Age of Wizards: I Can Analyze All Things

「March 16th, Year 14531 of the Star Realm Calendar.」

「On the first floor of the Wizard Tower, beside the Element Pool.」

Pei Ze sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes tightly shut.

His body had become translucent, and it seemed as if dazzling flashes of lightning flickered within.

Rich Thunder Elemental Energy swirled around him, saturating every inch of the surrounding space.

With every one of Pei Ze’s rhythmic breaths, a massive amount of Thunder Elemental Energy surged wildly into his body. It plunged deep into his Sea of Consciousness, fueling the Elemental Fire and causing the incandescent white flames to burn even more fiercely.

An invisible wave enveloped his entire body, slowly suffusing and reforging it in places the naked eye could not see.

At one particular moment, Pei Ze’s body suddenly trembled, and his entire aura changed.

Fierce, searing, and savage... For a moment, it was as if Pei Ze had transformed into the most violent thunderbolt in the heavens, ready to blast the surrounding space to smithereens.

But in the next instant, the aura abruptly retracted and vanished.

At this moment, Pei Ze was surrounded by rich Thunder Elemental Energy, yet he didn’t seem out of place. Instead, he seemed to have become a part of the Thunder Elemental Energy itself, exuding a natural and harmonious air that felt perfectly normal.

"Hah!"

Opening his eyes, Pei Ze let out a long sigh and summoned the Eye of Omniscience.

[Elementalization (Thunder): 100%]

[Elemental Source: 100]

’I finally hit one hundred percent!’

A flash of joy appeared in Pei Ze’s eyes.

’It took nearly seven months, but I finally got my elementalization progress to 100%.’

With that, the final hurdle to his promotion to a Level 5 Wizard was cleared.

Pei Ze swept his hand through the air, and three potions instantly materialized on the floor before him.

The violet liquid shimmered with an uncanny luster under the light of the Sun Lamp. Just looking at it was enough to evoke the cool, refreshing feeling of drinking ice water in the middle of summer.

This was the Soul Fusion Potion he had obtained from Mo Weng.

’Everything is ready. I can begin my breakthrough.’

Pei Ze took a deep breath, calming the storm of emotions inside him.

Once his heart was calm, he picked up the Soul Fusion Potion before him and drank it all in one gulp.

As the potion went down, a strange sense of tranquility instantly filled his mind.

Pei Ze felt as if he had been separated from the world. Although he could still control his body and had a sense of being physically present, he was overcome with the strange sensation of his soul leaving his body, of transcending the material world.

His Spirit was clearer and calmer than it had ever been.

’So this is the effect of the Soul Fusion Potion. Truly remarkable.’

The potion’s effects were temporary, so Pei Ze dared not delay. He quickly submerged his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness and began directing the Elemental Fire to fuse with his soul.

The process of a Level 4 Wizard breaking through to become a Level 5 Wizard is, in essence, the elementalization of the soul.

During this process, a Wizard gradually transforms into a being similar to an elemental lifeform.

Of course, their level of existence is much higher than that of an elemental lifeform.

Because of this, the lifespan of a Level 5 Wizard increases dramatically—far more than it did during the breakthrough from Level 3 to Level 4.

A Level 5 Wizard’s lifespan generally exceeds ten thousand years, more than three to four times that of a Level 4 Wizard.

In addition, the amount of elemental energy a Level 5 Wizard can control far surpasses that of a Level 4 Wizard.

If a Level 4 Wizard controlling elemental energy is like drawing a single drop of water from the vast Sea of Elements, then a Level 5 Wizard is like scooping up a full ladle.

The gap between their power levels is immense.

This much is evident from the fact that a Level 4 Wizard can only barely contend with a Level 5 Wizard, even when controlling a Wizard Tower.

As the fusion began, Pei Ze felt a numbness begin to spread from the level of his very soul.

It was a sign that the thunder element had begun to seep into his soul.

At the same time, the warping and transformation of his soul’s essence brought an extremely intense, sharp pain.

Under the effects of the Soul Fusion Potion, however, the intense pain and his consciousness seemed to diverge.

Pei Ze could register the violent agony, yet he didn’t feel the suffering or find it unbearable. It was as if he had been split in two, with his other half bearing the excruciating pain for him.

It felt as if ages had passed, and yet it also felt like only an instant.

Then, in a single moment, Pei Ze felt his Spirit relax as the excruciating pain receded like a tide.

Pei Ze withdrew from his transcendent state, his entire being instantly returning to normal.

Looking again into the depths of his Sea of Consciousness, the Elemental Fire remained incandescent and bright, seemingly unchanged.

Upon closer inspection, however, one could see that an extremely faint silver glint had appeared in the very center of the Elemental Fire.

That was the nexus point of the fusion between his soul and the Elemental Fire.

When this point of silver light diffused and spread, turning the Elemental Fire completely silver, it would mean his soul had been thoroughly elementalized.

At that time, the moment would be ripe for his promotion to a Sixth-level Wizard.

Pei Ze opened his eyes, a heartfelt, joyous smile spreading across his face.

From this moment forward, he was a Level 5 Wizard!

Pei Ze opened his palm, and a thread of lightning suddenly flared to life in its center.

The lightning was as fine as a silk thread, yet it radiated a surging, majestic, and searing aura. In terms of sheer energy intensity, it was enough to instantly kill a Level 4 Thunder Elemental Giant Spirit.

’My power has increased by at least two to three times.’

’Now, if I control the Wizard Tower, I could even stand my ground against a Sixth-level Wizard.’

The corners of Pei Ze’s mouth lifted slightly, and his mood was buoyant.

"Omniscience, check my current status."

[Soul Fusion Rate: 1.12%]

[Elemental Source: 560]

After his breakthrough and promotion, Pei Ze’s Elemental Source had skyrocketed to more than five times its original value.

’Achieving full elementalization really paid off.’

’If I’d advanced with only 80% elementalization, my Elemental Source probably wouldn’t have even reached 300.’

Pei Ze nodded to himself; the extra time and energy he had spent to increase his elementalization progress had not been in vain.

’Besides, from what I know, the higher the degree of elementalization at the time of promotion, the easier the soul’s fusion with the Elemental Fire is afterward.’