Chapter 824: The Strongest Will!

Re-entering the Dream Realm of those hosting the Butcher's secondary wills, I didn't just act as a bystander this time. Instead, I immersed myself in their dreams, fusing my own will with their dream memories.

For an ordinary person, doing this was incredibly dangerous. A single misstep meant losing oneself, sinking forever into another person's dream without ever waking up.

Only someone like me, with a flawless will forged through countless cycles of reincarnation, would dare attempt it.

The girl who poisoned people; Chen Youzhi, the boss of Wangchao Entertainment City; the old man who ended his gravely ill wife's life... six different lives. At their respective turning points of fate, I stood in their exact positions and experienced them all over again.

To earn the acknowledgment of the Butcher's secondary wills, I resolved the regrets in their hearts within the Dream Realm.

Dreams were the most direct manifestation of memory. A person's secrets had nowhere to hide there.

Jealousy, anger... every emotion was magnified and laid bare before me, completely unconcealed.

If I were them, what choice would I have made at the time?

Searching my soul and following my own feelings, I realized that what turned people into monsters was largely the external environment. It might have been a trivial, insignificant matter, yet it could impact a person's entire life.

By the time I walked out of the old man's hospital ward, day had already broken. I spent a long time in the Dream Realm to thoroughly comprehend these emotions. However, the payoff matched the effort. My will could now freely enter and exit the crystals; that sturdy outer shell was practically nonexistent to me.

'Next, it's time to receive Chu Men and obtain the second hint from the Black-Robed Anchor.'

I returned to the dilapidated Apartment Building, and it wasn't long before Chu Men arrived. Just as I remembered, he didn't disappoint, handing the Reincarnation Mirror Fragment to me.

The difference was that after giving him the Dream Immortal Chant Child Talisman, I didn't teach him how to interpret the information inside it, nor did I hand him the Good and Evil Asura Mask. I simply took him to the underground parking lot and told him to wait there quietly without doing anything.

I wouldn't make the same mistake twice. I already knew the Black-Robed Anchor's plan, so all I had to do now was stop it to the best of my ability.

After settling Chu Men, I rushed non-stop to the stone stele at the estuary to retrieve the severed bone fragment. Then I hurried to the Veteran Cadre Activity Center in the Jinghai Urban District. Because I knew the obsession could interfere with Chen Mo to a certain extent, I was particularly careful when collecting the Human Will Residual Jade, ensuring the obsession in my sea of consciousness didn't suffer any depletion.

'The severed bone covered in scriptures is the coordinate Black Robe uses to mark the real world. As long as I bring it into the Dream Realm, Black Robe's plan should be thirty percent ruined.' I only estimated thirty percent because Black Robe and the Traitors had been preparing for so many years; they definitely had backup plans.

The Human Will Residual Jade and the severed bone were both in my hands, while the Dream Immortal Chant Child Talisman had been given to Chu Men to draw the Black-Robed Anchor's attention. I was completely hidden in the shadows now, holding the initiative.

'Next, I have to enter Zhu Li's dream. But before that, there's one more thing I need to do.' Giving the Apartment Building a wide berth, I found a secluded basement and hid inside.

Sitting cross-legged, I arranged the seven crystals on my palm and concentrated my entire will to surge into them.

Each crystal represented an emotion of the mortal world, symbolizing a certain extreme.

My will acted like a sponge, endlessly absorbing their power.

Jealousy, anger... As these emotions awakened, the four Dragon-Locking Pillars in my sea of consciousness vibrated with increasing intensity. Before I had even finished absorbing the first crystal, an iron chain on the Dragon-Locking Pillars snapped!

The Dragon-Locking Pillars had already loosened the first time I spoke with the examiner in the Deep Dream Layer. Now, stimulated by the extreme power of these emotions, my sea of consciousness ushered in its most crucial transformation.

The power representing fifty percent of the Butcher's strength flooded into my sea of consciousness, constantly crashing against the four massive Dragon-Locking Pillars. Gradually, cracks began to surface on them.

Chains fell away one by one, and a vast, unparalleled power began awakening beneath the colossal pillars.

It was like a sleeping giant. My sea of consciousness had been strengthened multiple times, making it many times larger than an ordinary person's, yet it still couldn't contain this giant. If my sea of consciousness were a stream, then the will suppressed beneath the Dragon-Locking Pillars would be a giant whale.

Exactly how terrifying the will accumulated over 2.6 billion cycles of reincarnation was, no one knew. Even I wasn't entirely sure.

By the time I absorbed the sixth crystal, my own will had already surged tenfold. My sea of consciousness expanded wildly, as if constructing an entirely new world.

'This is the last one.' Although I had entered Zhu Li's dream, I hadn't merged with his will or experienced his life. Fortunately, the crystal that fell from Zhu Li's body symbolized despair, and I understood that emotion better than anyone.

'I've experienced despair countless times, but I always pushed through. Nothing can knock me down now.' My will, now ten times stronger, forcefully crushed its way into the final crystal. The instant it shattered, I absorbed all the energy representing the seven emotions.

It was as if some color had been added to my sea of consciousness, and my memories were no longer monotonous. The four Dragon-Locking Pillars standing in my sea of consciousness also underwent a change.

All the chains wrapped around them completely shattered, and the dragon pillars were densely covered in cracks.

Notably, while the Dragon-Locking Pillars were heavily damaged, they still had not collapsed.

'I've only comprehended the seven emotions, but human nature is made up of the seven emotions and six desires. It's not complete yet.'

Absorbing all seven crystals and thereby claiming fifty percent of the Butcher's strength produced a massive impact.

A tenfold surge in my will elevated it from a quantitative change to a qualitative one. My every movement carried immense might, sharp as a blade. If I didn't deliberately restrain it, a single look could leave an ordinary person trembling in fear.

'My original will could already rival older-generation Celestial Masters like Xu Yan. Now that my will has surged again, even the other live show streamers probably can't compare to me anymore.'

Aside from the enhancement of my will, the four Dragon-Locking Pillars also gave me a pleasant surprise.

Though they hadn't completely collapsed, a considerable amount of staggering aura was escaping from the cracks. This aura transcended life and death, carrying the power of reincarnation. I even suspected that if I knocked down the four Dragon-Locking Pillars right now, my sea of consciousness might just burst from this aura!

The power of reincarnation was one of the foundational assets I had accumulated over 2.6 billion cycles of reincarnation. Staring at the Dragon-Locking Pillars in my sea of consciousness, I found it hard to calm my thoughts.

'No wonder my ghost art talent is so high. Comprehending reincarnation and perceiving Yin and Yang is the key to cultivating ghost arts.' With the four pillars loosened, carefully sensing the aura carrying the power of reincarnation caused my Yin-Yang Ghost Art to undergo a subtle transformation.

'Give me a few more days, and my Yin-Yang Ghost Art might just break through to the Sixth Layer. This cultivation speed is simply unheard of.'