Chapter 24

Inside the room.

Fengyi's true form slowly opened his eyes; within his pale gold pupils swirled an illusory yin-yang bagua, carrying a hint of dignity and loftiness that made one dare not meet his gaze.

"I never expected that a trip to the Tarot Society would let me directly digest the Spectator potion and even truly accommodate a trace of Fuxi's status and concept that had precipitated in my innate spiritual light—what an unexpected joy!"

"It seems that such a special moment witnessing a fork in fate greatly aids my accommodation of Fuxi's status—could it be because it's related to spacetime and fate!"

"However."

In his mind surfaced the experience of being influenced when he chose his title; recalling his spiritual illusion then and the strange occurrence when he first crossed into this world, Fengyi felt another special sense.

This world really isn't quite right!

At least it's not too similar to the original!

Fengyi's mind and spirit merged with the Yellow Earth Altar, briefly borrowing the treasure's protection, and a vague premonition arose in his heart:

"I cannot stay in this world too long, or else something bad will happen."

"Thinking of this, a plan for this world surfaced in his mind, and he silently told himself: "Be careful; if anything changes, leave immediately. Though this world of the Mysterious Master seems not very strong, it is actually exceedingly strange!"

Just then, his heart stirred suddenly, and his finger unconsciously twitched.

"Is it this time again?"

As that thought rose in his mind, Fengyi's pale gold pupils faded, returning to their former color.

At the same time, he tidied his clothes, restoring everything around him to its original state.

Just after finishing all that, a knock came from the door.

"Come in."

As the voice fell, a butler with somewhat streaked hair entered, hand on chest, bowing and saying: "Baron, Mr. Hilbert has arrived."

"Hmm."

Fengyi gave a slight nod and said softly: "Let him in."

"Yes."

The butler performed another salute and left.

Hilbert Alucard, a renowned psychologist of Backlund.

He also had another identity: a member of the secretive Psycho-Alchemy Society, Sequence 7 of the Spectator pathway: Psychoanalyst.

Fengyi's counterpart in this other world is a member of the Psycho-Alchemy Society, and is considered one of those they have developed.

The Psycho-Alchemy Society, on the surface, is an organization founded by extraordinary ones who obtained the relics of the mystic master Hermes, who created the ancient Hermetic language in the Second Epoch.

In fact, Hermes did not die; he remains active in the present era and secretly manipulates the Psycho-Alchemy Society.

Moreover, Hermes has another identity: a member of the Twilight Hermit Society.

The hidden master behind the Twilight Hermit Society is Adam, Sequence 1 of the Spectator pathway: Writer!

And Adam's actual identity is the ancient sun god.

One could say that the high-sequence powerhouses of the Spectator pathway are all old schemers, their identities layered like layers.

At the same time, thinking of Adam, Fengyi's spiritual sense twitched, and he felt an innate disgust.

This is not his own will; it seems more like a bodily instinct.

"What's going on?"

His spiritual sense reflected upon itself; with the aid of the Yellow Earth Altar, Fengyi discovered that this instinct arose from the mental imprint of the primordial Creator being crushed and reassembled into his present body.

"Is it the residual power instinct of the primordial Creator that loathes Adam?"

"No, Adam's actual identity is the ancient sun god; the ancient sun god is God's resurrected hand, and God is one of the split personalities of the primordial Creator—so far apart, how could the Creator's residual instinct hate Adam?"

"This world is truly becoming more and more unfathomable!"

Unknown territory.

Inside a white bone church that is not gloomy but rather carries a sense of holiness and pity.

Clad in simple robes, the priest standing before the cross opened his eyes; his confusion faded, the deep-seated cold divinity vanished, replaced by a hint of kindness and pity.

He seemed to sense something, first gazing at the crimson moon beyond the starry sky, then, as if crossing time and space, looking toward Tingen City.

Beyond the starry sky, the moon was wrapped in a crimson sea like a bloody eye, unchanged.

And Tingen City, which had seemed severed from the world, now regained calm, as if the world's bug had been patched—or concealed.

"Ah"

He sighed, withdrew his gaze, and then seemed to mutter to someone: "Even if it draws attention, what of it? It's merely futile; why struggle so?"

"Roar!"

Faintly, a roar sounded; the priest, as if struck by lightning, saw his pity flicker like a candle flame, wavering, about to go out.

"Ah"

A sigh sounded; the pity in the priest's eyes vanished completely.

The next moment, the priest opened his eyes again, clear as a child's, yet deep within lay an extreme cold divinity.

He glanced around, rose to his feet, ceased praying, and walked out of the bone church.

Inside the room.

Moments later, a man with somewhat brownish skin entered together with the butler—it was Hilbert.

"Mr. Baron, your mental state seems much improved!"

After arriving, Hilbert gave a slight bow and spoke.

He did not notice any change in Fengyi from before, nor did he realize that Fengyi had fully digested the Spectator potion.

Obviously, as merely a Sequence 7 psychoanalyst, he could hardly perceive Fengyi's changes.

"I owe all this to your help."

Fengyi gave a light chuckle, waved his hand, and the butler, sensing the cue, withdrew and closed the sitting room door.

Seeing the butler's silhouette disappear, Hilbert's expression changed, his tone carrying a hint of nonchalance as he smiled lightly and said, "Looking at your current mental state, it seems the potion is being digested well."

Indeed.

Feng Yi nodded, memories of this assimilated body surfacing in his mind, and said, "After adapting over the recent period, I truly feel much better."

That's good then.

Hilbert sat down, leaning back, his tone casual as he said, "The Audience Sequence differs from the other sequences; having the potion digest too quickly in the early stage isn't a good thing, so you don't need to be too anxious."

Hmm.

Feng Yi nodded, he also understood this.

The Audience Sequence indeed differs from the other sequences, because with a grasp of the mind, the audience can soothe their own spirit to avoid losing control, yet at the same time, the extraordinary ones of this sequence are prone to becoming immersed in role‑play, making it both the least likely to lose control and the most likely to lose control sequence.

Of course, that's for ordinary audiences; Feng Yi himself naturally has no need to worry.

Without even mentioning that the spiritual imprint of the original creator within him has been shattered and reformed, becoming part of him, just the Audience pathway being only a part of his inner power would not affect him or cause him to lose control.

After inquiring about Feng Yi's physical changes, Hilbert began to continue today's purpose, teaching him the basics of mysticism, including Hermetic language, ancient Hermetic language, dragon language, various ritual magic, symbolic meanings of signs, various concepts of the mind, and various matters to note in mysticism, and so on.

This is also what the original self has been doing since joining the Psychological Alchemy Society and becoming a member.

Likewise, this is also the advantage that extraordinary members of the major extraordinary organizations have over wild extraordinaries.

And the Psychological Alchemy Society is originally an extraordinary organization rooted in the upper echelons of the various kingdoms.

The original self, as a kingdom noble, albeit only a baron, was also highly regarded by the Psychological Alchemy Society, which had Hilbert, a Sequence Seven psychologist, personally teach him.

Every world's cultivation system, regardless of its level or whether the systems are the same, contains the crystallization of that world's civilization and wisdom.

For someone like Feng Yi who can traverse the heavens, witnessing different worlds' cultivation civilizations, drawing upon their civilization and wisdom to increase his own foundation and accumulation, is also one of the greatest benefits of traversing the heavens.

Even if these accumulations are not evident now, once his cultivation reaches a certain level and he needs to forge his own path, creating his own law and Dao, these bit‑by‑bit accumulations will burst forth, serving as provisions to fill his own Great Dao.

Therefore, regarding the basic mystic knowledge of this world explained by the Psychological Alchemy Society psychologist, Feng Yi not only did not look down on it, but instead studied it earnestly, thereby gaining insight into this world's system and obtaining many new ideas.

In this situation, the power within him also undergoes subtle adjustments, becoming ever more in tune with this universe.

(End of Chapter)