Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method Chapter 2928: 594: Edmund’s Nora’s Sun!

Those beings soar far beyond reach, beyond even the heavens' grasp.

If the skies can't hold them in check, then humanity must step up!

The cosmos has grown far too vast and cumbersome; it demands a trimming down, a thorough reorganization, so that fleeting mortal races and enduring long-lived ones alike can claim greater shares of resources and thrive in their societies!

Tower of Heaven.

As the fresh era dawned, Grand Council Chairman Edmund gave his address, recapping bygone trials and wisdom, peering ahead, and painting a bold picture of tomorrow!

Countless millions assembled in spots all over to observe, their hearts ignited by his fervent speech, brimming with zeal and yearning for uncharted realms.

At last, Edmund looked out over the throng.

With a profound inhale, he lifted his right arm skyward, unleashing a crimson sun from his grasp that shattered its bonds, expanding amid the breeze, its rays scattering to bathe the world's sprawling peaks and waterways in glow.

Upward soared the Mighty Sun, piercing the veil of Shadow, coming to a steady pause!

Having amassed vast fire elemental might, its span shockingly exceeded three million miles, transforming into a true "Sun"!

This fresh-forged sun dangled in the void of space, flaring with intensity, pouring out boundless radiance and warmth, showing no hint of fading.

A booming declaration rang out over Nora’s Four Seas and Ten Directions!

"Behold the enduring Legendary spell [Edmund’s Nora Sun], the emblem of my vital flame, Edmund.

Here it shall linger from this day forward, refusing to dip below the horizon!

Should wanderers from the Pan-Plane grow fatigued, let them follow this glow to Nora for respite and trade; as Nora’s folk venture distant, it will light their way.

It marks the close of the ancient age and the rise of fresh domains.

As long as the Sun endures, so shall I remain eternal, and Nora with me!"

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Land of Darkness.

The merging of the Black Water World presses on, guided by the exalted Divine Tree Power overhead, like some unseen force methodically wiping away the realm piece by piece, only to redraw it within the Ancient Banyan Fairyland.

And within Levi’s retreat.

He brought his fifty-year isolation to a close for now. His presence felt sharper by a few degrees, encircled by scarlet fires that scorched and warped the very air around him.

Opening his proficiency display, every one of the six breathing methods had advanced to Level 9 Middle Stage, while the Crimson Emperor Dragon and Golden Emperor Dragon had recently surged to Level 9 Late Stage.

7-tier Destruction Sanctuary, 7-tier Vajra Sacred Realm, 6-tier Invisible Sanctuary, 5-tier Indomitable Sacred Domain, 4-tier Undying Holy Domain, 4-tier Unhidden Sacred Realm, adding up to 33 layers of Sacred Domain Power.

These days, he could take down the Dusk Sun God solo without relying on the Eight Formation Map. To him, a Level 10 Early Stage foe was mere game. It took a Level 10 Middle Stage to pose a real challenge.

Next, Levi touched the Klein Crystal Ball.

[Spiritual Force: 68000/76000]

Over the last sixty years, he'd skipped refining the Sun Refining Artifact, focusing instead on some scarcer or easier-to-cultivate "Small Top-Grade" curiosities.

Yet thanks to his exceptional talents in elemental affinity, his spiritual force surged ahead swiftly, and refining those everyday oddities boosted his maximum by 1000 points as well.

In the Ancient Banyan Fairyland, his Long spiritual beings had multiplied into a "legion," each carrying out roles throughout the Three Realms, weaving into the Mana Ecology as seamless elements.

These served only as support spirits.

On top of that, battle-oriented ones like Si Lei and Light Worm clustered in Levi’s consciousness, growing steadily tougher alongside his rising spiritual force.

Levi had witnessed the unique spirit beasts of legendary wizards; take the Blazing Star God Witch, who gained [Flame Mountain] via the Fire God Series refinement, boasting might nearing a Star Realm Weak God, fitting squarely between Level 9 peaks and Level 10 thresholds.

Such were just Sun Refining-Grade special spirits; he'd also glimpsed those at legendary tier, like authentic Mythical beasts, lifelike and potent enough to overpower lesser Lower Gods.

What makes legendary wizards so dominant in mass fights ties directly to the hordes of spirits that shadow their path to power.

As for spells.

Among the Ninth-circle spells under Levi's command, all but the fresh "Spirit Bell" he devised had hit Perfection.

Triggering the [Bath Blood] Special Effect lets their might rival legendary incantations, letting him dispatch certain feeble Lower Gods with ease.

The Ninth-circle spell that progressed quickest was "Fear Fog," since Levi never neglected slipping into the Nightmare World during isolation to spread toxins, hampering its enlistment pace.

He wasn't alone; plenty of wizards from the School of Dreams would raid the Nightmare World for hit-and-run tactics, all to disrupt and stall for Nora's sake.

Drawing from "Fear Fog," Daydreamer crafted the legendary variant "Fear Wind."

Fog merging with wind sped up the plague's reach. Rough counts show seven Overlords fell to the Plague Legion.

The Ghost Alley Monarch took the hardest hit; across the last hundred years, most of his followers perished from contagion or fell under Levi's thrall, leaving scant loyal ones untouched.

Regular Nightmare Lords saw losses in the hundreds or thousands.

Naturally, Nightmare Monarchs struck back now and then, dispatching Nightmare Creatures for minor raids in Nora, returning the trouble and proving hard to counter.

No full-blown war has broken out yet, but skirmishes keep flaring up.

Nora builds its forces and hoards power.

The Nightmare musters across its vast domain, gearing up for a major push.

Each races to arm itself, though Nora pushes boundaries with fresh inventions and growth, while the Nightmare burns through its ancient, horrifying reserves, aiming to crush Nora through sheer overwhelming force!

"Spirit Bell" stands as another creation from Levi, aimed at warding off Nightmare Monarchs, erecting a massive bell shield in the psyche to fend off mind spells, psychic assaults, dread stares, and countless inner-realm influences.