Dream Return

The Myriad Images of the Universe Door gradually left; everyone had their own work to do and no one bothered to speculate about the relationship between the two women.

Minghe and Meng Qingying looked at each other, and the two who had been smiling at each other just moments before now both put on stern faces, snorted, and turned their heads away from each other.

Then they each hovered in one place, closed their eyes to sense the faint aura below, and remained silent.

Although we dare not venture into this place lightly, it is still meaningful to gain some insight from the outside, as it can help them search for their memories.

Everyone is extremely curious about what their past life was like, and they are no exception. Even if they don't want to recover their past life memories, they still hope to know something about it; this is true for everyone.

They are already very determined people. If it were someone with a weak will, the mere attraction and call of the souls here would be enough to make them unable to resist rushing in.

If you actually break in, you'll likely lose control of your own destiny.

Exploring past lives often involves several stages. First comes the Radiant Stage, when the soul is at its peak, and one vaguely senses through certain clues that one may have a past life. Then, one tries to come into contact with objects or other things related to the past life to activate fragmented memories and remember who one was in the past life. Next, one receives or fully awakens the memories of the past life and begins to choose between the memories of the two lives.

Back then, Jade True Person stopped progressing in the second stage and never went on to the third stage. People with such great perseverance are few and far between.

They now sense that they may have had a past life, but they don't know exactly what it was, and they are currently in the first stage.

This also requires a certain affinity. Many people start from this stage and search for things related to their past lives, which may take them a lifetime.

However, because Meng Qingying's Netherworld Integration Project happened to coincide with their past lives, this step was brought forward infinitely, resulting in them facing the situation far too early.

Neither of them was mentally prepared to face it directly, but both of them tried to find out what they were in their past lives first.

The area below is powerful, but that doesn't mean they were powerful in their past lives. They might just be fish and shrimp in a sea of blood, or ghosts in the River Styx, nothing more. But whatever they are, even if it's just a green-haired turtle, we need to know before we act...

Actually, this is also very dangerous, because what's below isn't necessarily a passive energy zone. There's a greater chance that living beings are lurking there. If they're outside trying to understand their past lives, they might trigger an attack from those creatures. It's not like you're safe just because you're outside.

But they were confident they could escape at this level. As the successors of the Wuxiang lineage, and two of the most outstanding rising stars among the younger generation of the Shenzhou cultivation world, it would be too cowardly of them not to do this.

Sensing the aura emanating from below, both of them entered a "dream" to varying degrees.

Minghe saw Qin Yi.

It really was Qin Yi; even his clothes were that same unchanging blue robe, only the style seemed slightly different...

Could this be Qin Yi's past life?

Did she and he have a connection from a past life? Minghe's heart pounded, but why couldn't she see who she was?

Is it a first-person perspective?

Sure enough, Qin Yi walked towards him with a warm smile, "Excuse me, which way is the Nether Emperor Sect?"

Minghe heard herself say, "The Netherworld has no master; who is the Nether Emperor?"

Hmm... The same coldness, the same remoteness, even the tone is the same as now. Is this really my past life? Who was it? Minghe was very much looking forward to it.

But then the man, who seemed to be Qin Yi's past life, laughed and said, "The name 'Nether Emperor Sect' doesn't mean we're the Emperor of the Underworld. If someone sets up Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace, does that mean they actually have ten thousand Daos? They'd be lucky to have a dozen or so, okay? Why do you care how much they brag?"

Minghe heard herself laughing, "So... what are you going to give me, to show me the way?"

"Is the underworld really that realistic?"

"That's right, the Netherworld is just that realistic."

The man tilted his head and examined himself for a long time, his eyes holding a strange, indistinct look.

After a long while, he finally handed over a piece of fruit.

"This is... the Jian Mu Fruit?"

"Yes."

"This physical body is of no use to me."

"You... will be useful." The man's gaze softened considerably. "Anyway, you're very valuable, aren't you? Isn't it worth the fee for directions?"

"It's worth it." Minghe calmly accepted the Jian Mu Fruit.

The River Styx flowed serenely, and the siren below began to sing, captivating and reaching straight to the soul. Minghe turned and entered the river, and soon the dream world turned pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

I didn't see anything about myself, I only saw Qin Yi's face!

Minghe was very angry and wanted to see the dream more clearly, but all she could see was darkness.

Even in reality...

Black?

Oh no... Could that siren's voice just now have come from reality?

As Minghe entered her dream, Meng Qingying also entered her dream.

What she dreamed of was even more mysterious than Minghe.

Since both are based on the atmosphere of this place, what one dreams about is very likely something that happened in this place in the past. Minghe's meaning might be that she used to live here and even gave directions to people, while what Meng Qingying saw was a battle.

Even the combat follows an incomprehensible template.

The heatwave that melts everything, the icy chill that freezes the soul, the oppressive power of a realm, the onslaught of a raging sea of blood.

I can't see anything.

Only blood and darkness.

I could vaguely see the energy I was wielding, a ghostly blue and a deep purple, like the underworld.

If one is the Netherworld, then who is one's opponent in battle?

A compass rotates, its surface seemingly engraved with six lines, the pointer spinning erratically, its destination unknown.

"You've come looking for her, but she's not here at all!"

Meng Qingying didn't know if the "them" she was referring to was male, female, or beast. Anyway, the other party was looking for someone, and she was the one stopping them?

The battle took place at... the confluence of the Nether River Blood Sea?

Anyway, I lost.

It hurts so much...

Their souls have all scattered...

Just then, a crimson glow descended from the sky, and dazzling phoenix feathers pierced through the vast darkness, landing in front of him.

The power of the phoenix... so familiar, so dear, as if it were my own, protecting and nourishing my last glimmer of spiritual light so that it would never die.

The last glimmer of light, protected for a brief moment, disappeared into the abyss and vanished in an instant.

"Who's interfering?"

The void was silent and still, and no one answered.

"... Very well, since we can't find it, then let's abolish this realm and sever the very foundation of reincarnation!"

"Boom!" The River Styx stopped flowing, the Sea of Blood dried up, and the Blood Nether shattered, falling like snowflakes.

The wailing of the sea monsters could be faintly heard. Where could they go now that they had lost their connection to the River Styx?

Meng Qingying followed the siren's voice and went to investigate, only to find herself engulfed in darkness.

Oh no... This siren's voice isn't a dream, it's real?

Where did this siren come from!

Meng Qingying and Minghe opened their eyes at the same time. The first thing they saw was that the two of them had involuntarily entered the most dangerous area, and it seemed that an eye had opened in the blood sea vortex.

The enormous eye formed a vortex, its gaze filled with ferocity and hatred.

Giants formed from various chunks of flesh and blood crawled out of its eyes, as if countless pieces of flesh and bones from the past were irregularly pieced together in the sea of blood, forming a condensation of vengeful spirits from the sea of blood.

The surrounding dark energy surged wildly, and vengeful spirits howled. In an instant, the aura of annihilation and death completely enveloped the two of them. They tried to break free, but could not.

"We can still break free before it reaches the bottom of its eye!" Meng Qingying, with some experience, immediately said to Minghe, "Let's join forces and break this Flesh Monster first!"

Without saying a word, Minghe summoned her natal divine sword.

The vast expanse of light instantly filled the dark horizon, like the Milky Way hanging upside down in the heavens, dazzling and magnificent.

At the same time, behind Meng Qingying, starlight gathered and soared into the dark night, stretching out its enormous body across the sky.

Meng Qingying's destined puppet, the dragon of destiny.

In the distance, Qin Yi was searching everywhere with his Divine Sense, but he couldn't find any information even after racking his brains. Then, the dazzling light in the sky and the terrifying aura raging immediately caught his attention.

First came a surge of joy. "It's Minghe's sword and Qing Ying's dragon!"

Then, he exclaimed in surprise, "What could possibly require them to use their ultimate technique so immediately?!"