In the void like the depths of the universe, surrounded by a boundless world without sound.

Here, the red, yellow, blue, green and other color blocks are vivid and distinct but overlapped, like the most abstract oil painting. The surroundings are filled with illusory and transparent things that are difficult to describe, and in the depths, in the sky, slowly swim seven clear and clear lights of different colors, which seem to have life and contain endless knowledge.

This is the spiritual realm, which completely overlaps with reality and is everywhere.

For anyone, the existence of the spirit world is quite wonderful. And for the extraordinary, the existence of the spirit world is even more indispensable.

For example, the divination commonly used by 'soothsayers' is based on the picture seen by the astral spirit body traveling in the spirit world, where it does not obey the rules of the material world, and involves the transcendent 'me', the infinite 'me', and the cosmic 'me', and the past, present, and future may overlap, which is the root of divination.

Based on the same principle, the sequence 7 'astrologer' of the apprenticeship path can also be divined with the help of the spirit world. Furthermore, the xenomorphic pathway sequence 5 'Resentful Souls' can be transformed into spirits, directly contact the spirit world, and obtain information, so they naturally have the ability to divinate and counter-divination.

Therefore, theoretically, the extraordinary person who takes either path can actually receive revelation from the spirit world and then use the extraordinary power of divination. Because the essence of divination is the result of spirituality and spiritual realm, communication with the higher 'me'.

However, there is no distinction between the upper and lower levels, the left and right, and the past, future, and present may all converge here, just like a strange ocean formed by the gathering and compression of countless illusory spirits with countless knowledge, countless information, and countless illusory spirits, which is completely different from the 'world' in normal concepts and normal logic.

Because of this, the revelations obtained from the spirit world can only be imagery, symbols, not direct answers, which must be interpreted to figure out the specific meaning, which is also the role of divination items such as tarot cards.

In addition to divination, other types of extraordinary abilities are also inextricably linked to the spirit world.

Whether it is the flame jump of the 7 'Magician' of the Fortune Teller's pathway, or the extraordinary abilities such as teleportation and flashing possessed by the 5 'Traveler' of the Apprentice Pathway, the 4 'Undead' of the Death Path, and other paths, the essence of this is to travel through the spirit world.

With the help of the fact that there is no difference between up, down, left and right, and the location and distance are very chaotic, the effect of 'teleportation' in the real world is achieved by shuttling through the spirit world.

Another example is the 'collective subconscious ocean', which is commonly used by high-level extraordinary people in the audience's pathway, although in most people's cognition, this is the mental world of all living beings, but in fact it is also vague and wonderful with the spiritual world.

It can even be said that the ocean of the collective subconscious itself is dependent on the spirit world to exist.

The same is true of the underworld, the essence of which is a special area carved out within the spirit world by the 'Ancestor of the Undead Bird' Gregaret.

And if there were anything else like it to describe the 'spirit world,' Ember could only think of one word:

Subspace.

And if you think about it, there are indeed many similarities between the two sides......

As soon as Ember turned such a thought in his mind, in the spirit realm where the color blocks overlapped, in the seven pure lights of different colors that occupied the highest part of the spirit realm, the orange light suddenly flickered, and an old man wearing an orange robe appeared in front of Ember.

The old man was chubby in appearance, with a short white beard, and looked quite kind.

It's just that the old man's expression at this time seemed a little nervous, and it could even be said that he was afraid, and he trembled slightly:

"Your Excellency, please allow me to introduce myself, you should have heard of me, I am 'Orange Light' Hilarion, serving the great being above the spirit world, the Lord of Mysteries, Mr. 'Fool'."

As he spoke, the old man's expression became more and more frightened, as if he was already suffering greatly just by standing in front of the embers. This drove him to finish his words in one breath, for fear that he would be killed by the other party because he didn't finish the words and lead to misunderstandings.

Ember looked at the old man who was so nervous that he couldn't stop glancing at him, and suddenly asked:

"You've seen me before?"

'Orange Light' Hillarion said worriedly:

"Yes, but you've only passed by in a hurry a few times before, and this is the first time you've officially communicated with us."

Ember realized, he did 'pass by' the spirit realm a few times.

Whether it is going back in time or using the spirit world to travel, you need to use the peculiarities of the spirit world.

But for Ember before, the spirit world was just a special tool, and there was no value in staying on purpose.

But this time is different, he needs to find something in the spirit world, and he has to find someone to lead the way.

And the aborigines of the Seven Lights of the Spirit World are the most suitable guides.

Ember asked:

"What do you know about Calderon and the essentia within?"

The 'orange light' Hillarion, who does not have sweat glands, wiped the sweat that did not exist on his forehead, and said in a thoughtful tone:

"In fact, we don't know much about essentia."

"At the end of the last civilization, when the 'original' woke up, the previous seven lights had been erased, and we were the pure light that was re-conceived in the spirit realm in the First Age, and we may not know as much as you imagined."

'Orange Light' Hillarion first folded a layer of armor for himself, and at the same time observed Ember's face, and saw that his expression was not abnormal, and then continued:

"All we know is that essentia contained in Calderon is the 'River of Eternal Darkness', with which Gregali created the city and buried it in the depths of the spirit realm with the peculiarities of the River of Eternal Darkness."

"But in the process of creating Calderón, Gregaard gradually became aware of the pollution of the 'River of Eternal Darkness'. Therefore, he used the tributaries of the River of Eternal Darkness to open up the underworld in the spirit world, trying to get rid of pollution by staying away from Calderón, which contains the tributaries of the River of Eternal Darkness. ”

"And at the end of his life, threatened by the ancient sun god, he had to turn his gaze to Calderón once more, and cast the city into the depths of the spirit realm along with its tributaries of the River of Eternal Darkness. We speculate that his purpose was to use the peculiarities of the River of Eternal Darkness as a follow-up to His resurrection, but for unknown reasons, this attempt ultimately failed. ”

As if fearing that the lack of detailed information would cause dissatisfaction, 'Orange Light' Hillarion hurriedly explained:

"The essence of essentia is much higher than the spirit world, and we Seven Lights were born in the spirit world, and we cannot go beyond the spirit world to explore the secrets of essentia. With the 'River of Eternal Darkness' in the way, we are unable to enter the depths of Calderón or receive exact information. But according to our guesses, Gregarie's resurrection failed either because he failed to escape the pollution of the River of Eternal Darkness, or because he was influenced by Sallinger, the god of death. ”

"Also."

'Orange Light' Hilarion paused and said cautiously:

"Since the main stream of the River of Eternal Darkness appeared in Calderon's underground, the surrounding spirit world has also been affected to a certain extent, and we are now irreversibly polluted even if we get close. If you're trying to explore there, it's hard for us to provide substantial help. ”

In fact, the influence of the river of eternal darkness goes far beyond what He said.

As one of the nine essentia left by the Creator, the existence of the River of Eternal Darkness itself is higher than the real world and higher than the spirit world. Therefore, in the face of the erosion and pollution of the River of Eternal Darkness, the spirit world can neither do anything to deal with it, nor is it powerless to resist, so it can only let it continue to erode.

This is definitely an extinction crisis for the spirit world, no less than the real world being invaded by the past.

But fortunately, there is also the Source Fort above the Spirit Realm, and as a essentia, the existence of the Source Fort can suppress the erosion of the River of Eternal Darkness. In addition, the River of Eternal Darkness does not have a 'master' and has not yet given birth to self-consciousness, so its pollution of the spirit world is still in the unconscious spontaneous stage, and the scope of erosion is not too exaggerated.

And once this pollution really reaches the bottom of no return, the Seven Lights can only ask for help from the great being above the spirit realm.

"Lead the way." Ember didn't answer Orange Light's reminder, but calmly commanded.

After all, the River of Eternal Darkness is essentia, and Ember still gives some attention.

So although he had already obtained Calderon's coordinates from Klein, after listening to Orange Light's description of Calderon's current situation, he didn't plan to directly 'teleport' to the depths of Calderon, or take a look at the periphery now.

As for how to determine where Calderon's 'periphery' is now, this requires the use of the Seven Spiritual Lights—since they would be polluted even if they were just close to them, they would know that there was the dividing line.

"This ...... Please follow me. ”

'Orange Light' Hillarion had a bitter look on his face, and he knew that this trip was destined to have no good fruit to eat. But there was no way, after all, this was the order of the great lord in the spirit world himself, and the other six lights were unwilling to come, so he could only carry out this difficult task.

Even if he was reluctant, 'Orange Light' Hilarion had to faithfully carry out the order of the one and quickly teleport to the depths of the spiritual realm. Along the way, all kinds of strange spiritual creatures passed by them, like an oil painting depicting hell.

If it is an ordinary extraordinary, I am afraid that he will be surrounded by these spiritual creatures, and he will never be able to leave the spiritual world. Because not all spirit creatures are friendly, in fact, there are many powerful and malicious beings.

Even for the Seven Lights of the Spirit Realm, they are not absolutely invincible in the Spirit Realm, and there are many terrifying beings in the depths of the Spirit Realm that can hurt or even kill them. And the reason why the Seven Lights of the Spirit Realm are more famous than these powerful Spirit Creatures is more due to their friendly attitude towards the Extraordinary.

If it were usual, a single Seven Light would come to the deep area of the Spirit Realm, even if he would not encounter danger, he would inevitably be watched by the greedy eyes of some beings. Because the Seven Lights of the Spirit Realm represent not only the strength of the angelic level, but also the corresponding person in the Spirit Realm - any spirit creature may perish, but the Seven Lights of the Spirit World will exist forever.

Just like the seven lights of the spirit world of the previous civilization, even if they are annihilated, the spirit world will still give birth to a new seven lights to replace them.

If one of the seven rays can be devoured and their person stolen, the benefits to the spirit creatures are enormous.

But this time, 'Orange Light' Hillarione didn't feel those greedy gazes.

Along the way, those strangely shaped and powerful spirit creatures didn't dare to approach at all, or even dare to look directly, and even as soon as they felt the breath, they had already escaped to other areas through teleportation.

Orange Light Hillarion knew very well that it wasn't because the creatures were afraid of themselves, they were afraid of the one behind them.

They may have thought that it was the 'Orange Light' who had brought revenge on them, so they fled in the first place. But what they didn't know was that it wasn't just them who were afraid, but 'Orange Light' was also afraid!

It's like just now, when he saw Ember grab a spirit creature that didn't have time to escape in the process of teleporting.

'Orange Light' Hillarion saw it in his eyes, afraid in his heart, and could only silently mourn for the captured spirit creature.

Finally, I don't know how long it took.

They stopped in front of an area.

In the back are impressionist oil paintings with mixed colors, blurry and dreamy. In the farther back area, countless strange-shaped spirit creatures fled in all directions because of their arrival.

On the surface, this place does not seem to be any different from the rest of the spirit world.

But not far in front of them was an area shrouded in gray twilight. Visible to the naked eye, the grayish color became richer and deeper it went, and in the end it was a darkness so thick that it could not be dissolved, making it impossible to see what was in it.

But the dead silence in that area was enough to make people shudder, even outside of dusk.

The darkness and the oil painting are distinct, as if two very different styles of incarnation are blended together. And if you look closely, you can even see that the dusk is slowly penetrating into the area where the oil painting is located, gradually eroding!

'Orange Light' looked at the darkness, with deep fear and jealousy in his eyes, and whispered:

"Further down is Calderón, I'm sorry, I can only send you here."

"It's okay, you can leave first."

Ember's tone was friendly, and if you ignored Orange Light's frightened expression, it was like two old friends who were about to be separated.

In the next second, 'Orange Light' Hilarion watched as Ember threw the spirit creature he had just grabbed on the road directly into the dusk in front of him!

In the screams of the other party, the huge body, hundreds of meters high, with a huge bull head, two sharp horns on it, and pink skin covered with the same pink tentacles, the spirit creatures entered the gray area from the brightly colored oil painting in a desperate scream.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the 'vitality' on the other party's body is fading at an extremely fast speed.

Eventually, He stopped struggling completely, and his otherwise pink, smooth skin was covered in grayish white, and it was full of cracks.

From a distance, it looks like a huge stone statue with a strange shape. (End of chapter)