Rise of the Alchemy God

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Ethan initially planned to target small scattered areas across the demonic continent and proceed to purify them, particularly those containing numerous half-demons and other life forms.

Once he finished with them, he intended to launch a large formation to eradicate all remaining traces of demonic Qi on the continent.

This process, however, would have taken considerable time, at least months, if not years.

But he had no faster or more efficient method to purify this land and all the living beings residing on it.

This changed when he learned the demonic language and the formation techniques based on it.

He discovered a new way to overwrite formations and command them as he pleased.

Therefore, he decided that instead of following his initial plan, which would have taken a long time, it would be quicker to overwrite an existing formation and modify it to assist with his task.

Overwriting formations was nothing new to him.

He had known how to do it before; after all, anyone who studied this profession would have also known how to modify already completed formations.

What he gained from learning the demonic language was not a new method of overwriting formations but the properties of this language.

Unlike spoken language, there were certain ancient and miraculous linguistic forms in the celestial plane that allowed specific effects to manifest merely by being used.

These were essentially autonomous forces that, when formulated in a certain way, could produce some type of reaction.

It turned out that the demonic language was one of these, and when Ethan learned the summoning formation of the thousand demonic calamities, he discovered an interesting fact.

He could effectively manipulate demonic energy through it.

One of the core principles on which that formation was based was a principle that allowed demonic energy to be summoned, and this principle was also what enabled the summoning of these demonic calamities, which were heavily infused with demonic energy.

When he learned about this principle, he studied it and soon discovered some applications of it.

He decided to attempt applying it to the protective barrier that had been left on this continent by Ying Hua, the previous owner of the artifact in his possession.

He formulated a series of runes based on this principle and placed them at the core of the formation sustaining the barrier over the demonic continent.

Then, he activated the symbols and overwrote the barrier, incorporating this principle along with some other modifications. The result was that it worked.

Several black smoke particles began drifting through the air, attracted by something, and they all attached themselves to the walls of the dome.

While this was happening, the beings affected by this formation were writhing below. Some had already lost consciousness as the black smoke continued to seep out of them, while others began to disintegrate entirely as particles of demonic Qi continued escaping from their bodies.

Clearly, these were beings directly created from demonic Qi, and as such, nothing remained of them as they gradually vanished.

Soon, among the beings that were not disintegrated, visible changes began to appear as their appearances started to shift.

From the half-demons, who felt their skin regain a healthier tone and their forms shrink to a certain degree, to the shadowy figures writhing on the ground as the black mist enveloping them gradually retreated, leaving behind human figures.

The demonic continent did not only contain beings of the human realm but also those of the beast realm. Soon, all these creatures, which previously had diverse forms and appearances, returned to their former shapes.

The process, which initially would have taken a long time, concluded in less than a day, by the end of which the barrier was now entirely coated with black particles of demonic Qi.

Ethan issued one final command to the barrier, which, after more than two thousand years, began detaching itself from the continent, leaving it free as it once was.

The various beams of light forming the dome-shaped barrier started curling and shrinking, and after some time, where once stood a giant dome now remained only a sphere roughly two meters in diameter, appearing to contain a black, tar-like substance.

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Ethan, seeing this, was not very surprised.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

In a way, he had expected it.

After all, the corruption on the demonic continent was far greater than that of the beasts. Consequently, its size was naturally many times larger than the small sphere of demonic Qi he had collected at the end of the purification on the beast continent.

Ethan was unsure how much he would gain from this dense amount of demonic Qi, but he could tell it would be more than enough to provide him with a significant boost in stats.

Without hesitation, Ethan placed his hand on it and immediately began absorbing it.

Soon, black veins started spreading across his arm, originating from his hand and extending to cover part of his face.

While this was happening, a certain elemental spirit hidden within Ethan's dantian space sensed this malignant energy invading his body. It couldn't help but feel alarmed as it rushed to exit Ethan's body and see what was happening.

A ball of light emerged from Ethan's chest and quickly materialized into a green-haired woman. As soon as she appeared, she saw the scene of Ethan seemingly absorbing the demonic energy as if nothing were wrong.

At first, she didn't understand what the black sphere was, but soon she could tell it was demonic energy.

Now, seeing her "master," so to speak, she couldn't help but feel alarmed as she rushed toward him.

"Hey, what are you doing? That thing is harmful, don't absorb it!" she shouted.

But before she could reach Ethan and try to pull him away from the black sphere, which was shrinking smaller and smaller, she felt someone grab her shoulder.

A chill ran down her spine.

Alarmed by the sudden sense of danger, she was ready to act, but soon she heard a calm voice, which carried an undertone of coldness she had never felt before:

"So, you've finally decided to come out of hiding. Good, very good... Come now, let the two of us have a nice little chat."

The sense of danger intensified more and more, and she felt that whatever was about to happen to her would not be anything good.