Third-Tier Seal Priests

At the highest point of the Sky Temple, Sandean sat in silent meditation beneath the sea of clouds and the sun.

Silver light danced in his palm, constantly shifting with the ebb and flow of his spiritual power.

At times it transformed into an earth-gray symbol, at others into a hazy, ethereal dream realm.

When Sandean signed the Spirit Realm Covenant with the Divine Cup, he had caught a glimpse of God's dream carried within the Divine Artifact that had become a dream sun.

It was said to be the source of the world's laws and miraculous power.

At that moment, information had directly flooded his mind, instantly revealing to him the name of that divine technique law imprint.

"Pottery Divine Technique Imprint."

He first saw a complex, three-dimensional symbol, which then shattered, transforming into a vast world.

It was a world of clay, ceramics, and sculptures.

Endless and boundless.

Since then, he had been constantly trying to find a way to imprint that power of God's dream and integrate it into his own Wisdom Power.

Much like how the spirits had woven the divine technique law imprint into the fabric of their dream realm power.

After years of attempts, he had finally touched the threshold.

A smile appeared on Sandean's face. He was about to pioneer the third-tier path unique to Wisdom Power.

Although not yet mature, he had already broken through that wall.

Beside Sandean, a child quietly read a book he had given him.

The child possessed a calmness and maturity beyond his years.

The bone scroll book in the child's hands was titled "The Power of Wisdom Ability," a book Sandean had written himself.

When the child came across something he didn't understand, he looked up and asked Sandean.

"Lord Sandean."

"Why is the power of dream spirits called third-tier?"

"While Spirit Realm priests are only second-tier, isn't it the same power?"

He was the child of a priest, named Haru.

He wasn't born with the gift to become a power holder, but the priest had bequeathed his bloodline to him and entrusted him to Sandean's care.

Sandean remained motionless, but his voice resonated in the child's mind.

"Haru."

"It's because our power over laws is borrowed. The spirits integrated the divine technique law imprint power from God's dream into their dream realm, transforming it from ordinary decomposition and shaping power into what we call miraculous power."

"But we Trilobite Men with Wisdom Power can't completely imitate the spirits' power, because the second-tier power of wisdom doesn't evolve into a dream realm, but into spiritual power."

"Only by finding a way to integrate the divine technique law imprint into spiritual power can we find the key to breaking through to the third tier."

"That would be our own divine technique power, worthy of being called third-tier priests."

The child looked up and asked, "Have you found it, Lord Sandean?"

The light in Sandean's hand detached, transforming into a faintly glowing shadow behind him.

He called out simultaneously: "Spirit Activation Technique."

"Seal Spirit!"

"Come forth!"

This was Sandean's greatest research achievement over the years, a spirit activation divine technique he had independently created based on divine technique consciousness projection.

It was this divine technique that allowed him to break through the threshold of third-tier Wisdom Power.

Through the spirit activation technique, he combined the divine technique law imprint with spiritual power, creating the unique entity known as the Seal Spirit.

Sandean stood up, opening his eyes at the same time.

With a movement of his finger, the Seal Spirit floated up like another body under his control, defying gravity as it flew in midair.

This was a spirit body composed of spiritual power and divine technique imprints.

It could exist even far beyond Sandean's spiritual power control range, could fly ignoring gravity, and could traverse terrain ignoring obstacles.

And this was just its most basic power and transformation.

Sandean activated the imprint within the Seal Spirit, and an earth-gray seal symbol slowly appeared. The sand and stones on the ground immediately bored into the Seal Spirit's body.

The Seal Spirit, originally just a spirit body, gained its own physical form in the blink of an eye.

Following Sandean's commands, the Seal Spirit's body underwent constant changes.

"Stone form." The Seal Spirit's body solidified into sturdy stone, clumsy but powerful.

"Pottery form." It then transformed into a light ceramic doll, agile but seemingly fragile.

"Clay form." The Seal Spirit became a mud figure, lacking the strength of the stone body and the agility of the ceramic form, but possessing powerful transformative abilities.

It could envelop Sandean to protect him, or turn into a mass of mud to trap others.

This body constantly shifted between the three forms, demonstrating not only the strength of the spirit body but also the power of the word "seal."

The child had a natural longing for this constantly changing puppet.

As if he had seen a great toy.

"Wow!"

"Lord Sandean, can I learn this too?"

Sandean nodded: "As long as you're willing to learn, I can teach you."

"But I hope that after you learn this power, you'll use it cautiously."

"You can become a great person who changes the world, or you can become an ordinary person who doesn't care about worldly affairs."

"But you cannot become like those who killed your father, greedy, corrupt, and evil."

Upon hearing about his father, Haru's demeanor changed: "Lord Sandean, I will absolutely never become like them."

Sandean himself couldn't guarantee or predict the future. He could only plant the seeds of his thoughts.

As for what kind of flower would bloom in the end, who could predict that?

He wasn't God, after all.

He took the child's hand and left this forbidden area.

Haru was clearly a child with many questions. He was curious about everything and had his own ideas.

"Lord Sandean."

"Why does it have to be humanoid-shaped?"

Sandean told Haru: "Because we are most familiar with humanoid form and limbs, and it's the most convenient to control and exert maximum power."

"In the future, you can also transform your Seal Spirit into other forms, as long as you're familiar with and can control them."

"But no matter what, it's certainly easiest to learn and master the innate humanoid form."

But Haru thought differently: "Although the Trilobite Man's body is very agile, it doesn't have strong attacking power and is too small and weak."

"If I learn such a powerful spell, I'll definitely create an incredibly powerful body in the future."

Sandean smiled: "If you can have your own ideas and will, you'll surely be able to do things that surpass me in the future."

He led the child down, entering the rear hall of the Sky Temple, where a group of God's servants were already waiting.

"High Priest."

"Everyone has arrived."

Sandean's gaze changed in an instant, becoming incredibly sharp.

But it gradually softened again, and he took a deep breath.

"It's time to begin."