No one knew what Li Chengfeng had seen. Only he knew what he had been through.
Grand Senior Sister used an illusion called 'Present Life', but this illusion was fundamentally different from other illusions.
Other illusions focused on the weakness of the opponent's state of mind, then used this weakness to attack the opponent directly or indirectly, causing the opponent to break down mentally.
However, 'Present Life' did not create an illusion to attack the opponent. Instead, it used a mental attack to drive a wedge into the opponent's mind. This wedge would take root in the victim's mind, and based on the victim's memories, thoughts and even habits, it would predict what would happen to the victim in the future. What was even stranger was that during the entire process, the victim could use their own will to control the process.
In other words, this was an illusion that allowed the subject to perform an incomplete sand table deduction, and the process of deduction was the evolution of the deepest obsession in the subject's heart. Moreover, the subject could freely control the choice of the key node in the process, thus allowing the deduction to enter the logical track of his choice.
But the wonderful thing about this spell was that it did not fabricate any illusory things that did not belong to the subject. Everything that was deduced was based on what the subject saw, heard, knew, and felt.
In other words, the things that the subject didn't know could not be reflected in such an illusion deduction.
That was why Li Chengfeng could only see what would have happened if he and Yuehan were still together, as well as the various endings that would have happened if they were still together.
These were all endings that made Li Chengfeng despair. None of these endings were good for Yuehan.
One of them was Xi Mengcai chasing after Yuehan again. Although Li Chengfeng tried his best to save her, he was powerless. Even if he had the Sunset Spear, he could not defeat Xi Mengcai because he did not know how to use it. All he could do was watch as Xi Mengcai devoured Yuehan and became extremely powerful. Then, he was devoured by Xi Mengcai.
The second ending was Zhou Ling chasing after him. Yuehan risked her life to save him, but she died in Zhou Ling's hands. Li Chengfeng still had the Sunset Spear, but he still did not know how to use it. Both of them were killed by Zhou Ling, the two of them dying in the same place.
The third ending was even more tragic. This was the most horrifying scene in the entire ending. It was the appearance of the King of the Underworld. When its figure descended upon the human world, the heavens and the earth were instantly overshadowed. Countless demonic creatures surged towards them like a tidal wave. He and Yuehan were quickly engulfed in this terrifying wave of demonic creatures, and not even a splash was made.
The fourth was still the same old "acquaintance", the terrifying black shadow. He appeared once again and cut Yuehan's stomach open. He could only watch helplessly from the side, unable to move or do anything.
The fifth ending was the one that infuriated Li Chengfeng the most. This time, the person who killed Yuehan was the Spiritual Mountain Sect's Sect Leader!
When Yuehan's identity was exposed, she was immediately condemned by everyone. In order to protect Li Chengfeng, she immediately severed her ties with him. She was hunted down by the righteous sects and eventually died in the hands of the Spiritual Mountain Sect's Sect Leader, Ma Qianli.
Although Li Chengfeng betrayed the Spiritual Mountain Sect to protect Yuehan, he was weak and could not stop the allied forces of the righteous sects. In the end, after Yuehan died, Li Chengfeng died in battle as well.
The sixth ending … was the one that Li Chengfeng could not accept the most. Because … Yuehan's murderer was herself, and the one who forced her to commit suicide was none other than Li Chengfeng himself.
As he got closer to Grand Senior Sister, Li Chengfeng was eventually used by her. Slowly, he began to forget about the thousand-faced demon that everyone hated. With her help and brainwashing, he became the new sect master of the Spiritual Mountain Sect. At the same time, he caught Yuehan with his own hands during a manhunt and 'gifted' her with the ability to commit suicide.
When Yuehan died in front of him with tears in her eyes, Li Chengfeng finally woke up from the spell of 'Present Life'.
This was the scariest and most despairing nightmare he had ever had in his life!
This nightmare was extremely long. Although there were six endings, they only represented six general directions. There were actually more than six hundred possible endings. Every slight choice would lead to a slightly different ending.
The scenes, characters, and directions were all deduced by Li Chengfeng's subconscious mind based on what he knew and thought. It was an ending with a strong sense of warning and prophecy.
Because Li Chengfeng knew very well that if he stubbornly continued down this path, he would most likely end up like this.
Because the ending that each choice led to was too logical and too realistic. It was so realistic that when Li Chengfeng woke up and recalled the choices and their corresponding endings, he shuddered.
This included the most unbelievable sixth ending: he personally forced Yuehan to her death.
He calmed himself down and thought about this ending carefully. He had to admit that it was highly possible!
Because people change!
There was no such thing as an unchanging relationship in this world, and there was no such thing as an unchanging person!
The reason why Li Chengfeng could deduce such an ending was because he subconsciously had a good impression of Grand Senior Sister. It was not because of her beauty, but because even though she had repeatedly tricked and used him, it was also because of her that he had been able to survive so many difficult times and get to where he was now.
Therefore, Li Chengfeng subconsciously acknowledged the possibility of him getting together with Grand Senior Sister. He also knew that if he really got together with Grand Senior Sister, he would definitely become her puppet. In the end, he and Yuehan would end up in a situation that he did not want to see. He would also become a 'demon' that he did not want to see.
Xiaobao could sense that something was different about Li Chengfeng, but no one knew what Li Chengfeng had been through. They could not imagine how terrifying it must have been for a person to witness their loved ones being killed over and over six hundred times in just two to three days.
It was then that Li Chengfeng truly understood the meaning behind Grand Senior Sister's spell. She wanted to tell Li Chengfeng that with his current condition and ability, he definitely could not be with Yuehan. If he forced himself to be with her, this was the ending he would see. No matter how he tried to avoid it, no matter what choice he made, he would still end up with one of these six hundred possible endings.
This was Li Chengfeng's current fate!
However, Li Chengfeng was never one to bow down to fate. He knew that if he wanted to win against this fate, he only had one choice: to become stronger, stronger, stronger!
At the same time, he had to widen his options. For example, the reason he could not use the Sunset Spear was because Li Chengfeng knew that he could obtain it, but he had never used it before so he did not know how to use it. That was why this magical weapon was projected into Li Chengfeng's dream as a 'rolling pin' that could not do anything, not even blow a fire.
After understanding this, Li Chengfeng no longer persisted in looking for Yuehan. He knew that with Yuehan's abilities, leaving his side would be like a fish in the ocean. She would be much safer. If he became strong enough in the future, he would naturally have a way to find her and protect her.
Even if he found Yuehan now, nothing good would come of it. Both of them would die together.
"Let's go …" Li Chengfeng sighed softly. After lying down for a few days, most of his injuries had healed. He pushed the door open to see the snow outside, the ground covered in silver. Everything seemed like a dream, but everything had changed.