the storyteller.
"Y-y-see, Immortal Master," the storyteller was taken aback before showing a mix of gratitude and surprise in greeting Li Fan.
Li Fan confirmed that he was indeed an ordinary person without any combat capabilities.
"How did you wake up from the illusionary array?" he asked gently.
The storyteller looked confused. "I don't know. I just felt that the world before me was somehow out of sync."
"Out of sync?"
After some thought, the storyteller looked at Li Fan and hesitantly explained, "Even though the dream is real, it's still different from reality."
"I know my limits, no matter how hard I try, I can only attract a maximum of a hundred people. But in the dream, nearly half the town came to listen..."
Upon hearing this, Li Fan frowned.
The Xuanhuang Multitudes Great Array couldn't make such a basic mistake.
"What interfered with the judgment of the immortal array?"
Li Fan's mind raced as he carefully searched through the storyteller again.