Eternal Cultivation Of Alchemy

“Blood… Origin?” Alex read the words on the page, half confused, half fascinated.

The word ‘Origin’ made implications that he dared not make assumptions of, at least not so early, lest he disappoint himself. He calmed his beating heart and slowly began reading the words written on the page.

“The following technique can only be learned when a person reaches the Immortal Origin realm. Upon reaching that realm, one can use the following technique to send perfected Blood Aura to their Spiritual Sea, which will now have become ready to create Origin.”

“This technique uses a method similar to the creation of Origins to create a simulacrum Origin beside the person’s own. This Origin is not something that can go through Transcendence, but then it is not something that will have to.”

“Because the Origin will be created entirely using Blood Aura, it will not follow the same law that Origins must, where they change from Spirits to Creation. Instead, with this technique, one can use their Blood Origin as a Blood Creation immediately.”

Alex paused at those words, stunned. “Blood Creation?” he thought.

He wasn’t just creating an Origin with this technique, but rather a Creation? Already?

The possibility sent shockwaves through him. Somehow, he had gone from being unsure which one Creation he could create to now being able to create three?

That wasn’t entirely correct from what he was reading—Blood Origin seemed to be a loose copy of ordinary Origins at best—but even so, it was an Origin nonetheless.

Alex continued reading just in case he was getting ahead of himself and making unfair assumptions.

“This technique, and the other two that will follow, have been created with the stages of the Divine Realm in mind.”

“First comes the Creation, then the Manifestation, and lastly the Domain. The realms at which they come depend entirely on the strength their Blood Origin can reach without it overwhelming their body.”

Alex continued reading, understanding all the important bits of information, until he reached the end. Beyond that was written the technique he needed to follow.

From a glance, it appeared that Alex had to pour his Blood Aura into the book, which would then affect the Blood Aura, turning it into what it called ‘perfected Blood Aura,’ before sending it back for him to use to create his Blood Origin.

Doing so would create a Blood Origin in the figure of what the book wanted. Sadly, it appeared Alex had no choice in what he wanted the Blood Origin to become. Although, he couldn’t even imagine what he would want.

Seeing as an option was conveniently presented for him, he was absolutely happy to make use of it without any hassle. He already had his regular Origin for the two Creations he wanted, so for the third one, he would use what the book gave him.

Going against that would not only mean finding another Creation he wanted but also finding a way to change his Blood Aura to match what he wanted to make, and that was just another layer of trouble Alex didn’t want to go through.

Improve your Blood Aura, create your Blood Origin, and be done with it. That was all that was really expected of him with this book.

Alex saw the slits in the side of the book that would open to the last two pages—the ones that would have techniques equivalent to the Divine Manifestation Realm and the Divine Domain Realm.

Alex caught the book in the air, traced the slit on the side, and sighed as he realized what he already knew. It wasn’t going to open. He needed stronger Blood Aura to open it.

Or perhaps, this time around, a strong Blood Origin.

‘Same thing really,’ Alex thought, as he would need to feed the book Blood Aura to improve his Blood Origin. Whatever the requirement to open the next two pages would be, he would be doing the same action anyway.

Alex read through the technique again, understanding that he could immediately begin to use it should he choose to. He thought for a bit, weighing the options he had.

Would creating Blood Origin before creating his normal Origin be an issue? Would the Blood Aura cause any issues with his Origin?

‘I need to first try out those other two techniques to improve my Origin,’ he thought. ‘Make sure they don’t interfere with this, or this doesn’t interfere with them.’

Hurrying wouldn’t help Alex here. It would only harm him. He needed to use his time wisely.

Alex put aside the book, waiting to see if there was anything else that wanted to pulse at him. The book had been the end of it, so he resumed consolidating his cultivation base.

It took him but a day to complete it, and once he was done, he spent some time going through the three techniques he had received, checking only the compatibility of each one.

The very first thing he confirmed was the fact that he could create Blood Origin alongside his other Origin without them affecting each other. The ‘perfected Blood Aura’ seemed to hold in it a property that didn’t emanate out in his Spiritual Sea once it was turned into an Origin.

Alex didn’t have to test much to figure that out, so he moved on to the other two.

Provenance Duality: Replication and Provenance Duality: Transformation. While their names made them sound similar, the techniques themselves were quite different.

But they both worked to do the same thing: make two out of one.

One did so by replicating, and the other by transforming.

Upon going through those techniques, Alex didn’t find anything contradictory between them that would cause them to fail each other, but there was also nothing there that seemed to come from learning the two techniques at once.

No empowerment.

Alex frowned, as he had hoped for a bit more.

The two techniques were too separate and could not be used at the same time to affect each other anyway.

‘But what if…’ Alex thought. ‘What if I were to not use them separately? What if I combine the two… to become one?’