Chapter 1 Dreamer's Forum

The Dreamer's Forum and the Enforcer Martial Artists' Forum exploded, filled with outrage.

Scanning through them one by one, Feng Mingtao's expression turned grave.

The monk suspected of obtaining the inheritance of the Zhuan Lun Dharma was traveling west, and all the Dreamers he encountered, or rather those with martial arts skills, were killed.

He especially went on a killing spree against those connected to the Wang Quan Dao!

Countless Dreamers had been killed along his path, and many had even abandoned their identities as Dreamers, now venting their anger on the forum.

Some even wanted to seek redress from the official authorities, which made Feng Mingtao shake his head. If there were official authorities, the Special Affairs Bureau would have already intervened.

"The inheritance of the Zhuan Lun Dharma, and such a great feud with the Wang Quan Dao..."

Feng Mingtao muttered to himself, his gaze hardening as he landed on a post.

He was very familiar with the poster.

It was his 'brother-in-law', Yi Feibai, with whom he had a very bad relationship.

He had also been killed by the monk, even more miserably than himself. He had directly lost his Dreamer identity...

[The one who killed me: Zhuan Lun Wang!]

"Zhuan Lun Wang? He's not dead yet?"

Feng Mingtao was horrified, even forgetting to gloat.

As the most famous 'anti-Wang Quan Dao figure' in history, few Dreamers didn't know the great name of Zhuan Lun Wang.

But Tai Bai Patriarch, such an existence, hadn't completely killed him?

Or was it that this Tai Bai Patriarch, like Wang Quan Patriarch, deliberately left him for future generations to hone themselves?

Shocked, Feng Mingtao's hand slipped, and he clicked in to view it. In this scarlet-topped post, Yi Feibai recounted his experience.

"I died!"

"I died in the 'Yi Bai Pavilion' that I founded. Including myself, three Earth Ranking experts who had cultivated Yin Yang Wuji were killed almost without resistance."

"Cause of death: Zhuan Lun Dharma."

Compared to the hysteria of some who had lost their Dreamer identities, Yi Feibai appeared very calm, calmly recounting the entire process of his death.

In fact, the process was shorter than imagined.

The three of them working together didn't last longer than Feng Mingtao, dying without any suspense.

However, among the three of them, there was an inner disciple of the Wang Quan Dao who, coincidentally, was also learning the 'Zhuan Lun Dharma'…

It was he who recognized Zhuan Lun Wang's identity.

"Buddha Kingdom! Between the monk's steps, there was a Buddha Kingdom accompanying him. This is a realm even higher than the Great World Abiding recorded in the 'Skyscraper Zhuan Lun Dharma'. 'World and Self as One'!"

"Buddha Kingdom, World and Self as One! There won't be a second person with such characteristics! The inheritance of Zhuan Lun Temple was destroyed three thousand years ago, and it's impossible for Wang Quan Dao disciples to condense a Buddha Kingdom!"

…

Seeing this, Feng Mingtao didn't continue reading. The last scene he saw before his death uncontrollably surfaced in his mind.

The demonic Buddha that even the dark clouds couldn't hide, and the monk's extremely strong hatred for the Wang Quan Dao.

"Could it really be Zhuan Lun Wang?"

Feng Mingtao's heart palpitated, and he had the urge to immediately enter the dream to investigate, but he gave up.

He only had one chance left, and he couldn't risk his life.

In three years, countless people had lost their Dreamer identities, but no one had been able to re-enter after losing their Dreamer status.

That 'Dream Master' didn't like failures, or perhaps there was a trick to three deaths.

Beep, beep~

At this moment, the communicator rang. Feng Mingtao suppressed his doubts and answered. Chu Fan's voice came from inside: "Brother Feng, are you alright?"

"You've died before, haven't you? What do you think?"

Feng Mingtao replied unhappily. Except for not actually dying, all the feelings were similar to death.

"I've read the posts and also questioned all the experts who were killed, including Yi Feibai. Yi Feibai is right. This monk is probably really Zhuan Lun Wang…"

Chu Fan's voice was slightly solemn: "If it's him, then the problem is very big…"

"How so?"

Feng Mingtao was slightly stunned.

"The Wang Quan Dao disappeared, and Zhuan Lun Wang was born. These two things happened at the same time. Is this really a coincidence?"

Chu Fan hinted.

"You mean someone arranged all this? The Dream Master?"

Feng Mingtao reacted.

That's right!

Who could force the Wang Quan Dao offline, and who could decide Zhuan Lun Wang's reincarnation time?

He came back to his senses. This dream was too real, so much so that he subconsciously forgot that there were still the words 'game' before this dream.

If it followed the normal game routine, it was time to open a new 'expansion pack'!

"We can't guess what the Dream Master wants to do, but obviously, according to normal game logic, we should be facing a 'test'…"

On the other end of the phone, Chu Fan glanced at Su Jie, who was holding a crystal ball and constantly making notes:

"A test to see if we can leave the novice village!"

This was Su Jie's guess.

And in his opinion, this guess was very reasonable.

"But there's still something wrong."

Feng Mingtao frowned again: "Many Earth Ranking experts, including Yi Feibai, have lost their Dreamer identities. The Dream Master doing this seems to contradict his constant efforts to attract people in."

Attracting people in on the one hand and strongly discouraging them on the other. This simply didn't make sense!

Even if it was raising Gu, choosing the best from the best, Yi Feibai, who ranked among the top hundred out of millions of Dreamers, shouldn't have been eliminated.

"Your thinking is human thinking. But that Dream Master, even if he's human, his level of thought won't be that of ordinary people…"

Su Jie dropped his pen, moved his fingers, took the phone, and responded to Feng Mingtao's question faintly:

"What you see is the Dream Master strongly discouraging you, but what I see is him spurring you on to progress!"

Saying that, Su Jie glanced at Chu Fan:

"In other words, in his eyes, your progress is too slow!"

Too slow!

On both ends of the phone, Feng Mingtao and Chu Fan were shocked, and then they smiled wryly.

Is cultivating Yin Yang Wuji in thirty years considered slow?

Thinking of generations of Wang Quan Daoists, the two had to admit that it did seem slow…

Not to mention the two strongest Wang Quan Dao Grandmasters of all time, among the Wang Quan Daoists and the Seven Wang Quan of past generations, there were many who reached the Heavenly Human Realm in thirty years.

"Do we have to kill Zhuan Lun Wang?"

Chu Fan's scalp tingled a little.

The Ninth Reincarnation Zhuan Lun Wang was already able to compete with Tai Bai Patriarch. Who among the global Dreamers could match the Tenth Reincarnation Zhuan Lun Wang?

Wait…

As if remembering something, Chu Fan's eyes lit up. It seemed it wasn't impossible…

"You can't kill him. Don't think too much."

Hearing Chu Fan's words, Su Jie shook his head: "That person is already whipping you, so he obviously has something he wants you to do. How could he let you kill Zhuan Lun Wang?"

"Even with another thirty years, can you kill Zhuan Lun Wang?"

Su Jie asked.

Chu Fan was speechless.

He had just reached Yin Yang Wuji. How far away was he compared to the Zhuan Lun Wang, who might already be at the ninth level of the Heavenly Human Realm?

If he wanted to kill him, even thirty more years might not be enough.

This time referred to real-world time.

"Alright, we should go."

Su Jie hung up the communicator, tidied up the table, picked up two crystal balls, and stood up.

"Where to?"

Chu Fan was stunned.

"To the research institute."

Holding the crystal ball, Su Jie's eyes lit up: "The 'spiritual template' has been found. If everything goes well, it might allow you to pass the 'test' of that Dream Master."

"Xuanyuan template?!"

Chu Fan was surprised and delighted. He didn't expect Su Jie's progress to be so fast with these two crystal balls in hand.

"Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan. These are the strongest 'Three Sovereigns Templates' in my vision. Don't think too much. This time, I'll implant the 'Phoenix' template for you first!"

Su Jie replied casually.

The spiritual template was a research project he had planned for a long time. Relying on the powerful computing power of the artificial intelligence Ying Long, his progress was already very fast, and the plan was extremely perfect.

The spiritual templates he had planned included many divine beasts, including the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Dan Phoenix, and White Fox, and the core was the 'Three Sovereigns Template'.

"Hehe."

Chu Fan wasn't disappointed either. He was naturally happy to have his hands and feet about to be recovered.

"Let's go."

Su Jie pushed the door open and went out.

Chu Fan followed, turning his wheelchair.

Whoosh~

The whistle sounded at the right time. When Chu Fan and the two arrived on the deck, the pier was already clearly visible.

"Hoo~"

Chu Fan exhaled a breath.

Although he wasn't unaccustomed to the many days of drifting at sea, he preferred to have his feet on solid ground compared to the ocean.

After getting off the ship, a special car came to pick them up.

It was a rugged off-road vehicle with a very familiar license plate. Chu Fan moved to the back seat, and when he looked up, he was immediately shocked: "You, you are?"

In front of him were two very familiar pretty faces, one charming like a fox and one aloof like a tiger.

"Doctor Wang, Sister Shi Li?!"

Chu Fan couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and his eyes were a little red: "You, you're back?"

"Are you crying? Let Sister take a look."

Jiang Shi Li reached out and touched Chu Fan's empty sleeves, and her eyes were also a little red: "It's heartbreaking to see you lose your arms and legs…"

"Have you seen each other enough in the dream?"

Wang Zhi Xuan glanced at the two and pursed her lips: "You weren't dead to begin with. Why are you acting like you're saying goodbye forever?"

As she spoke, her eyes were also a little moist, but fortunately, she had large sunglasses covering her face, so no one could see it.

"The dream is good, but it's not as good as being here. This is really a farewell forever!"

Jiang Shi Li recovered her composure and smiled charmingly.

"Sister Shi Li is right."

Chu Fan's heart warmed.

What could be more joyful than the return of comrades who had once shared life and death?

"You're also so stubborn. Wouldn't changing a body still make you you?"

Jiang Shi Li glared at him again.

Chu Fan smiled. Feng Mingtao accepted changing his body very naturally, but he still resisted.

He would rather wait three years to find other methods.

Fortunately, he had waited.

The vehicle drove into the suburbs, the mountains, and finally entered a heavily guarded base. After repeated inspections, it entered a rather large underground base.

"Qing Niao, Qiu Niu, Ya Zi... You, you're all back?"

Chu Fan, who was pushed out of the car by Jiang Shi Li, was surprised and delighted. There were many familiar people in the base, and former comrades had returned.

They had charged to the death in the Great Ocean War three years ago, and everyone had died except him.

"Who told us to die so cleanly? Otherwise, we would have come back long ago!"

Qiu Niu stepped forward and replaced Jiang Shi Li, smiling as he pushed Chu Fan towards the inside of the base.

How could changing bodies be so simple?

Especially since they had died too cleanly. Otherwise, they would have returned like Feng Mingtao long ago.

"Everyone, prepare yourselves."

At this time, Su Jie, who had changed into a white coat, walked in. He gave instructions while putting on gloves.

His position was very special, and he had the final say in this research institute.

As soon as he spoke, everyone dispersed and became busy after just returning.

Chu Fan followed Su Jie into the research institute and saw one or two familiar people through the closed glass cover.

"Wang Anfeng, Li Yan?"

Looking at the two lying on the experimental table, unconscious, Chu Fan frowned.

"Human experiments are a taboo, and I will only use them on myself."

Seeing what he was thinking, Su Jie explained:

"The two of them are very compatible with the templates simulated by Ying Long. Especially Li Yan, who has almost 70% compatibility with the 'Guhuoniao' I conceived, and Wang Anfeng is more than 50% similar to 'Wu Zhiqi'…"

Human experiments were a taboo in Da Xuan and could not be mentioned lightly.

In the current era of artificial intelligence development, there was no need for such unethical experiments. Su Jie had already communicated with Ying Long on the way.

He had selected Li Yan and Wang Anfeng from the large database.

In this day and age, experiments don't necessarily have to be done in the laboratory.

"I see…"

Chu Fan was relieved and also a little curious: "What about me?"

"You've escaped from situations where you were bound to die time and time again, so does it need to be said? Of course, it's the Phoenix! Letting you see the process is to reassure you…"

Su Jie glanced at Chu Fan, who was isolated outside the glass cover, slowly put on a mask, and connected to Ying Long:

"God-making experiment, prepare!"

Wang Zhi Xuan and Jiang Shi Li, who were beside him, were a little worried, but they didn't make a sound to disturb Su Jie, just watching quietly.

Both of them had research experience and naturally knew that this was the time when Su Jie couldn't be disturbed the most.

Buzz~

White lights rose in the laboratory, crisscrossing like a large net. Ying Long's cold voice also spread:

"The large database has been opened. The Guhuoniao and Wu Zhiqi information data clusters have been retrieved. The corresponding chips are ready and can be used to start the god-making experiment at any time!"

"It's about to begin…"

Chu Fan was a little nervous.

He had been with Su Jie for a while, so he naturally had a deep understanding of his ideas, but even if he had a deep confidence in Su Jie.

But that 'spiritual template,' or rather 'information aggregate,' was to be linked to the soul, using the soul to interfere with the body to make people 'evolve'.

"Anfeng, Xiaoyan…"

Jiang Shi Li's fingers were a little pale, and she was nervous in her heart.

Any experiment had risks, and this experiment was unprecedented. Even if Ying Long had calculated it billions of times, they couldn't help but be uneasy and worried.

But there was no way. Wang Anfeng and Li Yan were the most suitable candidates in the large database besides ordinary people, and they could only go on.

The significance of the god-making plan for Da Xuan didn't need to be said at all.

Wang Zhi Xuan held her hand and patted it comfortingly. Only then did Jiang Shi Li realize that Wang Zhi Xuan's hand was also a little cold, obviously not as calm as she appeared on the outside.

"Okay."

Su Jie nodded, looked at the two unconscious people on the experimental table, and his voice was very steady:

"Retrieve the 'Guhuoniao' template, target, Li Yan, inject the chip!"

…

Cold!

Dark!

No light, no direction.

Like falling from a high place in a dream, but never seeming to reach the ground.

"This, is this where my soul is? No, I can't fall asleep…"

The endless fall made Li Yan extremely uncomfortable, but he still persisted, wanting to see the surroundings clearly, to see the situation he was in.

He had been doing this for a long time.

He could feel that he was extremely sleepy, as if he could fall asleep at any time. He was persisting, but he didn't know how long he could persist.

Gradually, Li Yan was a little dazed, and the surroundings, which he couldn't perceive to begin with, seemed to be getting darker and darker.

Until one moment, he suddenly let out an extremely fierce, strange cry.

Like a bird, like a beast, and like a baby crying at night…

"Is it coming…"

He suddenly woke up for a moment, and at the last moment of falling into endless darkness, he saw an incomparably huge and ferocious figure.

Its body was round like a winnowing fan, with eighteen wings, nine necks, and eight heads. One of its necks had no head, and it was extremely fierce and terrifying.

As he looked up, pairs of eyes, either cold, fierce, tyrannical, or cunning, were also looking at him at the same time.

That, was that the Guhuoniao…

Li Yan's heart was shocked, and then indescribable pain exploded in his body, making him unable to help but scream.

Po~

A leather plug with a strong alcohol smell was stuffed into Li Yan's mouth.

Su Jie glanced at Li Yan, whose face was twisted in pain, and his eyes were very bright: "Feel the difference between yourself and before."

'Huff~'

The leather plug was removed, and Li Yan gritted his teeth, but still couldn't stop panting. He wasn't someone who couldn't stand pain, but this was too painful.

It was as painful as opening a hole in his head and pouring hot oil in.

After a long while, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to close his eyes.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he saw that fierce and terrifying Guhuoniao…

At the same time, he also felt the huge changes that had taken place in his body.

His body was adjusting and operating spontaneously. This movement seemed subtle but was actually extremely intense. He could almost feel his body becoming more and more powerful under this adjustment.

It wasn't just the change in the skin, flesh, internal organs, and even bone marrow seemed to be changing!

This change was similar to the Xuan Xing's Embracing the Elixir and the Jiu Fu Realm's Changing Blood, but it was much more immediate than the former two!

"It's a success…"

Feeling the changes that were taking place in Li Yan's body, a hint of joy rose in Su Jie's heart.

It's a success!

Roar~

In the next instant after Li Yan woke up, a sound like an ape's howl and a tiger's roar spread from the mouth of Wang Anfeng on the other side.

Crack~

With just one sound, many glass instruments in the laboratory had shattered.

"Anfeng?!"

Outside the glass cover, Wang Zhi Xuan and Jiang Shi Li's expressions changed drastically!

On the experimental table, Wang Anfeng, whose limbs were tightly bound, had now grown gray-white hair all over his body, as if he was about to turn into an ape in the next instant!

…

On the flattened summit of Wang Quan Mountain, Zhuan Lun Wang sat quietly for a full thirty-three days.

In thirty-three days, he searched every inch of Wang Quan Mountain, the mountains, dense forests, and caves, but unfortunately, he found nothing in the end.

Thirty-three days later, he left Wang Quan Mountain.

Hundreds of years of vicissitudes, let alone three thousand three hundred years?

After ten lifetimes, he no longer recognized anything in this world.

Da Feng, Golden Wolf, Red Cloud, Da Yan…

Starting from Nan Liang City, Zhuan Lun Wang began a long and endless search, and slaughter!

From Nan Liang to the desert, from Da Yan to Red Cloud.

Wherever Zhuan Lun Wang passed, corpses piled up like mountains, the martial world withered, and countless martial artists were beheaded by him, including, of course, batches of Dreamers.

Even more Dreamers were killed than ordinary martial artists.

Because even though the forum mentioned his identity, many Dreamers who thought they had multiple lives used all kinds of means to try to kill Zhuan Lun Wang.

Some for fame, some for the mysteries of the Heavenly Human Realm, and some for the mysteries of how he could exist for three thousand three hundred years.

This included Truman, the Dreamer's Alliance, and the Special Affairs Bureau.

Although the forces didn't cooperate, they rarely put down their prejudices and no longer fought each other, but instead focused on Zhuan Lun Wang.

Even without the secret of the Heavenly Human Realm, the temptation of longevity, such an unbridled and ruthless Heavenly Human Realm expert made many major forces uneasy.

In the tenth year of Zhuan Lun Wang's appearance in the dream, a large number of Dreamers didn't dare to enter the dream, fearing that they would lose their last life.

And this number was still constantly increasing.

If he was allowed to exist, sooner or later, all the Dreamers would be killed by him!

Whoosh whoosh~

The wind and sand in the vast sea were fierce. On the third floor of the Hanlong Inn, Zhuan Lun Wang sat by the window, gazing at the long sky filled with wind and sand, his expression cold:

"Are you still alive? …"

Ten years wasn't much to him, and at his speed, it was enough to travel the world.

Except for the unexplored starry sky, he had almost traveled all the mountains, islands, forbidden areas, and secret places in the world, but he hadn't found any traces of the Wang Quan Dao.

But the lack of flaws was the flaw!

After Li Taibai cut down the Heavenly Gate with his sword, even if geniuses with the ability to govern the world rose up, they wouldn't be able to break open the Heavenly Gate, let alone ascend as a sect.

And apart from the Heavenly Gate, there was no other way for a group of people to disappear so completely.

They were neither seen alive nor found dead!

And what made him even more puzzled was those 'people' who seemed to have been killed by him once but reappeared again.

This had to make him have some very bad thoughts.

He had practiced the Skyscraper Zhuan Lun Dharma since childhood, and after ten lifetimes of cultivation, he had already cultivated this martial art to an unprecedented realm. Likewise, he was extremely sensitive to the outside world.

All these ambiguous things had to make him suspect.

Was this world real…

Whoosh whoosh~

In the wind and sand in the far distance, Truman stood in the air, and his eyes flickered in his deep eye sockets: "A Heavenly Human who has lived for ten lifetimes…"

Lightly licking his lips, Truman's heart palpitated.

He didn't believe some of the claims from the East, and he didn't care about the so-called deductions of the Golden Eagle Country, but a Heavenly Human who had lived for three thousand three hundred years without dying was too tempting to him.

"Lord Truman, those Easterners seem to be afraid of being killed and didn't come…"

A tall figure with a high nose and wide mouth and wild hair like a lion stepped on the yellow sand, first glanced at the Hanlong Inn in the far distance with fear, and then bowed and replied.

"They didn't come…"

Truman frowned slightly, his heart a little surprised: "Could it be that these Easterners discovered something?"

The tall white man shook his head: "Lord, without the cooperation of the masters of Da Xuan, we…"

"We, will not retreat!"

Truman took a deep breath: "He will only become stronger and stronger. If we don't take action now, there will be no chance to take action…"

"Hmm?"

"Where is he going?"

Before Truman could finish his words, the masters of the Dreamer's Alliance in various places in the wind and sand were alert and retreated, looking at the far distance with vigilance.

Truman gazed over.

He saw the monk in the moon-white monk's robe walking out of the inn and stepping into the sky in the wind and sand!

His speed wasn't fast, but it was very steady. It wasn't like he was crossing the air, but like he was stepping on solid ground, climbing up the steps and ascending to the sky.

Whoosh whoosh~

The fierce wind in the vast sea became more and more violent, and the celestial phenomena changed accordingly. Rolling dark clouds came from all directions and soon enveloped the boundless desert.

And under everyone's gaze, while Zhuan Lun Wang was stepping into the sky, the aura on his body began to rise.

Until it rose to a level that made Truman's expression drastically change!

Everyone seemed to hear the grand and sacred sound of Buddha's chanting, and even the sound of countless believers in the Buddha Land chanting Buddhist scriptures.

Strands of Buddha's light, which were substantive and couldn't be covered by the wind, sand, or dark clouds, seemed to come from nowhere, connecting the long sky like rainbows.

"This Buddha's light is…"

Truman's heart was shocked, and in a trance, he seemed to see Buddha shadows walking from the void and from afar!

Those Buddha shadows had seventy percent similarity, only the aura changed, but they were all extremely powerful. Just one glance made his heart sway.

"Nine, nine Buddha shadows?"

Someone exclaimed, unable to suppress the shock: "He, could he really have a way to take back his former foundation?!"

They suddenly remembered the great battle recorded in the legends.

According to legend, before Zhuan Lun Wang fought Li Taibai, he used some secret method to find his previous life's cultivation. The cultivation of nine lifetimes merged into one, so he reached that earth-shattering level!

Wasn't this scene extremely similar to the legends?!

Boom!

As everyone's expressions drastically changed, thunder and lightning rolled and exploded in the long sky!

As the nine Buddha shadows stepped into the air, Zhuan Lun Wang put his hands together, and the dark gold Buddha shadow behind him reappeared in the long sky!

Ten great Buddhas with different forms appeared in the long sky, either raising a single palm, putting their hands together, forming hand seals, or holding a treasure bottle…

"Wang Quan Daoist, Li Taibai!"

With a sound like the collapse of the sky, Zhuan Lun Wang stepped into the starry sky, and then, the ten Buddha shadows behind him moved together.

The divine will, which had reached its extreme, boiled and burned, bursting out with light that was invisible to the naked eye but as dazzling as the sun in the perception of divine will.

It wanted to tear the void and open the Heavenly Gate!

Roar~~~

Zhuan Lun Wang let out a thunderous sound, and all the foundation accumulated over ten lifetimes turned into burning Buddha's light, as if to continue the path to the Heavenly Gate that Li Taibai had cut off:

"Aren't you coming out yet?!"

Buzz~

As the thunderous sound and Buddha's light surged, changes seemed to occur.

Zhuan Lun Wang's pupils suddenly shrank, and his long roar came to an abrupt end.

"What is that?!"

Truman, who had soared to a high altitude and was looking out from afar, also felt a chill in his heart and saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

He saw that in the endless gray starry sky, the flashing starlight had changed. The stars outlined between each other actually manifested a giant face that was indescribably large.

Grand, profound, sacred, and majestic.

Like a god-king sitting in the Nine Heavens, overlooking with indifference, sacred and majestic!

"You?!"