Chapter 1115: Dream Life Sequence—The Fool's Dream Race
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 1115: Dream Life Sequence—The Fool's Dream Race
The Fool's Dream creatures within the Witch Cat Cafe suddenly lost consciousness en masse, leaving their empty husks slumped where they stood. The impact of this event was truly immense.
As the founder of the Witch Cat Cafe in the Main World, Mentor Dinah naturally began handling the aftermath immediately. The sudden dereliction of duty by the Fool's Dream creatures had indeed dealt a significant blow to the cafe's operations. She provided compensation where necessary and offered comfort where needed.
She also provided a brief explanation of the situation.
However, even Dinah didn't know exactly what had happened; she only knew that the Fool's Dream creatures seemed to be heading to a specific place.
The Land of Fool's Dream.
Her first thought was that Xiao Han had made a move.
She remembered clearly that the Fool's Dream was a vital product of a very special "Dream State Life Experiment" within the Witch Academy—a research project personally spearheaded by Xiao Han.
The "Sage Sister" the Fool's Dream creatures spoke of was none other than Xiao Han herself.
Consequently, Dinah went to find Xiao Han immediately, but she discovered she could only locate some of Xiao Han's external avatars and two of her life clones.
Dinah wasn't the only one reacting strongly to this incident; many other witches cared deeply as well.
They attempted to contact the Tree of Great Knowledge but received no response, eventually forcing them to search in person.
In the end, they found one life clone currently developing the "Perfect Human Body Cultivation Foundation" alongside Bai Yu, while others found the life clone at the No. 0 Combat Sequence training grounds.
But they simply could not find the main body.
Regardless, they asked their questions anyway; they just needed an answer.
"The Land of Fool's Dream is a paradise I carved out within my soul's dreamscape for the Fool's Dream creatures. My main body is currently attempting to establish a life sequence for them... You don't understand? That's fine. Just think of it as me bestowing life upon them."
"How long will it take? I don't know either. Maybe a day, maybe a year. Think about it this way—even a human pregnancy takes ten months, right? Eh? Witches don't need that long... Uh... fine, I'll do my best. But surely you wouldn't want the Fool's Dream creatures you care about to have any congenital defects, right? I don't want that either, so life shaping cannot be rushed!"
Facing the various concerns of these witches, my life clones did their best to provide answers.
However, concepts from such a specialized field were difficult to communicate clearly. It had to be said that conducting the experiment to shape the life of the Fool's Dream race so urgently was indeed a bit hasty.
But... inspiration is a fleeting thing that cannot be delayed, so others would just have to suffer a little.
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Meanwhile, deep within the soul's dreamscape.
As more and more Fool's Dream creatures gathered within the Land of Fool's Dream, those who had previously left for the reality of the outside world also returned.
The original four Fool's Dream creatures who had first followed me were now gathered by my side.
Bloodline shaping techniques utilized many other skills, such as Reincarnation Spells, Life Evolution, Soul Evolution, and more.
And this was merely to establish "bloodline information" for a lifeform.
The concept of a race, however, required far more complex techniques, necessitating even more precise and compatible derivative arts.
Using the Consciousness Incubation technique as a foundation, I had to continuously refine the effect-orientation of the consciousness-shaping process.
Ultimately, the framework of the "Primal Great Fool's Dream Summoning Spell" allowed me to understand the significance of primal power to a race.
Why was the source of the Fool's Dream "Primal," and why was it a perpetually existing "Great Spell"? It was because their continued existence had no foundation within the Void.
They lacked the natural dream-state soul conditions required for their birth; they lacked an inherent dream world within the Void to build a life cycle; and because they lacked a life cycle, the number of Fool's Dream individuals was limited...
The moment the framework for the "Primal Great Fool's Dream Summoning Spell" was completed, the framework for the "Primal Great Fool's Dream Transformation Spell" merged with it in perfect harmony.
Primal power divided the two authorities, but that didn't mean they needed to be separate; they were of the same origin.
Thus, upon the foundation of both, I obtained the prototype framework for the Great Fool's Dream Spell.
It was much like the Great Glacial Throne Technique, which carried the power of the Ancient Remnant Ice Clan; a single Great Spellbook possessed the ability to both transform into and summon members of that race.
Ultimately, transformation and summoning were merely two conceptual fields of magic divided by their effects, but human-defined concepts are often the easiest to let preconceived notions muddle the relationship between them.
With the Great Fool's Dream Spell in hand, I realized it wasn't a Great Spellbook, as it lacked any foundation of a spellbook. Furthermore, I had not yet ascended to the Transcendent realm and could not use real editing technology to create a collective research platform for it.
However, I discovered another method that seemed better suited to present its function.
Dream Editing Technology!
A technique acting upon the Primitive Dream Realm, based on dreamification—essentially using the Fool's Dream bloodline as a bond—to shape a "Dream Spellbook."
This was exactly what the First Generation Elder had described: a pure "Dream Spell" that existed only in theory!
The foundation of this magic originated from the Fool's Dream's innate talent for dreamification.
This meant that dreamification linked reality and dreams. Using this transformation as the driving force for the spell's effect, it could function within dreams and reality alike.
However, the prerequisite for it to work in reality was the existence of a foundation for real magic—so-called transcendent energy.
Pure dream magic still consumes energy.
This was a point that had to be made clear.
Within a dream, it was the foundation itself.
Thus, it could take effect within the Primitive Dream Realm according to specific dream orders and rules, but it wouldn't necessarily involve "consumption" in the sense of reality-based concepts.
In reality, it inevitably had to follow the foundations of reality; for a spell to take effect, it must be accompanied by the consumption of energy or matter.
By using Dream Editing Technology to engrave the Great Fool's Dream Spell into the Fool's Dream bloodline, I was essentially bestowing upon them a foundation of "power."
In this way, they would become lifeforms accepted by the Void.
The Fool's Dream creatures would, through their bloodline, engrave the Great Fool's Dream Spell into their instincts.
This meant the Fool's Dream race now mastered "Fool's Dream Transformation" and "Fool's Dream Summoning."
What was the significance of this?
The significance was monumental!
Some things might seem useless, but one cannot simply not have them!
It is like how a human must master the essence of "what makes a human" to live with the posture and identity of a human.
The Fool's Dream race needed such a foundation to support the existence and recognition of their lives.
The Void's understanding of power might differ from a living being's understanding of it.
Power does not necessarily represent destruction; it also encompasses creation, maintenance, and annihilation. The power pursued by most living beings leans toward destruction and annihilation, as such pursuits better satisfy their own survival needs.
Life needs to take, but the Void does not necessarily require the same.
Now, I have transformed the power of the Land of Fool's Dream into the "Primal Great Fool's Dream Summoning Spell" and the "Primal Great Fool's Dream Transformation Spell" through Dream Editing Technology.
Then, I merged the authorities represented by both into the "Primal Great Fool's Dream Spell," a unique Dream Life Sequence.
Finally, I wrote this power into the Fool's Dream bloodline. The Dream Life Sequence itself became the Land of Fool's Dream, carrying the source of everything for the race.
The intertwining of power and concept, the mutual architecture of authority and foundation, finally gave birth to such a "harmonious" whole.
The concept of the Land of Fool's Dream had not changed.
However, its deep-level architecture had been completely transformed into a more orderly existence.
Now, everything was missing only one vital component.
A life cycle.
I needed to construct a life cycle within the "Dream Life Sequence" I've created for the Fool's Dream.
It is like how life sequences in reality have the various worlds within the Void acting as cradles for the gestation of life.
But the system I had opened up lacked this.
The Land of Fool's Dream was like a cradle of life waiting to be developed—a "Dream World" solely for the life cycle and gestation of the Fool's Dream race.
So, how could I achieve a life cycle?
The simplest method would be to copy the architecture of the Void and its worlds: introducing the Three Great Rivers to the Land of Fool's Dream!
The River of Ley Lines, the River of Time, and the River of Causality.
This seemed like an impossible task, but I didn't necessarily have to go that far.
It's like how a complete world only accommodates a branch of the River of Ley Lines, the actual flow of the River of Time, and the River of Luck—a tributary of the River of Causality.
I didn't need to copy everything.
To build a life cycle, the most basic requirement was the "River of Ley Lines."
And Ley Lines already existed within the Primitive Dream Realm. The only problem was how to introduce the Ley Lines from the Primitive Dream Realm into my soul's dreamscape, and how to graft those Ley Lines onto the Land of Fool's Dream, allowing them to construct the life cycle of the Fool's Dream from reality to dream according to my needs.
This would be the greatest challenge I would face for a long time to come.
But setting aside all these troublesome issues...
An achievement capable of shaking the entire Void had been quietly accomplished.
Dream Life Sequence—The Fool's Dream Race!
It had been born!
Its birth came with no special effects, triggered no great commotion, and didn't even cause a ripple in the existing life sequences.
Because the existence of the Fool's Dream had opened a brand-new "track" independent of the Void's life sequences!
the original life sequences of the Void could no longer encompass the concept of dream life.
The power system of the Fool's Dream would inevitably unfold along the path I had pioneered.
It didn't require anyone else's recognition.
The existence of power and the effects achieved were objective facts, as were the vibrant lives of the Fool's Dream creatures!
They simply lacked a self-sustaining life cycle and a foundation for continued existence within the Void, but at this stage, I could compensate for all of that manually.
It was as if the lives under the Void's life sequences were mass-produced products from a factory line that required no oversight, while the Fool's Dream was a newly born concept that didn't yet have a matching automated production line, requiring me to craft everything by hand.
But it could not be denied that the existence of the Fool's Dream had been created by my own hands!
If a lifeform in the Void opened a new life sequence, it would be equivalent to passing the Void's standard "quality inspection."
A dream life like the Fool's Dream couldn't be submitted for inspection through normal procedures, but it possessed the qualifications to pass.
The Void had no concept of "procedural failure"; it only recognized "quality" success.
So, at this moment, the Fool's Dream finally had a channel to become true life!
As for the Primal Progenitor of the Fool's Dream... the very first of them.
Under the effect of the Great Fool's Dream Spell, I felt the transformation of my own life essence.
The Great Fool's Dream Spell completed something I had cared about for a long time but had no clue how to solve.
My life essence could now transition from a soul essence to a "complete" Dream State Soul Essence!
The Land of Fool's Dream resides within my soul's dreamscape. As long as I am willing to shoulder the weight of this immense responsibility, I am the Primal Progenitor of the Fool's Dream!
This power transformed into the Fool's Dream itself, representing both primal power and the progenitor of the race.
This was the form of "letting power become the Fool's Dream" that I had originally envisioned.
I would not abandon my identity as a witch, but I would also shoulder the responsibility for the development of the Fool's Dream race. Thus, I held the Great Fool's Dream Spell, leading them as the Sage of Fool's Dream.
The Great Fool's Dream Spell was more like a bond of unconditional trust between the Fool's Dream race and me.
I wrote the Great Fool's Dream Spell into their bloodline talents, bestowing power upon them. The Fool's Dream creatures used this power as a link to forge a "covenant" with me, willing to become the power in my hands, while I granted each individual freedom to let their lives bloom in splendor.
The current Fool's Dream creatures might not yet understand what all of this meant, because they only had the qualification to become life; their form of existence was likely still in an "unborn" state.
They were like those consciousnesses within a world's Ley Line cycle whose soul matter had not yet been gestated.
That they had developed consciousness first made them the original Fool's Dream creatures—and the exceptions.
Once the life cycle of the Land of Fool's Dream was established, the number of Fool's Dream creatures would only grow.
So, it was time to solve that problem.
The issue regarding dream-state souls.
Although the Great Fool's Dream Spell couldn't be used as a direct technique to convert a soul into a dream-state soul, its effect had already achieved that goal.
This meant a brand-new, revolutionary update for the "Purification Method"!
From soul to dream-state soul, and then from dream-state soul back to soul... this would be a vital step in connecting dream life with the reality of the Void!
However, it was foreseeable that this would be an advanced form of the "Incubation Purification Method," and it would rely heavily on the support of the Land of Fool's Dream's power.
Unless I could find the principle behind the mutual transformation between souls and dream-state souls without the intervention of Great Spell power.
But for now, I was still at the application level and could not yet investigate to that depth.
"Whatever... since the path is confirmed, it's just a matter of time. No need to rush," I mused to myself, stopping the process and returning to reality.
The first priority now, of course, was to create a special "Birth Technique" for those Fool's Dream creatures. Every one of them had to be born into reality once more as a living being.
The moment this thought occurred to me, I noticed a massive influx of information from reality flooding into my Tree of Great Knowledge.
All of it was from people looking for me because of the Fool's Dream incident.
It seemed that gestating the Fool's Dream race was indeed the most urgent matter at hand.