Since Lynn had decided to stay in the mountain city for a while, he naturally wouldn't isolate himself too much and cut himself off from the outside world.
Coincidentally, his neighbor, Wizard Bod, served as a guide in the Council of Councillors and had many acquaintances among the Councillors of Morning Star.
Many of them are newcomers who have only broken through to the Morning Star level in recent years or even the last decade or so, similar to Lynn's situation.
So Lynn decided to hold a small party at the villa under the guise of "moving into a new home".
At the recommendation of Wizard Bod, there were as many as thirty or forty Morning Star Councilors who came to participate, including male and female witches, white and black witches, all kinds of people, making it quite lively.
These people were also within the 30-year newbie protection period, and with this opportunity, the group naturally gathered together to exchange recent hot topics and various news.
For example, the Nightmare Rift Valley incident, which is now shaking the entire Southern Region.
For example, they exchanged various profound insights about the Morning Star Wizard's cultivation and discussed their future paths.
After the dinner, everyone enjoyed themselves. Lynn also took the opportunity to become familiar with these Morning Star councilors, thus officially entering the "Morning Star circle".
Just three days after the celebration, Lynn unusually paused her "two-point" closed-door life, no longer going back and forth between the library and home.
On the surface, he said he planned to go to the lower part of the mountain city to relax, see the strange creatures from different civilizations, and broaden his horizons.
As he left the solemn tranquility of the upper town and stepped into the lower town, his view instantly became noisy and bustling.
The streets were teeming with people, including wizards in robes and strangely shaped otherworldly creatures. Everywhere, the sounds of vendors hawking their wares and the glow of energy created a vibrant, bustling scene.
Lynn spent a good half-day strolling around the downtown area, seemingly out for a relaxing walk, her pace leisurely and unhurried.
But then he began to wander around, shaking off any potential tails in a very natural way.
After repeatedly confirming that no one was following him, he quietly left the mountain city, transforming into a streak of light and disappearing into the sky.
Flying at the speed of the Morning Star Wizard, he traveled for most of the day until night fell and the moon hung high in the sky, finally stopping in a vast wilderness.
At this moment, he was extremely far from the mountain city, even separated by three countries.
"Being cautious never hurts..."
Lynn muttered to herself, not at all aware that she was being overly cautious.
He raised his hand, and a dazzling golden light appeared in his heart...
The dazzling golden light gradually faded, and a flawless scale made of pure gold slowly emerged.
The scales seemed to embody the highest laws of balance between heaven and earth, and every inch of their texture exuded holiness and majesty.
Lynn's mental energy gently touched the golden scales and sank into them.
In an instant, several familiar mental fluctuations emerged from the depths of the scales: the Spirit-Eyed Wizard, Beverly, Astrid, and others...
There are also several life marks bound to him by the power of the scales.
"Let's check on the situation with the Spirit Eye Wizard first..."
Lynn narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling the news from the banquet three days ago: "Several Morning Star councilors mentioned that things seem to have reached a stalemate in Nightmare Rift Valley..."
He remembered one of the wizards from the Seven Towers, one of the "Four Great Towers" of the White Wizarding Realm.
The other party comes from a powerful force, and the intelligence they possess is naturally far superior to that of a rogue cultivator like Lynn.
According to that person, the forces that the Wizarding Council has mobilized in the southern region are now being held back by the Meteorite Council...
This result completely exceeded everyone's expectations.
After all, it could be explained that the Meteor Council had taken advantage of the headquarters' unpreparedness to launch a surprise attack on Nightmare Rift Valley.
The Meteor Council is known for its decisive actions, and it is not impossible for them to gather their strength and break through the city in one fell swoop.
But now, the Southern Headquarters has fully realized the situation and mobilized the council's law enforcement wizards, the four great furnaces, the four great towers, and all the forces around the Nightmare Rift Valley, forming a massive legion capable of sweeping away any low-level civilization.
Such a massive army, both in size and quality, is terrifying...
Theoretically, it is entirely possible to sweep through a civilization plane with a level six being in charge.
However, they were unable to break through the Nightmare Rift.
This in itself is extremely abnormal.
That's why Lynn resolutely left the city three days after the banquet, trying to contact the Spirit Eye Wizard in person to find out what had happened inside.
"Sizzle... sizzle..."
As he used his mental power to penetrate the golden scales and establish a connection with the Spirit Eye Wizard, a discordant sense of sluggishness suddenly appeared.
The connection is disrupted, like a stretched-out time, or like the golden scales being interfered with by some force.
Unlike before, things didn't go as smoothly and easily; I couldn't control the person I was connected to as freely as I used to.
A strange unease quietly crept into Lynn's heart...
Fortunately, the strange delay did not last long.
A moment later, Lynn finally managed to connect with the Spirit Eye Wizard's mental vision.
Through the pale, merciless eyes of the Spirit-Eyed Wizard, a deep and dark scene slowly unfolded before him.
Nightmare Rift Valley.
This rift valley is like a wound torn open in the earth, stretching from the sky into the abyss, with a depth of more than a thousand miles.
It stretches endlessly horizontally, occupying one-seventh of the dividing line between black and white wizards in the southern region of the wizarding world, like a death chasm that runs across the continent.
Despite the vastness of the Nightmare Rift, the cities within it are far less densely packed than one might imagine.
Apart from the core cities such as the Mechanical City and the Elemental City, which are personally ruled by His Majesty the Radiant Moon, there are only a few dozen other neutral cities or faction strongholds.
The total number is less than one hundred.
Most of these cities are hidden deep in the rift valleys, shining brightly in the inky abyss, like isolated lighthouses on a dark sea, both small and distinct.
Of course, that was the "former" nightmare, the Great Rift Valley.
Since Her Majesty the Moon departed, the strongest guardian of this region has vanished, leaving the Rift Valley empty.
The Meteor Council seized the opportunity to enter, sweeping in and occupying the area like a tidal wave. From that moment on, the landscape of the Great Rift Valley was completely overturned.
Today, the Nightmare Rift has become a haven for radical rebels of the Meteor Council, with the flags of its new masters flying high in the abyss.
Those nearly one hundred cities naturally became the new residences of the Meteor Council wizards.
These wizards were stratified according to their status and power:
Formal wizards, such as first- to third-level archmages, were mostly assigned to neutral cities from the old era.
Those who have made significant contributions, the elite forces of the Meteor Council, and the Morning Star Wizards are permitted entry into the true core city:
The pinnacle cities, such as the City of Machines and the City of Elements, were personally created by His Majesty the Moon.
At this moment, the Spirit-Eyed Wizard, who was spiritually connected to Lynn, was naturally included in the elite ranks of the Meteor Council as a powerful being at the Morning Star level.
And where he is now is one of the core cities deep in the Nightmare Rift: the Mechanical City.
The Spirit-Eyed Wizard stood on the metal deck at the very top of the Mechanical City.
Beneath my feet lies an endless black abyss; ahead lies an impenetrable darkness and silence.
The howling wind whipped up the hem of his black wizard's robe, making it flutter loudly.
But there shouldn't be any wind here.
"The Mechanical City is located at the deepest part of the Nightmare Rift Valley, more than a thousand miles away from the land above... Logically speaking, how could these gales suddenly appear on the uppermost deck?"
The Spirit-Eyed Wizard's gaze passed over the edge of the deck, fixed on the dark abyss.
"And... the darkness is deeper than when I first arrived... more evil... more like... something is being conceived."
The feeling was like some indescribable creature breathing slowly in the abyss, with darkness rising and falling with it.
These sudden gusts of demonic wind were the pulse of those "things".
One more step forward, and the Spirit-Eyed Wizard will step off the metal deck and plunge into the endless night.
At that very moment, a glimmer of golden light flashed and disappeared deep within the Spirit-Eyed Wizard's pale eyes.
Lynn's mental power traversed the distance from within the scales and instantly took control of the body.
The moment consciousness took over, a flood of information poured into Lynn's mind like a burst dam:
The Meteor Council's surprise attack plan; the Spirit Eye Wizards participating in the siege as Morning Star forces; there was almost no "great war" in the midst of the great war.
The original defenses of several core cities were as flimsy as paper, and were breached single-handedly by Sel, the newly appointed leader of the Meteor Council.
The resistance from the other wizards was merely nominal.
In a short period of time, the main force of the Meteor Council suffered almost no losses and completely occupied the entire Nightmare Rift.
Sel then issued simple and ruthless orders: take complete control of the Great Rift Valley and solidify the front line.
In the beginning, the Spirit-Eyed Wizard showed no unusual behavior.
His mind was completely suppressed by Lynn's power of balance, and he could only act according to the "Spirit Eye Wizard Personality" he was set to, so naturally he would not have any extra thoughts.
However, with Lynn far away in the mountain city, he did not use the power of the scales for a long time.
That spirit, suppressed to its limit, like a bent spring, began to slowly rebound in the gaps when no one was watching.
Although they cannot truly break free from control, they can regain a brief and weak sense of autonomy in a short period of time.
For example, just now, the Spirit-Eyed Wizard quietly stepped onto the deck alone, gazing at the inexplicable demonic wind and the abyss-like darkness.
Logically speaking, according to Lynn's orders, he should be staying obediently in the cabin at this moment, cultivating in seclusion, and it is absolutely impossible for him to go out on his own initiative at this time.
As Lynn continued reading through the memories of the Spirit-Eyed Wizard, he finally noticed something amiss.
"Hmm? Is there a problem with the balance?"
"No...it's not that the scales are unstable; they're as precise as ever. If I wanted, I could even kill the Spirit-Eyed Wizard right now..."
"The real problem lies with me..."
Deep within my memory, fragments of thoughts surged through me.
"I was only a level three archmage back then, so the spiritual power I left in this body was already limited..."
"If the balance is only manipulated periodically, there will naturally be no problems..."
"But after the turmoil in the Nightmare Rift Valley, I went to the City of Mountains, and during that time I had no chance to continue suppressing him..."
"What's even more troublesome is that the Nightmare Rift seems to have been protected by some kind of extremely powerful isolation array, which is even interfering with and delaying the control of the scales..."
"With this back and forth, my remaining spiritual energy loosened, causing signs of the Spirit-Eyed Wizard's original consciousness to revive..."
Lynn quickly figured out the root of the problem.
Now, the Spirit Eye Wizard is able to regain consciousness for a few minutes each day.
If left to develop unchecked, perhaps in a year or two, he will be able to completely break free from Lynn's orders and become a truly independent consciousness.
"Hmph. Back then, when I was a level three archmage, the orders I issued were indeed somewhat unstable... But now? I am a Morning Star Wizard."
"Spirit-Eyed Wizard, you still think about reviving? Still want to jump around? What wishful thinking!"
In a place infinitely far away from the Nightmare Rift Valley, Lynn slowly raised a cold smile.
Within the dazzling spiritual realm, the Morning Star spiritual tide, carrying the power of rules, surged forth and poured into the golden scales.
With the help of the scales, his mental power easily traversed countless distances and appeared in the mental world of the Spirit-Eyed Wizard.
In the next instant, one mental imprint after another fell, like stars falling from the night sky, densely packed, completely sealing off and suppressing the Spirit Eye Wizard's remaining independent consciousness.
Even if Lynn ignores him from this day forward, these marks alone are enough to suppress the Spirit-Eyed Wizard for at least a hundred years!
After resolving the issue of the Spirit Eye Wizard line, Lynn once again sank into that chaotic and fragmented sea of memories.
As he read on, his brow furrowed involuntarily.
Because in these memories, he discovered many extremely strange places, far more than just the increasingly bizarre darkness and the sudden appearance of evil winds that the Spirit-Eyed Wizard himself had noticed.
The sluggishness and stagnation he experienced when he tried to use the scales to interfere with the Spirit Eye Wizard and enter that dark place was already seriously abnormal.
It was a sensation as if there were a giant screen separating them, an invisible force blocking their view, which sent a chill through Lynn's heart that he had never felt before.
"What lies hidden beneath the endless darkness of the Nightmare Rift?"
Lynn narrowed his eyes, pulling his consciousness back to the part of the Spirit-Eyed Wizard's memory about that "war".
At that time, the Meteor Council launched a massive attack on Nightmare Rift Valley, which should have been an earth-shattering battle that shook the entire valley.
After all, although His Majesty the Radiant Moon in the Nightmare Rift is no longer there, there are still several Level 6 Morning Star Wizards guarding the core cities he personally established.
After reading "The Wizarding Realms: A Comprehensive Guide," Lynn gained a very clear understanding of the "Sixth-Level Morning Star Wizard" level:
That was no longer life in the mundane sense, but a being equivalent to a true god on earth, a magnificent existence comparable to celestial bodies in the universe.
However……
This group of powerful individuals was completely swept away and their entire rift valley conquered by the Meteor Council in less than half an hour?!
This is so horrifying it's almost unbelievable.
Take Hercules as an example; it's a being at the peak of the sixth-level Morning Star, almost stepping into the threshold of the Radiant Moon.
Even if he were to personally go to the battlefield, it would be absolutely impossible for him to eliminate so many powerful opponents of the same level within half an hour and take over the entire Nightmare Rift Valley in one fell swoop, while ignoring a large number of city defense formations.
unless……
Unless the Meteor Council possesses power sufficient to overwhelm a level six Morning Star Wizard.
There is only one explanation.
"The Meteor Council... possesses combat power at the level of the Radiant Moon."
"Otherwise, they would never have been able to conquer the entire Nightmare Rift so easily."
Based on the Spirit-Eyed Wizard's memories and his own judgment, Lynn arrived at this almost definitive conclusion. (End of Chapter)
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