The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

"The Phantomist".

"What, another new term?"

"There are nine realms for those who have transcended the mortal realm. When they reach the pinnacle of these nine realms, they have the opportunity to advance further and become a Spirit Illusionist."

Spirit Phantoms use Source Power as their driving force and a certain form of external force as the basis for their deductions. If you have changed jobs and have the external force of a professional within you, you will also need to combine your own professional characteristics when making deductions.

In turn, he created a "Tao" that was entirely his own!

During the Transcendent Era, Source Power and External Force are compatible.

During the Spirit Illusionist era, source power and external forces are incompatible; external forces will be erased, and the only thing you can use is the 'Tao' that you create yourself.

Qin Zheng has recently been in a state of spiritual illusion, now you know where his external forces come from, right?

Before becoming a Transcendent Being, no matter how strong one's external power is, one is still a mortal.

After becoming a Transcendent Being, one's level of life increases, and one becomes more composed when facing the Illusionary Divine Stele.

Therefore, Qin Zheng was able to use the divine tablet in his hand.

Since he's already a Spirit Illusionist, the side effects of the Illusionary Divine Stele on him will only be smaller.

I've gone on and on.

Song Gua finally learned the answer to the question he had asked at the beginning.

Qin Zheng did not actually become a ninja in the ninja illusion.

The reason is that he is now a Spirit Illusionist. Combining his own professional characteristics with the external ninjutsu recorded in the Illusionary Divine Stele, he has deduced his own path.

Yun Yang also mentioned.

Even without drawing on other external forces, it is still possible to use the external force of professionals that can be easily obtained on Earth as the basis for the deduction of one's own "spiritual path".

However, don't forget that if you take the professional system as your own path, you must accept the rules of the professional system.

For example, if you use invisibility, you will be detected by the anti-invisibility treasure; if you use a skill, you will consume mana.

Even the health bar, which you don't need to worry about during the mortal transformation stage, will become active again.

Take Qin Zheng as an example. He uses the invisibility technique from the ninjutsu system, and there is no way to make him appear—except for physical means like the colored flour that Captain Wang came up with.

It is evident that in a world full of professionals, if an external force of another form can be used, it can bring about a qualitative change in the combat power of a phantom.

It's unpredictable and makes it difficult to know where to start.

That being said, Qin Zheng was not actually a Transcendent Being before.

He jumped directly from a mortal to the level of a phantom.

Normally, it's impossible.

Qin Zheng was able to do it because of the help of his proxy.

This state is temporary.

It won't be long before he falls back down, but Qin Zheng won't fall back to being a mortal; he will become a transcendent being.

Because he now has light spots inside his body, which is the source of Earth's energy.

Those who possess source power are those who have transcended the mortal realm.

"Now you understand everything?"

"You understand now, right...?"

"Do you think it will be helpful to the cause that your bandits are currently undertaking?"

"It seems...not very helpful."

Song Gua gave a perfunctory reply.

He was considering whether to have Monkey King change his appearance and confront Qin Zheng.

I am the person the agent is looking for!

Give me the light of the earth!

This is the very life-giving power of a planet!

Although not all of them, according to Yun Yang, a single spot of light is at least ten thousand units of light points!

What does 10,000 units of light spots mean?

do not know.

That sounds like a lot.

If you want it, that's fine.

Moreover, Yun Yang mentioned that although clearing the illusion realm can obtain source power, it is all residual source power from worlds that have already perished. Therefore, it can only improve the realm of a Transcendent, but cannot allow a Transcendent to evolve into a Spirit Illusionist.

Only a projection from the complete source of power, such as the light of the earth, can allow those who have transcended the mortal realm to evolve.

Moreover, to evolve, one must cultivate external power to the later stages, which, for the professional system, is the third job advancement.

Judging from the combat performance of Yunyang and Chiniu.

The Twelve Heavenly Kings of the Rebel Army are probably all psychopaths!

Although, judging from Yunyang's description.

Being a Transcendent or a Spiritual Being merely opens a path of life evolution, not an increase in combat power.

If a phantom does not use their source power in combat, and does not utilize an external force.

At most, he is physically much better than ordinary people, has a lifespan many times longer, and his soul is so strong that it is unaffected by the dark artifacts.

But, does it have a lifespan many times longer?

That alone makes it worthwhile!

No more hesitation.

We must obtain the light spot on Qin Zheng's body.

That was originally prepared for me by the agent!

Maybe once I get my hands on it, I can finally figure out the mystery of how I traveled through time!

Yun Yang smiled.

"That's why I said in the beginning that knowing all this is actually not very useful."

It's not entirely useless.

At least now, Song Gua has a better understanding of the two groups of people: those who have transcended the mortal realm and those who possess spiritual powers.

They also gained a broader perspective, realizing that the power of professionals is merely an external force in the vast universe.

External forces are like a skyscraper; once the foundation is unstable, it will collapse.

The spiritual path created by combining source power with external forces is the one that is rooted in itself, unshakable, and will not disappear.

Yun Yang continued.

"Moreover, what I just told you is merely the tip of the iceberg of the world's truth. The true nature of this world may be many times more cruel than what our resistance has already discovered!"

"Cruel? It seems the resistance has uncovered something after all."

"I can't tell you any more. Of course, if you bandits are willing to join the resistance, you might have the right to know more."

Upon hearing this, Red Ox, who was teasing Monkey King with a cannon barrel, turned around and looked over.

"Great! Bandits joining the resistance is like a marriage alliance!"

Monkey King stabbed him with his staff and cursed angrily.

"Kiss your mother my ass!"

Song Gua stared at Yun Yang.

"Is this considered an invitation?"

"You could say that."

"Bandits don't join any organization; we are who we are."

The bandits cheered.

"That's right! We are who we are! A unique spark!"

"We suggest the resistance fighters join the bandits; the sewing machine department needs talents like you!"

"What resistance? We don't care. Resist? What have you guys been resisting? You're not even as noticeable as the Night Owl Thieves."

"Exactly, exactly. The world's most wanted organization, and this is it?"

Listening to the chatter of the bandits, Yun Yang chuckled bitterly and shook his fan.

"I didn't really expect you to join us just because I said something casually. But I think we'll meet again in the future."

In fact, Song Gua had a plan to arrange for someone to join the resistance.

Previously, he was an indiscriminate undercover agent.

Now it seems the Rebels know more about the fundamental forces of life than the Federation.

Then we should definitely go undercover.

However, sending someone over at this moment would be far too obvious and suspicious.

They couldn't possibly agree to let the bandits join the resistance.

It can only be put on hold for now.

We'll figure out a solution later (×).

We'll let Monkey King figure out a solution later (√).