In many novels he has read, Abyss= is a common and widespread concept, which means that it extends to countless universes. Since the aura emitted by the creatures in this universe is so similar to Abyss, there is a high probability that there is some connection between them.
Or at least, there is a main Abyss universe whose influence has spread to Omniverse - just like Merlin, Solomon, and even Atlantis.
The question now is whether this is the result of Primordial Earth or some other reason.
After thinking for a moment, Ian decided not to think about it for the time being, because things at this level are simply not something he can interfere with right now.
He is just a little Sixth Tier ant. In such a world, he can be as arrogant as he likes, but he also has self-awareness. Although he has potential, it takes time to turn it into real strength.
Despite this, he was still somewhat interested in the Abyss dimensions of this universe and their connection with Witch Lords. So, he began to search for Witch Queen's thoughts, memories and soul.
She lived an extremely long time, so it took some time to browse her memories. However, Ian did find something.
That was her memory before she became Immortal and was just an ordinary human being.
One day, she discovered a dirty little puddle in a cave. Out of some unknown impulse - perhaps fate - she drank the water.
Subsequently, she went through an extremely painful mutation process and finally became what she is now.
"There is a hint of Abyss's breath mixed in that water," Ian analyzed. "Although this power is weak, it is extremely pure. This is why it can completely change the genetic code of a species."
"It seems that the source of magic in this world is probably Abyss energy. However, this energy was filtered or Fusion by the earth's Planetary Will, and thus mutated, forming the power used by witches today."
"It is more likely that the so-called six elements are also the product of this mutation."
After figuring this out, Ian stopped paying attention to the matter and turned to Chloe, who was sleeping soundly.
Her previous exercise had reached her limit and she was in deep sleep at the moment.
Ian stretched out a finger and pointed on her forehead. The next moment, he found himself in a white room, and Chloe was looking around blankly.
"Where is this? Am I not sleeping?"
"This is your dream," Ian's voice sounded.
"Dream? Are you dead too?" Chloe asked after seeing Ian.
"No. I entered your dream," Ian explained, "This is the first lesson I want to teach you: your talent. You are a Dreamwalker."
"It is the ability to enter other people's dreams when they are dreaming, and even control their dreams."
"This sounds... very evil," Chloe commented, "Isn't this just used to peek into other people's privacy or kill people in their dreams?"
"Power itself is not good or evil, the key lies in the user. You can use it to kill, you can use it to treat those who have suffered mental trauma, or like us now, use it to learn."
"Study?"
"That's right. The speed of time passing in dreams is different from that in the real world. Have you seen the movie <Inception>?"
Chloe nodded, that was one of her favorite movies.
"The principle is the same. In a dream, your thinking speed will Infinity speed up. An hour in reality may be a day, a week, or even a month here - it depends on the tolerance of the dreamer."
Hearing this, Chloe was shocked. If this was true, wouldn't she have countless times more time than others?
"This is how I want to train you. Your foundation is too poor, and learning step by step is too slow. Using dreams, we can do it quickly."
"Now, I'm going to teach you how to construct your mental world in your dreams. You can imagine it as a the Library, or the Mind Palace in <Sherlock>."
"You need to organize your memories, knowledge, and build defense mechanisms in this space. This is one of the most important skills of a wizard: Occlumency."
"Only by mastering this can you protect your brain from being read at will by people like me."
Chloe immediately became serious. She had just witnessed Ian's terrifying method of reading memories, and naturally she didn't want this to happen to her.
"Okay, let's get started. First, imagine a building..."
In the following time, Ian taught Chloe step by step in his dream.
In reality, it only lasted one night, but in the dream, Chloe spent a whole month.
When she woke up, although her body was rested, she felt extremely exhausted mentally. The feeling of dislocation that seemed to have lasted for a long time made her feel a little dazed.
"How do you feel?" Ian asked.
"It's incredible," Chloe said, rubbing his temples, "I feel like I really studied for a month."
"This is just the beginning. In order for you to meet the admission standards of the Empire as soon as possible, this training will continue for a long time."
"Empire's standards are very high?"
"Very high," Ian said nonsense seriously, "In the Empire, the students of "Honors Course" are usually geniuses. They have to complete high school or even college courses at the age of 8."
"Moreover, it only takes them a month to master knowledge that ordinary people can learn in several years."
Chloe was dumbfounded. "This... how is this possible?"
"Nothing is impossible. Aided by magic and technology, human potential is Infinity."
"If you don't want to be eliminated and you don't want to be a low-level cleaner after the Empire, you have to work hard."
In fact, Ian is not completely telling the truth. Honors Course of the Empire is indeed very intensive, requiring students to learn seven years of knowledge in one year, not one month.
Of course, he did increase the amount of courses arranged for Chloe by at least 10 times.
No matter what, he wanted to push her to her limit and see how much potential this Dreamwalker had.
Hearing these words, Chloe took a deep breath. From the few words Ian revealed, she could feel how fierce the competition was for the so-called Arcane Empire.
It is a place where there are as many "geniuses" as there are dogs.
After all, many people there have IQs over 200.
Therefore, she understands that only by relying on her unique talent can she gain a little advantage over those people. Now, she has the opportunity to be personally taught by the Empire's most powerful brain. How can she not seize this opportunity?
So, she made up her mind that no matter how devilish the training was, she would grit her teeth and persevere.