Reincarnation: The Soul of Dashul

Before the simple, rustic wooden table, the faint scent of books wafted through the air. The ancient scrolls that Leido was reading were yellowed, their edges slightly curled, revealing the timeless vicissitudes and irresistible force of history.

"Arthur was born into poverty, but he was exceptionally talented and kind-hearted. He gained the approval of the fairy of Lake Avalon and was gifted with three magical artifacts. The Carnvenan Shadow Blade was the most mysterious of them, known as the 'Little White Handle'..."

Recalling the snow-white hilt of the Shadow Dagger, Leido suspected that these stories not recorded in orthodox history books might not be fictions, but rather that later generations were unable to find concrete evidence to corroborate them, and thus had no choice but to classify them as unofficial histories and legends.

"With the help of the three sacred artifacts, Arthur, by day, as a righteous king, waged a direct war against the ruler of darkness, brave and invincible, never losing a single life, saving all souls from dire straits..."

"At night, with the invisibility effect of Kahnvenan, Arthur transformed into a witcher roaming the dark lands, slaying the most powerful sorcerer of the dark ruler—the Dark Witch Erdu, and finally killing the evil spirit and the wicked king, thus achieving his great kingship."

Leido read through the legend of the Kahnwennan Shadow Blade in one go, and found two other strange tales about sacred artifacts in the ancient scrolls. He thoroughly enjoyed the strange and wonderful stories, and couldn't help but draw out the Shadow Blade and examine it again.

"Lying in the darkness, serving the light, striking from the shadows, its shadows swaying and souls trembling... This is... the legendary shadow dagger—the Kahn Wennan Shadow Blade? Just how much dog shit have you stepped in, kid?"

Norman had been watching Leido for a while, and after confirming that it was the Shadow Dagger, he was dumbfounded. He then kept marveling at how lucky his student was.

"Huh... Teacher, have you finished your research? Did you find anything?" Ledo was still savoring the strange tales of the Three Sacred Artifacts and didn't notice that Norman's expression had changed from excitement to worry.

"It's still not enough... These five dragon clan secret manuals alone cannot fully restore that hidden history, which was deliberately concealed very deeply."

Norman studied it carefully for more than three hours. He had decades of ancient knowledge and was proficient in dragon language, but he still couldn't piece together the clues to reconstruct that lost history.

"Five dragon clan secret manuals aren't enough? There are four ancient dragon royal families involved! These dragons are really annoying. They clearly don't want future generations to explore that history, so why did they record it in these legendary secret manuals?"

Leido was speechless, feeling that the dragon ancestors had gone to unnecessary trouble. Little did he know that some secrets were only revealed by destined strongmen. Without sufficient strength to bear the truth, relying solely on luck was tantamount to courting death.

“Deciphering the ancient language of the dragon race is extremely difficult. Even among the remaining dragons, no one has been able to decipher it completely. I have long studied their secret texts with the elders of the Apaco Amethyst Thunder Dragon Clan, but we still haven't been able to decipher it completely…”

Since Norman began his studies, he has been very interested in ancient scripts and languages. After entering the Higher Magic Academy, he resolutely chose the field of ancient studies and became a renowned ancient expert in the Dashuer Empire, but he was still helpless.

Not to mention Norman, even the incredibly profound Shan Hai Tu Bei, which once allowed Ledo to instantly learn animal language, could only display content that had already been deciphered when faced with the dragon clan's secret manual, thus its miraculous effect was limited.

"Although the contents recorded in the secret texts are different, they all mention the same strange ancient term—'Order Keeper,' which seems to be related to the great war between the dragons and humans. This term is also mentioned many times in descriptions of the dragons' retreat from history..."

Norman stroked his chin, his eyes fixed on the unfolded dragon grimoire, sorting through all the known clues, confirming some ideas and speculations, and discovering new information, but more questions remained.

He shook his head and put away the secret book, then looked at the blue-green jade tablet beside him. After staring at it for a long time, his face was full of doubt: "This is the Reincarnation Key made from thirty-three fragments of the Stone Key? I've never heard of it before..."

"That's what the cleaning teacher said, otherwise I really wouldn't know its name." Leido couldn't get a word in edgewise about the ancient dragon language, but he was quite familiar with the entire process of the Reincarnation Key.

"No response? Injecting magic energy has no effect, could it be broken?" Norman tried to inject elemental magic energy into the Reincarnation Key, but just like when Leido first saw it, there was no response.

“Teacher Norman… needs my new energy—Yuan Power!” Following the old sweeper’s example, Leido had already mastered the method of activating the Reincarnation Key. He pointed with two fingers of his left hand, and the Yuan Power in his dantian was guided out, and a golden beam of light shot onto the blue-green jade plate.

In an instant, the Reincarnation Key floated up, releasing a soft light. The water-like patterns on it continued to evolve, eventually transforming back into the form that Leido had seen before.

"...This...is spatial elemental force? Could it be...no way? Is it real?" Norman stared blankly at the cursors at different heights, unable to recover for a long time, muttering to himself.

"This is the best I can do. If the Sweeper were here, he could make the jade tablet display a complete three-dimensional image, which would make it easier to study... Norman, you could also try borrowing my energy..."

Leido recalled what the old sweeper had done that day and told Norman that he could try it too. But Norman stood there, staring blankly at the pattern displayed by the Reincarnation Key, and didn't reply to him for a long time.

Suddenly, Norman's expression froze, showing great surprise. He looked at Leido, his expression turning serious: "You must never show this jade tablet to outsiders! It is indeed a map... a coordinate map of the intersection of different dimensional spaces!"

"Huh? Could it be... a folded space? Like Green Pearl Island?" Leido was extremely surprised upon hearing this. He had always thought that the strange ruins he found in the Ancient Tree Secret Realm were the secret of the Reincarnation Key, and he guessed that the locations of the other cursors were probably similar.

Unexpectedly, the coordinates indicated by these points of light were actually in different dimensional spaces. Norman confirmed again and again: "There's no mistake... I awakened the power of space a long time ago, and my understanding of space is extraordinary. This is the connection or overlap of different dimensions and spaces!"

"No wonder those cursors, like they're growing on different branches of a tree, vary greatly in height and distance, making them impossible to identify as a flat map. So that's it!" With Norman's explanation, Ledo understood after a little thought.

Before Leido could ask any more questions, Norman activated his innate magic circle, attempting to draw upon Leido's elemental energy to try and activate the Reincarnation Key at a higher level of magical power, as Leido had instructed, but he failed.

"No... I can't guide your elemental power. I can only sense ordinary elemental power. I estimate that only experts at the peak level can do that! It's a bit of a pity that I can't study it in depth, but it's also good news. Ordinary people can't detect the special nature of your energy."

Norman tried several more times, unwilling to give up, but still couldn't sense any Yuan energy in Leido. He wasn't too surprised by this student, because there hadn't been many normal things that had happened to Leido since he was a child.

"A map alone isn't very useful; I don't have the time or energy to search the whole world for these coordinates..."

Although Leido was also surprised by the truth about the Reincarnation Key, upon reflection, he realized that it was rather useless, unable to attack, defend, or even destroy, and he didn't know what its purpose was.

Norman's next words completely stunned Ledo, and the Reincarnation Key instantly transformed from a tasteless chicken rib into a fragrant chicken leg.

"Useless? Are you kidding me? The Reincarnation Key contains spatial elemental power; perhaps... it can even open spatial passages between different planes! Its existence is comparable to a true divine artifact!"