( I was going to describe what it would be like to be in a plant body but I found it to be impossible so I just wrote this instead.)

I wake up with a strange looking man crouching next to me. He is dressed in all white.

I ask him, “Am I dead?”

HE responds “Yes and no, when the core exploded it released a ton of demonic energy. That, combined with you having a crystallized core and the vines trying to worm their way into it, has turned you into a dungeon. A plant dungeon, to be more specific.”

I am so shocked by this that it takes me a while to digest it. When I’m finished being shocked I was, ” Who are you?”

He responds, “I am from the next dimension up from yours. My clan has a tradition where we come down and help souls in need at our coming of age. You especially need help as a non-natural dungeon.”

“Why is that?” I ask.

“Well, do to dungeons being isolated and unable/unwilling help each other and form societies, god gave options to guide them in developing their dungeons in certain ways. Although some decide to do it their own way without help. But because you are a non-natural dungeon you don’t have access to those options. Thus I have come down to help you. Before you ask here are your options:

Standard Dungeon, your typical dungeon with floors full of rooms and a boss at the end of each floor. Monsters will also drop loot instead of having harvestable bodies and the is a higher amount of qi here than normal. May evolve into floating island or mine. Different options could appear if criteria are met. Labyrinth Dungeon, wide and spread out many don’t realize these are dungeons. This is due to the monsters not dropping loot or disappearing when they die. The only boss is your body which you will have to develop over time. There is a huge amount of qi in labyrinth dungeons. This attracts monsters that you didn’t create. Many cultivators will also come to cultivate. When this happens you siphon off a bit to boost your own cultivation. May evolve into floating continent. Different options could appear if criteria are met.

“Why are there so few options? Seems like there would be more ways to do it, considering all the different ways to cultivate normally.”

He responds, “Dungeon cultivating requires much more complex patterns than normal. These two patterns can be changed to become other things, but these are the only ones simple enough to start with. Any other questions?”

I answer, “How do I do the labyrinth technique?”

In response to that he reached his hand out to my head and I felt a rush of knowledge enter my head. I reached out to my surroundings and began cultivating. I looped the qi around my body in spirals and swirls until it reached my core again.

I asked him, “How long do I need to maintain the pattern until it solidifies?”

“Just a moment long……..”

My senses fade out as he answered me.