Chapter 178: Stealing the Dream
Central Continent.
Purple mist faded silently between the mountains.
Fang Ming's figure appeared beneath a pale sky. He did not move immediately. His gaze swept across the surroundings, passing over mountain paths, forests, rivers, and the faint outline of distant villages. After confirming the direction and identifying Zong Mountain, he finally opened his immortal aperture.
One figure after another walked out.
There were twenty people in total.
All of them were Gu Masters, and every single one had reached rank five.
Their auras were steady, but their backgrounds were not the same. Some had already attempted immortal ascension before and failed, only surviving because Fang Ming used Human as Before or Man as Before to pull them back from death. Some had only recently advanced to rank five. Others were rank five peak stage but had yet to accumulate enough immortal essence stones to purchase Fang Ming's help in ascending. There were also a few who had already qualified to attempt immortal ascension, but because this mission was urgent, Fang Ming had ordered them to complete it first.
None of them complained.
Those who stood here understood very clearly that Fang Ming did not raise them out of kindness. He gave them opportunities, saved some of their lives, and opened a road toward immortality, but every benefit carried a price. Today, they were here to pay part of it.
Each of them carried Fang Ming's will.
Each of them also carried one-time-use teleport totems.
These totems were not ordinary mortal methods. They contained Fang Ming's prepared immortal killer move structure, sealed immortal essence, and his will as the activation core. In the hands of ordinary rank five Gu Masters, such things were impossible to create and almost impossible to control. But they did not need to control them. Fang Ming's will would do that.
The twenty Gu Masters stood quietly before him.
Fang Ming looked over them for several breaths. His gaze was calm, but the pressure behind it made everyone straighten their backs unconsciously.
"You already know your mission," Fang Ming said. "Do not waste time. Do not fight unless the mission requires it. Do not touch resources that are not part of the target. Timing is the key, and hesitation will ruin everything."
A tall rank five Gu Master cupped his fists. "Lord, if we meet disciples of the ten great ancient sects before the signal, should we retreat or hide?"
"Hide if you can. Retreat if you must. Kill only if there is no other choice." Fang Ming's voice remained even. "The goal is not to make Central Continent bleed. The goal is to leave before Central Continent understands what happened."
Another Gu Master asked, "What about Wu Meng?"
"He will do his part." Fang Ming glanced toward the distance. "Your part is to be ready when his part succeeds."
The twenty Gu Masters understood.
Fang Ming raised his hand slightly.
"Proceed."
The twenty Gu Masters saluted together.
"Yes, lord."
After that, they scattered.
Some moved into mountain paths. Some entered forests. Some headed toward mortal settlements. Others vanished along different routes, each carrying a small part of Fang Ming's arrangement with them.
Fang Ming watched them leave until their figures disappeared.
Only then did he withdraw his gaze.
He did not leave Central Continent.
Instead, Fang Ming concealed his aura, erased the traces around him, and disappeared into hiding.
Now, he only had to wait.
Several days later, the sky changed.
Across Central Continent, countless people raised their heads.
Fragments of light streaked across the heavens like falling meteors. Some were bright as stars, some trailed faint silver dust, and some were wrapped in chaotic spatial fluctuations. They descended in different directions, tearing through clouds and disturbing mountains, rivers, cities, and sect territories.
Starry Sky grotto-heaven had shattered.
The news spread faster than ordinary messages could travel.
A grotto-heaven had broken apart, and its fragment worlds were falling into Central Continent. Each fragment might contain resources, beasts, plants, Gu worms, inheritance traces, or rare environments formed from the foundation of a former grotto-heaven. For small forces, even one fragment could change their future. For lone cultivators, it was an opportunity worth risking their lives for. For super forces, it was something that could not be allowed to fall randomly into the hands of others.
Central Continent shook.
Forces of all sizes moved.
Gu Masters rushed toward fallen fragments. Gu Immortals flew out from blessed lands and grotto-heavens. Sects sent messages to their branches. Clans ordered disciples to gather. Even some demonic cultivators and lone immortals began approaching secretly, hoping to snatch something before the righteous path fully reacted.
But Central Continent was not Northern Plains.
The chaos did not last long.
The ten great ancient sects responded with terrifying speed.
Fragment worlds that fell near important regions were sealed. Outside forces were warned away. Gu Immortals from the ten sects began forming agreements, dividing access, and setting rules before most small forces even understood what was happening. Those who tried to rush in without permission were either driven away or killed.
The first wave of chaos ended before it could truly spread.
Far away, Fang Yuan also received the news.
When he heard that Starry Sky grotto-heaven had shattered and countless fragment worlds were falling like meteors, his expression changed immediately.
"This should have happened hundreds of years later."
His previous life's memories were not vague on this point. Starry Sky grotto-heaven collapsing was an event connected to the future, to a time when the five regions chaotic war had already begun and dream realms had manifested openly. At that time, the old super forces were busy fighting, and lone cultivators like Fang Yuan could take advantage.
But now, the five regions chaotic war had not started.
Central Continent was still firmly controlled by Heavenly Court and the ten great ancient sects.
The timing was wrong.
Then Fang Yuan quickly thought of the reason.
In this life, he had entered Starry Sky grotto-heaven earlier. Star Lord Wan Xiang had died, Immortal Monkey King Shi Lei had been drawn into deeper trouble, and the immortal zombie Seven Star Child had awakened from the dream realm. Shi Lei could no longer secretly plunder resources. He had to request help from Combat Immortal Sect. Once Combat Immortal Sect entered, Seven Star Child could not suppress them forever.
Since he could not keep the grotto-heaven, he destroyed it.
Fang Yuan understood this point and could only fall silent.
Northern Plains had already changed because of him. Imperial Court blessed land had been destroyed early, and Eighty-Eight True Yang Building had collapsed. Eastern Sea had also begun shifting away from his memories. Now, Central Continent was changing too.
The future he knew was being torn apart piece by piece.
Yet while Fang Yuan felt the weight of change, Fang Ming felt only the arrival of the moment he had prepared for.
Inside his hidden location, Fang Ming slowly opened his eyes.
The Starry Sky fragments had fallen.
The ten great ancient sects had begun moving.
Now the small gap before full control would decide everything.
Among the ten great ancient sects, Spirit Affinity House also prepared to send disciples into one of the fragment worlds. That fragment contained a dream realm. For most people, the dream realm was mysterious and troublesome. For Spirit Affinity House, it was an opportunity, because Feng Jin Huang was their strongest seed in dream path.
Feng Jin Huang was not going alone.
She needed guards.
Among those guards was Wu Meng.
Wu Meng was a rank five Gu Master with a clean background. He had once helped Fang Zheng, and that connection gave him a layer of righteous-path credibility. Later, he joined Spirit Affinity House. His combat strength was good, his achievements were not bad, and with the help of carefully placed bribes, he became one of the guards assigned to Feng Jin Huang for this exploration.
On the surface, everything made sense.
Feng Jin Huang was a precious disciple. She would explore a dream realm, so guards were necessary. Wu Meng had a clean record, decent strength, and a history that made him look reliable. Fairy Fen Meng's old connection in Central Continent had also helped push the matter along, using small favors and bribes to make the arrangement seem natural.
The Spirit Affinity House Gu Master who received the bribe did his job.
Wu Meng was placed beside Feng Jin Huang.
No one saw anything wrong.
Only Wu Meng himself knew that his loyalty did not belong to Spirit Affinity House.
Before the operation began, one of Fang Ming's twenty rank five Gu Masters contacted him secretly.
The meeting was short.
The two did not exchange useless words. The agent handed Wu Meng a sealed tattoo killer move, wrapped in layers of mortal concealment methods. Inside the tattoo were Fang Ming's will, prepared immortal essence, and a one-time-use teleport structure.
Wu Meng accepted it and hid it on his body.
The agent looked at him seriously. "Once you enter, your task is to bring the anchor inside. Do not force anything before the right position. The lord's will will judge the timing."
Wu Meng nodded. "I understand. If I fail, I will die before exposing the line."
"Do not die unless it is useful," the agent said. "The lord values completed tasks more than loyal corpses."
Wu Meng smiled faintly. "Then I will complete it."
The day of entry arrived quickly.
Inside the sealed region controlled by the ten great ancient sects, Spirit Affinity House disciples gathered before the fragment world's entrance. Feng Jin Huang stood at the front. Her aura was mortal, but her bearing was not ordinary. She had the confidence of a genius raised under the eyes of Gu Immortals, and even among elite disciples, her position was special.
Several guards stood near her.
Wu Meng was among them.
Fairy Bai Qing's voice reached Feng Jin Huang before she entered.
"Huang Er, do not be careless. The dream realm is valuable, but your safety is more important. If anything feels wrong, withdraw immediately."
Feng Jin Huang raised her head. "Mother, I understand. I will not act recklessly."
Fairy Bai Qing looked at the guards. Her gaze passed over Wu Meng and the others. "Protect her well. If Huang Er suffers harm because of negligence, none of you will be able to bear the consequences."
The guards bowed.
Wu Meng bowed with them, his expression sincere and respectful.
Soon, the entry was opened.
Feng Jin Huang and her guards entered the Starry Sky fragment world first.
The fragment world was unstable, but beautiful.
The sky was a broken shade of blue, with faint starlight drifting even in daylight. Distant mountains looked as if they had been cut from another world and forced into this one. The ground sometimes shifted in color, from dark soil to pale stone to patches of grass filled with star-like dew. It was clearly not a complete world. Its edges were fractured, its sky was thin, and its space carried a faint trembling sensation.
But inside it, the dream realm still existed.
Feng Jin Huang's group moved directly toward the center.
They did not waste time searching ordinary resources. Spirit Affinity House had sent Feng Jin Huang here for the dream realm, not for scattered plants or beasts. Her guards moved carefully around her, checking the terrain, watching for beasts, and avoiding unstable space.
Wu Meng acted no different from the others.
When the group passed through a remote region of broken stone and low shrubs, he slowed slightly. His hand brushed against his sleeve. A tiny mark slipped silently into the shadow of a cracked rock.
No one noticed.
Wu Meng continued walking as if nothing had happened.
Only after Feng Jin Huang's group had moved far enough away did the mark buried in the shadow tremble.
Fang Ming's will awakened.
A faint spatial fluctuation spread out, covered by layers of concealment. The tattoo's sealed immortal essence burned quickly. Lines of light crawled across the ground, forming a temporary teleportation array.
Outside the fragment world, in a hidden location, the twenty rank five Gu Masters who had regrouped after the Starry Sky collapse stood in formation.
They had been waiting.
When the teleportation pull appeared, all twenty stepped forward without hesitation.
Space folded.
The next moment, twenty rank five Gu Masters appeared inside the fragment world.
They did not speak.
The leader among them knelt briefly and placed his palm on the ground. Fang Ming's will inside him compared the surroundings with the prepared information. After only a few breaths, the direction was confirmed.
"The dream realm is ahead. Feng Jin Huang's group entered first. Other sect disciples have not yet arrived in force."
Another Gu Master asked quietly, "What about Fang Yuan?"
"He has not entered yet. That is our window."
The leader stood. "Then we move now. Ignore everything on the road. The dream realm is the only target."
The twenty Gu Masters rushed forward.
They were all rank five, and they had come prepared. Movement Gu, concealment Gu, formation Gu, and support Gu were activated one after another. They crossed broken terrain, bypassed beasts, and ignored resource points that would have tempted ordinary Gu Masters.
There were star path grasses near a slope.
No one stopped.
There were strange insects gathering near a stone pool.
No one glanced twice.
There were broken fragments of rare ore glowing with faint starlight.
They passed them without slowing down.
Every breath mattered.
Right now, Feng Ming's agents held the advantage. Feng Jin Huang's group only had five people. Even if her guards were elite and her methods were powerful, twenty rank five Gu Masters carrying immortal killer move tattoos could overwhelm them.
But once Fang Yuan entered, the situation would change completely.
Fang Yuan was a Gu Immortal.
Even if this fragment world restricted Gu Immortals, Fang Yuan was an exception. His dao mark count was low enough to enter, and his battle strength was far beyond mortal Gu Masters. Against him, twenty rank five agents were no longer a crushing force.
So they had to finish before he arrived.
At the center of the fragment world, Feng Jin Huang finally saw the dream realm.
It spread across the land like a strange mist, beautiful and unreal. Colors shifted within it, sometimes like starlight, sometimes like clouds, sometimes like the edge of a memory. Even standing outside it, the guards felt their minds grow slightly heavy, as if the dream realm was silently pulling at their thoughts.
Feng Jin Huang's eyes brightened.
"This is the dream realm."
One of her guards said carefully, "Young miss, we should set up the defensive formation first. The dream realm is not something we can rush into. If anything happens while you explore, we need a stable retreat path."
Feng Jin Huang nodded. "Set it up. I will observe first."
Wu Meng stood among the guards, looking at the dream realm with the same cautious expression as the others.
Then movement appeared in the distance.
A guard immediately turned. "Someone is coming."
Feng Jin Huang frowned slightly.
Twenty unfamiliar Gu Masters rushed toward the dream realm from the side.
They did not wear the attire of Spirit Affinity House. They did not wear the attire of any of the ten great ancient sects. Their movement was fast and coordinated, and they did not look like scattered lucky intruders.
The guards around Feng Jin Huang immediately prepared for battle.
"Who are you?" one guard shouted. "This fragment world is under the agreement of the ten great ancient sects. Stop immediately!"
The twenty Gu Masters did not answer.
They rushed closer, then suddenly curved around the dream realm instead of charging at Feng Jin Huang's group.
The guards froze for a moment.
They had expected an attack. They had expected threats, negotiation, or panic. But these people simply detoured around them and moved along the edge of the dream realm.
Feng Jin Huang's eyes narrowed. "They are not here to fight us."
Another guard said, "Then what are they doing? They are not entering the dream realm either."
Wu Meng looked toward the moving figures, his expression becoming serious at the right time. "Something is wrong. They came too early, and they are not wearing any sect attire. Young miss, allow me to follow and see what they are doing. If they are only scouting, I will return quickly. If they are arranging something, we need to know before it is too late."
Feng Jin Huang hesitated.
One of the other guards said, "Wu Meng is right. We cannot leave unknown people moving around the dream realm unchecked."
Feng Jin Huang nodded. "Be careful. Do not fight alone if they outnumber you."
Wu Meng cupped his fists. "I understand. I will only investigate."
He left quickly.
Once he moved out of Feng Jin Huang's sight, his direction changed.
He did not follow the agents from a distance.
He joined them.
The leader of the twenty glanced at him once. "You brought us in cleanly."
Wu Meng replied, "Feng Jin Huang's group has reached the dream realm. They are cautious, but they do not understand what we are doing yet."
"Then we finish before they understand."
No one welcomed him with unnecessary words.
No one praised him.
The twenty-one rank five Gu Masters immediately began their work.
Formation flags were placed.
Immortal materials were taken out.
Gu worms flew close to the ground and hid beneath soil, stone, roots, and broken star path fragments. Teleport tattoo arrangements were pressed into specific nodes, each one carrying a prepared activation structure. The Tang clan's method to seal and relocate dream realms had already been studied and adapted by Fang Ming. These rank five agents did not understand the whole method, but they did not need to. Fang Ming's will guided the important parts.
The dream realm was huge.
Encircling it was not easy.
They could not simply throw a formation over it. A dream realm was not a normal object. If handled too roughly, it could collapse, leak, distort, or pull nearby minds into it. The agents had to place the formation around the dream realm's boundary, stabilize its edges, and connect the teleport nodes without touching the dream mist directly.
Time passed quickly.
Feng Jin Huang's group waited at first, but soon their unease grew.
Wu Meng had not returned.
The unfamiliar Gu Masters were still moving around the dream realm.
One guard's face turned ugly. "Young miss, Wu Meng has been gone for too long."
Feng Jin Huang looked toward the distant figures. "We go and see."
Her group moved along the edge of the dream realm.
Soon, they saw the truth.
Wu Meng stood with the unknown Gu Masters.
Formation light was spreading beneath their feet.
The guards' expressions changed drastically.
"Wu Meng!"
One guard shouted in disbelief, "You betrayed Spirit Affinity House?"
Wu Meng turned around calmly. "I never belonged to Spirit Affinity House in the first place."
Feng Jin Huang's face became cold. "So your clean background, your previous help to Fang Zheng, and your entry into Spirit Affinity House were all arranged?"
Wu Meng looked at her with a trace of regret that was not entirely fake. "Some things were arranged. Some things were simply useful when they happened. Young miss Feng, you were never my target personally. I only needed to enter this fragment world with you."
The guards were furious.
One of them stepped forward. "You think you can escape after doing this?"
Wu Meng did not answer.
The twenty agents behind him continued placing formation nodes.
Feng Jin Huang glanced around and quickly judged the situation. There were twenty-one rank five Gu Masters on the other side. Her own side had far fewer people. If they fought normally, they would be suppressed by numbers alone.
But she was Feng Jin Huang.
She had methods given by Gu Immortals.
A bright light appeared in her hand as a mortal killer move began to form.
"You chose the wrong person to use," Feng Jin Huang said.
Before she could attack, one of Fang Ming's agents crouched and pressed a tattoo onto the ground.
The tattoo burned.
A roar erupted from the earth.
Flames exploded upward, and a huge eagle spread its wings from within the fire. Its feathers were red like burning iron, and small flames clung to the edges of its wings. The heat from its body twisted the air around it.
It was a fire-type desolate eagle.
The eagle screamed, and the sound tore through the surroundings like a blade.
Feng Jin Huang's expression changed. She immediately threw the mortal killer move in her hand toward it. The light struck the eagle's chest and forced it to slow for a moment, but the flames on its feathers surged, and the beast pushed through with only a minor wound.
One guard shouted, "Young miss, retreat! That is a desolate beast!"
Feng Jin Huang gritted her teeth.
Her mortal killer moves were powerful among Gu Masters, but a desolate beast was still a desolate beast. If she had enough time, enough distance, and enough support, she might be able to delay it for longer. But with twenty-one enemy Gu Masters nearby and a dream realm behind her, staying here was foolish.
"Withdraw first," Feng Jin Huang ordered. "Do not let it separate us."
The fire eagle dove down.
Feng Jin Huang and her guards retreated quickly. Light barriers, movement Gu, defensive killer moves, and support methods activated one after another. The eagle chased them, sometimes slowed by Feng Jin Huang's attacks, sometimes forced away by the guards, but never truly injured.
It did not need to kill them.
It only needed to drive them away.
Behind them, Fang Ming's agents moved even faster.
"The eastern side is complete."
"The southern line is connected."
"The northern edge is unstable. Add two more materials there."
"Do not touch the dream mist. Place the node outside the boundary."
Wu Meng helped stabilize one of the formation points, his expression focused. Sweat formed on the foreheads of several Gu Masters. They were rank five, but they were handling an arrangement connected to immortal methods, dream path relocation, and teleportation. Without Fang Ming's will guiding them, they would not even understand which mistake would kill them.
Finally, the last gap was closed.
The dream realm was encircled.
The leader of the agents raised his hand. "All nodes complete."
One by one, the Gu Masters stepped back.
Fang Ming's will awakened fully inside the formation.
For a moment, the entire formation became quiet.
Then light rose.
The fragment world shook.
At first, it was only a tremor. Then the tremor spread outward, turning into an earthquake that cracked the ground. Formation lines lit up around the dream realm, locking the surrounding space and sealing the dream mist within a controlled boundary.
The land beneath the dream realm split.
Not chaotically.
Cleanly.
A vast section of earth was cut away as if an invisible blade had drawn a circle around it. Soil, stone, roots, star path fragments, and the dream realm above them were all wrapped by formation light.
Then space folded.
The dream realm vanished.
The earth beneath it vanished as well.
Only a huge circular wound remained in the center of the fragment world.
For a few breaths, none of Fang Ming's agents moved.
Then the leader exhaled. "The target has been moved. Gather for retreat."
The twenty agents and Wu Meng regrouped immediately.
Another Gu Master activated a group teleport tattoo.
This tattoo was more unstable than the previous one. Taking twenty-one rank five Gu Masters out of a fragment world was not simple, but the path had already been prepared. Fang Ming's will guided the activation, and the immortal essence sealed within burned rapidly.
Space twisted.
All twenty-one Gu Masters disappeared.
Inside Fang Ming's immortal aperture, a prepared sealing formation had already been waiting.
The dream realm appeared first.
The entire section of earth arrived inside the formation, wrapped in layers of sealing light. Fang Ming stood outside the formation, his hands moving slowly as Gu worms flew around him. The dream realm trembled, trying to spread its influence, but the formation pressed it down, stabilized its edges, and locked its aura within the prepared boundary.
Moments later, the twenty-one Gu Masters appeared nearby.
Several fell to one knee from dizziness. One vomited blood from the pressure of the teleportation. Another nearly collapsed, but the person beside him grabbed his arm and kept him standing.
Fang Ming did not look at them immediately.
His focus remained on the dream realm.
This was not an ordinary dream.
This was Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's dream realm.
A rank nine venerable dream.
To many people, it was a supreme opportunity. To Fang Ming, it was a beautiful trap wrapped in starlight. He had no intention of exploring it. He would not touch it. He would not send his people inside. He would not even let curiosity move his will too close.
This thing was not food.
It was bait.
And Fang Ming had not stolen it to eat it.
After the final layer of the sealing formation closed, Fang Ming lowered his hands.
Only then did he turn toward the twenty-one Gu Masters.
"You completed the mission."
The agents lowered their heads.
Wu Meng cupped his fists. "Lord, Feng Jin Huang saw me with the others. My identity in Spirit Affinity House is finished."
"That identity has already served its purpose," Fang Ming said. "You did well."
The leader of the agents said, "The timing was close. If Feng Jin Huang had delayed us a little longer, the other sect disciples might have arrived."
"That is why the eagle was used."
Fang Ming looked across the group. "You entered at the right time, ignored distractions, completed the formation, moved the dream realm, and returned before Fang Yuan entered. This is a great achievement. All of you will be rewarded."
Some of the Gu Masters' eyes lit up.
For them, Fang Ming's reward was not only immortal essence stones or Gu worms. It could be resources, guidance, recovery methods, or even future support in immortal ascension. A promise from Fang Ming had weight because he had already proven he could turn mortal Gu Masters into future Gu Immortal candidates.
Fang Ming continued, "For now, none of you will leave the aperture. Central Continent's Gu Immortals will attempt deductions. They will search for traces. They will search for spies. They will search for the formation's path. Until the next step is complete, you will remain hidden."
The twenty-one bowed.
"Yes, lord."
Fang Ming looked once more at the sealed dream realm.
A good gift should be left untouched.
Then he activated Teleport Gu and vanished from his immortal aperture, moving toward Old Lord Can Yang's blessed land.
Meanwhile, inside the Starry Sky fragment world, Feng Jin Huang and her guards were still retreating from the fire desolate eagle.
The eagle's flames swept across the ground. Sand and grass burned wherever it passed. Feng Jin Huang's group was not weak, but they could not kill it quickly. Her protective methods allowed them to survive, and her mortal killer moves delayed its attacks again and again, yet the beast continued chasing them with fierce momentum.
Just as the situation grew more difficult, a roar sounded from another direction.
A diamond desolate bear charged out from a broken valley.
The bear's body shone like rough crystal. It had clearly been disturbed by the fire eagle's flames. The two desolate beasts saw each other, and their instincts immediately shifted. The eagle screamed. The bear roared. In the next moment, the two beasts collided, completely ignoring Feng Jin Huang's group.
The guards finally had a chance to breathe.
One of them leaned against a stone, his face pale. "Young miss, we should return. Those intruders used the eagle to drive us away. Their real target is still the dream realm."
Feng Jin Huang's face was ugly.
"Go back."
By this time, other elite disciples from the ten great ancient sects had begun entering the fragment world. When Feng Jin Huang met them, she explained the situation immediately. An unknown group of Gu Masters had entered before the other sect disciples, Wu Meng had revealed himself as a spy, and those people were arranging something around the dream realm.
The disciples were furious.
"This fragment world is under the agreement of the ten great ancient sects. Who dares interfere?"
"They were not wearing any sect attire? Then they are outsiders."
"Capture them alive if possible. If they resist, cripple them first."
Feng Jin Huang did not waste time arguing. "The dream realm is the key. We return now."
The group rushed back toward the center.
But when they arrived, everyone stopped.
The dream realm was gone.
The place where it had stood was now a huge circular wound in the earth. The ground had been cut cleanly, as if an enormous disk had been removed from the fragment world. There were formation traces around the edge, but they were already fading. The dream mist that had filled the area had disappeared completely.
For a long moment, no one spoke.
Then a disciple whispered, "They did not destroy it."
Another answered with disbelief, "They moved it."
Feng Jin Huang's expression turned colder than before.
She immediately contacted her mother.
Outside the fragment world, Fairy Bai Qing received the message and stood up abruptly.
"What did you say? The dream realm was moved away?"
The Gu Immortals guarding the valley all turned toward her.
Fairy Bai Qing's expression was extremely grave. She quickly explained the situation. Feng Jin Huang had been infiltrated by a spy. An unknown group of rank five Gu Masters had entered early. They used a desolate beast to delay her group, surrounded the dream realm with a formation, and teleported the entire dream realm away together with a section of earth.
The surrounding Gu Immortals' faces changed.
One Gu Immortal said coldly, "This is the work of a Gu Immortal."
Another frowned. "But the fragment world has not collapsed. The Gu Immortal did not enter personally."
"He used mortal agents."
"And planted a spy beside Feng Jin Huang."
Fairy Bai Qing's face was covered in frost.
This was not only theft.
It was humiliation.
The ten great ancient sects had sealed the region, divided access, and set the rules. Yet someone had used those very rules against them, sending mortal agents where Gu Immortals could not enter, stealing the dream realm before the sect disciples gathered properly, and escaping without leaving a clear target.
He Feng Yang's eyes flashed.
"Let Fang Yuan enter early."
Several Gu Immortals looked at him.
He Feng Yang said heavily, "He can enter the fragment world without collapsing it. If the intruders left traces, he may be able to pursue them. If any of their people remain inside, he can capture and interrogate them."
Fairy Bai Qing did not like relying on Fang Yuan, but at this moment, there were no better options.
"Then let him enter," she said. "Tell him that if he finds those people, I want them alive."
The order was passed quickly.
Soon, Fang Yuan would enter the Starry Sky fragment world earlier than planned.
But the dream realm was already gone.