Chapter 521: The Land That Does Not Exist

A place utterly dark, so dark that one couldn’t see their own hand in front of their face.
“Where is this?” Ye Feng realized he couldn’t utter a sound. He looked down at his body to find out what was wrong, only to discover he couldn’t see it at all.
“Is it because it’s too dark?” He tried to reach out to check for any changes, only to find he no longer had hands.
“Have I really perished? And where is this place?” Ye Feng smiled bitterly. Though he couldn’t hear the sorrow in his voice, he was probably the first person in history to die from taking the Clear Spring Pill.
“Pfft…” Another deep, slightly hoarse voice suddenly appeared. “To die from taking the Clear Spring Pill—should I call you a genius or an idiot?”
“Who are you? How do you know what I’m thinking?” Ye Feng knew he couldn’t speak, but the other person seemed to be able to hear him.
“Interesting. The disciple of that little guy Tian Dao, and also a descendant of that little guy Immortal…?” The voice became so faint that Ye Feng strained his ears but couldn’t catch the rest.
“A supreme virtual treasure—not bad. To have such a thing on you.” The voice continued, “Hm, this thing is interesting, though it’s damaged. To use an artifact to cultivate the universe outside one’s body—truly a genius. Too bad you perished…”
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng knew it was referring to the virtual realm within his body. He was terrified—the other person must have used some unknown method to know things even he didn’t know. “Elder, probing someone’s memories isn’t a polite act, is it?”
“Tch. Who’s probing your memories? I merely glanced at your fate. Probing others’ memories? I wouldn’t even bother doing that.” The deep voice spoke again.
Ye Feng was stunned but stopped dwelling on it. His top priority now was to figure out where this place was and find a way to leave. Calming himself slightly, he asked, “Elder, where is Fang?”
“Here.” The deep voice paused briefly. “This is the Land That Does Not Exist. By the way, how did you get here, kid? Oh, I remember—you’re a descendant of Immortal, and your bloodline has evolved to the Immortal level. No wonder… That little guy Immortal also came here a few times before.”
“Elder, do you know my adoptive father?” Ye Feng couldn’t help asking. Someone who could call Immortal “little guy” must be even more powerful than Immortal himself.

“I know him. That little idiot accidentally killed himself three or four times, so he’s been here three or four times.” The voice seemed to remember something. “I forgot—you little idiot also killed yourself before coming here, and it was a ‘genius’ way of dying, by taking the Clear Spring Pill… Hahaha… I can’t stop laughing… Haha…”
Ye Feng wasn’t annoyed. He knew that if people like Long Tian heard about this, they would laugh even harder. But after a while, he wondered if the other person had died too, which was why they could meet here.
“Nonsense! How could I die?” The person immediately understood Ye Feng’s thoughts.
“Then why are you here too?” Ye Feng thought to himself in frustration.
“I’m everywhere, so of course I can be in this non-existent place.” The voice made Ye Feng think of some aloof uncle-like figure.
“I’m not that kind of person!!!” The voice clearly sensed Ye Feng’s thoughts and became annoyed.
“Tch, still claiming you can’t read my thoughts.” Ye Feng spoke dismissively.
“You little idiot. I call you an idiot, and you still don’t believe it. Here, speaking and thinking are the same—both are heard by me. You don’t even have a physical form here. Haven’t you noticed you can’t make a sound, nor can you see or touch yourself?” the voice retorted.
“Elder, what exactly is this place?” Ye Feng grew more confused.
“Didn’t I say? This is a non-existent place!” the voice replied impatiently.
“You fool. What exactly is this non-existent place?” Ye Feng tried to get more information out of them.
“A non-existent place is simply a place that doesn’t exist. Anything that can enter it is non-existent itself.” The person’s explanation was rather convoluted.
“Do all souls that perish end up in this hellish place?” Ye Feng still didn’t understand and pressed further.
“Wrong. First of all, soul perishment means death, but it doesn’t mean non-existence. Even if a soul turns into invisible fragments, it still exists. You’re different. You were swallowed up by that pill, leaving not even a trace, so you no longer exist. But due to the power of immortality, you still exist. If someone else were swallowed by that pill, they would completely cease to exist and couldn’t possibly come here.”
“But don’t I still have a body?” Ye Feng continued to ask.

“Wrong again. Due to the bond of the Immortal Force, once your soul disappears, your body will also vanish automatically. So now your body is gone as well, not a single cell left. Thus, it can be said that you truly no longer exist.”
“I can enter because I don’t exist?” Ye Feng asked. “Then is that the case for you too, senior?”
The voice remained silent for a while before saying softly, “You could say that…”
“But if I don’t exist, why am I here? If this place doesn’t exist, how can I enter?” Ye Feng pressed further.
“That’s also a question I’ve always wanted to know… Why does such a place exist, clearly non-existent yet truly real?” The voice also sounded puzzled.
“That question is too profound for me. I think I should focus on figuring out how to leave. I hope I won’t be trapped in this damned place forever,” Ye Feng said to the voice.
“If you want to leave, you’ll be able to. Although this place can’t be entered at will, it can be left at will.” The voice didn’t sound like it was lying.
Ye Feng was gathering his strength to leave when he remembered he hadn’t asked for the other person’s name. “Senior, I almost forgot to ask how to address you.”
“My name is Existence.” The voice didn’t sound like it was joking. “By the way, I give every person who comes here a gift. What do you want?”
“I…” Ye Feng thought carefully. “Could you help me repair the Void Realm?”
Though he had little hope, he still asked on behalf of the Void Realm, wanting to know what it would be like if it were intact.
“Keep those building blocks for kids. It’ll be fun for you to assemble them slowly. I don’t want to take that joy away from you. As for information about your parents, find it on your own. You’ll find the relevant details…” The voice paused slightly. “With those building blocks, it seems you won’t need many other things… Hmm… That devouring energy within you is quite good. I’ll give you a hand and help your cultivation get on the right track, so you don’t have to take detours anymore…”
After a moment, the voice spoke again, “Alright, go now, little one…”
Suddenly, Ye Feng’s vision cleared, and his soul reappeared intact beside the Clear Spring Dan Pool.
The several clones that had vanished with the wind suddenly reformed abruptly.
If anyone were here, they would surely see that the disappearance and reformation happened in an instant, with no time gap at all.

Ye Feng suddenly heard a sound of something breaking, only to find that his soul had completely solidified into a physical body. “This is the Sacred Rank… My soul has reached the Sacred Rank…”
The corrosion rate of the pool water slowed down by more than ten times instantly, and his mental sea expanded by nearly ten times as well. Ye Feng calmly watched as the last drop of liquid remained in the pool. At that moment, a voice suddenly rang in his ears, “Before the last drop of water is used up, swallow all those Clear Spring Pills!”
“It’s an elder…” Ye Feng had thought it was just a dream, but it turned out to be real. He was momentarily stunned before immediately diverting some of his mental energy to pour all 120 remaining Clear Spring Pills into his mouth.
The pool water surged violently. In just a short while, it expanded from a pool with a diameter of less than ten meters into a lake thousands of meters wide.
The forty-ninth day passed, and the fiftieth day arrived. Ye Feng let out a pained scream—the new round of corrosion was more agonizing than before by far. Only then did he realize that not only did the duration of the pill’s effect accumulate, but so did the intensity of the pain and the corrosion rate…
Unlike before, Ye Feng noticed that his soul, which had originally been the same height as his body, was now growing taller at a visibly rapid pace…