Heaven's Greatest Professor

He felt bad for leaving Jenni on her own to deal with her father, but he did not believe it was right for him to take her side. Yes, she had suffered greatly in the inheritance ground, but it was mostly her own doing.

She would stop being responsible if she continued to get away with this. Ignoring all her plight, he flew in the direction of the stream to dip his whole body into it. He could have cleaned himself with a radiance spell, but that certainly didn't give the same feeling as bathing.

After his body relaxed, he finally summoned his status page to see all the improvements.

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[Warden]

Race: Human/Celestial (Prime/Corrupted – 29%)

Title: [Dungeon Eater] [Indomitable] [Wayseeker]… [Redacted]

Fatelock: [Void Prison Realm] [Celestial Ring]

Unlocked Aperture: [The Palace of Toil (Left Palm)], [The Gate of Spirit (Wrist, Heart Vein)], [Mind Palace (Temple)]

Bonded Artifact: [Cloak of Void Radiance (Legendary)], [Maya's Protection (Legendary)], [The Divider (Rare, Growth: 73%)]

Disposition: Chaotic

Rank: [Transcendence* (Limbo/Parameter: Silver)]

Core: Undefined

Attributes:

Strength: 195.4 | Efficiency: —

Dexterity: 183.3 | Efficiency: —

Mind: 47.4 | Efficiency: —

Perception: 150 | Efficiency: —

Spirit: 210 | Efficiency: —

Recovery: 300 | Efficiency: —

Abilities:

[Imbuing: Gold 1%] [Regeneration: Jade - 19%] [Concentration: Gold 2%] [Conversion: Gold 2%] [Indomitable Will: Spacial]

[Left Hand of Calamity: > 30%] [Spirit Domain: Neophyte] [Void Sense: 7%]

[Runesmithing: Tier-V] [Ward: Tier-IV] [Radiance Spells: Tier-II]

[Intent: 99% (Dual Nature: Cleanse, Malevolent Attunement)]

Boon:

[Void Vanquishing Physique: 99% Attunement.]

[Neophyte Spirit Domain]

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Before even noticing the new attribute, he saw that all the efficiency percentages of his attributes had become undefined. It did not mean that he wasn't getting those percentage boosts, but simply that the system was unable to digitize it.

On the contrary, he felt like he was getting at least three times the effect of his attribute points because his sheer strength couldn't be explained by a mere 195.4 in Strength.

"Maybe the Concealment script Ariha put in my heart," he thought out loud, drawing his eyes to the golden circle on his chest. This was the new fate mark he gained from Ariha. It seemed to give him access to the fate lock, Celestial Ring.

He also unlocked another aperture and received an awareness ability called [Void Sense]. However, the most important of all was the Spirit Domain. It seemed to have transformed the inhabitable dungeon-like void space into something akin to a cosmos he barely comprehended.

He would need to study more on the topic, though Ariha had taught him a little about it. Apparently, Spirit Domain was a signature ability of transcendence. She had shown a part of her Spirit Domain ability at the end of the challenge, though hers was vastly different from his.

He also gained the title of Wayseeker, something related to him touching the Way. It was still vague to him, but he reckoned that was another signature aspect of the transcendence rank.

Lastly, his rank name had been changed to Transcendence with an asterisk behind it, indicating he still had a way to go. Still, it was far better than something like Broken Calamity.

"Ariha told me not to trust the system blindly," he mumbled after completing his inspection. "I guess that's another thing I need to learn more about."

Perhaps June and Agnes could help in this regard. While neither of them was a scholar in these topics, they knew more about the origin of the system than he did and could point him in the right direction.

On his way back to his place, he came across Caleb and the others, finding that they all had returned from the third layer. Their captain was in one piece.

After changing into clean clothing, he spread his void sense throughout the camp and found her in no time. He needed to discuss what to do with the corpse of the god and the god-killer weapon.

"This is a private area," said a cold, feminine voice when he entered the tent Agnes was inhabiting. "Please go back..."

The voice wasn't the captain's, but that of a healer who was tending her wounds as she lay flat on a bedroll, a great part of her body exposed, littered with dangerous-looking injuries.

His expression changed. The last time he had left her, she was mostly in fine condition, only a little weary from the journey. But now, it looked as if she had stood against an army of forsaken.

"Are you hearing me?" the healer shouted. "This is a private area, you—"

"It's alright, Healer Maria, I know him," Agnes told her, and only then did the elder woman relent.

"What happened to you?" he said. "I thought you—" He stopped, unsure if he should continue their private talk before the healer.

Agnes understood his plight and turned her gaze towards her attendant. "Healer Maria, would it be alright if you leave us for some time?"

"You want me to leave?" Healer Maria raised her eyebrows. "Are you even aware of how critical your condition is? If you—"

"I'm well aware, thank you for your concern," Agnes sighed. "But there's little you can do for me."

"But—"

"Healer Maria, please leave..."

The healer grunted, stood up, and carried herself out, glaring in his direction.

"She takes her job a little too seriously," Agnes smiled after the woman departed. Seeing his eyes moving around her wounds, she added, "Don't worry, I had to make it believable in some way."

He squinted his nose. "You did this to yourself," he said, more as a statement than a question. He felt like he should slap himself. Even if Agnes behaved like it was normal, none of her wounds looked normal; some of them even had the coercive force of foreign dark essence, which restricted rapid healing.

He drew his palm over her upper chest at a gaping wound, as silver light oozed out of his palm.

"Don't," she hissed. "Don't heal me..." Your journey continues with m v|l-e'm,p y r

"Why?" he frowned.

Agnes let out a heavy breath. "Create an isolation barrier around us first."

He did as asked, forming a transparent dome around them which would restrict sight and sound from traveling outwards.

"There's a transcendent in the camp," she said.