1052: Chapter 136: Partial Essence of the Silver Chip (2/2) 1052: Chapter 136: Partial Essence of the Silver Chip (2/2) The ‘Iron Pioneer,’ which Ian intended to use to replace his Third Energy Level Bloodline True Form’s Arcane Heritage, actually had quite a solid foundation and was not developed entirely from scratch.
Most of its design ca from the Fae and The Unyielding Fortress.
The Fae lineage is extrely refined and has excellent compatibility, while The Unyielding Fortress lineage inherently had ample room for improvent, enabling Ian to integrate and consolidate both into the Arcane Heritage.
Moreover, most of the Magical dicine Ingredients for The Unyielding Fortress lineage had already been prepared.
The Ironwing Dragon, Dust Cleansing Dragon, precious Sublimated tal, and Earth Pulse Source Crystal were all ready, and Ian could begin crafting imdiately.
However, when it ca to the Fae, Ian had originally planned to ask Hua’an whether there were any channels to acquire a Third Energy Level Fairy Heritage.
Unfortunately, Hua’an himself was only at the Second Energy Level, so he was indeed unable to offer much help in this regard.
To obtain it, he would have to wait for ntor Gansong to arrive.
But it wasn’t a big issue—the Fae lineage was responsible for ‘mobility’ and ‘long-range and group attack capability’ in the Iron Drive, while The Unyielding Fortress lineage was responsible for the ‘basic frawork’ and ‘core power.’
The more important aspect was obvious.
Completing the frawork and power core first, then gradually adding mobility and attack modules later, was entirely feasible.
Still, before crafting the magical potion, Ian had to conduct so alterations to his body to adapt to the structure of the future Iron Drive Inheritance.
“Ian… are you certain you want to perform surgery for you?”
Adalbert had just extracted the souls of the Dragon Worship Cult captives from their bodies, suppressing them in the Domain of Void to prevent them from causing trouble by escaping or creating chaos in the lab.
He was about to use his newly developed liquid fertilizer to irrigate his small crop of carrots when he received a secret notification from Ian.
Ian needed his help.
This was indeed rare.
Adalbert recalled clearly, during work, Ian’s words were always ‘assist,’ ‘invite,’ or ‘commission,’ extrely precise and polite, never leaving room for misunderstanding.
But this ti, his Lord had used the word ‘help’… a quite unusual request.
“What could Ian possibly need my help with?”
Fueled by curiosity, Adalbert rushed to Ian’s laboratory as quickly as possible.
But what he found surprised him—a white-haired boy, tied to the experintal restraint chair usually reserved for Magical Beasts or paid experintal participants, was frowning as he drew surgical guide lines on his own left hand.
“You need surgery, yet after preparing everything, you realized you couldn’t perform the operation on yourself?”
Adalbert could hardly imagine: “You should have co to from the start!”
“I originally thought I could use Spirit Energy to control the instrunts, but I found my Origin Quality interferes too much with the instrunts, drastically reducing precision.”
Concentrating on drawing the guide lines, Ian looked at his crystalline left arm, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness: “Being too strong and having Origin Quality that’s too pure can be problematic—it rges with my Spirit Energy the mont they co into contact, transforming into Primal Aether.”
“Besides, for this surgery, I can’t ask an outsider.
It’s related to my Inheritance.”
Unlike Earth, in this world, Sublimators and Spirit Energy Users could genuinely perform surgeries on themselves.
Not only ordinary limb surgeries, even craniotomies posed no issues.
Especially surgeries concerning Bloodline True Form, which were deeply tied to one’s heritage—most individuals handled these personally.
“Adalbert, can you assist ?”
Raising his head, Ian looked at the only researcher in his entire territory capable of performing the assistant operation for him.
Solemnly, he stated, “I need to prepare for advancing to the Third Energy Level… but my heritage is quite unique.
Besides regular magical potions, my body needs additional auxiliary rituals.”
“Don’t worry, it’s a very simple separation surgery—the key points are in the notes on the table.
With your abilities, you’ll understand it after reading it once.”
“Let take a look.” Adalbert frowned slightly, disliking such unexpected situations.
Picking up the notes from the nearby workstation, the Deceased Monarch Researcher glanced over them briefly before exclaiming in shock, “You want to extract your heart?
You call this a simple separation surgery?!”
“As Sublimators, we don’t rely on the heart for fluid circulation anymore.
Honestly, given the viscosity of my blood now, it can’t even pump it.”
Ian had finished drawing the auxiliary lines on his left hand and began sketching guide lines on his chest.
His tone was as calm as if discussing what he wanted for breakfast: “Ever since I forged the Essence Furnace Core, it has been my true heart.
The biological heart has beco redundant, just an oversized lump of flesh now.”
“I need to relocate the Essence Furnace Core from the center of my abdon to its new position where the heart currently is.
As for the original heart… maybe preserve it as a specin?”
Ian seriously asked for Adalbert’s opinion, causing the researcher to chuckle and shake his head: “Don’t ask for advice on sothing like this—sigh, shouldn’t you prepare for such an important surgery for a few more days?”
“It’s just a heart extraction, what’s so difficult about it?
Right now, it isn’t even responsible for pumping blood; it’s just ordinary flesh.”
Ian appeared puzzled but still reassured him: “Don’t worry, I’ve simulated it over a hundred tis, and not once has it failed.”
Adalbert trusted Ian’s judgnt.
He knew that, given Ian’s computing power, he could simulate dozens of surgical processes and outcos in re minutes.
Coupled with his imnse intellect and the insight into Ian’s true Spirit Energy, Adalbert was no longer surprised by Ian’s confidence.
Carefully studying the notes in his hand, the researcher’s expression grew serious.
Adalbert knew that Ian’s true heritage was The Unyielding Fortress… but he had also witnessed Ian wielding the power of the Water Series Fairy lineage firsthand.
This was not a facade.
Ian truly carried two Bloodline True Form Inheritances within his body—a feat that should have been impossible.
Just as Ian wished to reserve expansion space for future upgrades to the Essence Furnace Core, even going as far as extracting his heart, an ordinary human body could only accommodate a limited number of Sublimation Organs.
So exceptionally powerful Bloodline True Form Inheritances were so demanding that they required the inheritor to have special physiological structures to unleash their full potential.
This was the origin of so-called ‘secret Bloodlines.’
One Bloodline alone could occupy an entire body—how could two Bloodlines coexist?
There was certainly an extraordinary secret behind this.
Adalbert wasn’t naïve or lacking in morals; he simply had high ethical standards.
He had thus never inquired how Ian had accomplished such a feat.
But now, Ian had revealed the truth in the notes.
“A unique silver Spirit Quality Nerve Network… has carried your Fairy Bloodline?”
Adalbert murmured to himself, his voice tinged with incredulous wonder: “My God, no—this isn’t a Spirit Quality Nerve Network…
this is sothing akin to a Heartlight Body, but far superior, a True Aether Network!”
“This True Aether Network has fused with your flesh and soul, effectively becoming your additional ‘body’!
No wonder it can bear a second Bloodline True Form… this is material that can only be accessed at the Fourth Energy Level, even the Fifth Energy Level, as part of an ‘Aether True Body’!”
“No!
It’s even stronger than the Aether True Body…
Even the Aether True Body of a Fifth Energy Level entity cannot last long, yet your True Aether Network within your body is as stable as material itself!”
“Oh?”
Hearing Adalbert’s marveling, Ian was also sowhat surprised: “You can discern… its material composition?”
This was the first ti Ian heard soone else’s evaluation of the Silver Chip.
Although it was rely a secondary derivative of the Silver Chip using Ian’s nerve network, judging from Adalbert’s excitent, the value of this derivative was far beyond Ian’s expectations.
“Indeed.
This is a highly stable True Aether.”
Adalbert raised his head from the notes, his gaze filled with delighted admiration as he looked at Ian: “At the Third Energy Level, one can fuse Life Spirit Energy with Origin Quality to form ‘Primal Aether,’ which constructs the Heartlight Body, akin to an alternate body that possesses incredible power and abilities but is incomplete.”
“It is not until the Fourth Energy Level, as a Sublimator’s Heartlight Body realizes dreams and fully integrates with the Sublimator themself, that the fusion of flesh, soul, and Heartlight Body forms a new state—the ‘Aether True Body.'”
“An Aether True Body can take the form of a humanoid, a Magical Beast, an artificial entity, or a colossal vessel or weapon.
A Sublimator with an Aether True Body can wield extraordinary power, easily altering natural phenona and causing catastrophic events capable of leveling entire regions.”
“As for the Fifth Energy Level… The Duke of Sorin only taught up to this point, so I don’t know beyond that.”
Adalbert expressed his regret at this juncture.
The Duke of Sorin himself had only reached the Fourth Energy Level, showcasing only the powers of the Fourth Energy Level.
But even so, the chaotic, wildly destructive Aether True Body—the re presence of which could trigger changes in surrounding natural phenona—had left an indelible impression on him, along with the notion that True Aether contained such imnse energy that mishandling it could result in disaster.
Yet the True Aether Network within Ian’s body completely defied his understanding.
So solid, so stable—theoretically, this type of True Aether should be impossible to exist!
As human-made, artificially synthesized high-grade energy, True Aether constantly undergoes self-decomposition, akin to nuclear fission, releasing terrifying energy powerful enough to spawn thunderstorms, lava tsunamis, and other apocalyptic natural disasters—but the True Aether within Ian’s body was solidly stable.
“I see now… Advanced Aether, is it?”
Ian mused.
If the Silver Chip truly was a piece of heritage left from the Skyfall Spaceship, then the ‘Creators’ must have mastered Aether utilization to perfection.
In fact, Aether’s very existence may have been intertwined with their civilization!
At this mont, Adalbert fully understood why Ian could possess two Bloodline True Forms.
The power of a Fourth Energy Level Sublimation Entity had already transcended human nature—their bodies could no longer support the complete form of their Bloodline True Form Heritage for extended periods, so they compressed their complete form into their human bodies, only releasing and decompressing it as needed.
To accommodate such a fully unleashed form, only Aether could serve as its foundation.
However, True Aether itself was inherently unstable.
Even Fourth Energy Levels and Fifth Energy Levels could not permanently maintain their peak form, and prolonged use would deplete their lifespan.
But Ian’s body contained an incredibly stable Aether Network!
Unstable Aether was capable of sustaining the Origin Structures of Fifth Energy Levels—and a Network so stable, naturally, could house an entirely new bloodline inheritance!
“I understand now.” Adalbert’s expression revealed sudden enlightennt as he spoke.
“You aim to utilize the stability of the Aether Nerve Network to link your Unyielding Fortress and Fairy Heritage.
“But this requires a remarkably strong and durable bridging point… Wait?!”
The Deceased Monarch Researcher’s eyes widened as he stared in shock at Ian’s calm deanor, his voice trembling slightly: “Ancient Dragon… Ancient Dragon Heart Core?!”
“You have an Ancient Dragon Heart Core within you?!”
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