The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 979 The First Leader-Level Overlord
The end of the soul's limit signifies that Richard is no longer bound by the original soul structure and can modify his soul structure at will.

This means that Richard could adjust his soul structure according to the situation.

Li looked toward the direction of the civilization devourers, his eyes resolute and cold.

He said softly, "Our matter will soon be settled."

Several spatial rifts suddenly appeared in the space, and the guardians of the wizarding world all came to them.

The fluctuations in his mental limits weren't significant, but Richard was a wizarding governor, so every commotion he made attracted attention.

"Congratulations on your successful breakthrough, my lord," the Day and Night Guardian said respectfully.

The other guardians behind him also said in unison, "Congratulations on your successful breakthrough, sir."

Richard waved his hand casually.

"No need for that, it's nothing serious, go and do your own things."

Upon hearing this, the many guardians straightened up and then dispersed as Richard had ordered.

After the guardian left, Richard immediately began to examine his condition. Breaking the limits wouldn't bring about a qualitative improvement, but adjusting the soul structure would.

Through reasonable structural adjustments, Richard's mental strength has increased fivefold, reaching 50,000 points.

This is the institution with the highest spiritual power. If Richard wants to continue to increase his spiritual power, he can only rely on meditation to substantially increase his soul.

In a sense, Richard's soul has now truly matured. Before, he was merely filling in the gaps in his body.

However, the structure with the highest mental strength is not necessarily the optimal structure.

For a ruler, mental power is a kind of overflowing data.

Aside from fighting against beings like the Civilization Devourers, which can have a drastic impact on the soul of the ruler, mental strength is not very important in battles between equals.

Moreover, even when fighting against civilization devourers, the structure with the highest mental strength is not the optimal solution.

After adjusting his soul structure, Richard wasted no time and immediately began his advancement to a leader-level overlord.

Richard has fulfilled the prerequisites for becoming a leader-level overlord—breaking through two limits and possessing dimensional treasures, thus becoming the de facto leader of the civilization.

At this moment, Richard's ascension to the position of true leader and ruler is now unimpeded.

Upon arriving in the dimension, Richard, carrying the Book of All Laws, came to the City of Eternal Truth.

In the council hall representing the power of wizards, the Keeper of Secrets was already waiting for his arrival.

"Your Excellency, congratulations on taking another step forward."

Li looked at this dimensional avatar with a hint of curiosity on his face.

"I've wanted to ask you this for a long time: do you know something? I've always felt that your attitude towards me is a bit strange."

“Haha, I don’t know anything, Your Excellency the Governor,” the Keeper of Secrets replied. “I just saw…something.”

You should know that, to me, none of you on the throne hold any secrets. I know everything about your research and your sorcery.”

"Correct."

Richard nodded slightly, and in that instant, he suddenly realized something and abruptly looked at the Keeper of the Secret.

"You used divination magic on me?"

The Keeper of the Secret shook his head slightly: "How could that be? Even using such a thing on a wizard apprentice would be too offensive."

I used divination on myself and saw you in it.

"When?"

"While you were fighting that weapon for your life."

Weapons… Upon hearing this term, Richard immediately understood who the Keeper of the Secrets was referring to.

Among all the civilizations, besides the Abyss, which other civilization has ever fought with the wizard for him?
"What do you see?"

"We've seen it all today."

The Keeper of Secrets bowed slightly: "I saw you ascend the throne and become the leader of the wizards."

“The governor is not a throne,” Richard said calmly. “When I went back that day, I looked at the history books and found that the governors of the Seven Hills rotate.”

“But leaders don’t change, Your Excellency.”

Richard paused for a moment, then said, "...But I will."

The Keeper of the Secret looked at Richard with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"For you, is becoming a consul a difficult job?"

Richard's voice was calm: "But if I can survive and travel freely across the astral plane, it will be more comfortable than staying in civilization as an archon. Besides, after the war, the fate that binds me will disappear."

"At that time, I will also make mistakes."

"But you won't make mistakes until then. You won't, will you?"

“But I will not give up my position as consul until then.”

The Keeper of Secrets smiled and said, "You are the leader, so you have the final say. If you want to rotate, then the governors can be rotated."

"I am the big ship, and you are the captain. Where I go is up to you."

"Then let's sign the contract."

The rituals for each civilization to become a leader are different, and these rituals have nothing to do with conventional mysteries; they come from the culture of the civilization itself.

In wizarding culture, contracts are undoubtedly a very important thing.

“I, Richard, shall, from this day forward, become the governor of the wizarding civilization, serving a term that will last for ten thousand years after the end of this war.”

The old rule of the Truth Council was that the speaker would be replaced every ten thousand years. Richard thought this system was good, and the term wasn't too long, so it was worth keeping.

The keeper tore a page from the book in his hand, which turned into a parchment contract.

Richard took it and signed his name on it. The next moment, an incredibly vast being appeared in his perception. It seemed to have merged with the entire dimension of civilization.

"Is this what a leader is?"

Richard's face showed a look of shock.

He didn't know if this was a special case because he was following the cellular world route.

Because the moment one becomes a leader, one's dimension is no longer one's own small dimension, but the entire dimension of civilization.

He no longer needs to be limited by quotas when using dimensional power; if he so desires, the entire civilization dimension can be his pool of dimensional power.

For other leaders, this might just be an added bonus. This is because most rulers who become leaders are ancient and incredibly powerful. The dimensional power they have accumulated renders dimensional attacks from civilizations somewhat insignificant.

But for Richard, this ability was extremely important.

He needs a large amount of dimensional power to help his cellular dimensions grow.

He had a premonition that if he could expand his cellular dimension to a certain extent, his strength would naturally undergo a qualitative change.

Beside Richard, the Keeper of Secrets respectfully said, "Your Excellency, congratulations on becoming the leader."

From this day forward, all the gates of the wizarding civilization are open to you.

……

The front lines, the hub of the world.

"You've become a leader?"

Samael looked at Richard, a hint of surprise flashing across his face.

Although he knew Richard was going to break through his mental limits, he didn't expect Richard to do it so quickly. From constructing the array to completely breaking through the limits, Richard only spent seven days.

“Hmm.” Richard nodded slightly, his gaze meeting Samael’s. “How far are you from becoming a leader?”

"I can break through the limit at any time, but I'm not sure about the outcome."

"I will protect you; the abyss needs a leader to charge into battle."

A hint of surprise flashed across Samael's face: "You're here to protect me? Looks like I'm getting pretty good treatment."

“Otherwise what? Beelzebub isn’t good enough either,” Richard sighed softly. “In the entire Abyss, only I have the ability to protect you.”

"Then aren't you afraid I'll take your position as the Lord of the Abyss?"

"...Want to hear the truth?"

"What do you mean?"

Samael frowned slightly; his intuition told him that he didn't really want to hear Richard's answer.

“The truth is, you can’t take it away,” Richard said calmly. “I am the King of the Abyss Titans, and I am naturally superior to you in terms of authority. Even if you become the leader, your authority will only be equal to mine.”

Moreover, the abyss is where might makes right.

Richard patted Samael on the shoulder; the seemingly light pat made Samael tremble.

"I don't think you can beat me."

Samael looked at Richard, and after the initial shock subsided, a fierce fighting spirit suddenly shone in his eyes.

"Very good, very good. I knew I was right. You have indeed become a formidable opponent."

"A good opponent that can't be beaten?"

Samael looked at Richard with a belligerent smile on his face.

"If you can win easily, what kind of good opponent are you?"

……

Gulu, gurgle, gurgle...

In the dark crucible, a thick liquid was constantly bubbling. A rainbow-colored mist flowed out from the mist, and anything that came into contact with it was instantly transformed.

Standing before the crucible, Beelzebub gazed at the liquid within, his smile growing ever wider.

"Almost done, almost done!"

The viscous liquid condensed continuously in the flames fueled by the cursed creatures, and the power it contained became increasingly potent.

In the end, only a small puddle of liquid remained in the crucible, which was more than two people tall.

These liquids flowed with iridescent colors, appearing breathtakingly beautiful. However, if the crucible had not been composed of abyssal power, it would have been dispersed into basic elements the instant they took shape, and then reassembled.

"Haha, let me taste you."

Beelzebub used the power of the deep courtyard to condense a ladle, and then scooped out half a ladle of the potion from the crucible.

Without hesitation, Beelzebub shoved the spoon directly into the gaping maw of his own stomach.

The next moment, a violent energy fluctuation suddenly emanated from his body. Immediately afterwards, his aura began to surge, increase dramatically, and surge wildly!

In just a short while, Beelzebub's life radiation reached an exaggerated level.

"Hahaha...I did it! I finally made this!"

Beelzebub, feeling his power surge, burst into unrestrained laughter.

The demons throughout the entire Abyss could hear his unrestrained laughter, and the earth trembled slightly at the sound of it.

The rulers of the Abyss world all have their own symbols. In the past, the blood sun that never set was the symbol of Samael, and now the blood moon that cycles with the blood sun is the symbol of Richard.

The symbols of many Titan rulers are the stars, but few know what Beelzebub's symbol is—Beelzebub's symbol is not in the heavens, but on earth.

The deep abysses of the Great Abyss are the symbol of Beelzebub.

(End of this chapter)