Half an hour later, Krens and Henna, her sister, who had redoned the Storm God Mage insignia, appeared at the entrance to the top hall, their usual cold demeanor, not even glancing at the mage outside the 'door', and heading straight for their room. But everyone knew that from the moment they appeared, these two powerful human and demon 'hybrids' had already announced their choice.

The hall was calm again, and now, only the corpse of the giant beast and Rhaegar remained, and a thought arose in the geist's mind as he looked at the near-perfect 'flesh' body in front of him. The idea bordered on absurdity, as even the gods had never tried it before, but once it appeared, it caught Rhaeggar's attention.

Gently closing his eyes, Rhaegar stood motionless, his mind running at lightning speed at this moment, countless knowledge and experience from the depths of his soul, organically combined and arranged in his mind. One hypothesis after another surfaced in his mind and was validated by this knowledge, some were eliminated at first opportunity, others were preserved as probable inferences, and then these ideas were further extrapolated, some of them were eliminated again, and the process would continue until the final answer was obtained.

This powerful deduction ability is not available to every mage, even forbidden mages are difficult to possess, only souls from the gods can withstand such intense calculations without collapsing, in a very short period of time, Rhaegar has already made hundreds of millions of calculations, and finally, when he opened his eyes, a glimmer of control flickered in them.

Rapid and obscure spells emanated from Rhaeggar's mouth, echoing through the empty hall, and at the sound of the spell, a large black shadow appeared behind him, the shadow of himself that had been condensed and enlarged several times by his magic. At the same time, a stream of golden 'color' light 'shot' out of his body, into the black shadow, with the entry of this light, the shadow that was still swaying began to become stable, and gradually transformed from a thin layer into a three-dimensional form with a certain thickness.

The success of this step was obviously a great encouragement to Rhaegar, and despite the fact that the spell was also a great burden on him, the geist continued to chant the spell until his magic was nearly exhausted, and in the days that followed, he spent almost all of his time doing the same thing, except for the necessary rest: expanding his shadow and then reinforcing it with his magic.

This process lasted for almost half a month - as a mage, it is not uncommon for a mage to forget to sleep or even go out for months for an experiment, even the owner of the mage tower, so his closed door did not cause any 'commotion' in the mage tower - finally, when the shadow expanded to almost the size of Cato, Rhaegar finally stopped, and now, it was time for the second step.

For the vast majority of living beings in this universe, the shadow is nothing more than a phenomenon, and any object will always form a shadow where the light does not 'shine', but in the distant past, when Rhaegar was still the god of judgment, this god has always had an unconfirmed idea: shadow is not a phenomenon, but a real and unique substance, which exists around every living being, is closely related to living beings but is not felt, and the shadows formed by those rays are only part of the well-known manifestations of this substance.

The strongest evidence for this view comes from one of the nature spirits who compete with the gods for dominance of the universe, and this being that can hide itself in any shadow and can 'manipulate' the shadow to attack its opponents is called a 'yin' shadow spirit, and even its companions do not know where it came from. It is the most feared killer of nature's spirits, and the gods are invincible to its attacks, even if they are born with an unspeakable aversion to light and never operate where there is a strong light, the damage caused by this existence to the gods is still in the top five among their companions.

If this argument he made after the war is confirmed, then the origin of this 'yin' shadow spirit is well explained: it is the product of the 'yin' shadow of the universe, and the omnipresent shadow is its origin.

As the strongest of the gods, the knowledge of the God of Judgment is comparable to his strength, although soon after the idea was born, he had to interrupt his study of it due to the conquest between the gods, and as the author of such an argument, he has always believed in its correct 'nature', and now, all he has to do is prove his opinion.

Feeling the huge shadow behind him, solidified like substance, Rhaegar knew that his experiments had made progress somewhat, even if it was only a part of the shadow, and it was enough for him at the moment. The next moment, he fired a decomposition 'shot' at the corpse of Cato lying on the ground, and the corpse of the giant beast whose resistance had decreased after losing its life immediately turned into countless particles floating in the air, and before these particles dissipated, under the traction of the spirit power, they pounced into the huge black shadow like a swarm of bees returning to their nests.

It's not hard to break down a behemoth, but it's almost impossible to put it back together. Fortunately, Rhaegar had already prepared for this: at the beginning of the creation of the Shadow, he made it into the shape of Cato, and every part of the shadow strictly followed the proportions of the body of the Giant Beast, and all he had to do now was to integrate the particles that had been disassembled and still maintained the original 'nature' of Cato into the model of the Giant Beast made of the Shadow, like adding materials to a house that had already been built with a scaffold.

Compared to the previous step, this process is undoubtedly more complicated and trivial, if it were not for the fact that the undead are inherently a rational 'nature' dominant creature, and almost never know what impatience is, I am afraid that the experiment would have failed because of the 'waves' of emotions. Like an experienced and patient craftsman, Rhaegar carved his work with care and care.

The two stone men appointed as guards performed their duties well, and it took Rhaegar a full month to complete the second step of the experiment, when all the particles that made up Cato's body were perfectly combined with the great shadow—only formally. The next thing the geist had to do was to truly merge them together, which was the final and most crucial step of his experiment.

According to Rhaegar's vision, this universe is actually not only those energy and matter that people know, as a mysterious energy or matter that can only be perceived indirectly through shadows, although the number of shadows only accounts for a very small part of the total universe, but it is ubiquitous, and any object is surrounded by this thin shadow, they can coexist with any matter, but it is difficult to combine with it. Therefore, it was almost impossible to integrate the particles formed by Cato's body into the shadow, but fortunately, one thing in Rhaegara's hand played a huge role: the life energy from the fruit of nature.

The most basic composition of this universe is undoubtedly the primordial energy, and these basic particles combine in different forms to form energy and matter with different genera, and among all these energies and matter, there are five energies that are regarded as the basis of all things: space, life, wind, fire, and thunder. This definition is broad, and by naming common things, one reveals the nature of these energies – space represents sustainment and stability, life represents conception and birth, wind represents movement and change, fire represents outbreak and end, and thunder symbolizes order and judgment as the basis for the growth of all things. As long as there is enough life energy, mastering the right means, and not violating the laws of the universe, people can create almost anything, including the things that Rhaegar wants to make at the moment,

Countless life energy was exported from the space where the Staff of Glory was located, and injected into those particles and the giant shadow in different ways, and Rhaegar did not hesitate to try various ways, and finally, after spending a month and using up enough energy to bring hundreds of people back to life, he finally found the right way, and with the first particle perfectly integrated into the shadow, the geist knew that his experiment had succeeded.

Rhaegar finally let out a long breath as the last particle from Cato's body completely melted into the giant 'shadow' and disappeared with his mind along with the shadow. This experiment was of extraordinary significance to him - not only to confirm his own inferences, but more importantly, through this experiment, he had a top-secret weapon capable of changing a battle, and it was a decisive event for both the future journey to find the soul fragment and the dangers that might occur.

However, just as he was about to leave the hall, the scene in front of him suddenly changed, and a 'chaotic' space with no direction, no face, and no sound appeared around him, and in this space, a tall figure dressed in black was quietly levitating opposite him.

"You're making rapid progress," the man in black's voice was always calm and unheaving, a voice that should have seemed extremely mechanical and rigid, but from his mouth it became a sign of majesty, "we have met this time earlier. ”

Rhaegar was no stranger to this scene, and in the face of the mysterious being who had helped him tremendously twice in a row, the geist surprisingly did not ask any questions, but stayed there quietly, waiting for the other party's next step. In his heart, there is always a mysterious feeling that the man in black, no matter what his purpose, will never be unfavorable to himself, and all his doubts, when a certain time comes, will be easily solved, and there is no need for the other party to explain at all.