klisemfg Chapter 579 The Price of Alchemy
Chapter 579 The Price of Alchemy
“Eve, look at this.”
Feng Jin handed over another scroll.
[A hastily written journal entry (Part Two)]
The aforementioned methods... still have gaps.
Re-merging a person's "soul" with a Titan creation does not improve the purity of the golden blood.
Even pure Titan creations are still impurities to the golden blood of the Goldenborn.
The fusion of the human soul with creation can only result in the repair of impurities in the soul, or the lingering attachment to the annihilation of the soul.
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Even though the Goldenborn and the Creators were all created by the Titans in the creation myth, there are differences between "creation" and "creation".
Titan creations are not a mediating variable in alchemical research; the Golden Blood are closer to the Titans than the creations themselves.
In other words, I should not compare the Titans to the Goldenborn.
The assumptions I'm considering should point directly to Titan itself.
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Opportunities to study Titans are extremely rare, and research subjects should be selected with utmost care.
The Titans, still alive, are difficult to control.
Titans that are long dead have no value.
A dying Titan, the ideal sample.
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We should grasp the principles of creation so that all things are born in a perfect state.
I will forge the Titans with my own hands, reaching the very essence of the soul...
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"It seems that something is missing from this document."
"However, judging from the remaining parts, the key alchemical formula has been taken away, leaving only the process of thinking."
"This, too, is it Anaxagoras's journal?" Eve's expression turned serious.
Feng Jin nodded.
"So, the thing I was most worried about... has indeed happened. As I've been watching, my guesses are slowly taking shape."
"At that moment, Professor Xia was conducting research on 'Soul Transformation.'"
“The essence of alchemy is equivalent exchange, but Anaxagoras intends to use alchemy to recreate human souls…” Eve pondered the feasibility of this method and the dangers behind it.
"This is the teacher's secret research, a blasphemous experiment that cannot be known to others."
“Compared to his public statements, this is the real ‘blasphemy’…” Feng Jin felt increasingly disheartened as she spoke.
Unexpectedly, his teacher also used him as a guinea pig in the experiment.
"Ha, I've figured it out." Eve sneered.
As the head of the Order of the Church, Eve's alchemical skills have long surpassed those of gold.
Although the definitions of alchemy differ between the two worlds, and the methods may also differ, the essence is the same.
Such a simple experiment was easily seen through by Eve.
"What's wrong?" Feng Jin asked immediately.
"Do you remember? When the Black Tide approached, Tree Court intended to transfer the flame of the Titan of Reason, Thersis, but an accident occurred along the way, and Anaxxramas sacrificed himself."
Feng Jin nodded. "I've heard about it."
"But Ceres, the Titan of Reason, seized his body, causing Teacher Xia to 'rise from the dead' at that moment, which led to the current situation."
“That’s right.” Eve nodded.
As someone who experienced it firsthand, she naturally knew what had happened.
"But what if Anaxxagoras's union with the spark of 'reason' wasn't an 'accident'?"
"What do you mean?" Feng Jin asked, puzzled.
"If you were him, facing the approaching Black Tide and knowing your life was nearing its end, what action would you definitely take?" Eve countered.
Feng Jin was silent for a while, then said, "I'm afraid he'll put these conjectures into practice himself, regardless of the cost."
“Yes,” Eve said, getting to the point.
"When the Black Tide invaded, the teacher's true purpose in going to the Throne of Enlightenment was... to perform a transmutation, fusing himself with the spark of the Titans."
"So, Teacher Xia succeeded at that moment?" Feng Jin felt a chill run down her spine.
“No, judging from the reactions afterward, the current situation is probably beyond Anaxagoras’s expectations.” Eve shook her head.
"I'm afraid he didn't expect that the Titan of Reason, Sersis, would make a similar decision."
"The fact that the alchemical manuscripts were taken away indicates that Anaxxagoras's research is still ongoing."
"But what are they used for? Of the Titans left in the world, only..."
At this point, Feng Jin suddenly froze.
"This...no way..."
Eve nodded, her expression very serious.
"The principle of creation should be grasped, so that all things are born in a perfect state," was Anaxagoras's philosophy.
"Now that Anaxagoras is in Ohmar, his target can only be the Titan Cephalus, the one who has betrayed the world."
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Xia asked, "Teacher, the sky we're seeing is fake, right?"
Embeddocks: "Of course, it's fake. It's just a teaching device, a trivial magic trick."
Empedocles: "Now that day and night are out of order, to help you understand the stars, astronomers, with the help of Titan miracles, have altered the light to project 'the nights of the past' here..."
Embedocles: "Just as the sky above the Holy City is illuminated by the dawn machine of the Titan of Cephalus."
That summer: "So, the sky over Ohmma is also an illusion."
Empedocles: "You can't define it that way, Naksha. You must know: only children lift the veil of magic and take pride in it."
Emberdocks: "Many times, people are not truly ignorant, but must pretend to be ignorant."
Naksha: "This is self-deception. The people believe in the creation myth of the Titan Kephale, and they believe whatever the priests say. But you and I, we have awakened from the cave of ignorance."
That summer: "We've realized we live in a world governed by rules woven by Titans, a world filled with their 'starry skies.' Instead of watching over this false, eternal night, why can't I be the one operating the projection equipment?"
Embertocris: “My child, so much time has passed since you planted the seeds of doubt in me. I have spent countless days and nights recording my inferences and wild ideas, only to burn them all when I wake up.”
Xia Nake asked, "Why? Just because it will send us to the stake?"
Empedocles: "As a sage of the 'Worship School,' my roots are already connected to the great tree; every move I make will affect every branch, every leaf, and even shake the tree itself."
Emberdocles: "However, most importantly: as a dying man, I can only speculate about the golden blood and soul through intuition, and cannot put it into practice. The golden bloodline in my body is so thin that I am unwilling to think about conjectures that I am powerless to prove."
Xia said, “But I can, teacher! The time is ripe. Give me everything I need, and I will accomplish this great and noble task for you.”
Empedocles: "Of course, that's exactly what I'm thinking. At the next meeting of the wise men, I will do everything in my power to fight for your rightful entitlement."
Empedocles: "Go, prepare to establish your own school of thought—"
Ebedocles: "Go and discover what 'we' truly are, and become the ones who conquer the ultimate truth of the world."
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Dawn on the Cloud Cliff.
The Demigods' Council, in front of the statue of Cephalo.
“So, Son of Man…” Sersis said earnestly.
"You went to great lengths just to gain some light from the Titan who betrayed the world, Cephalus... I'm afraid it wasn't just to question the gods, was it?"
"Hmph, not bad." Xia snorted coldly.
"If I were a foolish and ignorant earth beast, faced with such power, I might have crawled on all fours on the ground, hoping that the gods would give me divine instructions. Unfortunately, I am a human being who walks upright on two legs and possesses wisdom and dignity."
“Heh…but if I may be so bold, what difference does it make whether one is a human or an earth beast in the face of such a vast disparity in power?” Sersis countered.
"You must have heard the story of the Stikosia: faced with the surging, invading sea, they did not sit idly by, but instead built a dike to withstand the raging waves, putting shackles on the mad sea titan, Fajina."
"I know, but the idea of putting shackles on you is just your imagination."
At that moment, Xia snorted coldly: "Cersis, people say I am a blasphemer. But that doesn't mean I deny the existence of divinity. It's just that in my view, the Titans are nothing more than a power that humanity has not yet conquered."
"Oh? Since you intend to possess power comparable to the Titans, then as the oracle has indicated, take on the trial."
"Ha, merely mastering the power of the Titans is far too superficial."
"What I seek to grasp is the fundamental law of life, the essence of the 'soul'—'What exactly are we?'"
"Thanks to you, I have personally verified through various signs that 'death' is the end of the soul. But where there is death, there is life; where there is an end, there is a beginning—"
"How is the soul born? — In my calculations, only this one unknown remains."
"Judging from your tone, you must have some suspicions, right?"
At that moment, Xia shook her head, a hint of excitement appearing on her face. "No, there is already a conclusion. Just now, during my journey to death, I saw the answer with my own eyes."
Just then, Xia Die's voice came.
"At that moment, Teacher Xia..."
"I am coming."
"I don't want my mother to disappear, so please don't do anything unnecessary."
"Of course, I will make the final decision and give you the answer you want." Xia smiled at that moment.
"But according to the principle of 'equivalent exchange,' I must also ask you for what I need."
"I agree to the exchange."
Xia Die agreed without the slightest hesitation.
"Aren't you even going to ask what the price will be?"
"It concerns the truth about the Death Titan, and Mom..."
"I have no reason to hesitate."
"Alright, then... let the show begin."
"Wait a minute," Serhis interrupted that moment of summer.
"Excuse me for interrupting, but are you preparing to simultaneously prove the location of the Titan who died with Cenatos, and what exactly 'we' are?"
"First, I must admit that I have been caught in a cognitive trap all along."
On the surface, these two propositions seem unrelated; however, they are logically equivalent, merely two descriptions of the "essence of the soul."
"Secondly, why do I say this? As I just explained, the answer lies in that journey to death."
"Teacher, you... went to the underworld?" Xia Die couldn't help but ask.
Xia nodded. "That's right, because I'm a living dead now. But that's not important. What's important is—I overheard a group of heroes talking."
“And not only that… Remember, Cesis? I also saw you participating in that conversation.”
“But as I said, I have never had such a memory. It may have been a hallucination you conjured up before you died.”
"Then it's right that you don't remember."
"Because that wasn't you at all, but 'Calypso,' one of the Seven Sages from Tree Garden."
“Calypso?” Xiaodie suddenly remembered something.
Isn't this the fake name Ceres initially used for them in the Tree Garden?
“Isn’t that a pseudonym I made up on the spot in front of this girl? How do you know?” Sersis asked.
"The Seven Sages are even more of a joke. If they were truly sages who had found refuge under my shade, I would have been able to detect them. Don't you also know the past of the Tree Garden like the back of your hand?"
"It seems you've even forgotten the memories imprinted in your soul," Xia laughed.
"Use your brain and think about it: since all of this happened in the realm of the dead, then they must all be the appearance of someone's soul from the past."
"The living could never have entered this world, so who are they? Especially Calypso, whom I just mentioned, why does he have the same face as you, Sersis, yet the latter has no recollection of anyone?"
"I think the answer is already obvious."
Serhis fell silent.
"Those fallen heroes were the Titans in their pre-godhood form. The gods were not creations born out of thin air, but beings no different from humans, and evolved from them."
"this......"
"What, is this answer disappointing you?"
"Of course, isn't what you're saying the same thing as saying nothing at all?"
"If I am truly a son of man, then where do you sons of man come from?"
“Moreover, even if that’s true… it’s still far from the location of the Titan of Death, Cenatos. How are we supposed to find it?” Xia Die asked as well.
"Ha, I knew you'd all say that..."
“I am confident. Let us ask the supreme god before us to explain everything to us.”
"You...are you confident you can resurrect a Titan?"
"Humans cannot be brought back to life, let alone gods."
"But if you reverse your thinking, everything will fall into place. The answer is simple, just like what you did to me..."
“I have come to be reborn as the Titan of Cephalon, and to recreate all things in the world in its way, shall I not do this?”
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