Carlotta's Daily Report

It was as if a light of wisdom had flashed by, just that single instant rendered every opponent powerless, collapsing without resistance.

No matter how high their status had been in the outside world, at this moment, there was no difference anymore. All will return to dust.

"This is a technique she understood from the Battle Diagram of the Goddess of Wisdom."

Valerie instantly recognized what had occurred, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

Every Battle Diagram Carlotta had ever mastered, Valerie herself had also comprehended. She could even unleash similar techniques, yet compared to Carlotta, her attacks always seemed somewhat lacking.

"How exactly... Did you achieve this?"

Valerie drew closer, still unable to fully grasp Carlotta's strength.

In her eyes, Carlotta was too mysterious, like clouds, like mist, elusive and unfathomable.

Carlotta smiled, "I'll explain it in detail to you another time, Lady, if the opportunity arises. For now, I still have matters to attend to, so I must take my leave."

She quickly collected several loot items from the fallen Weavers, her expression relaxed.

Valerie was taken aback, "Where are you going?"

"I want to try heading further up."

Carlotta pointed upward, but didn't elaborate.

"Alright then..."

Valerie truly wished to learn more about Carlotta, but if Carlotta had urgent matters, she couldn't press further.

"Then, until we meet again, Lady Graham."

Carlotta waved and flew away in the direction she had come.

Watching Carlotta's retreating figure, Valerie felt a sudden emptiness.

She knew that someone who might change the world had appeared, someone who, while still a peak tier Resonator, could already slay peak tier Weavers. Once she stepped into the Weaver stage, how terrifying would she become?

"Unbelievable... she once learned under me."

Valerie murmured to herself, strangely feeling a hint of pride.

Meanwhile, the retreating Carlotta soon rejoined the High Priestess.

At this moment, even the High Priestess's gaze toward Carlotta had changed. She had seen much in her lifetime, yet even she could recognize that Carlotta's methods far exceeded the ordinary, they were truly extraordinary.

"How did you cultivate?"

The High Priestess asked.

This question left Carlotta momentarily at a loss. After pondering, she replied, "Just normal cultivation. I trained the same way others do."

"Is that so? Then it must be talent."

The High Priestess sighed.

She didn't dwell on the matter. Compared to this, there were things that concerned her far more.

The two continued ascending the Tower of Babel, quickly passing through layer after layer.

Gradually, they reached the three hundredth floor.

Reaching the Three hundredth floor in World One was far more difficult than in other worlds. In this world, the Tower of Babel was still "alive", each floor harbored living beings, and conflicts occasionally arose.

"What exactly are these creatures for?"

Carlotta asked the High Priestess, "Your Grace, you once said the Tower theorized extends infinitely, if one continues climbing, the floors go on forever. Then do the creatures on each floor also exist endlessly? Why is this?"

This question caused the High Priestess to fall silent for a moment.

After thinking, she said, "I should know this, but my memories are too fragmented. After much thought, I can only think it's related to the Laws. This is a method belonging to gods, something still too distant for beings like us."

"Divine methods…" Carlotta murmured, lost in thought. "The gods are said to be dead, yet their methods still function in this world?"

"Yes. The Laws endure eternally. Even if the gods themselves have faded, their Laws remain, like eternity itself. It's a realm of understanding that cannot be grasped unless one reaches it. Even those closest to the divine can comprehend barely a fraction of what gods truly are."

The High Priestess's tone carries a hint of longing.

Carlotta couldn't help but look upward.

In other worlds, the gods had perished, and thus the worlds withered.

Yet her world remained prosperous. Did that mean there were still gods here?

But if so, why had she never heard of this before?

Carlotta pondered, but couldn't find an answer.

After some time, the two finally arrived at the three hundredth floor of this world.

The scene here was a vast, arid plateau. Numerous monsters roared, rampaging across the land, creating a chaotic spectacle of howling winds and rolling sand.

Here, the High Priestess began using her old method, adopting a reverent posture, attempting to invoke the Tower of Babel's rules to pull her toward the summit.

Golden footprints emerged across the earth, stretching deep into the void, and then… nothing happened.

After repeated attempts, the High Priestess's expression gradually darkened.

"It's no use. I can't find the pulling force."

She sighed.

She had once received the favor of the gods, allowing her to reach the tower's summit in many worlds.

If any god had survived the ancient God War, they would most likely come to this world that hadn't withered, then she should also be able to reach the top.

But what did this result mean? Had the surviving gods not come to this world? Or… was it that no gods had survived at all?

For a moment, the High Priestess seemed lost.

"Is there really no way?"

Carlotta also felt disappointed.

Without reaching the summit, she couldn't learn about the past. The High Priestess's memories were too fragmented; even she didn't clearly remember what had happened back then.

The High Priestess shook her head. She didn't know what to do either.

Curious, Carlotta asked, "Speaking of which, why is our world still so full of life? Is it because no gods ever ruled here, so we escaped the God War?"

"More or less. But fundamentally, it's because this world isn't really a complete world."

The High Priestess pondered and replied softly.

"Not a complete world? What do you mean?"

Carlotta asked in surprise.

The High Priestess recalled and whispered. "The gods once jointly created a new world. It was used as a testing ground for various divine experiments. But the experiments never went smoothly, and over time, the gods gradually abandoned it. Still, in the end, this world established interconnections with other worlds through the Tower of Babel."

Carlotta was momentarily speechless.

Yes, she had heard such rumors before. Long ago, there were whispers claiming this world was merely the gods' testing ground. No one had definitive proof, rather, people made this inference based on various traces found throughout the world.

This outcome was truly something no one knew how to react to. Precisely because they had been so inconspicuous in the past, they had unexpectedly survived the divine war.

But now?

Now, what exactly was this testing ground?

"What are the gods experimenting with?" Carlotta asked.

"I don't know."

The High Priestess shook her head. Perhaps if her memories were intact, she might know something, but now they were severely fragmented.

Still, she pointed out another issue.

"Earlier, when you acted, I noticed something was off. Your cultivation method is flawed... more accurately, the cultivation method of everyone in this testing ground is flawed."

"What do you mean?" Carlotta frowned.

The High Priestess chose her words carefully. "To put it simply, take the magic path for example. Although I only took a brief glance, I'm certain that once your people walk onto the magic path, they can only continue along that path and can't cultivate any other magic. Is that correct?"

Carlotta seemed to understand what the High Priestess was trying to say and nodded seriously.

The High Priestess continued, "But in reality, extraordinary cultivation isn't so restrictive. A cultivator of the magic path should be able to learn any magic they want, as long as they master at least one type thoroughly. They can freely acquire new abilities at any time. Not only the magic path, but every other path should be the same."

The High Priestess's words were simple, but to Carlotta, they were like a thunderclap.

The cultivation method of everyone in this world was wrong... No, not exactly wrong. It wasn't that everyone's cultivation method was mistaken, but rather that the gods of old never intended for people to cultivate completely. Everyone was merely a component in their experiment.

As test subjects, why would they need complete cultivation?

Thinking of this, Carlotta couldn't help but fall silent.

"Fortunately, it's not irreversible."

The High Priestess said.

"What should I do?" Carlotta knew that since the High Priestess had brought this up, she naturally intended to tell her what to do.

The High Priestess smiled. "Every extraordinary being will condense a rune within their body. Simply fully integrate that rune into your flesh and blood."

She mentioned something that caused Carlotta to look surprised.

Although those who walked the magic path could learn other magic, it was still limited to magic alone and couldn't cross over to other paths.

It wasn't that walking the magic path prevented one from walking other paths. In worlds like World Two and other realms controlled by the gods, there exists the concept of primary and secondary cultivation paths. However, the boundary was set by a path, not by a single type of magic or knight path as it was here in World One.

The High Priestess knew Carlotta also possessed card magic. She had sensed it earlier when Carlotta used the Speed Card to chase her, but had assumed it was merely Carlotta's secondary path and hadn't thought much of it.

She certainly had no idea that within Carlotta's body, an extremely abnormal phenomenon had occurred, two runes had formed, allowing her to cultivate two primary paths simultaneously.

"On each path, every person should be able to fully experience its entirety. How could it end with mastering only one type of magic?" The High Priestess continued speaking, a hint of lament in her voice.

One can imagine how astonishingly powerful people in the former World Two, World Three, and others must have been, since each person could completely master all techniques of a single path.

Such individuals, if they came to World One, could probably single-handedly defeat an entire army.

Carlotta immediately began earnestly seeking instruction, wanting to know the specific steps. She also strongly desires to continue improving her strength.

"You've already strayed onto the wrong path. It's not impossible to return, but it might take more time."

As the High Priestess spoke, she began giving instructions.

Integrating the rune within one's body into the flesh and blood was itself an extremely difficult feat. Otherwise, after such a long period in World One, someone would have discovered it by now.

As the High Priestess continued explaining, Carlotta silently memorized everything.

She merely memorized it for now, not acting on it immediately, since the process seemed somewhat dangerous.

The High Priestess also informed her that this was a risky endeavor. A single misstep could cause physical damage, so she shouldn't rush. She needed to slowly work on it over time.

Carlotta thought whether she needed to slowly work on it could be determined after reviewing the intelligence. She believed the intelligence wouldn't let her down.

Thus, the two sat on the rocky slope of the three-hundredth floor, exchanging knowledge about cultivation.

"Roar!"

A monster passed by, covered in black scales, its form hideous, lunging directly at the High Priestess.

The High Priestess glanced at it. She seemed to do something, yet also seemed to do nothing, and the monster instantly disappeared.

Seeing this, Carlotta suddenly had an idea and asked, "Which path do you walk? The magic path?"

"No, I walk the Creation Path."

The High Priestess replied.

Carlotta's eyes immediately lit up with interest.

The Creation Path, this was a path she had only recently learned about, seemed incredibly mysterious and distinctive.

She couldn't help but ask, "Could I witness the state of the Creation Path? In our world, no one has ever appeared who walks the Creation Path, so I'm quite curious about it."

"No problem."

The High Priestess didn't refuse.

She raised her hand and drew a circle in the air before her, instantly opening a portal. This deep blue portal leads into the unknown.

Following the High Priestess's gesture, Carlotta immediately entered the portal, stepping into another world.

At that moment, Carlotta's heart was shaken to some extent.

She saw a world very similar to World Two. Within the vast realm, everything appears in shades of gray and black, dim and silent. However, there was no longer ash falling from the sky, nor cracks in the void.

Other than that, this world was truly very similar to World Two, filled with ruined ruins everywhere, and all plants had withered.

"This is the world within my body."

The High Priestess's figure appears beside Carlotta.

Although it was her own internal world, she could still enter. That wasn't a problem.

Of course, what entered wasn't her physical body, but rather a spiritual form.

Those who walked the Creation Path gradually carved out a world of their own within their bodies. As an Exalted, the world the High Priestess had opened within her body was already extremely vast. At a glance, it was indistinguishable from the real world.

However, this place was desolate, of course, this was related to the High Priestess's own physical condition.

Noticing Carlotta's curiosity about the Creation Path, the High Priestess explained some things about it.

For instance, if a cultivator of the Creation Path was injured, their internal world would also suffer disasters. This internal world was intimately connected to the cultivator themselves.