Chapter 888 The Transformation of the Right Arm <TOC> Chapter 890 Deciphering the Green Runes
Translator: SumTLMan
With renewed resolve, Angel made his way back to the semi-passage. Before setting up the Domain Lapis Lazuli, he couldn’t help but peer into the passage once more, sensing its aura of the Nightmare Plane.
Still, nothing but inky darkness met his eyes, devoid of any figures.
“Perhaps that being is already gone,” Angel comforted himself.
To Angel, this should have been good news. But for reasons unknown, a tinge of disappointment lingered in his heart.
Shoving away these complicated thoughts, Angel took the Domain Lapis Lazuli from his bag. According to the calculated nodes, he started to carefully place them one by one.
For some of the nodes located in high altitudes, he maneuvered the Gondola to reach them.
Soon, all one hundred and twenty pieces of Domain Lapis Lazuli were placed at their designated spatial nodes.
These Lapis Lazulis were positioned at the loose nodes of the semi-passage. If at this point a creature from the Nightmare Plane were to tunnel through the passage, all his efforts would have been in vain. Luckily, for some unknown reason, this semi-passage didn’t seem to attract the attention of such creatures.
Looking up, Angel watched the transparent Lapis Lazulis shimmering in the semi-passage, radiating like clusters of stars in the night.
Next, Angel turned towards the semi-passage, extending his right hand.
As the green runes danced on his hand, a whirlwind of the Nightmare Plane’s aura converged wildly onto it.
Angel didn’t absorb this aura. Instead, he followed the steps recorded in the —Mystery of the Nightmare Domain—. He slowly compressed the aura into points, each one touching a Lapis Lazuli to activate it.
With the shimmering Lapis Lazulis creating a mesmerizing glow akin to a starlit night or a field of fireflies, they painted an unusual brilliance in the semi-passage.
“Now is the time!” Seeing all the Lapis Lazulis activated, Angel quickly positioned himself in front of the semi-passage. He extended his right hand, absorbing the aura of the Nightmare Plane swiftly and in great volumes.
As he did so, a vacuum void of the Nightmare Plane’s aura emerged in front of him!
All of the aura was absorbed into the green runes on his hand.
“Can it replace the Dirge of the Undertaker? It all comes down to this!” Angel’s gaze bore into the Domain Lapis Lazuli, his heart murmuring a silent prayer, yearning for success!
Suddenly, in the vacuum devoid of Nightmare Plane aura, a piece of Domain Lapis Lazuli began to shimmer with radiant light.
As the light intensified, a glowing transparent line emerged from the center of the Domain Lapis Lazuli. Gradually, it started extending outward, an invisible gravitational pull guiding it towards another piece of Domain Lapis Lazuli.
The line was swift, but Angel, his heart on a tightrope, perceived every passing second akin to an hour’s duration.
Throughout this process, no untoward events occurred.
The luminous line successfully anchored onto the second piece of Domain Lapis Lazuli. Simultaneously, the second Lapis Lazuli started radiating brilliant light and extended two lines, reaching out to the third and fourth pieces.
Finally, after an extended period of trepidation, Angel allowed himself a sigh of relief.
“Success!”
If the initial line could successfully connect to another piece of Domain Lapis Lazuli, it signified the correctness of his conjecture! He could draw upon the aura of the Nightmare Plane through the green rune on his right hand, wholly substituting the Dirge of the Undertaker!
Of course, this replacement pertained only to the act of severing the Interstitial Space. The true functionality of the Dirge of the Undertaker was not confined to this particular act.
As more pieces of Domain Lapis Lazuli started gleaming, countless lines extended in every direction.
In the end, like a spider web, every piece of Domain Lapis Lazuli was interconnected by these lines. The thickly clustered lines completely blocked the semi-passage and initiated the final task!
Severance and creation!
Severing the semi-passage to the Nightmare Plane, and generating the membrane of the Nightmare Domain!
Although this phase didn’t have much to do with Angel, he had to maintain constant vigilance. Upon severing the connection with the Nightmare Plane, the Wilderness of Dreams would instantaneously transform into the Nightmare Domain. At this point, there was a need to merge with the freshly manifested entity of the Nightmare Domain.
The Nightmare Domain’s entity, in a certain sense, was tantamount to the World’s Will.
However, the Nightmare Domain, poised between reality and illusion, was a special realm. The entity that emerged from it, in comparison to the enormity of the World’s Will, was not even a speck of dust, at most a particle.
The process of Angel merging with the entity of the Nightmare Domain was referred to as: Undertaking the Nightmare Domain.
After the Nightmare Domain is severed, it is crucial that an intermediary party promptly takes its place to maintain the connection, lest it gradually drifts towards the alternate world. Consider the Wilderness of Dreams for instance, if Angel doesn’t assume the undertaking instantaneously, it would gradually integrate into the Dream Realm and finally become an inseparable part of it.
The severing process took a grueling half hour, several times longer than the previous Opulent Nightmare Domain.
If anyone or any creature were to launch an assault within this half-hour window, all of Angel’s efforts would have been for naught. Fortunately, everything seemed to be going smoothly.
Upon the conclusion of the severing, Angel could distinctly perceive a profound shift within the Wilderness of Dreams.
Everything appeared to be on the brink of illusion transformation.
This transformation was imbued with an undeniable sense of the Dream Realm, akin to the sensation of being in a dream, where the surrounding environment seems veiled in a thin layer of mist, tinged with an artificial semblance.
If the transformation persisted, the Wilderness of Dreams would inevitably become a constituent of the Dream Realm.
Naturally, Angel would not let the Wilderness of Dreams, which he had severed with immense effort, morph into a mere region of the vast Dream Realm. However, he made no move at that moment, as he was awaiting the emergence of the main entity of the Nightmare Domain.
The severed semi-passage had turned into a black hole, shrouded in an eerie depth.
Beyond this black hole should be the void between the Dream Realm and the Nightmare Plane.
Looking into the black hole, one would find it engulfed in an impenetrable darkness. Yet, Angel had an uncanny feeling that there seemed to be a muffled sound faintly emanating from beyond the black hole.
This sound was as haunting as the howl of the wind at the entrance of a wind tunnel, or the ominous throaty growl of a ferocious beast issuing a threat.
Instead of recklessly venturing outside of the black hole, Angel simply stood at its precipice, his gaze fixed upon the gradually dissolving Wilderness of Dreams, waiting for the entity of the Nightmare Domain to reveal itself.
Not long after, all the Domain Lapis Lazuli embedded near the black hole exploded, scattering into countless shards of radiant sand.
Within these luminescent granules was an abundance of precious spatial materials: Plane Dark Erosion Fragments, Plane Creation Fragments, Crystal Wall Microbes, Diluted Fragment of Constants…
These radiant fragments adhered to the black hole on their own, slowly filling it in and transforming it into a newly born membrane of reality.
Meanwhile, a depth started to seep into Angel’s eyes.
According to the text —Mystery of the Nightmare Domain—, the moment the radiant fragments begin repairing the severed semi-passage, the entity of the Nightmare Domain is about to emerge.
One second, two seconds, three seconds…
Silently counting in his mind, when Angel reached the count of thirty, an unhurriedly glowing orb suddenly appeared from the black hole.
His eyes lighting up, Angel recognized this orb – it was the entity of the Nightmare Domain!
The orb moved slowly, aimlessly. In a short span of time, it would solidify and wander within the Wilderness of Dreams.
Once the Wilderness of Dreams fully integrated with the Dream Realm, the orb would detach itself and vanish completely.
As the orb drifted closer, Angel leaped and touched the orb. Obtaining the orb, without a second thought, Angel pressed it directly into his own body.
Seemingly reckless, but in this fleeting moment, Angel had been repeatedly reflecting upon potential scenarios of Undertaking the Nightmare Domain in his mind.
The text records that while Undertaking the Nightmare Domain, one may fall into a variety of illusory experiences. If one becomes enthralled by these, they may never wake up.
However, the last time Angel took on the task of undertaking the Opulent Nightmare Domain, nothing happened, and he simply slept through it.
Sanders speculated that this might have something to do with his Nightmare Soul constitution.
Now, Angel didn’t know whether the process of undertaking the Nightmare Domain would go as smoothly as last time. Regardless of the potential risks, he was prepared for any possibility, even if it meant losing everything.
Thus, when he came into contact with the sphere of light, he didn’t afford himself a moment of hesitation and plunged it directly into his body.
As the sphere of light entered his body, a shudder ran through Angel.
Before he could relish in the sensation, a feeling of tingling surfaced at the location of his butterfly bone.
As Angel once again sank into a state of drowsiness, a single thought lingered in his mind: “Just like the last time.”
The last time, there was an itch on his back, and then, the Nightmare Domain had successfully entered his body. If it was the same this time, did it signify that he could successfully integrate the Wilderness of Dreams into his body?
However, the answer might be in the negative.
While Angel found himself in a state of stupor this time around, his consciousness was gradually clearing up. He could sense some peculiar transformations of the sphere of light within his body… or rather, it was within a mystical space, much like a soul’s dwelling, a spiritual sea, or a mental space – places that are hard to articulate.
In this mysterious realm, there wasn’t only the sphere of light representing the Wilderness of Dreams, but also another entity: The Opulent Nightmare Domain.
The Opulent Nightmare Domain was small in size, and the Wilderness of Dreams was large. Therefore, according to the descriptions in the —Mystery of the Nightmare Domain—, the Opulent Nightmare Domain ought to merge into the Wilderness of Dreams. When the two fuse, the level of the Nightmare Domain, as well as the energy rank contained within, would correspondingly increase.
However, such a situation hadn’t arisen. The two Nightmare Domains coexisted peacefully, with no fusion taking place. The sphere of light was even attempting to drift outwards.
At first, Angel was puzzled. But when he closely observed the two Nightmare Domains, he identified the issue.
The Opulent Nightmare Domain was originally an Interstitial Space between the Nightmare Plane and the Wizarding World.
The Wilderness of Dreams, on the other hand, was an Interstitial Space between the Nightmare Plane and the Dream Realm.
Even though their connection to the Nightmare Plane was severed, their last anchor was Angel. Yet, the Dream Realm belonged to the world of illusion, whereas the Wizarding World or the majority of other dimensions belonged to the realm of reality.
For this reason, based on their attributes, the Opulent Nightmare Domain and the Wilderness of Dreams simply couldn’t fuse together!
Therefore, Angel came to the conclusion that his attempt to incorporate the Wilderness of Dreams this time might fail.
True to his expectations, Angel quickly regained consciousness.
When he woke up, the sphere of light floated out of his chest once more.
A wave of urgency washed over Angel. He felt a profound sense of regret over the unexpected complication at the last step.
As he watched the sphere of light drift towards an unknown destination, Angel hurriedly grabbed it. However, this time, he wasn’t conscious that he was using his right hand to touch the sphere of light…
Chapter 888 The Transformation of the Right Arm <TOC> Chapter 890 Deciphering the Green Runes