"The Human World? Is this name related to the 'Worldly' realm? Why is it only after advancing to the Heavenly Human Realm should one visualize the mural's name?"

Zhao Douan didn't hide his confusion, inquiring of Zhenbao.

On the small building, the night was as thick as ink, enclosing from all directions. The palace maids and servants were isolated outside. On the third floor of the six-hundred-year-old battered tavern, only the hexagonal palace lamp in the hands of the two figures emitted an orange-red glow.

Xu Zhenguan paused with the lamp in hand, pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I do not know either. The Grand Ancestor has always had his own way of naming things."

Are you implying that old Xu is terrible at naming things? Hmm, should have known, given that the murals about the 'Martial God' legacy all look like stick figures... Can't expect good names either... Zhao Douan internally criticized the ancestor of the Xu family.

"As for why you are to observe two levels in one night... it's due to your uniqueness," the Empress seemingly saw through his confusion and took the initiative to explain:

"Your cultivation method deeply resonates with our Imperial family's practices. Whether it is the Dragon Essence choosing to dwell within you, or how you visualized Pei Niannu from the Six Chapters Scripture, it is something unseen in the records of the past six hundred years. Hence, I thought perhaps having you look at murals of a higher level might yield a different result than others."

Zhao Douan remained silent, once again recalling what Zhang Yan Yi had mentioned about his own "uniqueness."

Evidently, as the distance between the monarch and the minister closed into the negatives, the Empress became more concerned with the peculiarities of him, the "Imperial Consort."

"Two questions," Zhao Douan raised two fingers, "First, what happens when you look at the next realm's paintings ahead of time? Surely there are precedents."

Xu Zhenguan nodded lightly:

"You will fail to visualize it successfully. Only when you reach a certain realm can you visualize the corresponding paintings; otherwise, it will fail."

"Second question, if a test was in order, why not observe the fifth level as well?" Zhao Douan questioned.

Xu Zhenguan lifted her head, staring at the top floor of the tavern.

The fifth level was supposed to correspond to the 'Human Immortal' realm.

She shook her head and said:

"There is no painting on the stele within the fifth level. It is a blank stele. The Grand Ancestor Emperor did not step into the Heavenly Human Realm back then and naturally did not leave murals on the fifth level. However, he placed a blank stele on the top floor, perhaps hoping that a descendant might complement the legacy if someone steps into the Heavenly Human Realm in the future."

So that's how it is... Zhao Douan nodded slightly, happily took a step, handed the lantern to his left hand, and with his right hand pressed on the door, pushing it open forcefully: "Then let's begin."

He was equally filled with anticipation for this experiment.

The old and creaky door was opened, and the darkness inside was quickly dispelled by the lanterns in their hands.

A lone stele stood in the center of the room, with two bamboo mats placed on the ground ahead.

Atop the stele, faint blurred carvings could be seen, but deciphering the content was difficult.

"Whoosh—"

The Empress in white formed a sword with her fingers, guiding through the air. Instantly, the palace lamp in her hand burst with crackling, and a flame dragon sprang from within the lamp, spiraling once around the room, igniting the extinguished floor-standing candlesticks, and then returning to the palace lamp.

Candles on the lamp rack burned, illuminating the room as though it were daytime.

Zhao Douan looked at the Empress's finesse with envy, then withdrew his gaze, curiously looking at the stele: "What is the content of this 'Big Dream Scroll'?"

Xu Zhenguan explained: "As the name suggests, visualizing this mural will lead you into a 'Big Dream,' where you will go through another lifelike experience. However, that life is set about six hundred years ago, during the Grand Ancestor Emperor's era. Every person visualizing it experiences a different identity and unique journey. Upon waking up, which is each time your visualization cultivation concludes, everything that happened in the dream will quickly become blurry, with only a few memories remaining vague. Nonetheless, the martial arts and magic learned in the dream are retained after awakening."

What an ancient version of a life simulator? Zhao Douan marveled.

Old Xu is indeed intriguing; every mural brings a new way of playing.

Xu Zhenguan paused briefly and continued: "But how you will experience it, I cannot guess, as your state after entering the Worldly Realm significantly differs from others."

Zhao Douan withdrew his gaze, turning his head to her: "Is Your Majesty referring to Pei Niannu?"

Xu Zhenguan nodded: "In the Divine Chapter Realm, others typically visualize an ancient figure from the Six Chapters Scripture as a 'mentor,' and upon reaching the Worldly Realm, this ancient figure gradually merges with oneself. Like Tang Jinzhong, he has not merged, so during battle, the visualized Floating Buddha General appears. But as cultivation deepens, like me, like Eunuch Hai... they completely merge, and the visualized 'ancient figure' disappears, retreating into the Qi Sea Dantian, becoming an embryonic form of a deity in the Divine Furnace of a martial artist, increasingly resembling the cultivator themselves..."

In this world's cultivation method, the Worldly Realm is a major watershed.

After entering the Worldly Realm, magicians will become increasingly close and aligned with the 'Divine' they cultivate.

After entering the Worldly Realm, martial artists' Dantian and Qi Sea transform into a 'Divine Furnace,' with the martial qi mechanism inside turning into an illusory flame state, burning like a furnace fire, linking up to the Sea of Consciousness and Divine Soul, refining both body and spirit.

The Grand Ancestor of Yu Country embraced two major systems. In the 'Martial God' system, the ancient figures visualized from the Six Chapters Scripture first possess the body before sinking into the 'Divine Furnace'...

This way, as martial artists, their martial arts carry the effect of magic, yet still focus on martial arts.

While others' sword energy is just sword energy,

the sword energy of cultivators on the Martial God Path carries a layer of magical damage...