Chapter 351: The High‑Energy Mage Who Traversed Ten Thousand Years of Time (22)

Silver Sand Plains.

Inside the underground shelter, a temporarily opened secret chamber.

In the secret chamber lay a 'dry corpse'.

The quotation marks are used because this 'dry corpse' is actually still alive.

At first glance, it looks like a bony skeleton wrapped in a layer of dim yellow wax skin, but beneath the wax lie withered blood vessels and muscles almost too thin to see.

Because the skin layer is too thin, it appears semi-transparent, allowing the five viscera and six bowels in the chest and abdomen to be clearly seen.

The intestines and stomach have completely atrophied, the lungs are almost entirely withered, and only the heart retains a last trace of vitality.

The heart is beating, but the frequency is extremely low—on average it barely twitches once every half hour.

After looking around, Naili commented: 'It's hardly different from a corpse.'

Beilu Dandi also took a look and then said: 'It's a woman, not old—definitely under thirty.'

Adela then took the Life Tree Branch, examined it carefully, and drew a deeper conclusion.

'It is indeed a Divine Body, but both soul and flesh have reached a point near collapse.'

'If we hadn't found it, it could last at most another 200 years.'

Luosen also examined it with the Nature's Scepter.

His knowledge of Divine Bodies far surpassed Adela's, and the Nature's Scepter was of higher quality, so he obtained more detailed and deeper information.

'The power in its body is almost exhausted; eighty percent of its high‑energy elements have been replaced by ordinary ones, but its brain remains pure high‑energy element.'

'Its soul in the brain is largely intact, but its strength is very weak—currently less than that of Six Rings.'

'But from the fine structure of its soul, it has the potential to hold vast amounts of power; at its peak, it could be more than ten thousand times mine.'

'Ten thousand times is a conservative estimate, because its soul contains many fine structures that Luosen cannot comprehend at all.'

Luosen felt that this was a true Ancient True God in the genuine sense.

His conclusion astonished everyone.

Luosen's soul is the largest among the four, exceeding Adela's by as much as five times.

Now this unknown Ancient True God left from antiquity actually exceeds him by ten thousand times; once she fully recovers, wouldn't they be able to crush them as easily as squashing ants? Beilu Dandi immediately said: 'Your Majesty, this is not a power we can control; I suggest we kill her completely.'

Luosen shook his head: 'Don't worry, I'm talking about potential, not reality.'

'To unleash this potential is extremely difficult; not only must all bodily injuries be repaired, but also vast power must be drawn, and the planar law ring must cooperate.'

'We are now in the Mundane Plane Law Ring, so this true god's power can only stabilize at Legendary 19; at that level, its strength would not exceed mine and might even be weaker.'

This remark made the three women breathe a little easier.

Luosen continued his examination and then reached another conclusion.

'Besides its tremendous growth potential, its soul's order is extremely high, very precise—so high it doesn't resemble natural life but rather an artificial machine.'

Adela blinked in surprise: 'Is it an artificial life like a Void Demon?'

Sentient void life comes in two kinds: one is a void god formed from a soul projection; the other is a non‑human void demon.

Void demons are likely created by the Abyss.

Although they possess intelligence, they are nothing like natural life and find it hard to produce genuine emotional resonance, so they often commit atrocities that seem horrifying to mortals.

If this ancient true god were also a 'demon,' that would truly be terrifying.

Luosen did not rush to a verdict; he kept examining.

Half an hour later he drew a new conclusion: 'No, it is not an artificial void demon.'

'I have examined the soul structures of many void demons; they all show clear signs of artificial crafting, but this true god has none.'

'Although the sense of order is absurdly high, it is also filled with the harmony of natural life.'

'This should be the result of long cultivation and rational thought, and it is not wholly rational—there remains a small sentimental part.'

'If I'm not mistaken, this should be an extremely powerful high‑energy mage from an ancient lost civilization.'

Beilu Dandi immediately said: 'That makes it even more dangerous; we'd better nip the danger in the bud.'

She sharpened her knives; as soon as Luosen nodded, the ancient true god would instantly become a corpse.

Luosen laughed and shook his head: 'Beilu Dandi, stop always thinking about killing.'

'What we face now is not a pure life‑or‑death battlefield, but a complex unknown world; danger always coexists with opportunity.'

To suppress danger is naturally to suppress opportunity as well.

Seeing Beilu Dandi unconvinced, he changed his approach.

'This high‑energy mage is a scholar, not a warrior; using a warrior's methods against her at her weakest would be unbecoming.'

Upon hearing she was a scholar, Beilu Dandi's ardent battle spirit fell by more than half, yet she grew curious.

'Your Majesty, what do you base that on?'

Luosen pointed the Nature's Scepter at the forehead of the 'dry corpse'.

'Its brain's elemental composition tells me.'

'The area for logical thinking is highly developed, but the motor area is underdeveloped; neural reflex speed is slow, much slower than an average person's—even less than a third of mine.'

'Finally, her vision is not very good; she has quite severe myopia.'

'From subtle marks on her head we can see that she repeatedly used magic to repair her eye structure, but because of poor visual habits her myopia kept recurring, so she eventually just wore a pair of crystal eyeglasses.'

'Finally, though her body appears under thirty, she has actually lived at least 800 years.'

'All things considered, she is likely a scholar with slow reactions, blurred vision, who has long buried herself in stacks of books.'

Beilu Dandi relaxed: 'I could take on a hundred scholars like her.' The other two women also eased their minds.

Adela smiled: 'This is good news.'

Naili whispered: 'Your Majesty, can you awaken her?'

Luosen nodded: 'Yes, but her body is severely damaged, on the verge of collapse; I'll need to spend some time and effort.'

Hmm~~ give me 24 hours of quiet time.

Since he said that, the three women all left the secret chamber and firmly sealed it.

Luosen was naturally very curious about the ancient Dawn Empire, and this scholar before him was essentially a living encyclopedia, so there was no reason to stand by and do nothing.

He focused his mind, gradually infusing power into the ancient true god's divine body and soul, while also replenishing the various high-energy elements lost from his form.

With his operations, the 'dry corpse' gradually went from withered to plump, and various life activities slowly strengthened.

Its hair had originally all fallen out and, over the long river of time, had become brittle powder.

But as life activities strengthened and high-energy elements were replenished, violet-colored hair began to gradually grow on the scalp.

The skin also gradually changed from a previous dull waxy yellow to a lustrous white jade color.

To prevent it from lacking sufficient muscle strength to support its body upon waking, Luosen also deliberately stimulated its muscle growth.

Considering that it was a female, having a body full of robust muscles would be unbecoming, so Luosen kept the stimulation intensity low; once the muscles had grown enough to be usable, he deliberately wrapped an outer layer of fat to sculpt the body's contours.

The other party's eyes were still nearsighted, with a prescription not low.

After a brief thought, Luosen did not repair it, but instead crafted a pair of gold-rimmed crystal glasses with the appropriate prescription.

In this way, gradually repairing and nourishing, after about six and a half hours, the ancient true god's body returned to the appearance of a normal young woman.

But this is only outward.

However, the damage to its brain and soul remained enormous.

Thus it remained asleep, unable to awaken.

Because she is an elemental lifeform, the essence of her soul's damage stems from brain damage, and the brain's structure and its fineness are beyond the basic ability of ordinary mages to repair.

Even if repaired, it would certainly leave various kinds of aftereffects.

But she fortunately encountered Luosen.

Luosen tapped into 90% of Laifu's computing power, borrowed the aid of the Natural Scepter, and began repairing the brain point by point at the molecular level.

He vaguely felt that this ancient true god's status in the Dawn Empire should not be low.

And he knew almost nothing about the Dawn Empire's achievements in life arts.

But it can be said with confidence that she is likely stronger than him; even if not, the difference is not far.

In this situation, secretly planting a control backdoor in her brain would be playing with petty cleverness, easily inviting a huge backlash.

So Luosen simply showed sincerity, leaving no control backdoors, and repaired as perfectly as possible.

Thus another full ten hours passed, and finally the brain's damage was repaired to about half.

In theory, Luosen could completely repair it.

But the essence of 'repair' is 'reconstruction'; although it appears fixed, it actually causes the other party's soul to lose a large amount of precious original information.

So Luosen only repaired the parts needed to sustain life and basic consciousness.

The remaining ninety-five percent, we'll talk about after she wakes up.

At this point, he clearly felt that the other party's brain activity had become very active, and life activity naturally followed suit, becoming much more vigorous.

Breathing grew coarse, heartbeat quickened, temperature rose; awakening was only a moment away.

Letting her wake up stark naked would obviously be unbecoming.

Luosen then activated Elemental Projection again, conjuring a decent set of clothes, as well as a tiny solar heart to maintain her divine body's natural consumption.

After carefully helping her dress with Mage Hand, sensing that the ancient true god scholar who had walked from antiquity was about to awaken, he summoned Adela and the others inside.

Adela entered, took a glance, and gave her evaluation.

"Her features are quite exquisite, still carrying a charm of having traversed vast time, with an archaic sculptural feel."

Beilu Dandi said: "I've discovered that this ancient civilization really likes purple; the spellhunters are deep purple, the keys used to control them are also deep purple, and now even people's hair is purple."

Naili then said: "The strength is truly weak, only seven rings."

Luosen explained: "This is to conserve stamina and also to avoid mistakes. I only repaired the deepest, most critical injuries; the rest, being unimportant, I let heal naturally."

"But according to my estimate, without external help, it will take at least twenty years for her strength to naturally recover to the level of Legendary 19."

Adela beside him laughed: "That's pretty good; if any problem arises, it'll also be easy to subdue."

Amidst the chatter of everyone, the scholar who had walked from antiquity began to move her eyeballs, her eyelashes twitching more intensely.

After ten or so seconds, she slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of strange eyes glittering with deep violet starlight.

She said nothing, and felt no surprise at her current situation.

Whether her face, her eyes, or her soul, there was no ripple to be felt.

Her gaze swept over the four people in the secret chamber one by one, finally settling on Luosen.

After observing for a while, she spoke.

"My prophecy had a slight deviation, being early by 500 years, but I finally waited for you."

Her voice was clear, her tone flat and unchanging, like a watcher who has traversed time.

(End of chapter)