Everyone present was far from ignorant of the occult.
The moment Iver said this, Encyclopedia immediately realized what he meant. "Charm removal?"
The Charm Removal Power of the Equilibrium Path was also known as the "Art of No Art."
It was the ability to disenchant other mysteries, strip them of their power, and "equalize" them. It was also the fundamental principle that allowed the Equilibrium Path to completely nullify the power of every other Path.
The "language" that had once been able to kill the Second Sun had now become merely a tool for communication and exchange. This popularization and weakening was precisely the Charm Removal Power of the Equilibrium Path!
Iver said softly, "The Third Sun is Constant Self and Constant Self's Child, Dawn Angel. He's a gentler, weaker sun than the Second Sun... Since the Second Sun could collapse into all the stars in the heavens after death, could that mean—the Second Sun possessed power even greater than that of an Angel, such as..."
Encyclopedia murmured, picking up his words. "A Pillar God?"
But merely saying those words aloud made everyone shudder.
"Killing a Pillar God with a mortal body... Is that really possible?"
Rogue found it hard to believe.
It is possible.
Iver was certain of it in his heart.
The evidence was Winged Angel.
After Winged Angel defeated the Sky Eating Beast Nibiru, he commissioned Hourglass to split him in two. One half entered the ownerless Fourth Source River and became the master of the Path of Wisdom.
But the other half of his original body, the part that became "Supreme Heaven," had not entered an ownerless Source River—for after that, there had been no more war over the position of Pillar God. Yet in the second painting of Iver's Promotion Ritual, he had "donned a