The flesh-and-blood structure of a sixth-level
Moreover, the abundant Life Energy of the Flame Throne had greatly benefited Leilin's physical constitution.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at his data panel.
On the Chip's screen, several new lines of data had already refreshed.
[Beep! Advanced cellular structure detected, simulating… Host has absorbed a massive amount of Life Energy. Constitution increasing!]
[Beep! Host's soul has strengthened. Spiritual Power has reached its bottleneck. Breakthrough to Half-Moon level!]
[Beep! Host's physical data has changed. Re-collecting…]
Below that, the Chip had refreshed with Leilin's updated data.
[Leilin Farrell | Warlock | Level 5 | Bloodline: Kemoyn Snake Emperor (Perfect Form) | Strength: 76 | Agility: 62 | Constitution: 176.9 | Mana: 2003 (Mana synchronously determined by Spiritual Power) | Soul Force: 200 (Half-Moon)] The breakthrough in soul force had long been within Leilin's expectations, but the explosive surge in his constitution was still a wonderful surprise.
He possessed the Phoenix Egg as a secret treasure, so the rise in soul force was not the issue — as long as his constitution could keep up, everything would be fine.
It was rather amusing in a way — most warlocks saw their constitution outpace their Spiritual Power growth, but Leilin was different. He progressed too quickly; his Spiritual Power surged forward at breakneck speed, leaving his constitution far behind.
"A Half-Moon level true spirit, with this kind of soul power!"
Leilin's consciousness sank into the essence point. At this moment, his true spirit still maintained that flawless, perfect state, and the cool, luminous soul force had already filled half the volume of the full moon, presenting the image of a half moon.
"A true spirit of this level is already incredibly powerful, but compared to a sixth-level Wizard, it's still quite lacking…"
Leilin sighed, recalling the Flame Throne's true spirit that blazed like a scorching sun, and the soul force that seemed almost solid.
A true spirit of that level could be said to have reached a certain pinnacle — it could persist for a very long time without even needing a Wizard's body.
Then, he couldn't help but chuckle at himself for being too greedy.
The path of a Wizard was one of accumulation. Not only was the Flame Throne's level far above his own, but the time he had spent pursuing the truth was dozens, even hundreds of times longer than Leilin's. Leilin was confident that once he too advanced to the Dawn Sun level, his true spirit would not be the slightest bit inferior to the Flame Throne's.
"And this too…"
Leilin began taking stock of his haul this time around. When Duzhe City had fallen, he had been allotted a massive cache of treasures — a portion of the reserves accumulated by a sixth-level power. Even Dawn Star or Radiant Moon Wizards would have been green with envy.
But for Leilin, these were all external things. He wasn't particularly concerned about them. What drew his attention far more was the data recorded in the Chip.
"Soul Bisection?"
Leilin stared at a file within the Chip, a contemplative expression settling onto his face. This was the payment he had extorted from
It could divide a Wizard's true spirit into two parts, forming a unified yet autonomous individual. It could even separate unwanted emotions or even memories from a portion of the Wizard's original self. The effects were extraordinary.
"Sometimes, psychological issues truly become obstacles in a Wizard's path of advancement. This technique would be even more effective for warlocks. I suspect even someone like Aofa would gladly trade everything they own for it…"
Leilin stroked his chin. With this true spirit-splitting technique in hand, they could entirely strip away both the emotionally volatile madness inherent in their bloodlines and the split soul together.
In a sense, this was also a complete cure for the bloodline emotionalization disease afflicting warlocks. A perfectly rational warlock who retained all the original advantages without any of the drawbacks — just the thought was somewhat terrifying. But there was still a small issue.
After the true spirit was split in two, the divided soul would, in a sense, become an independent individual. It could even develop its own will entirely, just like Melinda, and become deeply hostile toward the original Wizard.
The crux of the problem was that because they had originally been one entity, the Wizard could not simply destroy such a split soul — doing so would inevitably damage their own true spirit as well. The only options were banishment or suppression, which meant hidden dangers remained.
"Regardless, this technique is enormously valuable. If the situation hadn't been so urgent back then, Melinda would never have handed it over to me…"
Leilin recalled Melinda as she had been. That witch had originally been one with the Flame Throne. It seemed something had gone wrong during the true spirit splitting, and now she had returned for revenge.
"She's lost a portion of her energy and bloodline, and the soul-level schism was never resolved. Even if Melinda has recovered, maintaining her original strength will be extremely difficult…"
A glint flickered in Leilin's eyes. This was, after all, a situation he had deliberately engineered.
The original Flame Throne's will was finished, and Melinda still needed to heal the damage to her soul as well as the physical injuries Leilin had inflicted — neither of which would be simple matters.
She would be grateful if she could even maintain her sixth-level standing.
Therefore, Leilin was certain the Flame Throne's forces would lie dormant for a very long time. And with Melinda now in direct control — she was not the original Flame Throne — whether she would bother coming after Leilin again was very much an open question.
It could be said that this was the best possible choice Leilin could have made under the circumstances at the time.
"Chip, pull up the Flame Throne's database for me!" Leilin commanded.
Immediately, a massive folder was pulled up by the Chip before Leilin's eyes. The materials inside were extremely disorganized and fragmentary.
Back then, Leilin had used the Cormorant Snake Emperor's Devouring Talent to not only consume a portion of its flesh but also, through his bloodline abilities, to drain its memories and insights into the laws.
However, due to the time constraints, the bloodline memories he obtained were all somewhat incomplete. Still, for the Chip, these were valuable reference materials.
Leilin's gaze swept over these fragmented memory shards, arriving at the deepest layer.
There, several shards resembling crystals, carrying a sense of ancient age, were radiating an intense glow.
Even within the Chip's database, this information only existed in this particular form, which greatly piqued Leilin's interest.
**[Ding! Incomplete insights into the laws of flame! Unable to scan, unable to digitize. Requires the host's soul power to probe directly!]** The explanation from the Chip was exasperating.
This was the content related to insights into the laws that the Chip had extracted from the bloodline memories Leilin had forcibly obtained, yet it had formed this strange state, one that even the Chip couldn't explain.
"This is the problem of different energy systems!" Leilin sighed.
In his view, the entire world was harmonious and unified, yet manifested in different ways. In his previous life, it was a world of atomic science.
The wizard's world was a world of energy, and a world of laws.
In reality, there was only one true world, but atoms, energy, and laws—these were simply things seen from different perspectives.
The different observational angles led wizards and the people of Leilin's previous life to different conclusions.
As a crystallization of atomic science, the Chip being unable to interpret something like insights into laws was perfectly normal.
However, with the Chip's continuous updates and upgrades—especially the establishment of the Soul Database—it was in fact a continuous progression for the Chip, embodying the absorption of the energy perspective and the law perspective.
Leilin had confidence in the Chip's learning ability. One day, his Chip would be able to analyze and deconstruct everything in the universe, becoming the ultimate tool for attaining truth.
As for now, the fact that the Chip could extract and store such insights already satisfied Leilin greatly.
Although it couldn't directly implant them, comprehending the laws through his own efforts was perhaps the most correct path.
Leilin closed his eyes. Within his true spirit, half-moon level soul power spread out, connecting to the crimson insight crystals.
Chapter 478: The Rules of Fire Boom! A massive torrent crashed in on him, and Leilin felt as though he had been reduced to an ordinary person, standing in the midst of a raging flash flood.
Monstrous forces from every direction were ceaselessly squeezing and tearing at his body.
Scene after scene surfaced before his eyes — all of them the insights into the Laws of Fire that the Throne of Flames had comprehended before.
Countless crimson fire-element particles floated before Leilin as if magnified ten million times, layer after layer of mysteries peeling open one by one.
Never once before had Leilin felt so close to the fire element.
The sensation came swiftly and vanished just as fast. In barely a few seconds, Leilin had already recovered from that state of comprehension.
「Ding! Subject's brainwaves have entered a special fluctuation state. No matching records found in the database!」
「Ding! Subject's blood flow rate has increased. Energy radiation fluctuations have accelerated!」
「Ding! Subject's fire-element affinity has increased. Soul talent has been slightly enhanced!」
……
At that moment, the Chip's notification windows refreshed one after another, bringing a faint smile to the corner of Leilin's lips. "Comprehending the Laws of Fire can not only increase fire-element affinity but also enhance soul talent?"
When it came to elemental affinity, Leilin had never had cause for worry. Setting aside the fact that his foundation had been solid to begin with and he had never strayed down the wrong path, several advancements and bloodline enhancements had pushed his sensitivity to both shadow-element and fire-element particles beyond that of most Radiant Moon Wizards.
However, in terms of his original soul talent, he was merely an ordinary third-tier. Compared to those fourth-tier, fifth-tier, or even specially gifted prodigies, he still had a considerable distance to cover. After several advancements, all he had managed was to elevate his originally mediocre soul talent to roughly the peak of the third tier.