My dreams can simulate the future.

Chapter 128 Slaying the Inner Demon, Changes in Mindset

The Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword Technique contains a detailed record of the inner demons.

Whether one is a cultivator or a mortal, very few people can achieve a state of perfect mental clarity.

As long as there are things you can't let go of in your heart, inner demons will grow.

Of course, the harm caused by inner demons varies in degree.

A cultivator with severe inner demons will have their mind severely affected.

Even daily cultivation is impossible; the slightest mistake could lead to qi deviation and demonic possession.

The inner demons of ordinary cultivators are very hidden and hardly have any impact.

At most, it will cause some interference when a cultivator breaks through to a higher realm.

Simply find some magical artifacts or spiritual objects to suppress inner demons, and their influence can be completely eliminated.

At this moment, Jiang Chen's emotions had calmed down.

"My inner demon is actually the demon of fear. My life in my past life may have been unsatisfactory, but at least my life wasn't in danger."

"In this life, I have lived under my grandfather's protection since I was a child. When he was being hunted down by the Black Stone Society, I encountered Meng Die Tu awakening."

By simulating the future through dreams, I have successfully overcome numerous life-or-death crises.

I've never faced death in real life in either of my two lifetimes.

"With the Dream Butterfly painting here, my future is limitless. If there's anything I'm afraid of, it's death."

"Given my temperament, there's absolutely no hope of overcoming my inner demons on my own."

"Fortunately, the inheritance my master gave me was complete. In addition to the cultivation method, there were also the insights and experiences left by predecessors who cultivated this method."

With these things around, overcoming inner demons is not difficult.

The demons that the Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword Technique aims to slay are, first and foremost, the inner demons of cultivators.

The Thousand Illusions True Monarch who created this technique was ambushed during a battle with the Demon Clan.

He developed an extremely terrifying inner demon, and there was even a risk that he would be possessed by the inner demon.

In order to slay his inner demons, he searched for many techniques and secret arts before finally creating the Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword Art.

This technique can not only slay inner demons, but also control them to do one's own bidding.

In future battles, one can also unleash inner demons to interfere with the opponent.

To eliminate inner demons, one must first draw them out.

The situation Jiang Chen encountered while cultivating supernatural powers and secret techniques in his dream was the manifestation of his inner demons.

There are many ways to slay inner demons, including quite a few opportunistic methods.

For example, by using treasures that can suppress inner demons, the power of inner demons can be greatly weakened.

After that, overcoming your inner demons will be much easier.

Every advantage has its disadvantages. This method of eliminating inner demons is, frankly speaking, just deceiving yourself.

The inner demons may not have been completely eradicated, and they may become even more severe later.

Even if you completely eradicate your inner demons, their power will be relatively weak when you use them to attack in the future.

"If time were of the essence, I might also choose this method to slay my inner demons."

But I have the Butterfly Dream Painting, so I have plenty of time.

"Since that's the case, I'll choose the most difficult, but also the most rewarding, method to vanquish my inner demons."

Upon realizing this, he immediately sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state.

He mobilized his divine sense and magical power, and condensed a phantom image of the [Thousand Illusions Demon-Slaying Sword] in his sea of ​​consciousness.

He then did not continue to meditate in reality, but instead chose to enter a dream.

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[First day of entering the dream]

Just like in his previous dream, Jiang Chen went to study and contemplate the diagram.

Before long, the illusion reappeared, and the first opponent was still the bull.

This bull is a manifestation of his inner demons. After his inner demon of fear appears, anything or anyone that frightens him becomes nourishment for the inner demons and an incarnation of them.

Jiang Chen's chosen path was to kill all the incarnations of the [Fear Demon].

With each incarnation of the inner demon slain, the inner demon's power weakens by one point.

After all the avatars are killed, the true form of the inner demon will appear.

Once you kill it, you will also completely eliminate your inner demons.

At this moment, Jiang Chen, with his Qi Refining Level 3 cultivation, was about to directly confront the enhanced version of the Savage Bull. The only useful thing he had was a mid-grade first-rank talisman, which was also of ordinary quality.

There was absolutely no chance of winning against a bull.

However, there are ways to overcome this problem.

"I now possess the strength of the Foundation Establishment realm. The reason I only have the third level of Qi Refining cultivation in this illusion is due to the suppression of my inner demons."

"The less fear I feel, the less the inner demons suppress me, and the closer my cultivation will be to the early stage of Foundation Establishment."

And the demonic manifestation will be weaker, giving me a higher chance of victory.

Having made up his mind, he immediately summoned several talismans and charged towards the barbarian bull.

With mental preparation, his fear diminished considerably, and his cultivation level reached the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Relying on his years of experience fighting in dreams and his mastery of various offensive techniques, he fought the bull for a full quarter of an hour before being knocked unconscious and taken away by the bull.

Then, the illusion before my eyes changed, and the next opponent was Black Wolf.

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After being killed dozens of times in the illusion, Jiang Chen felt that his will could not withstand it, so he immediately withdrew from the dream.

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Back in reality, Jiang Chen fell asleep immediately, only waking up from his dream a long time later.

Even now, he still feels a lingering fear.

"The Illusionary Realm of Inner Demons is indeed powerful. When others try to slay their inner demons, once they enter the illusion, it becomes a fight to the death."

If you cannot slay your inner demons in the illusion, you will be devoured by them.

Otherwise, our ancestors wouldn't have gone to such lengths to overcome their inner demons.

"Luckily, I have the Dream Butterfly Diagram. If I can't take it anymore, I can end the dream, return to reality, calm myself down, and learn from the experience."

After calming himself down, Jiang Chen chose to enter the dream again.

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A year has passed, and Jiang Chen is forty years old.

At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged in the practice room.

Compared to a year ago, his appearance has not changed at all, but his temperament is completely different.

At this moment, he gave people the feeling of a mountain peak in the sea, unmoved by wind and rain.

Feeling the changes in his own state of mind, Jiang Chen confidently entered his dream again.

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[First day of entering the dream]

Jiang Chen pondered the visualization diagram again, and then fell into an illusion.

This time, the illusion wasn't a bull or a black wolf, but a puppet.

That's right, it was the law enforcement puppet he encountered when he was exploring Yunze Blessed Land.

Before this, he had many opponents in his illusion.

There are wild bulls, black wolves, Bai Bin who holds the sword, a foundation-building master from the Black Stone Society, a second-grade dragon from Yunze Blessed Land, and Zhang Yaoling who has transformed into a weapon spirit.

In the illusion, he killed them all one by one.

What made him most desperate was this enforcement puppet, whose strength was a genuine peak Core Formation stage.

At this moment, Jiang Chen once again faced the law enforcement puppet.

The puppet of law enforcement held a ruler and struck Jiang Chen.

A faint blue spiritual light flashed in Jiang Chen's hand, and a long sword materialized out of thin air, its appearance being exactly the same as the Thousand Illusion Demon-Slaying Sword.

This time, instead of dodging, he lunged forward, his longsword slashing directly at the law enforcement puppet.

Click~~

Jiang Chen passed by the law enforcement puppet with a crisp sound.

He discarded the long sword in his hand, put his hands behind his back, and stood proudly.

With a smile playing on his lips, he said, "It's done!"

Behind him, the ruler in the puppet's hand broke in two, one piece falling onto the stone slab with a crisp sound.

Immediately afterwards, the puppet's body was severed at the waist, and its upper body slowly slid down along the perfectly clean cut.

Immediately afterwards, the illusion collapsed, turning back into darkness.

In this darkness, besides Jiang Chen, there was another black phantom with the exact same appearance as him.

Jiang Chen knew that this was the manifestation of his inner demons.

The inner demon wanted to speak, but Jiang Chen was too lazy to listen to him. With a flick of his sword, the black phantom turned into ashes and disappeared without a trace.