In many situations, Nina couldn't really perceive her own great power or the intimidation that power held among ordinary transcendents.

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

After all, a 6000C slap in the face was earth-shattering, no matter where it landed!

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 tried to help her gradually learn to control the sun's power. 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 a little 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 the extremely occasional and harmless "loss of control" incidents, she had never burned anything else. And from another perspective, she had always maintained her "cognition" as an ordinary human, and had not developed an arrogant and dangerous change in mindset due to realizing her own power!

In Duncan's opinion, this was very good!

The dark sea rose and fell slowly in his vision. There was no clear boundary between the chaotic sky and the sea. The faint spirit flames surrounding the *Vanishing Sea* illuminated the nearby sea surface. In that crisscrossing light and shadow, strange and suspicious shadows could occasionally be seen.

Flitting across the air or water, they were the "natives" of the spirit realm. These chaotic and ignorant existences were attracted by the intruder, the *Vanishing Sea*, but as soon as they gathered a little, they would be scorched by the spirit flames and scattered away!

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

Duncan then instructed Nina to pay attention to safety and not fall off the deck. Then he continued to focus on the helm. After a while, he suddenly thought of a question!

"Vanna," he turned his head and glanced 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!"

"The Storm Goddess, Gormona, is the guardian of the sea, right?"

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

The serious expression on Vanna's face instantly turned into astonishment, followed by an awkwardness and contemplation 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 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 that there are no such details behind the scriptures, because since the establishment of the Deep Sea Church, there has never been a situation where mortals have been able to freely move about in the spirit realm."

Morris casually said 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 the whole..."

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

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

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 the gods, right?"

"Yes." Morris nodded. He seemed to have quickly organized his thoughts and answered Duncan's question: "'Doctrine' is part of the truth, reflecting that its source comes from the gods -- according to a more generally accepted view, the original Cretan prophets received the enlightenment of the gods, the thoughts of the gods, entered their minds, and they naturally wrote down the original precepts in enlightenment. Then there were hundreds of years of the 'Age of Self-Revelation of Truth' and the 'Age of Revelation,' with generations of prophets receiving enlightenment and recording knowledge, which eventually formed the current Four Gods' doctrines 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 write 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 usually it's just vague hints or reminders. And those 'prophets' who can directly talk to God for a long time, as recorded in history, have not appeared since the end of the Dark Ages!"

"On the other hand, those cultists who follow the Black Sun or the Holy Lord of the Abyss often claim that prophets have appeared among them, but you also know that the 'prophets' they talk about are often just lunatics suffering from 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, to some extent, have long conversations with mortals who met the conditions, but since the era of the city-states, their connection with the mortal world has only been vague 'hints'."

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

Why suddenly ask about these things...

Duncan was silent for a moment. In the silence, the picture he had seen in Tyrian's office not long ago appeared in his mind—the moon!

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

Ever since he saw the picture of the moon, his heart had always been restless, and countless guesses about this 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 looked at the 'warnings' you prepared to convey to the Deep Sea Church and the Academy of Truth. There's nothing wrong with them. Go and contact your maritime church headquarters!"

Although still a little puzzled and feeling a little worried about the captain's preoccupied look these days, Morris and Vanna didn't ask any more questions, but bowed their heads at the same time: "Yes, Captain!"

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

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

A slightly chilly voice came from beside her!

"Mistress?"

The strangely terrifying doll rabbit sat up from the side, tilted its head, and looked at Lucrezia with its button-stitched eyes. The voice of a little girl came from its cotton-filled body!

Lucrezia casually grabbed the rabbit doll and hugged it in her arms, rubbing it hard. Then she raised her head and looked out the window, "What time is it now?"

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

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

"Dreamed about some strange things..."

Lucrezia rubbed her forehead and released the rabbit doll.

"Pour me a drink!"

"Okay." The doll obediently agreed, hopping off the bed and onto the ground. It took out a wine glass from the small cabinet next to it and poured half a glass for its mistress, while also asking curiously, "What did you dream about? Is it because... the old master is coming, so you feel uneasy?"

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

Lucrezia took the wine glass handed over by the doll and drank it all in one gulp, then breathed a sigh of relief: "I dreamed about the scene when the *Brilliant Star* nearly crashed because it was too close to the border mists, but unlike what I remember, our ship fell out of the mists but flew upwards all the way, falling straight towards the Worldscar. There were also many, many ships twisted into various shapes, falling from the entire world towards the sky...

Absurd and bizarre!"

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

"Yes, Mistress." The rabbit doll immediately lowered its head obediently, but then couldn't help but remind, "But you should still pay attention. Having nightmares on the ship is not a good sign. The old master, after all, has something to do with the subspace. He is approaching you now!"

"I understand!" Lucrezia said casually, then got out of bed and came to the window barefoot. She yanked 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 maintained a very long "eternal daylight" for the entire sea area!

Lucrezia narrowed her eyes, bathing in the endless "sunlight."

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

"No." Lucrezia shook her head... Turning around and walking towards the dressing table, she would go to the city today to say hello to her old friends at the Explorers Association!