"Kaboom!"
There were originally no clouds in the vast skies, however, a piece of cloud appeared suddenly.
Immediately, a lightning bolt flashed across the skies.
Moments later in the direction of Middle Region, a fogbow appeared and shined brightly, as though it pierced through the skies. The dark cloud was dispersed at once to reveal the clear blue skies.
"Eh?"
Fang Yuan looked towards the sky and the corner of his mouth raised in amusement, "This feeling... this is a crazy idea mentioned in Sage Changli's inheritance, the 9 Heavenly Sky Net Array? I can't believe the Da Qian royalties are so determined..."
The reason Fang Yuan was so certain it was them was because he was clear that for the array to be formed, the dream master's cultivation was merely one factor, the most important thing was still whether the heavenly fate favoured the one who cast it or not.
Obviously, the 5 Grand Organisation's dream masters would already count themselves lucky if they were not met with a heavenly punishment. Thus, it was not possible for them to be aided by fate!
Therefore, other than the Imperial Court, there would be no other possibilities!
"Once this array is formed, it will envelop the whole Da Qian World like the sky. Very scary..."
Fang Yuan frowned and his body felt slightly uncomfortable.
Under the skies, he felt uneasy as though he was spied.
"Only the eye of the array is cast as of now? Although the starting is always tough, with Heaven's eye as the foundation, it will supplement and form the whole array. It should take at least half a year though..."
Fang Yuan ruminated, "The power of the array's current state is not even 30-40% of its fully developed state! But it is already so terrifying..."
Fang Yuan was very clear, once the entire 9 Heavenly Sky Net Array is formed, Da Qian would wield the power of the heavens and enact punishments for the heavens. They might even let the dream masters from the 5 Grand Organisation get struck by lightning every day.
"The 9 Sky 6 Earth arrays were originally essences obtained by Sage Changli. Now that this array is cast, looks like the Imperial Court isn't full of stupid people as they have already planned how to fight back!"
Truthfully, the 5 Grand Organisations' dream masters' plans did not bode well for Fang Yuan.
The source of dream masters was uncertain and many Prominent Divine powerful beings could not find it. Although Sage Changli had some clues, who could be sure that it would be successful?
Not only that, once a large portion of Da Qian World's natural source was sacrificed, the entire Da Qian World would experience a severe decline. Although it would not perish immediately, it would slowly wane and perish ultimately. Even if the entire process took millions of years, it would still be a sin against the world by these natives!
"Furthermore... even if the source of dream masters was found, does it really meant something was 'obtained'?"
Fang Yuan was very sceptical about such.
Fang Yuan felt it would be impossible for a world that continuously gave out radiation and granted powers to dream masters, which also allowed them to actualise numerous things, would really be a perpetual motion machine that would never be depleted? And it would only benefit others and never itself?
"This is very illogical... but of course, dream masters firmly believe that is where paradise is! Where everything begins and ends! Where immortality is transcended?"
As such a worry began to show on Fang Yuan's face, he suddenly could not help but laugh, "What a pity, even if I am already a True Divine, I'm still a small fry in the eyes of other Prominent Divine dream masters. I can't influence the direction the dream masters and the world is heading towards..."
Realm Alliance Mountain, Dream Realm.
Fang Yuan appeared directly in a magnificent and grand hall which was not in any way inferior to where an elder stayed.
"This is one of the benefits of having my level of rights raised to 7th Leaf!"
Fang Yuan was not apprehensive at all as he went straight for the main stone chair and sat on it. As both his hands touched the stone armrests, his mind was connected to the realm alliance's rock tablet immediately, "Searching for... realms to dream-traverse!"
"Woosh!"
As the screen pulled down, information of more than ten realms appeared in front of his eyes.
The topmost realm was Ancient Realm which was marked in red texts, which meant that it was extremely dangerous.
"This realm's consciousness prevents dream masters from entering it, chances of successful dream-traverse is only 0.01%. The realm is undergoing tumultuous changes, its flow of time is extremely chaotic, exceptionally dangerous!"
Fang Yuan touched the option lightly and a large chunk of message appeared, "Can't believe there are still discovery missions for this realm, they are even posted by The Ancient One? Hehe... indeed, a sage never gives up!"
"In this world, there were moral ones like the Sages and immoral ones like the bandits."
Unknowingly, Fang Yuan thought of this quote.
Fang Yuan knew the severity of the Ancient Realm but did not express it on his face. Even if he was in Dream Realm, it might not be the safest place.
"This world used to be amazing, but now, its flow of time is too strange! I give up on it!"
Fang Yuan shook his head and continued moving his fingers. He then saw more realms appearing on the screen.
"Icy Realm..."
"Flaming Lizard Realm..."
"Giant Wood Realm..."
"Tsk tsk... these realm's natural source are not very strong and what's left are scraps, just scraps..."
As Fang Yuan read many options, he kept shaking his head.
"Now, it's best if I find a realm with a strong natural source and a flow of time suitable for me... Sadly, only those powerful being elders would have the coordinates for these kinds of realms for themselves to slowly reap from it. It would be their private collection and they would never release it! Just like how I obtained the coordinates to Water Realm last time..."
As Fang Yuan pondered, he continued to search and sighed.
"Eh... I will pick this Western Fantasy Realm! Its heavenly energy is pretty strong and I will have ample time! Also, it looks quite interesting!"
Fang Yuan finally picked one with his finger.
"Ting!"
Suddenly, a new option appeared at the bottom of the screen.
"Eh? Is this the most newly added realm?"
Fang Yuan was intrigued at once. Not only was the realm's natural source very strong, it was also marked in red which meant there were significant dangers.
"'No. Alpha 3 Realm: intense natural source, mainly inhabited by humans, rate of time flow — 3 days in Da Qian to 1 year in No. Alpha 3 Realm...' Wow, perfect!"
While glancing through, Fang Yuan's eyes lit up.
The realm was very interesting and was the most recent one that appeared, which meant that its level of exploitation was not very high yet. Hence, there were great benefits to be reaped.
"The first to explore this realm was Elder Extreme Darkness... this used to be Elder Extreme Darkness' private collection, but she has now made it available..."
As Fang Yuan read further, he was shocked to see such.
Although there were great rewards for submitting a realm's coordinates to the alliance, those powerful being elders would rarely do it unless there were special situations. It was either the realm was fully exploited, or the difficulty was too hard and they had no choice but to give up.
Elder Extreme Darkness' situation was more likely to be the latter case.
"No. Alpha 3 Realm has a powerful natural source which is only slightly below that of the Ancient Realm's. However, the realm's laws are harsh. Whatever sort of unworldly forces would be grievously restricted, even including martial artists' elemental energy. Dream masters who entered had their cultivation zeroed... There are some changes happening in the realm lately, only those above 4th Tier of Illusionary Divine are recommended to explore this realm."
This description made Fang Yuan realise how scary this realm was.
This realm was exceptionally belligerent towards unnatural forces.
Even dream masters who entered the realm could not maintain 1% of their cultivation.
Furthermore, although its heavenly energy is intense, elemental energy is extremely scarce inside this realm. Any path of cultivators would find it difficult to make accomplishments in this realm. Even if they were accomplished, they were still easily crushed another path of cultivators.
"This realm..."
Fang Yuan was curious about this realm but did not enter it immediately. Instead, he carefully chose to contact Elder Extreme Darkness, "Greetings Elder Extreme Darkness, did that No. Alpha 3 Realm use to be a private collection of yours?"
Through the meeting with the Realm Alliance's elders previously, Fang Yuan already had the contact information of the other six elders. It was very fast for him to message them directly with his inscription plate.
Also, with his status, Fang Yuan would receive their replies swiftly.
"It was!"
Almost instantaneously, Elder Extreme Darkness replied, "Fang Yuan, you are interested in that realm?"
"Of course, a realm that is not fully discovered meant that there are still lots of benefits to gain from it!"
Fang Yuan's eyes sparkled.
"From my experiences, I can give you some word of caution. That realm is run by 'steam technology', which is very hard to be influenced by foreign forces. Of course, there are some changes lately, the resurgence of a mysterious force piqued my curiosity but sadly, my body in the realm grew too slowly and was crushed by the realm's newly created mysterious entity..."
There was some coldness in Elder Extreme Darkness' voice which made Fang Yuan understood why she would list the realm up now.
After dying once during such a discovery with one's true aura, it would be detrimental to the dream master.
As the big war was imminent, Elder Extreme Darkness had no choice but to sell the realm to the Realm Alliance in exchange for large amounts of resources to recuperate.
Else, half a year later, if she was discovered with huge injuries on her body, she would definitely be targeted at and would most likely die.
"Thank you very much, Elder Extreme Darkness, but I would still like to try!"
Fang Yuan was secretly excited.
This was the first ever technological realm dream masters had found. It was understandable that they felt helpless against the laws of the realm.
But Fang Yuan was different!
With the memory of his previous realms, he might be smooth sailing in this realm. He would be more at ease compared to other dream masters and thus, there would be more space for him to showcase himself.
"Up to you..." Elder Darkness replied coldly and broke off the messaging decisively.
"This world it is then!"
Fang Yuan kept his inscription plate and clenched his fist tightly as he thought, "This is a realm that is built specially for me... also, no one has ever harvested from it before. Its natural source is so strong..."
"Just that, what in the world is that mysterious force that was just awakened?"
Although he had some queries, he did not hesitate to spend his contribution points in exchange for the realm's coordinates.
"This time, I will not do any missions. I will just freely discover it by myself!"
Da Qian World.
"Kaboom!"
In a cave somewhere in the wilderness.
Fang Yuan smashed large amounts of rocks with his fist and sealed off the entrance to the cave.
Immediately, a small array that concealed spiritual aura was cast.
"I tried my best to run for days and chose a place with a thin supply of elemental energy, I don't even know where I am now. Also, with the array concealing, the chances of my original body being discovered is very low..."
Fang Yuan then dug out lots of rare materials to cast an array.
"That realm is too far from Da Qian, even if I dream-traverse with Sage Changli's realm locating method, I still require external help!"
Moments later, within the array's formation, Fang Yuan sat cross-legged with both his eyes shut. With a flick of his finger, the array was activated.
As light spun, the space in front of him was warped and a black vortex emerged.
Some true aura flew out and entered the mysterious black vortex, before disappearing completely...