The bishop is unfathomable.

After dealing with the mess left by his unlucky subordinates that morning, Li Wei began his work for the day.

It was still about counting the number of banned books.

Not long after he started this job, he came across a book that really interested him.

"The Book of Arcane Magic? Such a fancy name, and it's just an encyclopedia?"

Holding the thick tome called the Book of Arcane Arts in his hands, Li Wei was somewhat surprised that it did not have a pop-up option for stage analysis like the Soul Poem.

After flipping through a few pages, he was basically certain that the book was indeed just an encyclopedia introducing various spells and supernatural abilities.

The book doesn't specify the author, but judging from its condition, it must be quite old.

After opening the book, he became even more convinced of this.

Because the book mentions a term—unified empire.

This world has witnessed two major wars that altered the global landscape and even the geographical structure.

The last time was the sectarian war five hundred years ago, a continuation of the divine war among the gods of the Dream Realm.

After this war, the Church of Radiant Light grew stronger, while the other three major orthodox churches weakened. The remaining six major sects, which were once considered orthodox, were completely broken up and then reorganized into a loose sectarian alliance—the Secret Church.

The previous one was the War of Division a thousand years ago.

There are actually very few records about that great battle, and even Livy, a historian, knew very little about it.

Moreover, most of the records are vague and even contradictory.

The only certainty is that originally there was only one huge continent in this world, which was surrounded by an endless ocean.

After that war, the original continent was divided into three parts and completely shattered.

The islands, located between the three continents of North, South, and East, plus the remnants of the continents, are situated between the North and South continents.

The world's current geographical structure is a result of the wars that ravaged the land a thousand years ago.

The intelligent life of different races that once lived on the same continent were scattered to different regions during that great war.

Today, trolls, goblins, and lizardmen mainly gather in the humid and hot southern continent, as well as in the archipelago between the northern and southern continents.

The elves mainly gather on the eastern continent, facing the northern continent, the main settlement of humans, across the sea.

Only the dwarves chose to continue standing with the humans, working together for development, and even living in the same kingdom.

Many of the smelting and forging techniques that humans use today were learned from the land of the dwarves, and even the technology of mechanical engineering and steam machinery cannot be separated from the support of the dwarves.

At least within the Empire, there is no distinction between dwarves and humans, since some humans are not tall, and some dwarves are not short either.

A human who is 1.6 meters tall is considered short, but a dwarf who is 1.6 meters tall is definitely a giant.

Of course, this means that dwarves and humans cannot have offspring; otherwise, dwarves might not be short at all.

A complete book that has survived from such a distant past naturally piqued Livy's interest.

It's important to understand that the once unified empire was practically like an ideal state imagined by philosophers.

The various races lived together in harmony and friendship. Even the naturally proud elves would not discriminate against a goblin or a troll. Goblins and trolls, in turn, did not feel inferior because of their racial disadvantages.

That's at least what the legend says, so let's just take it as fact for now.

After all, that was one of the few eras in the world where not only was the circulation of extraordinary knowledge not regulated, but it was also vigorously promoted.

Perhaps this book contains information that interests you.

For example... professional styles and such.

Even though he had already advanced to the first level, Li Wei didn't really understand what abilities the superhumans possessed.

Only some very rigid stereotypes exist, such as those of the Overseers and Church Agents, who are warriors. The cultists are just fragile mages, the kind who wield curses.

Even Li Wei himself doesn't know any magic. To be precise, the lightning bolt isn't his skill, but rather the skill of his bird.

He's just a bird stand and a launcher; the birds do all the output.

Moreover, judging from the meaning of this energy level advancement, it seems that as long as one meditates for a long enough time, one can accumulate enough experience to level up.

However, this will not grant you spells; instead, it will give you a permanent passive effect called an inherent trait.

You have to find all the spells yourself.

The only good news is that he doesn't have a fixed job, so he won't be unable to learn because of a job restriction; the only problem is that he might not be able to learn it.

Even more tragically, due to this environment, Li Wei, who lacked proper guidance from extraordinary mentors, didn't even know how to find spells on his own and could only rely on guessing games while checking forbidden books every day.

However, it seems that the job of a librarian is still too advantageous.

Li Wei, carrying the book, hurried back to his office and began reading as soon as he sat down.

He even ignored the warnings on the parsing progress bar that dual-thread parsing would slow down the process, as well as the estimated completion time, and started reading.

Three hours later, Li Wei stretched and then subconsciously looked at his watch; it was already 2:30.

"They're already off work... And I've been watching for so long, I've even missed dinner."

His stomach rumbled uncontrollably, and Li Wei sighed softly, but his face was full of joy.

After traveling for so long, I've finally figured out the basic skill tree of this world.

Although many years may pass and new spells may emerge in this era, Li Wei thought that the classification of spells written by this unknown author would likely remain unchanged.

"Basic arts, creation arts, potion arts, curse arts, the mysteries of minerals, and species transformation."

"The basic magic system contains the most items and is the foundation of all other types of magic."

"Psionic shaping, the control of psionic flow, and all elemental magic can be categorized as foundational magic."

"It also explained what shaping and flow control are, and how to achieve them. Essentially, the physical enhancement of the Inspectors and their agents is achieved by utilizing these two points."

"The Creation system involves spells such as familiar creation and puppet creation, and even spells that create something from nothing. It is a school of thought derived from alchemy."

"There's not much to say about the Potions Department. As its name suggests, even its introduction is the shortest."

"The same goes for the curse magic system; there's not much information about it. But is curse magic actually a magic system derived from ritual studies?"

"There are also mineral mysteries... including categories of forging and energy storage. By storing psionic energy or even spells in advance in gems or special crystalline minerals that can hold psionic energy and spells, you can skip casting spells and directly release spells, or obtain temporary psionic energy replenishment."

"Finally, there's species transformation... physical modification and plant cultivation, or even a combination thereof?"

"It feels really creepy..."

Li Wei recalled the contents of the book and carefully selected the category that he needed most at the moment.

Clearly, his familiar is categorized under the art of creation, and he doesn't need to learn anything else for the time being.

The falcon has demonstrated its strength and helped Levi find his place on the bird stand.

He needs to strengthen himself.

Clearly, basic techniques and the mysteries of minerals are the most suitable.

"It seems I can focus on finding books that record basic techniques, but I don't know if I can find them easily."

"As for the gem magic recorded in the mysteries of minerals, perhaps I don't even need to learn it; I can use it right now."

"Buy a few gems to act as psionic batteries, just in case."

"Gemstones used only for energy storage, as long as they are not used for spellcasting, can be recycled... Check out the prices when you have time."

"As for other spells, we can only rely on fate."