Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 2419 The Astral Dimension

Chapter 2419 The Astral Dimension

Xukong's words were like a bomb to Lin Mu.

"WHAT!?" He couldn't believe it since it simply seemed impossible to him. "How's that possible!?" "I was just as shocked." Xukong replied, letting out a sigh. "But you somehow... managed to do it." Lin Mu went silent for a couple minutes, as he ruminated over it and finally spoke.

"But wouldn't that mean... I was dead?" he asked, great hesitance in his voice.

"Usually yes." Xukong nodded. "True Souls of creatures aren't meant to leave their bodies as they are very fragile and would perish without the protection of their 'vessel'. That is also why cultivators yearn to develop a Nascent Soul which allows them to have a second chance at life.

That way even if one's body is damaged beyond recovery, they can transfer their True Soul to a Nascent Soul as a new vessel and survive." He explained.

"Then, did my True Soul leave with my Nascent Soul?" Lin Mu questioned as that seemed like the most likely option to him.

"No... You're Nascent Soul was still in your Dantian." Xukong answered. "I don't know how... But you reached a state where your True Soul detached, but managed to leave behind a link to your body. This allowed your True Soul to return to your body after a period." He explained.

"So the dreams I saw... weren't dreams?" He muttered to himself.

"What exactly did you see in those dreams?" Xukong asked. "Tell me about them." He too wondered just where and how Lin Mu had managed to do this.

Xukong was limited to Lin Mu's body in his current state, and as such couldn't really tell where his True Soul had gone. If not for the fact that Xiao Yin and Xiao Yang could still sense that he was 'alive' from their connection to him, he would have really thought that Lin Mu had died.

"How's what possible?" Lin Mu asked.

"The face of that woman... Can you see— No, remember it clearly?" Xukong questioned.

Lin Mu furrowed his brows and tried to recall it, finding it to be incredibly blurry. It was like trying to look at someone's face through a dense layer of mist.

"I can't..." Lin Mu replied feeling surprised. "Did I forget it so fast?" "Was there anyone else?" Xukong asked.

"Yes, a man." Lin Mu replied before explaining what happened after he had been sent flying across the cosmos by the woman.

The description of it all was rather vivid and upon hearing it, Xukong now started to doubt whether they were really dreams. And once he heard about the giant planet with armies of various races facing off against the devils, Xukong became startled.

The mention of the Armored man who demonstrated the power of the Daos and showed Lin Mu what 'Zenith' was truly alarmed Xukong. Just to be sure, he looked at Lin Mu's shared memories and realized that the Armored man's face couldn't be seen either.

"He used over three thousand Daos." Lin Mu stated. "I could feel each and every Dao and their profundities." "I think what you saw weren't dreams." Xukong replied. "And your True Soul didn't just wander off in this world... it went to somewhere mysterious." He added.

"And where is that?" Lin Mu asked with incredible curiosity.

"The Astral Dimension." Xukong revealed, making Lin Mu's eyes go wide.

The ring was something that was bound to Lin Mu's soul and couldn't be removed in normal cases. Even if his body died and Lin Mu turned into a Nascent Soul, it would still carry on with him. But when he was in the dreams as a True Soul, the ring had not managed to go with him which was strange since in all other 'normal' dreams Lin Mu had, he always had his ring with him.