The book read: Snow City is enshrouded in eternal silence and the peace of sleep.

This is the rule set by Bai Xue, and everyone lives under this rule, living day after day with no sense of the passage of time. The entire city is filled with slow death and a mesmerizing beauty.

But one day.

A man covered in scars arrived at the city gate.

His whole body was marked by the scars left by those treacherous divine spirits.

The Power of Sleep from Bai Xue lost its effect for the first time.

The man violently opened the city gate.

The traitors cheered his arrival in the streets.

The man grabbed Bai Xue by the hair, dragged Him out of the city gate, and pierced Bai Xue’s heart with a sharp sword, if Bai Xue even had a heart.

Afterwards.

The snow that slowly fell over the city year-round ceased to exist.

The traitors began a grand celebration, heralding their breaking of the deathly silence of Snow City. The serene and beautiful peace disappeared completely within the city.

Yet they did not know.

They abandoned the most fundamental beauty of life.

The man they admitted through the city gate brought not only freedom and celebration, but also pain, blood, war, and conquest.

If regret could kill, they would surely die of remorse.

The entire book was written in the ancient Kyrelian language.

Baiyu’s understanding of this language was not profound, just enough to comprehend it.

Many phrases, when translated, felt awkward.

However, the general meaning was thus.

Scars left by treacherous divine spirits all over his body?

Bai Xue was a bygone sound, and obviously, it was also another divine spirit that could kill Him.

Baiyu pondered silently in his heart.

A divine spirit associated with scars is obvious.

It means the Scar God directly killed Seven Coils and Bai Xue.

Truly fierce, simply a hitman of the Stone Origin God.

Baiyu scoffed inwardly, then turned his gaze toward other spoils of war.

Apart from this book, many Magic Elixirs were found in Oreid’s room.

Although these elixirs are all status-related, they are very effective and can directly enhance combat power during a battle.

As for why Oreid didn’t carry them, it might have been due to injuries from the backlash of a Sealing Object, making him wary of drinking those status-effect elixirs casually.

Baiyu took a deep breath.

There was much more content in the latter part of this book, but he couldn’t view it, as the pages were obscured by a layer of hazy white mist, making the specific content unclear.

Baiyu did not press the matter.

Things like this cannot be forced; he’s not presently qualified to see it, simply due to insufficient strength.

Besides the Magic Elixirs and the book.

Baiyu did not select other Magical Items; those things are of little use. If they were truly effective and had few side effects, Oreid wouldn’t have left them in the room.

Finally.

Baiyu took a deep breath.

With a thought, he instantly entered the Learned Space.

In this tranquil, deep space, the Tai Mai Ancient Tree was asleep in the center of the room, its attributes panel constantly shifting, while the taskbar displayed the Nightmare Task’s four bold crimson characters flashing continuously.

The space remained as eternally silent as before, without any change.

Baiyu took a deep breath, looking at the Bronze Cross he had casually thrown into the space earlier.

This Level Zero Sealing Object lay silently in the corner.

The dark aura covering it had long vanished, yet the cross lay quietly on the pitch-black floor without the slightest movement.

Such arrogance was completely absent in the real world!

Baiyu had only glanced at it briefly before, and his Spirituality felt an awful sting, as though someone were pricking with needles.

He slowly approached this Level Zero Sealing Object, placed it in his palm, and played with it.

The figure on this Bronze Cross had no facial features carved, no other body characteristics engraved, making it indeterminable if it was male or female.

The long side and short side of the cross were both entwined with thorns forged from steel.

Baiyu knew that this Level Zero Sealing Object had the characteristic of being "alive," with its own cognitive abilities, so he did not rashly touch those spikes, fearing they might pierce his fingers, causing blood to flow and be absorbed by the cross.

Such an action might lead to unknown changes.

"I know you can hear me, so we can communicate now. Otherwise, I’ll have to use some cumbersome methods to slowly figure out how to seal you,"

Baiyu said to the cross in his hand.

However.

The other party had no response, didn’t even move, seemingly not bothered to respond.

Baiyu was not in a hurry.

He smiled faintly, tossed the cross into a corner of the Learned Space, then with a thought, seamlessly returned to his body.

After a busy night.

He lay on his bed, starting to meditate to recover his Spirituality, then gradually fell asleep.

...

In a hazy dream.

Baiyu opened his eyes to find himself on the rooftop of his residence.

"Is this... a dream?"

Baiyu furrowed his brows, sensing something unusual.

The first thing that came to mind was the Level Zero Sealing Object causing trouble, but he quickly dismissed the thought. Even a Level Zero Sealing Object has rules to its powers.

When Oreid used it before, he only used an ability to liberate the body.

This was clearly a physical ability, enhancing the body’s strength.

But this dream was evidently different from that power type.

Moreover.

The Level Zero Sealing Object was still in the Learned Space, unable to exert such an ability through space to silently enter his dreams.

Baiyu looked around.

Finding everything was filled with deathly stillness and tranquility; in this dream realm, there seemed to be no living creatures except himself.

"Could it be the book’s influence?"

He recalled the book describing Bai Xue, who wielded authority over silence and slumber.

He jumped off the rooftop, landing steadily on the lawn outside the residence, with a real feeling like it wasn’t a dream but the real world.

Baiyu walked a few steps, quickly realizing this wasn’t his dream.

In dreams, most people are dazed, and their consciousness isn’t clear.

Yet now, Baiyu was very aware of his actions, unable to make wishes come true in the dream, having no control over this dream realm.

This is not his dream!

Baiyu was certain; he tried to gather Spirituality, attempting to wake from the dream, but to no avail.

He took a deep breath, slowly stepping out of the residence.

After taking a few steps down the street, he soon heard rustling ahead.

There was someone!

And not just one person!

Baiyu furrowed his brow, sidestepping into a nearby wall’s cover. Through a gap, he saw a group of people in white hooded robes, heads lowered, watching their feet, walking hurriedly by.