"The divine beings my original form initially attempted to create were not nightmares, but dreams come true."

Nightmare said, "If I could create a deity of dreams come true, I could perform the miracle 'Dream Comes True', interfere with fate, twist time, act freely, and be omnipotent. Even if my original form just became a Divine Lord, I wouldn't fear challenges and sieges from ancient Divine Lords if I could simultaneously command Dream Heaven and the deity of dreams come true."

"Unfortunately, the Dream Faction is a level 2 magic that my original form created based on the Spirit Faction and the Soul Faction, and I've always kept it to myself, so it hasn't developed at all. In my era, the conditions for the birth of the deity of dreams come true were not mature, and no matter how I tried, I couldn't design the divine status for such a deity."

"But because my original form was adept at using nightmare miracles to curse and kill, the concept of a nightmare had the ability to influence the Void Realm from reality, so the conditions for creating a Nightmare Deity matured, leading my original form to then create a Nightmare Deity."

As a devil, Nightmare wouldn't lie, so Ash and the others' gazes changed slightly.

If, up to this point, their impression of the Nightmare Angel was basic as 'thugs hogging public resources', 'failures from countless years ago', and 'evil mages who died with unfulfilled wishes', now they finally saw the Nightmare Angel as a sage among mages.

Creating the Dream Faction based on the Spirit Faction and the Soul Faction, just this alone, the history of mages has to remember the accomplishments of the Nightmare Angel. He pioneered a new realm of magic unprecedented before, even forcing changes in the Void Realm, contributing to the total knowledge of the Void Realm.

The name of the Nightmare Angel is proof enough that he not only founded but also promoted the Dream Faction to instill fear among his enemies.

Unfortunately, the Nightmare Angel always kept secrets, and after his untimely death, the inheritance of the Dream Faction was broken, with no further development. His achievements are probably integrated into the Spirit Faction and Soul Faction, like the Ghost Prophet's 'Haunting Dreams', which might have a deep connection with the Nightmare Angel.

The current feelings of Ash and the others are probably similar to seeing characters from history appear in front of them. Although the Nightmare Angel was not a good person, and even threatened their lives, he was ultimately a magic pioneer they could hardly hope to equal now.

However, Nightmare didn't say these things to make them worship him: "Although my original form couldn't create the deity of dreams come true, the concept of the miracle 'Dream Comes True' is feasible. By utilizing the unique environment of the Distant Realm and continually modifying it, the miracle 'Dreams Come True' was created."

"The foundation of this miracle is that all mages entering the Distant Realm will generate their own Dream Bubble Shadow."

Ash and the others were taken aback.

"The Dream Bubble Shadows you experienced were the dreams of other mages."

Nightmare explained, "Why do some Dream Bubble Shadows suddenly shatter? Because that mage left the Void Realm. Why do the suffixes of Dream Bubble Shadows differ? Because the suffixes represent different mages' views of the world."

"Suffixes represent mages' views of the world?" Sonia couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?"

"Suppose there's a suffix that says, a flyer is unharmed by anything, what does that represent?" Weiser further put forward an example.

"It represents the mage's affirmation of flight within a dream." Nightmare said, "He most likely excels in air combat and believes air combat overwhelmingly crushes ground combat, thus creating such a suffix."

The shadows we experience are the dreams of other mages?

Then are other mages also experiencing our dreams?

"I seem to have heard a similar rumor... No, I've even seen a similar plot in films!" Sonia murmured, "That's right, in 'Wandering in Wonderland' which was hugely popular a few years ago!"

"The heroine encountered her own dream in a dreamworld similar to the Distant Realm! Could it be that a mage once—"

"Impossible," Nightmare said, "I've already done experiments, and when a mage approaches their own shadow, it will automatically shatter. You'll never encounter your own shadow."

"It's natural for ordinary mages to suspect that Dream Bubble Shadows are related to themselves, but from the perspective of a Holy Sanctuary Mage, they absolutely cannot verify their suspicions. Furthermore, even if a mage knows this secret, it has no practical significance to them."

Indeed.

Although Ash and the others were initially surprised by the relationship between mages and shadows, on further thought, what good does it do to know? Do they get an 80% discount on fruit?

There's a barrier named reality standing between truth and practice.

But they couldn't make use of it doesn't mean demigods couldn't.

"The more shadows you explore, the higher the probability of generating 'suffix bubbles', materializing the suffixes of shadows as Technique Spirits." Nightmare explained, "In essence, this means you are summoning new Technique Spirits by leveraging other mages' insights."

Diya spotted a blind spot: "That's not right, the Technique Spirits generated by suffix bubbles are mostly ones the mages themselves cannot summon, falling somewhere between fantasy and reality. For example, my witness technique spirit can attack targets through line of sight, and comprehending fantasy technique spirits like this is beyond mages' understanding."

Nightmare calmly said, "Three-winged mages may not understand, four-winged mages may not understand, but can five-winged demigods or six-winged Divine Lords not understand the witness technique spirit you mentioned?"

It wasn't a question; it directly provided the answer: "Summonable technique spirits are always far more numerous than the technique spirits you are aware of. Because any small step in magic development can interweave with other magic techniques to create countless new technique spirits. But some technique spirits can only be understood and summoned by mages who step into the Divine Domain."

"And the unique aspect of Dream Bubble Shadows is that mages utilize their own insights to search the entire Virtual Sphere for corresponding technique spirits. As long as a technique spirit 'can exist', it can become a reward from a Dream Bubble Shadow."

Hearing this, Ash and the others finally understood the mechanism of the Distant Realm.

First, the mages generate the corresponding Dream Bubble Shadows when entering the Distant Realm. Their accumulated magic knowledge, worldview, all becomes the suffixes within the shadows.

When a mage explores enough shadows to form suffix bubbles, they can use suffixes as a medium to search the entire Virtual Sphere, ultimately receiving rewards.

Simplifying the entire process, it's essentially that mages take away technique spirits from the entire Virtual Sphere!

The Dream Bubble Shadow and the word suffix are merely intermediaries responsible for testing and retrieval!

"Based on the mechanism of the Distant Realm, the original body created the Wonder 'Dreams Come True.'" The Nightmare said, "Using other mages as casting materials, distorting their Dream Bubble Shadows, changing the word suffix to the required one, allows you to summon the desired Technique Spirit from the All Virtual Realm's Technique Spirit library."

"In fact, most of the inventory here was created by the original body through 'Dreams Come True.'

Only then did Ash and the others understand why this Wonder must be executed in the Distant Realm.

The Mage→Dream Bubble Shadow→Fantasy Technique Spirit, this tight connection between the three allows the Nightmare Angel to find a loophole to exploit: directly targeting the mages in the Distant Realm enables the theft of Technique Spirits from the All Virtual Realm's library!

"But in that case..." Ash was about to say something but stopped abruptly.

"Currently, there are about a thousand Holy Sanctuary Mages in the Ghost Inheritance, and they are all under the suppression of the Ghost Seal, with no power to resist." The Nightmare said, "This is your opportunity."

"Dreams Come True" has two obvious challenges: one is finding a Holy Sanctuary Mage, and the other is suppressing the Holy Sanctuary Mage.

But these two challenges do not exist in the Ghost Inheritance!

To fight for the Inheritance, the Holy Sanctuary Mages of the All Virtual Realm have flocked here, leaving no shortage of casting targets!

Moreover, the Ghost Inheritance will lock the Technique Power and Technique Spirits, weakening their combat power to the extreme!

The Nightmare Inheritance perfectly utilizes the Ghost Inheritance to achieve its goals.

Ash and the others exchanged glances, seeing caution in each other's eyes.

This is less a coincidence and more that the Nightmare Angel foresaw this scene when setting up the Inheritance. He was the original master of the Dream Heaven and naturally anticipated how the subsequent generations would utilize the Dream Heaven.

He is a demigod of the spirit, the angel who founded the Dream Faction!

As long as one uses the Dream Heaven to set up an inheritance, the hidden inheritance he concealed would also take effect!

For such an existence, setting up an inheritance would be foolproof, and they, merely four Holy Sanctuary Mages, could only obediently follow orders.

"Alright, we understand." Weiser said, "So how do we execute 'Dreams Come True'?"

The Nightmare lightly tapped with a finger, and six Technique Spirits floated before them, along with a Miracle Technique.

"'Dreams Come True' was initially a complex Wonder driven by hundreds of Technique Spirits simultaneously, but after simplification by the original body, you can use six Technique Spirits to execute it in six steps. These six Technique Spirits can be temporarily lent to you, for the three responsible for gathering, each person using two spirits should be more than sufficient."

Diya pointed at the Technique Spirits, eyes widening and said, "But their wings are even more numerous than ours — we are only Three-winged Mages, how can we drive Four-winged Technique Spirits?"

"The original body foresaw this situation." The Nightmare said, "Not only when gathering Technique Spirits, but when creating a Virtual Godhood, you need to drive hundreds of Technique Spirits at the same time, even Legendary Mages can't have enough Magic Power to support it. So..."

A massive treasure chest rose behind the Nightmare, from its positioning, it was apparent that what it contained was of utmost importance.

It opened the chest, revealing inside darkly illusionary octahedral crystals. The crystals were annihilating and changing, as if energy reactions were occurring continually.

"These are the Source Crystals left by the original body."

The Nightmare brought out three Source Crystals, letting them float in front of the mages, "Each Source Crystal can convert into a vast amount of Colorless Magic Power, if a demigod mage uses it, it can even convert into Five-winged Magic Power, and is a general equivalent among demigods. With these three Source Crystals, you can execute 'Dreams Come True' hundreds of times."

Ash's pupils subtly shook, but he still managed to ask in a calm voice, "Are Source Crystals very precious?"

"Very precious." The Nightmare said, "During the peak period of the original body, about 1500 Source Crystals were accumulated, now only 88 remain."

Ash reached out to take the Source Crystal for observation, turning his head to give his companions a look. Naturally, Sonia and the others did not know why Ash was so surprised, but they at least understood that Ash not only knew about Source Crystals but also possessed them.

This information naturally made them further believe that Ash was a reincarnation of a powerful being. Previously, they thought Ash was at most a reincarnation of a Legendary, but didn't expect to underestimate him, what other surprises does this little guy have that everyone doesn't know?

However, in the current team, no one cared whether Ash was a reincarnated powerful being. No matter what other secrets he harbored, in Diya's eyes, he was still a Knight, in Sonia's eyes, he was always the Observer, and in Weiser's eyes, he was just Ash.

"Wait!" Diya suddenly said, "According to this Miracle Technique, if you want to create a Four-winged Technique Spirit, you have to give the mage extreme dream stimulation, until their soul is worn out to succeed!"

"Yes." The Nightmare nodded, "This is the drawback of 'Dreams Come True,' wanting to create a Four-winged Technique Spirit, you almost have to wear out the soul of a Three-winged Mage to obtain it, so the original body couldn't cultivate Three-winged Mages for regular harvesting, they could only use them as disposable materials."

Sonia held back the witch who still wanted to speak and asked, "So, we need to kill 28 mages to gather Technique Spirits?"

"In actuality, since you won't be skilled at the start, the first ten attempts probably won't yield the Technique Spirits you need from the list." The Nightmare said, "So, I will give you an allowance to harvest 50 mages, but due to time constraints, it would be best to keep the number within 100."

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