Chapter 381 - 282: The Great Villain Isaac—Enters the Stage

Chapter 381: Chapter 282: The Great Villain Isaac—Enters the Stage

In the days that followed, Isaac didn’t act rashly. He remained concealed, silently investigating the situation in this world and analyzing information about the Great Creation.

Believe it or not, after nearly two weeks, Isaac had quietly traveled through five or six human settlements, seven or eight Sects, and three Underground Palaces, gaining a new understanding of what constituted a Great Creation.

According to the information Isaac had gathered before, to be promoted to a Great Wizard, one’s Great Creation had to make a massive contribution to the world. It either had to nearly infinitely expand the Real World’s territory, like the Endless Sea and the Endless Wilderness, thereby strengthening the Real World’s foundation...

...or it had to have a profound impact on the paths of Transcendents, like the Cabin in the Woods, the Arcanist, and the goblin-and-Goblin-Slayer combination.

The Great Creation of the goblin and Goblin Slayer, in particular, was a prime example!

Goblins gained Extraordinary reproductive abilities by devouring the world’s foundation, while Goblin Slayers obtained Extraordinary Power by Hunting large numbers of goblins. On the surface, since dead goblins didn’t revert to the world’s foundation, it seemed like a net loss.

However, goblins were merely Non-Rank Demons. Even with their Extraordinary reproduction fueled by devouring the world’s foundation, how much of it could they possibly consume?

In contrast, the vast number of Goblin Slayers who became Transcendents by slaughtering goblins not only expanded the Transcendent population and opened up more possibilities for the Path of the Extraordinary—especially for Knights—but they also greatly strengthened the world’s foundation whenever they participated in expansion efforts.

This was why, for Isaac, the goblin-and-Goblin-Slayer Great Creation—this perfect example of a self-perpetuating, upward-spiraling system—had been his primary model.

But now, Isaac had a completely new understanding of Great Creations!

It wasn’t that his previous understanding was wrong, but rather that it was incomplete. For example—

A Great Creation didn’t have to benefit only humanity and the Real World from which he came!

This world wasn’t so small!

This was evident from the Wilderness Dungeon. Based on his investigations over this period, Isaac discovered that the loss of humanity’s Extraordinary heritage within the Wilderness Dungeon wasn’t because they were weak, but because this world was actively working against them!

In contrast, the Underground Palaces and Sects were favored by this world.

This was different from the information Isaac had gathered before entering the High Tower. The Endless Tower was not a Great Creation that only benefited the Real World; it encompassed numerous worlds, the Real World included!

Isaac had verified this as well. He discovered that every so often, a Tier Four powerhouse would suddenly descend upon the Sects and Underground Palaces. The timing of their arrival didn’t align with when humans entered, but one thing was consistent: they also arrived with missions, and completing them would grant their own power a massive boost!

However, Isaac had more or less confirmed one thing: to become a Great Wizard, one’s Creation had to, at the very least, be capable of influencing the Real World.

Of course, that was still a distant goal for Isaac, even if it was his primary mission for entering the Endless Tower...

As such, besides his investigations, Isaac also spent this time figuring out his next steps.

First, siding with humanity was not an option. Their Path of the Extraordinary had been severed. With nothing but Ordinary people, how the hell was he supposed to clear an Underground Palace? As for biological modification...

That wouldn’t work either. Through his [Analysis] Authority, Isaac discovered that the bodies of this world’s humans contained a special factor that forcibly expelled Extraordinary Power. Only non-humans were immune to this factor’s influence.

And they had to be *completely* non-human!

A slight alteration, like possessing a bit of Demon Blood, was completely insufficient to counteract the special factor.

So what about the humans who joined the Sects?

Isaac investigated carefully and found that regardless of the Sect, their members were merely Followers of an Evil God wearing human skin!

At first, he thought the ones he had encountered were just coincidences, but as his investigation deepened, he gradually uncovered this terrifying truth!

Therefore, if he wanted to complete the Trial, there was really only one path left: establish his own Sect and use its power to clear the Underground Palaces!

This would also allow him to conceal his own involvement, preventing the Demon God behind the Underground Palace from acting out of desperation and empowering a Tier Five Demon to self-destruct on him.

However, while he had found a method to clear the Underground Palaces, he unfortunately couldn’t pursue his original plan of researching the way of the Bloodline Mage in this world. The special factor’s influence was simply too great. Even if his research succeeded and he managed to create an entirely new Wizard’s Path here...

...there was no guarantee it would work back in the Real World. The variables were too significant!

Fortunately, as a greedy seeker of Truth, Isaac was never short on research projects. ’If I can’t research Bloodline Mages, then isn’t this the perfect opportunity to focus my energy on studying how to enslave Deities?’

He hadn’t forgotten that the Miracle he obtained upon his promotion to Tier Four had two effects. He had already tested [Divine Enthronement], which wove a Divinity, but he had yet to try the [God-Beating Whip] for restraining and commanding Deities.

Of course, the God-Beating Whip was no longer called the God-Beating Whip. After becoming a Miracle, it was called the [Divine Spirit Book].

As a power meant to restrain Deities, its composition was even more complex than that of a Virtual Divinity. Unlike creating a Virtual Divinity, which required a minimum of one type of Divine Power, creating a [Divine Spirit Book] required at least ten different types of Divine Power!

This was because Isaac’s current strength was still a bit low. To effectively restrain an Existence of such an exalted status as a Deity, he had to take a shortcut by borrowing the power of other Deities.

Of course, this applied to restraining other Deities or Virtual Divinities that had gone beyond his control. As for the Virtual Divinities Isaac created himself, he could guarantee near-absolute control as long as he kept the number to three.

But those experiments were for another time. Besides Divine Power, the materials needed to craft the [Divine Spirit Book] were considerable and would require careful planning. The most urgent task at hand was to create a Deity.

Of course, even though this was his priority, Isaac had no intention of choosing a candidate for the Virtual Divinity too soon, even if it might slow down his progress in clearing the Underground Palaces.

’After all, confirming my control over the Virtual Divinity is still the most important thing!’

Therefore, after finalizing his plan, Isaac entered a Goblin Dungeon teeming with all kinds of goblins. There, he carefully selected a Tier One goblin that caught his eye and directly fused the Virtual Divinity into its body!