Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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Hobert attempted to "distort" the gavel-shaped Sealed Artifact while using his "Disorder" ability to attack Trunsoest, aiming to confuse the positions of His heart and bladder.

However, all of his attacks were neutralized by Erebus.

Erebus laughed maniacally, his expression distorted, "Hahaha, Trunsoest! Thanks to my help, you were able to revive successfully!"

Trunsoest, who was absorbing the "gavel" into himself, sneered, "That's because my revival is more in line with your interests! Don't expect me to owe you any favors!"

At this moment, April noticed the change in the battle situation and immediately disappeared into an illusory door. The next second, a hazy door appeared behind Trunsoest, and a slippery tentacle stretched out from it, trying to snatch the gavel from Trunsoest's hand.

Trunsoest glanced coldly at the tentacle, and it was immediately "imprisoned" in place, unable to move.

Although He had not completely fused with the Beyonder characteristics of the "Hand of Order," He could already use some of the abilities of this Sealed Artifact.

Hobert looked at Trunsoest and shouted, "Retreat!"

He could feel the close connection between Trunsoest and the "gavel," which must have been Trunsoest's arrangement when He was the "Night Emperor."

It seemed that He had not only left a mark in the uniqueness of the "Justiciar" pathway but also on the three Sequence 1 characteristics.

However, the mark in the "Trunsoest Brass Book" had been altered by Hobert during the battle in Feynapotter City, so it failed to summon them.

As for the other two Sequence 1 "Hand of Order" characteristics, they were considered to belong to William I and Philip I.

This reminded Hobert of a piece of information Trunsoest had told him before: the characteristics within William I and Philip I had been shattered by the Six Gods, showing that the Six Gods were guarding against Trunsoest's move.

Because these two Sequence 1 characteristics had been shattered, they had undergone significant changes and could not be summoned.

Only this "Hand of Order" characteristic, which had become a Sealed Artifact, had not been shattered and had not changed much, so it was immediately summoned.

As for the theory of summoning, it was not difficult to understand. The Sequence 3 potion of the pathway mastered by Empress Auernia, the "Blood Moon Queen" of the Trunsoest Empire, was called "High Summoner."

Asking Her to leave a "backdoor" in the uniqueness and Sequence 1 characteristics within the "Night Emperor" so that Trunsoest could immediately summon these characteristics and uniqueness after revival should not have been too difficult an operation.

Because Trunsoest was once the True God of the "Justiciar" pathway, with His former level, He only needed to re-establish contact with the Spirit World, and then the traces of His digestion of the potion could help Him at least "swallow" a portion of the "Hand of Order" characteristic.

In any case, no one present had the ability to sever this connection.

So, it was better to leave the battlefield. Anyway, Hobert's goals had been achieved: first, he had completed his advancement, and second, he had lifted the curse on his family.

The only thing that surprised Hobert was that Trunsoest's arrangement for revival was more difficult to prevent than he had imagined.

But this problem could only be solved later.

Under Hobert's cover, April and Christian were the first to leave.

Then, Hobert, Beverly, and Raymond converged. Just as they were leaving using the "distortion" of distance, Trunsoest had completely fused with the "gavel."

However, He also needed to stabilize His state, so after laughing heartily, He lifted His leg and stepped forward, disappearing from everyone's sight before His foot touched the ground.

At the same time, Hobert felt his bloodline return to him. The "Fool's" "grafting" had ended, but Trunsoest could no longer return to Hobert's body or the bloodline of Trunsoest's descendants.

Erebus, who was also not in good condition, left immediately.

This seemed to form a chain reaction. Sherry, the "Demoness of Catastrophe," who did not have a strong fighting spirit, also entered the "Mirror World."

Amon's avatar and Tamara retreated simultaneously, and the angels of the "Rose School" also entered the Spirit World. One by one, the angels left quickly in their own ways.

The collapse of the mountain caused by the battle between the angels had not yet ended, but the place was already empty.

Back at the Lord's Mansion, Hobert first accepted the congratulations from April and Christian.

April was in tears, as the Trunsoest family curse, which had always worried her, was finally resolved.

Christian recalled his good friend Rex and also showed a gratified smile.

After chatting for a few minutes, Hobert told them that he had urgent matters to attend to and excused himself after asking Allen to entertain the two elders.

Originally, Hobert wanted to stabilize his state and then immediately look for the uniqueness, but he suddenly realized that he had more important things to do.

So, he "distorted" the boundary between the Spirit World and the real world and stepped into the Spirit World.

After becoming an angel, he could traverse the Spirit World without using the "Travel" ability, and he no longer needed to carry the Sealed Artifact of this pathway with him.

The "more important thing" that Hobert thought of was actually to report his safety to Fors and Audrey.

Because he realized this belatedly, it suddenly dawned on him that after completing his advancement, the divinity within him had increased once again, while his humanity had decreased.

Otherwise, according to his previous habits, he would have entertained April and Christian well and would have thought of telling Fors and Audrey the news of his successful advancement as soon as possible.

But now, Hobert's subconscious reaction was to immediately use his connection with the "Black Emperor" uniqueness to find the uniqueness.

Although this matter was urgent, it was not so urgent that it could not wait.

So, Hobert first came to Longtail Island. Fors, who was pacing back and forth, breathed a long sigh of relief after seeing Hobert emerge from the Spirit World.

Hobert opened his arms and smiled, "I succeeded."

Fors was about to hug Hobert but suddenly stopped, "You, you seem… different from before…"

Hobert was stunned, "What's wrong?"

"You… you seem a little flamboyant."

Hobert smiled helplessly, "I just advanced and haven't controlled my emotions and spirituality yet."

Mainly, he felt a certain disconnect from before, and he didn't even know what emotions and expressions to use when expressing some feelings.

This feeling was like a person who had been lying in bed for years, suddenly regaining consciousness and being able to move freely.

Although he was still him, he often felt like he was playing another person.

Hobert also realized that he needed to adapt for a while before he could return to his previous state.

Fors didn't think too much about it, because such phenomena were relatively normal.

After a simple chat, Hobert told Fors that he had a very urgent matter and would have to go out again in the next few days.

After the two kissed goodbye, Hobert came to Backlund, to the office of the "Earl's Light's" financial director.

Audrey, who had not been in the mood to work all morning, also breathed a long sigh of relief after seeing Hobert.

Then, she also discovered, "You, the feeling you give people is completely different."

Hobert had no choice but to say again, "Because I just advanced."

Audrey was slightly stunned, "The test you were talking about was advancement?"

"Yes, because it involves the family curse." Hobert briefly described his encounter today.

After saying only a few words, he bid farewell to Audrey.

At this time, Hobert's spirituality had basically been contained, and his emotional fluctuations were not as great as before.

But he still needed to stabilize his state. At the same time, Hobert realized that he should go to the "Nation of Disorder" to retrieve the memories sealed there, digest the extra memories, and see what new operations he could perform in the "Nation of Disorder" after becoming a Sequence 2.

So, Hobert returned to the study of the Duke's Mansion. With a wave of his hand, he built a "wall of spirituality." With a thought, he immediately entered the "Nation of Disorder."

Rumble~

As soon as he entered, the entire "Nation of Disorder" shook.

Sitting on the "Iron Throne," Hobert immediately realized that he was now the sole master of the "Nation of Disorder."

Unless Erebus and Trunsoest became True Gods, they could forget about competing with him for the "Nation of Disorder."

In addition, Hobert's spirituality sensed the lonely clock tower in the sky.

With a thought, Hobert came to this classical clock tower. Inside the clock tower was a huge, ancient-looking bronze bell.

Hobert saw on it the long years and the long history.

It seemed to have existed since the Big Bang, since the origin of everything, and had been preserved until now.

Hobert's spirituality could not perceive its origin, but it was very clear that its materials were very, very advanced.

Hobert waved his hand, and a bell hall appeared on the top of the mountain, with a corridor connecting it to the hall Hobert had originally constructed.

Then, the hall and the bell hall floated in the air together, and palaces rose from the ground, surrounding the previous hall in the center like stars surrounding the moon. They were connected by straight or arched sky bridges.

Small, verdant hills and clear lakes echoed these halls, either surrounding the halls or filling the spaces between them.

A stream of water flowed down from the outer sky bridge, forming a long-lasting rainbow under the light.

A thin mist rose around the palace, adding a sense of mystery and a sense of sacredness that kept people away.

To prevent drastic changes in the "Nation of Disorder" during advancement, Hobert let the "mystical switchboard operators" living in the town rest today. If they were still in the town at the foot of the mountain, they would definitely kneel on the ground and worship the power of the "Creator."

Hobert returned to the original hall and immediately felt that the new complex made the "Creator" look much more majestic.

In a flash, Hobert came to the bell hall and pushed the bell hammer to strike the bronze bell.

Dong~

A long, drawn-out sound rang out, and Hobert felt all the impetuosity and distracting thoughts in his heart disappear instantly. The spirituality that had not been completely contained after his advancement also became very docile, eliminating all of Hobert's discomfort.

Through a single strike, Hobert's spirituality perceived the ability of this bronze bell.

It could make the area covered by the bell sound, as well as the creatures that heard the bell sound, change from disorder to order, or rebuild order.

This was reflected in "high-sequence" Beyonders as the ability to eliminate mental pressure and the danger of losing control, making everything out of control controllable.

Hobert re-examined the bronze bell and was once again curious about its origin: It had the power to resist the twisting essence of Beyonder characteristics!

What was certain was that its origin must be very simple!

This was the real "Bell of Order!"

Not the self-proclaimed "Bell of Order" on Order Square in Backlund could compare.

In addition, this was definitely something that all "high-sequence" Beyonders dreamed of, which could well stabilize their state and resist divinity.

However, the power that Hobert could stimulate now was limited, at most it could affect targets at the Sequence 1 level.

From this, it could be seen how high the level of the "Bell of Order" was. This should be the most core "component" in the "Nation of Disorder."

After observing the "Bell of Order" for a while, Hobert sat back on the "Iron Throne" and felt the other changes in the "Nation of Disorder."

First of all, Hobert felt that as long as he sat on the "Iron Throne," his level could be raised, and he could mobilize the surging power of this source.

But as only the master of the "Nation of Disorder," he had not yet merged with the source, so he could only "mobilize" the power, but these powers had not become a part of him.

Then, Hobert discovered a problem: even sitting on the "Iron Throne" and fusing his spirit body with the "Black Emperor" card, he was still only at the level of the King of Angels.

After thinking for a moment, Hobert realized that the limit of the "Blasphemy Card" for the advancement of His level was the King of Angels.

The level of the True God further up was a level of qualitative change in life, which could not be promoted by opportunistic methods.

However, unlike before, Hobert, sitting on the "Iron Throne," not only had the level of the King of Angels, but could also easily use abilities at roughly the Sequence 1 level.

Because this involved the issue of uniqueness, before obtaining the uniqueness, even if Hobert looked like the King of Angels, he was not the King of Angels after all.

This was much better than the empty shell before.

You should know that although Hobert looked very powerful before, he couldn't even injure a Sequence 2 angel. Now it was different. If he encountered Pedi again, there was a good chance that he could directly kill Him.

If he encountered Amon's main body again, he could stop Him without the help of Sealed Artifacts and Beyonder characteristics.

The only drawback was that Hobert's body could not freely enter and exit the "Nation of Disorder," otherwise he would have no worries.

In addition, Hobert realized that in the real world, he could further use the power of the "Nation of Disorder." With a thought, he could create "Trees of Order" and "Crystals of Order."

He didn't have to carry these two mystical items with him in the future.

Moreover, Hobert could grab the items he needed from the "Nation of Disorder" at any time, and he could also send items into the "Nation of Disorder" at any time.

There was no need for further bestowal and sacrifice, nor was there any need to worry about the negative effects of sealed artifacts.

Hobert could now use the 'Sun Authority' in the real world, but it was best not to exceed 10 minutes, otherwise there would still be some danger, and it would put considerable pressure on his spirit.

Taking a deep breath, Hobert smiled and said with emotion: With the help of the 'Nation of Disorder', I was among the more capable ones at the Angel level when I first became an Angel.

After experiencing his newly acquired abilities, Hobert lifted the memory seal he had placed in the 'Nation of Disorder'. Whether it was information about Adam or Amon, or even information about the Outer Deities, he could bring it all into the real world.

Even if Hobert knew a lot of information about Adam, he could use the ability of 'Connection' to sever the mystical bonds and connections generated by this information, so that Adam could not trace back to him through these connections.

Finally, Hobert began to savor all the memories from before his transmigration that he had recovered after his advancement. Previously, he was only aware that he had recovered many memories, but he wasn't very clear about exactly which ones.

It was as if there was an extra 'hard drive' in his mind, but he hadn't had time to read the contents on it yet.

As a result, this 'savoring' shocked Hobert greatly!

Firstly, Hobert did indeed come from that distant ancient Eastern country, and his name before the transmigration was Hobert.

His surname was Huo, he was from the 'Bo' generation, and his parents hoped he would be a special one, so they named him Hobert (Huo Bo).

As for his profession, he was an archaeologist, newly appointed as a supervisor, and was leading his first batch of graduate students.

Originally, his life trajectory was to diligently do research and excavation work for a lifetime, and then retire when he could no longer do it.

All the changes happened during an excavation.

It was a typical Western Zhou ancient tomb, the first archaeological excavation project that Hobert was in charge of.

After excavating this ancient tomb, many strange things happened. First of all, in the burial pit, the decay of the sacrificial objects such as horses, cattle, and dogs was not as severe as in other tombs of the same period. Some decaying flesh could even be seen on the skeletons.

Previously, in the ancient tombs of the same period that had been excavated, only some skeletons that had long fallen apart would be found in the soil.

Especially the wooden chariot, which was relatively well preserved.

Generally, in the ancient tombs of this period, at most some bronze armor could be found, or simply just two wheels remained.

Another strange thing was that the tomb passage had hardly collapsed at all. However, these tomb passages were very strange. Many students said that as they walked alone in the tomb passage, they would return to the burial chamber of the sacrificial pit.

Hobert had also encountered a similar situation once. As he walked, he felt his vision suddenly blur, and when he came back to his senses, he appeared in another location in the tomb passage.

Many people said that the tomb passage was haunted, but Hobert didn't think so. He believed that this should be a visual deception caused by the structure of the tomb passage.

There were many such precedents in ancient tomb excavations. Very eerie things appeared at the excavation site, but later it was discovered that they were all ancient traps, all deceiving people's vision or senses.

After the excavation of the periphery of the ancient tomb was completed, Hobert led the students to open the main burial chamber.

But as soon as the burial chamber was opened, Hobert and the students immediately realized that something was wrong. The structure of the burial chamber was also very different from the burial chambers of the same period that had been excavated before.

First of all, the coffin was standing upright, which was the first time Hobert had encountered such a situation.

Another strange thing was that there was a black stone tablet directly in front of the coffin. It was normal to find stone tablets in ancient tombs, but the stone tablet should not have appeared in this position.

According to the text on it, Hobert could determine that the tomb owner was a Grand Diviner.

This was one of the Six Ministers of the Zhou Dynasty, that is, one of the highest-ranking six officials of the central government at that time, who was in charge of divination.

The back of the stone tablet was carved with many simple patterns, and there were some horizontal lines separating these patterns.

The lights of the lighting equipment held by Hobert and the four students converged on the back of the stone tablet.

One of the students said, "Teacher, are these patterns listing the products of that time? I see that the bottom layer seems to be carved with cows and sheep."

Hobert, wearing black-rimmed glasses, smiled and said, "This should be a social status chart of that time. You see, the bottom layer is painted with livestock such as horses, pigs, cattle, sheep, and so on, as well as slaves.

"The social status of slaves at that time was the same as that of pigs, cattle, and sheep. They were also property that could be bought, sold, or slaughtered at will.

"The layer above is farmers, carpenters, and so on, or people who mastered some technology at that time, and finally merchants.

"We have talked about before that the earliest policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce was formulated by the Zhou Dynasty. The country's economic policy changed from the Shang Dynasty's external plunder and foreign trade to the well-field system, creating a continuous stream of wealth domestically…"

Hobert spoke layer by layer, talking about "scholars", "officials", "lords", and "king".

What made Hobert a little excited was that there were actually three more levels above the "king": "This is definitely a major discovery in archaeology, which will greatly help us interpret the spiritual world of the Zhou people.

"Let's continue to look up. The first layer above is ancestors. We all know that the Chinese nation is a nation that worships ancestral gods. This represents our characteristic of not forgetting our roots.

"On this stone tablet, on the same level as the ancestral gods Ku and Ji are also 'Di'. The ones listed later should be the Yellow Emperor, the Flame Emperor, and the Black Emperor.

"You are all familiar with the Yellow Emperor and the Flame Emperor. The Black Emperor is Zhuanxu. It is said that he had the strongest divinity among the Five Emperors. Both Zhou and Qin had the custom of holding grand ceremonies to sacrifice to the Black Emperor. After the Qin Empire was destroyed, the sacrifice to the Black Emperor only appeared in religions."

Everyone's eyes continued to look up, and Hobert continued to explain: "The three gods above the ancestors and the emperors are Pangu, Nuwa, and Fuxi.

"The ancient god system is different from the current one. At that time, there were no Three Pure Ones or Buddha. These three ancient gods had a very high status."

A student asked, "Teacher, why does Nuwa's image look like a frog?"

Hobert adjusted his glasses and smiled, explaining: "Nuwa's image was artificially tampered with during the Han Dynasty in order to establish the foundation of a patriarchal society.

"The earliest image of Nuwa was similar to a frog. This is a god passed down from the matriarchal clan era. The frog's big belly represents fertility, and the frog's cry is like the sound of a baby crying, which implies the social foundation of a matriarchal system."

Hobert's five students looked at the top in receptive nods.

At the very top of the stone tablet, there were only two indicative symbols.

Hobert looked at it for a few seconds before thoughtfully saying: "The meaning of these two symbols is: Celestial… Worthy."

Dong~

A sound suddenly came from the coffin standing behind them, and Hobert and his six students looked at the coffin together.

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