The High-Dimensional Overseer is one of the Outer Deities from the Cosmos that attempted to invade Earth. "He" is the current owner of the Sublunary Eye Symbol2 Sublunary Eye Pathway.
↑↑SYMBOLS, AUTHORITIES & ABILITIES↑↑
TRANSLATION NOTE
In the original Chinese text, 真理 (zhēnlǐ) and 真实 (zhēnshí) are distinct terms with different nuances, though both can be translated as "Truth" in English, as is done in the English WebNovel translation (School of Truth and the symbolism of Truth respectively). This note will illustrate the different meanings lost in translation.
Chaos Mist's Truth (真理, zhēnlǐ):
Universal Truth; It denotes a universal, objective, or philosophical truth that reflects the fundamental principles of reality, often absolute or unchanging.
Sublunary Eye's Truth (真实, zhēnshí):
Truth/Reality; It denotes factual existence, genuineness, or something that is not false or illusory, often concrete and verifiable.
"He" possesses full Authority over the Sublunary Eye Symbol2 Sublunary Eye Pathway and the corresponding Symbols, which include but are not limited to the following:
Sublunary Eye: Authorities, and the Symbols of Dimensionality and Truth.[1][3]
This Pathway is a mix of two different Pathways:[4]
• The Pathway of Dimension. The Sequence 0 name is Sublunary Eye.[5]
• The Pathway of Fantasy.
The Symbols, Authorities, and Abilities "He" possesses and displays at the Above the Sequence level include:
• Dimensionality: As the Lord of Dimensions, "He" can freely traverse through Higher and Lower Dimensions and affect the Dimensionality of other beings.[1]
"He" can counter abilities such as Parasitism, Marionettes, and Blink of the Lord of Mysteries.[1]
From higher and lower Dimensions, Spirit Body Threads are tangible and real-something that could be touched. Blink only allowed movement on a small scale, while those Parasitized were bound together into one entity.
"He" can swiftly ascend to the tenth Dimension to directly disrupt the internal connections of the aggregate forms of the Celestial Master and the Celestial Thearch.[6]
"He" can trap others into lower Dimensions.
Under "His" gaze, the Celestial Master rapidly thinned, becoming a paper figurine and melding into the surrounding scenery as part of a Painting.[3]
"He" can ascend Dimensions to instantly move away from the Galaxy "He" is currently in.[7]
• Truth: "He" wields the symbolism of Truth, being able to see the true state of things and through obstructions.
"He" is unaffected by the Calamity of Destruction's Fog of War.[3]
"He" is able to see through Deceit from a higher Dimension and locate the position of a transferred object.[8]
"He" can see through the Truth, and discover the weaknesses within the states of existences.
"He" saw the weaknesses within the aggregate forms of the Celestial Master and the Celestial Thearch from a Higher Dimension.[6]
This is an ability of the Fantasy Pathway.[9]
The Creator of the Painting World:
"He" can unfurl the illusory, coiled Strings around "Him" to form a Dimensional Painting that's filled with suns, planets, and a variety of rules and principles.[6]
By setting the exit in a concealed location, this can trap both the Celestial Master and the Celestial Thearch for some time.[6]
Beings in Higher Dimensions or within "His" Dimensional Painting will not be fully consumed by the explosion of Desires from the Father of Devils, "They" would only enter a brief state of stagnation.[10]
Within "His" Paintings, "He" is Omnipotent and Omniscient.[11]
The maximum possible power level of a creature created or summoned by "His" abilities is close to Sequence 0.[12]
≠Countering Symbols, Authorities & Abilities≠
Certain Symbols, Authorities, and Abilities of other Great Old Ones can counter some of "His" powers, which include but are not limited to the following:
≠Lord of Mysteries:
Change and Dimensionality in one-on-one scenario mutually counteracts each other.[1]
King of Space-Time could hinder the Lord of Dimensions from freely traversing dimensions.[1]
≠Demon of Knowledge:
Information is widespread and all-encompassing in hierarchy. It is not restricted by lower Dimensions. Humans are conglomerations of Information, and Paintings are as well.[3]
The Celestial Master turned incorporeal, transforming into a torrent of complex and massive Information to break free of the confines of the High-Dimensional Overseer's Painting.[3]
However, when the High-Dimensional Overseer escaped to the highest dimension, the Celestial Master could only have minimal influence on this domain.[13]
≠The Anarchy / Son of Chaos:
The Celestial Thearch can order all Dimensions — higher, lower, and the current one — to become interconnected, as though overlaid with layer upon layer of glass barriers.
As a result, the High-Dimensional Overseer could no longer increase dimensions unscathed, nor could the Celestial Thearch's dimensions be lowered without maintaining "His" influence on the battlefield.
However, when the High-Dimensional Overseer escaped to the highest dimension, the Celestial Thearch could only have minimal influence on this domain.[13]
≠Eternal Darkness:
Pallor, which restrains colors, would have a strong restraining effect against the Painting World.[14]
∞Appearance∞
True Form: An untouchable shadow from a higher dimension. Has a pair of indifferent, clear, and emotionless eyes, as if containing the entire universe.[15][16]
∞Background∞
According to the Seven Lights, ever since the Oldest One awakened and split apart, the most powerful Outer Deities in the entire universe, including the High-Dimensional Overseer, gathered around this tiny solar system.
Some of "Them" wish to retrieve "Their" Sefirot and Beyonder Characteristics that had been ripped from "Them", and were attracted here. Some of "Them" have the hope of getting neighboring Sefirot and high-level characteristics which "They" can accommodate.[17]
High-Dimensional Overseer desired Sefirot related to rules, order, and space-time. Through divination and prophecy, Klein deduced that "He" sought either the Nation of Disorder or the River of Eternal Darkness. If the Great Old Dominators concentrated "Their" efforts on pressing the Lord of Mysteries back into "His" coffin, the High-Dimensional Overseer would also likely seek to accommodate the Door Symbol2 Door Uniqueness and Error Symbol2 Error Uniqueness, and take control of Sefirah Castle.[1]
∞History∞
As of 1358 of the Fifth Epoch, the High-Dimensional Overseer and "His" followers had been relatively passive, avoiding bloodshed and not frequently engaging in sacrificial rituals. Even if they did, it was usually confined to themselves and those in their immediate vicinity, minimizing the danger.[18]
However, they were not as 'harmless' as previously believed and the threat they posed was revealed when The Hostel, a ritual conducted using powers of the Sublunary Eye Pathway, commenced.[18]
During Project Vortex, the medium via which the Outer Deities' power breached the barrier, the Endless Cosmos oil painting, was created by Sage as per the wishes of the High-Dimensional Overseer.[19]
During The Apocalypse, "He" fought against the quasi-Great Old Ones from Earth, mainly the Celestial Master and the Celestial Thearch.
∞Trivia∞
Termiboros once claimed to have knowledge about this Outer Deity but refused to elaborate further.[18]
The High-Dimensional Overseer and Monarch of Decay can devour each other; If one of "Them" succeeds and further accommodates Door Symbol2 Door Uniqueness, "They" can attain the King of Space-Time symbolism.[20]
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SUBLUNARY EYE PATHWAY
∞Overview∞
The Sublunary Eye Symbol2 Sublunary Eye Pathway (尘世之眼 Chénshì zhī yǎn, Eye of the Mortal Realm) has the powers of territory creation, true sight and realization. The three key concepts for the low and mid-sequence this Pathway are: Painting, Imagination and Reality—which comes from the idea that, from a higher dimension, the world can be perceived differently and is a different form of reality, unlike how we can only perceive things in 2D or 3D. As the sequence progresses, especially after Sequence 4, the abilities start to align more with String theory and the concept of Dimensions.[1]
This Pathway bears a resemblance to the Door Symbol2 Door Pathway in that it can harness powers from alternate dimensions and spacetime.[2] It also bears some resemblance to the Visionary Symbol2 Visionary Pathway in that it can create alternate worlds, realms and entities, but is fundamentally distinct. One derives its power primarily from the mind, while the other seems to harness the qualities and might of alternate dimensions or alternate spaces to manifest entities.[2]
This Pathway is one of the new Pathways introduced in Circle of Inevitability. It exists outside the twenty-two Standard Pathways, but is still classified into Sequence 9 to Sequence 0.[3]
On Earth, the Beyonders of this Pathway do not advance through Potions, but by praying to the Outer Deity High-Dimensional Overseer, who is the Above the Sequence of this Pathway, for a Boon. The corresponding Sefirah is the High-Dimensional Overseer's currently unnamed Sefirah.
This Pathway is a mix of two different Pathways:[4]
• The Pathway of Dimension. The Sequence 0 name is Sublunary Eye.[5]
• The Pathway of Fantasy.
∞↑Mythical Creature Form↑∞
Dimensional Shadow: "They" are complete high-dimensional beings, capable of freely ascending and descending dimensions, and utilizing dimensions at will.[8]
Dimensional Shadow
"They" are shadowy figures traversing different dimensions.[9]
Observer
"They" have faint, unattainably high humanoid shapes.[9]
Neighboring and Compatible Pathways
Compatible Pathways to the Sublunary Eye Pathway include, but might not be limited to, the following:
• Some Pathways under the Lord of Mysteries:[Note 1]
Door Symbol2 Door [Note 2]
Error Symbol2 Error
• Some Pathways under the God Almighty:
Visionary Symbol2 Visionary [Note 3]
• Some Pathways under the Eternal Darkness:[Note 1]
Twilight Giant Symbol2 Twilight Giant only[13]
• Pathways under The Anarchy:[Note 1]
Black Emperor Symbol2 Black Emperor [Note 4]
Justiciar Symbol2 Justiciar [Note 4]
• Pathways under the Demon of Knowledge:[Note 5]
Hermit Symbol2 Hermit [Note 6]
Paragon Symbol2 Paragon [Note 6]
• Pathways under the Supernova Dominator:[Note 7]
Condenser Symbol2 Condenser
• Pathways under the Monarch of Decay:[Note 8]
Second Law Symbol2 Second Law
• Pathways under the Primordial Hunger:[Note 9]
Tail-Devourer Symbol2 Tail-Devourer
In addition, some Pathways have a connection to the Sublunary Eye Pathway, but it's unknown if they are Compatible or not:
Pathways under the Mother Goddess of Depravity:[Note 10]
Chaos Primogenitor Symbol2 Chaos Primogenitor
Note:
Because the High-Dimensional Overseer desires Sefirot related to Rules, Order, and Space-Time, which specifically includes the Nation of Disorder and the River of Eternal Darkness. "He" also seeks to control Sefirah Castle and accommodate the Door Symbol2 Door Uniqueness and Error Symbol2 Error Uniqueness.[10]
Because the Door Symbol2 Door Pathway represents the concepts of Door, Alternate Worlds, and Space itself.[11]
Because there is an overlap between the Imagination/Envisioning of the Visionary Symbol2 Visionary Pathway with the Illusion/Fantasy of the High-Dimensional Overseer.[12]
Because the Black Emperor Symbol2 Black Emperor Pathway and the Justiciar Symbol2 Justiciar Pathway can give the world within paintings a real Order.[11]
Because the High-Dimensional Overseer can accommodate the Knowledge Moor.[14]
Because the Hermit Symbol2 Hermit Pathway and the Paragon Symbol2 Paragon Pathway symbolize Information.[11]
Because the High-Dimensional Overseer and the Supernova Dominator can accommodate each other. Because one is Dimension and the other is Reality, "They" are complement, achieving a more complete world.[15]
Because the High-Dimensional Overseer and the Monarch of Decay can accommodate each other.[16]
As the Primordial Hunger is the symbol of Convergence, it is theoretically possible for "His" Pathway to mutually switch to any Pathway.[17] However, at higher sequences, especially at the Angel stage, it is difficult for "His" pathway to switch out, as it is the symbol of convergence and can only devour others. Despite this, one can cleverly use the symbol of separation to switch; the simplest idea is to "die" once, because symbols of termination naturally carry some separation. This temporarily causes one's own characteristics to die or fall dormant, allowing a switch under such conditions. However, this is very dangerous and will most likely result in actual death.[18]
Dimensions are part of the World.[19]
Trivia
This Pathway is influenced from String Theory and the teachings of Wang Yangming (王阳明), a prominent Chinese philosopher of the Ming dynasty and a key figure in the Neo-Confucian School of Mind (心学, xinxue). Wang Yangming's philosophy emphasizes the unity of knowledge and action (知行合一) and the idea that the mind is the root of all phenomena.
∞Sequence 9: Shaman∞
Traits
• Spirit Body Connection:⁂ Their Spirit Body can sense and initially connect with other worlds or higher Dimensions, but it will cause their Soul to be noticed by monsters and become a target for invasions.[1]
Their Territory is a special space equivalent to their Spirit Body merging with the Spirit World. If such creatures invade reality through this space, it is equivalent to invading their Soul.
Once the invasion succeeds, their Soul and Spirit Body will be controlled by the invading monster, or in extreme situations, even replaced.
New Abilities
• Territory Creation:⁂ Shamans are able to borrow power from the surrounding area's Spirituality to create Totems that performs various different kinds of mage crafts.[1]
To create such a Territory, they must find a fixed area, set up a Totem and perform a fixed ritual. After those steps, they can communicate with the surrounding area's air, earth, water, trees, and creatures to borrow power from their Spirituality to cast various Spells.
A Shaman is able to change their Territory, but the process is complicated and takes around three days. In addition, after leaving their Territory, a Shaman's power will rapidly weaken. The further away they travel, the weaker their abilities become.
If a Shaman were to stay active and commit to daily activities inside their Territory at night, it would not affect their body's normal functions much at all, allowing a Shaman to only need to nap during the day to function.
∞Sequence 8: Reporter∞
Description
Reporters sometimes feel changes in personalities and begin to hate the world and dislike things that do not match or satisfy their Imagination. They want to reform the world itself to suit their Fantasy.[1]
Traits[1]
• True Sight:⁂The core abilities are to touch Truth, perceive Truth, and articulate Truth. Namely, to observe, investigate, and uncover the true nature of the world. As such, their observation and investigation skills have been drastically enhanced, allowing them to analyse and observe reality in further detail, Seeing things that ordinary people can't see.[2]
By actively activating this ability, they are able to observe the true nature of the world, and it is subject to a time limit. In this state, a Reporter can see through same-level Mirror Substitution, Mirror Maze, Illusions and Spirit Body Threads (these can only be perceived and cannot be affected).[3][4][5][6]
They can also See a multitude of scenes from various angles, things that normally would be out of their Sight, or visible only from one angle, but it can't be maintained for too long.[3]
Physical Enhancement: They possesses extreme speed, including both movement speed and the speed of actions (such as hand speed).[2]
Strengthened Abilities
• Territory Creation:⁂ Even if their territory's shield is broken, they will no longer be affected.[1]
∞Sequence 7: Painter∞
Traits
• True Sight:⁂ Painters can witness another Reality, unveiling a Painting's truest form.
This would also have the effect of allowing them to perceive the creator's most profound creative intentions regarding the Painting they have made.[7][3]
• Spiritual Intuition: A Painter possesses a strong Spiritual Intuition.[8]
From this Sequence onward, mental instability gradually emerges, akin to historical Painters who suffered psychological abnormalities due to contaminated pigments.
New Abilities[9]
• Painting Creation:⁂ They gain the ability to create art and become natural Painters. By using their Spirituality, they can depict the reality they intend, granting their Paintings with various Beyonder and mystical effects.[10][11]
In some parallel aspect of the world, each Painting held a semblance of reality. However, they remained two-Dimensional, flat, and lacking in depth, incapable of significantly impacting the human realm or the Spirit World. They can amplify the limited, flat nature of these objects, opening a pathway to the realm of the real.[7]
Their Paintings can also manifest some aspect of it into Reality to a limited extent.[12]
As a partial manifestation of a Reality a Painting can be Devoured by a Depriver.
At times, having once perceived and touched Truth, a Painter's works may carry a degree of Prophetic nature.[9]
If an element manifested from it is destroyed it cannot come back and would disappear.[13]
A target must stare at a Painting for at least three seconds for its effects to trigger.[14]
Their Paintings are a type of Beyonder Weapon and will lose its power over time.[14]
It will last about two months when folded and three days when unfolded, at most.
Examples of some of the Paintings a Painter can create are:
A depiction of the attack of the boat German Sparrow and Cattleya took in the Battlefield of the Gods. Through the Mother Pathway's power, it can manifest part of the Giant into Reality.[13]
A riot of vivid colours, weaving a surreal and mesmerising scene, inducing confusion and vertigo to varying degrees. Prolonged exposure to it could even result in mental illness.[15]
A triangular house with a greyish-blue hue, green trees and rain resembling mud. This Painting causes itching all over the body and an irresistible urge to scratch oneself.[14]
A golden-red sun surrounded by a vibrant circle of colours. This Painting can warm the surroundings near it while also providing a simple Exorcism effect.[14]
A boat in a storm, which can be used to create illusory waves of water to extinguish flames.[13]
A self portrait that allow the Painter to spy from it and be able to manipulate their image.
A simple drawn door on a window that can allow access to the Mirror World.[1]
They can Paint a mark onto certain creatures and could use the connection between themselves and a Painting to drive the corresponding mark, thereby directing the creature, provided they maintain a certain distance. [16]
• Painting Hiding⁂: They can Hide in some of their Paintings, often taking the form of a human figure.[17]
• Painting Disguise⁂: They can also use cosmetics on a face to achieve an excellent Disguise.[14]
This can also be done on someone else.[3]
∞Sequence 6: Literature Enthusiast∞
New Abilities
• Fantasy Manifestation:⁂ A Literature Enthusiast loves to and are skilled in Imagination, and, can, to a certain extent, bring those imaginings into reality.[1][18]
These Manifestations lack the full potency of their original counterparts. They possess only a rudimentary semblance of their appearance, personalities, and abilities.[19]
The Pixie wearing a blue beret Manifested Aurore Lee in an attempt to dissuade Lumian Lee from attacking.[20]
Using this Beyonder power causes their eyes to act as a boundary between fiction and reality, through which fictional figures can enter the real world.[20]
This Pathway bears some resemblance to the Visionary Pathway, but it is fundamentally distinct. One derives its power primarily from the mind, while the other seems to harness the qualities and might of alternate dimensions or alternate spaces to manifest entities.[19]
Strengthened Abilities
• Painting Creation:⁂ The Reality of their Paintings can now be fully manifested into Reality.
The Painting in this case will be one with the fully manifested creation. As such, the destruction of the manifested creation would result in the destruction of the full Painting.[13]
∞Sequence 5: Pixie∞
New Abilities
• Dimension Shifting:⁂ By stabilising one Dimension, a Pixie can enter a peculiar state, existing somewhere between the Spirit World and Reality.[21]
They become untouchable and invisible, difficult to detect even with Spirit Vision.[21][22]
Unless they actively enter Reality, some Saints might not even be able to attack them.[23]
They must exit this special state to interact with the area or attack someone.
They are able to freely enter and exit the stabilised Dimension.[9]
• Flight: They possess a pair of translucent dragonfly-like wings, which helps them Fly in the air.[24]
The Pixie flew toward Jenna and collided with her, sending starlight and sparks flying like meteors.[25]
Strengthened Abilities
• Painting Creation:⁂ Pixies gain an enhancement in their Painting Creation power.
• Painting World: A Pixie can create an incomplete world within a Painting, which is surrounded by a deep, dark void with a formless barrier. One can access the world by touching the Painting.[23][20]
This world isn't considered advanced and has many false mechanical aspects to it.[26]
Only a Painting World created by a Dimensional Shadow would be a complete world.
There is a fake Spirit World within it but it is not connected to the actual Spirit World.
In other words, one could only Teleport within the Painting World but could not leave it.
They can Paint direct attacks against their enemies with their clothes serving as a canvas.
The Pixie with red pants used his clothes as a canvas to depict Lightning Bolts, forcing Jenna to use a Mirror Substitution Spell to evade the attack.[20]
• Fantasy Materialisation:⁂ They can create ethereal flying servants—blurry figures emitting a faint glow—which can be used to guard the Painting World.[23]
∞Sequence 4: Visitor (Dimensional Traveler)∞
New Abilities
• Dimensional Visitor:⁂ They have become beings of another Dimension and have gained deeper mastery over Dimensions, capable of travelling to other Dimensions and points in Space-Time.[9]
Thus, they can exhibit various abilities, some wondrous and others terrifying.
• Hostel: They can use their body to house different entities in a separate Dimension, bringing them along with them and allowing them to summon these Visitors at any moment.[27]
≈Mythical Creature Form≈
As Demigods at Sequence 4 who have obtained partial Godhood, they are able to manifest their incomplete Mythical Creature Form if they disregard any of the consequences.
∞Sequence 3: String Player (Performer, Instrumentalist)∞
New Abilities[9]
• String Playing: They begin to be able to control Strings, and by Playing those Strings, a String Player will be able to influence and alter Reality.
Strengthened Abilities
• Painting Creation:⁂ Through the sacrifice of many lives, including Lower Sequence Boon Recipients of the Sublunary Eye Pathway and themselves, they can create an outstanding Painting capable of letting 2 Great Old Ones bypass the Astral Barrier to some extent to transmit "Their" power.
Endless Cosmos is one such example, which allowed the powers of he Inextinguishable Ravings and Circle of Inevitability to enter reality and bypass the Astral Barrier.[28][29]
≈Mythical Creature Form≈↑
As a Sequence 3 Beyonder, they can respond to prayers within a certain range.
∞Sequence 2: Dimensional Shadow∞
Authorities
• Dimensions: "They" have become a complete higher Dimensional creature, capable of freely ascending and descending across Dimensions while also utilizing Dimensions at will.[9]
"They" are able to ascend to up to 11 higher Spatial Dimensions.[30]
Even if "Their" connection to the Spirit World is severed, "They" will still be able to ascend Dimensions.[31]
Strengthened Abilities
• Painting Creation:⁂ It is at this level where "They" are able to create a complete world within a Painting, one with complete rules that can allow living beings to live inside it.[26]
≈Mythical Creature Form≈
"They" become a complete Mythical Creature. "Their" Mythical Creature Form is that of a Dimensional Shadow, a shadowy figure traversing different Dimensions.[9][27]
∞Sequence 1: Observer∞
TRANSLATION NOTE
In the original Chinese text, 真理 (zhēnlǐ) and 真实 (zhēnshí) are distinct terms with different nuances, though both can be translated as "Truth" in English, as is done in the English WebNovel translation (School of Truth and the symbolism of Truth respectively). This note will illustrate the different meanings lost in translation.
Chaos Mist's Truth (真理, zhēnlǐ):
Universal Truth; It denotes a universal, objective, or philosophical truth that reflects the fundamental principles of reality, often absolute or unchanging.
Sublunary Eye's Truth (真实, zhēnshí):
Truth/Reality; It denotes factual existence, genuineness, or something that is not false or illusory, often concrete and verifiable.
Authorities
• Truth: An Observer's way of Observation will directly and critically affect the subsequent development and final outcome of the Observed target.[9]
The manifestation of this authority is similar to the Lord of Mysteries' ability to turn falsehoods in truths; however, the realisation mechanism behind the effect is different.[32]
• Fantasy: "They" are able to create a fabricated self born of Fantasy that can be used to deceive their enemies of the real location of "Their" true body.[32]
However, there will still be a connection between the fabricated self and the true body of the Observer, which can be exploited by certain Beyonder powers.
• Dimensions: "They" can use higher Dimensions as setups for Revival and recovery.
The type of Revival arrangement done using higher Dimensions is harder to disrupt but it consumes additional time and requires more complex and secretive processes.
An Observer possesses access to other Revival arrangements that are faster, at the cost of those arrangements being easier to disrupt.
∞↑Mythical Creature Form↑∞
At this level, "Their" Mythical Creature Form of a Dimensional Shadow would possess faint, unattainably high humanoid shapes.[27]
∞Sequence 0: Sublunary Eye∞
Literal Translation: Eye of the Mortal Realm
Authorities
• Truth: "They" see everything in the world, and "They" perceive the changes of Fate. When "They" see, the flowers bloom brilliantly; when "They" do not, the flowers and the heart fall silent together.[9]
The "Falling silent" part of the passage "the flowers and the heart fall silent together" means Extinction, Disappearance, and Non-Existence.[33]
Through "Their" Observation and Imagination, "They" can make real objects disappear and turn Fantasy into reality.[34]
• Dimensions: "They" can freely alter or influence anything in lower Dimensions through the projection of those objects within higher-Dimensional space.[34]
This functions like how beings who exist in three Dimensions can effortlessly modify or erase parts of a two-Dimensional Painting.[34]