I Refused To Be Reincarnated-Chapter 633: When Books Take Form

As they drew a silvery trail through the sky, Adam busied himself with the fire ravaging the western area of the palace.

Water jets splashed against the darkened wood, washing away the charred sulfuric scents and the green flames.

Fresh air began to filter again, but he couldn’t help but grumble in dissatisfaction at the sight of the empty armory.

"Hundreds of tier eight weapons, shields, and guardians gone... Sigh. This battle cost me a lot of resources."

Yet, he grinned and rolled his sleeves up as he dismantled the giant broadsword into drifting dust particles. "I got the void cultivation technique and still have the fields and gardens of high-grade herbs, without mentioning the soul essence and the puppet, so it doesn’t matter. And the most important room is the library!"

Now that he had inherited the blessed land, he instinctively knew its geography and resource placement like the back of his hand. Therefore, he bolted through the burned western section of the palace.

He passed before luxuriously decorated rooms, some sparkling gold, others filled with transparent silky curtains as thin as a cicada’s wings or ancient multi-colored carpets until he reached the eastern garden.

Like the armory, the library had its own building towering in the middle of lavender flower beds. The floral blend immediately soothed his mind as if he were breathing high-quality incense.

"Smart." He whistled, praising the late emperor’s clever arrangement to help focus as he pushed the wooden door. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

Forget about classic sect libraries, which were divided into floors according to the books’ realms, he only noticed two in the pavilion-like building.

Eager, he studied the forest of shelves reaching the ceiling, the books they supported akin to precious fruits in his sparkling eyes.

After scanning the first few, he understood that every cultivation, battle technique, and crafting manual was of the sun grade!

It was a treasure vault gathering the highest knowledge. No, it was much better. Everything here was ancient, ranging from a hundred to fifty thousand years back, with a few notable tomes written by this realm’s oldest sages and focusing on the philosophy behind formations.

How could he not shudder before all this knowledge?

"Alright, I yield. I’ll learn formations even if I didn’t plan to."

With a grin, he bolted upstairs, only for his eyes to almost pop out of their sockets.

Instead of shelves, neat piles of books reached for the ceiling in an intricate maze. A parchment hanging on the wall and covered in arrows described each section’s topic and realm.

But he understood the truth and almost fainted in delight. "This is where they threw the books they considered worthless... So many! Each is a treasure to any sect, especially those on the star and moon grades."

He scratched his head, then tucked his fingers around his chin. "Well, I can understand their lack of interest when the first floor already covers everything. This one is more like a collection. But who knows? I might find interesting theories or use them in the fusion pool."

Thinking about the fusion pool, his grimoire should be ready by now and he would need it to understand the older dialect and their nuances.

Without wasting a second, he closed his eyes. Once in his soul sea, he bolted through the vortex, then under the dream place’s red moon until he barged into the fusion pool.

A few disciples stood before the sparkling water, curiously observing the spheres of roiling water but also his radiant grimoire.

The lush cover, seemingly carved from the earth itself, the lifelike mountainous reliefs sparkling with metals, and the depiction of beasts, ghosts, and humanoids were beyond fascinating—almost enthralling.

"I know it’s against the rules, but... this book seems incredibly valuable." Someone muttered out of nowhere, his fingers itching toward the grimoire.

"Right?" Another approached, his arm trembling with curiosity. "We should check its properties at least."

Adam clicked his tongue. As if they would put it back after checking it. After all, more than anyone, he loved the four grimoires he had used as fusion material. This one promised to have incredible abilities, and no one would steal it from him!

He charged, his figure a white and blue blur as he snatched his grimoire. Then, he closed his eyes and reopened them in the library with a broad smirk.

The usual soul-binding notification appeared, yet he had never seen this item’s rank.

[Ego rank book detected. Soul binding available. Proceed? Yes/No]

’Ego? Does it mean it can talk or has a will?’ His fingers trembled on the cover, its texture making him feel as if he really touched beasts and mountains.

His heart drummed in his ears and he pressed yes.

[Ego rank book: The Verdant Tome of Gaia soul bound.]

The Verdant Tome of Gaia

Super Abilities:

Omniversal Understanding: Grants mastery over all forms of communication—spoken, written, or symbolic. The wielder gains the ability to commune with spirits, animals, and even inanimate objects, understanding their essence and purpose.

Living Tapestry: The Codex dynamically evolves, integrating knowledge from every creature, plant, mineral, and language it encounters. It becomes an endless reservoir of wisdom, growing with each interaction.

Creation Nexus: Merges the Grimoire Botanica’s plant mastery, the Beastaria’s anatomical insights, and Mineralia’s mineral manipulation to create lifeforms, ecosystems, or enchanted constructs. The wielder can design hybrid creatures or grow magical flora.

Primordial Resonance: The wielder gains unparalleled insight into the interconnectedness of the world’s creatures, flora, minerals, and languages. This profound understanding enables him to influence the balance of ecosystems and shape territories.

As his eyes enlarged in shock and delight, the grimoire emitted a blinding light in his hands.

Before he could understand what was happening, its form shifted until the supple texture of skin registered. Silky hair came to tickle his palm next before the light vanished.

He blinked a few times, his mind blank as he observed the miniature woman seated in his palm.

Draped in a white shirt adorned with a crimson bow tie and a neat dark skirt, she exuded an air of wisdom with her round glasses as she tucked a lock of green hair behind her ear and smiled at him.

"I’m delighted to finally interact with you, Adam." She rose to her feet, revealing four fairy wings as she raised her skirt slightly and curtsied with elegance.

But Adam only stared at her sparkling blue eyes blankly, utterly confused by what he was seeing. Not only did Luna create a new rank, but did she also create life from inanimate objects? "What the..."

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