123: The Divine Eye of Wisdom, beholding both the past and the future.

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The necromancer mused silently, then shed his arrogant demeanor completely and said, “I wonder what questions you have. Since I have lost, I shall speak frankly and exhaustively.”

Zi Gui glanced at Mu Tou, signaling him to ask first. Without hesitation, Mu Tou asked in a deep voice, “This place is the infamous Death Latitude Line on Earth. Are the missing ships, planes, and people connected to you?”

Xiao Fu replied, “You could say yes, or you could say no.”

“How so?”

Xiao Fu explained, “As I mentioned earlier, the infinite universe consists of three major planes, three thousand minor planes, and countless microscopic worlds. These planes and worlds can communicate through interdimensional spacetime managers, but there are also tiny wormholes connecting them. These wormholes open and close intermittently and are highly unstable. When they form or collapse, the surrounding space experiences anomalies—such as an imbalance in the primordial energies of heaven and earth, or interference with electronic waves…”

“Stop! Interference with electronic waves? You’re a necromancer, and you understand this?” Mu Tou interrupted.

Xiao Fu shrugged, “Though my path is magic, the major planes encompass everything. How could there be no knowledge of technology? There’s a saying: ‘Knowing a little about everything makes life more exciting!’”

Surprised by his humor, Mu Tou nodded and finally understood the mystery behind the missing ships and planes. It was likely that as they passed through this area, a wormhole was opening or closing, disrupting their electronic instruments and causing crashes or shipwrecks. This was no one’s fault, just bad luck.

“And what about the vengeful spirit orbs in your hands?” Mu Tou asked. “How do you explain those?”

“That?” Xiao Fu asked with curiosity. “There’s nothing to explain. Near the wormholes set up by our Anubis Trading Guild, we place these devices to absorb the souls of the unfortunate and forge vengeful spirit orbs. These people weren’t harmed by us and have nothing to do with us!”

Mu Tou fell silent, realizing they hadn’t actively harmed anyone and it was unfair to accuse them.

Suddenly, Gu Feng spoke, “Although you didn’t kill them, you imprison their souls. Isn’t that making them suffer even in death? That’s the most disgraceful part of being a necromancer!”

Xiao Fu laughed, “Though we imprison their souls and borrow their grudges, it’s better than their souls dissipating. Ever since the great upheaval thousands of years ago, the cycle of reincarnation governing the three major planes, three thousand minor planes, and countless micro-worlds collapsed. After death, beings can no longer be reborn.”

“What did you say? The cycle of reincarnation?” Mu Tou asked in shock. He had heard of the Buddhist concept of the Six Paths of Rebirth: the paths of gods, asuras, humans, beasts, hungry ghosts, and hell. Beings endlessly cycle through these realms like a wheel, only those with great spiritual power or virtue can escape.

Xiao Fu looked at them and said, “Don’t you know about the Six Paths? Hmm, I suppose you haven’t entered the major plane yet or encountered this level. You’ll understand in time.”

Mu Tou shook his head, “I know of the Six Paths, but what exactly was this great upheaval thousands of years ago?”

Xiao Fu shook his head, “Don’t ask me. I don’t know the details. I only know that besides the major plane’s trading space, the three major planes, three thousand minor planes, and countless micro-worlds all experienced celestial anomalies. The primordial energy became chaotic, the gods fell, and divine spirits no longer manifested in the world.”

Hearing this, Mu Tou was deeply curious. He wondered what had happened so long ago that every plane suffered a similar fate, and why past civilizations seemed to have suddenly disappeared.

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Seeing Mu Tou silent, Xiao Fu smiled, “If there’s nothing else…”

“Wait!” Lu Daoxuan interrupted. “I have two questions. How did the Judgement Spear appear on this plane’s sea surface?”

He then produced the Judgement Spear.

Xiao Fu was stunned; he truly did not know. But the little green man said, “Ah! I know this. The first time I came here, I only brought one lion beast, thinking the new generation of bio-war beasts would surpass the previous Scorpion Kings. But the Spirit Suppressing Tower had four Scorpion Kings. My lion beast, protecting me, lured them to the sea surface, and I suppose the weapon was lost then.”

Lu Daoxuan nodded and pocketed the Judgement Spear, not intending to return it to Xuete. Then he casually asked, “You’re a necromancer?”

Xiao Fu nodded, thinking, *You knew that already.*

Lu Daoxuan continued, “And Anubis is also a necromancer?”

Xiao Fu nodded again proudly, “Lord Anubis was a necromancer in his youth but has attained divinity. People in the major planes respectfully call him the Death God!”

Lu Daoxuan nodded in acknowledgment, then stopped speaking. He signaled Mu Tou with his eyes; Mu Tou understood. “We have no further questions. You may leave.”

Xiao Fu nodded, about to leave, when Xuete shouted, “Xiao Fu, my exile Scorpion King is destroyed! My physical body cannot cross wormholes. You must take me back!”

Xiao Fu hurriedly said, “Lord Xuete, rest assured. Since this happened at our Anubis Trading Guild’s trial point, our guild will take full responsibility. I will activate the energy transporter to send you back immediately!”

Xuete appeared to be a braggart, but judging by how respectfully even a guild official treated him, he must be an influential figure in the major plane.

The necromancer began chanting, and everyone felt a powerful energy radiating from beneath the pyramid, enveloping Xuete and the Scorpion King. Xuete waved to Mu Tou and the others, “When you come to the major plane, find me. Just give my name at the Judgement Guild.”

Mu Tou nodded, suddenly remembering something. “Hey, Scorpion King, you can’t leave with that…”

He quickly summoned the Execution Sword and struck at the Scorpion King.

But it was too late; in a flash, Xuete and the Scorpion King vanished, teleported away. Only Xiao Fu’s voice echoed in the void, “The trial point’s energy has been taken. The energy shield will soon dissipate… Hahaha!”

Mu Tou stomped his foot, “No! The mission…! Ah, we’re thousands of meters underwater. Without the energy shield, the water pressure will crush us like pancakes!”

Zi Gui shouted angrily, “That guy’s so cunning, pulling this trick at the end. Clearly no good intentions!”

As they spoke, the surrounding seawater surged in, no longer blocked by the energy shield, and panic swept over them.

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“Beast God Transformation—Water Avoidance!” Baldy shouted. Everyone suddenly remembered that during their cultivation in the spiritual plane, he had acquired one of the Nine Sons of the Divine Dragon, the Centipede Snake, which bestowed the ability to avoid water. When he activated it, a waterless space formed around them.

With the energy barrier gone, Gu Feng’s spiritual power extended unimpeded to the sea surface, locking onto Li Yun’s position. He drew a hexagram and was about to perform spatial teleportation.

However, before he could, a burst of light enveloped them, and the scene instantly changed. They found themselves inside the spacetime management chamber. Simultaneously, the Plane Trading System announced: “Beep… Hidden plane mission—Mysterious clue completed… Contract squad has completed the mission assigned by the Spacetime Management Bureau. Each member receives reward points!”

Mu Tou was stunned, “We didn’t kill the Scorpion King, so how is the mission complete?”

The flickering screen in the chamber confirmed, then flashed wildly, concluding: “Query… The mutated creature has been erased from this plane. Mission accomplished!”

Seeing Mu Tou’s surprise, Lu Daoxuan explained, “The necromancer took the Scorpion King to the major plane. Since the system recognizes it’s no longer on this plane, the mission counts as complete. Though I believe killing the Scorpion King would yield even greater rewards.”

“Mission complete… Contract squad gains qualification to enter the advanced trading spacetime, earning plane traveler status. They can freely access different planes but will be subject to plane laws, which will be revealed upon officially entering the advanced spacetime plane!”

“Mission complete… Contract squad leader receives reward—an S-rank skill. Random selection… Selecting… Beep… Congratulations, Basic Material Plane agent. You have obtained the S-rank item: Wisdom Eye. Causal Divine Power.”

“Function: The Wisdom Eye possesses the power of deduction. It can perceive past and future.”

“Ah…” Mu Tou was overjoyed. To see past and future was a remarkable divine power. He knew a little about the Wisdom Eye; originally, in Buddhist teachings, it was one of the ‘Five Eyes’ divine powers. The Wisdom Eye corresponded to the insight of an Arhat, enabling one, through great wisdom, to perceive the essence, causes, transformations, and outcomes of phenomena. It involves description, analysis, deduction, and judgment—an exercise in rational thought.

Above the Wisdom Eye are the Dharma Eye and the Buddha Eye, said to perceive all things in ultimate enlightenment.

Hearing Mu Tou’s news, everyone rejoiced. Zi Gui exclaimed, “You can see past and future? That’s like being a prophet! Can you see our futures?”

Mu Tou tried to calm his mind and discern, but only found confusion—he saw nothing. Puzzled, he said, “It seems… I see nothing!”

“Great divine powers that see past and future don’t mean omniscience or omnipotence. They require specific conditions to manifest. One’s thoughts influence the deduction of worldly matters, but this demands extremely high cultivation. Without that, the divine power cannot be used!”

Lu Daoxuan said this, looking at Mu Tou, “Getting the Wisdom Eye power likely relates greatly to your immortal body. This is a divine power used by immortals to deduce worldly affairs.”