"At once! I'll see to it immediately!"
Zuona lowered her head in deference, but inwardly she sighed: "They've even dispatched this person... it seems the Church has very high hopes for Baron Raylin..."
Zuona could clearly feel just how highly the Church regarded the Baron — the man who had uncovered two major sources of revenue and even improved the technology for detecting devils and demons.
The fact that they had immediately dispatched the Legendary powerhouse known as the "Spear of the Church" the moment she had merely raised the idea as a final hope was proof enough!
"Not just his talent, then — they believe he has a real chance of reaching Legendary status?"
Only a future Legendary powerhouse could warrant such an investment from the Church of Wealth!
Thinking this, Zuona could not suppress a flicker of jealousy toward Raylin.
"I've heard he also developed several alchemical items for detecting devils — ones even our Church hasn't been able to decipher. That mage has truly given us quite the surprise..."
Though he had some reservations about being urgently dispatched to protect a mortal, Jeffreys was nonetheless deeply curious about the young mage at heart.
"That mage certainly is an interesting person..."
Zuona could only play along at this point, but she soon noticed something off about Jeffreys' expression.
"What is it, my lord?"
"This fluctuation? Could it be..."
Jeffreys' eyes were locked on the hills beyond the outskirts of Morning Star Harbor — especially the mage tower standing atop one — and in his gaze was an unprecedented gravity.
"Where is Mage Raylin right now?" Jeffreys asked abruptly.
"He's in the mage tower. From what I hear, he's been conducting some important research this whole time — the boy really has no sense of priorities," Zuona said offhandedly.
Then she was stunned to find Jeffreys already striding toward the mage tower. "W-wait! My lord, you don't intend to visit the mage right now, do you? At the very least, you should..."
Jeffreys paid no heed to her words, continuing forward at a steady pace, his face still carrying a look of disbelief.
"That expression on his face... could something have happened at the mage tower?"
With this confusion, Zuona couldn't help but cast her gaze toward the towering mage tower in the distance.
……
At this very moment, deep within the mage tower, Leilin was indeed undergoing a transformation.
For ordinary professionals on the Continent of
But for Leilin, who had already experienced such a transformation once before and carried the insights from Sosros's advancement, smoothly navigating this hurdle was hardly an impossible task.
The Chip was operating at full intensity, vast streams of information flashing before Leilin's eyes, distilling into the most critical notifications: [Ding! Arcane network construction complete! Core internal circulation foundation established!]
[Ding! Subject's Spiritual Power beginning qualitative transformation, spiritual upper limit breakthrough in progress! Legendary advancement initiated!]
At that moment, Leilin felt the connection between his soul and the
"If an ordinary mage tried to advance under this level of difficulty, it would be virtually impossible. Fortunately, I switched to the
A powerful will directed his Spiritual Power, keeping everything on a steady course.
Finally, under the tremendous external pressure, the mist-like Spiritual Power within his sea of consciousness surged violently toward the center, coalescing into a prismatic crystal!
Bang! It was as if some invisible bottleneck had shattered, and Leilin's entire soul felt as though it were submerged in a warm spring, suffused with incomparable comfort.
[Ding! Subject's Spiritual Power qualitative transformation successful! Spirit +1!]
The Chip's notification materialized on the screen.
[Detected: Subject's Spiritual Power has exceeded 21! Legendary domain advancement!!!]
A tremendous wave of awe flooded Leilin's mind, so overwhelming that his soul momentarily faltered.
[Ding! Subject has advanced to Legendary Arcanist! Breaching the Outer Weave! Commencing contact with the Inner Weave!]
Leilin's Spiritual Power shattered through some unseen restriction in an instant, piercing past the confines of the surface Weave spanning Zero-level through Ninth-level, and burst headlong into an entirely new domain.
"So this is… the Inner Weave?"
From a more macro perspective, Leilin saw the Weave network that spanned across the entire world of the gods, and broke through the layered high-voltage grid-like defenses of the outer Weave, entering a deep golden magical network.
No — this was already the channel for divine spells. At every moment, divine spells as numerous as stars in the sky descended from various divine realms, exchanged with the faith of their clerics.
"The gods control the inner Weave as a conduit for divine spells?"
Leilin instantly recalled records from the arcanist research materials: "When an Arcanist breaks through the restrictions of the outer Weave, some Arcanists attempted to directly steal divine spell slots from clerics. This gave rise to an alternative system — the Blasphemous Priest. Though this too would draw the pursuit and killing intent of gods and their churches, Arcanists already bore far too much enmity, so one more target on their backs made little difference…"
The benefits of breaking through the outer Weave were not limited to observing the channels of divine faith and divine spells. It also meant that Leilin could finally cast Legendary Spells.
In essence, Leilin had now recovered the full power of a Legendary Arcanist from the Nether Arcane era. As long as he familiarized himself with and recorded the Legendary Arcana templates he held, he would not fear even facing the avatars of gods.
Meanwhile, the Chip's notification box continued to flash: [Ding! Subject has advanced to Legendary rank! Talent enhanced! Talent Strong has upgraded to Legendary Tough! Learned has upgraded to Vast Knowledge!]
[Ding! Subject has obtained Legendary Feat: Legendary Primordial Energy Sense! This has overwritten Arcane Energy Sense!]
Below that were the descriptions of the related talents and feats: [Legendary Tough: Through continuous refinement and elevation, the subject's physical body has grown powerful enough to rival legendary species! Regeneration has received a second-tier enhancement!]
[Vast Knowledge: A massive accumulation of knowledge, along with numerous hidden inheritances, has allowed the subject to uncover many secrets of the world of the gods. Appraisal has been raised to maximum level, capable of identifying any material originating from the world of the gods!]
[Legendary Primordial Energy Sense: Legendary Arcanists are no longer satisfied with using elemental energy to cast spells. They turned their gaze toward the deeper secrets of the world, discovered the existence of the world's primordial force, and named it Primordial Energy, seeking ways to harness Arcane Power. This enters the most profound domain of divine research and is certain to be intolerable to the gods!]
"Primordial Energy Sense? Harnessing the world's primordial force? That's practically the realm of entities above the seventh tier who command the Laws…"
Leilin sensed the vast ocean of primordial energy in the world of the gods, his expression shifting to one of slight embarrassment.
Consider the Wizard World — after compromising with numerous Law-level entities, his half-seventh-tier Warlock true self was only granted the opportunity to absorb primordial force once every hundred years. That alone spoke volumes on just how precious the world's primordial force truly was.
The Arcanists were trying to steal food from the gods' own bowl. No wonder they had been hunted to extinction.
"Even if I could use it, I absolutely cannot reveal even a hint of it right now. Otherwise, the gods will never tolerate me…"
A Legendary Wizard studying Arcana might not be such a pressing concern — but once a Legendary Arcanist capable of directly harnessing the world's primordial force appeared, it was certain that the gods would obliterate him without a trace!
Leilin felt that the secrets he carried were multiplying with each passing moment, and every single one, if exposed, would condemn him to eternal damnation.
"What's one more debt on the pile? Let it be!" Leilin had actually come to terms with it now.
[Ding! Main body data refresh! Stat panel updating!]
The Chip projected a three-dimensional image of Leilin, and the data alongside it had changed considerably.
[Leilin Faolan — Race: Human — Arcanist Level: 21 (Legendary) — Strength: 15 — Agility: 15 — Constitution: 15 — Spirit: 21 — Arcane Energy: 210 — Condition: Healthy — Talents: Legendary Fortitude, Encyclopedic Knowledge, Intermediate Perfect Body, Dream Vision — Feats: Legendary Primordial Sense, Arcane Amplification, Illusion Mastery] [Weave Analysis Progress: 0-level Weave 100%! 1st-level Weave 100%! 2nd-level Weave 100%! 3rd-level Weave 100%! 4th-level Weave 100%! 5th-level Weave 100%! 6th-level Weave 100%! 7th-level Weave 97.83%! 8th-level Weave 66.56%! 9th-level Weave 34.55%!]
[Spell Slots: 9th-level (3), 8th-level (5), 7th-level (7), 6th-level (???), 5th-level (???), 4th-level (???), 3rd-level (???), 2nd-level (???), 1st-level (???), 0-level (???)]
"Phew… It's been over twenty years since my main body's split soul entered the Gods' world, and I've finally reached the pinnacle of the mundane world?"
Feeling the vast power surging within him, Leilin let out a soft sigh.
He had finally entered the Legendary realm! This was not merely the apex of mortal power — it was the beginning of the transcendent path!
To digest Divinity, ignite the Divine Fire, and even ascend to godhood — Legendary was the prerequisite for all of it!
Furthermore, after advancing to Legendary, with the gods unable to easily descend in their true forms, as long as he didn't go looking for trouble, the chances of his demise had shrunk to almost nothing.
With his safety now fundamentally secured, Leilin immediately turned his attention to other matters.
"First priority is to obtain Divinity and digest it as quickly as possible. Then ignite the Divine Fire, ascend to godhood, and finally bring my main body through… Hmm! That Arcane City — there's only one year left before it appears. Perhaps I can claim it as well…"
Leilin had never let any particular milestone constrain his stride. The only thing he pursued was true eternity. Everything else was nothing but passing clouds to him.