"Ah Zhan, wake up quickly!"

Xia Youwei's anxious voice became increasingly clear.

Besides her voice, Shang Siteng and Li Lingzhen's voices also echoed in his ears.

Han Zhan felt as if his soul was returning to his body and slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing Han Zhan wake up, the three of them all breathed a sigh of relief.

"We can't undergo such high-intensity training like yesterday anymore."

"The cosplay costumes must be locked away, Lingzhen, you can't exploit Ah Zhan for inspiration like this anymore, look at his condition."

"I've recently been researching herbal medicines for treating kidney deficiency, otherwise..."

"Everyone hold on a moment!"

Han Zhan stopped their divergent discussions, first wiping away the cold sweat from his forehead, then closed his eyes to sense his surroundings.

After a while, when Han Zhan finished adjusting his breath, he reopened his eyes and gravely said, "Earlier this morning, I was dragged into a dream."

As soon as Han Zhan said this, Shang Siteng had not yet reacted, but Xia Youwei and Li Lingzhen, who had experienced the previous nightmare dream with Han Zhan, both had a change in their expressions.

"Impossible, we didn't detect anything?"

"There's the Heaven and Earth Array of Second Brother, what kind of nightmare could invade?"

"In such a short time, it's impossible for there to be another Tier Nine Insect Emperor Nightmare, it was completely killed by the teacher."

Listening to their reactions, Han Zhan nodded in agreement.

The nightmare was already dead, and birthing another Tier Nine Insect Emperor would not be any easier than Wei Qing's breakthrough.

Without Tier Nine strength, and with the presence of the Heaven and Earth Array, it couldn't have silently entered North County without catching the attention of Second Brother Lin Jingxuan.

"It seems I still need to visit Second Brother to figure out this matter."

After Han Zhan finished speaking, he stood up from Xia Youwei's embrace, got dressed, and quickly went out.

...

"A nightmare?"

After hearing Han Zhan talk about his morning experience, Lin Jingxuan shook his head.

"Impossible, even a Tier Nine nightmare couldn't silently penetrate the Heaven and Earth Array."

"Perhaps an ordinary Tier Nine Array is insufficient, but within my Heaven and Earth Array, there's also the integration of the River Map and Luo Book Origin. What level of Tier Nine strength do you think could evade the detection of the River Map and Luo Book?"

Lin Jingxuan refuted Han Zhan's guess.

"But if it wasn't a nightmare, then why did I have such a nightmare?"

"If it weren't for Lingzhen using the Shennong Cauldron to protect my clear mind, and the continuous play of the Clear Heart Powder on the Fu Xi Zither, I might have been lost in the nightmare, never waking up."

This was no exaggeration.

Lin Jingxuan looked at Han Zhan, pondered slightly, adjusted his glasses, and slowly said, "Perhaps the disaster itself originates from within you?"

"From within me?"

Han Zhan was taken aback upon hearing Lin Jingxuan's words.

Lin Jingxuan didn't explain much further, only gestured lightly, revealing the River Map and Luo Book in mid-air.

"If you want to determine whether my hypothesis is correct, a test will reveal it."

"The mysteries of the River Map and Luo Book are not just limited to being the foundation of an array."

After Lin Jingxuan finished speaking, under his control, the River Map and Luo Book transformed into a golden light, enveloping Han Zhan entirely.

Han Zhan felt as if he had integrated into a warm golden ocean, and the scene before his eyes changed once more.

When he opened his eyes again, Han Zhan found himself in an infinite void.

A golden river appeared, beginning from below his feet and flowing forward continuously until it reached unseen ends of the void.

Just as Han Zhan was about to lose his balance and fall into the golden ocean, Lin Jingxuan appeared beside him, grabbing his shoulder.

"Now look down at your shadow in the river."

Lin Jingxuan's voice echoed in Han Zhan's ear.

"Shadow? What shadow, shad—"

Han Zhan spoke while lowering his head, only to stop midway through his sentence.

Because he actually saw, reflected in the golden river, his "shadow".

This wasn't important; what mattered was that the shadow he saw was exactly the humanoid black monster from his nightmare!

When Han Zhan looked down and saw his shadow in the golden river, the black shadow in the river seemed to feel Han Zhan's gaze.

It grinned, revealing a familiar silent smile.

At the same time, it reached out toward Han Zhan!

Its black, inky hand, twisted like noodles in the shimmering river, curving towards Han Zhan.

What caused Han Zhan's pupils to contract suddenly was,

its hand had actually penetrated the golden river, extending out of the river's surface!

Han Zhan's pupils dilated, watching helplessly as those inky black hands reached towards his eyes, obscuring all light and sight.

His body was abruptly pulled back by someone.

Like a person drowning, Han Zhan suddenly woke up again, gasping for air. The scene of being unable to resist, watching the other party reach for him, left him feeling helpless.

Han Zhan had returned once again to the real world.

Lin Jingxuan sat opposite him, his expression somewhat grave.

"Is it very troublesome?" Han Zhan asked, seeing his expression.

For Lin Jingxuan, who usually shows little emotion, to reveal such an expression, it indicated a significant issue.

"Very troublesome." Lin Jingxuan didn't intend to hide it from Han Zhan and stated plainly.

"It's hiding inside you, almost completely merging with you."

"It manifested as a nightmare because the Heaven and Earth Array forced it to reveal itself."

"It's fortunate we discovered it early. If it were any later, you might have fully merged with it, leaving no room for recovery."

Upon hearing Lin Jingxuan's words, Han Zhan frowned.

"Who is it?"

When did he provoke such an existence, and why didn't he have any recollection?

Lin Jingxuan glanced at him and uttered four words.

"Void Origin."

Void Origin! Hearing Lin Jingxuan say those words, Han Zhan abruptly stood up from his seat.

"Are you saying the Void is not dead?!"

"No, the Void is thoroughly dead, deader than dead. If the Void weren't dead, you'd have already been completely devoured by it, without us ever noticing."

"Then why does the Void Origin..."

"Who says an Origin cannot have its own will?" Lin Jingxuan adjusted his glasses, posing a new question.

"Due to the existence of an Origin will, every time you used the Void Origin to devour Energy Bricks, a portion of the energy got intercepted. As you used it more, it gradually accumulated enough energy to form into your likeness, which is the humanoid black ink figure you saw."

"If you continue using the Void Origin, only one thing will happen."

Lin Jingxuan paused and said one word at a time.

"It will become you, replace you, devour you."

"And you will return to the Void."

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