Chapter 228: The Past and the Future
The astral realm is infinite,
Connecting all dimensions!
Countless extraordinary beings from countless worlds will enter the astral realm after reaching a certain level, exploring the unknown.
Somewhere in the astral realm, an inconspicuous fragment of space floats quietly, hidden in the void.
Even if astral beings occasionally drift by, they will subconsciously ignore ‘its’ existence.
“This is the divine domain fragment?”
Karl sat cross-legged in the void, looking down at the divine domain fragment below, his expression a mixture of surprise and curiosity.
As his strength increased, the area of the divine domain fragment also expanded.
Now, it is nearly a thousand square meters.
And with his mental power exceeding twenty, becoming a second-circle wizard, Karl could now briefly stay in the astral void.
It was a very special feeling to examine the divine domain fragment that had accompanied him for many years from the outside for the first time.
“So…”
“I obtained a portion of the authority of a god of war from another world?”
Having had the experience of a legendary knight advancing to a holy knight, this time the advancement from the first circle to the second circle was very smooth.
There were some minor accidents along the way.
The divine domain fragment existing within his mental sea seemed to be stimulated by something, and transmitted a memory.
It was a memory belonging to ‘it’.
God of War!
The divine domain fragment came from a god of war from another world.
In the prophecy of the Goddess of Fate, the God of War would slaughter all the gods one day in the future, leading to the end of the gods.
In order to prevent the prophecy from coming true, a group of gods invaded the God of War’s divine domain and ‘beat him to death’.
Only a small fragment of the divine domain escaped into the void, and by chance, it merged into Karl’s mental sea.
“Tsk tsk…”
Karl gently shook his head:
“Most of the other gods’ authorities are related to water, fire, and life, but you rely on slaughter to increase your cultivation.”
“The more you kill, the stronger you become, slaughtering all the gods…”
“You are the only master!”
“Even without the prophecy of the Goddess of Fate, the gods would never allow the God of War who controls the authority of slaughter to exist…”
“No!”
Karl whispered:
“The prophecy is probably just an excuse.”
“To be able to make the gods join forces, and even the Father of the Gods to take action, the God of War had already become a threat to the gods.”
Rubbing his forehead, he had gained some understanding of the past between the gods of the other world.
The God of War’s Rebellion!
The middle-level deity ‘God of War’, only at the fifth order, became the culprit of the end of the gods in the prophecy of the Goddess of Fate.
A group of gods, fearing the future, joined forces and invaded the God of War’s divine domain.
Unexpectedly.
‘God of War’ had already secretly reached the sixth order, becoming one of the few high deities among the gods.
Furthermore, by relying on this slaughter, he massacred the gods, accumulated divine power, and climbed to the seventh-order main deity position, which led the Father of the Gods to take action.
Finally.
The God of War fell.
The divine domain fragment pierced through time and space and merged into his mental sea.
The Fall of a Main Deity!
As a result of the God of War’s Rebellion, the Father of the Gods was also seriously injured and had to retreat into seclusion, which gave the Moon Goddess, who harbored rebellious intentions, an opportunity.
The Moon Goddess made contact with the ancient remnants, and obtained from them the God-Slaying Spear that they had forged to resist the gods.
Then…
She stabbed the Father of the Gods to death with one spear!
Immediately, the Moon Goddess inherited the position of the main deity and became the new main deity of the other world, and the only true god.
The End of the Gods.
At the time of the Convergence of the Celestial Spheres and the invasion of the Evil Gods, Chronos, the God of Death who was loyal to the Father of the Gods, ambushed the Moon Goddess.
His ambush did not kill the Moon Goddess, but instead, he met his end at her hands.
However, the severely injured Moon Goddess was also powerless to resist the Outer Evil Gods. The gods of the other world also suffered heavy casualties from a series of changes.
Helplessly.
The Moon Goddess directly sacrificed all the gods, using her own divine domain as a barrier that enveloped the entire world, completely isolating the Outer Evil Gods.
And then…
It was Karl, who possessed a trace of the God of War’s divine domain fragment, who came to the other world with the help of the divine domain fragment.
At this time,
The other world was already on the verge of destruction.
“So, I’ve finally figured it out. So, the origin of the end of the gods was the God of War’s Rebellion.”
Touching his chin, Karl smiled wryly:
“It can’t be said that it was wrong to say that the God of War would bring about the end of the gods.”
“Heh…”
“It seems that even for the gods who possess infinite lifespans, the will of heaven cannot be defied!”
Steadying his mind, he slowly floated into the divine domain fragment.
Second-circle wizards cannot stay in the astral void for long, and even third-circle wizards have certain limitations.
As for the gods of the other world…
They are all things of the past, it is useless to think too much about them.
Karl had just advanced to the second circle, and he still needed to adjust his magic and reconstruct new spell models.
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One year later.
Name: Karl
Constitution: 23
Mental Power: 21
Source Essence: 0.8
Level: Second-Order Holy Knight, Second-Circle Wizard
Abyssal Bloodline Fusion Rate: 56%
Karl sat upright on a stone chair, scanning the few people in the room.
Evangeline: The most loyal servant, a not-so-capable subordinate, a first-circle, initial stage female wizard.
Harvey: Karl’s former disciple, a legendary knight.
However, since Karl killed his aunt Nina, causing the Walker family to completely withdraw from the Dream Market, the relationship between the two had become complicated.
Nina had a stubborn personality, and Harvey also disliked her, so he probably had no intention of seeking revenge for his aunt.
But he certainly would not gain Karl’s trust either.
In the past few years, he had been living on the edge of the Dream Market with his wife and children, helping Evangeline with trivial matters.
Brin: Nicknamed the Eyeless One.
The owner of a shop in the Dream Market.
One of the few people who remained after the four major families left the Dream Market and the Six Rings Tower blocked the entrances and exits.
Angley: A mysterious wandering wizard.
In less than ten years, Angley had grown from a senior wizard apprentice to a late-stage, first-circle wizard.
The speed of his progress was simply terrifying!
Karl, with the resources of another world to plunder, and also cultivating the Six Rings Tower’s meditation technique, could not do it so quickly.
It was speculated that Angley must have been possessed by something while exploring a secret realm, causing his cultivation to increase greatly.
And his personality had also changed.
These four people in the room were all the people Karl could currently gather, barely considered his subordinates.
“Tap tap…”
Tapping the armrest, Karl spoke slowly:
“It’s been five years!”
“It’s been a full five years since I offended the ‘Six Rings Tower’ and they came knocking on my door.”
“Yes.” Evangeline said with emotion:
“Time really flies, five years have passed without us even realizing it, it all feels like it happened yesterday.”
Karl rolled his eyes.
This woman was sometimes very smart, but sometimes her reactions were very slow, as if she lacked intelligence.
“It’s not about time.”
He said speechlessly:
“Since five years ago, the business in the Dream Market has been getting worse and worse, and now there are almost no people left.”
“If this continues, it won’t be a solution.”
He had called these people here not to reminisce about the past or to talk about how they had spent the last five years.
Planning for the future was the goal.
“Mentor.” Harvey looked up:
“Do you want to reopen the Dream Market?”
“Is it possible?” Evangeline blinked:
“There is a wizard tower staring at us from both ends of the market, I’m afraid others wouldn’t dare to offend the Six Rings Tower.”
“Yes.” Old Brin nodded:
“Even if we release the news and reduce the commission, I guess no one would dare to come because of the power of the Six Rings Tower.”
“Besides…”
He glanced at Karl and continued:
“I feel that we shouldn’t be so high-profile, so as not to attract the real experts of the Six Rings Tower.”
“That’s right.” Angley agreed:
“Even if it’s possible, it’s best not to do it.”
Their opinions were very unified. Karl had offended the Six Rings Tower, so it was best to be honest and well-behaved.
With the protection of the Dream Market’s rules, they could not do anything to him unless they were at the third circle.
And the Six Rings Tower had not stationed any third-circle wizards in the Magic Forest, so it was relatively safe.
But…
Just because the Six Rings Tower did not have any third-circle wizards in the Magic Forest, it did not mean that they did not know any third-circle wizards here.
If Karl were too eye-catching, the Six Rings Tower might not hesitate to ask other third-circle wizards to take action.
With the Tower’s foundation, this was not difficult.
It was just that Karl’s strength was low before, and he was also well-behaved, not making a sound for the past five years, so they had not taken action.
Third-circle wizard?
Karl’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Even if a third-circle wizard really came, with his current strength, he might not be afraid even here.
But after thinking about it, he ultimately shook his head.
‘I’ve only just advanced to the second circle, even if I use the wizard tower and the Dream Orb, I can only at most protect myself, it’s impossible to defeat a third-circle wizard.’
‘It’s better to be more honest!’
“Mentor.”
Harvey thought for a moment and said:
“If we don’t reopen the market with fanfare, but just invite a small number of people to trade, there shouldn’t be any problems.”
“The Dream Market is so big, just blocking both ends can’t cut off other people’s access.”
“That’s feasible.” Old Brin nodded:
“We can send out invitations to some first-circle wizards, and let them come to trade at a specific time.”
“As long as we ensure safety, and have enough rare materials to attract them, some wizards will definitely be willing to come.”
Karl’s eyes lit up.
This model was somewhat similar to a trade fair, and he, as the organizer, would take a commission from it.
“Feasible!”
“I have materials for making two wizard towers, which should be attractive enough for most wizards.”
Wizard Tower!
Old Brin’s eyes lit up, and even Angley, who had always been expressionless, could not help but twitch his eyebrows.
Back then, Karl had occupied the Dream Market and driven out the four major families.
You must know.
Each of the four major families had a complete wizard tower, and also had additional construction materials.
Later, Karl dismantled the four wizard towers and assembled a second-order wizard tower, so he definitely had not used up all the materials.
Many wizards’ lifelong wish was to own a wizard tower of their own.
“Besides the materials for building wizard towers, I will also take out some rare materials, potions, and first-order runes.”
Karl said:
“I’ll make a list later, you guys can take a look.”
“Yes!”
Everyone responded.
“Mentor.” Harvey said:
“What do you want to trade for?”
“Wizard inheritances, high-level potions…” Karl thought for a moment, and then said:
“And things related to deities.”
Deities?
Everyone looked surprised.
To wizards, things related to ‘deities’ were not to say poison, but they were also useless.
“The reason why my path of the knight has been ahead of others is because I once obtained a cultivation method from a divine artifact.” Karl could only make up a lie:
“So I have always been very interested in things related to deities. If you have anything similar, you can also bring it to exchange for resources.”
“That’s true.” Angley nodded:
“The path of the knight is almost extinct in the wizarding world, only the deities still need knights to fight for them, and they have complete knight inheritances.”
“However…”
“The path of the knight is ultimately not as easy as the path of the wizard.”
Karl sighed softly.
The path of the wizard was also not easy.
He possessed the Six Rings Tower’s Source Sea Meditation Technique, and in theory, he could continue to cultivate until he became a third-circle wizard.
But in reality.
After advancing to the second circle, he had already felt that the rank of this meditation technique was not high, and the progress was very slow.
Plus, he did not have a complete third-order inheritance…
The hope of becoming a third-circle wizard was slim.
Second-circle wizard seemed to be the limit for most wizards in the Magic Forest. Without a special opportunity, it was almost impossible to become a third-circle wizard.
If one became a third-circle wizard, they could use the power of the astral realm to explore unknown areas, or be invited by the Tower and other forces to go to the Kalim Continent.
On the other hand, the path of the knight.
The Holy Demon Transformation went straight to the fourth order!
The Thousand Buddha Hands was also a fourth-order technique.
There were also other holy techniques, whose ranks were not low, at least he could see the hope of becoming a third-order forbidden knight.
