However, he still asked.
"Based on what do you say I am Nie Tian?"
"You perfectly fit Nie Tian's criteria. First, there is an incredibly evil and powerful existence sealed within your Soul. It should be your previous life's Natal Imperial Spirit, very formidable. I can feel that pressure coming from your Soul."
Changqing was stunned. Was Dan Ji referring to that strange clock in his mind?
"Furthermore, you brought my Soul here. Isn't that the best proof of you being Nie Tian? How could an ordinary person's Soul contain a complete world, contain a Heaven Domain?"
Changqing pondered for a moment, then smiled indifferently.
"It's useless. I won't believe a single word you say. I know best who I am, what I want to do, and where this is. You don't need to deceive me."
Dan Ji, however, sighed, feeling a bit helpless.
"If it were anyone else, they might not know as accurately as I do, but I am certain you are Nie Tian, because I have personally witnessed a Nie Tian, and his state was almost identical to yours."
"You said this world of yours is called Earth, right? A strange name, but not as good as his. He said his world was named Blue Star."
Changqing's spirit was invigorated. As a seasoned novel enthusiast, he was all too familiar with the term "Blue Star." What Dan Ji said should be true; even if she was making it up, she couldn't have coincidentally fabricated those two characters.
Could there be other Transmigrators in this world?
"After being Possessed by Nie Tian, he became mad and confused, always believing he was from another world."
"In his previous life, he was a Soul Technique Cultivator. All the Souls he killed were taken into his Heaven Domain, making him fantasize about so-called relatives and friends. How ridiculous."
"It wasn't until he cultivated to the Heaven Desolation Realm and regained his previous life's cultivation and memories that he finally realized he was Nie Tian, and his so-called Blue Star, relatives, and friends were nothing more than a fantasy world he had created."
Changqing felt a chill run down his spine and subconsciously shook his head.
"There's no point in telling such a lie. I won't believe it."
"I know you certainly don't want to admit you are Nie Tian, but I have no reason to deceive you. That Nie Tian I spoke of is my biological father."
Neither of them spoke again. After a long silence, Dan Ji continued.
"He firmly believed he wasn't from this world, unable to distinguish between reality and fantasy. He even massacred half of his Sect's clansmen, just for a vague Spell he fantasized about, hoping it could help him return to that so-called Blue Star."
"It wasn't until he cultivated to the Heaven Desolation Realm and regained his previous life's cultivation and memories that he had a sudden awakening."
"No matter what, the sudden regaining of his cultivation caused his Realm to skyrocket directly from just entering Heaven Desolation to near Heaven Desolation Perfection. What others needed thousands of years of arduous cultivation to achieve, he accomplished overnight. This cannot be faked."
"You are both Nie Tian. You should be the same as him, suddenly losing your original memories and then gaining the memories of your life on this so-called Earth."
"Oh, that sounds a bit strange. From your perspective, it should be that you lived on this so-called Earth for a long time, and then suddenly came to another world and became another person, right?"
Her words left Changqing completely frozen in place.
"You won't deceive me!"
He suddenly felt an unprecedented anger, fiercely throwing the silicone doll on the bed to the ground.
Being diagnosed with brain cancer, being tormented by the demonesses of the Hehuan Sect, being forced into countless desperate situations—none of these had ever caused such a fluctuation in his emotions.
But Dan Ji's words made him doubt his entire life.
Was his more than twenty years of life just a fleeting dream in a small, created cocoon? Were his experiences, his dreams, and the most important people to him all fake?
Was everything he did to cure his illness, to live well in this world, to always see Ye Qinghe's smiling face, meaningless?
Could Dan Ji be lying, with ulterior motives?
"Hahaha, although I was captured by you and reduced to this, it's the first time I've seen you so flustered. You look much cuter when you're angry than that expressionless dead face, hahaha."
The doll's mechanical voice sent shivers down his spine, but Dan Ji didn't stop.
"Haven't you ever noticed something very strange? You can understand my Soul Exchange and Body Seizure method, right? It's written in the Wen Character Branch of the Eight Wilderness Domain. People in the Ba Yan Realm clearly can't understand it, so why can you?"
"You wouldn't really think it's a coincidence that the Wen Character Branch of your so-called Earth is exactly the same as the Wen Character Branch used in the Eight Wilderness Domain for a hundred thousand years, would you?"
"It's only because your previous life was probably a Heaven Desolation Saint in the Eight Wilderness Domain."
"Shut up!"
Changqing kicked the doll in the face, but Dan Ji laughed even more gleefully.
"Haven't you noticed yet? I am the best example."
"This world is one you fantasized. In this world, you do as you please. There is no Spiritual Qi, you don't use any Imperial Spirit, yet you can make my Soul possess this strange thing and speak to you."
"Do you think that's reasonable?"
"I told you to shut up!"
Changqing picked up the doll from the ground, his bloodshot eyes terrifyingly red, staring intently at Dan Ji, enunciating each word.
"I don't care if I am Nie Tian or not, right now you are in my hands! I told you to shut up, don't you understand?!"
He was never an indecisive person.
Even if he was Nie Tian, even if everything he cared about was fake, this was not something he should be considering right now.
For him, what was more important was to solve the current trouble. As for what was real or fake, virtual or reality, that could be dealt with later.
If everything was virtual.
If even Ye Qinghe was a figment of his imagination...
He dared not continue thinking, or he would go mad.
"Alright, alright, no problem. You'll understand eventually, but I'm a bit curious. Your Spirit Realm was shattered by your own hands. Even in my prime, if my Spirit Realm shattered, I would inevitably suffer Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering and certainly wouldn't survive. How did you survive?"
Changqing forced himself to calm down and said.
"Why should I tell you my secret?"
"You don't need to be so cautious. Now that I'm trapped in your Heaven Domain, we rise and fall together. If you die, I have no way out. Besides, not to mention I've lost all my Imperial Spirits, there isn't even a trace of Spiritual Qi here. Even if I wanted to do something bad, I couldn't, could I?"
Seeing her say that, Changqing thought about it. There was indeed some truth to it. After all, she was just a talking silicone doll now, unable to even move.
"Then you first tell me, how did you Possess me? At that time, you were poisoned by a Spirit that sealed your acupuncture points, and your Spiritual Power and Blood Qi were exhausted. You could only use the Blood Law Spirit in your six viscera and eight bowels, yet you ended up Possessing me using Soul Law techniques."
Dan Ji was silent for a moment before speaking.
"Have you heard of the Three Great Soul Law Spirit Manipulation Arts? Love, Separation, Resentment and Hatred, and Unobtainable."
"No, what is Spirit Manipulation Art?" Changqing asked suspiciously, "You're not trying to deceive me again, are you?"
"As for deception, we're both in the same boat; you've deceived me quite a bit too. Spirit Manipulation Art, the Three Great Soul Law Spirit Manipulation Arts, are not particularly secret mysteries. It's just that your current Realm is too low to access them. Later, if you have the opportunity, you can inquire elsewhere and you'll know if I'm lying to you."
"Alright, go on."
"I have the Love, Separation left by my mother. I can use it three times. I used it once when I Transmigrated from the Eight Wilderness Domain across the Dead Sea to the Ba Yan Realm, once when fighting the remnant Soul left by the Hundred Flowers Evil Saint, and once when Possessing you."
"Love, Separation can only be successfully used at the moment of the user's death. It will leave three imprints on another person. Each imprint consumed allows one to activate one of the user's Imperial Spirits from their lifetime without any conditions."
"Only the boundless pain triggered by separation from a loved one can activate Love, Separation, and it must be pure pain, without a trace of other emotions, no resentment, no hatred, only pain born of love, that's what it takes."
"Do you understand now?"
"I'll take what you say as true for now." Changqing could hear a hint of bitterness and deep weariness in Dan Ji's voice, and he didn't want to pursue the matter of Love, Separation any further.
"Now it's your turn. You should tell me your secret now, shouldn't you?" Dan Ji asked.