As a disciple of the Night King, a mighty Dream Dao practitioner, Kong Cheng had been taught according to his talents and given orthodox Sword Cultivator methods. Though his Dao Path was utterly different from his master's, and indeed from that of the entire Sacred Palace, he still had some grounding in the Dream Dao.
Moreover, a manifested spirit creature bestowed by his master had resided within his body for years-the Phantom Dream Heavenly Demon!
This heavenly demon was an incorporeal being that constantly guarded his mind, allowing him to remain lucid in the vast majority of dreams. It could also connect dreams with the Dream Wraith spirit creatures of his fellow disciples, transmit messages through dreams, and perform other such functions.
It was a hallmark of the disciples of the Mian Mountain Sacred Palace.
He immediately realized that this was the work of a secret art cast by his Senior Sister, Ye Tong.
Without saying anything, he continued watching.
Inside the hall, the other Sacred Palace experts, who had been about to beg forgiveness and request another battle, were also momentarily stunned by what they saw. Then they understood and waited silently.
In his hazy awareness, Kong Cheng seemed to pass through limitless space and time, his divine soul drifting deep into the Underground World, into the heart of an Earth Demonfolk Kingdom he had never seen before.
There, he saw his Senior Sister, Ye Tong, and the Sacred Palace traitor whom he had "kept in his thoughts" day and night and worried over for so long-his junior brother, Ye Tianming, who had long since left all his fellow disciples far behind!
"Junior Brother, are you really... really leaving?"
Ye Tong seemed to be in a strange state. Her body trembled slightly, and her face had lost all its