Rise of the Alchemy God

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The sensation of his damaged meridians being repaired, only to be damaged again, was far from pleasant.

Especially because the process wasn't limited to just the meridians.

It moved from the meridians to the muscles and then attacked the nerves of the body.

One after another, these bursts of energy passed through different parts of the body, and wherever they went, they left behind a series of damage that was immediately repaired.

Gradually, these surges moved higher and higher, and in the end, through the nervous connections, they reached the brain.

It was at this moment that Ethan realized he was in trouble.

A fierce scream escaped his mouth as he did his best to hold back the cries of pain.

At a certain point, blood started to flow from all seven of his orifices.

First the eyes, then the ears and nose, and finally the mouth.

The more the pain grew, the more blood flowed from his body.

For a moment, Ethan thought it was impossible for him to bleed inside his spiritual sea, but what he didn't know was that his mind was currently replicating exactly what was happening to his real physical body.

Bai Yu, who was witnessing the entire process, seeing Ethan continuously struggle against the pain, couldn't help but shake her head as she thought.

'Any matter related to the soul is very delicate, and no matter what is done, the result will always bring a certain amount of pain,'

For Example:

Simply touching the skin wouldn't hurt anyone, but let's imagine the skin being torn away, leaving only the exposed muscles visible.

Now, if someone were to lightly touch the surface of those muscles, the person would feel a certain amount of burning pain.

And that's just the skin we're talking about.

Now consider the human body as the skin, and once it's removed, what remains is the soul.

If we were to repeat the earlier situation, but this time touching the soul, the pain would be many times worse.

Ethan's soul was not just being touched, but grabbed and manipulated, as the bond between him and the beast's soul grew stronger and stronger.

At this stage of cultivation, Ethan should have been creating a series of connections between him and the spiritual beast's soul so that when he fused the body and soul, bringing them into greater harmony, the process would proceed without too many complications.

The only good thing in all this was that Ethan didn't have to keep his mind stable, as he wasn't the one handling the process, but rather, the system was.

All he had to do was endure the pain and hold out until the process was over.

Only once he successfully broke through this stage would he have to take care of these steps on his own, just as he had done in the third stage of cultivation.

And so, while Bai Yu remained silently on the side, Ethan's mental torture continued.

Ethan didn't know how long it had been going on, but at a certain point, the pain finally stopped, and with the sudden sensation of relief, he lost consciousness.

As he slept, a few system notifications echoed in his mind.

[Congratulations to the host for breaking through into the Soul Cultivation stage.]

[...]

While Ethan was finally entering the Soul Cultivation stage, high in the sky of his sea of consciousness, a certain artifact was undergoing some changes.

The familiar series of symbols lit up once more, with one of them eventually losing its brightness, which evaporated from it and descended downward.

The number of illuminated symbols had gradually decreased as Ethan progressed in his cultivation, and now fewer than half remained active.

The day when Bai Yu would obtain complete freedom was drawing near.

The glowing dust descended, and before long, it reached near Bai Yu and Ethan.

Without stopping, it moved toward Bai Yu and wrapped around her.

Bai Yu, seeing this phenomenon, wasn't alarmed, in fact, she seemed to have a certain gleam of anticipation in her eyes as she closed them and waited for something to happen.

Outside Ethan's sea of consciousness, the forehead of an unconscious Ethan lying on the ground began to glow, and luminous particles flowed out of it.

The particles flowed out in large quantities, and little by little, they began to condense in one spot.

Gradually, a figure began to take shape, and in another 20 seconds, the completed figure of a woman with silver-gray hair materialized next to the unconscious Ethan.

Bai Yu, who had materialized outside, slowly opened her eyes as she raised her hands and moved them to feel their sensation.

"Haa, I can finally feel my body," she said with a voice that contained a certain joy.

Previously, when she materialized outside the sea of consciousness, it was nothing more than her spiritual form condensed outside the spiritual sea.

Over time, that form had become solid enough to interact with the outside world, but it was still a spiritual form.

The things she could do were very limited.

In fact, she was barely able to carry out some of the instructions Ethan had given her when he was burned and needed her to heal him.

But now, it was no longer the case.

This was not her spiritual form but her body.

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It was Bai Yu in flesh and bone.

If Ethan could see her now, he would be shocked, because the current her was not the usual one he was used to seeing, either outside or within the spiritual sea.

She was much more beautiful, with more delicate and defined facial features, alabaster-white smooth skin, and flowing silver-gray hair as soft as silk.

No matter from which point of view she was looked at, the current Bai Yu was significantly more enchanting than the one Ethan had been accustomed to seeing.

Bai Yu's crystalline blue eyes shimmered for a moment as they moved toward Ethan's body.

Suddenly, Ethan's bloodied body was surrounded by a thin layer of blue energy, and he began to float.

She moved her hand, and a bed materialized from nowhere, as if she had used the air to fabricate it.

She placed the unconscious Ethan on it.

However, unlike before, Ethan wasn't bleeding or battered anymore.

In fact, he looked as good as new, as if he was just peacefully resting.