Sovereign of the Ashes

After receiving a section of the Life Tree Trunk from Luna, Sein began working on upgrading his Verdant Flame Heart Rod.

Consequently, he also temporarily suspended his classes at the divine tower academy.

Sein ventured to the top floor of the Divine Tower to access his mentor’s laboratory when he had to extract the core of the Inextinguishable Meteorite.

Lorianne had not yet returned from the Magus World and was presumably still settling financial matters in Verdant Leaf World.

Following the war in Verdant Leaf World, its resources were swiftly plundered, with the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring channeling these assets to the Magus Alliance in exchange for a substantial reserve of magicoins.

This wealth was earmarked for Lorianne’s next acquisition—a space fortress.

After the war ended, Lorianne’s extensive connections in the Magus World became apparent.

Among the merchant families that acquired the special resources from Verdant Leaf World, Sein was only familiar with House Jobbs, who had purchased Bamboo Lef Dragonflies. The other clients were all Lorianne’s connections.

Lorianne probably did not rely on the influence of her mentor or seniors in these dealings since Sein had not seen anyone from the Verdant Flame Faction visiting the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring during this period.

Lorianne had granted Sein access to various parts of the Divine Tower. While her private rooms and laboratories remained off-limits, Sein could enter the world laboratory and the major alchemy laboratory that was essential for his current project.

Sein personally worked on cutting the Inextinguishable Meteorite, spending months reducing its hundreds of meters diameter into a fist-sized spherical purple crystal—its core that contained immense power.

Even a Rank Two pyromancer like Sein could feel the heat it radiated, prompting him to ponder the cosmic conditions that could spawn such a strange meteorite.

With the purple crystal ready, Sein could finally modify the Verdant Flame Heart Rod.

He also made sure not to waste the remaining meteorite fragments which had been acquired by spending magicoins to issue a gathering quest through the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring’s command center.

These fragments could be ground into magic spices for use in casting wide-range area-of-effect spells that harnessed the power of the Everburning Violet Flame.

After extracting the Everburning Amethyst from the Inextinguishable Meteorite, Sein moved the remainder of his alchemy experiments to his own laboratory.

He felt more comfortable working in his familiar space, despite the availability of slightly more advanced equipment in his mentor’s laboratory.

The unfamiliar setting of the other laboratory hindered his efficiency, and the lack of additional materials meant he could not repeat the experiment.

Both the “Verdant Flame Heart” and the “Everburning Amethyst” were rare materials, usually beyond the reach of ordinary mages, and coveted even by demigod-level mages.

During the upgrade of the Verdant Flame Heart Rod, Sein was assisted by Yuri and Selina, who had recently returned to the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring.

After receiving Sein’s guidance for decades, they had gained significant insights and knowledge in alchemy, unlike Natalya.

The upgrade of the rod spanned two years, during which Sein balanced intense focus on the project with his routine meditation, body tempering, and research into pyro elemental magic.

After more than two years of diligent effort, Sein’s labor finally bore fruit.

The Verdant Flame Heart Rod had been successfully upgraded!

It now featured both the “Verdant Flame Heart” and “Everburning Amethyst” as the head, with the trunk of the demigod-level Ancient Verdant Banyan as its rod.

The weapon was further enhanced by various other materials Sein acquired from the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring and the Magus Alliance, along with the resources he found in the Knight Continent.

The new magic rod allowed him to wield the formidable powers of both the Verdant Flame and the Everburning Violet Flame.

At the tip of the rod, two crystals—one green and one violet—shone brightly, exuding an overwhelming pressure.

This upgraded magic rod not only boasted exceptional enhancement to the power of the dual flames but also embodied years of Sein’s dedicated refinement and deepening understanding of both the Verdant Flame and the Everburning Violet Flame.

With his new weapon in hand, Sein activated his elemental body, transforming into a towering giant wreathed in green and purple intertwining flames.

The combined powers of the Verdant Flame and the Everburning Violet Flame synergized to amplify Sein’s strength far beyond merely doubling it.

Sein could not help but wonder if other members of the Verdant Flame Faction managed to blend different elements into the verdant flame.

Since his mentor was a pure dendro mage, Sein chose to follow his own path and judgment after moving away from the mainstream teachings of the Verdant Flame Faction.

In the Astral Realm, there were no such things as fixed combinations of elements, and the application of the verdant flame extended beyond the teachings passed down by senior members of the Verdant Flame Faction.

After all, true innovation required thinking outside the box.

Sein was extremely pleased with the direction of his experimental research and development.

He was particularly inspired by the results from body tempering experiments performed on Reina and planned to integrate this new pyro elemental energy into his next body tempering experiments.

Focus: 2,788 points Mana: 2,961 points Constitution: 3,574 points

Having been promoted to Rank Two only thirty years ago, Sein was immensely satisfied with his growth, which surpassed almost all of the mages in the Magus World.

On top of that, these stats only reflected his capabilities in his normal state.

Wielding his newly upgraded magic rod and activating his elemental body, these values could easily triple, showcasing the formidable power of the knights and mages of the Magus World!

No Rank Two creatures born in other worlds could possess such exaggerated abilities within a few decades of their breakthrough.

Of course, Sein was undoubtedly among the elite of his peers!

He tentatively named his new magic rod the “Verdant Flame Amethyst Rod”.

Emitting two different-colored elemental lights that resembled a pair of dragons playing with a pearl, the rod was poised to unleash its full potential in Sein’s hands, exerting an unimaginable oppressive force and bringing despair to all who faced it.