Chapter 392 - 314: Return, Panel Changes (Part 2)
So clear... that he could even reverse the process.
He could temporarily ’pollute’ pure Energy, turning it into a state of Chaos.
Although it could only be maintained for an instant.
But in battle, that single instant... could mean the difference between life and death.
The change in the Time Orbit was the most subtle.
The track, which had previously spun at an erratic speed, now began to pulse rhythmically.
Fast, slow, slow, fast... like a heart learning how to beat.
Each pulse caused a subtle change in Ian’s speed of thought.
At specific moments, he could stretch 0.1 seconds into 0.3 seconds, or even 0.5 seconds...
This gave him more time to think, judge, and react.
’The three Rules have all been enhanced at the same time.’
Ian was thrilled. This would save him at least ten years of comprehension time.
As for the Sea of Spirit itself... it began to expand.
This wasn’t the slow growth from absorbing crystals before; it was a frenzied explosion of growth!
The borders of the miniature Star Map were being pulled outward as if by an invisible hand.
One by one, new points of light emerged from the Void, joining the rotating array.
One hundred, two hundred, three hundred...
The reach of Ian’s Spiritual Power, which had once covered the entirety of East City, expanded outward again, sweeping over all of East City’s suburbs, plus three neighboring towns.
His Spiritual Power, already far beyond that of an ordinary Level Two Wizard, had doubled in size once more!
Every wisp of his Spiritual Power now carried a faint golden halo.
Its density, strength, and control precision... had all improved across the board.
Ian ’stood’ in the center of his Sea of Spirit, experiencing this transformation.
He was like a tree growing wildly in a downpour.
Its roots dug deeper, its branches reached farther, and its leaves grew more lush.
Time flowed by slowly.
The expansion of his Sea of Spirit finally came to a halt.
The Star Map above had become more complex, reaching an unprecedented scale.
The three Star Orbits also ceased their changes, slowly rotating in their new state.
But Ian had no time to focus on these changes. He was captivated by a speck of gold at the core of the Star Map.
There, a filament of golden light hovered in the air.
It was extremely fine, thinner than a strand of hair.
But the fluctuations it emitted... were as vast as an abyss!
’This is... World Origin!’
A sharp light flashed in Ian’s eyes as his consciousness carefully ’reached out’ to touch it.
BUZZ!!!
Suddenly, the panel began to vibrate wildly!
At the edge of his vision, an illusory Light Curtain cascaded down like a waterfall.
[Unknown World Origin Energy detected...]
[Source: Gift from the Yalan Continent’s World Will]
[Tier Assessment: Small World Origin (Level Four ~ Level Five)]
[Commencing absorption...]
[Absorption Progress: 1%... 3%... 7%...]
The data stream refreshed frantically.
Ian’s heart tightened, and his pupils contracted abruptly.
’The panel... is absorbing the World Origin?’
He had never seen the panel actively absorb any kind of Energy before.
Even when faced with a Level Five Abyssal Mother, the panel had merely performed Purification, recorded data, and archived it.
It had expelled all the purified Spiritual Power Origin for Ian to absorb.
Ever since it appeared, it had never shown any sign of ’desire.’
But now... the panel was ’eating’ this golden filament.
It was like a beast that had been starving for three days and had finally found a delectable meal.
’Panel... just how many secrets are you hiding from me?’
Ian’s consciousness sank into the depths of the panel along with it.
There, the originally translucent structure of the Light Curtain was undergoing a subtle change.
Its illusory edges were stained a faint gold and began to show complex patterns of Runes.
Unfortunately, he didn’t recognize a single one of these Runes.
However, Ian did notice some changes.
The panel felt less illusory and had gained a ’solidity’ it hadn’t possessed before.
It was like a light, dry sponge that had finally absorbed water.
At the same time, a massive amount of information flooded into Ian’s consciousness.
Information about the classification of world Levels, and a rough categorization of the power of a World Will.
And also... the uses of World Origin.
This was High Tier Knowledge that Ian had never encountered before, but the panel was displaying it all as if it were free.
’If I had to gather this High Tier Knowledge on my own, who knows how long it would take!’
Ian suppressed his excitement, calmed his mind, and began to absorb and organize this priceless knowledge.
Gaga stood on Ian’s shoulder, carefully guarding him while he was engrossed.
After a long while, Ian slowly opened his eyes, a happy smile on his face.
’This will be a huge help for my future projection operations.’
In the future, he could specifically target worlds with lower power ceilings to avoid encountering dangers he couldn’t handle.
He now knew the lower limit of a Small World’s World Will.
It was roughly equivalent to a Level Four Morning Star Wizard, with an upper limit of a Level Five Radiant Moon.
For a Middle World, the lower limit was a Level Five Radiant Moon, and the upper limit could be a Level Six Bright Sun.
A very small number of worlds on the verge of ascension could even reach... the legendary Level Seven True Spirit.
And the Yalan Continent was a Small World that had just recovered from the Abyss’s Erosion.
Its Origin Tier was roughly between Level Four and Level Five.
’The panel even knows such High Tier... and even secret knowledge!’
’No wonder! It can even cleanly purify the will of the Abyss.’
That was an existence that even the Wizard Civilization was extremely wary of.
Ian’s mind instantly raced with possibilities, his heart pounding.
As for the World Origin being devoured, its greatest function was to accelerate Rule Perception.
It didn’t allow someone to directly obtain a Rule, but rather enabled the holder to resonate more deeply with the world’s ’network of Rules.’
It was like strapping a rocket booster to one’s comprehension.
A Rule that might have originally taken a hundred years to comprehend might now only take ten, or even less.
"So that’s how it is..." Ian murmured softly.
’No wonder the panel would actively absorb something so good.’
’For any Wizard in pursuit of the truth... this thing is a priceless treasure.’