The Art of Chaotic Divinity-Chapter 1178: Comprehending the Dream Illusion Rule

Time passed bit by bit. As Yang Huanzhi had predicted, Murong Huang ultimately stopped at the fifth tier of the stone steps. He failed to break through the sixth tier.

His talent in spiritual consciousness was not poor, but at best it was about the same as Yang Huanzhi's.

After that, the swordsman in green stepped into the Dream Pool. His performance was even worse. When he reached from the third tier to the fourth, he almost fell into the pool. Fortunately, Xiang'er intervened and pulled him back just in time.

"Brother Ling, it's finally your turn!"

Yang Huanzhi came over with a grin. "I think you can try the seventh level of the illusion!"

"Let's hope so."

Ling Feng smiled faintly. He was starting to get used to Yang Huanzhi's overly familiar attitude.

"Hmph. The seventh level? Ridiculous!"

Murong Huang's expression darkened. Inwardly he cursed Ling Feng, wishing the man would fall straight into the Dream Pool the moment he entered the first dream illusion. Of course, that was impossible.

"Mr. Ling, please."

Xiang'er said with a courteous tone as she smiled gently, completely different from how she had treated Murong Huang earlier.

"Mhmm."

Ling Feng gave a small nod, focused his mind, and stepped into the Dream Pool.

The so-called Dream Illusion Rule was a force that trapped a person in illusions they could not escape. Unlike elemental rules such as metal, wood, water, fire, or earth, the Dream Illusion Rule operated on a higher level. It directly controlled a martial practitioner's spiritual consciousness and was therefore an exceedingly dangerous law.

For instance, during his battle with the Silver Serpent Enchantress, Ling Feng had been caught off guard and ensnared by the Charm Rule, allowing the enchantress to escape.

Back then, he had been in the midst of his Chaotic Rebirth and beast-soul fusion. Even in such a state, he had still fallen victim to the Charm Rule. That alone showed how powerful such attributes rules could be.

Ling Feng was not certain he could clear all nine levels of the Dream Illusion, but as long as he surpassed the sixth level, he would be qualified to borrow the Illusion Heart Queen's Hourglass of Time.

The moment he stepped onto the first tier of the stone steps, his surroundings began to shift. Scenes from his past surfaced before his eyes, overlapping with images that felt like glimpses of the future. He found himself caught between what had been and what might be, falling deeper into the illusion.

"Hmm?"

Seeing Ling Feng remain standing motionless on the first step, Xiang'er froze. Yang Huanzhi was equally stunned and muttered, "That doesn't make sense. The first level of Dream Illusion shouldn't pose any difficulty for Brother Ling."

"Hahahaha!"

Murong Huang burst out laughing. "So this is the so-called genius of spiritual refinement? He's wasting so much time just on the first illusion. And he dares to talk about reaching the seventh? At best, he'll make it to the third! Hahahaha!"

Deep within the Heaven's Illusion Palace, the Illusion Heart Queen stared at the luminous barrier before her, her eyes widening in disbelief.

"This boy... could he be..."

A startling thought flashed through her mind. Is he actually trying to comprehend the Dream Illusion Rule inside the Nine Levels of Dream Illusion?

Is it even possible?

He was only at the Spiritual Element Realm. To comprehend the Dream Illusion Rule, one needed to have cultivated illusion techniques at least to some extent.

That Nightmare Heart Technique he obtained might help him get started, but he had only just acquired it. He had not even begun cultivating it yet!

If he had spent ten years practicing the Nightmare Heart Technique before attempting to comprehend the Dream Illusion Rule through the Nine Levels of Dream Illusion, that would have been plausible. But right now...

It was pure dreaming!

Yet when it came to Ling Feng, was there ever anything he could not accomplish?

Of course not.

Although Ling Feng had never formally practiced illusion techniques, he had once obtained the Mystic Wheel Source and had trained in some of the Tiance Clan's Tianheng illusion techniques because of the Tiance Mirror.

Those illusion techniques had already allowed him to glimpse the threshold of the art.

Moreover, his soul essence source had become extraordinarily powerful. Through the Eye of Plunder, he had absorbed the soul energy of many others, and with the combined boosts from the Evil Emperor's Blood Soul and the Essence Blood Pearl, his soul essence source had already surpassed that of an ordinary Human Emperor.

A person's soul essence source was one of the key factors determining whether they could cultivate illusion techniques.

By that measure, Ling Feng could already be called an illusion techniques prodigy!

And there was still one more thing, something even the Illusion Heart Queen could not imagine.

The Reincarnated Sword Will!

That sword will had long vanished from the continent. It had not appeared in the entire Dongling Region for a thousand years. It was the natural nemesis of all illusion techniques.

With the Reincarnated Sword Will, Ling Feng could maintain clarity within any illusion, allowing him to perceive the inscriptions that formed the structure of the Dream Illusion Rule.

Once he grasped the pattern of those inscriptions, he would naturally understand the rule itself.

Ordinary people might need years or decades to go through this process, but Ling Feng's Eye of the Emperor could replicate what he saw in mere moments, and within dozens of breaths at most.

A quarter of an hour later, Ling Feng opened his eyes on the first step.

A faint curve appeared at his lips. He had clearly gained something.

Then he accelerated, stepping onto the second stone step, then the third, then the fourth. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Within a few blinks, he had reached the sixth stone step and stopped once more.

Here, he perceived a new set of inscriptions belonging to the Dream Illusion Rule.

For Ling Feng, the Nine Levels of Dream Illusion were nothing less than a sacred land for mastering the rule itself!

Nowhere else could he witness the inscriptions of the rule so clearly.

Ordinary people simply could not see them.

"Th-this..."

Murong Huang, who had been mocking him moments ago, was struck speechless. In just the blink of an eye, Ling Feng had broken through six levels. Was he even human?

Another quarter hour passed. Ling Feng opened his eyes again, and this time he surged forward, directly descending to the ninth stone step.

Xiang'er and Yang Huanzhi both looked on in astonishment.

Since the founding of Heaven's Illusion Island, no one below the Human Emperor Realm had ever cleared all nine levels of the Dream Illusion. Ling Feng was the first in history.

"All nine levels cleared! This boy is an absolute genius! A once-in-a-millennium prodigy of illusion techniques!"

The Illusion Heart Queen nearly leapt from her embroidered couch, staring at the luminous screen before her.

Her mother had once called her a top-tier illusion technique genius. She had broken through the eighth level of the Dream Illusion while still in the Spiritual Element Realm.

Yet Ling Feng was even more of a monster than she was!

And she had been practicing the illusion technique since childhood!

Another quarter hour passed. Ling Feng opened his eyes once more.

Everyone thought he would step out of the Dream Pool.

Instead, they heard a single splash.

Ling Feng had jumped straight into the Dream Pool!