chsdbacks Chapter 582 Refining the Elixir of Immortality
Chapter 582 Refining the Elixir of Immortality
Fifty years later.
Jemin put down "The Principles of Soul Solidification" and rubbed his temples.
The complexity of the elixir of immortality was even greater than he had anticipated.
The somatic part is relatively easy to understand, as he already has a foundation in cytology, histology, and organology.
But the soul part is more difficult.
Soul solidification, mental stability, connection between consciousness and body...
Each of these branches of knowledge is enough for an average person to study for a lifetime.
"Now that I have a basic grasp of this knowledge, I can try using the Entropy Brain."
Jemin picked up a pale blue crystal from the side, examined it for a few seconds, and then placed it on his forehead.
Points of light poured in.
The knowledge absorbed but not yet fully digested in my mind begins to be automatically sorted and archived.
Half an hour later, Jemin opened his eyes, feeling refreshed.
The various pieces of knowledge were interconnected, and even related to the knowledge he had previously acquired in the information dimension, allowing him to quickly grasp the overall structure of the knowledge system.
This thing is a real cheating device.
"It's almost time to start hands-on practice..."
Jemin stretched and sent a message to the black giant priest below via the magic network terminal.
A few minutes later, Jemin stood in front of the lab bench, where seventy-three materials were neatly arranged on the metal platform in front of him.
"Is everything complete?"
He asked without turning his head.
A black giant priest behind him bowed and said, "According to the list you provided, everything is ready. Each ingredient has been verified three times, and its purity meets the standards."
Jemin nodded, his gaze sweeping over the materials.
The dried petals of the Everlasting Flower are pale gold in color and emit a faint spiritual fluctuation.
The roots and stems of the Soul-Gathering Grass must be cut with a wooden knife to preserve its vitality.
The powder of solidified crystal is ground to the nanoscale to stabilize the structure.
There are also extracts from the glands of seventeen different organisms, each representing a specific biological function—metabolism, cell division, energy conversion, information transmission, etc.
Jemin took a deep breath.
He has been preparing for this day for fifty years.
Although the first phase of the Dao Bing system was not yet completed, he felt that his knowledge reserves were already sufficient.
He knew the method for making the elixir of immortality by heart.
He had already memorized those theories about the body, soul, and elemental balance.
It's time to get started.
"Leave. No one is allowed to disturb us."
The black giant priest stepped outside, and the heavy metal door closed silently.
Only Jemin remained in the laboratory.
He raised his hand and made a sweeping motion in the air, and a pale golden light shield enveloped the entire laboratory to isolate sound, block energy fluctuations, and prevent accidental explosions from harming the outside world.
Then, he walked to the lab bench and closed his eyes.
When I opened my eyes again, they were clear.
"start."
He raised his right hand and gently touched the petals of the immortal flower with his index finger.
Mental probing.
The petals floated slowly in the air.
Jemin's mental power was like a finely crafted net, enveloping all the petals and then arranging the internal structures of these petals in a specific order.
"The essence of life is the aggregation of matter and energy."
He muttered to himself, his voice echoing in the empty laboratory.
"And the carriers of matter and energy are elements."
As he raised his left hand, the roots of the Soul-Gathering Grass slowly floated up.
Through the penetration of spiritual power, the internal structure of the root and stem is also fully revealed.
Under Jemin's manipulation, the suspended petals and roots began to "merge".
But fusion is not simply mixing.
Jemin's mental power was like an invisible carving knife, carving specific runes on every cell of these plants.
Those runes control how cells connect, what kind of structure they form when they combine, and what kind of effect they ultimately produce.
Essentially, it treats the two materials in the same way as crafting magical artifacts.
The Everlasting Flower provides the characteristic of "longevity"—the limit of cell division is extended indefinitely, and DNA replication will not go wrong. The Soul-Gathering Grass provides the characteristic of "stability"—the soul will not decay, and consciousness will not become chaotic.
The two properties must be perfectly combined to form the basic framework of the longevity elixir.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Jemin's forehead.
This level of operation consumes an astonishing amount of mental and computational energy.
If it weren't for the Fate System's assistance, he wouldn't have lasted three minutes at all.
Golden light shimmered between his brows, and the destiny system was operating at full capacity.
Massive computing tasks are offloaded, processed, and optimized.
The way those light points are connected is fine-tuned tens of thousands of times every second.
Time passed second by second.
When the two materials completely merged into a pale golden light, Jemin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Step one complete.
Without resting, he immediately began the second step.
Seventeen kinds of gland extracts flew up simultaneously, hovering around that pale golden light.
These extracts come from different organisms, some from a lizard that can regenerate limbs, some from a turtle that can live for over a thousand years, and some from a microorganism that can withstand extreme environments.
Each extract represents a "biological function".
Jemin's mental energy split into seventeen streams, simultaneously probing into the extracts.
"The elixir of immortality is not a magic potion, but a magical artifact that can combine with the human body and continue to exert its effects."
Jemin recalled the definition of the elixir of immortality: "So although it's called a 'medicine,' it doesn't belong to potion-making, but rather to alchemy. After a user takes the elixir, it's equivalent to undergoing a biochemical modification, allowing the consuming organism to acquire the functions of the materials."
He looked tired, but his hands didn't stop moving.
"Direct transplantation of these glands would trigger rejection. These biological glands must be transformed into actual runic structures to continue functioning. "Seventeen extracts simultaneously transformed into points of light, and each point of light was stripped of its original biological imprint under the influence of mental power, leaving only the core 'functional element structure'."
Then, Jemin began to integrate the runes, which were transformed from these core elements, into the pale gold base skeleton.
This integration is several times more difficult than the first step.
Each function has its own unique frequency and its own specific way of operating.
Once they are part of the basic framework, they must find a suitable location and coexist harmoniously with their neighbors, without conflicting or interfering with each other.
Jemin felt like he was building an extremely intricate castle made of building blocks.
Every block must be placed in the correct position, and every layer of the structure must be perfectly aligned.
If it tilts even slightly, the entire castle will collapse.
The load rate of the life-counting system rose sharply.
71:.7%8..85%...
Time seemed to stand still.
After an unknown amount of time, when the last functional light spot merged into the skeleton, the pale golden light suddenly trembled violently.
Jemin was startled.
wrong!
He realized instantly that the balance between the functions had been broken.
The final integrated function conflicted with one of the earlier functions, causing the entire structure to begin to collapse.
"Damn it!"
Without hesitation, Jemin increased the power of the destiny system to its maximum.
At the same time, mental energy surged in, forcibly separating the two conflicting functions.
This is an extremely crude method that will waste a lot of materials, but it is the only way at the moment.
The influx of massive amounts of spiritual energy temporarily stabilized the ball of light.
Seizing this precious moment, Jemin channeled his mental energy into countless fine threads, weaving layers of separation between the two conflicting functions. These layers, composed of pure mental energy, could temporarily block their mutual influence.
Then, he began to make fine adjustments.
The frequencies of the two functions were repeatedly adjusted until they no longer interfered with each other and instead began to resonate slightly.
When resonance reaches a certain critical point...
boom!
The ball of light suddenly expanded, then contracted rapidly.
Jemin's eyes widened.
Succeeded?
As the light faded, a pill the size of a longan was suspended in the air.
It was a pale gold color, with faint, flowing patterns of light on its surface, and one could vaguely see countless intricate structures slowly rotating inside. An elixir of immortality.
Jemin reached out and caught it, feeling the warmth from his palm, and a smile slowly spread across his face.
"It's done..."
Although this thing is a defective product, because a lot of materials were wasted during the refining process, resulting in its effects only lasting for three hundred years, it was still a success in the end.
Fifty years of study have finally led to this moment.
But before he could be happy for long, a violent tremor suddenly came from the depths of his mind.
Jemin's expression changed, and he immediately began to look inward.
Within the sea of the mind, the ring of truth is spinning wildly.
The three models representing the core witchcraft—the Eye of All Use, Alchemy, and Extraction—were all trembling violently at that moment.
The model representing alchemy suddenly began to disintegrate.
Jemin's pupils constricted slightly.
No, it's not disintegration, it's "reorganization".
The runes that made up the model were peeled off one by one and wandered around the Ring of Truth.
They collide and merge with other runes in the Ring of Truth, then return to their original positions and recombine into new structures.
The whole process lasted a full fifteen minutes.
When everything calmed down, Jemin discovered that his alchemy model had completely changed.
It has become more complex, more precise, and more dynamic.
Originally just a fixed sequence of runes, it now resembles a living thing, breathing slowly within the Ring of Truth, releasing massive amounts of spiritual energy with each breath.
"This is·......"
A sudden realization dawned on Jemin.
His alchemy skills have improved.
It transformed from ordinary alchemy into a true "life alchemy".
"That's it?"
Jemin couldn't wait to try out his new ability.
His gaze swept across the laboratory, finally settling on a metal ingot in the corner.
It's a common metallic material, the kind used in everyday experiments.
Jemin pointed.
A surge of spiritual energy erupted, and the iron ingot was instantly enveloped in a ball of light.
Under the influence of mental power, the iron ingot began to deform.
Its atomic structure was forcibly altered, various basic elements were rearranged, and various organic compounds were created.
Proteins, fats, carbohydrates, cell membranes...
A few seconds later, the light faded.
The iron ingot disappeared, replaced by a fist-sized lump of meat.
Red muscle tissue, white fat texture, and even a faint smell of blood.
Jemin leaned closer to take a look, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.
But before he could be happy for long, the lump of meat began to collapse.
The muscle tissue lost its elasticity at a visible rate, the fat began to liquefy, and the entire piece of meat collapsed into a pool of murky liquid as if it had been splashed with concentrated sulfuric acid.
Jemin paused for a moment, then shook his head helplessly.
"Well, although alchemy has evolved, my own skill level is still a bit lacking..."
The reason the meat chunks collapsed is simple: their structure was unstable.
Those cells did not form a complete organizational structure, and those tissues did not form a complete organ system.
They were simply piled up roughly, devoid of any vitality.
"But the direction is right."
As Jemin looked at the pool of liquid, his eyes gleamed with excitement.
The new alchemy can indeed create living matter.
He's just not skilled enough yet, and his knowledge is still lacking.
But as long as he continues to learn and research, one day he will be able to truly create life.
True life.
Jemin withdrew his gaze and looked down at the elixir of immortality in his hand.
The pale golden pill lay quietly in my palm, warm and comforting.
He smiled, put the pill into a container, and turned to leave the laboratory.