219 Getting Ou (1/2)

Within the dreamscape, Leon sat cross-legged on the floor with his arms crossed, his brows furrowed and his gaze piercing. In front of him were the Ravenous Black he had placed on the ground and the object of his gaze.

'To create a fake replica to such degree of fine details, it must serve a purpose. Obviously, this purpose is to create a new runic mechanism that will allow me to escape back to my real body, but…'

Leon frown deepened. He didn't know where to begin. If the dreamscape was his, he would be able to create anything with the power of his imagination. He would just need to simply will a portal to the real world to return.

After all, a dreamscape is like the world of one's dream and anyone can be the god of their own dream, dictating what can and what can't happen.

Nothing needed to make sense behind the power to create anything, nor did the logic and reasoning needed to be understood for it to happen. If they will it with their imagination, it will happen.

Alas, this wasn't his dreamscape, but someone else's dreamscape. His will had no power over it.

Given time though, he might be able to come up with his own unique method of leaving the dreamscape, but time was the one thing he didn't have right now.

Instead of coming up with a new method, it would be much quicker if he could just replicate an existing method, Arden's method.

At this point, Leon paused for a moment.

”That's right, I can just replicate Arden's method. All the pieces of the puzzle had been given to me. I just have to put them together, while the picture can be found in my memory.”

Leon smacked himself in understanding. He just needed to recall all the details of how he got himself inside in the first place, reverse-engineer it and he will be able to get himself out quickly.

'I might not have understood what was happening before, but now that I have inherited Arden's knowledge and skill, it should be a piece of cake for me.'

Having thought that, Leon closed his eyes and recalled his memories of the moment. However, the memory had become a bit blurry and indistinct after he had spent decades in the dreamscape.

This might not have been a problem for other stuff, but he was trying to recall great details from the moment the runes activated, the purple pulsated and transformed his own body into a body of light, and the instantaneous moment of his transference into the dreamscape.

He needed details of everything.

His eyes snapped open and frowned.

”I can't miss anything. I probably only have one chance to get out. If I accidentally fail but tear a hole through the temporal rune barrier protecting the dreamscape, the void will swallow my soul.”

”What should I do?”

”If my memory is blurry, I just have to reinforce it.”

'Fortunately, I took the time to build a small biome and planted the yin-element related herbs. These are all herbs with nourishing aspects for the soul.'

'Also, I should still have some Soul Enhancing Pills from the last batch I refined. Previously, I had only ingested one to strengthen my divine sense…'

'Although these Soul Enhancing Pills are mainly used to strengthen the soul, it does have some memory reinforcement effects. After all, strengthening the soul covers many aspects including but not limited to information processing, reaction speed, visualization, etc.'

Leon could have ingested all 9 Soul Enhancing Pills he had previously refined, but he was perhaps too cautious for his own good when it came to the topic of souls.

The soul was the most mysterious part of the human body that even left Divine Kings pondering for millenniums without fully comprehending, yet all Divine Kings seem to place great emphasis on the aspect of their souls once their cultivation reached the Divine King realm.

If Leon had to make a wild guess why this was the case, it is because the key to advancing beyond the Divine King realm was related to the soul.

Leon does not know what kind of soul requirement was needed to break through the Divine King realm, but if he did not want to cut his own path short, he had to treat his soul cultivation carefully.

Improving his soul too quickly might leave lifelong adverse effects that impede his future cultivation.

Like stretching a dry rubber band, there was a limit to how much it can stretch. Stretch it too far and it will snap. Even if it does not, cracks will appear, and it will never be the same again.

Until he gets his hand on a soul cultivation technique, he will use Soul Enhancing Pills to improve his own soul at a very controlled pace.

'Wait a minute.'

Leon's mind froze for a moment.

'I should still be able to access the [Divine Book of Life], right?'

With a single thought, he disappeared from dreamscape room and reappeared in the Worldspace.

Glancing around at the familiar surroundings and freshly grown herbs, Leon heaved a sigh of relief.

'Figures. The [Divine Book of Life] is bound to my soul after all... but then again, nothing is absolute so one can never be too sure. Overconfidence can be one's downfall.'

Leon did not linger in the Worldspace for long before hopping into the Whitespace and searched the Archive for related books.

After doing a double check on his available herbs, he settled on a single pill recipe, the Never Forget Pill that met herb requirements. His previous efforts were now paying off.

He didn't know who came up with such a name, but he wasn't going to be picky about trivial matters. In fact, he felt the name was quite simple and straightforward, free of bullshit and not overexaggerating.

The reason he chose the Never Forget Pill over a Soul Enhancing Pill was due to it being the most suitable pill for his cause.