Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy - Chapter 1845

Chapter 1845 A Legacy

Alex understood his own shock at what he saw, but sensing waves of shocked emotion coming from Scarlet's bond surprised him even more.

What had Bai Jingshen done that caused an Immortal to be completely shocked?

"What is that? What did you do?" Scarlet asked.

Bai Jingshen placed his earring back on his right ear. "One of the many little things I can do thanks to my master," he said. "But I can't do this many times, so there is that."

"You resurrected him? What happened?" Scarlet asked.

"No, not resurrection. A true resurrection can only happen mere moments after one's death, maybe half a minute while the soul is still returning to where it came from," Bai Jingshen said. "What I did instead is akin to what he can do with Beast Cores."

"Me?" Alex asked, thinking for a moment. "What I get from beast cores are just impressions. Are you saying you drew an impression from this man's corpse?"

"Yes," Bai Jingshen said. "His soul was dead, but there is still spiritual energy in his body that hasn't dissipated just yet. Not all the way at least. The skill I used allows me to gather those fragments, empower them, and create a spirit from it with memories and experience of the person I get it from."

"The more spiritual energy there is, the more I can gather. I'll have to see how much of him is remaining in there still," the White Tiger said.

"Why would you want to make him alive again?" Alex asked. "Don't you want him dead?"

"No, I want him hurt. I want him crying, and I want him begging for his life without ever being able to die. An eternity of torture will not be enough for the man who killed my daughter and granddaughter," Bai Jingshen said.

Alex sensed the hatred in his words and said nothing.

"Grandfather," Pearl said with a solemn look. "Couldn't you... couldn't you have done the same with Mother? We could have—"

"I'm sorry, child, but that wasn't possible. This only works on those recently dead, and it needs a body. This artifact my master gave me did not have one where it worked on beast cores."

"I see," Pearl said with a saddened look.

"In fact, I tried it on your mother. I went to her grave to try and get something of her back, but it was already too late by the time I had come back from that other world. She was dead for far too long. I'm sorry," Bai Jingshen said.

"No, no, don't be sorry, grandfather," Pearl said quickly. "I already got to meet Mother, so I'm not sad. Besides, you tried your best, that is all I could ask for."

Scarlet gave Pearl a big hug. "You're the best, Pearl."

Alex turned around to see the elder Qiu Jianhong standing beside him with a slight bow.

"Everything is done?" he asked.

"Yes," Qiu Jianhong said. "Everything that would require the soldiers at least. I fear there are more things to be done here still for you."

Alex nodded. "Let us return for now. I'll deal with other things later," he said and stood up.

He called for the others to come with him, but Hannah and Liz refused. They were going to stay behind with Long Huan to help him handle everything here.

Alex understood. "Take care of Pearl for me while I'm gone," he said. "He might be a little more overwhelmed than everyone else."

"Of course," Liz said. "Don't worry about him."

Alex nodded and left.

The Southern Continent's massive ship flew through the skies of the Eastern Continent, the color of the phoenix fire prominently displayed on the side of the ship.

Many people all around the empire came out to watch them fly back, the victors of the war.

Alex stood on the deck of the ship, looking down at every single person. He had found the time to cultivate and was now back on his full cultivation.

As such, he released an aura around him, a frightening aura that scared every single spiritual sense that came close to it.

He stood atop the ship like a demon of battle, a power that defeated the strongest person in the world. His would be a name that would spread through the continent for generations.

Men would speak his name in hushed tones, mothers would use his name to scare their children at night.

Sleep soon or the Phoenix regent will come for you at midnight with his long claws and his sharp fangs.

As the ship flew, with Alex atop it, it left behind a legacy for him. A legacy of war and death.

But there was something more to it than just that, for the people knew the truth now. Fearsome he may be, he was still a savior to many of the people.

However people felt about him, one thing was true. Because of what he had done here, his name would go into the annals of history here for thousands and thousands of years to come.