Chapter 446: Celestial Noble Phantasm
Ace then said, “The so-called Power of Status is the power of organization, the mighty power of the system—ethereal yet undeniably real. What did you see under the illumination of the Eye of Truth?”
Daina answered first, “I saw a faint golden light lingering around Lord Ace. Bayen, Betty, and the others had a pure red light, while the rest of us had a faint red light.”
Ace nodded:
“Actually, one doesn’t need the Eye of Truth. Even with the most basic mana sensitivity observation, as long as the other party doesn’t conceal their power, we can see the colors. Ordinary people are pale white, wizard apprentices are pure white, Level 1 Wizards are faint red, Level 2 Wizards are pure red, and Level 3 Wizards are pale gold.
“These manifestations are actually symbols of one’s own power. The so-called Status is the unification of these people of various colors, possessing power that individuals do not have!”
Warren revealed a thoughtful expression and asked in confusion, “Then this must be an incomparably powerful force. Why can’t we use it ourselves first?”
Ace applauded happily and said loudly, “Your idea is very good. Why can’t we use it ourselves first, but must share it with a Deity? The answer is that we cannot use it ourselves. The key to unlocking this mighty power lies in the hands of the Deity. Only by having a Guardian God can it be unlocked.”
Everyone showed a look of contemplation. Seeing that they still wanted to speak, Ace waved his hand: “Simply put, Status is a kind of resource. Relying on it, we can help a Level 1 Wizard who has reached the critical point break through to a Level 2 Wizard every two or three years. Let’s not talk about this for now. I called everyone here today because I want to understand the situation of your Natal Artifacts. Show them to me.”
Except for the two Knights, everyone released their Natal Artifacts. Ace looked at their Natal Artifacts, his eyes revealing worry.
“It seems that it is not yet the best time to publish Magical Mechanics. Follow me. Arno and Ancestar, go back first.”
The wizards were puzzled. They followed Ace to the top of the West Tower. Looking at the sparse crowd below, a ring of dreamy colors suddenly appeared in Ace’s hand. The ring flew into the sky, gathering wisps of invisible power.
Ace said to everyone, “This is the Ring of Status. It can mobilize twenty percent of the Power of Status accumulated by the territory. Use this power to thoroughly solidify your Natal Artifacts and create a safety valve! Bayen, notify all advanced wizard apprentices; I suggest they disintegrate their Natal Stars and wait for the new theory.”
Bayen nodded and left first. The remaining people looked up at the ring. Their Natal Artifacts emerged, absorbing the wisps of Power of Status flowing in the ring.
Ace returned to the meditation room on the second floor of the West Tower, calmed his mind, and entered his Mental Imagery Dream World.
This was a world extremely similar to the Inner World of Kaya. It was already semi-solidified. If one day it could completely solidify into a Demi-plane, that would be the time Ace advances to Demi-god.
This strange mental imagery world was based on both Dream and Manifestation. In the dream world, it was founded on Ace’s Three Laws and the Law of Universal Gravitation, while on the material level, it was founded on the Atomic Hypothesis and the Phlogiston Theory, constructing this unique dream starry sky.
The huge Earth Centerwas the center of the entire starry universe and also the largest celestial body. It rotated slowly, its gravity capturing all celestial bodies in this starry universe.
The sun, moon, stars (luminous celestial bodies), planets, comets, meteors, and even starry dust all moved in elliptical orbits around the Earth core, following Warren’s Three Laws and Ace’s Three Laws. Every movement was extremely harmonious.
If one observed carefully, one would find that the entire Earth Centerwas composed of extremely complex rune structures. These rune structures were Ace’s cognition of the Earth Centerand also the feedback of the real Earth Centerto Ace.
The celestial bodies in the starry sky also had rune structures as their cores, supplemented by the material level. Each celestial body corresponded to a certain star in reality; they could be said to be projections of reality.
Ace mainly used the aura of the Great Source to deduce the Level 3 runes in the two fields of Dream and Manifestation, consuming four-fifths of it. He had successfully constructed the 5-Ring Spells “Eternal Dream” and “True Projection.”
“Eternal Dream” was the foundation of the entire dream world. At the same time, it could pull people into the dream, causing them to fall into an eternal slumber. It could be considered a kind of dimensional reduction, using dream information to completely overwrite the target, reducing the opponent from a real lifeform to a dream lifeform.
“True Projection” was also a foundation of the dream world. Its function was the opposite; it could manifest the existence of the dream world into the real world. Its essence was dimensional ascension—dream information invading reality, replacing reality, and dream existences becoming real existences.
Due to strength reasons, Ace could not truly reduce a lifeform’s dimension forever, nor could he make things in the dream replace reality forever. But simply sustaining it for a period of time was already an amazing feat!
Ace’s figure flickered between real and illusory, and his expression was also very proud:
“Until now, my path can finally be considered to have taken shape. The essence of dreams is information. Entering a dream is information dimensional reduction; manifestation is information dimensional ascension. The ‘Strong Observer Effect’ in this world is too significant. Only by mastering information, only by obtaining sufficient information, can one possess the most powerful force!
“I can currently only cover a part of reality for a period of time. If one day I can cover this world permanently, then the world is my dream, and my dream is the world. I shall be the ‘Brahma’ of this world!”
The dream world diffused unconsciously, actually covering the entire Nightlight City in an instant, except for the Temple.
Ace’s Mana Lake was consumed rapidly. At this moment, he achieved omniscience regarding Nightlight City (excluding the Temple) and obtained the authority of omnipotence. It was just that such mana consumption was too intense; Ace canceled the magic in less than five minutes.
“Since the potential of the path is confirmed, my goal is to defeat all competitors. The Three Sons of Dream must not remain. Two Demi-gods and one Legend—I must plunder their paths. The World of Kaya can only have one person walking the Path of Dreams!”
Ace’s gaze was burning, filled with killing intent. In the battle of paths, there is no room for retreat.
Even if he had no interactions with the Three Sons of Dream, even if there was no direct conflict between the two sides, and even if both sides were under the protection of the Lady of the Dark Night Artemis, Ace still could not let them go. It was not about right or wrong, only about the path.
While making up his mind, he focused his attention on the sun and moon in the dream starry sky.
The remaining aura of the Great Source was thrown by Ace into the dream sun and moon, rapidly turning the sun and moon of the dream into Noble Phantasms. Ace’s True Spirit descended into the dream starry sky, Glazed Heart Fire atop his head, slowly refining the two most important stars, the Sun and Moon, into Noble Phantasms.
Since his resources were insufficient to turn the entire dream starry sky into a Noble Phantasm, he would refine each celestial body into a Noble Phantasm separately. With the help of the Great Source aura, Ace could create extremely tyrannical Celestial Noble Phantasms without needing an epic sung by the people!
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