Chapter 1111: Pure Mana
Coupled with the special significance of the Beast God's Blood on the Blazeforge Battlefield, it was all the more precious.
Leon even speculated that the ability to exchange for the Beast God's Blood in the temple probably existed because of the Blazeforge Archfiend. Back then, they left behind the Beast God's Blood precisely to cultivate more Sky Rank orcs...
That way, when the Blazeforge Archfiend breaks free from its seal and its power resurfaces, at least the Blazeforge Orcs won’t be left completely defenseless.
If any of those Sky Rank Blazeforge Orcs managed to advance to the Archfiend stage before the Blazeforge Archfiend escaped its seal, then perhaps the destruction of the Blazeforge Realm could truly be averted...
If the Beast God were to revive in the future, and the coordinates of the Blazeforge Realm vanished into the Endless Void, it would all likely be closely connected to what happened here...
Yet Leon couldn’t help but doubt—outside this battlefield, the Beast God’s Blood, apart from aiding transcendence, seemed to lose much of its significance. For humans, it was never truly essential.
After all, using such things to break through to Sky Rank always comes with side effects—humans don't possess the Beast God's bloodline, after all...
These past days, Leon had been constantly observing the changes within his demi-plane, sensing subtle shifts and unraveling the mysterious influence of the Beast God's Blood. Every fluctuation hinted at deeper laws at work, fueling his relentless research...
Knowing the Beast God's Blood wouldn't be so simple, Leon began a series of meticulous preparations.
Now that the spell research was mostly complete, and the experiments on extracting and purifying low-grade reagents had finally yielded results, Leon opened the Plane Path to his demi-plane and stepped inside...
The entire demi-plane seemed to have completely changed—blood-red mist filled the whole space.
Except for the alchemy lab, which required the purest environment—any impurity could cause the experiment to fail.
This blood-red mist was the lingering power of the Beast God's Blood. When I used alchemical potions to refine and cleanse the Beast God's Blood, all the useful parts were smelted out and combined with the potion to create the Golden Temptation Potion.
The blood-red mist that filled the entire demi-plane radiated powerful energy, slowly merging into the demi-plane itself.
The power was so overwhelming that it exceeded the demi-plane's capacity for absorption, which was why it had turned into endless blood-red mist, saturating the space...
Standing at the center of the demi-plane, Leon closed his eyes and sensed the whole space, feeling the blood-red mist and the changes it brought as it fused into the realm.
After a long moment, Leon opened his eyes. Instantly, the entire demi-plane seemed to tremble—a surge of powerful will swept through the realm, as if a god or demon had descended.
Within the demi-plane, a wild wind suddenly rose. These gusts were like invisible giant hands, driving the blood-red mist from the edges toward the center.
Slowly, the blood-red mist at the edges of the demi-plane faded away, revealing its true form. It was as if an invisible circle kept shrinking, binding the mist and forcing it toward the center.
Once the blood-red mist was gathered at the center, it formed a dense pillar of crimson smoke. Wild winds swirled around it, like a hurricane cage, locking the blood mist firmly in place.
Leon reached out and grasped the pillar of blood-red smoke. Instantly, the air stopped moving—everything here seemed to be under his control. As he clenched the void, the towering pillar began to shrink.
A few seconds later, the pillar of dense, blood-red smoke was compressed into a sphere. Its terrifying power surged and struggled within, and if it exploded, it would rival a powerful transcendental spell.
Frowning, Leon manipulated the power of the entire demi-plane, relentlessly compressing the three-to-four-meter-wide sphere of blood.
After more than ten minutes, the sphere—formed from a mass of dense smoke—quivered slightly. At its core, a single viscous drop of blood condensed. Instantly, the difficulty of compressing the sphere vanished...
The compressed sphere, like a blood ball, collapsed inward. In just two or three seconds, it condensed into a single, viscous drop of fresh blood.
He gazed at the viscous drop of blood in his hand—it seemed metallic, fused together, and would slightly deform when squeezed.
Leon quietly examined the drop of blood. On the surface, it looked no different from the Beast God's Blood.
A few minutes later, a look of sudden realization appeared on Leon's face.
So that's it. I was right after all. According to the method in my memories, the Golden Temptation Potion, after breakthrough, causes almost no side effects—except for some minor aftereffects that only appear in the latter half of Sky Rank.
After the breakthrough, nothing in the Beast God's Blood can affect you, regardless of race...
It turns out that by refining all the rule fragments from the Beast God's Blood, everything else is discarded as impurities and dissipates...
That's why, even when using the powerful bloodline of the Beast God, your own bloodline remains unchanged.
For a mage to complete the final transcendence, the most fundamental process is to continually comprehend and establish foundational rules. Once those rules are set, you have your own understanding, and then use that power to manipulate the world's rules.
That's how transcendence is achieved. So, the final step is the hardest—it's not about talent for humans, but about understanding the rules.
Even the broken rule fragments in the Beast God's Blood come from a being as powerful as the Beast God—a god-demon level existence. Helping a mage complete transcendence is almost effortless...
But aside from the rule fragments, the greatest part of the Beast God's Blood is its contained power. This drop of blood is pure, condensed power.
Once the rule fragments are gone, the blood collapses during alchemical refinement. Any possible fragments of the Beast God's spirit dissipate, and when it reconvenes, only the purest, cleanest power remains...
This vast, pure power, if nothing unexpected happens, will gradually merge into the demi-plane. When that happens, the demi-plane will undergo another round of growth.
But using it to help the demi-plane grow is a waste, and the effect isn't even that great...
Leon looked at the drop of blood in his hand and shook his head slightly.
A demi-plane doesn't need such pure power to grow...
Cultivating a natural demi-plane is a lot like growing crops. If you water them with the purest water, even if the crops don't die, the harvest won't be great.
Plants need water most of all, but what's even more important are the trace elements within it. Those are what ensure a good yield; water alone just keeps the crops alive...
Similarly, cultivating a natural demi-plane requires magic most of all—it's the key to growth. But besides magic, the tiny 'impurities' within magic are even more essential.
Mana Vines are the greatest shortcut for demi-plane growth, not just because they can pull vast amounts of magic from the Endless Void once rooted.
More importantly, in the Endless Void, whether it's elemental storms or void storms, besides pure magic, there are even more impurities.
For humans, these trace elements are considered impurities, but for a natural demi-plane, they're the most critical requirement for growth.
It's just like how plants thrive when fertilized with manure...
Mana Vines are the key to ensuring a natural demi-plane's comprehensive growth and diversity. If only pure power is used, the demi-plane might end up like an elemental plane.
Such planes have extreme environments and species. Aside from size and energy capacity, there's no room for progress...
This is the basis of rules...
So, though pure power can cause the demi-plane to grow, it's not very useful and is too wasteful. Leon planned to use this pure power elsewhere.
There are many ways to use such pure energy, and Leon had many ideas—but this substance is incredibly rare. Pure, flawless energy almost never appears.
Even the magic crystals of Sky Rank magical beasts aren't this pure, nor is the mana within a mage's body.
Whether it's the magic crystal of a magical beast or the mana within a mage, it all carries its own imprint or other things. For oneself, it's fine, but for others or other uses, it's considered impure.
This pure power is like a universal remedy—it can be used anywhere.
By setting up an alchemical array and placing this drop of blood at its center, the array can unleash its greatest power—even surpassing its limits.
It's like the difference between a spell and an ultimate spell—ordinary magic crystals or other materials simply can't produce such power.
Even if you let your subordinates absorb this pure power, it would shorten the process of accumulating mana. This pure power requires no adaptation—it's like a blank canvas, ready for any color.
There are countless ways to use it, but to truly unlock its potential, careful research is needed.