The Seed of the Primordial Nightmare

Darkness.

A pair of glittering eyes appeared from the darkness.

It cautiously observed its surroundings.

But there was no movement in the darkness or nothingness, even the wind had stopped.

Only then did it slowly move its black claws. With an arrogant and elegant pace, it carefully moved forward in the black pipe.

After moving forward for an unknown amount of time.

Every time it got tired, it would stop, crouch on the ground, untie the pink flower bag on its neck, take out a piece of strawberry pie and slowly savor it.

After it finished eating the strawberry pie and licked its claws, it once again tied the pink bag around its neck.

It picked up the card again and moved forward in the tunnel.

Time passed.

Finally — — -

A faint light came from the front of the tunnel.

The black cat remembered its instructions and silently waited at the end of the tunnel, only when the light began to flicker did it jump out.

…

Dreamscape.

Liu Ping stood on top of a lone peak, holding a Blade in his hand as he silently looked at the gigantic blood-colored castle outside the mountain.

"Is that the place where all the dead worlds are collected?" he asked.

"Yes, all the female creatures of this world, after being killed, are all gathered in that castle." God answered.

"Very well, let's think of a way to sneak in." Liu Ping said.

"Wait a bit, we don't know what that monster's abilities are — — for example, I don't dare to know." God answered.

"That's right, but we can't just wait here." Liu Ping said.

"But your 'Special Effects Artist' has already fooled it twice, it must know to guard against you, I feel like we'll be done for as soon as we get in." God answered.

"That's easy — — -"

Liu Ping lightly adjusted his breathing and raised his Blade.

"Wait a minute! Are you going to slash it from here? "God asked.

"What else?" Liu Ping raised his Blade.

"Wait a minute, have you thought of a way to escape?" God asked.

"I'll slash it once first to see the castle's defensive capabilities, that's the most direct source of information." Liu Ping said.

"Wait a minute! Don't be in a hurry to fight, although I don't dare to know some things, I know some things, do you want to hear them? "God asked.

Liu Ping couldn't slash with his Blade.

He helplessly put his Blade away and complained: "Oi, don't interfere with my battle."

"It's actually a very important thing." God answered.

"What is it?" Liu Ping asked.

"Do you still remember? You've saved a cultivation world and allowed it to return to the Samsara. "God replied.

"Oh, that's my original world. I remember." Liu Ping said.

"You also saved Yun Xi's world — — that was also a Samsara world." God said.

"Yes, this happened not long ago. What do you want to say?" Liu Ping shrugged.

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation is a world system where 'Spirits' exist. Those 'Spirits' have sensed your help to the Six Paths of Reincarnation, so they wish to express their gratitude." God replied.

"Can they come and fight with me?" Liu Ping asked with interest.

"Of course not, they have their own situations that they must face, but they have sent you some information. Look, they're already here." God said.

A black pipe suddenly appeared in the void of space.

A black cat stood at the entrance of the tunnel, looking at Liu Ping majestically.

It held a card in its mouth.

The wind blew.

There was a period of silence.

"Ah … Hello, are you giving me this card?" Liu Ping asked.

The black cat looked up and reached forward.

"Alright, it seems that's the case … then I'll take it." Liu Ping carefully reached his hand out and took the card from the black cat's mouth.

The black cat observed him and nodded: Meow, meow meow."

Saying so, it went back into the black pipe.

The entire black pipe disappeared without a trace.

"It left just like that?" Liu Ping asked.

"Its last words were: 'Brat, do your best.'" God replied.

Liu Ping looked down at the card in his hand.

It was a dark purple card. There was a woman drawn on it, and behind her was a ferocious shadow.

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in his mind:

[Display card:???]

[This is??? Information card, you will be able to learn from this card??? Details of its power: ]

 [???(Sealed)]

[An unspeakable entity, possesses the following powers:]

[Phantom doppelganger: When it is sealed by 'Solitary Life' or any other power, it can create a phantom doppelganger to fight with 30% of its original power]

[Dark Fallen Realm: Corrupts and corrodes all things and world-type life forms, turning them into its servants]

[Light of the Era: Uses light to engulf all things and living beings, causing the target to fall into a state of death, unable to be healed or resurrected]

[Chain Seal (passive): Due to being sealed by the armor and 'Solitary Life', every 30 minutes, the phantom doppelganger will be pulled back by the seal, only able to reappear after 1 minute]

Liu Ping quickly finished reading.

The changes in the dreamscape were most likely due to the influence of the 'Dark Fallen Realm'.

As for the rays that it used to kill me, they were the so-called 'Light of the Era'.

— — -Its only weakness was that it would be pulled back by the seal every 30 minutes.

But it was still able to take in servants.

1 minute.

It's enough for its servants to watch over everything.

At this point, Liu Ping didn't want to attack right away.

Thinking about it carefully, from the time it appeared to the time it invaded the dreamscape, to the time it fought me and created this place, quite a bit of time had passed.

It would probably have no choice but to return to the seal very soon.

Then …

God's voice resounded: "Then, after losing track of you, it plans to create an armor that can resist 'Solitary Life', the first thing it needs to do is — —"

"Take in a few servants." Liu Ping replied.

"That's what I thought as well, let's see what kind of servants it will take in." God replied.

"Let's wait and see." Liu Ping replied.

With the information I just received, what I need to do now is to find a gap in its defenses — — -

I can't be impatient right now.

He sat down on top of the lonely peak and silently waited.

Not too long later.

In the sky, a gigantic entity exuding a 7-colored glow silently descended, knelt down on one knee, and spoke with a low voice:

「Master, I have obeyed your summons, from an incomparably long time ago, I have been collecting every 'Earth' in the infinite worlds, until today, I have arrived in front of you.」

Looking at the entity, Liu Ping's eyes suddenly twitched.

Lines of small text appeared above the rainbow-colored behemoth's head:

[Primordial Seed of Nightmare, ruler of all living beings and all things, Lord of all dreams, King of all kings, the undefeatable Eternal World Will]

… That's it.

A long, long time ago, it was the most powerful of nightmares.

It was also the one who wanted to devour me.

It was because I broke free from its imprisonment that I began to wander through the endless void, searching for a way to fight against nightmares for all living beings.

Why — — -

Did it come here directly?

All the memories of history flashed through Liu Ping's mind like images, to the point that he felt his heart palpitating.

That's right.

There must be something that I've forgotten about.

What could it be?

In the air, the woman silently appeared and shouted: 「"I'll teach you the unparalleled art of armor forging, infusing my power into your body so that you can forge this armor."」

「 Understood!」the gigantic entity replied in a low voice.

Liu Ping stopped watching, waved his hand to create layers of illusions, and silently retreated.

He flew across the sky, heading towards the end of the dreamscape.

Every time he flew a meter, a layer of illusions created by a 'special effects artist' would appear behind him.

Layers upon layers of illusions appeared in the dreamscape, silently and without anyone noticing.

That unknown monster will be forging its armor here.

And I — — -

Already know the ins and outs of this matter.

God's voice suddenly resounded:

"This move is truly impressive. Countless years ago, it had already activated the 'Dark Fallen Realm' and subdued the most powerful World Entity."

"This is the origin of the nightmare." Liu Ping said.

Liu Ping turned around.

This is the end of the dreamscape, he can no longer see the original Lord of Nightmares, nor that monster.

But he knows — — -

It has already begun to forge its armor.

That armor can resist 'Lonely Life', it's the key to the monster's victory at that moment in the future.

"God, you know what I want to ask." Liu Ping said.

"The time … should be 960 million years ago." God answered.

"Let's go." Liu Ping said.

"Are we really going?" God asked.

"Yes, at that time, I was already the fruit of the original nightmare, now we're going to do it again."

"What do you want to do?"

"I don't know, let's first become its subordinate … only then can we hope to stop this from happening"

Liu Ping drew his Warden Blade and lightly swung it at the void of space.

In a flash.

Everything turned into blurry afterimages that whizzed away.

 (TN: so unpredictable! i love it)