[Dream] Authority and Divine Kingdom

"What did that mean?"

"Once Proven, Forever Proven?"

Huo Yuhao couldn't quite understand those words. If the Lord of Spirits had always existed, then what was his situation?

What, was he supposed to cosplay Ye Ge?

That was fine, as long as they didn't nail him to a cross later and start cracking Hell Jokes.

The Red-clad Little Girl shook her head without explaining further, merely gazing gently at Huo Yuhao.

Seeing her act like some cryptic riddle-maker, Huo Yuhao's Red Temperature rose a little.

Riddle-makers, get out of Douluo Continent!

But when he saw her innocent expression again, he could only force himself to hold it in.

After all, she was his own Planet Will.

After steadying his emotions slightly, Huo Yuhao got up and looked around. The world was still one of pure white.

Time had not been defined here, and space had lost all meaning.

He did not even know what was sustaining his vital signs here, because there was no air at all.

Rather than bursting like balloons, his organs continued to function normally. Who knew what the hell was maintaining his Life Cycle.

Huo Yuhao looked once more at the Planet Will beside him, who had tilted her head, and said,

"So, what exactly is going on with this Dream Space?"

"Why have you always wanted me to come here?"

This was a question Huo Yuhao had always had. What exactly was this Dream Space? There had never been any related information in the original work.

And this Planet Will before him had kept urging him to enter this space.

The Red-clad Little Girl lowered her head and pondered for a moment, seemingly organizing her thoughts.

Electrolux, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and the others remained silent as well, quietly waiting for the Planet Will's explanation.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had lived for a million years. His Spiritual Power might not have been the greatest on Douluo Continent, but he was certainly among the top three.

He obviously dreamed often too, though most of those dreams involved Bingbing.

Yet he had never sensed that dreams were connected to such a vast, unknown space.

Electrolux, meanwhile, was simply curious about unknown knowledge. In his original world, let alone a Dream Space, he had never even heard of a Planet Will.

The pure-white space did not remain silent for long. Having organized her words, the Red-clad Little Girl gently tugged at Huo Yuhao's clothes and led him forward at a slow pace.

"Relax."

The Planet Will gently brushed Huo Yuhao's eyes with her soft little hand.

A gentle aura like a breeze flowed into the Spiritual Eye, passed through his Martial Soul, and entered the Sea of Consciousness, stirring a warm breeze across it.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the others also felt a sudden coolness in their eyes, with faint azure light flickering at the bottoms of their eyes.

"Hiss... Mom touched me!"

"Mom's hand!!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm started losing it again.

The Golden Tortoise was afraid! He was a little worried about Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's mental state.

After thinking for a moment, he leaped up and suppressed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm beneath his shell.

Honestly, he was beginning to miss the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm whose mind had been filled with Bingbing.

Though he had let his little head control his big head and acted like a Simp, at least the entire worm's mental state had been relatively normal.

After being watched by the Planet Will for some time, this Ice Silkworm had started having episodes now and then, with his head full of Mom.

The Golden Tortoise believed that after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized that his love for the Ice Empress had merely been an Error born from a survival crisis—

He had looked back and realized that he had wasted most of his life.

The entire Ice Silkworm could not bear such a massive blow, so something had gone wrong with him mentally.

At that thought, the Golden Tortoise's golden eyes sharpened as he continued pressing down hard on Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

"Brother Sky Dream, don't worry!"

"This old turtle will definitely find a way to cure you!"

"When I was little, whenever I had an episode, my clan used tortoise shells to correct me hard. This method worked every time!"

Pinned beneath the Golden Tortoise's crushing weight, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was having trouble breathing.

"You dead turtle, get off me!"

"I'm not having an episode, I'm normal!"

The Golden Tortoise's expression became even more serious, because he had used the very same lines when facing his clansmen's corrections as a child.

"I understand you, Brother Sky Dream!"

He continued increasing the pressure of his shell, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt as if his head were about to split apart.

"Bastard, what do you even understand?!"

"Croak, stop pressing!"

"No, I won't think about Mom anymore!"

"My head's about to split open!"

Hearing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's awakening, the Golden Tortoise sighed in relief and slowly moved away, unable to help marveling inwardly at the wisdom of the older generation.

This Tortoise Shell Correction Method really worked!

Ignoring the commotion in his Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yuhao felt a special aura appear in his eyes. Under the Planet Will's guidance, he looked toward that pure-white ocean.

The pure-white ocean began to turn transparent. The colored waves vanished, and the white world began to grow chaotic.

Gray energy settled beneath the ocean and formed a seabed, obscuring all prying gazes. Deadly, ominous currents flowed along the seafloor.

Huo Yuhao was very familiar with that energy. It was Entropy Power!

Deathly stillness, decay, disorder, chaos.

Entropy Power gathered all the traits most hated by Life. It was the opposite of an orderly Symbol.

And this Dream Space had actually been built upon Entropy Power so dense it had solidified.

Huo Yuhao glanced at the Remnant Dream Blade beside him and said, "No wonder you like Entropy Power so much."

"Your hometown is made of this stuff."

The Remnant Dream Blade affectionately rubbed against Huo Yuhao's arm, its ribbons tightly winding around his right hand.

The Red-clad Little Girl then spoke. Her ethereal voice echoed through the Dream as she patiently introduced Huo Yuhao to the Dream's essence:

"Dreams are reflections of reality."

"Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. All desires, dreams, and ambitions in this world converge within dreams."

"Just as flowing water longs to leave its mark upon stone."

"Life, too, longs to leave behind a small fragment of its own will within the void."

"The void is the canvas of dreams."

"Life uses memories as its brush, giving color to the void."

"Countless colors known as memories converge and blend upon the canvas, eventually giving birth to a painting known as Dream."

"This is [Dream]. Compared to [Understanding] and [Fantasy], it is closest to the spirit of Life!"

"Dreams are born because of Life, and Life is unique because of dreams."

Standing before Huo Yuhao, the little girl smiled at his stunned expression and said,

"This Dream Space did not originally exist."

"Your birth gave this place meaning."

"You could consider this your Divine Kingdom."

"The land of dreams—[Night Veil Court]."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Golden Tortoise, those two living treasures, were both dumbfounded, nearly reduced to drooling.

"Huh?"

"This is Yuhao's Divine Kingdom?"

Huo Yuhao was equally bewildered. He softly asked the Planet Will,

"If this really is my Divine Kingdom, why don't I feel any control over it at all?"

The little girl extended a hand and pointed at the Remnant Dream Blade.

"Look, isn't the key right here?"

Huo Yuhao really wanted to ask her whether she was awake. What did a key have to do with control?

Of course he knew that the Remnant Dream Blade was the key to dreams.

This time, the little girl did not speak in riddles and stated directly,

"Because dreams are too chaotic, you have yet to grasp the Authority of Dream."

"Right now, you only possess the status of the master of a Divine Kingdom. Mm, simply put, you have the deed to Night Veil Court."

"But there isn't even a single house here yet."

"Without a house, you have no Symbol."

Huo Yuhao considered the requirements for increasing his [Dream] Authority control and nodded thoughtfully. "I understand."

"In other words, I need to build a kingdom of dreams here."

"Only then can I gradually gain control over this Divine Kingdom."

The little girl nodded.

"But this place is far too chaotic, with such mixed Spiritual Power. How can it become calm enough to establish a kingdom?"

The Red-clad Little Girl pointed at Huo Yuhao's Storage Soul Tool.

"Your Alchemy."

"The key can serve as the core."