Chapter 1 The Mysterious Skull

Whirr!

The salty sea breeze blew across the water, and the waves crashed against the yacht.

On the viewing platform on the third deck of the ship, Su Jie sat cross-legged. On the floor in front of him was a delicate crystal skull.

The skull had exquisite textures and was completely transparent. At first glance, it appeared to be a modern masterpiece, showing no signs of age.

If Su Jie hadn't found it in a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea himself, he would have thought the same.

There were many legends about crystal skulls on Xuan Xing.

The most widely circulated was that in ancient times, a 'god' descended upon Earth and gave it to the Mayans. According to legend, the Mayans could communicate with the 'god' through the crystal skull.

Of course, no one used to believe this.

But in this era of great change, many people still debated the existence of 'gods,' but they firmly believed in the existence of unknown abilities that surpassed current technology.

After all, records showed that there were as many as 300,000 Dreamwalkers on Xuan Xing.

With a population of 12 billion, that meant one in every 40,000 people was a Dreamwalker.

This was already a very high ratio. Many had personally witnessed the abilities of Dreamwalkers, not to mention the earth-shattering battle three years ago when Mr. An killed the giant serpent in front of the entire world.

"This crystal skull..."

Su Jie kept examining it.

Although he wasn't a Dreamwalker, he had been practicing martial arts for nearly eight years and had already achieved Baodan Zuokuo, refining Qi into Gang. He was only one step away from the pinnacle of the original world, seeing the God and not being destroyed.

He had some spiritual cultivation, and when he looked at the skull, he had a vaguely unusual feeling.

This skull seemed to have a special divine meaning.

"Professor Su."

At this moment, a shout came from outside the door. Su Jie slapped his palm, and the skull trembled slightly before landing on the bedside table.

"The door's unlocked."

Su Jie stood up, and a young woman pushed the door open.

Eight years wasn't a short time, enough for him to finish his studies and go far in the field of scientific research.

The person who came in was his student.

"Mr. Chu has asked you to come down for dinner."

The girl's face was full of admiration.

Su Jie was now a top-level researcher in Da Xuan, involved in the research and development of dozens of scientific projects, including biology, astronomy, artificial intelligence, human mechanics, information, and dreams.

She was naturally excited to be his student.

"Is Chu Fan awake?"

Su Jie glanced at the skull and went out.

In a quiet restaurant, Chu Fan sat in a wheelchair, lost in thought.

In the battle three years ago, he was the only survivor. He was very lucky. He fell into the sea and didn't die in the crash, but his lower body was completely severed, and one of his arms was crippled.

But he still woke up after being in a coma for half a year.

The others had no chance of returning to reality.

Feng Mingtao had always blamed himself for bringing him danger. Now it had finally come true, and he was dead without a trace.

"Mr. Chu."

Su Jie came to the restaurant and offered his hand.

He had met with this sole survivor of the giant serpent destruction event three years ago several times and had in-depth conversations with him.

Although Mr. Chu was disabled, his spiritual cultivation was extremely high. It was said that he was already a Shenmai (Divine Meridian) grandmaster in the 'Royal Authority Dream Realm'.

He could be considered a first-class Dreamwalker in the entire world.

"Hello, Professor Su."

Chu Fan shook hands with Su Jie.

Having survived by chance but unfortunately been disabled, Chu Fan was constantly searching for a solution, both in the dream world and reality, within and outside of Da Xuan.

Naturally, he had come into contact with this leading scientific figure in Da Xuan.

Su Jie was definitely not an ordinary person.

It should be known that there were also many Dreamwalker scientists throughout the country. With the help of the dream realm, they could study for ten days every time they slept, without affecting their rest.

But even with more than ten times the amount of time as Su Jie, Su Jie's achievements were still among the highest.

Perhaps science required not only time, but also 'inspiration'?

"When we met a year and a half ago, Professor Su mentioned 'spiritual interference with reality'. I am very interested. I wonder if Professor Su has had any other gains in the past year or so?"

As soon as Su Jie sat down, Chu Fan didn't engage in too many pleasantries and directly asked.

"This involves the core secrets of my recent research project, but Mr. Chu has high authority and is qualified to know."

Su Jie smiled slightly, naturally not worried that anyone would be able to hear their conversation.

"In recent years, various countries have conducted in-depth research on dreams and Neijia Quan (Internal Martial Arts), and the research funding and assistance can be said to be unprecedented. The martial arts systems of the two worlds have something in common to a certain extent. They all delve into the tendons, bones, skin, and flesh, until the spirit..."

"But the dream realm is before the spirit and after the physical body, and there is also True Qi connecting the two. The Xuan Xing internal martial arts do not have this step. Therefore, Xuan Xing's 'Seeing God' is more difficult than Shenmai, although from a purely expressive point of view, 'Seeing God' is far inferior to Shenmai experts..."

Su Jie spoke eloquently, talking about what he had learned in the research institute: "But that was before. Now Xuan Xing has a very good understanding of the internal energy system, and there is already a path from the inside to the outside, from the body to the Qi..."

Su Jie knew a lot about the current research on Xuan Xing, just as Chu Fan understood the dream realm very deeply.

"The body is essentially a kind of energy, but unfortunately it is difficult to use. Spiritual cultivation is a crucial step."

Chu Fan nodded.

Although he was disabled on Xuan Xing, in the dream realm, both his internal and external skills had reached extremely high levels.

"The universe of heaven and earth, the microcosm of the human body. Using the body to see the spirit, and then using the spirit's internal reflection to penetrate the tangible world, this involves the conversion between matter and spirit, and energy. It's not something that can be explained in a sentence, and you wouldn't understand it anyway."

Su Jie only mentioned it casually and changed the subject: "Last time we talked about the spirit."

"There are many ways to describe the spirit. I choose one of them, that is, the aggregation of a person's information. Without experience and information, the spirit is as blank as a piece of white paper, like a newborn infant."

Chu Fan listened quietly.

He was never stingy about asking others for advice when he didn't understand something.

"The topic I am currently researching is how to use artificial intelligence to write the spirit and then reflect it on the body. Last time I said that I used artificial intelligence to edit an information group and embed it into the human body with a chip or other means..."

Su Jie said lightly, "That 'Heavenly Eye Qi Observation Technique' in the dream world is really amazing. It is an algorithm that is much more advanced than all the algorithms in the world today. It was because of Ying Long's 'evolution' that I had the possibility of success."

"Edit an information group and implant it into the body?"

Chu Fan frowned, "Are you experimenting on yourself?"

"What is the value of a test that you don't even believe in yourself? You're right, I tried it myself."

Su Jie's eyes lit up slightly:

"I used the Ying Long database to select the best qualities from all the information about the two worlds, and I am editing a 'spiritual template'.

I call it 'Shen Nong'."

"'Shen Nong'?"

Chu Fan's heart stirred.

"The spirit is reflected in the body. Once successful, I will have incredible progress."

Su Jie's expression was calm, neither sad nor happy: "If I succeed, then I can compile 'Tai Sui' 'Undying Bird' and other spiritual templates for you, which may not be able to regenerate limbs..."

"What if it fails?"

Chu Fan was a little shaken, but he wasn't too shocked by something that hadn't been successful yet.

"If it fails..."

Su Jie shook his head: "Then we can only wait for the 'spiritual transfer' experiment to succeed and master the technology of spiritual exchange to 'rebuild' a body for you and Qing Long and the others."

"I hope you succeed."

Chu Fan sincerely hoped.

He always felt that 'rebuilding' a body was a bit strange.

"I hope so too..." Su Jie's eyes were deep, and his heart rippled.

If he succeeded, it would be a major epoch-making change!

Qing Long might really become a Qing Long, Bai Hu could also become a real Bai Hu, and Dan Feng could really become a Phoenix...

At that time, the crisis from the universe that I felt, could it be eliminated?

"Cough cough."

At this moment, Chu Fan coughed, interrupting Su Jie's thoughts.

"Mr. Chu?"

Su Jie was surprised.

"If you really succeed."

Chu Fan said very seriously, "I don't want any 'Tai Sui' or 'Undying Bird'."

"Oh?"

Su Jie raised an eyebrow: "Then what do you want?"

"Xuan Yuan!"

Su Jie was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Okay."

.......

Dreams are boundless and limitless, but the 'Royal Authority Divine Statue' that carries dreams has a limit. Even after An Qisheng recast it several times and sacrificed half of Russell's body to strengthen it.

The number of people it could carry was only a million, far from enough to bring all 12 billion people of Xuan Xing into the dream realm.

But with more than ten times the amount of time in the dream realm, and a completely different culture, inheritance, and cultivation system from another world.

The overall strength of Xuan Xing was also improving.

Just like the accumulation of thousands of years on Xuan Xing, which began to erupt with the industrial revolution six hundred years ago.

Absorbing the culture of another world and having ten times the time to assist it, Xuan Xing once again entered a period of explosive growth.

This was not difficult to understand and was also within An Qisheng's expectations.

In the Tian Lian Mountain Taoist temple, which was much colder than it had been three years ago, and could be said to be inaccessible to anyone, An Qisheng slowly opened his eyes.

"Constructing a spiritual template, changing the spirit, and feeding back the physical body... a genius idea."

Countless lights and shadows flashed through the depths of An Qisheng's eyes.

His Qi field permeated Xuan Xing and was spreading towards space. Wherever his Qi field covered, he was like the 'Lord of the Heavenly Dao'. There was nothing he couldn't know.

At least not on Xuan Xing at this time.

Su Jie's conversation with Chu Fan, the secret research of various countries on Xuan Xing, the scheming and struggles of countless Dreamwalkers, and the ordinary people who were trying to adapt to the changing world.

And that crystal skull.

"Su Jie, Chu Fan..."

An Qisheng was thoughtful.

Xuan Xing was the only planet in the solar system, and even more distant star systems, where life had been born, and it was also the only star with a hazy will.

It sensed destruction and was working hard, and because it had no intelligence, it couldn't wait to give away everything it had.

Su Jie was the first.

Chu Fan was the second.

In a way, these two were the saviors that Xuan Xing hoped for, the true sons of destiny.

All the nearly five billion years of Xuan Xing's foundation were on these two.

"If it really succeeds, it will indeed be a master who connects the past and the future."

An Qisheng couldn't help but feel sorry for the two in the original trajectory.

If the time wasn't really too tight, the two of them might have been able to defy fate, become saviors, and even lead Xuan Xing's civilization into the starry sea.

Fortunately, the fate of the two had already changed at this time.

They would be able to bloom with their due brilliance. However, compared to Su Jie, who was already showing his brilliance, Chu Fan's luck was still ten years away.

"I hope you grow up faster..."

Feeling the constant doomsday warnings from the planet's will, An Qisheng slowly exhaled a long breath and closed his eyes again.

From his perspective, six world coordinates shone brightly, each lined up to the side.

After three years, with the Door of Another World in hand, and after countless dream perceptions and differentiations, he still couldn't tell what kind of world was behind these six world coordinates.

He didn't even know what kind of history and culture they had.

But in the end, he was still able to distinguish the most dangerous ones among them.

"Apart from the universe coordinate where the Spiritless Universe is located, among these five world coordinates, the two with the highest consumption of Dao power to enter the dream, and the two with the lowest consumption, cannot be visited..."

As An Qisheng's thoughts turned, five of the six world coordinates had already dimmed, leaving only the last one.

That was, Wan Yang Jie.