Madeline Manor, under the warm yellow light of the study, two figures sat facing each other.

Their gazes were both fixed on the piece of paper on the table between them, which still bore six names.

"This is the final list then, they've all passed the first verification, suitable test subjects to proceed with."

Rose was slowly enjoying her meal, her brows showing traces of fatigue. Although she followed a permanently neutral deity and could obtain knowledge for free, just the "communication" process took a great toll on her mental strength.

Before she broke through to become a "Great Polymath," this was difficult to change and greatly limited the pace at which she could acquire knowledge.

To the side of the two, a somewhat comical scene unfolded.

Near Rose's area, an object resembling an upright large cat, named the "Kendall Printer," was spitting out one dossier after another from its open mouth. Across from it, Gluttony ate with a look of disgust on its face.

All six of the candidate test subjects were deities.

Even though they were "Weak Gods," the information related to them far exceeded that of the majority of human Transcendents.

In fact, even Madeline... Madeline Manor couldn't print out all those dossiers, being an individual and not a deeply rooted large organization.

But one-tenth or one-twentieth was already astounding.

While Gluttony was earnestly consuming paper, Tang Qi's gaze, with a certain significance, fell on one of those six names.

Regarding the selection of divine test subjects, aside from offering the name of the Crow God, he also nominated the deity worshipped by followers of the Black Snake Witch Sect, the "Black Snake God," and then, unsurprisingly, they did not pass the first verification.

Even though nearly all the followers of the Black Snake Witch Sect had died out, the Black Snake God was a deity even more powerful than the Crow God. Whether in a head-on fight or a sneak attack, Tang Qi found it very hard to inflict any serious damage.

However, at this moment, Tang Qi's eyes rested on a name, and a piece of information that Rose had previously verified and felt familiar appeared in his mind.

"The Fallen Flora, originally a goddess of the Order Camp, suffered a shift in alignment due to an unknown accident in an attempt to save Her. Flora's several devout followers tried to forcibly purify Her 'Kingdom of Flora' to reverse Her divinity's origin."

"But this caused a great disaster. The realm of Flora completely collapsed, and the Goddess fell entirely, killing half of her own good friends. She herself fell into madness and collapse, becoming one of the notorious Mad Gods of the Dark Era, wandering the boundless mystery endlessly."

"Due to her collapse, avoiding the Great Catastrophe War, Her followers, in an attempt to rescue Flora, after the revival of Spiritual Tide, released a large batch of erroneous magic books across the Origin Star."

"Each errant magic book contains some correct summoning spells for Evil Spirits. The followers of Flora tried through this plan to cultivate a human body most suitable for Flora's descent and return."

"Flora once left her lineage on the Origin Star. With the passing of time, the lineage continued to spread, and the correct spells in the mistaken edition of magic books, all stemming from Flora, would possess a mysterious attraction to Her descendants that they could not perceive."

"As each Summoner dies, the lineage of Flora within them divides evenly among the survivors... After such selection, the humans carrying Flora's lineage will become fewer and fewer, and the lineage will become increasingly pure, until there is only one left."

"This plan has been detected by 'Ancient Mystical Vault' and they have dispatched a powerful team of Extraordinary Agents to contain and clean up."

While perusing the pieces of information in his mind, Tang Qi's expression turned somewhat strange.

Evidently, one of the erroneous magic books was the one that Tang Qi had previously obtained, named "Complete Collection of Evil Spirits and Evil God Summoning Spells."

When Tang Qi realized the numerous blatant flaws in it, he didn't think much and handed over the magic book to the official authorities.

Looking at it now, his premonition was right.

Just like the treasure map of Confession Road, which was in fact a scheme by the "Rotten Head." What seemed like print books that could teach magic spells for free was actually a conspiracy laid down by devout followers of an Evil God to welcome His descent.

However, it was unfortunate that according to the information retrieved by Rose.

Even if Tang Qi did not select "Flora" as the test subject in the end, She was unlikely to succeed in her descent. She and her devout followers had already been targeted by the "Ancient Mystical Vault."

The two largest containment organizations on the entire Origin Star.

World Tree!

Ancient Mystical Vault!

The latter had an even worse reputation.

Sir Howard Roland had suspected that there was more than one Evil God behind the Ancient Mystical Vault, an organization that seemed absolutely neutral but actually tended towards evil.

"When will you start the second verification? Six test subjects are too many; you probably can't provoke so many Evil Gods at once. You have the Master of the Crucible behind you, but you are currently the only Melter Wizard, not as influential as during the Dark Era."

Rose took a sip of warm coffee. The Extraordinary Power within it helped her recover her energy somewhat, and she looked directly at Tang Qi to speak.

Based on what Rose knew about Tang Qi, her judgment was undoubtedly correct.

She knew Tang Qi was a Melter Wizard and was also aware that Tang Qi had studied another Mysterious Wizard Sect. His strength was definitely beyond the "Legendary Level" Transcendents, but it should not yet be at the Demigod Level.

Sneak attacks and capturing vulnerable, collapsed Evil Gods had a certain chance of success.

But to capture six "test subjects" at once was clearly impossible.

In fact, it was indeed so.

For safety's sake, Tang Qi couldn't possibly include all six Evil Gods within the scope of test subjects.

However, with the power he now possessed, he was willing to pay some price to capture two fragile Evil Gods.

Of course, to be cautious, this list still required one more round of verification.

He would take the list, visit them one by one, and then verify them with his "Special Ability."

"On some level, my special ability is more intuitive than Rose's communication with the 'Ancient Observer,' and somewhat more reliable," he said. "After a double verification, it should be enough to select the test subject."

With that thought, a strange expression flickered across Tang Qi's eyes.

Since his rebirth, he had ventured through the Extraordinary World numerous times, witnessing countless inconceivable events and gaining a deeper understanding of the saying, "There's no such thing as a free lunch."

If he were a juvenile fantasist, he might have thought it only natural for a reborn person to possess a "All-Knowing" special ability.

But Tang Qi didn't see it that way.

He always harbored doubts about his capacity to read "Extraordinary Information Fragments."

Yet inevitably, doubt or no doubt, he couldn't afford not to utilize it; that would just be plain foolish.

However, he was at a loss on how to investigate "All-Knowing."

Especially since he became the "Sovereign of the Dream Realm," he had conducted numerous secret inquiries but to no avail.

"Either I'm indeed lucky to have been reborn with a Golden Finger, or the time isn't right and I must wait longer."

This thought settled, Tang Qi suppressed the rampant musings in his mind.

He then turned to look at Gluttony, who had just swallowed the last scroll.

His expression turned solemn; he set down his coffee cup, pursed his lips, stood up, and said, "Now, we can begin."

That statement was in fact a farewell.

But before Tang Qi turned to leave, he couldn't help but reveal a look of helplessness on his face, casting a doubtful gaze toward Rose Madeline.

The implicit meaning couldn't be clearer:

"After I'm gone, you're not going to revert to being a drunken, dream-wandering female drunkard, are you?"

Rose Madeline, known as the wisest woman in the Federation, displayed a remarkably compelling grace in her lucid state. She instantly understood the meaning in Tang Qi's eyes and her lips curled into a bright, cheerful smile.

She didn't have many friends, even less so those with whom she could converse as equals.

This recent and good friend, Tang Qi, who had shared life-and-death events with her, had rapidly become her closest confidant.

Ah, a good friend with a significant age difference.

"Get going, you nagging little boy; I'll wait for your experiment results at the estate," she teased.

"Also, a friendly reminder, the Light Festival is coming up, and the Lord of Light will undoubtedly fully awaken that day."

"My teacher's appraisal suggests that the Lord of Light is quite a petty Sovereign God. Although currently very weak and surely first seeking the reincarnated Lord of Thorns, your good friend Rafael, the name Tang Qi will most certainly make it onto His blacklist."

"Wow, to have a human name on a Dominator-level God's blacklist, that must be a great honor."

Listening to Rose's warnings and feeling assured his friend had returned to her original spirit, free from the harm caused by Howard Roland and no longer at risk of becoming a female drunkard, Tang Qi nodded slightly. He appeared untroubled by the lurking dangers in Rose's words and turned to head toward the 'Dream Realm' painting hanging beside the study.

Tang Qi had acquired this entryway from the Raft Museum and placed it inside the Madeline Manor.

Merada Special Education School also had such an entryway.

As for other "entrances," they were temporarily scattered throughout the Divine Eagle Federation.

The first target of Tang Qi's upcoming verification was in a city with one such gateway.

...

Federation West Coast, Green Chief City.

Known for its "rainy season" and special urban charm, the metropolis was currently enduring a period of endless rain.

Beneath the gloomy shroud of night, rainwater, as if dyed black, continuously drizzled down, enveloping the entire city in its grasp. The mingling of lights and the hazy moon created an exquisite ambiance reminiscent of old films.

At the top of the city's tallest skyscraper, a luxurious and grand party was underway.

At the front of the grand hall, several sturdy glass safes were on display, each housing an item—a piece of valuable jewelry or artwork—that would later be auctioned off during the mid-party "auction show."

At that very moment, a young girl dressed in a fancy golden dress with blond hair and sapphire-blue eyes was curiously fixating on one of the glass safes, within which was a painting.

The painting's theme was the classic, nearly ubiquitous one of a "Hero Saving the Princess."

In the painting before her, the monster to be slain by the hero was an evil giant dragon, with both eyes punctured.

As the girl scrutinized the painter's brushwork, she suddenly jolted, as if she had seen a shockingly terrifying image.

Frozen on the spot, she watched in horror as a mysterious ghost light began to emanate from the coal-black eye sockets of the blinded dragon.

In the moment of their gaze meeting, she realized:

"That's a person, a man."

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