Almighty Alchemist

Along the way, the ladder leading to the temple has a total of 36,000 steps.

It symbolizes the prosperity and supremacy. In the past, it received incense offerings from countless believers.

In front of the main hall of the temple, Xiu Yi could even see the traces of knives and axes.

Brown lines told him that a bloody massacre had taken place here.

The main hall is very spacious, surrounded by forty-two crystal pillars with different shapes, all of which are made of magic crystals, and the size of the handwriting is jaw-dropping.

The nearby ornate walls are full of colorful totem carvings. Although many of the carvings have been mottled, they still exist under the influence of magic, telling the story of what happened here.

There are thirty-six murals in total.

When Xiu Yi came to the first mural, he saw a group of human beings working hard in the fields, but their lives were poor and they had no food or clothing.

The second painting depicts a sorcerer reciting spells, with misty rain falling in the sky and lush vegetation growing on the ground.

The third picture depicts the beauty of the harvest, countless people are using magic to solve various problems, and the world is thriving.

There are also texts engraved under each picture.

These characters are completely different from the characters Xiu Yi once knew, but they are quite similar to the runes that need to be read when using magic. Xiu Yi struggled to decipher some characters. Some characters were recognizable, but some characters were incomprehensible. He could only guess the meaning based on the picture and a few recognizable characters.

"Father, what do these paintings represent?" Xu asked curiously.

"History, the history of the rise of the Western Continent." Xiu Yi replied, pointing to the first painting, "About 3,000 years ago, humans in the Western Continent were still living in difficult times."

Then he came to the second painting: "At that time, a great figure appeared. His name was... Easterbrook, as if he read it like this. He discovered the power of magic and used it to benefit mankind. He used magic to pray for rain, make plants grow, and let the people live a good life with good harvests."

Xiu Yi looked at the pictures one by one, and told the stories that happened here while watching.

"People's lives are improved because of this, and they worship and admire the power of magic. Open up wilderness, irrigate the land, subdue monsters, build homes, and establish a brilliant magic civilization..."

"People believe that magic is a gift from the gods, and everyone who can use magic is the darling of the gods. So they gathered the power of the whole continent to build a splendid temple in the place with the strongest magic power - the Holy Mountain of Michael, to worship the gods. All the senior magicians of the whole continent were gathered here. They study magic here and lead the lives of human beings."

"In the process of pursuing magical power, people discovered that the world is not a single existence. So the temple began to try to open the way to other worlds. In a great magic experiment, they concentrated the power of a large number of magicians to try to open up a space channel, and they finally succeeded. This made them very happy. In order to explore the unknown world, they sent a large team of magicians to that world."

"On the other hand, the Western Continent itself is undergoing huge changes. In the beginning, people only used magic to improve their lives, but with the emergence of the magic class, there were differences in human levels, and there were nobles and commoners. People who can use magic are born nobles and can enslave others, while those who cannot use magic are born commoners and can only be enslaved. As a result of oppression, the world began to change. More and more civilian rebellions gradually appeared in various parts of the mainland."

"Edric, the leader of a human rebel army, was the first person to discover the existence of Dou Qi. Through countless battles, he gradually mastered the cultivation and use of Dou Qi, and used this powerful power to fight against magicians. He taught his troops the training method of Dou Qi, making them a powerful armed force, and dealt heavy blows to magicians on the battlefield."

"Edric and his army were invincible on the battlefield, causing panic among the nobles. In order to save the defeat, they used negotiations as a bait and invited Edric to a banquet. Edric took a small number of troops to the meeting, but was attacked by a large number of magicians on the way, and Edric died heroically. But the rebellion did not stop. Become a magician's patent."

"The rebel army finally won the final victory. Emanuel, the son of Edric, killed Bamford and became the leader of the new continent. Emanuel personally led his troops to the foot of the holy mountain. Here, he used powerful force in his hands to force the temple to recognize his dominance. Ten years later, Alex, the son of Bamford, killed Emanuel, fled to other continents with his loyal troops, and established his own country there."

"After Emmanuel's death, the temples resumed their dominance. In order to ensure that the mainland would no longer be in turmoil, the temples re-established the rules so that civilians would no longer be trapped in heavy slavery, so that the mainland could recuperate and become prosperous again. The magic civilization of the Western Continent reached its peak at this moment."

"What people didn't expect was that at that time, the team that went to explore other worlds suddenly came back. There were more than 300 people when they went, and there were only four when they came back. But they are no longer what they used to be. It is full of chaos, violence and blood. There, there is no sunshine, no warmth, and killing is the eternal theme."

"After that, in order not to bring panic to the mainland, the temple blocked the news, and only ordered that no one should be allowed to go to that unknown world to explore. At the same time, they began to try to establish a guardian system, because the dead magician told the temple, that world... already knew the existence of human society. One day, they will open the space channel and come here. He called it...the demon world."

"The guardian system is an attempt by human beings to protect themselves. They look for powerful human beings, and give them magical power and tyrannical bodies, so that they have incomparable power. Among all the guardians, Bathgate is the most powerful existence. He is the first person to become a sanctuary and discover the power of the domain. The tyrannical body and mysterious magic make his life long and long. For hundreds of years, he has become the most important guardian of the temple. Whenever there is a rebellion, he is always on the front line. He became justice Avatar, mighty representative, admired by countless people. But as time went by, Bathgate grew weary of it all."

"He has seen too many human intrigues, scheming, and insatiable greed. He began to doubt the meaning of guardianship and his own mission of existence. He began to explore the meaning of life, and was eager to find answers from different angles. So one day, he made a decision. He was going to explore that terrible unknown world and see if he could find what he wanted from there."

"Bathgate finally opened the door to another world and went to another world to find the meaning of life. The guardian Bathgate has since disappeared from the human world..."

Huey's voice stopped here.

Because Xu suddenly yelled: "Father! Do you mean that guy with blue skin is named Bathgate?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Xu's face became extremely ugly: "I've heard of this name, from my mother."

"Who is he?"

Xu stared at the mighty and majestic man on the mural for a long time before murmuring: "The Lord of the Abyss, Bathgate, the founder of the Army of Death...Oh my God, he is actually a human being."

"What did you say?" Xiu Yi was also taken aback.

"I said...the abyss is the demon world, father." Xu replied slowly: "They are the same world. My mother, Rita, was once one of the seven generals of the Death Army."

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The news Xu brought was so shocking that it took Xiu Yi a long time to digest it.

Whether it is the abyss or the demon world, they are actually nothing more than what humans call another world. Speaking of which, the name Abyss is more in line with the true form of that world. There are areas full of flames and scarce resources, and life is extremely difficult to survive. In order to survive, killing and plundering have become a daily form, and those who cannot adapt can only be eliminated naturally.

The Devil Realm is the subjective judgment of human beings, because they despise the existence of this life form and think that they are barbaric and uncivilized creatures, which are not as noble as human beings. However, it is undeniable that the monsters of the abyss are indeed far more tyrannical than most of the lives in the human world. They grow up in killing and become strong in death. Each one is a natural warrior who has been trained through blood and fire.

And in the abyss, the most famous one is the death army. This terrifying army almost swept and unified the entire abyss. Bathgate is the first master of the Army of Death. But more than a thousand years ago, he suddenly disappeared mysteriously, and a powerful death army disappeared with him.

Shortly thereafter, his successors, Aldous and Egmont, successively became the new leaders of the Army of Death, the new Lords of the Abyss. However, whether it is Aldous or Egmont, they are extremely afraid of Bathgate. Because this guy is too powerful, and later his strength has reached a height that the latecomers can't even match. They were deeply afraid that one day Bathgate would suddenly return, so the two masters of the abyss had never dared to call themselves the deputy commanders of the Death Legion.

For thousands of years, the Army of Death has only had the deputy head of the army, not the head of the main army.

Rita the Dragon was later a member of the Legion of Death. She had never seen Bathgate in person, but only knew that he had two horns on his head, a ferocious face, a bluish complexion, a tall stature, blazing flames all over his body, and possessed almost invincible strength.

I believe that if she was here, she would be shocked to hear that Bathgate, the terrible Lord of the Abyss, was originally a human being.

Xiu Yi's eyes glanced at the mural at the back, and after hearing what Xu said, he already understood what happened afterwards.

He went straight to the last few murals: "It seems that Bathgate did not disappear mysteriously. After he went to the abyss, he gradually degenerated. He thought he had found the meaning of life, which is death and killing. He believed that the law of the jungle is the fundamental law of life, the law of natural selection. The abyss follows this law, and human beings violate this law. Therefore, human beings should not be creatures that exist in the world. Disaster."

In front of this mural, a strong man with two horns on his head and surrounded by flames, as Xu described earlier, was standing on a group of corpses, looking up to the sky and roaring wildly. Surrounding him were countless soldiers of the Death Legion following him. Xiuyi had never seen these beings, except for one of them—the demon spirit.

Judging from the ranking, they are the lowest-level cannon fodder soldiers, but in the human world, they have become the secret weapon of the Lance Empire.

"And then what? Father."

"Later?" Xiu Yi smiled, and he came to the next painting: "The temple also has very powerful power at this time. They invented many super spells, and they even invented...the sword of glory?"

Xiu Yi was completely stunned.

According to the stories on the murals, the study of magic and alchemy in the Western Continent at that time had reached a considerable level. They even forged the Four Lawful artifacts such as the Sword of Brilliance and the Cup of Life. However, Bathgate, the lord of the abyss, also has an outstanding alchemy talent. Long before the invasion, he used the power from the abyss to create the Blade of Darkness to deal with the Sword of Brilliance, the Ring of Soul Devourer to deal with the Cup of Life, the Book of Darkness to deal with the Holy Book, and the Dragon Spear of Doom to deal with the Scepter of Light and other chaotic four magic weapons.

In terms of power, the Four Magic Weapons have a completely suppressive effect because they are made for the Four Divine Weapons.

From this point of view, whether it is the temple or the demon world, their attainments in alchemy have actually reached the pinnacle.

The war was thus at a standstill, and Huey read on.

"With the invasion of the demon world, the temple led the people of the mainland and Bathgate to wage a great war. The four artifacts failed to bring victory to the temple, because Bathgate's power grew tremendously in the abyss, and was countless times stronger than before he entered the abyss. His dark magic brought people terrible death, made the land barren, and no vegetation grew. Wherever his army went, only death and flames existed. Bathgate decided to attack the temple himself, and the temple was about to fall. The demon, the temple decided to fight back. They gathered all the magicians and artifacts to the temple, and with the help of the super magic circle refined by the alchemist, they launched a forbidden spell. The powerful power covered the entire continent, cleaning all life, no matter human beings or other existences, even the mighty Bathgate could not escape. This power was too strong, so that even the Western Continent itself could not bear such a force. The final result was that the Western Continent sank to the bottom of the sea. They protected the central part of the continent with an eternal barrier, and the rest of the continent could only be left to perish. The only thing that was not destroyed by this power was the eight weapons of gods and demons, but they were scattered everywhere and disappeared without a trace. Since then, the people of the western continent have perished together with the army of death. Because the war happened so quickly and ended so suddenly, the people of other continents didn’t even know it happened.”

"The Western Continent disappeared like this, and has ceased to exist since then."

"It's so interesting. Humans created guardians to protect themselves, but in the end they destroyed themselves." Xu muttered.

"Lifting a rock to shoot yourself in the foot is exactly the characteristic of human beings, Xu."

"In this case, what happened to the teleportation circle in the land of divine favor?"

Huey came to the last picture.

"After the land sinking of the Western Continent, not everyone died immediately. Cripwell, the great elder of the temple, survived the catastrophe. He recorded all the stories here and on these murals, but the time left in his life is running out. He didn't have time to bring everything that happened here to outsiders, so he left a teleportation circle outside, hoping that someone will enter this world in the future, see what happened here, and be fully vigilant and prepared for the future demon world."

"In order to resist the demon world, he left all the spell records of the temple here, including the method of fighting qi cultivation, various magic, alchemy knowledge..."

Xiu Yi and Xu looked at each other, and great joy burst out in their eyes at the same time.

After reading the mural story for a long time, only this news is the most exciting.

Xu jumped up: "Wow, this is amazing, the most glorious Western Continent civilization, the most top-notch temple inheritance, father!"

The little guy jumped into Xiu Yi's arms at once.

Xiuyi looked at the records carefully, and then he pointed to the three gates behind the main hall.

"Behind these three doors, there are inheritances about fighting spirit cultivation, magic and alchemy. As long as you pass the test, you can get them. However, Cripwell, in view of Bathgate's lesson, dare not leave everything to one person. So he made a rule that a person can only enter behind one door and get a kind of inheritance. He doesn't know how many people will enter here in the future, but only three people can get the knowledge left by the temple. There is a seal on each door. When you enter one of the doors, seal The seal will automatically record the physical characteristics of this person. The recorded person cannot enter other gates, otherwise the eternal enchantment will be touched, and the result will be the collapse of the supporting sky and the complete destruction of this continent."

"Can't we arrange the teleportation circle, then forcefully enter the three gates, take away all the inheritance and teleport away? Even if this continent is completely destroyed by then, it will not affect us."

"Impossible. The inheritance of the temple is not in the form of book records. It is directly stored by Cripwell in the form of magical energy, which can avoid the erosion of time. When the entrant enters the gate, he first faces the test of the temple. Those who fail the test will not only fail to obtain the inheritance, but will also be punished. Only those who pass can take away the knowledge behind the door. The only way to take this knowledge is to directly instill it into your body after the temple approves it. Other than that, there is no trick."

"How could this be..." Xu muttered, "Then what would you choose, father?"

"Of course it's alchemy." Xiu Yi replied, pointing his finger to the door in the middle.

Then his movements froze.

Because at that moment he clearly discovered that there was no magic energy on the alchemy gate.

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