Great Dream Lotus Technique

"Little Brother, come join the Heaven Mending Pavilion with me. We're almost there."

"We shall see."

"You must stay, otherwise I'm leaving too!"

Somewhere in this vast territory, two little wildlings emerged from the mountain forest. They were covered in dirt and dressed in animal skins, but their eyes were exceptionally bright.

These two were none other than Little One Shi Hao and Shi Qingfeng. Accompanied by each other, they had trekked out of the Great Wilderness and crossed endless territories to reach the Heaven Mending Pavilion.

"Hey, there are so many people."

Little One looked at the terrifying fierce beasts in the distance. Many people were riding atop these creatures, and his expression was one of great astonishment; it was his first time seeing so many powerhouses.

"Wow, what a powerful spirit beast. Look, Little Brother! Is that the legendary White Jade Dragon Elephant? Its entire body is as clear as crystal and covered in runes—how majestic."

Qingfeng stared at the snow-white, sacred-looking elephant in the distance, his eyes filled with shock. This was a beast that existed only in legends, yet he was seeing it with his own eyes.

Little One looked at the White Jade Dragon Elephant with equal surprise, and a certain sect immediately came to mind.

Little Western Heaven.

He had once slaughtered a group of bandits who were wreaking havoc in the Great Wilderness, and from them, he learned that their backer was none other than Little Western Heaven.

"Little Western Heaven? Rumor has it that they are an ancient sect no weaker than the Heaven Mending Pavilion. Why would they come here to seek apprenticeship?"

Qingfeng asked, puzzled.

He had grown up in the second ancestral land of the Shi Clan. Although much had transpired, that place was a vital ancestral site for the clan, housing many ancient texts that recorded a vast amount of knowledge.

"Pay them no mind."

Little One pulled little Qingfeng and headed in another direction. He did not want to provoke this faction for the time being, as he currently lacked the qualifications to stand against such a behemoth.

The two continued toward the location of the Heaven Mending Pavilion. Along the way, they saw many formidable beasts, such as the Five-Colored Peacock and the nine-headed Golden Lion—all terrifying creatures that could only be subdued by powerful factions.

"The Big Baby has appeared. That little baby will likely show up here too."

"Compared to the Big Baby, many people are more eager to catch that detestable little baby. Especially some of the major factions; they are gnashing their teeth in hatred toward him."

"Though small, that little baby is a real troublemaker. He's practically hated by both gods and men. The catastrophe he triggered in the Void God Realm has left quite a few powerful princes and Beast Kings bedridden; it'll be hard for them to get up for a month or two."

Many people were discussing the Milk Baby, their faces wearing smiles as they found the child to be quite the eccentric character.

Shi Hao heard that people were trying to capture him, even offering sky-high bounties, which made his expression sour. He muttered, "What does that have to do with me? I didn't kill them, and I've already clarified that it has nothing to do with me."

Although he had indeed killed quite a few people, those individuals had wanted to kill him first. Furthermore, he had withdrawn from the situation early on and even had bystanders testify that it wasn't his doing. Yet, these people had pinned everything on him, which made him furious; he felt they were unreasonable and irrational.

"The Big Baby... that must be that guy. I didn't expect him to come here too. It's all that guy's fault! If he hadn't said I possessed four precious bones, those people wouldn't have attacked me. If they hadn't attacked me, none of what followed would have happened. So, in the end, it's all that guy's fault."

Little One whispered to himself, his eyes flashing with determination. "That's right, it's all that guy's fault. He is the root of all evil. I'm going to make him pay for my loss of reputation. If there's no precious technique as compensation, this won't be over."

Little One took Qingfeng and headed off, intent on finding Su Ye to demand his compensation.

In a certain valley.

Su Ye sat cross-legged, his body suffused with radiance. Runes danced around him, and the essence of heaven and earth surged in, causing the area to steam with auspicious mist and flowing light, as if it were a sacred pure land.

Behind him, in an ocean of runes, a cyan lotus emerged. The lotus swayed gracefully, and profound characters flew out from within it.

This was the Heaven-rank precious technique created by the Little Dream God Lotus, and it was also the only complete precious technique Su Ye currently mastered.

As for the others, including the Wind-Chasing Sparrow precious technique, the Willow Deity Method, and the Divine Script Precious Technique, they were all incomplete.

Although Su Ye had gained insights into the Willow Deity Method within the Divine Temple, he had only grasped a portion of the technique. With his current strength, even with his Heavenly Eye, it was impossible to fully comprehend that supreme precious technique.

Of course, with his current strength, he was also unqualified to comprehend a complete Heaven-rank precious technique. However, the creator of the Heaven-rank precious technique, the Little Dream God Lotus, was with him; comprehending the complete method was a simple matter.

Su Ye had originally intended to cultivate the Divine Script Precious Technique, but after the previous incident, he decided to hold off. He planned to first fully master the Great Dream Lotus Technique created by the Little Dream God Lotus to enhance his mental power.

The precious technique created by the Little Dream God Lotus was not called the Little Dream God Lotus Technique, but the Great Dream Lotus Technique. As for why it was called "Great" instead of "Little"?

Perhaps because it was simply great.

The Great Dream Lotus Technique was a mental-type precious technique. Its primary means of attack was mental, and the core of the technique was the condensation of a single primordial rune.

Simply put, it involved condensing a primordial source rune and using it as a core to construct a mental field.

The more powerful the primordial source rune, the more powerful the technique. Moreover, this technique could merge with the world; everything within the field appeared to be an illusion, but in reality, it was neither a dream nor entirely real—it was half-real and half-illusory.

Turning the void into reality, and reality into the void.

If one were killed within the mental field, it would reflect onto the real world. However, an illusion is ultimately an illusion; if one could maintain their true self, they would not die.

The principle of this technique was, simply put, similar to hypnosis. It acted directly upon the deepest self of a living being's consciousness. When the "self" believed it was dead, then even if the physical body remained uninjured, the soul would perish, leading to death.

However, the deepest part of a living being's consciousness craves life and fears death, making it very difficult to convince a being that they are dead. But one could make them believe they were injured, or that they were unable to use their power, or that they were facing an invincible foe.

In Su Ye's previous life, many hypnotists had done similar things, hypnotizing people into believing their hands were broken. Of course, their hands were not broken, but after the hypnosis, they were unable to lift their hands or even feel them.

This was the influence of self-consciousness.

Although the Little Dream God Lotus's precious technique was not hypnosis, all paths lead to the same destination; the principle was the same—acting directly upon the self-consciousness of the living being.

Of course, the power of the Great Dream Lotus Technique is not limited to this; such power is merely its most fundamental aspect, as its core, primordial essence lies in the Heaven-Sacrificing.

The core of the Great Dream Lotus Technique is the Heaven-Sacrificing, through which one masters the power of heaven and earth to become the sole sovereign within the cosmos.

Communicating with heaven and earth is not something one can do on a whim; it requires a special ritual, and that ritual is the Sacrificial Dance, the Heaven-Sacrificing Dance.

However, dancing.

He would rather be beaten to death than dance.

It was not that he feared he would dance poorly, but rather that he feared he would dance too well, causing those enemies to feel so ashamed of their own inferiority that they would simply surrender on the spot.