"What's the matter? It seems the dream unique to you isn't peaceful," came the gentle voice of the Empress from beside him.

Zhao Douan, having adjusted to the candlelight, turned to look at the Empress by his side, who was akin to a fairy in white. Xu Zhenguan's face was full of inquiry.

"I don't really know how to explain it; I can't remember the specifics, but it's undoubtedly a nightmare," Zhao Douan pondered for a moment before replying.

A nightmare... Xu Zhenguan's delicate brows furrowed slightly, then relaxed, and she said with a smile, "When I first entered the Big Dream Scroll years ago, it was also a nightmare. But later, I got used to it."

She didn't delve deeper into questioning the specific content of Zhao Douan's dream; firstly, although the two were intimate, since it concerned personal cultivation, it wasn't appropriate to ask too thoroughly.

After all, even husbands and wives have their secrets.

Secondly, usually one genuinely finds it hard to recall details upon waking from a dream.

However, she didn't know that Zhao Douan remembered every detail vividly, without a hint of forgetting.

"Why did Pei Niannu appear in my dream? Ah, it makes sense that the Big Dream Scroll is a continuation of the Six Chapters Scripture, so the connection is very logical... So, in this simulated life game set six hundred years ago, am I playing the role of Pei Niannu's disciple?"

Zhao Douan mused inwardly, feeling a strong sense of anticipation.

He was curious about how real this six-hundred-year-old dream was—how it compared to the "Martial God Map"?

Could this map be used to uncover the secrets related to "Heavenly Hunting and Destruction of Buddha" and the "Mubei Forest" from back then?

"If that's the case, then good," Zhao Douan breathed a sigh of relief, revealing a smile, "It seems the visualization of the third level was quite successful."

"As you've entered the Human World, naturally, there won't be any problems," Xu Zhenguan shot him a doubtful glance, her feminine intuition telling her that Zhao Douan's nightmare wasn't quite right.

"Ahem, it's getting late; I should go check out the fourth level," Zhao Douan rose nervously, picking up the lantern, and noticed that the candle had burned down significantly, indicating the visualization had been time-consuming.

"...Alright then."

Although Xu Zhenguan was skeptical, she still softly uttered "uh-huh", stood up, and with her slender jade-like hand, picked up an exquisite palace lamp, leading him out and up the steps to the fourth level.

Upon opening the door, there was nothing special about the scenery on the fourth floor.

Inside the room, there was still only a stone wall and a cushion in front of it.

Xu Zhenguan proceeded as before, lighting the lamps in the room. Zhao Douan noticed the stone wall was decorated with "light spots" resembling stars.

Those light spots were interconnected by lines, forming a net, similarly, highly abstract.

Damn... Did Xu learn from Picasso? So abstract? Zhao Douan sarcastically thought to himself.

"This painting represents the 'Human World', the scroll to visualize and cultivate after advancing to Heavenly Human. I had one foot in Heavenly Human and repeatedly visualized this painting, yet couldn't comprehend it. Now, my cultivation has improved again, maybe I will see it differently."

Xu Zhenguan's expression wavered slightly, and under the lamplight, she seemed somewhat expectant, restless, with eyes glowing.

Zhao Douan asked curiously, "Your Majesty could never comprehend it before? Then at my current level, I fear I won't succeed in visualizing it at all."

"No worries; tonight is just a trial. Failure is also within expectations," Xu Zhenguan gave him an encouraging look.

"Alright... Speaking of which, what exactly is in this 'Human World'? Can you describe it again? So I can be prepared," Zhao Douan asked.

Xu Zhenguan hesitated, her eyes betraying confusion: "It seems like a foreign world; I can't understand it or describe it. If you can visualize it successfully, you'll naturally understand."

You've piqued my curiosity... Zhao Douan eagerly rubbed his hands together and seated himself on the cushion, crossing his legs in meditation: "Your Majesty, protect me."

With that, he adjusted his breathing and focused, staring at this 'Human World', attempting to enter a meditative state.

Moments later, he closed his eyes, and a familiar sense of weightlessness emerged, as if he was once again in midair, plummeting from a great height.

"Could it be successful?"

Zhao Douan suppressed his excitement, attempting with all his strength to open his eyes, and then, indeed, he did open his eyes within the visualization state.

In his vision, it seemed to be nighttime, with thick clouds below him, and he was plunging towards the earth like a meteor.

However, below the clouds appeared to be incredibly bright, as if countless stars adorned the earth, vast and majestic.

"How is this possible? At night, at this height, even the Capital wouldn't have much light..."

Zhao Douan was highly perplexed; however, the next second, "whoosh," he tore through the clouds entirely, and the rapidly dispersing clouds revealed a bustling metropolis.

Under the night sky, the urban area was bright like circles of light bands, the highway encircling the city teemed with traffic, and skyscrapers towered within the city, piercing the heavens like sharp swords.

On the city streets, countless people dressed in urban attire flowed in and out of buildings like ants, with numerous couriers speeding by...

Zhao Douan felt as if his brain had been struck heavily, leaving it blank!

With eyes wide open, he stared blankly as the city swiftly magnified in his pupils, falling continually, until he hovered over a solemn and imposing building.

Only a few windows remained lit within the compound.

At this moment, within a certain office.

On account of staying up late to prepare a speech for a meeting for his superiors, "Zhao Douan" had quietly died of sudden causes at his computer desk, motionless.

No one paid attention.

Only the computer screen cast a faint blue glow.

Suddenly, the fingers of the dead "Zhao Douan" twitched, and then...

He slowly climbed up from the desk, the lifeless eyes regaining...

Brilliance!