Necromancer, but pre-collapse civilization

　Besides the vivid example of the Light Dragon Elras, Moros, who had explored the bottomless abyss of the world of Toril, had a profound understanding of the immense power of faith in the gods.

　In the world of Toril, faith in gods is undoubtedly the mainstream belief.

　Countless mortals have been able to ascend to the exalted throne of gods through the power of faith.

　However, faith is a double-edged sword. While it empowers deities and even creates them, it also sows the seeds of fatal dangers.

　For the six elemental dragons created by the Order Dragon Asha, the influence of faith may be somewhat mild.

　Even the Light Dragon Elras, who has gained the most faith, would only suffer a severe blow if he lost all faith, and his power would drop to a level slightly inferior to that of the current Sky Dragon Iras.

　But for the gods of the Toril world, the situation is quite different.

　Once they lose the support of their faith, it will be an irreparable disaster.

　The reason why the Light Dragon Elras was able to break free from the shackles of faith at the cost of great damage was entirely because He was an elemental dragon, a great being created by the creator god, the Order Dragon Asha.

　If it were the god worshipped in the world of Toril...

　Without the support of faith, they would all perish on the spot, mercilessly dragged into the astral plane, and transformed into eternal divine corpses.

　This is also the core reason why the Order Dragon, Asha, does not want pure faith in God to exist in the world she created.

　On the war-torn continent of Entagri, the gods of faith, tightly bound by their followers and deeply influenced by their divine authority, were far too unstable.

　The Order Dragon, Asha, did not want to see what the Chaos Dragon, Ogas, had failed to do—destroy the world of Ashan—accomplished by those gods of faith who had become extreme and fanatical due to the influence of their followers.

　Getting back to the main point, in the world of Ashan, besides the naturally sacred ancient gods and the deities who attained godhood through faith, there exists another extraordinary existence—the Source Gods who ascend to the realm of gods through their own power.

　The Seventh Dragon, Sar Elam, is the best example.

　Although He was taught by the Order Dragon Asha, who imparted to Him the essential mysteries of matter and spirit and led Him to a path leading to higher levels of power, there is no doubt that this most outstanding mage in the history of the continent of Entagrih achieved extraordinary divine accomplishments by following the trajectory of the Source God and through His own unremitting efforts and innate talent.

　Not everyone can gain the favor of the Order Dragon, Asha. If Sa Airang had not possessed extraordinary talent and outstanding wisdom, he would not have been able to receive personal instruction from this creator god of the Ashan world.

　[Higher Magic] is an indispensable key to those spellcasters who look up to Sa Airan as a role model and yearn to ignite the divine fire and ascend the divine throne on the path of the Source God.

　[Higher Magic] slowly permeates and refines the soul of its possessor in its unique way, making it increasingly powerful and pure.

　This process is crucial.

　Only those with sufficiently resilient and powerful souls can withstand the fierce burning of the initial flames the moment the blazing divine fire is ignited, thus avoiding being devoured by the newly awakened divine power and having the opportunity to ascend to the throne of God.

　For the necromancer Moros, the path to godhood he yearned for was undoubtedly the same path of source power that Sa Airan had once traversed.

　Therefore, [Higher Magic] naturally became a hurdle he had to overcome.

　However, in his eyes, who possessed all the magical knowledge of the Necropolis faction, [Higher Magic] was not an insurmountable chasm, but a challenge that could be conquered through wisdom and effort.

　This kind of understanding is not difficult to grasp.

　In the world of Ashan, while the gods are indeed high above and awe-inspiring, the nine factions also possess considerable power.

Chapter 784 The Power Shift on the Continent of Entagrey and Moros's Magical Transformation

　Before the formation of the nine factions, the continent of Entagri was undoubtedly a stage for the gods to fully express themselves.

　However, as one faction after another rose to power, those sacred and sublime beings had no choice but to gradually relinquish control of the world to those factions formed from mortal objects.

　While the influence of the Order Dragon Asha's will is certainly at play, the strength demonstrated by the nine factions themselves is an undeniable and solid foundation.

　As some historians have said, war is always one of the quickest ways for two sides to understand each other.

　Only when both sides recognize each other's strength will they set aside their arrogance and pride, acknowledge each other's excellence, and establish an equal relationship.

　When the elemental dragons realized that they could no longer destroy the nine factions with overwhelming power on the continent of Entagri (the prime material plane), the world's dominance quietly shifted.

　Admittedly, if a war to the death were to break out, the elemental dragons would very likely emerge victorious, given the immeasurable power of the gods.

　However, a war of this magnitude is absolutely impossible to actually break out.

　Because this completely violates the supreme will of the Order Dragon, Ashana.

　As the creator of the world of Ashan, Asha's power is undeniable.

　However, because she needed to devote most of her energy to sealing her twin brother...

　Her brother, who is also her eternal enemy—the Chaos Dragon Ogas, who lost the War of Creation and created the demon race—is the reason why, under normal circumstances, Aysa does not comment on the various entanglements that occur on the continent of Entagrey.

　But this by no means means she would allow the world she created to be destroyed by her own creations.

　It is almost certain that the war between the nine factions and the elemental dragons will bring destruction to this world.

　When the elemental dragons act against Asha's will, she will naturally intervene to restrain these beings she created.

　Similarly, faced with the noble status bestowed upon the elemental dragons by Aysa herself, the nine factions dared not rashly attempt to kill them.

　Although both are deities, the Elemental Dragon and the Creation Dragon God are two completely different concepts.

　Faced with the elemental dragons, the nine factions dare to confront them and have a certain chance of winning. However, when faced with the Creator Dragon God Asha, anyone with a shred of reason would never even consider fighting against her.

　Under the unwavering will of the Order Dragon Asha, the nine factions and the elemental dragons reached a certain consensus.

　The two sides will confront each other, but the intensity of this confrontation will be strictly limited.

　At the very least, those methods that could lead to the destruction of the world will never actually be used.

　Even so, to have the right to say "no" before the gods, the strength of a demigod at the limit is still indispensable.

　As everyone knows, the Cemetery faction is one of the strongest factions in terms of combat power among the nine factions.

　The "Battle of the Shadows of Death," which once swept across the entire world of Ashan, is the most powerful evidence of this.

　The fact that the Necropolis faction could attempt to turn the entire world into a paradise for the dead, and that it could still stand strong after such an astonishing act, without being destroyed by the combined forces of other factions and the elemental dragons, is enough to make people deeply appreciate the terrifying strength of the Necropolis faction.

　It's obvious that such a powerful cemetery faction must have a demigod-level expert guarding it.

　In Moros's magic guild, all the magical wisdom accumulated over generations by the Necropolis faction is treasured.

　This naturally includes priceless notes and magical tomes personally written by demigods at the pinnacle of power.

　With the help of the detailed magical knowledge recorded in these notes and books, it is not illogical that he could know how to transform the death magic power in his body into [higher magic power].

　Now that the key to the transformation has been obtained, the necromancer has no reason to delay.

　Guided by these notes and books, he carefully embarked on the arduous journey of condensing and refining the death magic within his body.

　This is certainly a path full of thorns and challenges, and every step requires tremendous effort.

　Refining high-level magic within one's own body is undoubtedly a severe test of the body's limits. Even if it hasn't reached the point of fundamental damage, the profound sense of fatigue is already ever-present and hard to ignore.

　Furthermore, the process of refining [high-level magic] is an unprecedented drain on the magic reserves of the extraordinary individual.

　After all, this is the supreme power that is finally born from countless compressions, refinements, and purifications of magic.

　How could the magical power it consumes be small?

　However, these are merely the most obvious and superficial difficulties encountered in the process of refining [high-level magic].

　Even more challenging are the threats from the external environment.

　Since it's called a transformation, it naturally requires a process.

　Moros didn't know about others, but according to his estimation, it would take at least five years to convert all the death magic in his body into [high-level magic].

　During these long five years, due to the enormous amount of energy and magic involved in the transformation process, the necromancer's strength will plummet to an unprecedented low.

　While they won't fall back to the level of ordinary people, they will only retain strength equivalent to the threshold of the legendary rank (level 21).

　Such weak strength undoubtedly puts the spellcaster in great danger on the war-torn and turbulent continent of Entagrey; a slight misstep could lead to utter destruction.

　Even more seriously, if the caster is forced or actively stops the conversion of [higher magic] during this process, the consequences will be unimaginable.

　The best outcome would be nothing more than suffering a severe blow, losing all previous efforts, and having all hard work come to naught.

　Worse still, due to the complete disruption of the magic within their body, the spellcaster may lose the ability to use any supernatural means that require magic power for many years to come.

　Imagine how vulnerable and helpless a spellcaster would be in the perilous world of Ashan, having lost their magic.

　He or she is like a bird that has lost its wings, no longer able to soar in the sky, but helplessly falling to the cold earth, at the mercy of fate.

　In fact, in the world of Ashan, it is precisely because of this difficulty that many demigod powerhouses have hesitated to take that step to pursue the powerful strength of the peak demigod.

　The reason for this is not hard to understand.

　In this world filled with conflicts of interest and power struggles

　No faction would be happy to see members of a non-faction achieve the great feat of reaching the pinnacle of demigod status.

　Once word gets out that someone is attempting such a transformation, all other factions will become restless, trying to interfere or kill them through various means.

　Fortunately, Moros is currently not in the perilous world of Ashan, but in the relatively safe Venus colony, Balloon City.

　Here, there is almost nothing that can pose a threat to him.

　This provided him with a precious respite, allowing him to safely convert [higher magic] without constantly worrying about external interference.

Chapter 785 Reaching the Peak of Demigod

　In the Tree Sea system, the necromancer Moros was the first professional to embark on the extraordinary path of the Ashan world.

　Although he meticulously imparted his extensive magical knowledge to Velvi and nurtured her into a high-level mage and alchemist, it was evident that even for a spellcaster as talented as the Mystic Scholar, there was still a long and challenging road ahead before she could reach the pinnacle of demigodhood.

　Therefore, during this period, none of the beings in the Tree Sea system could truly understand the transformation that Moros was currently undergoing.

　Perhaps only the Imaginary Tree and the Quantum Sea, which created this world community and overlook all living beings, can, with their extraordinary and insightful perspective, pierce through the fog and see the truth of the transformation that the necromancer is currently undergoing.

　However, these two supreme beings remained absolutely silent and respectful of Moros's promotion, without interfering in any way.

　After all, for beings of their caliber, the unknown possibilities are far more valuable than a single branch or leaf.

　Without the intervention of the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of ​​Quanta, even the Cocoon of the End, which occasionally turned its attention to the Venus colony, could not understand the current state of Moros.

　This is actually not difficult to understand.

　Converting all the death magic within his body into [higher magic] did indeed greatly deplete the necromancer's energy and magic, causing his ability to exert power to plummet to an unprecedented low.

　But on the surface, he did not show any unusual behavior.

　Moreover, in order to ensure the success of this transformation, Morros resolutely chose to conceal everything that was taking place, even from his beloved Velvi and others.

　It's not that he doesn't trust his lover.

　However, in this world where extraordinary powers exist, the will of the weak, no matter how firm, is ultimately no match for those extraordinary forces.

　The Cocoon of the End is a terrifying existence comparable to the Star Gods. Its methods are far beyond the reach, or even comprehension, of necromancers.

　Therefore, to prevent this powerful being residing high above the bright moon from causing trouble at this time, Moros chose to remain completely silent.

　With their extraordinary wisdom and deep understanding of him, Velvi, Alicia, Eden, and Möbius may have already vaguely sensed his current unusual state.

　However, out of trust in their loved ones, they did not press or force him to reveal the truth when he was clearly unwilling to do so, despite their doubts.

　Under these circumstances, it is quite reasonable that the Cocoon of the End failed to detect the transformation that the necromancer was undergoing.

　Even the Cocoon of the End, which possesses the strength of a Star God, failed to perceive the unusual nature of Moros. In comparison, the high-dimensional plant, So, whose strength is far lower than that of the Cocoon of the End, was naturally even less able to understand the activities or state that Moros was currently engaged in.

　In fact, since the end of that magnificent battle five years ago, So has never entered Moros's perception domain again.

　For someone who values ​​energy accumulation above all else, it's far more worthwhile to focus their energy on the necromancer than to travel to other worlds and harvest more abundant energy, unless they are absolutely certain of defeating him.

　Even so, during this period, Moros significantly reduced his public activities in the Venus Colony, Balloon City.

　Instead, he spent a long time residing in that unique demiplane, using the powerful assistance provided by the Magic Guild to accelerate the conversion of [Higher Magic Power] within his body.

　Getting back to the main point, in this absolutely safe and secluded haven of the demiplane, Moros was completely immersed in the process of converting [Higher Magic].

　He knew very well that if he wanted to reach the pinnacle of demigodhood, where he could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Envoy, this was a step he had to take.

　Therefore, even though he was suffering from increasing physical and mental exhaustion and his magic reserves were almost depleted, he never wavered or retreated for a moment.

　With the full assistance of the Grand Lich Sorcerer Corps, Moros set up a series of large-scale magic arrays that combined protection and support functions.

　These magic arrays not only effectively isolate him from external prying and intrusion, but also subtly regulate the flow of magic power within his body, greatly reducing the pain and potential dangers during the transformation process.

　at the same time,

　He also created a series of magical potions with the profound wisdom recorded in his notes and ancient magical books, combined with the exotic plants carefully cultivated by Mebius.

　These potions can quickly replenish his lost magic and spiritual power at the most critical moments, ensuring the stability and continuity of the transformation process.

　Time is like fine sand in an hourglass, slipping silently through our fingers.

　For five years, Moros devoted himself to transforming the death magic within his body into [higher magic], almost completely isolating himself from the world.

　Apart from occasionally using magical communication to keep abreast of the latest developments and dynamics in the Balloon City and even the entire solar system, he devoted all his energy and attention to the refinement and sublimation of [Higher Magic].

　Of course, even during this period of wholehearted dedication, he still made time to occasionally take precious moments with his four partners who loved him deeply.