The Wizard: From Zero-Ring Wizard to Almighty Lord.

The temple was well-prepared for the siege of the Principality of Bulma.

They not only mobilized millions of troops, but also had several top experts from the temple ranks personally overseeing the situation: the fifth and sixth ranked paladins, the golden-haired saintess, and two highly respected old bishops.

In addition, there were a large number of temple transcendents scattered throughout the various duchies and kingdoms of the Spirit Eye Plane, who accompanied the army:
Priests, priests, and bishops of the third rank;

Earth-level knights, Heaven-level knights, and legendary knights, all of which are at the third level.

This is a terrifying force capable of sweeping away all duchies and kingdoms.

However, when Tina and Lynn, both Level 4 Morning Star Wizards, took action themselves, the temple army collapsed instantly.

Tina's combined witchcraft, like dazzling yet deadly fireworks, tore apart the ice and fire realms head-on.
Lynn's World Tree was even more direct; with a single strike, the temple phantom, along with those important figures from the temple, was completely wiped out, as if it had never existed in this world.

The top ranks of Paladins, Saintesses, and Old Bishops.

Their disappearance was utterly terrifying, without any warning or trace.

Subsequently, the wizard and alchemist armies launched a counterattack, sweeping across the battlefield and completely scattering the millions of troops.

Thus, the great battle meticulously prepared by the temple was declared a complete failure.

Moreover, it was a complete defeat with no suspense and no room for argument.

In the ensuing cleanup and counterattack, the wizard and alchemist armies followed the battle plan that Lynn had prepared in advance.

In terms of attack order, prioritize eliminating level 3 bishops and legendary knights; then level 2 priests and heavenly knights; and finally level 1 clerics and earthly knights.

As for the largest number of ordinary soldiers, they were not the primary target.

The reason is simple: this war in the Principality of Bulma was not just a military victory or defeat.

It is also a declaration, a declaration to the entire Spirit Eye Plane:
The Principality of Bulma worships and venerates not some evil god or false god, but a true deity powerful enough to rival the local gods!

The millions of ordinary soldiers who personally experienced this great war are the most suitable "witnesses" and the best propagators of faith.

Moreover, among these people, there were already quite a few who secretly believed in the Lord of Life.

In contrast, those extraordinary beings of level one, two, and three are the most loyal believers of the local gods.

Even if they suffer a crushing defeat, they will never change their faith.

Therefore, Lynn's orders were clear: show no mercy to the superhumans, but spare the lives of ordinary soldiers.

Under this battle plan, the temple army was completely defeated in just half a day, and even a large-scale mutiny occurred.

The soldiers abandoned their armor and weapons, panicked, and fled frantically in the direction away from the Principality of Bulma.

However, the wizard and alchemist armies did not take advantage of the situation to launch a full-scale pursuit.

They dispatched only a small number of pursuit teams, moving with ghostly speed and with a very clear objective: to kill superhumans.

Thus, under this precise "point-to-point" pursuit and assassination, nearly half of the extraordinary creatures in the temple army were lost.

However, the casualty rate of the millions of ordinary soldiers was deliberately suppressed to less than 30%.

This battle was devastating for the temple, but for Lynn, the outcome was more than ideal.

On the very day the temple army was defeated, the principalities and kingdoms surrounding the Principality of Buma made wise choices one after another, announcing the adoption of the Church of Life.

The king and the nobles successively expressed their views and publicly swore to believe in the Lord of Life.

The aftershocks of war have not yet subsided, but the tide of faith has already swept across the land.

In just three days, the Church of Life spread like wildfire to more than a dozen principalities and kingdoms.
The number of believers in the Lord of Life is increasing at a visible rate.

And this is far from the end.

Those millions of fleeing soldiers came from even more distant countries.

When they return to their homeland, the soldiers and wounded who have long secretly believed in the Lord of Life will naturally become the spreaders of this faith.

They don't need missionaries; they only need to recount what they saw and experienced firsthand: the god who brought life to the desperate situation and silently vanished the powerful figures of the temple.

This is the real reason why Lynn specifically ordered "ordinary soldiers to be spared"—they are the best propagandists for the Church of Life.

Within three days of the end of World War I, faith spread to more than a dozen countries.

This trend will only continue to accelerate and spread to more distant and wider areas.

Throughout the entire Spirit Eye Plane, the empire where the native gods reside remains the most powerful entity; however, it is under the command of hundreds of duchies and kingdoms of varying sizes.

Today, the Church of Life has quietly infiltrated one-tenth of it.

According to Lynn and Tina's calculations, when the Cult of Life covers half of the kingdoms, the otherworldly purification device can be deployed simultaneously.

Nearly half of the Spirit Eye plane was completely transformed into the environment of the Wizarding World.

At that time, the final battle can be officially put on the agenda.

And this is still the most conservative estimate.

Tina once judged that perhaps covering three or even four tenths of the countries would be enough.

Only half is the safest and most successful threshold.

The war had barely ended when one-tenth of the countries abandoned darkness and embraced the religion of life.

It's only a matter of time before the Church of Life spreads to three-tenths or even more countries.

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Of course, Lynn and Tina couldn't stay in the Spirit Eye plane forever during this period.

There is already enough power there to maintain control.

The wizards' side is led by Astrid, Helen, Bodo, Mona, and others.

The alchemist army was personally led by Evelyn, who was responsible for overall coordination and command.

These two armies not only bear the responsibility of suppressing the enemy on the battlefield, but are also the most important "protectors" in the spread of the Church of Life.

After all, the Church of Life is still in its infancy, its clergy system is not yet fully developed, and it is extremely short of personnel.

In many places, even wizards and their apprentices temporarily assume the roles of priests to maintain order.

In this situation, Lynn could easily become a hands-off manager.

The specific affairs of the interdimensional expedition were naturally entrusted to his two closest women: Astrid, who was in charge of the wizarding system, and Evelyn, who coordinated the alchemists and logistics.

He and Tina only need to wait for the transformation of the otherworld purification device to reach the expected progress before officially stepping into the Spirit Eye plane to begin the final battle.

Or perhaps, when that local deity can no longer restrain itself and personally appears to take action against the Cult of Life.

Before that, they had something more important to do.

Tina needs to repair the damage to her spiritual essence through long-term meditation;
Lynn, on the other hand, had to deal with the mountain of affairs piled up in the Temple of Life and continue to improve its own rules.

Besides that, there was another matter that always weighed on their minds.

Nightmare Rift Valley.

Compared to the expedition against the nascent civilization in the Spirit Eye Plane, the situation there is clearly more dangerous and more critical.

Within the Nightmare Rift, terrifying power at the Radiant Moon level has already been revealed, drawing the attention of the Wizard Council.

What follows will involve a power struggle among multiple Moonlit Lords.

If it gets out of control, it could very well escalate into a Level 7 war, the impact of which would be enough to affect the entire southern region of the wizarding world and change the fate of countless forces.

Therefore, in between meditation and business, Lynn and Tina's gaze was always fixed on the direction of the Nightmare Rift.

They had no idea what the Meteor Council had become deep within that rift valley.
It is unclear what consensus the Radiant Moon forces within the Mountain City have reached, or whether any Radiant Moon Lords are preparing to personally venture into the Nightmare Rift.

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Deep within Lynn's wizard tower, inside the Temple of Life.

He sat alone in a quiet meditation room.

The tower walls are crisscrossed with energy pipes of varying thicknesses, like blood vessels buried in the rock, connecting the various energy pools within the wizard tower.

Fire, ice, lightning, darkness, wind... elemental energy factors of different attributes are precisely controlled and slowly transported in, stable and pure, flowing naturally in the air.

For formal wizards, from the first to the third level of Grand Wizard, a stable energy supply is almost equivalent to the foundation of their cultivation.

It determines the efficiency of meditation, affects the speed of spellcasting, and even determines whether a breakthrough is successful.

Therefore, such a training room is an extremely valuable artifact that any formal wizard would find hard to come by, and even a third-level grand wizard would regard it as a treasure.

But for Lynn now, all of this seems somewhat "unnecessary".

He has already reached the Morning Star level, and the focus of his cultivation has long since shifted from the level of energy factors to the understanding and control of the rules themselves.

The training environment that truly benefits Morning Star Wizards often involves guidance and amplification at the level of rules.

It requires a massive amount of rare resources, and even the power of the plane's origin, to build and stabilize.

Lynn doesn't have the time or energy to devote to it right now.

Thus, this training room, which would normally be coveted by formal wizards, served only a basic purpose for him: to isolate him from the outside world and maintain absolute silence.

The room was dimly lit, with almost no obvious light source.

Only the runes on the walls glowed faintly as energy flowed, like sleeping veins, flickering occasionally before quickly returning to silence.

Lynn sat cross-legged in the center of the meditation room, his eyes closed.

Behind him, a blurry yet magnificent tree shadow slowly emerged.

With its branches and leaves spreading out and its roots running in all directions, it is as if it supports a complete ecological cycle; this is his World Tree.

It floats there quietly, neither ostentatious nor noisy, yet it continuously provides him with stable and pure rules for creation.

At this moment, Lynn was immersed in the state of "Blue Sky Meditation".

The spirit surged like a tide, resonating with the rules, advancing the meditation progress inch by inch.

I don't know how much time passed.

The phantom of the World Tree gradually thinned out and eventually quietly merged into the void.

Lynn slowly opened his eyes, his gaze calm and still, without the slightest ripple.

"It's still a bit slow..."

He muttered to himself.

As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar, semi-transparent light screen quietly unfolded before his eyes:

Name: Lynn

Realm: Early Stage of Level 4 Morning Star Wizard

Meditation Method: The Anchor of Echoes in the Blue Sky Meditation Method (15911 / 20000)

Level 4 Rule-Based Spell "Close to Heaven": Mastery (5231 / 10000)

Body Refining Secret Technique "Martial Immortal Body": Volume 3 (20000 / 20000)

World Tree: Level 4, Early Stage, Creation Rules

"Just four thousand progress points short... and I can break through to the mid-stage of a level four Morning Star Wizard..."

Taking a deep breath, Lynn's gaze became profound. After reaching the Morning Star Wizard, his cultivation speed indeed slowed down.

No, it shouldn't be said that the cultivation speed has slowed down; it should be said that the difficulty of breaking through has increased sharply.

After all, Lynn's cultivation speed was still extremely fast, much faster than other fourth-level Morning Star wizards.

It hasn't even been a hundred years since he broke through to the Morning Star Wizard level, and he's already close to reaching the mid-stage of the fourth-level Morning Star Wizard.

Even without other resources, if he slowly waits for the right time, it will take him at most eighty years to reach 20,000 points.

Based on this calculation, it would have taken him at most less than two hundred years to break through to the mid-stage of the fourth-level Morning Star Wizard!

A level four Morning Star Wizard has a lifespan of three thousand years. For an average level four Morning Star Wizard, it may take several hundred years or even a thousand years to break through from the early stage of level four to the middle stage of level four!

In comparison, Lynn's speed is several times greater!
However, if other resources are available to assist, such as completing a deal with Tina and obtaining the complete rules and cultivation techniques from her, then...

This speed will inevitably increase dramatically...

To complete the deal with Tina, one must complete the interdimensional expedition of the Spirit Eye Dimension and obtain the world origin of the Spirit Eye Dimension.

Therefore, we cannot rush things...

"Of course... this only refers to the degree of resonance with the rules... In addition, it is also necessary to improve the level of mental power in the spiritual realm..."

"Lynn murmured."

He originally wanted to take the path of the Soul Forging Tower.

When I went to the Shadow Forge earlier, I learned some secrets about the Soul Forging Tower from the Shadowweaver Thoras, and realized that I was guarding a treasure mountain but had not been able to enter.

Unfortunately, he then went to the Dark Wizards' Exchange Conference, where he had many opportunities that accelerated the progress of the Rule Resonance too quickly. He didn't have enough time to carefully sense that spiritual aura, let alone pinpoint the coordinates leading to the Soul Forging Tower.

In this way, it seems that after the resonance of the rules ends, we will have to find a way to specifically enhance our mental strength.

Fortunately, he did have alternatives.

The Spirit of the Azure Sky inherently possesses the ability to enhance spiritual power.

It can transform the vast amount of stored faith power into the purest spiritual essence, continuously feeding it back to Lynn.

The power of faith, in essence, is the condensation and sacrifice of the spiritual power of mortals in moments of extreme piety.

For a single mortal, that amount of spiritual power is insignificant; but when the quantity accumulates to tens of millions, hundreds of millions, or even billions, trillions, or hundreds of billions...

That was a massive resource that would make even the Morning Star Wizard take notice.

"So... there's no need to worry about mental strength."

Lynn's eyes flickered slightly.

"As long as the resonance of the rules reaches the required level, stepping into the mid-stage of a fourth-level Morning Star Wizard... will be a natural progression."

A rare glimmer of hope stirred within him.

At the mid-stage of a Level 4 Morning Star Wizard, one's control over the rules shifts from passive perception to genuine active mastery.

Furthermore, it can construct a rudimentary domain of rules around itself, resulting in a qualitative leap in combat power. (End of Chapter)