Steadfast Wizard: From Heart-Swapping Rat to Dimensional Demon God

This ritual is called the witchcraft sublimation ritual.

As the name suggests, it is used to elevate witchcraft. Once the ritual is successful, the elevated witchcraft will be greatly enhanced, or even undergo a radical transformation.

The reason Isaac had this idea can be traced back to the goblin lair...

The day after returning to the castle, Smith arranged for someone to bring the goblin's lair back first. Isaac also conducted an autopsy and study immediately, but ultimately found nothing. Later, he even went to the site to study the goblin's lair while it was still alive.

Unfortunately, this was probably too early for him. After dissecting it for so long, he only figured out the structure of a goblin's lair and didn't figure out anything else...

This is normal, after all, it's the product of a powerful figure directly modifying the world's rules.

But Isaac still didn't want to give up. He felt that this thing, combined with his talent, the sorcery of flesh-and-blood transformation, had great potential!

After some thought, Isaac finally came up with the idea of ​​a witchcraft ascension ritual.

This ritual comes from "Ten Introductory Rituals You Must Learn," one of the three magic books Isaac bought from the town of Lake City.

Of the three spellbooks he purchased this time, besides this one and "The Complete Book of Basic Spells," there was also "The Wizard's Path," which roughly summarized the paths of various spellcasters and provided some direction for Isaac's later research.

For example, Isaac learned from this book that becoming a Grand Wizard actually requires three ascension ceremonies, and after each ascension, one's magical power will enter a period of instability, requiring one to wait again.

Isaac learned about his idea of ​​elevating witchcraft from this book.

The so-called sublimation ritual is actually a transaction with extraterrestrial beings, using their higher power to reconstruct the magic. And this kind of transaction with extraterrestrial beings happens to be one of those ten rituals.

There were five in total, and the ten introductory rituals that had to be learned took up half of the total, which gave Isaac a general impression of the legendary wizard.

It's worth mentioning that although there are five, only three are actually usable. Two have been completely cracked by extraterrestrial beings, resulting in a 0% success rate for the ritual. Even Isaac's cheat code wouldn't work.

Of course, the reason why the remaining three can be used is not because they are so profound, but because, like the basic spells, they are all basic transaction rituals that are so basic that there is no room for them to be simplified.

The three rituals involved transactions with fairies, demons, and gods, and although the success rate for each was only one percent, it was quite touching.

But this is not a problem for Isaac.

Of the three trading partners, Isaac chose the Demon God, for a simple reason—simplicity.

Among the many demon gods, there is one called the Lord of Billions of Flesh and Blood. This name alone is related to his innate witchcraft. Moreover, according to Isaac's test, it is very simple to increase the success rate of this ritual: just increase the amount of demonized flesh and blood used to set up the ritual.

In the original structure of the ritual, only one portion of each type of monster's flesh could be used, with the success rate increasing by one percent for every ten additional types. However, in Isaac's hands, it became that the success rate increased by one percent for every ten portions of monster's flesh, regardless of the type of monster!

And what he has most of right now are goblin corpses!

However, the only drawback is that only one piece of demonic flesh that meets the standard can be extracted from each goblin's corpse. This makes him afraid to destroy goblin nests now, for fear of not having enough materials.

"Phew~" After dealing with the goblin corpses for the day, Isaac let out a long breath, glanced at the mountain of goblin flesh and blood piled up beside him, and shook his head helplessly. He had been grinding for almost a week and only had a 500% success rate. He still had to hold back for a while.

He wouldn't dare to act without a tenfold success rate when it involves demons and gods.

After leaving the warehouse, Isaac headed towards his bedroom. Although he couldn't perform the sorcery ascension ritual yet, he could first study the making of sorcery tools.

The books "The Wizard's Path" and "Ten Introductory Rituals You Must Learn" also mention the legendary methods wizards use to create magical artifacts, which are still rituals.

However, it is not a ritual for trading with beings outside the realm. Of course, it can also be used to make witchcraft items, but generally no one does it. After all, it is better to integrate the power of trading with oneself than to make witchcraft items.

Before long, Isaac walked through the long corridor to the bedroom, opened the secret door, ignited a green flame in his left hand, and entered the basement in the eerie green light.

The basement had been completely transformed. All the eerie, terrifying, and sinister materials had been removed, and even the magic circle patterns on the ground had been altered—a magic imprinting ritual.

This is one of the most basic crafting rituals. According to The Wizarding Path, later upgraded versions of this ritual can be used to craft all sorts of magical creations, including but not limited to puppets, golems, potions, magical beasts, and even... people!

However, Isaac's mastery of this technique cannot achieve those other things, even with a cheat code to gather materials. It requires a complete deconstruction of the ritual.

Isaac currently lacks this ability, neither in terms of money nor knowledge.

After a quick glance, Isaac placed a living green heart in the center of the magic circle; it was a goblin's heart.

He wanted to try and see if he could strengthen the monster's heart through a ritual, which would save him a lot of research funding!

There's no way around it, monster hearts are just too expensive!

Firstly, not all monsters have hearts. Secondly, the hearts needed for transplantation must be removed while the monster is alive; once it dies, they are useless, making the conditions very demanding. Thirdly, monster hearts with activity are considered living beings and cannot be purchased directly in the lakeside town.

Of course, they do sell them, but after you buy them, they need to be shipped through other channels, and there are shipping costs involved...

Extremely expensive!

Anyway, Isaac gave up on the idea after taking one look.

Although it can be purchased from the merchant guild in the territory, it is not a small amount and will still cost a lot of money.

But if we could strengthen the goblin's heart... then...

That's amazing!

"Hiss~ Huff~" After taking two deep breaths, Isaac calmed himself down, and his gaze toward the ceremony gradually became calm.

He had increased the success rate of the ritual to 200%, but this was only the success rate of the ritual; it did not mean that the effect of the ritual would necessarily be as he expected.

After all, this is not a formal transaction ceremony.

"&*￥……&￥（）&"

Accompanied by deep incantations, mysterious magic flowed from Isaac's body, spreading across the ground and slowly illuminating the magic circle. The flesh and blood placed on it melted away with this mysterious magic, turning into ribbon-like crimson energy that merged into the green heart in the center of the magic circle.

"Phew~~~"

After a while, the magical glow gradually faded. Isaac, with a faint sense of anticipation, picked up the goblin heart from the ground and then slowly sighed.

It failed...