She moved like a composer, weaving soul fragments into potions that could grant temporary immortality, forge fates, or preserve dying consciousness.
"Alchemy is not ingredients," she murmured. "It's harmony between soul and material. It's resurrection, it's transmutation... it's evolution."
She reached toward a collapsing spirit beast and bound its last breath into a pearl the size of her palm. Life and memory held fast within crystal.
From this, Asher unlocked Soul Extraction and Fusion Art, capable of crafting unique soul-based treasures, merging soul shards into condensed tools or even restoring shattered remnants of sentience.
The Soul Healer Orb
Valeris's final orb welcomed her with a slow, aching silence.
A field of fallen cultivators. Wounds too grave. Breath too faint.
And amidst them all knelt a man in plain gray robes, eyes closed, hands held just above each chest. His soul pulsed outward—not loud, but steady, rhythmic. His power did not shake the skies.
