Eternal Cultivation Of Alchemy

”Well, that is all I wanted to talk to you about,” the Divination God said as he stood up. ”I needed you to know why it was that you were sent to Hell. At the same time, I needed you to know that I was responsible for it.”

”Why?” Alex asked. ”You could have let me believe that it was Starsight that was at fault.”

”Starsight has a lot of faults that already belong to her. But this one belongs to me, and I must take responsibility for it and apologize,” the Divination God said. ”Which I have now done.”

Alex held off from letting his facial expression change just then.

’That was supposed to be an apology?’

Alas, the gods were quite weird, so he let it be.

”I shall be leaving now. I will remain in the Sky God’s palace for some time yet, so we shall meet from time to time,” the Divination God said as he slowly walked away.

Alex stood up and bowed, watching the man leave.

The Divination God had just reached the door when he stopped and turned around, looking back at Alex.

Alex looked toward the man, waiting for him to say something, but the man simply continued staring.

”Umm… senior? Is something wrong?” Alex asked.

The Divination God shook his head. ”I’m only waiting for you to ask your question before I leave.”

”I don’t have any questions,” Alex said.

”But you will. Just think for a moment.”

Alex wondered what it was that the Divination God could have foreseen him asking, but it had to be important enough that he stopped to answer it. There were questions about effects and causality in this situation that he found paradoxical in some sense, but he didn’t quite think that would be the question that the Divination God would have stuck around for.

In that case, what could it be?

Alex tried his best to think of something he desperately needed an answer to that only the Divination God could give. It was not about the Half-God, surely, and most of his questions about the divinations were already answered.

He could ask about the other Savior, but since even the one making the prophecy couldn’t know the truth, he could not answer him.

’What else is he involved in then?’ Alex thought. And as he did, something stuck out to him in a way that nearly surprised him.

The thing that stuck out didn’t come from his own memories at all, but rather from someone else’s.

Alex’s eyes widened. ”Where is it?” he asked.

The Divination God let out a soft smile. ”What are you asking about?”

Alex brought something out from his Soul Space without missing a beat, showing it to the Divination God. What he brought out was a red book with a green ’plus’ symbol that lay in the center.

It was the Book of Boundless Healing.

”The Alchemy God met with you to do something about another book he had,” Alex said. ”It should’ve been a book like this. Where is it?”

”You know where,” the god answered.

Alex took a moment to think through his thoughts and slowly nodded. ”The Alchemy God was going to hand it over to the Godkiller. And if the Godkiller kept it anywhere, it should be in his tomb.”

The Divination God’s smile widened fully. ”You’re correct. The book has returned to where it came from and is now something waiting to be handed out to its rightful owner in the Godkiller’s tomb.”

Alex grew rather excited upon hearing of it. He had a hunch that could have been the case, but having a direct confirmation was so much better. He now knew for certain that the Book of Countless Ingredients was in fact in the Three Jewel World.

Since he couldn’t go there this time around, he would have to go there the next time.

Considering that the Divination God said that it was waiting for its rightful owner, which could not be the dead Alchemy God, it could only mean that it was waiting for him.

It had waited for over a hundred thousand years now, so it could wait for a while longer.

Alex nodded slowly. ”Thank you for the information, senior,” he said. ”Although, what did you mean by what you said?”

”Which part?” the god asked.

Alex knew the god knew which part he was talking about. Still, the man made him say it.

”The part about the book returning to where it came from,” Alex said. ”I don’t understand what you mean.”

”What else could it mean?” the god asked. ”Just take a moment and you’ll see the obvious answer.”

Alex could already see the answer, but he found it hard to believe. ”Are you saying that the Book of Countless Ingredients came from Godkiller?”

”Not just that one,” the Divination God said. ”The book you hold right now, as well as the book the current Alchemy God holds—they both came from Godkiller.”

Alex’s eyes widened in stunned surprise. He looked down at the book, having never expected it to have such an origin.

”The Godkiller crafted this?” he asked. ”Did he have knowledge of alchemy, or…”

”The Godkiller could just do things he wanted without actually having any knowledge about them through the energy he had gathered in his body,” the Divination God said. ”He met the Alchemy God when he was a nobody and respected his desire and willingness to help others despite never getting anything in return for his actions. He created those three treasures out of nothing and gave them to the young man, who later grew to be the Alchemy God. I alone was there to witness this.”

Alex could only stare with wide eyes at what he was told.

If that was the case, then… the three treasures of the Alchemy God had actually all come from Godkiller himself?

That was a stunning revelation.

At the same time, something that the Divination God said stuck out to Alex.

’The Godkiller used the energy in his body to do things,’ Alex thought. ’Isn’t that exactly how True God’s energy functions?’

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