In Da Qian.
Fang Yuan woke up from his state of isolation and looked in front of him.
Jun Yianyi's body was straight and emitted a kind of mysterious, starlike glow.
"Time hasn't passed too slowly," he silently muttered. He smiled a little then slowly breathed in.
"Kaboom!"
In the dreamland, the swords of the four elements -- Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water-- were rare artifacts. Their center contained a large violet ball of the realm's energy. It was spectacular.
Before leaving the world, Tai Yi the Celestial Ruler and Nu Wodi the Chief God jointly went to look for Fang Yuan. He naturally felt indifferent about the four swords and agreed to trade. He used all the history his memory contained as information to be exchanged for a large amount of realm energy from Tai Yi.
Even though the Ancient Realm's heavens knew that Fang Yuan had held back a lot, the thousand years of historical force that he had given up was enough in exchange for that much realm energy.
"I want to know if in a situation where the heavens had time to prepare, would history still happen as it did? Especially concerning the Ultimate Sky and Earth connection..."
Fang Yuan considered this silently. He viewed the Ancient Realm as something he needed to observe in the future.
"Of course, with the help of the traits board, he was able to succeed. The Da Qian Empire had also recovered its full power."
He glanced at the four magical swords again and nodded, satisfied.
The state is the state. Power is power.
When he reached full power, with the help of the realm power he had gotten from the Da Qian Heavens, he would recover fully once he was back.
He was once a master of dreams. He had peaked at the 7th Tier of Illusionary Divinity. The Earth, Fire, Wind and Water swords that were reunited were now in a primeval state of chaos. They still possessed their great energy!
"A new path for the dream master. The four swords are the same as the seven swords from before. If the 7th Tier of Illusionary Divinity is achieved, won't I become a sacred dream master?"
Fang Yuan glanced at his stats:
"Name: Fang Yuan
Essence: 110
Spirit: 100
Magic: 100
Profession: Dream Master
Cultivation: Illusionary Divine (4th Tier), True Divine, Power Obtainer
Technique: Climb the Ancient Eagle's Body [Strengthen Zuwu pulse (one tier)], Create Sword Spell [Four swords (100%)]
Skill: [Medicine (Level 3)], [Botany (Level 6)(Peak)], [Fiery Golden Eyes (Level 3)], [Body Seal (Ultimate form)]"
"Strengthened bloodline of a Fire Witch - Activate the original bloodline of a Fire Witch, achieve the effect of strengthening the body. Currently at the first tier!"
"Aside from killing the ancient bodies, I didn't think that I would have other results."
Fang Yuan was a little surprised, "The improvements I make in every world are finally reflected in my stats? When I am finally able to travel to worlds like Heng Sha, I will become invincible..."
He was overwhelmed by emotions. Redefining what constituted a master pathway, he created a new path. With the help of the trait board, he could possibly avenge the Demonic Heart Realm, which was deprived of the master pathway.
"A master pathway is for creation! By assembling two swords, I will be able to break through the illusory stages. I can unveil my spiritual nature. By doing so, I will allow the four of them to become spiritual swords! This can parallel the original power we get from assembling the 7 swords!"
"Come out, the children of the sword!"
In the dreamland, the four magical swords transformed into boys. They wore clothing of various colors and all of them bowed, "Master!"
"You will follow me back to the 9 Extremes Mountain!"
With a wave of his hands, Fang Yuan tried to move the boys into reality. Suddenly, his face changed.
"Dang! Dang!"
In the Da Qian world, the four long swords fell from the air. The hard limestone was unable to prevent itself from fracturing. The sword pierced through the stone.
"It didn't work?"
He furrowed his brows, then, understood everything, "That's right! Aside from not being able to create a civilized race, the original 7th Tier Illusionary Divinity is not that different from a 'creator'. There is something unusual happening here!"
"The source of the problem is still the master pathway that's connected to the Demonic Heart Realm. That's where I was granted the sword... However, since this pathway was confiscated, my grant is bound to have vanished. Even if there were other dream masters able to attain the 7th Tier Illusionary Divinity, I'm afraid that they would find out that their power will have largely reduced."
If an object does not belong to you, it will depend on you after it is attained. If lost, it will instantly become trouble!
"The dream masters from before knew what the object looked like but did not understand it!"
Fang Yuan waved his hands and the four magic swords formed a U-shape in front of him. They were brightly aglow and their spiritual characteristics were extraordinary. "However, I need to know both the object's appearance as well as its characteristics in order to create a strong foundation for the path when I create it!"
He was already able to do so. Even within the dreamland, he was able to summon the swords' children. He felt that its obscure meaning had to be broken down in order to be analyzed and achieve secret to the art of creation!
"By using false comprehension, the dreamt master pathway used an illusion as a reflection of reality!"
Fang Yuan kept the Earth, Fire, Wind, Water swords and the Armillary Sphere, then walked out of the cave without looking back.
Fang Yuan urgently wanted to go to a deeper level of cultivation and research the secrets of the art of creation. Unfortunately, the deeper levels were closed to him.
Only when he had researched them could his dream master cultivation be said to be stable.
"The 7th Tier Illusionary Divinity's energy symbolizes this land. I have tried my best to give it life and was able to do so even in the dreamland. The only thing that was lacking is a gradual increase in realism!"
Thump!
A large stone broke into pieces. Bright sunlight glowed from behind the vast stretch of uninterrupted mountains that extended before him.
Fang Yuan did his closed-door cultivation in an area concealed deep within the wilderness. He was so powerful. He would be able to survive no matter how bad his surrounding environment was.
"I should go back now. I wonder how the 9 Extremes Mountain are getting along... If ever I get trapped in other worlds again and get killed by someone, there is nothing I can do..."
He thought for a while and brought an emerald green jade pendant to his eyes. When he saw that there were a lot more bright streaks of blood on it, he could not help but frown.
"This is the 'Thousand Miles' amulet. After the dream world collapsed, there was a limited quantity of spiritual objects that allowed long-distance communication. This caused more blood-like marks to appear. This means that someone has tried to contact me. The other piece of the amulet, I left at the 9 Extreme Mountains," he thought. Fang Yuan did not dare to neglect this and transferred an abundant of basic force into the jade pendant.
Buzz!
On the jade's surface, 5 brilliant colors swirled together. A surprised voice interrupted, "Mountain master, you have finally contacted us!"
"What happened?"
As the distance between Fang Yuan and his correspondents was relatively far, the sound from the jade pendant was irregular, fuzzy and veiled in background noise. However, Fang Yuan was still able to hear the extremely dark voice.
"It's the demon spirits... We're not sure why, but they suddenly had an interest in where we are. Even Ah Duo was unable to stop them!"
Ah Duo was a demon spirit that Fang Yuan had caught. After taming it, he used it to control an army that protected the 9 Extremes Mountain.
Normal demon spirits would retreat when they detect it. Even if it was a large demon spirit passing by the mountain, they would not kill their own kind in order to obtain a patch of territory. In theory, the mountain was in peace and nothing happened to it.
Despite that, problems still surfaced.
"The only way for demon spirits to go against their nature is if a demon spirit of a higher level... The 9 Extremes Mountain must have caught the eye of strong big demons! Why would they be interested in that place?"
Fang Yuan frowned slightly and thought of his own Green Element Grass.
It was obvious that the higher-level demon spirits were not fools. They had already started investigating the area and in the end, had found their way to the 9 Extremes Mountain.
"What the mountain master said was true, Ah Duo's big army had already been completely defeated. It had also escaped back to 9 Extremes Mountain and said that a demon general had attacked... Now, we can only depend on the mountain's defenses as well as the Green-Wood Sky Net Array to deal with this opponent!"
The extremely dark voice said wearily, "I understand. I will rush back!"
Fang Yuan ended the connection and sighed once, "The current situation of the 9 Extremes Mountain is too delicate. Apart from me, there are no expert martial artists to protect it. It could be destroyed once faced with a stronger power. I should train a few of them to stop worrying.
"Swoosh!"
While pondering silently, he took out a magic sword, stood up, and just like a sword god, he drove the sword into the sky to fly. He became a shooting star and rushed towards 9 Extremes Mountain, as fast as lightning.
...
The Nine Extremes Mountain.
The demon spirit army had more than a million in its ranks. They blocked all of the exits.
The 9 Extremes Mountain was very vast, and the defense that was left was very powerful as well. The demon generals were intelligent. They would not sacrifice their soldiers for nothing and hence only used them to seal the exits, as if they were sure it was a success.
"I can feel it..."
Within the black clouds, a 3-tailed Scorpion Lion roared, "The person who oppressed us is here! Attack them and destroy everything inside!"
"Mister Three-tails, we understand your cause, but the defenses here are very powerful. The range of protection is also very troublesome..."
A big snake spat, "Even if we are demon generals, it is also very challenging to break them. The humans inside are very smart. They even adopted a demon to create the illusion that this place had already been attacked to gain safety!"
"Exactly, the humans here are very cunning!"
The 3-tailed Scorpion Lion's voice boomed, shaking the ground, "This does not mean that they will survive!"
As it was talking, rich, black smoke rose from its body and almost enveloped the whole sky.
"Most respected 3-tails, this is not the time for greats like you to fight, leave it to me!"
A thin shadow appeared, peacefully warning, "Okay, be careful!"
The 3-tailed Scorpion Lion looked at the green shimmer gathering at the mouth of the 9 Extremes Mountain and felt a little fearful.
"I am the demon general, Ahmo Fanduo! You, all of you, will become our food"
The mirage exploded and became an enormous giant. Its body was majestic despite the many octopus-like tentacles protruding from its neck.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Its huge tentacles brought a storm that hit the green screen.
"Kaboom!"
All the Green-Wood Sky Net Array vibrated, scattered things that looked like little spores.
"Hurry! Ask the others to move away! These are demon seeds!"
Ah Duo, who was wearing a cape, stood in the center of the array to remind the others.
Though the giant was trapped between the 9 Extremes Mountain and the invading army, and with the help of Fang Yuan, ate a lot of Demon Spirits, it was still far from becoming a demon general. After seeing how the army surrounded the mountain and attacked, it immediately abandoned its position and escaped into the 9 Extremes Mountain.
If only Fang Yuan did not have his reputation to uphold, he might have had to surrender to the enemy.
"Useless! With this parasite technique, the Green-Wood Sky Net Array is not that bad!"
Liu Mengmei was not disconcerted by the idea of facing death. She operated the array in a way that invited the enemy in. Veins appeared to wind around the seeds and with a green flash, the black seeds vanished in a blink of an eye.