Star Sea

Star Sea

The instant the crystal condensed into shape, Anvis felt a deafening boom resound through his mind! His perspective suddenly seemed to rise without limit, as though he had merged with the entire world.

Countless streams of information appeared in his mind, as if nothing in this world held any secrets from him any longer.

The spell models he had previously spent enormous effort constructing now seemed as simple as one plus one equals two in Anvis's eyes.

Even every flaw in those spell models was laid bare in his mind down to the finest detail.

At that moment, the aurora-like bands that had only been shifting slowly around him suddenly began to surge violently! The Dream Dust in the crystal dish flared brightly, and rainbow flames erupted in near-explosive combustion as their supply began to diminish visibly! In the surroundings, highly concentrated primordial mana suddenly roiled. Anvis's body seemed to become a bottomless deep-sea vortex, swallowing all the energy around him! Empowered by this state, the mass of mist he had been unable to see through before could no longer obstruct Anvis's "gaze."

Under the focus of his will, the surface of the mist mass was magnified infinitely. The once-dense fog rapidly thinned in his eyes, eventually transforming into countless tiny particles.

And at the center of that enormous cluster of particles forming the mist was... a scene resembling a boundless Star Sea! The instant he saw that "Star Sea," Anvis felt as though he had been struck by lightning. His consciousness shook violently, involuntarily breaking free of that state of merging with the world, and he collapsed unconscious onto his bedding.

In the crystal dish beside him, the burning Dream Dust suddenly flashed violently. The rainbow flames abruptly turned into a dazzling beam of pure White Light, and every remaining grain of dust was instantly converted entirely into light!

The tremendous expenditure brought astonishing results. The shifting aurora bands abruptly increased infinitely in both brightness and number, gathering into an enormous white Light Orb that enveloped Anvis's entire body! After an unknown amount of time, Anvis slowly awoke, drenched in sweat and gasping for breath.

The ten portions of Dream Dust had burned away completely, and the aurora-like bands had vanished without a trace.

The Super Magic Crystal in the Magic Array had also exhausted all its mana, turning into a pile of transparent crystals without the slightest Mana Fluctuation.

By the faint moonlight outside the window, he looked once more at the clock in the corner of the room. Its silver hand now pointed to three twenty-nine.

"What the hell was that?!"

Stormy waves churned within his azure, ocean-like eyes. Anvis breathed heavily as he struggled to calm his Sea of Spirit, which had suffered an intense shock.

He dared swear that it was the most complex, profound, and worldview-shattering spell model he had ever seen across both his lives!

If the Illusory Light Ice Domain model he had previously constructed, which occupied most of his free mental power, was compared to the solar system—

Then that mist-like spell model was the Milky Way, containing hundreds of billions of star systems! He knew clearly that if he had not been in the state of first condensing his core, and if the precious Dream Dust he had completely consumed had not stabilized his Sea of Spirit—

Even that brief glimpse, and the information it conveyed, would have been enough to bring him catastrophic consequences.

At best, he would have remained unconscious for days, with his Sea of Spirit suffering devastating damage! At worst, his consciousness would have collapsed outright when his sanity failed to bear information that was too vast and too subversive of everything he knew! Anvis tried to recall what had happened. The structure and flaws of Illusory Light Ice Domain remained extremely clear, but as for the mist's exact structure, only a vague impression remained.

"It should be the effect of a self-protection mechanism. Makes sense... If my memory of the structure within that mist were still perfectly clear, I would probably have suffered a mental breakdown by now."

Anvis let out a heavy breath, gave up trying to recall that overwhelming knowledge, closed his eyes slightly, and focused on examining the changes within himself.

First was the expansion of his Sea of Spirit.

While he had been immersed in the state of Unity of Heaven and Man, his Sea of Spirit had begun expanding at high speed. By the time he finally broke free from that state, his mental power limit had expanded to more than three times its original amount.

The multiplier might not seem high, but Anvis's total mental power as an apprentice had already reached dozens of times that of an ordinary mage apprentice, even surpassing the vast majority of First Order Spellcasters! It was like comparing a cup to a water vat. Even if the capacity of a cup increased tenfold, the additional capacity would still not match a water vat doubling in size.

Perhaps one's mental power limit could not represent one's current strength, but it represented one's future potential.

After all, every increase in mental power gained from advancing a rank was multiplied by one's mental power base!

A higher limit meant a greater foundation for growth.

Second was the improvement in the quality of his mental power.

After successfully condensing his Mental Power Core, the quality of Anvis's mental power had undergone an earth-shaking transformation.

Magic that had required ten portions or even more mental power to cast at Zero Order could now be released with only one portion.

Most importantly, he could finally use his mental power to scan the surrounding environment over a large area.

At Zero Order, that mist-like mental power could only extend a short distance beyond his body no matter how much he possessed. Beyond that, it would dissipate directly.

And that was with Anvis's repeatedly purified, high-quality mental power. An ordinary Spellcaster apprentice could not even project their mental power outside their body.

Lastly, there were the changes to his spell models.

The structure of Illusory Light Ice Domain had changed significantly. Some of the flaws he had previously discovered had now been optimized into entirely new structures.

Moreover, the model itself had produced a subtle frequency, perfectly synchronized with the frequency of his Mental Power Core. This was also the greatest characteristic of an initial spell: it could maintain its own stability while occupying relatively little mental power.

The Mirror Image model had not changed at all, indicating that it had not been counted among the two initial spells.

This meant that the mass of mist had likewise become one of his initial spells! As for the mist's specific structural changes, Anvis could not make them out. But he could vaguely sense that it, too, had undergone some unknown mutation.

At this point, Anvis could no longer suppress his exhaustion. Nor did he try to. Yielding to his body's desire, he relaxed completely, lay down, and fell into the deepest sleep.

This time, even his mind rested.

Once they sensed that Anvis had truly fallen asleep this time, two concealed strands of mental power quietly withdrew from his room.

In the Study and Bedroom still lit within the castle, sighs of relief sounded at the same time.

In the star-filled night sky, Purple Moon Emis had already sunk halfway below the horizon, while silver Sevien had also begun to set.

The lights finally went out, and the ancient castle beneath the moonlight returned once more to the tranquility of past nights.

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