"What do we do now?! We can't let it keep growing stronger. If we do, we'll really die here!"
The monkey shrieked in panic. He could clearly feel it now—that overwhelming sense of impending death washing over him like a tidal wave. It consumed every part of his body and mind.
This wasn't just fear.
It was certainty.They would die if this went on.
"So what if it's a Nightmare Lord—a child of heaven?!"
"Today, this Holy King will kill you all the same!"
Yi Tianxing exhaled slowly. As he spoke, a tower of purple-gold materialized in his hand.
It was massive, radiant with divine light, emanating an aura of holiness.
Invulnerable to evil.
Unbreakable by all laws.
It was none other than the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower.
Yi Tianxing held it high and, without hesitation, hurled it directly at the Nightmare Lord.
As it flew, the tower rapidly expanded.
1,000 zhang
3,000 zhang
10,000 zhang
…
In seconds, it had grown to over 30,000–40,000 zhang tall.
Ancient chants echoed from within, and an unparalleled will—capable of crushing all creation—radiated from it.
Just its presence made it feel like it was the supreme ruler of heaven and earth—an Emperor above Emperors.
"If you want me dead," Yi Tianxing growled, "then let's see who dies first!"
"My Hongmeng Tower will crush you. Let's settle this—with a direct collision!"
Like a rampaging beast, the tower blazed with endless divine light and hurtled toward the Nightmare Lord with unstoppable force.
BOOM!!!
This was no ordinary collision—it was like two celestial bodies colliding.The world lost all color. The heavens trembled.
The Nightmare Lord reacted instantly, unleashing beams of light from its many demonic eyes.
But those beams were instantly shattered the moment they touched the tower.
Tentacles tried to resist, transforming into spears—but they exploded into blood mist on impact.
Nothing could stop the rampaging tower.
And then—impact.
BOOOOOM!!
A deafening explosion tore through the void.
The colossal Nightmare Lord—before it could even let out a final scream—was obliterated, smashed into a swirling mist of blood and flesh.
Utter annihilation.
A brutal, overbearing strike that left nothing behind.
"What… how is that even possible?!"
The monkey was completely stunned.
"That tower is way too powerful. Even a Nightmare Lord was flattened in one hit? Not even a congenital-grade treasure should be that strong…"
He stared wide-eyed at the destruction, unable to comprehend what he'd just witnessed.
"Devour it. Don't let it revive."
Yi Tianxing's eyes were cold and decisive.
He could see the mist of blood writhing in the air, trying to reconstitute into a new form.
Each bit of flesh held a nightmare dimension within it.
If left alone, the Nightmare Lord would inevitably regenerate.
An immortal foe.
Undying.
Unending.
But not if he acted now.
From the tower, a terrifying suction force erupted.
The blood mist had no chance—it was sucked in completely, vanishing into the internal world of the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower.
Inside, the tower's inner space began to expand explosively.
After all, this was the essence of a complete Nightmare Lord—a being that housed an entire dream realm within its body.
A feast unlike any other.
At the same time, the Nightmare Tree—Yi Tianxing's avatar—formed a massive vortex at its center.
Nightmare energy surged in like a tide, swallowed endlessly.
The vortex became an abyss, devouring everything that came near.
CRACK—!!
SPLASH—!!
"It's raining… blood?!"
The monkey looked up. The skies had darkened, thunder rumbled—and from above, blood rain began to fall.
The world wept.
It was mourning the death of the Nightmare Lord.
Dark clouds surged from all directions, covering the skies.
A vast, invisible pressure descended like a tsunami.
The will of the Nightmare World… had awakened.
"Nightmare World Will? Too bad. You can't stop me."
"This Holy King is done playing your game."
Yi Tianxing laughed loudly.
"I got what I came for. Nightmare is nightmare. Eternal is eternal!"
The Nightmare Tree transformed back into Yi Tianxing's true form.
At his feet, a pitch-black portal opened.
From it came a familiar aura—the essence of the Eternal World.
Mystic energy surged in, and the portal rapidly shrunk until it was barely a sliver.
"Let's go!"
Yi Tianxing grabbed the monkey. Their bodies turned into streaks of light and vanished into the portal.
In the next instant, it disappeared—leaving behind only a patch of scorched earth.
CRACK—!!
A blood-red bolt of lightning struck down, blasting the ground into oblivion.
Then—thousands of similar bolts fell like a storm, obliterating the entire Day-Night Forest.
The sky howled with rage—the Nightmare World's will had gone berserk.
But it was too late.
Back beneath the Mulberry Ridge.
In the secret chamber, a flash of light appeared.Two figures materialized—it was Yi Tianxing and the monkey.
The monkey looked around, his body still trembling.
"That was way too close. We almost didn't make it back."
"Holy King, you're too bold! You even dared provoke the will of the Nightmare World?!"
He had felt the red lightning's lethal intent—if it had touched them, they would've been instantly vaporized.
Yi Tianxing must've done something serious to provoke such wrath.
Killing a Nightmare Lord alone shouldn't have triggered that level of retaliation…
"We're fine, aren't we?"
Yi Tianxing smiled calmly, as if it was all within his control.
But inside, he was ecstatic.
This operation had been a jackpot.
That brief moment of frantic absorption had pulled in an astronomical amount of nightmare energy.
The internal world of the Hongmeng Tower had expanded massively—now spanning 19 million li in radius!
Only 1 million more to reach the 20 million li threshold.
Once that's achieved, the tower could truly evolve into a supreme innate treasure.
They had taken a bite from the very source of the Nightmare World.
Not just ordinary energy—but nightmare origin power itself.
This was only possible because of the Nightmare Tree's deception, and because the world will hadn't been on guard.
It was a one-time opportunity.
But it had saved years—decades—of time and resources.
"Fellow Daoist Yi, have you repaired the connection to the Nightmare World?"
Sang Yunyun entered the chamber and looked around.
The original fissure was now gone, sealed without a trace.
"It seems the dark energy here has dissipated!"
"Naturally! We handled it perfectly!"The monkey grinned.
"Rest assured, Patriarch Sang," Yi Tianxing added."The Nightmare Portal is completely sealed. Your Sangsilk Tribe won't need to fear nightmare incursions or decline ever again."
Sang Yunyun beamed with joy.
"Fellow Daoist Yi, you truly are one of the strongest of the Great Yi Sacred Court. To seal a Nightmare Portal in just three days… truly remarkable!"
"Our tribe will never forget this grace. We will prepare generous gifts in return."
"Three days? Wasn't it three years?"
The monkey blinked in confusion.
"In the Nightmare World, it was clearly three years!"
"One day in the Eternal World… equals one year in the Nightmare World."
Yi Tianxing furrowed his brow, pondering the time difference.
It made sense—different worlds had different temporal flows.
But what intrigued him more was the evidence:
His Life Wheel now bore three new life marks, confirming that three full years had passed in reality.
A strange and fascinating world indeed…