"It's all over." The Heaven Monitoring Tower Master stood proudly within the Heaven Monitoring Tower, surveying the entire battlefield.
In his field of vision, the Shadow Sect's Feathered Saint City had been reduced to ruins. Immortal zombies Bo Qing, Qi Xing Zi, and others lay scattered across the ground. The Startling Rainbow Chaotic Battle Platform had also been reduced to wreckage, and the corpses of the Gu Immortals inside were all broken beyond recognition.
The yin mist dissipated. Pillars of light shot down from the sky, resplendent and brilliant.
"This is the price of defying the Heavenly Will! Hahaha..." The Heaven Monitoring Tower Master laughed uproariously toward the sky.
But after a few laughs, he furrowed his brow, sensing confusion and unease. "Something's wrong. The Heaven Monitoring Tower has already been schemed against — it can no longer unleash its most powerful offensive carrying the might of Fate. So why did it clearly erupt again just now?"
"Also... that uncontrollable laughter just now — that's not how I normally am. What's going on?"
Just then, the Heaven Monitoring Tower Master faintly heard ethereal calls drifting from the edge of the sky.
"Heaven Monitoring Tower Master, wake up..."
"Wake up quickly!"
"Wake? Am I not already awake?" The Heaven Monitoring Tower Master was greatly surprised, doubts multiplying in his heart.
Suddenly, his mighty frame shuddered as he abruptly realized the truth.
"Disaster! I've been ambushed! Everything just now wasn't real. I'm inside a dream!"
The moment he realized this, he immediately sensed even more things that were off.
The enemy's defeat had been far too easy. Especially the Shadow Sect — after all, behind it stood that person!
Moreover, all the other Heavenly Court Gu Immortals had vanished, leaving him alone in the entire Heaven Monitoring Tower.
"Confirmed — I am inside a dream! But how do I escape?" The Heaven Monitoring Tower Master's heart was filled with anxiety, despite understanding he was trapped in a dream. But he lacked Fang Yuan's dream-dispelling methods, and so, deeply ensnared within the dream, he had no way to free himself.
The Heaven Monitoring Tower Master fell into a deep slumber.
Snore... snore... snore...
He snored thunderously, lying on the floor tiles, surrounded by a ring of Heavenly Court Gu Immortals.
The Heaven Monitoring Tower Master was not only old, but utterly exhausted.
First, he had been continuously refining Gu to repair the Fate Gu. Then he had rushed to repair the Heaven Monitoring Tower. After that, he had defended the Heavenly Lotus Sect, battling fiercely against Bo Qing and his forces. Finally, upon discovering the hidden mastermind behind the Shadow Sect, he had urgently mobilized the Heavenly Court Gu Immortals. He had activated the Heaven Monitoring Tower, entered the daytime, and traveled without sleep or rest, hurrying to Southern Border's Yitian Mountain.
And here, he had further commanded the Heaven Monitoring Tower in repeated fierce battles.
Thus, the moment he fell into the dream, his entire physical body relaxed, and his snores grew especially loud. His sleep was incredibly deep.
The Heavenly Court Gu Immortals surrounded the Heaven Monitoring Tower Master, dousing him with water, burning him with fire. They shouted themselves hoarse and employed every means available, but none could wake the Tower Master.
This was the power of the Dream Path.
A single step ahead of an era — one sharp move conquers all.
Even this group of Eighth Transformation Heavenly Court Gu Immortals felt quite helpless.
The scene was somewhat comical.
Outside the Heaven Monitoring Tower, the battle raged fiercely — heaven and earth darkening as catastrophe swept across the land.
The Heaven Monitoring Tower hovered in midair, motionless.
Inside the tower, the Heavenly Court immortals were frantic. The Heaven Monitoring Tower Master's soul was trapped deep within a dream. There was simply no effective method.
At most, they could use some Wisdom Path techniques to send voice transmissions into his heart, hoping to awaken the Heaven Monitoring Tower Master on his own.
On the Shadow Sect's side, the atmosphere swept away its previous heaviness and became much more relaxed.
"Ying Wuxie, well done!"
"So this is the power of the Dream Path? Truly incredible!"
"Sigh... after holding on for so long, we've finally waited until your cultivation reached the Eighth Transformation."
The Shadow Sect Gu Immortals gathered around Ying Wuxie. Some relaxed, the previous situation having been far too perilous. Others marveled endlessly at the power of the Dream Path. Some patted Ying Wuxie on the shoulder, offering continuous praise.
After fighting for so long, Ying Wuxie — the Pure Dream Seeker Truth Body — had undergone a qualitative transformation in cultivation, becoming an Eighth Transformation Dream Path Gu Immortal.
Thus, he could now employ the Eighth Transformation-level Immortal Killer Move: Soul-Entering-Dream.
After two failed attempts, he activated this killer move a third time and finally succeeded, placing the Heaven Monitoring Tower Master into a dream.
The effect was immediate — the Heaven Monitoring Tower went still, and the pressure on the Shadow Sect was abruptly reduced by more than half.
Qi Xing Zi asked, "How long will the Heaven Monitoring Tower Master be trapped?"
Ying Wuxie answered, "He is, after all, an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal who has survived one Myriad Tribulation. The dream can only hold him for half a cup of tea's time. But even if he breaks free, I can use the killer move again to lead his soul back into a dream!"
"Good. Yuan Shi's creation of you was not in vain." Qi Xing Zi sighed.
Just then, the Heaven Monitoring Tower began to slowly move again.
"What's happening?" The Shadow Sect immortals were startled.
Someone looked toward Ying Wuxie. "Has the Heaven Monitoring Tower Master broken free too?"
Previously, Ying Wuxie's attack on Fang Yuan had failed, and Fang Yuan had gone in and out at will, completely undermining the Shadow Sect Gu Immortals' confidence.
But this time, Ying Wuxie shook his head and said firmly, "The Heaven Monitoring Tower Master is still in the dream. It seems the other Heavenly Court Gu Immortals have taken over the controls!"
Indeed, seeing that they could not wake the Heaven Monitoring Tower Master, the Heavenly Court Gu Immortals had taken command of the tower themselves.
Although the Heaven Monitoring Tower Master was asleep, the tower did not belong to him alone. Since the fall of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, the Heaven Monitoring Tower had become the public property of the Heavenly Court.
Now that the Tower Master was snoring away unconscious, the remaining Heavenly Court Gu Immortals naturally had the right to command and drive the tower.
But soon, the Heaven Monitoring Tower stopped once more.
This scene fell into the eyes of Fang Yuan and his companions.
Hei Loulan and Fairy Li Shan both showed expressions of confusion and irritation. "What on earth is the Heavenly Court doing?!"
Fang Yuan's expression was grave. "It seems the Shadow Sect has employed Dream Path methods. Just as they previously did to me, they're now doing to the Heavenly Court Gu Immortals. But... why didn't they target the Heavenly Court Gu Immortals directly before?"