Elise did not hesitate at all.
She nodded right away and answered:
"I am willing to pay any price, as long as you can heal my mother."
She never even thought about bargaining.
That required capital and confidence.
Right now, she was like soone about to drown.
As long as there was even a trace of hope, she would grab it without hesitation.
"Very well. Press your handprint and sign the deal," Bruno said, giving a light wave of his hand.
A parchnt scroll appeared.
Elise did not even look at it.
She directly pressed down her handprint.
Other than the Fire of Protheus,
she had no value at all to a Great Elder.
Soon, Elise suddenly frowned.
She lowered her head and looked at her chest,
only to see a fla that never went out, pulled by an invisible force, slowly flying out from her heart.
The fla looked unreal, as if it were only a projection,
but Elise knew very well that this was the Fire of Protheus that had always been in her heart.
The Fire of Protheus directly entered the Book of All Things.
In an instant, the Book of All Things changed.
Bruno quickly closed his eyes and carefully observed the Book of All Things inside him.
Within the holy hall, the Lamp of All Phenona rapidly absorbed the Fire of Protheus.
A mass of fire blazed fiercely within the Book of All Things.
Before Bruno could look at it for long,
he suddenly felt his spiritual world begin to shake violently.
Elise was still right in front of him.
He could not reveal any flaw.
Bruno endured the shaking of his spiritual world.
He quickly walked to the bedside and, in the shortest ti possible,
directly absorbed the Nidhogg’s Breath from Elise’s mother.
Earlier, trading for the Fire of Protheus with Elise
had used one activation of the Book of All Things.
However, to heal Elise’s mother,
Bruno used Great Elder–level ntal power,
saving one use of the Book of All Things.
Once the Nidhogg’s Breath was gone,
Elise’s mother visibly recovered at a rapid pace.
Elise excitedly grabbed her mother’s hand.
She bit her lip hard, trying not to cry,
but the imnse pressure she had carried for so long
had already pushed her to the brink.
When her mother reached out and gently stroked her head,
Elise could no longer hold back and burst into tears.
"You’ve suffered so much. I’m sorry. I dragged you down for so long," her mother said painfully.
Elise wiped her tears with one hand and shook her head as she replied:
"Mom, I’m sorry. I should have made you better sooner."
At that mont, Elise suddenly froze.
Her heartbeat sped up, and the surrounding Enchantnt Elents rushed wildly into her body.
More precisely, they rushed into her heart.
A heart that could endure the Fire of Protheus was never ordinary.
At this instant, it broke free from its restraints and began to draw in the surrounding Enchantnt Elents like madness.
A huge amount of Arcane Power surged out from her heart
and quickly spread to every single bone in Elise’s body.
Her presence skyrocketed.
In just a few short minutes, all of her bones were fully tempered.
4 stage Warlock-Warrior, 5 stage Warlock-Warrior, 6 stage Warlock-Warrior!
From 3 stage Warlock-Warrior straight to 6 stage Warlock-Warrior,
completed in one breath, without the slightest resistance!
Elise’s eyes widened at once, filled with disbelief.
She had a feeling—
if there were enough Arcane Power, she could still break through!
Elise took a deep breath.
The joy of her sudden rise in strength made her think of Bruno.
If it were not for Bruno,
she would have long since been unable to repay the three thousand gold coins owed to Gaston Martial Hall,
and would have completely fallen into Nell·Gaston’s hellish God Realm,
enduring all kinds of tornt.
Elise turned around and happened to see Bruno walking out of the bathroom.
She asked, "Where is that lord?"
Bruno’s face was a little pale as he replied,
"He has already left. I still have so things to deal with, so I’ll head back first."
Elise looked back at her mother on the hospital bed.
She hesitated for a mont and said:
"Alright. I’ll stay with my mother for a bit, then I’ll go find you."
Bruno left the hospital right away.
He hailed an alchemy taxi at top speed and returned to his room.
No one knew that at this very mont,
earth-shaking changes were taking place in his spiritual world!
The sacred hall within the Book of All Things
had actually appeared inside his God Realm!
As soon as Bruno returned to his room,
he sat down on the bed, closed his eyes, and entered his spiritual world.
A blazing sun hung high in the sky.
Seventy-two snow-capped mountains stood in silence,
while endless corpses and white bones covered the ground.
A mysterious yet ancient sacred hall rapidly took shape within the spiritual world,
turning from illusion into reality.
Taoist temples, churches, monasteries...
all kinds of features and styles fused together perfectly.
Along with the Lamp of All Phenona, which had absorbed the Fire of Protheus,
it released dazzling flas from the top of the hall.
Anyone who witnessed this scene would be deeply shaken.
"So this is the change after the Book of All Things absorbed Celestial Beast blood
and the Fire of Protheus?"
Bruno stared blankly at the Sanctum of All Phenona.
He saw a faint strand of fire slowly split off from the Lamp of All Phenona and gently fall into his hand.
It was not hot at all,
like a projection, without any warmth.
At that mont, the Book of All Things suddenly released a beam of light.
The patterns on the parchnt scroll changed once again.
Bruno’s figure actually appeared on the parchnt,
and beside it was a line of small text:
Fire of All Phenona. One who holds this fire may sense the Lamp of All Phenona, and with the permission of the Lord of All Phenona, enter the Sanctum of All Phenona.
Fire of All Phenona?
As long as soone possessed this,
with his permission, they could enter the Sanctum of All Phenona within the God Realm?
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Bruno’s mind.
His previous ideas were no longer just fantasies—
they were truly possible!
"Doing trades one by one—how could that compare to directly taking a cut from every deal?"
If anyone carried out a transaction within the Sanctum of All Phenona,
and he could take a portion of it,
he would save an enormous amount of ti and effort.
And he would not need to pay any real cost.
He would only need to use the Book of All Things more often.
Thinking of this, Bruno let out a sigh.
Right now, the biggest limit on him was still how often he could use the Book of All Things.
"Wait, I can add conditions," Bruno’s eyes lit up.
"Any trade through the Sanctum of All Phenona not only gives up a portion of the traded item, but also requires Celestial Beast at!"
That was not impossible,
but it needed careful thought.
After all, Celestial Beast at was not sothing others could casually bring into the Sanctum of All Phenona.
No—wait!
A limit-breaking ditation Technique could break the boundary between the real world and the spiritual world,
allowing the God Realm to truly rge with reality.
So could it work the other way around?
Could items from the real world appear in the spiritual world?
The more Bruno thought about it, the more hopeful it seed.
It would just take a huge amount of ti and effort.
He shook his head.
Now was not the ti to think about that.
Bruno walked to the entrance of the Sanctum of All Phenona,
pushed open the massive door, and stepped inside.
Endless emptiness stretched out before him.
Everything around was pure white, with no visible end,
as if he were standing within boundless chaos.
Bruno turned around.
Behind him was only a single great door,
and beyond it lay his God Realm.
"How can there be nothing here at all?" Bruno thought.
"At least there should be so tables and chairs.
Otherwise, in the future, are they supposed to stand while trading?"
The next mont,
a huge round table appeared out of thin air,
along with nine chairs of ancient design.
Bruno froze for a mont, then quickly understood what was happening.
This was the Sanctum of All Phenona,
and he was the master of the Book of All Things—
in other words, the Lord of All Phenona.
"Chairs alone are not enough.
I am the Lord of All Phenona.
How could I sit together with others?
At the very least, there should be a mysterious throne, high above, standing over all other traders."
The next mont, the Sanctum of All Phenona began to tremble slightly.
Countless steps ford from gathered light appeared out of nowhere, floating in the air.
At the end of those steps stood a throne made of spheres of light.
Within those light spheres were all kinds of scenes—
oceans after gold had lted into them,
old n returning to youth,
images of the weak growing stronger again and again...
Bruno’s eyes lit up.
This fit his taste perfectly.
And from below, because of those light spheres,
no one could clearly see who was seated on the throne.
He stepped onto the stairs, climbed one step after another,
and finally sat down on the throne.
A feeling of looking down upon all beings instantly rose in his heart,
strangely captivating.
"The trading floor is below, and I am above, controlling everything!"
Bruno was extrely satisfied.
He opened his palm,
and the Fire of All Phenona instantly appeared in his hand.
Bruno tested it and found that, for now,
the Lamp of All Phenona could only split off this single strand of Fire of All Phenona.
That ant he could only give this one strand to a single person,
allowing them to sense the Lamp of All Phenona through it,
and thus enter the sanctum.
Only by consuming enough Celestial Beast blood
could more Fires of All Phenona be created.
Of course, Bruno no longer had any Celestial Beast blood on him.
Even Celestial Beast at was almost gone.
He could only use the Book of All Things one more ti.
The first strand of Fire of All Phenona was extrely important.
He had to choose carefully.
The recipient could not be too weak.
They either needed great insight or a special physique,
or they had to hold high status and access resources ordinary people could not obtain.
At the sa ti, they could not be too strong either,
or they might notice sothing wrong.
Bruno thought for a while,
but still could not find a truly suitable candidate.
However, a few nas did co to mind—
people he could at least consider.
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