Rise of the Alchemy God

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In a vast land, hundreds of miles away from the Beast Continent, a desolate landscape stretched out.

The ground was dry, cracked by countless fissures that snaked like wounds.

A hissing wind stirred up clouds of gray dust, and the very air seemed burdened with an invisible oppression that would suffocate any normal person.

The sky above this barren land was completely covered by a vast blanket of dark clouds, making it almost impossible for any beam of light to penetrate and strike this dead land.

Toward the northern center of this vast land, there was an irregular depression, a wide rift that stretched for who knew how many miles.

Here, the earth was darker, as if it had been stamped with large amounts of ink.

In the depths of this rift, in an area where visibility was completely absent, the sound of a faint heartbeat echoed.

The sound of the heartbeat broke the silence that had permeated this place for who knows how long, but it lasted only for a second before stopping.

The place returned to silence, as it was before, until a second heartbeat echoed, this time a little louder, followed by another.

It was as though something buried deep within the earth was finally beginning to awaken.

Various beings, scattered across different parts of this vast land, sensed this change in the great rift as they turned their gaze toward it.

To the east of this large depression in the land, a mountain tens of thousands of miles high began to tremble, and in an instant, the summit of the mountain exploded, sending large amounts of debris and smoke everywhere.

And while all of this was happening, a large silhouette of several meters could be seen where the summit had once been.

Before even a few seconds passed, the silhouette turned its head toward the rift and mumbled something incomprehensible before shooting at an incredibly high speed toward it.

While all this was happening, in the Beast Continent, in the skies above the Wolf Kingdom, Ethan, who had just finished absorbing the demonic Qi and was ready to leave, turned his head toward a direction as if sensing something.

His expression was impassive as he kept his gaze fixed in that direction before giving a slight smile and saying:

"It seems to be waking up."

He said, and Bai Yu, who was next to him, could get an idea of what was happening.

"Well, isn't it time to take this lady to our next destination?" she said jokingly.

"Certainly, milady, but first allow me to settle another matter quickly," he said as he turned his gaze toward the direction of the Dragon Kingdom.

"Hm?"

Bai Yu, noticing his gaze, also shifted her attention toward it, and only then did she realize something.

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"It's about time you showed yourself, don't you think?" Ethan's voice resonated behind her.

In the city of Tiān Shù, the population, which had just started to calm down, was shocked once more as they saw something that none of them would have ever expected to witness.

The massive tree that had towered over the city for thousands of years was now glowing, as an intense greenish aura enveloped its entire surface.

The people nearby could feel a sensation of warmth emanating from the tree, and for some reason, their entire being felt revitalized.

While this sudden phenomenon attracted the attention of the people once again, Han Wei, who had just recovered from what he had witnessed earlier, sensed this immense aura suddenly coming from the giant tree at the center of the capital.

Being at the peak of the moral realm, he could perceive an immense force enclosed within this aura, and instinctively he couldn't help but compare it to the figure of that unfathomable being who had visited their realm not long ago, and who was also most likely the cause of that enormous luminous disc that had appeared in the sky.

"Just, what the hell is happening today?"

He asked, a little overwhelmed by the continuous series of shocking events that were happening one after another.

First the discovery of the invasion, then his son's betrayal, then that enormous phenomenon, and now this.

He wondered if this was a sign that the end was coming for their race.

He never would have expected the tree they had revered for many generations to emanate such a terrifying aura.

While everyone was immersed in the beauty of the giant tree glowing, it began to tremble, and several green particles began to fly away from it.

From the delicate leaves to the branches of the tree, these particles of green light flew out in large quantities, and in a few seconds, the green glow that had covered the entire tree began to fade until it returned to its original state.

As the tree returned to normal, the green particles flew into the air, reaching several miles in height, before beginning to converge into a single point.

Gradually, the particles condensed until they formed a large cocoon of light, which began to crack open as a figure, curled up in a fetal position, began to be glimpsed from within it.

With a slight movement, her eyelids fluttered before she finally opened her eyes.

The cocoon of light, which had previously enveloped the woman, was now almost completely disintegrated, and in its place stood the slender figure of a woman with long green hair and eyes like two emeralds, fixed on a distant point.

There, miles away, her eyes met another pair of crystal blue eyes that emitted a strange force of attraction toward her.

With a soft step, she disappeared from her position, and in the next instant, she was already standing in front of Ethan, looking at him with a curious gaze.

Seeing the woman with green hair appear suddenly in front of Ethan, Bai Yu narrowed her eyes as she muttered.

"Wouldn't it be better if you put something on?" she said, noticing that the woman's entire being was exposed.

But as if she hadn't heard her, the woman ignored Bai Yu and continued to examine Ethan as if he were some rare species.

A vein appeared on Bai Yu's forehead as she saw the woman ignore her.

She was almost tempted to turn her into a living popsicle, but before she could say anything.

The woman, who had been examining Ethan for a while, finally opened her mouth and said:

"Zaril no'mek thavna, osa'drin kul fehara," she said in a soft, melodious voice.

Hearing this voice, Ethan didn't understand what language it was, but for some reason, he felt he could understand what she had just said.

This realization made Ethan recall the first time he had set foot in this world, and although he didn't know the language of the place, he was still able to speak and understand.

He tried to replicate the sensation he had felt that time and linked it to what he was perceiving now, and said:

"Venar do'thal zir, en'kai nor valen."