Chapter 834: The Dreamscape Calamity Triggered by the Dream Domain Order
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 834: The Dreamscape Calamity Triggered by the Dream Domain Order
The Primitive Dream Realm.
The moment my consciousness took command of my soul essence, I felt a sudden trance... as if I were about to wake up.
Within Fool's Village, my conscious manifestation began to dissipate.
However, I forced my will to act as an anchor for my consciousness within the village. Decisively abandoning my physical body in reality, I allowed my soul to perform a deep dive into the Primitive Dream Realm.
It was a wondrous process. My soul felt as though it were plunging into a deep ocean, where endless hues of ethereal blue flooded my five senses.
The deeper I went, the more the Primitive Dream Realm’s pressure weighed upon my soul, and my vision grew steadily darker.
Even though the soul possesses no eyes within the Primitive Dream Realm, and there is no light within the dream itself, all of this was "vividly" presented to my perception.
This was merely the habitual cognition of the soul—an attempt to understand the unknowable through familiar frameworks.
If I were to force myself to look past this layer of cognition to see the true essence of things, I would be driven mad by the crushing weight of infinite information.
This was the long-standing influence of my Floating World level Spirit Vision; learning to ignore certain things was a vital skill.
At this moment, I seemed to possess two perspectives. One remained in the phantasmal Fool's Village, while the other looked out into an endless, pitch-black sea. Only a distant sliver of consciousness served as my anchor, showing me exactly where I needed to go.
An avatar of consciousness is, in the end, nothing more than a lie of the dream. There is a fundamental difference between consciousness entering the Primitive Dream Realm and the soul entering it.
The Primitive Dream Realm easily accepts the wandering of consciousness, but even the soul state—which is intimately connected to the soul—must truly endure the realm's crushing pressure.
However, as a soul essence, I possessed methods that mere consciousness could never achieve.
Having deciphered the rules of the Primitive Dream Realm, I completed the reconstruction of the Dream Domain Order within the dream!
This was my domain prototype!
When my domain prototype manifested within the dream, I was overcome with a pleasant surprise, even though I had anticipated it.
My domain framework was built upon three conceptual layers.
The foundation was the Sixth Sense: Heart Sense of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation. Once I entered the dream in my soul essence state, the basis for the domain was established.
Next came the power of the two Great Spellbooks. [Transcendent Knowledge] spanned the gap between dream and reality, serving as the other two pillars of the foundation, perfectly reconstructing the Domain Order within the dream!
I finally understood why my domain—using specific Primitive Dream Realm runes combined with a unique resonance—could cause dreams and reality to overlap.
All three layers of the foundational framework were powerful enough to influence both dream and reality. That was the most crucial factor; this was not something an ordinary person could achieve!
Once the order of my domain was reconstructed within the Primitive Dream Realm, I felt a sudden lightness in my soul. The pressure of the Primitive Dream Realm had shifted from my soul essence to the counter-pressure against the Domain Order.
However... one thing concerned me: there were no Void Rifts within the Primitive Dream Realm. This meant my domain lacked the stabilization of transcendent energy.
But... the dream world was filled with information!
The sensory channels of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation were capable of influencing information.
Thus, if the previous domain was a case of the two Great Spellbooks using the infinite energy of the Void Rifts to propel my Body Cultivation forward, it was now the other way around. My Self-Awakened Body Cultivation was using its sensory channels to interfere with the infinite information of the Primitive Dream Realm, maintaining the Domain Order and carrying the two Great Spellbooks along with it!
Domain Order has always been a form of expression and a utilization of rules.
The transition from reality to the dream was not a total transformation of the Domain Order itself, but rather a shift in the rules the order utilized.
The Tree of Great Knowledge, as a vessel for knowledge that processed information, memory, and data, relied on its capabilities to complete this cognitive substitution. Its efficiency reached the theoretical limit.
I was no longer a drowning man sinking into the deep sea. I was an existence within my own Domain Order, capable of nearly anything—provided the dream's information supported the action.
I slightly adjusted my soul's posture, drifting within the Primitive Dream Realm. Everything around me was pitch black.
I could feel countless consciousnesses locking onto me from the darkness. This perception stemmed from my Heart Sense’s foresight regarding consciousness.
I snapped my fingers lightly. The area around me flickered with the only light in the dark night, though it was not enough to illuminate the entire Primitive Dream Realm.
And then, I saw the "guests."
They were all dream creatures.
Compared to shallow-layer dream creatures, these lacked the instinct to interact with me. They seemed eroded by a deeper malice, and in their eyes, I was prey—the target of all.
They circled me like hunters, waiting for a specific moment to swarm.
But no matter how long they waited, it seemed they would never find that opportunity.
Beneath my feet, steps began to manifest one by one, guiding me toward the place where my consciousness was anchored.
This was a dream; time and distance could not be understood through the habits of reality. Here, only concepts, information, and anchors mattered.
Concepts within a dream are sensory channels.
The five senses allowed me to distinguish the existence of the dream and dominate the concept of perception.
Heart Sense allowed me to know the state of consciousness.
Time Sense allowed me to view motion and stillness as irrelevant.
Space Sense allowed me to establish a connection between distance and anchors.
And all of this was built upon information...
In the dream, every one of these hurdles was inextricably linked.
And here, I was like a fish in water.
I descended further along the staircase constructed by my domain, heading toward the location where my consciousness anchored Fool's Village.
The wandering dream creatures grew restless. They sensed an instinctive danger, though they did not know what it was.
Or perhaps, they had never encountered the "concept of a domain" within a dream.
Perhaps... even the Academy Dean had never heard of such a thing.
Before I truly attempted this, I had always believed that a domain could not be deployed within the Primitive Dream Realm.
The environment of the Primitive Dream Realm lacked almost all the necessary conditions for a domain.
But I had overlooked one thing: nothing in this world is absolute. Seeking the possible within the impossible is a shallow form of folly; by looking through the surface to the essence, I understood that the essence of a domain is "Order."
Then, everything became simple.
The question merely became: "How can I use known rules and mastered methods to construct such a Domain Order within a dream?"
I was undoubtedly very lucky.
The three elements that constructed my domain were all assets I possessed within the Primitive Dream Realm.
Even a witch who had mastered a domain could not achieve this.
To replicate my actions, one would need at least a Body Cultivation domain, or... a domain shaped by a Great Spellbook.
I possessed both!
Furthermore, with the knowledge reserves and processing power of the Tree of Great Knowledge, I rapidly perfected this concept and hypothesis.
Thinking back... every piece was truly indispensable.
Without the Great Spellbooks, I would lack the means of [Transcendent Knowledge]. Without the sensory channels of Five Senses Body Cultivation, I could not harness information to construct a Domain Order of information.
But what surprised me even more was... the totem!
Currently, my totem was an unclosed triangle framed by "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation," "Prototype Self-Generated Mana," and the "Witch Racial Concept."
The fact that the totem could not tear open a Void Rift within the dream provided an excellent opportunity to understand the totem's form of existence.
The Void Rifts torn by the totem had always been an obstacle to my understanding of it. I had been forced to rely on my understanding of those three elements to assist in deciphering the totem's meaning.
Suddenly, infinite inspiration flooded my mind. However, I had to face one immediate problem... I needed to shake off these dream creatures and reach Fool's Village.
The staircase within my domain extended infinitely in both directions.
The downward path led to my conscious anchor in Fool's Village.
The upward path... led to reality.
The Great Spellbooks physically existed in reality, but their power, concepts, and traits anchored my soul essence. Using the domain as a bond, they reached deep into the Primitive Dream Realm.
This was the "steady method" I had described.
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Meanwhile, in reality.
Because of my actions, a violent disturbance once again erupted in the Expansion Realm.
The Primitive Dream Realm was now completely overlapping with the reality of the Expansion Realm. Under the anchoring of two Great Spellbooks and a single soul, a spiraling "imagery staircase" manifested, encircling the two giant trees.
The upward stairs seemed to link to reality, while the downward stairs pierced into the Primitive Dream Realm. Transcendents with low True Perception could not even see the full extent of the staircase, as it bridged the two conceptual layers of reality and dream.
Ordinary people could not divide the concept of "vision" across two such distinct planes.
They would simply feel as if the stairs had vanished; it was a realm their True Vision could not reach.
If they forced their True Vision to see the invisible parts, the parts they had previously seen would disappear. The leap in vision could not "understand" how opposing existences could coexist.
The appearance of this staircase linking reality and dream was merely the appetizer.
Immediately following it, countless dream creatures that had been submerged deep in the Primitive Dream Realm came surging out.
The sky above the Expansion Realm seemed as if it would be swallowed by a black tide of these dream creatures.
Witnessing such a terrifying scene, many were instantly struck with fear.
Only those transcendents who had never experienced the horror of the Primitive Dream Realm remained somewhat calm.
It was a harsh reality: some existences, having not reached a certain level of cognition, were not even qualified to feel true terror.
After all, everything before them only affected this specific area of the Expansion Realm.
In their eyes, a "reality disaster" of this magnitude was something a Saint Realm expert could resolve with a mere wave of a hand.
"The Primitive Dream Realm is rioting. What on earth did Xiao Han do in there? Theoretically, she shouldn't have any means of acting within the Primitive Dream Realm... even Dream Rewriting Spells can't be used there."
Upon seeing this scene, a witch who held a deep dread of the Primitive Dream Realm spoke in disbelief.
Many witches turned their gaze toward Mei Lind. As the Academy Dean of the Witch Academy, she was one of the most knowledgeable witches present.
Mei Lind had been the one to inform everyone of the general situation, including the experiment Xiao Han had reported in advance and whether other witches were involved.
Thus, the situation was truly baffling.
It couldn't be... that Xiao Han had caused some massive disaster within the Primitive Dream Realm, could it?
Otherwise, there was no explaining why the Primitive Dream Realm would riot like this.
If one compared the Primitive Dream Realm to an ocean, even the repair of the Expansion Realm should have only caused a dream tide—a temporary, excessive overlap between dream and reality. Once the Primitive Dream Realm re-absorbed the repaired Expansion Realm, the two would have returned to a stable state.
But now! The very depths of the Primitive Dream Realm were descending into reality!
This could no longer be explained by a mere dream tide.
This was more like a waterspout rising from the deep sea.
While dreams cannot destroy reality, life forms existing in reality can have their consciousness swallowed by the Primitive Dream Realm, or even become completely lost within it!
This was the specific destructive strike that all who explored the Primitive Dream Realm hoped to master.
However, dream and reality were two entirely different concepts...
Consequently, many witches reached a consensus: Xiao Han’s dream experiment seemed to have triggered an uncontrollable "Dreamscape Calamity."
It was as absurd as a meteorological experiment in reality accidentally triggering a Category 18 typhoon.
None of the transcendents gathered here were foolish enough to step forward. They stood like spectators, witnessing the formation of a disaster.
It was undoubtedly a rare and magnificent dream spectacle.
Eventually, the wizard scholars from the Wizard Academy ignored the fact that this was a multi-school standoff. They pulled out wizard tool equipment to collect data and record images of the phenomenon.
Curiosity toward the unknown is the nature of all life; the scholars' actions were tacitly permitted.
On the Witch Academy's side, those witches who had embarked on the Great Soul Subject stepped forward more boldly, facing the descending Primitive Dream Realm head-on.
"Be careful. Do not be reckless," Mei Lind warned.
Even as a witch who had ventured into the Primitive Dream Realm many times, she did not dare to underestimate it.
Compared to previous attempts to enter the realm, this was the difference between diving in deep water and facing a waterspout making landfall on the shore.
The Primitive Dream Realm currently descending into reality was far more violent than its usual, calm state.
"Don't worry~ I wouldn't dare do something this risky without a few trump cards," the witches in the front said with a wave of their hands.
They stepped forward with determination. They were merely facing the Primitive Dream Realm; like old sailors on the sea, even knowing they would encounter great winds and waves, they would still board the ship and set sail.
This was not a death wish, but the witches' interpretation of the spirit of exploration.
"We suggest putting aside this pointless standoff. How about we explore this Primitive Dream Realm riot together? You have a little witch who needs saving, don't you? We can actually cooperate."
At that moment, the wizards from the Wizard Academy looked toward the transcendents from the other academies. A certain consensus seemed to pass between their gazes. Then, a wizard stepped forward, looked at Mei Lind, and proposed their plan.
"Cooperate..."
Mei Lind looked at the wizard, then at the transcendents from the other academies, and finally turned to look at Bai Yu.
"Cooperation is possible, but it must be done under the witness of a Witch Contract."
"That is only natural. Let us draft the contract together. I believe you don't want to waste too much time on this either. After all, no one can guarantee how long that little witch can survive in such a riot, or how long this Dreamscape Calamity will last."