The Mystery Pryer pathway, also known as the Hermit pathway, was adjacent to the God of Steam and Machinery's Savant pathway.
Upon reaching Sequence 2, those of the Mystery Pryer pathway could begin transforming into information-based lifeforms. Even their very form of existence changed.
Although Xu Yue had come here practically naked, his own nature made him sufficiently interested in this pathway.
What was more, The Hidden Sage was far less low-key than it appeared.
Because...
It had already vanished...
The Hidden Sage, which had originally set its sights on Old Neil, had briefly revealed itself earlier, then disappeared while Xu Yue was speaking with Old Neil.
The residual chaotic information prevented Old Neil from noticing immediately, but Xu Yue had already sensed its departure.
It had not even tested him. It seemed that merely the trace aura leaking from the Clown potion had made The Hidden Sage retreat.
Its decisiveness was beyond expectation.
Although Sequence 3 of the Hermit pathway was Prophecy Master, and after Sequence 2 one became an information lifeform capable of forcefully making data-based prophecies through something akin to exhaustive calculation...
As a Dao Fruit, Xu Yue was immune to all unconventional methods of prophecy. Speak of him, and it would be wrong; think of him, and it would be false.
Then, Xu Yue came to a realization.
There was only one reason The Hidden Sage had retreated so quickly.
Most likely, when he had invaded the Original Creator's barrier and descended, it had used its unique information-stream methods to retrieve traces of his aura.
Those of other pathways could not precisely grasp his aura, as they would be misled by the Dao Fruit.
But The Hidden Sage was somewhat special. In its information-based state, it almost possessed records of all knowledge. As for Xu Yue,