The celestial phenomena changed drastically!
Above Abyss City, an ancient and unnameable entity suddenly descended outside the invisible energy barrier.
——Su’en’s Brain [Ancient Projection]!
A massive grey-white brain, hundreds of meters in diameter, condensed into form from the void. Its projection descended outside Abyss City, directly ignoring the Space Law, traversing multiple planes, and appearing beyond the vast Maze Lock.
It sensed that someone was stealing its Extraordinary Origin.
Transcendents generally refrain from directly using Extraordinary Relics from ancient entities because the spiritual pollution they contain is terrifying.
However, Aemon did not care; he used Su’en’s Brain flesh fragments directly in his ascension ritual.
This was akin to integrating and ascending with the flesh of the ancients.
"Lady Hecate."
Aemon’s figure appeared outside the Maze Lock. He wore a slight smile and addressed the emptiness before him: "You don’t intend to let me face Su’en’s projection alone, do you? After all, he is your disciple!"
The void tore open, revealing a spatial fissure.
Lady Hecate emerged from the void, ignoring the colossal Maze Lock that enveloped the entire Abyss City. Her expression solemn, she stared at Su’en’s Brain gathering form in front of her.
Black tendrils danced in the sky. The ancient reflection blotted out the sun, as if a black cloud covered all of Abyss City, the mind power twisting reality itself. A terrifying mental scream swept through the surroundings, yet was blocked by the Maze Lock Array of Abyss City, only causing ripples on the invisible energy barrier.
Youth, adulthood, old age.
Three different female aspects appeared simultaneously. Lady Hecate’s form manifested as a divine spirit with three heads and six arms. One by one, the invisible black hands tore through the void, opening a giant Teleportation Gate that seemed like the descent of a Divine Kingdom. Behind her, a vast labyrinth reflected, and the pale faces of Banshee Maidens appeared. At this moment, they were fully armed, like gathered Death Angels, guarding around Lady Hecate.
——Earthly Divine Kingdom [Extraordinary Divine Power]!
The entirety of the Maze Library began to overlap with the surrounding space, repairing the twisted reality with Law Power. Countless silver-white streams of knowledge flowed forth, converging into innumerable runes that manifested the kingdom of the divine spirit into reality. Illusory Magic Books, exuding madness and knowledge, swirled wildly in the sky. These books, once coveted yet beyond Shawn’s reach, now surged forth. The mysterious letters imprinted on them turned into chains, completely sealing off all surrounding Space Law.
This is the demigod’s domain, the manifestation of the Divine Kingdom!
Lady Hecate glanced at Aemon with an emotionless face and said coldly, "If Shawn dies... I will dismantle your Abyss City!..."
Aemon shook his head with a smile and said, "Don’t worry, he won’t die."
"At most, he’ll go insane."
Upon hearing this, Lady Hecate’s expression instantaneously revealed a hint of murderous intent.
Aemon maintained a composed demeanor but with a trace of appeasement in his tone, hurriedly explained, "Lady."
"After all, this is about opening a new ascension pathway."
"A small price is inevitable!"
Aemon turned his eyes to the ancient projection before him, his expression seemingly recalling something, as if his thoughts spanned back through a millennium to that despairing and frenzied Dark Era. He murmured softly, "The first Transcendent in the history of the Bizarre Realm to ascend through dual pathways of Arcane Magic and Mind is about to be born."
"This is the final work of the Fire Thieves!"
The Dark Era.
The Fire Thieves had compiled all the current ascension pathways of the Bizarre Realm, from the Warrior Path, to the Wandering Path, and the Wizard Path, and later on, by stealing more of the ancients’ Extraordinary Essence, re-enacting the professional systems of many Otherworlds within the Bizarre Realm to integrate and digest the Extraordinary Essence of old.
Throughout this journey, the Fire Thieves paid an immeasurably high price!
Countless people were driven mad and spiraled out of control due to bearing too much pollution, fusing and digesting too many conflicting Extraordinary Essences. One after another, the Fire Thieves fell.
They were the first to attempt the integration of Extraordinary Relics, lacking at first a complete ascension ritual. The earliest Fire Thieves directly ’ate’ the Extraordinary Relics of the monsters raw. Those who couldn’t endure that time exploded and died, their remains turning into unnamable flesh monsters.
The Transcendents ascending during the Dark Era were even more insane than now.
These people were the Fire Thieves who blazed a trail through tumultuous times to explore all existing pathways to transcendence.
They were also the ones who compiled all the corresponding ascension paths for Extraordinary Relics.
Aemon was the only survivor among them, for the powerful traits of the Purgatory creatures allowed him to endure the final insanity and complete his ascension through the Purgatory Three Demons pathway, becoming the first demigod on the Monster Path.
By ascending through the dual pathways of Arcane Magic and Mind, manifesting and integrating dual Law Powers, as long as Shawn survives this time and absorbs Su’en’s Brain mind power, part of the Laws in the Bizarre Realm will undergo transformation, making cross-path ascensions of Arcane Magic and Mind a possibility.
Shawn is the first Transcendent to ascend via this pathway; if he survives, a new pathway of ascension will emerge, enabling others to follow his route, attempting to merge the Powers of Arcane Magic and Mind, drastically reducing the risks for those who come after.