Rise of the Alchemy God

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The celebration continues all night, and Ethan, who had just finished being teased by the women in the group, now finds himself being teased by the men.

Clearly, they were not happy about the fact that he had drawn the attention of all the women in the audience.

And this, even though he had restrained much of his natural charm.

This alone was enough for him to realize that his natural appearance, over time and as his level increased, had reached a point where people in the mortal realm were easily influenced by it.

This scene reminded him of the first time he met Bai Yu in her human form.

Even then, he struggled to divert his attention away from her.

In the end, he drank with them and chatted as if they were all old friends.

Particularly with Bai Huo Shan, who seemed to have a general fondness for alcohol.

He treated Ethan as an equal the entire time and ended up discussing various topics with him.

Ethan also noticed that not only were the women in the group interested in him, but even some of the girls who had been participants in the tournament would occasionally glance at him.

Ethan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

As a healthy adult man, he naturally appreciated the interest from the opposite sex.

However, not being used to this situation, he had to admit that he felt a little embarrassed.

Even Xiang Hua, Yan Mei, and Hu Xingyan cast a few glances his way. Seeing this, he could only laugh while shaking his head internally.

'Tch, being too handsome isn't good for a man's health,' he thought, feeling as though he had just uncovered one of the universe's secrets.

To this comment, Bai Yu, who resided in his mind, didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Finally, after several hours, the party came to an end, and everyone, drunk or not, left for their respective quarters.

Ethan, after receiving one or two invitations from some of the women, quickly made his escape.

He was a firm believer in the saying, "Duty first, pleasure later,"

And at the moment, his duty was to enter his Minor Dimension and learn more about what had happened that day.

Bai Yu had already told him about the assassination attempt on the Emperor, but she had left out some details, saying she would explain in greater detail once they were alone.

So, Ethan reached his quarters and transported himself into his Minor Dimension, where Bai Yu, wrapped around his right arm, emerged from his sleeve and returned to her human form.

Seeing the beautiful dragon woman transform, he wasted no time and asked for all the details.

She explained the formation of the Infinite Prison, a technique often used to trap prisoners in a dimension they could never escape from, something that sent chills down Ethan's spine.

She spoke of the demon, its battle with the Emperor, and how it ultimately concluded.

Then, with a gesture of her hand, she made a strange object encased in a piece of ice, roughly the size of a basketball, appear.

Seeing it, Ethan couldn't help but ask,

"What is this?"

He struggled to determine what was encased within.

If it had been ordinary ice, he would have had no problem sensing everything frozen within.

But this was ice produced by Bai Yu, and as such, it contained her spiritual Qi, which interfered with his perception of whatever lay inside.

"It's the demon's heart," she said nonchalantly, as she made the object inside the ice more visible.

Ethan, finally able to see what was inside, was a bit confused.

Heart?

No matter how much he looked at it, the object inside the ice was far from being anything even remotely resembling a heart.

Sure, he didn't expect every being to have a heart similar to that of a human, but the object in front of him was too convoluted and distorted to be considered even the semblance of an organ.

"Unlike other living beings who have a body made up of specific organs, demons are more of a product of spiritual Qi.

As such, their heart is not something completely physical or defined but rather a concentrated mass of demonic energy enclosed in a sort of core," she explained, sharing everything she knew about demons.

Though she said this, she admitted that the principle behind how their organs worked was unclear to her, as information about demons was limited.

What little she knew came from some old documents in the Celestial Plane.

'So the thing is a mass of demonic Qi,' Ethan thought.

Finally, he made a decision and said,

"Could you defrost it?"

"You want to try absorbing it, don't you?" she asked, already expecting such a request from him.

He had done it in the past, discovering that his special physique was capable of digesting this energy, converting it to strengthen himself.

Back then, what he absorbed was merely the demonic Qi of a half-demon.

Ethan wondered what kind of benefits he might gain from absorbing the Qi of a pure demon.

So, Bai Yu released her ice, and little by little, the object inside began to disintegrate, transforming into demonic Qi that started to escape.

She was still a bit skeptical about him absorbing the demonic Qi and warned him that if he even had the slightest suspicion that the demonic energy was beginning to overwhelm him, he should stop immediately.

He reassured her, and they proceeded.

The demonic energy began to rise into the air, and Ethan immediately felt that familiar sensation emanating from his body, urging him to absorb it.

This time, he didn't resist and drew the demonic Qi into himself.

Just like the last time, it condensed into a concentrated sphere of all the demonic Qi present and was absorbed into Ethan's body through his chest, specifically where his heart was located.

As soon as the sphere of condensed demonic Qi entered his body, Ethan felt the same sensation as before, and just like last time, his body began to heat up while black veins appeared on various parts of his body.

He could tell that the impact of the demonic energy this time was clearly stronger, but it was also true that his body had already adapted to processing this energy to some extent.

As a result, this time, he didn't suffer too much, and within minutes, all the demonic energy was digested by his special physique.

And, of course, the system notifications didn't take long to appear:

[You have gained +351 STR]

[You have gained +315 AGI]

[You have gained +53 INT]

Just when he thought it was over, the system notifications didn't stop and continued.