The Era of Gods

Chapter 669: Chapter 669: Endless Knowledge

“Very well!”

The old wizard was very pleased and said to him,

“In a few days, I will convene the Ancient Covenant Forces in the name of Wizard King’s Tower and bestow upon you the position of Witch King!”

“So soon…”

Lin Xiao thought it would be after the Old Sorcerer King’s death that he would inherit the title, hoping to enjoy his carefree days a bit longer, but he didn’t expect it to be so urgent.

The old wizard laughed and explained,

“Legitimacy ensures a smooth discourse. You might think you are the only one qualified to succeed the Witch King position, but it isn’t absolute. In the Wizard World, there are not only three of us at the Witch-King Level Powerhouses born of this world and therefore eligible for succession. Apart from us, several other Witch-King Level Powerhouses from different worlds are residing in our world. According to the covenant, they must not be hostile toward our world. However, if they are willing to pay a certain price, they can become new guardians and thus be eligible to compete for the Witch King’s position.”

“I see!”

Lin Xiao wasn’t too surprised; when he ascended to Rank 7, he had sensed a powerful malicious presence, which was later expelled by the Old Wizard and the Emerald Queen, indicating that it was a Rank 7 powerhouse from another world.

Moreover, even before his early departure to the Sea King World, the so-called master of that strange realm… well, now he’s not sure whether the master of the strange realm belongs to the Wizard World or some other world, nor can he gauge their power.

But based on the feats that have been exhibited and the legends recorded, his power is estimated to be at least Rank 8 or higher, and likely not a member of this Wizard World.

In other words, this world has only three Rank 7 and above Witch-King Level Powerhouses, plus several more Rank 7 strong figures from outside this world who live in the Wizard World.

By default, local powerhouses who ascend to Rank 7 become guardians, but those from other worlds can do the same if they sever ties with their world of origin and acquire the approval of this world’s will after paying a certain price.

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Next, the Old Sorcerer King continued to reveal the deepest secrets of this world to Lin Xiao, including answers to some of his questions, as well as the kind of secrets only the Chief Guardian would know about the entire Wizard World. The more Lin Xiao listened, the more solemn his expression became.

What surprised him most was the inter-world organization that gathered the Children of the Spirit Realm and Divine Realm. The Old Wizard also knew something about it.

According to him, it’s a very powerful organization. Ten thousand years ago, a Rank 8 late-stage powerhouse came to the Wizard World, found the Old Wizard, and with overwhelming strength, struck a deal with him to let this organization establish a branch in this world.

For tens of thousands of years, this organization has been developing covertly, but the attentively monitoring Wizard King’s Temple is well aware of the organization’s power. According to the intelligence the Old Wizard has now, there are close to six or seven thousand members in the organization’s branch in this world. While they have not yet produced a Rank 7 Witch King, they already have no fewer than ten Rank 6 powerhouses. Given their rapid growth rate, it is estimated that it will not take a millennium for a Rank 7 Witch King to emerge.

According to the organization’s usual style, the newly born Witch King will likely join to become a guardian of this world, and if it weren’t for Lin Xiao, the new head of the Wizard King’s Tower would probably fall into their hands.

In other words, they don’t have to do anything to slowly take over this world in a peaceful manner.

The Old Sorcerer King of course recognized this, but as the backers of these Children of the Spirit Realm are powerful, he cannot expel them or even suppress them conveniently.

Moreover, the Old Wizard did not know that the ultimate boss behind these Children of the Spirit Realm was a primordial being, otherwise he might have despaired long ago.

Having understood all this, Lin Xiao did not bother with pointless talk and agreed to take on the Witch King’s position as soon as possible.

Without saying much, he’d take the benefits first. The position of the Chief Guardian of a powerful world would allow him to gather the world’s origin at the fastest pace and quickly condense his second True Body. With the strength of the Titan Ancient God Body being probably stronger than the average Rank 8 late-stage, he would then have enough power to conquer more worlds.

As the Wizard World devours more world origins, it will become more powerful, thereby raising its energy level and giving birth to more powerful beings. By that time, he could find any pretext to retire and regain his freedom.

“Delightful!”

The plan was perfect, and Lin Xiao was now less resistant to the temporary loss of freedom.

He then took up residence in Wizard King’s Tower, where the Old Wizard began to transfer the tower’s authority to him while preparing for the succession ceremony and dispatching messengers.

The forces of the Ancient Covenant in this world do not need messengers to communicate, but the main purpose of the messengers was to bear witness to the succession ceremony in the many worlds conquered by the Wizard World’s forces. The main native powers of these conquered worlds needed to send their representatives.

After all, the succession of the Witch King, occurring once every several hundred thousand years, was bound to be a grand occasion.

During this time, Lin Xiao moved into the Wizard King’s Tower and immersed himself in its vast library.

As the World’s Chief Guardian, the tower contained all the information and vast arrays of wizardry models collected over the last two hundred thousand years by Abatanik. Lin Xiao was like an ant that had fallen into a jar of sugar, blissfully lost.

This was the knowledge collected from the conquest of countless worlds by a vast one, not only of traditional wizards but also of the power systems of many different worlds, all placed in a library larger than a city for his perusal and collection.

As he collected each piece, Lin Xiao’s God’s realm, where the Tower of Truth had been quiet for several centuries, once again underwent changes. Space within the tower expanded automatically, creating a huge new area, and bookshelves appeared out of thin air. For each book he read and collected from the Wizard King’s Tower library, a corresponding book appeared on the shelves of the Tower of Truth.

The Tower of Truth itself has the function of collecting various kinds of knowledge. At the beginning, the Wise Goblins within the Divine Realm collectively contributed a vast amount of knowledge. However, as a massive amount of knowledge had already been generated, new books of knowledge gradually ceased to appear, and the Tower of Truth also did not undergo significant changes.

Until now, when Lin Xiao had collected a colossal amount of knowledge from the Wizard World, the Tower of Truth had never before gathered knowledge about the Wizard System, so each book he read would manifest itself within the Tower.

And with each manifestation, all of its contents were fed back to the Divine Realm Master, that is, Lin Xiao, and were fully mastered by him.

Beyond that, Lin Xiao, who hadn’t issued a Divine-mandate within the Divine Realm for a long time, once again issued a Divine-mandate, ordering all Star Spirit Clan members to study the Wizard System to see if, with their wisdom, they could cross-reference it with other Mage career systems and possibly develop a Wizard career system suitable for other worlds.

Lin Xiao was very much looking forward to this.

After all, this was the career system with the highest potential limit he had ever seen.

Not to mention the Ancestral stage, which was still unknown in connection to the Wizards, simply the Wizard ranks from First Level to Rank 8 included all stages from just transcending humanity to comparability with Level 19 Super Divine Power, which means this career system could advance in one go to Super Divine Power. It was the highest limit career system Lin Xiao had ever seen, surpassing even the Arcanist career, recognized as the most promising next to Divine Enthronement.

If the Ancestor had a direct connection to the Wizard profession, then this career system could indeed be called the strongest profession in the Billions of Crystal Wall Universes of the Chaotic Void Sea, bar none.

Other powerhouses who descended into the Wizard World didn’t have the Tower of Truth to record all these materials and knowledge; even if they had something similar, they lacked the Creation Magic Cube to turn decay into a miracle, which Lin Xiao was very confident about.

If he could unravel the mysteries of this career system, that would be incredible.

Even if he couldn’t solve it, just being able to reproduce it outside the Wizard World would still be extremely impressive.

Regarding this, Lin Xiao was incredibly eager, bordering on immersing himself in it every day.

The Old Sorcerer King did not interfere with his actions; he believed Lin Xiao was catching up on knowledge he lacked due to his previous wanderings in the Outland.

As everyone knows, for the Traditional wizard system, knowledge is power. For Witch-King Level powerhouses, knowledge is not only power but also a heritage. Lin Xiao’s behavior of frenziedly catching up was entirely normal due to his lack of heritage.

While Lin Xiao spent every day in the library absorbing knowledge, the entire Wizard World was also boiling over as the Old Sorcerer King summoning the Ancient Covenant Forces for the succession ceremony, and Lin Xiao’s name appeared for the first time in the ears of the top powers of this world.

With strength of this level, Lin Xiao no longer needed to hide himself under the alias ‘Leng Lan’; he openly reverted to using his original name, Lin Xiao.

“Lin Xiao? This name doesn’t sound much like a native!”

Julian, who was communicating with others of his kind through the True Nether Mirror, carefully savored the name, feeling more and more that it was off.

At that moment, someone else voiced through the mirror:

“I also find this name strange; it doesn’t seem like a native. Could this newly born Witch King be a human civilization Descender?”

Upon hearing this, Julian immediately responded:

“I was thinking the same, the name is odd.”

Then, another line of text appeared on the True Nether Mirror:

“At that time, the organizers handling this world will attend the ceremony. It’ll be clear then whether he’s a native or a Descender. Afterward, the higher-ups will decide how to respond.”

“All right then!”

Julian shrugged, put away the True Nether Mirror, and casually picked up an exquisite cane to stand up. Just then, a lovely woman came through the door. Seeing him, she quickly stepped forward to support him, speaking softly as they walked:

“Teacher, the Expeditionary Army affiliated with our School is encountering resistance in the conquest of World No. 147, and the higher-ups have decided to send a group of powerhouses from our academy for support.”

“Hmm, does the dean know about this?”

Julian reached the large bay window, overlooking the academy below the high tower, bustling like a city, filled with a sense of accomplishment.

Over more than two hundred years, by relying on his efforts, he had accumulated a massive number of Contribution Points by exchanging resources. Coupled with his efforts, innate talent, resolute will, and marrying one of the top three chiefs in this world over a hundred years ago, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, culminating in his promotion to Dawn Wizard, making him one of the high-level members of his School.

The Dawn Wizard was the first significant threshold in the Wizard system. Compared to that, the promotions to Fifth Level Dawnlight Wizard and Sixth Level Sun Wizard were relatively easy. He was confident that within a thousand years, he would advance to those ranks, and then he would come to the second significant threshold of the Wizard System.

Rank 7 Witch King!