Sorcerer’s Handbook

Swish!

In the next second, Ashe’s Gospel Book unleashed numerous vines!

Miracle: Sword Body Barrier!

Miracle: Shadow Spirit’s Touch!

Miracle: Boiling Killing Intent!

Miracle: Virtual Wings Overload Gun Fury Storm!

Miracle: Wind Slashing Scythe Foot!

Miracle: Incendiary Round!

Miracle: Soul Crushing Sanctuary!

At the moment Ashe’s Gospel Book underwent a mutation and produced vines, almost everyone made their moves simultaneously!

Harvey shook his hands bound by the Ghost King Shackles, parts of his body turning into shadows, and all shadows within the palace launched attacks on the vines; Igor snapped his fingers, his eyes bloodshot, causing everyone to feel a strong killing intent towards the vines; Annan immediately transformed her amethyst pendant into an Assault Gun, purple Twin Wings appeared on her back, and gun barrels extended from the tips of the virtual wings, silently spewing a storm of bullets!

Yvaren lifted her leg and slashed downward, releasing a supersonic blade that sent a wave of wind towards the vines; Nona’s body instantly gleamed with oil, lifting her handgun to shoot incendiary bullets capable of burning for a day and a night; Qenna rushed forward, expanding a sanctuary that grew to encompass the vines, exuding a pressure that hammered down like an iron fist!

A Sanctuary Sorcerer who had immersed herself in the Distant Sky Domain for many years and had elevated her mastery of the Spatial Sect to a Golden level could attempt to integrate other spellcasting sects into her sanctuary. Qenna had integrated the Soul Sect into her sanctuary, and with mere spellforce, she could crush the souls of all living beings within, driving animals mad and causing plants to wither!

Confronted with the sudden change in his Gospel Book, Ashe remained calm and quick. In an instant, he used Rainbow Tail’s Secret Toxin to convert his spellforce into Prismatic spellforce, then cast a three wings level Sword Body Barrier to protect both himself and Little Banjeet from the effects of the other miracles!

Boom!

Shadows, bullets, flames, blade winds, and soul pressure successively engulfed the vines, different Spellcasting energies colliding like a car crash, weaving a splendid and explosive display of fireworks!

“Yay! Yay!” Little Banjeet cheered, raising his hands excitedly as he watched the blossoming shockwave.

However, Ashe’s eyes widened as he noticed the vines already entangling around his legs and his perfectly intact but unresponsive sword body barrier. He saw a small segment of the vine stretching towards Little Banjeet and immediately shouted, “Stop! Annan, catch him!”

On hearing this, Annan lowered her gun barrel and looked up to see Little Banjeet flying towards her. She quickly discarded the Assault Gun and reached out to catch him, but in her hurry, she lost her balance and stumbled, stretching out her arms but failing to touch Little Banjeet. Her heart skipped a beat-

“You’re as agile as a pig, Purple Moth!”

A graceful arc traced through the air as Yvaren leapt over from above, catching Little Banjeet with impeccable precision and landing lightly in front of Annan, looking down at her best friend with disdain.

But the next second, she panicked too: “Hey, hey! He’s squirming, hurry and take him back!”

“Annan!”

Ashe’s shout came from behind, and Annan didn’t look back. She sidestepped a vine’s surprise attack and then dived and rolled back to Yvaren’s side. When she took Little Banjeet into her arms and turned to look at the spectacle in the hall, she gasped in shock.

By now, Ashe was completely covered by the vines. Vines wove a throne, forcibly pinning him down, and they didn’t stop there-they rapidly spread, creating a vine barrier with Ashe at its center. A green, spherical fortress’s framework was quickly taking shape!

Aside from Ashe, the vines also tried to entangle Igor, Harvey, Qenna, Yvaren, Annan, as well as Little Banjeet. But compared to the royal treatment Ashe was receiving, the vines’ approach to them was lazy and half-hearted, as if they hadn’t paid the entry fee.

“Shadows ineffective, bullets ineffective, incendiary ineffective, blade winds ineffective, soul pressure can’t suppress the spirits inside-none of our attacks can cause any damage.” Qenna sidestepped a vine’s approach, her expression serious. “This is…”

“Divine Intervention.”

No one knew when Deya had descended from her throne, but as she walked towards Ashe, the vines didn’t reach for her. However, she couldn’t enter the barrier either; these nearly invincible vines had thoroughly isolated Ashe from the outside world!

“This is Summon Divine Intervention,” Deya said, her mind now so attuned to the Gospel Book that she didn’t even need to consult it to get answers. “An unknown force is forcibly summoning Ashe, intending to transport him to another place!”

“Why him?!” Igor asked the question that every relative of a terminal patient would ask: “Why is he the target of this Divine Intervention out of nowhere?”

Although Ashe couldn’t move, he could still turn his head. He noticed that while the vines tried to pull others into the mix, their enthusiasm varied depending on the person.

Miss Yvaren, Lady Nona, and Little Banjeet were in the lowest tier, with only one vine chasing each of them; Lady Qenna and Ms. Anfel were in a slightly higher tier, with two or three vines after them; Annan, Igor, and Harvey were in the highest tier, with five or six vines bearing down on them.

The only person completely ignored by the vines was the future Empress, the host of the Gospel.

Ashe saw Deya’s face turn pale, a look of sudden realization dawning on her features. “We’ve been outmaneuvered by the Omniscient Weaver?”

Everyone paused for a moment, stunned to hear Ashe associate such a revered title with a despicable verb. Just then, Igor scooped up the bewildered little red-haired Angel beside him, evading a vine’s sudden, accelerated attack.

Ms. Anfel blinked, “Thank you.”

Igor set her down promptly, “Be careful and don’t burden others.”

Inside the green fortress, Ashe continued, “The vines’ desire to attack you matches your rankings in the Weaving Festival’s ranking list. Banjeet, Lady Nona, and Miss Yvaren each only ranked once, so they are pursued by one vine; Lady Qenna and Ms. Anfel each have two or three rankings, so they’re chased by two or three vines; Annan, Igor, and Harvey have multiple rankings, including at least one first-place honor, so the vines are most fervent towards them.”

“But compared to me, you are just extras,” Ashe said. “This Summon Divine Intervention was aimed at me from the start; now it’s just trying to see if it can grab a few more Echoers recognized by the Gospel along the way.”

“There’s a problem,” Harvey stumbled after running a few steps, looking like he might collapse with a gust of wind. “Ashe, you haven’t received any weaving rankings.”

“But I once received the Weaving Festival’s Most Valuable Ranking,” Ashe replied.

Ashe squinted his eyes, his voice tinged with a trace of resentment and anger, “That’s why, to these vines, I am the most valuable prey-First Gospel, Ashpel!”

By this time, Deya had already slumped to the ground, staring blankly at the scene before her.

In her mind echoed the teasing voice of the Angel of Bell Listening: “Will you become the Witch who strives in vain or the princess who lives happily ever after?”

Back then, she thought it was a question, but she didn’t realize it was actually an answer.

Everything was deliberate.

Secret Incarnation, gospel deity, Angel’s Wish, Summon Divine Intervention… Even if Deya’s brain wasn’t enough to grasp it all, the White Queen and the Black Butler pieced together this intelligence, making them realize they had never escaped the closed loop woven by the Gospel.

Perhaps from the moment Ashe obtained the Secret Incarnation, the Omniscient Weaver had already woven an exclusive net specifically for him. Firstly, there was no way the Omniscient Weaver would let Ashe, who resided in the Kingdom of the Gospel, simply walk away with it. So, who would reclaim the Secret Incarnation?

The answer was almost inevitable: the next First Gospel.

Or rather, whoever possessed the Secret Incarnation would be the First Gospel. Although Deya, relying on the blessings of Sleeping Beauty and the Bronze Dragon, temporarily reclaimed the position of First Gospel, Ashe would therefore willingly give her the Secret Incarnation.

They had never flown out of the Omniscient Weaver’s spiderweb.

But even this wasn’t enough.

It was unclear whether it was prearranged or an impromptu decision, but the Omniscient Weaver actually intended to ‘sell out’ the First Gospel-how could this Summon Divine Intervention attack Ashe directly without the Omniscient Weaver’s permission? The Gospel Book was an extension of the spiderweb within the Omniscient Heaven!

However, while the Omniscient Weaver sold out the First Gospel, she only sold a bit.

Because the Omniscient Weaver never intended to uphold a fair trade. After all, the First Gospel was imbued with a deity and the Secret Incarnation and was the cornerstone of civilization in the Kingdom of the Gospel; she had countless reasons to be unwilling.

Luckily, this Weaving Festival gave her the opportunity to sell a counterfeit product-this year’s First Gospel had two candidates!

Deya could even speculate on the Omniscient Weaver’s mindset: the other party wanted the First Gospel, but they didn’t specify which First Gospel. So she casually handed them one, guaranteed ripe and sweet.

However, at this moment, the gospel deity and the Secret Incarnation were both within Deya. Ashe was nothing more than an empty shell with a flashy title, but he still met the trade requirements and could fetch a high price. How could the Omniscient Weaver resist using him as a substandard substitute?

There’s even another possibility: the instant the Gospel Ranking was published, the Omniscient Weaver had already sold the ‘Ashpel’ product. The buyer wouldn’t have thought there was an issue, and who would have guessed that a significant quality problem would emerge a day later during the inspection?

In this light, Ashe being briefly listed as the First Gospel on the Gospel Ranking was akin to taking a crab for a fancy bath at a renowned lake or slapping a designer label on a generic piece of clothing. It was a disguising ritual to inflate his value, setting the stage for fraudulent trade!

But this alone wasn’t foolproof, which is why they encountered the Angel of Bell Listening in the Omniscient Heaven. The Angel of Bell Listening kindly gave Deya an Angel’s Wish.

She helped Deya hide the gospel deity and the Secret Incarnation!

At the time, Deya believed that despite the Angel of Bell Listening’s nasty personality, she had a sliver of genuine kindness. However, this was just another trick-even if Deya didn’t plan to guard this secret, the Angel of Bell Listening would have hidden her spirit condition anyway!

The influence of a deity on a sorcerer is too significant. If the gospel deity within Deya’s soul wasn’t concealed, it would likely have been discovered prematurely during the trade process… So the Angel’s Wish was an inevitable coincidence, aimed at erasing the gap between her and Ashe!

This explains why the vines ignored Deya-in the perception of Summon Divine Intervention, Deya was just an ordinary little girl, unworthy of wasting energy to summon.

But one can only cheat for so long. The entity capable of trading with the Omniscient Weaver is likely a great being of equal standing-didn’t the Weaver fear the other party’s wrath?

But it didn’t matter now.

Deya took a deep breath and quickly communicated with her companions to reach a consensus. She then focused her spellforce on the Fairy Spirit within her soul.

The gospel deity in the ‘Fairy Tale’ Garden seemed to notice something, set aside the soul summoning spirit, and waited quietly for its host to make a decision.

Just as Deya was about to tear open the newly formed fairy tale world to fully expose the gospel deity, she suddenly heard Ashe’s voice: “Lise, I think I was used as the summoning target in your place by the Omniscient Weaver, right?”

Deya froze and immediately replied, “Yes! But I’ve already thought of a solution-“

“Is it a way for all of us to stay?”

Deya opened her mouth slightly but couldn’t speak.

“In that case, I have a proposal: you stay in the Kingdom of the Gospel, find a way to fully control it, then come find me afterward,” Ashe said with a smile. “Then we’ll go together to eliminate the Omniscient Heaven, burn all the spiderwebs of fate, and seek our revenge. What do you think?”