Within the dream world, currency takes the form of magic power and spirit, which people can use to create the people and objects they desire, and even invite others into their worlds as guests through unique serial names.
If someone doesn't have enough currency, they can also choose to venture into public areas to hunt the Beasts of Desire collected by Xiao Ye. After defeating these Beasts of Desire, they drop various items and resources, including item templates and all kinds of magical equipment.
However, as Xiao Ye's business continued to expand, the scope of the dream world he created also continued to grow, affecting more and more people.
This naturally attracted the Magic Council's full attention. After personally experiencing the dream world, every council member fell silent.
The dream world's influence had become unimaginably vast—so vast that it filled both the Magic Council and the Kingdom's nobles with deep apprehension.
No one could predict what consequences would arise if it were allowed to continue developing unchecked.
After all, Xiao Ye's Nightmare Magic possessed the ability to remotely absorb the spirit and magic power of others.
Although Xiao Ye himself was kind-hearted and had never caused any large-scale casualties,
if this power were to fall into the hands of a Dark Guild, it would undoubtedly become a disaster for the entire Kingdom.
Through Xiao Ye's development, Nightmare Magic had evolved from a nearly useless form of magic into a forbidden-level spell capable of silently killing tens of thousands of people.
After all, in this world, no one can avoid sleeping.
And once they fell asleep, they might be ensnared by Xiao Ye's nightmares and lose their lives without ever waking again.
Yet, in reality, Xiao Ye possessed almost no means of self-protection aside from his Requip Magic.
Therefore, the Magic Council ultimately decided to take compulsory measures and place Xiao Ye under Seal Designation to bring the situation under control.
Specifically, Xiao Ye's real body would be sealed deep within the Magic Council headquarters, while the entire dream world would be jointly supervised and managed by the Kingdom's nobles and the Magic Council.
This would ensure that such an overwhelming power could not be abused while simultaneously protecting Xiao Ye from anyone who wished to exploit him.
To appease Xiao Ye and prevent him from taking actions that might endanger the Kingdom's people,
the Seal Designation Unit also presented two decrees jointly issued by King Thomas E. Fiore and Magic Council Chairman Crawford Seam.
These two decrees not only bestowed upon Xiao Ye the honorary title of Marquis of Fiore but also granted him a seat on the Magic Council itself, allowing him to oversee all affairs related to the dream world.
This was undoubtedly a form of compensation for Xiao Ye.
After all, being permanently sealed away and deprived of one's freedom was no trivial matter.
Although Xiao Ye could still freely travel between reality and dreams through his thought body, it ultimately could not compare to using his true body.
Of course, the Magic Council had also considered forcibly shutting down the dream world and severing its connection with reality.
However, almost no council member supported that proposal, nor did anyone dare shoulder the responsibility.
Anyone who had experienced the dream world knew they could no longer live without it.
Within the dream world, people's spirits could be thoroughly satisfied, while their physical bodies could enjoy complete rest without suffering any fatigue.
Moreover, time flowed several times faster inside dreams than in reality.
A single night's sleep in the outside world could equal ten days or even half a month within the dream world, effectively extending everyone's lifespan.
Therefore, no one was willing to give up such a wonderful world.
If anyone proposed shutting down the dream world, they would probably drown beneath public outrage and somehow end up committing suicide after being struck by several magic attacks in the back.
Although the Magic Council possessed supervisory authority and nearly absolute power over Magicians, they still did not dare risk offending the entire Kingdom by forcibly shutting down the dream world.
Thus, they could only choose to protect Xiao Ye at all costs, ensuring both the stability of the dream world and that he would never fall into the hands of conspirators.
On Xiao Ye's side, although he was extremely unwilling to accept the Seal Designation, he had no means of resisting it.
After all, his current strength was nowhere near enough to oppose the personnel dispatched by the Magic Council.
For his sake, the Council had mobilized overwhelming forces.
Even the Rune Knights led by Byro had been dispatched.
This was a ruthless individual who had nearly wiped out the entire Fairy Tail Guild.
Although Xiao Ye's succubus soul continuously evolved by absorbing enormous amounts of spirit, the greatest weakness of his Requip Magic was Nullification Magic.
Byro's Nullification Magic could erase virtually any magic, after which he simply beat his opponents to death with his fists.
Without his succubus soul, how could Xiao Ye's frail body possibly withstand such a barrage of punches?
If they had been inside the dream world, Xiao Ye could have reduced every one of them to dried corpses with a mere snap of his fingers, draining all of their spirit.
Unfortunately, this was the real world.
One could only say that Xiao Ye had become somewhat addicted to being omnipotent within the dream world.
As a result, he had gradually neglected reality and was ultimately caught red-handed by the Magic Council.
To be honest, Xiao Ye had no doubt that even if the Magic Council had not come for him, he would probably have been kidnapped by a Dark Guild within a few days.
There was simply no helping it.
The power he displayed was both too profitable and too dangerous.
Anyone with malicious intentions could imagine the horrifying devastation the dream world could unleash if used improperly.
Whoever controlled Xiao Ye would essentially control the lives of all seventeen million citizens of the Kingdom of Fiore.
No ruler would ever allow such a self-propelled human forbidden spell to remain free.
Seal Designation was an unavoidable outcome.
Thus, after only a brief moment of annoyance, Xiao Ye stepped into the Seal Designation container without the slightest hesitation.
As the sealing unit cast their spells, a massive amber crystal gradually enveloped Xiao Ye.
His clothes slowly disintegrated beneath the crystal's encroachment.
To avoid ending up completely naked, Xiao Ye suddenly spread his enormous succubus wings, tightly wrapping them around his curled-up body.
In the end, Xiao Ye was completely transformed into a Succubus Queen within the amber crystal and permanently sealed inside.
"Just how much spirit has this guy absorbed?"
Looking at Xiao Ye's succubus form, the members of the sealing unit couldn't help but feel chills run down their spines.
An ordinary succubus could never become this powerful.
Xiao Ye's succubus form had evolved to an utterly unimaginable level.
And the method by which succubi grew stronger was by absorbing spirit.
Whether from men or women, as long as sufficient spirit was available, they could rapidly evolve.
The members of the sealing unit silently rejoiced that Chairman Crawford Seam had sent Byro as an additional safeguard.
Otherwise, Xiao Ye alone might have wiped out every one of them.
"If we're only talking about humans, I've probably absorbed spirit from around twenty-five thousand people."
"But since I spread it out evenly, no one has ever been harmed because of it."
Xiao Ye's thought body walked out from the seal, placed his hands on his hips, and proudly explained to the members of the sealing unit.
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