Breaking the beautiful dream...
Li Cheng's heart was knotted with conflict.
But as he looked at Li Wei's tranquil "sleeping face" on the cloud bed, all his reluctance and hesitation ultimately hardened into resolve.
I have to save her!
He turned to Ksitigarbha and asked, "What do we do?"
Ksitigarbha's expression was solemn as he explained, "I need to borrow the karmic ties between you and your sister, using the remnants of the Great Dream as a guide to forcibly interfere with the dream's course!"
"Will the beautiful dream... turn into a nightmare?" Li Cheng couldn't help asking tentatively.
Ksitigarbha answered frankly, "The outcome is impossible to predict. It depends on the strength of the karmic ties, and even more on my mother's control over the dream."
Li Cheng froze. "She's dreaming herself, and she can still control the dream?"
Ksitigarbha spread his hands helplessly and smiled bitterly. "That's the troublesome part of the dream authority."
"Even if she's inside the dream, she's still its master."
"If I didn't have a little stock of something with the same origin, we wouldn't even be able to interfere this much."
Li Cheng nodded slightly, but then recalled all of Li Wei's heaven-defying feats.
He asked worriedly, "What if my sister's control is too strong?"
"Uncle, don't worry," Ksitigarbha reassured him. "My mother has only just obtained the Great Dream Authority. How could she possibly..."
At that point, he choked to a stop.
Recalling Li Wei's many heaven-defying maneuvers recently, even Ksitigarbha lost his composure.
After weighing it for a moment, he spoke uncertainly.
"If her control is too strong, her dream might undergo some changes to deal with the 'trouble' we bring her."
"Like a psychological defense mechanism..."
"In any case, let's try first. If it doesn't work, we'll think of another