“Why can’t the sorcerers find any trace of the supposedly enormous Golden Fish?”

“Why does the Virtual Realm claim that the Golden Fish is in the sea and can be seen without any ceremony?”

“There is only one answer.”

Asho murmured, “We are inside the Golden Fish, and the Time Continent is above the white mist.”

Sonia instinctively wanted to find fault, but when she compared the current information with this conclusion, she found that everything matched perfectly, explaining the truth about the Golden Fish!

“By the way,” she suddenly remembered, “In the only sorcerer’s manual I read, it mentioned that after the explorer found the Golden Fish, they climbed more than eight hundred levels but still couldn’t reach the top.”

“Think about it, if the Golden Fish is really that enormous with more than eight hundred levels, even if it is covered by the white mist, the sorcerers should still be able to find some traces… And in the Knowledge Sea, the only place that cannot be reached even after climbing more than eight hundred levels is…”

“The sky.”

The two stared blankly at the white misty sky.

After a while, Sonia asked in a daze, “But how do we climb up there?”

Indeed, how could they climb to the sky?

Even though they knew that the Time Continent was above, and climbing up would make them become Second Wing Sorcerers, where was the path?

There was no ladder hanging down from the sky, and there was no tower on the ground to ascend to the heavens. Even in the Knowledge Sea, there were no natural landscapes higher than one meter above sea level.

They were not like explorers who were proficient in earth-based sorcery and could build tall buildings on flat ground. The only way to increase their height was to have a stand-in at the top, with the Sword Girl standing on the stand-in’s shoulders, and Asho standing on the Sword Girl’s shoulders.

Could Asho summon thousands of stand-ins to stack himself up? No, because he only had the “Stand-in” sorcery spirit and did not possess the “Multiple Stand-ins” miracle. Therefore, he could only summon one stand-in.

If he summoned a second stand-in, the first stand-in would disappear. The best way for him to summon two stand-ins was to find a second stand-in sorcery spirit and then activate both spirits together, creating the “Double Stand-in” miracle.

So, the use of sorcery spirits was a skill that had different scales in different places.

“Is there any flying miracle?” Asho asked.

“There are very few First Wing-level flying miracles,” Sonia shook her head. “Most of the First Wing-level movement miracles are for rapid movement on the ground. Even if they can temporarily hover, it is only to cross obstacles and does not have the ability to fly.”

“In this case, even if they reach the Second Wing, there is no improvement. At most, the movement speed is faster, the consumption is lower, and the maneuverability is more flexible. True flying miracles become common only at the Third Wing Holy Domain level.”

“Why?”

“Because achieving the Third Wing Holy Domain requires fully unfolding the Silver Wing and the Golden Wing.” Sonia raised her hands and made a flapping wing motion. “Do you think the sorcerer’s virtual wings are just for show?”

“Ah? Aren’t the virtual wings used to intimidate opponents? Before battles, everyone compares their virtual wings. The more virtual wings and the more complete they are, the stronger they are.”

“That is only the social use. The true virtual wings are a reflection of the sorcerer’s accumulated knowledge. Each virtual wing can greatly assist the sorcerer…”

“Greatly assist?” Asho was taken aback, unfolding his Silver Wing. “Besides not needing to turn on the lights when I go to the bathroom at night, what other assistance does it provide?”

“Silver Blessing.” Sonia shrugged. “Didn’t I tell you before? When the Silver Wing is fully unfolded, it can prove that our Silver Artificing has reached its limit. When we successfully advance to the Second Wing, leave the Knowledge Sea, and arrive at the Time Continent, the Silver Wing will shine—only then will the Silver Wing be in its perfect state.”

“The shining Silver Wing bestows eternal blessings upon the sorcerer, often related to the sorcerer’s main sorcery faction. Even a newly advanced Second Wing sorcerer can gain a power increase of more than 20% from the Silver Blessing, and if lucky, even up to 100%.”

Asho realized, “No wonder you were so tired tonight and insisted on finding the Golden Fish…”

A power increase of 20% to 100% would be almost decisive for his escape plan tomorrow. If it was for the Silver Blessing, it was indeed worth giving it his all.

Sonia felt the alcohol rushing back to her head, and her cheeks were slightly flushed. “I told you, I just wanted to see the scenery of the Time Continent as soon as possible… And you promised to help me fulfill my dream, finding the Golden Fish is a part of that dream, so I have to drag you along.”

“That’s true. So when are you going to sing for me? Based on your singing voice, I can judge if I’ve taken on a dirty job with a guilty conscience.”

“I’m sorry, I was too arrogant. Let’s talk about flying miracles, flying miracles.”

At this moment, Asho also unraveled a doubt in his heart. He had long felt that his Silver Wing was somewhat inferior to the Silver Wing Wakas had shown in the past, not shining enough and not as upright. He had thought it was a problem with the lighting, but it turned out to be a developmental issue.

Without opening the door to the new world for a day, his Silver Wing was ultimately an untouched virgin wing, not a mature virtual wing.

Sonia paused, “After sorcerers obtain perfect dual wings, they not only gain the Silver Blessing and the Golden Blessing brought by the virtual wings, but also because of the qualitative change brought by the dual wings, sorcerers can directly soar in reality using the dual wings. Based on this reason, most flying miracles require the Third Wing Holy Domain level, and at the very least, they must be complete Second Wings.”

In simple terms, flying miracles were like luxury cars and yachts, only the wealthy with three wings or more could enjoy them, and the wealthy had no intention of developing a low-end version of flying miracles that the poor could afford.

She looked up at the gray sky, “Even if we find a flying miracle that can be used with just one wing, but explorers cannot climb to the top of the tower built with eight hundred levels, even if we exhaust our Artificing, I’m afraid we won’t be able to fly that high.”

“The easiest way for sorcerers to fly is undoubtedly using the virtual wings, no doubt about it. Knowledge is our easiest wings.”Asho stood up and let his Silver Wings flutter, but aside from causing the small boat to rock slightly, it had no effect.

Sonia sighed helplessly, “Even if you haven’t learned wind magic, you should know that you need a pair of wings to fly, right?”

A puzzled expression crossed her face, “The Flight Miracle can’t fly that high, and earth magic can’t build a tower reaching the sky… How did those legendary sorcerers, who claimed to have found the Golden Fish and successfully smuggled themselves, manage to climb to the Time Continent? Did we get it wrong, or is there a stairway to heaven in the Sea of Knowledge, or perhaps some method to obtain a pair of wings in advance?”

“If it’s just a pair of wings we need…” Asho said softly, “We have them too.”

“We?”

Sonia was taken aback, seeing Asho point to his own Silver Wings, then to her Silver Wings.

“This is too outrageous…”