After using the ceremony to send the Sun King’s Staff into the Calamity Origin Land,

the silhouettes of the Sun King’s Golden Skeleton and the Sun King’s Staff swiftly merged into one.

The distinct outline of a Golden Throne, incorporating the Sun King’s Staff, emerged.

At the same time, Zorn felt a strange, qualitative change occur in his small domain.

’After building the Golden Throne deep within the Black Mist, the stability has increased severalfold.’

’It’s directly laid the foundation for my Spirit Realm. Next, I can slowly begin to construct my Spiritual Realm.’

’And by using the Calamity Black Mist as a conduit, I can also unleash some of the power of the Sun Authority.’

He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

Deep within Zorn’s pupils, a faint golden halo seemed to spread.

’And this will be my key to leveraging the Crying Blood Sun.’

The immense gains from obtaining the Sun King’s Staff this time left even Zorn feeling a little stirred.

Slowly composing himself, Zorn looked at the few people around him.

"I had you all participate in this ceremony. Within the Ogrande City Chapter, you have all carved a certain Sacred Mark."

"You need to focus on improving your strength for the foreseeable future."

"Especially you, Alvin. After this ceremony, you should be about ready to advance to Level 4."

"After you advance, stabilize your Sequence. In a little while, it will be about time to begin the war to enslave the other two horses."

"Yes, Master!"

Alvin replied in a deep voice.

"Also,"

Zorn said slowly, lost in thought.

"you can try using the Immortal Sacred Mark to fill the weak spots in your spirituality. The results will be exceptionally good."

"You can do that?"

Alvin was slightly taken aback.

"Of course. It’s just that the Immortal Sacred Mark is extremely difficult to obtain, so very few people know about this particular use."

"I will tell you the detailed method later."

Gratitude immediately showed on Alvin’s face.

"Thank you, Master!"

"Also..."

Zorn’s gaze swept over the other two.

"Recently, I have seen the Crying Blood Sun gestating within the Sun."

"This Miracle Ceremony is terrifying."

"Although we are not the primary target, we still need to take precautions."

"The Sun might burn us as well."

"Yes, Master!"

they all said in unison.

Under the cover of deep night, the four of them left Bo’Er Town.

And a contained Evil Spirit Calamity was now permanently etched upon Bo’Er Town.

Compared to the "Immortal Sacred Mark" in downtown Ogrande City,

the Evil Spirit Calamity in Bo’Er Town was basically inextinguishable, and would remain until it fully grew into a perfect Border Region.

......

News that another Evil Spirit Calamity had appeared in Ogrande City began to spread as soon as the sky grew light.

From a high vantage point, one could even see a great, thick pall of death crouching in the western hills of Ogrande City, like a terrifying Evil Spirit Giant Beast.

Compared to the first time it appeared, which caused a huge uproar throughout the city,

this second occurrence, located in a remote hillside town in the suburbs, clearly didn’t cause as big of a reaction.

However,

this did not stop Zorn from using the Evil Spirit Calamity to carve an Immortal Sacred Mark into the scroll of Ogrande City’s history.

Other Transcendents had to use ceremonies to create a large enough impact and attract enough participants to form an ordinary Sacred Mark.

Then, it needed time to ferment, resonating within the tapestry of Chapters woven by many Transcendents, before it could even begin to outline the faintest trace of an Immortal Sacred Mark.

But as a trendsetter of the tides of the era,

the child of destiny in the Ogrande City Chapter,

an important driving force in the scroll of history,

the Evil Spirit Wizard, Zorn Corick—

when an Evil Spirit Calamity he caused occurred, an ordinary Sacred Mark was a certainty.

When enough Transcendents were involved, an Immortal Sacred Mark would be born.

Of course, for the Immortal Sacred Mark to be large enough, it still required enough Transcendents to resonate with it.

Fortunately, Ogrande City was large enough.

And the number of Transcendents in Ogrande City was ever-increasing.

After mailing the "report letter" he had written at a roadside mailbox, Zorn began his daily routine.

In the ruins of the Ancient Mage, the deeper one ventured into its worlds, the fewer places there were to fight.

But the difficulty of the battles increased dramatically.

However, they were currently progressing through the sixth level and had not yet reached the seventh.

As for Zorn, he was still on the fifth level, working on his ultimate hidden quest.

Every night, after Zorn returned to his manor,

he would begin the plan he had been preparing for a long time:

The Spiritual Realm of the Calamity Origin Land.

The Calamity Origin Land was, by its very nature, a land of Death.

Numerous Evil Spirit Sequences were born from the flesh and Death of Egunus.

For an Evil Spirit to grow even stronger, it needed to control enough Calamity Black Mist and, at the same time, construct its own Spiritual Realm.

Generally speaking, without devouring the flesh and blood remains of other Egunus, one had to reach at least the Middle Rank Level—around Level Seven or Eight—to be able to construct a Spiritual Realm.

But Zorn had not only devoured two pieces of Egunus’s flesh,

he had also obtained the powerful Sun King’s Golden Skeleton and the Sun King’s Staff.

Added to that were his Dual Sequence, the absorption of Forbidden Blood, the installation of Extraordinary Organs, and so on and so forth—all of which combined

allowed him, at a mere Level 4, to already be capable of constructing his own Spiritual Realm.

While other Evil Spirit Sequences were only just beginning to slowly digest the "Calamity Black Mist," still fumbling to figure out how to leverage it with ceremonies,

Zorn had already begun the construction of his own Spiritual Realm.

Zorn and the other Evil Spirits were already on completely different levels.

The Spiritual Realm of the Calamity Origin Land was equivalent to his own "Spirit Realm."

Once he had a Spirit Realm, the price of Death would be greatly reduced, and he could even use the Spirit Realm to waive the cost of Death entirely.

At the same time, by carrying the Spirit Realm with him, every time Zorn died, it would be a sacrifice of himself that would significantly increase his strength.

In other words, once he had a Spiritual Realm,

the big boss, Zorn Corick, would be qualified to enter a more powerful second or third phase after dying.

Instead of getting weaker with each Resurrection,

when facing other bosses who also possessed Resurrection Power,

Zorn could even use his Spiritual Realm to suppress their Resurrection, or even prevent them from resurrecting at all.

Of course, that would require a large enough gap between their respective Spiritual Realms.

Only with the construction of a Spiritual Realm could the power of a "boss template" be fully unleashed.

And Zorn would be needing it very soon.

The Crying Blood Sun.

That was something that required a costly sacrifice to enter.

Moreover, only by sacrificing himself could he leverage enough power within the Crying Blood Sun.

And tempering himself using the Crying Blood Sun

was also a crucial part of Zorn’s many plans.

Unconsciously, several days passed.

The day of his meeting with the leader of Ogrande City’s "Reconstruction Faction" had arrived.