Chapter 646 - 57: God: 8.8

Chapter 646: Chapter 57: God: 8.8

The First-Level Wizard was currently looking up, staring at him blankly.

Fear, shock, confusion... Countless emotions swirled in his eyes, ultimately fading into a blank void.

"M-My lord..."

Rodrick’s voice was so hoarse it was almost inaudible.

"You... Just now, you..."

Murphy cut him off.

"Do you know how to get to the passage to the Kronos plane?"

Rodrick was stunned.

Murphy looked at him and continued,

"The Nightmare World connects to countless planes. Since the Shaping Domain is using the Nightmare World to transport supplies, there must be a stable passage to the Kronos plane. Do you know where it is?"

The expression on Rodrick’s face grew even more complicated.

Of course, he knew what Murphy was asking.

’Murphy wants to go to the Kronos plane.’

’He wants to go to that warzone.’

’He wants to save the trapped president of the Society of Truth.’

A surge of joy wanted to well up in Rodrick’s heart.

’Go on.’

’Hurry up and go.’

’Go and never come back.’

’Die on that plane, die in that battle, die a clean death.’

’Then he would be free.’

’Then he could escape this creature from the Otherworld that controlled him.’

But reason suppressed any feelings of joy, allowing him only to analyze the situation calmly.

Besides, he didn’t know where the passage was.

He truly had no idea.

"My lord..." Rodrick’s voice was respectful and calm. "That... I wouldn’t know about that. I’m just a low-level member in charge of deliveries. The people from the Shaping Domain wouldn’t tell me such a core secret. The specifics of how to travel to that plane is something only the contact person would know."

He paused, then asked cautiously,

"My lord... are you planning to go to that plane?"

Murphy looked at him, his eyes betraying no emotion.

"There’s no need."

Rodrick was stunned.

’There’s no need?’

’What does that mean?’

Murphy turned around, his gaze falling upon the depths of the disintegrating dreamscape.

He had helped Cheris by cutting off the supplies; he had done all he could.

The Rhombus Crystal taken from Alonso’s body was the very material the Shaping Domain had been sending to the Kronos plane.

What remained was no longer something he could get involved in.

’After all, it was different from before—this time, no new option had appeared.’

’The absence of the system’s guidance meant the danger ahead was beyond his ability to handle.’

’His safety couldn’t be guaranteed.’

’The rest would depend on Cheris’s own fortune.’

Murphy withdrew his gaze and looked at Rodrick.

"Now, we return to the Empire."

Rodrick paused for a moment, then nodded hastily.

"Yes, my lord! We’ll head back right away!"

As he spoke, he was about to turn and walk back the way they came.

But he stopped abruptly after taking just one step.

His expression turned a little sour.

"M-My lord..." His voice held a trace of embarrassment. "Um... I’m afraid... we can’t go back just yet."

Murphy looked at him.

Rodrick swallowed and continued,

"The passages in the Nightmare World... they can’t be opened at any time. They require specific time nodes to be stable enough for travel. The entrance I usually use, the next time it opens is..."

He did a quick calculation, his expression turning even uglier.

"In ten days."

Murphy’s brow twitched slightly.

’Ten days.’

’He had to stay in the Nightmare World for ten days.’

Rodrick watched Murphy’s expression, his mind racing with all sorts of thoughts.

’To be honest, he wished Murphy would go to the Kronos plane and get himself killed.’

’But since he didn’t know where the passage was, that wish was doomed to fail.’

’Now, he had no choice but to obediently accompany this Murphy and wait in the Nightmare World for ten days.’

’But on second thought, this might not be a bad thing.’

’The Nightmare World was fraught with danger. What if some accident happened during these ten days?’

’Just like what happened earlier, when they fell into a parallel timeline because of the chaotic Law.’

’No! That’s not right!’

’That parallel timeline was broken through imitation.’

’Although he had no idea how Murphy was able to break it.’

’Logically, even a Level 3, or perhaps even a Fourth-Level Wizard, would get lost after falling into such a chaotic parallel timeline.’

’But Murphy had somehow made it through.’

’Whatever. No point thinking about it. If Murphy hadn’t made it through, he would have died too.’

’That would have settled everything once and for all.’

’However, since he had already navigated the parallel timeline, could any future accidents really harm Murphy?’

A thousand thoughts raced through Rodrick’s mind, but he dared not let any of them show, merely watching Murphy cautiously and awaiting his decision.

Murphy spoke.

"In that case, let’s find a safe place first."

...

「In Cheris’s house.」

In the living room, the figure sitting on the sofa suddenly opened his eyes.

Murphy’s main body awakened from its long meditation.

He blinked, his gaze sweeping over the familiar furnishings—the dark hardwood floor, the soft wool carpet, the carved bookcase, and the large bed.

Everything was as it had been.

"That was close..."

When his clone had fallen into that time vortex, the connection between them had been almost completely severed.

He knew immediately that something was wrong.

’As expected, Option Two wasn’t going to be that easy to complete.’

’There was bound to be danger.’

’It was possible the danger could even spread to his main body.’

Therefore, Murphy had activated his Mind Furnace, running it at full power to deduce the Yin-Yang Dao Patterns that could strengthen the connection.

Finally, just a moment before the connection was about to break completely—or rather, just as the danger on the other side was about to travel along the link to his main body—

he found the crucial set of Dao Patterns.

He used that set of Dao Patterns to forcibly strengthen the connection with his clone.

And then, his clone woke up.

The clone immediately realized he had fallen into multiple parallel worlds. Going to the auction with Cheris was one layer, and entering the dream of Mickey, also known as Asolong, was another.

There, after absorbing the Chaos Law of the Nightmare World, he had fallen into a Heart Demon illusion, entering yet another parallel world.

The experiences were made even more jumbled and chaotic by being mixed with the parallel timeline experiences of Asolong and Rodrick.

It was very easy to get lost.

No, if Murphy’s main body hadn’t been outside, he *would* have been lost.

And his main body had almost been affected as well.

Of course, all of this was illusory.

It was just an illusion created by the Chaos Law of the Nightmare World.

But it wasn’t without its benefits.

The experiences from the parallel timelines, the scenes he saw in the Illusion Realm, the stories about another "himself"—

all of it flooded into his mind.

More information about the Empire, a deeper understanding of the Nightmare World...

He now knew it all.

More importantly—his Dao Transformation Level had increased from 110% to 120%.

That 10% increase came from the experiences in the parallel timelines.

This brought his Profound Origin Nine Refinements Spirit Forging Chapter to the level of the Second Refining.

Murphy closed his eyes, sensing the changes within his body.

God: 8.8

Qi: 8.8

Essence: 8.8

Magic Power Quality: 5

Flying Sword Quality: 5

Dao Transformation Level: 120%

Attack Power: 21.3 degrees

’No need to rush.’

’It’s only the Second Refining.’

’He was still far from the Golden Core stage.’

’He had to keep working hard.’

Seven days passed just like that.

For seven days, Murphy sat on the sofa, completely still.

His consciousness was immersed in the Mind Furnace, oblivious to the outside world.

Suddenly.

Murphy’s consciousness jolted.

The deductions of the Mind Furnace had stopped.

Murphy opened his eyes.

He was a little surprised.

’How could the Mind Furnace have stopped?’

With a thought, he sensed the surrounding Spiritual Qi.

Then, he froze.

The surrounding Spiritual Qi was gone.

No, not completely gone.

It had become extremely thin, so thin it was almost imperceptible.

It was like a once-abundant lake that had suddenly been drained, leaving only a shallow layer of mud at the bottom.

Murphy’s brow furrowed slightly.

"Strange..."

He stood up, walked to the window, and pushed it open.

Outside was the scenery of Zlesko City.

The sun was still bright, and the streets were still bustling with traffic.

In his spiritual vision, the Spiritual Qi outside was still plentiful and pervasive.

He turned his head and looked back inside the room.

But there was none in the room.

The words Cheris had said before leaving still echoed in his ears—

"You wait for me here. Feel free to absorb all the Dimensional Energy in the house, don’t hold back."

But now, where was the Energy?

Just then, a knock came from the door.

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!