"The Dark Door is a wall that protects the Lost Ones of the Spiritual World in the real world …"
"Those lost ones only wander around the inside of the pitch-black door, but some people still encounter terrifying things. This means that the pitch-black door isn't omnipotent. There are still flaws and dangers. The danger from the outside can occasionally enter. Perhaps it's just a glance from a certain existence …"
"Without this wall, or the protection of the Dark Door, the mysterious dangers in the real world would probably increase by a hundred times, and it would no longer be able to hide …"
"Of course, for the Mysterious Apprentices who are determined to become Extraordinaries, they want to go out. They don't want to be protected!"
Chung Shen-soo came to the bottom of the Dark Door and found that the wall looked solid, but it also seemed to be made of dense dark light.
"I've already confirmed the location of the Dark Door. If I'm a proper Mysterious Apprentice, I should use all kinds of methods to reach the real Spiritual World outside through it!"
He chuckled and reached out with his right hand, as if he wanted to touch the Dark Door.
The next moment, his finger seemed to reach into the Dark Door as if it was the surface of a lake.
"As expected … A truly talented person can use their own spirituality to open the Dark Door. It doesn't matter even if they don't use a ritual."
"Do I count as talented?"
Chung Shen-soo's lips curled into a smile. He slowly moved forward and merged into the pitch-black wall.
The next moment.
He went deeper into the Spiritual World, or rather, where the real Spiritual World was!
…
"My vision has become even narrower."
Chung Shen-soo complained. What appeared in front of him was a black grassland.
A kind of wild grass that looked like a meaty ear covered the entire ground. Stepping on it would cause one to cry out in pain.
"Every time I enter the Spiritual World, I use the coordinates when I left. So, the next time I enter, I don't need to go through the Dark Door again.
"But … where is the Pure White Wilderness?"
Chung Shen-soo looked around and was suddenly at a loss.
If he knew the location of the Pure White Wilderness, he could walk there directly and even try to cross it.
He could advance to become a Transcendent who could use the nameless technique in one go!
The confidence came from the Herder himself!
"Speaking from its nature, it is very compatible with the inheritance here. The difficulty of these mysterious rituals is to test the qualifications of the person who ascends to the next level … But I already have the qualification certificate, which is the [Herder], so I can easily pass through the Black Door and even the Pure White Wasteland … Wherever I go, I realize I can't pass immediately, which is probably the limit of the [Herder] …"
"But the problem is that I have to find the Pure White Wilderness first before I can try to pass through …"
In this world, passing through the pitch-black door meant advancing to a Beyonder. After that, one would have to undergo more systematic studies and adventure in the spirit world before reaching the edge of the pure white wilderness.
At this point in time, a Beyonder could be said to have fulfilled the prerequisites to advance to Excellency. They needed to think of a way to pass through the pure white wilderness. The difficulty was much higher than just accumulating experience and exploring.
But to Chung Shen-soo, this was nothing! What truly obstructed him was instead the process of finding the Pure White Wilderness!
"Although I can reach it by slowly searching by myself, it's hard to say when it comes to time … I still need advanced mysticism knowledge and other 'keys'!"
The key did not have to be in the shape of a key. It could be a spellbook, a weapon, a compass, or even a certain sacrificial item.
As long as it could guide the path to the spirit world, it counted!
"I need to find Julie and exchange the mysticism knowledge after becoming a Beyonder. This will help me speed up my exploration and discover the Pure White Wilderness … But I can't directly say that I've advanced. She'll be scared out of her wits."
In fact, it was normal for people of the mysterious world to spend several years exploring the spirit world, and then be stopped at the threshold for several years or decades.
People like Chung Shen-soo could no longer be called geniuses, but freaks!
"The spirit world is filled with danger … Sometimes, just seeing a back can cause one to fall into the abyss …
"And losing one's way is also a very dangerous thing.
"Walking around randomly might cause one to get further and further away from the Pure White Wilderness … So at this time, the best choice is to go offline and come back after finding enough information!"
Chung Shen-soo snapped his fingers.
He took one last look at the spirit world, and his figure slowly disappeared from the area.
…
Whisperer Bar, basement two.
In a secret chamber.
"I've already passed through the Pitch-Black Door and become a Beyonder?"
Chung Shen-soo closed his eyes and felt the changes in his body.
At this moment, he could clearly sense that the originally inert and dormant spirituality in his body, somewhere between reality and illusion, seemed to have been activated and began to become active.
The spirituality that needed external stimulation to occasionally awaken once in a while had already become something that could be commanded at will.
As long as he willed it, he could be like Julie, using his immense spirituality to suppress the spirituality of ordinary people, creating the effect of mental suppression.
This initial use was known as spiritual pressure!
"I see …"
He tried it again and suddenly had an epiphany. "Although the Herder is considered compatible with this world, it's not a local power system, after all. There's a problem with it not being recognized.
"It's like a local expert going to a foreign country, and some country doesn't recognize their certificate, so they have to go through the process again and take the certificate again.
"Of course, because you have your own strength, the process of taking the test is naturally very easy …"
After another round of testing, Chung Shen-soo could not help but shake his head. "Beyonders are still too weak, and their bodies aren't much strengthened … The wizard that was killed might not even be a Beyonder, but an Excellency. Hmm … Julie and her small circle probably didn't have anyone who could see the Golden Sky Tower. They're probably hovering between the Excellency and the Leveled One, right?
"The first three levels of Unknowns can all be killed by firearms and cannons … So the difference in strength isn't too big.
"But the Beyonder who can use the Nameless Art is very important to me!"
This was Chung Shen-soo's intuition, or rather, the conclusion he came to after thinking about it.
The Nameless Art was dangerous and chaotic, and it required the practitioner to redefine it.
The process of redefining it was also very dangerous, and in the end, the practitioner might not be able to obtain the spell he wanted.
But Chung Shen-soo was different. His [Herder] was a kind of redefinition! He defined the chaotic possibilities and abstract concepts into specific types of spells and their power!
"As long as I reach the Excellency level and use the Nameless Art, I can probably recover part of the Herder's strength!"
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