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Iris's botched experiment had created a beautiful coincidence!
If she had not happened to set up the Space-Time Array incorrectly, if she had not happened to make a mistake while activating the Energy Crystal, if the object she experimented on had not been the sturdy Book of Taboo, if the explosion had not opened a path to the space-time layer corresponding to that mysterious plane, or if it had gone off at any other moment—
If any one of those factors had been even slightly different, this beautiful coincidence would never have come to pass!
Even if the book had reached that plane, had it not been picked up by a little girl named Isabella, it would have lain buried in the dust until time wore it away.
All those coincidences had brought everything together!
Er Dongsheng had made the Book of Taboo from Crystals taken from the Devil Garment.
He had intended it as an honorary reward for Destroyers or humans he admired!
The book contained a faint trace of the Magic Network's rudimentary will. Its owner could gain special privileges when connected to the true Magic Network, such as access to secret knowledge or greater returns of Magic Network energy!
Every Book of Taboo was nearly indestructible, much like the Destruction Crystal on one's forehead!
Each of these special books could have only one owner. An ordinary person who obtained one could use only its peripheral functions, such as temporary protection!
Only the person who had signed the book could use its special function of connecting to the Magic Network!
Every Book of Taboo was effectively a simplified Magic Network terminal, capable of making