Upon hearing what Master Fen Tuo said, Xie Shan was taken aback, "How could this... How could this happen?"

He was very clear about Xin Ruyu's background. A thousand years ago, she was one of the top masters of the sideline sects, one of the Cosmic Six Strange who swept across the world with few opponents. After entering the Buddhist sect, her mana became even more unfathomable, far surpassing her peers from the "Six Strange" of the past. Although she acted much more low-key and had been in seclusion on Julu Island at the junction of the two seas in the northeast for a long time, no one dared to provoke her in the slightest.

In everyone's impression, Xin Ruyu had become a supreme nun after entering the Buddhist sect. Who would have thought she would lose the Bodhi heart and return to the sideline path!

This is simply unimaginable!

And precisely because it was unimaginable to the common people, she took advantage of this and caught Master Fen Tuo off guard, using the Xie sisters to steal the Conch Leaf Talisman.

Master Fen Tuo looked up at the sky at the three hundred and sixty suns continuously rising around and the black tide rolling across the sky like a Poison Dragon, and the frozen air constantly attacking from the North, with a worried expression.

"If she had asked to borrow the Conch Leaf Talisman directly, I might have lent it to her. However, her scheme would have been detected at the slightest hint of her intention, which is why she borrowed the hands of those two, disguising Heaven's Secret and timing it precisely when I was in seclusion. That would have been all right..." Master Fen Tuo said urgently, "I'm worried about what she plans to do with the Conch Leaf Talisman!"

Xie Shan, having just been deeply ensnared in Xie Lin's Illusion Realm, was still not fully conscious and was in turmoil, "What does she want to do with the Conch Leaf Talisman?"

Master Fen Tuo shook his head and sighed, "The most fatal thing is that the Seven Treasures Golden Banner was also taken by her."

Xie Shan was shocked and hurriedly searched the bodies of the Xie sisters, and indeed the Seven Treasures Golden Banner was gone: "She took away both of these supreme treasures of the Buddhist sect, what does she want to do?"

Seeing his state, Master Fen Tuo realized he was not in the position to discuss such a big issue, so she waved her hand, "First, focus on bringing the sisters back to consciousness, then think of something else. I was going to find Brother Tian Meng, but halfway there, I suddenly felt a sensation that he had ascended to the Nirvana. Now within the Buddhist sect, there are not many with whom I can consult; I'll go to Baihua Mountain Chaoyin Cave to find Junior Sister You Tan and see."

Having said that, she flew away swiftly in a golden light.

Looking at the two daughters on the ground, Xie Shan recalled the earlier situation and felt waves of fear.

If not for Master Fen Tuo's timely arrival, he might have been trapped in Xie Lin's Illusion Realm. By then, the illusion wouldn't just belong to Xie Lin, it would be his as well, with father and daughter's collective delusions nourishing the Illusion Realm. Who knows, even more terrifying things might have appeared, and they might have been killed by Cang Xu and the six elders of the West Pole Sect, then endlessly reincarnated in that illusion, experiencing the cycles of birth, aging, sickness, death, love, reunion, parting, unattainable desires, and the Five Yin Flames...

However, in that world, he might eventually remember Zen Master Tian Meng someday, and Zen Master Tian Meng might descend from the Nirvana directly into his Illusion Realm to save him, but that would be countless thousands or tens of thousands of years later.

Xie Shan again made a seal and cast a spell to enter Xie Lin's Illusion Realm. The Xie sisters had been killed by the Six Elders of the Western Regions, turned into Divine Demons, and placed onto the banner.

Xie Shan manifested, attempting to destroy the Demon Banner with the most powerful Demon-suppressing Great Technique of the Buddhist sect to rescue his daughters.

Xie Lin, who had suffered the torment of Soul Refinement and become a Divine Demon, initially wanted to pounce on Xie Shan, but recognized him as soon as she was bathed in the Buddha Light and rushed into Xie Shan's arms, crying loudly.

She hugged her father and confided the inhuman tortures she had endured, asking her father to avenge her: "Those six old fiends, along with that Evil Dragon and the ancient Cang Xu, the Shaoyang Evil Path, are all utterly inhumane evil demon paths! They must be completely eradicated so that their bodies and souls are destroyed, preventing them from harming more people."

Xie Shan gently comforted her, "None of this truly happened; it's a delusion born from your own mind and illusions! You should not think about revenge; quickly leave this place with me."

"Impossible!" Xie Lin, who had undergone Soul Refinement and Demon Refinement, was in extreme agony, "This all really happened to your daughter! How could it be fake?"

"This is indeed fake; you failed to reverse time and space with the Conch Leaf Talisman..."

"No failure! We really returned to more than a hundred years ago! That Demon Dragon is still inside the Dinghu Peak, my sister and I killed the Wutai Sect's demon path Yue Qinyin, saving the children that were captured! But this Demon Dragon is too cunning; we chased it from the East Sea to the North Sea, then from the North Sea to the West Sea, yet it still managed to escape! Father, this time we must completely eliminate that Evil Dragon!"

Xie Shan sighed deeply and recounted to Xie Lin what Xin Ru Nun had found him and what Master Fen Tuo had later come to tell him.

Xie Lin shook her head after hearing, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Father, certainly you were the one caught up in illusions, definitely not us! Father, I know you too detest that Evil Dragon to the core but were restrained by Uncle Tian Meng, suppressed by the Buddhist precepts, so you could not, and did not dare, take any action; you didn't even dare to have the thought of killing that Evil Dragon. Once such a thought arises, you must use the Buddha name to dispel it and restore a Pure Heart,

Father, I know the bitterness and repression in your heart, but now it's different. I used the Conch Leaf Talisman to go back more than a hundred years; many things haven't happened yet. Together, we can kill that Evil Dragon, which is the root of all calamities and misfortunes! By destroying it completely, all things will have a resolution, and the world can return to its rightful path."

To be honest, Xie Shan truly hated Shi Feiyang. As he sat within Wuyi Mountain, a series of calamities suddenly occurred...

He had long wanted to confront Shi Feiyang, but was restrained by Tian Meng Zen Master, who said these calamities arose from within rather than from outside, advising him to restore his Pure Heart, view all the people praying to him as fated acquaintances, and even as avatars of the Buddha, urging him to purify his heart and mind to enlighten them one by one...

He felt too repressed and uncomfortable, and he really didn't want to hold back any longer!

In an instant, he was about to indulge in the Illusion Realm again, but fortunately, years of practicing Buddhism and the accumulation of merit and virtue under Tian Meng Zen Master's guidance over the years, together with gathering many Bodhisattva Path paramitas, jolted him awake just in time. He clasped his hands in a seal, extolling a Buddha name: "In dreams, indeed, there are six desires, after awakening, all the vast worlds are empty! Namo Amitabha Buddha!"

He released Buddha Light between his hands, first illuminating his own mind to clear his thoughts, then using Buddha Light to shine on Xie Lin. Although Xie Lin felt the warmth and reassurance of the Buddha Light on her face, she still couldn't awaken, believing instead that reversing time had become reality and everything she experienced thereafter was true.

Xie Shan felt a wave of helplessness. To leave this Illusion Realm with Xie Lin, he must let Xie Lin know this world is false.

But he had no way to prove this world was false!

All the lines of cause and effect were naturally intertwined, perfectly forming this world. Even if they experienced life and death, they would continue to reincarnate here.

He repeatedly told Xie Lin, but Xie Lin just couldn't awaken.

He could only resort to a second method: to let Xie Lin relinquish her attachment to this world, to completely let go of everything she loved or hated within it.

But Xie Lin couldn't let go; she couldn't give up the Seven Treasures Golden Banner that she loved.

Indeed, the Seven Treasures Golden Banner was still there, taken by the six elders of the West Pole Sect. Xie Lin said, "Father, you said the Seven Treasures Golden Banner was taken by Xin Ru Nun, that's simply impossible! The banner now lies in the hands of the West Pole Sect, a Buddhist treasure. Those evil demons cannot control it; I alone am incapable. Let's cast a spell together, father and daughter, to summon it back. If we can summon it, it proves what I said is true; if not, it proves what you said is true!"

Xie Shan then cast a spell with her and her sisters, and soon a Buddha Light rapidly flew from the direction of the West Pole Mountain, arriving in an instant. It was indeed the Buddhist treasure, the Seven Treasures Golden Banner!

Xie Shan carefully observed, and the banner dazzled with radiance, slowly rotating, with no apparent signs of imitation on the seven Magical Treasures upon it.

To prove the power of the banner, Xie Lin even cast a spell to make it emit light, releasing Buddha Light that covered over three hundred miles, filling the heaven and sea with golden brilliance.

Suddenly, Xie Shan noticed a flaw: "No, you used the Conch Leaf Talisman to traverse back in time over a hundred years, but at that time, you hadn't obtained the Seven Treasures Golden Banner yet. Moreover, besides the Conch Leaf Talisman, the Seven Treasures Golden Banner couldn't have been brought back by you."

Xie Lin was quite shocked: "Father, how can you forget? This Seven Treasures Golden Banner is a supreme treasure brought from the West by Zhi Gong Zen Master from the Great Snow Mountain. He emerges once every sixty years seeking fated individuals. We didn't know this before, but now we do, so we went to the Great Snow Mountain in advance. This time, we obtained the Seven Treasures Golden Banner sixty years earlier than originally, and you were also at the Great Snow Mountain then."

"Ah?" Xie Shan was also stunned, unexpectedly finding the interwoven lines of cause and effect had even compensated for this.

Not only was the Seven Treasures Golden Banner present, but the Conch Leaf Talisman was as well.

Xie Shan held the Conch Leaf Talisman in his hand, carefully examining it without spotting any forgery, and then attempted to take it out, but he could leave, while the Conch Leaf Talisman could not, nor could the Seven Treasures Golden Banner.

He still believed the world within was false, but he had no means to prove it to Xie Lin.

He also had no way to make Xie Lin relinquish her greed for that world inside, and even less could he give up the resentment for it.

Xie Lin said, "I must eliminate those evil demons and outsiders of the West Pole Sect! Also, the old dog Cang Xu and the Shaoyang Evil Path! Father, even if you don't help your daughter, I won't blame you; I'll find a way myself! But that Evil Dragon has harmed our family so much, especially causing you such harm; you can't just sit by, right? You must help us sisters to slay that Evil Dragon first!"

After hearing this, Xie Shan felt another wave of helplessness, suddenly understanding a bit of senior brother Tian Meng's helplessness.

Facing himself, Tian Meng Zen Master probably felt the same as he did now, facing these two daughters.

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