21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 150 At a Glance (5th update, asking for subscriptions, asking for monthly tickets)

Chen Yu, after completing the extraction of the Nether River, saw something with his "last glance" that he still couldn't bear at this moment.

Rubbing her forehead, Kojo Kyoko couldn't help but start recalling what she had just seen, although it exceeded her current capacity to handle, the knowledge it contained was something every Necromancer would find irresistible to peek into.

Of course, those mages who only know how to throw fireballs, pursue Forbidden Curses, and crave destruction won't do so because they do not seek knowledge but only violence and destruction.

What Chen Yu saw, to put it simply, was not complicated, he just took a "glance" at the whole of Japan, not in the sense of looking down at the land from space, but seeing the entire Japan from a Multiverse perspective, which included not only the territory where mortals lived but also the so-called Divine domain that ordinary people and even transcendent beings could not spy into.

Chen Yu thought that his spiritually and physically elevated self would be sufficient to withstand it, but he still underestimated the amount of information this "glance" carried, causing both his soul and body to be impacted, and the fragile blood vessels in his eyes even ruptured, resulting in the flow of tears mixed with blood.

For Chen Yu, who underwent a transformation of his life level, such an injury was insignificant as his body's natural healing ability would restore him quickly; it was only that this would affect his subsequent plans. He had initially planned to complete the Netherworld projection today, but now that his eyes were affected, this task had to be postponed.

However, when compared to what he saw and the gains he acquired, Chen Yu thought this price was bearable.

Among all that Chen Yu had seen, the piece that held the most information and caused him the severest shock was the Divine Realm of Japan mentioned in Japanese mythology — the Gao Tianyuan.

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Gao Tianyuan (Takamagahara) in the Japanese mythology "Kojiki," is the location where the Heavenly Gods reside, ruled by Amaterasu ?mikami. Distinct from the Great Eight States on the earth, Gao Tianyuan is described as an island floating above the ocean, among clouds.

In the tales of Japanese Mythology, it is the heavenly world where the deities dwell. Together with the Reed Plains in China, where humans live, and the Yomi-no-kuni, the underworld, they make up the three main realms of Japanese mythology. There, the Sun Goddess Amaterasu ?mikami holds the ruling position, with all other gods performing various duties and serving the sun deity.

From these mythological descriptions, it would seem Gao Tianyuan is indeed a Divine Kingdom, or at least should be a separate space independent from the floating island literally above the skies of Japan.

Chen Yu, in the "glance" that he had taken, had also confirmed his judgment — the so-called Gao Tianyuan is the Divine Kingdom of Amaterasu ?mikami. And the Reed Plains in China refers to Japan in the real world.

As for the lowest level, Yomi-no-kuni, Chen Yu wasn't positive about what exactly it was because having only taken a "glance" and being impacted by the information from the Divine Kingdom, he didn't get a clear view of the entirety of Yomi-no-kuni, and couldn't even determine whether it was a Netherworld or another Divine Kingdom.

But the fact that Gao Tianyuan is a Divine Kingdom is something Chen Yu was quite certain of, and as a deity, Amaterasu is a very powerful spirit.

Of course, just how powerful Amaterasu is, Chen Yu couldn't make a specific judgment because she is a deity, and also because there was no point of reference to compare with, especially since he hadn't gone so far as to risk a "glance" at The Land of the Divine himself.

It's possible that all the evil spirits and false deities have been vanquished, or that gods and demigods are as common as stray dogs, running rampant everywhere. Until Chen Yu actually saw for himself, everything was as unknown as Schrödinger's cat.

As for the outcome of looking... Not looking wouldn't kill him, but looking could indeed be lethal. If Japan alone could shake him to his core, what more the thousands of years of history in the Holy Land of Huaxia? Chen Yu had no interest in turning his head into an exploded watermelon.

However, though he was shocked and sustained minor injuries, the knowledge gained from "seeing" a Divine Kingdom was very worthwhile. For the current Chen Yu, as long as he kept contemplating Gao Tianyuan in his mind, he would continuously gain knowledge about the sun, even enough to develop an Extraordinary Class related to the sun.

Of course, all of this required time and energy, and for the current Chen Yu, this was not his focus or research priority. Therefore, he actively sealed away this piece of memory for the time being to avoid unnecessary distractions.

Moreover, for Chen Yu, delving into knowledge about Divine Kingdoms and deities was still a bit premature. At the very least, he would wait until he had completed his transformation in Life Level and officially advanced to a Legendary-rank Necromancer before he would be truly qualified to study the deities.

With that thought, Chen Yu's impulse to ascend to Legendary status intensified. For Chen Yu, a true mage, leveling up wasn't about gaining powerful forces for destruction but rather obtaining a stronger body and a more solid soul, capable of holding even more knowledge.

As for power, that was just a byproduct of the pursuit of knowledge.

Chen Yu found this particularly amusing. Back when he was in China, during his student days, he had read many online novels. Many fantasy novels liked to depict mages as destructive maniacs who only knew how to use Elemental Spells and hurl massive fireballs, setting up things like the Forbidden Curse as a casually thrown weapon of massive destruction.

They even portrayed mages as physically weak weaklings...

At first, he might have found those elements fresh and imaginative, and they seemed quite alright, but once Chen Yu became a mage himself, he deeply sensed the humor and resignation.

How could mages be physically weak, with prolonged study of spells leading to frail bodies that can't withstand the wind? If mages were that weak, how could they persist in studying spells for months, or even years or decades? And wouldn't mages know to use the numerous body enhancement Potions that warriors took for granted and protagonists gulped like water?

Couldn't mages apply something like the Dragon Vein Elixir to themselves? Was it only meant to serve as a cheat for the protagonists while the mages remained clueless?

Even more absurd was the so-called weakness of mages in close combat, where being approached by an assassin spelled their doom... Chen Yu simply thought, mages that didn't protect themselves with Protective Spells deserved to die, especially those who knew assassins could break magic and still didn't prepare deserved it even more.

He wouldn't even want to turn such mages into Skeleton Mages, considering them intellectually inferior.

How foolish does one have to be to let mages, known for their intelligence, face off against warriors and assassins head-on? How daft must a mage be to ignore various traps and schemes to rely on brute strength? Was intelligence only for increasing mana, not for engaging the brain?

As he was contemplating these miscellaneous thoughts and letting his mind, which had been somewhat in pain from the shock, rest a while, Chen Yu then said to Kojo Kyoko, "It seems we can't continue today. Once Ryosen-kun and Yoshiharu-kun return, we'll head back."

"Yes, my lord. Would you like me to inform them to return now?" Kojo Kyoko asked respectfully.

"No need, just wait a while." Chen Yu wasn't in a hurry, and he also needed some time for his eyes to recover.