Chapter 222: Yog-Sothoth, to whom all things return to one!
In front of a closed black door.

Xiao En gently raised his finger, and the secret door in front of him opened automatically.

——"Door Path [Domain Law]: You can use a swift action to open any door, box, lock, window, backpack, pocket, bottle, barrel, or any other container. This ability belongs to the Concept Law and can open arcane locks, hidden portals, and anything that is not divine. When opening an arcane lock, your spellcasting level is considered twice as high as usual." (PS: That is, a level 80 spellcaster.)
Manager's Hall.

Xiao En saw a series of black iron thrones, as if they were cast from molten iron, covered with dry bones, and figures in gorgeous robes sat on them, all rotten into skeletons. Some of the strange objects and equipment were still intact, while some had slowly decayed over time.

He waved his hand gently, and a strange staff fell into his palm.

——"Archmage's Staff [Replica] [Legendary Item]: A legendary staff replica made by a Candlekeep scholar, infused with the laws of primordial magic. The moment it hits the enemy, it can remove all spell effects on the opponent. The spellcasting level is equivalent to that of a 25th-level legendary mage."

——"Administrator's Robe [High-level Legendary Item]: This robe can shorten the spellcaster's casting time, instantly cast most 1-3 level spells, and add additional feats such as Advanced Spell Penetration, Skilled Casting, and Combat Casting. Your concentration casting will not be interrupted by the enemy's sneak attack."

——"Great Reader's Scepter [Mystery Lock Authority]:?!"

Xiao En casually grasped the staff of the great wizard in front of him. The strange equipment here was obviously in the style of the plane of Faerun, and many of them were imitations of famous strange equipment in history.

He did not pick up other rare objects, but looked at the dry bones in front of him, and a surge of magical fluctuations emerged on his body.

——The Great Reader - Isidor [Earthbound Spirit of Candlekeep] (Challenge Level 21).

——The Singer - Kahl Modan [Earthbound Spirit of Candlekeep] (Challenge Level 20).

——Guide - Ratnaven [Earthbound Spirit of Candlekeep] (Challenge Level 20).

One after another, illusory figures emerged.

They were all legendary wizards when they were alive. After their death, they were swallowed by Candlekeep and turned into earthbound spirits here.

completely annihilated.

After the law of knowledge was activated, the administrators of Candlekeep were almost wiped out. From the hollow skulls of their remains, one can vaguely see their brain structures that were completely hollowed out before they died.

The way they died was exactly the same as when the great detective - Moty Lane corrupted Sean.

But they were not killed by the great detective - Morty Lane!

They died at the hands of the Lord of Darkness.

In front of the many black thrones, a withered corpse slowly raised its head. It stared at Xiao En in front of it with a complicated expression. It seemed that it still had some consciousness left. It murmured, "Chanem!..."

"You finally came……"

——Archmage-Gerion [Founder of Candlekeep] [Soul of the Other World] [Mage Demigod] (Challenge Level??)!
The adoptive father of the Son of Slaughter.

He was one of the earliest reincarnated souls from another world, and the most representative figure among the souls from another world who entered the plane of Faerun. He was the one who opened up many inheritances of wizard paths, and he also brought many spells from the plane of Faerun to the kingdom of weirdness.

Tick ​​tick tick.

The sound of clocks ticking emerged, but it was not Sean casting a spell. In an instant, four weeks of time stopped, and the former managers of Candle Castle stood up one after another.

Almost all of these managers have memorized the 9th ring of time stop.

But this doesn't work for Sean.

In the static flow of time, his figure paused for just a moment, and the next second he synchronized with all the managers and entered the realm of the law of time.

Everything outside has come to a standstill.

Even the extremely powerful ancient power dragon remains in a relatively static state, but it can feel the abnormality of the flow of time. The legendary dragon has the ability to perceive the laws of time.

——Advanced Time Stop [Legendary Spell]!
Xiao En took a step forward, and among the time traps set up by many managers, he opened up extra time for himself.

Time overlap.

The flow of time around has become chaotic. The entire planet, and even the entire Terra galaxy, has come to a standstill. During Sean's extra time, only a very small number of beings can perceive the abnormality of the flow of time.

"The law of the Godhead is activated!"

"Activate the spell absorption matrix!..."

"Advanced chain accident technique triggered!..."

"Spell sequencer activated!..."

Xiao En's figure was shrouded in countless dense silver runes. These rune matrices turned into a circular protective force field that enveloped him.

A finger of death!
A blood-red ray of energy streaked across the sky and was absorbed by countless runes, transforming into pure raw magic, replenishing Sean's mana pool. It was then automatically cast with an arcane spell, sending a blast of sun and fire back.

Energy absorption!
An obscure ray of negative energy fell on Sean's body. The power of the spell was broken down by the runes, transformed into raw magic power and merged into his body. It then automatically triggered a counterattack, and a high-level spell locked onto the target.

In the management hall.

Xiao En's figure was suspended at a height of three meters above the ground. In the rune sphere surrounding him, dozens of spells were all absorbed cleanly, and every move he made was a heavy blow. The extremely powerful spellcasting ability first weakened the enemy, and then the spell was countered, further damaging the counterattack. All that could be seen were the phantoms of the managers exploding on the spot.

They couldn't break through Xiao En's demigod realm.

——"Spell Reversal [Law of Knowledge]: You can reflect a certain level of targeted spells back to the enemy, and add your spellcasting level to cause heavy damage to the enemy."

——"Spell Absorption Matrix [Law of Knowledge]: You can absorb spells that are no higher than your spellcasting level, and convert all spells into your power to replenish your consumed mana pool." (PS: You can absorb a maximum of 40 levels of spells and restore the corresponding mana pool.)
——"Spell Sequencer [Law of Knowledge]: You can set a predetermined counter spell to be automatically cast after activation, which is equivalent to automatic arcane casting."

Xiao En was still able to handle himself with ease despite being besieged by more than a dozen legendary managers.

The tactics he adopted were those of a certain great wizard who had imprisoned the Son of Slaughter for research. The other party was best at spell absorption and spell reversal, and he once crushed the largest number of other spellcasters by himself.

boom! boom! boom!
Xiao En's spell absorption matrix remained motionless. Under the field of spell counter and spell reversal, more than a dozen managers of Candle Castle were all blown into soul fragments all over the sky.

It was not until this time that Grian slowly stood up.

He didn't do anything.

Even after being dead for so long, he still retained some consciousness. He was extremely relieved and said, "You finally regained the power of the Slaughter Throne..."

Grian slowly closed his eyes. He was hurting himself, or rather, he was cutting his own soul.

This man was a powerful wizard during the Saint Catastrophe. He cut off his own soul, and then his brain exploded in an instant. Countless strange knowledge poured out and turned into an indescribable shadow, as if it was a curtain that isolated all the surrounding space.

——Lord of the Darkness [Ancient Evil] [Soul of the Other World] [Visitor from the Earth's Sky] (Challenge Level 50+)? !

Pairs of blood-red pupils appeared in the dark curtain, and endless echoes of the soul emerged.

At this moment, Xiao En saw a time traveler whose experience was somewhat similar to his own, except that he arrived at the distant country earlier. After waking up from death, he integrated into the world of the bizarre country, and started his business by copying books. He quickly accumulated wealth and thus obtained secret knowledge about the extraordinary way.

Inspiration is vibrating!
Xiao En's mind law peeked into the other party's past and saw a blond young man writing a novel at the desk - "The Great Detective - Moty Lane"!
This is a time traveler.

A traveler from the earth's sky.

As a being who also ascended the path of knowledge, he did not successfully transform into a demigod, but was distorted by the activated knowledge into an ancient evil creature. Even the characters in the novel were transformed into high-level angels by the power of the law.

In addition, he is also Grian's apprentice and the next manager of Candlekeep.

"The reason why Candlekeep has not been invaded by the outside world for so many years is entirely because Grian sealed the ancient evil in his own brain."

"Or rather, they share a soul."

Countless knowledge collided in the void, and all spells below the legendary level were ineffective, because both of them were existences on the path of knowledge, and the mysterious knowledge they mastered was enough to break each other's spells. Unlike Xiao En's experience, the Lord of Darkness was more free. In that era, the soul echo had not yet appeared. He was like a fish in water in the real kingdom. In just one year, he was promoted to a legendary spellcaster, but all this ended when he came into contact with the old days.

He was assimilated to the old laws.

This daring fellow was as arrogant as the protagonist of a novel. He stubbornly believed that he was the legendary savior, and then he took the risk to steal the knowledge and laws of Yog-Sothoth, the One of All Things.

It was also because of this power of law that he imprisoned the "Key of All Gates - Ortycus" in Candlekeep.

If you cannot digest the old laws, the old laws will digest you.

Thus, the Lord of Darkness was born.

At this moment, countless dark doors appeared around Sean. He had long lost his human form. His body had been blown into pieces the moment he stole the knowledge laws. In the end, countless activated knowledge rebuilt his soul.

"Alarm! Alarm!"

"The root law of activating knowledge has been detected!"

"Alarm! Alarm!"

"Detected the domain of the gate's laws."

"Alarm! Alarm!"

"Space anomaly detected!..."

Everything in the entire Candle Castle was disappearing, the administrator's hall turned into nothingness, everything in the spirit world was dissipating, and Xiao En's figure appeared in the endless void. He could no longer maintain his human form.

Xiao En's figure was gradually becoming indescribable. The laws of the same path formed a kind of resonance. His body turned into an expanding purple bubble, and inside was a nebula of endless runes rotating. This was because the source of knowledge was a certain old pillar, and Xiao En's body would continue to approach Him.

A dark gray fog spread in outer space.

A rotating purple nebula resists the erosion of the other.

"He stole not only the laws of the One who Returns All Things to One, he also came into contact with the Nameless Mist." Xiao En realized something in an instant.

This was the craziest and most daring guy he had ever seen.

Even the protagonists in the biographical stories were not as crazy and arrogant as him. He did not have enough respect for the Old Pillars. He naively thought that he had the luck of the Son of the Planes and could try to steal the laws of the Old Pillars.

The destiny of the planet Terra has been saving itself, and this guy was once the "child of destiny".

As for now, he doesn't even have a name.

The real body of the Lord of Darkness is a mass of deep darkness. After entering outer space, he turned into endless black mist. Unlike the activated knowledge possessed by others, his knowledge laws have their own thoughts. Souls are born from nothingness and can turn all real and unreal existences into reality.

"The body becomes energy!"

"Enhance the mechanized mind!... Erase the human side!... Open the divine side!..."

Endless knowledge collided and melted in the nothingness, like exploding fireworks. Sean's will encountered unprecedented challenges. Unlike the great detective - Motyllon, the opponent was a real ancient evil, even surpassing many ancient hatreds.

"Activate the Law of the Son of Slaughter!"

Xiao En simply ignored the black mist that the other party had turned into. In the curtain-like mist, all his emotions had been stripped away. He was like an emotionless killing machine. With the help of the power of the laws of divinity, he constantly strangled the other party's will that invaded his mind and soul.

A little bit of faint spiritual light emerged, the incomparable will of the planet descended from the sky, the pan-consciousness collective of Holy Terra descended, and countless consciousnesses formed a barrier to prevent the other party from taking over the body.

"Psychic protection field activated!"

The mental law belonging to the superior old one - Suen was activated, like a white halo, isolating the surrounding dark fog.

Xiao En didn't know how long the battle lasted.

There is no concept of time here.

He only knew that with his resistance, the erosion of the Lord of Darkness became weaker and weaker, and endless knowledge gave birth to order from chaos and disorder, just like the birth of the universe. The ancient gods of order drew the boundaries of earth, water, wind and fire, and opened up crystal wall kingdoms in the chaos.

Sean began to fight back. He tried to devour the other party's knowledge, which was a lot of obscure and incomprehensible majestic knowledge. It was like a door floating in the universe, allowing him to peek into the ultimate mystery of the multiverse.

——The Ultimate Gate【???】!
An open door emerged. It seemed to possess infinite wisdom and infinite attraction, making Sean's consciousness involuntarily approach it.

Knowledge sings.

Countless whispers sound from all corners of the universe, and they echo deeply, reaching the deepest part of the soul.

"Yog-Sothoth, the One to whom all things are united!"

"He knows where the gate is. For Yog-Sothoth is the gate, and Yog-Sothoth is the key, the gatekeeper."

"The past is in Him, the present is in Him, and the future is in Him, for all things are in Yog-Sothoth."

"He knows where the Old Ones broke through before; He also knows where the Old Ones will break through again. He knows which lands in this world have been ravaged by them; He also knows which lands still bear their treads; He also knows why when they trample on the suffering land, no one can see their appearance..."

"Yog-Sothoth is the key to the gate, through which countless spaces converge."

An omniscient Outer God.

He knows the past, present and future, and even knows the birth of the Lord of Darkness, knowing that it will be lost in infinite knowledge.

He knew Sean would come at this moment.

Because He knows all timelines and all future possibilities, He is an omniscient and omnipotent being.

Yog-Sothoth is connected to all time and space, and his body is located in the ultimate abyss outside the multidimensional universe. According to some texts, an ancient silver key can open a series of gates leading to this abyss - from the "First Gate" to the "Ultimate Gate", to the ultimate void beyond all planets, beyond all universes, and beyond all matter.

This ultimate door is inviting Sean to visit.

Because he has replaced the Lord of Darkness and become the controller of the laws of knowledge, of course, only limited to the world of Terra galaxy.

Sean took a deep breath.

His figure stopped in front of the Ultimate Gate. He didn't know what the consequences would be if he took this step, would he become the next Lord of Darkness, or would he be able to come back alive and safely.

This is the ultimate being who controls the laws of both time and space.

The void shattered.

Just when Xiao En didn't know how to respond, a lonely figure broke through the void and descended. He frowned and stared at the ultimate door in front of him. He gently raised his hand to send Xiao En's figure back to reality, and then he stepped in calmly.

It was at this time that Xiao En saw the border area of ​​nothingness. He didn't know when three ancient time dragons appeared and were flying around here.

——Death Incarnation-Sauron [God of Gods] [Breaker] [Pantheon Manager] (Challenge Level???)
The figure entered the ultimate gate and with a wave of his hand, he crushed the empty space together, as if the universe had reached the end of time, and the endless space was annihilated under the law of entropy.

The other party has entered a higher dimensional space!

Reality returns.

Everything that just happened seemed like an illusion, and Xiao En returned to the administrator's hall again.

The Lord of Darkness is dead.

The law of time was no longer effective at this moment. The moment Sean looked up, he saw the figure of Lord Death, who was in deep thought.

He has been to the ultimate abyss, the dimension beyond all matter.

The fight did not break out.

The two gods-level beings seemed to have had some communication, because his expression was very calm.

The Lord of Death turned around and looked at Xiao En in front of him, and said lightly: "A higher dimensional space, a collision of two different systems of universes, this is how the distant kingdom appeared."

"It is a reflection of another vast universe."

“So there was the invasion of Chaos Demons in the Age of Ancient Gods.”

Xiao En had a blank expression and didn't seem to understand.

The Lord of Death did not care about this. His figure gradually faded away and he said, "I will find a way to isolate the distant universe from the crystal wall system of the multiverse!"

"Yog-Sothoth has always known all this!..."

"He is also a wall breaker, spying on all timelines in the multiverse."

"You no longer need to worry about the contamination of the laws of knowledge. His true self is moving away from the distant country and returning to his own dimensional space."

Wall breaker?
Xiao En fell into deep thought, still not quite understanding what the other party meant.

Past, present, Future.

The phantoms of the three door keys overlapped. In the deepest part of the endless void of the distant universe, there was an indescribable phantom, like countless purple bubbles. It was crossing the dimensions of the universe, and with the help of the space laws of another god above gods, it left from under the endless starry sky of the distant country.

He left the DND multiverse and took the descending entity away from the distant kingdom, and from then on he was no longer in any causal law or timeline!

He knows everything, He is omniscient and omnipotent, and with the authority of God above all gods, He stays away from all disputes in the distant universe.

Because He belongs only to the nothingness that transcends all time and space.

He peeked into the timeline.

He knew that Xiao En was being watched by certain beings, so he found the answer from the endless timeline, and used it to attract another God above Gods. With the help of his laws of the wall breaker, he completely left this multiverse.

He does not like fighting, He is an observer, and He has no intention of fighting with the gods of the Pantheon.

He is not in the script.

He is the One who transcends all time and space!
This is not the cosmic dimension that belongs to Him, but a distant country where He came because of an accident.

The two wall breakers, two gods above gods, began to glimpse the higher dimensions beyond the entire multiverse at the moment of communicating with each other.

Unlike the blind and foolish ancient being, the One to whom all things return to one has been planning his departure since the moment he arrived in the distant country.

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(End of this chapter)