old dream

Chapter 48 The man floating in the stratosphere

"Do you really want to explain from the 'Heaven Rank System'..."

Giovanni complained in his heart, remembering the scene when he explained the lampkeeper's creed to Luca a few days ago.The light watcher is too irresponsible.

He nibbled clean the apples in two or three bites, put the bare apple core on the roof railing, and smeared his hands on his clothes.

"You can think that there are countless paths to ascension." Giovanni said:
"Stepping into different paths of ascension, walkers will experience completely different bottlenecks and growth nodes. For example, the oath of the oath secret ceremony and the breaking of the oath; before and after the holy marriage between the 'elf envoy' and a certain spirit; the descent of the road of grace' Whether it is successful or not; or directly build the Tower of Babel, so that ordinary people can escape from prison by stepping into the gods..."

"...Each road has a different progress, and the division of the respective stages is disorderly. Therefore, there is no absolute measure of strength in this world."

"No one can really figure out what the corresponding relationship between the levels of different paths is. Who is stronger, a self-cultivator who completely 'awakens the inner god', or a 'restrainer' who fulfills all oaths? Even walking Ordinary people on the 'Jailbreak Road' have already become gods in theory just by taking one step, so how can they compare him with other walkers."

"So the 'Heaven Rank System' is not an absolute division of strength, but a conventional frame of reference."

"Probably in the decades after the end of the Dark Ages, in order to solve the scheduling and deployment problems in the campaign, each battle sequence needs to be marked with more accurate intensity. They use the ten stages of progress on the road of celestial bodies and stars as a standard, The shape is the so-called heavenly rank system, which is used as a frame of reference for the strength of other road walkers.

"Even in the next few hundred years, the proportion of users of star magic in the alliance has been shrinking. But this habit and standard has been used to this day."

"'Celestial star magic...?"

Colin was ready to display his ignorance to the end.

Giovanni seemed to have anticipated that he would have this question:

"Through sensing and imagining the stars, connect one's consciousness with a certain astral pathway, and use it as a stable source of spiritual essence. With the strengthening of one's own intention and integration with the celestial body, he will gradually be able to perceive more Distant stars."

The movement of the stars in the material world is driven by the "celestial passages" in the virtual world.And the ether layer surrounding the planet is the most stable channel for spiritual essence to enter reality from the virtual world.So this kind of magic has become the most versatile and reliable system.

"In the past, people mistakenly thought that the earth was the center of the universe. Based on this, the famous 'Epicyclic Circle Theory' came into being. This is common sense that ordinary people know."

This is an amazing coincidence with the world of Colin's previous life.A similar coincidence is that the Ankhs also call the planet under their feet "Earth".

But it is also a certain necessity.

People's initial impression of the planet must be the land under their feet.So almost all civilizations are accustomed to use the earth and soil to describe their planet.And then "land" or the name of the goddess of the earth is what people call the planet under their feet.

And because of the rotation of the stars and the sky at night, and the observer standing still on the ground, it is natural to think that the universe is revolving around the earth, and the earth is the center of the universe.

"Because of the epicyclic circle theory, the star magic of the past was based on a wrong foundation. Although it feels weird, the final impact of this error is not that big."

"The way of the celestial bodies takes the earth as the starting point, and passes through the 'equal cycle' of the other planets of the double moon and the sun - the 'equal cycle' is probably similar to what people call today's 'orbit', although under the geocentric theory, they mistakenly think of the 'equal cycle' ' is a great circle around the earth. The walker starts from the earth and reaches the 'canopy' which is the backdrop of the sun, moon and planets, which is the path of ascension depicted by the magic of the stars."

"The first stop of the traveler's consciousness is the 'Ziyuetian' where the sub-moon runs. From the earth to the sub-moon sky, it symbolizes breaking through the first curtain and stepping into the extraordinary from the ignorant and mediocrity."

"Then, he will pass through the 'equal wheel' of the other two satellites of the female moon, namely Chixingtian and Chierixingtian, to arrive at the female moon. At this point, the walker has reached the second curtain."

"Finally, there are the remaining three planets of the sun, Qingxing, Baixing, and the 'dull star' that cannot be directly observed with the naked eye at the outermost edge... Reaching the non-luminous star sky means that the traveler has reached the edge of the last curtain."

"Actually, according to the real distance, the sun should be located between Chi Er and Qingxing. But in this celestial sphere model, the sun has a different meaning from the stars."

"This is related to the ancient concept of 'sky curtain'. The sky curtain is divided into two layers. One is the stellar sky dotted with countless stars; the other is the 'prime sky' that is dark and lightless, but drives all the stars to rotate."

"And the sun is a hole in the sky, the third layer of the veil symbolized by the 'prime-moving sky', which almost covers the 'ineffable', and only leaks light and heat here. So the sun is the guide An opportunity for every traveler to return home, and a lighthouse in the fog."

"Of course, this is just the road described by the ancients with countless guesses, symbols and metaphors. The road of celestial bodies and stars starts from the earth under our feet and ends after reaching the original moving sky... Unfortunately, modern guesses on this road can only It can expose the second curtain, but this does not prevent the alliance from continuing to use the 'Heaven Rank System' as the yardstick and frame of reference for Xingshi's strength."

"And tonight's opponent is roughly at the level of Ziyue."

Ziyuetian, Chixingtian, Chierianxingtian, Feiyuetian, Qingxingtian, Baixingtian, No-light Xingtian, Xingtian, Primordial Heaven, and the "truth" after Primordial...

"Then what class do you belong to now?" Colin asked a little curiously.

"Me?" Giovanni thought for a moment.

"I'm probably still floating in the stratosphere."

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Note: The hierarchy archetype comes from the paradise depicted in the third book of Dante's Divine Comedy.

When humans ascend to heaven, they will pass through ten heavens in sequence. The first seven are based on the Ptolemaic model: Moon (Shiamaim); Mercury (Akira); Venus (Sagoon); Sun (Zeble); Mars (Mahon); Jupiter (Zebel); Saturn sky (Arabot).

Above this is the stellar sky and the crystal sky, and the crystal sky is also called Cielo Primo Mobile.Above the original moving sky is the throne of the gods, where the Empire is located, and the layers of heaven are combined into a complete number of "ten".

(End of this chapter)