Chapter 750

"Amitabha Buddha..."

"This is the first layer of dream constructed by the Dream-Building Array!"

"This layer of dream has no concrete world view—it is merely a space, designed to facilitate entry into the second layer!"

"Are all you lay followers well?"

The Buddha's chant echoed as the Buddha Emperor gazed at the crowd.

We're fine!

In this first layer of dream, though all had entered the dream, none had become lost in it.

"Buddha Emperor... please open the second layer of dream space quickly! Staying too long in this first layer brings no benefit!" Nearby, the Great Lun Mingwang had already begun urging.

"Hmm!" The Buddha Emperor nodded: "Very well... then let us open it!"

"Open!"

The Buddha Emperor, Great Lun Mingwang, and the Golden Vajra Demon Emperor once again combined their strength, pouring countless magic powers and laws into the Dream-Building Array.

The scenery before everyone shifted again.

He Pingsheng felt a moment of dizziness, then was pulled by an invisible, immense force from the first layer of dream into the second.

The second layer resembled the first.

It was merely a space—empty, barren, devoid of anything.

No sky, no earth, no other people!

This was not a world.

It was merely a simplified layer, designed to better facilitate entry into the third layer, so many props and scenes had been omitted.

"Everyone, stay alert!" Great Lun Mingwang shouted.

She had noticed some were beginning to grow drowsy.

Though all were prodigies of the Tianhuo Continent, there were still differences among prodigies.

Moreover, there were differences between Imperial Domains.

In some Imperial Domains, the top-ranked prodigy was inferior to the lowest-ranked prodigy in the Nirvana Imperial Domain.

Prodigies vary in strength—there's nothing to be done about it!

Fortunately, He Pingsheng felt fine.

After arriving in this second layer, he still felt fully awake.

"Young brother, how do you feel?"

"Not lost yet?"

Wang Dun drifted over from somewhere, grinning broadly at He Pingsheng.

His black face looked bizarre and comical against the pink-purple space.

"I'm fine!" He Pingsheng nodded: "It's manageable—this layer's dream force hasn't yet pulled me in forcibly!"

"But I can't stay long. If we remain here for days on end, I'll likely become lost."

He Pingsheng spoke the truth.

Temporary clarity does not mean lasting clarity.

"All of you, maintain your focus—the third layer of dream is coming soon!"

"Open!"

Great Lun Mingwang shouted as he continuously poured his magic power and Dao laws into the array.

The three Demon Emperors furiously activated their divine abilities.

The next instant, the surrounding space roared and spun again.

And then... a thread of light pierced into a certain world.

He Pingsheng opened his eyes and saw a vast, boundless world.

This world contained mountains and rivers, sun and moon, countless living beings!

He Pingsheng's spiritual sense surged outward, sweeping across the surroundings.

Yet even with his current spiritual sense capable of scanning millions of zhang, he could not see the entirety of this world.

Over a thousand prodigies stood suspended in the void.

Some were drowsy, some already asleep, others, like He Pingsheng, gazed around curiously.

Before them stood the three Demon Emperors.

"Go..."

The Buddha Emperor drew forth the dust of worldly attachments from his sack, his magic power surging—those few grains of dust scattered into countless specks, falling across the entire world.

Impossible to trace.

This substance is not found—it is naturally drawn and condensed according to your inner balance of detachment and worldly involvement.

"All of you!" The Buddha Emperor looked at the thousand prodigies and said: "After you fall asleep, you will awaken in this void with a new identity!"

"Go!"

Hummm... hummm... hummm...

The moment the Buddha Emperor finished speaking, someone collapsed into sleep.

His body turned into a beam of light and descended into the world below.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

More and more people could no longer withstand the dream force here and slipped into slumber.

Once they fell asleep, it meant successful worldly immersion.

They would then forget everything about themselves and become ordinary people.

After roughly ten breaths, fewer than ten prodigies remained.

Of these ten were He Pingsheng, Wang Dun, and the Phoenix Clan's Feng Wanxi.

The remaining seven, He Pingsheng did not know.

"The human race shall rise... It seems you truly are about to ascend!" The Buddha Emperor glanced at He Pingsheng and Wang Dun, his eyes narrowing slightly.

He Pingsheng asked: "Disciple humbly asks the Buddha Emperor: Are we now within this dream as our physical bodies, or merely our spiritual consciousness?"

The Buddha Emperor gazed deeply at He Pingsheng and said: "You still remain so alert... Hmph... rare, indeed..."

"What you have entered now is merely your intent—not your physical body!"

"Even I myself am merely an intent-body; our physical forms remain within the Dream-Building Array!"

He Pingsheng nodded.

In the time it took to speak, six more people descended into the world below.

"Oh..." Feng Wanxi yawned and said: "Elders, I shall now enter the worldly realm!"

With that, she shot upward as a streak of light and vanished into the world below.

Soon, the entire void, save for the three Demon Emperors, held only He Pingsheng and Wang Dun.

"This..."

The three Demon Emperors each wore expressions of shock.

Human race!

Good heavens, these two lads are both human!

"Senior Brother Wang, no need to linger—I'm entering the worldly realm now!" He Pingsheng did not wait until he grew weary; instead, he deliberately released his spiritual intent, and with a thunderous rush, merged into this world—his body turned to golden light and vanished from the heavens and earth.

Now, only Wang Dun remained.

"Hehehe..." Wang Dun chuckled, his black face revealing a row of white teeth: "Uh... Buddha Emperor... why haven't you thrown that stone yet?"

The Buddha Emperor nearly stumbled backward.

Throw?

I'll throw your mother!

Do you expect me to throw it now so you can go pick it up?

"Amitabha Buddha!" the Buddha Emperor said: "Obtaining this stone depends entirely on karmic fortune!"

"Only after everyone has entered the dream will I randomly cast this stone into this world!"

"So... lay follower, please enter the worldly realm first!"

"Oh oh oh..." Wang Dun nodded as if understanding: "Alright... thank you, Buddha Emperor, for clarifying—I'll begin entering the worldly realm now!"

Boom...

The next instant, Wang Dun also turned into a streak of light and flew into the world.

"Phew..." The Buddha Emperor sighed deeply: "Finally, everyone has entered the worldly realm!"

"Now, I must send the stone in!"

As he spoke, he pulled out the stone: "Otherwise, if that brat keeps pestering me, even I might fall into the dream..."

"Indeed!" Great Lun Mingwang nodded: "Though our cultivation is higher, we still cannot withstand the dream force of these three layers for long. Brother, quickly cast the stone down—we wish to depart soon!"

Even Mahayana Demon Emperors here could only remain awake temporarily.

The longer they stayed, the less certain things became.