The demon that exists in Zhao Xinling's dream is a demon called the Ox-Headed Dream-Devouring Nightmare Eater.
It is a very special kind of demon that feeds on the dream essence found in fragments of living beings' dreams.
When such a demon encounters and preys on ordinary Wisdom life, it will kill without hesitation, directly devouring the essence of the soul and causing the life to shatter and die.
That's why it caused widespread death in that small base.
If it encounters a powerful and Wisdom being, it will lurk in that being's dream and gnaw at it bit by bit.
Moreover, it will try its best to hide its presence during this process.
Because the quality of soul power varies from person to person, consuming one portion of the latter's soul power is more than a hundred times stronger than consuming one portion of the former's.
They will even carefully protect their "host" from collapse, treating it as a long-term meal ticket, lurking in the shadows until the host's life comes to an end.
If the "host" is weak, they will even feed the "host" so that the host grows to a level where their presence is not easily detected.
At this moment, the "host" has reached the highest state of being a "safe soul food".
Zhao Xinling was limited by the Ox-Headed Dream-Devouring Nightmare precisely because she had reached the Silver Rank and her growth rate was too fast.
As she grows older, she will discover the existence of the Ox-Headed Dream-Devouring Nightmare.
After Jiang Ziliu pinpointed the demon's location, he confirmed that the demon was on her. Taking advantage of her sleep at night, he set up methods to shield her from interference, using the soul scent of the Bone-Dwelling Foul-Smelling Devil Fungus to put her to sleep, and then captured her in Zhao Xinling's dream.
He also investigated the woman and discovered that she was actually a super genius who had been suppressed by a powerful family.
So, considering the other person's humble origins, he gave him some hints.
After obtaining this demon, Jiang Ziliu had the Forging Throne process it, transforming it into a tool for opening doors in his own Dungeon Space.
After returning to Jiang Lineage's fortress, Jiang Ziliu controlled the demon to infiltrate the dream of a mid-level member in his base's Dungeon Space.
By analyzing this person's memories in reverse through dreams, some information was obtained.
Jiang Ziliu has confirmed that this SS Grade Dungeon Space is indeed the headquarters of the Jiang Family, but the number of Diamond Rank experts from the Jiang Clan here is not three, but six!
They have three Diamond Rank experts on the surface, with strength ranging from one to three stars.
However, three ancestor-level individuals, two five-star Diamond Rank experts, and one six-star Diamond Rank expert were secretly hidden.
Once a Beast Tamer reaches the Diamond level, unless they possess exceptionally rare or extraordinary talent, and the Beasts they tame also have extremely high growth potential, most of them grow very slowly, perhaps taking hundreds or even thousands of years to advance even one star level.
Moreover, the resources needed for the growth of Diamond Rank Diamond Rank are extremely rare, which is another important factor limiting their growth.
Besides these, there are thirteen Gold Rank Beast Tamers in the open and seven Gold Rank Beast Tamers in the shadows within this base.
Within the entire stronghold of the Jiang Family, there are a total of six Diamond Rank powerhouses and twenty Gold Rank powerhouses.
Such power is already enormous.
The member controlled by the demon was responsible for managing the records of Jiang Lineage's confidential information, which is why he knew so many secrets.
But whether there were other hidden Jiang Lineage forces elsewhere was beyond his knowledge.
That was a secret known only to the three hidden ancestors.
Having learned all this, Jiang Ziliu had the Ox-Headed Dream-Devouring Nightmare act as the opener of the coordinates and dream passage, and had the Forging Throne assist in sending A Kun inside.
Once inside, A Kun immediately infiltrated the underground world of Jiang Lineage's stronghold.
The memories the demon obtained through dreams were incomplete; what A Kun investigated was the most accurate.
This SS Grade Dungeon Space can accommodate Diamond Rank lifeforms, and its size is almost equivalent to the combined size of four or five provinces.
Surprisingly, this Dungeon Space contains resource production areas such as medicinal herb fields, exotic beast breeding bases, and grain production areas.
They captured Wisdom alien races such as orcs, elves, and dwarves, and enslaved them to work for them.
The Jiang Lineage was also very careful and did not take the risk of enslaving Human Race.
After all, this is a world where super strong individuals exist. While powerful Human Race, the true upper echelons of Human Race do value their Human Race.
Moreover, some of the strongest Human Race rose to power from humble beginnings.
Therefore, while ordinary people found it difficult to rise up, they still received a certain degree of protection in terms of basic survival and freedom.
A Kun conducted a secret investigation and came to a conclusion that was similar to the person's memory in the dream.
Within this stronghold, the Jiang Family's power was indeed limited.
Next, Jiang Ziliu's task is to seal off the two passages to this SS Grade Dungeon Space.
But before that, A Kun inadvertently discovered a hidden treasure vault known only to the Jiang Lineage family patriarch.
The existence of this treasure trove is extremely well-hidden.
Moreover, almost no one in the Jiang Clan knew that this treasure trove was located at the entrance of the Jiang Clan's SS Grade dungeon. It looked ordinary on the surface, but it was actually a special Fallen Void Star Ruin Core.
It is a product of a high-grade meteorite core fragment.
The original meteorite of this kind of rubble core possesses natural spatial power, which can be used to create a small world.
Its aura was deep and still, without any energy fluctuations. Judging from its normal appearance and aura, it was just an ordinary, seemingly hard rock.
But in reality, it is the best object used by various interstellar races as a secret treasure vault.
Even those who know their stuff would find it difficult to distinguish it from ordinary natural rocks without careful examination.
If it weren't for the sharp eyes of the Forging Throne that spotted this thing, Jiang Ziliu would never have known that this ordinary rock was actually a hidden treasure vault.
The Jiang Lineage ancestors clearly hid it very well.
Even at the most important entrance location, it exists as an ordinary paving stone, and people cannot detect its special features at all.
Most importantly, this place is very special; no one would bother to disturb an ordinary rock for no reason.
Moreover, if a problem arises and an emergency evacuation is needed, the Jiang Lineage patriarch can take it away from the entrance of the Dungeon Space at any time without having to specifically search for the Lineage's hidden treasure vault.
The Forging Throne belonged to the three patriarchs of the Jiang Lineage because it bore their aura.
Through A Kun's power, the Forging Throne imprinted his special power mark on this hidden treasure vault, so that he could immediately take it away once Jiang Ziliu's operation began.
Subsequently, through A Kun's investigation, Jiang Ziliu discovered the Jiang Lineage's most visible treasure trove within this stronghold.
This treasure vault is an underground pagoda-shaped vault crafted from Silver Rank metal Earth Mithril Alloy.
Its overt protection is extremely tight.
Two Gold Rank experts were hidden inside the pagoda, while another Gold Rank expert guarded the outermost gate.
The other person looked like an ordinary old man sunbathing; most people wouldn't guess that he was a Gold Rank Beast Tamer.
Next, he also investigated the distribution of the entire Jiang Clan's military strength.
However, after much deliberation, Jiang Ziliu did not immediately launch an attack against the Jiang Clan from his headquarters.
He remembered that the Jiang Clan had other locations with Dungeon Space, which would be their Lineage's biggest weakness.
He can launch a multi-pronged attack, first thoroughly investigating the situation before undertaking any major undertaking.