Chapter 307: Chapter 307: Is This Really Just a Recording?

The bell tower hanging upside down in the sky was unreachable for others.

But for Ren, who controlled the Spirit Realm authority, it was like going home—he reached it easily.

He didn’t even need to think about where the door was. He could just walk straight through the wall.

This move completely shocked the legendary figures below who’d lived here for countless years.

It wasn’t just that they couldn’t enter themselves—they’d seen the God of Wine and the God of War try.

But even those two deities couldn’t get in. Hell, they had trouble even getting close. So how come when it came to Ren, it was so easy?

In a daze, they seemed to recall a very distant memory.

Long, long ago, Lady Dream had entered and exited the same way.

Sure enough, you couldn’t judge all people by the same standards—and the same went for deities.

But this situation made them several times more excited about what was about to happen next.

Inside the inverted bell tower, everything was flipped. Furniture and utensils all hung from the ceiling, but the ceiling looked like a floor. The light fixtures were installed in the center of the floor, and the entire floor was white as snow, making you feel kind of guilty just stepping on it.

If not for the ropes fixing the lights being like pillars, holding the lights up, Ren might’ve even wondered if the bell tower was originally right-side up and had just been flipped over now.

But obviously, that wasn’t the case.

"This is pretty interesting."

Looking at all this, Ren couldn’t help but smile. In his previous life, many amusement parks or other entertainment areas had similar buildings that used visual effects to mess with people, perfect for taking photos.

But compared to those tourist spots that used all kinds of ropes, screws, and other devices to secure things, here it seemed to happen naturally.

Clearly, this was Lady Dream’s handiwork.

Walking through the bell tower, Ren casually looked around without any nervousness. Even though he knew that entering this bell tower would directly teleport him to this room, and he’d have to explore step by step, he wasn’t nervous at all.

This floor didn’t have anything special—just some very dreamlike inverted rooms. He didn’t see any unusual scenes.

The inverted stairs weren’t suitable for climbing, but that didn’t stop Ren. He didn’t even need to use extra authority—just the Spirit Realm authority. With a simple modification, the stairs became easy to navigate.

For a moment, he even wondered if these stairs were meant to test one’s mastery of Spirit Realm authority.

With this thought, Ren walked along the path.

Soon, this was confirmed. He could feel that with each floor he ascended, he needed to use a bit more Spirit Realm authority.

Gradually, some bizarre and twisted things began to appear around him.

But how could these things possibly affect him?

He ascended at an almost constant speed without any pause.

The moment he stepped on the stairs for the eighth time, Ren could clearly feel the scene before him suddenly change.

The art style underwent a huge transformation.

The ninth floor was actually a massive temple.

The temple was extremely tall, probably several hundred meters high. Huge stone pillars were everywhere, making it feel like arriving in a land of giants...

Everything around was so novel, but Ren directed his gaze in one direction without looking at these things.

Because... he discovered that sitting in this temple was a figure seemingly shrouded in hazy purple mist.

This person looked exactly like the Goddess of Dreams, Lady Dream, that the Goddess of Magic had told him about.

Could it be that Lady Dream had been in the Tulip Kingdom all along? Was this her palace?

If that was really the case, what was her purpose?

Countless questions instantly appeared in Ren’s mind. He even wanted to summon his strongest mech and gather his authorities directly to fight her.

This situation was definitely not normal.

But just then, suddenly, Lady Dream on the throne spoke: "Bard, have you had some interesting dreams again?"

Bard?

A bard?

Lady Dream asking someone about their dreams—that wasn’t right, was it?

"Esteemed Lord Dream God, I have indeed had some interesting dreams."

Another slightly aged voice rang out. "It was a wonderful world. In that world, people didn’t have any supernatural powers, but they could use various tools and methods of boiling water to accomplish many things that we supernatural beings, even deities, wouldn’t dare to imagine..."

Ren’s expression shifted slightly. Could this place be constructing fantasy worlds based on the memories of whoever entered?

Wasn’t the dream this old guy was talking about the world from his previous life?

No supernatural powers, people skilled with various tools, but the effects these tools produced were no less than some magicians... Especially when at the end, the other party said that without needing magic power at all, the people of that world had already begun exploring outer space on their own.

But just when Ren thought things were already absurd enough, suddenly, the aged voice changed tone: "However, peace cannot last forever."

"Two and a half months after I entered that world, monsters called Hollows appeared. They’re bloodthirsty, brutal, prefer warm-blooded animals, and have incredibly rapid growth rates. They like to come out at night..."

The sudden change in tone caught Ren off guard for a moment.

The aged voice continued.

In his description, all the intelligent life in that world had died.

"So, what role did you play in all this?" Lady Dream seemed completely unmoved by his story and just asked this question calmly.

"I was just a traveler, an observer. I shouldn’t have played any role in it."

"You know that’s not the answer I want," Lady Dream’s voice rang out again.

The aged voice fell silent for a moment. "Actually, not everyone in that world died. Most people are still alive because the gods of the Hollows also need faith."

"And now, on the other side of the rift is the world of the Hollows."

"So you’re saying you came back from the world on the other side?!" Lady Dream’s interest seemed to perk up a bit.

"Yes..."

Lady Dream and the aged voice continued their dialogue. Ren listened while probing.

He had a feeling that this conversation shouldn’t be happening now, but should have happened three thousand years ago, before Lady Dream entered the other world.

Of course, it would also have to be after the coordinates were determined and the portal to the other side was already open for this to be possible.

Was this a recording?

Before he knew it, the conversation was coming to an end. Suddenly, Lady Dream, sitting in the temple’s core area, turned her gaze to Ren.