After learning about the Sage's records regarding the ritual and the 《Role-Stealing Method》, and obtaining the Sage's relic, the Truth Monocle, from the Fate Typewriter, Chen Xu left the Truth Library with Thor.
On the way back, Chen Xu wore the Truth Monocle, observing the world anew through its lens.
【Astral Behemoth: A type of astral behemoth. Small in size, lacks Dao rhymes of power, and has no special energy fluctuations. Presumed to be an extremely rare astral behemoth with high research value.】
【Based on body shape, realm fluctuations, and traces of time, it is inferred that this astral behemoth originates from the ancient era. It is highly likely to be Thor, the astral behemoth that created a special world.】
【Thor's detailed deeds...】
After several tests, Chen Xu understood the essence of this Truth Monocle: it was the manifestation of a unique-tier Dao principle.
Much like the Lord of the Undead's Bone Throne, the Mother of Hell's hellfire, and the Lord of Heaven's covenant set, these items were all manifestations of certain unique-tier Dao principles.
The Truth Monocle was most likely a manifestation of Dao principles such as observation, analysis, or knowledge.
With it, even a mortal could see through all the illusions and obstacles in the world.
Of course, the prerequisite was that the mortal could remain sane after seeing through those veils. After all, in the transcendent world, knowledge was often harmful; those who held positions they did not deserve would inevitably suffer backlash.
As a unique-tier existence, Chen Xu's soul perception was already top-tier in the world. He could perceive most Dao rhymes, energy fluctuations, and transcendent phenomena.
However, he still couldn't compare to the Truth Monocle. As the saying goes, expertise lies in specific fields.
Unfortunately, the Truth Monocle did not belong to Chen Xu, so his talent [Off-Duty] could not work on it. He couldn't share the monocle's properties with others.
Otherwise, the skeleton heroes under his command could have advanced rapidly.
After Sindragosa advanced to the eternal-tier, Chen Xu had transferred the Exquisite Heart to Flideng, the Soul of Freedom. However, the Soul of Freedom already had an innate comprehension bonus, so the effect of the Exquisite Heart wasn't particularly significant.
Compared to Kunpeng and Sindragosa, what Flideng lacked wasn't comprehension, but accumulated foundation.
But the Elemental Spirit Realm was extremely xenophobic, especially toward the undead. Wraiths were on the ultimate blacklist.
Chen Xu had no choice but to have Big Boss purchase various elemental spirit cores from the myriad worlds to supplement Flideng's foundation.
Patchwerk's situation was somewhat similar to Flideng's. The Super Abomination's stitching ability allowed it to continuously improve by stitching other biological parts onto itself.
Now that the Land of the Undead was at war with Hell, Patchwerk was traversing various battlefields, harvesting large quantities of demon limbs and stitching them into its body. Its strength was growing steadily.
It wouldn't be long before Chen Xu had a new eternal-tier subordinate.
Returning to the Undead Dao Court, Chen Xu went straight to the Necrotic Archmage Tower. Conveniently, Chen Xing, the crown prince, was idle. He had likely just finished harassing a challenger and was currently resting.
Chen Xu looked at Chen Xing through the monocle, as well as the clothes he was wearing.
【Uncrafted Mythic-tier Clothing: A strange piece of clothing. It uses solar essence and lunar frost as thread to stitch together the feathers of a mutated Roc. It has no engraved runes nor fused affinities. It is a bizarre product.】
Chen Xu remained silent, merely shifting his focus to Chen Xing himself.
【Unknown Race: A mysterious race never before recorded. Based on fluctuations of time, the current target is in its infancy. Strength is at the mythic-tier. Both physical and soul strength are at a high level. Comprehensive assessment: Extremely high race value (currently seven-star). Marked as a priority observation target.】
【A faint bloodline aura exists around the target. It is suspected that there is unawakened bloodline power within the body. Re-assessment: Race value increased (currently eight-star). Marked as a long-term priority observation target.】
【Observed phenomenon of World Blessing within the target's body. Suspected to be a heaven-sent race favored by the world. Re-assessment: Race value increased (currently nine-star). Marked as a permanent priority observation target.】
【Current target is an undiscovered species. Would you like to name it?】
To be judged as a nine-star race—it seemed the potential of the Nephalem was quite good. Chen Xu felt very gratified.
He just didn't know what races existed above nine stars. Since he was only borrowing it, the Truth Monocle seemed to have limitations.
Chen Xu could only receive information provided by the monocle one-way; he couldn't actively ask it questions.
He couldn't even respond to the naming prompt. Chen Xu had tried to input the word 'Nephalem' several times, but the monocle didn't react.
Chen Xu speculated that this was likely to prevent him from haphazardly modifying data and polluting the Sage's database, which could lead to errors in other analyses. Thus, he was only given permission to view the results.
Noticing Chen Xu, Chen Xing immediately flew over and hugged Chen Xu's arm.
“Father, you're here!”
Chen Xu patted his head and squeezed his arm, carefully sensing the state of his body and soul. A satisfied smile appeared on his face.
It hadn't been long since the Nephalem were placed in the mage tower, yet the strength of their bodies and souls had improved significantly. This exceeded Chen Xu's expectations.
He had never heard of any angel or demon that improved its strength simply through continuous combat.
However, it was also possible that through combat, they were slowly unlocking the power of the bloodlines within them, leading to this rapid growth.
Holding Chen Xing, Chen Xu began browsing the posts on the Undead Network regarding Life-Essence Curses.
They had been spread for so long; it was time to plagiarize—no, to combine the strengths of many to reach the next level.
However, after scrolling through hundreds of posts, Chen Xu found that challengers didn't have much interest in Life-Essence Curses. Aside from a few specialists, the replies from others weren't worth much.
Chen Xu had expected this situation. For most transcendents, they preferred visible powers.
Just as cultivation and magic were popular because their skill effects were cool and flashy.
If one could turn heaven and earth upside down with a single sword strike, who would want to sneakily cast curses from behind?
Suddenly, Chen Xing seemed to remember something. He broke free from Chen Xu's embrace and flew toward a chest in the back.
With a light pat of his small arm, the heavy wooden chest swung open.
Chen Xing reached in and grabbed a massive knight sword, swinging it around to show Chen Xu.
“Father, look! This is a trophy I collected. A while ago, I summoned a unique skeleton soldier, and it was holding this knight sword.”
The knight sword had a slender blade engraved with mysterious runes. Where the hilt met the blade, a demon goat head was embedded, and the entire weapon emitted a faint blue ghostly glow.
It looked eerie no matter how one viewed it, especially to Chen Xu.
Noticing that Chen Xu's expression was a bit off, Chen Xing asked in confusion.
“Father, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with this sword?”
“Ahem, it's nothing. Uh, Xing'er, you've received the blessing of necrotic power, after all. You shouldn't waste that talent. Playing with blades and swords is something you shouldn't do too often.”
“Don't worry, Father. I just thought it looked nice and took it for my collection.”
Chen Xing put the long sword back into the wooden chest and gave it a kick. With a bang, the chest closed automatically.
“Mm, a child worth teaching. Come, Father will take you to see the charm of undead summoning!”
To completely cut off Chen Xing's thoughts of playing with weapons, Chen Xu picked him up and brought him to a battlefield between the Land of the Undead and Hell.
On the battlefield, one side was the skeleton army commanded by Bone Guard One, and the other was the demon legion that was steadily retreating.
Tall skeletons brandished their sharp swords, their ultimate cold power transforming into sword light that continuously harvested the lives of demons.
The skeleton regiments, linked through a military formation, gained the ability to resist demon fire and corruption. Having lost their greatest advantage, the demons could only pit their physical strength against the skeletons.
But Chen Xu's skeletons were no ordinary skeletons. A max-level 【Raise Skeleton】 plus his exclusive talent enhancements was no joke.
Watching everything on the battlefield, Chen Xing's eyes sparkled, and his little mouth let out constant exclamations of surprise.
And Chen Xu, at this moment, also revealed a look of astonishment.
Through the Truth Monocle, he actually saw a possibility—a possibility for a skill to reach a higher level—the Dao-tier.
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