Wizard's Journey

Chapter 1413 World Rift

There are several entrances to the Heart of the World, but the most famous is the Gate of the Black Sea Vortex.

The Elemental Wizard Apprentice Holy Tower Qualification Battle is a similar event held by most other Holy Tower institutions, sending their strongest potential members to the Heart of the World to directly advance to Level 1 beings, including Black Wizards of the Dark Domain.

The black ocean is not devoid of life; it is merely a manifestation of the influence of the abyss's rules.

Green's figure flickered between light and shadow, moving silently. One moment he was on the horizon, the next he was right in front of us, and then he disappeared into the horizon again, flying towards the vortex gate.

call out!

The sudden arrival of Grimm, who hovered above the deep-sea vortex, was met with astonished stares from the numerous guardians gathered above the vortex gate. Each guardian was equivalent to a world lord in power, and there were a total of nineteen guardians, representing the nineteen holy tower institutions of the wizarding world.

The wizard who suddenly arrived tried his best to hide his energy fluctuations and suppress his power, but in the eyes of the world's guardians, he had already seen the essence of Grimm from the changes in the world's internal mass. Therefore, they were all stunned and did not know what this incredibly powerful Stigmata wizard was doing here.

"Uh, is a Saint Tower apprentice promotion ceremony taking place here?"

Feeling rather embarrassed by the stares from everyone, Grimm continued, "I have come here to pay my respects to the great Guardian of Winter. I have already visited the Guardians of Spring and Summer, as it concerns the offering of the True Spirit."

"Giggle, those little guys are here."

Standing on Green's shoulder, Little Eight gazed into the distance and clearly sensed that wizard apprentices and lower beings from various holy towers were gathering in this direction, riding giant turtles similar to those Green had ridden on Tiandu Peak.

Splash!

The mechanical bees cut a ripple across the sea surface. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, five of them arrived together. With a "click," the mechanical bee hatches opened, and five wizard apprentices emerged, looking around in amazement. When they saw the Black Sea whirlpool beneath their feet, they swallowed hard with a "gulp."

A guardian approached them, and after a brief exchange, the wizard apprentices followed the guardian as they plummeted toward the bottom of the Black Sea whirlpool, their terrified screams echoing faintly.

Following that, wave after wave of wizard apprentices from various Holy Tower institutions arrived. This kind of ceremony was held once every hundred years, which was quite frequent for a Stigmata Wizard like Grimm, so it was not surprising that he happened to stumble upon it once.

After a while, a giant thorn whale emerged from the whirlpool in the Black Sea. This behemoth, which is over 10,000 meters long, is the largest native creature in the Wizarding World and also the oldest marine species in the Wizarding World. The species is relatively small and is favored by the will of the Wizarding World. After reaching adulthood, it may directly ascend to the position of world master.

The black exoskeleton was covered with countless seaweed vines, and even some ship anchors were used as ornaments. After a loud echo, the Tyrannosaurus Rex from the Sea King's Altar opened its mouth and five small black dots flew out.

A conch shell, a seahorse, a starfish, a sea turtle, and a giant octopus—these potential creatures chosen by the Sea King's Altar were also welcomed away by a guardian.

Gradually, fewer and fewer guards surrounded Green. A chill swept through the dark vortex, and the seawater in the Black Sea vortex began to freeze rapidly with a series of cracking sounds.

"The Tower of Annihilation, the Holy Mark Wizard"

Under the watchful eyes of the two remaining guardians and Grin, it turned out to be pure white snowflakes behind the Winter Guardian.

It has six horns, fluffy white whiskers, and anthropomorphic facial features in the middle. Its large eyes have curved eyelashes that radiate an inexplicable brilliance.

The little snowflake with its curved eyelashes looked at Green.

"The Guardian of Winter asked me to take you down. Hehe, the little guy from back then has grown into such a powerful wizard. It's incredible."

Little Snowflake surprisingly had a strong memory of Green.

Uh?

Green looked slightly puzzled, but didn't say anything. He just nodded silently and followed the snowflake with curved eyelashes as it descended into the depths of the Black Sea whirlpool.

In any world, the basic structure is based on rules as the framework and elemental energy as the bricks and tiles. The amount of elemental energy is generally much greater than that of the rules. However, at this moment, as we enter the influence range of the broken heart that leaked into the wizarding world, the amount of rules has exceeded that of energy elements. The power of the world is also greater than that of energy elements. The energy elements are squeezed to extreme purity within a limited space.

Green had already sensed these things when the wizard apprentice first entered the Black Sea vortex.

Here, wizarding apprentices who cannot manipulate the rules will have no magical abilities.

After one hourglass period.

Green looked down and gradually, a warm glow appeared in his field of vision.

At that moment, Green felt a warm and embraced sensation as if he were about to be nestled in his mother's arms. From that warm light, Green truly felt that warmth, embrace, care, and concern.

Even after all these years, Green can still experience that wonderful feeling!

"We've arrived. Let's not wait for them, let's go ahead."

Little Snowflake said to Green, and Little Eight, who had been sitting on Green's shoulder without saying a word for a long time, suddenly said in a low voice, "I'm going to the dimensional rift. You go alone."

As he spoke, Xiao Ba vanished in a flash.

Green naturally knew why Little Eight was like this. Although he kept cursing the old bastard, there was always an inexplicable emotion between them. Antonio sacrificed himself for the wizarding world, leaving it to wait in the dimensional gap, and leaving a page of destiny in its belly. If you said there was no emotion in it, no one would believe it.

In the distant, unknown center of this space, countless interlocking chains, existing between solidity and emptiness, extend outwards. Above Green's head is a pitch-black vortex void, through which neither the light of the source nor the chains of rules can penetrate.

The stone walls surrounding the vortex space were pierced by countless chains, gradually transforming into an illusion.

After passing through chains of rules that appeared to be physical but were actually illusory, a rushing golden river of light suddenly appeared in everyone's sight. The golden river of light was like a boundless sea, seemingly turbulent and unstoppable on the outside, but on the inside it nurtured hope and embraced all living beings.

This river of light is like a dazzling galaxy in the night sky.

"Let's go!"

Little Snowflake stepped into the River of Light first, followed closely by Green. The two vanished in a flash, speeding downstream and disappearing from sight.

As if lying in a mother's embrace, utterly embracing, in a fleeting moment, a silent gray stone statue glides by, its right hand raised high above the River of Light, its left hand holding the Book of Destiny, standing quietly, unmoved by the passage of time.

call out!call out!

Grimm and Snowflakes glided quickly past, and gradually, the source of countless chains of rules in the wizarding world came into view.

This is an irregular red sphere with a diameter of about 10,000 meters. It is irregular because directly below this red sphere, a dark gray sphere with a diameter of about 5,000 meters is also present.

This is the fundamental will of the wizarding world, the heart of the world!

The core of the World Heart is a crimson red, like lava, with golden light emanating from its cracks, yet it feels no heat whatsoever.

The golden river of fate is like a giant shuttle, delicate at both ends and powerful in the middle. The delicate ends connect the heart of the world and the Wizard's Lever Square, while the powerful middle is the fulcrum of fate.

Green could clearly see that a huge crack, hundreds of meters in diameter, appeared where the Heart of the World touched the Lever of Fate. The crack was surrounded by countless endless seven-colored runes, which seemed to be a huge sealing array, like a bandage wrapped around the huge wound of the Heart of the World.

Every now and then, the seven-colored sealing bandage would tremble and countless seven-colored runes would flash, seemingly preventing something from erupting from inside the wound, and it seemed to be quite effective.

However, sporadic bursts of light always emerge from the gaps in these seals.

Beneath the mask of truth, Grimm's three-colored eyes stared intently at the seven-colored seal barrier of the Heart of the World, his gaze flickering with unspeakable grief.

The heart of a world is the highest embodiment of the common will of all living things in that world.

Under normal circumstances, the destruction of the Heart of the World can only occur in two ways: one is that with the endless passage of time and the excessive self-consumption and loss of balance of certain natural rules within the world, the lifespan of the Heart of the World reaches its end, leading to its self-collapse.

Another scenario is that numerous super-creatures at the True Spirit Wizard level continuously disrupt the fundamental rules of a world until all life in that world is completely destroyed, at which point the World Heart, representing the will of all things, naturally collapses.

Besides, the Heart of the World is virtually indestructible.

Even if the most powerful being manages to damage a trace of the Heart of the World, it will be repaired by the balance rules of the endless world where the Heart of the World resides, and there is absolutely no possibility of it being shattered.

but!

The Heart of the World in the Wizarding World is an exception.

In ancient times, in order to save the last vestiges of the wizarding world's civilization, Antonio was willing to sacrifice his own life as a pivot point, using all the wealth and resources the wizarding world once possessed as energy to shift the world's coordinates in the endless void, thus changing the tragic fate of the wizarding world's impending demise.

On the surface, all of this seemed to mark the end of the wizarding world's tragic fate and the beginning of a new journey.

However, the real phenomenon is...

Even though Antonio gave everything, he only delayed the fate of the wizarding world's demise by a few epochs. Beneath the Heart of the World and above the Lever of Fate, a broken crack appeared in the original will of the wizarding world.

It seems that because the Wizarding World has completely broken away from the original coordinate relationship of the Endless World, the balance rules of the Endless World have not occurred in the Heart of the Wizarding World.

The fate of the endless world no longer favors this wizarding world that is trying to escape its doom!

The cracks in the Heart of the Wizarding World cannot repair themselves, and the interior of the Heart of the World begins to crumble and disappear due to the breaking of its outer shell. This is the sign that the Heart of the World is about to perish and collapse.

In his panic, the ancient wizard tried every possible method, but in the end, he could only set up the Seven-Colored Space-Time Sealing Technique, which represents the strongest sealing ability in the wizarding world.

On one hand, the wizarding world is doing everything it can to delay the day of the destruction of the Heart of the World. On the other hand, it is using all its resources to develop and strengthen the wizarding civilization, attempting to defeat the powerful civilization that once made the wizarding world flee like stray dogs before the wizarding world is completely destroyed.

Only by moving the Wizarding World back to its original coordinates in memory can it return to the balance of the endless world and thus avert its fate of destruction.

For this goal, for this ideal!

All the true spirit wizards in the wizarding world have put aside all their past internal conflicts, formed a unified will, and are doing everything in their power to save the wizarding world from its impending doom.

"Guardian, the Sacred Mark Wizard of the Tower of Annihilation has arrived."

The snowflakes flew behind the Winter Guardian, the white mist representing the harshest winter's will in the wizarding world. The black-robed wizard looked at Grimm.

"kindness."

The Winter Guardian looked at Grimm and said in a low voice, "The first-ring True Spirit Wizard has already told me about your matter. If you can truly complete this True Spirit Offering, it will be an indelible contribution to the wizarding world. The level of attention you receive from the world's will will probably surpass mine, making you the strongest guardian of the wizarding world."

Green nodded, seemingly calmly.

At the same time, this is the foundation of the true spirit of the ancestor of wizards' offering, the most basic ability for self-preservation.

"I will dedicate my entire life to fulfilling this sacred devotion for the wizarding world!"

As Green spoke solemnly, at the Winter Guardian's signal, Green walked step by step toward the shattered crack of the Heart of the World. Every now and then, fragments of the Heart of the World would spray out from the gaps in the spacetime sealing technique and be taken away by the Winter Guardian.

Green sensed the fluctuations in the heart of the world, and his dark complexion gradually became solemn and dignified.

"Are there about three eras left? Only 30,000 years?"

Green's mutterings prompted the Winter Guardian standing behind him to say in a low voice, "It should take a little longer. The integration of the Nightmare World has solidified the Heart of the Wizarding World considerably, but that's about it."

"Okay, I understand."

Green nodded solemnly and said in a low voice, "I need to study and comprehend this place carefully. There are some Taiyi Magnetite stones here; let's see if we can solidify and gather the Heart of the World!"

(End of this chapter)