Modern alchemy encompassed a vast number of different fields.

Compared with ancient alchemical traditions, many of which stretched back thousands of years and were deeply rooted in the histories of great families and powerful clans, modern alchemy had emerged relatively recently, becoming the mainstream precisely because it built upon the foundations of ancient alchemy while opening entirely new paths and directions.

It not only established unified standards and methods of measurement, making it easier for later generations to enter the field, but also possessed a degree of openness and inclusivity that far surpassed ancient alchemy.

Over several centuries of development, it had absorbed the finest elements of numerous ancient traditions. After discarding what was useless, retaining what was valuable, and integrating the rest into a coherent whole, it had expanded beyond the four fundamental disciplines of Elevation, Purification, Transformation, and Integration to develop more than a dozen distinct branches and fields of study. 

The study of life was undoubtedly one of its major branches. It had countless ties to the Vortex and was also inseparable from the popular field of potion-making.

Naturally, Ji Jue, a mere apprentice, would never dare claim expertise in such a profound and demanding subject. In truth, even after using...