The fire mage from the game world

#974 - Chapter 985: The Decline of Heaven and Man

In his third dream, Chen Yi became a powerhouse comparable to those in game worlds.

Time, space, and rules were as clear to Chen Yi as the lines on his palm.

If Chen Yi wished, he could manipulate time at will.

If Chen Yi wished, he could even create a world as he pleased.

However, this time, before the power of dreams could become inert, Chen Yi awoke from his dream.

Because it was too illusory, Chen Yi had never experienced such a realm. Out of a mage's instinct, he wanted to contemplate how to achieve it.

Although Chen Yi relaxed his resistance, it still caused the dream to shatter directly.

This time, Chen Yi spent more than a month to emerge from the dream.

Fourth time entering the dream, fifth time entering the dream... ninth time entering the dream.

Chen Yi experienced many things in his dreams, landscapes that a mage would never encounter.

It could be said that it largely compensated for Chen Yi's regrets.

You might say this is false, merely an evolution based on what Chen Yi knows.

But what is false?

What is real?

Chen Yi, who grasped the authority of True and False, understood this more thoroughly than others.

What the heart believes is true, what the heart doubts is false.

How many people have been troubled their whole lives by unattainable things? Are those items in their hearts really as they imagine?

Each time Chen Yi emerged from a dream, he would slowly wipe clean his heart and spirit.

Yet, only the first dream took the longest time to emerge from.

The ninth time, it only took less than half an hour to emerge.

Chen Yi knew that entering dreams was no longer of much use to him.

Then, he would directly begin to undergo the tribulation in one go!

What arrived first was still the weakening of the spirit.

The physical body experiences decay, and the spirit experiences exhaustion.

However, the rate at which Chen Yi's spiritual strength declined was much slower than expected. This was largely due to Chen Yi's spiritual strength being far superior to that of mages of the same level.

684

662

612

571

.......

142

After the spiritual strength dropped to 142, it stopped declining.

The first wave of tribulation ended.

The second wave of tribulation began.

When the spirit is strong, the spirit controls the body.

When the body is strong, the body influences the spirit.

Eyes see joy, ears hear anger, nose smells love, tongue tastes longing, intention desires, the body is inherently anxious.

Eyes seeing joy refers to the desire to covet external things.

Ears hearing anger refers to sensitivity and impulsiveness towards the words of others.

Nose smelling love refers to the pursuit of beautiful scents.

Tongue tasting longing refers to the obsession with delicious food.

Intention desiring refers to the greed for material possessions.

The body being inherently anxious refers to unnecessary anxiety about safety and survival.

These six desires formed from the physical body and soon materialized.

However, because Chen Yi did not lose consciousness in the first wave of tribulation, his will began to restrain his body and suppress desires.

Every cell was imprinted with Chen Yi's will, and his body was re-dominated.

The materialized desires could not grow further and eventually only formed six illusory Chen Yis wielding different weapons.

As soon as these six Chen Yis formed, they entered Chen Yi's mental space, attempting to destroy it.

"Clang!"

A crisp metallic collision sound rang out.

The descending knives, swords, axes... were blocked by the scorching sword condensed from mental energy.

In the distance of the mental space, Chen Yi, condensed from mental energy, was fighting with these illusory selves.

"Don't you want those knowledge? Go and grab them if you like!"

"He said you are trash, why aren't you angry! Why!"

"Don't you think the Plague Sprite is beautiful? And you have many opportunities."

"......."

During the battle, every desire was trying to occupy Chen Yi's heart.

Desire is endless, like a giant wave of ten thousand meters, unstoppable.

Chen Yi constantly soothed the giant wave in his heart, not allowing himself to lose his self and become a slave to desire.

Soon, the six illusory Chen Yis died in the flames.

Then, in the next second, they were resurrected in the flames and became stronger.

"Why do you resist! I am you! I am the embodiment of your desires!"

"You can't kill me!"

At this time, the third wave of tribulation arrived.

The mental space where Chen Yi was located slowly changed, eventually forming a huge court.

Sitting high above the court was a being whose face could not be seen clearly.

Before Chen Yi could see his surroundings clearly, he was locked by chains. These chains were indestructible, and no matter how Chen Yi struggled, they were useless, and the flames could not burn them.

The six thieves (six emotions) then took the opportunity to attack, and Chen Yi's health continued to decline.

The one sitting high above condoned the actions of the six thieves and began to judge Chen Yi.

"Rowen Yi, formerly Chen Yi, has committed countless killings."

"Is this true?"

His voice did not carry any emotion.

The attacks of the six thieves fell again, and Chen Yi's mentally condensed body did not shatter, but the pain felt was far greater than before.

This was a torment of the will.

"Why do you resist? Accept me! That way, it won't hurt!"

"Are you angry? Why should a mage be influenced by his emotions, be angry! Be angry!"

With each attack, the corresponding emotion, like pollution, affected Chen Yi's mental body, and cracks appeared in the mental space.

Whether joy, anger, love, or longing...

But Chen Yi had already experienced these in his dreams. These influences were useful, but they could not completely change Chen Yi.

At the same time, Chen Yi uncontrollably opened his mouth to answer the questions of the being whose face could not be seen: "Yes."

"Have you ever regretted it."

"Never."

But it seemed that a voice was saying in Chen Yi's ear, this voice was Chen Yi's voice: 'It is somewhat pitiful.'

"Did you ever think that one day you would be judged."

"I thought about it."

There was another voice: 'I also thought that no one could judge me.'

"Hmph! Then why did you still commit killings!"

"Without being able to save oneself, how can one dare to save others? Without fighting, one will die."

The person whose face could not be seen was about to say something, but unexpectedly, Chen Yi suddenly stood up. The seemingly indestructible chains made an unpleasant sound, and the six thieves were unable to approach Chen Yi for a while.

Chen Yi casually tore off the chains that he couldn't break before: "So that's it, this is the Second Decay of Heaven and Man."

"Spiritual exhaustion, the influence of the body's desires, the torment of regrets, and the influence of distracting thoughts make it impossible to see the true self."

There was no need to continue, because Chen Yi already knew how to overcome this tribulation.

The spirit did not disappear out of thin air, but was divided by countless distracting thoughts.

The chains that entangled him were not external objects, but his own regrets, things that could not be obtained in the past. The more he struggled and the more he escaped, the tighter and harder the chains would become.

The judgment on the high platform, every time the interrogation spoke in Chen Yi's ear, it was not another Chen Yi, but the thoughts that Chen Yi had had, related distracting thoughts.

These thoughts were trying to influence Chen Yi's spirit and influence Chen Yi's will.

This was the complete Second Decay of Heaven and Man.

However, Chen Yi, who had entered the dream nine times, had already eliminated most of his regrets and distracting thoughts.

This tribulation was no longer difficult for Chen Yi.

What Chen Yi needed to do next was to implement his will into his spirit, drive away distracting thoughts, and regain control of all his spirit.

Complete the flawless spirit!

The being whose face could not be seen suddenly applauded and said: "Not bad!"

This sentence carried emotion.

"Great potential..."

Everything around him disappeared, and Chen Yi returned to his mental space.

Expel distracting thoughts and suppress the body's six thieves.

The Charizard and Qiuka in the distance roughly judged Chen Yi's situation from the state of Chen Yi's body and breathed a sigh of relief.