Mechanical Alchemist-Chapter 607 - 642: Alchemy Divine, Kaleidoscope, Primogenitor

Su Lun was captivated by the notes in his hand.

Since his awakening as the "Reaper of Death," no alchemical knowledge had ever seemed so crude and incomprehensible to him until this moment.

He flipped through the pages, and when he reached the latter parts, he surprisingly found some twisted, special characters.

The special material of the notebook allowed it to bear some unique Power of Laws, clearly a high prophecy unlike any ordinary text.

Upon seeing this, Su Lun realized it was the language of the Dragon race.

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Mr. Jing had once mentioned that his own father mastered the dragon language, and indeed, he had.

And his mastery was profoundly deep.

Su Lun also immediately realized that what Sir Isaac wanted to express next could not be accurately conveyed by ordinary text.

Thus, he used this high language capable of describing cosmic laws.

Su Lun knew this was the final safeguard left by the Alchemical Demigod for his own research.

If it weren't for Su Lun drinking from the Mimir's Well, enabling him to peel apart the dragon language, perhaps only one person in the alchemical plane could understand the latter part of these notes.

That person was Mr. Jing.

No matter whose hands the fifth notebook fell into, ultimately, they would be led by the fate entangled in the translation of the dragon language, eventually finding Mr. Jing.

If the notebook fell into the wrong hands, Mr. Jing's power was also enough to ensure these precious notes could return to the right course of destiny.

What a thorough contingency plan.

Without dwelling on this matter, thoughts in Su Lun's mind wildly scattered in every direction.

Looking at the content expressed in the dragon language,

those rune-like dragon characters transformed into threads of laws, various mysterious symbols, lines of alchemical formulas...constantly appearing, combining, calculating, and elevating in his mind.

The content is as follows:

"So, let me first explain what I understand 'hidden rules' to mean.

Usually, we think that when practicing Alchemy to exchange element A for element B, it is completed directly through an energy transformation.

It's a direct process from A to B.

But when I discovered the existence of 'hidden rules,' I realized that perhaps my thoughts had overlooked a hidden procedure.

That is, this conversion process actually involves a certain 'dark element X' before the transformation occurs.

Which means, it's A→X→B.

Although the result is the same, the path is completely different.

It's just that this process is beyond our human cognition and cannot be directly observed, so it was ignored.

Even though I've reached the pinnacle of alchemy in my professional dimension, and distinctly felt the constraints of this dimension, I still cannot observe the existence of this 'hidden rule.' I even suspect that ordinary gods can't observe it either.

And this hidden pathway is the foundational principle of my embodiment.

This might indeed be the essence of the 'equivalent exchange' in Alchemy.

..."

Sir Isaac, although he tried hard to use the simplest terms to help the reader understand what he wanted to express,

Su Lun felt his thoughts were like a sponge absorbing too much water, growing heavier and heavier.

Even with his current intellectual capacity, understanding the existence of 'hidden rules' was extremely challenging.

As Sir Isaac described, humans cannot directly observe this special cosmic rule; they can only infer its existence through certain experiments.

Using the equivalent exchange in Alchemy to steal a part during the 'hidden rules' process.

Dark energy, dark matter, hidden rules...

All this opened up a new world for Su Lun.

A mystery he had never been aware of, yet it was a high-order secret hidden deep within the mysteries of the universe.

Once mastered, it immediately transcended all the laws within his cognition!

...

"I applied this rudimentary understanding of the 'dark rules' to alchemy, as I happened to have a 'Divine Blood' on hand, which I refined into the prototype of the God Slayer. This also granted mortals the power to oppose deities."

"According to my design, this is a continuously strengthening alchemical artifact. This artifact has already integrated all the alchemical knowledge I have learned in my life, but it is still a 'semi-finished product.' Theoretically, it is perfect, but it lacks materials, which is the 'Divine Blood.' If you can find more Divine Blood to integrate in the future, its function will become increasingly perfect, and perhaps some issues I hadn't considered will emerge..."

"Although I have made this artifact as compatible as possible for human integration, since it is crafted from Divine Blood, the integration conditions are still very stringent. I hope the destined keeper of my notes can find a way to integrate it, at which time you might possess an 'Alchemical Divine Blood,' truly mastering the mysteries above the divine realms. If this is too difficult for you, then please pass along these notes. The fragile alchemic dimension is so delicate that just a single dimensional passage breaking could lead to the vast crisis of the entire dimension's destruction. Fortunately, we stand on the shoulders of giants; countless predecessors have left us numerous alchemical knowledge and volumes. I hope that one day the brilliance of alchemy will illuminate all the dimensions."

"..."

Su Lun fell into a contemplative state, completely unaware of the passage of time.

He placed the five notes beside him, each blessed with "Aike's Blessing Halo," wore the [Blessing of Xerea] ring, drank some [Poet's Honey Wine], and used almost every means available to enhance understanding.

It was only after Su Lun had gathered all five books that he discovered their content was unified!

The content recorded in the last of the fifth note needed some descriptions from the previous four to be decrypted.

This way, even if a deity from another realm got hold of one of the books, it would be difficult for them to understand anything.

However, the content about the "dark rules" was really profound.

It made Sir Aikesa continually express his "shallow understanding."

Initially, Su Lun thought this Alchemical Demigod was being modest, but once he understood some of it, he knew that wasn't the case.

The power above the ninth order was too difficult for mortal cognition to comprehend.

Su Lun decided to read through all the content first.

When he understood the principle of this "Sir Isaac the God Slayer," he exclaimed again, "Sir Isaac really is a genius in alchemy, to think of using a piece of Divine Blood to craft an artifact to counteract the power of gods. And this artifact can even continue to grow..."

The integration will grant an 'Alchemical Divine Blood,' offering a chance to break beyond the ninth order, which is of immeasurable significance for any professionist related to the alchemical dimension.

Su Lun could not express how shocked he felt at the moment.

Besides amazement, all that was left was deep contemplation.

According to Sir Isaac's description, that God Slayer artifact was sealed within the notes.

When he could fully understand the content of the notes, he would be able to break the seal.

According to Sir Isaac, Su Lun felt that even if he truly entered the ninth order

Su Lun did not plan to bring it out now and stored the notes in his small void realm.

At this moment, he finally understood all the profound intentions Sir Isaac had left in the manuscript.

The [Heart of Alchemy] provides humans with an immense amount of Spiritual Power they could not obtain themselves; [Giant's Strength] and [Dragon Patterned Golden Body] enhance the physical body enough to support the integration of 'Alchemical Divine Blood'; [God Profaner] grants the professionists the cognitive ability to understand the rules above divine realms; and the last step, [God Slayer], is for creating an alchemical deity.

The five notes gathered the greatest alchemical wisdom of this age.

It was then that Su Lun understood that the explanations of the artifact systems in the five notes, which moved from complex to simple, were actually to help the reader gradually comprehend, from a layman's perspective of the 'appearance,' a professionist's view of the 'elements,' from higher tiers' perspective of 'laws,' to the top tier's touchable 'rules.'"

This Alchemical Demigod put much thought into each detail.

However, putting aside that artifact for now, Su Lun felt that the concept of 'dark rules' had the greatest impact on him.

He vaguely felt that this might be his direction of exploration for years to come.

Regarding "dark matter," "dark energy," "dark rules"...

Su Lun felt he might understand them more easily than others.

Because his own awakened talent was aligned with the law of Death.

And Sir Isaac mentioned in the notes that there were countless rules in the universe, but two of them were "Creation and Destruction."

In a sense, Death was a manifestation of the destruction of living beings.

And after discovering the "dark rules," Su Lun had a thought, could I apply this to the laws of Death?

He had, after all, once resurrected himself.

He had always been curious about where exactly the power of the gods acted to resurrect the dead.

Now, he seemed to understand a bit more.

Although the methods might differ, Su Lun now had a direction regarding the concept of "death and resurrection."

No longer was he completely clueless about the powers beyond the ninth tier as he had been before.

Following this direction, Su Lun faintly felt he might discover a new world.

...

"The teacher once said that collecting five notebooks hides the ultimate secret of alchemy, but what could it be?"

Su Lun still held great anticipation, but he couldn't yet comprehend or reveal the ultimate secret hidden within the notes.

The time spent reading the notebooks seemed to have passed in a blink, yet Su Lun knew a considerable amount of time had actually gone by.

Since there was nothing urgent, he continued staying at Storm Manor.

Now that he had gone through the notes once, his thoughts circled back and he murmured, "It's been five days already..."

In his perception, Mr. Jing had already been in the manor for two days, probably because he didn't want to disturb him, and so hadn't come down.

Su Lun put away the notebooks, looked around, and found nothing else of note at the underground altar.

He looked at the five hooded figures of Dawn Cross, his eyes flickering with contemplation.

The opportunities left by these Alchemy Sages had fallen into his hands after countless years, feeling like some kind of inheritance, suddenly adding a weight of responsibility on his shoulders.

Without much thought, Su Lun instantly appeared in a bedroom in the manor.

He remembered this was Pestoia's boudoir, where, on his first day in this world, he had almost been killed by this ghostly miss.

Su Lun looked at Mr. Jing and greeted, "Senior sister, sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It's fine. I also needed the time to digest what I found."

Mr. Jing smiled, gave him a look, and curiously said, "I heard from Pestoia you found the fifth alchemy manuscript?"

She was also curious about what her father had recorded in the last notebook.

"Yes."

There was no need to put on airs with his own senior sister, Su Lun couldn't hide his joy, and shared, "Only after solving the All-knowing Eye did I understand the secret hidden in the basement altar. Oh, senior sister, you have no idea, it was such a clever restriction..."

If he hadn't been clever, it might have been hopeless to discover it even above the ninth tier.

"Indeed, it was father's style."

Mr. Jing listened with a smile in her eyes, feeling a sense of familiarity from the hiding technique and reminisced, "When we were kids, father always liked hiding our gifts in places that were right before our eyes, yet inconspicuous. He always warned us not to be deceived by appearances and to look beyond. The truth is often hidden right beside us, yet constantly overlooked."

Pestoia also chimed in with a pout, "Ah... I remember my sixth birthday present, father made me search the whole manor myself. It took me half a month to find it was actually on the doll I played with every day."

Hearing this, Su Lun immediately thought of the "unwritten rules" mentioned in the notebooks.

Wasn't this hiding right in sight, yet unseen?

It turned out that from childhood, Sir Isaac had been cultivating his daughters' perception of things.

This way of thinking, once formed, would benefit them for a lifetime.

At that moment, Su Lun thought of something and asked, "Senior sister, did you find the ninth-tier armor you needed?"

Mr. Jing looked at him, "Yes."

Su Lun continued, "What I mean is, I discovered a very powerful armor in the fifth notebook..."

He broadly described the Divine Blood God Slayer and the scenario of the unwritten rules.

Mr. Jing frowned upon hearing this, while Pestoia completely lost interest.

When Su Lun was about to ask if his senior sister could use such armor, she said, "No. Although the armor is powerful, it doesn't match well with my abilities."

She then took out a plant-like installation resembling an eyeball and added, "This 'Mirror Kaleidoscope' suits me best."

Su Lun originally wanted to introduce more about the "God Slayer," but once he recognized the epic quality attribute of the equipment Mr. Jing was holding, he immediately dismissed the idea and instead asked in amazement, "Sister... after you've merged with this equipment, can you create mirror images of yourself?"

Mr. Jing clearly knew that Su Lun recognized the value of the equipment and didn't elaborate further, simply stating, "Yes. I should be able to replicate three mirror images of myself at almost the same combat strength. Once my rank stabilizes, this number could double. If I am capable enough, theoretically, there is no limit to the complexity."

"That's amazing!"

Su Lun couldn't help but express his admiration.

It was at this moment that he understood why Mr. Jing said that after merging with the equipment, it would be difficult to be defeated by anyone below the level of a god.

Given her own strength was already formidable at the ninth tier, what about... replicating a hundred versions of herself?

Damn, wouldn't that be overwhelmingly powerful?

Mr. Jing clearly saw what he was thinking and laughed, "It's not that exaggerated. My own energy is limited; the more duplicates I make, the weaker each individual's combat strength will be."

Su Lun knew she was being modest.

Because at this moment, he had already sensed the imposing presence in Mr. Jing's bloodline.

Like the Demigod Medusa, it was a pressure that originated from a higher species.

Su Lun knew well; his sister must have found another very important thing, "Sister, did you successfully merge with your 'Primordial Bloodline'?"

"Mm."

Mr. Jing nodded, illuminated by the light, her stunningly beautiful face even revealed a demeaning look characteristic of a vampire progenitor.

The blood race bloodline is unique and not derived from gene potions. They convert blood descendants through "Embrace."

The process is cumbersome and mysterious.

Simply put, it involves extracting half the blood from a blood descendant and then merging it with half of one's own blood.

That's why there are second-generation blood descendants, third-generation... with each generation, the potential of the bloodline decreases significantly.

Mr. Jing's blood race bloodline was originally obtained when Sir Isaac captured a demigod-level vampire progenitor from the abyss and extracted its blood for modification.

Since there was no need to consider the life of that blood race individual, all the progenitor's essence blood was drained.

But at that time, Mr. Jing's strength was not enough to support her undergoing a complete bloodline inheritance, so she only merged with half of the bloodline.

Now, after so many years, Mr. Jing has fully assimilated that half of the bloodline, advanced to the ninth tier, and is also able to bear the other half.

Looking at the current situation, it means that Mr. Jing has all the bloodline inheritance of that demigod vampire, and from a biological level, she has advanced to a higher life form. As a blood race member of the abyss's undead clan, she excels at various combat recoveries and devouring others' power for her own use.

Once she completely absorbs this power, the growth in her strength will be immense, not only in combat strength but also in her life form.

The primordial blood ancestor, who stands on par with Medusa, belongs to a definitive mythical demigod bloodline.

It's conservatively estimated to increase several times over.

With her current "Mirror Kaleidoscope" equipment, who within the ninth tier can still defeat her?

These advancements were probably already planned by an Alchemical Demigod from the very beginning, meant to serve as a trump card for reinforcing the foundation of the alchemical civilization.

Su Lun felt an inexplicable anticipation.

...

Of course, Su Lun was happy about his sister's increase in strength.

This trip to Old Lington not only yielded the fifth notebook, but Mr. Jing also had a considerable boost in power, all to their great delight.

And now, apart from a planar gateway, there was little else worth lingering for in this Dawn Relic. Though it still contained many treasures, they would leave them for future Scavengers.

The three of them talked in the room for a while, and then, Su Lun asked, "Sister, where do we go now?"

Mr. Jing simply said, "First, let's deal with the risks at the Old Lington Governor's mansion and then leave."

Su Lun said with a half-smile, "That's what I was thinking too."

He hadn't forgotten the acolytes of the heaven god who had set up the teleportation circle here and their inextricable connection with the Governor's mansion.

Since they were here, they might as well completely resolve this hidden danger.