But Zhao An had never believed that all those places in Dreamland were illusory.
The Nine Heavens cultivation Great Realm bordered Beyond the Heavens and intersected with ages past. Some places also contained spatial rifts year-round, leading to unknown worlds, grotto-heavens, ruins, and more.
Thus, this mode of existence for a faction hardly struck Zhao An as something astonishing beyond belief.
At most, he was a little surprised by the formidable foundations behind Dreamland.
Beyond that, there was nothing more.
After all, the guidance envoys Dreamland intended to cultivate clearly differed from those trained by sects.
Disciples felt a sense of belonging to their sect because their cultivation was nurtured from the moment they joined.
Most disciples entered their sect before acquiring any cultivation.
They spent the greater part of their early years within the sect.
Dreamland's method of recruiting guides resembled a platform, or perhaps an alliance.
Each took what they needed for their own benefit.
He looked at this place.
A deep gleam surfaced in his eyes. Within the Sea of Consciousness that housed his divine sense, a streak of light unfurled like a luminous screen.
[Location: Qianyuan Limitless Grotto-Heaven-Five Direction Divine Provinces-Azure Divine Province] [Brief information: When living beings suffer devastation and the land totters, heavenly mandate descends to turn back the raging tide...] [Mission: Enter the Qianyuan Treasury and eliminate heavenly mandate (0/6)]
Zhao An frowned. "The mission is to oppose heavenly mandate?"
Now he understood why Dreamland insisted on a formal mission.
Although that voice had not stated it outright, it took little thought to realize that anyone who failed the mission would receive no protection.
They would simply die during the mission. Only the survivors could become Dreamland guides.
Zhao An knew perfectly well what heavenly mandate was.
He himself could