LOM: Lord of Mysticism

"The origins of this drop of golden liquid." After reciting the divination statement seven times, Klein held onto the goatskin and the illusory golden liquid before leaning back in his seat.

He didn't know if he could divine with the item that was instantiated based purely on a feeling. All he could do was make bold assumptions and carefully seek confirmation.

In seconds, Klein's eyes darkened, turning from brown to black as he entered a state of Cogitation and "saw" the illusory yet blurry dream.

In the blurry world that looked in shambles, a golden, glaring sun suddenly appeared. A low grunt resounded across the void, and the pure and clean light lit everything up as gold and burning flames swept outwards.

Klein was instantly expelled from his dreamworld and flipped onto his side. His body seemed to become a huge bonfire that burned with a raging flame. At that moment, his mind was chaotic, and his thoughts were all over the place.

Rumble!

The mysterious space above the gray fog shook violently, the lofty palace gradually collapsed, and the ancient, mottled bronze table broke into pieces.

This continued for three seconds before the world above the gray fog returned to tranquility as though nothing had happened.

The gold flame on Klein gradually extinguished. He rolled around with his skin charred as he groaned in pain until he eventually regained his ability to think and supported himself on the armrest of the high chair, standing up with great difficulty.

He had never imagined that a mere divination would result in such consequences. He panted and lifted his head to survey his surroundings. In the world above the gray fog, which had never experienced any abnormality, it was simply an unprecedented level of damage.

What happened? Did my divination point towards some unfathomable existence? Klein calmed down slightly and let his burned flesh shed while he speculated. If I wasn't protected by this mysterious space above the gray fog, there might not even be ashes of me left behind...

Could that drop of gold liquid be the blood of a god? Did I see the Eternal Blazing Sun, or some powerful angel of His? No, that was the sun, so I think it was the former... Damn, did I just look directly at a god?

Klein felt more fear as he thought about that he had nearly died.

Those who know nothing fear nothing, but those who don't court death won't die... In the future, I can't just divine anything and everything.

If that were to happen once more, I don't know if this mysterious space could even shelter me from fatal damage... The existence from before, which was likely the Eternal Blazing Sun must have sensed the influence from the divination above the gray fog.

Klein's body had already returned to normal, no longer charred, but compared to before, he was dimmer and more incorporeal.

He commanded with his mind to restore the palace and the long table, returning everything to normal.

Klein sat down and leaned against the chair. "At least now I know the limit of the mysterious space, and I have a certain goal... Only powers approaching the angels of the gods seem to be able to influence the power of the area above the gray fog.

Sigh, I have to add another new rule to my Seer principle. 'Do not randomly divine things that involve a high-level entity.' Yes, I shouldn't hastily activate my Spirit Vision either because I might look directly at things that shouldn't be observed. In the outside world, I don't have the mysterious space to fend off most of the negative effects..."

After a while, Klein's expression changed because some knowledge was reverberating in his head.

In the short time he had spent with what appeared to be the Eternal Blazing Sun, Klein was constantly in his divination state, hence he instinctively divined certain matters and knowledge from the other party.

He quickly used a dream divination to recall and organize what he had gathered, picked up the manifasted black fountain pen, and wrote one by one:

"1. Do not look directly at God."

"2. Pure white angel."

"3. The technique of making a Flaring Sun Charm... a relatively high-level charm in the domain of the Sun whose potency can last a year before it deteriorates... There's no need for a ritual to pray to the Eternal Blazing Sun, but the procedure requires the Sealed Artifact 3-0782 to take the ritual's place to siphon power from the Mutated Sun Sacred Emblem..."

"4. Extremely hostile towards Lord of Storms and God of Knowledge and Wisdom."

"5. Bard potion formula:

Main ingredients: a Crystal Sunflower or an adult Flint Bird's tail feather or a Fire Bird's tail feather... A piece of Siren Rock or a Singing Sunflower...

Supplementary ingredients: a blade of Midsummer Grass, 5 drops of July Wine Juice, a blade of Elf Dark Leaf..."

"6. Light Suppliant potion formula:

Main ingredients: a piece of Brilliance Rock or powder of Dazzling Soul or... Blood of a Mirror Hedgehog or the Heart of a Magma Titan...

Supplementary ingredients: a Golden-edged Sunflower, three drops of Aconite Juice..."

"7. Priest of Light potion formula:

Information on main ingredients is missing.

Supplementary ingredients: 5 grams of Rosemary, 7 drops of fingered citron juices, Rock Water..." 

"8. Sequence 4, Unshadowed potion formula. Main ingredients could be the golden blood of God extracted from the Mutated Sun Sacred Emblem, and it could also be replaced with three adult Sun Divine Bird's tail feathers and a piece of Holy Brilliance Rock.

Information on supplementary ingredients is missing..."

After writing the above eight lines, Klein realized that he had gained way more than he imagined.

He was already satisfied with surviving his reckless divination earlier, but now he had received an unexpected "survival reward."

From the confidential information he received from the Nighthawks, he knew that the Sequence pathway that the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun held was called Sun, and its Sequence 9 was Bard. It would allow the Beyonder to imbue courage and strength for themselves and their allies through their singing—a "job" that brought about devotion and submission. Their slogan was "Let us praise the Sun!"

The corresponding Sequence 8 was Light Suppliant. They could cast spells and hold rituals from the Sun's domain, which were very effective against corpses and spirits.

The Sequence 7 was called Solar High Priest, which greatly enhanced the spells and rituals within its domain.

In other words, I have obtained the complete potion formulas of Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 in the Sun Sequence pathway. Unlike before, the potion formula even lists replacement items and ingredient names from different eras... As expected of formulas obtained directly from Eternal Blazing Sun through divination!

He had originally planned on seeing if The Hanged Man could solve the request of the young man from the City of Silver. After all, the Church of the Lord of Storms and the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun were the most ancient orthodox sects and had fought against each other for thousands of years, so it would only make sense for the two churches to have learned the initial Sequence of each other's pathways.

The Hanged Man might not have cared about the Sun pathway previously, but since he is very likely a Sequence 7 Seafarer, it would probably not be difficult for him to gather the information. However, now that I solved this issue myself, I don't need him. Miss Justice, Mr. Hanged Man, my Sun friend, your Fool nearly turned himself into a charred corpse...

Klein lowered his head and looked at the records on the goatskin before him and thought of another formula.

Would the Priest of Light be an ancient name of Solar High Priest? The confidential information of the Nighthawks never mentioned it, and my divination didn't pinpoint the Sequence number... Is it Sequence 6 or Sequence 5?

Sequence 4, Unshadowed... This is the first High-Sequence formula that I've obtained! It's such a pity that it lacks the supplementary ingredients. I wonder how I can fill in the blanks. I can't believe that drop of golden liquid is really the blood of a god. Sealed Artifact 3-0782 is probably far stronger than it seems. From what I can see, it's sufficient to become a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact.

It's likely that the Nighthawks from before only determined whether the item has any traits of the living, how much danger it would cause to nearby humans, how difficult it is to control the item's effects, and if it can be used against corpses and spirits. They had no way of discovering its unique origin.

As an official Nighthawk, I can't become the owner of Sealed Artifact 3-0782, but maybe I can find an opportunity to make a Flaring Sun Charm and siphon its power. Sigh. I certainly can't do it now. As a Nighthawk of the Evernight Goddess, I don't carry the ingredients of the Sun around with me.

He enveloped his body with spirituality before stimulating a descent. The crimson moonlight reflected in his eyes. Klein saw the sparse forest and the weeds before him, as well as the intact Sealed Artifact 3-0782 in his hands.