Raise Joan of Arc to be an empress, then discard her.

Since that thing is said to be equivalent to the Book of Omniscience, it should possess abilities as powerful as the Book of Omniscience. Could its only ability be resurrection? The more Aaron thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed…

Could its ability really be resurrection? Aaron was somewhat doubtful. It sounded quite powerful, and worthy of being compared to the Book of Omniscience... but what if it wanted to continue to advance in rank... would it have to die once?

Thinking of this, Aaron couldn't help but chuckle. This upgrade method was reasonable, but it seemed too exhausting...

I still need to figure out its origins, at least its name. Knowing its origins might help me unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the Mad King and him...

Aaron thought about it carefully and decided to try out the abilities related to the black scales on his hands first.

He got dressed, drew the curtains, and began to recall the feeling of that night in the church.

He had to transform back into the monster he once was; it was the only way he could invoke that power, and though dangerous, he had to try.

By concentrating his mind, stimulating his spiritual awareness, eliminating distracting thoughts, and mobilizing the subtle spiritual power hidden within his body, Aaron felt his body begin to change.

The hairs on his arms stood on end, and fine beads of sweat began to appear all over his body. It felt as if something inside him had been activated, and that sensation of moss growing on his skin returned. Something was preparing to burst out of his body, and something else was beginning to grow on his skin...

The change lasted only a moment before Aaron suddenly collapsed to his knees, panting heavily as if he had collapsed from exhaustion.

Fortunately... although the attempt was dangerous, he stopped before the danger arrived; this level of attempt was still within his control...

The good news is that, by carefully sensing the changes in his body and the flow of spiritual energy within him, he seems to have found the key to controlling this power...

key……

It's hard to describe the feeling; it's like something has been activated, the conditions are ripe, and there's a place waiting for him to open up.

Aaron hesitated, unsure whether to accept the invitation, but after careful consideration, he decided to give it a try.

He silently meditated on the concept of that key, meticulously sorting through the spiritual energy within his body, bringing it all under his control. Then, he seemed to vaguely grasp that special spiritual energy in his sea of ​​spiritual energy, so he made up his mind and pulled that spiritual energy out of his sea of ​​spiritual energy with a sudden force.

The next moment, the world spun around him, and Aaron's vision was immediately filled with abundant light. For a moment, Aaron almost thought he had gone blind. But after a while, as he kept trying to open and close his eyes, he realized that he had not yet adapted to the abundant light. After who knows how much time, he had adapted to the light in front of him and was able to receive new information.

The moment he saw everything clearly, he was stunned. He was no longer in the same place, but had been teleported to a place he did not recognize.

He looked around and saw that everything and everything here was unusually bright. Moreover, these things were different from most things on Earth that glowed. They all seemed to glow from within, like transparent fruits, giving people a dazzling, almost unreal feeling.

But what's even more striking are their colors. They are incredibly rich and vibrant, far surpassing the colors we see in the normal world.

This reminded Aaron of a saying. He remembered that some people said all dreams are in black and white. In Aaron's previous life, there was even an urban legend that said before the invention of color television, people's dreams were all in black and white, and only after the invention of color television did people begin to have color dreams.

The veracity of this claim is unknown, but Aaron is certain that all the colors before him were those from a dream, bringing a profound shock to his soul.

He walked among the transparent fruits, as if walking on a beach full of gems and bright colors. It was a world of extremely bright and pure colors, yet exuding softness and harmony. Everywhere he looked were the same colorful, transparent fruits he had just seen, and even the air seemed to be covered with this soft color.

He picked up a transparent fruit and looked at it in his hand.

These transparent fruits are reminiscent of gemstones in the real world, but to the people of this world, the precious gemstones that are valued by everyone in the real world are extremely vulgar and can only be compared to the tiny powder of the transparent fruits in this world. The beauty displayed by the transparent fruits far surpasses those shiny stones in the real world.

Aaron continued to pick up more transparent fruits, trying to analyze the differences between them. These transparent fruits were not only brightly colored, but also presented an extremely exquisite geometric beauty. Not only the fruits, but everything in this world seemed to present a near-perfect geometric shape, with tense edges and countless supernatural lights.

Even when Aaron stood up again and walked on the beach formed by this transparent fruit, he saw a green wave and a blue wave crashing on the beach. The material of the two waves was not seawater, but gemstones. When they crashed on the beach, the countless gemstone fragments that broke off emitted countless lights in the same color as the waves.

Aaron continued walking, and the colors and geometric patterns became richer, with light emanating from within everywhere. The whole world seemed to be bathed in a viscous and vibrant beauty, reminiscent of...

--Heaven.

Aaron thought of the word almost immediately. The colors and light of this world were so rich and all of them were in a supernatural state. It was also filled with all kinds of supernatural gems.

The paradise described in the scriptures is a place filled with jewels, a place promised by God. The lakes are as magnificent as the rising sun, and the banks are planted with golden trees that shine like flames. These trees forever bear flowers and fruits, exude fragrance, and are home to all kinds of birds.

Aaron continued walking forward, and gradually, he saw magnificent stone statues. But before Aaron could get close, he couldn't help but stop, because from a distance, he saw that there were seven statues.

The Seven Gods.

He stood behind the statues, unable to see their true faces. Were they truly statues of the seven gods? If so, why were they here? What kind of place was this? Could this really be heaven...?

Aaron stood there for a long time, and finally, with fear in his heart, slowly approached the seven statues.

The seven statues were magnificent. Aaron didn't know how long he walked before he approached the statue closest to him. But as soon as he got close to the back of that statue, he suddenly held his breath, and a passage from the Bible of Death flooded his mind.

The statues of this deity often need to have two sides, and there are strict requirements for the carving techniques and style. The front is the benevolent goddess of life, while the shadowy back is the goddess of death, representing death...

At this moment, wasn't the back of the statue that Aaron saw the Goddess of Death in the shadows?

Aaron was frightened and stood silently in place, staring at the statue of the Goddess of Death in the dimly visible veil. Finally, he mustered his courage and walked towards the remaining statues.

He dared not get too close to the magnificent statue of the goddess of death, so he walked in a wide arc on the beach and continued forward, hoping to see more clearly.

As he had expected, the sacred statues were indeed the statues of the other seven gods, and not one was missing. Moreover, the appearance of these statues was something Aaron had never seen in the real world.

In people's imagination, the appearance of statues of gods is often fixed, and people are used to seeing stone statues carved by craftsmen with superb skills. But here, the statues of gods are solidified objects transformed from pure geometric shapes.

Not only were they incredibly beautiful and magical, but they weren't even fixed in Aaron's eyes. As Aaron looked at them, they were constantly changing, which was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. However, Aaron witnessed these statues instantly transform into enormous, complex structures, standing tall between heaven and earth. Even though they were constantly changing, Aaron could instantly recognize which of the seven gods each statue belonged to.

And they went even further, becoming more and more dazzling, more complex, more profound, and more and more magnificent, just like the gods they depicted. It was as if the raw materials of this world were not things that people see every day, and the creation of these raw materials was not the work of ordinary people. They all contained light and came from the hands of the gods.

Soon, Aaron had finished looking at all the statues. He stood at the very back of the statues, and at this moment, his attention was finally freed from the incredibly rich colors and geometric shapes of the statues. Almost for the first time, Aaron looked up at the sky with immense reverence and fear.

He then discovered that the world bathed in a thick, vibrant light had vanished, replaced by a dark abyss.

Unlike the real world, the sky in this world was devoid of stars and light, bathed in a deep darkness, as if Aaron were at the end of the world. However, Aaron's reason told him that there could not be any place in the real world without stars and light; only the hell and hidden worlds described in ancient texts would present such a scene.

Gradually, Aaron recovered from the shock of seeing the world for the first time. He vaguely felt the black scales on his wrist reacting, guiding him to turn in another direction from the statue of the seven gods.

It's hard to describe the feeling precisely, but when he realized he was beneath a vast abyss filled with rich colors and geometric shapes, the spatial distance of the real world seemed irrelevant.

This was a moment that required immense determination. With just a thought, he could reach that place. After a long while, he made up his mind and, following the guidance of the scales, headed in that direction.

Chapter 190 A Fruit That Doesn't Belong to This World

He couldn't predict what would happen next. In this rich world, anything could happen. The best things and the worst things could happen again. After all, this place was like both heaven and hell. At this moment, only courage could guide Aaron.

Because the spatial and temporal relationships in this world are unclear, and everything around him seems to be constantly changing, Aaron didn't know exactly how long it took him to get there. But when he finally realized he had arrived, he found himself in a spot where the statue seemed to be empty.

He looked at the empty seat and had a strong urge to place his hand on it.

Once humanity has taken that forbidden first step, it is difficult to turn back, whether it leads to a path of depravity or a path of glory. Moreover, at that time, their hearts were filled with whispers of temptation and curiosity about the unknown. And like most people who were guided by that temptation, Aaron slowly placed his hand on it.

The next moment, countless black, viscous lights shot up from the ground and enveloped Aaron's entire body...

When Aaron was enveloped in the thick, black light, he did not feel afraid. It was as if the black light had become a part of his body. So he calmed down and let himself be completely immersed in it.

He seemed to see the scene inside his body again. He saw three kinds of spiritual power flowing within him: one was a white spiritual power that radiated intellectual light, and the other was a light green spiritual power that radiated natural light. The light green spiritual power had a brand new feeling, full of vitality, and pulsed with his life.

The white spiritual energy radiated abundant light, was rich in spiritual knowledge, and constantly moved according to his thoughts.

Finally, the third type of spiritual power was pure black and without light, radiating the same black spiritual power as the viscous black light that enveloped him.

The black spiritual energy had almost intertwined with his body, becoming a part of him.

This is the spiritual power emanating from that "thing that is equivalent to the Book of Omniscience".

If it were something equivalent to the Book of Omniscience, shouldn't it have a physical form? Aaron thought, his thoughts flowing to the black light, and to his astonishment, the viscous black light moved like tentacles.

Is this... this its physical form...? Aaron found it incredible and tried to control it again. He found that more tentacles also started moving. He could manipulate these tentacles as easily as he could manipulate his hands and feet.

"This is... way too easy..."

Aaron didn't believe that "its" ability was as simple as manipulating tentacles. The Book of Omniscience had the ability to know the past and foresee the future. As something equivalent to it, how could its ability be so simple?

However, after studying it for a long time, Aaron only managed to make the tentacles move more actively, without any other gains. So Aaron frowned, wondering if his level was not high enough.

This line of thinking should be correct: the direction of manipulating the Book of Omniscience is directed towards a higher-sequence transcendent being, and if he wants to explore greater secrets, he needs an even higher sequence.

"So how do I get promoted..." In the end, he returned to the core question that concerned him.

As he thought about it, he began to feel something drawing him in. He was immersed in the curtain of black light, and the curtain, which resembled an endless sky, began to change before him. In an instant, Aaron felt something attracting him.

He could sense that the thing was very beneficial to him, and he subconsciously tried to reach out and grab it, but all he grasped was a gray blur; there was nothing there.

What means?

Aaron calmed himself down and observed patiently. He saw the black light slowly gather again and return to its original state. Aaron vaguely recognized it as a map.

"Will I be able to get promoted if I acquire those things...?"

But where are these lights? Aaron tried to figure out where these maps pointed, but his world suddenly shifted again, and he was back in the same place.

But this time, the world seems to have changed.

The whole world seemed to have become dim and colorless. The transparent fruits began to lose their luster, just as the whole world was beginning to lose its color and slowly decay.

Before Aaron could even make out the dark world, a gust of wind blew in, and the colorless dark light seemed to instantly gain substance. They became something between gray and wind, and began to rage throughout the world. Even the statues standing in the world seemed to tremble, as if they were about to collapse at any moment.

As Aaron whirled around, trying to see where the raging tide that had eclipsed the world was coming from, the gray fog and the raging tide had already engulfed him. The whole world was rapidly losing its color, leaving only a small area behind him that retained its vibrant colors and rich geometric shapes, but he had nowhere to escape.

He watched helplessly as the raging gray fog engulfed him. Instinctively, he reached out to block it, a move that should have been futile, a subconscious action when one is powerless to resist. But to his surprise, his hand actually managed to stop the towering tide. However, the feeling of blocking it lasted only a moment, because behind his hand, he had turned into a pile of dust, disappearing into the empty world as his black scales withered away.

Aaron suddenly opened his eyes and found himself soaked in sweat, panting heavily as if he had just experienced a nightmare.

He staggered to the table to get some water, tilted his head back and took a big gulp before feeling a little better. He then leaned against the table to rest.

The world was just as it had always been, with warm lighting and the original colors of the furniture and walls. There were no surreal colors or surreal fruits.

Although he had just experienced the richness and splendor of that world, he felt that the colors of this world were very nice. Although they weren't as beautiful, they had a reassuring sense of reality. Sitting in this space, he felt very safe.

Just as he felt at ease, his gaze swept across the floor and he suddenly noticed a transparent fruit that he had brought back rolling on the floor.

Aaron suddenly froze.

This memory flashed back into his mind: he remembered that before leaving that world, he had desperately grabbed a transparent fruit on the ground, wanting to take it with him, but he vaguely felt that things from that world could not be brought back.

But now we see that he actually brought the fruit back.

What is the use of this fruit?

This memory flashed back into his mind: he remembered that before leaving that world, he had desperately grabbed a transparent fruit on the ground, wanting to take it with him, but he vaguely felt that things from that world could not be brought back.

But now we see that he actually brought the fruit back.

What is the use of this fruit?

Aaron picked up the fruit and found that it was no different from the stones he had seen in the real world. He looked at it from left to right and suddenly felt a strong fatigue coming from his head. He felt tired, as if entering that world would consume a lot of his body's energy. He was so tired that he felt like he could faint at any moment.

Chapter 191 Seven and a Half Floors

He seemed to forcibly lift himself up and barely managed to throw himself onto the soft bed, letting his body sink deep into the soft down feathers, and thus fell into a deep sleep.

The night passed in silence.

The next morning, when Aaron woke up in bed, only the servants were busy in the hotel.

After washing up and getting dressed, Aaron opened the door and, led by a waiter, went to the restaurant on the third floor of the hotel. He found that he seemed to be the only customer in the restaurant, which had a sumptuous breakfast. He chose a seat by the window and sat down. The seven waiters in the restaurant quietly served him.