Method of Becoming a God, Price of Life (Fourth Update)

Everyone was shocked, utterly shaken.

They silently said to themselves: Badass!

"So the terrifying technology their entire empire had explored for tens of thousands of years—the God Factory that could turn mortals into gods—was never developed and was completely lost to history, yet we already knew about it?"

"We already possessed the core technology?"

"Those country bumpkins don't know, but we do. Are we really the Universe Center? (Certain)"

"Hermes had long ago told us these secrets?"

Everyone discussed it excitedly.

The Alchemy Emperor said, "Everyone, please calm down and let me continue. I studied these Gods' Gyms and found that they were scattered everywhere, as common as gyms on Earth. Then something strange occurred to me. Such advanced, mysterious places should have been extremely precious, so why were they everywhere? My guess is that they were merely empty shells. Their core secret was in a central factory that transported fitness energy fluid to branches everywhere."

Everyone nodded. It was a very reasonable conjecture.

"Then this energy fluid may be the key. What could it be? Would you all like to take a guess? We already know about it."

At this point, who would not understand?

Everyone broke out in goosebumps. Matter! Primordial matter!

The legendary Gate of Alchemy.

It could exchange everything. One kind of matter pleased another, one kind of matter restrained another, and one kind of matter ruled another. The Alchemy Emperor said, "Yes, you have guessed it. The supreme substance of the Gate of Alchemy was called the mysterious material that could pry open the pinnacle of alchemy. But what exactly was this Gate of Alchemy? Back then, we did not really understand it and were still muddled. Now that I think about it, it should have been a ninth-order gate—not a gate of the Extraordinary