Colorless Dream

The actual contents of the Spectre Manual naturally extended far beyond this. Inside, it also recorded in detail how the Spectre Prophet had absconded with his family's fortune, seized the inheritances of the Soul Walker and the Far-Seer, and snuffed out those favored children of heaven. However, all of that was historical intelligence so distant as to be meaningless now, hardly worth a close reading. Yet the Spectre Prophet's description of the Void Realm alone was enough to stir up tempestuous waves in the hearts of Yaxiu and the others! It turned out that the Golden Fish, Seven-Colored Tail, and Colorless Dream shared a single collective name: the Path of Origin! In the past, tribes of silver-scaled fishmen had actually existed in the Sea of Knowledge! By harvesting fish scales from them, one could condense a second silver wing! That was the true method for finding the Golden Fish; Yaxiu and Sonia's approach of holding hands and soaring side by side had practically been a brute-force breakthrough! The truth behind the Seven-Colored Tail was also just as Yaxiu had deduced. In the past, the Time Continent had a seven-color mechanic. A sorcerer needed only to wander around and collect all seven colors to catch the Seven-Colored Tail. There had never been any need to battle through the Heroic Spirit Legions of the Six Nations! Yet the mechanic behind the Colorless Dream made their hearts sink. "Wind's Scar, Flower's Whisper, Snow's Scatter, Moon's Crystal..." Weise turned the terms over in her mind. "Could these refer to the Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon Synchronization Forbidden Rite? In ancient times, before the Synchronization Forbidden Rite had formed, were these materials ubiquitous across the Distant Sky Realm?" "Setting aside those materials for a moment," Yaxiu said with a wry smile, "the Spectre Prophet already mentioned earlier that this place is the Kingdom of Heaven in Dreams—and a shattered Kingdom of Heaven in Dreams at that!" Sonia asked, "Odd. The Kingdom of Heaven in Dreams was still intact back during the Spectre Prophet's era, so how did it—" "The Spectre Prophet was only its thirteenth bearer. In the span of time between his writing this manual and his taking control of the Kingdom of Heaven in Dreams, it may have changed hands multiple times, shattered by world-ending battles..." Weise analyzed. "If the 'Dream Entry' sorcery spirit truly can only be born within the Kingdom of Heaven in Dreams, then the Colorless Dream is likely cut off for good—unless we can find another Dream Entry sorcery spirit." "How strange. I've never heard of a 'Dream Entry' sorcery spirit before," Diya said. "Still, if it's a sorcery spirit, shouldn't we be able to summon it?" "Not necessarily," Weise replied. "In fact, we sorcerers are probably incapable of summoning even half of all sorcery spirits. "Sorcery spirits can be divided into two kinds: those we sorcerers fully understand, and those we do not yet comprehend but have already observed. The former we can summon; the latter we can only obtain from the Void Realm. "Factions like dreams and souls are ones we barely touch upon, let alone understand. We can only rely on the Void Realm to provide them. And when the Void Realm generates sorcery spirits, it depends on the environment—time sorcery spirits are found in the Flowing Gold River, while space sorcery spirits are mostly in the Distant Sky Realm... If the Kingdom of Heaven in Dreams is the sole birthplace of dream sorcery spirits, then unless the Void Realm generates a second birthplace, we won't be able to obtain a Dream Entry sorcery spirit." "Which means," Yaxiu sighed, "if we want to advance to Legendary, our only choice is to rely on you all to study hard and make progress every day." Diya clenched both fists, adopting an expression laden with grave responsibility. "Understood!" Sonia, however, was more focused on another detail. "To think this world actually has a 'Second Cycle' god capable of sending someone back in time to start over. Isn't that far too shameless? Wouldn't that allow someone to restart endlessly until they find a future they like?" "Most likely it's not endless," Weise said. "The names of sorcery spirits and gods are very precise. Since it is named 'Second Cycle', it can only grant a person a second cycle. If the Spectre Prophet wished to be reborn once more for a third cycle, he would have to use a 'Third Cycle' god. 'Second Cycle' would be useless to him. "Furthermore, the Spectre Prophet wasn't the only one granted a second chance; the same applied to everyone else." Sonia countered, "But the others didn't have memories of the future." "Even without memories of the future, the same person facing the same event at the exact same moment might still make an entirely different decision." Weise smiled. "Who knows? We might already be living within someone else's second cycle, only none of us are aware of it." Yaxiu took on a solemn expression. "Then could someone already be preparing to nip us in the bud..." Sonia swatted his head. "You're on the run every single day—stop worrying about trivia like that." When Sonia logged out of the Void Realm, Jialesi was still lingering in the depths of night. After clearing five consecutive trials, their soul energy had depleted to the point where they could no longer continue, so they chose 'Leave' to exit the Spectre Trial. This legacy would likely take several months before a victor emerged; there was no need to rush everything in a single session. It was worth noting that each time they cleared a trial, they discovered their sorcery power had grown, remarkably akin to clearing a mirage bubble. Aside from the mortal danger and the sealing of their sorcery power and spirits, the rewards of the Spectre legacy far surpassed those of ordinary mirage bubbles. Even Sonia faintly realized that the Spectre legacy would bring drastic changes to the societies of every nation. Every Sanctuary Sorcerer would participate in this grand feast, and both their deaths and their spoils would become the wind driving the era forward. Fortunately, this legacy had appeared in the Distant Sky Realm; otherwise, they would have missed out on this opportunity entirely. Sorcerers of other tiers were truly pitiful, missing such a rare windfall... Lost in her wandering thoughts, Sonia made her way toward Harvest Orchard, intending to sell some sorcery spirits. Yet she soon noticed that despite the dawn not yet breaking, crowds of students were already rushing toward Harvest Orchard as if terrified of falling a step behind. What was going on? Was Harvest Orchard offering a twenty-percent discount on sorcery spirits today? Sonia arrived at the orchard entrance to find the interior packed with students. The clamor was as noisy as a vegetable market. To her surprise, Ingrid was among the crowd. Squeezing through, Sonia tapped her roommate on the shoulder and asked curiously, "What are you all doing?" "Renting water sorcery spirits," Ingrid answered, the sword bag resting on her back. "Renting?" "Yeah. I just want to catch a ride on a Vortex. After all, I've never studied the water sorcery faction, so it's basically impossible for me to pass the Lake Light Angel's trial." "The Lake Light Angel?" Ingrid organized her thoughts and said solemnly, "A legacy trial of the Lake Light Angel has appeared in the Sea of Knowledge. However, participation is restricted strictly to water sorcerers. As long as you possess a water sorcery spirit, you can trigger a Vortex once to travel directly to the legacy trial grounds." Sonia was struck by a daze. Leaving Harvest Orchard, she watched more and more students hurrying over, and a realization suddenly dawned on her—Silver Sorcerers were unquestionably the most numerous and widespread. Thus, even if the quality of the Spectre Prophet's legacy surpassed that of the Lake Light Angel, its overall influence would never match the latter's. The trial structure designed by the Lake Light Angel clearly followed the ways of a virtuous sorcerer; water sorcerers across the board would likely benefit tremendously from it. That meant the general strength of water sorcerers was about to rise across the board, driving up the reputation and influence of the water sorcery faction, which in turn would steer new apprentices toward it. And in Jialesi, the university renowned for specializing in water sorcery was... Sword Flower University! Sonia could already picture it—bolstered by the Lake Light Angel's legacy, the quality of Sword Flower University's incoming students would skyrocket over the next few years. Currently sitting at the tail end of the first tier, Sword Flower might very well use this momentum to surge into the forefront of the first tier, perhaps even wrestling head-to-head with Truth University! Sword Flower University was basically winning by doing nothing! Sonia sighed inwardly. Heading to the faculty offices, she found Professor Trozan, whose very first question was, "Do you know that a god's legacy has appeared on Ruby Mountain?" Then came the second question: "Do you know that the sorcerer who claims the legacy on each floor may imprint their own ideas onto a blank concept, forming a new law?" Sonia asked, "A blank concept?" After gaining a rough understanding of what a blank concept meant, Sonia pondered for a moment before asking, "Can it be any idea? Even one on the level of a divine miracle?" "For example?" "For example... bringing the dead back to life?" Trozan replied, "Isn't the necromancy faction already bringing the dead back to life?" Sonia froze. "Are you saying the necromancy faction was a concept someone created?" "Who knows?" Trozan shrugged. "But if a blank concept truly forms a new concept according to your idea, it will likely become a law that ordinary sorcerers can utilize as well... Do you have something in mind?" Sonia nearly blurted it out, but recalling Yaxiu's caution, she held back. "No, just making conversation." Yet deep in her heart, her resolve was already forged. She would seize the legacy, and then— Create a concept capable of traversing across nations!