Lord: Sequence Master

Rosen placed the Holy Grail King Tarot Card into his sea of consciousness, allowing his injuries to heal bit by bit. He had considered using the Holy Grail King's true divine power to accelerate his recovery, but refining the Holy Grail King had already caused him significant harm. He didn't have the spare energy to fully control the divine power of the Holy Grail King, and if something unexpected happened during the process, he would likely face a dangerous backlash.

It took a full ten days for Rosen to fully recover from his injuries.

The moment he felt restored, he used his mind to enslave Shire and Mogaro. After a few days of effort, combining his Mind Curtain with Mind Control and the Seventh Sense's mind-reading, Rosen finally understood how Shire and Mogaro had come to their current state.

Through the Painter Sequence, Mogaro had drawn a counterfeit Tarot Card of the Fallen Holy Grail Queen, unable to steal Farah's Holy Grail Queen. Joining forces with Shire, he managed to find the Holy Grail King, which had been sealed in a ruin for thousands of years. However, a falling out between them quickly followed. Shire, who initiated a sneak attack, quickly gained the upper hand.

Desperate, Mogaro used the Holy Grail Queen he had drawn, combining it with the Holy Grail King to activate the King's Game. The exact details of what happened during the King's Game were veiled by a special power, rendering them unknowable. But when the game ended, Shire and Mogaro ended up as two souls trapped in one body, each hindering the other.

As for why Mogaro didn't go after Farah, it was because he feared activating the King's Game once more. Therefore, they had stayed clear of the Blue Whale Kingdom. With the upper hand of two souls in one body, Mogaro retreated to Rainbow City, where he used the Rainbow Aurora to suppress the curse that Shire had placed on him. In the end, Shire found him and killed him with Ten Directions Annihilation.

Though the secret of the King's Game had not been revealed, Rosen was now aware of the source of Mogaro's terrifying perception. The Holy Grail King had a hidden effect that could elevate the power of the Holy Grail Queen to Sequence 1. This effect had strengthened her intuitive divine power, upgrading it to Sequence 1.

In addition, Mogaro had used the Holy Sword of Kingship to establish rules and authority, amplifying his perception within his Void Gallery. His own painter skills further enhanced his sensory abilities, making his perception surpass even that of Sequence 0 Qinon Ture.

The rules he set with the Holy Sword of Kingship consumed faith continuously to maintain. It was clear that Mogaro valued perception highly, as it likely served as a defense against hidden dangers, threats lurking in the dark.

If Rosen had to guess, this was likely connected to the last King's Game. Unfortunately, Shire and Mogaro knew the memories related to the game but were unable to speak of them. All methods of reading memories had proven ineffective. However, Rosen could infer that the holders of the other Minor Arcana cards were probably extraordinary life forms of Sequence 1 or even Sequence 0. Without the inherent advantages of the Holy Grail King, Shire and Mogaro would never have suffered so much.

But then again, the Minor Arcana should contain four king cards: the King of Wands, the King of Cups, the King of Swords, and the King of Pentacles. Yet the King of Cups had attributes that clearly suggested it had control over all the Minor Arcana cards. This opened up the possibility that not all the king cards were miracles.

Due to its status as a miracle card, the Holy Grail King had surpassed the other three kings, whose original powers had been equal, and now overshadowed them.

...

In the Castle of Ashes, Farah stood at the castle gate, her eyes fixed on Rosen, her expression filled with expectation. But when she saw him shake his head, the hope in her eyes vanished completely.

"Love me, you are the only family I have," Farah whispered, closing her eyes as a tremor passed through her.

Rosen knew what she needed. He met her request, understanding that Farah needed to vent the resentment that had built up inside her over time.

After a few busy days, Rosen finally found the time to address the affairs of Rainbow City.

At this moment, Duke Hal had led his people in rebuilding a new city on the ruins. When Duke Hal saw Rosen arrive, he nearly cursed, but stopped himself when he remembered the strength of Sequence 2.

"The Inquisitor from the Intelligence Agency is looking for you," Duke Hal warned.

His tone was not out of concern, but because too many people were aware of the connection between his first heir and the mysterious man standing before him. With such a significant event unfolding, the Wilkins family couldn't avoid being linked to it, which would undoubtedly cause trouble in the future.

"Don't worry, everything will be back to normal soon," Rosen assured him.

He then called Tagis and instructed him to expand the divine territory. Afterward, Rosen manipulated the time seal within the divine territory, capturing the time fragments of Rainbow City to create a painting. Using the power of the painting, he spread it along the divine territory to the real Rainbow City, causing time to flow backward. The entire city returned to the state it had been in ten days ago.

All the destroyed buildings were restored to their original condition, and the dead were resurrected.

Duke Hal stood in stunned silence, realizing that Tagis's teacher had disappeared. What remained were hundreds of rainbow pearls, fused with rainbow aurora, and a supernatural book recording the inheritance of light and dark wizards. These treasures more than compensated for the losses the Wilkins family had suffered in recent days.

Upon returning to Paradise Island, Rosen's first priority was to invest resources into upgrading the Divine Realm, which had degraded to Sequence 9. Once the Divine Realm returned to Sequence 4, he could finally consider how to use the Ancient God's True Blood, which had been condensed from the Ten Directions Annihilation.

The last drop of Sequence 5 Ancient God's True Blood had created the miraculous eye technique known as the God-Hunting Magic Eyes.

Now, with the Sequence 4 quality, the potential of the Ancient God's True Blood was far better, but Rosen was still unsure of how best to use it.

After careful consideration, Rosen decided to use it as the finishing touch for his skill development.

This would be the key core ability for the Painter Sequence to master the power of creation. It was also the essential tool for the Painter Sequence to turn the fake into the real. In fact, divine power of creation was far stronger than the divine power of painting. The Painter Sequence had no way of competing with the four golden sequences and numerous branch sequences, so it was forced to take a step back and choose the divine power of painting.

But now, Rosen was eager to see the difference the Ancient God's True Blood would make as the final touch.

The Ancient God's True Blood, like a golden gem, brought earth-shattering changes to the finishing touch as soon as it merged with the extraordinary source.

[The Finishing Touch: Miraculous Painting Skills]

[Level: Sequence 4]

[Miracle Attribute: Master the True Divine Power, the Last Stroke of the Painting Will Give the Concept of Reality]

[Characteristics of Miracles: Historical Anchoring, False Belief Becomes True, Superfluous, Unique in Heaven and Earth, Eternal and Indestructible]

"It actually works..."

Though Rosen had known that the Ancient God's True Blood could change the underlying rules of the main world, he hadn't expected to be able to control the true divine power so easily.

The Painter Sequence was truly aligned with many theocratic powers, and its inclusiveness was profound.

With different divine powers as the core of the Painter Sequence, the future paths would inevitably differ.

The strongest power is undoubtedly the power of creation, but to be honest, while mastering part of the power of creation is not too difficult, mastering the complete power of creation and becoming a true God is nearly impossible. Therefore, if one wishes to become a true God, the power of creation can only serve as an auxiliary, with other powers as the core.

This is how the theocracy of painting was born, but the theocracy of painting is far inferior to the theocracy of creation. The essence of painting is copying, and at most, it can lead to the transformation of nature.

If one follows the painting theocracy route, they can become a true God, but they will never become the top true God. This is because, in the final analysis, the divine authority of painting is certainly not as powerful as the divine authority of fate or time and space.

Even when compared to the theocracy of hunting, the theocracy of painting is inferior. The Painter can defeat the Hunter in the same sequence, but not because the Painter is stronger. Strictly speaking, it is because the world government is strong. Golden sequences, such as artists, are only considered golden sequences because they have the civilizational fortune backed by the world government.

However, if the world government collapses one day, it is almost inevitable that the Hunter Sequence will surpass the Painter Sequence.

Rosen did not want to rely on the World Government, so he sought to forge his own unique path. His enhanced mental ability, based on the original human bloodline, aligned perfectly with the finishing touch, enabling him to not only master the power of creation but also to control the special power of making falsehoods come true. This was made possible by the true blood of the ancient gods, which allowed him to master the real power of the gods.

Moreover, the initial stage of mastering the true divine power had already reached the conceptual level.

Although both possessed a form of divine power, the divine power of Sequence 3 was certainly not the same as the divine power of Sequence 0. The divine authority held by Sequence 3 to Sequence 2 was essentially called basic divine authority or pseudo-divine authority.

Simply using divinity to control divine power could not unleash its true potential. It was like controlling a top engine but lacking enough fuel to fully unleash its power.

Only by condensing the divine nature and igniting the divine fire could one continuously transform faith into divine power, and then transform the divine power into divinity without limit. At this point, it would be like having nearly unlimited fuel, which could maximize the power of divine authority.

Then, from Sequence 1 to Sequence 0, the focus shifts. It is no longer just about controlling the laws of heaven and earth, but about making divine authority a part of oneself. This allows theocracy to be sublimated, enabling growth and transformation.

The basis for the sublimation of theocracy lies in first grasping the conceptual nature of the corresponding theocracy. Before Sequence 1, one only needed to use divine authority and understand that one plus one equals two. However, starting from Sequence 1, one must understand why one plus one equals two and prove that one plus one can not only equal two, but also three or five.

Of course, Rosen's current strength could not prove that true divine power could equal three or five. But he was able to come into contact with and study the conceptual nature of true theocracy in advance.

This was different from the perception of the concept of time mastered by the seventh sense. The seventh sense can only perceive the concept of time and gain a superficial understanding of it, with the help of a moment, but it cannot enter the research stage of the concept of theocracy.

Therefore, the skill of Finishing Touch allowed Rosen to access the core power of Sequence 1 from Sequence 4 onward.

It took Rosen several days to fully grasp the three miraculous characteristics that extended from the concept of truth.

Historical Anchoring now had a 100% success rate in capturing historical traces.The efficiency of converting false beliefs into real things had greatly improved.The Demon God Appearance now had a high probability of being promoted from Sequence 3 to Sequence 2 miracle paintings.

Now, the two paintings, Demon Appearance and Möbius Strip, had been hung in the Church of the Lord God and had become sacred objects of the Church of the Lord God.

Finally, there was the finishing touch, the only miracle feature that directly targeted the enemy.

Rosen conducted an experiment on some prisoners in the Void God Prison. He randomly selected a prisoner and drew a portrait of him, then modified the portrait by adding unnecessary details. Whether it was adding a few arms or dozens of eyes to the painting, all of them produced permanent and real changes on the prisoner.

In the next few months, countless prisoners in the Void Prison suffered a fate worse than death.

The heart of a Sequence 4 Mind Eater was the top-level enhancement material for drawing. However, very few Painters could use the heart of a Mind Eater to enhance their painting skills, because the heart of a Mind Eater was very difficult to obtain. The Mind Eater had to be captured alive to dig out the heart, and if the Mind Eater was given any chance to resist, it would destroy its own heart.

Moreover, the strength of the Mind Eaters was very weak, and very few could grow to Sequence 4.

Rosen first traded several Sequence 4 Mind Eaters from the Abyss through the Abyss Horn. Then, to make matters worse, he drew three hearts for the Mind Eater.

As long as two hearts were dug out and only one remained, the two hearts that had been dug out could slowly regenerate. To increase the regeneration speed, Rosen even frantically transformed the lower body of the Heart Eater into plant roots, which could directly absorb blood and flesh, turning them into nutrients for heart regeneration. In a sense, he created a whole new species by adding unnecessary details.

There were many similar operations, and all prisoners who could collect extraordinary materials could not escape the clutches of superfluous additions.

The only thing that made Rosen dissatisfied was probably that these extraordinary lives he had modified with unnecessary details were unable to reproduce.

Even so, the output of extraordinary materials in the Void Divine Prison had increased by dozens of times. Even the star fruit trees could not escape the clutches of the poisonous creatures in the end, and the original yield of 9 fruits per round increased to 18 fruits.

Finally, Rosen also discovered that the combination of finishing touches and other skills could extend special effects. The time-predictive painting could predict the past, present, and future, but when combined with the finishing touch, it could make limited changes to the past, present, and future.

For example, he drew a time-predictive painting of a leader who failed to be promoted to the sequence and died tragically. Then, by making the finishing touches, the citizen was successfully able to survive and successfully advance to the next level.

The finishing touch could also strengthen Amy's fantasy manifestation, thereby greatly reducing the cost of fantasy manifestation.

In short, all powers related to reality were strengthened by the true divine authority.

…

On this day, Rosen was painting as usual when he suddenly had an inspiration and drew a time-predictive painting.

The painting showed him holding a star emblem, with his death face appearing above the star emblem. Rosen immediately realized that someone was trying to harm him through the Star Emblem.

It was true that he hid in the chaotic sea as Richard Phoenix. With the help of the mysterious study, even Sequence 0 Chinon Touré could not find him, but the Star Emblem could locate his true position.

Of course, it was not so easy to locate his specific position using this method, as it required the help of the main body of the Star Emblem. Without the help of the Council of Nobles, it would be impossible to locate the target through the projection of the Star Emblem.

Rosen made the first guess and analysis, directing his suspicion toward the second personalities of Chinon and Daisy.

The solution to this problem was very simple. Just send the Star Emblem into the mysterious study to cut off the connection with the Star Emblem itself.

But knowing in advance that someone was plotting against him, Rosen realized that it would be a pity to escape. His first thought was whether he could use this opportunity to cheat someone.

He logged into the main god network and searched for a long time, eventually finding a place that was very suitable for cheating people.

The borders of the human world were almost all battlefields between humans and alien races. However, since the world government had not yet fallen into decline, the alien races would not be foolish enough to go to war with humans. Over the past 20,000 years, most of the wars had been local wars of limited scale.

For example, the Abyss Battlefield and the Totem Canyon, where Rosen was about to go.

A few days later, Rosen crossed most of the human world through data transmission and finally arrived at the Totem Canyon, the border between humans and orcs. The orcs were not a particularly powerful alien race. The entire race had only one true god, but the orcs had many totem gods.

Totem gods were not gods. Overall, they were stronger than Sequence 1 but weaker than Sequence 0. The difference was that there was no independent kingdom of God. The earthly kingdom of the totem god was actually the land where various orc tribes lived.

The Totem Canyon had once been a battlefield between humans and orcs. More than ten Totem Gods died here, and no less than five Sequence 1 humans were killed. In addition, the land occupied by the orcs was poor in resources, so continuing to fight would have been a complete loss-making business.

However, the orcs were very stubborn. Even though the World Government didn't want to fight anymore, the orcs still wanted to continue fighting.

In the end, there was no choice but for the True Gods of both sides to transform the Totem Canyon. The entire Totem Canyon was not one canyon but six canyons. Each canyon allowed one sequence level to participate in the battle. The lower limit of the six canyons was Sequence 9, and the upper limit was Sequence 3.

No matter how many casualties there were below Sequence 3, it would not hurt the foundation. Instead, it could have the effect of training the troops by eliminating the dross and retaining the essence.

As for the Totem Canyon of Sequence 3, it contained some of the disputed legacies of the fallen gods of both sides.

After 20,000 years, there was actually nothing good left in the Sequence 3 Totem Canyon.

So when Rosen arrived at Warrior City, the human settlement outside Totem Canyon, it didn't take much effort for him to obtain the Sequence 3 entry qualification to Totem Canyon. He then entered the Totem Canyon to wait for his chance.

Whether it was Chinon or Daisy's second personality, it was impossible for them to enter the Sequence 3 Totem Canyon in their true bodies. Otherwise, the True Gods of the orcs would definitely take the opportunity to attack.

They could send at most Sequence 3 into Totem Canyon, and Rosen was sure that as many of them as came would die.

However, as soon as he set foot in the Totem Canyon, Rosen discovered that a miracle treasure map he carried with him had been activated.

A miracle treasure map with a level as high as Sequence 2 meant that there were still Sequence 2 totem treasures in the Totem Canyon. Over the past 20,000 years, Sequence 3 humans and orcs had turned the Sequence 3 Totem Canyon upside down. Yet, an ownerless treasure of Sequence 2 was discovered by the Miracle Treasure Map. Such a secret treasure must contain good things.

Rosen thought about it and changed his mind, deciding to prioritize searching for the treasure pointed to by the Miracle Treasure Map.

Anyway, as long as he was in the Totem Canyon, those who wanted to harm him would meet him sooner or later.

There were a few heroic souls wandering in the Totem Canyon of Sequence 3. These were a special kind of spiritual life, transformed from the immortal souls of extraordinary believers in the kingdoms of both gods after their death. They guarded the ruins formed by the fragments of the kingdom of God, just as they had in life.

Under the guidance of the Miracle Treasure Map, Rosen avoided the heroic souls along the way and arrived at the ruins of the totem god's kingdom in just a few days.

There were countless collapsed stone buildings on the ground, and groups of werewolf heroes were wandering in the ruins.

(End of chapter)