The reflection responded with a calm demeanor, "This is the real world. How could it be false? Look back at everything; every person is real and possesses an inseparable connection to you."
Ling Chen laughed upon hearing this. He walked slowly toward the reflection, staring straight at it, and said, "That is only *my* reality. Your reality is not *theirs*... Everything you have constructed revolves around me. They exist only because I exist. But the reality I want is the true one—a reality precise down to every individual person, every tree, and every grain of sand, each as a distinct, independent entity.
"If I die, they will not be affected. If I live, they will remain just as tranquil. All things in the world must possess their own reality; they must be unique entities, existing for their own sake, not because of anything else. *This* is the real world!"
Chapter 521