[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage":3,"chapter-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-567":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Re: Tales of the Rune-Tech Sage",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},148372,246,"Chapter 566: Alex’s Alchemy Innovation I","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-567",567,"\u003Cp>CH566 Alex’s Alchemy Innovation I\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though excitement surged within him, Alex did not allow it to cloud his judgement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat down and meditated, steadily guiding himself back into a calm, controlled mental state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only once his thoughts were orderly did he begin refining his idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Working in tandem with OmniRune —and drawing upon the vast body of knowledge now stored within it— Alex began constructing a revolutionary alchemical methodology unlike anything Verdantis or Pangea had ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step was meticulously reviewed between himself and the AI assistant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assumptions were stress-tested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parameters were recalculated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feasibility was cross-checked against his current capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probability of success?\" Alex asked calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>OmniRune initiated rapid simulations, modelling the process against known variables and environmental constraints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[95%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s brows lifted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Ninety-five per cent... That’s higher than I anticipated.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the foundation of this method originated from another world entirely— reinterpreted and reconstructed using only the tools and principles available within this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this stage, it was the original method in name alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found it almost absurd that something so conceptually hybrid and forcibly adapted would yield such a high projected success rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Well... perhaps that just highlights my genius— and the effort invested in properly adapting it,’ he thought with mild self-satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave himself a small mental pat on the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case... let’s begin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex entered the resource vault and carefully selected herbs required for a basic healing potion— one effective up to the mid-stage Beginner rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything more advanced would introduce unnecessary layers of complexity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not attempting to create a new formula.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was attempting to pioneer an entirely new method of alchemical crafting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prove the validity of the method, a high-rank product was unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything, reducing the complexity would eliminate avoidable variables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After verifying that all required herbs were present within the vault, he returned to the main workstation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he did not immediately begin brewing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began remodelling the workstation itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the apparatus and equipment across the workstation received upgrades— at least, by Alex’s standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were inscribed with basic runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others were fitted with interconnected runic circuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few required minor array formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And select components were branded with simple Greater Runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cauldron, however —the core crafting instrument— underwent the most extensive transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex integrated into it his premier Semi-Greater Rune-based Grand Array formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an undertaking so intricate and demanding that, in certain respects, it rivalled the work he had invested into the Voidheart Core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was how seriously he treated this endeavour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lost all sense of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fully immersed, he poured himself into the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had missed this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exhilaration of pioneering a new Rune-Tech construct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The quiet thrill of solving complex interlocking systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar rush of euphoria coursed through him, urging him to push forward without pause until perfection was achieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly had missed this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Sigh...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After inscribing the final glyph —unaware of how much time had passed— Alex exhaled deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cauldron shimmered faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, it seemed almost sentient, as though acknowledging its rebirth— no longer merely a sorcery artefact, but a fully integrated Rune-Tech construct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following his habitual discipline, Alex sat down to meditate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He replenished his mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stabilised his Spiritual Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He restored his mental clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when he felt balanced once more did he rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now then... let the new revolutionary alchemical method commence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grin spread across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lifelike dragon of flame coiled into existence upon his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether this succeeds or fails... will depend on you, little fellow,\" Alex said softly to AetherKindle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, the Primal Origin Flame manifested a playful flicker— then snapped off a fragment of one of its claws and offered it to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of placing the flame beneath the cauldron to ignite conventional fuel— Alex cast the splinter of Primal Origin Flame directly into the cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the splinter of flame entered the cauldron, a pre-inscribed runic formation ignited in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been designed precisely for this purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did the formation stabilise the splinter, it rapidly channelled its primal fire throughout the inner walls of the cauldron, evenly heating the entire construct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex immediately felt a deepened connection to the cauldron through AetherKindle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through that link, he could regulate the internal temperature with exquisite precision— raising, lowering, or concentrating the heat at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Stage one... complete.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his attention to the healing potion’s ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The potion required two primary herbs, one supplementary catalyst ingredient, and liquid mana— making it, by conventional standards, a relatively simple formulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinarily, liquid mana would be introduced first to serve as the solvent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex deliberately set it aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he picked up the solid ingredients and cast them directly into the cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, they were engulfed by AetherKindle’s flames and reduced to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was intentional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The potion did not require the physical husks of the herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It required their essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, that essence would be extracted gradually through dissolution within heated liquid mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Alex had devised an alternative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>AetherKindle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primal Origin Flame was not merely physical fire— it was also a metaphysical existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so too was the essence he sought to extract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under AetherKindle’s influence —much as they would have reacted within heated liquid mana— the supplementary ingredient released a catalytic substance under intense heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That catalyst triggered a reaction between the two primary herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, a fused essence was liberated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the essence manifested, multiple runic formations activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One formation siphoned away the residual ash from the destroyed herb husks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another isolated the extracted essence within a controlled subspace inside the cauldron, where it remained suspended— still enveloped by AetherKindle’s flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True to its nature as a flame of purification and refinement, AetherKindle worked slowly and methodically upon the extracted essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Layer by layer, it stripped away impurities... every trace of instability and each remnant of incompatible elemental residue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the cauldron, the supporting runic formations operated in perfect synchrony —siphoning away the impurities separated by the Primal Origin Flame and expelling them into containment channels prepared beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the purest essence remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Alex did not allow himself even a fraction of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now came the most delicate stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Spiritual Force surged deeper into the construct, assuming even finer control over the internal systems— heat fluctuations, energy ripples, pressure micro-adjustments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully controlling the overall temperature —sometimes lowering it by a hair’s breadth, sometimes raising it by a calculated increment— Alex thickened the refined essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With AetherKindle’s controlled burn and the stabilising influence of the Semi-Greater Rune Grand Array, the once-fluid metaphysical essence gradually condensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It thickened, compressed, solidified...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hardened into a perfect sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s grand innovation to Verdantis’ Alchemy was the introduction of the Alchemical Pill from his past life’s eastern fantasy cultivation literature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beads of sweat formed along his brow and rolled down his temples as the gruelling refinement continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds stretched into minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes blurred into what might have been hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire consciousness was devoted to maintaining structural integrity while preventing energetic collapse during final compression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One miscalculation, and the entire pill would destabilise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or worse — explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally —after an indeterminate span of time— a golden pill floated serenely within the cauldron’s core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex slowly extended his hand and retrieved it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised it to his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No leakage of medicinal aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The essence and efficacy were completely sealed within— contained, stabilised and perfectly preserved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A resounding success.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought had barely formed when the world trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grand alchemy hall remained— but all the workstations had vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their place stood a single elevated podium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex found himself standing upon it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him— a congregation of phantoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very same figures he had observed within the murals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innovators... the pioneers... the architects of Verdantian Alchemy across the ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was required became immediately apparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So... I must present my creation before the peers of Verdantian Alchemical history.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>",1360,"2026-05-29T03:49:40.181Z","2026-06-01T04:29:07.188Z",1,"novelbin.me","e45d724a186a2bb656d3025293e04eeb694db015a5e7d2a3d4c2711fbaaeb3c4","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-568","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-566",692,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fre-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-cover.jpg"]