Mystery: She came from the Chaos Sea

Chapter 158 Dark House
But this woman's perspective was not something Hermione could control.

Because the woman possessed by the virtual personality is still alive and well.

In fact, the moment Hermione's virtual personality squeezed into the Western Continent, during the summoning ceremony, it had the conditions to kill the woman's will and replace her.

However, Hermione chose a gentler form of co-existence through possession.

This was not only a gesture of goodwill, but more out of caution. Even if it was just a virtual personality, Hermione was unwilling to rashly replace a person with a real self.

At this moment, Hermione followed the woman's perspective and saw a man in a black robe with a gaunt face.

He simply waved his hand, and the women who were performing the cruel and bizarre rituals retreated one after another.

The woman possessed by the virtual personality was about to leave, but the black-robed figure's voice rang out, "Zhou Mu, you stay."

The possessed woman stopped in her tracks as ordered.

Although the woman named Zhou Mu restrained her gaze.

But Hermione still saw from the corner of her eye that there was another woman with an evil face who was also staying at the altar in the bamboo forest.

After everyone left, the evil woman tugged at her collar awkwardly and said to the black-robed man in a cold, somewhat complaining tone, "How could it be a female body?"

"Brother Napolidisli, it is the Yin year, Yin month, Yin day, Yin hour, and the summoning ceremony can only use women as sacrifices."

The black-robed man smiled and stood up. He looked towards Hermione and said, "Brother Samael, I don't think it's just because of the gender of your body that you didn't directly replace Zhou Mu's consciousness."

"Fellow Daoist 'Anlu', she is not Samael." The evil woman frowned and stared at Hermione.

Her Chinese was very stiff, with a strong foreign flavor, but it was still understandable. "Who are you?"

"I am Zhou Mu from the Sacred Heart Sect." The woman possessed by Hermione responded.

"I'm not asking you." The evil woman sneered, but her cold gaze was still fixed on Zhou Min.

Zhou Mu pursed her lips and fell silent again.

Hermione watched all this.

Zhou Mu, Napoleon Disili, Anlu...

Although she realized that this virtual personality had lost a series of abilities of the "Dialogue" path here, it did not prevent Hermione's original body from understanding the identities of these people and the general situation of this place behind the perspective.

Napolidisli is another clone of Fabouti.

And "Anlu" is obviously a high-ranking extraordinary person in the Western Continent.

However, the woman named Zhou Mi who was possessed by her, who clearly had no extraordinary abilities, was able to stay here without fear and seemed to know some extraordinary knowledge.

Hermione's voice echoed in Zhou Mu's heart: "Miss Zhou Mu, I would like to borrow your body so that I can communicate directly with them."

"Who are you?" Zhou Mu murmured, but she did not seem confused. It seemed that she knew that she was a sacrifice used to summon evil spirits.

Hermione replied gently, "Original."

"Senior Yuanchu, what should I do?"

"Just relax your mind."

Perhaps due to the barrier of the Heavenly Lord, this virtual personality that squeezed into the Western Continent was unable to carry any power other than providing Hermione with a perspective.

However, Hermione realized that she could use the source material of the "Chaos Sea" to help in infiltrating some of the power of the "Chaos Sea", but doing so would cause the owner of this body, Zhou Wei, to be in a distorted state.

It’s just like when the “Mother Nest” polluted the “Goddess of Beauty” Ornia.

Perhaps because she was fully aware of the meaning behind the necromancy ritual, Zhou Mu did not resist at all. She followed Hermione's instructions and slowly relaxed her mind.

With Zhou Mi's cooperation, Hermione successfully gained control of the body.

She raised her head, looked at the evil woman, and asked directly: "Fabuti, who do you think I am?"

Napolidisli's expression changed, and he looked at Hermione with fear and said, "The Church of Man?"

But for a moment, He found it difficult to guess Hermione's true identity.

Hermione said calmly, "You can call me 'Original'."

"Original..." Napolidisli chewed on this unfamiliar name over and over again. As far as he knew, in the human church, neither the Twin Gods nor the King of Angels had ever had such a title.

The black-robed man, listening to the conflict between the two, didn't care whether it was Samael who occupied Zhou Mu's body. He smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Yuanchu, you can just call me 'Anlu'."

"Fellow Daoist Anlu, is this the Western Continent?" Hermione asked directly.

"That's what you call it over there."

Seeing Anlu's cooperative attitude, Hermione asked directly, "What countries are there on the Western Continent?"

Anlu smiled and said, "For you and me, countries and the like are not worth mentioning. If we divide them by power, the main ones on the Western Continent are 'Heaven', 'Sraman', 'Hell', 'Taoism', 'Luojiao', 'Penglai', and 'Anlu'. And I am the master of this generation of 'Anlu', so I am called Anlu."

As Anlu was speaking, Hermione suddenly felt a strong sense of weakness.

Not only her, Napoli Disili seemed to be suffering from the same situation.

This is because they were exhausted from the mental exhaustion they incurred while forcing their way into the Western Continent.

Noticing their strangeness, An Lu smiled understandingly and said, "Brothers, please take a break. We have plenty of time to discuss these matters. There's no need to rush."

Under the arrangement of Anlu, Hermione and Napoleon were rested separately.

After returning the control of her body to Zhou Mi, Hermione's mental fatigue was instantly relieved a lot. Her latent state not only reduced the loss of her spirit, but was also beneficial to her spiritual recovery.

At this time, on the North Sea.

Switching perspectives, Hermione smiled at the slightly tense Amanesis standing beside her and said, "I actually used this 'Filthy King' trait to establish a connection with the Western Continent."

Amanisis frowned and said, "What a coincidence? Is there some hidden conspiracy here?"

"Based on the current situation, it should be just a coincidence."

Hermione said, "If this is truly a trap, I can use that virtual personality as a fulcrum to directly penetrate the power of the Chaos Sea. And right now, no one on Earth can withstand the pollution of the Chaos Sea."

After hearing this arrangement, Amanisis felt relieved and asked curiously, "What's the situation in the Western Continent?"

"I've just come into contact with it and don't know much about it."

Hermione replied:

"But judging from the current situation, the power system over there is very different from here."

"I 'saw' in the one who calls himself 'Anlu' that he possesses a status and power comparable to that of a god. However, this power does not come from the extraordinary characteristics we are familiar with."

Amaniss asked in surprise, "How did you gain extraordinary powers without any special abilities?" Hermione replied, "It's somewhat similar to the Outer Gods' system of gifts, but it's specious. Let me learn more about it."

As she spoke, Hermione shifted the focus back to Zhou Mu and took the initiative to start a conversation with her.

"Ms. Zhou Mu, what is your relationship with Anlu?" Hermione asked gently.

Zhou Mu replied respectfully, "'Master of the Dark House' is the co-leader of our Holy Sect. I am the Saintess of the Holy Heart Sect, a branch of the Holy Sect."

"Saint?" Hermione was quite interested in this title.

Zhou Mu said, "To the Holy Sect, a branch Saintess like me is nothing. Like other disciples, I must practice martial arts and cultivate literature, sharpen my foundation, and strive to be fully prepared for receiving the talisman."

"Receive the talisman?" Hermione realized that this was the key to the power system of the Western Continent and asked, "What is the talisman?"

Zhou Mu's expression became extremely serious, and she said solemnly:

"To cultivate the true scriptures, one must transcend worldly affairs and seek the truth."

"Specifically, during the practice, when we are able to sense the resonance of the Dao, we can follow the corresponding rituals and receive the talismans. Once we successfully receive the talismans, we will be able to enter the Heavenly Court and obtain the Daoist position."

"Heavenly Court?" Hermione asked. "You mean Heaven?"

Zhou Mu shook her head and explained, "'Heaven' is only a part of it. Our major factions have their own lists, and our Dark House also has its own Dao positions and priesthoods."

Receiving the talisman, bestowing the talisman...

Hermione pondered these concepts repeatedly in her heart, and increasingly felt that they were indeed quite similar to the Gift System. Both of them directly obtained extraordinary power from higher beings without possessing extraordinary characteristics.

Obviously, the high-ranking beings in the Western Continent are those source substances sealed in the Western Continent by the "Tianzun".

But no one knows what kind of changes have happened, these source substances seem to have become the source of power for the extraordinary people in the Western Continent.

Hermione was able to discern the personality of the source "Shadow World" from the "Master of the Dark House".

But she was also certain that the "Dark House" was neither the activated will of the "Shadow World" nor did it truly accommodate the "Shadow World".

It is somewhat similar to her current state of controlling the "Chaos Sea".

Hermione was very curious at this moment about how the "Dark House" borrowed the extraordinary power of the source substance "Shadow World".

Thinking about the similar status of Luo and Tianshi, she became more and more certain that this must be the foundation and core of the power system of the Western Continent.

Perhaps this power system can allow her to further understand the source material and even obtain new methods to fight against the spiritual imprint of "God".

However, "Anlu" is the leader of a force.

Then, Luo and Tianshi, who were in similar situations, must have had very different identities in the Western Continent.

This point may be discussed with "Anlu" and verified with each other.

I just don’t know what the relationship is between “Anlu” and Luo and Tianshi.

The relationship between Tianshi and Luo was originally hostile.

Thinking of this, Hermione continued to communicate with Zhou Mu.

From Zhou Mu, we learned that this vast western continent was divided into many countries of different sizes.

With such a fragmented political structure, it is no wonder that an entity like Anlu would have no interest in the so-called national system.

The overall development level of these countries is still at the stage of ancient civilization.

Only in the core areas of major forces have evolved some unique small worlds that are either miraculous or strange.

Unfortunately, the places Zhou Mu described were just rumors circulating among the people and the sects.

After all, Zhou Mu was just a disciple who hadn't yet received the dharma certificate. Before being summoned to participate in this soul-calling ceremony, she hadn't truly touched the transcendental realm.

Therefore, apart from hearing from Zhou Mi some information about the customs and culture of the small country where she came from, it was difficult for Hermione to obtain more information about supernatural powers from her.

These secular dynasties in the Western Continent are quite similar to the ancient dynasties in prehistoric civilizations, but there are often supernatural forces interfering.

But generally speaking, unlike the three continents of East, South and North, which sank into decline and had their civilizations completely cut off during the Dark Ages, the civilization of the Western Continent has always been in the hands of mankind itself.

When discussing the origins of civilization on the Western Continent, Zhou Wei mentioned a long-standing legend: "I only heard it from hearsay, but it is said that the long-lost 'Penglai' is the source of all civilizations."

"Penglai..."

According to the "Master of Anlu", this is also a major force on par with Anlu.

But in Zhou Mu's words, "Penglai" is just an illusory legend.

Zhou Mu said that some vague descriptions of names such as "Heaven" and "Heaven" can still be found in the ancient texts of her sect. Although those records are obscure and difficult to understand, they at least prove that they are not completely fictional.

Only "Penglai" is an illusory legend.

However, Hermione was not anxious about these matters. After all, as long as the "Master of the Dark House" was willing to continue communicating with her, she would definitely get accurate answers to these questions.

But what Hermione didn't expect was that before she met the "Master of the Dark House" again, she got the news of the "Master of the Dark House"'s ascension from Zhou Mi's perspective.

……

"That 'Anlu' has fallen?" Amanesis was surprised when he heard the news.

Hermione sighed and said, "After some investigation, I discovered that although the lifespans of those faction leaders are much longer than those of ordinary people, they are not as free from lifespan restrictions as the True Gods here. They are even worse than Sequence Two Angels."

"Is it because there are no characteristics?" Amanesis guessed.

Hermione nodded and said, "Not only does it lack characteristics, but this method of directly obtaining power from the Essence must also have some kind of price."

Amanesis couldn't help but ask, "What will happen to Naro and Tianshi, the extraordinary people from the Western Continent who have re-entered the magic potion system?"

"Due to the cover-up of the source essence and the deceptive authority left by the 'Tianzun', I cannot predict their future state, but..."

Hermione paused, her expression stern.
"Unless they accidentally come into contact with an 'invitation', Beyonders who grew up under the potion system cannot access the Essence. At least from what I know, this is a dead end."

"But the system of bestowing ordination seems to be the opposite. The first step in gaining power is to come into contact with the source essence."

"Although I haven't directly come into contact with the process of ordination..."

"But judging by the information I have so far, if I can understand the true nature of the ordination system, I might be able to help you find a way to access the Essence, and perhaps even help me find a way to resist God's will."

"Perhaps this communication with the Western Continent is somewhat strange, but it is also an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the Source Essence."

　Western Continent setting... can't wait for the squid extra. It's nonsense...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)