this infinite world

Yang Yun is a member of the Reincarnation Squad.

Although Chu Hao, and even his clone Chu Xuan, were unaware of his true origins, he undoubtedly possessed the identity verification of a member of the Reincarnation Squad. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to trace the cause and effect to the North Ice Continent Team's God Space, nor would he have been able to penetrate it without conflict with the "God"... not to mention that his fundamental purpose for this trip was to retrieve the fragment of the God's highest authority that had somehow ended up in this multiverse.

As is widely known, the mission worlds arranged by the "God" for the Reincarnation Squad were not chosen arbitrarily. Whether it was opening a world like "The Mummy" for a team lacking resurrection methods, or preparing the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" trial for team members approaching their inner demon tribulation, it all demonstrates the rigorous operating logic behind it—to make the members of its Reincarnation Squad constantly stronger. This is the undeniable underlying operating logic of the God.

Yang Yun had overlooked this point. With his current strength, he naturally wouldn't think that there were any suitable mission worlds for him at the "God's" place, since his strength had far exceeded the limit of the fourth-tier advanced level.

However, as long as things are done step by step, even if Yang Yun's strength does exceed the conventional range by a tiny bit, as long as he holds the identity of a reincarnator, the main god must follow its underlying laws and guide him in the right direction. Just as a teacher will not abandon teaching a student because of their exceptional talent, but will instead prepare even more challenging lessons.

As the saying goes, lessons from the past serve as guidance for the future. Only now, witnessing Andy's methods, does Yang Yun realize that even though he has reached such a high level, there is still much he can learn from others...

"I misunderstood something before."

Yang Yun shook his head, seemingly annoyed that he had overlooked such a simple and obvious flaw: "That is your 'iteration' of soul magic, which should not have been so fast."

Admittedly, Andy possesses extraordinary intelligence, but this doesn't mean he completely surpasses Logan the Big Hat and Seath the White Dragon. To integrate and even innovate upon the life's work of these two legends in such a short time clearly violates the objective laws of cognitive development…

It should be understood that academic accumulation requires time to settle; professional breakthroughs require even longer exploration and are by no means achieved overnight... If Andy truly possessed such heaven-defying abilities, then he should not be here at this moment, but should have become a saint on the spot, transcended this plane long ago, and gone to a bigger stage.

Therefore, that inexplicable performance just now must have concealed some kind of clever trick. And the core of this mystery is very likely hidden in Andy's long-standing research direction.

Andil dedicated his life to exploring the nature of the First Flame. He not only created giant golem weapons but even reshaped ancient dragons using the souls of giants, briefly transcending the cycle of linking the flame. But his greatest research achievement was undoubtedly this dark world, carved out of the timeline…

"...Time, I should have thought of that sooner."

Yang Yun sighed softly. If "time" were the key, all anomalies could be perfectly explained. Why did Andil unleash "Soul Torrent" without any energy fluctuations or casting animation? Because he had already completed the construction and optimization of the spell in the "past," and was merely "copying" it from a certain point on the timeline to the present.

This is like building a vast "spell bank" within the river of time. Andil stores meticulously crafted, perfect spells at different points in time, retrieving and using them directly when needed. Each spellcasting is essentially calling upon his vast repository of accumulated achievements over countless years. Normally, altering the past would trigger paradoxes, like the Red Alert 2 world Yang Yun experienced, where Yuri's overuse of the time machine resulted in a backlash and his demise. But Andil found a way to circumvent these conventional limitations—as a fragmented piece of time, this world possesses rules different from the main timeline.

Within this dark, isolated time bubble, causality may exhibit a unique flexibility. Andil might be able to freely adjust the flow of time within this closed system, as safely as a programmer testing code in a sandbox environment.

Even more astonishingly, thanks to the special connection between this world and the main world of Dark Souls, Adil was even able to synchronize the optimized new version to all points in time. This is the truth behind the second sudden increase in the power of "Soul Torrent"—he wasn't modifying the spell on the spot, but rather invoking a new version of the spell that had already been optimized at other points in the timeline.

The more profound impact lies in the fact that Andil may, by interfering with legendary mages throughout history, present the perfect results, refined through thousands of trials, to those wise men, prompting them to achieve leapfrog breakthroughs based on their existing foundations.

And Andy, situated downstream in the river of time, doesn't even need to lift a finger; he can reap the rewards of this wisdom, nurtured by the past and present, in the "future." He can then send this perfect achievement back to the past, like constantly pushing the starting line forward—within this finite time frame, sailing towards an infinitely distant shore…

In an instant, Yang Yun thought of many things.

For example, in this world shrouded in eternal darkness, the concept of "light" naturally carries extraordinary significance.

According to the ancient texts left behind by the vanished kingdom of Ula'sil, "light" is the embodiment of time. Therefore, manipulating light allows one to recreate the past—this is the fundamental principle behind the miracles performed by the gods of this world. And for this reason, "illumination," a mere basic trick in other worlds, becomes an insurmountable barrier under the laws of Dark Souls; even Piheim, which prides itself on being the origin of magic, has yet to conquer this challenge…

For example, the reason why the undead can resurrect again and again, even infinitely respawning by the campfire in the game, is clearly due to the power of "time." The flames act like save points for the undead, pulling them out of the abyss of death and keeping them "alive"...

But in the end, all the words Yang Yun held in his heart could only be summed up in a single sigh—

"Indeed, knowledge changes destiny. No matter what you study, nothing is more effective than directly studying the origin of this world..."

"...This is the power of the Primordial Flame." (End of Chapter)