You are all my wings!

In the blink of an eye, more than ten minutes had passed.

The moment he stepped on the ice-type knowledge cube, it was as if he had completed the last piece of the puzzle, and the vast amount of knowledge that had already taken shape in his mind instantly became integrated!

The third secret, mastered!

[Freezing], [Freezing], and [Invasion]!

Mastering these three secrets means that he can use magic to simulate the corresponding ice-type properties, thus enhancing all ice-type magic!

At the same time, with the mastery of the third mystery, this top-tier legendary magic with 499 magical images was also completely broken through by him, reaching a perfect level of mastery!

Moreover, with the mastery of seventh-tier magic and the absorption of a vast amount of knowledge, his previous basic ice magic, which he had stopped focusing on after reaching 99%, naturally reached perfection!

At this point, he had achieved perfect mastery of all levels of ice magic, from beginner to seventh tier!

boom!!!!

At this moment, it seemed as if a great deal of knowledge was jumping, flowing, colliding, and merging in Lyon's mind, undergoing a dramatic transformation.

That's the natural transformation that comes from accumulating knowledge to a certain level of depth and breadth.

He clearly felt that he had suddenly gained a new understanding of many ice-based spells, and that he could learn them more easily than other types of spells whenever he encountered them.

'I see. This feeling is similar to the specialization boost I receive after reaching a certain level of mastery over ice magic?'

Just as he was gaining a clear understanding of many aspects of ice magic, the obelisk below the steps suddenly emitted light, shooting out mysterious characters with beautiful and simple strokes that flew over and landed in front of Leon.

The instant he gazed upon these words, Lyon seemed to grasp their ancient meaning:

[During the trial, those who master the third secret of ice will be rewarded with a fragment of an ice-type authority.]

Immediately afterwards, the golden light of the characters faded, and they collided suddenly, then turned into thin, irregular, crystalline fragments that slowly fell in front of Leon.

Lyon opened his palm and gently caught it.

The moment he touched the ice-elemental authority fragment, he seemed to have an epiphany. The three great ice-elemental mysteries he had comprehended were all highly summarized and condensed within this ice-elemental authority fragment.

Moreover, this fragment of authority clearly contains a great deal of more profound knowledge, which is an extension of the depth and breadth of my current three great mysteries.

If you could get your hands on it and study it day and night, you would soon be able to understand the deeper mysteries of ice.

When the time comes to truly face the challenge of becoming a god, this thing should make it easier for me to break through the great barrier between mortal and divine.

'This is the fragment of the Ice-type Authority? It seems more complete and richer in meaning than the fragments of the Authority from the Land of the End. No wonder Astalia said that the Land of Origin is full of opportunities, far superior to the desolate Land of the End.'

It should be noted that this Ascension Staircase is not yet fully connected to the Origin Land; it is only partially connected.

If one could delve deeper into it, the benefits would likely be even greater.

Lyon's commotion clearly attracted the attention of the three people in front, who all turned around to look at him.

Margaret frowned deeply: "You just received a fragment of the authority from the Trial of Ascension to Godhood as a reward?"

"Yes."

Lyon nodded.

"I didn't expect you to have such a high level of knowledge and understanding of material authority, and to be the first to obtain a fragment of authority in the trial."

A look of disbelief flashed in Margaret's eyes.

Could it be that this guy wasn't lying to me before?

[Goddess Margaret's favorability +2%, current favorability 8%]

Being the first to receive the authority reward indicates that one's magical knowledge must have made rapid progress during the Godhood Trial to earn such a reward.

First, one must have a high enough level of basic knowledge; second, one's learning efficiency must be outstanding; and third, one must even have a bit of luck to fully integrate the knowledge.

For example, the three ahead of them have gone further, but have not yet obtained the reward of power fragments, because they have not yet formed a systematic and rapid progress.

Lyon smiled faintly, "That's why I said I would overtake you within half an hour, and I wasn't joking."

"I'll be waiting for you here! Don't just talk the talk while actually running out of steam!"

Margaret gave Lyon a defiant look.

From further away, Castiglione's cheerful voice drifted over:

"Not bad, you've finally put some pressure on me. I'm waiting for you to catch up."

"Please don't rush, take it one step at a time. I think you're probably approaching a bottleneck as well."

Leon smiled, but instead of immediately opening the pouch and continuing forward, he opened his waist pouch and waved gently.

Immediately afterwards, countless materials flew out from his waist pouch, which he maintained with a miniature wind magic, suspending them in mid-air before settling into a fixed position.

'As expected, the no-fly zone here only affects living beings, not items.'

A hint of certainty flashed in Lyon's eyes; this way, he could directly advance to the next level.

"Huh, you're going to advance your rank here?"

Margaret was surprised:

"Since you're suspended in mid-air, without any support, the magic circle can't form. How are you going to advance your rank?"

"Are you curious?"

Margaret: "..."

She felt that Lyon's attitude was somewhat irritating.

Lyon laughed and said, "Miss Margaret, you'll see."

'You are an advancement magic circle for elemental mages!'

With his interference and deception, the surrounding materials quickly formed a magic circle that could also be effective in mid-air.

Normally, constructing a magic circle without drawing a six-pointed star on the ground is a technique that requires extremely high knowledge of the magic field, at least reaching the level of a god.

He solved the problem by interfering with fraud.

Margaret quickly realized that the materials supported by the miniature wind magic could indeed be activated, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

'This kid actually managed to do something like that!'

Leon took out his powerful seventh-tier ice-type treasure, placed it in front of him, and it was lifted up by the wind.

His ability to comprehend the three great mysteries of ice so quickly is also inseparable from this treasure, which has a significant enhancing effect on him.

Since this was his third attempt to advance to the fifth rank, he no longer needed to be as nervous or worried about failure as he was the first time. Therefore, after preparing everything, he released his magic power and directly activated the magic circle.

boom!!!!

An amazing magical light flashed out, and the aura of the powerful seventh-tier ice-type secret treasure quickly dissipated, which was noticed by the two people in front, and their eyes showed different colors.

Feherrotija easily made her way to the middle and later stages using phase magic. Seeing that the other three had not caught up, she couldn't help but feel contempt for them.

Now that she noticed Lyon receiving the power fragment reward and advancing in rank, she couldn't help but think to herself;

'This kid really has some talent; wait until he grows up…'

She shook her head, not thinking about it further, as she had no other choice at the moment.

'The goddess Astalia has only just subdued me, yet she bestows upon me such a tremendous opportunity. Isn't she afraid that I'll surpass her after I ascend to godhood?'

Or is it that she, too, cannot survive the catastrophe that will strike 25 years later?

'Is Leon Belron truly at the heart of this future catastrophe? Is it possible that my Phase String Magic is malfunctioning?'

'Castigia is such a nuisance, always insisting on competing with me. Sigh, I just want to quietly become a god and fight off the great calamity. Why is there always someone trying to stop me?'

A series of thoughts flashed through her mind, and Feherrotija realized that she was inadvertently becoming 'weak', so she quickly suppressed these thoughts.

As an empress, she had become accustomed to suppressing everything with her grand and imposing presence.

But no one knows that before she became empress, she was actually very cowardly.

From childhood to adulthood, he was an exceptionally talented individual, but whose personality was the complete opposite of his flamboyant and fierce siblings.

Within the Dragonkin Empire, due to the wide variety of dragon species, there are many races within the pure-blooded dragons.

While it may seem that there is only one race, the Dragonkin, they actually belong to many different groups. Their bloodlines originate from Red Dragon, Purple Dragon, Blue Dragon, Ice Dragon, Iron Dragon, Gold Dragon, and so on, and there are even other species that have evolved further.

Therefore, internal strife is extremely fierce, and it is common for the Dragon Emperor's position to be frequently filled by dragons from different races.

As a result, the Dragon Clan, despite being no weaker than the Elven Holy Land, was always overshadowed by the more united Elven Holy Land.

Fortunately, her parents were powerful enough to be renowned epic-level powerhouses within the Dragon Empire.

Therefore, she had a peaceful enough life during her teenage years, without having to worry about those racial oppressions.

It wasn't until she witnessed her father being besieged by enemy dragons and ultimately perishing that she realized she had to be ruthless and strong enough.

When her talent became strong enough to unify the Dragonkin Empire and attain supreme status, she attempted to initiate reforms, integrating the bloodlines of various races, with the aim of eliminating the conflicts among the different Dragonkin races.

Although she is strong, the long-standing estrangement between other ethnic groups is not so easily resolved.

The so-called Dragon Emperor is more like the leader of a species alliance.

Against this backdrop, she discovered many years ago that Castiglione was secretly researching life alchemy.

Using the ancient materials found by Castiga, Feherrotija combined the dragon bloodline to develop a brand new creation magic.

Then, the bloodlines of all the current high-ranking dragons in the Dragonkin Empire were extracted, and the surviving heroic spirit of the Primordial Dragon Emperor Purple Dragon was used as the soul core to create the embryo of Tenya from 18 years ago, which was then nurtured in her womb.

If a dragon-human could be created who possesses the bloodlines of all the superior dragons, and given the legitimacy of Taynia's bloodline and the dragon-humans' innate emphasis on bloodlines, it might be possible to create a true dragon emperor capable of commanding all dragon-humans.

This was Felholotiga's initial expectation of Tanya.

Therefore, when she was pregnant with Tenia, she had to act in secret to avoid being discovered by other dragonkin tribes and causing damage.

Unfortunately, her secret pregnancy with Taenia was somehow leaked. On the day Taenia was born, she was weak and Taenia absorbed a large amount of her nutrients and energy, which led to the demonic invasion.

She embarked on an even longer path of struggle.

This demon may seem to be easily suppressed by Astalia now, but for her at the time, it was truly difficult to get rid of. She was even unaware that she was being controlled, which forced her to abandon Taynia, whom she had spent a lot of time and energy cultivating, resulting in Taynia being taken away by an unknown force.

Her greatest threat, of course, is the unknown powerful figure within the Dragonkin Empire who secretly manipulates demons to corrupt her.

On the day she was corrupted by the demon, she vaguely sensed the presence of that powerful being, whose might was perhaps no weaker than that of the goddess Astalia.

Therefore, she still doesn't dare to let Tanya continue with her.

Meanwhile, in order to deal with that unknown powerful figure, she repeatedly used phase-time magic to observe the future.

The final confirmed result was that the unknown powerful figure might be closely related to the current Leon Belon.

Even Leon Berlón, who may well be the culprit behind the great catastrophe of 25 years ago, is also the person destined to bring disaster upon himself in the future.

That's where her hostility stemmed from.

The unwavering killing intent that had been fueled by numerous predictions had been dissipated due to Astalia's cursed seal.

Now, she has more patience to observe.

Therefore, she realized that her prediction might be flawed.

'He seems like just a womanizer skilled at deceiving women. Even with such talent, it's impossible for him to reach the point of destroying everything in 25 years, right? Could he really cause such a catastrophe in 25 years?'

Such a thought flashed through her mind.

Just as I was thinking this, the wave of advancement ahead ended.

Florentiga stared intently at the changes in Lyon from afar.

Upon seeing this, she was slightly startled.

'This guy's Ice-type ability has reached a level comparable to a powerful Epic-type! It's even a tier above his Shadow-type ability! How did he do that?'

At this moment, Castiglione took advantage of her pause and chased after her for another twenty meters or so, bringing the distance between them to only about sixty meters.

"Feiholuotijia, why did you stop? Is it because you can't solve the remaining knowledge cubes?"

Castiglione's dark, glassy eyes flashed with surprise.

"Take a look behind you."

"Fairotija said calmly."

"Lyon's advancement? Of course I noticed..."

Castiglione turned around and looked back, her voice immediately falling silent.

She paused, then chuckled softly:

"He's really good. No wonder the gods value him so much."