Hou snapped out of his trance and thought about what the archmage just said. If he truly wanted to be free, becoming the strongest cultivator is just the beginning.
'So Araxis created my world and just a fake copy of his wants to survive in me and help me escape. If I have the help of an archmage, even after this dream I would be able to learn magic. And my works was created with magic, so I should be able to absorb the dao easier and escape into the real world. If he truly is the creator of my world he should know it's intricacies...' Hou analysed his situation and finally came up with his choice.
"Archmage Araxis, I hope you can guide me." Hou felt his body had charged, he had become his real body, not king George. He held out his hand.
Araxis took it and as a show of respect, took off their hood. Araxis pulled off the hood, releasing long white hair. He did not look too old, while he should be hundreds of years old, he only looked 60 or so.
The two shook hands and Araxis summoned back their staff.
"Good choice, we'll have to hurry. This recreation is extremely tightly controlled, without this isolated space the world would've reset and taken care of me, as an 'anomaly'. All I'm going to do is take my mind and transfer it into yours. This will put a heavy burden on your soul to generate wills for me to think, but you should be fine because you're special."
"I'm special? What do you mean?" Hou didn't think he was too special, nothing notable.
"I've senses out earlier but I only confirmed now that your mental defences have weakened, you are the key. When I created the world, I created one person, someone I could control and see my creation. It seems when I left your body it continued throughout the world changing and morphing, you seen to be that creation. You must've developed a soul at some point and became your own human. But deep down you are, or were, a version of me."
"I am you, but how can that be I don't remember anything like that, and I remember when I was a child?"
"Perhaps you were your own person, until my creation absorbed you and we merged. You might not remember but you might've sense some abnormalities surely?"
"I do recall one time, I could use an ability to go to places I've been and I could go to somewhere I've never been. Maybe I used the remnant memories of you?"
"Quite possibly, I might be able to know more after we get out. All you need to do is wait, I'll do it all, just watch."
Araxis held his staff and closed his eyes, activating magic. First he stopped maintaining his false world, instead focusing on destroying the dream realm.
He manipulated the laws of the dream with certain loopholes and points of weakness as starting points. The recreation was imperfect and so Araxis could easily manipulate it with his level of skill.
"I'm going to keep this concealed realm open, I'm going to enter your mind. When I do this, I'll fall asleep for a time. Until I wake up you need to finish this off. I've sent you the memories just do as it states."
Araxis body faded and turned into a flurry of lights which rushed into Hou's mind, he could feel a large drag. The extra person burdened his soul to generate wills, which was why Araxis would be asleep for a time. Hou needed to strengthen his soul for him to awaken.
Hou looked into his memories and with great difficulty find the memory Araxis sent. He quickly sat down in the void, closing his eyes.
Hou created the sense of vibration, astrally projecting and following the motions. Even if they seemed nonsensical Hou followed them perfectly, he moved random laws and moved his consciousness in erratic patterns. Hou could control all the mana in this concealed realm with the authority Araxis bestowed.
Hou could easily manipulate the laws and somehow, as Araxis had planned the dream realm imploded!
However instead of gaining another sort Hou foster in that space for a time with nothing happening. Last time a spirit rushed into him, this time however he saw and felt nothing.
That was until suddenly it ended and he awoke in his world. Hou jolted up, seeing her was in his tent he calmed, looking down at his hands he saw his real hands.
"Did it succeed Hou, did you do it?" Yue asked in Hou's mind.
Hou put his head in his hands and breathe, ignoring Yue for the time being. Once he fully comprehended what happened, he answered.
"Master have you ever heard of magic and sorcery?"
"I don't believe I have...?"
"... It's all real and I'm the only one that knows" Hou mumbled and confused Yue.
"What's real, tell me?"
"I guess you could say, I've become a sort of spirit. In that I can manipulate the dao. Let me explain..."
Hou explained what happened in the dream realm, what magic is, who Araxis is, what the world really is, everything.
"... This is...a lot. The only way to gain two freedom, is to destroy this while world and use it to make a new body in the real world. But, let me tell you this. Does it matter?"
"Of course it matters, everyone is somebody's experiment and I have to absorb the world to ascend!"
"But what does that mean? What's the real difference, will you need to do anything different? No! It just means you can become stronger faster here, and only then think of your next plan. With your magic ability and knowledge of the 'system' of this world, surely you can become above all!"
Hou thought of a rebuttal but then it clicked, It didn't matter. He still needed to save everyone in this world even if it was created by someone, everyone here is still real. They still think and have emotions, like himself.
"...yeah, YEAH! I can think of what to do after I save everyone I can here and become unparalleled below the heavens!"