Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-2025.11.18

“Dreamscape?” The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord raised an eyebrow. To think that this person possesses a Dao Fruit similar to mine. “You’re the Nightmare Supreme Lord?” As a half-immortal from the late Great Yu era, he knew more about the Nightmare Supreme Lord.

This is a hegemon of dreams. His enemies would die in excruciating pain in their sleep. Once, during a battle between two armies, he caused the opposing army of a million troops to enter a sleepwalking state, controlling them and forcing them to kill each other.

If the founding Yu Emperor had not had the aid of the Imperial Preceptor, we might not have defeated him.

The Nightmare Supreme Lord did not answer; his icy gaze said it all.

He had awoken from the archaic era and circulated pendants in this area to collect the dreams of mortals, using them to strengthen his Dreamscape Incipient Dao Fruit. For the Incipient Dao Fruit to become complete, he needed to gather all types of dreams.

Since losing to the founding Yu Emperor in the late Great Qian era, he had lain dormant, awakening in various eras. Each era had its own characteristics, which gave rise to different dreams.

The dreams of this era have greatly enriched my Dreamscape Incipient Dao Fruit. Coupled with the Twins River created by an immortal, no half-immortal will be my match!

For now, I have to deal with the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord first.

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Shi Chan and Meng Jingzhou gradually woke from the dreamlike and illusion-like state. As Shi Chan knew some dream-entering spells, he woke slightly earlier than Meng Jingzhou.

Although they “woke,” they hadn’t truly left the boundaries of dreams. Now that the Void Realm and the dreamscape had merged, they were in a “lucid dream” state.

“Two archaic half-immortals?” Meng Jingzhou was astonished upon hearing Lu Yang’s explanation. The situation has escalated.

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The One-Qi Venerable Lord took advantage of the two archaic half-immortals fighting to rescue City Lord Liu and the others from their cages and expounded on the situation.

City Lord Liu almost couldn’t catch his breath after hearing it. Chunjiang City is merely a small place. How is it worthy to attract a battle between two half-immortal powerhouses?

“Venerable Lord, who do you think will win?”

The One-Qi Venerable Lord shook his head. This was a meaningless question. “Regardless of who wins, we have seen their methods. Neither will let us live. The only plan now is to wait until they’ve grievously wounded each other, then I will strike with thunderous force and catch them off guard. Only then do we have a chance of victory.”

“We’ll have to count on you then, Venerable Lord!” City Lord Liu quickly thanked him. This concerned the million inhabitants of Chunjiang City.

The One-Qi Venerable Lord didn’t respond; he wasn’t in the mood. Only he knew how difficult this matter was and how low the chance of success was.

These two are half-immortals who fought their way out of mountains of daggers and seas of flames—unthinkable bloody battles and grave danger. Although they lost the battle for supremacy and couldn’t become emperor, it’s important to be aware of who they lost to.

Their combat experience is likely terrifyingly vast to make one’s scalp prick. The probability of them fighting until both sides are grievously wounded and reveal an opening is extremely small.

Nevertheless, I can only try.

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“Congeal.”

The spatial vortex pulling at the Nightmare Supreme Lord halted at this word. Space congealed as if time had stopped, and the tearing force vanished.

He was the overlord of dreams. Within the dreamscape, his words could achieve the effect of Law Follows Words. As for the near hundred treasures created by the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord, he could create them too.

“Create!”

An equal number of treasures appeared behind the Nightmare Supreme Lord. The dazzling assortment of treasures clashed in the air, the sound of their impacts seeming to sunder space.

“Heaven-Earth Dharma Manifestation.”

“Heaven-Earth Dharma Manifestation.”

The two supreme lords simultaneously cast Heaven-Earth Dharma Manifestation. Their heads touched the blue sky, their feet trod the expansive earth, and their hands wielded divine weapons capable of blocking myriad magical attacks, rendering them impervious to myriad spells and techniques.

The Nightmare Supreme Lord was famous, but the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord was no ordinary individual either. If not for the Jiang and Meng families joining forces a hundred thousand years ago, it would be uncertain who would be ruling the world today.

“Hundreds of illnesses invade, the Five Decays of Heaven and People.”[1] The Nightmare Supreme Lord employed a cruel curse.

This was a spell he could only execute within dreams. As long as one hadn’t become an immortal, no cultivator could escape the destiny of the Five Decays of Heaven and People. No matter how long one’s lifespan was, they would ultimately suffer from the pain of the Five Decays, unable to withstand the power of time’s passing.

The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord instantly turned into an elder with white hair and a hunched back that couldn’t be straightened. A pungent odor emanated from him, and countless vengeful spirits swirled around him—the innocent people he had killed in this lifetime.

“The substitute jinnang (silk brocade pouch) bears all calamities; all adversities shall be dispelled afar.”

A palm-sized straw doll appeared in the Void Emptiness Venerable Lord’s hand. He wrapped a strand of hair around it, and the straw doll spontaneously combusted, turning to ash. The Void Emptiness Venerable Lord returned to his original form. The countless vengeful spirits morphed into black raindrops, sprinkling onto the earth.

Straw Doll Substitution Technique—unless one faced a calamity on the level of an immortal ascension tribulation, the doll could save one’s life.

“Locust-Purging Immortal Lightning, sweep the mortal realm!”

Cyan-purple immortal lightning descended, only a step away from true immortal lightning. All beings and spirits were like locusts before it, merely a rabble that posed no threat.

The One-Qi Venerable Lord felt his scalp tingling as he watched. I can't protect myself against an immortal lightning of this level; even if I don’t die, I’ll be severely injured!

“That’s all? Withered trees meet spring, spring returns to earth!”

The Nightmare Supreme Lord took a step forward. Rootless giant trees suddenly grew beneath his feet, their branches and leaves swaying and emitting fluctuations of time. The Locust-Purging Immortal Lightning gradually shrank as if it had never appeared.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was amused. “The Heaven Mandate Immortal and the Epoch Immortal fought like this before they became immortals. The Heaven Mandate Immortal used lightning, while the Epoch Immortal reversed time, and the lightning just couldn’t strike down, frustrating the Heaven Mandate Immortal until he felt like dying.”

The battle the Everlasting Immortal Fairy mentioned was recorded in historical texts. Although those documents are now lost, they existed during the Great Qian era. The Nightmare Supreme Lord had read about that battle and devised this countermeasure.

Within the Void Realm and the dreamscape, the two’s methods were nearly limitless. They could employ any technique or ability below the level of immortals, even conjuring the 108 True Fires and burning space until it collapsed.

It was precisely because their methods were so similar that the situation had fallen into an impasse.

Meng Jingzhou was rather worried. “Old Lu, which of the two do you think will win?”

Lu Yang shook his head. “It’s not up to them to decide the outcome.”

“Why do you say that?”

Lu Yang didn’t speak, merely pointing upward. There was nothing there, but when the Nightmare Supreme Lord broke into the Void Realm earlier, a crack had appeared, briefly enabling a connection to the outside world.

And Lu Yang had seized that opportunity.

Suddenly, the two combatants stopped simultaneously. The Void Realm and the dreamscape had cut off connections with the outside world, yet they felt an inexplicable sense of foreboding, as if a colossal threat was rapidly approaching.

Crack.

In the pitch-black space above the two archaic half-immortals, a crack appeared without any warning, and it was just large enough to fit one person.

The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord’s pupils constricted sharply.

When the Nightmare Supreme Lord broke into the Void Realm, he had sensed him attacking the Void Realm. But this time, he sensed nothing before the other party tore an opening. It was as if the barriers of the Void Realm and the dreamscape were nonexistent, ripped apart as easily as splitting a piece of paper.

A graceful figure unhurriedly stepped through the spatial crack, and the rift remained open.

Her eyes were indifferent, and her expression was devoid of any emotion. She treated the two archaic immortals as though they were nothing. Spotting Lu Yang below, her expression softened slightly before quickly returning to its cold state.

“Who are you?!” The Nightmare Supreme Lord stared at her warily. Her appearance doesn’t match any of the powerhouses I know.

The graceful figure swept her gaze over the two supreme lords. Her tone was eternal and unchanging, and her mental state couldn’t be affected even if heaven and earth collapsed.

“Creed Leader of the Heavenly Court Creed, Yun Mengmeng.”

1. The Five Decays is a concept in Buddhism, and it is used to describe the phenomena when celestial beings residing in the heavens approach the end of their lifespan. The decays are as follows: 1) The gorgeous hair accessories or bright flowers in one’s hair gradually wither and fade. 2) One starts to get tired of where they live and their current state of life. 3) The clothes become dirty and will even attract other filth. 4) One’s fragrant body starts to emit unpleasant odors, but they have yet to realize it. 5) The armpits are originally hairless, but start growing a lot of hair. These five signs are said to hint that one is nearing their end. ☜