Carefree Path of Dreams

Fang Yuan felt as though he had slipped into a fairytale dream.

For dream masters to break through the Elemental Gathering Realm, they had to achieve the Illusionary Diving Stage. This could only be done by having a complete understanding of the rules of reality and releasing a huge amount of dream elemental force.

As for comprehending the rules of reality, he had already gathered enough experience in the past three years. Together with Yang Fan’s dream world, he had enough understanding of the rules.

However, he still did not have the endurance to achieve a breakthrough. This was still true, even though he possessed an entire spiritual land!

But now, a continuous force seeped out from his limbs, getting ready to break through!

’I only wanted to... Understand the rules in this Illusionary World... what is happening now? Am I using the strength here to achieve a breakthrough?’

Fang Yuan was helpless as he looked at his Zu Qiao changing. Within his mind palace, his dream elemental force gathered continuously as he prepared for the breakthrough.

Of course, he wouldn’t let go of this perfect opportunity. Concentrating, he made full use of the chance that was given to him!

With much focus, Fang Yuan could vaguely see a huge door which covered the skies and was as tall as a mountain.

That was the gate of the Illusionary Divine, and the difficulty level of breaking through this gate compared to the Opening Meridian stage of Wu Zong was unimaginable.

His dream elemental force rumbled and like a tsunami, it crashed onto the door.

"Whoosh!"

It was intense!

As the huge door shook, it remained closed.

Without thinking much, Fang Yuan quickly gathered his dream elemental force and tried once more.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Under the continuous crashing of waves, even the strongest door would crack. From the cracks, there was a colourful glow, and the glow intensified as more and more cracks appeared, as though it was about to explode.

That was the line which separates the real world and the dream world, the ability for the mind to affect matter!

...

Flash!

There were countless white flashes!

At the moment where the door crumbled, white light flowed into Fang Yuan’s Zu Qiao, into his mind palace and his consciousness.

"Whoosh!"

A void was forced into his consciousness; this void was the link between illusory and reality.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

As the white flash sparked, it became weaker....... It started to spread far and wide, and finally, it became a small space with a radius of a few feet, and the height of about 8 inches.

"This is... my dream world! Actualising my dream world!"

In the middle of the space, there was a small person the size of a figurine, which had the looks of Fang Yuan. This was his consciousness.

"My dream world! A dream master’s actualised dream world is where the Illusionary Divine lies! Where my nest lie... it is the most crucial, and is the fort that allows me to defend from other dream masters!"

Since Fang Yuan had the inheritance from Master Heartless, he had an understanding of his actualised dream world.

"This dream world seems real and illusory at the same time, and is the foundation to everything else that I can actualise..."

"In my dream world, I can do anything!"

Fang Yuan looked at his feet. There was a layer of sand and nothing else in mid-air. He shook his head helplessly.

It was already not bad considering it was the first time for Fang Yuan to actualise his dream world.

"I want to know what is that force which assisted me in my breakthrough!"

Fang Yuan had a confused look. Suddenly, he waved his hands, and his clear voice was heard throughout the mountain "I am the master of my dream world, the king of this world!!!"

In his loud voice, he started to use his dream building skills. A flash appeared, which then transformed into a talisman. It was as though there were 9 Fire Dragons dancing around.

...

Three World Mountain.

On the peak of one of the mountains.

Fang Yuan who was deep in meditation suddenly opened his eyes.

"Actualise!"

He exerted his dream elemental force. Connecting himself with his actualised dream world, a fiery-red talisman appeared in front of him, and the dragons were roaring and appearing mighty. His spiritual technique was impressive, and it was no weaker than that of the previous Secluded Mountain Prefecture Master, Liu Yan.

He could dream of thousands of spiritual techniques in a single dream! A dream spells master!

"Is this... the power to actualise?"

Looking at the talisman in front of him, Fang Yuan remained speechless. ’I have only seen him cast this spell once, and I can cast it myself now just by using dream elemental energy...’

To actualise spiritual spells, he only needed to exert energy. However, to actualise other objects, especially physical objects, it would be much harder.

Therefore, most dream masters would specialise as a dream spells master after achieving a breakthrough to the Illusionary Divine Stage.

"Then... What about a dream soldier master?"

Fang Yuan thought to himself.

Within his actualised dream world, a huge amount of dream elemental force condensed, forming the shape of a black dagger.

The actual world.

After a flash, a long metal piece landed in Fang Yuan’s hands.

This metal was unpolished and was average in hardness; it barely resembled a dagger.

"This is real!"

After recovering from his shock, he frowned. "I’ve spent too much effort doing this. For such a piece of normal metal, the amount of dream elemental energy I have to spend is much more compared to the spiritual technique which I cast previously... Furthermore, it seems like a low-quality dagger. Could this be due to the fact that I am not used to actualising objects? It seems that I am far from actualising magical weapons from my dreams..."

"I have not yet decided which path I am going to specialise into, but what I am sure of is that this dream elemental force is extremely important! I cannot waste it, and I’ll have to use it wisely!"

Initially, Fang Yuan’s dream elemental force was only used for him to cast his bewildering fog and Shadowstep, and there was a surplus of it all the time.

But now, he realised that he was going to run into a deficit of dream elemental force.

The power of actualising in the Illusionary Divine stage was extremely strong. To actualise an object, a lot of dream elemental force would have to be used up. Needless to say, it was not worth it for him to actualise valuable treasures as the consumption of dream elemental force would be more than the value of these treasures. Notwithstanding the fact that he was not at that level of cultivation yet, even if he were to be there, it would still not be worth it to exchange that amount of dream elemental force for the treasures.

Only those at the peak of the Illusionary Divine Stage could consider doing something as ambitious as this.

Thinking about this, Fang Yuan looked at his own stats window:

"Name: Fang Yuan

Essence: 36

Spirit: 30

Magic: 20

Profession: Dream Master

Cultivation: [Illusionary Divine (???)], Wu Zong (Third Meridian)

Technique: [Giant Eagle Metal Body Technique (Grade 4) (1%)], Bewildering Spell, Shadowstep, Hundred Poison Golden Body (First Refining)

Skill: [Medicine (Level 3)], [Botany (Level 5)]"

"Illusionary Divine - You are not only the master of your dream world but also the divine person of the Illusionary World! Mind could affect matter and consciousness could affect reality, and being a divine person, you have the ability to alter reality!"

"What a breakthrough in my magical energy! A huge leap indeed!"

Fang Yuan rubbed the area between his eyebrows.

Previously, when his magical energy rose by a point or two, he would feel a stinging pain in his head.

But now, with such an increment to his magical energy, everything was absorbed by his actualised dream world, and he did not flinch a single bit.

"However... Magical energy is still not directly related to the consumption of my dream elemental force... If there is something more direct that I can use to measure my consumption, that would be good!"

In that instant, Fang Yuan thought of something.

Immediately, he was left dumbfounded as his stats window became blurred. Behind his magical energy, there was another blue bar!

That’s right!

It was similar to the red bar he had which displayed his proficiency points, and it could accurately reflect each level.

It was not full; the blue bar was only about 80%-90% filled. It was the dream elemental force which he used up just now.

’Mm... If I would consume 1% of my dream elemental force everytime I cast my bewildering spell, then the actualising of a spiritual technique would take up 5% or even a little more...’

Looking at the blue bar, Fang Yuan commented confidently.

Although he knew that the stats window only displayed what he already knew, this breakthrough and the new additions to the window still surprised him.

"Illusionary Divine is a huge stage, and the path to actualising objects is a long one..."

Fang Yuan clenched his fists and was brimming with self-confidence.

Yang Fan or his own master only reached the peak of the Illusionary Divine stage.

Even so, they were still respectable and highly skilled people in Da Qian empire already.

An Illusionary Divine dream master!

If Fang Yuan had such a cultivation level in Yang Fan’s dream world previously, he would not settle for a mere Eagle Lieutenant appointment.

"Wuu! Wuuuuu!"

Accompanying the growl, a huge shadow leapt from the walls of the cliffs, making its way up. It was the spiritual monkey king.

It was filled with rage and energy like a burning inferno, and its bloodshot eyes were fierce. However, as it looked at Fang Yuan, it hesitated.

"Why would you hesitate?"

Fang Yuan thought about it. "Can you feel something different about me?"

He smiled and heaved a breath.

"Roar! Roar!"

A red talisman which was floating around him exploded, revealing 9 red fiery dragons. These dragons started to roar ferociously and rushed towards the monkey king.

"Rumble! Rumble!"

As the dragons spit fire, the entire place became a burning inferno. It was as though a fiery pill was burning in the centre of the inferno.

"Chi! Chi!"

The spiritual monkey king was burnt throughout as it wailed in pain. The dark force from its body started to rise up.

After all, it was time for the separation of the Illusionary World, and the force from the dark force would slowly weaken.

"What a good beast!"

Fang Yuan nodded his head. Another green talisman was tossed out form his actualised dream world.

"Elemental energy of the Nine Heavens, hear my command, strike!"

"Whooo! Whoooo!"

Suddenly, another 9 green dragons flashed and appeared next to Fang Yuan. Quickly, they became tornados and swirled themselves at the monkey king.

The fire was growing in the wind!

As the wind blew, the fire grew even stronger, and the power of the dragons were many folds of what it was last time!

As the inferno on the monkey king’s body raged, it let out an ear-piercing shriek.

"Roar! Roar!"

In the wind and fire, the red dragons and the green dragons combined and fused together. Their power multiplied and the entire mountain was set on fire.

...

Quite some time passed, and Fang Yuan arrived at a scorched piece of land.

Hints of dark mists gathered, fused and landed on his palm.

He remained expressionless. Seeing the dark force making its own way into his palm, the originally consumed dream elemental force was replenished. "Indeed, I must have had the help from this dark force to achieve the breakthrough to Illusionary Divine Stage."

Fang Yuan let out a sigh and glanced at a distance.