Things on the ship have come to an end for the time being. Joseph and his remnants are missing. It seems that they were frightened by Moria's move and did not dare to show up easily again.
Li Wen also took advantage of this peaceful time to do something that he had never done before but was extremely crucial. She also left a note in her room so that others would not think she was missing when they found out.
Finally, she took out the Shattered Eye of the Transcendent and said "City of Eternity" silently.
Some mysterious power beyond cognition suddenly came, and the scene before her eyes began to fall apart - the walls peeled off like faded oil paintings, the air cracked like broken glass, and the entire world was disintegrating into fragmented blocks of color.
Dizziness and suffocation came together, but were quickly replaced by a sudden and deeper shudder. It felt like walking alone through a dark forest when suddenly there was a crisp sound of dead branches breaking behind me, a flock of frightened birds fluttering across the treetops, and some kind of indescribable predator silently approaching from the shadows.
She covered her ears tightly, but the strange sounds that did not belong to the material world still penetrated through her fingers, turning into twisted and invisible worms and burrowing into her ear canals. Those sounds stirred wildly in her skull, pouring filthy desire and tearing pain into every nerve, until her sea of consciousness boiled completely.
As the nauseating labor pains and dizziness gradually cooled down, Li Wen's consciousness slowly returned to clarity., the broken world in front of him began to stabilize, and finally settled in a black city filled with deathly silence.
This is the witch's habitat in the human world, Eternal and Twilight Kingdom——"Amber City".
"You are still alive." Amidst the thunderous sound of the urn, the withered and old giant lowered his head and looked at her. "The master's power is flowing through you. It seems... you have really succeeded?"
"Barely so."
Li Wen said casually that she didn't really want to discuss too much about End Path with this ancient existence, although the other person was once a servant of that god and might know more based on his experience. Yuan Dian's information, but who can be sure that there is something brewing under the other party's calm expression? After all, he has been ordered to guard the bell tower here for countless days. In these extremely long years, has the other party really never had any dissatisfaction?
She looked up at the top of the towering bell tower. The withered face of the giant evening bell looked particularly gloomy under the dim sky. There was some indescribable emotion flashing in its cloudy eyes, like anticipation or some kind of more complex examination.
"You don't seem to have gained the power you deserve." The giant spoke slowly, his voice like rolling thunder, "The holder of the original code should not be so... weak."
Li Wen subconsciously clutched "The Final Codex" under the cloak. Indeed, according to common sense, after obtaining Original Text of Lineage, her strength should not only improve by leaps and bounds, but at least it should not stay at Stage One. But End Path's promotion conditions are too harsh—it requires the original texts of other pillars as materials. This is simply like a malicious joke.
"What I need is time." She replied calmly, "End Path's power is not achieved overnight."
The giant let out a deep laugh that made the air around him tremble. "Time..." it repeated the word with a hint of sarcasm in its tone, "Time is the least valuable thing in this City of Eternity."
Li Wen did not answer the call. Everything in this city remains unchanged, including the tombstone-like black building, the clock tower, and naturally the clock watcher in front of him. For some people, eternity is a lifelong pursuit and desire, but for others, it becomes a kind of torture.
"So, are you coming back this time to fulfill our agreement?" the giant asked suddenly, with a hint of imperceptible eagerness in his voice. It was clear that according to the other party, it was not short of time at all.
Li Wen shook her head. "I need to confirm something first." She raised her head and looked directly into the giant's eyes, "Do you know where Abyss of Dito is?"
According to "Impurities", only an existence older than him still knows the path to Abyss of Dito, and Giant Bell happens to be such an ancient existence. It must be older than "Impurities" which Silver Age was sealed in the egg sheath, because the evening bell is Elders, which was only born in Golden Age.
For the first time, the giant's expression changed significantly. Its withered face was distorted for a moment, and then returned to calm. "That is not a realm that mortals can enter," it said slowly, "Do you know how that sage became a pillar?"
This question is really a bit embarrassing, but fortunately Li Wen happened to understand it, "You know, he was reborn by placing himself in the egg sheath, thus becoming Pillar Deity."
"Yes, but it's not entirely right..." The giant's voice suddenly became very soft, as if he was afraid of being heard by something. "That being was reborn in the egg sheath, thereby depriving a certain heavy light of its authority and status... That is the authority about creation and control, which should have been owned by the children of the sun."
Li Wen's heart skipped a beat and her pupils tightened. She had never heard of such a statement before. No one had ever studied the birth of Pillar Deity, and no one dared to study it. According to Giant Bell, the great sage who created the pillar of the lineage seems not to be the original pillar god, but a usurper? Of course, such words should never be blurted out. Even if this is the witch's habitat, there is no guarantee that the sage will not know about it.
"The Sun's Offspring who was deprived of his authority is..." Li Wen thought for a moment. Since he had been deprived of his status and authority, he should be someone he could talk about, so he asked.
In fact, there is no need to think too much, after all, there are only those three children of the sun.
After a long moment of silence, Giant Bell finally said that title.
"Sun of Repose, Crown of the Crimson."
Sure enough, Li Wen showed an unexpected expression.
"The corpse of the fallen Sun's Offspring was floating in the void. No one dared to approach it, and no one could approach it. Later, that area was completely separated from the void and became an independent world. That is Abyss of Dito."
"Impurities" Are you asking her to go to Sun's Offspring and the corpse of the former god to get "Emerald Tablet"?
For a moment, Li Wen didn't know whether he was crazy or whether the mythical being had gone crazy after staying in the stone egg for too long.
Giant Bell did not pay attention to Li Wen's expression and continued, "And there is no way to get there. But compared to the method I proposed, you can't help but ask other people. After all, I also said that I will not give you any help before you help me complete that thing."