The Purple King Yan was a purple flower that gave off a faint mist that was sweet-scented and purple-colored. Those who smelled it would fall into a hypnagogic[1] state and forget all about their worries.1

But of course, this wasn’t why the Purple King Yan was called the Purple King Yan. It was because those who saw it would suffer all sorts of unusual nightmares when they went to sleep at night. The nightmare was endless, and the dreamer was tormented until they died.0

Anyone below Trueman or Grandmaster was dead as soon as they saw the Purple King Yan. It was because they would have smelled the mist from this distance. Even a Trueman and Grandmaster might not avoid this gruesome fate if they weren’t careful.0

To run into the flower was like encountering King Yan himself. Death was the only outcome. That...0