From Wizard Apprentice to Conqueror of Myriad Worlds

Mo Ning began to explain at length how he had "heard" a Sanctuary ahead in the sound of the crashing waves:

"Yesterday, while I was reading, I happened to be studying ’Gao Lei’s Spiritual Wave Derivation’ in Low-Ring Divination."

"And in the vibration spectrum of the waves I heard, the patterns of change in a few segments were quite interesting..."

As Anya listened, a subtle expression appeared on her pretty face.

The pioneer, Lord Gao Lei, created tens of thousands of Divination Formulas in his lifetime, over ninety percent of which were concentrated in the Low-Ring Divination Domain.

To the vast majority of Apprentices, this lord was a nightmare incarnate. You could find plenty of people at the Black Tower Academy whose scalps tingled just from hearing the name "Gao Lei."

But the Noble Lady’s gaze penetrated the transparent material of his rain hood, carefully studying Mo Ning’s expression—she could clearly see delight and excitement in it.

"The characteristics of these spectral patterns instantly reminded me of several constants from the Spiritual Wave Derivation formula: ’Laxia,’ ’Rata,’ ’Larry,’ ’Lada,’ and ’Labu.’"

Mo Ning paused here, a wide smile on his face as he asked a question in return, "When you hear these five constants with similar-sounding syllables, does anything come to mind?"

Anya’s Divination Talent was only considered upper-middle tier, and she had only dabbled in the shallowest areas of Low-Ring Divination, so she looked completely lost.

Reina, however, froze for a moment. That stubborn lock of hair of hers perked up sharply under her hood, and she blurted out, "The Sanctuary Formula!"

Mo Ning laughed. "That’s right!"

These five Divination constants, named in a similar fashion, were the most crucial constants in the Sanctuary Formula.

When they practically jumped out at him from the wave’s vibration spectrum, ringing like little bells, he found it all too fascinating.

Reina’s face was full of admiration.

The Knowledge of Divination hidden in the sound of the waves pointed precisely to the Sanctuary Formula. This was clearly no coincidence.

Nature wouldn’t just happen to compose a ballad of Divination for you in the spray of the waves—if something like that happened, it could only be a deliberate arrangement.

There was only one logical explanation: a Sanctuary had been intentionally placed ahead by the academy.

Considering the harsh weather—gales, torrential rain, and thick fog—setting up a Sanctuary where new students could take shelter from the storm and recover their strength was a very reasonable thing to do.

What the Dazed Girl admired was that Mr. Mo Ning had only stopped to listen to the waves for a moment before deducing that a Sanctuary was ahead.

Only then did Anya understand.

This was the first time she had ever heard of the "Sanctuary Formula." She couldn’t help but steal another glance at Mo Ning, then turned to the Dazed Girl and asked humbly, "What fields is this formula mainly used in?"

Reina lowered her voice and explained, "I heard the story of the Sanctuary Formula from my teacher, Buck."

"In the era when Lord Gao Lei lived, the powers of the Ancient Wizards were divided into two major factions. One was the ’Eternal Council’ of the Eternal Floating City, and the other was the ’Dawn Alliance’ of the Dawn Floating City."

The Floating City was not a new term for the first-year students.

All the new students knew that Floating Cities came into being during the Third Epoch, after the fall of the Second Ancient Wizard Empire.

History books called this the "Era of the Floating City," which was also the last period of the Ancient Wizard Era.

"The Eternal Council held immense hostility toward Divination Wizards, viewing them as heretics who blasphemed orthodox Witchcraft. They sent out numerous hunting parties to track down and kill Divination Wizards everywhere."

"These Wizards were generally proficient in Spiritual Control Magic. As soon as they found one Divination Wizard, they could often extract a long list of names from them."

"As a result, during this bloody period that lasted for more than thirty years, the number of Divination Wizards was reduced by a third."

"To counter the Spiritual Control Magic of the Ancient Wizards, Divination Wizards began researching Witchcraft to protect their own minds—that is, Spiritual Protection Magic."

"However, the first Sheltering Witchcraft invented by Divination Wizards was a Second Level Witchcraft, and it was extremely difficult to learn. Only the most exceptional among the Second Level Wizards could master it."

"Things only changed when Lord Gao Lei began to research Divination problems in this area."

"At the time, he was still a First Level Wizard. He single-handedly created the renowned Sanctuary Formula and used it to drastically streamline the Divination Model, incredibly simplifying it into a First Level Witchcraft."

"This became the famous [Gao Lei’s Spiritual Sanctuary]. Its Witchcraft Model is simple and elegant, and most First Level Wizards can easily master it."

"More importantly, [Gao Lei’s Spiritual Sanctuary] has another key function: a First Level Wizard can condense a ’Sanctuary Mark’ and implant it into an Apprentice’s soul."

"This mark acts like an invisible shield, constantly guarding the Apprentice’s Spiritual World and giving them a solid line of defense when facing Spiritual Control Magic."

"This Witchcraft vastly improved the difficult situation of Divination Wizards, laid the foundation for the growth and expansion of Secret Divination, and helped Divination Wizards accumulate the power to eventually destroy the Ancient Wizards’ Floating Cities."

Reina paused, then added, "Gao Lei’s Sanctuary Formula is also a classic example of using Low-Ring Divination to solve a Middle Ring Witchcraft problem."

Anya listened to her teammate’s history lesson, but her gaze involuntarily fell upon the side of Mo Ning’s face.

The curtain of rain slid down the edge of his transparent face shield, blurring parts of his profile but making his eyes seem even more focused and bright.

A thought suddenly flashed through her mind: ’Perhaps one day, Mo Ning can reach the same heights as Lord Gao Lei.’