Unexpectedly, more than a decade was spent on meditating about the purest Law Yunan had come across. The purity of Somnium drove Yunan to change his way of dealing with the Laws he had touched and gathered.
Before, he wanted to merge his Laws and integrate them regardless of purity, but after getting in touch with the pure dream Law he decided to separate his acquired Laws into two systems. The first system was the universal Law system, where he would assemble all the Laws assimilated from ordinary universes, as in universes created with myriad Laws, the second was the pure system, he would merge the pure Laws he encountered.
This segregation of systems based on purity did not mean that the Laws were placed in different locations or treated differently, the separation was only for the sake of keeping the purer Laws undiluted by the normal Laws. The act of keeping apart the two systems separately will allow Yunan to draw enlightenment from two sides simultaneously, the end goal being the purification of the ordinary Laws as well as the merger of the purified Laws into a complete universal system.
This was a long term project that may change according to new Laws and insights during the excursion, for now; what Yunan needed to focus on now was the integration of dream universe into his Dreamscape.
During this decade Drogon and Ignis returned to hibernation; their merger with Yunan was not yet complete, Yunan speculated it had to do with the lack of relevant Laws due to his fairly recent dealings with Laws in general. Cattolu was somewhere in Dreamscape acting as a node for the upgrade of Dreamscape and its absorption of the dream universe. Cattolu was basically a being of pure dream energy; thus very welcomed by Dreamscape.
As for Effort, he was engrossed in his sense of self, it was newly discovered sensation that he has been using to merge with Yunan, and his recent breakthrough was nothing other than the ability to dream. As a sentient being who has just discovered the notion of self, having dreams was a natural point he had to pass through on its journey to true existence.
As for Tasha, she was still working on her Laws, the purity of Somnium forced her to return to her own Laws and start working on mastering them all over, the purity of Somnium made her feel the difference she thought was shallow when comparing Laws with Yunan, although hers were not lacking much; mostly due to them being gifts from Yunan, hers were only worse when it came to the amount of understanding she had when using them.
To put it in pure numbers, if Yunan and Tasha stood in the universe of military automatons, Tasha would feel about 20% of the suppression while Yunan wold feel less than 3%, in the greater scheme of things, it was not much difference, but the devil always hid in the details.
When universes fought each other, things were decided by whichever had a fraction of a percentage more control, more mana or more faith, those little fractions may not even draw attention, but it always came to the little things one had over his foes.
The integration of the Dream universe as the energy core of Dreamscape took some time, and Yunan did not have it in him to just sit there and wait, instead, he took in his divine plane and started on his next leg of the journey, this time he was not as blind as he was when he first walked out of universe Hosana, no, this time, he had a faint lead tugging at him in the direction of his next fortunate encounter.
Following the path illuminated by the recent activation of karmic luck, Yunan silently flew towards a silent spot in the void. What he found upon arrival was a derelict looking, human-shaped plant. The being that sat there for who knew how long in piece opened her eyes and beheld her guest with a look that said she had been waiting for him for a very long time.
"Come forth dear client, please sit before me and show me your palm, I must say, I have not had a customer find me since the day my universe could no longer hold me, please sit dear client, this witch had never left a client go unsatisfied".
This being who called herself a witch was by no means weak, she was beyond Yunan in every aspect, that was what Yunan felt deep inside, she carried no hatred and the purity about her was like that of a blooming flower under the silvery light of the moon.
Having no reason to reject her invite Yunan decided to sit down and offer her his palm, he, however, stated that he had very little that may be traded with the witch and he was not prepared to part with his important things.
The witch only waved her hands and smiled like an old witch hidden in some haunted forest, she smiled the same smile as the witches who were sought by those who wished to change their fortune. "Payment is not something we can discuss, you and I, I was always paid my due, and it was different every time, a memory, a divinity, or a handful of rotten twigs, I never asked for a price and my clients never offered, we make the transaction first and the payment will follow its own course to me when it is due"
The witch than focused on the palm Yunan offered, he was not against having to pay a price that was fair, and the price to be paid will depend on the transaction, maybe the witch would be the one paying Yunan, maybe they would trade favours and no pay would be involved.
Although Yunan did not care much about the things that could be lost, he was worried about the things he did not want to lose, and these witches know just how to take away the things a man held dearest to his heart.