A noun entry: Wizard

The world paused.

This was naturally a good show orchestrated by Russell.

Or rather, he used the nature of this world to accomplish this.

"The world is paused, everything in this world will stop, only my true spirit remains unaffected."

"Using this property, I will see my true spirit—an extremely rare opportunity, even for a Holy Spirit Wizard!"

"That's one of the benefits the mechanical wizard mentioned."

Russell felt as if he were just a faint speck of light, enveloped by a corner of a True Spirit Rune.

"Is this the true spirit?" Russell pondered, trying to understand himself in the state of the true spirit.

This will be of great help to his future advancement to the seventh rank.

"Next comes the second benefit."

"A magnificent sight that only those unaffected by the world can observe!"

"Pop".

A soft sound.

The whole world burst like a soap bubble, but Russell's true spirit, protected by the True Spirit Rune, remained completely unharmed.

The world shattered, and mysterious patterns appeared in the air, turning into specks of light that dissipated into nothingness.

Russell studied these patterns obsessively, memorizing them.

This is the knowledge that constitutes the world!

The world shattered quickly, and all the patterns that had turned into light vanished.

Not far away, a ball of light was born, absorbing the wandering light and gradually growing stronger.

It constitutes a new world that has not yet been born.

Russell looked in other directions, where countless bubbles floated, each bubble containing a world.

"This is... the truth of the Nightmare World!"

"Every dream bubble contains a dream world, and dream bubbles are being born or disappearing every moment."

"With a dozen or so mid-stage Saint-level knights, I burned the power of my life to influence the balance of the world. Of course, the dominant force in this was still me, the outsider, and the power of divine grace..."

"The dream bubble world is inherently very fragile. Once the balance is broken, it can easily fall into self-destruction and then become nourishment for new dream bubbles."

"This endless dream bubble world is only a part of the nightmare world. All outsiders will first enter the dream bubble world."

"This is also why the silver sphere says that the Divine Grace Continent is the 'descent point' and 'return beacon' for mechanical wizards."

"Above the endless dream bubble world lies the nightmare world, a place that is not for me to explore in my current state."

"It's time to come back."

Russell was enveloped by a corner of the True Spirit Rune, and relying on his connection with the True Spirit Runes of the Wizarding World, he transformed into a stream of light and escaped.

Shortly after Russell left.

A giant eye suddenly opened, looking towards the place where Russell had last existed.

"True spirit... wizard..."

The sound echoed, and countless dream worlds burst open, turning into endless golden light spots.

After a long while, the eye slowly closed, and the nightmare world returned to peace.

One by one, dream worlds converge and are reborn.

……

"I'm back."

Russell sensed that the True Spirit Runes had become whole again.

That unobservable true spirit also passed on the memories of this period to Russell.

"So true spirits exist in this form? And what about the structure of the dream bubble world...?"

"This advanced knowledge of the world's structure is useful for creating secret realms or establishing planes... well, it's useless to me right now."

"In the Dream Bubble World, I am a Holy Knight who roams the continent; in the Wizarding World, I am still a lowly first-tier wizard."

Russell was in a good mood.

His gains in the nightmare world this time can be said to have exceeded expectations.

"These will all become resources for my continued progress. Now, I must hurry and leave the Dream Clan Royal Court."

Russell infiltrated the Dream Clan's royal court for a long time and finally figured out what the Dream Clan wanted to do.

It turns out that long ago, the king of the Dream Clan had already colluded with an evil god in the Nightmare World!

With the help of that evil god, the Dream Clan king influenced most of the third-tier lords, causing them to offer sacrifices to that evil god!

Now, the giant magic array covering the entire Dream Clan territory, which, once activated, will sacrifice countless Dream Clan members to open a passage to the world, has been initially completed!

Once the magic circle is activated, a portion of that evil god's power will descend upon this world!

Fortunately, I still have plenty of time.

Russell hurriedly fled, intending to return to the Wizard's Fortress and report the information to the higher-ups via the communication device.

He didn't dare to delay along the way, and it took him nearly two months to reach the Dream Clan Fortress.

Russell concealed his aura as he left the Dream Clan Fortress, entered the Witch Dream Mountains, and finally returned to the Wizard Fortress.

Upon returning here, Russell requested to report to the third-tier wizard stationed at the wizard fortress.

The application was approved shortly afterward.

Russell arrived at the commander's office of the Wizard Fortress.

"Wizard Russell, you've been at the Dream Clan's border for so long, and this is the first time we've met."

The commander-in-chief of the Dream Clan's border was a kind old man with white hair, but those who knew him well knew that he was a terrifying body-refining wizard.

Moreover, his mastery of the soul is equally profound; no one can affect him without at least ten Dream Clan members simultaneously launching mental attacks.

This guy is the one who stormed the Dream Clan fortress, forcing them to garrison a double-digit number of Dream Clan members.

"I have information about the Dream Clan to report to the Wizarding Association," Russell said directly.

"During my time at the Dream Clan's border, I was actually infiltrating the Dream Clan's territory to conduct research, but I discovered some important intelligence, which is why I rushed back."

"Tell me about it," the white-haired old man said directly.

Russell also knew that some things were taboo to be reported to higher authorities, so he immediately told them what he had found out.

For example, the sacrificial arrays that are spread throughout the Dream Clan's territory, and the affair between the Dream Clan's king and the evil god of the Nightmare World.

Of course, there's no need to mention the astonishing fact that he can control a third-tier Dream Clan.

Every wizard has their own trump card; some details are left vague and left to the imagination.

"I understand," the white-haired old man said calmly.

"He's just an evil god."

He shook his head and smiled. "Nothing to be surprised about."

Russell was somewhat taken aback.

In today's wizarding world, even if an evil god descends and cannot unleash its full power, surely one shouldn't underestimate an evil god like this?

"The decline of the wizarding world is not exactly a secret in the surrounding worlds. Do you really think that from ancient times to the present, no god has ever coveted the wizarding world?"

The white-haired old man laughed.

Russell was taken aback.

Indeed, it is quite abnormal that the wizarding world has been embroiled in civil war for so many years without any external invasion.