Wizards begin with Occlumency.

The moment you lie down, the world expands in an instant.

The moment Link saw the colossal statue of Our Lady of the White Lotus, he decided to lie down.

So be it if you're just a tool. It's not a big deal.

The old eunuch, taking advantage of the lights of countless homes and the good fortune of the human world, destroyed the physical form of the White Lotus Holy Mother's divine descent, setting an example for Link.

Since we lack the strength ourselves, we should leverage external forces.

It seems that the Yangping Zhidu Gong Seal and the Jiulao Xiandu Seal, which the Daoist sects painstakingly delivered to him, were not mere decorations.

It is likely that Celestial Master Xu Jing had saved his trump card for this moment.

So what is there to hesitate about?

Just go for it and go for it.

"What exactly are you doing?"

The White Lotus Mother Iris actually saw through Link's every move.

However, for some reason, she did not recognize the two great seals, even though they were just imitations.

The function of these two seals is also unclear.

This allowed Link to seize the opportunity and, at a great cost, activate the two great seals.

The White Lotus Mother, of course, sensed something amiss in Link's actions.

However, relying on her status as the lord of countless stars and having trillions of people worshipping her, the White Lotus Mother neither intervened to stop him nor took the opportunity to kill Link.

She wanted to see what effect the methods Link could rely on actually had.

Being invincible for too long can be lonely, and you need to find some fun.

Link wasn't going to linger here, and regardless of whether it would provoke a backlash from the White Lotus Mother, he dragged his exhausted body straight toward the "Sky Shuttle" starship.

Fortunately, the White Lotus Mother's attention seemed to be diverted by something, and she did not continue to pay attention to Link.

This allowed Link to successfully board the warship and return to the planet.

Due to years of neglect and disrepair, the wobbly "Sky Shuttle" landed in Dead Man's Valley and fell back into the pit.

Link showed no intention of leaving the warship, controlling the "Sky Shuttle" and channeling all its energy into the defense system.

After doing all this, he could no longer hold on and fell into a deep sleep.

The next second, the shackles were completely broken.

The sealed sea of ​​consciousness and wizard cultivation slowly opened up.

An endless stream of vitality seemed to flow from the sea of ​​consciousness between his brows, repairing Link's battered and exhausted body.

Link's body has reversed its decline from its twilight years; his white hair has fallen out, his wrinkles have smoothed out, his posture has become upright, and he has regained his youthful vigor.

But that's not all. Link, still in a coma, continues to reverse, from youth to adolescence, from boyhood to infancy, then to embryo, and finally disappears.

As Link's body disappeared, everything in this world seemed to be paused.

Time stands still, space is eternal.

In the starry sky.

The colossal statue of Our Lady of the White Lotus still stands.

Two stars transformed into eyes that shone brightly, and on the divine body composed of countless stars, the voices of prayer were solemn and sacred, while the cries of agony were utterly devastating.

Under the light, the face of Our Lady of the White Lotus was revealed.

The left half represents great compassion and mercy, while the right half represents great wickedness and evil.

Good and evil are intertwined, benevolence and malice are interwoven; it both saves people and causes slaughter and extermination.

A tranquil place before the statue.

The Yangping Zhidu Gong Seal and the Jiulao Xiandu Seal floated in the air, each emitting a faint glow.

This light was vastly different from the light in the eyes of the White Lotus Mother, like a firefly compared to the bright moon.

However, it was precisely the faint light of the fireflies that gradually overshadowed the brilliant light of the moon.

"That annoying old Taoist priest."

The White Lotus Mother did not resist; she merely murmured something and allowed the two to perform their hand seals.

First, the auspicious clouds above their heads were cut off, then the stars returned to their places and left their eye sockets, and then the countless stars that made up the divine body were released. The praying believers suddenly woke up as if from a dream, and the wailing remnant souls were bathed in sweet dew and passed away.

More than thirty genius wizards vanished in a streak of light.

The statue of the White Lotus Mother then began to completely collapse and dissolve, a process that proceeded with remarkable ease.

Yangping Zhidu Gongyin and Jiulao Xiandu Yin did not stop their actions.

Yang Pingzhi's seal went straight for the empty left eye socket of the statue.

Suddenly, Iris, dressed in a long dress, was slashed by Yang Pingzhi's power seal and reincarnated in a faint light.

Then, the Nine Immortal Seal went straight for the empty right eye socket of the statue.

Iris Messiah, who was equipped as a beast tamer, was cut off and reincarnated in the dim light.

The statue of the White Lotus Mother completely collapsed.

With her soul purified, Iris Clark emerged from the void, pure and untouched.

"finally……"

Iris Clark sighed, "Finally, we're free."

As soon as she finished speaking, Iris Clark disappeared.

From that moment on, Iris Clark was simply Iris Clark, and she was no longer affected by her split personality.

This world is like a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water, turning from reality into illusion.

Ultimately, it was just a test for Iris Clark.

The experience of all participants was like an absurd dream.

Upon waking, the dream shattered like glass falling to the ground.

No trace of the fragments was left.

Like a dream, a bubble.

All of this is illusory.

……

Link woke up to find himself standing in a starry sky.

The memories of the past ten years of reincarnation in my mind are fading rapidly, stripped of their emotional weight.

The memory remains vivid; I haven't forgotten a single detail.

It's like looking through frosted glass; you can't fully immerse yourself in it.

"Is it a dream?"

Link was filled with disappointment.

It's not that I'm reluctant to part with the people and things involved.

From the moment he embarked on the path of severing causal bonds and shackles, he was prepared to give up everything.

However, whether it was the pre-arranged selection or the aimless assessments that followed, the sense of destiny was far too strong.

Regarding the selection process, those who pass will participate in Iris Clark's test, and those who fail will return to where they came from.

There was no competition process, no reference standards, and it was conducted in complete secrecy.

During the test, Link did a lot of thinking and preparation.

However, when it came to actually facing the White Lotus Mother, all the thinking failed and all the preparations were useless.

The only things that came in handy were his cultivation of the Immortal Martial Arts, which he mainly practiced for self-preservation, and the secret techniques he modified from wizarding magic in the wizarding world to enhance his deterrent effect.

The sense of destiny is too strong.

Everything that happened seemed to be deliberately following some kind of arrangement, or someone's plan.

Especially the powerful White Lotus Mother, it seems very much like she deliberately walked into Link's gun barrel to commit suicide.

Even the gun Link was holding was crafted by the so-called Celestial Master Xu Jing and smoothly delivered to Link's hands.

What Link has to do is make a choice between two difficult options when facing the White Lotus Mother.

Moreover, is it really a dilemma if it's described as such?

Everything was forcing Link to pull the trigger and activate the two great magic seals!

"Grand Wizard?"

After regaining her senses, Jasmine Michelle, who was standing next to Link, saw that he hadn't come to his senses for a long time and called out to him.

"What's wrong?"

Link suppressed the turmoil in his mind and replied.

If there's anything you don't understand, go back to the academy after you leave here and figure it out.

For now, it's best to deal with the immediate situation.

"Grand Wizard, what trials have you undergone?"

Jessie Min Michelle asked curiously, but before Link could speak, she continued, "I'm so angry. I had unified the world and dominated the universe, but then the White Lotus Cult suddenly appeared out of nowhere and shattered all my achievements. Alas, I failed the test in the end and became a prisoner."

As she spoke, Jessie Min Michelle's eyes sparkled as she looked at Link: "Wizard Grand, what about you? Have you completed the test?"

"I have no idea."

Link shook his head and told the truth.

"Don't know? Why wouldn't you know?"

Jasmine Michelle became increasingly curious.

"I don't know."

Link told the truth again.

To be honest, this time it really broke Jasmine Michelle's nerves.

You know nothing?

I think you don't want me to know, right?

Jessie Michelle felt a surge of anger, but she outwardly maintained her composure and didn't let it out.

She can't lose her sweet and innocent girl persona.

It's not like we'll never deal with each other again.

The days at the Tower of the Great Sage of Michel and the Academy of Revosos are far from over.

At that moment, the starry sky changed.

All the talented wizards present who had participated in Iris Clark's test were teleported away.

After experiencing a sense of temporal and spatial detachment that he hadn't felt in a long time, Link found himself without his partner, Jessie-Min Michelle, and in a vast, desolate space.

What do you want?

A magnificent and lofty voice suddenly rang out.

Upon hearing this, Link instantly understood: this was a reward?

It seems the Supreme Council is very generous in this matter.

But what does he need, and what does he want?

"I want a chance to retake the course?"

In the blink of an eye, Lin Keming understood his own feelings and made a request.

"What?"

The grand and lofty voice paused for a moment, then rang out again, sounding quite puzzled.

"I want a chance to start over as a wizard's apprentice."

In that instant, Link's resolve hardened even further.

If we were to say what this dreamlike ordeal brought Link, it would undoubtedly be the establishment of the Construct Wizard class, for which a solid foundation had already been laid.

Just then, after Link fully regained all his memories and strength, he discovered that he no longer needed to design a new construct for himself.

Not to mention countless variations, the diverse range of innate sorcery "armor" forms is a ready-made blueprint for "construct" sets.

What construct set could be more suitable for Link than the Battle Armor?

The most primitive and purest "warframe" is used as the main construct, while other functions, such as space survival, wilderness survival, interstellar combat, land combat, and sea combat, can be used as secondary constructs or as plugins.

In this way, one fish can be prepared in multiple ways.

In different situations, there is no need to switch armor temporarily; you only need to adjust the subconstruct or plugins.

During the adjustment period, it can still maintain basic combat strength, defense, and survivability.

"A strange request."

The grand, lofty voice made no attempt to hide it from Link, and murmured loudly.

Link's face twitched.

Having spent so long in the world of immortals and martial arts, I'm finding it a bit hard to get used to the wizarding world's setting where higher-ranking wizards have more freedom to do whatever they want.

"As you wish."

Before Link could think further, the magnificent and lofty voice once again resounded throughout this vast space.

A dark beam of light appeared out of nowhere and fell on Link.

In just a moment, Link felt what a difference in experience truly meant.

The realm of a third-level wizard has been completely stripped away.

The spiritual and magical power, however, have not diminished.

This allows Link to retrace the path from wizard apprentice to third-level wizard in a short period of time.

Thank you.

Link randomly chose a direction and bowed.

The grand and lofty voice never rang out again.

The vast space didn't linger with Link any longer, gently but firmly pushing him out.

The familiar sense of being displaced from time and space ended, and Link found that he had actually returned to the main planet of Rivosos Academy.

"So thoughtful?"

Link's current realm is no longer what it used to be; he now possesses only immense spiritual and magical power, making him seem like a child carrying gold through a bustling city.

The being whose voice was heard but whose face was never seen actually helped Link by sending him directly back to Rivosos Academy.

only……

Outside the crystal wall of the academy's main planet, Lin Keli felt that if he didn't think of a way soon, he would suffocate and forget everything.

There's no air in space!

He's just a figurehead with spiritual power and magic right now; he's really going to die!

"Damn it!"

Link wanted to curse, but he didn't dare to open his mouth.

There's not much oxygen left in my body.

"Master! Master! You're finally back?"

Just then, Link heard a voice he hadn't heard in a long time.

After relinquishing their real "small world," Flandre and Cornelia have been living in Link's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Flandre, send some oxygen to the master, and contact Jasmine again."

Link quickly sent a message to Flandre, telling her to solve the survival problem first, and then figure out a way to enter the Academy's main world.

"Yes, sir."

As soon as he finished speaking, fresh oxygen was delivered into Link's mouth and nose.

Flandre continued, "Master, Master, what have you done now? How did you create another small world?"

"What small world?"

Link was stunned upon hearing this.

Before Flandre could answer, Link's consciousness entered his sea of ​​consciousness and he was even more stunned.

What was originally an illusion, but is now slowly transforming into reality, has become real: Earth in the solar system.

and……

The blue planet looked so familiar to Link.

A moment later, Link remembered.

When you travel to space aboard the "Sky Shuttle" and meet the White Lotus Mother, you inadvertently glance back and see the appearance of the Human Immortal Martial Arts Planet, which is exactly like this.

"Flandre, what's going on?"

Stunned, Link asked a pointless question.

"Is the master confused? How would Flandre know?"

As expected, Flandre stood with her hands on her hips, glaring angrily at Link. "Flandre is still waiting for Master's explanation. This is so inexplicable."

Link did not answer Flandre, but instead focused his consciousness on the Immortal Martial Arts Planet.

This is undoubtedly a real planet, but it is also a planet in a state of superposition between reality and illusion.

Time stands still, its flow ceases; space remains eternal, unchanging.

In the imperial palace of Beijing, the empress prays to a deity, while Emperor Kangxi (as portrayed by Wei Dugong) is troubled. A Taoist exorcism team is marching into the capital, and rebellions are about to erupt in various regions.

It looks like a piece of amber! (End of Chapter)