章節 420: Orochimaru's Ambitions
Edward began to record and write out theories. After seeing the birth and destruction of the universe, he now had a deeper understanding of many things: space-time, matter, soul, creation, destruction, quantum physics, mathematics, and many others. He even glimpsed some truths about the Void.
With Morgana's help, his brain was on overdrive, operating faster than a quantum computer. As such, he spent the next three months ignoring everything, focusing on his theories, and testing them out. He recorded all his thoughts while also writing many theorems–both magical and non-magical.
Thousands of holographic screens float before him, full of mathematical formulas and runes designs. And these were not all of them, only the most important ones.
"What a wonderful experience," commented Morgana, talking about their accomplishment these past three months and watching the universe's birth and death.
"Indeed," nodded Edward, who felt today's experience would benefit him until Tier 12, maybe even 12. He waved his hand to show two screens before him. Both were papers he had written with two titles:
[Primordial Runes and their relationship with Ancient Runes.]
[The Possibility of Origin Runes Existing.]
These two theories could lead to an upgrade of his Arcane Rune System. And once that happens, everything else in the Empire will upgrade–especially Artificers.
'Is a title above Divine Artificers? I will find out soon.' Edward felt it was the best decision to come to this world.
"Who would have thought mages could have epiphanies like in the cultivation novels," commented Edward with a sigh.
"People have epiphanies all the time, master. Hence the reason the word exists." Newton discovered gravity after watching an apple fall: this is an example of epiphany. Although Morgana knew this story was not true, throughout history, many scientists have made groundbreaking discoveries after observing nature or because of an accident.
"You know what I meant."
"I know, but I feel you are sometimes too influenced by these novels."
Edward shrugged his shoulder. "Anyway, how are your injuries?"
"Almost heal. I should be able to contact home after a while."
"Alright, let's go check on the other people."
Edward called a meeting with everyone on the team, but some people were absent, mainly Tsunade and Tobirama. A while ago, the war ended, and the golems began re-establishing order in the world. They needed to build schools and spread knowledge and propaganda about the Empire to make it easier for the Ninjas to integrate.
Tobirama and Tsunade wanted to help the Leaf with the transition and negotiate some benefits for their village. As for their research, it ended months ago and could not continue since Edward did not have access to Otsutsuki with Tier 7 to 8.
After walking into the room, he immediately noticed Orochimaru and Kabuto had mana inside their bodies instead of Chakra, and the amount was close to Tier 4. He guessed they succeeded in transferring their Chakra into mana.
"I see you guys have transferred," he said to those two. "How is it, being an Arcanist?"
"Excellent, thank you, your highness, for this opportunity," said Kabuto. Edward's eyes squinted slightly; he could tell this shady-looking man had escaped the fate of being Orochimaru's shadow. And by the way, he casually called him your highness, he's accepted his role pretty quickly.
"Good. With your mindset, you'll quickly adapt and thrive in the Empire," said Edward with a smile. "What about you, snake-tongue?"
"Too much to learn," replied Orochimaru, not minding the named calling. He spent the past few months with the clones and knew of the latter's carefree personality.
"Too much to learn?" asked Edward baffled, before thinking of something. "You always wanted to learn all Jutsus. Don't tell me you also want to learn all spells or magical knowledge?"
Orochimaru remained quiet, making Edward speechless. "I thought I was arrogant, but you're on another level. That's simply an impossible task."
"I've been trying to persuade Lord Orochimaru, but he would not listen," said Kabuto. One of the clones told them to choose specific fields to focus on, even if they wanted to be a Master of All Trades. So, he chose the soul, body, and bloodline modification. Meanwhile, Orochimaru had an insatiable thirst for knowledge and wanted to know everything.
"Your goal is simply impossible from a practical stands point," said Edward. "Your soul is limited and cannot bear such vast knowledge. Furthermore, Arcanists value knowledge more than their life. So, I often have to entice them to share their research. And even then, I probably hold about 70% of the Empire's knowledge in my hands.
"As for you? You are allowed unlimited access to my library because you're a special recruit to the Empire. Once we return, you also have to start paying for high-level access. So, your ambitions are nothing but dreams."
"I have fully figured out these things in the past month," said Orochimaru. "But I still want to try."
Edward pondered for a moment, "All-knowing, the path of Omniscient. It's not like you don't have a chance."
Orochimaru's eyes brightened. "Please enlighten me."
"If you want to have a chance, you need to become a Legendary Arcanist and control Conceptual Magic–[Knowledge Authority], to be precise."
"Legendary Arcanist? Conceptual Magic?" Orochimaru had never heard these terms in the database he had access to. "How would I accomplish that?"
"That's classified information of the highest level, so I can't tell you," said Edward. "However, I can tell you difficult this path is. In all the Empire, I'm the only Legendary Arcanist, and I only succeeded through a lucky opportunity after coming to this place.
"In my universe, I am probably the only magic wielder with this achievement. And if there are others, the number won't be more than five." Edward did not know about other planes, but his conjecture about the Cosmic God Plane was probably accurate.
Orochimaru's heart trembled. He has read the Empire's history and this man's legendary exploits and accomplishments. Although he knew much of it was embellished to make him look better, he could still notice Edward's overwhelming talent and ability.
Even amongst all the geniuses competing in the Empire, this man is like a bright star that outshines everyone else.
'If his talent is the requirement to become a Legendary Arcanist…' Orochimaru did not want to think about it.
"Of course, you have an advantage," he continued. "I will one day make the requirement to become a Legendary Arcanist public. I have even begun creating methods for arcanists to have a clear and widespread method. So, it's only a matter of time before Legendary Arcanists are more common."
The snake tongue man breathed in relief. There was hope for him.
"Or, you could use an alternative path."
"Oh?"
"Become a God and wield the [Knowledge Authority.] Although you would have to kill the current Tier 10 God that wields such authority, this might be a better path than waiting until you become a Legendary Arcanist."
Orochimaru had a look of helplessness. He did not know how long it would take or even whether he would ever be capable of killing a Tier 10. It could be possible one day once he has a Floating City.
However, the path of Godhood was not appealing to him–at least, not after seeing the Arcane Path. He has read some basic information about Gods and how the Empire described them as parasitic lifeform that depends on faith for their powers and immortality.
With his intelligence, he detected the bias and aversion the information had against Gods. Regardless, he also felt it was inappropriate to become a God, given all the restraints and limitations. Perhaps the former him would jump at such a chance, but not his current self.
"Okay, don't talk about these things since you're only a little Tier 3 Arcanist. Even with your talent and Chakra foundation, you have a long way ahead of you," said Edward before looking at his clones.
"How are the research results?"
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章節 421: Preliminary Research Result (I)
"The preliminary results are excellent so far," said Clone 1. " Let's begin with me. The Ultimate Magic Body is 50% completed. I've transferred the Naruto Clan's bloodline into magical before doing the same for Kaguya. Then, using her Life Code as a blueprint, I created most of the Ultimate Magic Bloodline. However, she is not the source of the Otsutsuki bloodline, so the research has now entered turtle speed."
The Clone showed the data while explaining. Achieving something like the Ultimate Magic Body would typically be extremely challenging, but using the Otsutsuki's Bloodline as a blueprint made the entire process easier.
The Ultimate Magic Body is essentially the source of all magical bloodlines, the pinnacle of magical talent granted through blood. And the Otsutsuki Clan's bloodline is the same as Chakra in this universe.
"According to my calculations, even if we get our hands on the Otsutsuki God, our research will only reach 70% completion, maybe even lower."
Edward frowned as he understood why: Mana was a more powerful energy than Chakra.
"Any ideas on how to achieve the remaining 30%?"
"Yes: the slight Magus Bloodline in our Life Code," said Clone 1. All wizards are descended from the Magus Race. However, this bloodline did not give them much except for a highly versatile mana that could easily change frequency, allowing them to use different forms of magic.
"It makes sense," said Edward. "The Magus Race is the pinnacle of bloodline in our universe and could be considered the source of magic in the Cosmic God Plane. However, we can do better."
"You want to acquire the bloodline sample of the creature with the highest talent in the entire Omniverse and use it as the blueprint for the Ultimate Magic Body?" said Clone 1 with bright eyes.
"Exactly. No matter how incredible the Magus Race is, I doubt they would compare to the pinnacle races in the Omniverse." He theorized the Magus Race reached Tier 12 as a civilization and achieved Omniversal Travel. However, Edward did not know how they were doing afterward.
"It's a good idea. Check the Akashic Record. However, if we want to get a sample, it would probably be expensive. We probably won't be able to afford it."
"In those situations, it's why we have the old man," said Edward. "However, knowing him, he's probably gonna make us owe him." He shook his head before accessing the Akashic Record and searching for the creature with the most outstanding magical talent in the Omniverse.
Then, his pupil shrunk.
"What is it?" asked Clone 1 after seeing his reaction.
"See for yourself," he waved the screen before the clone.
"It's the Magus Race?" he said in shock. With their current security level, he could only have a brief description. But the information said the Magus Race–the same from their universe–reached the pinnacle of the Omniverse and took the title of the race with the highest magical talent.
"They have probably constantly evolved their bloodline and Life Code to reach such a level," commented Clone 1.
"That's not the main point," said Clone 2, who took a peak.
'You're right. Having a connection to such a race through bloodline is not necessarily a good thing with our current weak self." Bloodline can carry Wills. As such, it's possible for someone with the Source of the Bloodline, or even a higher bloodline concentration, to influence someone weaker.
"We can use the Magus Race's bloodline as a blueprint, but we must ensure that our bloodline is unique and free from connection to them–even if it has to be weaker in general," said Edward. "Plus, when we do the modification, we will strip the small percentage of their bloodlines from our bodies."
At the beginning of the Empire, when Hermione was creating the Mage Path, she ensured the mana frequency was the same as the wizards' bloodline. As such, it served no other purpose besides maybe claiming the Empire is the rightful ruler of the universe since they inherited the Magus Race's bloodline. However, these gods and other powerful races would hunt them down instead of accepting the bullshit bloodline right to rule.
"In that case, we would need to become the source of this bloodline and cannot reach the pinnacle of the Omniverse in one attempt," said Clone 1.
"We can slowly improve things as we get more powerful," added Edward, and the Clone 1 agreed with him. Then, he went to continue his research. Before then, he has to catch on with Fleur's study on Dragon's Bloodline Source.
"It's my turn," said Clone 2 before taking out a magical staff and casting a spell. A pure-black sphere appeared before him and lasted ten seconds before stopping.
"As you can see, the Destruction Ball I've created based on the Truth-Seeking Ball is more potent than the one we created in Black Clover. I've even touched the [Destruction Authority] after the research."
"It's unstable?"
"Yes, and it's mainly because of Yin-Yang Release," explained Clone 2. "Magic has too many elements that Chakra does not have, like Darkness and Light. Space-Time is argued by Elementalist Arcanist as elements, even including things like sounds or shadow."
To some extreme Elementalist, sound or vibration is nothing but a sub-element of thunder.
"However, Chakra is different. Besides the basic five elements, the others can only be achieved through a combination of nature transformation. As for things like shadow and space-time, they are categorized into Yin-Yang Release or a category of their own.
'When it comes to Yin-Yang, the best thing we have is positive and negative energy. However, they are not truly the same."
Eastern Arcanists have studied the concept or idea of Yin and Yang and its relationship to the newly discovered negative energy Necromancers used. Although there are many similarities based on eastern literature and ideologies, they are not the same despite many similarities.
Edward pondered for a moment and said, "Use the relationship between [Authority] and spells."
Clone 2's eyes lit up. Since they are the same, he understood what the main body met. Spells could be argued to be a low manifestation of the rules or [Authority] of a universe. However, this description is not entirely correct. In a place with no rules and chaos–like the void–spells appropriately functioned. Of course, there is also the probability that the Void contained rules or laws that governed the entire Omniverse. Unfortunately, that's not something Edward's level can touch.
Some spells resonate with [Authority] at a high level, showing some level of connection. Furthermore, Edward recently discovered that directly manipulating the rules of a universe is not as good or powerful as doing so through well-crafted spells.
"Our purpose is to achieve destruction,' muttered Clone 2. "So, I can directly study the Destruction Rules to create the spell before using that same spell to understand Destruction Rules, forming a cycle."
Clone 2 can already see the path of his research. He will study the fluctuation Destruction Rules, allowing him to integrate all the elements into a Destruction Ball. Once that succeeds, he can have a better understanding of this authority and will not need to fuse different elements to achieve destruction: he would be able to do it directly–much faster and with more power.
"I'll get to it," he said before leaving.
"It's my turn," said Clone 3 before showing his date with a holographic display.
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