Chapter 39: The First Collision Between Dream and Reality

【You and Yan Beicheng discussed the matter of the Tianyuan Continent's barrier.】

【In the history of the Tianyuan Continent, the Seventh Realm was the limit; never had any living being stepped into the Eighth Realm.】

【Even you, powerful enough to dominate the entire era, had never touched the Eighth Realm.】

【With your current power, you should have long since surpassed the scope of the Seventh Realm; perhaps as long as you focused on sensing it, you could reach the Eighth Realm.】

【You decided to break the Tian Yuan Barrier together with Yan Beicheng.】

【Power beyond the rules was the only hope of saving Tu Shan Jiao Jiao!】

【You now had no attachments left; even your child Tu Shan Mingyue had broken through to the Seventh Realm not long ago.】

【The Spirit Clan grew stronger by the day, no longer fearing oppression from the Demon Tribe and the Human Race.】

【Your life was about to reach its final chapter.】

【Legends of your peerless deeds spread everywhere across the Tianyuan Continent; you had created an entirely new era, and in the final moments of your life, you wished to leave one more brilliant mark.】

【For Tu Shan Jiao Jiao, and also for yourself.】

【Seven days later, you and Yan Beicheng arrived at a highly unusual Forbidden Land. The Spatial Law there was extraordinary, radiating a power that amazed even you.】

【But to you, this was not fear—it was hope.】

【You and Yan Beicheng began to comprehend the rules of this place.】

【"The soul of the one who holds her, lives in symbiosis with her."】

【In the unseen depths, you heard Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's gentle whisper once more. Your soul had long since reached a level unattainable by any living being in the world.】

【While comprehending the Forbidden Land Spatial Law, you discovered a peculiar phenomenon.】

【One portion of the Spatial Law was easier to comprehend with the soul of the Demon Tribe; another portion was easier to comprehend with the soul of the Human Race.】

【Your soul belonged to both the Demon Tribe and the Human Race, so your comprehension was swift.】

【This was precisely why Yan Beicheng had never been able to comprehend it in its entirety.】

【After seven times seven—forty-nine days—you touched the membrane of the Eighth Realm, and your power had long since reached the standard of the Eighth Realm.】

【Just as you were preparing to shatter the Tian Yuan Barrier, you discovered that your remaining lifespan was insufficient to support another Breaking Realm.】

【You made a decision on the spot.】

【You passed on all the Dao principles you had comprehended to Yan Beicheng.】

【Under your careful guidance, even without a Demon Tribe soul, that fellow still managed to comprehend the law in its entirety.】

【"Begin the Breaking Realm. We don't have much time left."】

【You were destined to be unable to complete the task of saving Tu Shan Jiao Jiao, so you decided to entrust it to your child Tu Shan Yue Ming.】

【Once Yan Beicheng broke the boundary, the Tianyuan Continent would undergo earth-shattering changes.】

【Tu Shan Yue Ming would then be able to accomplish what you could not.】

【"Hey, Tu Shan Wuyou."】

【Before departing, Yan Beicheng called out to you. He found calling you by name alone too affectionate, and since you had no surname, he simply bestowed one on you.】

【You had already fused with Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's soul, so calling you Tu Shan Wuyou wasn't wrong.】

【"Once I've gone to a greater world, I will find you in Reincarnation, until I defeat you."】

【"If I don't slay this Heart Demon of mine, I'm afraid I'll never attain Longevity in this life."】

【In this life, Yan Beicheng had never once beaten you.】

【You were his lifelong nemesis, his eternal pain.】

【"Good! I'll wait for you to come find me."】

【You smiled. "I'm just afraid you won't be able to find me."】

【After speaking, you both gazed at the Tian Yuan Barrier, and you were the first to launch an assault against it.】

【As long as the barrier was broken even slightly, allowing outside rules to flood in and disrupt Tianyuan's rules, the living beings of Tianyuan would have hope of reaching the Eighth Realm.】

【You struck first because you were destined to have no hope of the Eighth Realm.】

【You were merely fighting for a sliver of hope for those who came after.】

【After pouring out all your power, you stepped aside from the path, your body transforming into a Long Rainbow plummeting beneath the Heavenly Dome.】

【Then you stripped away the portion of your soul that belonged to Tu Shan Jiao Jiao and infused it into a Soul Lamp.】

【Rumble—!】

【Immediately after, a tremendous boom resounded from the Heavenly Dome.】

【A radiance that did not belong to the Tianyuan Continent spilled down from above the Heavenly Dome, shining upon the Soul Lamp.】

【You watched the lit Soul Lamp, your gaze growing increasingly blurred.】

【Another figure descended before you along with the radiance. You could faintly make out that it was Yan Beicheng.】

【A brand-new Yan Beicheng.】

【"Tu Shan Wuyou, I've done it! I've done it!"】

【"I found the power of the Eighth Realm!"】

【"A whole new world—the name of this realm is—Supreme."】

Lin Chuan jolted awake from the dream.

The final passage of 【Forbidden Love】 had fully immersed his emotions in it, one reversal after another, and the ending was something he had never expected.

Lin Chuan's heart pounded for a long while, unable to collect himself.

"The Eighth Realm! Supreme?"

The name of this realm jolted Lin Chuan wide awake; the blurred lines between illusion and reality in the dream seemed to flood into his mind all at once.

Among the eight cultivation realms of the Nine-phase World, the eighth realm was also, coincidentally, the Supreme Realm.

"Is it a coincidence?"

Lin Chuan dearly hoped so, but he had to reject the thought.

Up to this day, he could no longer numb himself.

Xiao Rumeng and her mysterious mother, the absurdly kind Daoist Qingyu — all of these were telling Lin Chuan that dreams and reality were not entirely separate.

"The Fenji Sword Art can manifest into reality, the Yun Xin Shen Sword can manifest into reality, even the power from within a dream can reflect into reality, then…"

"Why couldn't a person from a dream?!"

Those thoughts Lin Chuan had suppressed now surged forth like a tide, impossible to contain any longer.

If it were merely a dream, he would have gladly accepted reality.

Every beloved from his dreams shared a deep bond with him, a devotion that transcended life and death.

The problem now was…

His beloveds were not just one, but two.

No! It should be three!!

Three women make a stage; three beloveds could make Lin Chuan drop dead on the spot.

"Dog System, are you playing me?"

If I'd known earlier, would I have chosen so many heroines?

Regretting it now was obviously too late.

Yun Zhi Yi was still all right — a well-behaved Xiao Qingmei, gentle and not domineering in nature, most likely still open to discussion.

Mo Sangyu was different — seemingly innocent and naive, yet hidden within her body was the personality of Hong Yi Mo Zun.

"After seeing my other two beloveds, wouldn't Hong Yi Sangyu enter world-annihilation mode?"

"No wonder Daoist Qingyu inexplicably started fighting with Mengmeng's mother that day — so that's why."

Once he accepted in his heart that dreams had merged into reality, everything became reasonable — all the fog dispersed, and everything became clear.

Lin Chuan felt that if one day he were beaten to death as a faithless man, that too would be quite reasonable.

Though he could guarantee that his feelings for Mo Sangyu, Yun Zhi Yi, and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao were all True Love, and that when together with each he had never been half-hearted,

it was of absolutely no use.

The only way he could 'barely survive' in the cracks was…

……

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Tu Shan Yue Ming · Light of the Spirit Clan