A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 364: Promoted to "Ancient Scholar"

Time began to flow slowly, and nearly three hundred years had passed.

The figure on the observatory was still there, as if even the position had not changed, and his gaze was still looking towards the direction of the Misty Sea and the Western Continent.

"It seems that luck is not on Nyasolem's side. It has been almost three hundred years since we entered the Western Continent, and we have not yet brought back the uniqueness of the 'Secret Peeper'."

The sage had anticipated the dangers of the Western Continent.

After all, there was the power left by the "Tianzun" and the aura naturally emitted by the seven essences. Generally, the angels of Sequence 2 would be terrified when facing such a situation. Even the sages who already possessed the status and power of the Angel King were quite wary of the Western Continent.

Only Nia Solem, a local resident who was born in the Western Continent, could enter the Western Continent and bring back the uniqueness of the "Mystery Peeper" path by relying on the trace of source energy he was contaminated with.

Threads of silvery starlight surrounded the sage's eyes, the authority of "fate" was silently pried open, and the power of "time and space" lingered around him under the cover of "secret".

A glimpse of the future emerges in the eyes of the wise man.

He saw elves coming to the astronomical tower one by one, holding a thick book.

"Will it take about two hundred years for Nyasolem to bring back the unique 'Secret Peeper' from the Western Continent?"

But suddenly, He saw through another corner of the future and saw eight figures holding high the Kingdom of God and ruling the earth. The shadow of war also began to spread from this period of time to the future, and it was difficult to see other forces comparable to them. Only near the end, it seemed that a shining figure walked out of the chaos, established a Kingdom of God, and protected mankind.

"Is this the time period when the ancient gods reach the peak? And there is no trace of my existence during this period of time."

"Is it because fate cannot reflect me, so I cannot be shown? Or was I entangled by something at that time, so that I could not come into reality?"

Over the past three hundred years, the Sage has occasionally glimpsed into the future. Most of the scenes were directed toward Niasolem by Him, calculating the time it would take for Him to bring back the unique path for the "Secret Peeper".

This dark age, a corner of the future after the twin ages, was the first time He saw it so clearly.

The sage held his forehead and whispered in his heart, "The ancient sun god [Chaos Sea] is no longer calm, and the 'God' has a hidden trick up his sleeve. He sees the possibility of 'Tianzun' being resurrected, and is preparing to put the lid on the old gui's coffin."

"But it is true. We are almost at the 300-year mark. My ritual will soon be over, and I will be able to advance to Sequence 3 of the Fortune Teller Path, the Ancient Scholar, before my eyes."

"That's right. They are both one of the 'original' personalities. This seemingly secret thing is almost an open card to both parties. With such a resurrected body, 'Tianzun' can't just sit there and watch. 'God' is also aware of this."

The sage smiled silently, and in the silvery starlight, he seemed to see the two “Originals” competing with each other, and glimpsed the authority and symbols that were constantly colliding in the universe.

With a stretch of his finger, he summoned a pile of spiritual materials and glimmering star beads from the Observatory Tower. The spiritual light shone gently, and the spiritual world and the corresponding space were slightly distorted. In the blink of an eye, all these things in his hand were teleported to the side of the Eternal Night Coffin.

——【Spell: Travel】

The sage closed his eyes and whispered to himself, "The next step is to continue waiting."

"Dong dong."

The melodious bell sounded from the big city under the stargazing tower, echoing around the entire coast with a hint of heavy power, exuding a tranquil charm.

Nearly three hundred years have passed. After the humans who originally moved from the blood clan's territory extracted the extraordinary characteristics in their bodies and cleansed the madness buried deep in their spirits, they have rebuilt the rudiments of a civilization under the guidance of stargazing.

The middle-aged men who were the leaders of the tribes back then had already passed away, and even most of their descendants were buried in the earth. Two hundred to nearly three hundred years had allowed these humans born in the Dark Age to reproduce twelve generations.

Unfortunately, due to the dangers of the embryonic era, the accidental death rate has remained high, and the current total population has only just exceeded 100,000. And this is also because there is an observatory tower standing here, deterring all extraordinary creatures approaching this area, which is why it can have such a population.

In the center of this big city built entirely by human hands, the bronze bell on the top of a church slowly echoed with a low sound, awakening the sleeping people in the city as the sun slowly rose from the sky.

"Wow."

One by one, clergymen dressed in blue and white priest robes slowly walked in from the door of the church. They drew a pattern on their chests that looked like eyes with one hand and chanted in a low voice in unison:
"The Immortal Lord who has penetrated the past years."

"The Old Days of Star Forging"

"Chaos of disorder"

"The mysterious Lord"

"We sincerely thank you for your attention"

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"The Angel Under the Seat of Xuanjun"

“The messenger who guides the development of civilization.”

"A tower on earth looking out to the stars."

"We sincerely praise you for giving us shelter and keeping danger away from this city"

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Low prayers with chanting tones continued to echo in this nearly two-hundred-year-old church, transforming into pure faith and blending into this huge city with a population of 100,000.

This is a spontaneous behavior of people after they have accepted the knowledge of stargazing.

These clergymen dressed in priest clothing almost all came here voluntarily, praying to the angels and gods who protected them, and offering their faith on their own initiative. Even if these beliefs were not accepted by the sages or the stargazers, this was their only way to express their gratitude.

Sage and Stargazer, one is a spirit of Beyonder characteristics, and the other is an angel born from a sequence 2 activated by a Beyonder item. They do not need to maintain their own humanity, nor do they need to care about the "original" spiritual imprint of Beyonder characteristics in their bodies.

The sage's situation is special. In essence, He is crazy, and He is crazy all the time, so naturally it doesn't matter.

As for Guanxing, he is now a large Beyonder Item, and all the Beyonder characteristics in his body are connected by the source pollution in the sage's body, forming a stable balance. As long as he autonomously integrates the Beyonder characteristics of other Sequence 2 pathways, this balance will not be destroyed. Therefore, the sage and Guanxing will basically not touch this kind of belief that is equivalent to spiritual pollution.

In this way, the spiritual power of faith was automatically accepted and stored by the third party, that is, the city they were in. Later, under the guidance of stargazing, these powers were used to form a mystical guardian ritual that protected the entire city.

In this way, all curses, corruption, filth and other deadly foreign things were blocked by this ritual, making them unable to threaten the lives in the city. This was the important reason why they could maintain their development in this harsh environment without the power of the saints.

However, now, without their knowledge, a share of the faith belonging to "Xuan Jun" was not stored in the city where they were, but was accepted by the existence of their faith.

Near a battlefield revealed by a certain mountain range, there was a mausoleum emitting a faint light. In the deepest darkness, a coffin was slowly pushed out from inside, and a figure that seemed to have been sleeping for a long time slowly sat up from it.

"Is this the faith of this world? It is really full of chaos and disorder. But as an alarm clock to wake me up from the coffin of eternal darkness, it is a good choice."

Xiong Mo, who had just fallen asleep for three hundred years and completed the "Ancient Scholar" auxiliary promotion ceremony, woke up.

"Crack."

He pushed back the heavy coffin lid, closed the entire Coffin of Eternal Darkness, reached out and stroked it, then put it into the storage space of the Pocket Watch of Time.

Xiong Mo picked up the spiritual materials beside him and sighed, "It's time to be promoted to 'Ancient Scholar'. Although the longer you are away from reality, the better the effect of the ritual will be, but there is not much time left for Olmir to ascend the throne."

He picked up a glass, put a pair of Fulgrim's Hound's eyes and a Mist Wolf's Flocculated Heart into it, and slowly shook it. Then, he put 100 ml of Fulgrim's Hound's blood, 30 grams of Mist Wolf's Hoarfrost Crystals, and a large amount of "ancient" historical records that recorded the "first" awakening into it.

As time passed, a cup of crystal clear liquid appeared in the glass in Xiong Mo's hand.

Looking at the magic potion that was flowing with starlight and looked like a wriggling transparent worm, his brows twitched slightly. This was the spirit reminding him.

"So after drinking the potion, something indescribable will happen? It seems that this is the influence from 'Tianzun'."

Xiong Mo looked at the cup of potion and smiled slightly, not caring about it at all.

If it was before he realized "I am who I am" and awakened the power of the [True Spirit], Xiong Mo might still be extremely wary of the "Tianzun", one of the "original" personalities, and might even try to find a way to deal with the trouble of this "revival".

But now, the power of his regained [True Spirit] is enough to rival half of the universe, and he already has the foundation to give it a try.

He drank the sticky potion, and an "Ancient Scholar" extraordinary characteristic of the "Fortune Teller" pathway was quietly generated in his body, and his promotion began.

"crash"

At this moment, his spiritual body suddenly heard the sound of flowing water, with a strong flavor of time.

Xiong Mo's spirit body looked up and saw that there was indeed a river flowing inside his body, above his spiritual body.

He narrated in a low voice, "This is not a normal promotion procedure for the long river of time in this universe."

But no figure appeared, and no sound was heard to answer Xiong Mo's doubts at this time. The long river of time representing this mysterious universe flowed quietly on his spiritual body, reflecting pictures of the past, as if telling something unspeakable.

Wisps of historical mist fell from the [Source Castle] in the spiritual world and merged into the long river of time, making it hazy and difficult to see through.

Xiong Mo knew that this was the fog of history, something similar to the fog of fate, but completely belonging to the realm of time. At the same time, this was also one of the prerequisites that the "Fortune Teller" needed to meet before he could advance to Sequence Zero and become a true god.

Looking at the mist of history, Xiong Mo shook his head and thought to himself, "This 'Tianzun' is so impatient that he actually shows me the things that will lead to my promotion right now. He wants me to become a 'Fool' as soon as possible."

"It seems that the time for God's resurrection to appear is approaching, and this Heavenly Lord also wants to occupy my body as soon as possible to continue the battle with God."

"Yes, at the end of the Dark Age, a certain ancient sun god who fell into the Chaos Sea was about to stand up and take back his authority. It is really strange that the 'Tianzun' did not take any action at this time."

The sound of water splashing in the long river of time continued to rise in Xiong Mo's spiritual body, and a strange transformation quietly unfolded in his spiritual body. The original wisps of historical mist also peeled off a quarter of the long river of time and automatically merged into his astral body.

"Tear."

A violent tearing sensation rose from his heart. It was his spirit being torn apart, his spiritual body being divided, and his flesh and blood being deformed.

Transparent worms wriggled out of Xiong Mo's body, and he unfolded his mythical form without his control. At this moment, three-dimensional runes suddenly flashed in the transparent worms that separated from his body, which seemed to communicate the underlying rules of the universe.

In an instant, Xiong Mo's consciousness was suddenly expelled from his body and wandered in the spiritual world.

"Tear."

The violent tearing sensation reappeared, as did extreme pain. At the same time, the source substance that was originally reflected in each transparent worm emitted a glimmer of light, making the transformation even more violent.

A terrifying desire to split suddenly appeared in Xiong Mo's heart. He was very familiar with it. This was a sign of "Tianzun"'s intervention. This "original" personality grafted the underlying rules of the mysterious universe with his transforming body, and the strength was hundreds of times stronger than when he was promoted to Sequence 4.

Spirit insects scattered in the mausoleum. They seemed to have their own consciousness. They were constantly fleeing and avoiding future gathering.

"'Tianzun', your method of playing with the rules has not changed at all. Do you think I can't resist?"

Xiong Mo [True Spirit], who had ascended to a high place at some point, looked indifferently at the underlying rules of the universe connected to himself, raised his hand and took off the faith belonging to "Xuan Jun", and condensed it into a long sword.

“Although it’s not a true belief in all spirits, it’s enough.”

Holding the sword, swing it down.

It was as if the sword light formed by a hundred thousand different figures directly cut off all the underlying rules of the universe that had nothing to do with his promotion.

——【Sword Heart (Second Level): All Spirits】

——【Tao Sword (Second Style): Tao, born from all spirits】

(End of this chapter)