Chapter 157: Lenna’s Awakening

While the Holy Council was filled with the tension of impending war, Lin Lei, on his side, spent his days discussing the mysteries of various Energy Dimensions with Merlin.

The two of them truly opened their hearts and expressed their opinions without holding back, both feeling a sense of regret for not meeting sooner.

Not only did Merlin’s understanding of the Energy Dimensions he mastered become increasingly clear, but Lin Lei also felt that his comprehension of the second Energy Dimension, Aggregation, was not far from a breakthrough; only a thin membrane separated them.

Lin Lei could already see the scenery on the other side, waiting only to take a step across. Calculating the time, only five months had passed since he arrived in the Andromeda Galaxy. Such rapid progress was something he dared not imagine before.

During this process, Merlin acted as a guide for Lin Lei. He spent five months leading Lin Lei into the hall of the second Energy Dimension.

Until one morning, Lin Lei opened his eyes in bed at the Mage Castle on Mongillo Planet. Looking at the newborn golden morning sun outside the glass window, an indescribable sense of clarity spread through his whole body, making every tiny part of his body let out a comfortable moan.

Lin Lei knew he had achieved enlightenment! He had truly seen through the mysteries of the second Energy Dimension. This golden energy string was like a mischievous little elf; when he searched for it seriously, it played hide-and-seek with him while luring him.

Now, after he truly emptied his mind and purified his thoughts, this charming little elf appeared before him unexpectedly, which made Lin Lei feel both surprised and moved.

But this was not the end; it was another beginning, which was the final Energy Dimension: Law!

It was built upon the other six dimensions, maintaining the balance of the Energy Dimensions, and it was precisely this that distinguished the Energy Dimensions from the Four Space-time Dimensions.

The Law Dimension made the Energy Dimensions oppose each other in pairs while connecting head to tail, forming a closed ring.

Therefore, on a macro level, looking at the Energy Dimensions, there were only individual Energy Dimensions, and they specifically manifested as the Disintegration attribute of the first Energy Dimension.

This was why Disintegration was called the first Energy Dimension, because it was the easiest to observe and understand.

Although the Fifth-grade Civilization claimed to have mastered the first Energy Dimension, what they had actually been observing was this Dimension Ring!

Unlike other mages in the Andromeda Galaxy, the six Energy Dimensions Lin Lei comprehended were comprehensive and complete. Once comprehended, they naturally connected head to tail and began to curl into a loop.

When this “Ring” in the Void finally took shape and stabilized, the seventh Energy Dimension, requiring no comprehension, immediately leaped out!

The Law Dimension, also known as the Mark of the Immortal, thus barged into Lin Lei’s line of sight, so natural, so elegant.

At this moment, Lin Lei’s Will had already detached from this temporarily created body and was directly structured upon this golden Dimension Ring.

In the Void, threads constantly extended out, connecting towards this ring. Flowing within these threads was the purest, densest energy.

This energy was like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, continuous and endless, filling Lin Lei’s newly born Dimension Ring.

This Dimension Ring, like a true ocean, did not show any major changes after being infused with energy that the former Lin Lei could not have imagined; it only became slightly fuller in structure.

At this time, Lenna’s Will Ring, which had been floating in Lin Lei’s Will Space, began to intercept energy next to Lin Lei’s Energy Dimension Ring by instinct.

Although Lenna was extremely weak at the moment, she was, after all, the core existence of a Pan-dimensional Creature and could not be underestimated. With her diverting the flow like this, the speed at which Lin Lei absorbed energy slowed down significantly.

Fortunately, Lenna still retained some basic judgment mechanisms and did not completely absorb all this energy, although she was capable of doing so.

Thus, in the Void, Lin Lei and Lenna quietly accepted the baptism of this purest energy.

The Will Space was very calm, but the outside environment had already fallen into chaos.

Lin Lei’s endless absorption of energy inevitably led to a series of chain reactions in the outside climate.

First, around the Mage Castle, it was originally bright and sunny, but unknowingly, the entire castle was shrouded in water vapor. This water vapor became white mist in the low altitude, while in the high altitude, it formed thick clouds.

From a distance, the entire Mage Castle looked as if a cloud giant had risen out of thin air, connecting the sky and the ground, exceptionally shocking.

Lin Lei’s absorption speed was stable and global, and its impact on the surrounding environment also tended to be global. Centered on the Mage Castle, the temperature within a radius of a thousand kilometers began a slow and steady decline!

And this range was still expanding at a speed of hundreds of kilometers per second.

Merlin, who was extremely sensitive to changes in environmental energy density, discovered this change immediately. From the moment Lin Lei formed the Dimension Ring, his Will felt an unprecedented oppression.

This feeling was like a thousand-meter-high mountain pressing towards him, almost making it impossible to breathe.

His mind was no longer calm but was churning like a stormy sea, because the source of the pressure came from Lin Lei’s residence. This pressure of looking up to a high mountain was an omen of the birth of an Immortal!

Lin Lei, this exceptionally young Archmage, had directly become an Immortal from a Fifth-grade Mage in just five months! This was a miracle that had never happened in the Main Plane!

Merlin did not dare to stay longer in the Mage Castle; it had already become a dangerous place. He immediately gathered the panicked mages in the castle and moved away from here.

It was not until they were dozens of kilometers away from the castle that Merlin breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the cloud giant in the distance, while sensing the condition of that place, which was like a bottomless abyss, with endless energy gathering there.

“Mentor, what happened?” A weak inquiry came from behind Merlin. It was his newly accepted Mage Apprentice, First-grade Mage Loga.

Merlin’s expression flashed with envy, admiration, and even sadness for his aging body, finally turning into a long sigh: “My student, remember this moment. This is the day a legend is born in the Main Plane!”

Lin Lei’s act of absorbing energy lasted for a full ten days!

During these ten days, the climate of Mongillo Planet, the location of the Free Mage Alliance headquarters, underwent profound changes.

The average temperature of the entire planet dropped by about twenty degrees. The ice sheets at both poles more than doubled in size. The hemisphere in deep autumn directly became a severe winter, and the southern hemisphere in early spring similarly returned to biting cold winds.

For a society in the agrarian era, this was simply a disaster. Lin Lei’s action directly caused one-tenth of the inhabitants of Mongillo Planet to freeze to death!

The subsequent death toll would certainly be even higher!

In the past, when other Immortals were born, there would also be great disturbances, but at most, they would affect an area of a thousand kilometers, far from being as extreme as Lin Lei’s case this time.

The reason for this, besides Lin Lei’s own Dimension Ring being constructed very perfectly and attracting a large amount of free energy, Lenna was also an accomplice in this disaster.

Ten days later, Lin Lei stopped the energy absorption. His body had already turned into dust due to the continuous scouring of immense energy.

But this no longer mattered. With a thought from Lin Lei, the energy in the Void was directly torn apart by the two dimensions of creation and destruction, and matter was immediately born from it.

A few seconds later, a more perfect, young body was born out of thin air.

Lin Lei’s Will entered it. He did not immediately open his eyes but immersed himself in the Sea of Will formed by the brain domain of his new body.

Because Lenna, this World Tree, had already woken up.

This body of Lin Lei’s was less his alone and more shared by both of them.

Lenna was already able to conjure a physical form within it, and lively brilliance reappeared in her eyes.

The first person she saw when she opened her eyes was Lin Lei standing opposite her.

Lenna was silent for a while, apparently reading the memories in her own Will. After a long time, she said to Lin Lei: “Incredible, we actually returned to such a distant past!”

5000 years was a number she dared not even think about. She originally hoped to return to one year ago, so that Lin Lei could enter her World Tree domain and help her become a Pan-dimensional Creature, and then become her helper against the Blood-colored Abyss.

Lin Lei was originally very happy to see Lenna wake up, but now hearing her say this, he also frowned tightly: “Lenna, don’t you have any clue about this situation?”

Lenna shook her head and said helplessly: “Changing the past requires paying a huge price! One year and five thousand years, the price paid among them is not simply a relationship of 5000 times, but an exponential growth! Five thousand years of time is enough to deplete the energy of a Star System as large as the Galaxy.”

“…” Lin Lei was speechless for a moment. The doubts in his heart grew even stronger, and he could not help but ask: “Lenna, is a Pan-dimensional Creature the end point of life evolution?”

Lenna did not immediately answer Lin Lei’s question. A hint of confusion appeared in her eyes. She walked in a straight line for a circle in this empty Sea of Will.

It was very strange; she clearly walked in a straight line, but eventually returned to the starting point, so it could only be described as a circle.

“Did you see? The evolution of life has no end. The Universe does not favor straight lines; what it advocates is smooth curves. In my understanding, a Pan-dimensional Creature is just a new starting point. When you reach my height, you will find that the Universe in your eyes may become clear and transparent, but behind this transparency, there still hides a shadow that cannot be erased.”

Lenna looked at Lin Lei standing opposite her and added in her heart, just like you, covered in mist.

Lin Lei did not notice Lenna’s meaningful look but raised a question he had just encountered: “Lenna, what are the Four Space-time Dimensions? Why do they have such a broad degree of expansion?”

Answering Lin Lei’s doubts and helping him become a Pan-dimensional Creature was originally Lenna’s wish.

But conceptual questions could not be simply described in language. She could only say vaguely: “Wait until you truly see the difference in the Four Space-time Dimensions, then you can really talk about these. As for the degree of expansion, since the day I was born, it has always been like this. This question is just like ‘Why do I exist?’, there is no certain answer.”

The simpler the question, the harder it was to explain. Lenna might understand the mysteries of the eleven dimensions of the Universe, but she could not give Lin Lei a clear answer. These things needed to be explored by himself; they were the “Dao” belonging solely to individual Will.

This kind of simple question also determined the philosophy and persistence of every Pan-dimensional Creature; it was the true core of their existence.

Otherwise, what difference would there be between a Will Ring without any judgment function and a dead object?