The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 810 Preparations Before the War
As these Abyssal Titans evolved, Richard also observed them.

Although Richard didn't castrate the bloodline or add any extra steps during the blood transfusion, the Abyss Titan bloodline is extremely powerful, and such bloodlines at the lower-level creature stage inevitably exhibit something akin to a genetic lock—

Life must improve its strength or endure immense survival pressure to break the genetic lock and increase the usable portion of its bloodline.

Furthermore, the life information of the Abyss Titan is abundant, and the combination of various life information is comparable to the stars.

Even Richard, the mother of this bloodline, can only say that his bloodline is the most balanced and harmonious, but he cannot say that his body is the strongest.

"Evolution is such a fascinating thing."

Looking at the Titans around him, who were changing their physical forms, Richard couldn't help but marvel at the wonder of life's evolution.

Despite sharing the same bloodline from the same mother, individuals have evolved into different forms due to differences in personality, habits, and even behavior.

Those who enjoy direct confrontation will develop strong muscles, harden their skin, and even grow scales.

Those who prefer to win through skill will have more acute senses and more dexterous bodies.

Those who enjoy using poison will have their internal poison sacs mutate, eventually filling their entire bodies with potent toxins. Those who prefer to hide and deliver a fatal blow will see their physical aura gradually diminish with each evolution.

Richard's mental energy flowed into the bodies of these Abyss Titans through the field, quietly observing their physical evolution and even their mental activity, attempting to find the secrets of evolution from these changes.

While the Titan Body training method was perfect, the Titan King's only experimental subject was himself. Richard could say with certainty that this training method must contain many hidden difficulties.

Exploring the mysteries of evolution is highly beneficial in overcoming these difficulties.

Moreover, it is only natural for wizards to explore mysteries.

The evolution lasted for three days, and Richard gained a lot from these three days of observation. His understanding of his own bloodline also deepened. His evolution was all stress evolution, and he did not have a deep understanding of his bloodline.

Three days later, the event ended.

It wasn't that Richard didn't want to continue releasing the field, but rather that the evolution of these Abyss Titans had reached the boundary of pseudo-level four creatures.

Continuing to develop them will only cause their core to collapse.

Richard parted the space, took out a huge mass of soul essence, and distributed it to these Abyss Titans.

"Replenish your mental strength."

After saying that, Li looked at Ishtar.

"Have they undergone training with the Labyrinth System over the years?"

Ishtar quickly approached Richard and said respectfully, "They have all received training in the Labyrinth System. Even those who had the shortest training period underwent more than three months of Labyrinth training."

Richard nodded slightly. The perception of time within the maze system is distorted. Even three months of training time could be equivalent to several years within the maze.

"Time waits for no one. The war on the front lines is about to begin, and we cannot afford to lag behind. All Abyss Titans who have trained for more than three years should immediately undergo the World Lord advancement after replenishing their mental energy."

Those who haven't completed their training time will make up the difference and continue training.

After hearing Richard's order, the surrounding Abyss Titans did not react, except for Ishtar, who seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

“Ishtar, do you have any suggestions?” Richard asked calmly.

Ishtar hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke up: "My lord, the time required for a World Lord to ascend to the rank of World Lord is uncertain. Some may not even be able to do so for a thousand years."

Although I don't know much about the fighting on the front lines, we are currently making rapid progress.

"If they're promoted at this point, the war might be over by then, and some of them won't even have woken up yet."

Richard smiled faintly upon hearing this and gently patted Ishtar on the shoulder.

"You don't need to worry about that. At most, their promotions will all be finalized in ten years."

As one of the three top civilizations of the previous generation of civilization alliance, the Shepherd Titans have a profound understanding of the advancement of world masters due to their innate strength.

After hundreds of thousands of years of statistical experiments, the Shepherd Titans have drawn two and a half conclusions regarding the ascension of the Lord of the World.

First, the time it takes for any creature to ascend to the status of a world master is directly proportional to the time it takes for the carrier of the main evolutionary direction to transform.

In other words, for a creature that has evolved physically, the stronger its bloodline, the faster it will advance. And for a creature that has evolved mentally, the younger it is, the faster it will evolve.

The main reason Richard spent so much time back then was that the pollution of the abyss affected his physical transformation.

Second, regardless of the ritual used to evolve, the world's master can have their advancement speed forcibly increased by the world's origin.

The other half, however, shows that there is no significant correlation between the length of time required for promotion and the success rate.

The strength of a bloodline is defined by the complexity of its life core, and the complexity of the life core of the Abyss Titan is unmatched by any other creature in the entire world.

The world of Ashes is also the world of the Abyss.

As the ruler of the Abyss Titans, Richard can directly command the World Origin of the Ember Sun to provide these Titans with the power of the World Origin, thereby accelerating their ascension.

With both factors combined, the ascension of these Abyss Titans will be clear within a maximum of ten years.

Ten years may sound like a long time, but compared to the mercenaries of the Beast Plains, it's still quite cost-effective. Producing a few Abyss Titans only consumes some energy and world essence, while hiring monsters from the Beast Plains consumes real miniature worlds.

Before the wizards fully understand the Titans' creation technology, the world is a non-renewable resource; every use reduces its resources.

"If you've considered it, that's wonderful."

Ishtar bowed slightly, without asking Richard how he arrived at the ten-year figure.

Abyssal creatures never ask unnecessary questions.

After dealing with the Abyss Titans, Richard did not linger in the Emberworld for long.

He still has a lot to do, such as replenishing his spiritual power and supplementing the rules to cultivate his Titan body; these are all important matters.

He doesn't have much time to waste.

Using the portal of the Tower of Truth, Richard quickly arrived in a small world for nurturing demi-human wizards.

Replenishing spiritual power requires a massive amount of soul essence, which is excessive even for a wizarding civilization.

Therefore, Richard chose to rely on himself.

The reasons for choosing this world are twofold. First, the power of the Nightmare World is directly related to the number of intelligent beings within it. In other worlds ruled by wizards, intelligent beings are basically extinct; only in worlds nurtured by demi-human wizards can there be enough intelligent beings.

Secondly, in the nightmare world of a small world, the Nightmare Overlord will not be born.

The resources required for these illusory dimensional beings to become rulers far exceed those required for beings in the material world. And the resources of a small world are insufficient to give birth to a ruler.

The absence of a ruler meant that the entire world posed no threat to Richard.

The runic gate slowly opened, and wisps of dark red mist seeped out from the cracks.

As he looked at the familiar mist, a nostalgic smile appeared on his face.

Pushing open the door, Li looked at the familiar gloomy sky, and the smile on his face gradually turned evil.

The Nightmare Dimension is a very strange dimension.

On a larger scale, all nightmare worlds are part of the nightmare dimension.

But on a concrete level, the nightmare world is like an isolated island in the ocean, with no connection between them.

Therefore, no matter how much commotion Richard causes in a nightmare world, as long as he doesn't destroy that world, no other nightmare rulers from other worlds will be driven over by the nightmare dimension.

With his mental powers activated, Richard instantly located the two Nightmare Lords.

Stimulated by Richard's unbridled mental probing, the two Nightmare Lords were abruptly awakened from their slumber. But before they could even react, their bodies were crushed by a massive magical hand, turning them into a mass of nightmare power.

To Richard, the Lord of the World was like an insect; even if he only had a soul, Richard could crush him at will.

The power of nightmares entered the Forge of Miracles, and under its refinement, a mass of soul essence, enough for an ordinary wizard to use from the first to the fifth ring with some surplus, appeared beside Richard.

Richard swallowed it, then frowned slightly.

"The soul essence extracted from two level-four creatures is not even enough to grow a little bit of spiritual power. The effect is too weak."

Based on previous patterns, even at the Overlord level, a Level 4 Nightmare Lord's Nightmare Power should allow him to gain three points of Spiritual Power.

But now, that effect has weakened tenfold.

“No wonder even though the Cosmic Crown has broken through its limits, it hasn’t gone to great lengths to actively improve its mental power.” Richard shook his head slightly and said, “The rate of improvement is really not worth it.”

However, though few in number, the sheer number of nightmare creatures perfectly makes up for it.

These nightmare creatures can survive indefinitely as long as they possess nightmare power. Even in a small world, if there are enough intelligent beings, there could be hundreds of nightmare lords within it.

Among them are several level 5 and 6 nightmare creatures.

One level 5 Nightmare Lord is equivalent to ten level 4 Nightmare Lords, and one level 6 Nightmare Lord is equivalent to ten level 5 Nightmare Lords.

If all these Nightmare Lords are devoured, the profits for a world will be quite considerable.

Over the years, the wizard has developed hundreds of demi-human wizard worlds. By simply visiting these worlds, the extracted soul essence would be more than enough to raise his mental power to the limit of 10,000 points.

After quickly calculating the potential profits, Richard immediately began taking action.

A massive amount of magical power gathered under the influence of mental energy, and then transformed into a majestic body entwined with lightning and flames.

The nightmare lords of this world were awakened by this terrifying fluctuation. Their eyes were filled with terror, and their bodies trembled. As beings who brought nightmares to others, they should not have been afraid.

But now, they trembled like pitiful wretches before that imposing body, which seemed like a natural disaster.

Their nightmare... has begun.

(End of this chapter)