The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　Soon after.

　Professor Cazell moved the mutated mouse to an open area outside the laboratory.

　At this moment, the small barrier covering the white mouse was squeezed and burst by the mouse's infinitely growing body.

　The mice, on the other hand, are already larger than a water buffalo and are growing to the size of an elephant.

　It did not roar throughout the entire process.

　Because it was already dead.

　The effects of the Philosopher's Stone exceed the limits that ordinary life can withstand.

　Although its cells appear to be proliferating indefinitely, its biological structure has already collapsed. In particular, its brain has long since died due to excessive expansion.

　However, if you activate "spiritual vision," you can see its soul screaming in immense pain.

　The mouse's soul also underwent a change in shape due to the distortion of its physical body.

　But unlike the physical body, the soul is constantly thinning during the process of distortion.

　It did not evolve because of the Philosopher's Stone; it remained the soul of an ordinary life form.

　The soul of an ordinary life cannot withstand this level of strain.

　as predicted.

　The mouse's soul shattered first.

　Although the distortion of its physical body has not stopped, with the complete collapse of its soul, it has become a useless lump of flesh.

　The professors did not stop them, simply to observe the extent of the effects of that small "Philosopher's Stone".

　After another period of waiting, the mice's cells finally broke down.

　By this time, it had filled the entire open space of the hidden place.

　"..." But judging from the results, it wasn't that the effects of that "Philosopher's Stone" had been exhausted.

　Rather, the mouse's cells had already reached their limit. Its bones, due to their low density, eventually turned into powder. The flesh and blood turned into a puddle of mud.

　Finally, after his physical body collapsed, the Philosopher's Stone miraculously emerged from the blood and gore and is now floating in the air, radiating golden light.

　Professor Kazel retrieved it, only to find that the energy aura of the Philosopher's Stone had not decreased, but had actually increased.

　Although the increase is very small, growth is growth, and it is absolutely different from a decrease.

　It is clear that the Philosopher's Stone is not a panacea for living beings. While it may seem to provide energy and promote the proliferation of flesh and blood, it actually acts as a forced catalyst, or rather, a "mutation" effect.

　The energy consumed by the mutation of flesh and blood in mice still comes from their own bodies, which is the result of maximizing their vitality.

　During this process, the Philosopher's Stone not only did not consume any energy, but actually absorbed some of it back.

　The two professors exchanged a glance, then removed the mangled flesh and blood of the white mouse, and retrieved the second experimental subject—the soul of the already dead white mouse.

　The Philosopher's Stone, conceptually speaking, should be an advancement potion that can only be used on the souls of the dead.

　The first experiment was only used as a reference.

　The soul of the second mouse, under Professor Harvey's manipulation, ate a small piece of the Philosopher's Stone.

　The results of feeding on the dead and feeding on flesh indeed showed completely different reactions.

　After the white mouse consumed the Philosopher's Stone, its originally transparent soul visibly turned black, and a faint black mist emanating from its body gave it a sinister and terrifying appearance.

　And that Philosopher's Stone has finally begun to be consumed.

　As time passed, the souls of the mice gradually turned completely black. Both their size and energy intensity showed a significant increase.

　It didn't go out of control like the first mouse, but it eventually broke down.

　It couldn't withstand the power of the Philosopher's Stone, even if it was only a small amount.

　The third experiment.

　The experimental subjects were white mice that had been transformed into heroic spirits.

　The experiment of turning mice into Heroic Spirits is very mature, and the mice that are transformed into Heroic Spirits are stronger than pure undead.

　Its process of absorbing the Philosopher's Stone is very similar to that of the dead. The only difference is that it did not die suddenly in the end.

　However, even the white mouse spirits in the third experiment did not show any signs of advancing to become "ferrymen of the underworld".

　It was indeed tainted with information from the underworld. Given its soul-like nature, it could be considered to have successfully transformed into a creature of the underworld, and become even more powerful.

　But that's all.

　There is still an insurmountable distance between him and becoming the "God of the Underworld".

　Judging from the results, the creation of the Philosopher's Stone was indeed a success.

　Professors Cazell and Harvey's conception of the "Philosopher's Stone" is also very close to "reality".

　However, if one wants to use the Philosopher's Stone to transform the soul of the dead into a "ferryman of the underworld", other means are needed to assist in the process. That small piece of the Philosopher's Stone is certainly not enough; one would most likely need to consume a whole piece of the Philosopher's Stone to have a chance.

　If we want to conduct further experiments on it, we cannot use only the souls of mice, but should use the souls of creatures with higher intelligence and greater power.

　In short, it involves using the souls of the dead.

　By conducting numerous experiments on the souls of the deceased, we should be able to find the correct path to becoming a "ferryman of the underworld."

　Therefore, although it is regrettable, the two professors' research on the "underworld god-ferrying system" will have to end here for the time being.

　They weren't particularly interested in the "Underworld God-Crossing System." Even Professor Harvey, a necromancer, was no exception.

　The "Underworld God-Crossing System" is an ascension path provided for beings in the underworld, and ultimately it is aimed at the "underworld masses".

　As humans with a clear path to godhood, they actually don't need this method of achieving godhood.

　Continuing the research would be of little value to them. It would be a complete waste of time, or at least a pointless exercise.

　Professor Kazel, on the other hand, preferred to explore other uses of the Philosopher's Stone.

　For example, the Philosopher's Stone, as a catalyst that enables the unlimited proliferation of flesh and blood, plays a significant role.

　We shouldn't only look at things from one perspective; thinking from a different angle might yield different results. The joyful atmosphere in the laboratory remained unchanged. The forging of the Philosopher's Stone was a foregone conclusion.

　In a sense, it can indeed be used as an elixir of immortality for "resurrection of the dead".

　Moreover, it is fundamentally different from the "undeadification" of necromancers. The dead who are transformed into "creatures of the underworld" are still "creatures," while "undead" are dead.

　Upon reaching the final conclusion, Professors Cazell and Harvey instantly relaxed, their expressions softening. Professor Cazell carefully sealed the Philosopher's Stone, while Professor Harvey began cleaning up the experimental residue.

　While considering the proper use of the Philosopher's Stone, we must not ignore the enormous dangers it conceals.

　The results from the first experiment on mice showed that the Philosopher's Stone could easily create extremely terrifying monsters.

　The reason why the flesh and bones of mice break down is because they do not have enough energy.

　But what if energy is continuously supplied from the outside?

　What if the experimental subjects weren't mice, but rather more powerful monsters?

　Even a small leak of the Philosopher's Stone is enough to mutate living beings, ultimately turning them into mindless, fleshy monsters.

　It is very easy to create a terrifying existence that resembles a "natural disaster". Therefore, the preservation of the "Philosopher's Stone" is also very important.

　We cannot simply allow something to be created and then allowed to leak out. As researchers, we should have a certain sense of responsibility.

　After they had finished getting ready, the three of them leisurely headed to the cafeteria for a meal.

　None of the three expressed a strong desire to publicize their success.

　Therefore, no one knew that in the secret laboratory of St. Marian Academy, someone had already created the legendary "Philosopher's Stone".

　They even stopped talking about the Philosopher's Stone during their meal. After all, there wasn't much left to say about the Philosopher's Stone, and they'd already talked about it for days.

　Now that they have successfully created the Philosopher's Stone, they have achieved fulfillment in their spiritual pursuits, and there is no point in celebrating or not.

　Finally, the three of them raised their teacups and drank a toast, thus concluding their "victory celebration dinner."

　Professors Cazell and Harvey need to return to their dormitories and get some rest.

　Dark also needed to go back and digest the additional knowledge he had gained from the experiments over the past two days. Once he had digested this knowledge, he didn't plan to wait any longer and would directly begin the first phase of the "Magical Spirit Lifeformation" experiment.

　Only one day had passed between them.

　July 6th, 9:00 AM.

　Dark appeared in the Hidden Place laboratory.

　He applied for a personal laboratory for himself, moved all the tools and materials for his experiments there, and prepared for a major battle.

　In addition, he extracted the "Homeland" from the "Magic Heaven" and set it up in this laboratory, then summoned the "Cosmic Brain Beast" as an assistant.

　As for Victoria, who was also brought into the laboratory by him, she was not an assistant, but an experimental subject.

　The first experimental subject of "Magical Spirit Life Transformation" was "Vampire Heiress" Victoria!

　Before launching the experiment, Dak was confident that he had made ample preparations.

　Therefore, he will complete the entire experiment by himself from today onwards.

　The decision to choose Victoria as the first subject was a long-standing consideration.

　Because he possesses the material that is 100% compatible with Victoria—"Vampire Essence"!

　The "Vampire Essence" obtained from Naral Vlad contains "True Ancestor Blood" and is almost the highest quality "Vampire Essence" currently available.

　Using her "vampire essence" as material, combined with alchemy and necromancy, the vampire body cultivated would certainly be able to meet Victoria's requirements.

　However, that's a thing of the past.

　Now that he has obtained the "original embryo of life," Dark certainly cannot back down and create his own body.

　He will use the "Original Life Embryo" as a basis to cultivate the "Beast of Life" with the characteristics of the true ancestor of vampires.

　This is the first step of this experiment.

　In order to make the "Beast of Life" bred more in line with Victoria's essence, it was natural to bring her herself as a reference.

　Dark left Victoria a small desk in a corner of the lab, effectively confining her to that small area unless ordered to do so.

　The activity was limited to reading books.

　Victoria pretended to be reading a book, but her heart was filled with apprehension.

　But with the case of Shirley Augustine before her, she also had high hopes for obtaining her own real physical body.

　So while she felt uneasy, she was also somewhat excited.

　However, since it is an experiment, there is always the possibility of failure, so it is hard not to worry.

　As for Dak, he was naturally worried about the experiment failing.

　Therefore, he was fully prepared to face failure, and was certain that even if he failed, he could preserve Victoria's "intelligence".

　Due to the unique nature of magical spirits, as long as their "intelligence" remains, they will have at least three opportunities to conduct experiments.

　Therefore, the first experiment was conducted when there was the most leeway.

　At this time, no matter what, you must not get nervous because of any slight worry in your heart.

　Moreover, the first step of the experiment is to cultivate a physical body, so there is no risk of the experiment failing.

　He first conducted relevant tests on Victoria, fully analyzing her magical properties, and then mixed them into "vampire essence" to observe the reaction. The results showed that the compatibility between Victoria's magical properties and "vampire essence" was incredibly high.

　He then used "Vampire Essence" as the core material to cultivate "Life Beasts" that could serve as his physical body, employing "Life Primal Embryos." This process, if done by him personally, would take a considerable amount of time.

　Because the materials and formulas for targeted breeding have already been finalized, the time spent is mainly on "shaping".

　The shaping of the "Beast of Life" cannot be done like carving a stone statue. Once the "Beast of Life" is born, its appearance cannot be adjusted—further adjustments would fall into the category of plastic surgery.

　Dak certainly didn't want to involve "plastic surgery," so he wanted to shape its appearance from when it was still an embryo.

　This involves more than just sculpting techniques. Dark isn't exactly a specialist in this area; he's only somewhat involved. Therefore, a "slow and steady wins the race" approach is necessary, sacrificing efficiency for the sake of perfection. Alchemy, necromancy, sculpting techniques…

　He has mastered all the necessary technologies.

　As long as you can calm down and focus, success is inevitable.

　Therefore, with Victoria's obedient cooperation, his experiment began to progress slowly but steadily.

　The experiment began on the third day, July 8th, evening. Dark's investigation into the premature awakening of the "Beast of Life" reached its most crucial moment.

　After Victoria learned what he was doing, she asked him to adjust his "physical shape," but he refused.

　"A physical body nurtured from the 'original embryo of life' has the potential to grow; believe in your own potential."