The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 808 The Inheritance of the Furnace Fire, the Eighth Ring of Truth!
“What about the legacy of the Supreme Being?” Richard continued to ask.

The appearance of the Fire Spirit changed again; this time, it transformed into a giant spherical crystal.

"The trials of the Supreme One are trials of will. Do you remember the darkness of the soul you encountered during your spiritual evolution when you were a lower-level being?"

The Trials of the Most High are an upgraded version of it.

"An upgraded version?" Richard was somewhat taken aback.

Even now that he has become the ruler, the taste of the darkness of the soul still makes his scalp tingle when he thinks about it.

The Trial of the Supreme One is actually an enhanced version of it.

The Fire Spirit's voice was very serious: "Yes, during the trial, not only will your sense of time be distorted, but you will also suffer various torments and temptations."

This is the most difficult and also the most important of the three trials.

The attacks of civilization-devourers are never limited to the material; the mind is also a battlefield against them.

"They even added torture?"

Richard's face twisted in pain. The distortion of time and the torment of his senses were like entering hell.

What can such a cruel trial ultimately bring?
"What about the legacy of the Supreme Being?"

"A treasure of civilization, a computing chip that can accelerate and dominate computing."

"Accelerate the calculations of the Overlord?"

Richard, upon hearing this ability, felt as if he had misheard.

Isn't this capability too rudimentary?

The Titans' Civilization Treasures—mythical treasures forged from legends and dimensions with the craftsmanship of civilization—embody the essence of the Shepherd Titans' civilization.

The Supreme Being's most precious treasure—a computing chip that can accelerate computation.

These two things have completely different art styles!

"That's certainly true of its power," the Fire Spirit said calmly.

"How much faster will it be?" Richard asked tentatively.

With just this one ability, the numerical value of that ability must be incredibly high.

"Double."

"Huh? Double?"

Richard listened to the answer with disbelief on his face.

"Isn't this number a bit too low?"

"Low?" The Fire Spirit swayed its body, seemingly mocking Richard for not knowing its value.

"In my experience, everything that can increase computing power has an upper limit. No matter how powerful it is before the limit is reached, once the limit is reached, the increase will stop at the limit."

But this computing chip is different; even former leaders never reached the limit of its amplification when using it.

Do you know how many times greater a leader's computational power is than that of an ordinary eighth-ring mental power master?

Furnace Spirit paused for a moment, then, to Richard's astonishment, announced a terrifying number.

"Five hundred times. The computing power of a leader is equivalent to five hundred times that of a master with the limit of eighth-ring mental power."

Upon hearing this data, Richard swallowed stiffly.

This number is truly alarming.

A five-hundred-fold difference in computing power—that's a level of computing power that only beings on another level could possess.

This computing power gap is even greater than the computing power gap between a human and a dog.

Even so, this computing chip still hasn't reached its limit.

"This... truly deserves to be called a treasure of civilization."

The furnace fire spirit transforms into a furnace person.

"Computational chips are good, but they're not very useful to you right now. Your mental strength is only a meager 600 points, and even with the chip, there won't be much of a significant improvement."

Richard nodded slightly; his mental strength had indeed not yet had time to improve.

However, improving his mental strength was not a difficult thing for him.

With his current strength, he could easily obtain a considerable amount of soul essence by simply taking a trip to the Ghost Dimension or the Nightmare World.

Although the effect of Soul Essence on Overlord-level creatures is somewhat weak—the power of the Astral Overlord not only weakens most ordinary damage but also weakens many buffs applicable to the Archmage stage.

But as long as the quantity is sufficient, even a slight effect is not a problem.

As for the contract with the ruler of the Nightmare Wizarding World... Richard can simply avoid going to the Nightmare Wizarding World.

For the Overlord, entering the nightmare world of other worlds is not a difficult task.

The agreement reached with the ruler of the Nightmare Wizarding World was simply because ordinary wizards couldn't do that.

"Things have gotten even more complicated," Richard sighed inwardly.

His strength was constantly increasing, but he was running out of time.

This is truly a rare occurrence for the Astral Ruler.

Richard turned to the Furnace Spirit and asked, "Now that I've passed the Furnace Trial, can I freely devour this dimension?"

This month of high-pressure evolution not only improved his physique by nearly a thousand points, but also made his life core like a tall building without a solid foundation, which could collapse at any moment.

Richard now needs to stabilize his life core before he can continue trying to evolve.

Therefore, the Titan Trial has to be temporarily suspended.

"Devour?" Furnace Spirit shook his head violently. "Devour won't work. If you want to grow in dimension, I can input dimensional power into you."

"Devouring this thing is a bit too exciting for me; I might instinctively kill you."

Although the Hearthman dimension is weakening, the Hearthmen scattered throughout the world community cause its dimension to weaken much less rapidly than the other two dimensions.

Even after millions of years, the power wielded by the Furnace Spirit is still enough to crush any non-limit-breaking Dominator. "Input? How do I input it?" Richard asked curiously.

"It's very simple." The Fire Spirit smiled slightly. "Just expand your dimension."

Richard did as he was told, and the weak Miracle Dimension unfolded around Richard, instantly creating a space belonging to Richard within the Hearthman Dimension.

"Such a weak dimension," the Fire Spirit commented bluntly.

After saying that, it looked at Richard and said earnestly, "Although dimensions often don't play a crucial role in battles at the Dominator level, the rules within dimensions still need to be added."

These rules can increase your power, and some combinations of rules are also very beneficial for Dominator-level battles.

For example, the creation and annihilation based on the four elemental rules, the state maintenance and transformation based on the life and death rules, and the black holes based on the gravitational and spatial rules—these are all impressive abilities.

Richard nodded slightly; this suggestion was indeed worth putting into practice.

Rules are not only beneficial to dimensions, but also essential ingredients for the cultivation methods of Titan bodies.

Seeing that Richard understood, the Fire Spirit said no more. He slapped his hand on the furnace, and endless flames poured out of the furnace mouth, enveloping the dimension of miracles.

The next moment, Richard felt that another connection had been added to his dimension.

"Oh? There are already three dimensions. It seems you have quite a bit of luck."

The Fire Spirit noticed the three civilization dimensions connected to the Miracle Dimension and couldn't help but show some surprise.

Connecting civilizational dimensions is not so easy.

It is difficult for outsiders to establish connections with the civilization dimension if they are not native members of the civilization.

“There are indeed some opportunities,” Richard said with a smile.

As the Hearthman Dimension and the Miracle Dimension established a connection, Richard immediately sensed a surge of dimensional power entering his own dimension.

If his dimension is likened to a secret realm, then now, this secret realm is expanding outward at an astonishing rate.

If this pace continues, Richard is certain that his dimension will be fully mature within three years.

At that time, the size of his miracle dimension will be comparable to a large world, and illusory creatures and dimensional wonders will be born.

The dimensional forces within a dimension will form a large cycle, so even if Richard dies, or the dimension and the civilization dimension are disconnected, this dimension can continue to exist.

This means that dimensions will become inheritable.

"Sigh, it's getting faster and faster."

As Richard surveyed the ever-expanding dimensions of the miracle, he sighed inwardly.

With great power comes great responsibility; the faster one grows, the sooner one will face real difficulties.

However, this is the path he chose, and he does not regret it.

Richard didn't need to worry about dimensional growth, so he simply ignored it and focused on stabilizing his life core in place.

Using the Abyss Evolution Field, Richard began to correct the misaligned life core fragments.

As Dimension grows day by day, Richard's abilities also continue to improve.

Although stabilizing the life core reduced Richard's physique by over a hundred points, his physique still reached three thousand points.

Then came the continued trials, further solidifying the core of life.

The Fire Spirit had no complaints about Richard's behavior and dutifully served as Richard's whetstone.

Through repeated trials, Richard's physical condition improved at an astonishing rate.

In addition to this, Richard also focused on two other things while consolidating the core of life, continuing his research on the inheritance of the Furnace People.

The runes of the Hearthkins and the runes of the Wizards have many similarities. When studying them, the approaches of the two civilizations can complement and promote each other.

After some research, Richard not only strengthened his study of Hearthstone runic literature, but also made great progress in his own wizard runic literature.

This also made Richard realize that the paths to truth may differ, but they all lead to the same destination.

Although everyone expresses themselves differently, the truth remains the same and has never changed.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

With a throbbing sensation from his soul, Richard, who was consolidating his life core and cultivating the furnace man's legacy, suddenly opened his eyes.

After three years of intensive infusion into the Furnace Man Dimension, his dimension finally took full shape.

He is now also known as the Eighth Ring Truth, or the Eighth-Level Star Realm Ruler.

Richard stood up and bowed slightly to the Fire Spirit not far away: "My dimension is mature, you no longer need to input dimensional power."

"Oh? Are they ripe already?"

The Fire Spirit seemed somewhat surprised, turned around and slapped the furnace, stopping the transmission of dimensional power.

Compared to three years ago, the flames on Furnace Spirit's body have noticeably dimmed.

Although furnace beings still exist in the furnace being dimension, the dimensional power they bring can only slow down the weakening of the furnace being dimension.

Compared to millions of years ago, the Hearth Man dimension has weakened considerably. The Nourishing Richard dimension has matured, making it far from an easy life.

"Go and replenish your spiritual power and rules," the Fire Spirit said softly. "The most important thing for physical evolution is to go through life-and-death trials. I won't kill you, so here, your physical evolution can only go this far."

In three years, Richard's physical attributes have increased from over two thousand points when he first arrived in this dimension to seven thousand points now.

As you go higher, the stimulation from the furnace fire spirit is no longer enough.

If Richard wants to continue improving at such a rapid pace, he must truly engage in life-or-death struggles, forcing his body to evolve between life and death.

Richard withdrew his dimension and performed the most respectful bow among the furnace people towards the Fire Spirit.

The spirit of the furnace returned the courtesy in kind.

Richard turned around and a runic gate appeared before him.

Two years ago, the Truth Council notified him to go to the front lines, but he declined, citing important matters that prevented him from doing so.

Now that the dimension has taken shape, it is time for him to go to the front lines and fulfill his responsibilities as the Crown.

(End of this chapter)