Research into dreams and the mind had actually reached its true final stage long ago!
First, through the efforts of Meng Yan, Liu Fuhai, and of course Su Ping himself, many of the previous problems had already been successfully overcome!
Dream Entry's preliminary effects had already emerged.
Those effects could even make the Saint Spirit Tier Yao Sage feel fear in a dream when facing a mere Monarch Rank Dream Entry.
The formation of dreams, their killing power, and how impossible they were to guard against had all begun to take shape.
But at present, the only thing missing was energy transcendence.
As things stood, Dream Entry had power, but it certainly did not achieve what Old Sha did: completely sublimating energy so that the same Energy Body could unleash power comparable to something a whole major rank above itself.
If it did, those powerful rank-based energy fluctuations would also affect the dream's stability.
These were two different styles, one fierce and wild, the other peaceful and quiet.
But what they shared was that both methods and techniques were equally dangerous. The latter was even harder to guard against!
However, if the aim was merely to fight opponents of the same rank and slaughter lower-ranked opponents, then the current research into mental strength and Dream Entry was already enough.
With all the abilities Dream Butterfly currently possessed activated within Dream Entry, it could use the mental influence of fear to kill any opponent whose dreams it invaded.
But that was not what Su Ping sought. What he sought was true, unanswerable strength.
Something that would truly allow his pet beasts to fight any higher-ranked existence, just as all his previous pet beasts could!
Not something ordinary that could only reign supreme within its own rank.
In fact, against the likes