In the underground laboratory, shielded by layers of protective barriers, Jie Ming took a deep breath, adjusting his mind to its optimal state.
With a wave of his hand, rows of translucent potion bottles, shimmering with various colors and lusters, appeared neatly on the lab table.
These were the pre-purchased potions for activating his soul and body.
Inducing an “activated” state in the soul and body was a well-established technique in the wizarding civilization.
Jie Ming didn’t need to conduct risky experiments; he only had to follow the instructions, consuming these costly potions in strict order.
The first was a Cell Activator, burning like fire.
As the potion slid down his throat, a scorching warmth surged through his limbs and bones.
Jie Ming could clearly feel every cell in his body awakening from slumber, vibrating with unprecedented fervor!
His mind became extraordinarily clear, his senses infinitely amplified—he could even “hear” the faint breathing of elements in the air.
Without pausing to savor the sensation, Jie Ming downed several stabilizing potions in sequence to prevent his body from collapsing under excessive activation.Once his condition stabilized, he consumed additional stabilizing potions to lock in the effects of the activation potions.
Only when his body reached a delicate balance did the first round of potion consumption conclude.
The second round began with the Soul Resonance Liquid, serene as the deep cosmos.
As the cool liquid entered his stomach, the sensation surged straight to his sea of consciousness.
Jie Ming felt his soul plunged into a warm, gentle ocean, all stagnation and fatigue washed away.
Immediately, his computational power and thought speed skyrocketed!
Countless complex magical models and vast knowledge flowed, collided, and reorganized in his mind at an unprecedented pace…
He felt almost omnipotent, as if all the world’s mysteries could be unraveled in an instant if he so desired!
Jie Ming couldn’t help but marvel.
The benefits of this state for research and study were staggering.
Even in the chaos of battle, it offered a significant tactical advantage.
And second-tier wizards could maintain this state permanently!
One could imagine how sharp they would be in combat.
While marveling, Jie Ming didn’t forget the remaining potions.
The core potions for extreme activation were the Cell Activator and Soul Resonance Liquid.
The rest were supplementary, stabilizing the body and soul and reinforcing the potions’ effects.
Having just consumed a dozen potions of varying flavors, Jie Ming couldn’t help but twitch his lips at the sight of the remaining pile.
He now understood why, despite the convenience of potions, some opted for modification surgeries.
Only a transcendent’s robust digestion could handle this; a mortal might die from the sheer volume of potions.
Mechanically downing the potions in order, Jie Ming’s mind wandered, a side effect of the overactive thinking caused by synchronized body and soul activation.
After consuming all the potions and ensuring their effects were fully realized, he directed part of his consciousness into his vast sea of consciousness.
After fifty years of study and accumulation, his sea of consciousness was no longer the empty expanse it once was.
Beyond the ancient, mysterious Ring of Truth, it was filled with countless magical models of varying sizes.
Some he had constructed independently through his studies, others he had purchased and replicated for tasks.
But at the center of his sea of consciousness stood the four cornerstone magics he had built with his own understanding and core knowledge: Alchemy Technique, Analysis Technique, Extraction Technique, and… All-Purpose Eye!
As his soul’s activation progressed, his entire sea of consciousness began to stir.
He glanced at the dense array of magical models that had accompanied him for decades, a flicker of nostalgia in his eyes.
Then, without hesitation, he issued a mental command—Disassemble!
Buzz…
Countless magical models began to collapse simultaneously.
They dissolved into their purest runes, then dissipated, releasing the vast mental energy they had contained!
This torrent of mental energy unleashed towering waves within the confined sea of consciousness, shaking it violently.
For an ordinary wizard apprentice, dismantling even a single basic magical model could cause severe mental injury or derangement.
But a first-tier wizard’s sea of consciousness was far sturdier than an apprentice’s.
Coupled with the stabilizing Ring of Truth and Jie Ming’s deliberate cultivation of mental resilience through monastic techniques over the years, the simultaneous dismantling of so many models only caused a brief dizziness, as if lightly tapped by a hammer.
The discomfort vanished instantly, leaving no lingering effects.
Seeing the released mental energy surge like wild horses, Jie Ming knew the time had come.
He focused his mind and formally began the advancement process!
The process, for a logistics wizard like Jie Ming, was “simple.”
It involved using his will to transform all his learned and understood knowledge into unique “runes” containing truths.
These runes were then meticulously and precisely integrated into the existing Ring of Truth, reconstructing it into a more complex, powerful form!
Of course, this “simple” applied to logistics wizards like Jie Ming, with deep knowledge reserves and precise mental control.
For ordinary combat wizards, safely dismantling numerous magical models without injury was a daunting hurdle.
Moreover, maintaining the “activated” state of body and soul required vast resources.
Many less wealthy combat wizards, without extraordinary opportunities, might need centuries to gather enough resources for a single advancement attempt.
Jie Ming’s advancement proceeded remarkably smoothly, taking only a few months.
During this time, he secluded himself completely.
Each day, he consumed potions to maintain his body and soul’s peak activated state, gradually integrating his lifetime of knowledge into the expanding Ring of Truth.
When the final rune was successfully etched onto the Ring of Truth, the entire ring erupted in brilliant yet restrained light!
As Jie Ming reconstructed the Ring of Truth into a form so complex even he found it astonishing, he was stunned to discover its sheer size—it nearly filled his entire sea of consciousness.
And during this life sublimation, his sea of consciousness had unknowingly expanded countless times.
Even with most of it occupied by the massive Ring of Truth, the circular void at its center was larger than his entire previous sea of consciousness!
Jie Ming slowly opened his eyes, savoring the intoxicating surge of mental energy and the effortless control over external elemental forces, like breathing. He nodded in satisfaction.
His threshold for manipulating elemental forces had drastically lowered.
In a stable elemental plane like Elosia, he could now easily control and guide even the previously inert, less active elemental forces.
Jie Ming estimated that, upon reaching third-tier wizard, in planes with stable common rules, he could manipulate even materialized elemental substances with pure mental energy!
After a moment’s thought, he willed four new magical models to form swiftly in the vast central void encircled by the Ring of Truth.
They were Alchemy Technique, Extraction Technique, Analysis Technique, and All-Purpose Eye.
These models had undergone significant changes since before his advancement.
During the process, Jie Ming had reorganized all his knowledge.
In the hyper-activated state, he gained deeper insights into the knowledge tied to these four core magics.
Thus, the four models evolved automatically.
The evolution of the other three was noteworthy, but Alchemy Technique, his most used and proficient skill, achieved a qualitative breakthrough during this advancement.
It broke through the limitation of “inorganic matter”!
Now, Jie Ming could use Alchemy Technique to directly manipulate and modify relatively simple “organic matter”!
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