"All right, let's rescue Ying Wuxie first. Hei Loulan, you're up." Fang Yuan issued his order as he opened his Immortal Orifice.
Hei Loulan nodded. She projected her soul from her body and dove straight into Fang Yuan's Immortal Orifice. Her physical body remained suspended in the air, eyes closed and motionless.
Before long, another Pure Dream Truth Body flew out.
It was Hei Loulan.
Hei Loulan flew into the dreamscape, and after a brief while, she dragged Ying Wuxie out.
Ying Wuxie was still caught in the dream, not yet awake.
The Pure Dream Truth Body's self-detonation had sent an explosive shockwave through the dreamscape, and Ying Wuxie, being at the very epicenter, had taken the strongest hit. So while his physical body had been extracted from the dream, his soul within remained trapped in the dreamscape. His situation was much like being struck by the Soul-Calling-Into-Dream killing move — similar to what Hei Loulan had experienced during the Dream Path calamity.
Now, Fang Yuan's Dream Unraveling killing move could finally come into play.
He couldn't use it earlier because this dreamscape had trapped both Thousand Transformations Will and Red Cloud Dancer.
Unraveling the dream would set the two of them free.
Without the dream's foundation to sustain them, they would quickly awaken.
But if he only partially unraveled the dream, Fang Yuan lacked the fine control needed for such precision.
In short, it was far too risky.
Now that he had the Pure Dream Truth Body on hand, he naturally chose the better method.
The Pure Dream Truth Body had been created by Elder Inkstone, and it carried Dream Path dao marks. Elder Inkstone had aspired to forge one of the Eleven Supreme Bodies, and he had succeeded more than halfway — though he never fully completed his work. The Pure Dream Truth Body had a critical flaw: it operated on a time limit. Once the timer ran out, it would self-detonate, scattering into dreamscape energy.
However, the Pure Dream Truth Body also possessed unique advantages.
Its greatest advantage was that this physical form could freely enter and exit dreams, shielding the soul from being ensnared and corroded by the dreamscape!
During the great dreamscape battle of old, Hei Loulan, Bai Ningbing, and the others had hidden inside a Pure Dream Truth Body's Immortal Orifice. The body then entered the dreamscape, allowing them to lie low until the danger passed.
Once the storm had blown over, they all emerged safely.
Fang Yuan had witnessed that scene firsthand and made a deep note of it.
Now, he was merely reenacting what he had observed.
After Dream Unraveling was applied, Ying Wuxie came to, though his soul had suffered considerable damage.
Fang Yuan then used Courage Gu to completely mend his soul injuries, restoring it to its peak.
Now came the critical phase.
If things went well, Fang Yuan would not only capture Red Cloud Dancer but potentially seize that Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu as well!
Among Red Cloud Dancer, Thousand Transformations Will, and the Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu, the easiest to handle was Red Cloud Dancer.
She was merely a Seventh Transformation Gu Immortal. Dragged out of the dream, she would most likely be in the same state Ying Wuxie had just been in — lost in the dreamscape.
At that point, if Ying Wuxie followed up with another Soul-Calling-Into-Dream strike, the matter would be settled beyond any doubt.
Red Cloud Dancer was a fish on the chopping board — nothing to worry about.
The real concern was Thousand Transformations Will and that Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu.
Inside a dreamscape, will was gradually worn away. But unlike a soul, will was eroded through the act of thinking.
Any will, once trapped in thought, would steadily diminish.
The more intense the thinking, the faster the diminishment.
But the moment will was removed from the dreamscape, it would immediately recover — unlike a soul.
So if Thousand Transformations Will had not been completely eroded and Hei Loulan dragged it out, it would immediately activate the Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu and strike at Fang Yuan and the others on the spot!
They would then have to face the full force of an Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu's offensive.
Worse still, none of them currently knew what abilities this Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu possessed, making defense impossible. Even if they wanted to prepare, they couldn't.
Therefore, the optimal course was to wait until Thousand Transformations Will had been thoroughly worn down, and only then drag Red Cloud Dancer out — that would be ideal.
However, using Immortal killing moves from other Paths within a dreamscape would not affect the dream itself. Even if Hei Loulan located Red Cloud Dancer trapped inside, she would have no way to determine whether Thousand Transformations Will had been fully eroded.
On the other hand, the Soul-Calling-Into-Dream killing move had no effect on Thousand Transformations Will either.
This was because Thousand Transformations Will was merely a wisp of willpower, and the Soul-Calling-Into-Dream move required a target that possessed a soul.
Thus, the critical factor in this plan was time.
Wait three to five years, and Thousand Transformations Will would undoubtedly be worn down to nothing by the dreamscape.
But three to five years was more than enough time for Old Ancestor Thousand Transformations to track them down!
For Fang Yuan and the others, never mind three to five years — even two or three days was far too dangerous.