Wizard: My skills can be upgraded indefinitely.

Chapter 482 Burning Canyon

Back in Silvermoon Highlands from the city center, Gaga jumped off Ian's shoulder, tilted its head back, and took a deep breath.

"Home-cooked meals are the best."

Ian scanned the mycelium, confirming that the mother worm embryo was in a stable state, and then walked into the house.

Before I even reached the door, I heard hurried footsteps coming from outside the courtyard.

Ian turned around, and there stood Adele at the courtyard gate, one hand on the door frame, her chest heaving violently.

Her usual shrewdness and competence were completely gone; her face was pale, and she clutched a constantly beating crystal tightly in her hand.

"My lady," Edel's voice trembled slightly, "my ancestor's soul imprint has suddenly activated, he—he is still alive."

Ian frowned slightly, a name flashing through his mind: Allister Just, the Morning Star wizard who disappeared over a hundred years ago.

The spiritual imprint he left in the family could only barely confirm that he was still alive, but could not pinpoint his location. The family had searched for him many times, but to no avail.

"When did the mark start reacting?" Ian asked, adding that he wouldn't mind lending a hand if it wasn't too much trouble.

"Just now, no more than fifteen minutes ago." Adele took a deep breath, trying to calm her voice.

"The beating is happening very fast, and the intensity is increasing. The elders have determined the direction; it's in Burning Canyon. We beg you—"

Burning Valley? Distant memories surfaced; if Edel hadn't reminded him, Ian would have almost forgotten about this place.

When Edel's father was being purified of corruption, a level 5 abyssal monster marked his presence.

Back then, he was too afraid to approach that area; now, it's time to settle this score.

"I understand." Ian didn't let her finish. "Wait for my news in Silvermoon Highlands."

He raised his hand and slashed through the void, tearing open a rift in the air. From the other end of the rift, a faint smell of scorching sulfur could be heard.

Caw flew onto his shoulder, its eyes lighting up. "I'm going too!"

"Let's take a look together." Ian stepped into the rift, and the passage closed behind him.

Eastern Frontier, Burning Canyon.

This was Ian's first time in this place, and the scene was slightly different from what he had seen in the materials.

A deep, muffled sound came from the depths of the canyon, as if something was awakening from a long slumber.

The concentration of abyssal pollution in the air has far exceeded the level that a Level 5 parent body should have.

Ian extended his senses, instantly passing through the Morning Star Seal and the polluted mist, and in the deepest part of the canyon, in an extremely hidden crack, he detected two signals.

A frail figure, like a candle flickering in the wind, radiating the rhythmic fluctuations of the morning star.

Another frenzied and twisted creature, coiled beneath the first signal like a giant, entwined python, was a level-five peak abyssal demon.

It seemed to be trying to break through some kind of seal, but each attempt was repelled by the Morning Star Wizard above.

But the human wizard's aura grew weaker and weaker, until only the last layer of transparent light membrane remained.

Ian sensed the familiar Time Mark bloodline, exactly the same as the one on Adele, but even more concentrated.

Allist's location was somewhat peculiar; he was situated in a bottomless rift, no longer belonging to the current space.

He was entangled by layers of dark purple abyssal vines, positioned precisely at the center of the monster and the seal.

Ian made his decision and told Gaga to stay on the rocks at the edge of the canyon. "Just in case, you wait for me here."

Gaga's strength has greatly increased, and she is no longer afraid of ordinary level 5 monsters.

It came here hoping to show off its skills, but it still obediently followed orders.

"Hurry up, that old man down there looks like he's about to die."

Ian had surveyed the surrounding area, and the Chaos Domain unfolded, its gray-white light enveloping the entire Burning Canyon.

The remaining Morning Star sealing array shattered instantly, and the polluted mist dissipated completely, revealing a narrow path.

He plunged into the valley and stepped into the crevice.

The wriggling purple fungal carpet around them faded and disintegrated upon encountering the chaotic realm, turning into a cloud of fine ash.

Ahead, thick vines intertwined to form a sphere, in which a person was imprisoned.

His hair was gray, his face was thin, and a laceration ran across half of his body, with vines deeply embedded in it.

The vines that had pierced the heart were concealed by a layer of silver light as thin as a cicada's wing.

At this moment, Alistair was still relatively conscious. He suddenly sensed a vast aura descending upon him, and his heart was filled with excitement. He began to struggle violently.

The terrifying aura of the newcomer far exceeded the limits of his perception, and even surpassed that of the level-five demon beneath him.

Ian landed in front of him, and a gray-white light surged over, instantly clearing away all the vine balls.

Alliste's eyes darted around, landing on Ian's face. His lips moved, emitting a hoarse sound.

"I am Alistair of the Just family of the East, may I ask your name, sir?"

"I am the eternal sun." Ian flicked a ray of golden light from his fingertip, casually dispelling the pollution from the other's body.

A wisp of purple smoke emerged from Alistair's body, and he immediately felt lighter.

The abyss pollution that had tormented him for over a hundred years was expelled by this mysterious figure with a single finger.

"Thank you for your help, sir. I never thought that I could escape this place alive after being trapped here for a hundred years."

"No need for formalities. I was once a guest of the Just family. You're lucky, it was the current patriarch, Edel, who sent me to find you."

Alliste was silent for a few moments, trying to search for the name in his long memory.

"Edel—Titus's daughter? I even held her when she was born."

"She's now—the clan leader?"

A look of bewilderment crossed his face; he simply couldn't imagine how the small Just family had gotten involved with the important figure before him.

Before leaving home, he vaguely remembered what Adele looked like; she was outstanding in both figure and appearance.

Could it be that Edel is this person's—

Ian interrupted the old man's wild guesses as he watched the old man's eyes darting around.

"She's already a level three wizard, and the Just family is doing quite well."

Ian shoved a purification potion into his mouth. "Save your energy. Let me clean this place up first."

Allist instantly snapped out of his reverie and closed his eyes.

Just then, a deafening hiss came from below, and countless vines poured out from the crack.

The original seal was destroyed by Ian's domain, and the level five abyssal monster finally broke free from the remnants of the seal.

It had been sealed deep within this canyon for countless years. Just when the seal was about to weaken, it was blocked by Alistair, who had mistakenly entered this place a hundred years ago.

After a century of tug-of-war, it has finally broken free and is about to unleash another wave of demonic energy, letting the world feel the fear it brings.

It looked up and saw a pair of grayish-white eyes. A chill ran through it, and boundless fear rose within it.

With a slight thought, Ian expanded his chaotic domain, and a gray-white light swept down.

Running vertically through the canyon, collapsed rubble, cracked fungal carpets, surging pollution—everything that comes into contact with this force disintegrates into the smallest particles.

The monster let out a mournful howl as its body was peeled away layer by layer until it turned into a clump of ashes.

This abyssal monster, which had been lurking in the Eastern Territory for countless years and caused Morning Star endless headaches, couldn't even last a breath against Ian.

After the monster completely dissipated, Ian detected a faint fluctuation.

Deep within the corrupted core of the monster, a fragment the size of a fingernail remained, its surface covered with twisted, regular patterns.

It has a similar structure to the original chaotic fragments, but it is coarser, as if it was forcibly removed by something.

Ian raised his hand and clenched the fragment in his palm. At that moment, a line of words appeared in the corner of his eye.

[World dimension information detected, parsing in progress]

World information? Ian's heart stirred slightly; it might be a world corrupted by the abyss.

Seeing that the panel was still analyzing, he sealed the fragments into his personal space and took Allist back to the canyon.

Gaga was cautiously watching its surroundings when it saw Ian. It flapped its wings, circled him twice, and only after confirming that he was alright did it land back on its shoulder.

"Who is this old man?" Gaa transmitted.

"He was Idel's ancestor, the Morning Star Wizard who had been missing for over a hundred years."

"Oh." Gaga looked Alister up and down, a hint of pity in her eyes. "He looks like he's been drained dry."

Ian briefly recounted what had happened to Gaga, then casually tore open a void passage and descended directly to the Just family.

The entire family was thrown into chaos, and under the leadership of Titu and Elder Darcy, they paid homage and welcomed them with great enthusiasm.

After a flurry of activity, Adele rushed back to her family and, upon seeing the extremely weak Allist, couldn't help but burst into tears of joy.

"Thank you for your help, sir. The Just family is deeply grateful."

"No need for formalities. Alistair accidentally fell into a spatial rift, which happened to be the place where level-five monsters are sealed."

Ian had a rough idea of ​​what had happened. He had been bewitched by the abyss monsters, struggled for a hundred years after realizing he had been tricked, and almost died inside.

Adele was terrified upon hearing this. She hadn't expected that a level five monster lurked in the Burning Canyon. If it weren't for the adult's rescue, her ancestor would probably have been—

Allist was unconscious for three whole days. The first thing he said when he opened his eyes was to ask Edel, who was guarding his bedside, to get a memory crystal.

Adele paused for a moment, then did as instructed.

"Don't worry, I'm not making any arrangements for my death." The old man forced a smile, his voice much clearer than it had been a few days ago.

"I've been entangled with that demon for over a hundred years, and I need to write down some information it revealed to you, sir."

The next day, Edel returned to Silvermoon Highlands and presented the crystal to Ian.

Ian scanned it with his mental energy and found a blurry map drawn inside, along with some informational details.

"Based on the information revealed by that monster," Ian said, taking out the fragment, his eyes gleaming.

"More than a hundred years ago, there was a world on the other side of the rift called the Black Eclipse Realm, which has been corrupted by the Abyss."

Gaga was dozing on the windowsill in the corridor when her ears twitched and her silver eyes blinked.

"Should we go take a look?"

"It's not that simple." Ian shook his head. If the Abyss World hadn't been completely corrupted yet, he would naturally want to go in and take a look.

But more than a hundred years have passed, and the Black Corrosion Realm has probably been dragged into the endless abyss. To just blatantly barge in like this would surely alarm the will of the abyss.

"However, it's not like there's no way."