"Father, we did it!" Chu Feng was ecstatic, immediately turning to look at his father.
But when he did, Chu Feng froze on the spot.
He discovered that his father — who had been covered in blood, gravely wounded, and appeared as though he couldn't hold on much longer — now had a healthy, rosy complexion. His robes were perfectly intact, without so much as a single bloodstain or even a speck of dust on them.
"Father, what's going on?" Chu Feng fell into confusion once more, unable to make sense of what had happened.
"Chu Feng, this is all what you deserve."
Chu Xuanyuan looked at Chu Feng with a faint smile. Then, his figure began to drift further and further away from him.
"Father, where are you going? Father!"
Chu Feng desperately tried to reach out and grab his father, but his hands closed on nothing. He wanted to chase after him, yet his body wouldn't move.
"Father!"
Chu Feng suddenly let out a thunderous shout.
But at that moment, Chu Feng jolted awake as if from a dream, bolting upright.
He found himself nowhere near the great mountain.
He was sitting atop a cloud, as if he had fallen asleep and simply dreamed the whole thing.
That's right — a dream. It was a dream. Only now did Chu Feng realize that everything he had just experienced had been nothing more than a dream.
His father was a dream. That monster was a dream. That cultivation was also…
"My cultivation — heavens, I've actually reached True Immortal realm?!"
"What's going on? Was everything that happened earlier real? It wasn't a dream at all?!"
Chu Feng stood up in shock, sweeping an incredulous gaze over his own body.
He had made a startling discovery — his current cultivation was not the fourth grade of True Immortal, but rather True Immortal realm itself. The Chu Feng of now was fully awake. He remembered everything that had happened before and knew where he was, which only deepened his bewilderment at how a breakthrough achieved within a dream had become reality.
"Chu Feng, what's wrong? What exactly did you experience?"
Just then, the queen's voice suddenly rang out in Chu Feng's ear.
And Chu Feng was finally able to hear the queen's voice once more.
"Eggie, what happened to me?" Chu Feng asked in a hurry.
"What happened to you? I should be the one asking you that! You suddenly started running around like a madman, calling out your father's name the entire time, as though you were having a conversation with him."
"Then, right after that, you started mumbling strange words. You kept at it for a full thirteen days."
"After you finished, you actually sat down cross-legged and attempted a breakthrough. Most importantly, you succeeded in summoning the Divine Thunder and withstood its tempering, breaking through successfully."
"But during all of that, it was like you couldn't hear a word I said. I have no idea what got into you. It was like you were possessed," the queen said.
"Hisss—"
At that moment, Chu Feng couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath.
"Eggie, I had a dream just now. But it was a very strange dream — while I was dreaming, my body was changing along with it."
"Let's compare notes. I need to figure out exactly when the dream started."
Chu Feng knew full well that he had entered an illusion. During that time, he had been unconscious, but the queen had remained fully aware. After that, Chu Feng and the queen went through their accounts together, and once he had cross-referenced everything, Chu Feng finally pieced together the full sequence of events.