55: The Three's Illusory World of Mortals

Su Lin stood with his hands behind his back, taking a calm step forward.

The moment his foot landed, the Vast World of Mortals formation roared to life!

The supreme illusionary power, capable of overturning the universe, instantly engulfed the four of them.

However, the Mortal World Qi, potent enough to twist one's mind, was instantly vaporized by an invisible will the moment it touched Su Lin's body, failing to stir even a ripple in his Heart Lake.

He remained unharmed, but his three disciple instantly fell into the prison of desires deep within their Souls.

Mu Qingxue's illusion was one of imprisonment.

She found herself in a familiar Peach Blossom Spring, free from the mundane affairs of the Qingyao Sect, free from the covetous Demonic Path scoundrels, and even free from... her other five Senior Sisters and Junior Sisters.

In all the world, there were only her and her Revered Master.

Her Revered Master sat by a nearby stream, his clothes pristine white, his expression gentle, smiling and beckoning to her.

But his eyes held a hint of vulnerability and dependence she had never seen before; his Dantian Qi Sea was completely empty, making him a powerless Mortal.

An unprecedented surge of ecstasy and satisfaction instantly seized Mu Qingxue's heart!

"Revered Master..." She walked forward in a daze, knelt beside Su Lin, and gently rested his head on her lap.

The voice in her heart screamed madly: "This is wonderful... Revered Master, you finally belong only to me!

You are no longer the Grand Ascension Supreme who overlooks all beings; you are only mine, only Mu Qingxue's Revered Master!"

"Don't worry, from now on, you don't need to do anything, you don't need to think about anything.

I will sever all your ties with the outside world, I will eliminate all the ants who dare to covet you, I will build the most perfect prison for you, keeping you forever in this Peach Blossom Spring that belongs only to us, for all eternity, never to leave my side!"

Her fingertips traced Su Lin's cheek; that cool affection had long since twisted into the most obsessive, most thorough desire for control.

What she wanted was not protection, but to drag a god from its altar and make it her exclusive possession.

"Don't worry, even if you lose your cultivation, this Disciple will find the best medicine to keep you alive.

If that fails! This Disciple will keep searching for your next Reincarnation!"

Luo Ximei's illusion was one of branding.

The scene shifted, and she was back in her luxurious and enchanting Myriad Demon Palace.

Her Revered Master, Su Lin, sat upon the Demon Emperor's throne, crafted from ten-thousand-year-old Soul wood.

He was not imprisoned, and his expression remained composed, but around his neck, wrists, and ankles were coiled chains of an enchanting pink, formed from her Origin Devilish Qi.

Upon these chains were branded her unique Divine Soul mark, like the most domineering declaration.

"Revered Master, you are finally... mine."

Luo Ximei, barefoot, ascended the steps one by one, finally reclining languidly in Su Lin's embrace, her jade finger playfully hooking his chin, forcing him to meet her gaze.

"Hehehe... Look, how obedient you are now."

Her heart roared with laughter: "Your Divine Soul, your physical body, your every breath, are all imbued with my Luo Ximei's aura!

From now on, you are my exclusive brand, my most precious collection!"

"What does that ice-faced Seventh Junior Sister understand? What does that little money-grubbing Sixth Junior Sister understand?

They are only fit to look up to you, and only I am qualified to possess you, to sink with you into this ultimate pleasure and control! You are mine, and no one... can take you away!"

She thoroughly and completely marked him, from Soul to body, leaving no gap, making him her own.

Gu Qiuyue's illusion was one of control.

There was no Revered Master or Senior Sisters/Junior Sisters in her illusion, only herself, sitting at the ninety-ninth floor of the Tongtian Treasure Pavilion.

But the giant water mirror before her split into six screens, clearly reflecting the predicaments of her other six Senior Sisters and Junior Sisters.

The Seventh Junior Sister's Sect was breached by powerful enemies, leaving her a homeless dog; the Fifth Senior Sister's Demon Palace was besieged by the Righteous Path, abandoned by all... And her Revered Master, having lost the protection of all his disciple, was being hunted by countless enemies, in a sorry state, living on borrowed time.

An extreme, pathological sense of satisfaction and desire for control filled Gu Qiuyue's heart!

"Look... Look at you all!"

She silently roared at her Senior Sisters and Junior Sisters in the water mirror: "What if your cultivation is high?

What if your swords are sharp? In the end, aren't you just a bunch of vulnerable brutes!"

"Only I! Only I, Gu Qiuyue, am the one who can laugh last, the one who can truly protect Revered Master!"

She suddenly stood up, her jade fingers rapidly tapping in the Void Realm, sending out precise commands woven from wealth and intelligence.

"Activate the 'Heavenly Net and Earthly Web' to eliminate all threats within three thousand li of Revered Master!"

"Mobilize the 'Treasury' to offer a reward for the heads of all his enemies, at the cost of a province!"

"Activate the 'Divine Guard' to bring Revered Master... to the Golden City I built for him, deep within the earth's core!"

Her heart cried out: "Revered Master, do you see? This is the most perfect protection for you!

Your every need, your safety and happiness, will all be calculated by me, controlled by me!

You will no longer need to face any danger, no longer need to touch any defilement!

You only need to... quietly stay in this absolutely safe golden cage I built for you.

She did not want to stand alongside her Revered Master; she wanted to enshrine him, isolate him from the world, and make him her sole object of worship.

While his three disciple were deeply entangled in the Heart Demon illusions born of their extreme possessiveness, Su Lin remained calmly standing in place.

He looked at the three women's expressions, some infatuated, some frenzied, some pained, and merely sighed helplessly.

"Alas... Ungrateful disciple! Ungrateful disciple!

What on earth do you usually think about!"

He slowly raised his hand, and a refreshing will, like a gentle breeze, swept through.

"Awaken."

The voice was not loud, but it struck hard in the Sea of Consciousness of all three!

"Boom!"

The three women's delicate bodies trembled simultaneously, as if waking from a deep dream, instantly breaking free from the prison of desires they had fallen into!

When they saw everything before them clearly and recalled their rebellious, even insane inner thoughts from the illusion just now, their three beautiful faces instantly turned ashen white, then were dyed blood-red by overwhelming shame!

"I... I just now..." Mu Qingxue was mortified, her sword-wielding hand trembling.

"Ahhh! Revered Master! This Disciple is not like that!"

Luo Ximei let out a terrified scream, then plopped to her knees, hugging Su Lin's thigh.

And Gu Qiuyue, after a brief moment of shame, suddenly looked up, her gaze like a knife, piercing towards the direction of the waterside pavilion!

"Liu! Ru! Yan!"