Chapter 169: Soul Rebound

Consciousness sank, and perspective shifted.

As Janna’s consciousness entered a state of Deep Meditation, her soul’s viewpoint shifted to the Wizard Tree above the Soul Sea.

“That must be Aph’s contract medium———”

Gazing at a vibrant green leaf on the Wizard Tree, glowing with a white halo, Janna’s eyes followed the veins flowing across the leaf, slowly settling on a budding white flower.

“So Aph’s Soul Rebound target turned out to be the Fragment of the Law of Purification———”

According to the content of Contract Studies explained by Anthony-Rook, the Soul Rebound of a Contract Summoned Creature would usually enhance Wizard Talents or Constitution attributes.

However, what Janna didn’t expect was that the Celestial Finch, such a low-tier spirit of the Holy Light faction, would have the Fragment of the Law of Purification as its rebound target.

For Janna, who was only a Second Tier Wizard Apprentice, that level of rebound was indeed quite high.

“I knew Aph’s identity wouldn’t be that simple!”

Looking at the slightly enlarged white flower bud, Janna could clearly feel a noticeable enhancement in her grasp of the Fragment of the Law of Purification.

With her current level of comprehension, Janna could fully cast Purifying Light on her own without any assistance from the Celestial Finch.

However, her purification power would likely be comparable only to the Celestial Finch before its evolution.

Still, her Purifying Light had the advantage of consuming no Magic Power, allowing for unlimited casting.

“As expected, even if I’ve only grasped a sliver of the Law, it’s still something far beyond ordinary apprentice-level witchcraft——”

In just a matter of seconds, the Soul Rebound from the Celestial Finch had completed.

When Janna exited the state of Deep Meditation, the dizziness from the depths of her soul also faded away.

“Buzz—”

Magic followed her will.

Upon awakening from meditation, Janna immediately began experimenting with the Fragment of the Law of Purification.

As a buzzing sound arose, a milky white light bloomed slowly from Janna’s palm like a candle flame.

As her mind’s image of the Fragment of the Law of Purification became clearer, the range illuminated by the light in Janna’s palm expanded further.

“So this is the power of the Law—”

According to what she had read in Mysteries of the Laws at the library, even the most basic use of a Law would not draw upon any Magic Power.

As long as the caster retained consciousness, they could wield the power of the Law endlessly.

The only factor in its strength lay in the depth of the caster’s comprehension of the Law.

The deeper the comprehension, the stronger the effect. The opposite was equally true.

“No wonder Lucia Heigel could trigger such vast aquatic phenomena for long periods when dealing with a Darksun Apostle—that was entirely the application of a Law.”

Thinking this, Janna formed a vague but broader concept of the power of a full-fledged wizard.

Even among wizards of the same tier, their combat strength could differ fundamentally based on the Subordinate Laws they had mastered.

Take the Gourmet Witch, Mary Margaret, titled “Madame Butterfly”—her Law surely related to Food.

Meanwhile, Grace Eva, titled the “Crimson Witch,” possessed a Law related to Blood.

Just from the direction of their Laws’ extensions, one could easily see the disparity in battle capability between these two First Tier Wizards.

However, in terms of potential, Grace Eva—though powerful at her current level—might not necessarily surpass Mary Margaret in the future.

After all, the Law of Blood was too narrow. Even if fully comprehended, it would at most remain a Subordinate Law.

In contrast, the Law of Food had broad and varied possibilities.

Food could refer not only to physical meals but also to intangible things like dreams or sweet memories—

All of these could fall under the umbrella of Food.

Ultimately, what appeared to be an ordinary Subordinate Law could evolve into higher Principal Laws such as Dream, Beauty, Emotion, or Desire——

In this sense, Mary Margaret’s future potential to ascend to the highest ranks of wizardry was even greater than Grace Eva’s.

Therefore, if Janna wished to walk further down the path of a wizard, the advancement Law she would choose before becoming a full-fledged wizard had to align with her Wizard Talents and also possess room for further development.

Even though the Law of Purification was quite good, since neither of her two Talents were linked to the “Light” element, Janna could only use the Fragment of the Law of Purification as a wizardly tool, not as her main path in Law mastery.

“I wonder if the Fragment of the Law of Growth will activate once my Plant Affinity is formally promoted to A-level—”

Sighing slightly, Janna retracted the Purifying Light in her palm, and her gaze returned to the Quest Panel entry under the Character Panel concerning the Law Authority:

Law Authority: Fragment of the Law of Growth (Unlock Conditions Not Met), Fragment of the Law of Purification (Upgrade Progress: 1%)

Aside from the Fragment of the Law of Growth still being grayed out and unselectable as always, the entry for the Fragment of the Law of Purification had now officially appeared in the System and even showed 1% upgrade progress.

“More urgent than all this is breaking through to Third Tier Wizard Apprentice before the White Tower trial.”

With Janna’s continuing rise in strength, she also needed to complete her learning of various advanced courses.

In the tiny place that was Turin, unless she signed a long-term loyalty contract with a wizard organization or wizard family, she had no other way to access high-level knowledge.

Courses like High-Rank Contract Studies, High-Rank Medical Studies, and High-Rank Potion Studies could only be found in knowledge sanctuaries such as the White Tower in Dordogne, which offered learning opportunities without requiring loyalty contracts from powerless, connectionless apprentices like Janna.

Of course, the reason Dordogne’s White Tower was called a “knowledge sanctuary” was not due to its reputation.

Its most crucial core value lay in the fact that it held the knowledge of “Advancement” that all transcendents yearned for.

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