Chapter 1133: The Threshold of a Great Spellbook
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 1133: The Threshold of a Great Spellbook
Inside the Great Ordinary Spell experimental base.
"Oh~ it’s Sister Mei!"
"The Dean is actually doing a surprise inspection?"
Dean Mei was a well-known busybody within the Witch Academy, and many witches looked over in surprise, their attention shifting toward her.
"I only came because Xiao Han invited me," Dean Mei explained.
"Who are you kidding? Sister Mei is so busy, not just anyone can get her to show up. As expected of Xiao Han, right? She can even call Sister Mei over!"
Under the teasing of several witches who were familiar with Dean Mei, everyone present burst into laughter.
These witches had all participated in experimental groups or projects related to Great Spellbooks at some point, so they naturally knew what it was like to ask for her help.
Back then, Dean Mei Lind was not someone who could be invited easily!
She wasn't just terrifying in terms of combat power and methods; she was equally formidable in academia. Consequently, many absurd experimental applications simply couldn't pass her scrutiny.
In this laboratory, I finally reunited with my spell clone.
This was my first time attempting to collaborate with other witches to research a Great Spellbook, and I also got to see the various tools they used during the trials.
For instance, there were spell simulators used to study the framework of a Great Spellbook, as well as various high-precision equipment used to carry the spell structures and internal rituals. Some materials were even single-use items that were outrageously expensive.
After all, this involved Real Editing Technology that touched upon actual time!
They were creating a Great Spellbook!
It was something that required the cooperation of many witches to construct together. Even the Great Glacial Throne Technique of the past had been achieved through the collective effort of the entire Ancient Remnant Ice clan.
Furthermore, that wasn't exactly "creation." If one had to describe it... it was closer to "assembling."
The creation of the Great Ordinary Spell had now reached its most critical stage, following the theoretical guidance I had simulated using the Tree of Great Knowledge.
Lately, the senior witches had been constantly testing the success rate of the theory. If a theory proved unfeasible, they would have to switch to a different method.
"Xiao Han, do you mind if I take a look at the theoretical guidance and experimental records for the Great Ordinary Spell?" Dean Mei asked.
If she were facing any other witch, she might not have asked so directly. After all, the theoretical guidance of a Great Spellbook revealed its most fundamental effects and conceptual intentions; many witches were very wary of such inquiries.
But with Xiao Han, there was no need for excessive politeness. Xiao Han’s Body Cultivation Heart Sense ensured she wouldn't misunderstand, and if Xiao Han didn't want to share, she would simply refuse.
"Of course, no problem~" I smiled, indicating my consent. In fact, I had been hoping Dean Mei would ask.
If Dean Mei didn't understand the Great Ordinary Spell, how could she find an excuse to "lend a hand" or point out issues to help correct them?
The Great Ordinary Spell was not part of my planned Transcendent path, nor was it within my core power system. Its existence, and my desire to create it, was simply a challenge to the philosophy of "because I can."
Dean Mei took the rune condensed from the Great Knowledge Sharing Spell I handed her and began to examine it.
The information recorded within was extremely detailed—not a bloated detail, but a thoughtful one. It provided a cognitive synchronization that transcended literal understanding. It seemed that derivative spells like the Great Knowledge Sharing Spell had iterated to an even more terrifying level.
In just one day, Dean Mei completed the review of the results that the entire team had been testing for some time.
If her previous shock upon hearing descriptions of the "Great Ordinary Spell" had been one of puzzled disbelief, then now... she was shocked by a sense of shared realization!
However, this data focused more on the theoretical foundation of how to shape a Great Spellbook. It lacked deeper analysis, preventing her from gaining further information.
It was like a worker processing a part; they wouldn't necessarily know where the final product would be used.
"Do you need me to lend a hand? I see it’s reached the final shaping stage," Dean Mei asked subconsciously after dispersing the rune. She ensured the information wouldn't leak from her end.
Although she still couldn't deeply comprehend this Great Spellbook, after understanding the techniques created by Real Editing Technology, she felt she had the confidence to manually manifest it herself.
"Really? I didn't beg you to help, Sister Mei," I said, stepping forward quickly. My words and my tone presented two entirely different attitudes.
"Yes, yes... of course, I’m volunteering," Dean Mei gave a helpless smile and then sent out a clone. Although she was relatively free at the moment, it didn't mean she had nothing to do.
This was witnessing the birth of a Great Spellbook... Such an event would inevitably be accompanied by the tearing of a Void Rift, which was the threshold of a Great Spellbook.
A Void Rift.
Many genius witches had their own brilliant ideas regarding [Transcendent Knowledge], but they often failed at the final moment because they couldn't tear a Void Rift, thus failing to shape a true Great Spellbook.
The final product would merely be a derivative spell with [Transcendent Knowledge] at its core.
It was like the [Transcendent Knowledge] Ji Niang researched. It derived the Reverse Summoning Spell and used that power to achieve the application of Void Teleportation, but it was ultimately stopped at the hurdle of tearing a Void Rift for the "Great Void Teleportation Art."
"Is the threshold for a Great Spellbook strictly a Void Rift?" I was indeed lacking in some of the basic knowledge Dean Mei was popularizing. After all, every time I did something, it seemed to be at a high-end level. However, if I thought about it carefully, I could deduce the reason.
For example, the theory of Void characteristics that I understood.
"Correct. And it must be a tear achieved by the Great Spellbook's own power within the spell structure," Dean Mei explained. "There are no shortcuts. I once saw a senior witch dismantle a Great Spellbook just so she could tear a Void Rift during re-shaping, attempting to graft that rift onto another unformed Great Spellbook. It failed in the end."
"Huh?!" I listened to the bizarre anecdotes Dean Mei shared. Though strange, they were all real cases. It just went to show that when Transcendent Witches went mad, they were willing to try absolutely anything!
Void Rift grafting?
If that could succeed, Great Spellbooks could be mass-produced!
But obviously, it was impossible.
However, I seemed to have completed a special case of "Void Rift grafting" myself—the "Infinite Mana" talent!
It achieved its effect by borrowing the characteristic of the Primitive Totem to tear a Void Rift.
But on second thought, that wasn't really grafting. The "Unnamed Totem" I had birthed was essentially a special effect achieved through talents born from my life essence—the concept of the Witch race, self-awakened Body Cultivation, Prototype Self-Generated Mana, and so on.
Infinite Mana was also a talent based on life essence.
The mysterious and unresearchable nature of the Totem only allowed me to know that it was a "buff" on top of power, like a primitive ritual composed of special power and unknown occultism.
Its manifested essence was like a meaningless phenomenon, which was why it couldn't be researched, spread, or learned. It could only be understood through a deeper level of cognition.
So... if a Void Rift was the threshold for a Great Spellbook, did that mean the "Infinite Mana" talent was already an ability on the level of a "Great Spellbook"?
The only difference was that a Great Spellbook was a spell, while Infinite Mana was a talent.
Then, reasoning backward...
The plan for the Fool's Dream race had "ended" for now, but I felt something was still missing.
The power system of the Fool's Dream race was missing, and the concept of the "Primal Great Fool's Dream Spell" was merely a special ability relying on the Land of Fool's Dream.
Without the birth of a Void Rift, it meant it hadn't reached the level of a "Great Spellbook."
But there was another point to note: there are no Void Rifts in the Primitive Dream Realm!
Did that mean the Land of Fool's Dream could never reach the level of a Great Spellbook?
I instinctively wanted to refute that, but... I quickly realized something.
Why couldn't Dean Mei's understanding be wrong?
After all, Dean Mei had never seen an ability reach the Great Spellbook level within the Primitive Dream Realm. On what basis could she assert that a Void Rift was the absolute threshold?
However, I couldn't entirely dismiss her words either.
The Land of Fool's Dream was in the dreamscape and couldn't tear a Void Rift, but the manifestation of its power, the "Primal Great Fool's Dream Spell," could be a "power" that existed in reality!
* * *
At this moment.
With Dean Mei joining in, the Great Ordinary Spell experiment quickly entered its final closing stages.
Mei believed that before long, a brand-new Great Spellbook would be born in the Main World!
Meanwhile.
After the initial suppression in the Expansion Realm, the United Club had undergone some personnel changes, but the Baking House remained unshakable.
Although various clubs within the United Club were experiencing turmoil, their contact with the Three Top Academies had not ceased.
Currently, two main arguments and factions had appeared within the Three Top Academies.
One side resolutely followed the academies' arrangements to enter the designated sanctuaries and wait for the Main World to restart.
It wasn't just the Afuhemi Elf Academy that had a place of refuge; the Holy Angels and Wizards had similar places, though they didn't have the same advantage as the World Tree.
As for the other side, they resolutely refused to enter the sanctuaries. Not only would they not go in themselves, but they also blocked those who wanted to.
They hoped to use this method to force the academies to compromise.
In their view, what "Main World Restart"?
It was nothing but an excuse to destroy the world!
The so-called sanctuaries of the academies couldn't protect everyone, and their "restart" meant actively cutting off the vast majority of people in the Main World.
During this time, theories of racial superiority and elite bloodlines were rampant. The situation within the Transcendent academies forced people to complacently accept the idea that "inferior people" had no right to survive. And who were the inferior people?
Naturally, they were the failing students who hadn't been admitted to the Transcendent academies.
But there are always those who rise amidst such a tide, leading the majority to clash violently with the other group.
The academy where this clash was most intense was none other than the Holy Angel Academy. While there were many hypocrites in that Transcendent academy, it didn't mean there were no truly good people among them.
The purest faith in the Holy Light had shaped the cleanest lives. They were not yet Transcendent Holy Angels, nor had they been corrupted by Transcendent power, status, or authority.
The most simple understanding of the Holy Light had forged the most holy characters.
An academy like the Holy Angel Academy gathered both the purest and the most hypocritical people in the Main World; this was, in itself, the greatest irony.
The students who stood up against the Holy Angel Academy hadn't had their faith in the Holy Light twisted; rather, the academy had betrayed the Holy Light they believed in.
Therefore, such Holy Angels were the easiest to turn... No, it shouldn't be called turning. Rather, they crossed racial boundaries to stand on a united front to defend their faith!
Facing such a god-given opportunity, the Witch Academy United Club immediately dispatched combat sequences to infiltrate the territories of the Holy Angel Academy, providing critical support at the necessary moments!
After all, the United Club knew very well that the most important part of the Staff of World Destruction Plan was to destroy the Sword of Faith at the World Navel!
That giant sword stood tall against the horizon.
The Floating Holy Islands served as the crossguard of the Sword of Faith.
The core main tower atop the Floating Holy Islands served as the hilt, wielding the edge of the world-destroying sword.
It gathered the faith of the entire Main World, condensing it into a blade of destruction!
The floating islands inverted, tilting in a special posture, the sharp edge of condensed faith pointing directly at the Afuhemi World Tree on the other side of the Main World.
Inside the Holy Angel Academy, another conflict of ideologies erupted, right before the temple leading into the Sanctuary Kingdom.
The Sanctuary Kingdom within the Holy Angel Academy wasn't very large, so it could only accommodate a limited number of members.
Every student allowed inside was a top genius of the academy, while the many abandoned students were forced to choose to face the calamity of the world restart.
"Move! You're blocking us so brazenly—aren't you afraid of offending the mentors?" The blocked students looked at the gathering crowd with ugly expressions. Even if they were geniuses, it was hard to break through such a large crowd.
"Offending the mentors... Haha~ are you joking?"
"We’re all going to die! What is there to be afraid of!"
"Do you really think everything will be fine once you enter the Sanctuary Kingdom? That’s just a trick to deceive you."
"The students the mentors actually care about have already left our world on Void Ships... Can't you see that clearly?"
"You’re waiting here, thinking a mentor will come to disperse us? How naive."
"Since we dare to do this... do you think we don't have mentors supporting us from behind?"
"What?"
The geniuses selected for the Sanctuary Kingdom suddenly paled. Their greatest reliance was the promise of the mentors.
If the other side also had mentors interfering behind the scenes... then they were nothing but clowns who would ultimately end up with nothing!