Suddenly, the world fell silent. Everything around them began to shatter and peel away in great swaths.
In a corner of the Seventh Night Pillar, someone suddenly opened his eyes in alarm. "An Absolute Expert! This is bad!" He was just about to flee when a figure appeared behind him, its shadow engulfing him.
He sat frozen in place, not daring to move.
"So this is the Great Dream Thousand Years? Quite an impressive technique. But I'm curious: how did you manage to make me want to fall asleep, even for an instant?" a voice said slowly.
The man turned to look at the person behind him. "You... who are you?"
Lu Yin smiled, strangely delighted. The people accompanying the Seventh Night Pillar to witness the reboot of the Lan Universe were no ordinary people, yet here was someone who didn't recognize him—and he was a Great Dream Heaven expert, no less. It was ridiculous.
"You may not know me, but I know you. Wu Jie, right?"
The man was indeed Wu Jie, a Great Dream Heaven expert at the Progenitor Realm. The only joy in his life was leading people into dreams, watching their tangled loves and grudges unfold, and having a little fun along the way.
"Who are you?"
"Lu Yin."
Wu Jie's mouth fell open. "You're Lu Yin?" He didn't know Lu Yin because, when Lu Yin had broken through to the Progenitor Realm and his name had shaken the heavens, Wu Jie had been inside someone else's dream. Even after waking, he'd had no interest in looking at the real world. To him, reality was the dream, while dreams were the true reality.
As he traveled with the Seventh Night Pillar to the Lan Universe, he'd heard Gu Duan Ke welcome Lu Yin, but hadn't paid