Dream Layer One, Border War

The monster's fragments fell to the ground, then turned into countless wisps of black smoke.

Among the innumerable fragments, two things remained.

One was a white shard, and the other was a milky-white bead—a Essence Stone.

Li Qing's eyes lit up when he saw the Essence Stone.

"Huh, this is good stuff."

These monsters basically possessed the strength of the True Method Realm. They looked very much like Anomalies, yet were fundamentally different. They were monsters created by this Dream Grotto-Heaven. Though their bodies were mixed with the aura of boundless emotions, they lacked the twisted, evil sensation inherent to Anomalies.

Li Qing's true body took out the record book and swiftly began writing down what he had seen.

The First Layer of the Dream Grotto-Heaven

"Within the Dream Grotto-Heaven exist wondrous True Method-level monsters. They resemble Anomalies, but are fundamentally different, lacking their extreme distortion and evil."

"After being killed, the monsters leave behind an Essence Stone and a fragment. Their purpose is unknown."

"It is presumed that killing these monsters may be the way to reach the second layer."

Secrets of the Grotto-Heaven...

Thirty-Six Guesses About the Grotto-Heaven...

Compendium of World Miscellaneous Arts...

...(726 books)

The Truth of the Dream Grotto-Heaven's First Layer

"The first layer of the dream is called the Shallow Dream. It is formed from the convergence of the most superficial dream worlds of countless Goose City mortals."

"It is boundlessly vast, but its borders have already connected to an unknown, mysterious spacetime. They must not be approached lightly."

"The monsters that appear in the Dream Grotto-Heaven's first layer are called artificial Anomalies."

"Artificial Anomalies are something that every Grotto-Heaven world can create."

"They are made using the vital essence that forms the Grotto-Heaven."

"After being killed, they can be used to mass-produce Essence Stones,