"Start with the most important."
His gaze fell upon the hefty "Extraordinary Comprehensive Guide."
The leather cover shone with a profound luster in the morning light.
The eyeball embedded within was slowly rotating, seemingly observing everything around.
As Ron reached out to touch the book, the eyeball immediately focused on him, its pupil showing a scrutinizing look.
"An interesting guard mechanism..."
He activated "Extraordinary Recognition," carefully observing the structure of this tome.
Each page of the book was made of a special semi-transparent material, with text flowing across the surface like mercury.
These texts would automatically adjust their complexity according to the reader’s comprehension ability, ensuring the information could be conveyed accurately.
"Let me see what this legendary ’Cosmic Encyclopedia’ really records..."
Ron carefully opened the first page, immediately struck by the densely packed signatures of contributors on the title page.
"Dedicated to all souls yearning to explore the unknown
But remember, some truths are more terrifying than ignorance."
"Original Edition Contributors:
King of Revelation ・ Saint xxx, Second Era 1247"
Seeing this title, Ron’s heart was struck with awe.
The King of Revelation was the early title of the third cornerstone "Apocalypse."
However, the name seems to have been erased by some mysterious power, which is understandable.
Generally, at the level of the Witch King, their true name possesses power.
Let alone the Demon God, even a glance might bring calamity.
Thus the erasure here is also a form of protection for the reader.
Latest compilation time: End of Third Era
Below this signature, there are dozens of other signatures.
Each represents a legendary figure in wizard history, among which are many names he recognized:
"Supplementary Revisions:
Fairy Witch ・ Panadora, Mid Second Era
Eye of Observation, Late Second Era
Lady of Blood ・ Selena, Mid Third Era
Paradox Poet ・ Hector, Mid Third Era
..."
"Error Corrections:
...
Record Officer ・ Gould, Late Third Era
..."
Seeing the names and titles of the two Witch Kings before their ascension, he laughed knowingly.
But what shocked Ron the most was the last signature, written in ink as deep as the night sky:
"Lead Editor of the 63rd Edition: King of Late Bell ・ Saint xxxx, End of Third Era"
The King of Late Bell, the title of the cornerstone "End of Death."
The name of "End of Death" is also erased.
Yet, two successive "cornerstones" both participated in the work of recording this book.
"The value of this book is even higher than I imagined..."
Warning: Although multiple cognitive obstructions have been applied to this book, the recorded content involves high-dimensional cognition, ensure Spiritual Power is at least Moon Level before reading
As the text appeared, a stereoscopic star map projection began to emerge on the page.
Countless points of light flickered in the void, each representing a known quadrant.
"Observed Quadrants: 49"
"Confirmed Advanced Civilizations: 156"
"Recorded Extraordinary Systems: 477"
These numbers opened Ron’s eyes.
Even this tome, which claims to be "comprehensive," records only a tiny fraction of the universe.
In those unobserved deep darkness, how many unknown civilizations continue to thrive?
The star map continued to expand, revealing more detailed classification systems:
Civilization Development Level Classification:
Primitive Level (I): Single planet civilization, mastering basic energy utilization
Interstellar Level (II): Multi-galaxy civilization, possessing space crossing capability
Star Domain Level (III): Dominating complete star domains, mastering space-time foundational laws
Quadrant Level (IV): Influence covering quadrants, possessing dimension interference technology
Transcendent Level (V): Civilization where "transcendents" are born, power reaching the essence of the universe
In this classification system, Wizard Civilization was marked as "Transcendent Level (V) Pinnacle Civilization," with special notes:
"This civilization possesses three confirmed transcendents, the highest number of transcendents among known civilizations.
Its unique ’knowledge inheritance’ system provides nearly limitless developmental possibilities for individuals."
Three transcendents? Ron had a slight doubt, but quickly realized.
At the time "End of Death" compiled the final version, it was still "King of Late Bell."
He then turned to the main text, discovering the book was divided into dozens of Chapters in detail.
Each Chapter corresponds to a different quadrant world type.
Turning past the directory, a magnificent star domain map appeared.
But this was not an ordinary flat map, it was a three-dimensional Magic Power projection, showing the spatial position relationships of countless quadrants and planes.
Each quadrant was labeled with different colored light points, some glowed with gentle golden light, others emitted ominous blood-red hues.
"Truly spectacular..."
Ron gazed at the map encompassing the entire known universe, sensing the enormous amount of information contained within.
He noticed a line of small text at the map’s edge:
"This map records up to Third Era 3847, based on data from 742 cross-quadrant explorations."
Main text first page, the unique handwriting of the King of Revelation greeted the eye:
"When I embarked on my first cross-quadrant journey, I thought I had already seen the wonders of the world.
At that time, I had just broken through as a Dark Sun Level Wizard, mastered preliminary space folding techniques, believing I could conquer any unknown realm."
Then, he turned to the Chapter "Fourth Quadrant - Otherworld Creature Record."