Chapter 151: 「Hidden Sage」

Before that mysterious bronze hall, Chumen's words caused the sound within the bronze hall to fall silent for a moment.

"We have no reason to come into conflict!" After a while, that voice sounded again, but it was stiffer and reluctant.

"We do," Chumen said softly, rejecting the alliance request from the Knowledge Wilderness.

"The very fact that you have appeared on this continent has already had a tremendous impact on my state."

The "you" here includes, but is not limited to, the Knowledge Wilderness, the River of Eternal Darkness, the City of Calamity, and the Kingdom of Disorder.

These are all Source Qualities that Chumen is certain will invade the North and South Continents; the others remain unknown.

The invasion of these Source Qualities will truly make Chumen's living environment deteriorate; such a large number of Source Qualities is highly likely to cause his tendency toward slumber to skyrocket.

He still needs time to fuse the four Uniquenesses; he cannot let the North and South Continents become that chaotic.

Boom!

The world in Chumen's eyes shattered with a roar; after the negotiations broke down, the Knowledge Wilderness withdrew directly, likely to temporarily shrink back to the Eastern Continent.

"Leave the Hermit Uniqueness behind!" Chumen's gaze flashed; in a state of virtuality and reality, he split himself, and they acted together!

On the door of that bronze palace, one side had substance; that was the Hermit Uniqueness and at least one portion of the Knowledge Emperor!

"You go too far!" A shout in Chinese suddenly rang in Chumen's ears, which truly gave Chumen a start.

He looked toward the bronze palace that had not yet completely vanished and happened to discover an old man wearing a high crown and Confucian robes walking out from the hall, placing his hand on the door representing the Hermit Uniqueness.

This old man in Confucian robes had faint, vacant eyes, completely devoid of any emotional color; compared to a person, he was more like an avatar or a puppet.

And that voice was also familiar to Chumen—it was the Knowledge Wilderness!

Hum!

At this instant, the Hermit Uniqueness erupted with an endless torrent of knowledge, attempting to block Chumen and buy time to escape.

It was just that it was already in a weak position and had even been forced to stay and negotiate an alliance with Chumen to stall for time; now that Chumen was already fully prepared, how could he let it run?

"Fallen"!

"Distortion"!

Two types of Authority appeared out of thin air in this space; the Fallen Authority caused that torrent of information to develop consciousness and betray the Hermit, while the Distortion Authority acted directly on the Hermit Uniqueness, distorting the target of its attack.

The Black Emperor Solomon and the Hanged Man Sasriel, two True Gods, took action to restrain the Hermit that had been animated by the Knowledge Wilderness, while Chumen struck directly at the Knowledge Wilderness!

"Sun"!

Chumen essentially threw a real "Sun" at the Knowledge Wilderness, the terrifying light and heat within burning everything to nothingness.

Afterward, he even manipulated the "Door" Authority to shut the "door" completely; the Supreme Dream projection that had been waiting for an opportunity beside him also took action at this moment, throwing the Spear of Destiny in its hand to pin the Hermit Uniqueness, which had already virtualized into a Symbol, onto the Grey Fog.

Under the Authority of Reality, the illusory symbolic signs all gained a true physical form.

"Dream!" The old man in the Confucian robe and high crown looked deeply at Chumen; he was just trying to salvage the situation and had no intention of continuing the fight.

When the two True Gods appeared, the outcome no longer had any suspense; the claws that the Knowledge Wilderness had reached over were completely severed.

In this way, all of the Knowledge Wilderness's arrangements on the North and South Continents had their roots cut off.

Of course, the Knowledge Wilderness would inevitably reach its claws in from elsewhere; after all, Chumen could not watch every corner of the Seal.

Chumen let out a soft breath and directly beckoned, taking the Hermit Uniqueness into his hand.

"It's a pity that a portion of the Knowledge Emperor ran away."

The Knowledge Wilderness had likely seen through Chumen's intentions; its final rescue operation was only aimed at the Knowledge Emperor Characteristic, preventing Chumen from obtaining the complete Characteristic to hold a god-ascension ritual and turn the Hermit into an avatar like the "Sun".

—That would only have allowed Chumen to completely occupy the Seer Pathway.

Chumen toyed with the Hermit Uniqueness in his hand, which had already turned into an eye that existed between virtuality and reality.

This eye radiated shimmering purple light and possessed Authority related to the Hidden and information/knowledge.

There was Corruption from the Knowledge Wilderness on the eye, but for Chumen, it was nothing; he just needed to throw it into the Dream Sea to marinate until it was seasoned.

"However... since there is no way to occupy it completely, the other portion of the Knowledge Emperor has limited value to me." Chumen shook his head slightly, feeling somewhat regretful.

The role of the "Sun" in this battle was very obvious; it could completely avoid a situation where Chumen's main body and Source Quality had to confront it directly.

One True God was also powerful enough.

The pity was that even if he collected the other portion of the Knowledge Emperor, he would be unable to obtain a Hermit avatar.

"Congratulations, Duke." Solomon looked at the Hermit Uniqueness in Chumen's hand, nodded gently, and asked about the matter of the Source Qualities.

Chumen did not hide anything and revealed the intelligence regarding the fading of the Seal and the infiltration of the Source Qualities.

After obtaining this information, Solomon frowned, "In other words, the Kingdom of Disorder is also very likely to appear on the North and South Continents."

Source Qualities can corrupt True Gods.

"Rest assured, the power that the Source Qualities can infiltrate is still very limited."

"But corruption is unavoidable." Solomon remained worried.

The combat power Chumen displayed during the God War and the news about the Source Qualities now gave this newly ascended Black Emperor more anxieties.

"Afterward, I may put more energy into this aspect."

Subsequently, Chumen thought for a moment and took out the portion of the Knowledge Emperor he had in his hand, using the Authority of Reality to blend it with the Hermit Uniqueness.

Adding a bit of Dream Phosphor, adding a bit of life Spirituality...

A "Hidden Sage" was thus kneaded into existence.

Of course, it was not the Knowledge Wilderness, and its compatibility with the Hidden Sage was average; it might only be equivalent to a weakened version of a True God.

"Let it stay in the Solomon Empire." The Uniqueness and the Knowledge Emperor Characteristic in Chumen's hand turned into a stream of information and dissipated.

"The 'Hidden Sage'?" Solomon looked at the dissipating stream of information and nodded gently, "I may have to trouble you more in the future, Duke."

Afterward, Solomon left here quickly and returned to the Solomon Empire.

Sasriel nodded gently, signaled with his eyes, and turned into a Shadow to return.

They had more hidden channels for exchanging information; important matters could be brought up for discussion at the Dream Council.

"Dream Crown..." The Craftsman only walked forward at this time.

"Hmm..." Chumen thought for a moment, then tossed the "Scroll of Civilization" back to the "Craftsman," "I can help you become a True God, but I need you to agree to some very harsh conditions..."

Chumen did not choose to kill the "Craftsman" or extract the Characteristic from within His body; after all, doing so would be slightly unkind.