Would purity matter?
It would.
High-purity gold carried the power of “purification”. The higher the purity, the stronger the purification would be.
Just as high-purity gold had been ground into powder and mixed with a lacquer made from palm oil and herbs to ward off impurities — if the purity of the gold had reached a certain threshold, it indeed could be used to reduce the erosion of the soul.
Even Mr. Ray had a special ritual: using gold to clear the erosion rate.
It was an advanced ritual that belonged to the Purification Realm.
In theory, it was plausible. Theoretically, with incredibly pure and top-notch gold, it would yield a more potent purifying force than Mr. Ray.
However, it was “in theory”.
The question was how to get it.
“Gold with a purity of over 100%… How could such a thing exist?” Annan asked subconsciously, “Even the legendary [pure gold] cannot be used to reverse the Fallen path.”
Are they dreaming?
Do they expect the gold to jump up and shout “Hyaku Pāsento”?
[TN: 100% in Japaneese. Most likely an anime reference.]
With the current technology, achieving pure gold solely through technical means was absolutely impossible — because 100% pure gold could only be obtained through the [Sage’s Stone].”
Thus, another term for Sage’s Stone was the “Philosopher Stone”.
All the Sage’s Stones in the world were exhausted.
This incomparably precious [pure gold] must be stored through complex storage methods. It was the most precious ritual in the Purification Realm, and it could be used to hold the highest level of a purification ritual. It allowed the user to borrow the purification power at the same level as an upright deity.
Only two pieces of pure gold exist today, both of which were kept in Mr. Ray’s church.
However, even the gold of this purity could not be used to reverse the Fallen path. It could purify a transcender with a 99% erosion rate. However, those reaching a 100% erosion rate would turn into a demon, which was impossible to reverse the effect.
In a similar analogy, imagine the water being poured from the cup. The water could be poured back if it was poured into another cup. However, once the water was poured on the dirty floor, getting the clean water back was impossible.
Its nature had changed.
When the Fallen chose to step into the Fallen path from Bronze Rank, they were already heading in the opposite direction. They started demonizing before the erosion rate reached 100%.
Instead of pouring water into the silt, they added silt to the water from the very beginning.
Just pouring the muddy water into another cup and pouring it back, it was impossible to turn them back into clean water.
Their nature had changed. This was not something that could be accomplished in the Purification Realm.
This was an outstanding achievement that could only be accomplished by the “deceased deity”. Unfortunately, He had already died. The Truth He held had collapsed and disappeared from the world. The outcome was irreversible.
This was the reason why the demon was born, and it was also the fundamental reason why the Fallen path could not be reversed.
To retrieve a fallen soul using “gold” required a purification power beyond Mr. Ray.
[Pure gold] could be exchanged for Mr. Ray’s full power. By that logic, if the quality of the exchange had been further enhanced, the power obtained might indeed have become even more pure.
But the problem was how could an elemental exist with a purity exceeding 100%? Forget surpassing 100% purity; if they had a way to mass-produce [pure gold], they could obtain Mr. Ray’s power… With that, it wouldn’t be impossible for the Papal Kingdom to intervene and directly influence the Austere-Winter Dukedom.
Why beat around the bush?
“No, they actually can’t produce pure gold because that truly requires advanced technology,” Longjing Tea denied, “According to the records in the document, the Nothern Brotherhood already has a plan in mind and might have even produced a prototype. They’ve named this type of gold, the [Satiated Gold].”
“Satiated Gold…” Annan repeated.
Annan quickly caught onto something.
Its name gave Annan an ominous feeling.
“Tell me in detail.” Annan was silent for a while and added, “Do you have any other information about the [Satiated Gold]?”
“It’s precisely because of their documents that I believe this could be possible, which is why I’ve brought it to your attention with such gravity, Your Highness.”
Longjing Tea said thoughtfully, “I truly believe they can succeed.”
“There is another thing involved here… Have you heard of [Curse Energy]?”
“—the blood of the world. Incomplete creation power. It’s a limited ‘power to achieve what you want’. Or it can also be called ‘currency capable of exchanging everything’.”
Annan replied slowly, “I know about it, and I know that Northern Brotherhood is trying to master it.”
“However, even if they get the curse energy, they shouldn’t be able to create it.”
Simply put, the curse energy was “the Holy Grail”.
It was the ability to skip the [ingredients] and [process] and directly obtain the [result].
In Annan’s view, if used properly, this thing could be considered a resource as precious as those at a galactic level… Yet, the elves using it to construct grand cities, extend their lifespans, and produce entertainment was undoubtedly a tremendous waste.
However, it was a shortcut, not a wishing power.
If there was no starting point or journey in between, then naturally, one couldn’t reach the destination.
In other words, to create something with curse energy, the creator must know what raw materials he needed and how to process them.
“So, what does the Northern Brotherhood want to do?”
“They tried to use the [curse shaft], the world’s wedge, to anchor multiple worlds together… such as the dream world.” Longjing Tea said seriously, “First create the curse shaft, then have it appear in someone’s nightmare — prepare a piece of ultra-pure gold in reality, and then have an identical piece of gold appear in the same position within the nightmare.”
“Then, use ‘curse energy’ to elevate this nightmare to ‘the Otherworldly Level’ nightmare — indeed, this could be achieved. As long as a twisted-level nightmare consumes enough transcender souls, it can transform itself into another world level.”
“Then, the curse shaft will become the ‘real world wedge’, and everything in the nightmare will become real. It is nailed to two worlds at the same time, and the two worlds will become two overlapping like the paper being stapled together.”
“If the number of curse shafts exceeds three, then one can pinpoint this artificial ‘nightmare world’ entirely. The most distinct feature of the Otherworldly Level nightmares is that they can manifest genuinely in other worlds — just like those visitors from other worlds.”
Speaking of this, Longjing Tea paused for a moment. He continued without changing his expression, “Then as long as you use the power of curse shaft to destroy that nightmare world from the nightmare, the gold may fall into the real world.”
Longjing Tea said slowly, In this case, there is a possibility — just a possibility.”
“Due to their absolute consistency in coordinates and essence, the gold from these two worlds might overlap. Then, it would appear to have the mass and volume of ‘one piece of gold’, but in reality, it is ‘two pieces of gold’… That is, [Satiated Gold], having consumed another version of itself.”
“If this is possible, it will not be as simple as ‘reversing the Fallen’.”
“This means that Fallen will reach the same rank as transcender, or even further up.” Annan said in a deep voice.
Unlike the “upward” path of ascension, the “downward” path of fallen did not require any talent. It only took time. Sooner or later, the demonization would be completed.
With this method, what manifested was not just a single piece of gold. Even if a nightmare could only be used this way once, they could still obtain a ‘batch’ of Satiated Gold.
If everything had gone smoothly, they could have even purified all the demons in the world — transforming them into transcenders of the same caliber.
“That’s absurd!” Annan couldn’t fathom where these people got their courage from.
Are these all speculations?
There is no evidence at all!
If the curse power is truly drained, then the world itself would gradually weaken. Even if they think, ‘come hell or high water’ after they’re dead and completely ignore this fact…
Even if the coordinates overlap and the essence is the same, it is really “superimposing each other” rather than “destroying each other”.
However, gold isn’t necessarily the only thing that falls out of that ‘nightmare world’.
How do they ensure they never appear in the nightmares? Would their ‘curse shaft’ become otherworldly? If the ‘curse shaft’ in this world gets destroyed first, would a hole appear leading to that ‘temporary artificial world’? Would there be other ‘overlapping’ materials emerging?”
Going through all this trouble, do they really just want to obtain a large number of Gold Rank soldiers?
But in that case…wouldn’t it be better to just use the curse power to make a wish?
Although Annan acquired new information about what they were doing, he became more confused.
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