Mage Manual

Dong!

The heartbeat that was close at hand awakened Ash’s deranged mind. He looked up and saw the Supreme of Magic dressed in a galaxy gown, treading on streaming light, with stardust draping her shoulders. Though many days had passed without seeing her, she remained cold and heartless, devoid of any hostility. Ash could not sense a trace of emotion from her eyes, as if she were merely a divine vessel.

She paid no attention to Ash, turning to walk to the other side of the star sea. Ash glanced at Dazzling Star’s bare feet and saw that beneath her lay a star river path, reaching further and deeper into the star sea than the colorful path he treaded.

Indeed, because she treaded further, Void Realm’s seventh layer remained a vast star sea. If Ash had ventured further, the colorful path would have assimilated the star sea, evolving new imagery.

Both the colorful path and the star river path were embodiments of their magical knowledge. Originally, the seventh layer of Void Realm was a blank canvas upon which the Supreme of Magic painted. It appeared somewhat similar to Fantasy Hell but differed in that once the Supreme of Magic began to sketch in Void Realm’s seventh layer, reality itself also came under her control.

This was why Dazzling Star could control the reality universe, bringing the entire world under the starry sky.

Her further journey benefited not only herself but also caused the Star Magic Faction to rise to unprecedented strength. If the Sword Technique Faction and other factions gained a 1% enhancement because of Ash, then due to Dazzling Star, Star Magic increased by at least 5%. This was not only because Dazzling Star’s penetration into Void Realm’s seventh layer was deeper but also because of her sole focus on Star Magic, unlike Ash, who scattered his attention over multiple magical disciplines.

This once-neglected Magic Faction—Star Magic—would henceforth become the most brilliant gem in the crown of magic, and the era of Star Magic would be as enduring as the starry sky.

However, such matters were trivial for both Ash and Dazzling Star. Upon entering Void Realm’s seventh layer, their ultimate goal became fixed:

To capture the heartbeat of the Void Realm!

It was an almost self-evident truth—as long as they captured the heartbeat of the Void Realm, they could fully dominate it, control all truths, rule all magic, and reach the eight-winged rank that transcends everything!

Replacing Heaven’s mind with their own, altering fate with their intention!

From then on, there would no longer be a King sitting on the Heavenly Throne, only Heaven!

I am the Void Realm, I am fate, I am the destination of all things, the source of magic!

Ash finally understood why Dazzling Star wasn’t in a hurry to eliminate him—compared to the Master of Void Realm, the Supreme Holy Grail was insignificant, at best a ticket to enter Void Realm’s seventh layer. Rather than waste time pursuing Ash, it was better to get as close as possible to the Void Realm’s heartbeat.

Yet...

Glancing at their paths, whether colorful or star river, Ash found them despairingly distant from the Void Realm’s heartbeat.

It was no surprise that Dazzling Star’s path was farther than his, though Ash in the ultimate battle had merged with Death Mad’s four members, perfectly borrowing their magical realms. But ultimately, the borrowed knowledge was never his, akin to words on paper that do not belong to the paper.

However, the written words would leave marks behind. Both Ash and Sonia were like this; they received substantial gifts from Death Mad, yet it required a long time and practice to fully make them their own.

Ash estimated that Sonia’s Sword Technique Faction barely reached the Divine Lord Domain, while his factions—swordsmanship, fist claw, time, truth, soul, prophecy—all reached the Divine Lord Domain.

Dazzling Star’s Star Magic Realm, however, was undoubtedly at the Supreme Rank. She had likely transcended the Divine Lord boundary years ago, only the world didn’t support her upgrade. Probably Blood Moon and All-Knowing’s Divine Lords also mastered Supreme Magic, but without a Supreme Holy Grail, they couldn’t upgrade even if their experience points were maxed.

Thinking about it, Blood Moon’s refusal to die was quite understandable—they differed from Dazzling Star merely by a Supreme Holy Grail. Furthermore, dismissing Dazzling Star, even Ash could become Supreme of Magic. To them, this was like seeing a fertilizer sitting on the throne. How could they willingly accept it?

Yet even Dazzling Star, who exhausts the limits of magic as a Supreme Mage, her path has also come to an abrupt halt, completing only a thousandth of the journey to the Void Realm’s heartbeat.

Ash found it hard to imagine how he could extend the colorful path a thousandfold more than Dazzling Star’s. Even if he thoroughly absorbed the wedding gifts from Death Mad, researching ten magic disciplines to the Supreme Domain, he would at best accomplish one percent of the journey.

Though filled with questions, Ash chose not to ask Dazzling Star, silently following behind her, carefully searching for her flaws, assessing the enemy and his own strength.

In terms of paper strength, Ash might not necessarily lose to Dazzling Star. Although in battle experience and magical realms, he could not compete, regarding battle resources, the result might differ.

Indeed, Ash dared to pit resources against Dazzling Star!

Because Dazzling Star’s Heavenly Kingdom was in the Seven Heavens, she couldn’t bring it to Void Realm seventh layer. The Secret Realm she carried could amount to no more than three or four, whereas Ash could share Void Wings with Sonia and others to manipulate the Terminal Heavenly Kingdom across realms! In this environment, Ash could form a local advantage over Dazzling Star!

The premise is that Dazzling Star still hasn’t mastered the Supreme Technique.

The Supreme Technique is actually not much different from Wonders, although Sonia has activated Supreme Techniques such as crimson water moon several times. To genuinely exploit the power of the Supreme Technique, immense amounts of seven-winged Source Power must be consumed to fix the technique in place. Once fixed, unless it exhausts entirely at once, the Supreme Technique will automatically replenish indefinitely.