991: Sea Queen Throne's Spirit Macro Hundred Solutions and the Dark Heavens!
Sea Queen Throne glanced at Mountain Traveler and then spoke to the crowd: "Everyone has arrived, so our Potions class can proceed to the next step. From today onwards, the elimination rate will continue to increase. The wizards who can persist are those with a talent for Potions. In other words, only true geniuses can endure."
The ten Second-Ring Wizards, along with Locke and the witch Alba, were all focused, curious about how Sea Queen Throne would demonstrate the skills of Second-Ring Potions to them.
Many wizards turned their gazes toward Mountain Traveler.
Sea Queen Throne said, "This Mountain Traveler is a god of the Sea King World, the ruler of the Sea King God Realm, and has been acquainted with me for many years, though we aren't exactly friends." Sea Queen Throne looked at Mountain Traveler provocatively and added, "He's more like a contracted pet I keep. We were friends back when I was a First-Ring Wizard. Originally, he wanted to eat me and abduct me to the Sea King World, but he didn't expect to fall into the special contract restrictions of a summoning wizard formation I had set up."
"Before I became a Moon Ring Wizard, Mountain Traveler was a great help to me. He served as a small bit of capital I could use to start my career in the early stages."
Locke suddenly understood; the process of Mountain Traveler and Sea Queen Throne meeting was likely far less harmonious than Mountain Traveler's own account. Both sides were full of calculated interests.
Sea Queen Throne truly deserved to be a Third Ring Throne Wizard; she had managed to scheme against a Sun Ring level individual of the Void Divine Race back when she was only at the first-ring stage.
The wizards looked at each other, whispering among themselves. In fact, every wizard certainly had their own advantages and special tricks.
And Sea Queen Throne's behavior was a very classic path to success for high-ring wizards.
Many high-ring wizards had, in their youth, obtained special assistance through planar exploration or summoning wizard formations to call upon unknown entities from distant planes. Some signed agreements with Archdevils to fight alongside them in the void for rewards, while others unexpectedly met an ancient Dragon King and received his wisdom.
These legends varied, but they always filled any listening wizard with envy.
Of course, everyone also realized that while Sea Queen Throne spoke lightly of it, the difficulty of calculating and counterbalancing someone like Mountain Traveler was terrifying to contemplate.
After all, this wasn't actually a docile pet, but a Sun Ring divine race member who could eat people at any moment.
At this moment, Mountain Traveler had a simple and honest look on his face, resembling a plump white radish. His radish whiskers fluttered in the air, as if he wasn't angry about Sea Queen Throne calling him a pet.
Locke, who roughly understood his personality, knew this guy likely felt there were benefits to be gained from being Sea Queen Throne's pet, unlike being her friend—in his perception, friends were often taken advantage of by others.
In a sense, Mountain Traveler's suspicion of others' intentions had reached an extreme.
Mountain Traveler said, "Everyone, don't think that just because I am a Sun Ring level divine race member, I am similar to those fierce Persepolis Divine Race or Titan Divine Race members. I am a very honest and simple being. If others curse me, I don't talk back; if others hit me, I don't strike back. My personality is very easy-going."
Many wizards present changed their perception of him and lowered their guard.
After all, he was invited by Sea Queen Throne and seemed to have been recognized by the Wizard World, allowing him to move freely within it. Any being could become a wizard; in a sense, the Wizard World was one of the most open civilizations in the Endless Void. Sea Queen Throne said, "To tell you the truth, with your current level, it is fundamentally impossible to cure the problems on Mountain Traveler's body. But by studying him, your Potions level will advance rapidly. Starting the teaching with the Avatar Potion, although it's just a casual lesson based on the needs of certain individual wizards, is indeed a very suitable path for an introduction to Second-Ring Potions."
"The Avatar Potion uses the Two-Singing Cicada spirit macro to grant you an avatar status. It has many variants and is one of the oldest Second-Ring Potions."
"Do not look down on the basic Avatar Potion; this single potion path alone is enough for you to study for decades."
"The reason Potions is so difficult to learn and why Potion Masters are so rare is largely due to the time and resources required for each potion. To break through the limits of complex potion formulas at the first-ring stage, various methods were adopted throughout history, but without exception, they all involved adding more potion materials."
Many wizards nodded in deep agreement.
As Potion Masters themselves, they naturally empathized; many first-ring potion formulas were already so complex they contained over a hundred materials, and a few extreme first-ring formulas could even require over a thousand.
Because if one wanted more medicinal effects, they would try adding more similar medicinal ingredients.
The huge gap between the second-ring and first-ring is, in essence, less than the difference between first-ring Potions and Second-Ring Potions.
This wasn't just a normal increase in rank, but an elevation of the entire level of civilization.
Civilizations that could reach the second-ring level in the Endless Void were not few, but for a discipline with an ecological niche similar to Potions within a civilization to reach the second-ring level was another matter entirely.
A general power system can only benefit oneself, whereas Potions can benefit everyone.
Sea Queen Throne said, "Ancient Potion Masters hoped to increase the medicinal properties by increasing the number of ingredients to add various complex magical reactions. This path wasn't wrong, but the efficiency was simply too low. The emergence of Spirit Macro-Science changed everything. Compared to first-ring Potions, which starts with magical reactions, Spirit Macro-Science finally allows Potion Masters to know with absolute certainty which material plays a key role and which material is useless, just acting as filler to waste money on ingredients."
"Which magical material even contains toxins, and which one is holding the process back."
"The emergence of Spirit Macro-Science simplified potion formulas once again, preventing Potions from heading down a path where formulas became increasingly bloated with materials until their upper limits were restricted."
"Core materials, secondary materials, auxiliary materials, peripheral materials, plus specific spirit macros—this constitutes the complete structure of a potion formula corresponding to a second-ring potion. Furthermore, the magical materials used in this formula can be simplified to no more than five. Spirit Macro-Science gave Potions new life; it provided Potions with a new dimension, and its revolutionary nature cannot be overstated."
Sea Queen Throne said, "As is well known, the Void Divine Race are aggregates of spirit macros, and Mountain Traveler is an aggregate of the spirit macros of the Sea King World. By treating him, your progress in Potions can be accelerated. It can be said that he is a rare teaching tool."
"Additionally, to prevent you from messing around like headless flies, I can provide you with a direction. Treating Mountain Traveler is more like strengthening him, so you can only start with the Avatar Potion and its subspecies Potions."
Sea Queen Throne said, "I must remind you that from today onwards, you can collect and study data on all potion subspecies related to the Avatar Potion. But I tell you, none of these can cure Mountain Traveler. The root of Mountain Traveler's illness lies within himself. If one day you can cure him..."
"Then..."
Sea Queen Throne suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "The problem on Mountain Traveler is not something a Potion Master can solve. Honestly, he sought the wrong solution."
Mountain Traveler immediately asked anxiously, "Then who exactly should I go to for a solution?"
"Helen, we've been friends for a long time. You can't keep it from me."
Sea Queen Throne glanced at him and asked, "Now we're friends? I've told you about your problem many times, and I've mentioned the solution, but you don't listen. What can I do? Fine, be quiet and just be my teaching tool obediently." Mountain Traveler rolled his eyes and indeed remained quiet.
Sea Queen Throne said to the crowd, "You need to understand all information related to the Avatar Potion. Not just existing information; in this process, you must use all your strength to contemplate the core functional spirit macro of the Avatar Potion and use a series of methods to truly bring the effect of this core functional spirit macro to its limit. Only in this way can you successfully achieve the intended goal. That is to say, in my class, you must utilize all your intelligence, wisdom, and talent, otherwise you won't be able to keep up."
"For those who can't keep up, there's no point in attending class here. You might as well find something more valuable to do with your time." The Potion Masters below looked at each other and discussed in low voices, especially the wizards from the Root-Crown Court.
Because Sea Queen Throne's requirement was simply too exaggerated.
This wasn't normal teaching; this requirement far exceeded the abilities required to become an ordinary Second-Ring Potion Master, even requiring them to modify core functional spirit macros in class.
Wizard Alex Walker whispered, "core functional spirit macros... I've read about them in magic books. Second-Ring Potion Masters discovered that multiple potion formulas always possess the same spirit macros. These spirit macros are like rigid structures in these formulas that do not change, like the frame of a house. first-ring potion materials are numerous, but from the perspective of Spirit Macro-Science, among tens of millions of materials, there are actually only several hundred core functional spirit macros. These core functional spirit macros make up the entirety of complex Potions, determining the upper and lower limits of this discipline."
"When wizards recognize this, they can find the materials corresponding to the spirit macros that are actually working from an almost infinite number of potion materials."
A Second-Ring Wizard from the Root-Crown Court whispered, "But if we do it this way, isn't it the same as each of us running a project? Without funding, we have to complete a project of this level; it's simply... besides, we haven't even learned to walk, how can we learn to run first?" "Modifying and refining spirit macros, and then composing new potion formulas based on these spirit macros, is not something an ordinary Second-Ring Potion Master can do. Her Throne's requirements for us are too high. Is this really just an accelerated class to help us become Second-Ring Potion Masters?" Alex Walker glanced at him and said, "Actually, the people who remain here don't expect to cross a threshold they haven't passed in hundreds of years just by relying on a temporary course. But some things, some heights—as long as we can see them, they can give us hope and let us know how to move forward."
He hesitated and said, "Actually, I think that although Her Throne's words sound harsh, they are overall very reasonable. Even if she were very patient and taught us from the basics, do we lack that kind of basic training and data? Would we then become Second-Ring Potion Masters? Instead, it's the kind of world and thinking of a genius that Her Throne shows us when teaching the geniuses among us—these are the main reasons we choose to stay."
"To be able to see that world and witness its brilliance is already a great harvest for us. On the contrary, if one thinks a single lesson can change our destiny, that would be a lack of respect for Potions."
Wizard Alex Walker said in a low voice, "I have already recorded the content of these classes in my notes. In the future, I can repeatedly recall and refer to them."
"Even if my talent in Potions is insufficient, I have fallen in love with Potions in this lifetime. I am willing to rely on my efforts to improve my Potions little by little and refine my first second-ring potion."
"I believe that no matter how slow the speed or how much time it takes, I will definitely be able to do it."
When the other nine Second-Ring Wizards of the Root-Crown Court heard this, their reactions varied, but none took it too seriously.
After all, so-called passion is essentially worthless, and the branch of the Root-Crown Court is not easy to slack off in. If there is no performance for a long time, they would be forced to leave the Root-Crown Court. Thus, being able to persistently produce ineffective output in Potions is a luxury for many wizards. Consequently, many Second-Ring Wizards were dismissive of this.
At this time, Sea Queen Throne said to the group, "To better help you understand Potions, I certainly cannot let you use ordinary Potions methods to slowly treat Mountain Traveler; that would be too slow. Alba, bring out my Spirit Macro Hundred Solutions."
The witch Alba immediately took out a map from her astral ring.
Locke glanced at the witch Alba; she had actually entered her soul decline period already—her magic advancement speed was truly fast. The witch Alba turned her head, gave Locke a strange look, then offered him a kind smile before handing the map to Sea Queen Throne.
Sea Queen Throne walked toward Mountain Traveler. The Spirit Macro Hundred Solutions in her hand transformed into one character after another, flying out continuously and landing on Mountain Traveler's body. Many text-type spirit macros appeared on the surface of Mountain Traveler's body.
Next, this fair and plump ginseng lowered its body and let out a low roar, which sounded like the surging of the ocean.
Cracks appeared on the surface of Mountain Traveler's body.
Quite a few Second-Ring Wizards were so frightened by this scene that they stood up directly. If a Sun Ring level Void Divine Race were to explode, the destructive power could sweep through everyone in the classroom and heavily injure most wizards present.
Wizard Alex Walker's fingers were trembling slightly because he saw brilliant golden divine light emerging from the cracks on Mountain Traveler's body, piercing through the ceiling of the Root-Crown Court classroom like a ray of light, causing the magical marble on the ceiling to melt. He quickly took out a magic ring and put it on his thumb; if Mountain Traveler really exploded later, this magic ring might still protect him a bit.
Among the crowd, only Locke and the witch Alba showed no panic at all.
The witch Alba said in a low voice to the group, "Lords, the cracks and divine light on Lord Mountain Traveler's surface are just reflections of spirit macros. The energy level is not high; they pose no great threat even to me, and there is no danger for you lords."
Many Second-Ring Wizards listened with skepticism, looking completely bewildered.
Could a little witch who had just entered her soul decline period understand something they couldn't see through?
You aren't just talking nonsense, are you?
Locke glanced at the witch Alba; this witch's talent in Potions was indeed at a heaven-defying level.
Her perception of spirit macros was simply too powerful.
He himself had hesitated for a moment, and only by combining the logic of the situation with a Star Ring Wizard's perception of spirit macros did he determine that those divine lights were just spirit macros and that Mountain Traveler wasn't actually splitting apart.
But this witch Alba was so certain.
Is this what talent is?
No wonder Sea Queen Throne brought her, a First-Ring Wizard, into this class and had her call her 'Teacher.' In a way, she was simply the chosen one for Potions.
It was hard to believe to what extent her perception of spirit macros would be amplified after she became a Second-Ring Wizard.
Could it be that some wizards are truly born with high spiritual awareness and possess such a massive advantage over other ordinary wizards?
Locke calmed his mind and nodded slightly to the witch Alba. After all, no matter how high Alba's talent in Potions was, it had nothing to do with him; he only needed to focus on improving his own level of Potions.
In fact, because Alba's talent was strong enough, Sea Queen Throne would teach even more seriously.
This was actually a good thing for him.
If the environment was poor and most wizards in the class couldn't keep up, even a Throne Wizard would more or less become lax in teaching. Having come this far, Locke deeply understood the importance of one's environment.
It's not having many geniuses around you that is scary; it's having no geniuses around you at all.
The environment is like the Root Realm; it can uplift a wizard.
Immediately afterward, the divine light on Mountain Traveler's body suddenly burst out and shot toward all the wizards present.
All the wizards were enveloped within this divine light, and then everyone disappeared into it.
After the golden light vanished, only Sea Queen Throne and Mountain Traveler remained in the entire classroom.
Sea Queen Throne looked at Mountain Traveler, whose eyes still hid golden light and who had fallen into a state of unconsciousness, and said, "Everyone, Mountain Traveler is a Sun Ring level Void Divine Race. His body is the Sea King World, and his consciousness is also a part of the Sea King World. By continuously devouring the local divine races, he became the Ancestral God of the Sea King World and turned into the sky of the Sea King World."
"I am now using Spirit Macro Hundred Solutions to allow you to enter Mountain Traveler's body. This is why I said he is the best teaching tool. You can think about how to solve his problem from within his body. From today until the class closes after the first Second-Ring Potion Master emerges from this intensive course, you will all be able to enter Mountain Traveler's body in my class and think about how to solve the problem. Your task today is to understand what exactly is happening inside Mountain Traveler."
"Then, think of a preliminary strategy and refine a bottle of potion."
"You don't need to worry about your safety; my Spirit Macro Hundred Solutions will protect you."
Inside Mountain Traveler's body.
A transparent octopus appeared on the shoulders of Locke and everyone else. These octopuses seemed to be the Spirit Macro Hundred Solutions refined by Sea Queen Throne as a Third Ring Potion Master. At this moment, they were carried by these octopuses, soaring in mid-air. They looked down at the white mist beneath their feet; they were walking above these white clouds and could see the azure sea below through them.
Locke sensed the Magic Pressure of eleven other wizards in the distance. These wizards were spread very far apart within Mountain Traveler's body. Or rather, the world inside Mountain Traveler's body was extremely vast.
"This location must be the God Realm of the Sea King World, right? It's an upper plane."
Locke pondered, "The Throne Lord requested us to find the problem and refine a bottle of potion to preliminarily solve the current issue. In that case, I need to first take a look at the entirety of this world."
Locke summoned the Da Ming Li Dragon Sparrow and then flew directly into the high sky.
"Mountain Traveler is the Ancestral God of this world, so entering his body is equivalent to directly entering this world. Then this is the Sea King World." A streak of fire pierced through the sky, accompanied by a deafening bird cry.
Locke continued to fly toward the high sky, yet there was unexpectedly no end.
"I remember the Sea King World is a medium-to-large-scale world."
Locke stopped in mid-air, then looked down at the boundless white cloud ground in the Sea King God Realm and some islands within the white clouds. "My Three Caves World is currently evolving toward a medium-to-large-scale world, and it is estimated to take a hundred years to complete. It seems I underestimated medium-to-large-scale worlds; they appear to be completely different from medium-scale worlds."
"The breadth of this space..."
He could clearly tell that he couldn't reach the end not because of some special planar concept here, but simply because the Sea King World was very, very big—so big that he couldn't reach the end of the Sea King God Realm in a physical sense.
"Hmm? As I was flying upward just now, I seemed to break through multiple spatial boundaries of this God Realm. This Sea King God Realm itself seems like a layer-upon-layer sandwich; every sea of clouds is a spatial boundary, and each sea of clouds has a floating island. In other words, the Sea King God Realm has the characteristic of multiple heavens. This means other wizards were likely transported to different heavens."
"Mountain Traveler is the Ancestral God here. If he is sick, doesn't that mean this world... is sick? No, Mountain Traveler isn't this world, so it's just that certain specific regions within this world are sick. However, Mountain Traveler occupies too much of the total Magic Pressure of this world, so if he perishes, the entire world will be dragged down with him."
"Let's observe this world first."
Locke used the Great Spring Wind Dragon Sparrow Incantation to approach an island in the sea of clouds from a distance. He saw that there were mountains, rivers, and lands on that island, along with many village houses.
Locke landed directly on that island.
Although it was just an island, its scale was at least that of a small world.
Locke descended into a city.
Many people in the city were dressed in short-sleeved work clothes and had a red band tied around their foreheads. These people all seemed to have some kind of energy reaction, roughly at the level of an apprentice, though generally below a First-Class Wizard Apprentice.
Because Locke descended without any concealment, many people on the island gathered around. They didn't show any hostility; instead, their eyes were filled with curiosity and awe.
An elderly man walked out from the crowd. This old man had white hair and a white beard, a red silk thread tied around his forehead, and wore clothes with wide robes and large sleeves. He performed a strange salute to Locke and then seemed eager to question him.
"Ancestor, from which heaven and earth do you come, Ancestor?"
Through the Spirit Macro Hundred Solutions on his shoulder, Locke already understood the language of this world.
He just didn't know what 'Ancestor' meant.
The old man seemed to worship Locke immensely.
"Ancestor, just by observing your image, I feel my physical body is about to sublimate. You must be the legendary Ancestor of the Dao." Locke pondered for a moment, "Observing."
"I probably know what you mean."
Locke raised his hand, and a spell model flew out. The old man's body immediately stiffened. Locke used an apprentice-level spell model from the School of Mind, [Mind Detection], to directly observe his sea of consciousness.
Because the gap between the two was simply too large, a single Mind Detection allowed Locke to see his sea of consciousness. Within this human's sea of consciousness, the traces of a mountain range appeared.
"So that's how it is. By contemplating the spirit macros of this world, they elevate their own status, thereby allowing the planar principles to strengthen their physical bodies. This is a method of elevating oneself by contemplating the world."
"Was this power system designed by my Potions teacher, Sea Queen Throne, to help Mountain Traveler?"
"No."
Locke thought for a moment and said, "The planar principles of this world themselves lean toward this direction; it has a world foundation. This set of methods wouldn't work in another world because it is built on the basis that the mountain and river spirit macros of this world are particularly active and can easily interfere with an individual's spirit macros. In the Wizard World and the other worlds I've been to, this foundation does not exist."
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Locke realized that the mortals of the Sea King World seemed to be able to enhance their physical strength and gain certain special abilities by observing the mountains and rivers, because Mountain Traveler was the Ancestral God here. Essentially, when they observed the mountains and rivers, they were observing Mountain Traveler.
Clearly, the mountain within this old man's sea of consciousness was actually a detail of Mountain Traveler's body.
That was it. For himself, coming from the Wizard World, he could directly see what Mountain Traveler looked like. But for the mortals of this world, Mountain Traveler was the Ancestral God, so they could not see the Ancestral God's true form and could only perceive the Ancestral God by observing the heaven and earth of this world. "Lawful Evil."
Locke withdrew from the old man's sea of consciousness.
He looked at the old man and used Mind Detection. The spell model was an apprentice-level spell of the School of Mind, and the School of Mind categorized a person's view of good, evil, and order into a nine-grid system. The old man before him was Lawful Evil.
Within his sea of consciousness, he saw many evil deeds committed by this old man, such as harming the talented descendants of other families to prevent their rise in order to protect his own family.
For example, his various hypocrisies, and his fear that a family capable of challenging his own might be born in this world. To prevent this, he constantly committed evil deeds in the shadows, and falsely taught the cultivation realms of this world, misleading all the mortals on this island who learned the visualization techniques, causing them to go down the wrong path and become weaklings or cripples.
Clearly, Mountain Traveler's personality had severely influenced the personality of all the mortals in this world.
Locke directly performed a wide-range detection of the people nearby and found that they were all Lawful Evil or Chaotic Evil; it was essentially a population of villains. These mortals had eyes like wolves or venomous snakes, and they were all wary of those around them.
In a place like this, no good person could survive for long.
The old man seemed quite excited.
"I am the patriarch of the Feller family. May I ask where you have come from, Ancestor?"
"I am willing to host a banquet to welcome you."
Several patriarchs of other families nearby had originally wanted to invite Locke to their families, but seeing the old man speak first, they could only look dejected, while feeling anxious inside, eagerly wanting to obtain this benefit.
The old man introduced to Locke: "Ancestor, there are many young geniuses in my clan, and they are all very talented. Would you like to take on any disciples?"
Locke had already understood the reason for their enthusiasm from the old man's sea of consciousness.
Because according to ancient legends, many powerful families in the Sea King World had encountered those Ancestors traveling through various "worlds" in the early days, received their teachings, and by observing the images of these "Ancestors," gained power and became long-lasting, prosperous families. Naturally, this old man had to try his best to invite him.
But the so-called "Ancestors" they spoke of were likely the native gods of this Sea King World.
Of course, because Mountain Traveler had eaten all the gods of this world, they probably hadn't seen a so-called Ancestor in a long time. Moreover, Mountain Traveler himself was an existence at the Sun Ring level, which was above the average God above God, but Locke could not be certain of the original power levels of the other gods in this world; they might have been Great Divine Powers or Powerful Divine Powers.
Perhaps some could be equivalent to a Second-Ring Wizard, while others were a First-Ring Wizard.
It was hard to say for now.
"According to the current situation, some areas of this world still seem quite normal," Locke mused.
"It's just that the spirit macro of this world is far too active; the spirit macro of natural phenomena is actually interfering directly with the spirit macro of living organisms. This somewhat blurs the distinction between the world and people."
"Could the problem stem from here?"
Hmm? Locke vanished on the spot, leaving behind a crowd of dumbfounded mortals.
Locke arrived at a mountain range on the island and saw a man with bare arms carrying a stone tablet, walking along the mountain range. This young man's eyes had no pupils, only whites. Wherever he passed, the mountains and rivers turned into withered mountains and dried waters, and the stone tablet on his back was made of ordinary stone, inscribed with [The Gods Are Dead].
When Locke approached, the young man turned and let out a roar like a wild beast at Locke, throwing his fist toward him.
But the next moment, his eyes, which were full of whites, were filled with confusion.
His fist, which could annihilate anyone in this world, could not advance any further before even getting close. A green leaf had landed on his fist, and that green leaf seemed to be the heaviest object in the world, actually pressing down on his body—which had been tempered a thousand times and was almost impossible to destroy in this world—so that it could not advance even a fraction of an inch.
The man muttered to himself, "This is impossible. I am the Demon of this heaven and earth; no one can kill me, not even the Ancestral God of this world." "I am the Demon Ancestor!"
Locke observed the other party while moving the green leaf from his fist. This leaf was just something he had casually plucked from an ordinary plant in this world.
As Locke moved the green leaf away from the man's fist, the man let out a shout, transforming his right hand from a fist into a blade, and then chopped down at Locke with a hand-blade. "Witness my Demon Path of a Lifetime!"
This was the most powerful move he had once used to strike at the sky, one that even the Ancestral God of this world could not ignore.
But the next moment, Locke placed that green leaf back onto his palm, and instantly, the Demon Ancestor's palm was unable to move again, unable to be raised in the slightest.
"I think you have misunderstood something. I am blocking you from attacking me not to prevent you from hitting me, but because the moment you attack me, your body will collapse."
Locke said with his hands behind his back, "Do you know about eggshells? You are currently using an eggshell to strike a piece of steel. The gap in Magic Pressure between you and me is simply too large. If you attack me, your hand—no, your entire person—will die in an instant."
This so-called Demon Ancestor only had a mere 200 Magic Pressure, the lowest Magic Pressure for a First-Class Wizard Apprentice. Of course, he could certainly rampage through this small island, as none of the mortals on the entire island exceeded the level of a Second-Class Wizard Apprentice. The Demon Ancestor looked terrified, his eyes full of whites showing fear and unease.
"How could there be such a powerful Ancestor in this world? How could you be even more powerful than the Ancestral God?"
Locke was stunned for a moment. "It seems you have no idea what you are fighting against. The Ancestral God you speak of should be the Persepolis Divine Race's Mountain Traveler. His Magic Pressure is even higher than mine. As for you saying Mountain Traveler can't do anything to you... well, that's not wrong. He is the Ancestral God of this world, so naturally, he cannot attack himself. You are messing around inside his body; if he were to attack you directly, it would be equivalent to attacking himself."
"Your Magic Pressure is not worth mentioning compared to Mountain Traveler's."
This was a cost issue. Solving internal problems was often much more difficult than solving external ones.
The Demon Ancestor looked like his worldview had collapsed, because in his understanding, he fought against the heavens, the earth, people, and everyone in this world, and he could always win. Even now, the Ancestral God could not eliminate him. Yet, this mysterious person before him said that compared to the Ancestral God, he was just a drop in the ocean? Was this the truth?
The Demon Ancestor looked as if he were doubting his life.
Locke stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly to the Demon Ancestor, "You are not the problem, but the existence behind you is."
"Let me see what you are visualizing."
Locke's finger poked his forehead. The next moment, the spell model for the School of Mind's Mind Detection appeared on his forehead. Then, Locke entered his sea of consciousness and saw a landscape of withered mountains and dried waters.
"As expected, the reason this guy could call himself a Demon in this place was because what he visualized was different from others."
"The mortals of this world visualize Mountain Traveler, but he seems to be visualizing a dark world."
Locke withdrew from his sea of consciousness and did not tangle with this "Demon Ancestor," but instead flew directly out of the island, then looked down at the Sea King World.
"The problem likely lies in the dark world. According to the information I have learned so far, Sea Queen Throne helped Mountain Traveler create the visualization techniques through some method, using this way to maintain the normal operation of this world and keep Mountain Traveler normal."
"But one day, this dark world likely appeared suddenly."
"Then, this method stopped working. All the mortals who visualize the dark world will become enemies of Mountain Traveler."
"These people are like viruses inside Mountain Traveler's body. But they are not the source of this virus; the dark world is."
Locke wore a thoughtful expression.
"According to my speculation, it is likely that in the process of Mountain Traveler constantly swallowing and spitting out those deities, new planar principles were formed. This explains why the planar principles of the dark world I saw in that Demon Ancestor's sea of consciousness are completely different from the planar principles of the Sea King World, yet have similarities."
"They are in a completely opposite state."
"It is likely that in the process of repeatedly devouring other deities, he gave birth to a complete set of world principles that are completely different from this world."
"Does that mean a new world has been conceived within this world?"
Locke felt his head was about to explode because this topic was quite large, and he was currently only attending his third lesson, yet now he had to preliminarily formulate a potion to suppress Mountain Traveler's current situation.
Locke began to ponder.
In another region inside Mountain Traveler, the witch Alba also finally noticed the existence of those who visualized the dark world. She stopped in front of another "Demon Ancestor," and after carefully observing his spirit macro, began to ponder.
"This dark world seems to be a polymer of the spirit macro of those gods that Lord Mountain Traveler cannot digest."
"The reason the planar principles are opposite is not because they are truly different worlds..."
The witch Alba guessed, "This is just my speculation. I think this is happening because Lord Mountain Traveler simply cannot digest these deities, and the spirit macro of the undigested deities gathers together, producing a power opposite to that of Lord Mountain Traveler. This is very troublesome. Even if Lord Mountain Traveler spits out those deities now, these spirit macro aggregates that remain inside his body—which is this world—will continue to exist."
"I wonder how the other Wizard lords would judge this situation?" The witch Alba felt a bit unconfident.
"I also don't know if my guess is correct. How should this be handled now... Avatar Potion..."