Strictly speaking, Zhu Ping had now become Negary's divine son—the kind with a particularly close connection.
After all, the dream realm had initially been enveloped by Negary's Dream, nurtured by the dreams of countless people within it.
He had now become a child born from Negary's dream.
When Negary awakened, the deep dream realm had collapsed, while the shallow dream realm had been greatly affected and had continued to collapse. No one could enter it.
This time, entangled by the phenomenon of death, Zhu Ping had drawn the dream realm into the confrontation.
He used death to clear away the clogged fragments within the dream realm, while also using the dream realm to pierce through the mystery of death.
During this process, the dream realm had also been reorganized. It was now nowhere near as vast as before, when it had spread across the entire world. It had not even spread throughout the Heavenly Source Secret Realm yet, only expanding to cover Dream Valley. To grow anew, it still needed Zhu Ping's continued efforts.
Then, could I still be considered myself? Zhu Ping thought.
Although he had successfully taken up residence in the dream-realm body, the dream realm had ultimately been derived from the dreams of countless people. During this time, while his own self remained self-aware, the consciousness of the dream-realm body was different, just as the consciousness of his other self differed from his own.
His other self was formed when Zhu Ping used the confrontation between death and dreams to reconstruct his body and soul, expelling everything within that did not belong to him.
His other self was not himself, yet it came from him.
Having reached Zhu Ping's current level, his understanding of the distinction between self and other self had become exceptionally profound. The other