Ne'Zuk's Ascended Form

Thanks to the almost tireless research of all the scholars, at the end of the first month after the retreat was completed, Yuan Chen finally received some relatively good news.

Ne'Zuk's will completed its separation from the crystal.

This should have been good news, but now it's become somewhat good news because, thanks to the scholars' efforts, the demeanor of Ne'Zuk is completely different from the lofty and powerful Ascended people imagine...

More like, a madman.

Upon hearing this news, Yuan Chen had no doubts and quickly headed to the core area of Axiom Towers.

As the place where the Vidalion Loom were stored, this place can be said to be the very foundation of Ixialia.

For thousands of years, countless accomplished sages have come here to prove their theories, expounding their ideas and answering questions from scholars under the watchful eyes of many wise predecessors.

Only those who have completed the exposition of the principles, gained the recognition of scholars, and withstood the test of the truth of the world can become a Yuentar.

The moment you become Yuentar, you are no longer bound by some traditions...

Even your teacher can only be your peer.

The only one with whom one could communicate in a commanding manner was King Yuen.

In fact, this was not the first time Yuan Chen had visited the Secret Chamber containing the Vidalion Loom.

The battle suit Yuan Chen is wearing now has been reconstructed here.

The hard and tough Dragon Tooth, mixed with many precious materials, broke the original form of matter under the operation of the Vidalion Loom. In a way that even Yuan Chen himself could not understand, the original stable and hard form was transformed into a material that was as soft as cotton and linen, but still as tough as Dragon Tooth.

Now, inside the Secret Chamber of the Vidalion Loom, within that cylindrical space, the original Dark Descendant Crystal has been torn into countless threads by the Vidalion Loom.

Under the influence of these silken threads, Yuan Chen could clearly see a slumbering spirit floating in the empty room above.

"This is the consciousness of the ancestor Ne'Zuk."

King Yuen appeared extremely tired. Even with a large amount of secret medicine and restorative magic to aid him, King Yuen himself was already over sixty years old... which wasn't actually that old.

Having reached the level of a master, as long as one pays attention to health preservation, living to over a hundred years old is not difficult.

The problem is that all health preservation methods require minimizing physical exertion.

In this situation, they worked tirelessly through the night to complete the analysis of the Dark Descendant Crystal...

Putting everything else aside, at least the health preservation efforts of the past ten years or so have been wasted.

"Thanks to you for bringing back the Monolith Core, otherwise we would never have been able to complete the analysis so quickly."

King Yuen sat wearily in the chair, drowsy and seemingly about to faint at any moment, and said:

"The computing power brought by the Monolith Core has accelerated the parsing time by a quarter..."

But unfortunately, we may have failed.

"Because the consciousness of Ne'Zuk Nazuk was seemingly disrupted during the forced separation process, it was impossible for him to communicate effectively..."

"Where is Styraatu?"

Yuan Chen asked:

"Styraatu and Ne'Zuk are old acquaintances, though not close friends, but both belong to the Ancient Shuriman Empire. Does that mean they have no effect?"

"Yes, but with very little effect."

King Yuen shook his head and said:

"Upon seeing Lady Styraatu, Ne'Zuk Nezuk seemed to recall something, and his consciousness briefly stabilized. However, as the communication began, his consciousness once again became chaotic due to fluctuations in his thoughts."

Upon hearing King Yuen's words, Yuan Chen fell silent, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

In other words, it's not that communication is completely impossible, but rather that confusion arises during the process of consciousness being separated.

Thinking it over, Yuan Chen said:

"Can I try?"

"Of course, it just needs to be started up."

King Yuen nodded, then opened his hands, and with a geometric shape forming in his palms, he waved his hands in the air.

Moments later, not only the Vidalion Loom, but the entire Secret Chamber underwent a noticeable change.

If before it was a huge empty room, now it's more like a truly completely enclosed Secret Chamber, without even a door.

The circular stone platform that had originally surrounded the entire empty chamber had also disappeared. During this process, Yuan Chen could see that the scholars were not surprised. Clearly, this was not the first time King Yuen had performed a similar operation...

Just like Yuan Chen's Monolith's Protection.

As King Yuen, Qiyana's father also possessed a similar "Vidalion Mark" to operate the Vidalion Loom and even the entire material realm of Ixialia.

If they were enemies, wouldn't they be sliced and even disintegrated by the Vidalion Loom's material domain the moment they stepped into the Secret Chamber?

Thinking this, Yuan Chen withdrew his thoughts and turned his gaze to the crystal in front of him, and to the consciousness of Ne'Zuk above the crystal.

It looked like a blood-red liquid.

This is not the essence of Ne'Zuk's consciousness, but rather a material projection of Ne'Zuk's ideology by the Vidalion, to facilitate people's understanding of Ne'Zuk's current state, rather than simply relying on guesswork.

As it was activated, the red liquid that had been floating quietly in the air began to gradually wriggle and spread, eventually surging violently as if boiling.

In just a moment, Yuan Chen could clearly sense a restless ritual being injected into the red liquid within the Dark Descendant Crystal.

The red liquid, upon receiving Ne'Zuk's consciousness, formed a dark red, bird-like head.

The moment Yuan Chen saw the head, he began a mental exercise.

Previously, the Ascended of Kingdom of Shu were all hybrids of humans and beasts, while Shurima itself was inspired by Egyptian mythology.

This can be seen from Nasus's counterpart, the jackal god Anubis; Renekton's counterpart, the Renekton god Sobek; and even Styraatu's counterpart, the plague god Resheph with the head of a stag.

Styraatu is somewhat unique because the sacred animal of Anuket, the goddess of waterfalls, is also a gazelle.

However, the waterfall goddess is water, while Styraatu is skilled at manipulating fire and is Ascended was resurrected in the Zaun ditch filled with alchemical fumes and caused a huge disaster. Therefore, Yuan Chen believes that Resheph.

And the bird's head...

Although it's not entirely certain, the colors also don't match due to the corruption of Blood Magic.

But judging from its characteristics... is it a heron?