The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 957: Chapter 957: Constructing the Dream Realm, Nanke Spirit Land

Shen Mo’s Standing fell asleep, using the Demon Soul General Fearness Venerable as a cornerstone, beginning to weave his dream using the foundation of the Great Dream Enlightenment Sutra’s dream-building method!

The Standing is an illusion body transformed by the Gecko Divine Skill magic, it doesn’t possess independent intellect, although it seems no different from a living person, it’s actually Shen Mo controlling it remotely. As the Standing sleeps and dreams, a part of Shen Mo’s consciousness residing in the Standing also falls into a ”slumber.”

This feeling is very strange, one part of the consciousness is awake, but another part seems to be dreaming;

If not for the thick and sturdy soul, and the firm Path Heart of a Great Cultivator, doing such might lead one to confuse reality and dreams, eventually going insane and turning into a mentally deranged lunatic!

With eyes half-closed, Shen Mo’s conscious part sensed the dream woven by the ”sleeping consciousness.”

His conscious body emerged from his own Dreamland.

”Though it cannot compare to Senior Dream’s Dreamland, it can accommodate the consciousness of cultivators below the Formless realm, and even those of lower realms can have their souls travel here without their souls collapsing!”

The layout here is largely similar to Dream True Master’s Dreamland. After all, it is a dream world constructed with the same Dream Path cultivation method. However, since Shen Mo’s Dreamland is built on the cornerstone of Fearness Venerable, the Smoke Demon, its overall tone and atmosphere lean towards something cold and terrifying!

Furthermore, in the empty and unsupported Dreamland, grotesque monsters with fanged claws continuously emerged from the void.

They are more like countless demons pieced back together after being shattered, rather than the commonly seen demons in the Immortal Realm, appearing twisted and ferocious; these monsters are actually manifestations of Fearness Venerable’s demonic thoughts. As a Smoke Demon, it thrived on the joys and desires of earthly creatures, naturally harboring heavy demonic thoughts unlike the tranquility and inaction of Dream True Master!

These diverse monsters not only possess various absurd and strange abilities, but they are also almost invincible in this dream world.

If this problem isn’t resolved, any cultivator from the Red Flame Sect or any native from the Nine Realms entering this Dreamland through Dream Method would find themselves in extreme danger. If their conscious bodies are harmed by the monsters, it will equally reflect in reality, damaging their souls at the least, or corrupting their Path Heart and distorting their understanding of cultivation at the worst!

”Even when alive, Fearness Venerable wasn’t my match. A mere few demonic thoughts dare to rebel?” Shen Mo coldly snorted, activating the Divine Soul Contemplation Scripture and the Great Sun Tathagata Heart Scripture in reality.

In an instant, the cold, terrifying Dreamland teeming with monsters underwent a tremendous change.

A blazing sun slowly rose, which was the Scorching Sun Soul Phase within Shen Mo’s Mind Sea, hovering over a corner of the Dreamland sky, emanating ten thousand rays of light that dispelled the chilling, piercing atmosphere.

Under the warm and bright sunlight, countless monsters within the Dreamland let out agonizing, miserable howls as if being scorched by fire, their flesh and skin gradually charred and fell off, soon turning into a pile of ashes.

But good times didn’t last long, as in the blink of an eye, innumerable dream monsters sprang into being once more.

Because the cornerstone of this Dreamland is the Demon Soul General Fearness Venerable, its demonic thoughts cannot be entirely eradicated, so these dream monsters naturally cannot be killed off or extinguished!

In the next moment, the pure soil of Green Cloud Peak cultivated by the Great Sun Tathagata Heart Scripture also manifested within the Dreamland;

Like a clear Dark Ice cast into a turbid lake, the dream monsters’ demonic thoughts and the eerie atmosphere were all repelled, making the area of the pure land vibrant and sunny, resembling a piece of paradise.

The Scorching Sun Soul Phase shone over a thousand miles, and the pure soil of Green Cloud Peak continuously expanded...

Soon, the horrifying demonic zone teeming with monsters was pushed to the very edges of the Dreamland!

”That’s about it! Once others connect their dreams to this Dreamland through the Dream Method, this place will continuously expand, large enough for them to operate and trade. As long as they don’t step outside the range of the pure soil, there should be no life-threatening danger!”

The full form of Dreamland is not just the dream of Shen Mo alone but a dream shared by countless individuals.

Cultivators with a clear Path Heart who enter here, their dreams will also gradually perfect this Dreamland;

Dream True Master’s Dreamland only accepts cultivators and forbids demons and monsters including demonic beasts from entering, also fearing that their demonic thoughts would transform his Dreamland into a demonic soil!

”The Dreamland I constructed is different from Senior Dream’s Dreamland and needs a distinct name for differentiation.”

”To the natives of the Lower Realm, although this place isn’t the Immortal Realm, they can come into contact with cultivation methods, manuals, and secret tales from the Immortal Realm, which is half a dimension higher than their original world. Moreover, this is a dream domain that seems both real and deceptive... let’s call it Nanke Spirit Land!”

A thought arose within Shen Mo’s mind.

At the core of the Dreamland, the pure soil of Green Cloud Peak, a grand mountain gate slowly emerged at the foot of the mountain, and on the archway, the four ancient seal characters ”Nanke Spirit Land” appeared in a dragon and phoenix dancing style!

At the same time, a myriad of beautifully crafted, antiquated pavilions and towers sprang from the ground. Each hall contained numerous manuals, including cultivation methods, magic and martial arts, secret events, and classics of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation like elixirs, talismans, artifacts, and formations.

This was prepared for the native cultivators from the Nine Lower Realms. To set up a shocking array, relying solely on Shen Mo and the Red Flame Sect members is insufficient, the involvement and efforts of countless lower realm cultivators are needed.

”As for the rewards for the tasks completed by the cultivators of the Nine Realms, and the equivalent currency for transactions in this area, they can imitate Dreamland Coins, temporarily called Nanke Coins!” Shen Mo thought, and instantly, an ancient and exquisitely designed coin landed in his hand.

Subsequently, with sparks continuously splashing and flickering from his conscious body, Shen Mo spent a little over half an hour to mark all the manuals in Nanke Spirit Land with a price.

The cheapest costs only one Nanke Coin, while the most expensive requires tens of millions of Nanke Coins... As long as the Dreaming Cultivators possess enough Nanke Coins, they can purchase various precious manuals including cultivation methods!

In Nanke Spirit Land, there are two ways to obtain coins.

The first method, similar to earning Dreamland Coins in the Dreamland, cultivators can trigger mind sparkles to spontaneously gain Nanke Coins, or acquire them through trading with others.

After practicing the Great Dream Enlightenment Sutra, Shen Mo realized that the ”valuable mental sparkle” of cultivators was crucial for perfecting the whole Dreamland and the Great Dream Path, so he deliberately retained this source to encourage Dreamers to contribute more precious thoughts.

The second method is task-based bounty posts in the spiritual land, where Dreaming Cultivators can earn Nanke Coins by completing tasks in reality.

But this involves the intricate affairs of the nine real Lower Realms.

Therefore, Shen Mo will delegate the authority to post bounties, assess task completion, and reward Nanke Coins to the Red Flame Sect members entering the Dreamland, allowing them to act as the managers of Nanke Spirit Land and decide how to mobilize the native cultivators of the Lower Realm!

After all this, the conscious part of Shen Mo responded to the invocation of his Daoist title by the Red Flame Gate members traveling to other worlds.

Soon, a series of conscious bodies appeared in Nanke Spirit Land.