Chapter 1926 - 1925: Final Reward (Major - )

Hilary’s Bell can reset everything within its range, with a maximum rewind time of 12 hours.

Note that Hilary’s Bell is constantly entwined with the gaze of the Truth.

Note that the theft is not over.

Note that as you influence time, time also affects you.

Note that Hilary’s Bell is still haunted by the elves’ curse on thieves.

Note that the forest’s tendrils will spread to where the bell rings.

Note that once the bell starts ringing, it won’t end.]

He Ao quietly read the entire introduction and then scratched his head.

The ability of this bell is undoubtedly impressive, directly rewinding time.

Of course, although the introduction doesn’t mention it, this thing is likely ineffective against divine beings, and it’s uncertain whether it has any effect on powerful Usurper Gods.

From the system’s description and the level of the previous two items, the ability range of Hilary’s Bell should be above Angel level, possibly influencing some weak Usurper Gods.

Of course, this is because it’s just something created by a mortal race; if a divine being, like a good friend, used this ability personally, the effect might be incredibly powerful.

Based on the system’s item description, He Ao speculates that the mastermind behind stealing Hilary’s Bell is likely the Holy Master.

It fits the Holy Master’s sneaky, ’arranging’ style.

Initially, the Holy Master probably took a liking to the bell but was afraid of offending good friends, so specifically lured a Wizard to steal it.

Then He influenced this Wizard behind the scenes, allowing the Wizard to successfully steal the bell.

How could a foreign Wizard infiltrate the core territory of the elves like it was uninhabited and steal their treasured artifact?

The system says ’as if aided by the divine,’ it’s likely there truly was divine assistance.

Moreover, after stealing the bell, this Wizard naturally reached the border; if the elves were any slower, he might have just escaped.

He Ao estimates that the elves couldn’t catch anyone, so they again turned to their good friends, received their guidance, and caught the Wizard.

He Ao doesn’t know why good friends favor the elves, but from the previous system item introductions, the good friends’ favor has always been inexplicable.

During this process, the Holy Master probably secretly intervened; otherwise, with the Wizard dead, the bell would have been retrieved.

However, the elves ultimately didn’t retrieve the bell, which indicates the good friends likely intervened at that time too.

In the ’clash’ between the Holy Master and the good friends, the bell became lost.

He Ao doesn’t know how the system obtained it; such named and known items are unlikely to be fabricated out of thin air by the system.

From the system’s description, the Holy Master probably still hasn’t given up on the bell, ’the theft is not over.’

But here’s the issue, given the level of this bell, it’s likely ineffective against divine beings, so why is the Holy Master persistently searching for this bell?

Is He looking not for the bell itself but for a certain power contained within the bell? Or for the bell’s creation method?

Is the time rewind ability tempting Him?

Yet what does He need this time rewind ability for? Is it just sheer fascination with the ability, or is there some other use?

After all, stealing this bell, coveting the power inside it, would easily offend the good friends.

For someone like He Ao, who is accustomed to walking a tightrope, once it’s done, it’s done.

But judging from the Holy Master’s style, this is highly risky for Him.

Unless He believes the rewards far exceed the risks.

Sometimes, the system’s item descriptions often carry some hidden ’knowledge.’

And as he pondered, some new subtitles appeared in his field of view.

[Congratulations on triggering the effect of ’Immortal Song’]

[Please select one or more rewards for concept related fusion upgrades; if no selection is made, it will be considered a waiver of upgrade, returning to the reward selection interface.]

Resident Guest No. 3 has appeared.

However, the activation condition for ’Immortal Song’ is similar to ’Eternal Chant,’ requiring altering epochal feats in the dungeon; it is not reasonable if not triggered after this perfect side quest.

He Ao glanced at the three items,

[You have chosen to fuse and upgrade ’Witch’s Dance Shoes,’ ’Yellow Springs Jar,’ and ’Hilary’s Bell.’]

[Upgrading your rewards, please wait···]

[As the upgraded reward is the final reward, congratulations on triggering the achievement ’Under the Starlight’]

[Under the Starlight: When a player’s comprehensive evaluation exceeds 9.5 and they achieve dazzling feats in a dungeon, there is a chance of triggering, making it easier to trigger achievement effects during the final reward settlement, with possible re-triggering of certain achievements.]

[Congratulations on triggering the achievement ’Forbidden Land of God’]

[Forbidden Land of God: When a player conflicts with divine beings in a dungeon and gains a certain advantage, there is a chance of activating, introducing extraordinary items potentially effective against divine beings in the dungeon rewards.]

[Congratulations on triggering the effect of ’Starlight’]

[Starlight: When a player accomplishes grand feats worthy of being sung across the starry sky, there is a chance of activation, enhancing rewards with starry and divine attributes.]

These two achievements have already triggered effects once, this counts as a retrigger.

[Congratulations on triggering the achievement ’Legendary Player’]

[Legendary Player: When the comprehensive task evaluation reaches legend status, there is a chance of activating, upgrading the player’s final rewards.]

Legendary Player was triggered again; the effect of Under the Starlight is indeed impressive.

[Congratulations on triggering the achievement ’Guide’]

[Guide: When a player has a significant impact on civilization’s progress and history evolution in a dungeon, trigger to select an approximate direction for reward upgrade based on pre-upgrade reward attributes.]

[Please select the upgrade direction]

Guide, this is an achievement gained this time; generally, achievements gained in a dungeon are guaranteed to trigger.

But···

He Ao gazed at the subtitles before him, the subtitles unchanged.

How should this direction be chosen? No options are given; is it a guessing game?

Then, items for hunting divine beings?

No response.

Is it impractical choices can’t be selected?

Items that can immunize against divine powers?

No.

It seems direct targeting of divine beings isn’t realistic.

Can it cause some interference with divine power?

[Will you choose to upgrade with the direction of ’causing effective impact on divine power’?]

It can.

He Ao looked at the subtitle then shook his head, without confirming.

After brief contemplation, a new subtitle appeared in his vision.

[Will you choose to upgrade in the direction concerning ’related to subsequent promotion of Super Memory, Secret Wizard, Martial Arts Unity Realm’?]

It can!

He Ao just tried to see if he could directly lock in subsequent Talent Sequences but couldn’t, only choosing a rough direction.

Whether specific items will be generated depends on the situation.

It might even churn out items related only to a certain Talent Sequence.

[Upgrading your reward, please wait...]

[Congratulations, you’ve triggered the achievement ’Starry Sky Dancer’]

[Starry Sky Dancer: This is triggered when three or more Divine Beings are involved in a dungeon task. When a player’s reward is upgraded, a one-time stable concept can be implanted. When a reward item goes out of control, this concept can trigger and reset the item to a stable state.]

[Upgrading your reward, please wait...]

The Starry Sky Dancer has been triggered as well.

The system fell silent.

Looks like this upgrade will take some time again.

He Ao took a slight breath, looking at the storm of snow surrounding him.

He sensed the ’Dreamer’ Talent Sequences in his mind.

For some reason, he vaguely felt the power from the Main World supplemented him less, and the Dreamer Talent Sequences wrapped in Divine Sense was a bit unstable.

Perhaps he should take it out and place it in the Martial Arts World.

But even the Martial Arts World might not be able to contain this, lest it ends up mutating the whole Martial Arts World.

He Ao had seen the scene of a Dreamer’s remains transforming into a world.

Perhaps placing it in Biqing Sky is feasible, as Biqing Sky can uphold the Position of the Harmonization Realm, where He Ao can also use World Rules to constrain this thing.

As he pondered, He Ao lifted his gaze, glancing at the surrounding ice and snow.

His body rapidly became faint, preparing to enter Biqing Sky to give it a try.

A snowflake fluttered before him, then flickered, abruptly vanished, and instantly reappeared.

He Ao paused for a moment, then his originally fading body quickly solidified, as he stretched out his hand to catch that snowflake.

The snowflake melted in his palm, without any abnormalities, looking just like any ordinary snowflake.

He Ao slightly furrowed his brows, lifted his head, and looked at the sky around him.

The sky remained clear, with no scene of a huge Relic Planet descending from above.

He thought that the God of Machinery had come to attack so quickly again.

Was that just some kind of illusion from a moment ago?

At that moment, he vaguely felt a slight ’throb’, which originated from the Martial Arts World.

He carefully sensed it, this throb seemed to come from,

the Historical Contract?

The last time the Historical Contract moved was when he entered the Historical World and met Kela.

Is the Holy Master up to something again?

Does this guy ever rest, from the dungeon world to this place?

He Ao sensed the situation on the clone’s side.

However, he seemed to have not received any explicit intelligence indicating anomalies, the desert connection point over there was normal too.

He Ao withdrew his gaze.

And at that instant, he paused for a moment.

The surrounding cloud layer was unknowingly drawn away, and a vast gray pillar reached from the ground to the sky, piercing the heavens and standing upright in his field of view.

Then in the next instant, this towering pillar disappeared, and a snowstorm enveloped He Ao’s view.

He Ao raised his hand and rubbed his eyes.

In that moment, he connected to the Main World, with its assistance, his Divine Sense enveloped the entire planet.

Everything was as usual.

No changes, even the Holy Master’s stele remained shattered.

He scratched his head.

Could it be that he hasn’t slept well lately and is hallucinating?

Can an Angel have hallucinations? Isn’t that a prelude to madness?

As he pondered, the subtitles in his view slightly changed.

[Reward upgrade successful]

Whew—

He Ao exhaled a breath of relief, shifting his attention back to the subtitles in his field of view.

[Congratulations on obtaining: Well Shadow]

[Well Shadow:

Among the ancient wizards, there circulates a legend that at the deepest part of the universe, in places unrecorded by history, in nameless voids of nonexistence, there lies a mirror.

It is the reflection of Truth, the extension of the universe.

By casting one’s visage upon the mirror, one can obtain the answers to all questions in the universe.

Wizards flock to this mirror with fervor.

Generation after generation, even before history began, when the title of wizard had not yet existed, explorers died on the path seeking this mirror.

Until history was birthed in the cosmos, until civilizations rose and fell within the Star Sea.

An ancient wizard, along with his apprentices, gathered the achievements of predecessors, finding a path to the nameless void.

They entered that place of all emptiness, but ultimately could not return from it.

The apprentice left outside awaited his return in vain, then with his companions, ventured into that nameless place.

But ultimately, they too did not return.

Years later, a young archaeologist, guided by Truth, found the documents left by the ancient wizard, following their footsteps across the stars, finally reaching that nameless place.

No one knows what he encountered there, but thereafter he became one of the most renowned wizards in the universe.

Countless young wizards crossed the Star Sea seeking his tutelage, asking about the deep secrets of the universe, he never withheld, explained everything he knew, benefiting countless wizards with his teachings.

Although he never admitted it, rumors that he brought back that mirror from the nameless place spread throughout the universe.

More and more believe his knowledge stems from that mirror reflecting Truth.

Several civilizations crossing the Star River united, attempting to force him to hand over the mirror, but these civilizations’ fleets were all defeated by him.

Eventually more civilizations united, even merging their churches, in a bid to coerce the wizard into surrendering the mirror.

The war raged on for countless years, with numerous young wizards, indebted to the wizard’s kindness, joining the fray from across the Star Sea.

The initial warring civilizations were utterly destroyed midway through the war, their star rivers erased from the cosmos, but none cared anymore.

When the war ended, a massive void appeared at the center of the universe, with only remnants of several star systems remaining within, their civilizations long vanished.

Since then, the wizard vanished from the universe.

No one knows where he went, only bards continue recounting his story over and over.

But the tales circulated among wizards are richer than the bards’ stories.

Some wizards claim to have seen his silhouette on the path to the Netherworld.

Others say they received his aid in Hell’s lava.

Some claim to have been sheltered by him under the fury of the Eternal Light, escaping disaster.

His stories become increasingly complex and profound.

Some started calling him the Wizard of Wizards, and some speculate he has glimpsed the Divine Power.