Chapter 404: Leviheide

Ao Daili lifted her gaze slightly, looking toward the highest part of the Spiritual World, where a spiritual sky shrouded everything, a reflection of the spirit realm on the mental plane!

She quickly withdrew her eyes and, in a serious tone, warned everyone:

"This is a marvelous world woven from the minds and consciousnesses of countless intelligent beings; it is not only marvelous but also dangerous—if you're not careful you'll lose yourself or your mental state will suffer."

"For the extraordinary, mental state is the gravest impact."

At this, Ao Daili looked at Lei Ke Dun and asked with some doubt:

"But isn't this the world of the book? Why does a mental world exist here as well?"

"It is a world imagined out of thin air, but that does not mean it is false; it is equally real, equally wondrous, and equally twisted."

Lun Na De spoke as if a wandering bard were reciting a poetic passage.

"You're just repeating Grandpa's words inside you, yet you're still chanting them," Kelei En silently snarked at his former colleague in his mind.

Lei Ke Dun paced slowly down the spiraling gray‑white steps, but his gaze unintentionally fell on Lun Na De and Kelei En. From this close observation, the old man must have already discovered Kelei En's identity, perhaps even sensed the aura of the Source Fortress.

"A world imagined out of thin air?" Ao Daili could not hide her curiosity and turned to Lun Na De behind her to ask aloud.

Lun Na De did not answer immediately; after lowering his head and remaining silent for a moment, he pretended to be profound and said, "What He imagines will manifest, what He fantasizes will descend into the material world, what He proclaims as the future will unfold and become reality."

"I know, that's a description of the Imaginary Dragon."

"So this is a real world He imagined? Even though He fell long ago, this world can still operate normally?"

Ao Daili's voice was rather cheerful, like a student who had perfectly answered the teacher's question in class.

Lun Na De was slightly surprised by Ao Daili's understanding of the Imaginary Dragon, but quickly concealed his emotion and replied without much feeling, "Heh, exactly."

"Something's coming."

Kelei En rasped, reminding the few who were focusing on communicating and listening.

Ao Daili turned her head toward the lower side of the spiral steps; a mass of solid black was swarming toward them like a tide that devours everything, bringing an indescribable terror.

Snap~ A crisp finger‑snapping sound rang out, and the next moment brilliant starlight spread rapidly, the deep‑blue radiance turning golden, then blazing white, like tiny suns; the dazzling light pierced straight through the surging black tide.

"This should be the subconscious fear of some beings toward darkness, or toward certain things within darkness; their subconscious intersected in the mental world and remained."

"When we set foot in this mental world, we interacted with those subconscious fears, and they manifested as a black, all‑consuming tide."

Ao Daili, relying on her psychology knowledge, explained the phenomenon that had just occurred.

Fo Er Si nodded vaguely, half‑understanding; ever since stepping into this mental world, she felt her mind's capacity was insufficient, the various scenes here constantly challenged her cognition, and suddenly a flood of ideas sprang up—"Is this the power of the collective subconscious?!"

The gray‑white scale cup Lei Ke Dun held in his left hand suddenly slipped from his grasp, floating in mid‑air; its complex, three‑dimensional mysterious symbols kept extending outward, as if establishing a link with some part of this mental world.

It floated quietly for a moment, then the gray‑white scale abruptly slammed forward, sending ripples outward and shedding layers of color from the surrounding space.

"What is this?" Fo Er Si asked, her gaze instinctively turning to Ao Daili, who knows the most about the mental world.

Ao Daili shook her head slightly and said, "I don't know either."

"It is establishing a connection with some place in this mental world."

Kelei En explained calmly in a single sentence.

"It's somewhat similar to what Mr. Azke taught me about overlapping the spirit realm with the mirror world; even in mysterious extraordinary worlds, many bits of knowledge intersect."

As he sighed, Kelei En saw the strange runes on the gray‑white scale weaving outward, quickly forming a somewhat illusory double‑door, dozens of meters tall; even the giant Goro Seir, before this door, looked like an underdeveloped child.

Lei Ke Dun quietly sensed the situation on the other side of the door, then chuckled and said:

"Let's go, we can reach our destination directly." As soon as the words left his mouth, he stepped forward toward the illusory double‑door.

As he approached, the door spontaneously split open, creating a gap wide enough for a normally sized person to pass through.

After entering the door, the surrounding scenery changed dramatically, and he found himself in a magnificent ancient structure with a wild and alien aesthetic.

It was a massive floating castle—or temple—surrounded by huge gray‑white stone pillars engraved with strange patterns, collectively supporting towering grand palaces.

Lei Ke Dun walked forward with practiced ease; this place was no different from the Leviheide that Anger Weide had manifested in his dream, except no giant dragon silhouettes remained here.

"Sss~ Deep within the mental world there's still a palace? Or is this also the subconscious left behind by some people?"

Lun Na De followed Fo Er Si and Ao Daili, drawing near to Leviheide; the moment he saw the scene, he was stunned, and the thought that had floated in his mind involuntarily whispered aloud.

Kelei En, trailing behind Lun Na De, was shocked by the massive palace and, with a sudden impulse, blurted out:

"'City of Miracles' Leviheide~"

"'City of Miracles'? Is this the Imaginary Dragon's Divine Realm?"

Ao Daili quickly recalled; she had long ago exchanged information about the Imaginary Dragon with Little Sun Dai Li Ke, and as soon as Kelei En spoke, she instantly remembered.

"The Imaginary Dragon's Divine Realm? Old man, we're now inside an ancient god's divine realm!" Lun Na De could not hide his surprised voice, communicating with the parasite Pa Lie Si inside his body.

"Just a divine realm; someday you'll go to the Deep Obsidian Heaven of the Dark Night."

Pa Lie Si replied irritably.

"That's completely different! Going to the Deep Obsidian Heaven is something after death, and this is an ancient god's divine realm—do you think there might be some ancient god's treasure left behind?"

Lun Na De ignored Pa Lie Si's less‑than‑pleasant mood and continued muttering in his mind.

"Hmph! That ancient god fell thousands of years ago; even if there is anything, it's none of your business. Moreover, among these people, you're only a bit stronger than that psychologist—just a bit."

Pa Lie Si emphasized the "bit" gap, causing Lun Na De's mindset to crumble a little; he loudly questioned in his mind:

"Impossible—aside from that gloomy guy behind me, the lady in the beige dress must be the weakest here, right?"

"She possesses a rather nice magical item, just below high‑tier artifacts, roughly the strongest of its class."

Pa Lie Si gave a brief explanation, then fell silent; no matter how much Lun Na De shouted in his mind, no sound emerged.

Soon, he followed Lei Ke Dun into the great hall of Leviheide.

The moment he set foot in this hall, his own voice echoed rapidly around him:

"Old man~ Old man~"

"Don't act like a child, snapping at every little thing."

He stared up in astonishment, not understanding why his voice was resonating everywhere.

"What's going on?"

My voice, no, it's my thought.

(End of chapter)