Shichen raised his right hand and pressed it against his chest.
Immediately after, golden light surged, and the Godhead Fragment emerged from his body, falling into his hand.
He held the Godhead Fragment in his right hand and slowly directed it towards the relief wall.
Golden light enveloped the relief, and an incredible scene unfolded.
The relief began to undergo drastic changes!
The carved surface rippled like waves, undulating in waves, coiling and moving like tentacles, seemingly trying to draw the Godhead Fragment from Shichen's hand into itself.
The carving had come alive, revealing its true form: a metallic lifeform with a deep crimson glow, as if tinged with blood.
Shichen pulled the Godhead Fragment back, and the relief began to twist desperately, as if reluctant to part, but ultimately it didn't go berserk; it merely reverted to its original relief appearance.
However, anyone who had witnessed the recent sight could no longer regard it as an ordinary relief.
Shichen remembered that this relief had been tampered with by Ye Ze Kensei—who was now Ye Ze Xia Yin's father.
The true nature of this carving was a deep crimson liquid metal lifeform with its own will, not a creature found in the natural world.
Formless and eternal, only alchemical secret techniques capable of manipulating material structures at will could give rise to such a lifeform that defied the laws of the world.
If one could transfer their soul into this immortal metallic lifeform, they would completely become an immortal and ageless existence.
And what could achieve this was a control device called a "Refining Core," a deep crimson gemstone.
However, Shichen didn't need that; his Godhead Fragment could do the same.
Shichen once again offered the Godhead Fragment to the relief.
The relief also came alive again, twisting continuously, trying to touch the Godhead Fragment.
Shichen didn't withdraw the Godhead Fragment; instead, he threw it directly to the relief.
Upon touching the Godhead Fragment, the relief twisted wildly; it was excited, it was joyful, it was as if it had tasted a delicacy.
The Godhead Fragment slowly merged into the relief, and then a miraculous scene occurred.
The relief, which had originally been the color of dull copper, instantly transformed into a deep crimson liquid and began to drip.
The narrow altar of the church was instantly covered by a large amount of liquid metal, like a pool of blood.
The liquid metal continuously expanded, instantly turning into a huge, deep crimson soft body, wriggling like a slime.
This sight made Shichen feel a bit uncomfortable.
A smaller one would be fine; slimes are harmless and cute, but one this large was a bit unsettling.
And the liquid metal seemed to sense Shichen's thoughts and immediately lunged at him.
Shichen was instantly enveloped.
The deep crimson liquid began to make contact from Shichen's feet, slowly climbing up, intending to cover his body.
The feeling was like falling into a mud pit, with both legs entangled.
However, this deep crimson liquid was not harmless like mud; it was eerie, conscious, and intended to devour Shichen.
Shichen was not afraid of this deep crimson liquid, because at this moment, he could finally feel the power of his Divine Body.
His body began to emit a pure white light, sacred and inviolable, radiant and holy.
The deep crimson liquid was like filth in the darkness encountering the sunlight that restrained it; it was terrified, began to tremble and struggle, and wanted to escape.
But Shichen couldn't let it escape.
Another power within his body yearned, as if encountering a delicacy, wanting to devour, absorb, and claim the deep crimson liquid that enveloped him.
The power of the True Ancestor's Body!
The deep crimson liquid completely realized the danger and tried to separate from Shichen's body, but it couldn't find a way; it was as if it was sucked onto Shichen's body, unable to move, only able to instinctively tremble.
Shichen, following his body's yearning, began to absorb the deep crimson liquid that enveloped him.
The deep crimson liquid, suppressed by the Divine Body and held immobile by the True Ancestor's Body, could only undulate and tremble, slowly and little by little merging into Shichen's body.
At this moment, Shichen felt it: his body began to have magic power surging!
More and more magic power began to circulate throughout his body, flowing through his blood vessels, through his blood, permeating his entire being.
He had magic power!
The deep crimson liquid had joined his body and transformed into magic power!
This magic power was vast, vigorous, and endless.
"Wait! Wait a moment! Don't absorb me, please spare me! I'm not a bad person!"
Before Shichen could even process it, he suddenly heard a woman's voice pleading.
Following the source of the sound, he saw a small mass of deep crimson liquid on his leg actually transform into a human figure, tightly hugging his leg and begging for mercy.
Her specific appearance couldn't be discerned, but her facial features clearly showed an exotic flair.
Shichen frowned slightly, remembering her identity, then controlled his body and didn't absorb her.
He wasn't that short on magic power anymore.
The vast deep crimson liquid that had almost filled the entire church had now disappeared; only a fist-sized, human-shaped red liquid remained.
"Hoo—" Realizing she was safe, the human-shaped red liquid let out a sigh of relief and slumped to the ground.
Shichen stared at her with a strange expression.
Although she was entirely deep crimson, she was completely in human form, and at the moment, she wore nothing, meaning she was a miniature naked woman.
She was practically like a figurine, just more realistic.
"Who are you?" Shichen reined in his curiosity, asking knowingly.
There was nothing particularly appealing about her; Thor's was much prettier, and the key was that she was entirely deep crimson, lacking any aesthetic appeal.
"Me? Listen closely." The little person stood up, proudly put her hands on her hips, and replied triumphantly, "I am the great alchemist, Nina Adelard."
Though small, her body proportions were quite impressive.
Shichen looked at her expressionlessly: "Oh, I don't know you."
"What? You actually don't know me?" Nina Adelard seemed very angry.
"Do you have a problem with that?" Shichen chuckled, threatening to absorb her.
"No! No, no! I was wrong! It's perfectly normal not to know me." Feeling the suction, which she couldn't resist at all, Nina Adelard instantly caved.
"Heh~ That's more like it, and also, speak to me normally."
"Why? I..."
"Hmm?"
"I... I understand." Nina Adelard lowered her head helplessly.
"You said your name is Nina Adelard?"
"You... You remember me?" Nina Adelard looked up with her small head, asking in surprise.
"No, it's just that calling you that feels troublesome, so I'll just call you Nina from now on."
"Eh? You brat... Can't you be more polite? I'm older than you, aren't I? Can't you show some respect?"
"It seems you don't really want to live."
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, you can call me whatever you want, please don't absorb me." Nina immediately bowed in apology.
"Heh~ You're quite sensible.
You said you're an alchemist, right? Then just follow me from now on."
"Huh?" Nina froze.
"What's with the 'huh'? If I hadn't spared you, would you even have a chance?"
"...I understand."
"Call me Master from now on."
"What?"
"Hmm?"
"Ma... Master."
"That's more like it." Shichen nodded in satisfaction.
"..." Nina seemed to lose all her strength in an instant.
She had just woken up, and how did she already have a master? She had almost died just now.
But there was no other way; she was the fish on the chopping block, and she didn't really want to die.
Thinking this, Nina completely accepted her fate.
"By the way, are you going to stay like this?" Shichen suddenly asked.
"What?" Nina was a bit confused.
"What did you look like before?"
"Oh, that.
I haven't transformed my body yet."
As Nina spoke, her body suddenly solidified, and then its color changed, from deep crimson skin to brown skin.
She was now a complete exotic beauty, still wearing nothing, and a bit small.
"Clothes?"
"Oh."
Nina reached out her hand towards the grass on the ground, and the grass suddenly flew towards her, then gathered on her body, transforming into two pieces of white underwear.
Material transformation!
This was the wonder of alchemy!
However, Shichen wasn't interested.
He nodded, extended his hand, and said, "Alright, come up."
"Understood, Master."
Nina accepted her change in status quite quickly.
She jumped onto Shichen's hand, and then he placed her on his shoulder.
"Let's go, time to head back."
"Okay."
Shichen didn't rush to leave; instead, he waved goodbye to Xiaobai and the others before preparing to depart.
"By the way, Master, why can you absorb the Sage's Spirit Blood?" Nina suddenly asked curiously.
She just realized now that Shichen didn't seem to have a "Refining Core," so how did he activate the Sage's Spirit Blood?
"Is absorbing it not easy?"
Shichen couldn't help but laugh, and then the magic power within his body surged, vast and boundless, with astonishing might.
A strong wind picked up around them, weeds flew about, tree branches trembled, and the kittens shivered.
"I am now—the Fifth True Ancestor!"
Shichen laughed wildly, unrestrainedly, arrogantly, but a voice rang out, instantly making him unable to laugh.
"Oh? You said you're the Fifth True Ancestor?"