"This is by no means a true resurrection, merely a copy."
Fang Ming naturally understood the difference between resurrection and a copy.
The worlds of the Heavenly Dragon he had copied and pasted, with tens of millions of Duan Yus, were certainly not the real Duan Yus. They were merely copies possessing memories, identical bodies, and internal energy!
In essence, they were high-level clones.
Creating a clone couldn't possibly be considered resurrecting him.
Even if this clone believed itself to be resurrected, in Fang Ming's eyes, it was not true resurrection.
"I understand."
"The forces of the Ancient Sages are not resurrecting the people from past chaotic eras, nor are they resurrecting all beings from those chaotic eras."
"Limited by the rules of the world, they lack that ability."
"They merely use their great divine powers to create copies of all beings from that chaotic era!"
Fang Ming pondered briefly and understood the truth behind the Ancient Sages' forces.
Naturally, the forces of the Ancient Sages wouldn't consist entirely of other Ancient Sages.
Besides the Primal Origin Spirit, Hongjun of Xuanqing Qi, Lu Ya of Xuanming Qi, Nuwa of Xuan Kong Qi, and Patriarch Hun Kun of Xuan Ling Qi, who were true Ancient Sages and had a master-disciple relationship,
there weren't many other Ancient Sages with hierarchical organizations.
The Ancient Sages, claiming to possess forces and realms, created countless copies with the power of their own Dao fruits.
These copies were not Ancient Sages; their Dao fruits could not be placed in the Void.
These copies were not fallen beings, as they could coexist with the Ancient Sages.
Theoretically, they were manifestations of a part of the Ancient Sage's own power.
To use an analogy, what would happen if the cells within the human body gained their own consciousness?
If we consider an Ancient Sage as a human body, then these copies would be cells within that body, possessing their own intelligence and thoughts.
While not perfectly accurate, this analogy is generally correct.
"But does this matter?"
Fang Ming inquired.
The Ancient Sages' forces were copies, not the original beings, but that didn't change the strength of these copies.
If they descended upon the Hongmeng Realm, and all the Hongmeng beings in the realm collectively dealt with Fang Ming, Fang Ming would be in dire straits.
What was the point of the Ancient Sages' forces descending?
Fumeng: "...The abilities of pseudo-true spirit lifeforms include amplifying emotions."
"For some Ancient Sages whose personalities already had deep-seated flaws, there were loopholes to exploit. I could amplify their emotions."
"Then, I could make them treat those copies as the beings from the past, making them deceive themselves."
Deceiving themselves?
Fang Ming frowned, "This..."
Fumeng said, "It's just a matter of distorting some perceptions. In the myriad worlds of the Vast Sea, a very small number of worlds consider cloning and copying memories as resurrection."
"All cultivators perceive things according to their own worldview. Once they fall into a cognitive barrier, achieving this is not difficult."
"I am merely using the abilities of a true spirit lifeform to make Ancient Sages, who would not normally fall into cognitive barriers, actively do so."
"This method can divide the realms and forces controlled by the Ancient Sages, and the copies that belong to the Ancient Sages' will, into individual entities."
Fang Ming understood immediately.
Were clones and copied memories truly resurrection?
Fang Ming was adept at handling related technologies. Using the laws of creation and destiny from the Primordial Era, he could create memories and set destinies, thus creating clones.
With his extensive knowledge, Fang Ming could create thousands, even tens of thousands, of identical clones in an instant.
He certainly wouldn't consider this resurrection.
But if... for example, in the Condor Shooting World, he cloned a Wang Chongyang, would the people in the martial arts world, limited by their own understanding, consider this resurrection?
Obviously, they would.
Because the people in the martial arts world had limited horizons. A Wang Chongyang with identical memories, the same body and martial arts, and no difference in his demeanor and actions would undoubtedly be considered resurrected.
When Fang Ming cloned someone in that world, to the people of that world, it was the resurrection of a person.
So, if this was the case for martial arts masters at the mortal level,
would cultivators, immortals, also have such cognitive barriers?
Of course, they would.
Fang Ming could also clone Nascent Souls.
If he went to the Perfect World, Fang Ming could completely clone the Great Emperors who had died in battle.
Similar Nascent Souls, similar auras, similar memories, all identical.
Would the people of the Perfect World consider this the arrival of a true immortal to resurrect the Great Emperors, or would they consider it merely a clone... Fang Ming estimated that no one could see through his methods.
As long as he used his overwhelming strength as a true immortal as the hard condition for deception, and didn't foolishly clone more than two Great Emperors with the same name, then even the quasi-emperors of that era in the Perfect World would be deceived by him.
Thinking even deeper.
In every chaotic era, there were beings named Suiren and Youchao.
Over countless chaotic eras, there were nearly hundreds of billions of Suiren. This was certainly not resurrection; it was clearly cloning technology, advanced cloning technology.
The cloning technology mastered by the world will of the Fourteen-Star World.
So, were these clones, the Heavenly Court of the Human Race, real or fake?
"As long as they believe themselves to be real, they are real."
"This is a matter of perception."
"So, sometimes, what is the difference between a clone, a copy, and a real person?"
"As long as they don't know they have been cloned or copied, there is no difference."
"As long as they don't have doubts, or if they see through it after having doubts, there is no difference."
Similarly.
The Ancient Sages recorded information with their Dao fruits and evolved numerous beings from the forces they had created in past chaotic eras.
These beings were copies, no doubt.
But if, a stubborn and sentimental Ancient Sage, treated these copied beings as truly resurrected...
Because of their affection, they would deceive themselves, and because they deceived themselves too much, even if they knew they were cloning and copying, they would stubbornly believe they were resurrecting...
Self-deception and deceiving others...
Originally, even if an Ancient Sage had personality flaws after enduring chaotic eras, leading to self-deception, they would absolutely understand the difference when dealing with enemies...
But if Fumeng, this pseudo-eleventh-tier true spirit lifeform, amplified their emotions, making them stubbornly believe that these copies were the beings they had truly resurrected?
A smile appeared on Fang Ming's face, "So that's how it is."
Fumeng said, "It's good that the host understands. If only a single Ancient Sage were to descend, it would be a bit slow. It would be better to directly guide an Ancient Sage to divide their power and descend with their entire realm. This way, the host's cultivation speed would greatly increase."
Fang Ming pondered and then asked, "Which Ancient Sage's division?"
Fumeng replied, "The second generation sect master of the Jie Sect, Jin Bifeng, who is also the master of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace."
"The Five Elements Heavenly Palace, also known as the Great Enlightenment Immortal Dao..."
Silence ensued for a moment.
...
The Void.