Published: December 14, 2025
A surge of frustration welled up inside him with no outlet. Victor glared at the Ethereal Continent several times, then once again focused his attention on his skills.
After glancing a couple more times, Victor suddenly froze.
Because the changes to Victor's skills weren't limited to just the Ethereal Continent…
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As mentioned before, the Real and Illusion series of skills shouldn't be considered mere derivatives of a soul master's abilities—they should be regarded as derivative skills of the Ethereal Continent!
Victor's Real and Illusion series skills were extremely powerful, but they had drawbacks—such as his ninth and tenth skills.
Real and Illusion: Realm King (Ethereal Continent Derivative Ability) (Soul Master Derivative Ability) (Race Foundation Level, Passive Skill): Sovereign of a realm, dominating all directions! (Prerequisite conditions not met, cannot be activated.)
Real and Illusion: Critical (Ethereal Continent Derivative Ability) (Soul Master Derivative Ability) (Race Foundation Level, Passive Skill): World coverage, reversal of real and illusion, turning dreams into reality. (Real and Illusion: Realm King prerequisite not met, Critical unusable!)
The names of these two skills sounded grand and impressive, but their actual effects were practically nonexistent.
Because the prerequisite conditions weren't met, the skills couldn't be activated…
In fact, when Wen Yu reached level nine, his skill system was already fully formed. Any one or two skills were insignificant to him. That's why Wen Yu always held onto Realm King and Critical—he didn't need to swap them because he didn't know what to replace them with…
But for Victor, these two skills were far from expendable… or rather, the two skill slots taken up by Realm King and Critical were not to be trifled with.
Those were two skill slots! Imagine if they were swapped for good skills—how much of a boost would those slots provide?
Victor had always harbored some small grievances about those two skills, but everything changed the moment the Ethereal Continent transformation completed.
The Realm King and Critical skills, following the changes of the Ethereal Continent, were fully activated!
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Real and Illusion: Realm King (Ethereal Continent Derivative Ability) (Soul Master Derivative Ability) (Race Foundation Level, Passive Skill): Sovereign of a realm, dominating all directions!
When the host fuses with the Heart of the World of the Ethereal Continent, the realm master's authority is enhanced. The realm master transforms into a realm king, replacing the power of the world will, punishing on behalf of heaven in the name of the divine!
The skill description was vague and unclear; Victor couldn’t make heads or tails of it.
He just stared intently at the Realm King skill, pondering how it should be used, when a hazy feeling suddenly surged into his heart.
His eyes widened as he fixed his gaze on the Ethereal Continent ahead…
After a moment, Victor’s will shifted.
Endless thunder began to descend from the void, covering the skies above the Ethereal Continent. Within just a second, the thunder tribulation began to brew.
The terrifying void thunder sent shivers down Victor’s spine. Its power was immense, far beyond anything he had ever seen!
He even thought that if this void thunder struck down, the entire Ethereal Continent might be incinerated!
‘Disperse, disperse...’
Just as this thought flashed through his mind, the void thunderstorm covering the Ethereal Continent seemed to hear Victor’s command and dispersed, returning everything to its original state.
Only Victor stood still, staring blankly at the distant Ethereal Continent. After a moment, his body suddenly trembled…
He had understood the effect of Realm King.
This skill…
Granted Victor the authority of the Heart of the World as the sovereign of the Ethereal Continent—not some vague, hazy, grand yet dissipated world will, but an ultimate supreme power that moved according to Victor’s individual will!
That was the power of the twelfth level…