Mage Manual

I'm afraid no mage would fail to be excited by the term 'prospective Divine Lord'.

The Divine Lord is not only a grand entity ruling over all beings but also a symbol of omnipotence. They are not only immortal but can also welcome mortals into the Heavenly Kingdom, granting eternal joy and endless pleasure.

They can pierce through Hell to resurrect Life and graffiti upon Kingdoms at will.

The entire world is their playground, all things rise and fall at their whim.

The Witch excitedly hugged Ash's arm, the Sword Maiden's breathing became shallow, her cheeks turning scarlet, even Weiser quietly clenched his fist. Only Ash remained relatively calm, for even becoming a Divine Lord might not solve his problems—such as returning to Earth, or the Sword Maiden accepting becoming a Divine Queen alongside the Witch...

No, Ash suddenly recalled his crossing seemed to be closely linked to the Four Pillars God Sect. The Gods of Four Pillars are likely Divine Lord-level; perhaps reaching Divine Lord might reveal the secrets of crossing, and if not, he could at least beat up the Gods of Four Pillars to extract information.

In any case, there is at least a glimmer of hope.

But mages aren't fools, while this pie smells sweet, they still have to eat it to make a difference. Weiser took a deep breath and asked, "What must we do?"

The Nightmare raised a hand, a huge three-dimensional map suddenly appeared in the hall's air: "This is the Divine Map of the Nightmare God Spirits. Your task is to construct the Virtual Godhood according to the technique."

Ash and the others stared for a moment, all feeling dizzy. Diya exclaimed, "This technique resembles the trial of the 15th level!"

"Because the 15th level of the ghost inheritance trial is selecting the Truth Mage."

The Nightmare said, "Although any mage can construct the Divine Status technique, its construction carries a failure rate, and any error will lead to its collapse. Below Demigod, only a Truth Mage has the possibility of successfully constructing the Divine Status technique; above Demigod, if the mage is not proficient in the Truth Faction, constructing the Divine Status also easily fails."

Only then did Ash and the others understand why the Nightmare chose them as inheritors—because Weiser is a Truth Mage!

Who could have imagined that the Truth Faction is the key magic for creating Divine Beings? If this news gets out, I'm afraid... it still wouldn't make much difference, as the Truth Faction is one of the mysterious tri-magics, and ordinary people can't even find an entryway.

Weiser stared at the technique map and said, "This Divine Status technique requires many Technique Spirits for construction. Do you have Technique Spirits?"

"As the entity had attempted constructing the Nightmare Divine Status before and failed, there are still many materials preserved." The Nightmare gestured, walls on both sides of the hall opened, revealing fluorescent crystal walls containing Technique Spirits, "But because so much time has passed and lacking nourishment, many Technique Spirits have starved to death."

"Four-winged Heart Sword!" Sonia tugged Ash's arm, and looking over, he indeed saw a four-winged Heart Sword Technique Spirit—his current Heart Sword is still two-winged!

"Time Luck, Timeliness, Spending Time, Speedup..." Diya first focused on the time Technique Spirits within the crystal wall, murmuring, "There's even a four-winged Reversed Year!"

The Reversed Year series goes: one-winged for one year, two-winged for eight years, three-winged for twenty-seven years, and four-winged for sixty-four years!

Even the treasury of the Yisu royal family doesn't have a four-winged Reversed Year Technique Spirit!

It's worth mentioning that while Reversed Year Technique Spirits are excellent longevity products, their use still carries many nuances. For instance, they cannot be used simultaneously.

In other words, if you're 99 years old, having 64 one-winged Reversed Years would only bring you back to 98 years old. But with a four-winged Reversed Year, you can return to the robust age of 35!

So how could a 63-year-old use a four-winged Reversed Year? Normally, it can't be done, but Diya knows a time Miracle called 'Youthful Forever', capable of precisely adjusting how many years you rewind, and after adjusting, it locks your age for that exact number of years.

In the most extreme case, a 25-year-old obtaining a four-winged Reversed Year could lock his 25-year-old status for 64 years with Youthful Forever!

It's understandable why anyone obtaining a four-winged Reversed Year would keep it hidden for personal use, never revealing it for trade.

Regarding other time Technique Spirits, they are mostly four-winged level, and occasionally appearing three-winged time Technique Spirits are treasures that even Diya covets!

Even the royal family's storeroom pales compared to the legacy of a Demigod Angel!

Everyone walked around the crystal wall, almost overwhelmed by the sights. Even if they gained nothing else, just choosing a few Technique Spirits here would make it all worthwhile!

"Can we first choose a Technique Spirit here as an advance?" Ash asked tentatively, "Of course, we wouldn't choose the Technique Spirits needed for the Divine Status technique—"

"No." The Nightmare shook his head: "All Technique Spirit materials can only be used to construct the technique."

"But surely there are extras?" Sonia said, "Can't we choose from the extras?"

"No."

The Nightmare reiterated: "All Technique Spirit materials can only be used to construct the technique, you may not use them personally."

Their eyes met, glances flickered, all realizing something was amiss with the Nightmare.

As Holy Sanctuary Mages, they often interacted with other sanctuaries, naturally understanding the average IQ and EQ of higher mages. No idiot or imbecile can overcome the Void Realm's challenges; calculation and contemplation are embedded within a mage's soul, speaking seven parts while keeping three parts to oneself is a mage's instinct.