Chapter 233: Madness in His Later Years

Chapter 233: Madness in His Later Years

“I obtained the Knowledge Emperor potion formula from that oldest organization long ago. Now, it is time to seek the corresponding materials. They may already belong to an angel, or perhaps they have fused with their surroundings and become a twisted, evil monster, or a chaotic, terrifying Grade 0 Sealed Artifact. In any case, I must be sufficiently careful. It would be best if I can find suitable helpers.

“Knowledge Emperor… The name of this Sequence 1 potion is truly interesting. If I had not directly seen the Blasphemy Slate, I would have thought it belonged to the Reader pathway, to the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. What is even stranger is that these two pathways are not interchangeable.

“I once discussed this matter with that mysterious leader and old Mr. Hermes. We basically reached a consensus: the Reader pathway represents the ‘omniscience’ in ‘omniscient and omnipotent,’ while the Mystery Pryer and Savant pathways correspond to knowledge itself, belonging to two different aspects—one leaning more toward mysticism, the other closer to reality.

“Heh. Once I become a Knowledge Emperor, Bernadette will no longer need to worry about the Hidden Sage’s instillation, nor fear the pursuit of knowledge.”

So the Emperor ultimately switched to the Mystery Pryer pathway. I wonder whether he successfully became a Knowledge Emperor… Perhaps it was precisely because of this matter that he completely broke with the Church of Steam, to the point that when he later became the enemy of the entire world and could find no helpers, he actually placed his hopes in the Twilight Hermit Order… Klein thought, half sighing and half speculating.

Apart from this, he was quite interested in Roselle’s explanation of why the Reader pathway could not be interchanged with the Mystery Pryer and Savant pathways. He felt that if he deepened this line of thinking, he might be able to find the law and principle behind the interchangeability of Beyonder pathways.

“To most Beyonders, Reader, Mystery Pryer, and Savant all belong to the domain of knowledge and should be highly related. Yet the former turns out to be the heretic here…

“Reader belongs to the ‘omniscience’ in ‘omniscient and omnipotent.’ Then Secret Supplicant—that is, the Shepherd pathway—belongs to the ‘omnipotence’ in ‘omniscient and omnipotent’? And the two possess a certain overlap; for example, being knowledgeable grants many abilities, while possessing many abilities brings extensive knowledge. Therefore, they can be interchanged…

“From this perspective, the Storm pathway being versatile across sea, land, and air can be understood. The Spectator pathway’s mental domain serves as a powerful supplement to Storm. Then why can the Sun pathway be interchanged with them? Considering that the previous being who held the title ‘omniscient and omnipotent’ was the ancient Sun God, does this mean Sun is the foundation that accommodates ‘omniscience and omnipotence’?

“Mm… Following this line of thought, Mystery Pryer and Savant are different aspects of knowledge itself, and therefore can be interchanged. Then what are the Assassin and Hunter pathways a differentiation of? What about the Evernight, Death, and God of Combat pathways?” Klein thought through many things at once. However, he had neither time nor enough information to analyze them more deeply, so he temporarily threw the questions to the back of his mind and used his will to move the third diary page to the top.

With one glance, Klein’s mind suddenly focused, because this diary entry was entirely different from the ones before.

It had no date. The spacing between words was very large. Because this was the original page, one could clearly see that the force behind the pen strokes had been extraordinarily heavy!

Klein swept his gaze over it, and the contents of the yellowed paper entered his mind:

“No! Impossible!

“How could this be!

“If my guess is correct, I should not…