Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Alex sighed a little when asked about the rest of the four Creations he had planned. Mostly because he hadn't planned any.

"Void is one," Alex said. "I haven't yet decided how I'm going to make Void itself my Creation, but I feel like it's a good idea to try and make use of it."

"The Void?" Bai Jingshen asked. He looked down in contemplation.

Void was an excellent idea for a Creation. It was time and space in one. But the issue with Void wasn't its availability or its strength, but rather its complexity.

"Is something wrong?" Alex asked, seeing as Bai Jingshen wasn't reacting as he had hoped he would.

"Nothing is particularly wrong," Bai Jingshen said. "It's just that, I think Void is a very hard thing to absorb aura from. Most people don't understand time or space enough to make use of it. If you think you can do it, then go ahead."

"I think I can. I mean, I did travel through the Void to escape Hell. If I didn't understand it enough, I would've probably forever been lost in there."

"That is true," Bai Jingshen said. "Then so long as you can differentiate between the complex aura that escapes out of Void and make sure to only absorb the correct ones, then you will likely succeed. It's not something I could ever do, so I wouldn't even be able to start with helping you if something goes wrong there."

"That's alright. I'm quite confident when it comes to the Void," Alex said. "Even then, I'll try to learn what I can from it. I want to at least learn a few more Space and Time Dao before I attempt at absorbing the Void for my Creation."

Bai Jingshen nodded. "That would be a good idea."

Alex turned toward the 8 glowing Origins, sighing as he saw it. "And, that's it. I have nothing further that I'm sure I'll get."

Bai Jingshen paused for a moment. "That's only 5. You still haven't decided on 3 more? You're so close to breaking through though. You should have at least planned what type of Origin you want."

Alex let out a deep breath. "I did plan on getting some sort of fire. As an alchemist, it just feels wrong to not have a certain type of flame that only I can use."

"Fire?" Bai Jingshen asked. "The best I can think of is the Phoenix Flame."

"And I don't want that," Alex said quickly. "Scarlet can already use it, and it's not necessarily something I want. I truly want something I can use more of."

Bai Jingshen fell into thought. "I have no idea what other flames there are that would be better than Phoenix Flames. Maybe there are some in the records that I can go and check. Even if I do end up finding out about some obscure ones, it would be another issue to try and find it. You might have to wait a bit."

"I'll wait however long I can," Alex said. "If I can't find one by the end, I'll just move on to something else. Maybe even use the Guardian Tiger for myself. The option is always there."

"I could also make something for my sword, some sort of Dependent Creation. When I first learned that I could only have one Creation, I was stuck between the Sun and a sword. When I learned I could get more, I had more or less confirmed I could get the sword."

"But as time went on, and I received various things throughout the years, the need for a Sword-based Creation has been lower and lower. And now, I'm going to get the Artifact God's inheritance, on top of already having received the greatest sword created in the recent era, I cannot imagine I will need a Sword-based Creation."

"But then, who knows? Maybe when I have nothing to go for, I will just go for it."

Bai Jingshen slowly nodded. "I'll see what I can do; for the fire and for the other two Origins that you're not certain about," he said.

Alex nodded. The group of four left his Spiritual Sea and arrived back outside.

Bai Jingshen stood. "I will go find out what I can. Pearl already has 3 Creations planned, so he's missing out on one as well."

Alex turned toward Pearl. "You have 3 planned already?" he asked.

Pearl nodded. "Grandpa gave me ideas for 2 more, so I only have one more I need to find something for," he said.

Alex raised an eyebrow. "What aside from the Guardian Tiger?" he asked.

"One has something to do with my own Blood Essence," Pearl said. "And the other one… I don't know."

"You don't know?" Alex asked with a frown, turning toward Bai Jingshen for explanation.

Bai Jingshen smiled. "It's a secret."

Alex paused for a moment. "I hope it is a good secret."

Bai Jingshen grinned even further. "Don't worry. Both of what I'm getting Pearl to turn into a Creation are my own. I wouldn't suggest him any less."

"Oh!"

If Bai Jingshen was passing along his own Creation, then surely it couldn't be that bad. If he knew about the Guardian Tiger and still decided to give Pearl these two Creations, then it couldn't be bad whatsoever.

"Okay, so I'm missing a few. Pearl is missing one, and… Whisker is missing 2, right?" Alex asked.

"No, just one," Whisker answered. "Since brother Pearl isn't going to use the beast core you gave us, I'll be using it when I reach the Immortal Transcendent realm."

"Hmm? Oh, right. There was something like that. So you only need one more," Alex said.

Whisker nodded.

"I'll try to find 5 appropriate ones," Bai Jingshen said. "Surely our old records will hold something."

"Wait," Alex said before Bai Jingshen could leave. "When you're looking through the records, could you perhaps look for anything about Tribulation Lightning? More accurately, could you look for any info on it that says if it's possible to be turned into a Creation."