Very quickly, Yang Qizhou completed the necessary operations and chose "two."
The ga continued.
"Rather than paying a trendous price for the ’Lord of Night’s’ pity, you chose instead to delve into the tributary of the ’Dream Realm,’ leveraging the opposing relationship between ’dreams’ and ’night’ to cleanse the pollution from the ’Star Hiding Compass’ caused by the Lord of Night."
"Of course,"
"Reluctance to sacrifice the Legendary artifact ’Lost Night’ may have played a significant role in your decision."
"You made your choice, took out the ’Star Hiding Compass,’ and charged into the depths of the Dream Realm’s tributary without hesitation."
"Thanks to the effects of the ’Dream Hidden World Clothes,’ the terrifying entity presiding over the tributary of the Dream Realm didn’t imdiately notice your presence. Once you drew closer, however, it discovered you—and was shocked that you were unaffected by the power of ’dreams.’
"It was at this mont that your foot slipped, and you plumted into an endless illusory abyss made up of countless dreams."
"Here, you saw infinite Dream Worlds."
"In so dreams, a person seizes power, rises to dominance, overturns empires, and ascends to the throne as ruler."
"In other dreams, a person faces unrelenting tornt and despair, as their lover betrays them, their friends deceive them, and they lose everything—eventually reduced to a wretched beggar."
"Even ’divine beings’ within these dreams were imprisoned by terrifying shadows, devouring their flesh and blood, screaming in futility as they remained cursed to their fate. Upon closer inspection, you noticed one such divine being bore the ’Fire Stealing’ Holy Emblem—this was the dream of the ’Fire Stealing Ancient God.’
"You were struck by sudden insight: this was a river encompassing all the dreams in the universe."
"At that mont, a phantom eye suddenly opened—it was twisted, terrifying, and indescribable, exuding a strange aura. It recognized you as the person who plucked the ’Abyss Flower’ and began uttering malevolent whispers... ’You carry the scent of a wizard, but it’s being concealed by an ancient object—specifically sothing from the Original Darkness. Surrender it to .’"
"You ignored it, retrieved the ’Star Yin Compass,’ and leaped deeper into the Dream Realm’s tributary."
"This clearly enraged the terrifying being ruling over the tributary of the Dream Realm. The illusory purple sea churned fiercely, as if on fire, and millions, tens of millions, even countless dreams surged into a torrent that overwheld you."
"Within these dreams, you found yourself transford—sotis into a cockroach, sotis into a little dog, and sotis into a vagrant, impoverished and bullied by the dream’s master."
"Anyone else—even a divine being on par with an Angel—would be rendered lost under the pollution of these billions of dreams. Unable to distinguish reality from illusion, they would ultimately drown in the dream of all dreams, becoming prey for the ’Dream Realm’s Child.’
"But you possessed an unknown trait that enabled you to distinguish ’dream’ from ’reality.’ Even though these soul-deep dreams appeared so real, to your eyes, they were undeniably false—you saw through them in a heartbeat."
"Unaffected, you continued to leap toward the deepest reaches of the Dream Realm’s tributary."
"This took the terrifying entity presiding over the Dream Realm’s tributary by extre surprise—it widened its eyes in disbelief before seemingly realizing sothing. The phantom eye abruptly twisted into a ferocious snarl, and its whispers, filled with malice, reached your ears..."
"The Dream Realm encompasses the dreams of gods, Ancient Dominators, Old Gods, and all beings in the universe. It is the dream of dreams; the origin of all dreams—and the mother of so illusions. Even Cosmic Pillar-level Old Gods cannot help but lose themselves in its depths. Even the most powerful Ancient Dominators cannot maintain their sanity within it."
"The only ones capable of piercing through illusory dreams are either the masters of ’dreams’ themselves—or those at the level of the ’Lord of Blasphemy.’
"You cannot be the ’Lord of Blasphemy.’
"Even less could you be the ’Dream Realm Master.’
"Wait—your body bears a Legendary artifact of the Dream Realm’s side. You have such a thing... No, that’s not right. The reason you can see through dreams isn’t just that. Wait—you were chosen by the ’Dream Realm Master.’ No, this is impossible—it hasn’t been chosen yet! This must be an illusion! Everything here is false."
"I refuse to be the foundation of your rise; I will kill you."
...
...
These words stunned Yang Qizhou.
Initially, the ability to observe the illusory purple ocean hadn’t surprised him much. He assud it was either the result of a ’Destiny’ power buff or so other factor."
"Now, however, the truth seed far from simple."
"Even Cosmic Pillar-level deities would succumb to the Dream Realm, unable to stay lucid within its depths—but the ability to remain clear-headed in the Dream Realm belonged exclusively to its Master."
"Yet the ga character and the ’Dream Realm Master’ didn’t appear to be connected."
"Furthermore, given the ga’s current progress, it seed nearly impossible for the character to attract the attention of such a ’background-capped’ figure."
Yang Qizhou pondered deeply.
The ga character had been drawn into dreams twice thus far. The first occasion was in Fire Stealing Village, where he narrowly avoided an attack from the ’Dream Realm’s Child’ using the ’Dark Crow of Profane Fortune.’ The second occurred at the ’Polluted Mountain Edge,’ where the character escaped capture by the ’Mother Tree’—almost spawning its offspring—thanks to the ’Bone of the Sun’ and a mysterious force from the Golden Realm."
"Wait—"
At this mont, Yang Qizhou’s eyes widened as he recalled sothing.
The ga character hadn’t rely interacted with the Dream Realm Master—they had co incredibly close during the events in Guardian King City.
According to the gatekeeper ’White’s explanation, the character had once entered the projection form of the Dream Realm Sovereign—a blurry, illusory sea where clarity lay beneath murk—and taken from it three artifacts: [Heart Dream Source], [Lost Night], and [Hidden Egg], all of Legendary or Quasi-legendary tier. This act marked the character with the Dream Realm’s curse, dooming them to ultimately beco part of the Sovereign."
"Yet back then, the character had used the ’Dark Crow of Profane Fortune’ to restart the destiny line. Logically, all negative outcos should have been reset—how did the Dream Realm’s curse persist?"
Yang Qizhou continued to reason."
The power of the ’Dark Crow of Profane Fortune,’ surpassing that of Pillar-level entities, had been confird multiple tis."
"Take, for instance, the plot in Dark Mist Town: the character used the destiny-reset ability to avoid signing an oath proposed by the ’Oath King’ in the presence of the Six-faced Monster. Similarly, in the North Realm Abyss, under threat from the ’King of Nature’s’ authority embodied in the form of the ’Sky Blue Spear,’ the character relied on the ’Dark Crow of Profane Fortune’ to revert their destiny line to a ti before danger awoke."
"Wait—"
This realization dawned on Yang Qizhou, prompting a murmur: "According to the terrifying being ruling the Dream Realm tributary and previous plot revelations, the Cosmic Pillar-level Old Gods ruling over Polluted Mountain and Sea, Silver Kingdom, Endless Abyss, and similar realms appear distinct from those external deities governing the Four Indescribable Lands."
"Could this distinction explain why the Dream Realm’s curse remains unaffected by the restarting of the destiny line?"
Yang Qizhou wasn’t certain, but it now seed the likeliest explanation."
He reflected further on the curse inherited from the Dream Realm Sovereign during the Guardian King City event."
At least for now, this didn’t seem to be entirely negative—the character had gained the ability to distinguish dreams from reality. According to the terrifying entity ruling the tributary, this trait was evidence of selection as the next Dream Realm Sovereign."
However, the hidden dangers lurking beneath this gift were entirely unpredictable...
"Having once reigned over an Old God’s domain using the majesty of ’Destiny’ and led an era as the great ’Lord of Blasphemy,’ even the external deities of the Four Indescribable Lands weren’t beyond suppression. Anyone plotting against should first ensure they possess the strength to try."
The ga continued.
...
...
"These revelations contained myriad implications, flooding your mind with countless thoughts and conjuring several hypotheses."
"At this mont, the terrifying master of the Dream Realm’s tributary, harboring intense killing intent and rage, unleashed unimaginable power to eradicate you."
"Imdiately,"
"Countless ’dreams’ around you began to stir violently, transforming into distorted, abstract, malevolent, and indescribable monsters that rushed to attack."
"Recognizing your immunity to illusory dreams, the terrifying being understood that false visions could no longer harm you. It thus harnessed the Dream Realm’s tributary to activate countless dreams, turning them into terrifying Dream Monsters—aiming to devour your self-dream and ultimately consu your essence."
"Your expression darkened."
"You realized the current position you occupied within the tributary of the Dream Realm was still too shallow; the ’dream’ energy here was insufficient to purge the pollution from the ’Lord of Night.’ Deeper realms—even proximity to the main flow of the Dream Realm—were required to achieve this goal."
"Yet this ’tide of Dream Monsters’ was beyond your ability to counter."
"Should you sacrifice ’fate’ and dive deeper into the Dream Realm? You shook your head, knowing that even with your Star Spirit status, expending thousands of ’Destiny Fire Bottles’ would scarcely move you an inch through this monstrous tide."
"What should you do?"
"Gritting your teeth, a bold idea surfaced in your mind: if ’dreams’ can be used to cleanse ’night,’ why not use ’night’ to subdue the terror of ’dreams’?"
"You retrieved a jet-black shard—the Legendary artifact ’Lost Night.’"
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