Chapter 1606: Chapter 1179: Summoning the Heart Sword Divine Being

Logically speaking, as beings that once stood at the peak of mages, illuminating the world for thousands of years like the sun, moon, and stars, the Divine Lords should be very familiar with the Mage’s Handbook. Yet, in fact, even the youngest Imaginary Music Master last read the Mage’s Handbook thousands of years ago.

The Divine Domain is the dividing line. Below the Divine Domain are the four levels of the Void Realm, where all mortals have the Mage’s Handbook. Above the Divine Domain is the Hell and Heaven, where the Void Realm no longer summarizes the life of mages.

For mortal mages, it is natural to have a Mage’s Handbook after death, but this common knowledge does not apply to those above demigods—most demigods do not have a Mage’s Handbook appear after death!

The Source Angel, perhaps because of this, would create a Mage’s Handbook summarizing the first half of a mage’s life for those who reached Ruby Mountain. Without the Source Angel’s intervention, many demigods would not leave any trace in the world upon dying.

Every demigod has studied the mechanism changes of the Mage’s Handbook but could never deduce the reason. The more accepted theory currently is that the Void Realm cancels the Mage’s Handbook to curb the growth of demigods.

The Mage’s Handbook is a shortcut for any mage, and by reading it, one can gain the knowledge and experience of predecessor mages. It is essentially the blessing of the Void Realm.

The Void Realm’s attitude towards mages is polarized. For mages below the Legendary level, the Void Realm allows and even encourages their growth. "Every test comes with a reward" enough to express the Void Realm’s attitude; but for mages above demigods, the Void Realm is bent on oppressing and targeting them in countless ways, making it difficult to descend onto the earth. Crossing death’s threshold became harder yearly, and only Divine Lords slightly have it better, aptly matching the Hell of demigods with the Heaven of Divine Lords.

At the root of it, perhaps it is because the Void Realm and mortal mages are in a symbiotic relationship. The growth of mortal mages perfects the Laws of the Void Realm, like probiotics; but the Void Realm and demigod mages are in a parasitic relationship. Demigods and Divine Lords madly plunder the Void Realm’s resources for themselves, becoming parasites.

"Mage’s Handbook," a resource that can accelerate growth, the Void Realm naturally will no longer provide to demigod mages. If demigods would have a Mage’s Handbook after death, the demigods in Hell would absolutely kill each other and devour each other, inevitably cultivating more Divine Lords of Heaven, further seizing the Void Realm’s resources. The Void Realm canceling this mechanism is like a natural regulation in the ecosystem.

But most demigods do not have a Mage’s Handbook after death, meaning conversely that a very few do have it. This isn’t a secret because as long as a demigod voluntarily walks into obliteration, naturally a demigod-level Mage’s Handbook will form.

It sounds like this parasite voluntarily commits suicide which greatly pleases the Void Realm, hence the Void Realm takes the initiative to organize the traces left by them in this world.

But the scenario where demigods voluntarily obliterate is exceedingly rare, after all, demigods are eternal beings, no one would want to die if they can live. Even among the Divine Lords, no one has seen a demigod-level Mage’s Handbook, and even in Hell, it’s a rare resource appearing once in a millennium, hardly ever disseminating.

Yet before the gaze of the three Divine Lords, Ash unexpectedly creates the Mage’s Handbook of the werewolf Vester out of thin air!

No, not exactly out of thin air, as one must come to the Magic Temple where Vester fell... but they have never heard of a method to convert the Magic Temple into a Mage’s Handbook! Not a single mention exists in ancient texts!

But the Divine Lords are very certain Ash did not use any Wonder. He seems instead to have triggered some already existing hidden mechanism, and thus the werewolf temple automatically converted into a Mage’s Handbook.

They certainly never heard of such a method, because this is a responsibility entrusted by the Drama Poet to the Final Observer until the end.

The song recited by the Mirror Demon earlier is the world’s initial sound "Nese," also called the "Song of Origin." Just by chanting this song in any Magic Temple, one can collect the traces left by demigods and create a corresponding Mage’s Handbook.

The Mirror Demon is not afraid of Divine Lords hearing the song; apart from The Gods of Four Pillars and their senses, no other can hear the initial sound. Holding the initial sound is why the Final Five can bury civilizations, close the world, nurture themselves with one realm’s resources, and compile Mage’s Handbooks to augment their wisdom!

But as for the Drama Poet, it just hopes that the Final Observer can continue recording actors who have appeared on the world stage, continue to appreciate one never-ending epic after another under the spotlight.

The Mirror Demon flips open the werewolf handbook with a single hand, Vester’s tumultuous life experiences instantly flooding into its mind, but for the Mirror Demon who once buried the world, ordinary demigod Mage’s Handbooks are simply unworthy trifles, not a bit interested in the werewolf’s past.

What it needs is the concept within the werewolf handbook.

A demigod’s Mage’s Handbook, having condensed the life essence of demigod mages for hundreds or thousands of years, has a high probability of giving birth to concepts. Werewolf Vester did not disappoint the Mirror Demon’s expectation, indeed a wolf-like concept was born within the Mage’s Handbook, only palm-sized, curling up and lying in the Mirror Demon’s palm.

The concept ’Wolf Fang.’

It’s just barely okay... The Mirror Demon ponders for a moment, starting to rearrange and recombine thousands of idle Technique Spirits within the Heavenly Kingdom of Souls, even including Ash’s most important Technique Spirit—the Heart Sword Technique Spirit!

Throughout this process, the three Divine Lords not only didn’t let up their attack but rather became increasingly frenzied. They can all see Ash specially came over to consolidate the Mage’s Handbook, surely having a way to reverse the dire situation!

Yet in mere seconds, the Mirror Demon constructs a stable technique out of two thousand forty-eight Technique Spirits... no, this is no longer a technique. It completes the Gathering Spirit of two thousand forty-eight Technique Spirits, extracting their magic faction elements, piecing them into a Divine Fragment!

This is virtual godhood, constructed within seconds by Mirror Demon, utilizing existing resources!

He let the little gray wolf dive into the virtual godhood, and the virtual godhood began resonance with the concept, 1%, 20%, 50%, 80%... finally stopping at 95%. Mirror Demon couldn’t do anything about it; he needed to use current resources and the werewolf concept to target summon another completely different divine being. Achieving a 95% resonance rate was already the limit.

If all mages who ever attempted the virtual godhood path knew Mirror Demon’s thoughts, they’d probably curse—usually a virtual godhood with a 25% resonance is excellent, 50% already has a high probability of summoning a divine being, 95% resonance is pure fantasy!

But for Mirror Demon, a 95% resonance meant he needed to wait for the final 5% fusion between the concept and the virtual godhood to summon a divine being.

During this interval, he realized that Death Mad hadn’t sung the "Song of Origin" to help Ash gather the Mage’s Handbook all along. On second thought, it seemed quite normal; compared to the endless wonders and resources, the Mage’s Handbook indeed wasn’t the highest priority.

Actually, reading the Demigod Mage’s Handbook carries some risk, as it directly infuses the life of the demigod into the reader’s mind. If the reader’s life experience isn’t substantial, even if their consciousness isn’t overwhelmed by the demigod’s life, their character can easily be tainted. The Final Observer group naturally didn’t have this issue, but currently Ash...

Is Death Mad refraining from creating the Mage’s Handbook out of efficiency or protection?

Mirror Demon’s gaze shifted, a complex smile curving his lips. At that moment, the little gray wolf finally fully merged into the virtual godhood, and a vortex of law emerged beside Mirror Demon; even in a world sealed by a magic storm, it could not extinguish its majestic presence!

This familiar scene and throbbing, the Divine Lords instantly recognized what Mirror Demon was doing. Every Divine Lord’s face was filled with disbelief, their previously maintained arrogant masks seemed to peel away, unable to imagine someone could, in such circumstances, use freshly acquired magic concepts to construct corresponding virtual godhood, and even summon a divine being!

But if one cannot create a miracle, how could they conquer the dire straits?

As the virtual godhood shattered with a roar, a graceful sacred figure leaped out from the Heavenly Kingdom of Souls, like an unsheathed blade shining coldly upon the world!

Its appearance was that of a six-year-old girl, clad in silver-white heavy armor, holding aloft a shining great sword taller than itself, with five tails resembling swords below its battle skirt, dignified and spirited, proactively guarding before Mirror Demon, raising its head ready to smash all enemies for its master!

But upon seeing the magic storm capable of annihilating the world and the three Divine Lords who could destroy heaven and earth walking forward, it immediately shrank back, turned around, and dove back into the Heavenly Kingdom of Souls, hugged its head, squatting in fear.

Mirror Demon was a bit surprised; he thought the summoned divine being would follow him, and the divine being’s appearance as female seemed to confirm this. But perhaps due to the soul body’s influence, a part of the divine being’s personality unexpectedly followed Ash. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"...Heart Sword Divine Being?" the All-Knowing Weaver suddenly asked.

"Yes, my luck is good. The Heart Sword Divine Being fell over two months ago, yet hasn’t been resummoned." Mirror Demon calmly stated, "Now, the Heart Sword Divine Being is mine."

But, but isn’t the Werewolf Handbook concept ’werewolf’? Even the All-Knowing Weaver was a bit confused; using an irrelevant werewolf concept to target summon the Heart Sword Divine Being?

However, she quickly stopped focusing on such trivialities, as Mirror Demon casually revealed an even more explosive truth:

"Now I finally have a divine being."

The All-Knowing Weaver, the Extreme Master of Blood Moon, and the Imaginary Music Master all paused, yet thinking carefully, they realized Ash really hadn’t exhibited any divine being’s power all along! He had always used the wonders of divine might, temporarily borrowing the power from Sword Maiden and Vishi’s divine being!

A vast absurdity filled their hearts: Ash actually has never had a divine being? They have actually not manage to defeat a demigod mage without a divine being!? What a joke!

In the next moment, they heard a joke that was entirely unfunny:

"Now that I have a divine being,"

Mirror Demon pulled the sword from the ground, the silver in his pupils growing deeper: "Then, it’s my turn next."

His lips curled into a proud, evil smile: "Before my turn ends, none of you can escape back to heaven."