Odis arrived at the island of Crus and set up an altar in a small cabin on the mountain peak.
Then he took out the sealed crimson robe, placed it in the center of the altar, and solemnly chanted in ancient Hermes: "Fool not of this age..."
"I beg for your power, I beg you to help me claim the position of 'Hidden Sage'."
After the prayer was finished, the candlelight on the altar suddenly rose higher, forming an illusory gate. Inside the gate was a clear, bright light and indescribable phantoms.
Above the radiance and the illusory shadows stood a strange and towering castle.
At that moment, the castle gates opened, revealing a mysterious and powerful being inside.
Seeing all this, Odis slowly lowered his head and sighed inwardly: As expected of the "Source Castle", he is also the King of Angels, but Klein seems to be a little stronger than me, and seems to be infinitely close to the true god.
Odis estimated that after Klein ascended to Sequence 1, he should have soon drunk the second dose of the "Mysterious Servant" potion, preparing to seize the uniqueness of the "Patient's" pathway.
A powerful force descended upon the altar, and the sealed crimson robe immediately floated up.
A few seconds later, an image suddenly appeared in Odis's mind: within a thick, mysterious fog, a torrent of information was slowly flowing, like a colossal beast lost in thought. Suddenly, the torrent of information paused, clearly sensing that someone knew its location.
Odis immediately exclaimed, "Praise the Fool!"
His voice was still there, but he had disappeared. In the blink of an eye, only two "invisible servants" remained to clean up the altar.
Upon seeing the "Hidden Sage," Odis sensed the "Hidden Sage's" exact location from the "Fool," so he immediately rushed over.
Two seconds later, Odis appeared deep within the Sea of Mist, at the location indicated by "The Fool".
But the "Hidden Sage" has disappeared, or more accurately, he has left.
All around was a thick, violently churning mist, so thick that even Odis's "Eye of the Secret" could not see through it. The "Hidden Sage" was certainly safe hiding here, but he seemed to have forgotten one thing: this mist was produced by the barrier that sealed the Western Continent, and the Western Continent was sealed by the "Celestial Venerable".
So the moment Odis appeared in the mist, the image of the "Source Castle" appeared in mid-air, and the mist suddenly churned violently, forming a long passage in front of Odis.
At the end of this passage lies a surging torrent of information.
Odis smiled slightly and immediately used his "teleport" ability to catch up.
He knew that the "Hidden Sage" wouldn't easily leave this gray fog; it was an excellent hiding place for him, but for the "Patient," it was his backyard.
The "Hidden Sage" seemed to realize that Odis had called for outside help and would have difficulty escaping in the short term, so he simply did not flee and immediately poured a large amount of knowledge into Odis's brain.
However, this ability did not affect Odis. He transformed into a mythical creature, which was also a surging torrent of information, only this torrent was slightly smaller than that of the "Hidden Sage".
The next second, within Odis's mythical creature form, there appeared a data stream that was different from other information streams, consisting entirely of "0" and "".
That was the knowledge that the "Hidden Sage" had just imparted. After filtering it, Odis could temporarily manipulate these data streams. This was the benefit of having the power of the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to help him. Otherwise, Odis would definitely have been affected by the knowledge that had been imparted to him, or rather, by the uniqueness of the "Hidden Sage's" approach.
Imparting knowledge is a probing attack by the "hidden sage." Immediately, the surrounding fog swirls, and a stream of information plunges into the sea beneath the fog, turning the entire sea into an ocean of information.
This made Klein, who was watching the battle from the "Source Castle," feel very psychedelic, as if the world in front of him had suddenly become a digital world, and everything had become a regular data composed of "0" and "1".
The surging seawater surrounded Odis in mid-air, like a giant digital tsunami, trying to wash away the torrent of knowledge that Odis had transformed into.
Immediately, the surrounding air joined Odis's "knowledge torrent," causing the "knowledge torrent" to which Odis belonged to to expand rapidly.
The data torrent of the "Hidden Sage" is somewhat different from the knowledge torrent of Odis. The data torrent is composed entirely of "0" and "1", which looks very dense, yet is also very "standardized".
The torrent of knowledge surged haphazardly, containing not only numbers but also small figures and occult symbols, making it appear incredibly complex. Its churning momentum was even more astonishing.
Odis's torrent of knowledge collided with the "Hidden Sage's" torrent of data, attacking and assimilating each other.
In the midst of the intense collision, knowledge and data transformed into beams of clear light, illuminating the surrounding thick fog and making the world seem unreal.
At the level of Odis and the "Hidden Sage," their battle is so simple and straightforward: whoever has a greater grasp of knowledge will ultimately prevail.
At this moment, on the vast sea of data, cavalry composed of "0"s and "1"s suddenly appeared. They assembled on the vast sea of data and charged towards Odis.
Odis's torrent of knowledge transformed into crossbows made of data, firing arrows composed of "knowledge".
When the "arrows of knowledge" strike the "cavalry of data," they collide and become a large, clear radiance, completely disappearing into the tide of knowledge and data.
Some "data cavalry" quickly rushed closer, wielding their sabers to cut down the surging torrent of knowledge belonging to Odis.
It may cut out a large mass of clear, radiant light.
The clash between knowledge and data instantly transformed into an ancient battlefield, with both sides exchanging blows in a fierce and heated exchange.
Then Odis "reappeared" as the "Night Emperor," and the "Hidden Sage" followed suit by "reappearing" as the "Underworld Emperor."
In an instant, the torrent of knowledge became orderly and less chaotic. The "Night Emperor," representing "order," looked ahead and raised his hand to "judge" and "hide the sages."
The torrent of data suddenly took on a strong aura of death, with the "Emperor of the Underworld," representing death, confronting the judgment of the "Emperor of the Night."
But a few seconds later, the figures of the two emperors faded and disappeared.
Then Odis and the "Hidden Sage" "reappeared" several more gods. These gods were all of similar power, and for a time it was impossible to determine a winner.
However, through these rounds of battle, Odis realized that he and the "Hidden Sage" were evenly matched and they were very familiar with each other's abilities. If they continued to fight like this, it might take an hour or two to determine a winner.
If the battle cannot be resolved for too long, it will attract the attention of other gods, and the divine war that the two sides are already preparing may be brought forward, which will make things very troublesome.
Fortunately, this situation is the most common one that Odis encountered in his previous divinations with the Celestial Master: although Odis had the help of the "Wilderness of Knowledge", he still found it difficult to defeat the "Hidden Sage".
Therefore, Odis had already devised a plan to deal with it. While he was fighting against the "wilderness of knowledge", he separated three small information clusters from himself. When the three information clusters were unfolded, three sealed artifacts appeared.
The three sealed items are "0-02" Trenthostor's Brass Book, "0-74" Sword of Honor, and "0-75" Divine Evil Wood.
This is also why Odis only sought out "The Fool" as an accomplice; his reserves of level 0 sealed artifacts were quite abundant!
During this time, Odis has been practicing the multitasking combat mode.
In fact, for a normal Angel King, this combat mode is not too difficult. The qualitative change that occurred after Sequence 2 has made the mind of an advanced extraordinary being strong enough to perform different operations simultaneously.
For "operational" paths like Klein's, one person's spirit can support an entire town.
However, Odis's divinity was too weak. In the past, this was his advantage, and there was no need to spend too much energy dealing with his divinity.
However, in terms of the "multitasking" combat mode, its humanistic aspect is too strong, and it has not formed a kind of artificial intelligence-like deduction, so it is relatively weak in this aspect.
Just like Klein's utopian town, he certainly couldn't divide one person's mind into thousands of parts at the same time. However, after shaping the personalities of most people and creatures in the town and giving them the corresponding knowledge, Klein let the characters develop on their own, or rather, deduce on their own, so that his main personality wouldn't have to expend too much effort.
This is the correct way to use divinity.
Odis's "multitasking" is not like that now; it is that a person's mind is truly divided into several parts, and one person has to do the work of four people.
Fortunately, even the human aspect of the Angel King is strong enough. With some training, multitasking shouldn't be a problem, as long as he doesn't develop such a split personality.
When Odis took out the three sealed items, an ancient line of text immediately appeared on the brass book: Use of the ocean is prohibited here!
In fact, the battle between Odis and the "Hidden Sage" was somewhat difficult for "0-02" because the ability to "forbid" easily also affected Odis.
Fortunately, the "Hidden Sage's" massive data torrent was formed using the ocean, while Odis's knowledge torrent was formed using the air.
The torrent of data from "Hidden Sage" paused for a moment, and a large portion of it turned back into seawater.
So the "Hidden Sage" abandoned the ocean and instead fought with Odis for the air, turning it into data.
The battle between them quickly intensified.
Not only must we fight constantly, but we must also compete for natural products that can be transformed into data streams or knowledge streams.
Then, the Sword of Honor, "0-74", summoned a giant lightsaber. The giant sword exploded in mid-air, and the fragments formed a storm of light, which looked as if it had the power to destroy the world.
After the data deluge was struck by the "storm of light," huge holes appeared.
Odis's power seized the opportunity and pounced, instantly assimilating many data streams into knowledge streams.
This made him realize that in extraordinary battles, the level of the sealed artifact is secondary; using the right ability at the right time is more important.
For example, right now, "Sword of Honor" is clearly causing more damage to "Hidden Sage".
However, this is also related to the incorrect way of opening "0-02".
The second rule of "0-02" is even more targeted: the power of abnormal creatures in this place is weakened, while the power of normal creatures is strengthened.
This caused the data deluge of the "Hidden Sage" to shrink rapidly, because he was a uniquely activated life form, not a normal organism.
Odis's power was enhanced. Although he was not a "normal" creature overall, his experience of "time travel" masked his abnormality, making him a normal creature.
Therefore, Odis's vast knowledge suddenly became much larger, giving him a clear advantage in battle.
Meanwhile, the third stream of information that Odis split off manipulated the "God's Tree" to continuously curse the data torrent, splitting the data stream and further weakening the "Hidden Sage".
Odis's solution was more effective than expected. If this continued, the disadvantage of "Hidden Sage" would become irreversible in a maximum of one minute.
Just then, the space around Odis suddenly shattered, becoming dark and gloomy.
Odis seemed to suddenly lose track of where she was and could not feel the passage of time. Everything around her was covered in a hazy light, and the gray mist from before had disappeared.
This is the authority of the uniqueness of the "Hermit" path: the state of "0".
Odis had discussed with the Celestial Master more than once that in such a state, everything is chaotic, everything is unknown, and all extraordinary abilities would be greatly diminished in such a space because even spirituality is in an unknown state.
However, this is the most likely scenario in Odis's deductions, because it is an ability that the "Hidden Sage" will definitely use when Odis shows signs of failure or when he has a clear advantage!
So Odis had already made the necessary preparations. He smiled slightly and "reappeared" a tall, phantom figure in the unknown chaos.
Even at the level of the Angel King, only a phantom image can be "reproduced," not a solid figure.
The phantom raised a giant axe, and as the axe fell, all chaos became orderly, all the unknown became known, and time and space reappeared.
Mysterious Reappearance: Pangu Creates the World!
During previous rehearsals, Odis strongly suspected that Pangu was the image of the "original creator." Although "reproducing" Pangu does not seem to be a direct "reproduction" of "original," the symbolic meanings of the two seem to be similar.
So even though he was at the level of the King of Angels, Odis still felt his spirituality rapidly fading away, and he had to concentrate hard to make the giant axe strike the "Hidden Sage".
Just as the "Hidden Sage" was about to take the opportunity to escape, he saw the huge phantom and the entire torrent of information stopped there!
They felt suppression from both hierarchical and symbolic perspectives. Suppression from hierarchical perspectives was certain, but as for suppression from symbolic perspectives, Pangu originally brought order to chaos, and now the "Hidden Sage's" most relied-upon use of the concept of "0" became pale and powerless in the face of Pangu.
Even Pangu split the chaos and the unknown!
After a slight pause, the "Hidden Sage" seemed to realize what was happening and immediately went to activate the "backup data" he had set up in advance.
One of the key unique abilities of the "Hermit" is the ability to leave behind "backup data". When they realize that they will surely die under the attack of the enemy, they can activate the "backup data" in advance. Then the data flood in front of the enemy becomes a substitute, and the original "backup data" becomes the main body.
Of course, you can also passively enable "backup data".
In any case, having the uniqueness of the "hermit" path is equivalent to having several extra lives.
However, this method cannot be used indefinitely. Each time it is used, the information will be corrupted or lost to some extent. After many uses, it will completely lose itself and become a torrent of information without any independent consciousness.
However, the "Hidden Sage" underestimated the power of Pangu. Once the target was locked, the giant axe was bound to strike the "Hidden Sage" himself!
The moment the "Hidden Sage" activated "Backup Data," the torrent of data in front of Odis immediately shrank and looked much more static.
The next second, Odis's vision blurred, and she suddenly found herself in an unfamiliar sea.
This is Pangu bringing Odis here. Pangu's axe cleaved the sea, and the seawater rushed to both sides with a "whoosh," instantly revealing the torrent of data on the seabed.
That was one of the "backup data" prepared in advance by the "Hidden Sage".
Just as the "Hidden Sage" was about to activate another "backup data," its giant axe struck the data torrent, creating mouths made of numbers that cried out in alarm.
Without making a sound, the giant axe cleaved the torrent of data in two.
The two torrents of data tried to converge, but they failed.
With the disappearance of the Pangu colossus, the "Hidden Sage" attempted to restart the "backup data" but found himself unable to do so because it was no longer complete.
Pangu's giant axe not only split him in two, but also split the power "0" and "1" in two, and split the uniqueness of the path of "Hidden Sage" and "Hermit" in two!
Because uniqueness represents the possibility of becoming "0", while the "hidden sage" that has become active is actually in the state of "1".
Or rather, the uniqueness of the "Hermit" path is that it is a state of "optional," while the "Hidden Sage," although only a part of the consciousness of the "Sage," is also a state of "existence."
This is a use that Odis accidentally discovered when he was experimenting with the ability of "Pangu creating the world". It can separate reality from illusion, and it can also separate the spiritual residue on extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness.
For the next ten seconds or so, "Hidden Sage" and uniqueness will be separate entities.
The immense spiritual drain allowed Odis to catch his breath. He didn't have time to search for the uniqueness of the "Hermit's" path in the flood of data. He glanced at the sky and signaled to the "Fool" to help guard this place.
Then, taking advantage of the "Hidden Sage's" weakness, Odis extracted the data representing this evil god from the torrent.
The data mass laughed, "It's useless. You can't kill me. No god can kill me."
As long as he doesn't die, he'll always be a problem.
Even if Odis places the uniqueness of the "Hermit" path into the "wilderness of knowledge," the consciousness of the "Hidden Sage" cannot simply die out on its own. When Odis brings out the uniqueness to universally promote, the "Hidden Sage" will surely seek it out again.
However, upon hearing what the "Hidden Sage" said, Odis suddenly smiled and said, "I've already found a place for you."
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As he spoke, he raced against time to "recreate" the Vermilion Bird and arrived at Easter Island in the Misty Sea as quickly as possible.
There is a prehistoric base here that appears to have been influenced by the "primordial" divinity. Odis and Bernadette had previously explored this place.
Odis reappeared in the base, flowing like a torrent to the room with the supercomputer.
However, the supercomputer was already turned on, and it was powered by a "spiritual generator" designed by Odis, which was also equipped with a "spiritual gathering array" that could automatically gather spiritual energy, generate its own power, and provide a stable power supply.
Odis smiled, and the supercomputer's shell suddenly became ethereal, composed of streams of information.
The "Hidden Sage" seemed to realize something and struggled desperately, but to no avail. Odis simply pushed it into the supercomputer.
Then the streams of information disappeared, and the sealing array on the supercomputer's shell was revealed.
"No!"
All the displays in the room were turned on, each showing a face made of data, its mouth wide open, shouting.
Odis calmly produced a blood-like extraordinary property, a property of the "Demon" pathway sequence 2 "Blood Duke," which Odis obtained after shattering a property of "Filthy King."
That characteristic of the "filthy monarch" was one of the spoils of war from killing the "dark side of the universe," and it has been stored in the "wilderness of knowledge."
Odis, being an extraordinary being, would naturally shatter it, keeping a portion for himself.
Now Odis has taken out one of the characteristics of "Blood Duke" and used it to seal the consciousness of "Hidden Sage".
In fact, the "Hidden Sage" currently lacks uniqueness and extraordinary characteristics, and only requires a demigod-level characteristic to complete the seal. However, for safety's sake, Odis still used an angel-level characteristic.
Looking at the "Hidden Sage" appearing on the computer screen, Odis smiled and said, "You can stay here in peace."
"This supercomputer has been influenced by the pillar level and possesses the corresponding 'immortal' characteristics. Thousands of years have passed, and it feels like only half a year has passed. I think it would be no problem to trap you for tens of thousands of years."
The "Hidden Sage" on the screen immediately shouted: "Wait! Wait! You—you want to know what 'Kanal' really is?"
"I'll tell you if you let me out. It's a secret that only I know, one that even the Celestial Masters in the 'Knowledge Wilderness' don't know."
Odis paused for a moment, and the Hidden Sage quickly said, "Only the life created in the 'first' time knows what it is. The 'Kanal' is very important to us, and I have also worked hard for it."
"The 'Fallen Mother Goddess' and the 'Mother Tree of Desire' could not possibly tell you this crucial information; only I, only I can tell you!"
Odis suddenly laughed: "I do want to know what 'Kanal' is, but I don't want to know from you."
"Enjoy your prison life! See you in tens of thousands of years. Hmm, I'll arrange a new prison for you then!"
"'Kanal' is also crucial to you!" the Hidden Sage shouted. "Becoming an Old One is not our end, believe me, let me tell you."
Odis simply closed the door. It wasn't that he wasn't interested in "Kanar"; on the contrary, the fact that the "Hidden Sage" was willing to use information about "Kanar" as a condition for his freedom was enough to show that the information was extremely important.
At the same time, Odis's spirituality also realized that this was very important information.
But Odis cannot make any deal with the "Hidden Sage" and must seal him away completely.
The consciousness of the "sage" within the uniqueness of the "hermit" belongs to the main part of consciousness in the "wilderness of knowledge".
Only by sealing away this consciousness could Odis be at ease.
As for how to obtain information about "Kanar", Odis had already thought of a way: he could try his luck with the "Denim". The "Hidden Sage" himself said that only the life created "initially" knew this secret.
Besides the "Fallen Mother Goddess" and the "Mother Tree of Desire," the "Child of Chaos" was also a life form created in the "first" time. However, this guy was so unlucky that he was sealed away for thousands of years and had no presence at all. At least the "Hidden Sage" never even thought of this guy.
If the "genie" doesn't know, it's not too late to come back to the "hidden sage".
However, now is not the time to worry about that. Odis returned to the place where the "Hidden Sage" was split in two as quickly as possible. The two streams of data that had previously been split into two are now slowly merging together.
Although the consciousness of the "Hidden Sage" was sealed, the uniqueness of the "Hidden One" path remained, so only a portion of this data torrent dissipated.
After a few minutes, the uniqueness gained some awareness, and the torrent of data had a new owner.
However, at that time, its uniqueness was more like a powerful level 0 sealed artifact, and it would not be activated like the "Hidden Sage" to form a consciousness like an intelligent life.
Before all this could happen, Odis raised his hand, and the torrent of data before him instantly transformed into a torrent of knowledge. The illusory uniqueness and the characteristics of a "knowledge emperor" flew out from it and came into Odis's hands.
Having obtained these two items and realizing that the divinity within them had decreased to a normal level, Odis finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Odis then thanked Mr. Fool for his help, and only left the sea area after Mr. Fool had withdrawn his gaze.
At this moment, the seawater that had just been split apart finally came back together.
Odis returned to Azshara and immediately began preparations for the general ascension.
The second round of the divine war is about to begin, and Odis plans to take advantage of this round to defeat the "God of Steam and Machinery".
This was an unavoidable battle, and it was also the last of Odis's old rivals!
Fortunately, time was not so tight. Odis first took out the "Hermit" card and flipped it to the last one to take a look: "Sequence 0: Hermit Main Material: Uniqueness of the "Hermit" pathway, two Sequence 1 properties other than itself.
Supplementary materials: Nine books by the author, preferably from different periods.
The ritual: Spread the light of knowledge throughout the world, then conceal it for a time until most people forget the Ascended One, yet they can still draw help from the knowledge the Ascended One once imparted. The more people the Ascended One helps with their knowledge, and the more people forget the Ascended One, the better the effect.
When Odis first witnessed this ceremony, he thought there was no hope for universal ascension before the end of the world.
But after becoming Sequence 2 and gaining most of the memories, I felt that this ritual must have been tailor-made for me.
Or rather, many of the Celestial Master's arrangements were made to achieve this ritual.
Starting from the Fourth Epoch, the "Sages" disappeared from everyone's sight. For more than a thousand years afterward, thanks to the help of the "God of Steam" and the "Hidden Sages," the "Sages" were almost forgotten, both in the world of ordinary people and in the extraordinary world.
Of course, these two gods weren't so kind as to help Odis prepare the ritual. The "God of Steam" kept the magic circle and mystical language out of the sight of the extraordinary, precisely to completely eliminate the possibility of the "Sage's" resurrection.
After all, the "Sages" have made significant contributions in both areas, and the key is that the "Sages" and their organization are the main disseminators of magic circles and mystical language.
When people forget the "sage's" contribution, theoretically, the possibility of the "sage" being resurrected is largely eliminated.
For over a thousand years, the "hidden sage" has been striving to replace the "sage," and therefore hopes that people will forget the "sage."
However, all of this made the ritual of Odis's ascension to godhood very solid, requiring no further preparation.
As for the auxiliary materials, Odis had already prepared them long ago.
Recently, he has been organizing his works written at different times, starting with Sequence 9, when he wrote the book "Herbal and Mystical Common Sense" because he was running a herbal shop.
However, because it was not published, only some handwritten copies survive, and it is now recognized by many extraordinary individuals as one of the foundational books in the field of extraordinary studies.
Later, in different series, Odis wrote eight more works: "The Compendium of Combat", "The Complete Book of Magic", "The Scroll: From Beginner to Expert", "The Book of Stars", "The Great Collection of Extraordinary Stories", "The Book of Odis's Prophecy", "What is a Sage", and "The Encyclopedia of Knowledge".
Among them, "The Essentials of Combat" and "The Complete Book of Wizardry" were the most widely circulated. The former was published publicly and even printed twice, while the latter was very popular among extraordinary individuals who followed the "Hermit" path, with almost every "wizard" owning a copy.
Having just sorted through these books, Odis's spirituality realized that because he had killed the "Hidden Sage," the war of the gods had begun ahead of schedule!
There's no time to adjust our mindset; we must implement a general upgrade immediately!
Thus, Odis brought with him the uniqueness of the "hermit" path, the characteristics of a "knowledge emperor," and supporting materials.
They quickly arrived at a deserted island and immediately began their ascension to the rank of "Hermit".