When False, the False Is Also True

"What does this mean?" "In Revert to the True's deduction, the world-destroying tribulation sweeping across countless possibilities has a trend of being reversed?" As he silently chanted Revert to the True at lightning speed, and the seven great characters—[When the True Becomes False, the False Is Also True]—exploded outward, Li Fan's heart was filled with shock and doubt. "After I attained the realm of True Immortal, the upper age limit displayed on the Revert to the True panel became the estimated lifespan of this mortal realm. With imminent disaster upon me, the mortal realm's estimated lifespan didn't decrease—it actually increased?" A thousand thoughts flashed in an instant. The [Dao Concealment] domain descended upon the world. Centered around Li Fan, as far as the eye could see within the Pitch-Black Star Sea, everything froze into static shades of black and white. Yet unlike before, this time, within the range of Dao Concealment, someone besides Li Fan could maintain movement! In a completely frozen world, this figure was so glaringly conspicuous that Li Fan detected and locked onto him almost instantly. And that person also seemed to look toward Li Fan's position. Their eyes met! "Heavenly... Physician?" Although there were tremendous differences in appearance, attire, and temperament compared to the Heavenly Physician he was familiar with, Li Fan still recognized him at first glance. Recalling the existence of Sinister Su Bai beyond the High Wall, which he had glimpsed in Mr. Bai's Eternal Lingering Thought, Li Fan realized in an instant the source of the inexplicable sense of crisis in his heart. "Beyond the High Wall, there isn't just Sinister Su Bai, but also a Blackened Heavenly Physician?" "How did he..." Suddenly, Li Fan remembered his earlier "thousand-day pact" with the Heavenly Physician inside the High Wall. Threatened with his life by Li Fan, the Heavenly Physician had thrown himself wholeheartedly into comprehending the principles of the High Wall in order to achieve a breakthrough as quickly as possible. "Sinister Su Bai was only sensed when Mr. Bai set half a foot outside the High Wall. Prior to this, I didn't sense any immortal-level fluctuations. Yet before even crossing the High Wall, he was detected by the Blackened Heavenly Physician?" "Is this person's strength even greater than Sinister Su Bai's?" Countless thoughts surfaced in Li Fan's mind in an instant. Within the frozen black-and-white Dao Concealment domain, the Blackened Heavenly Physician was still flying toward his position. Only, he seemed caught in slow motion. Li Fan also saw that at the fringes of the Pitch-Black Star Sea, at the foot of the High Wall, the boundless Great Wall of Remnant Worlds had been left in battered, chaotic disarray, as though swept through by a monstrous deluge. And the invisible High Wall penning in the Pitch-Black Star Sea also appeared to have been breached with an opening. Through that gap, the scenery outside the High Wall was faintly visible. Unlike the withered vitality of the Pitch-Black Star Sea, outside the High Wall, vitality clearly pooled in many places. Yet amid this flourishing vitality was an utterly jarring, starkly blank straight line. Like a path scaling the heavens, leading toward an unknowable realm farther beyond. And at the end of this path—which seemed as if gouged out by a rampaging primordial beast— Li Fan's vision was inexplicably severed. As if blocked by a towering shadow, as if shut out by a soaring wall! He had no time to think, nor could he afford to comprehend the things within the Dao Concealment zone. Li Fan's mind raced as he channeled [Revert to the True]. Now he understood why the mortal realm's upper lifespan limit deduced by Revert to the True had suddenly soared. It was deducing what would happen if [Revert to the True] fell into the hands of that Blackened Heavenly Physician! "Reaching the Blackened Heavenly Physician's current strength means one could wield Revert to the True and save the mortal realm from the tribulation?" Li Fan gritted his teeth in secret. He didn't believe for a moment that after snatching [Revert to the True], the Blackened Heavenly Physician would spare his life. "The lifespan limit on the Revert to the True panel belongs to the mortal realm, but it is also mine." "The fact that they weren't separated in the deduction means..." "As the vessel of [Revert to the True], I most likely cannot be separated from it. Instead, I would be refined into a magic treasure state similar to the Yanfa Jue." Li Fan felt a chill grip his heart. He pushed Revert to the True all the harder, reeling in the [Dao Concealment] domain. The speed at which the black-and-white world receded surpassed the speed at which the Blackened Heavenly Physician swam through the stillness. Yet what unsettled Li Fan was that the mist outside Dao Concealment surged and churned ceaselessly. It was as though some terrifying entity might lunge out from it at any second. "Revert to the True!!" Li Fan roared one last time in his heart. Even if the Blackened Heavenly Physician obtaining [Revert to the True] truly could avert the mortal realm's grand catastrophe, Li Fan would never willingly hand [Revert to the True] over. Either let this mortal realm be thoroughly annihilated, or let him, Li Fan, be its sole savior. Expecting him to sacrifice himself... Not a chance! Billowing white mist ultimately engulfed everything. As the intimately familiar darkness was about to submerge Li Fan, the tightly wound cord in his heart finally relaxed. Li Fan's consciousness slipped into a brief slumber. ... Who knew how much time had passed, or perhaps it was only an instant. Clad in a black robe, the Heavenly Physician looked at his empty hands, a trace of confusion flitting through his eyes. Looking back at the long trail of destruction he had wrought, he furrowed his brows even deeper. In a single thought, he swept across the Pitch-Black Star Sea. His divine sense paused slightly as it brushed past the True Immortal comprehending the Dao in the Immortal Ruins. Showing a faint hesitation, he reached out, picked up the skeletal Hunger Immortal, flew out beyond the High Wall, and traversed the long, blank corridor. When he looked up into the distance at its end, the Heavenly Physician's body suddenly stiffened, and the hand gripping the Hunger Immortal unconsciously loosened. He stood frozen on the spot. ... Boundless darkness enveloped him. Li Fan's consciousness drifted aimlessly, as if floating in water. He was in a wondrous state between sleeping and waking. Bereft of thought and sensation, Li Fan relied solely on instinct to perceive his surroundings. Not far off, a speck of starlight seemed to kindle. Then, myriad points of starlight blazed in succession. Connecting into a line, they pierced the darkness. Li Fan's consciousness plummeted toward this beam of light. Faster and faster. As the radiance flooded Li Fan, it fractured into countless lights and shadows, exploding outward. Anchored Year 1, center of the Pitch-Black Star Sea! "Hoo!" Like a drowning man struggling to breach the surface, he instinctively gasped for air in huge gulps. Li Fan was still immersed in the endless oppression brought by the Blackened Heavenly Physician in the previous lifetime. "Huh?" As this terror gradually subsided, the wondrous image of that white line kindling in the darkness flashed hazily through Li Fan's mind. "..." Every return to the initial anchor through Revert to the True was the prime opportunity to comprehend the [Transformation of Real and Unreal]. Li Fan forced down all stray thoughts in his heart, experiencing the supreme might of [Revert to the True]. Yet for some reason, the image of that white line lingered in his mind, refusing to disperse. And watching the process of those countless points of light connecting in the darkness, his comprehension of the [Transformation of Real and Unreal] skyrocketed at a terrifying pace. Li Fan did not question its origin; he simply followed the natural course and immersed himself in it. Much later, when the image in his mind faded into dimness, he snapped his eyes open. "False... also... true." Li Fan slowly uttered these three words. Having undergone multiple simulations with Revert to the True and experienced the Transformation of Real and Unreal firsthand time and again, Li Fan finally understood the meaning of those seven characters that had always accompanied Revert to the True. "'When the True Becomes False'..." "Perhaps it refers to the Dao Annihilation Tribulation that sweeps through all possibilities. In an instant, countless worldlines turn from true to false, annihilated and gone without a trace. Not merely becoming nothingness, but conceptually ceasing to exist—becoming [False]." "'The False Is Also True' refers to..." For a moment, Li Fan appeared somewhat dazed. "The supreme might of Revert to the True, forging brand-new possibilities out of nothing within the false spacetime swallowed by the Dao Annihilation Tribulation!" "This..." Even though he had speculated about the upper limit of Revert to the True's [Transformation of Real and Unreal] many times before, at this moment, Li Fan was still stunned by what he had realized. "Wait, perhaps that is not all." Suddenly, something seemed to strike Li Fan, and he eagerly reopened the [Revert to the True] panel. Ignoring the four inheritance choices prompting him, Li Fan fixed his gaze on the upper age limit column on the panel: 7,365,864 years, 13 days, and 7 hours!