In many situations, Nina was actually unable to realize her own immense power, and the intimidating effect this power had on ordinary transcendents.

This, of course, helped her maintain her "human" mindset, but it certainly had its downsides!

After all, a 6000C slap in the face is earth-shattering, no matter where you are!

Fortunately, Duncan had been paying attention to this issue from the start, and he often guided and reminded Nina. He helped the girl understand the danger of her own power in a timely manner, and he tried to teach her how to control the sun's might step by step. At least now, Nina had gradually become familiar with and accepted the facts.

For the current her, this world was an exquisite but fragile paper house, which would burst into flames with the slightest carelessness.

She had to carefully control her breathing and gaze, lest everything turn to ashes!

Now it seemed that Nina's understanding and control of her own power was successful.

Apart from extremely rare and harmless "out of control" incidents

she had never burned anything else. On the other hand, she had always maintained her "perception" as an ordinary human and had not developed an arrogant and dangerous mindset due to realizing her own power!

In Duncan's opinion, this was very good!

The dark sea slowly rose and fell in the field of vision, and there was no clear boundary between the chaotic sky and the sea. The faint spirit fire surrounding the Vanishing Sail illuminated the nearby sea surface, and in that interlaced light and shadow, strange and suspicious shadows could occasionally be seen.

Flitting past the air or water, they were the "natives" of the spirit world. These chaotic and ignorant beings were attracted by the intruder, the Vanishing Sail, but as soon as they gathered, they would be scorched by the flames of the spirit body and then flee in all directions!

Nina ran to the edge of the stern deck, sat directly on the deck, dangled her two legs outside the railing, and curiously observed this "sea area" that was unfamiliar and interesting in her eyes!

Duncan told Nina to be careful and not to fall off the deck, then continued to focus his attention on steering the ship. After a while, he suddenly thought of a question!

"Vanna," he turned to look at the Inquisitor standing on the edge of the high platform, gazing at the sea.

"I suddenly have a question about the Storm Goddess!"

Vanna immediately turned around with a serious face: "Please ask!"

"Storm Goddess Gomona is the guardian of the sea, right?"

Duncan said, "The entire Boundless Sea is within the scope of the Storm Goddess's protection, so what about the sea in the spirit world?"

The serious expression on Vanna's face instantly turned into astonishment, followed by an awkward and thoughtful silence that lasted for more than ten seconds. After a long time, she hesitantly shook her head and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I've never even thought about this question." After speaking, she began to reflect.

"It seems that my research on the path of faith is still too superficial. I pray every day, but I haven't seriously thought about the details behind these scriptures..."

"It's normal for there to be no such details behind the scriptures, because since the establishment of the Deep Sea Church, there has never been a situation where mortals freely moved around in the depths of the spirit world,"

Morris said casually from the side. "Doctrine is a tool used to explain the truth of the gods to mortals. It only represents the known parts of the truth of the gods, not all of it..."

"Then where did the original 'doctrine' come from?"

Duncan asked again, "In the early years when the city-states were first established, in the years when the Four Gods faith was just born, who compiled the original doctrine and used it to explain the logic of the world's operation, was it the first mortals to preach or the four gods themselves?"

This time, Morris fell into thought!

Duncan continued, "According to the current interpretation of the scriptures by the Four Gods Church, doctrine can only come from God, right?"

"Yes," Morris nodded. He seemed to have quickly sorted out his words and answered Duncan's question. "'Doctrine' is a part of the truth, reflecting that its source comes from the gods—according to a more commonly accepted view, the first Cretan prophets received the enlightenment and thoughts of the gods, which entered their minds, and in their enlightenment, they naturally wrote down the first precepts. Afterwards, there were hundreds of years of the 'Age of Self-Manifestation of Truth' and the 'Age of Revelation' where generations of prophets received enlightenment and recorded knowledge, which eventually formed the current Four Gods Doctrine and classics..."

Duncan did not speak for a while, but thought very seriously. After a long time, he broke the silence again: "Are there still prophets appearing today who receive enlightenment and can compile new doctrines and truths?"

Morris and Vanna looked at each other!

"As far as I know, no."

Morris shook his head. "Saints can hear the voice of God, but it is usually just a vague hint or reminder, and 'prophets' like those recorded in history who can directly converse with God for a long time have not appeared since the end of the Dark Ages!"

"On the other hand, the cultists who follow the Black Sun or the Depths Sovereign often claim that prophets have appeared among them, but as you know, the 'prophets' they speak of are often just lunatics who have suffered mental pollution..."

"In other words, at least during the period from the Cretan Dynasty to the Dark Ages, the gods could frequently contact the mortal world,"

Duncan said thoughtfully. "They could even converse with qualified mortals for a long time to a certain extent, but since the era of city-states, their connection with the mortal world has only been a vague 'hint'."

Listening to the captain's seemingly profound words, the expression on Vanna's face was a little strange. She couldn't help but ask: "I... I've never thought about it from this perspective! Why are you suddenly asking about these things?"

Why suddenly asking about these things...

Duncan was silent for a moment, and in his silence, the picture he had seen in Tirian's office not long ago flashed in his mind—the moon!

In the world he knew, the world of the moon had no Four Gods, no Boundless Sea protected by the Storm Goddess, no Worldscar hanging high in the sky, and no starry sky and demons hidden in the deep sea!

Ever since seeing the picture of the moon, his heart had never been able to calm down, and countless conjectures about that world... almost filled his mind!

"I'm just suddenly very interested in the oldest secrets of this world."

He said slowly, then breathed a sigh of relief and nodded to Vanna and Morris. "I've seen the 'warning' content you prepared to convey to the Deep Sea Church and the Academy of Truth. There's nothing wrong with it. Go contact your maritime church headquarters!"

Although they still had some doubts and felt a little worried about the captain's preoccupied appearance these past two days, Morris and Vanna did not ask any further questions and bowed their heads at the same time. "Yes, Captain!"

Lucretia woke up from a series of chaotic, bizarre, and terrifying nightmares!

She looked out the window. The thick curtains blocked the light from outside, and only a few golden rays of afterglow shone in through the cracks in the curtains, making the room shadowy. The usually familiar furnishings also seemed to have a strange atmosphere in those dark corners, as if the residual power of the nightmare had seeped into the real world, curled up and lurking in the light and shadow!

A clear, childlike voice came from beside her.

"Mistress?"

The bizarre and terrifying stuffed rabbit doll sat up from the side, tilted its head, looked at Lucretia with its button-sewn eyes, and a little girl's voice came from the cotton-filled body!

Lucretia grabbed the rabbit doll and hugged it in her arms, rubbing it hard, then raised her head and looked out the window. "What time is it?"

"It's an hour before you usually get up,"

The rabbit doll obediently let its mistress rub it, and at the same time seemed to be observing Lucretia's face. "You don't look well. You were sleeping very restlessly just now... Did you have another nightmare?"

"Dreamed of some weird things..."

Lucretia rubbed her forehead and let go of the rabbit doll.

"Pour me a drink!"

"Okay," the doll obediently agreed, jumped off the bed, hopped to the small cabinet next to it, took out a wine glass, poured half a glass for its mistress, and then asked curiously, "What did you dream about? Is it because... the old master is coming, so you're uneasy?"

There was a hint of nervousness in the little girl's voice, and she obviously felt great pressure when she mentioned the words "old master"!

Lucretia took the wine glass handed over by the doll and drank it all in one gulp, then let out a long breath. "I dreamed of the scene when the ship *Brilliant Star* nearly crashed because it was too close to the border mist. But unlike what I remember, our ship fell out of the mist and flew straight up, heading straight for the Worldscar. There were also many, many ships that were twisted into various shapes, falling from the entire world into the sky...

Absurd and bizarre!"

As she spoke, she casually threw the wine glass to the rabbit doll next to her. "He's coming, which does make me a little nervous, but that nervousness isn't enough to turn into a nightmare, Labbie. He is, after all, my father!"

"Yes, Mistress," the rabbit doll immediately lowered its head obediently, but then couldn't help but remind her, "But you should still be careful. Having nightmares on a ship is not a good omen. The old master, after all... is related to the subspace. He is approaching you now!"

"I understand!" Lucretia said casually, then got out of bed and came to the window barefoot. She pulled open the heavy curtains, and warm, bright "sunlight" instantly filled the entire room!

It was not yet the time for the sun to rise completely, but on the sea not far away, the floating giant luminous geometric figure had been maintaining the "eternal daytime" for a long time!

Lucretia squinted her eyes, bathed in this endless "sunlight."

The rabbit doll's voice came from behind: "Mistress, are you still going to the Stone Sphere today?"

"No." Lucretia shook her head and turned to the dressing table. Today, she would go to the city to say hello to old friends at the Explorers Association!