Being instantly killed wasn't the point; the point was that he didn't even know why he had died.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng颐 looked up at Lan Meng.

"May I ask..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lan Meng raised a hand to stop him.

"No amount of explanation is as good as experiencing it yourself."

He pointed a finger, and immediately a vague, illusory human figure floated out of his body and landed beside Li Cheng颐.

The figure quickly became clear, a Lan Meng doppelganger almost as tall as Li Cheng颐.

"Let's go. I'll take you to experience it personally."

He pressed a hand on Li Cheng颐's shoulder.

In an instant, the world spun, and light flashed.

The two of them were suddenly in a modern metropolis of towering buildings and crowded people.

Silver buildings, countless small flying vehicles, and people with all sorts of modern technological devices.

This place was very similar to Li Cheng颐's home, Earth-Moon.

Lan Meng strolled leisurely along the street, all the cars and people passing through his body as if he were a phantom.

He smiled and motioned for Li Cheng颐 to follow, explaining softly in a gentle voice.

"You've come into contact with the Nihility Faction's Saints, so you should know that their Saint positions are special troop types that can be mass-produced. As long as they devour a blind spot, they can rise to the Saint level."

Li Cheng颐 nodded. He recalled his previous experience; indeed, compared to the Saints of the Heavenly Gathering Pavilion, these Saints of the Nihility Faction were very weak, like a swarm of flies.

"Quantity is their advantage, quality is their disadvantage. This holds true for the Nihility Sect below Omniscience. But above Omniscience, it's different."

Lan Meng smiled.

He casually grabbed a passing office worker.

"Let's talk about their dimensional level. The dimensional level is mainly based on the Toxic Dimension as a unified domain, but this dimension is also vastly different from a normal dimensional demon god. The advantage is the same; they can be resurrected infinitely."

*Hiss.*

Soon, the office worker he grabbed became stiff, his whole body quickly turning black and beginning to rot and dissolve, turning into a pool of black toxic liquid that flowed onto the ground.

Releasing his hand, Lan Meng continued.

"The real trouble with the Nihility Faction is the Omniscient ones, because once they reach Omniscience, their numerical advantage can greatly influence the overall outcome of the battle. Although a single Omniscient is still weaker than us, they also have a further level: Boundary Breakers. That is, the ultimate Nihility Mother."

"Now, I'll reenact your previous encounter with an Omniscient, and show you what means he used to instantly kill you then." He smiled slightly.

"Look, what's hanging in the sky?"

He suddenly asked softly.

Li Cheng颐 looked up and saw a dazzlingly large sun, occupying a tenth of the sky.

"It's a star."

"Yes, a normal star with a core temperature of thirty million degrees."

He reached out and aimed at the star, gently tapping it.

*Whoosh!*

An invisible wave instantly surged out, without any transmission process, as if teleporting directly onto the star.

The huge star instantly dimmed.

It was as if a light bulb had been turned down a notch. The light of the entire city below dimmed as a result.

"Now, its core temperature is only ten million degrees." Lan Meng smiled. "Do you know why?"

"." Li Cheng颐 shook his head.

"Then, let's continue." Lan Meng tapped again.

*Whoosh!*

Another invisible wave teleported into the star's interior.

*Poof,* the brightness of the world dimmed once more. The entire city seemed to have entered twilight, and the ground and buildings were dark and gloomy.

"Now, its core temperature is only five million degrees. Not considering the heat released by its chain reaction, regardless of any conditions or logic, it can only, and will only, be five million degrees now." Lan Meng continued.

"This..." Li Cheng颐 seemed to vaguely see something.

"One more time." Lan Meng glanced at him. The numerous people around them stopped, the cars stopped, and the flying vehicles landed and hovered.

All eyes turned towards the sky, looking at the increasingly dim giant star.

Lan Meng tapped again.

*Poof!*

Instantly, the invisible wave teleported, and the star's brightness dimmed even further.

At this point, it was almost as dark as dusk.

"Now, the core is only one hundred thousand degrees."

He looked at the star. The star that had been burning so fiercely before was now completely dim, losing its former brilliance and splendor.

Only a pale red sphere remained, hanging in the sky.

The surrounding city had already turned on its automatic sensor lights. The crowd began to stir, unsure of what was happening.

"Finally." Lan Meng smiled and tapped the star once more.

*Poof.*

The entire star completely extinguished, turning into a dark expanse of space, its outline no longer visible.

"The core temperature is now five thousand degrees. It's rapidly shrinking and getting smaller." He lowered his head and looked at Li Cheng颐. "Do you understand now?"

Li Cheng颐 was speechless. He saw the key to it.

"So, you're saying that the Omniscient can control the level of other things?"

"No." Lan Meng shook his head. "Not the level. Since you've reached the dimension level, you'll inevitably enter the field of vision of the Omniscient. For us, dimensions are barely considered normal beings with whom we can communicate. As for Saints, their birth and death are like the countless blind spots in the sky, far too many."

Li Cheng颐 nodded.

"Indeed. In theory, every blind spot has the potential to give birth to a Saint. Looking at it that way, there are indeed many Saints."

"But my Heavenly Gathering Pavilion only has two hundred or so. It's not that we don't want to accept more, it's just that there are only so many resources. You saw it when you chose forbidden knowledge; the number of routes to choose from is decreasing. What's the point of taking in more Saints if they have no future? For the Omniscient, Saints are just ants." Lan Meng said softly.

He reached out again and casually grabbed the outer wall of a skyscraper on the side.

The solid alloy outer wall was gray-black, smooth as a mirror, and extremely tough. There wasn't even a scratch on its surface, obviously a high-quality material.

"Let's take a look at this." He tapped the wall gently.

*Hiss!*

Instantly, the entire wall, extending from the ground to the top, this side thousands of meters high, all changed from its previous mirror-like texture to a pure gray alloy outer wall.

"This is a building material that was very popular in their previous era. Its hardness and toughness are much weaker than what they have now." Lan Meng explained.

He looked at Li Cheng颐 and tapped again.

*Hiss.*

In an instant, the outer wall changed again. From gray, it turned grayish-white. At the same time, the outer layer peeled off, revealing the inner structure.

Inside were special concrete bricks mixed with alloy steel bars.

"This is the building material from the era before that. Hardness, strength, toughness, and corrosion resistance are all much weaker than the previous one. But the advantage is that it's cheap enough." Lan Meng continued with a smile.

". Even the material is different?" Li Cheng颐 said thoughtfully.

Lan Meng didn't answer, but continued, tapping the outer wall again.

*Hiss.*

Instantly, the outer wall changed again, becoming ordinary reinforced concrete bricks.

Lan Meng didn't stop, and tapped again.

*Hiss.*

The outer wall changed again, turning into earth brick material made of gray cement and red bricks.

At this point, the entire building was shaking violently. The rapid decline in its load-bearing index caused the single side of the building to sag.

As a result, the center of gravity was unstable, and the entire building could collapse in this direction at any moment.

"Do you understand?" Lan Meng smiled, and finally tapped again.

*Poof.*

The outer wall changed in response, instantly becoming a mud wall made entirely of yellow mud.

A huge creaking sound immediately rang out. The entire building began to bend, its top bending, breaking, and collapsing towards the direction of the two of them.

Amidst the rumbling.

Lan Meng and Li Cheng颐 were completely unaffected, as if the falling bricks and debris were just phantoms, passing straight through them without collision.

"I understand..." He took a deep breath, realizing where he had lost.

"Yes, that's the reason." Lan Meng nodded and smiled, "Omniscience is different from dimensions. Based on that, they have more information to master, and more channels to enhance themselves. A single forbidden knowledge is no longer the only reliance. But no matter what kind of Omniscient, they can be roughly divided into three categories."

He held up three fingers.

"First, Total Image (Quan Xiang)."

"Total Image?" Li Cheng颐 narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, Omniscients who can freely manipulate appearances are included in this category." Lan Meng said, "In the known realm of cognition, everything has its own appearance. You need to express the appearance in order to truly affect other things in the Black Sea of Reality. Therefore, appearance is the external manifestation of everything behind it."

"Just like what I did just now, the ultra-high temperature of the star is its appearance. And the simplest way for Total Image Omniscients to solve a star is to downgrade it. You should know that there are levels of appearances, and there are different qualitative change points as boundaries between different levels. Therefore, Total Image only need to slightly change a little bit of the link, and they can instantly destroy the entire chain and downgrade it instantly."

He paused.

"This is not a difficult task for them, who think and know, and who have infinite energy. They can complete it with a thought."

"So, Total Image can manipulate the appearance of all things? Can they freely upgrade or downgrade them?" Li Cheng颐 frowned and asked.

"They can even downgrade your mental power directly back to the level of an ordinary person, and you won't even be able to release it." Lan Meng smiled.

"*Hiss,*" Li Cheng颐 gasped. This was a completely different level of terror from dimensional demon gods.

Now that he thought about it, wasn't the reason he was instantly killed because his physical strength was instantly downgraded continuously, returning to the initial level of an ordinary person?

"In that case, since Total Image have infinite energy and can freely manipulate appearances, wouldn't they be invincible except against those of the same level?" He couldn't help but ask.

"Omniscients are inherently invincible against levels below them." Lan Meng didn't care. "But against those of the same level, it's much more difficult to manipulate appearances so cleverly. So that's another way of fighting. We won't mention it here."

"So, can Senior Brother tell me how to deal with these Total Image Omniscients?" Li Cheng颐 asked seriously and respectfully.

(End of chapter)