From Wizard Apprentice to Conqueror of Myriad Worlds

Deep within the Black Tower.

In the Observation Room.

"...This paper contains no traces of plagiarism or fabrication. I request the Academy’s review!"

When that final declaration appeared on the scale pattern paper, unconcealable shock flashed through the beautiful eyes of the Sharp-eared Female Apprentice, Nasha.

’So fast!’

’How could he be this fast?!’

Her mentor, Yi Lin, had said in person today, "With Mo Ning’s Divination Talent, it will take five days at the fastest, ten days at the slowest."

Five days—that was already the highest compliment her mentor could pay a "genius."

From noon, when Mo Ning sat down at his desk, to this moment deep in the night, only ten hours had passed, all told.

In such a short time, Mo Ning had not only solved a complex system of equations but had even finished writing the paper.

’Is this kid even human?’

Nasha wanted to notify her mentor, Yi Lin, immediately and share this shocking news.

The Female Apprentice’s fingers touched the edge of her Silver Mirror, but after a moment’s thought, she decided against it.

’The research paper is already finished. Mentor will see it soon enough. There’s no need to waste her precious time over this.’

「Soon.」

Inside the sphere of light.

Mo Ning began to summon the Witch Spirit.

Nasha adjusted her posture, preparing to receive the paper.

In the Academy’s power structure, the three great Wizard Organizations, including the Rose Council, were the true masters of the Black Tower Academy.

The other two organizations were the Dawn Council and the Bell Tower Council.

Compared to them, the two academic societies that controlled the two journals were merely minor players.

Because behind every Wizard Organization stood a Third Level Wizard so powerful they inspired awe.

The Female Apprentice was well aware that from the moment each batch of new students set foot in the Academy, they were secretly "carved up" by the three organizations.

This "carving up" wasn’t about controlling their personal freedom, but rather a more subtle and gentle infiltration.

The research topics they applied for at the Academy, or the research papers they wrote, had to be reviewed by their respective organizations.

In this way, the Apprentices naturally formed connections with these organizations that were difficult to cut.

Knowledge was the source of a Wizard’s power and their most precious treasure; the three organizations did this for the sole purpose of controlling knowledge.

The Female Apprentice also knew that the Rose Council had an internal rule: those with Zhuoyue Divination Talent would be assigned a dedicated reviewer.

And she herself was the dedicated reviewer her mentor had assigned to Mo Ning.

The papers of mediocre Apprentices were tossed into a public review pool, to be handled by randomly assigned reviewers.

Just five seconds passed.

The Witch Spirit’s mechanical voice echoed in the Observation Room:

[Research Paper: "An Innovative Improvement to the Sub-zero Level Witchcraft [Gale Needle]—A Qualitative Change Empowered by Magic Power," Author: Mo Ning, has been delivered. Please conduct a preliminary review.]

Above the Crystal Stone table, ripples appeared out of thin air.

A thick stack of scale pattern paper materialized on the tabletop.

The paper was only simply bound, its edges still uneven, giving it a slightly sloppy appearance.

Nasha’s gaze as she looked at this paper was completely different from when she had reviewed Mo Ning’s first one.

After all, her mentor had said the idea behind this paper was excellent.

The Female Apprentice did not pick up the paper immediately.

She glanced at the edges of the pages and shook her head slightly. "For such an important paper, you’d think this kid would have neatened it up a bit."

She extended a finger, a faint glimmer of light appearing at its tip, and gently tapped the paper.

The paper suddenly trembled.

The stack of scale pattern paper automatically aligned itself perfectly, with the misalignment between any two sheets not exceeding 0.1 millimeters.

A few pages had previously been slightly curled at the corners, but now those curls vanished, as if smoothed out by an invisible hand.

Not even the most obsessive-compulsive person could find fault with it.

This was precisely the Sub-zero Level Trick—[Book Organization].

Apprentices who frequently reviewed papers would all solidify this Trick in their Spiritual World.

Only then did Nasha nod in satisfaction. "That’s more like it."

A truly outstanding paper deserved such treatment.

The Female Apprentice took an [Imaging Stone] from a drawer at the corner of the table.

The stone was pale blue with a surface as smooth as a mirror. A faint halo of light swirled within, like a piece of solidified starlight.

She planned to save an image of the paper to study it carefully later.

Activating the [Imaging Stone] with her Spiritual Power, a soft beam of white light emerged from it, enveloping the stack of paper perfectly.

Nasha flipped through the paper page by page, pausing briefly on each one to allow the [Imaging Stone] to completely save its contents.

This was a "perk" for reviewers—acquiring knowledge without spending a cent.

But the Female Apprentice only did this for high-quality papers; this was the first time she had ever saved a newcomer’s work.

「A minute later.」

The light faded, and the paper was saved.

Only then did Nasha pick up the paper with both hands, but she still didn’t read it.

She had known for a long time that with her level of skill in Divination, she wouldn’t be able to comprehend the abstruse derivations in the paper at all.

But that didn’t mean she couldn’t review it.

On the contrary, the Female Apprentice could still fulfill her reviewing duties.

Namely—Casting verification.

No matter how a Witchcraft was improved, it ultimately had to be tested in reality. And Casting verification was the only standard for that test.

Nasha flipped directly to the third-to-last page of the paper and began to study the Divination Model.

After a few glances, she reached a preliminary conclusion. ’I should be able to figure it out in half an hour.’

To succeed in Casting, one must first completely understand the Divination Model, and second, one must construct the corresponding Witchcraft Model in their Spiritual World.