# Chapter 2: He Masters a Very High Level of Alchemy
This inevitably made the old immortals of the three major forces think that this might be the only chance to break free from this world and return to the "Supreme Peak." As for the risks?
Don't be ridiculous. Right now, aside from the Rune Family, the old immortals of the other two major forces were nearly completely insane. The Abyss and elemental forces in the Star Realm were gradually becoming unbalanced. The Abyss power was growing day by day, or rather, the doomsday calamity from the Abyss was already on the verge of descending.
Under such circumstances, the old immortals of the two major forces were willing to push all the chips in front of them onto this one gamble.
As for the old immortal of the Rune Family, although this one had no fear of the Abyss doomsday calamity, it did not believe that this doomsday calamity would destroy the cage of this world. This was a cage bestowed by a power that even the "Supreme Peak" could not touch. Therefore, the old immortal of the Rune Family also chose to push all their chips onto the table.
Su Xiao was unclear whether his deductions were accurate. With the intelligence obtained so far, this was all he could conclude. Of course, there were some incomplete conjectures among these, such as the identity of the old woman and matters related to the "Origin Codex."
Fortunately, he could soon verify whether these conjectures were true. Using his current Lv.103 Reincarnation Paradise brand authority, he consulted Reincarnation Paradise on whether it had notarized this world. To ensure absolute certainty, he inquired whether Reincarnation Paradise had notarized this world at any time before the Third Era.
The result was:
[Tip: This consultation was successful. Before the Third Era, Reincarnation Paradise did not perform any notarization on this world.]
One conjecture was wrong, so he continued to push upward. Was this world the former base camp of the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization? Verifying this conjecture was not too difficult. He tapped his finger on the table and began using Proud Song crystals to construct the most basic "Basic Alchemy Array Diagram."
If this world truly was the base camp of the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization, then at the root of this world, there would surely be a response to alchemy, or even a boost.
The "Basic Alchemy Array Diagram" gradually took shape. When only the bottom of the outermost ring remained, and the two spreading crystal rings were about to meet—
*Smack!*
The "Basic Alchemy Array Diagram" actually exploded. This world actually... did not allow the construction of alchemy. To know, the "Basic Alchemy Array Diagram" was the foundation of alchemy, like going from 0 to 1 in mathematics.
Not only that, Su Xiao began to feel a faint sense of world rejection around him.
Suddenly, Su Xiao thought of a possibility. His previous deduction direction was correct, but the details were wrong. The Second Era: Alchemical Civilization used the most top-tier alchemy to trap the Gods, the Soul Clock Tower, and the Rune Family here, rather than relying on the Paradise faction.
The most exquisite point was that this cage was built with the most top-tier alchemy. To unlock it, alchemy must be used. This was a "Causal Lock Ring" forged by the most top-tier alchemy.
Even more extreme was that the Alchemical Civilization had also set up a countermeasure. After the "Causal Lock Ring" was formed, alchemy could no longer be used in this world.
Opening the "lock" required a "key," but this world didn't even have the concept of a "key." How could it be opened?
The situation was not as complicated as Su Xiao had imagined, but it was more vicious. The reason the old immortals of the three major forces had lured him here was that he was currently the one with the highest level of alchemy in the entire Star Realm.
Was it because Su Xiao had exceptional alchemy talent that he achieved this? No. It was because the "Causal Lock Ring" of this world had polluted the concept of "alchemy" at the causal level. All living beings or existences in the Star Realm that attempted to master alchemy would, upon reaching a certain level of "alchemy," trigger this pollution, causing them to go mad and die.
Su Xiao now finally understood why the Void's pharmacology had declined to the level of the "Alchemist Guild." Even the most top-tier pharmacists were only at that level? Because the original pharmacology was a major branch of alchemy.
During the Second Era, the pharmacology branch of alchemy completely crushed all other pharmacology systems. The extent was like cars replacing horse-drawn carriages. It directly made other pharmacology systems unable to develop, no, unable to survive. The pharmacists back then had two choices: either change careers or embrace alchemical pharmacology.
The Void was so vast and served as the top of the Star Realm's supernatural power. With such a base of intelligent beings, the number of brilliant pharmacology talents was like fish in the river. How could they have been completely crushed by a Law Destroyer who merely dabbled in pharmacology?
Now it seemed that being completely crushed was normal. The Void's pharmacology had directly experienced a gap of one era and had been subjected to large-scale elimination once. When Su Xiao's alchemical pharmacology faced the Void's traditional pharmacology, the result was predictable.
This was also why the Gods, the Soul Clock Tower, and the Rune Family had been trapped for so many years without any solution. They simply could not find an alchemist who had reached a certain level of alchemy. The alchemists of the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization were too ruthless. Even if their inheritance was severed, they would still trap the Gods, the Soul Clock Tower, and the Rune Family here for eternity.
Of course, this was not the will of all Second Era alchemists. This also allowed some alchemical records to be inherited down, sharing techniques like good teachers and helpful friends with later generations. However, this became a source of danger because some kind-hearted alchemy masters did not know about the existence of the "Causal Lock Ring."
Think back, how did Su Xiao obtain the "Alchemy Codex"? He used the "Treeborn Page" from the "Book of Doors" to exchange it from the Wild Growth Madness!
The "Alchemy Codex" did not accidentally fall into the hands of the Wild Growth Madness. Back then, the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization personally handed this inheritance codex to the Wild Growth Madness. They never considered that someone in the recent few eras could use this to master high-rank alchemy. These angered Second Era alchemists were the complete madmen.
Actually, the Alchemical Civilization did not want their inheritance to be severed either, which is why they wrote the "Alchemy Codex." They only hoped that in the very, very distant future, after the Gods, the Soul Clock Tower, and the Rune Family had all been trapped to death for many years, the "Causal Lock Ring" would shatter, the alchemy pollution would disappear, and the "Alchemy Codex" would be obtained by a destined person.
As for what would happen if someone obtained the "Alchemy Codex" before that? Heh~, these ultimate ruthless individuals who polluted their own inheritance power, would they care about the life or death of a destined person or lucky one?
No wonder the Second Era alchemists were divided into several factions. And one terrifying aspect of the "Causal Lock Ring" was that it sealed the causal concept of "alchemy has pollution" within the lock ring. All records about it disappeared.
This caused some kind-hearted alchemy masters to become indirect murderers. In their respective inheritances, they all mentioned that "alchemy has pollution," advising people to wait for the pollution to dissipate before mastering alchemy, and kindly admonishing those who wanted to try.
But when even the records related to "alchemy has pollution" would gradually disappear at the "causal level," and this causal disappearance would spontaneously generate reasonable fill-ins, it was like digging a pit in an endless expanse of soil. The pit would gradually be smoothed over by environmental changes.
With this premise, the records of these kind-hearted alchemy masters became books of evil demons, gradually inducing the obtainers to master alchemy. Sincerity always moves people the most. The kind-hearted alchemy masters were certainly sincere. The problem was that this sincerity now ended up killing more alchemy apprentices.
Now it seemed that the Void's Tree Sage was not simple. This old fellow had just barely been stuck at the step before being polluted by alchemy knowledge, and thereby became the peak of the Void's alchemy. Moreover, he could not be surpassed. Those who surpassed him would spontaneously kick the bucket.
Why was Su Xiao fine? The answer was that the alchemy he mastered was an ability notarized by Reincarnation Paradise.
He had obtained the basics of alchemy in a derivative world at a low rank. Later, when he obtained the "Alchemy Codex," it was more about elevating the alchemy he already mastered. The "Causal Lock Ring" of this world was indeed the supreme work of the alchemists, but it could not pollute abilities notarized by Reincarnation Paradise.
Of course, when writing the "Alchemy Codex," some alchemy masters were conflicted and struggling. Sometimes their tone was as if they were speaking to inheritors of the Second Era, or the Third or Fourth Era. In reality, they planned to seal the Gods, the Soul Clock Tower, and the Rune Family until at least the Eighth Era.
Back then, some creation of the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization went out of control. Rather than letting the entire Void be compressed to the size of an apple by what they had created, they chose destruction. Now it seemed that this destruction also carried the meaning of not letting the three major forces get any benefit.
The Second Era alchemists were not omnipotent. They did not know that in the early Third Era, the Abyss and elemental forces in the Star Realm would begin to become unbalanced.
Using one's butt to think, one would know that when the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization was destroyed, besides the terrifying creations of the Second Era alchemists, at least one of the three major forces—the Gods, the Soul Clock Tower, and the Rune Family—was the central reason for the Alchemical Civilization's destruction. It might even be that all three were central.
Otherwise, after the three major forces entered this world, how could they have established an empire without even fighting? Even if they entered a cage, they would immediately find a way out. But after confirming they couldn't leave in the short term, they would definitely have to establish a hierarchy of first and second. These three forces seemed to have cooperated long ago and entered this world together to reap the fruits.
If so, everything was reasonable.
Plus, it now confirmed another problem. The Second Era: Alchemical Civilization was clearly seemingly lawful good, but in reality chaotic evil. Just look at what they did.