Chapter 1008 - 1004: Dream Realm?
In a certain sense, this was an extremely sinister and vicious method. If one kept stimulating the Mengling Acupoint with external force like this over a long period, it would easily cause the person’s mind to collapse, ending up either utterly deranged, or simply unable to bear it and committing suicide.
As for why the middle-aged man clearly knew this, yet remained indifferent on the side, one had to mention another function of the Mengling Acupoint...
Normally speaking, the term "Heart Demon" only appears in relation to powerful experts with considerable strength; ordinary people find it hard to be associated with these two words. It sounds familiar, yet feels tens of thousands of miles away.
However, in reality, many things that seem distant are actually not as far as people imagine. It’s just that they lack the necessary understanding. If you explain it in another way, a different effect will appear.
For example, if a person, whenever they encounter a certain object or event, always reacts in roughly the same way—so much so that outsiders cannot understand it—yet behaves perfectly normal on ordinary days, then people will label them as having an extreme obsession with a certain matter or certain object.
And this kind of obsession can actually be classified as a type of Heart Demon. This is also why, in the process of improving their strength, many experts would rather take a temporary loss before their eyes than leave behind a Heart Demon for the future.
It’s like an exam: the more you fear it, the more it tends to affect your normal performance, and you end up with a very unsatisfactory score. If you don’t resolve the fear of exams at its root, you’ll only get half the result with twice the effort, and see no real成果.
Besides this, common phenomena like psychological shadows can all be understood as falling within the scope of Heart Demons; it all depends on how one deals with them.
All of Ozawa Miwa’s current behavior clearly shows that she has a certain obsession with Xiao Tian, and is extremely stubborn about the issue of marriage, with not the slightest room for compromise.
So, after confirming that it was not the Heart-Breaking Fruit taking effect, Xiao Tian decided to tackle this problem first. That way, in the subsequent treatment process, he could eliminate some hard-to-foresee incidents in advance.
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After taking a deep breath, Xiao Tian closed his eyes. His Perception Power unfolded fully without reservation, and a portion of his Divine Sense carefully advanced step by step along the dream passage opened on Ozawa Miwa’s body.
This was Xiao Tian’s first attempt to use Divine Sense to enter an ordinary person’s Spiritual World. From a rational standpoint, this was obviously something impossible to succeed.
Because ordinary people simply do not possess a Divine Sense Realm. No matter how hard you try, if the Divine Sense cannot be accommodated, there is nothing you can do!
But Xiao Tian believed that since he could break common sense and enter someone else’s Divine Sense Realm besides his own, then it might not be impossible to once again break common sense and enter an ordinary person’s Spiritual World.
Of course, this could not be chalked up to baseless confidence. The reason Xiao Tian dared to act was that he had a certain degree of assurance and a line of reasoning; this was a decision made after careful consideration.
Xiao Tian’s confidence lay in this: in his view, since the Divine Sense Realm opened up by powerful experts could contain the existence of a mental entity like Divine Sense, then ordinary people should also have such a place. As for where it was, in the absence of an exact term to define it, he might as well name it... the "Dream Realm."
Because from every angle, the Divine Sense Realm is very similar to the way dreams exist in ordinary people. The difference is that the Divine Sense Realm can be freely controlled: as long as you have sufficient strength as a foundation, you can create a world at will. Dreams, however, are uncontrollable.
It’s as if someone wrote the script ahead of time and assigned all the roles. The person within can observe, can even personally experience it, but cannot change the plot that was arranged from the beginning.
As for whether this "Dream Realm" truly exists, and whether it can accommodate Divine Sense—
Even Xiao Tian, who was currently engaged in this exploratory attempt, did not yet have a definite answer to these two questions. But judging from the similarity in the way they exist, Xiao Tian felt it was still worth a try!
Xiao Tian felt that if his speculation could be definitively confirmed, then not only could Ozawa Miwa be rescued, but it would also be of enormous benefit for long-term development!
For instance, imagine some powerful magnate who dominates one region and controls power and countless wealth, whose career is thriving. He also has a beautiful daughter; in the eyes of outsiders, this is naturally something to be envied to no end.
Unfortunately, the magnate’s daughter suffers from depression, which is inextricably linked to the shadow left by a childhood car accident. She has even attempted suicide multiple times.
The magnate has visited famous doctors all over, and hired the world’s top experts in psychological problems, yet the results are minimal.
Driven to anxiety, the magnate grits his teeth and stamps his foot, publicly declaring: if anyone can save my daughter, I will give him half my family fortune, and I will also look to him as my leader, go wherever he points, fight wherever he directs!
At that moment, if he were to step forward and resolve the problem at its root by entering the Dream Realm—wouldn’t that be something so wonderful that he could wake up laughing from his dreams!
Thinking of this, Xiao Tian suddenly jumped in fright. Since when had he become so fond of wild fantasies?
The matter at hand wasn’t even done yet; the very existence of the Dream Realm was still unknown. Thinking about all this was really a bit too whimsical!
With a frown, he cleared these unrealistic fantasies from his mind, and Xiao Tian’s thoughts returned to calm.
Once he calmed down and thought about it again, Xiao Tian felt that although the scenario of some filthy rich man whose daughter just happens to have depression was indeed hard to run into by sheer coincidence, if he could master a new ability, it would definitely be all benefit and no harm!
Not to mention anything else, at the very least he would have one more bargaining chip in his hand. When he encountered a suitable opportunity and used it, the payoff would definitely be substantial!
Of course, the "payoff" here was not limited to money. Things like Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, or Divine Weapons, or Spiritual Elixirs—the more the better. Best if they all came crashing down on him. Even if he were smashed black and blue, he would surely still wear a blissful smile!
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Xiao Tian was startled once more, somewhat puzzled by how his thoughts were getting out of control. Could it be that because he was about to enter the Dream Realm, he had involuntarily started to daydream?
Once this idea occurred to him, Xiao Tian immediately became focused. The next moment, the scene shifted, and a circular tunnel appeared before his eyes. The tunnel was a riot of colors, with flecks that looked like fluorescent powder appearing now and then around it, looking quite beautiful!
This suddenly appearing tunnel astonished Xiao Tian, while also making him even more vigilant and cautious. The more beautiful something is, the more it implies danger; this is an eternal truth.
Besides, faced with such an unknown situation, Xiao Tian truly could not afford the slightest negligence. Relaxing even a little would mean being unable to respond to sudden developments, and what he would lose then would be his life.
A moment later, Xiao Tian stepped into the tunnel...