In the Mage Plane.

In front of the Scorched Earth Holly forest.

Locke held the golden grafting knife, which gleamed brilliantly in the sunlight like a sun. Then Locke used the golden grafting knife to carve part of the Forest Sanctuary magic mark on the forehead of Alicia from the Mage Plane.

The hollow-eyed Alicia from the Mage Plane stiffly turned and walked toward the Mage Saint Hall city after the magic was completed.

Now the magical pressure aura on Grand Wizard Sulla's body had become even more powerful, as if it could surge upward at any moment.

Grand Wizard Sulla nodded with a smile. "Now I have thirty-two Mage Saints. With such talented people under my command, I've sent them to search for the source of those Demon Race, confirm the location of that so-called Ultimate Demon Race, and continuously hunt down the Demon Race."

"The number of those Demon Race created by black wizards is decreasing."

"Locke, I must thank you for all this. You deserve partial credit for this as well."

Grand Wizard Sulla's tone carried more sincerity. This time his thanks was genuine.

Grand Wizard Sulla suddenly spoke to Locke, "I guess you definitely won't stay in the Land of Six Towers, but I still want to ask one more thing: are you really not planning to stay in the Land of Six Towers?"

"You should also be able to feel Alicia's... dependence on you."

"As long as you stay in the Land of Six Towers, you'll continue to have all your current research resources."

Locke shook his head slightly. "No, the Land of Six Towers doesn't have a high-level meditation method suitable for me, and there are too few advancement resources here that could let me break through to Second Circle wizard."

"That's true." Grand Wizard Sulla said, "It's just that my poor granddaughter will suffer. You should be able to see the love in her eyes for you, right? Especially this past year, you two have grown closer. For the sake of this relationship, couldn't you pause your steps, even just staying in the Land of Six Towers for ten years to settle down and start a family?"

Locke fell silent and didn't speak.

Grand Wizard Sulla smiled, and sincerity appeared in his eyes. "Then I know your choice. I won't force you, and I won't interfere with matters between you and Alicia."

"This past year, I'm very grateful that you've helped me take care of Alicia."

"And I won't worry too much about Alicia. In a sense, Alicia can like you because you're both the same type of person. It's just that you pursue higher goals, while she focuses on family."

"You both have your own pursuits. Rather than companions, you're more suited to be comrades."

Grand Wizard Sulla handed Locke a True Sight Orb.

Locke took the crystal orb and looked at Grand Wizard Sulla with confusion. "This is?"

Grand Wizard Sulla clasped his hands behind his back. "This True Sight Orb connects to all the True Sight Orbs throughout Mage Saint Hall and can see everything that happens within Mage Saint Hall."

"You're going to participate in the Cloud Marsh Cup, while I'm preparing to break through to Second Circle wizard in half a month."

Locke looked Grand Wizard Sulla up and down. "Grand Wizard Sulla, the reason you have two bodies isn't because you can have two bodies, but because you must have two bodies. Am I wrong?"

Grand Wizard Sulla was stunned for a moment, then sighed. "Locke, you're growing so rapidly."

"A year ago when you saw me, you couldn't see through even half my depths, but now you can see this. You're not wrong. A hundred years ago, my mana already reached the First Circle crystallization extreme value of 9999."

"And after that, I tried many methods, collecting resources for advancing to Second Circle and attempting construction methods to break through to Second Circle. So my mana continued to grow even after reaching the extreme value."

Grand Wizard Sulla rolled up his sleeve, revealing his wrist covered in scars. Within those scars were some magical energies being constrained and suppressed, while some magical energy leaked out, dissipating into the air.

Locke's expression changed slightly. "It's already reached this extent? Your soul can no longer withstand your mana."

"Your body is rapidly self-destructing."

"So it's not that you're ready to become a Second Circle wizard, but that your body condition no longer allows you to delay any further? Why... oh right, the dark cave of the Scorpion Woman can absorb external magical tide energy into itself, feeding back its own bloodline power. So your mana, after your soul already reached its extreme value, was pushed to a new level."

"Therefore both your flesh and soul can no longer support it."

Locke mentally applied the formulas and recalculated. "If you didn't have two bodies, you would have already exploded by now."

Grand Wizard Sulla nodded approvingly, looking at Locke with appreciation. "What keen insight. No wonder you passed the third round of the Cloud Marsh Cup."

"Unfortunately, unlike before, this time I don't have time to attend your finals."

Grand Wizard Sulla said, "Because of my Scorpion Woman bloodline, magical power continuously surges into my soul, bursting my soul, so I've now entered a dying state."

"The reason I have two split bodies is because I must have two bodies to share my soul pressure. Unfortunately, I've never been able to split my soul, otherwise perhaps I could delay a bit longer."

"In short, my experiment had a flaw. I shouldn't have been so impatient as to transplant the Scorpion Woman bloodline into my body first."

"And I shouldn't have used those potion masters and supplements to strengthen my body. Such cleverness actually accelerated my death." Grand Wizard Sulla sighed. Perhaps facing the moment of death, Grand Wizard Sulla was much more sincere today, without so many schemes.

Grand Wizard Sulla said, "Therefore, the key to breaking through everything lies in whether I can advance to Second Circle wizard within three months."

"If I had met you fifty years earlier, perhaps things wouldn't be as dire as they are today. So hasty, so rushed, even I feel there are still some flaws I haven't remedied, yet I'm preparing to advance to Second Circle wizard. Unease constantly lingers in my heart."

"Therefore, after much thought, I've finally made up my mind—I'm giving you this True Sight Orb."

"All records of my advancement to Second Circle will be preserved in this True Sight Orb."

"This is my additional thanks to you, thanking you for making my most beloved granddaughter Alicia so happy." Grand Wizard Sulla said, "Haven't you always wanted to know how to use this plane's special resources to advance to Second Circle wizard? To explain that would be too troublesome. You should observe everything with your own eyes and witness it yourself."

"Locke, you're a wizard. If you truly have the potential to advance to Second Circle wizard, then after watching these things, you should be able to understand the specific methods from them. Therefore, I believe there's not much difference whether I explain or not."

"Especially since I'm a bloodline wizard, I'm afraid that if I explain my method, it will seriously mislead your understanding and cause you to have experimental failures like me. Therefore, everything needs to be observed by yourself."

Grand Wizard Sulla sighed. "Although I feel I have a ninety percent certainty of advancing to Second Circle wizard, I've recently felt something's not right."

"Whether I succeed or fail, you can gain something from it. Consider this my final gift."