Chapter 1103: Enlightenment Sown in the Light

"The others, including the two Thirteenth-Tier mages from the Academy, are at the other three directions of the island, dealing with the tentacles of the 'Pantanal Xiewu' that have already emerged from the ground."

Sister Daifulin continued to introduce the current situation. As she was speaking, a violent thunderbolt struck the west side of the island. Sister Daifulin, who rarely spoke so much at once, added softly:

"This should be Mr. Sang De, the Thirteenth-Tier mage of the Church of the Sun, 'Wrath of Thunder'."

"Can the Pantanal Xiewu still be sealed?"

Xia De asked in a low voice. Sister Daifulin's silver blindfold covered her eyes, and there was no obvious expression on the lower half of her fair face:

"It is difficult. The Church has done its best this time, but the weather, the starry sky, and even this land seem to be trying to release the Xiewu of the subspace. The Church might be able to buy some time, but even if we stop the Chosen One, it remains difficult. However, as long as I remain on this lighthouse, even if the Pantanal Xiewu breaks free from the seal, it still cannot leave the Great Swamp."

Lifting her head to 'look' at Xia De, Xia De also turned to look at Sister Daifulin's blindfold. There was no frost on the silver blindfold, and the dense patterns and fine lines shimmered under the reflection of the lighthouse's light:

"If it truly comes to the most dangerous moment, I can sacrifice..."

"Sister, I am still here; there is no need for you."

Xia De interrupted her, staring at the blindfold:

"It's just that, no matter what happens later, please do not tell anyone else... There is an entrance to the 【Space Labyrinth】 beneath this tower. When the time is right, you will know what to do."

The sister said softly:

"Hero who bears the fire, go and do what you wish to do."

On the open ground in the distance, the stone pillars of the Stonehenge were collectively emitting golden light. Amidst the wind and snow, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na did not move to stop it, but instead watched as Lei Jinsi Pulinxia ascended into the high sky.

"It has begun."

Xia De said softly. At the top of the lighthouse, far from the Stonehenge, he stood before the railing, staring at the wind and snow, watching as the pure white beam of light enveloped him:

"Knowledge and wisdom..."

That beam of light pierced directly through the dark clouds of accumulated snow, the wind and snow swirling around the beam, and the figure of Lei Jinsi Pulinxia was inside the beam:

"I, Lei Jinsi Angjilisi Pulinxia, hereby declare..."

The grand voice could be clearly captured across the entire island. Pale golden light spots radiated from his body, and the sound of prayers with thousands of voices overlapping came from an unknown source.

The wind on the island had originally been extremely violent, but at this moment, a gentle breeze began to blow. The crowns of the dead trees in the forest rustled, and the miracle elements instantly spread to the surroundings, even suppressing the whisper elements brought by the "Pantanal Xiewu".

It was as if transparent feathers were falling amidst the snowflakes. At this very moment, everyone in the Pantanal Lake and surrounding areas subconsciously looked up at the sky. Thirteen golden light spots, centered on that pure white beam of light, were clearly reflected on the dark clouds of the night sky. Xia De, who had a better view, could even see five fist-sized blue light orbs suspended above Lei Jinsi Pulinxia's head, forming a circle that looked like an angel's halo.

The blue light orbs were the five Wisdom Stones.

Sounds of movement came from the dead forest. Miss Xierweiya and Miss Miss Jia Lin Na stepped out together. Also appearing were Miss Pawo, who had been waiting for a long time, Old Yuehan, the owner of the pawnshop in Tuobeisike who had come from an unknown place, and at least five other mages Xia De did not recognize.

There were indeed many people hiding in this dead forest, and none of them intended to stop the scene before them:

"It has finally begun!"

No one made a move; everyone looked up at the sky. And the light of enlightenment, representing knowledge and wisdom, had already begun to radiate outward. Even Xia De and Sister Daifulin on the periphery felt the gift of wisdom from the ancient god.

"Sister, what knowledge do you long to obtain through this enlightenment?"

Xia De asked the sister behind him.

"More clues about the fragmented primal fire."

The sister answered softly.

A brilliant golden luster erupted from Lei Jinsi Pulinxia in the sky. The Stonehenge on the ground happened to be located in the center of the pure white beam of light. Under the baptism of the light, the golden flowing light erupted from the thirteen stone pillars surged upward, adding surging flowing light to the sky light.

He opened his arms in the sky, and an ancient clay tablet flew from beneath his feet. That was the artifact representing the ancient god 【Master of Secrets】, an essential item for performing the ritual.

Under the scouring of space-time power, the transparent wings summoned by the miracle were gradually becoming solid. At the same time, the five glowing stones forming a circle above his head rotated rapidly, and the azure radiance finally connected into a complete blue halo.

The five-ring brass wheel behind him rotated and expanded rapidly in the sky light, the brilliant spiritual light echoing with the white beam and the golden flowing light.

The strange pattern composed of thirteen light spots reflected on the dark clouds descended continuously along the sky light. As the pure white beam of light gradually transformed into a golden luster, the thirteen-spot ritual base array merged with the life ring behind him.

The brass wheel became blurred during high-speed rotation, leaving only thirteen stable light spots. Subsequently, amidst that near-chaotic brilliance, the thirteen light spots distributed in a circle gathered inward, and a brand-new pattern was being formed.

It was a giant open book, with three dark golden light orbs of different sizes distributed in a triangle on the surface of the book.

At this moment, it was as if power traversing from the ancient times, power originating from a more primitive era, swept across the entire island in the center of the lake with the Stonehenge as the center. The intense spiritual light of enlightenment brought the knowledge they needed to everyone who had successfully arrived at the depths of the Pantanal Great Swamp to "observe the ceremony".

Also standing in the Stonehenge, and even enveloped by the golden beam of light that had not yet dissipated, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na frowned slightly:

"So that's how it is. The power of the Chosen One of Knowledge and Wisdom is actually like this."

The five Wisdom Stones belonging to her flew out from her pocket, also turning into five blue light orbs that stopped above her head. But that was not a horizontal halo shape, but an upward-convex arc from left to right.

The life ring behind her was recording new power; she was the person closest to Lei Jinsi Pulinxia. And that skeleton horse, which could only be summoned three times, also became taller in this light, and the bone whistle was further repaired.

Miss Jia Lin Na Cavendishi's dazzling red hair danced behind her. As her life ring rotated, the final spiritual rune of her Eleventh Tier—the miracle 【Myth】—appeared:

"Twelfth Tier, finally reached, finally able to move toward the next step."

She had once worried that her limit was only the Eleventh Tier and Eleventh Ring.

Miss Xierweiya, who had black shoulder-length hair, did not obtain new power. She suddenly widened her eyes, having figured out something that had troubled her for a long time:

"So that's it. The chemical fiber Xia De mentioned can actually be produced in this way! Xia De called that... nylon?"

What she longed for was not power, but knowledge that belonged solely to her.

In the shadows on the edge of the dead forest, Miss Pawo, with a huge silver book floating beside her, showed a rare expression of unsteadiness and joy on her face:

"Finally understood, the core power component of the difference engine can actually be produced in this way."

She waved to the two high-tier professors beside her who were also bathing in the spiritual light; both the man and the woman had graying hair.

"Leave immediately now."

"But, Miss Pawo, the cooperation with the Pantanal Voodoo Society, and the foothold of the fourth Chosen One..."

The old man wearing a black top hat asked hesitantly. Miss Pawo did not care at all; she *snap* closed the huge silver book:

"These lunatics will cause big trouble next. My goal has always been just this special enlightenment. According to probability calculations, the possibility of accidents happening next is almost one hundred percent. Our goal has been achieved, why stay? One must not be too greedy."

She led the mages of the 【Truth Society】 and retreated directly, not caring at all that she was the second-in-line candidate.

And amidst the spreading brilliance, only Old Yuehan noticed their departure.

Actually, Old Yuehan, who was the first to arrive here, was wearing a brown wool vest and a hideous brownish-red scarf. Standing on the treetops of the dead forest, he did not care about Miss Pawo, whom he saw in his peripheral vision, but instead looked up at the Chosen One in the sky with a dazed expression:

"This is truly terrible. It seems our prediction was correct..."

He did not leave. The old man, who drew enlightenment power from civilization, knew that he would still be needed here next.

The mages on the entire island had all obtained some knowledge or inspiration from this spreading light trace to varying degrees. And Sister Daifulin, who was stabilizing the seal above the lighthouse, did not say what she had obtained, but instead felt the light traces on Xia De's unusual life ring with her heart:

"Xia De, what did you think of?"

When the spiritual light spread by the Chosen One's ritual passed by him, it seemed to solidify and stay, and then was captured by the rotating life ring. The brass-colored spiritual light, during rapid rotation, had almost turned into chaotic-colored light traces.

Unusual power was gestating at the top of this bright lighthouse. Xia De looked at the fairy tale story copied by the writer lady and said softly:

"The angel's trial allowed me to come into contact with the secret of the Wisdom Angel, thus enabling me to complete the ancient god's trial; the ancient god's trial gave me the opportunity to touch the secret of eternal beauty, allowing me to complete the secret keeper's trial; the secret keeper's trial made me know the secret of the angel's stay, and again allowed me to complete the angel's trial."

His eyes looked at Lei Jinsi Pulinxia, who had two pure white wings behind him and was holding the clay tablet in his right hand after the beam of light dissipated. More accurately, Xia De was looking at the triangular pattern composed of the three dark golden light orbs behind him:

"The twelve trials I experienced were the trials of the three parties: God, the angel, and the secret keeper. Helping each other, complementing each other, just like... the water of wisdom, endless and continuous. The knowledge and wisdom that mortals crave, in the end, still have to be obtained by themselves. So that's it, the power of wisdom is actually like this."

The parchment scroll copied by the writer lady in his hand flew toward the rotating life ring. Dorothy's elegant letters jumped out from the paper one by one, entering the light traces of the life ring amidst the flowing light.

The enlightenment belonging to the Fourth Ring finally appeared. ===== CHAPTER 1104 =====