"The entrance to ’Gate City.’"
"Kandar is wielding his staff and pendent chain, chanting the secret Witch Language, invoking the authority of the ’Wise God Sovereign’ to pry open forces from the mystical dinsion. Chains begin to manifest around them, constructed from runes that emit a seven-colored radiance, brimming with incredible power, purifying the rampant, violent filth."
"The fearso evil entity guarding the entrance senses trouble. It pulls out the sword embedded in its body with its other hand, imdiately unleashing an even more terrifying aura—rife with filth, uncleanness, and evil."
"The rune-ford chains tremble under this force, already showing cracks."
"’Kandar’ doesn’t dare slacken, reciting the secret Language with greater intensity, prying mystical forces using wisdom. You see his bloodshot eyes, sweat dripping profusely as he struggles to sustain the spell with everything he has."
"Under his effort, the rune chains emitting a seven-colored stream of light gradually stabilize, suppressing the forces filled with filth and uncleanness."
"However..."
"Before your eyes, the fearso entity guarding the entrance to ’Gate City,’ cloaked in filth and uncleanness, tears through its own flesh and sprouts a third arm. As malevolent blood flows, it draws out a third sword."
"You hear Kandar’s anxious voice, saying, ’Wizard, run! This creature draws unspeakable filth from the ’Filthy Mountain and Defiled Ocean’ with every sword it unsheathes, wielding even a fraction of the ’Lord of Filth’s’ terrifying power. I’m afraid I cannot hold it back for much longer.’"
"You remain immobile."
"As the last Wizard shepherding divine spirits and inheritor of the ’Lord of Blasphemy,’ how could you be frightened away by a re entity?"
"You retrieve the ’Heart Dream Source’ from ’Guardian King City.’"
"This legendary artifact has only one effect... to choose a target, gaze into their thoughts, and use them as a blueprint to weave a dream entirely under your control."
"Three uses per day."
"Seeing Kandar nearing his limit, you hesitate no longer and imdiately unleash the ’Heart Dream Source.’"
When deploying the ’legendary’ artifact, Yang Qizhou’s spirit lifts.
According to the ’Tree Ancient God’s’ descriptions, ’legendary’ artifacts possess powers equivalent to those of a Divine Sovereign. Of course, as they are not true gods and lack consciousness, their authority, power, and might cannot compare to divine beings of equivalent rank.
Still, to deal with a guardian of ’Gate City,’
It is more than sufficient.
Yang Qizhou harbors high expectations for the effects of the ’Heart Dream Source.’
The ga continues.
"The entity struggling under Kandar’s suppression, attempting to draw its third sword, suddenly freezes. Its crimson, fla-like eyes gradually dim."
"Kandar doesn’t know what happened, but he seizes the rare opportunity. His chanting speeds up as though fast-forwarding, and countless seven-colored rune chains manifest densely, locking down the fearso entity. Only after ensuring its complete containnt does he let out a sigh of relief."
"anwhile, you are imrsed in the realm of consciousness, where a series of illusory images flicker before you like scenes from a film."
"You see a man with pointed elf-like ears, fair and pristine skin, radiating an ethereal beauty, strolling through a mythical, dreamlike city with a child. Their laughter resonates as they walk hand in hand."
"This surprises you; who would have thought that the thoughts of this ’fearso entity’ could be so idyllic?"
"Could this handso man truly be the one guarding the entrance to ’Gate City’ as the fearso entity?"
"What could have happened to transform him into such a monstrous form?"
"As the thought crosses your mind, the scene abruptly becos distorted, as though splashed with filthy water, leaving everything illegible."
"You sense an epiphany within you."
"This is the foul power from ’Filthy Mountain and Defiled Ocean’ interfering with the effects of the ’Heart Dream Source.’"
"Before long, the scene clears up again."
"You see the handso man sitting at a desk under the shroud of night, his face wrought with worry. The quill strokes upon parchnt repeatedly fail to produce any words. Soon, an exquisite, elegant woman walks in. She seems to understand his hardships, gently embraces him, and strokes his head in solace."
"Sadly,"
"This is but a thoughtscaped image, devoid of sound. You cannot hear their exchange."
"Once more, the scene blurs and twists as if drenched in filthy water—the foul and unclean forces again disrupting the ’Heart Dream Source.’"
"You grit your teeth, sweating profusely, fighting to maintain the effects of the ’Heart Dream Source.’"
"Soon, the imagery grows clear once again."
"The man arrives at a massive plaza. At its front stands a divine statue thousands of ters tall, flowing with holiness—majestic beyond imagination. Surrounding him are congregations of believers, gathered to witness and pray, their gazes resolute."
"Could this be the mont filthy forces from ’Filthy Mountain and Defiled Ocean’ are about to surge forth, and the Gatekeepers are preparing to resist?"
"You mull over this possibility."
"But then you see the sky suddenly tear apart, revealing a grotesque and horrifying realm overflowing with filth and uncleanness. Viscous, corrupted fluid pours like an unstoppable tide, engulfing the expansive plaza in an instant."
"Yet the anticipated scene of ’Guardians’ fighting with valor never materializes. Instead, they abandon resistance, pray before the divine statue of the ’Wise God Sovereign,’ and let their bodies be drenched in the filth and uncleanness."
"You watch as the handso man’s flesh is tainted, twisted, and fractured—swords erge alongside the filth, piercing his body."
"And yet, from beginning to end, he resists neither nor evades. He gazes toward the divine statue with unwavering devotion."
"The scene freezes."
The torn heavens, dripping filth from the unclean realm, must surely be the ’Filthy Mountain and Defiled Ocean’ ruled by the ’Lord of Filth.’
From the mory of the fearso entity, Yang Qizhou feels an inexplicable oddity.
As a ’Gatekeeper,’ shouldn’t the handso man be an eternal nesis of the foul powers from the ’Filthy Mountain and Defiled Ocean’? Yet the textual hints suggest he anticipated these forces of uncleanness dripping down from the realm of ’Lord of Filth.’ Not only did he refrain from fleeing or resisting, but he even actively stayed in the plaza to welco the corruption.
Most puzzling of all... he wasn’t alone; based on the text, many other ’Gatekeepers’ made the sa choice.
"Does this an all the Gatekeepers of ’Gate City’ collectively betrayed their cause, pledging allegiance to the ’Lord of Filth’?"
"But then why would they still pray to the ’Wise God Sovereign’?"
"It doesn’t add up."
After mulling it over for a long ti, Yang Qizhou remains unable to untangle the mystery, so he sets it aside for later.
The ga continues.
"After successfully delving into the ’fearso entity’s’ consciousness, you use its initial idyllic scene as a blueprint, crafting a dream in which the handso man eternally reunites with his wife and child, living joyfully ever after in bliss—looping endlessly."
"Although you spent what felt like eternity in its consciousness, only an instant passed in the real world."
"When you open your eyes, you see the fearso entity guarding the entrance to ’Gate City’ no longer radiates its ferocious and chaotic aura. It kneels on the dusty, polluted ground, eyes shut, with an expression of serene peace—a sign of pleasant dreaming."
"Kandar, gasping for air, stares at you in shock, asking, ’Wizard, how did you manage this?’"
"Naturally, you wouldn’t reveal the power of the ’Heart Dream Source.’"
"You reply sternly, ’As the final shepherd of the Ancient Gods, overseeing the middle-late Third Epoch, suppressing foes across dinsions has never been a difficult feat.’"
"It’s a High Position artifact, isn’t it?"
"Kandar’s straightforward remark pierces the truth."
"You don’t feel embarrassed; instead, you maintain an air of mystery as usual."
"With the ’fearso entity’ no longer posing a threat, you and Kandar waste no ti continuing toward ’Gate City.’"
"On the way, you deliberate and decide to recount in full the imagery from the ’fearso entity’s’ consciousness."
"That ’fearso entity’ was once a ’Gatekeeper.’ Did he willingly let himself be tainted by the ’Filthy Mountain and Defiled Ocean’?"
"Kandar is equally astonished upon hearing this revelation."
"He says, ’Gate City has been lost for ages, even before ’Guardian King City.’ No one knows the exact cause. Since then, ’Gate City’ has beco a domain overflowing with uncleanness and filth.’"
"You suddenly recall sothing... did the ’Wise God Sovereign’ vanish during ’Gate City’s’ fall?"
"You voice your doubts aloud."
"Kandar responds swiftly, saying, ’When Gate City fell, the ’Wise God Sovereign’ had not yet disappeared. At that ti, Wisdom’s Edge had not been polluted, and the land still flourished with life. But later, filth and uncleanness surged into the territory, and it was around then that the great ’Wise God Sovereign’ vanished.’"
"You lapse into silent contemplation, your thoughts veiled."
"Upon reaching the entrance to ’Gate City,’ the first thing you encounter is a five-ter-wide divine road. There are no railings on either side—the depths a pitch-black abyss. The walls, mottled and yellowed, bear the marks of corruption by filth and uncleanness. Yet peculiarly... there are no evil entities present. The eerie tranquility unsettles you."
"You, however, are accustod to navigating realms of chaos and danger. You plan to sacrifice a few lives to test the depths of peril here."
"Kandar blocks your path, his expression stern yet tinged with excitent, saying,"
"This is... Wisdom Corridor."
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