Fragment of the Spirit Realm and the Ancient God's True Eye

Beneath the World Tree, Rosen once again activated the power of the Miracle Sequence.

The newly acquired Secret Brass Tome quickly merged into the extraordinary essence of the Miracle Sequence under its influence.

Secret Brass Tome – Miracle Sequence

Rank: 8

Miracle Property: The Secret Brass Tome can record and contain all secrets, completely concealing its wielder's fate.

Miracle Trait: Key of Forbidden Knowledge

Successfully integrating the Secret Brass Tome into his sequence not only strengthened its properties but also enhanced its miracle effects, much like the Ancient God's Sacred Bell.

As Rosen attuned himself to his newfound abilities, he quickly understood the effects of its enhanced properties.

Completely concealing his fate meant that he was now immune to all divination and foresight techniques. Even more astonishingly, he could write a false destiny into the Secret Brass Tome, causing any divination or prophecy targeting him to yield misleading results.

As for its original miracle property, with just a thought, a brass tome materialized in Rosen's hands.

Flipping through its pages, he found each one inscribed with hidden histories, each more shocking than the last.

Though these secrets felt less dangerous than what he had learned through the Ancient God's Sacred Bell, they still contained terrifying risks. However, with the Secret Brass Tome, he no longer needed to seal such knowledge away in his own memory.

The moment he closed the book, he would automatically forget the secrets within, and upon opening it, he would instantly recall everything recorded inside.

With this, he could safely store even the most perilous of hidden knowledge.

Rosen channeled his divinity, continuously pouring his power into the tome. Soon, through the Miracle Trait, he generated a Key of Forbidden Knowledge.

This artifact was unique—as long as it made contact with any living being, the Secret Brass Tome could extract and record the deepest, most well-hidden secret of that being.

Rosen couldn't help but wonder—how had Suad managed to leave the Secret Brass Tome in his possession when he entered the wooden cabin?

By all logic, this relic should have been in Wendy's hands.

Clearly, there were still unknown secrets surrounding this artifact.

Though Rosen had completed his objective in the Old Continent, he no longer wished to leave so soon.

With Data Transmission, he could exit the Old Continent at any time. Instead of departing now, why not continue exploring?

Flipping open the Secret Brass Tome, he turned to the pages recording the hidden histories of the Old Continent.

His prior speculation had been correct—the Old Continent was, indeed, a prison for the pioneering explorers of the Extraordinary Sequences.

Those who had strayed from the correct path, whose extraordinary essence had mutated beyond recognition, were exiled here.

Many of them had already transformed into mindless aberrations, yet none of them could simply be destroyed.

Why?

Because their weight in the Sequence Trees was far too significant.

Take, for instance, the Faceless Serpentheads—the failed explorers of the Actor Sequence. They were innately bound to the Actor Sequence, inseparable from it.

Strictly speaking, the Sequence Trees themselves were creations of these pioneering explorers.

If they were completely eradicated, the Sequence Trees would immediately suffer damage.

So why exile them rather than sealing or imprisoning them?

Because imprisonment was never a true solution.

Any sealed existence was a ticking time bomb, an unresolved crisis.

Exiling them to the Old Continent allowed the unique nature of this land to gradually sever their connection to the Sequence Trees.

Given enough time, even if they died, the impact on the Sequence Trees would be minimal.

By the way, these exiled pioneer explorers also served another purpose—suppressing the forbidden existence of the Old Continent.

However, the exact nature of this forbidden existence was not recorded in the Secret Brass Tome.

Evidently, even the Grand Archives of Historians lacked a full understanding of it.

Aside from this, the Secret Brass Tome contained another highly valuable secret about the Old Continent—it had its own Spirit Realm.

However, the Old Continent's Spirit Realm was not connected to the Spirit Realm that enveloped the Main World. Instead, it consisted of independent fragments, which were initially mistaken for special Spirit Domains.

It was only later confirmed that these fragments were indeed parts of the Spirit Realm—or rather, shattered pieces of it.

The value of these Spirit Realm Fragments was astronomical because they potentially contained high-sequence Soul Gems.

This secret was known only to the True Gods and was specially cursed to ensure that only they could monopolize these fragments.

If even True Gods coveted them, how could Rosen let such an opportunity slip by?

However, the Spirit Realm Fragments drifted unpredictably, and their locations were exceptionally dangerous. The deities that had perished in the Old Continent had most likely fallen due to these fragments.

As for why True Gods did not venture deep into the Old Continent, the Secret Brass Tome suggested that it was also related to the forbidden existence.

If even deities could perish here, Rosen had no intention of being careless.

Moreover, since the Spirit Realm Fragments had no fixed locations, finding them amid the ash-covered landscape would be purely a matter of luck.

The Great Sound Lies in Silence!

Rosen let out a silent Dragon Chant of Yinglong.

In the Old Continent, both visual and divine perception were heavily suppressed. While sound perception was also weakened by the ashes, The Great Sound Lies in Silence was a core ability of Yinglong. It was still more than enough to detect several dozen miles around him.

Previously, he had relied on Gongbing for perception and Ghostshadow for navigation—he had never actually taken the time to carefully perceive the Old Continent himself.

Now, with this large-scale Dragon Chant, he was finally able to scan his surroundings in detail.

Within the dozens of miles he had probed, he detected a considerable number of Ashborn Creatures.

Perhaps due to the exceptionally high ash concentration, every single Ashborn Creature started at Sequence 4, and over ten percent of them had reached Sequence 3.

Encountering a few of these creatures at a time was manageable, but running into a large group could easily lead to being completely surrounded.

What was originally meant as a scouting technique quickly became a wide-area attack.

Rosen unleashed his Divine Domain, activating the rune traps he had set within it.

All Ashborn Creatures that charged into his Divine Domain after being attacked were either killed instantly by the traps or eliminated by the Abyssal Shadowfiend using the power of the Disaster Apostle.

Any stragglers that managed to escape the initial assault were shot down by Rosen and immediately turned into painting materials—either as canvas or pigment.

Days passed as Rosen constantly changed locations, using himself as bait to lure and kill Ashborn Creatures.

Occasionally, he would also encounter other pioneer explorers—similar to the Faceless Serpentheads. These individuals were given special attention by the Abyssal Shadowfiend and were swiftly captured alive.

By extracting their memories, Rosen could easily obtain vast amounts of information about the Old Continent.

Of course, the more one walked the path of night, the more likely they were to encounter ghosts.

Rosen had several close calls, attracting dangers far beyond his ability to handle.

Fortunately, he had prepared in advance—before every use of The Great Sound Lies in Silence, he retreated into the Mysterious Study Room.

The moment he sensed something wrong, he would immediately recall his Divine Domain, close the Study Room's window, and remain perfectly safe.

But today, for the first time, Rosen did not spend his time hunting prey.

Instead, he arrived at the Blood Lake near the World Tree. At this moment, the lake's water level had dropped by several hundred meters as the Flesh Hell Tree was frantically absorbing the blood, and the Flesh Secret Fruit hanging from its branches was now on the verge of ripening.

Glorious Blood Seal, Mind Canvas, and Nightmare Shackles had all reached LV7 Perfection over the years. His Divine Power was also just shy of 91 points.

Eating this Flesh Secret Fruit would be more than enough to fully complete Sequence 3 and advance to Sequence 2.

In fact, after reaching Sequence 2, his Divine Power might even jump directly to Sequence 2 Perfection.

If the Flesh Secret Fruit weren't so precious, the Star Coin King would never have handed over the Flesh Hell Tree to him, believing that he could become a True God within a millennium. After all, the Star Coin King was completely unaware that he had the Primordial Oil Lamp and various other means.

However, consuming it all at once would be a waste—not of the Flesh Secret Fruit, but of his own potential.

While gradual improvement was much slower, it allowed him to fully control every incremental change.

A massive surge in Divine Power might seem beneficial in the short term, but in the long run, it would do more harm than good.

Thus, Rosen only planned to absorb a fraction of the Flesh Secret Fruit's power—just enough to push his Divine Power to 91 points.

As for the remaining essence, he would use it to awaken and strengthen his Ancient God Bloodline.

Over the years, after consuming countless rare resources, his Ancient God Bloodline Awakening had already reached 69%.

And then, once again, it hit a bottleneck—one that would be nearly impossible to break through without a powerful external force.

The moment the Flesh Secret Fruit ripened, a dense, sweet, and meaty fragrance spread across tens of thousands of miles.

Rosen plucked the fruit—it looked like a pulsating heart.

Taking it into the Flesh Hell, he willed a Blood Pool into existence and sliced the Flesh Secret Fruit open.

A thick, golden-red blood essence instantly poured out, and despite the fruit being only palm-sized, it produced dozens of cubic meters of blood essence.

Rosen activated the Fallen Chalice authority of the Goblet Queen, causing the blood essence to come alive and form itself into a massive chalice.

The Fallen Chalice had the unique ability to reduce Divine Power limits in exchange for strengthening the user's bloodline at its core.

Without hesitation, Rosen leaped into the chalice filled with blood essence and began slowly refining the Flesh Secret Fruit's power.

The Flesh Secret Fruit could cause an explosive increase in a Demi-God's physical body while also granting various flesh-related talents.

The very first innate talent that all who consumed it would inevitably acquire was Life Withering.

Rosen activated Life Withering, and immediately, his flesh began to shrivel and decay.

However, in exchange, his Divine Power experienced a terrifying surge, and with the Primordial Oil Lamp's assistance, it reached 91 points Perfection in less than a day.

Yet the moment he achieved Perfection, the Fallen Chalice began to permanently erode his Divine Power, redirecting its energy into enhancing his Ancient God Bloodline.

This cycle of growth and erosion repeated itself over and over again.

Finally, after his Divine Power had been weakened and restored dozens of times, his Ancient God Bloodline broke past the 69% threshold.

By the time the Flesh Secret Fruit was fully absorbed, his Ancient God Bloodline had reached 76%.

Rosen carefully examined the changes in his Ancient God Bloodline.

Breaking through the 70% threshold once again gave him the opportunity to acquire a Bloodline Talent.

The last time he had this chance, he had chosen Flesh Doppelgänger.

Now, he was hesitant about his next choice.

He could choose to advance to Sequence 2 immediately and obtain a powerful Ancient God Sequence skill.

Or, he could once again opt for a Bloodline Talent, just as he had done before.

Ultimately, he chose the latter.

Because he had discovered a Bloodline Talent that would be immensely valuable in the Old Continent.

As soon as the Bloodline Talent was chosen, a third eye rapidly formed within the pineal gland at Rosen's brow.

The Ancient God's True Eye—a terrifying power that allowed him to see the truth.

Any disguise, no matter how masterful, would be completely ineffective before him unless the deceiver's Sequence Level exceeded his by at least three ranks.

Beyond seeing through deception, the Ancient God's True Eye also greatly enhanced all eye-related abilities.

If he merged it with the God-Hunting Magic Eye, both would experience a tremendous boost in power.

Most importantly, the Ancient God's True Eye would nurture a unique, one-of-a-kind ocular technique.

Each Ancient God Sequence bore a different innate eye ability, determined by the rules and authorities the wielder commanded as well as their transcendent powers.

Five days later, the Ancient God's True Eye finally gave birth to its unique ocular technique.

Secret Gaze—By consuming Divine Essence permanently, he could uncover hidden truths behind known clues.

"This ability is too powerful…"

Rosen stepped into the Quantum Void within the Quantum Magic Bottle, where he had imprisoned the Captured Pioneer Explorers.

He had kept them alive to extract their memories, and one of them had crucial knowledge regarding a Fragment of the Spirit Realm.

This Pioneer Explorer had once stumbled upon a Spirit Realm Fragment, but after barely stepping inside, he had fled in terror upon encountering a slumbering deity within.

That was hundreds of years ago—the fragment would not have remained in the same place waiting for him to return.

Because of this uncertainty, Rosen had never given the clue much importance.

But now, with the Secret Gaze of the Ancient God's True Eye, he just might be able to pinpoint the current location of that Spirit Realm Fragment.

"I want to see the current location of the Spirit Realm Fragment."

Rosen fixed his gaze upon the Pioneer Explorer and activated Secret Gaze.

The cost: Permanent consumption of 13 points of Divine Essence.

This would drop him back to Sequence 4.

Rosen searched through the Pioneer Explorer's memories again.

Secret Gaze operated based on known clues—meaning that the more information he had, the lower the cost.

Soon, he discovered that the Pioneer Explorer had once taken some transcendent materials from the Spirit Realm Fragment.

The ones he could use were long gone.

The ones he couldn't use?

He had discarded them.

...

Several months later, Rosen, covered in dust from his travels, arrived at the place where the Pioneer Explorer had dumped those useless transcendent materials.

He spent several days searching the wilderness before finally uncovering a remaining material from the Spirit Realm Fragment.

Activating Secret Gaze again—

This time, the cost dropped to 5 points of Divine Essence.

Without hesitation, Rosen triggered Secret Gaze.

With the God-Hunting Demon Eye now merged into the Ancient God's True Eye, the technique received a massive amplification, and he instantly saw the current location of a Spirit Realm Fragment.

More importantly, because the God-Hunting Magic Eye had successfully locked onto it, he could now track the fragment at any time.

Instead of rushing there immediately, Rosen first burned Divine Oil from the Primordial Oil Lamp to restore his lost Divine Essence.

Since he had already broken past his previous Divine Essence limits, permanently losing some would not prevent him from recovering it again later.

With Time Sketch Acceleration, it took only a few months for his Divine Essence to fully recover to 91 points Perfection.

Only then did Rosen begin his journey toward the Spirit Realm Fragment.

It took two grueling months and numerous close calls, but at last, he arrived.

His Divine Sense reached out—

For the first time in the Old Continent, he was able to sense the Spirit Realm.

In all his time here, the Spirit Realm had always been completely out of reach, but at this moment, he could feel its presence once again.

Following his Divine Sense's pull, he phased into the Spirit Realm—

And immediately retreated into the Mysterious Study Room.

For the past six months, the God-Hunting Magic Eye had been observing the Spirit Realm Fragment, gathering every possible detail.

The interior environment was extremely hostile—

A landscape that looked like a world in the throes of an apocalypse.

More crucially, a Sequence 0 Spirit Realm Entity lay dormant within.

The entire Spirit Realm Fragment was, in essence, its Divine Kingdom.

If Rosen wanted to claim the Spirit Realm Fragment, he would have to slay this Spirit Realm Entity.

A direct confrontation would be mutual destruction.

Rosen would never underestimate other deities just because he managed to kill a severely wounded Chinon.

Through his observations, he confirmed that this slumbering Spirit Realm Entity had originally been a goblin.

Most Spirit Realm Entities were not native to the Spirit Realm. Only a very small number had originated there, while the majority were beings from the material world who had died and been revived by the Spirit Realm. Once resurrected as a Spirit Realm Entity, they became permanently bound to the Spirit Realm and found it extremely difficult to leave, always at risk of becoming mere puppets manipulated by the Spirit Realm itself.

Back when the Spirit Realm descended into the material world, countless Spirit Realm Entities had been forced to charge into reality as cannon fodder.

Because of this, despite the Spirit Realm's ability to resurrect the dead, many intelligent beings would rather never be revived there.

Rosen had already devised a hunting strategy during his journey here.

Originally, goblins did not exist—only faeries had been among the intelligent races.

The Mother of Flesh had once been a faerie deity, but after she fell into corruption and became an Evil God, the entire faerie race suffered.

Once graceful and beautiful, they degenerated into the hideous goblins—their charm, civilization, and wisdom utterly shattered.

Ordinary goblins, when faced with the Mother of Flesh, would instinctively grovel before her.

However, goblins who had ascended to godhood had broken free from her bloodline suppression—and instead harbored deep hatred toward her.

Today, almost every surviving goblin deity in the material world was locked in eternal conflict with the Mother of Flesh.

Rosen activated his World Domain, merging the Quantum Void of the Quantum Magic Bottle with a spatial vortex leading to the Flesh Hell.

Then, he retracted the World Domain, leaving only the spatial vortex connected to the Flesh Hell.

Deep within the Spirit Realm Fragment, the slumbering goblin deity—though his mind had been greatly affected by the Old Continent's influence—still retained enough sanity to recognize himself and his circumstances.

He knew that he could not leave the Spirit Realm Fragment.

With nothing to do, the goblin deity had spent countless years in perpetual slumber.

But today, something disturbed him, forcing him awake.

He sensed the aura of the Mother of Flesh.

It wasn't her true form—only a remnant of a divine avatar.

Had the Mother of Flesh come to the Old Continent?

Or had someone discovered his true identity and carefully prepared a trap just for him?

The goblin deity approached the World Domain, quickly realizing that it was constructed from World Authority.

The Mother of Flesh's aura was indeed dense, but it lacked sufficient divine power, proving that it was merely a corpse of a deceased divine avatar.

This was definitely a baited trap—

But it had been set by a mere Sequence 3.

How arrogant must this fool be to think they could trap and kill a god?

The goblin deity suspected that the master of the World Domain was merely a diversion, while a true deity lurked in the shadows, waiting to ambush him.

So instead of stepping into the Flesh Hell, he stayed at a distance and launched long-range attacks against it.

Terrifying divine spells rained down, pouring into the spatial vortex.

The goblin deity deliberately avoided attacking the vortex itself, directing his assaults straight at the Flesh Hell beyond.

As the Flesh Hell suffered increasing damage, the goblin deity suddenly vanished in an instant.

...

The Quantum Void possessed a unique property—

If something was observed, it would be forcibly pulled into the Quantum Magic Bottle.

There were many ways to observe something—

Vision, divine perception, direct understanding of the Quantum Magic Bottle's mechanics, or even attacking the Quantum Void itself—all of these actions qualified as a form of observation.

By merging the Quantum Void with the spatial vortex, Rosen ensured that part of the goblin deity's attacks would enter the Quantum Void.

Upon sensing that a portion of his attacks had been absorbed elsewhere, the goblin deity instinctively tried to trace where his missing energy had gone.

In that instant—

He was pulled into the Quantum Magic Bottle.

Once inside, it didn't matter if he was a weakened Spirit Realm deity—

Even a true god who stepped inside would never escape.

At its peak, the Quantum Magic Bottle had been capable of imprisoning nine true gods at once—

A requirement necessary for the original creation of its miracle elixirs.

(End of chapter)