Chapter 410 – Eye of Reincarnation, Heading to the Academy

In the Wilderness, Deadbone tested his skills and within just half a day, assembled an undead force consisting of two Legendary Realm beings and dozens of commander-level entities.

He refrained from reviving more undead.

A larger number would draw too much attention.

He could use the Undead Holy Mountain to store these undead creatures. However, since the Undead Holy Mountain exists between reality and illusion, it could temporarily house beings not native to it, but not for extended periods.

Aside from the initial two, no other Legendary Realm monsters were encountered.

Deadbone wasn’t overly disappointed. He understood that the priority was to find the next path of development—whether for the Undead Holy Mountain or the undead calamity aura, unleashing their true potential required making a choice.

As Deadbone pondered, he unknowingly arrived at the familiar edge of the Great Domain, a place shrouded and sealed by violent elemental tides.

Since he was already there, Deadbone pressed forward.

He was deep in thought, but that didn’t hinder him from carrying out tasks.

Step.

Deadbone entered the barren, lifeless land.

In the distance, visible elemental particles boiled, stirring up tides like storms and tsunamis.

But suddenly, as Deadbone advanced step by step, this violent energy of heaven and earth gradually calmed.

The surrounding storms still raged, but a wide, tranquil path opened in the center.

Deadbone walked along it, with waves on both sides scattering like petals, escorting his progress.

Abruptly,

Deadbone let out a sound of surprise.

An ordinary person looking around would see only barren land and colorful energy tides;

A Legendary Realm being would perceive, in addition to these, the wildly chaotic, uncontrollable elemental particles in the world;

But when Deadbone gazed around, he also glimpsed faint, thread-like patterns symbolizing the essence of heaven and earth.

In one particular direction, the patterns representing the law of death were dense, profound, and stretched far into the distance.

After a moment’s thought, Deadbone strode firmly in that direction.

Ten kilometers!

A hundred kilometers!

A thousand kilometers!

The scenery around him remained largely unchanged—the land still barren, energy surging into tides.

Yet in Deadbone’s eyes, the patterns symbolizing death grew increasingly distinct.

He was close, very close.

The distance between sky and earth abruptly narrowed, and the energy between them grew even more violent and intense.

Some of this violent energy broke through the deterrence of his kingly aura, striking his bone-forged armor with sharp, clattering sounds like raging winds and waves.

“A realm passage. I never expected to find it this way.”

Deadbone had been searching for a passage for a long, long time—dozens of days with no success.

This was due to the constant tides in the region, which severely limited vision and various perception abilities, making the search highly inefficient.

If he hadn’t evolved into a legendary life form, he likely would have had to continue searching for three or four more months to locate this passage.

“The energy storms here are far more intense than those in the eastern sea.”

Standing there, Deadbone pondered briefly. The next moment, with a mere thought, a massive frost dragon, its scales glinting coldly, roared as it soared forth.Even with the Frost Dragon’s scales being incredibly tough, the energy storm had carved deep, bone-exposing wounds into them.

Fortunately, the inter-realm passage wasn’t very long, and as an undead creature, the Frost Dragon’s minor injuries didn’t affect its ability to fly.

It quickly traversed the passage, arriving at the Great Domain on the other side, and continued flying forward.

What met its eyes…

Were wisps of crimson mist drifting about, but compared to the “crimson clouds covering the sky” scene in the Land of Red Mist, it was far from comparable.

The Great Domain on the other side was not where Dragon’s Slumber Valley was located.

It was a completely new Great Domain!

Deadbone strode forward, passing through the energy tides as fierce as stormy waves, directly arriving at this new Great Domain.

The sky and earth here seemed somewhat darker.

The energy storm was still raging at this time. Deadbone recalled the Frost Dragon that had been waiting here, merging its entire form into the celestial tides as it cautiously advanced.

Its gaze continuously swept across the surroundings.

Finally, the energy tides receded. It walked out of the Land of Fury, and the world before it suddenly opened up.

The new Great Domain presented before Deadbone’s eyes was:

Dark clouds hung heavily, blocking out all heavenly light.

Wisps of crimson mist drifted around, but more prominent was the thick, visible black fog, drifting in waves and clusters.

A sinister wind howled;

Plants and trees withered and decayed;

Corpses littered the ground;

The entire sky, the entire world, was filled with an intoxicating aura of death that enthralled it.

“Ah”

Deadbone took a deep breath, the black fog streaming like a creek into its nostrils and mouth.

The environment here was no worse than the Skull Graveyard.

And this was merely the outer edge of this Great Domain.

“If we establish a nest here…”

It was referring to placing the Undead Holy Mountain, completely transforming the holy mountain into a territory.

Doing so had two advantages.

First, the soil of this Great Domain was extremely suitable for undead survival. Here, the growth rate and future potential of the Undead Holy Mountain would far surpass those in other places.

Second, this Great Domain and the Ten Directions Island Region were two completely different domains. Here, it could use its undead calamity abilities without any reservations.

No matter how it was used, it wouldn’t affect their own Tianyuan City in the Ten Directions Island Region.

The plan seemed feasible.

However, in the early stages, they still needed to conduct dozens of reconnaissance and preparation steps.

Deadbone thought to itself.

…

“A Great Domain filled with undead energy?”

“Could it be that this domain is the territory of an undead faction?”

“Does the Eternal World have undead factions?”

It certainly must.

The types of troops that could be recruited from the Lord Altar—goblins, skeletons, vampires, half-beasts, etc.—whatever troops could be recruited indicated what races existed in the Eternal World.

At the very least, they had existed in the past.

Undead factions must exist, though Mu Yuan might be somewhat ignorant and hadn’t heard much about them.

From what he understood, the current living factions were primarily human.

The Seven Great Nations of the Descenders, the native factions like the Holy Griffin Empire, the Star Luo Holy Temple, the Qisuo Anta Federation, etc.—the races living within them were mainly human.

On the other hand, the Myriad Kingdoms Alliance was home to some sub-human races like elves and beastmen.

It was said there were also dwarf kingdoms and Dragon Valleys where many dragons lived.

“Perhaps the undead live in relatively remote areas, quite incompatible with mainstream living factions, which is why I haven’t heard much about them.”

Mu Yuan pondered.

After all, before the Filth Disaster appeared, the word “living” didn’t really associate with the undead.In the old era, the undead did not get along well with humans, elves, and other races either.

This was perfectly normal.

It was only when top powers of the old century like the Holy Radiance Empire and the Moon Elf Holy Court faced the threat of collapse that all living beings united to fight against the Filth together.

That’s what the historical records say.

However, the historical materials Mu Yuan found were merely fragments.

……

At the same time.

While the Ten Directions Island Region was turbulent and Deadbone was exploring the new Great Domain…

The Tianyuan Merchant Guild caravan led by Daisy arrived at Boulder City for the second time.

This time, Daisy did not detour to various pioneer camps or other small peripheral territories. She followed the route established during her previous trip straight to this place.

Naturally, this took much less time.

This time, Daisy planned to establish a true branch of the Tianyuan Merchant Guild in Boulder City. The previous trip had only left a handful of advance personnel to survey the situation in Boulder City.

However, besides setting up the merchant guild branch and establishing trade relations with major guilds in the Boulder City area and the Twilight Great Domain, Daisy also had transportation responsibilities this time.

For this journey, she deployed two passenger airships in total.

One carried both passengers and cargo, while the other was entirely filled with people, packed with over a hundred individuals.

Even for the Dragonfish II Airship, this passenger load was far beyond capacity.

“We’ll part ways here. May your journey go smoothly.”

“Yes, same to you.”

The speaker was Ailin, Dean of the Tianyuan City Academy.

She said, “We’re entrusting the thirty-plus people staying in Boulder City to your care.”

Sickle Moon thumped her chest and said, “No problem~!”

Daisy: “But you’re constantly traveling back and forth with the merchant caravan, not staying in Boulder City permanently.”

“Oh, right…”

Sickle Moon’s wolf ears drooped.

Vampire Marquis Kibi took over: “Don’t worry, I’m very familiar with this area. I guarantee I’ll become old friends with the Dean of Boulder Academy!”

Kibi was from the Tianyuan Merchant Guild. He had previously been stationed in Stone Ridge Town, socializing with various lords and officials, and got along very well with bureaucrats.

In this aspect, Kibi’s ability ranked among the top in Tianyuan City.

Naturally, Kibi was transferred to be stationed in Boulder City, shouldering important responsibilities. His duties weren’t limited to the Tianyuan Merchant Guild either – he would serve as Tianyuan Territory’s representative in Boulder City, though merchant guild affairs might occupy more of his time.

Additionally, Kibi planned to serve as an instructor at Boulder Academy part-time, earning full attendance contributions while teaching newcomers of the new era.

He was perfectly suited to lead the other thirty-plus individuals from Tianyuan City, some preparing to teach at Boulder Academy and others planning to study there.

The remaining sixty-plus people including Ailin came to Panshi City Station, preparing to board the Taixuan Alliance’s standard steel train to the distant Tianze Lake Main City.

“I’ve heard Tianze City is much more prosperous than Boulder City. We’ve chosen Tianze City as our next destination, so you’ll have to gather information for us.”

Before the station, Daisy smiled as she bid farewell to everyone.

Ailin said it wouldn’t be a problem.

Red Robe said she would do her best.

She was also one of the staff on this business trip, and served as the person in charge.

She never expected that someone like her – a homebody who preferred staying in her grave mound – would be chosen by the Lord.

No way!

She just wanted to lie in her cool grave mound, enjoying the chill of summer.A few days ago, when Deadbone had just completed his evolution and Red Robe returned to her own grave mound, Mu Yuan caught her.

“The organization has a challenging task for you.”

“Don’t rush to refuse. By accepting this mission, the organization will grant you the baptism of evolution in advance—it’s an interest-free loan.”

Red Robe blinked her innocent large eyes.

Could she decline this loan?

“Since it’s a challenging task…”

She felt there were many others more capable and suitable than her.

Mu Yuan interrupted her, “Only you are the most suitable and capable.”

Mu Yuan continued, “Think about it. Our trip to the academy is not only to acquire knowledge but also to bring that knowledge back, to popularize and spread it here in Tianyuan City. Therefore, only you, with your illusion abilities, are the most suitable for this task.”

“Your job is also very simple: just use your illusion power to record and replicate the teaching content exactly as it is, ensuring that future students in Tianyuan City can experience it as if they were there. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it yourself.”

Since she had been singled out by the Lord, it seemed she couldn’t escape this task or this loan.

Work is not easy, Red Robe sighed.

She carefully considered it and realized the task wasn’t actually difficult—just use illusions to swiftly record everything. She also had plenty of able-bodied workers in her Netherworld Market. She could round them up, set up a fixed illusion recording mode, and not have to exert much effort herself.

Compared to overseeing the constantly noisy mine or developing joint skills for the Netherworld Market, this was indeed much easier.

Thus, with a dejected expression, Red Robe embarked on her business trip.

Before her departure, she also bathed in the radiant light of baptism, advancing to Epic Three-Star level and awakening an eye-technique skill.

「Eyes of Reincarnation」

「Description: Red Robe can use the Eyes of Reincarnation to create a space that exists between existence and non-existence, with constant time, and can directly pull a single target individual into this reincarnation space. This pulling contains a ‘compulsory’ concept, but the compulsion will significantly weaken upon the second pull of the same target.」

「Red Robe can repeatedly engage in battles within the reincarnation space and select the optimal outcome to make it real. This reality also carries a ‘compulsory’ concept and cannot be resisted by illusion resistance. Within the reincarnation space, Red Robe’s illusion abilities are greatly enhanced and possess a ‘reality’ concept.」

「Additionally, the Eyes of Reincarnation can slice a specific area or Red Robe herself, with a maximum storage of six slices.」

Red Robe’s ability was somewhat abstract and seemed to require skillful operation.

It appeared to share the same lineage as her second Epic ability, ‘Seemingly Illusory Yet Not.’

The Epic talent ‘Seemingly Illusory Yet Not’ was actually somewhat impractical. It seemed to cover a wide range, have an extremely high ceiling, and offer many derivative applications, yet…

When Red Robe used it, she found that materializing powerful spells consumed immense energy. If she materialized illusions that directly affected enemies—such as impaling an enemy with a sword or nullifying an enemy’s attack—the consumption was even more massive.

She could only use it a few times before becoming exhausted.

In past battles, Red Robe could only play a supporting role, seizing critical moments to exert a tiny bit of effect.

Before her evolution, Red Robe’s combat power had already fallen out of the top ten, even the top fifteen, on the Tianyuan Expert rankings.There was no helping it; those strong individuals possessing Willpower Light had too great a resistance to Illusions, rendering Red Robe’s primary abilities utterly ineffective.

Now, however, Red Robe’s Illusion abilities have regained their vitality.

But Red Robe dislikes sparring, preferring instead to bury herself alone in her tomb mound, delving into the study of Illusions.

As for the specific effects of the Eyes of Reincarnation, Mu Yuan had never tested them accurately and thus remained unclear.

Mu Yuan’s thoughts drifted.

Suddenly, he received a message from Ailin transmitted through the Mind Seed.

The train they were on had arrived at Tianze Lake Main City.

(End of Chapter)