Purification

Doehring Cowart was dead.

The battle had taken place just outside the back gate of the mansion Sha Ke had purchased.

When Lewin Andrew arrived at the main entrance of the mansion, the system prompted that he had entered the witnessing range.

His strength was growing, and the range of his witnessing was expanding accordingly.

Lewin completed the witnessing right outside the main gate of the mansion.

This stirred a strange memory within him.

Back in his previous life as a wage earner, whenever he was about to be late, he would open his attendance app from far away, attempting to clock in remotely.

"Witnessed the death of Doehring Cowart. Physical potential upgrade count +1."

"Lewin Andrew."

"Strength: Level 9 Warrior."

"Potential: Highgod with two fused profound mysteries."

"Physical Strength: Level 7 Warrior."

"Physical Potential: Midgod artifact."

Lewin's potential had been upgraded, reaching the level of a Highgod who had fused two profound mysteries.

Once one fully comprehended all the profound mysteries of a single law, they could become a Highgod, but these were merely ordinary Highgods; to become a powerhouse among Highgods, one had to fuse their profound mysteries.

After completing the witnessing, Lewin quietly left.

According to the system prompt, the next witnessing would occur in nine years, when Linley reunited with Delia in the imperial capital of the O'Brien Empire.

Delia was Linley's classmate at the Ernst Institute and hailed from the Ryan Clan, a top-tier noble family of the Yulan Empire. This reunion would also determine the path of Linley's heart.

"Nine years, that's fine. I'll just cultivate diligently in Hess City for these few years."

Since there was no witnessing mission, Lewin had no intention of following Linley.

Hess City was the frontline for the Holy Union's resistance against the magical beast tide. After obtaining the secret techniques of the Bo Lei Clan, Lewin needed the blood essence and Magical Crystal Cores of magical beasts to cultivate.

Hess City was the most convenient place to acquire magical beast blood essence and Magical Crystal Cores.

Lewin returned to his own mansion and settled into his cultivation.

Fifteen days later, chaos erupted in Hess City.

The magical beast faction launched an offensive toward the border of the Hess Kingdom. The two sides fought bitterly for three days, the situation becoming extremely dire. The Holy Union suffered three hundred thousand casualties and was ultimately forced to retreat a hundred miles.

With this retreat, the battlefield was now very close to Hess City.

Many people in the city chose to flee once again. Linley and Bebe also entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to cultivate; after that, he would head to the O'Brien Empire to begin his revenge against the Holy See.

In Hess City, hearts were filled with panic.

Inside Lewin's mansion, the servants were also deeply worried. They had assumed Lewin would choose to flee like everyone else, which would have allowed them to leave as well.

To their surprise, Lewin was obsessed with cultivation every day and showed no intention of leaving.

Facing the ever-approaching beast tide, some servants finally couldn't take it anymore and chose to sneak away.

Lewin knew, but he didn't intend to interfere.

If the servants left, he could just hire more. Familiar with the original story, he knew that the magical beasts would ultimately fail to conquer Hess City.

Lewin sat cross-legged in the center of the courtyard, feeling the warmth of the sunlight on his body, his mind constantly contemplating and gaining insights into the Laws of Light.

Suddenly, white light began to radiate from his body.

With him as the center, the white light slowly expanded. A flying insect that strayed into the light was instantly incinerated into ash.

As the white light dissipated, Lewin opened his eyes, which were bright and filled with immense excitement.

Just now, he had gained an entry-level understanding of another profound mystery of the Laws of Light.

For these past few days, he had been studying light-style magic, trying to find an entry point into the profound mysteries of the Laws of Light.

Finally, he found inspiration in the forbidden light spell, Light of World Purification.

"Since this profound mystery was comprehended from the Light of World Purification, I shall call it 'Purification'."

In the original Coiling Dragon novel, there was no detailed description of this profound mystery, so Lewin gave it a name himself.

Lewin now had entry-level understanding of both the "Light Element" and "Purification" profound mysteries, though, of course, he was still far from fully comprehending them.

By comparison, Lewin discovered that the power of the "Purification" profound mystery was far greater than that of the "Light Element" profound mystery.

"It seems this 'Purification' profound mystery is at least a mid-tier profound mystery, and very likely a high-tier one."

Lewin immediately decided to focus his cultivation on the 'Purification' profound mystery.

However, he did not abandon the "Light Element" profound mystery.

Lewin remembered that in the original story, after Linley became a Lowgod in the wind element, his earth-style profound mystery, "Pulse of the Earth," had also reached its final bottleneck, just one step away from becoming a Lowgod.

At that time, Linley had received guidance from the master of Tongluo Mountain, Bluefire.

Bluefire suggested he try to comprehend the "Earth Element" profound mystery, because elements were everywhere. The "Earth Element" profound mystery was the foundation of the Laws of the Earth; once the foundation was mastered, comprehending other profound mysteries would be much easier.

Liewen felt that since the Laws of Earth were like this, the Laws of Light should be similar.

The profound mystery of Light Element was very likely the foundation of the Laws of Light; his insights into the profound mystery of Light Element would certainly be helpful for comprehending the profound mystery of Purification.

In fact, this was indeed the case.

During his subsequent cultivation, whenever Liewen encountered difficulties while contemplating the profound mystery of Purification, he would switch to contemplating the profound mystery of Light Element, which often provided him with inspiration.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed.

During this month, the army of the Holy Union and the beast tide clashed once more.

The Holy Union army retreated again, falling back entirely to defend Hess City.

Nine out of ten houses in Hess City were empty, as most people had fled to the north.

In Liewen's mansion, the servants had all run away, leaving only him and Laina.

Laina was nearly one year old now, looking like a porcelain doll with fair skin tinged with a rosy glow, so tender that one couldn't help but want to take a bite.

Laina could already say a few simple words, calling out "Ge-ge" in a milky voice toward Liewen.

The strange pronunciation made the corners of Liewen's mouth rise uncontrollably.

Liewen's fingers moved slightly, and Light Element swirled around his fingertips, condensing into a white rattle.

His profound mystery of Light Element had made some progress, and he could now condense quite a few objects.

Liewen shook the rattle, making Laina giggle with laughter.

Laina reached out with both hands, wanting to take the rattle.

Liewen handed the rattle to Laina; under his control, the Light Element would not harm her.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Liewen sensed something.

He carried Laina out of the mansion and leaped onto the roof.

From the direction of the south gate, roars of magical beasts came incessantly.

"It seems the magical beasts intend to lay siege to the city," Liewen muttered to himself.

The Holy Union side had also long been standing by in full battle array.

The city walls were packed with soldiers clad in sturdy armor and wielding sharp weapons.

The Holy Knights Order of the Holy See and the powerful mage legions were all prepared for battle.

The siege began.

Earth-Walking Dragons, Velociraptors, Bloodthirsty Iron Bulls, Wind Wolves, Fire Lions—thousands of magical beasts from various tribes launched a fierce assault on Hess City.

On the city walls, the Holy Union side was not to be outdone. Hess City was only slightly smaller than Fenlai City and was one of the few major cities within the Holy Union; as long as Saint-level experts did not intervene, it was almost impossible to breach Hess City.

Relying on the high city walls, the mage legions completed their incantations.

Ice spears, earth spikes, and various other elemental spells rained down into the beast hordes.

The first wave of charging magical beasts fell, but the beasts behind them did not stop, continuing their charge.

A dark cloud descended toward Hess City; it was the Wyvern clan.

Wyverns were all level-eight magical beasts, with the strongest among them even reaching level nine.

Red Dragons, Green Dragons, and dragons of various elements unleashed dragon breath toward the city walls.

The warriors of the Holy Knights Order released their battle aura to block the dragon breath, protecting the mage legions.

The city walls could not stop the flying magical beasts, and many Wyverns flew over Hess City, beginning to wreak havoc within the city.

Streams of dragon breath destroyed countless buildings.

Liewen stood on the roof, watching a group of Fire Dragons flying toward him.