Wizard: My skills can be upgraded indefinitely.

"A forbidden technique," Ian muttered to himself, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

The ability to descend to earth in his true form requires burning his essence or fragments of his soul as a price, which does indeed create an inherent conflict with his cultivation path centered on order.

But the ability to project everything is already amazing enough.

"It's a pity it's just an incomplete version." He shook his head to himself, a slight glint in his eyes.

But according to the information he gleaned from Haina's memories, Haina was far from the only Summoner in the world of Esok.

"To complete this secret technique, we must continue to capture Summoners of the World, and even... find the will of this world."

Ian looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through the thick layers of rock, looking towards the sky.

"If all native creatures are wiped out..." Ian's eyes narrowed slightly as he quickly considered the consequences in his mind.

Then the Zerg will face no more obstacles and can devour the world without restraint.

The Crystal Core Bugs will frantically transform the world's essence, and the Mother Nest will receive it even faster. At that time, his and Azshara's world's essence may be gone.

This is not what he wanted to see.

"I need to create balance," Ian decided.

"From now on, for every Summoner I capture, I will destroy several Mother Nests."

In this way, they can both collect fragments of the universe's subconscious to complete the secret technique and slow down the Zerg's progress in devouring the world.

Give the Esok people some breathing room so they can continue fighting the Zerg.

In this way, he can calmly collect the origin of the crystal nucleus insect's transformation.

"Moreover, this crystal core worm is indeed a good thing." Ian recalled the underground energy node he had detected earlier.

Thousands of crystal core insects gathered together, their bodies brimming with the world's essence, as concentrated as liquid. If they could all be seized and thrown into another world...

"Even these Zerg themselves are excellent henchmen."

As soon as the thought crossed my mind, a strange light flashed in Ian's eyes.

What are the Zerg? They are a highly unified war machine.

Endless manpower, fearless charges, and perfectly coordinated tactics.

If he could control an army of Zerg...

"Could I enslave these Zerg?" Ian murmured to himself, his voice echoing through the underground space.

"Since they are controlled by the mother insect, then I will... control the mother insect."

This idea is... However, it is also very dangerous.

The Wizard civilization and the Void Zerg have fought several major wars. If any Wizards successfully enslaved the Zerg, such a distinctively "identifiable" legion should be quite famous.

But he had never heard of any wizard having an insectoid army.

At Nicholas's Morning Star Gathering, among so many Morning Star Wizards, no one mentioned it.

"Has no one tried this?" Ian's eyes narrowed.

No, it's not that no one tried, it's that everyone who tried failed.

Why?

"Could it be that each nest queen is not only controlled by the Void Hive, but also by the Void Queen at the very top?"

If that's the case, then it makes sense.

The Void Queen is at least a seventh-level True Spirit or higher, and she wants to compete with an existence of this level for control.

Ian shook his head slightly; with his current strength, it was simply impossible.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind: What is the essence of enslavement?

Soul control!

"If I mastered the rules of dreams, and with the help of the control panel..."

In the Emerald Dream, Azshara demonstrated her ability to manipulate dream rules, drawing his consciousness into the dream world, constructing realistic illusions, and even simulating fluctuations in the rules.

If we use the rules of dreams as a medium to construct a "false hive consciousness," we can deceive the queen beetle in the hive into believing that she is still under the control of the queen.

In fact, all instructions were transmitted by Ian through dreams.

"Theoretically feasible, but the success rate..." Ian quickly deduced.

He knew this couldn't fool the Void Queen; the initial target was still the Level 4 Queen.

However, the soul structure of the mother insect is extremely unique, designed entirely for the hive mind, making it extremely difficult to infiltrate, deceive, and alter it using dream rules.

"There's only a sliver of a possibility right now, and the risk is too high." He put the idea aside for the time being.

"Let's delay the Zerg invasion first and collect the Crystal Core Bugs and fragments of the cosmic subconscious."

Ian stood up, the laws of gravity flowing around him.

With a flash, he silently emerged from the 500-meter-deep underground space and appeared on the surface.

He chose a large-scale nest, covering an area of ​​about five thousand miles, with energy nodes deep underground where crystal nucleus insects gathered.

"Temporarily shield with the domain, then finish this quickly." A cold glint flashed in Ian's eyes as he soared into the sky.

In an instant, they arrived at a height of a thousand meters directly above the nest.

The insect nest below resembled a giant purplish-black tumor, sprawling across the earth, with countless insect shadows wriggling on its surface and hissing incessantly.

Ian didn't waste any words; his domain of rules descended.

The spherical space with a radius of three thousand kilometers centered on him suddenly froze!

He did not use a single gravitational force to block it, but rather a complete domain woven from five rules.

Gravity forms the skeleton, fixing the spatial structure; thermal energy is the heart, igniting everything at any time.

Purify and dispel the filth of the Zerg, distort the local flow of time, and stabilize the connection between the earth and the world.

Purify and dispel the filth of the Zerg, distort the local flow of time, and stabilize the connection between the earth and the world.

The insect nest below fell into a deathly silence.

All the Zerg, from the lowest-ranking Mighty Giants to the patrolling Raptors, were frozen in place.

Like a huge, bizarre relief, it remains frozen in time from the previous second.

Deep within the nest, the auras of two level-four Zerg guards suddenly erupted. They sensed a deadly threat and instinctively wanted to fight back.

However, under the complete suppression of the rules, even mobilizing energy has become a luxury.

Deeper still, a more subtle and immense aura began to awaken.

The mother insect has revived.

It itself has little combat power, but its will is the core of the entire nest.

At this moment, the swarm's will frantically assaulted the domain's blockade, attempting to send an alarm to the mother nest in the heavens.

But Ian wouldn't give it a chance, pressing down lightly with his palm facing down.

"In my name...purify everything!"

Inside the area, the temperature began to rise rapidly.

All the Zerg, starting from the outer perimeter, spread inwards in circles, silently disintegrating and vaporizing.

Mighty Peak, Raptor, Bone-Eating Worm, Shadowwing Worm... all insectoid races, regardless of level or species.

In the face of an absolute difference in power levels, there is no difference.

Only the two level-four Zerg guards held out for about a second longer.

Their shells were thicker and more energy-resistant, but they only lasted for one more second.

Inside the carapace, disintegration also began, and the light in the compound eyes flickered wildly, conveying instinctive fear and resentment.

But they couldn't even utter a cry; their bodies gradually turned to ashes and dissipated into the air.

The entire purification process takes no more than ten breaths.

The entire insect nest, covering an area of ​​five thousand miles, had its surface portion completely cleared, leaving only the purplish-black nest structure standing alone on the earth.

Ian flashed to the entrance of the nest, his gravity perception penetrating through layers of structure, reaching three thousand meters underground, around that natural energy node.

Tens of thousands of crystal core insects still clung to that spot, their dark purple energy liquid slowly circulating within them.

They were not attacked because Ian deliberately avoided the area.

Beside it, four Zerg guards stood around the node, all looking up.

Their compound eyes were filled with vigilance and confusion; they sensed that their brethren in their surface nests were disappearing rapidly.

But the queen worm gave no instructions, and the hive's consciousness was completely silent.

"It's time to end this."

Ian took a step forward, his figure disappearing into the nest passage. The laws of gravity cleared a path ahead, and all obstacles silently crumbled.

Three breaths later, he appeared in front of the energy node.

Four level-four Zerg guards hissed simultaneously, their blade-like forelimbs slashing down with lightning speed, enough to tear space apart.

But in Ian's eyes, it was still too slow.

Without even raising his hand, he subtly moved his mind, and the space within a hundred meters of the node instantly froze.

The four guards remained frozen in mid-air, maintaining their charging posture.

The next instant, the body temperature soared, and a crimson light shone through the cracks in its shell, then quickly went out.

Four small clumps of dark purple ash drifted to the ground.

Ian's gaze fell on the crystal core insects.

They still did not react, but instinctively absorbed and transformed the world's origin seeping out from the nodes.

"These are really good bugs, I'll keep them."

He raised his right hand, and a miniature gravitational vortex appeared in his palm. The crystal core insects were sucked into the vortex one by one and compressed for storage.

Each crystal nucleus worm contains a small clump of golden energy liquid.

That was the transformed origin of the world; although there weren't many, tens of thousands of them added together were still quite considerable.

Ian probed into the vortex with his mind, and a vast and pure primordial energy was gathering there.

"It's still a bit too little." He shook his head and put the vortex into his personal space.

These origins are still far from what Azshara needs to advance to level six.

Ian turned and looked into the deepest part of the nest, where the mother insect's presence was so faint that it was almost imperceptible.

Its will was completely suppressed by the domain, and it couldn't even self-destruct.

Ian walked to the "breeding chamber" where the mother insect was located.

They saw a huge, bloated insect that could barely move.

Its surface is covered with a translucent carapace, and countless follicles can be seen wriggling inside.

The mother insect's compound eyes stared intently at Ian, conveying an emotion of resentment and despair.

"Too bad, I can't enslave you yet." Ian tapped his index finger lightly.

The temperature inside the mother worm rises sharply, the egg follicles burst one after another, and the tissues vaporize rapidly.

Three breaths later, the level four mother insect completely disappeared.

Only a small amount of dark purple crystalline powder remained, which was the remnant of its internal energy core.

With a thought, Ian forcibly compressed the entire nest structure, the Zerg corpses, and the energy fluctuations into a gray bead using the gravitational field.

Thus, the insect nest, which covered an area of ​​five thousand miles, was completely wiped out.

hum! ! !

An immense and indescribable will swept in from beyond the heavens.

Like an invisible tsunami, it swept across the entire world of Exoc!

The pale purple rift in the sky twisted wildly, and a vast, cold rage surged from within!

This is a method that the Esok people could never do; there are "outsiders" hunting their lair!

The will of the heavens is in fury!

A violent will filled with destructive desire swept across the entire area, frantically searching for any anomalies.

Space was scanned again and again, energy fluctuations were carefully analyzed, and even rock layers thousands of meters underground were penetrated by will!

But Ian was no longer there.

A second before the will of the Mother Nest descended, he had already sunk tens of thousands of meters underground, the laws of gravity clinging tightly to his body, perfectly sealing off all traces of his presence.

His entire being turned into a lifeless stone.

A will swept over his head.

However, the rules of gravity perfectly simulate the density and structure of the rock layers without any flaws.

The will swept back and forth three times, and finally, with extreme resentment and anger, slowly retreated back into the sky.

The rift remained twisted, and the vast fluctuations of will gradually subsided.

At the same time, the Zerg throughout the entire world of Exoc became restless, like an enraged swarm of bees, and began frantically searching for any suspicious targets.

Ian waited underground for a full hour.

Only after confirming that the Mother Nest's will had completely retreated did he slowly open his eyes.

"The reaction was really fast; even the enhanced rule domain couldn't block it." He felt a slight chill in his heart.

From the destruction of the nest to the arrival of the will, no more than ten breaths passed.

This means that the mother hive has a very deep control over this world, and any anomaly will be detected immediately.

"Destroying a mother hive will slightly slow down the Zerg's progress, but it will also alert them."

Ian weighed the pros and cons.

The advantage is that it slows down the Zerg's pace of conquering the world, but the disadvantage is that the Hive will be more vigilant, making subsequent actions more difficult.

"Let's leave it at that for now."

He flashed and returned to the spherical underground space 500 meters deep.

The laws of gravity reinforced the four walls, isolating them from all detection.

"Now, I can do my own thing."

Ian sat cross-legged, and the contents of the [Moon God's Codex] slowly appeared in his mind.

This is the supreme meditation method of the Silver Moon Elf race, a complete inheritance that leads directly to the sixth-level Sun Wizard.

It is also the life imprint formed by the World Tree's understanding of "dreams" and "emptiness" during its long slumber.

The essence of the World Tree is an ancient life form that exists between matter and spirit.

Its roots draw energy from the void, its branches sway in dreams, it sleeps in the void, and awakens in dreams.

This is precisely the source of the two core rules of the "Moon God's Codex".

The moon is the master of dreams; wherever the moonlight reaches, dreams are within reach.

When meditation reaches a certain level, practitioners can enter the dreams of others and project their own dreams into reality.

Dreams are not illusions, but reality in another dimension.

The insights, energy, and even matter that a cultivator gains in their dreams can be brought back to reality.

Advanced cultivators can use dreams to overlay reality and create a complete dream world.

Another key feature is the conversion of void energy, similar to the World Tree, which can draw energy from the void.

This chaotic energy, full of violent properties, would cause a normal wizard to suffer a mental breakdown if absorbed directly.

The Moon Goddess's Manual provides a transformation mechanism that uses dreams as a filter to "filter" and absorb void energy, transforming it into gentle lunar power.

This means that cultivators do not rely on the magic power of this world and can cultivate anywhere, such as in harsh environments like the void or other worlds.

Another point is that all meditation methods at the fourth level and above have a common effect: to continuously elevate and transform the soul.

The first qualitative change of a Level 4 Morning Star Wizard's soul is the transformation from a spiritual body into a carrier of rules. Seeds of rules begin to condense within the soul, allowing the soul to exist independently after the death of the physical body.

At the fifth level of the Radiant Moon, the soul undergoes its second qualitative change.

The growth of the Seed of Rules can support the complete core of the world, which is a necessary condition for refining a small world.

Guided by the magical source of the Wizard Tower, spiritual power is transformed into "soul particles".

Secondly, it completes the transition from manipulating domain rules to modifying and defining rules.

Furthermore, the soul particles can detach from the physical body and exist within the wizard tower, thus achieving the characteristic of "immortality".

This is why Ian insisted on building the Wizard's Tower.

With the Wizard Tower, the Moon Wizard is practically immortal.