The Wizard's Pursuit of Truth

Wang Ya listened as he walked along the path. A layer of maple leaves floated on the lake’s surface, and from time to time, a fish would pop its head out, blowing bubbles.

Enjoying privileges naturally comes with obligations.

The Dark Cultivation Plan was about more than just cultivation. The "plan" itself represented a specific goal the higher-ups at the Dark Land Headquarters wanted to achieve.

This goal required them, which was why they needed to be cultivated in advance.

The Illusory Dream Wizard explained the reason. "It originates from a place, and from a Wizard."

"Angele Lu Sheng, the legendary Deep Blue Great Wizard. He was active over eighty thousand years ago and left many traces on this Wizard Continent, some of which can still be seen today."

"If you’ve studied the geography of the Wizard Continent, you should know of places like the Hundred Rift Grand Canyon, Time Loop Island, the Underground Demon Mountain, and the Land of Snakes—places that are sometimes mundane and sometimes possess Extraordinary properties."

Wang Ya had, of course, studied this. He had collected a great deal of information from books in the second-floor Library.

The Hundred Rift Grand Canyon was a gigantic chasm between sheer cliffs, giving it a hollowed-out appearance. The depth of the Gorge was absurd, seemingly bottomless. No, it was the other way around—the canyon walls were so high they pierced the clouds, which was what made the Hundred Rift Grand Canyon so unfathomably deep.

No Wizard had yet explored its lowest depths because it held many dangers—dangers of an Extraordinary nature. There were even cases of Official Wizards perishing within it.

Time Loop Island was a legend. Very few had ever encountered it, as one had to be able to return to record the environment and appearance of the archipelago. It was a cluster of islands caught in a time loop. Legend had it that once you set foot on the Upper Island, you could never return, but in exchange, you would gain eternity, immortality, and an undying life.

Among the coastal Mortal Realms, the legend was deeply entrenched. Many mortals believed it to be a place where gods resided, hoping to go there to receive a god’s blessing and attain eternal life.

The Underground Demon Mountain was a peak existing in a subterranean space. No matter how it was destroyed, it would always reappear in the same place. Even when an Official Wizard took action, observing it with their Spiritual Power as they destroyed it, it would still reform, completely intact, at a specific time each day.

The Land of Snakes... No one could figure out why any person or food that entered it would turn into a snake—and just an ordinary kind of snake, with no Extraordinary Properties...

Wang Ya seemed to have thought of something and looked at the Illusory Dream Wizard in surprise.

"You’ve guessed correctly. The Deep Blue Great Wizard created all of these, along with many other landscapes and peculiar regions. There’s even a rumor that the Hundred Rift Grand Canyon was created by the Deep Blue Great Wizard using a form of Material Stacking Witchcraft. Originally, the Hundred Rift Grand Canyon should have been called Hundred Split Mountain, and it was the tallest mountain on the Wizard Continent."

The Illusory Dream Wizard’s words completely unsettled Wang Ya.

’Could Witchcraft truly possess such terrifying power?’

’Just what level of power would it take to turn the tallest mountain on the Wizard Continent into a bottomless grand canyon?’

’This Material Stacking Witchcraft... could it be that the Deep Blue Great Wizard extracted all the material from Hundred Split Mountain, along with matter from deep within the earth, to create the situation we see today?’

’And where did all that matter go?’

’If he was capable of that, then the other strange landscapes and regions were certainly possible as well.’

Wang Ya couldn’t imagine the level of power such a Wizard could achieve.

The Illusory Dream Wizard paid no mind to Wang Ya’s emotional shift. It was perfectly normal; every Wizard was shaken upon learning this information.

The great power Wizards could achieve wasn’t limited to this. In a more ancient era, the ancient Wizards had traveled to the Endless Starry Sky, initiated the great Star Sea expedition, and conquered countless Otherworlds.

It was impossible to know if the top-tier powers in the Core Zone of the Wizard Continent still had Wizards who could venture into the Endless Starry Sky to explore. After all, too much time had passed.

And the Core Zone was not something that could be understood from the outer layer where the Dark Land was located.

For them, and for the surrounding Wizard Influences, the true peak of Wizard Civilization within their reach was a powerful Wizard Influence in the inner layer known as the Cyclic Black Tower.

The Illusory Dream Wizard couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. The world was vast, and individuals were small. All they could do was hold fast to their chosen Wizard Path and walk it without regret. As for how far they could go, no one could predict.

"Teacher, is the Dark Cultivation Plan related to the Deep Blue Great Wizard?" Wang Ya asked, a little curious.

"You could say this is a secret mutually kept by the higher-ups of the surrounding Wizard Influences, not known to outsiders." The Illusory Dream Wizard’s tone became serious.

"Indeed, a Wizard Secret Realm left by the Deep Blue Great Wizard has been discovered. It’s different from ordinary Wizard Ruins. It is a Secret Realm World, independent from the Wizard World, with rules that don’t belong to our world. And it’s very likely a massive Secret Realm."

"The purpose of the Dark Cultivation Plan is related to this. Other Wizard Influences have similar cultivation plans. Certain rules within the Secret Realm place heavy restrictions on Official Wizards, leading to the emergence of irresistible dangers."

"Conversely, Wizards who are not yet Official Wizards—those who haven’t undergone the dual Sublimation of their Spiritual Power and physical body, and have not passed the test of the Wizard World Will—face no such restrictions when exploring inside."