Aumo City.
In the quiet chamber, Dongguan once again tinkered with the ritual at hand.
At last, a stick of incense stood in an altar inscribed with various secret patterns.
Thin wisps of blue smoke rose.
With a thought, Dongguan inhaled slightly, and the blue smoke changed direction, entering his nostrils.
Using that wisp of blue smoke as a medium, the ritual's power enveloped him.
He relaxed his entire body, offering no resistance, and closed his eyes, falling asleep.
At that moment, the stick of incense in the incense altar burned quietly, steadily being consumed.
Before long, Dongguan opened his eyes.
The flame at the tip of the incense went out as well.
He frowned, recalling what had just happened.
He activated the ritual again, relighting the incense.
A third time, a fourth time...
Only after six full attempts, with more than half of the incense made from various rare treasures consumed,
did Dongguan stop.
"The power of the Tamos Bloodline must involve the soul and dreams. The mysteries involved in bloodline power have always been complex. I'm still far from being able to see through them." He sighed softly and stopped trying.
He had now reached Late God Emperor. One more step would bring him to God Emperor Perfection.
Although several further levels were distinguished beyond that, such as "limit transcendence," "invincibility," and "Dao proximity," those divisions existed only because the gap between God Emperor Perfection and breaking out of the prison cage was simply too vast.
For all those levels, taking another fundamental step meant breaking out of the prison cage,
but exactly which level beyond the prison cage one would reach after breaking out was difficult to say.
Having cultivated to this point, he naturally had a deep grasp of every aspect of himself, including "dreams."
But