’Couldn’t I have gotten a nice prophecy about prosperity instead of all this doom and gloom?’

When Lu Cang saw this prophecy, he wasn’t particularly surprised. He just sighed softly.

’It seems I’ve found trouble again.’

But the good news was, there were still a full 28 days until Doomsday.

’I have plenty of time to escape.’

Another piece of good news was that prophecies weren’t guaranteed to come true.

The principle of the Doomsday Prophets was to make prophecies and then ensure they came true.

Rather than prophecies, what they issued were more like announcements of intent.

It was like a phantom thief sending a calling card before a heist; such announcements were naturally more prone to uncertainty than a true prophecy.

’Since I’m already in a Future Preview... it seems a bit foolish to only think about running away.’

He liked to play it safe, but he wasn’t so cautious that he’d flee 29 days in advance for an event that wasn’t even guaranteed to happen.

If he was truly doomed to fail, a day or two wouldn’t matter.

And if he could escape, waiting a day or two wouldn’t hurt his chances.

Anyway...

WHOOSH!

With a single step, Lu Cang reappeared outside the city of Kernoya.

He had originally planned to use the time in the Future Preview to do some more knowledge-stealing.

But as it turned out, he had seemingly "borrowed" from every corner of Kernoya: the White Tower, the Church, the Forbidden Book Library, and even the Combat Skills from the Battle Academy.

In the end, there was no knowledge left for him to steal in the entire city.

’To have picked it so clean...’ Lu Cang couldn’t help but marvel.

WHOOSH—

Since his original plan was not to interfere too much with potential events,

Lu Cang naturally had no intention of showing his face.

Instead, he found a dark, quiet room, and without disturbing anyone, he retrieved a book titled *Ten Original Forbidden Techniques* from his Storage Space.

Now that he possessed the `Divine Level·Complete Method`, he would no longer pass out from reading. He could now peruse the Forbidden Books that Lorren had been unable to read.

He had just been so busy researching the Root Source lately that he hadn’t had time to delve into these materials. Besides, he couldn’t let Yuna see them.

After all, he was immune to knowledge corruption; Yuna was not.

He wouldn’t want Yuna to turn into some bizarre tentacle monster. Still, her high-intensity rate of knowledge consumption was a little concerning.

After all, quite a few Scholars who learned too much would inevitably stumble upon forbidden knowledge. Though it wasn’t a Battle Profession, its mortality rate wasn’t much lower than that of Battle Professions.

It usually started with, ’This book feels a little strange. I’ll just take one look and stop if there’s a problem. Two looks seem fine, right? I should at least finish the page...’

’Mhm.’

’By the time they snapped out of it, they’d be sprouting fur and their flesh would be turning into tentacles.’

"Forbidden Spell."

Fire-Written Paper materialized in Lu Cang’s hand. A flash of fire left behind only the faintest of inscriptions.

’Oh well, as long as it leaves a mark.’

After all, he was in a Future Preview, so Lu Cang wasn’t going to be too demanding. The ability to experience the future directly was already powerful enough.

Thus, Future Preview could even be used to save time.

Even if he didn’t use it to preview a specific day, just using it to study for a full day was like splitting one petal of time into a three-petaled flower.

’Others have twenty-four hours in a day. I have seventy-two.’

’I really am putting in three times the effort of others.’

’I’m the monster my teachers used to talk about when I was a kid—the one who’s both incredibly talented and studies seventy-two hours a day.’

TICK—

TICK—

TICK—

Time flowed on. The `Original Forbidden Spell` within the *Ten Original Forbidden Techniques* wasn’t something he could decipher just by willing it.

Its decryption difficulty was Level 7.

He was currently only a Level 4 Decryption Scholar and needed to meet several other requirements to solve the puzzle.

Still, familiarizing himself with the book beforehand would certainly help.

After skimming the entire book, Lu Cang felt his Spirituality being tainted by corruption. However, the corruption didn’t truly invade him; instead, it was converted into pure knowledge and absorbed.

’So this is what the corruption feels like...’

The corruption would have fused with his Spirituality.

The book’s Creator was someone named Night Moth. The locational information pointed toward the Moon Sea, and they were likely a High Level Mage.

Probably around Level 7.

The book itself, however, was somehow related to the Root Source.

’None of this is simple stuff.’

Who would have thought that some of the things one encounters in daily life would all point toward various fundamental sources?

Having gone through the book once and lacking the requirements for decryption, Lu Cang didn’t continue reading it.

Instead, he took out a few ancient Space Magic Books and began to learn the Spatial Deficiency Magic that normal people could not.

’I wonder if learning something in a Future Preview will actually stick?’

But Magic was the manifestation of knowledge and its application.

After Reincarnation, one could use Magic immediately upon gaining a Mage Level, even without ever having touched a Magic Book.

This meant that possessing the relevant knowledge was all that mattered.

Space-Shattering Stream (Tier Five) (Level 401)

Substantially Solidified Space (Tier Five) (Level 401)

Closed Area (Tier Five) (Level 401)

Space Scale Transformation (Tier Five) (Level 401)

Instantaneous Flash (Tier Five) (Level 401)

In addition to the ancient Space Magic, Lu Cang naturally learned the modern ones as well.

Lu Cang had, of course, also mastered Flash, an existing Space Magic.

However, compared to his Root Magic, Flash could only teleport himself. It couldn’t alter the position of objects, much less move other people.