Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

This is a dark and extremely quiet secret room hidden deep inside a bustling underground black market.

On the mottled stone wall hangs an old, worn-out brass pendulum ornament from an unknown era, which still ticks precisely.

Several strangely shaped clay animal figurines, some even radiating faint spiritual energy, were casually placed in a corner.

A faint layer of high-level defensive rune light, like a veil of moonlight, gently filled every corner of the room, exuding an aura of absolute security and mystery unique to the secluded retreat of high-level wizards.

A fist-sized, crystal-clear fish tank was placed neatly in the center of the room on the floor engraved with spirit-gathering arrays.

On the clear surface of the aquarium, two rare, snow-white deep-sea scallops are floating.

At this moment, the seashell was opening slightly.

Inside sat two tiny, naked, and exquisitely beautiful beauties, each no bigger than a thumb.

They were singing an ancient requiem with their eyes closed, their voices like heavenly music.

That dust sprite, like a tiny tornado—Ottilia.

Right now, it's excitedly running around along the smooth edge of the crystal fish tank.

In her small hands, she was also waving a few glowing hand flowers made of seaweed, which looked quite comical.

She was practically the most loyal and crazy fan of those two proud and beautiful clams below.

She was so excited that her translucent, elfin face turned bright red.

And Dago, like an ice sculpture, sat quietly cross-legged next to the bustling "Crystal Jar Miniature Concert" venue.

His perfect, beast-like body was now clad only in a thin, simple sweat-absorbing undershirt.

Her long hair, tinged with the scent of a storm, was haphazardly draped over her broad shoulders.

His hands moved rapidly, darting and twirling in front of his chest.

Ten slender fingers, like phantoms, formed one intricate and even strange mark after another, imbued with an ancient and exotic charm.

His lips moved rapidly and almost imperceptibly.

In conjunction with hand gestures, he painstakingly exhaled one ancient, obscure syllable after another from deep within his throat, syllables that seemed to resonate with the heavens and earth.

Just as this requiem was about to reach its climax.

suddenly!

"Buzz—!!!"

A strange, terrifying throbbing sound, so loud it could even pierce the eardrums, suddenly erupted from Dago's body!

The air in the entire sealed room was like a transparent curtain that had been violently and unseenly torn apart, instantly exhibiting a violent, wave-like distortion visible to the naked eye!

Inside the crystal tank, the originally beautiful and ethereal singing voice of the beauty clam was instantly distorted and became sharp and shrill under this pressure!

It was as if something extremely terrifying, even surpassing ordinary magic, was about to rapidly spread out from the depths of Dago's soul!

Dago sat cross-legged, his body as still as a rock.

But his long, black hair, which was originally hanging down naturally, stood up on its own as if it had lost gravity under the impact of this invisible aura!

"Whoosh!"

A golden humanoid phantom, formed purely from dazzling golden light and exuding supreme majesty, suddenly burst out of Dago's body without warning!

But the phantom had only been separated from the body by less than an inch.

In less than a fraction of a blink of an eye, the golden phantom seemed to be subjected to some extremely strong suction force, and suddenly swung back, forcefully and rapidly shrinking back into Dago's body.

Immediately following.

Every inch of his exposed skin began to uncontrollably emit wisps of golden smoke, almost tangible.

The physical temperature inside the sealed room did not change in the slightest.

But at this moment, Dago was inexplicably radiating an unbearable heat that could burn away one's soul.

From a distance, he looked like an ancient statue cast from molten gold, exuding an aura of sacred inviolability!

"call--"

A good while passed.

Dago slowly opened his eyes, which were completely covered by a layer of pale golden light.

He opened his mouth and, like a dragon exhaling its breath, slowly exhaled a breath of extremely hot, foul air.

That gust of air even burned a twisted white streak in the air.

A faint, barely concealed joy finally flashed across his perpetually icy face.

"...Finally, I've broken through this damn bottleneck."

With a slight thought, he skillfully brought up the character system panel deep within his retina.

Among a long string of dense data, he immediately noticed that it was in the "critical skills" column.

The proficiency status of the Golden Law, a top-tier magical inheritance originating from the Golden Kingdom, finally changed from the original "beginner" to the glowing "transformation" after a period of blurring!

Furthermore, a brand new affix has emerged below: Transcendent Domain - [Golden Fire]!

This newly born [Golden Fire] magical domain power is truly rare in the vast and complex magical system of the entire wizarding world.

Because it is not directed at the body or elements, but maliciously, yet sacredly, specifically at the most mysterious level of the "soul"!

Internally, once it is attached to itself.

This golden fire can transform into the most indestructible soul barrier, greatly strengthening and enhancing Dago's own soul strength, and even making him immune to most soul control spells!

But to the outside world, this is the most cruel and deadly weapon!

It can directly "ignite" and burn the enemy's soul through an invisible medium.

That kind of pain, which comes from the depths of the soul, is a hundred times more terrifying than being slowly tortured to death!

"Everything is developing in the most perfect direction that I envisioned."

Dargo's lips curled into a confident smile. "Just as I have repeatedly deduced before."

The various domain powers that arise after reaching a certain stage under the "Golden Law" do not exist independently.

"They share the same roots and origins, and ultimately, like all rivers flowing into the sea, they will inevitably achieve the most perfect autonomous fusion!"

Dago generously unleashed his vast and profound spiritual power like a tidal wave.

In an instant!

Around him, three terrifying forces, distinct yet subtly resonating with each other, began to surge wildly!

The black aura representing destruction, the silver ice crystals representing indestructibility, and the golden flames representing the judgment of souls!

The three colors of light intertwined, and a strange, terrifying power, even surpassing the limits of a third-ring wizard, was surging wildly within his demonic body like a volcano!

The feeling was as if he were using his own body as a furnace and these three forces as fuel, patiently nurturing and preparing for the arrival of an even more terrifying and heaven-defying being.

Throughout his journey, no matter how frequent the battles, Dago never missed a single day of rigorous training in the ultimate spell, the Golden Law.

To date, there are a total of five branches of spellcasting within the Golden Law.

Including the newly broken through [Golden Soul], he has already raised the proficiency of three branches to the extremely difficult-to-surpass "Transformation" level, and successfully derived their respective extraordinary domains.

Now, the only ones left that haven't broken through to the Transformation level are the core [Golden Head] and [Golden Heart].

And then there's [Golden Touch] (ultimate destruction), [Golden Body] (absolute defense), and the newly breakthrough [Golden Soul] (soul attack and defense)...

After these three spells reached the terrifying level of "the ultimate in magic", the extraordinary magical domains they generated had a surprisingly consistent core essence: [Golden Fire]!

However, the effects produced by their burning correspond to the ultimate attack and absolute defense at the level of physical energy, and the bizarre attack and impenetrable defense at the level of the soul.

Three transcendent domains of the [Golden Fire] that share the same origin but belong to different sects.

The moment the [Golden Soul] broke through, they were like long-lost brothers, and from the moment they were born, they began to attract each other and merge autonomously.

There was no resistance or bottlenecks encountered. Everything went so smoothly and naturally.

They naturally reached the supreme state of "fusion of the three realms" as legend has it!

Ultimately, within Dago's body, an unprecedented transformation was completed, forming a higher-level, exponentially more powerful... ultimate [Golden Fire] domain.