Revelation of the Way of Heaven

White mist swirled around Qin Xiaochuan. He looked around and couldn't see the edge of it. There was nothing around him except for the white mist.

"Am I already dead?" Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but mutter to himself. He remembered that Du Cheng's golden spear pierced his heart, and then he came to this place. Could this be the world after death?

Qin Xiaochuan reached out and touched his surroundings, but couldn't find anything. He then touched his own body. Thankfully, his body was real. But why would he be in a place like this after he died? Qin Xiaochuan was completely baffled.

"You are not dead, but have entered the realm of Nirvana." A voice suddenly rang in his ears. As the voice rang out, the white mist around him gradually dissipated, and a large green meadow gradually appeared before his eyes. He was now standing on a slope, which was also covered with green grass and dotted with colorful wildflowers.

A man dressed in a long robe with a black outer layer and a red inner layer sat on the grass with his back to him. The voice he had just heard probably came from this man. Qin Xiaochuan suddenly felt that the scene was somewhat familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that this place was the scene in the last room of the illusion in the past. Xiao Yan and Han Keyun had said goodbye while sitting on this grass.

"You are..." Qin Xiaochuan asked tentatively. Although the scene was familiar, he was still not entirely sure of the person's identity.

The man turned around, his eyebrows sharp and his eyes bright, his expression indifferent. It was Xiao Yan. "I am you," the man said calmly, "or rather, I am a part of you."

For a moment, Qin Xiaochuan had countless questions in his mind, but he didn't know how to ask them. He paused for a while before saying, "To be honest, I'm a little confused right now. Can you tell me first what kind of place this is? How did I get here? And can I go back? I still have things I need to do." His tone gradually quickened, and he couldn't help but feel worried when he thought of Guo Shiyi's situation.

"This is where you and I originally belong. Your current state is what Buddhism calls Nirvana, a state of neither defilement nor purity, neither increase nor decrease, neither birth nor death." Xiao Yan clearly understood Qin Xiaochuan's confusion, so he tried his best to answer in detail.

Qin Xiaochuan still didn't understand, but that wasn't what he was concerned about right now. He asked anxiously, "Then can I still go back?"

"sure."

"Then I..." Before Qin Xiaochuan could finish speaking, Xiao Yan stopped him with a gesture and said, "You don't need to rush. There is no concept of time here, so no matter how long you stay here, it will not affect the progress of reality. I brought you here because I have something important to tell you. This is the meaning of my existence."

Seeing that Qin Xiaochuan was still deep in thought, Xiao Yan pointed to the grass beside him and said, "You can sit down first. We need to talk slowly."

Qin Xiaochuan sat down beside him as he requested and asked, "Did you bring me here? Why are you here? Shouldn't you have been reincarnated as me?"

"This is a long story." Xiao Yan stroked his chin and pondered for a moment, as if trying to figure out where to begin. After a while, he said, "Didn't you read the book 'Yuandao Zhu'?"

The book mentions that the world we live in was actually created by the Supreme God using divine consciousness. Therefore, each of us is a part of divine consciousness, and our divine consciousness is also a part of the Supreme God's divine consciousness, as well as a channel connecting to the Supreme God. Thus, our divine consciousness is also capable of creating a small world.

Qin Xiaochuan nodded and said, "I have indeed read this. I was shocked by the book at the time, and it even refreshed my entire worldview. However, these theories are just conjectures and there is no actual evidence."

"I created the virtual world of the Past Illusion using the power of the Witchcraft Ring, which supports what is said in the document." Xiao Yan wasn't trying to prove anything to Qin Xiaochuan, and added, "Therefore, the Past Illusion is a manifestation of my divine consciousness, which is what you see as me now."

Qin Xiaochuan frowned, thought for a long time, and was still somewhat confused. He said, "So you actually separated a part of your divine consciousness to create the past illusion?"

Xiao Yan nodded and said, "That's right. Before re-entering the cycle of reincarnation, I deliberately placed this part of my divine consciousness in the witch's ring so that I could tell you some important things at the right time."

"Oh, I see." Qin Xiaochuan nodded in sudden realization. "I remember when I fought Kaiming in the mental space, at the last moment Kaiming tried to take me down with him by self-destructing. At the critical moment, a circular pattern appeared in the Witch Ring and absorbed all its energy. That was your doing, wasn't it?"

"That's right. Not only that, but before we even entered Kunlun Ruins, Kaiming tried to seize your memories, and it was I who helped you drive it away," Xiao Yan said.

"Is that so? I don't recall it at all." Qin Xiaochuan looked puzzled.

"Because you were hypnotized by him at the time, I took over your body and drove it away, so naturally you don't have any memory of it."

Qin Xiaochuan nodded, feeling that all his previous doubts had been resolved at once. Then, he suddenly thought of another important matter. He widened his eyes, looked at Xiao Yan with a strange expression, and slowly said, "So, the reason my Heavenly Soul was damaged is because you separated a part of your divine consciousness before your reincarnation!"

"That should be the case. The energy of the Heavenly Soul originally comes from the Divine Consciousness. It is only natural that the Heavenly Soul would be damaged if the Divine Consciousness were separated." Xiao Yan nodded.

Qin Xiaochuan gave a helpless, bitter smile and said, "Do you know how many setbacks I've experienced because of this?"

Xiao Yan did not sympathize with Qin Xiaochuan's tragic past, but said indifferently, "Although this was caused by human factors, it may also be a deliberate arrangement of Heaven. The will of Heaven is often hidden in the will of an individual, making it difficult for people to perceive."

Qin Xiaochuan could only agree. He had already come to terms with the past and had no intention of complaining. He then asked, "Now that I understand your background, how did I get here?"

"I brought you here using a skill I call Nirvana. It's actually a virtual reality ability that virtualizes the damage you suffer in reality. To outsiders, it looks like you've been pierced through the heart by a spear, but in reality, you haven't suffered any damage," Xiao Yan explained.