Transcendent Dawn

Chapter 566: Chapter 0566: Eerie (Additional 2000, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Inside the Baron’s study.

The kerosene lamp emanates a brighter glow than the ordinary candle.

Su Lu sits behind his desk, in front of him lies a pale-yellow sheepskin scroll, he is pondering in silence.

“In the dark abyss, thoughts wriggle among the magma… Decay and death pervade the surroundings, the giant scorpion traverses the stinking land…”

He softly recites the Abyss Verses, his eyes seem to flash with vast amounts of data, displaying the appraisal ability of his attribute column.

Soon, a large piece of information emerges:

…

[Abyss Verse• Initial Chapter • Verse of Tranquillity]

[Item Introduction: A verse praising the abyss was written on a parchment made of a blend of abyss black goat and the skins of human Seven Deadly Sins Lords, with a pen made from the feather held by the demon’s own hand. It has seven chapters, depicting seven miraculous changes, it is a genuine item cursed by a demon!]

[Ability 1: Artifact Concealment — It appears ordinary, mundane, and can even be observed by mortals before all seven verses are compiled, even if it’s just a trivial disguise on the surface.]

[Ability 2: Faith Collection — It can collect negative emotions from sentient beings and respond to some evil prayers.]

[Ability 3: Blueprint — In the verses, some of the crafting techniques for a piece of the abyss artifact are recorded. It’s a gift from the demon and also the temptation of the abyss.]

[Note: There are still many secrets hidden within. Only when it’s complete will they be fully revealed!]

[Grade: 7]

…

“It’s actually a demi-artifact!”

Su Lu exclaimed in shock, talking to himself.

This embodies the foundation level strength of the Seven Major Orthodox and the Caesar clan! Possessing extraordinary capabilities that can suppress a sixth-rank professional, each one is incredibly powerful.

“What’s even more crucial is… a fragment! One-seventh of a fragment is of the demi-artifact level. If it’s complete, the rank must be at least 8 – it would be a real divine artifact!”

Su Lu had to admit, he was slightly moved.

Because he knew the location of another fragment, and, all things being equal, it was in the White Eagle Federation, within Boji City!

“A genuine divine artifact, even my current self can’t create one… Even if they know it comes from a ‘demon,’ all parties would probably still be tempted, right?”

“It’s just… it’s a bit too coincidental… Furthermore… why would the demon do this? Splitting its own verses and dispersing them throughout this world?”

“Who left it in the library of Blue Bridge University?”

As for the curse motif in Boji City, Su Lu didn’t think much of it.

Every demi-artifact might possess different abilities, and he didn’t know which peculiar activities that fragment of the Abyss Verse went through, to become a source of curse.

Implicated with a divine artifact, Su Lu couldn’t sit still. He arrived immediately in the Dream Spirit World and began to search for clues.

The Dream Spirit World captures all the information of the world, encompassing the past and the future.

Mysterious is its nature, cryptic is its guise; only real powerhouses can gain revelations from it.

“The future is infinite, the past is unchanging… Divining the past from the Dream Spirit World is easier than predicting the future…”

Scene after scene of phantasmal landscapes display.

Soon, Su Lu saw the library of Blue Bridge University, his gaze locked on a sheepskin scroll within a stack of old books.

Boris took it in his hand, an expression of surprise on his face: “This is… Ancient Hebrew language?”

Time reversed, it arrived in the hand of a regular scholar, a look of perplexity in his eyes: “Strange text…”

“No… it’s a demon, it’s a curse from a demon!” Followed by the previous holder, he lifted the sheepskin scroll to the candle flame in a frenzy. The flame quickly engulfed it.

But it was no use!

The scene zoomed out, amid the ashes of the rubbish dump, it ‘reappeared’ quickly.

“The nature of the sheepskin scroll is a genuine high-dimensional object, hard to destroy. Its essence might be a mass of light, a shadow, or even a mass of flesh, or something indescribable… Burning to ash can’t even count as damaging its shell.”

Su Lu understood this clearly, watching as it was passed from one owner to another and had even once fallen into the hands of a priest.

However, the other party clearly didn’t detect its hidden secret and had inadvertently tainted it a little before quickly selling it off.

…

“Ordinary high-level demons probably can’t discover its specialty… Only beings like the [Void Mysterious Demon] can feel the deep hidden, faint breath of a real demon on it, right?”

“But it seems… its appearance in the Blue Bridge Library is only due to chance?”

Su Lu was carefully tracing the origin of the Peaceful Chapters in this world, not touching the real ‘taboo’!

But at the moment the thought of ‘prohibition’ appeared,

he found himself suddenly standing on the edge of a dark abyss.

Dark red magma churned on the surface.

In the rotting, foul-smelling mud, giant scorpions roamed, and on their backs were faces filled with twisted agony.

“Face-Scorpions? Is this… the abyss described in the Abyss Verses?!”

Su Lu pursed his lips, “I deliberately avoided all the sources, why? Why am I here?”

He couldn’t tell whether what he was facing was an illusion or reality.

At that point, Su Lu witnessed another vision.

It appeared abruptly above the abyss, like a desert mirage, and within, a dangerous, blurry shadow emerged.

Lofty, towering, terrifying, massive…

It is the ruler of the abyss, and yet the abyss cannot bind it! It is the lord worshiped by all demon believers, yet it disregards faith as if it were a worn-out shoe! It is the source of all curses and despair! A true… ‘demon’!

It reached out a hand, and Su Lu saw it clearly. It looked like an ordinary human hand, holding a feather pen, writing something on a piece of paper that was twisting and screaming.

If he wasn’t a deity himself, and his own rank hadn’t reached ‘7’, just witnessing this scene would probably drive him mad, or even lead to his death!

“Ah!”

In the study, Su Lu covered his eyes.

Drops of dark golden blood slipped through his fingers.

“Master?”

Outside the door, the maid’s voice filled with uncertainty.

“I’m fine, don’t come in!”

Su Lu let out a low roar, the blood returned to its original course, and the injury on his face healed in an instant.

…

Blue Star World.

Within the temple in the secret realm.

Su Lu, sitting on the divine throne, suddenly opened his eyes: “A demon, huh? Indeed, it is a great entity of Dominator Rank 9!”

He turned to his attribute panel and noticed a stark change:

[Reached ‘Mystification’!]

[Demon Hunting Knowledge LV6→LV9!]

“Mystification?”

Su Lu recited the term, and a wave of information flooded in.

It was considered a natural phenomenon of the Ancient Spirit Realm, some of which were completely harmless, while others were terrifyingly deadly, potentially leading to the demise of even divine beings!

Gods facing Mystification were like ordinary human beings confronting natural disasters!

“But… only a very small number of gods know that ‘Mystification’ is created by ‘Demons’, a being even higher than curses!”