Chapter 146 Dream Materialization! In this realm, I am God.

A bizarre silence fell over the square.

Three half-Saint-Grade projections knelt in a row. The Dragon (cat), the human (the old man holding a plunger), and the dog (a three-headed Husky) looked at each other, not even daring to breathe loudly.

Because in front of them, although that terrifying man had lied down, several golden text bubbles floated around him:

【Zzz...】

【Warning: Noise monitoring in progress...】

“What kind of Domain is this?”

The Holy See Bishop (currently holding a plunger) used Divine Thought to send out frantic transmissions, his eyes filled with terror. “I have lived for three hundred years, yet I have never seen such absurd Law power! Could this be the legendary... God's Forbidden Zone?”

“Meow... (Don't know.)” Ancestor of the True Dragons Nest scratched the ground with his claws in humiliation. “But this kid's Mental Energy is simply a bottomless pit. Our current forms are locked by the Law unless we wake him up or kill him.”

“Kill him?” The Three-headed Demonic Wolf (Husky version) rolled its eyes. “You go? Who was it that turned you into a cat with a single slap just now?”

While the three old monsters were communicating via Divine Thought and trying to find a way to break the deadlock...

Su Qingyue and Mu Qingxue finally snapped out of their shock.

The two carefully bypassed the kneeling big three and arrived beside the war chariot.

Jiang Chen was sleeping soundly, even with a bit of drool hanging from the corner of his mouth. If it weren't for the twisted reality around them, who would believe that this harmless-looking young man had just toyed with three half-Saints?

“His Mental Energy is severely overdrawn.”

Mu Qingxue extended her cool fingers and gently pressed them against Jiang Chen's temples. The veins there were throbbing, and the temperature was frighteningly high.

“That ability to modify reality just now was likely activated by overdrawing his life force in his subconscious. We must find a way to settle him down, or his brain will burn out.”

“Settle him down?”

Su Qingyue glanced around. “There isn't even a proper bed here...”

Suddenly, her gaze fell upon the floating Crystal Coffin.

Or rather, it fell upon the base where the Empress's Physical Body lay inside the Crystal Coffin.

It was a jade bed carved from Ten-Thousand-Year Warm Jade, emitting a soft light that calmed the mind.

“That spot...” Su Qingyue swallowed hard. “It looks very comfortable.”

“Are you thinking...” Mu Qingxue's eyes widened. “Making him sleep in the Empress's coffin? That's a sacrilege! If the Empress wakes up...”

“We can't worry about that now!” Su Qingyue gritted her teeth. “And haven't you noticed? Ever since Jiang Chen used that dream ability, the aura inside the Crystal Coffin seems to be responding to him.”

Indeed.

Following Jiang Chen's breathing, the Chaos currents on the Crystal Coffin were pulsing rhythmically, as if inviting this weary traveler home.

“Let's do it!”

The two women worked together to lift the sleeping Jiang Chen from the war chariot.

They ignored the three old monsters whose eyes were nearly popping out (That's the Empress's coffin! You lunatics!), and stepped toward the Crystal Coffin one step at a time.

“Stop! That's a taboo...”

The Holy See Bishop was about to speak up and stop them when he saw the 【Zzz...】 bubble above Jiang Chen's head suddenly shake and turn into a red 【!】.

The Bishop was so scared he immediately stuffed the plunger into his mouth, instantly shutting up.

Finally, the two women arrived before the Crystal Coffin.

The coffin lid was not sealed shut; it slid open with a gentle push.

A fragrance like orchids wafted out—it was the Empress's body scent, lingering even after ten thousand years.

The Empress inside the coffin was so beautiful she didn't seem Mortal. She wore imperial robes, her hands were folded over her abdomen, and her skin was whiter than snow, as if she were merely taking a nap.

“Pardon our offense, Senior Empress.”

Su Qingyue murmured a silent prayer, then together with Mu Qingxue, carefully placed Jiang Chen into the coffin.

The Crystal Coffin was very large, enough to accommodate two people.

As soon as Jiang Chen's body touched the warm jade, his furrowed brows instantly relaxed.

Even more bizarrely, in his sleep, he naturally rolled over onto his side, and one hand... as luck would have it, landed on the Empress's slender waist.

Not only that, he even nuzzled his head against the Empress's shoulder, finding the most comfortable position and using the Empress as a large body pillow.

“...”

Everyone was petrified.

The three old monsters felt like their hearts were about to stop.

Desecration! This was blatant desecration!

That was the Peerless Empress who once suppressed the myriad realms and slaughtered alien races until blood flowed like rivers!

This kid actually... was hugging her to sleep?!

However, the expected heavenly punishment did not descend.

On the contrary, the moment Jiang Chen hugged the Empress, the entire Bronze Immortal Palace suddenly lit up.

Countless ancient runes rose from the ground, spinning around the Crystal Coffin in jubilation.

A massive and gentle mental power surged from the Empress's body, flowing slowly into Jiang Chen's body through the skin where they touched.

【System Notification: Detected highest-level "Sleeping Partner" — Empress's Physical Body (SSSSS-grade).】

【Soul synchronization in progress...】

【Congratulations, host! Entering "Spiritual Union" mode. Mental Energy recovery speed increased by 10,000%!】

【Obtained special BUFF: Empress's Favor.】

Boom!

Jiang Chen's originally nearly depleted Mental Energy surged at this moment like a volcanic eruption.

This power even overflowed from the Crystal Coffin, turning into a golden pillar of light that shot straight into the sky.

“Ah—!”

The three old monsters kneeling on the ground let out shrill screams.

Under this pure Emperors Might, their projections could no longer be maintained.

“No! I am not reconciled!”

“Damn kid! When our true bodies descend...”

“Meow!!!”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three muffled sounds echoed as the three projections exploded into a rain of light, dissipating into the air.

All that remained on the ground were a broken spear, a staff, and a Demonic Wolf Tooth (those were the Lifebound Treasures carried by their projections; because they had turned into a cat claw/plunger/dog head, they reverted and were left behind after the Law was lifted).

“Is it... over just like that?”

Su Qingyue looked at the three half-Saint Magical Artifacts on the ground, which were emitting terrifying fluctuations, feeling as if she were in a dream.

She turned her head toward the Crystal Coffin.

There, the light gradually faded.

Jiang Chen was hugging the most noble woman in the world, sleeping with a sweet expression. And the Empress's originally cold and stiff face now seemed to... have a hint of soft warmth?

“I feel like we might have done something incredible.”

Mu Qingxue looked at this scene with complex emotions.

She watched Jiang Chen's hand resting unscrupulously on the Empress's waist, and an inexplicable sourness welled up in her heart.

“That's the Empress... how can he hug her so naturally?”

Just then, Jiang Chen's fingers suddenly moved.

Perhaps the warm jade bed was too slippery, or perhaps the Empress's clothes were made of such fine material.

His hand slid down from her waist and finally... patted the Empress's perky buttocks.

“This mattress... is really soft.”

He made a mumbled comment in his sleep.

Crack.

Outside, deep in the distant starry sky.

In some unknowable place.

A pair of Phoenix eyes that had been sleeping for ages suddenly trembled slightly.

A thought spanning countless light-years, carrying a hint of embarrassment and surprise, projected toward the direction of Kunlun.

“Who... is touching this Empress?”

Inside the Immortal Palace, Mu Qingxue and Su Qingyue suddenly shivered.

They felt a chill down their spines, as if they were being watched by some terrifying existence.

But looking at the oblivious Jiang Chen, who was still hugging the Empress's thigh and sleeping soundly, the two women could only look at each other helplessly and sigh.

“Forget it, let it all be destroyed, I'm tired.”

They sat down on either side of the Crystal Coffin, guarding this pair of "Peerless Sleep Gods."

At this moment, inside the Bronze Immortal Palace, time was peaceful, with only Jiang Chen's rhythmic snoring telling the tale of a legend that was about to shake the myriad realms.