In the spacious and cold underground core laboratory, soft and precise shadowless light shines on the central alloy operating table.
Visha lay there quietly, wearing a pure white special laboratory coat. He looked like an ordinary patient about to be pushed into the operating room, not a powerful high-level lich. Ian·Bones stood beside her like a calm mountain, holding a special mask connected to countless precision magic lines in his hand, and was about to cover her face with it.
However, at the moment when he was about to touch her, Ian keenly captured the fleeting worry and fear of the unknown deep in Visha's eyes. His movements paused.
"If you don't get used to it, we can postpone this plan at any time." Ian's voice was low and gentle, without any frivolity or urging, and revealed a reassuring power.
"Just... a little bit nervous." Visha took a deep breath and shook his head, "No, no need to delay, I'm ready."
Ian temporarily placed the mask in his hand on the metal tray aside, and gently held Visha's cold and pale hand with his backhand.
"Remember, I am standing by your side." Ian's eyes were as deep as the abyss, and his tone was filled with unquestionable absolute Haki, "As long as I am here, even the underlying laws of this universe will never get past me to hurt you. So, you don't need to have any worries."
Visha held Ian's big hands that were slightly rough from holding the staff and conducting experiments for many years. Feeling the calm power coming from her palms, the last ripple in her heart was completely smoothed.
"I trust you completely." A pure and beautiful smile bloomed from the corner of Visha's mouth, like the first melting of ice and snow.
Ian nodded slightly, stretched out his hand to gently comfort her long hair, and then decisively placed the mask on her face, guiding her to lie flat on the cold metal bed.
"Buzz--"
With a low mechanical roar, a huge high-strength transparent glass cabin slowly lowered, completely sealing Visha's body inside. Immediately afterwards, a vibrant, dark green, high-concentration nutrient solution spurted out from the pipe at the bottom, quickly filling the entire cultivation cabin, immersing her whole body in it.
Ian took a step back, grabbed it with his backhand, and the staff symbolizing Arcane Empire and the highest Authority suddenly appeared in his palm. He did not hesitate to mobilize his terrifying willpower that had reached Seventh Scale, and with an extremely arrogant attitude, forcibly invaded the underlying law network of the universe!
"Give me the highest access rights of [Authority of Death]!"
Under the overbearing oppression of Ian, Cosmic Will let out a silent cry, and finally had to obediently open the door to the law. In an instant, densely packed gray-black death runes exuding the aura of annihilation were like living creatures, crazily spreading and intertwining on the surface of the glass cabin, forming an extremely complex arcane array.
At the same time, Ian's eyes were instantly replaced by dazzling pure white light. With the double blessing of "Cosmic Perception" and Authority of Death, his sight directly penetrated Visha's physical body and descended without any hindrance into her "Soul Space" hidden deep in the dimension.
"Morgana, inject Pure-blood clear." Ian issued a cold command to Zhi Nao through the spiritual link.
"Follow your orders, body."
The moment the command was given, a mysterious liquid as black and viscous as ink was accurately injected into her body through the mask on Visha's face. This was no ordinary Potions, this was Ian used the bodies of the aloof "god" and demon king "Satan" captured from the world of <Black Clover>, and refined and Fusion it countless times to create the ultimate serum!
This serum contains the most extreme Law of Duality in the multiverse - it can not only perfectly weave the angel's absolutely positive life attribute into Visha's Life Code, but it can also reversely amplify her original negative Death Force that originally belonged to the lich to a great extent!
As the serum was injected, a violent rejection reaction immediately appeared. In the next few minutes, Visha's body began to have uncontrollable violent spasms and twitches in the green nutrient solution, and countless black and white energy arcs were running wildly on her body surface.
"Real-time monitoring at the atomic level is ongoing... Vital signs are at a controllable threshold, and the progress of gene chain reorganization is stable." Morgana's emotionless mechanical voice echoed in the laboratory, ensuring that every tiny cell mutation is under the absolute control of Ian.
When the genetic modification on the physical level was announced to be completed, the most dangerous link - soul mutation - officially began.
In Soul Space of Visha, her soul body, which was originally in a translucent ghost state, is undergoing earth-shaking changes at this moment. Two completely different but equally vast energies burst out in her soul: one side is the bright golden light that represents holiness and purification, and the other side is the deep darkness that represents death and decay!
These two kinds of light were like two undying armies, starting a crazy fight and tug-of-war in the territory of her soul.
Ian's whole mind was highly concentrated. He held the Death Staff in his hand tightly, like a god in control of the overall situation, carefully intervening in this soul battle. Whenever the black Death Force was about to swallow the golden light, he would wave his staff and forcibly inject the sacred law to restore balance; and when the golden holy light tried to completely purify the darkness, he would also suppress it mercilessly.
This process of forcibly violating the common sense of the universe and kneading absolute light and darkness together not only requires the consumption of a huge amount of magic power, but also requires Ian not to make even one ten millionth error in micro-control, otherwise Visha's soul will collapse together with the entire dimension!
This intense soul surgery lasted for several hours.
Finally, under the strong combing of Ian, the two violent energies reluctantly stopped the riot and began to entangle each other in an extremely mysterious Tai Chi trajectory. Fusion. Finally, these two energies were completely integrated into the eyes of Visha's soul - her left eye turned into bottomless pure darkness, while her right eye turned into bright dark gold exuding divine pressure!
'It's done.'
Ian breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and his tense nerves finally relaxed. In order to ensure nothing was missed, he once again used the highest authority to conduct a carpet-like investigation of all core data such as Visha's Soul Space, the compatibility between soul and body, and the stability of the new bloodline.
After confirming that there were no hidden dangers even at the micron level, he finally cut off the output of mana, declaring the perfect conclusion of this soul surgery that could be recorded in the history of the Arcane Empire.
"Morgana, stop the anesthesia, inject her with the highest concentration of life-restoring medicine to repair the physical damage. At the same time, organize and seal all the core data of this operation." Ian gave the aftermath instructions in an orderly manner.
After a few minutes, the green liquid in the culture chamber was drained and the glass cover slowly rose.
Ian stepped forward and quietly stared at Visha who came to life. At first, her eyes were a little confused, but after just a few seconds, Qingming, a high-level spellcaster, regained the high ground.
"How do you feel?" Ian asked.
Visha slowly sat up and looked down at his hands that had not only regained their vitality, but even had a hint of warm blood.
"It's amazing... I feel like I've become 'different'." There was a hint of shock in her voice.
"Is it the good kind or the bad kind?" Ian asked.
"I can't define it accurately yet." Visha said, while gently pressing her hand on the operating table made of precious Magic Metal metal where she just lay.
She closed her eyes, and the dark golden light in her right eye flashed slightly.
"Purification."
Without any cumbersome chanting, an extremely pure white holy light, even more dazzling than the god Heaven Realm, spurted out from her palm, instantly covering the entire metal stage.
A jaw-dropping scene happened: the hard operating table, which was originally Blink Blink Blink, had a silvery-white magic luster, but under the baptism of the holy light, all its luster faded in the blink of an eye, turning into a pile of scrap metal as black as charcoal!
"Is this... the purification power of the high priest?" Visha looked at his hands in astonishment, "But why does this table look like this?"
"Because the purification power you emit is too overbearing." Ian stepped forward, stretched out his hand and gently broke it on the charcoal-like table, and he easily broke off a piece of black waste with no flexibility.
"This operating table was forged from high-grade magic ore. Your spell not only purified the magic impurities mixed in the ore, but even the 'magic bonds' that maintain the metal's atomic structure were 'purified' by you. To put it simply, you purified it too much, causing it to degrade into a piece of worthless waste slag."
Hearing this explanation, Visha nodded thoughtfully. Then, she raised her hand again, and this time, the dark Abyss in her left eye turned slightly.
"Undead Summoning."
Along with the creepy aura of death, a dark summoning array appeared out of thin air on the floor of the laboratory. A death knight wearing a heavy dark gold armor and holding his burning blue Soulfire head slowly stepped out of the circle. The moment this death knight exuded terrifying coercion, he knelt down on one knee without hesitation in front of Visha, swearing absolute surrender.
"What an incredible miracle..." Visha looked at the death knight in front of him, and then at his own hands that could release the holy light. "I actually mastered the Lich's Death Force and the high-level priest's sacred Authority at the same time, and these two powers did not produce any rejection in my body."
"You are now a walking Law of Duality." Ian's eyes show Blink's appreciation for the perfect work.
In the following time, Visha began to comprehensively test the limits of his strength with the assistance of Ian. Ian recorded all the data in detail. He I was amazed to find that in terms of the achievements of "Holy Purification Magic", the reborn Visha actually showed a terrifying talent that was not inferior to that of the mentally retarded water goddess Aqua!
With her physical condition completely stabilized, Visha also officially started her journey of learning magic as a citizen of the Arcane Empire. In the past ten years, in order to prevent accidents, Pheobe and the others only asked her She taught some basic general knowledge of the Empire. And now, since she has been branded as Ian, the vast treasure house of the Empire advanced magic knowledge has finally opened its door to her.
On the other side, after Visha was settled, Ian devoted all his energy to the research data on "Arcane Spark" left by his wife Lily.
With the help of Lily's nearly perfect design blueprint, Ian only spent a few days to successfully condense a "Arcane Spark" that was uniquely his own in the depths of his Soul Dimension. It was a polyhedral crystal suspended in the center of the sea of souls, exuding deep dark golden light.
"After all, theory needs to be tested by practice. Let me see where the limits of this thing are." Ian whispered to himself.
He directly activated "World Gate", crossed the endless space barrier, and teleported himself to a deserted galaxy that was extremely far away from the living galaxy and absolutely dead.
Standing in the vast vacuum of the universe, Ian took a deep breath, activated the dark gold crystal deep in his soul, and summoned his own immeasurably huge "Positive Karma (good karma)".
"Holy Spell: Extinction of the Stars!"
Boom!
Thousands of complex Arcane Runess that cover the sky and the sun were instantly outlined in Void. Under the terrifying increase of the Positive Karma law, a super-giant artificial star exuding extreme heat and destructive fluctuations suddenly condensed in the center of the rune array!
The next second, this artificial star exploded in the silent universe!
The violent torrent of energy comparable to the explosion of Super Nova swept across the entire galaxy in an instant. Those originally dead planets and meteorite belts melted like ice and snow in front of this force, and the entire galaxy was completely wiped out in an instant!
Luck is that at the critical moment of detonation, Ian used the highest level Space Folding magic to teleport to a safe area. He knew very well that although he used Law of Causality to make this The Tao spell forcibly crossed the barrier of the level and exploded with the destructive power of "Eighth Tier", but his physical defense still stayed at "Seventh Tier". If he had run slower, he himself would have been torn into pieces by this terrifying explosion.
"The power is amazing, and the causal points consumed are much less than I expected." Ian stabilized his body in Void while silently assessing the data.
In order to obtain more comprehensive control group data, Ian once again searched for a deserted star field. This time, he mobilized the "Negative Causality (evil karma)" in his body that should not be underestimated, and released the same "Extinction of the Stars" again.
When the aftermath of the explosion dissipated, Ian frowned slightly as he looked at the more complete traces of destruction in front of him.
"When Negative Causality is used to activate destruction spells, its destructive power is at least 20% higher than when Positive Karma is used. If I guess correctly, the additional bonus of Positive Karma should be reflected in healing and protection spells."
After coming to this precise conclusion, Ian not only did not feel ecstatic, but his eyes became more solemn than ever before. As the supreme ruler of the Arcane Empire, he immediately had a keen insight into the huge social crisis hidden behind this "Arcane Spark".
You know, in the Empire's system, as long as Arcanist's strength reaches "Fourth Tier", he has the ability to condense Arcane Spark in his soul. Although it is forced Releasing Holy Spell across levels will put a huge load on the soul. Most Fourth Tier mages can only release it once or twice at most before exhaustion, but this is still an incredible trump card that can instantly turn the tide of the battle.
The most fatal problem is: since Negative Causality (doing evil) can provide a more powerful increase in destructive power, Ian has no doubt that once this technology is fully promoted without restriction, Empire There will definitely emerge in a large number of lunatics who will do whatever it takes to pursue the ultimate power! They will not hesitate to Carnage innocent people and destroy planets, just to accumulate those huge Negative Causality to enhance their own strength.
If left alone, the entire Arcane Empire will surely fall into the disorder Abyss where Self is destroyed in pursuit of power.
"Not only that, there are also questions about 'Faith Conversion'." Ian rubbed his eyebrows and felt a headache.
Another core function of Arcane Spark is to convert the believer's Faith Power into pure magic power, allowing Arcanist to forcibly raise his rank at a speed that is almost cheating.
Faced with the temptation to become stronger without hard work, countless Arcanist will definitely choose to leave the territory of the Empire and go to other backward planets in the multiverse to enslave those lower civilizations and force them to worship themselves as gods through force and brainwashing, in order to crazily harvest their faith.
"This kind of cancerous system that is counterproductive must not spread wantonly within the territory of the Empire." A trace of cold determination flashed in Ian's eyes.
As a rule maker, he immediately drafted a strict set of restrictions in his mind.
He decided to split "Arcane Spark" into two versions and make them available to the public.
The first version is the "castrated version", which only retains the function of using its own Law of Causality to amplify Holy Spell, completely eliminating the module of Faith Conversion. Moreover, all who apply to practice this version Arcanist must sign the highest level "Soul Contract" with the Empire's law network. The contract will strictly restrict them and absolutely prohibit them from actively committing any crime or Carnage behavior in order to gain causal points.
The second version is the "full version" that includes the functions of Faith Conversion. To obtain this version, the conditions will be outrageously harsh. Applicants not only need to pass the layers of political review of the Empire Supreme Council, but also sign a binding treaty that is more stringent than the castrated version.
Although Ian does not intend to completely block the "Faith Power" road in the Empire, he must lock this beast in an iron cage and put on the heaviest shackles!
After solving the hidden dangers of Arcane Spark and making detailed backup and preparation work, Ian finally breathed a sigh of relief. In this dimension of <KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!>, there is nothing worth his continued exploration.
It's time to return to the Empire base camp.
However, before actually leaving, Ian's predatory nature derived from capitalists once again occupied the high ground. He unceremoniously carried out the last inhumane "big sweep" of the remaining value of this world!
Relying on the supreme power of Seventh Tier, he directly tore apart the dimensions, destroying Heaven Realm, Hell, and all the subsidiary dimensions controlled by the gods and demon kings (including Including the other world where Axel Town was located), they were all looted like autumn leaves sweeping away! A large number of rare resources, ancient documents and otherworld specimens were continuously moved into his Void Pocket.
Then, he set his sights on the earth in this dimension. He launched the space-devouring magic without hesitation, packing up and plundering all the people on the earth - including of course Kazuma Satou and Megumin who had been reincarnated back.
After doing all this, Ian did not immediately start World Gate to go home. He used the dimensional coordinates to start traveling crazily in the parallel timelines of the multiverse. Every time he came to a parallel world, as long as he found that If the population structure of this world is different from what he plundered before, he will be like a greedy farmer harvesting Maze, forcibly sweeping away the entire planet's population to replenish valuable human resources for the Arcane Empire!
He jumped countless times on this crazy path of plunder, until the original will of the universe completely fell into rage and issued a divine punishment to forcibly drive this greedy heretic out of the country. Only then did Ian smack his lips with unsatisfied intentions and stopped what he was doing.
"Forget it, the harvest is already rich enough."
Standing among the vast Blank Dimension, Ian properly accommodated the huge "Floating City" into the internal space of the new version of "World Gate". The reason why he The reason why we did not fly Floating City back is because if we want to fully upgrade this war Citadel to version 3.0 that can carry "Void Core Engine", it will take an extremely long time.
What Ian lacks most now is time. He plans to wait until he returns to the Empire's homeland to conduct a thorough, one-step large-scale upgrade of Floating City. According to his idea, the upgraded Floating City 3.0 will have the ultimate firepower to challenge the terrifying powerhouse "Tenth Tier" head-on!
"Morgana, what's the status of the engine?" Ian stood in front of World Gate's console and asked in a deep voice.
"After the last actual combat data collection, the coordinate calibration of Void Core Engine has been perfectly repaired. Since it is not far from our Prime Universe, it is expected that we can reach home smoothly in just one day's flight." Morgana's report brought good news.
"One day? Perfect efficiency." Ian nodded with satisfaction. You know, in the past, no matter how short the journey was, it would have taken at least several months to cross the world barrier through conventional methods.
As the roar of Void Engine sounded again, World Gate turned into a stream of light that tore through the darkness, speeding towards the hometown that haunts the soul.
Twenty-four hours later, the turbulence in Void gradually subsided.
Ian stood on the edge of World Gate, his deep gaze penetrated the endless darkness. At the end of his sight, the familiar and majestic Cosmic Crystal Wall, as bright as a diamond, was standing quietly in the galaxy, exuding a reassuring light.
Empire, He is finally back.