Chapter 679: The Epitome of Genius—Transcendent Entry into Saint Stage!

After receiving congratulations from the Witches and invitations from several Witches who wanted to discuss Time Sense, a lively atmosphere was created by the Witches.

Bai Yu, as a Transcendent Witch who hadn't been in the Main World for very long and was previously a relatively unknown prospective student, didn't know many Witches yet.

Witches liked to gather in groups.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, many Witches approached to offer congratulations with the intention of "making a new sister friend."

Even if they just mingled to become familiar, they could naturally address each other as sisters when they met again in the future.

“Oh, look who's here, A cute Lesser Witch.”

“It looks like we've come at the wrong time. I won't stay here and be a third wheel.”

“Is this Sister Bai Yu's little girlfriend? What a cute little one.”

“Here's my name card. We can exchange professional knowledge when you have time.”

Soon, some Witches keenly noticed my presence, and with a few others stirring up fun, everyone present was immediately categorized as third wheels.

However... every Witch who came here naturally had their own motives.

Since they mingled to become familiar, knew what had happened, and even heard some gossip, many Witches left feeling satisfied.

As for those who wanted to exchange ideas, they were naturally the minority.

There weren't many Body Cultivation Witches in the Witch Academy, and many Witches only witnessed the display of Time Sense that Bai Yu just showed.

So, leaving a contact method, becoming familiar, and forging a relationship was enough to achieve their goal.

Later, if there were any tea parties or gatherings, they could just add the new Witch to the invitation.

The current situation was too rushed.

Witches were very easygoing in this regard.

After all, this was the Main World, where they would constantly run into each other, unlike the Void where meeting once was difficult.

Hence, the Witches in the Main World were quite leisurely.

“Uh, Big Sis Bai, I hope I didn't interrupt you making friends...”

I asked softly, watching many Witches leave after offering their congratulations.

“It's fine, Little Han. There’s no need to think of making friends as so difficult or deliberate. If they are meant to be friends, they will eventually become true friends, and it won't be confined to this moment.”

Big Sis Bai stroked my head, speaking very affectionately.

“But Little Han, why did you come back so quickly? Did you return as soon as the college entrance examination outside ended?”

“Yeah, there's nothing fun outside.”

I shrugged and followed Big Sis Bai into her villa.

After entering, I consciously took an extra look at the wall that was originally shattered.

There was no crack whatsoever, only the Earth Vein had once recorded the state of their damage.

“Is Little Han very curious about the method I just demonstrated?”

Big Sis Bai, seeing my demeanor, understood what I was thinking and brought it up directly.

“Hmm... this... is this really Time Sense?”

I asked curiously.

This was practically time reversal!

But having Time Sense myself, I understood that there would never be such a thing as time reversal.

Even when I retrospect the Earth Vein Timeline, it was a "hallucination" constructed by the involvement of Earth Vein Information, but in reality... it was impossible for time to locally reverse.

“This is Time Sense, or rather, this is a technique derived from complete Time Sense. Little Han, you are right. Time Sense is built upon the foundation of Heart Sense, a form of control and application based on the level of understanding.”

I listened quietly as Big Sis Bai explained, without refuting.

Now it was Big Sis Bai's turn to teach me the knowledge I had not yet mastered.

“It's a bit abstract to put it this way.”

Big Sis Bai raised her hand while speaking, and a small fireball emerged.

“So, let's take this little fireball as an example. It's much more intuitive than demonstrating with our villa.”

“Hmm.”

“Watch carefully.”

As Big Sis Bai spoke, she controlled the fireball to explode with the minimum possible power.

The entire condensed fireball instantly dispersed into pure flame, emitting a dazzling light.

“This is the process of a small fireball's explosion. Now, using the technique from just now to reverse the past, can the residue and derivatives of the explosion return to an unexploded small fireball?”

Big Sis Bai asked this question rhetorically, but at this moment, the extinguished flame in the area where the fireball had exploded on her hand rekindled, and then, as if played in reverse, it condensed back into a Fireball!

Big Sis Bai answered the question with action.

“Did you understand?”

“This...”

I was shocked but also understood what this meant, but... I couldn't do it.

“Time Sense is this kind of ability. It is built upon the understanding of an object's essence, just like Heart Sense, and then it derives a controlling and dominating ability. It is not time reversal, but the retrospection or deduction of objects.”

Big Sis Bai held the Fireball in one hand, and with the other, she seemed to manipulate the strings of time.

The fireball and the leaping flames in her hand sometimes stopped, sometimes reversed, and sometimes displayed various explosive postures.

These postures were all possibilities that the small fireball might generate when exploding.

Big Sis Bai had already constructed the essence and operational framework of this Fireball through Heart Sense.

Making it explode in a certain way, at a certain time, or even condense after exploding... all of this was the retrospection and deduction of the Fireball's inherent structure.

However, interpreting this from an objective viewpoint, the macro-time of the Fireball itself was always the present, but the posture it displayed was entirely the posture of the "past" or the "future"!

“This... this kind of dominating ability over objects! How terrifying must the energy involvement be?!”

After understanding the general principle, I still said with some disbelief.

“If you relied purely on brute force and conventional thinking to change an object's posture, it would naturally be a futile and thankless effort, and you wouldn't be able to achieve the perfection I did. But this is an application technique derived from Time Sense. The technique is the leverage that connects consumption with the manifested effect. So, while it seems impossible and not worth the effort, it is easily done for me.”

Big Sis Bai continued to explain to me.

“I understand. It's like how I mastered the Magic Power Transmutation Technique. If I release a Fireball the size of a building, for others, this act is not worth the effort, but for me, the consumption is only a little bit of normal consumption, whereas others might need hundreds or even thousands of points. Is that right?”

I asked curiously.

“Hmm... that's roughly the idea in terms of understanding...”

Big Sis Bai said with a slight pause.

“Seeing that you didn't ask about the key point, but cared about these minor details, Little Han, you actually understood it a long time ago, didn't you?”

“I understand it... but there's a chasm between knowing and doing.”

I said with a bit of difficulty.

In truth, I understood all of this.

Even if Big Sis Bai didn't say it, having the Time Sense Prototype meant I had the foundation to understand, but... I couldn't do it.

I could understand the structure of a Fireball through Heart Sense, including the Five Senses Enhancement, but I couldn't use Time Sense to dominate it.

I finally understood why my Time Sense was still a Prototype.

It lacked the most crucial element, which was the foundation—the energy—to drive the "dominating" ability.

The permanent effect of the Grand Spellbooks was already the limit for supporting the direct display of the Domain's intrinsic effects.

It was simply impossible for it to "provide energy" to Time Sense, an ability that had no connection to the Grand Spellbooks.

“I understand, Little Han. I know your dilemma.”

Upon hearing my response, Big Sis Bai believed me.

She didn't doubt that I would lie to her.

After all, her ability to master Time Sense was closely related to Little Han.

She believed that if Little Han had the same Transcendent foundation as her, she could definitely do even better than her!

“Really? Big Sis Bai, you know?”

I looked at Big Sis Bai, somewhat surprised...

“Then, Big Sis Bai, don't tell me yet. Let me guess first. Is it because my Domain itself lacks energy?”

“Yes, it lacks energy. In fact... we were also shocked at how Little Han's Domain could be deployed without energy support, but after learning that your Domain is not purely a Spell Domain or a Body Cultivation Mental Realm Domain, we roughly figured out the reason.”

“Because of... the Grand Spellbooks, right?”

I asked.

Although this was my internal answer, no one had told me this after all.

“Yes. So, Little Han, your current state is truly a miracle!”

“A miracle? Isn't that an exaggeration?”

I said modestly.

“It's not an exaggeration. Think about the conditions of your current Domain. Which one isn't a miracle?”

“The Self-awakening of Body Cultivation set the foundation with the Sixth Sense, Heart Sense, before advancing to Transcendent, and you constructed the Mental Realm Domain based on this. Furthermore, the Mental Realm Domain is linked to two Grand Spellbooks. Grand Spellbooks are not easy to obtain. Even many Transcendent Witches don't have them, but Little Han, you have two already, and you're not even a Transcendent yet.”

“Finally, you didn't have enough energy to deploy the Domain, but you utilized the permanent effect of the Spatial Rift inside the Grand Spellbooks by fully mastering one Grand Spellbook, thereby deploying the Domain's effect... If that's not a miracle, what is?”

“Your kind of exception, the balance of this power alone, is enough for many papers, you know?”

Big Sis Bai said with a smile.

“Uh... when you put it that way, it does seem so?”

I scratched my head and said, “Uh... Big Sis Bai, let's not focus on praising this for now. Since you brought up the Domain and energy, I actually came here for that reason too.”

“Little Han, are you finally going to ask?”

Big Sis Bai couldn't help but smile when I guided the topic there.

“Hmm? Big Sis Bai, were you actually waiting for me to ask all along?”

“Not exactly. It's just that for the level Little Han can't reach yet, telling you in advance would only be a waste of energy. But that doesn't mean it can't be said, as long as Little Han asks.”

Big Sis Bai shook her head.

“Then I want to ask now. My Domain is just lacking energy, right? Lots and lots of energy!”

“Yes, Little Han, your Domain is simply lacking energy supply. It's a very straightforward yet also despairing condition.”

“Despairing?”

I was a little confused, wondering what kind of level was considered despairing.

“Hmm, but before talking about this, Little Han, you need to understand a concept.”

“What concept?”

“The concept of Level Classification.”

Big Sis Bai said.

“Level... Classification?”

I frowned and asked, “I heard Academy Head Mei say that the only level the Void recognizes is the Transcendent boundary, which divides non-Transcendent and Transcendent tiers.”

“Yes, Transcendent is indeed the only level division currently in the Void, but Little Han, don't you think the span of this tier is too large? Some lives spend their entire lives unable to touch the Transcendent tier.”

“So... Level Classification... does it mean artificial classification?”

I asked tentatively.

“Isn't that said to be meaningless?”

“Meaningless... how could it be? Artificially, it is indeed impossible to define the division of levels on a macro 'Transcendent' plane, but we can divide levels on the 'Energy Level' plane. This Energy Level classification refers to the quantity of energy. It doesn't represent combat power, but it can provide a reference description of a life's combat power. Energy Level classification is a compromise for Level Classification.”

“Oh, so it ignores combat power and classifies levels based on the abundance of energy, right? And the amount of energy, when dealing with ordinary-level individuals, is basically equivalent to the combat power level, which is why it's a compromise...”

I nodded, generally understanding.

“Yes. Actually, combat power classification can also be done, but it's too troublesome and cannot be widely popularized in the Void. The main reason is the inability to unify; the various races in the Void do not defer to each other.”

“After all, Little Han, you also understand that there are differences between different types of energy. Taking the Magic Power, Wizard Power, Holy Light Divine Power, and Element that are common in our Main World as examples, unifying them is simply too troublesome. Hence, we use the level of Energy Level to classify them.”

“Then, Big Sis Bai, can you tell me how to classify them? Since it can be popularized, it should be easy to distinguish, right?”

I asked curiously.

“Hmm. Let's use our Witch race's Magic Power Source as the unit of example. One Magic Power Source of a Witch represents one standard Energy Level Unit. And having 1 to 9 Magic Power Sources can be called an Entry-level Spell Apprentice.”

“Subsequently, starting from 10 Magic Power Sources is a Junior Spell Apprentice, increasing tenfold sequentially. After that are Intermediate and Senior Spell Apprentices. And one thousand Magic Power Sources is the threshold for a formal Sorcerer at the Entry-level, or you can call them a formal Spellcaster. Then, increasing tenfold again are Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Spellcasters. This is the Level Classification below Transcendent. The threshold for the highest level, Senior Spellcaster, is exactly ten million, and the upper limit is below one hundred million, unable to exceed one hundred million.”

“One hundred million!?”

Hearing this number, I was also surprised!

“It's less than one hundred million. A non-Transcendent life cannot exceed one hundred million. This is the limit that a non-Transcendent life can bear.”

Big Sis Bai corrected me.

“And one hundred million is the threshold for the Transcendent tier existence. The corresponding Energy Level is classified as... Saint Stage. Hence, 'Transcendent Entry into Saint Stage' is the phrase used to describe this tier. And a Transcendent who achieves Transcendent status with less than one hundred million Energy Level is merely Transcendent, not Transcendent Entry into Saint Stage.”

“Uh... so... what does this have to do with my Domain?”

I weakly raised my hand and asked.

“This brings us to the concept of the Saint Stage. It's a threshold, not just simply having one hundred million energy. In other words, without the corresponding method to advance to the Saint Stage, a life, even a Transcendent life, cannot exceed this Energy Level limit of one hundred million.”

“Then can I ask why?”

I asked again.

“Because the threshold of the Saint Stage is... shaping one's own Domain, and the most fundamental energy threshold required for the Domain to form is one hundred million standard units of Energy Level! One hundred million Energy Level is what it takes to satisfy a complete Domain's self-circulation.”

When Bai Yu said this... she couldn't help but think of herself.

She clearly understood that energy was not the key to advancing to the Saint Stage; realizing the Domain was the key to the advancement.

When she advanced to Transcendent, realized the Body Cultivation Heart Sense, and shaped her Mental Realm Domain, energy was simply not a problem.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to completely shape her Domain in such a short time.

And by relying on Academy Head Mei's letter of recommendation, she returned to the Main World so quickly.

If she hadn't shaped this Domain and advanced to the Saint Stage, the difficulty she would have faced, the obstacles, and the time delay in returning to the Main World would only have been greater!

But all of this was worth it.

And her favored Little Han was even more so.

Her Little Han had mastered the Domain Prototype before even advancing to Transcendent.

Then, Little Han could absolutely take a step to heaven when advancing to Transcendent—Transcendent Entry into Saint Stage!

The phrase "Transcendent Entry into Saint Stage" was the epitome of a genius!

Even she, who advanced to Transcendent first and shaped her Domain second, not achieving the single step of Transcendent Entry into Saint Stage, could be bestowed with the title of genius.

All of this speaks for itself!

But at this moment, I was already stunned by Big Sis Bai's words.

The only number echoing in my ears was... one hundred million!

Shaping a complete Domain actually required one hundred million Magic Power Sources!

Even if you packaged and sold me, I couldn't gather that much, could I?