Chapter 318

Early morning.

Natural Empire, high-energy magic research main base, round-table conference hall.

It seemed like just a blink, and a year had already passed since Luosen retrieved the Infinite Compass.

Crack—~~

Luosen tossed the Infinite Compass onto the round table and, smiling at the high-energy magic researchers around it, said, "Finally figured this thing out."

Over the past year, his main focus has been researching the compass.

To achieve this, he maximally increased his soul strength to raise Laifu's computational limit.

Now, his main body's soul strength has been optimized to Legendary 8.4, and its scale has increased twelvefold compared to the start.

With the latest improved Supreme Crown, he obtained a Legendary 16.8 and a magnificent soul of 240,000 Luosen.

He is now nearly on par with the Legendary 17 life goddess Adella.

Besides personal power, he also did his best to increase investment in the empire's high-energy magic field.

The high-energy magic research main base beneath his feet is one of them.

This research main base lies north of Weilan, covering over 3,000 square kilometers, almost equal to the area of White Sturgeon Island.

Within the base, there are over 30 sub-laboratories, more than 100,000 related magic researchers, average mana of six rings, among whom 389 are Legendary mages.

And reaching this point, half is due to Luosen's deliberate guidance, the other half because the nation has become wealthy.

Now, the empire has countless food synthesis factories, not only converting cellulose but even attempting direct synthesis from inorganic matter.

This has led to food production reaching an astonishing scale, with prices becoming extremely low.

The empire has also built 18 solar cores.

The price of electricity has dropped to the level of plain water.

Under the cheap and abundant energy supply, all sectors of society experienced explosive development.

Thus, the nation became unimaginably wealthy.

When individuals become rich, they either degenerate or sublimate.

When a nation composed of countless individuals becomes rich, the result is the same.

Either they indulge in decadent pleasures, or they strive forward, generating higher pursuits.

As emperor of the empire, Luosen can clearly sense that a trend of luxurious enjoyment is gradually rising among the populace.

This is a natural law, a phenomenon that will inevitably occur, not alterable by individual will.

But while it cannot be changed, it can be guided.

Since material wealth is extremely abundant, it will inevitably produce great waste; better to waste it on pursuing higher magic mysteries.

Emperor Luosen has consistently used public opinion, faith, and decrees, employing multiple approaches to guide, pouring as much social force as possible into magic-related fields.

Thus, the astonishing high-energy magic base was born.

And this is only the beginning.

The view returns to this round-table conference hall before us.

The hall contains 72 high-energy magic researchers, the core mages of the high-energy magic laboratory.

Either they are lab heads or geniuses among geniuses, and all are Legendary mages.

With the aid of erudite magic artifacts, the lowest soul strength reaches Legendary 8, and soul scale is over 1,500 Luosen.

All are very young, averaging under 32, basically genius graduates from the empire's various higher magic academies.

And 99% are of commoner origin.

Talent is truly abundant, practically springing forth from the populace like a fountain.

Almost everyone before us is a new face; without Laifu's help, Luosen could hardly remember them.

At this moment, the head of the laser laboratory spread his hands, his young face showing some pleasure, but not much.

"Your Majesty, although we've figured out its function and found some decent uses, it seems unworthy of the title of divine artifact."

The chief designer of the solar core evaluated: "Although the Infinite Compass synthesizes many types of high-energy elements, they are too mundane."

So-called high-energy elements are an exotic combination of high-energy spirit and elements.

Such high-energy elements are very stable; their physicochemical properties are almost identical to ordinary elements, but their magical properties exceed those of ordinary elements by two full orders of magnitude.

They look promising, but currently only high-energy hydrogen, high-energy oxygen, high-energy carbon, and similar light elements have been transmuted.

They indeed have many applications, but compared to another divine artifact, the Life Branch, their effect is indeed lacking by one level.

A mage speculated: "Perhaps we can use these high-energy elements to create high-energy life?"

"It is foreseeable that such high-energy element life will surely possess incredible magical power."

Immediately a mage said: "How to make it? These high-energy elements are extremely toxic."

Indeed, they are very toxic; just over 300 milliliters of high-energy water can kill an ordinary person, and the death is extremely gruesome.

This property also greatly limits the application of high-energy elements.

Another mage said: "Although toxic, they are still far from being truly deadly poison."

"Creating life from scratch is certainly difficult, but substitution is possible."

"From current biological substitution experiments, if we daily feed a small amount of high-energy food, it may be possible to substitute a complex-element life with a high-energy-element life."

As soon as this was said, it immediately drew questioning opinions.

"Simply feeding it is useless; the proportion is too small to achieve complete substitution, not even 5% can be replaced."

"Then we should combine it with fine life magic."

"That's a good idea, but the operational difficulty is very high; a slight mistake could cause the life to die suddenly."

"Indeed, the difficulty is truly too high; I believe it far exceeds the limits that mortals can control."

"In my view, it would be better to use the Infinite Compass to directly transmute the ordinary elements within a complex life into high-energy elements."

"Your method is even less reliable."

"There are so many elements inside a living body, and the various reactions are extremely complex. Direct conversion would be enough to tear a living body apart bit by bit; it's practically the most horrifying torture in the mortal realm!"

"Genius mages discussed it, talking over each other."

"Most of the time, Luosen listened quietly, occasionally interjecting a few sentences to voice his opinion."

"In the end, the mages unanimously proposed establishing another high-energy life research institute, dedicated to researching how to create high-energy life."

"The state is now flush with funds, so Luosen naturally got it through his proposal."

"At the same time, he already had a somewhat crazy idea that only he could accomplish."

"This idea is related to Laifu, and Laifu is Luosen's unique secret."

"So he didn't elaborate on his idea, merely taking a large batch of high-energy elements synthesized from the Endless Compass and returning to his secret laboratory."

"After entering the secret lab, Luosen sorted and placed these life-related high-energy elements by category."

"These high-energy elements are very peculiar; their appearance is almost identical to that of ordinary elements."

"For example, high-energy carbon looks like black carbon powder."

"Mixed with ordinary carbon powder, they are indistinguishable, and even difficult to separate by physicochemical means."

"The only effective separation method is to use sorcery."

"Luosen's plan is also simple: use these high-energy elements to gradually replace the ordinary elements in his body, thereby constructing a physique purely forged from high-energy elements."

"For an ordinary mage, this is naturally as difficult as climbing to heaven."

"But for him, it's not a difficult task."

"Of course, the risk is still great; a single mistake could cost his life."

"So Luosen didn't directly recklessly apply it to himself."

"He first conducted animal experiments."

"With Laifu's supercomputing power assisting, plus ultra-high-quality life branches as observation and manipulation tools, the experiment was not difficult and went quite smoothly."

"Two days later, Luosen successfully produced a living high-energy snail."

"At a glance, this snail is no different from an ordinary snail."

"Luosen tried using an offensive spell on it."

"First, he used a first-ring lightning spell."

"Crack—"

"Tiny lightning struck the snail."

"If it were an ordinary snail, a thousand would be dead, but the high-energy snail remained unharmed and even gained some Lightning Power."

'"Tsk tsk, astonishingly strong power affinity, far stronger than I expected."'

'"I originally guessed that a true god's body should be made of high-energy spirit substance, but now it seems I was only half right."'

'"A true god should be a divine vessel formed by fusing high-energy spirit substance with ordinary elements."'

"The snail, of course, could hardly satisfy Luosen's desire to explore the unknown."

"He immediately began replacing other kinds of life."

"Fish, frogs, turtles, chickens and ducks, rabbits, pigs, cattle and sheep, and even hominids."

"Each one was successfully replaced."

"At the same time, he trained Laifu to acquire a brand-new high-energy element replacement ability."

"Luosen named this ability 'Forging the Divine Body'."

'"High-energy replacement reactions are entirely feasible. The resulting high-energy life possesses astonishing spellcasting ability, and the more complex the life, the greater the ability increase!"'

'"However, during the replacement process, the vastly different spell characteristics between ordinary and high-energy elements will cause severe power imbalance within the body."'

'"The stronger the power of the body replacement, the more severe the imbalance, and the more dangerous it becomes."'

'"To achieve a safe replacement, one must possess a control center with extremely high computing power and strong ability, ensuring the replacement proceeds in an orderly manner."'

"The role of this 'control center' is taken by the newly trained ability 'Forging the Divine Body'."

'"Animal experiments, even the monkey replacement experiments, succeeded, and Laifu's ability has been honed to perfection."'

'"Now only the final step remains."'

"This final step, naturally, is to replace the elements in his own body."

"This final step is the most critical, the most difficult, and the most perilous; any mistake would cause sudden death. 'Shall we do it or not?'"

"Luosen sat in the secret laboratory, gazing at the pile of high-energy elements before him, lost in thought."

'"If I don't do it, my power will max out at Legendary 19th extreme, never breaking into the high-energy spellcraft realm."'

'"But the Legendary realm is actually just the power of eleven spell rings; there's still a long way to go to the pinnacle of spellcraft."'

'"If I do it, I might die, and then it's all over."'

'"But having come this far, I've seen all the mortal scenery worth seeing; even if I died, there'd be nothing to regret."'

'"How many chances does one get to gamble in life? Go for it—turn a motorcycle into an airplane!"'

"Luosen decided to go ahead."

"Thus, he silently chanted: 'Laifu, execute Forging the Divine Body, target: the main body.'"

'"This action involves self-operation and carries a certain error risk; should we continue?"'

'"Continue."'

'"Confirm mission, begin execution."'

'"Forging begins."'

"Along with this command, the life force condensed from the life branches finely manipulated the high-energy high-energy elements."

"Finally, it was condensed into a large cauldron of 'high-energy nutrient solution'."

According to Earth's myths and legends, this nutrient solution is the ambrosia of the immortals, and only immortals can drink it; if a mortal drinks it and lacks sufficient fate, they will die suddenly.

Now, Luosen is a mortal who wishes to become a god and immortal.

He has prepared everything he can; whether he succeeds now depends entirely on fate.

He took a deep breath, picked up the high-energy nutrient solution, and gulped it down cleanly with glug-glug sounds.

To be honest, the taste is quite delicious, a bit like a rich vegetable and meat stew.

The texture is a little numb and tingling, as if electrified.

Once the nutrient solution entered his stomach, the Forging Divine Body technique controlled its high-energy elements, gradually replacing the ordinary elements in Luosen's body.

The replacement process was silent; Luosen felt nothing major, just a slight numb warmth in his body, like drinking a big mouthful of hot meat stew in the cold winter.

Of course, the ordinary elements being replaced do not simply vanish.

Some turn into dead skin on the surface, some into sweat, some into urine and feces, continually expelled from the body.

In Luosen's field of view, a percentage progress bar appeared, showing the progress of the replacement.

"67%68%69%"

Luosen kept drinking the "nutrient solution"; when he had consumed an amount equal to the total of his bodily elements, the replacement process reached its most critical and dangerous step: replacing the ordinary elements in his brain.

If Luosen were to do it himself, he would surely panic and be prone to mistakes.

But Laifu is an emotionless soul GPT.

To it, this is merely a system upgrade.

The replacement process continued orderly, without any disturbance.

After an unknown period, Luosen felt his vision distort and then go completely black; he could see nothing, and aside from his own consciousness, he felt nothing else.

He felt as if he had entered the void.

Because there were no external references, he also did not know how much time had passed.

Then, his vision brightened once again.

He turned his head to look at the lab clock and found that less than ten seconds had passed.

Immediately afterward, Luosen heard Laifu's voice.

"The high-energy elements have been completely replaced; the self's divine body forging is complete."

"It perfectly merged with the Supreme Crown, generating an independent Law Ring; the current Law Ring strength is 11.84 (equivalent to Legendary 16.8), and the Law Ring's maximum effective range is a diameter of 3 meters (equivalent to the scale of 300,000 Luosen souls)."

This power is much stronger than before, and it no longer relies on an external Law Ring but instead condenses its own independent Law Ring! Luosen's heart stirred slightly, his thoughts arose, he stepped forward, the light and shadow before him shifted abruptly, and he realized he had directly entered the eleventh Law Ring.

Looking back, there are ten layers of Law Ring; looking ahead, there is the Huan Wai Xu Kong.

His body showed no abnormality, and he did not need to expend energy to concentrate power to prevent loss.

A thought stirred again, and he activated the Phase Shift Technique.

In an instant he arrived at Nawate, and in another instant he returned to Swan Castle.

The whole process was natural, with no discomfort.

However, cross-planar phase shifting consumes a huge amount of power.

His power scale dropped from the peak of 300,000 Luosens to 100,000 Luosens.

This power is also peculiar, similar to soul power and also to magical power, being a combination of the two.

"I now possess an intrinsic independent Law Ring, so this power should be the power of the Law Ring, or it could also be called divine power."

"But how can my divine power be replenished?"

After careful consideration, he discovered a method.

"As expected of a divine body, it can directly draw power from the environment."

"Mm, it looks wonderful, but in actual use it is still bound by worldly laws."

The result of being bound by worldly laws is that the higher the energy of the target, the higher the efficiency of drawing power.

To obtain power quickly and fiercely, one must draw from energy cores such as the solar core or the Eternal Heart.

One can also obtain much power from tides, sunlight, and volcanic eruptions.

If all else fails, burning Black Stone, burning firewood, or even the various spells released by enemies can also draw power.

Luosen's secret laboratory is connected to the solar power grid.

He then directly grips the high-voltage switch with his hand, drawing power from the grid.

"Hum~~"

After about three seconds, Luosen replenished his power, restoring from 100,000 Luosens back to 300,000 Luosens.

He secretly marveled: 'The energy in the grid is truly delicious!'

Having figured out power replenishment, Luosen then began to consider concrete living problems.

"My body is composed of high-energy elements, which are toxic to ordinary life; likewise, ordinary elements are toxic to me."

"But life is active, constantly exchanging matter with the environment, and everything around me consists of ordinary elements."

"In other words, I am living in a toxic environment."

After careful reflection, Luosen found the situation not as severe as imagined.

"Ordinary elements that enter my body are actually automatically converted into high-energy elements, at the cost of consuming power."

"Roughly speaking, an extra 100,000 Luosens of power are consumed each day."

Therefore, as long as the power supply is ample, he can live safely.

But high-energy elements are also toxic to ordinary people.

Ordinary elements enter his body and emerge as high-energy elements, making him a 'poison source'.

This must be resolved, otherwise he will cut himself off from the mortal world.

Fortunately, Luosen is very familiar with the properties of high-energy elements.

After some searching, I successfully created an elemental circulation technique.

Technique effect: 'All elements entering the divine body are automatically given high-energy attributes; elements leaving the divine body automatically decay into ordinary elements.'

The benefit of this technique is that Luosen can live freely in the mortal realm, and thanks to the circulation's existence, he can recover most of his power from the decaying high-energy elements.

Thus, the fixed daily power consumption dropped from 100,000 Luosen to 6,000 Luosen.

It became much easier all at once.

The downside of the technique is that it is extremely intricate and complex, controlled by Laifu, occupying a fixed 5% of Laifu's computing power.

At this moment, Laifu's computing power has reached an astonishing level, making that 5% already unimaginable.

Thus, it is destined that only Luosen can use this elemental circulation technique.

The power source and living problems have been solved; only the issue of increasing power remains.

After some research, Luosen also figured it out.

"The method of improvement is similar to before: using life tree branches to optimize the body's structure."

"In theory, as long as you optimize day after day, you can keep optimizing up to the 23rd ring."

"However, if I am in the 11th-ring mortal realm, once my power exceeds the 11th ring, my self law ring will transfer power to the planar law ring, causing daily power loss to increase."

"The stronger my self law ring, the more power is transferred, making it harder to maintain."

"According to calculations, when I reach 13th-ring power, I will lose 300,000 Luosen of power each day until I fall back to the peak of the eleventh ring."

"So, to steadily grow stronger, I either go to the Abyss or perfect the planar law ring into a 23-law ring."

Obviously, the best way is to create a world suited to myself.

Luosen glanced at the current state of the continent.

The Radiant Empire has completely seized the Dragon Archipelago and begun threatening the homeland of the Holy Elf Empire.

However, De Rui Tan's injuries also fully recovered a month ago, returning to the mortal realm, now plotting to retake the Dragon Archipelago.

"The empire's sky battleship still needs about three years to be built, but I can't wait that long."

"What to do about not being able to wait? Naturally, go to the Holy Elf Empire to cause trouble, trying to find a way to kill De Rui Tan."

"Moreover, it can't be a silent killing; it must be a public execution in front of the elves to completely shatter their will to resist."

"My previous self couldn't do it, but now, although it's still a bit risky, it's feasible."

"Shall we do it or not?"

"Of course we will."

"Not going to the Holy Elf Empire to have a fling would be truly sorry for such a powerful divine body."

Sorry sorry, the update is finished, details were revised for a while.

(End of chapter)