The Roaring Cauldron

Besides being useful as fuel and raw material, Lin Yun had also considered completely destroying the Sacred Jewel.

It could be said that only by truly destroying the Sacred Jewel could Silly Big Girl finally be free.

Otherwise, what had happened to Kikyo fifty years ago might become Silly Big Girl's fate.

So Lin Yun had to destroy the thing.

Before that, though, Lin Yun still felt it wasn't safe enough. After thinking it over, he first established a sanctuary of Nethys here, then placed the Nethys Altar inside it.

As for Consecrate and Desecrate, Lin Yun decided not to use them. After all, what Nethys valued most was "balance"—the duality of all things—and, as it happened, the Roaring Cauldron also required "balance."

It was worth explaining that the sanctuary Lin Yun brought forth this time was different from the ones he had created before. Those had leaned toward holy and good alignments, but the sanctuary he brought forth today, combined with the Nethys Altar, displayed an absolutely neutral alignment.

Within this domain, holiness would shift toward evil, and evil would shift toward holiness, but neither would shift completely.

After leaving behind a Wish and a Miracle as safeguards,

Lin Yun began... piling a whole bunch of effects onto himself, including his usual forging spells.

Most of these spells worked on Lin Yun even in his "soul state," so he simply cast them.

Only then did he cast Control Object.

After casting Control Object, Lin Yun felt strangely light, as if he'd inhaled something he shouldn't have. It all seemed easy.

At the same time... he could feel the powerful pull of both the Sacred Jewel and the sapphires.

Lin Yun narrowed his eyes slightly.

He had known this from the start.

But he believed he could handle it.

Because...