Middle Layer

"Leave it to me." Luo Feng was brimming with confidence. He carried one-tenth of the World Lifeform's energy reserves, enough to split off numerous avatars.

Buzz!

Wu Xin God King performed an escape technique. Without the formations of the Two Great Ancient Nations, their travel speed became much faster.

They seemed to pass through one bubble after another, swiftly crossing one isolated space after the next.

"According to the intelligence, the Dream Domain seems to be a gathering of countless bubbles. Each bubble is an independent space, containing different operating laws, different creatures, and different treasures." Luo Feng secretly marveled.

Exploring the Dream Domain was much like searching for treasure.

"We divide the Dream Domain into the Outer Layer Area, Middle Layer Area, Deep Layer Area, and Darkness Area," Gui Xu Emperor Lord said. "The deeper one goes into the Dream Domain, the greater its effect on one's Mind Will. In the Outer Layer Area, a God King First Realm will can remain clear-headed. In the Middle Layer Area, one needs a God King Second Realm will to remain clear-headed. The Deep Layer Area requires a God King Ultimate Realm will. As for the Darkness Area... only those with Mind Will beyond the God King level can explore it! There are only a handful of people on the entire Origin Continent with such Mind Will."

"We will mainly explore the Middle Layer Area," Wu Xin God King said.

"The four of us all possess God King Ultimate Realm wills," Gui Xu Emperor Lord added. "Luo He is fine, but the three of us still need to divide our attention to suppress the residual will of our Primal Chaos Bloodlines... Once we enter the Deep Layer Area, it will be easy for us to lose control."

Luo Feng nodded.

All three of his companions cultivated Primal Chaos Bloodlines alongside their other paths! And all of them possessed God King Ultimate Realm wills.

It was perfectly normal for Gui Xu Emperor Lord and Wu Xin God King to possess God King Ultimate Realm wills, given their strength.

But Cloud Sky God King was invincible at the God King First Realm! It was exceedingly rare for her to possess a God King Ultimate Realm will. This was one of the reasons she had been invited into the Reincarnation Small Building! Before Luo Feng, she had been the sole God King First Realm cultivator recruited.

There was another reason she had been recruited: she had developed her Primal Chaos Bloodline to an extremely high level. Back when she still possessed a God King Second Realm will, she had instantly lost control and caused a great disaster.

Later, amid the torment of alternating between lucidity and losing control, her Mind Will finally transformed and broke through to the Ultimate Realm, allowing her to remain clear-headed at all times.

"We've reached the Middle Layer Area."

As they chatted, Wu Xin God King had already brought the group to one of the spaces within the middle layer of the Dream Domain.

This space was somewhat darker than the Outer Layer Area. Heaven and earth stretched vast and wide here, with countless plants growing throughout it. At a glance, it resembled a world of mountains and forests.

"It truly is as the intelligence records: the deeper into the Dream Domain one goes, the darker it becomes. The so-called Darkness Area is absolute darkness! Only Mind Will beyond the God King level can use the power of the mind to penetrate it and peer within." Luo Feng felt the influence upon his Mind Will from the Middle Layer Area, yet he was quite satisfied.

This influence permeated the mind from every direction, gradually causing cultivators to sink into it without realizing.

"Cultivating the Great Destruction Heart Refining Method while being permeated by the Dream Domain will definitely place greater pressure on the mind, and the results will be better as well." Luo Feng was quite pleased.

"Brother Luo He, I'll have to trouble you to scout the surroundings," Gui Xu Emperor Lord said.

"Avoid places with many Dream Domain Creatures," Wu Xin God King said. "Dream Domain Creatures are very difficult to provoke."

"Don't worry."

Luo Feng smiled faintly.

Whoosh!

In an instant, he split into nine black-scaled avatars, which fled in all directions and began carefully scouting this space in the Middle Layer Area.

There were many spaces in the Middle Layer Area. According to explorations throughout the history of the Origin Continent, there were likely more than ten thousand of them! Moreover, these spaces constantly changed over time. After one or two eras, they would undergo complete transformations, leaving no trace of their former appearance.

Thus, all old map intelligence was useless. Each visit required on-site investigation.

"According to the intelligence, the Dream Domain Creatures of the middle layer are bizarre and varied, with unpredictable levels of strength. The weak ones are merely ordinary God Kings, while the strong ones can even reach the Ultimate Realm. However, they generally have low intelligence and clumsy techniques." All nine of Luo Feng's avatars were scouting.

One of the avatars flew through a forest, carefully sensing and observing its surroundings.

He also used his Formless and Faceless ability, completely concealing his aura until he was like an ordinary rock or tree.

"What is that?"

Luo Feng spotted a rather dazzling radiance in the distance. He immediately flew closer, only then seeing it clearly.

It was a fiery red tree. Only a single fruit grew upon it, swaying as it radiated endless light. The fruit was even laughing, and upon hearing that laughter, Luo Feng felt himself drawn toward it.

"The light is coming from this fruit." Luo Feng felt the attraction emanating from it. "It feels much stronger than a Primal Chaos Crystal Spirit Fruit."

"There isn't any danger around this fruit?" Luo Feng carefully investigated as he approached.

If there really was nothing blocking him, he would pluck it and flee!

Just as Luo Feng was carefully scouting the area—

"Hm?" A giant eye suddenly opened in the distant sky. Only then did Luo Feng see a vague head! Its sheer size was simply unimaginable.

Rumble—

An invisible, terrifying wave instantly descended upon Luo Feng's body.

Luo Feng only felt boundless might crushing down upon him. This avatar, possessing roughly one-thousandth of his energy reserves, was instantly crushed into nothingness.

"So weak." The giant eye in the distant sky closed, preparing to return to sleep. Then it suddenly looked over again in puzzlement. In the region that had been crushed into nothingness, invisible energy had unexpectedly gathered once more, reforming the avatar.

"Run! A Dream Domain Creature at the Ultimate Realm!" Luo Feng had never expected that, in the Middle Layer Area of the Dream Domain, where the strongest Dream Domain Creatures were merely at the God King Ultimate Realm, he would encounter one on his very first scouting attempt.

That destructive force had been utterly irresistible.

Whoosh!

Just as Luo Feng fled, another vast and terrifying power crushed down upon him. This time, Luo Feng sensed it clearly—it was a vague giant palm descending like the heavens themselves.

Splat! Luo Feng's body was once again struck into annihilation.

Yet every shred of a World Lifeform's power was filled with boundless Life Spirituality, possessing endless vitality. Like a Life Source, it naturally absorbed energy from the void and condensed itself anew.

"Interesting." The enormous eye was muddleheaded as it watched Luo Feng curiously, swinging its incomparably huge palm again and again.

Each time Luo Feng recondensed himself, he fled frantically, escaping hundreds of millions of kilometers in an instant.

Seven consecutive strikes!

That huge palm finally stopped striking, because Luo Feng had already left the range of its slumber. It was too lazy to pursue him.

"It didn't keep chasing me."

This avatar of Luo Feng looked back, still somewhat shaken. "It destroyed my avatar seven times in a row. Fortunately, while the might of its power was terrifying, its destructive force wasn't too horrifying."

If it had been his master, Emperor Chu—an Ultimate Realm Lifeform of the Destruction Origin Great Path—then every move would have contained all kinds of destructive properties. He probably would have been finished after just two or three slaps.

"This avatar still retains thirty to forty percent of its energy," Luo Feng thought. "These Dream Domain Creatures cannot leave their respective spaces, but their strength is absurdly powerful! I wonder how Yuan created them."

"An outsider!" Fifteen Stone Monsters, each possessing the strength of the God King Second Realm, frantically pursued Luo Feng's avatar. Luo Feng could only flee in a sorry state.

Roar!

Just as Luo Feng flew over a lake, a gaping maw suddenly roared from within it. He immediately lost control and fell, swallowed into the belly of that gaping maw.

After staying in the monster's stomach for quite some time, Luo Feng repeatedly unleashed the techniques of the Chaos Hole Six Strikes within it. In the end, the monster could not digest him and spat him back out. Luo Feng immediately fled at high speed.

"No wonder Wu Xin God King was so pleased when I joined them. He used to be the one scouting the way." Luo Feng now understood just how difficult it was to scout the Dream Domain. Although Wu Xin God King possessed the Hidden Sky Escape Technique, he was often beaten into a desperate retreat by the various terrifying monsters of the Dream Domain.

In the middle layer of the Dream Domain, within the Mountain Forest Space, Wu Xin God King, Gui Xu Emperor Lord, Cloud Sky God King, and Luo Feng were gathered together.

"Brother Luo He, you've worked hard. Come, come, have a drink." Wu Xin God King took out the fine wine he carried and poured it himself. "Scouting isn't easy, is it? I used to do all the scouting. Gui Xu and little sister Cloud Sky don't have the ability for it."

"It isn't easy." Luo Feng considered his own methods formidable enough, yet scouting had still been quite miserable.

"Dream Domain Creatures only live within their respective spaces. They generally don't even stray too far from where they are," Gui Xu Emperor Lord said from the side. "Their intelligence is generally low. It feels as though they coexist with this stretch of space."

"If they were intelligent, we wouldn't be able to hunt for treasure," Wu Xin God King said.

The four drank, chatted, and laughed, while Luo Feng's nine avatars suffered untold hardships.

"I found a place with treasure," Luo Feng suddenly said. Of the nine avatars he had sent out, one had made a discovery.

"Oh?" Wu Xin God King, Gui Xu Emperor Lord, and Cloud Sky God King all brightened.

"There are nine Dream Domain Creatures around the treasure. Three are at the God King Second Realm level, while the other six are somewhat weaker," Luo Feng said. Dream Domain Creatures did not know how to conceal their auras, making their strength easy to judge.

"We can make a move!" Wu Xin God King laughed. "Brother Luo He, you really are excellent at scouting. You found treasure so quickly. Go, go, go. We need to hurry. Brother Luo He, lead the way."

Luo Feng, Wu Xin God King, Gui Xu Emperor Lord, and Cloud Sky God King immediately set out together.

At this moment, another team arrived in the Mountain Forest Space of the Dream Domain's middle layer.

"This is the seventh space we've explored in the middle layer of the Dream Domain." This team consisted of seven powerful beings. At its head was a figure with short white hair, whose aura was the weakest among them, merely at the Chaos Realm level.

Yet he was clearly the leader of the team.

"This space..." The short-haired white figure surveyed the surroundings. "There are three powerful auras, so this space has clearly birthed three Ultimate Realm creatures. There are also seven regions that should contain large Dream Domain Creature populations, which we must avoid as well."

A map appeared in midair, with ten dangerous locations marked upon it.

"Jiu Yu, avoid these ten areas. Investigate all other places carefully," the short-haired white figure instructed.

"Yes, Palace Master." A Winged Woman replied. Figures immediately flew out from her body, her many avatars scattering in every direction to begin their investigation.

The Two Realms Palace Master came from beyond the Origin Continent.

Even though he was suppressed by the Supreme Rules, and the power of his techniques could at most reach the upper limit of the Chaos Realm, his realm was simply too high. With the members of Two Realms Palace, he could easily slip inside without the Two Great Ancient Nations noticing.

He would also bestow powerful secret treasures and weapons. He did not care much for many treasures himself, so naturally, many Ancient Existences were drawn to join Two Realms Palace.