Chapter 1054

As my words finished, the First World Elder didn't argue anymore; at this moment she was even more expectant than I was for this possibility to be born in my hands.

Bestowing life upon spell effects, what an absurd and outrageous idea!

But the little witch before her was able to speak of this questionable conception with such “confident” words.

As expected, the difference between a genius and a madman was but a single thought.

Just as First World Elder held such thoughts, I also released a spell.

Protection of the Elemental Spirit.

I remembered that originally, when this spell was used, it would randomly summon a spirit of a different element for protection based on the surrounding environment.

But after my “modding,” this randomness was erased by me; it became a power in my hands, governed by my will.

This was a kind of persistence belonging to me; a random power with an uncertain result was a power that did not belong to me!

As long as I had the ability and the means to change it, I would inevitably change it.

With a surge of flames, a phantom of a fire elemental spirit emerged behind me; it was like a loving mother god protecting her subjects, warding off those injuries and curses.

Unsurprisingly, this spell most likely originated from “Elf Magic,” a blessing unique to elves, yet it was transformed into the power of a spell by the wisdom of witches, to be used by witches.

I controlled the Protection of the Elemental Spirit, gathering it in front of me.

“How do you intend to proceed next? Replicate the technique you used to create the Forest Elf using an effect constructed by spell order?”

The First World Elder looked at my movements and asked with great expectation.

“The line of thought is indeed such a line of thought.”

I nodded.

“But this is difficult. Putting aside that a spell effect is not a mass of energy essence suitable for gestation, it is a precise operation constructed with spell architectures and rune rituals. Perhaps, Xiao Han, you could try an ordinary summoning spell?”

First World Elder suggested.

“In essence, they are actually all the same, aren't they?”

I said with a smile.

As long as it was a spell effect, it had nothing to do with life.

Except for the Resurrection Spell, but rather than calling the Resurrection Spell a type of spell, it was better to call it a Resurrection technique; it could similarly be a Resurrection ritual, and naturally, it could also be fitted into the framework of a spell.

But ordinary spells were naturally not something like the Resurrection Spell.

Even the closest thing, the Summoning Spell, or the mode of the Great Snow Throne Spell mastered by the Ancient Glacial Ice, was similar to what I was talking about.

But the reason the King of Ancient Glacial Ice could do such things was because she alone bore the lives of an entire race!

Life was not created out of thin air; rather, the spell itself was a carrier shaped for life.

After all, the Ancient Glacial Ice themselves transformed into power; this was a miracle unique to them.

“What's next? If you bestow life upon it, you'll need soul-substance materials, right? If every casting requires casting materials, this will undoubtedly be somewhat tasteless. Moreover, materials like soul-substance or soul crystals are not themselves materials that can be sourced anywhere. In that case, the cost-performance of a single casting would be very low.”

“That is indeed true.”

I nodded and said.

If it was just to experiment a few times to verify feasibility, I would naturally be willing, but if this method became my regular means, it would still feel inexplicably painful.

After all, those soul crystals of mine were all needed to help me advance to being a Transcendent; they couldn't be squandered so wantonly.

But!

That didn't mean I had no other means!

At this moment, the First World Elder heard that I didn't refute her, but she didn't see me take out any materials like soul crystals to begin a formal attempt for a long time, so she couldn't help but be somewhat puzzled.

But after she saw my operations, this puzzlement quickly turned into shock!

“What technique is this?”

“This is a new technique derived from soul-substance depiction.”

I explained.

“Some time ago, many students of the Witch Academy suffered soul-substance damage due to certain matters, so I helped them perform soul-substance repair. I used this to derive a secondary-level soul-substance depiction from the Soul Depiction skill I mastered.”

“The original initial version of Soul Depiction was intended to facilitate the metamorphic advancement from soul-substance to soul. So, after deriving soul-substance depiction, I was wondering, what exactly constitutes soul-substance?”

Hearing my words, First World Elder's whole body jolted!

“Xiao Han, have you figured out what soul-substance is composed of?”

“Ah? Certainly not! How could that be possible in such a short time? Soul-substance is one of the Three Source Elements of the World after all, so I didn't beat my head against that wall.”

I explained.

I was still aware of the title of the Three Source Elements of the World.

Whether it was Transcendent Primordial Crystals or World Primordial Soil, I had learned about them.

One was an initial high-energy block; if its energy level dropped, it would burst with terrifying energy radiation.

I had also researched the process of World Primordial Soil transforming into other materials, but similarly gained nothing.

The same was true for soul-substance, and I had even expanded a brand-new concept for soul-substance: Dream-state Soul-substance.

“True... I was being foolish...”

The First World Elder gave a relieved smile.

She had still thought of Xiao Han as being a bit too divine; even the most talented child had to adhere to basic logic.

“But although I didn't explore the detailed composition of soul-substance, I took my current step based on another technique, which is the Mimetic Soul technique. This technique was a by-product born when I was researching the soul-substance metamorphic union before, but now it provides me with a brand-new line of thought! Constructing Mimetic Soul-substance with transcendent energy!”

Just as a Mimetic Soul was not a soul, Mimetic Soul-substance was naturally not soul-substance.

Rather, it possessed similar properties.

But this gave the spell energy constituted by a spell a brand-new possibility!

First World Elder's shock was precisely because of this.

From the Protection of the Elemental Spirit before me, without the intervention of any finished soul-substance, she felt the traces of “life”!

That was the so-called “Mimetic Soul-substance.”

However, this technique was still very immature.

Just for this one stage, I tried again and again.

But the First World Elder watched my operations very patiently.

Within that focused gaze was entirely curiosity about the unknown, as well as lamentation for this creative inspiration.

My movements did not stop.

Successive failures were followed by successive attempts.

Soul-substance depiction and the Mimetic Soul-substance technique became increasingly proficient in my hands.

The First World Elder also cast spells beside me to prevent the experiments from causing too much commotion upon failure.

One could see the effect of the spell before me under the action of the Mimetic Soul-substance technique; although it was still very mismatched, compared to before, it already showed great progress.

“I barely succeeded!”

Along with my joyful exclamation, the effect of the Protection of the Elemental Spirit spell before me transformed into the characteristics of Mimetic Soul-substance in that instant.

But in the next moment, the degree of mismatch for the spell effect, dominated by the spell architecture and rune ritual, reached its peak.

Thus, it forcibly interrupted the spell effect, causing a double Backlash of mental power and magic power to me!

Big Sis Bai stepped forward and hugged me, invisibly feeding the First World Elder a handful of dog food...

But the First World Elder didn't seem to mind; she naturally knew what my current situation was.

With a wave of her hand, many materials appeared in her palm.

She wasn't going to mix a Potion, but concoct a Magic Potion!

After all, the upper limit of a Magic Potion was much higher than that of a Potion.

One was a ritual effect blended with a Magic Potion ritual, and the other was a liquid mixed by relying on the medicinal properties of stones and herbs.

Under limited conditions, a Magic Potion naturally had a better cost-performance.

Moreover, it was just a Magic Potion to soothe the spell Backlash; it wouldn't take very long.

At this moment, after suffering the spell Backlash, I rested for a while, and the impact of the magic power Backlash on my body was mostly halfway recovered.

This was not only due to the strong assistance of body cultivation and my undying nature, but also the affinity for magic power from my Self-generating Magic Power body talent.

Currently, my main body had not yet performed the construction of infinite magic power.

After all, there had never been an opportunity; the commotion caused by constructing infinite magic power would be too great, and it would easily provoke the nerves of other Transcendents.

“Open your mouth, ah drink this.”

After just a short while, the First World Elder had concocted the Magic Potion, even temporarily using a black tea cup to hold it.

I shook my head, wanting to throw off the dizziness caused by the mental power Backlash, but the effect was poor.

Even with the meditation chapter Realm-Heart Insight from the Secret Manual of Body Cultivation, it was difficult to quickly disperse this dizziness.

After hearing the First World Elder's words, I quickly took the Magic Potion and drank it in one go.

Immediately, a very special taste burst in my mouth.

My brain felt as if there were a clear force like peppermint, dispersing my negative effects in a very rapid manner.

“Phew I've recovered!”

I hurriedly sighed and said.

Right now, I even had a feeling that I had more energy than when I was trying just now to constantly organize those conjectures and thoughts.

“Are you better, Xiao Han?”

“Mm-hmm.”

I hurriedly nodded.

“It's truly magical. Is this a Magic Potion?”

“Yes, it's just some insignificant small handiwork within the Magic Potion techniques. Xiao Han, do you plan to continue? I saw that at the final moment, you seemed to have found some ideas, right?”

“Exactly! It's indeed a new line of thought! During casting, the spellbook and magic power should be viewed as a whole, rather than viewing the spell framework and ritual effect as an object to be tamed. Therefore, this technique should not be directed at the spell effect, but should start making changes from the root, from the spellbook level!”

As I spoke, I continued to try.

This was the brand-new line of thought I had found at the final moment!

Failure?

I had just failed many times.

That one time just now merely had severe consequences for failure; it could not dampen my proactive spirit at all.

The First World Elder was also very interested in my description, and such a description was still very general, so she paid more attention to how I would do it.

After several more attempts, I finally succeeded once again!

The spell before me transformed into the crudest gestation embryo.

Under the soul-substance depiction technique, it formed a light-colored phantom.

The birth and gestation of life were far simpler than what life itself perceived.

It was only life that had learned to think that made life complex.

Life could function without thinking, without memory, and similarly without emotion.

In more extreme cases, it could even lack the instinct to seek benefit and avoid harm.

Since life could lack them, it naturally could also have them.

So... can life have forms other than the soul and soul-substance?

Of course... yes!

Back when I questioned the World Consciousness, I obtained the answer to this question.

Soul-substance and the soul similarly could not completely represent life.

And the reason I concluded that the Mimetic Soul technique could not birth life was because the Mimetic Soul technique could not birth life as I recognized it.

But the scope of life was far broader than I had estimated.

At the very least, the Mimetic Soul technique could not shape life like a human, nor could it shape life like the Ancient Glacial Ice.

Then what kind of life could it?

Life that conformed to the Mimetic Soul could, but that was an existence already beyond my recognition.

By the same logic, at this moment, using the spell as a foundation and Mimetic Soul-substance as a core, could I gestate life?

The answer was affirmative, but its life form was absolutely beyond my recognition.

It was unlike the so-called definition of pure elemental life.

If I had to give it a definition, then this was roughly... Spell Life?

It was more fragile than elemental life, but it didn't matter.

The spell effect itself had no life, and I added the concept of “life” to it.

What mattered was not its fragility, but its life properties!

If what I held was a Fireball, and I bestowed life upon the fireball effect, then who could imagine being given a big slap by a fireball thrown at them?

The spell effect rises, the Spell Life is born, and the process of casting the spell is the brilliant and dazzling life of the Spell Life!

They would calmly welcome death under the annihilation of the spell effect.

This concept was just like a person passing away naturally; looking back at the past, its life was short but also had its value.

It was born for me, and it died for me.

The only thing I could do for it was to tell it that its life had value.

Perhaps I didn't need to, because life similarly could function without needing to seek value.

Life was imperfect, and I similarly could not forcibly impose my values and recognition upon a Spell Life that existed for only an instant.

I once again thought of those words: life will find its own way out.

I slowly raised my head.

Originally, on the Protection of the Elemental Spirit, the face of the “spirit” was ignored, but now it possessed the specifics of life.

I had my first eye contact with it.

What kind of feeling was that?

Under my heart sense, I felt the joy of life being born.

It was not sorrowful because of its short lifespan, because at the beginning of its birth, it had no recognition of what death was.

It wouldn't even fear death; all they had was the initial conviction and instinct of life, persisting in the essence of the spell.

Protection of the Elemental Spirit was for protection... one could foresee that if I used a Fireball, then at the moment it was projected out by me, it would be the moment it stepped into its lifelong glory.

Upholding its explosive nature, it would draw a perfect conclusion to its life with the most magnificent posture.

At this moment, I inexplicably thought of the Grand Spellbook... the Grand Spell effects of infinite self-circulation were eternal and indestructible.

In that case, what would become of the Spell Life born from it?

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