Sho stands astonished as he sees a strange world, strange strings in the sky everywhere and beneath the ground that is like glass, endless strings in different colors. Sho speaks and says:
"What are those strange things?"
Adam does not reply and stands a little far away on the opposite side of Sho, then speaks and says:
"You should not know everything; sometimes curiosity becomes a pit for its owner."
Sho speaks and says:
"And where is that pit in merely strings?"
Adam speaks very coldly and says:
"What if I told you that if it were not for the floor protecting you from touching those strings, you would have died now countless times and seen yourself split into pieces because of those conceptual strings whose mission is to fortify that place."
Sho is shocked then says:
"I do not want to know what they are, no problem with that, and now why did you bring me here?"
Adam replies and says:
"You can consider this just a test."
Sho is surprised then says:
"A test! A test for what?"
Adam speaks and says:
"Enough questions and attack me, show me what you have."
Sho is shocked and says to himself:
"[Attack Adam! My God, I am completely convinced that right now, if he wanted me to disappear, I would disappear immediately without even a fight!]"
Sho smiles in Adam's face then says:
"What do you think about changing the plan a little? I currently want to eat, so not now."
Sho approaches the door to leave, and with complete calm and coldness from Adam.
Sho leaves and suddenly returns to the same place he was in, back in front of Adam.
Sho smiles then says:
"Or it seems that I took the wrong exit."
Sho goes to the door again and leaves, only to find himself once more in front of Adam, who stands motionless looking at Sho while his golden eyes never leave him.
Sho speaks to himself and says:
"[What the hell is this? He used two powers, I think, the power of the Imagined Path and the power of the Tyrant Path, if I remember correctly.]"
And while Sho is lost in thought, suddenly Adam appears in front of him and whispers in his ear extremely strange words, causing Sho's head to explode and then return again while he felt the pain of what happened!
Adam stands at the same distance that had been between him and Sho before he suddenly appeared, while Sho is holding his neck, not aware of what happened.
Adam speaks and says:
"Defense is not bad. I want you to try touching me. I know the difference between me and you, but try."
Sho does not hesitate and rushes at the maximum speed he has toward Adam, who does not move, so Sho grabs him only for it to become clear that he is an illusion, which makes Sho completely shocked!
Suddenly Sho hears a voice coming from the door as a person steps forward and says:
"Forgive me, I was only arranging the books and here I have come."
Sho is stunned by the horror of what he heard and his thoughts become completely chaotic!
"[After all that, after reading the whole novel, in the end he fools me that simply!]"
Adam advances and enters inside the place, causing the illusion to disappear completely, and Adam's eye glows with golden light and he suddenly moves in front of Sho.
Then Adam speaks and says:
"Psychological stability is disturbed and does not adapt quickly to changes, not bad; it can be considered acceptable."
Sho becomes tense and is about to speak, and suddenly Adam's facial features change and become terrifying, and he speaks in a frightening voice coming from the depths of the ancient Sun God and says:
"Kneel now."
Sho feels an extremely terrifying existential pressure, and his feet begin to tremble and fall, so Sho screams in Adam's face and says:
"I begin, I have not knelt to the supreme lord, kneel to you?"
Sho tries with all his strength not to kneel while the Fool from inside him suggests that he make him come out and try confronting him.
Sho resists with all his might and tries not to kneel, so his knee begins to fall to the ground, and suddenly the ancient Sun symbol appears above Adam's head, increasing the pressure on Sho intensely and causing him to fall to the ground with force, unable to resist.
.Adam speaks very coldly and says:
"You did not kneel to the supreme lord because the supreme lord himself respects that desire, but I crush it."
Adam cancels the power of the word "kneel" and approaches the door of the place and looks sideways toward Sho and says:
"Acceptable. Go and eat. I will come back after a while."
Sho coughs up black blood strongly, and the Fool from inside him speaks and says:
"That was extremely crushing, but I will admit that person called Adam, I like him."
Sho lies on the floor in the training area then whispers and says:
"Great, you and him against me. By the way, I still do not feel my head, and the moment it exploded I saw an unparalleled sea of chaos, and suddenly I saw a world of stars, then my head returned again."
On the other side, Adam reaches a strange place far from sight and stands looking at something in the sky, then speaks and says:
"Supreme lord, I have come with a report."
At that moment Adam's voice spreads as something appears with a white beard and long blue hair.
The supreme lord speaks with a smile and says:
"Huh? What is the matter? Have you finished evaluating the chosen one?"
Adam speaks without wasting time and says:
"Yes, he is chaotic, psychologically undisciplined, and weak in combat, and his movements and thinking about the next steps are very slow. He, my lord, is Naazal 'thinking' without moving automatically."
Then suddenly the supreme lord speaks and says:
"But strong-willed, and I see that that is enough."
Adam sighs then says:
"But my lord, how do you intend to make that boy strong enough to become the heir of the primordial god? He needs a lot and a lot."
The supreme lord speaks and says:
"I know, that is why I left the reins of the matter to you. Do with Sho in your hands whatever you want to make him stronger."
Adam remains silent for moments and says to himself:
"[The supreme lord sees that willpower alone is enough for him. He is certainly more knowledgeable and wiser, but at the same time I have all knowledge about everything in the Temple of Heaven and Earth, every book and every technique and every embodiment of concepts. I know that, and therefore I am no less knowledgeable than him in the end.]"
The supreme lord speaks and says:
"Do not disappoint me, Adam. You are unparalleled in these matters, and do not worry either. Trust me, you have not seen what that weak one can do."
Then the supreme lord disappears completely.
Adam's golden eye gleams and he thinks, saying:
"[He told me to do what I see as useful to him. He needs a fusion between his meta-spiritual mind and his meta-spiritual body. Defense and attack must be an 'immediate innate instinct' that emerges the moment danger is sensed, and I know exactly how I will deal with him.]"
Then Adam goes to the temple door and teases Aslan a little, then puts some food for him and enters the temple.
Sho sits with Litha and Nihil in the dining room that extends to infinity, so Litha speaks and says:
"What were you doing? You were extremely late."
Sho smiles then says:
"Adam was just showing me the place, nothing more, so I was late."
A sudden voice appears beside Sho:
"No, that did not happen. We were training."
Sho, Nihil, and Litha are surprised, so Sho speaks and says:
"Yes, actually, after he showed me the place, we went to train."
Adam gives a slight smile then says:
"Yes, he even saw that picture with the phoenix hanging above the dining room door."
Sho confirms Adam's words, so Litha is surprised and says:
"But I did not see any picture of a phoenix. Are you playing with words, Sho?"
Sho is surprised and realizes that Adam has placed him in an embarrassing position.
Sho does not speak as Litha grabs his ear strongly, and Sho whispers in her ear saying:
"I will tell you, I was crushed in training with that entity indeed. I hope you understand the situation."
Nihil speaks while eating and says:
"That chicken tastes absolutely amazing. How do you cook it?"
Adam speaks and says:
"From the blood of the goddess in the world of the Lord of Mysteries."
Nihil and everyone are surprised, yet Nihil continues eating!
Sho hears Ford's voice calling as he asks to leave, confirming that he has reached demigod sequence and can leave now.
Sho stands for a moment then looks toward Adam and says:
"Excuse me, just a minute. I will bring out the last member of my team."
Adam is slightly puzzled by that verbal chaos and does not understand what Sho means by those words.
Suddenly Sho's eye turns completely black, and Adam is shocked, and then Ford comes out from inside Sho's world that had been created from his own black sea, so Ford feels a terrifying aura and pressure from the world.
Adam is internally surprised without showing any external sign of it and says to himself:
"[He had been hiding that entity from the beginning without me sensing any aura other than Sho's aura. It really seems that that boy is hiding a lot.]"
Adam stands then says:
"Lady Litha, Lord Nihil, and Lord Ford, after you finish eating as much as you want of that corruption-free food that increases energy, then you can go to your rooms or even train in the training area."
Ford, Nihil, and Litha are surprised that Adam knows their names, while Ford speaks looking at Sho and says:
"What is happening here? Where are we now? I was training all that time, what is going on now?"
Sho smiles while feeling some tension, as Adam is directly behind him, and says:
"Ask Litha and she will tell you everything."
Adam puts his hand on Sho's shoulder, then looks toward Litha and says:
"Forgive me, my lady, that person will come with me."
Suddenly Adam and Sho disappear, while Litha is a little worried, Nihil continues eating, and Ford is unaware of anything that is happening.