Dragon Alchemy

Dragon Alchemy  is a way to quickly boost the power of a Spirit Pressure user's abilities to a new height within a short time using both alchemy and magic.rituals. It is known that only the Tsaesci and Ka Po Tun know the required ingredients and rituals that are necessary for it.

Other Names

 * Alchemical Apotheosis
 * Sui Jin Feixian Fa (Ka Po Tun)
 * Suiginkami no Chikara (Tsaesci)

Effects and abilities
Dragon Alchemy on its own only massively increases one's spirit pressure and greatly strengthens the physical body, allowing it to exert power on a level far above a normal person. The main use of Dragon Alchemy is to reach a power level that is at the pinnacle of a Spirit Pressure practitioner and push beyond that through the use of external aid in the form of magical mercury that is absorbed into the body. The ritual requires enchanting and anointing a large amount of metallic mercury with many potent magical herbs and spells.

The mercury is absorbed into the body through the use of spirit pressure, not ingestion. The process is irreversible and causes many changes in the body that transcends it from a normal mortal shell into something closer to being a god like being. While Dragon Alchemy greatly enhances the powers of a user, it comes with the cost of bleaching the user's skin and hair, turning their irises a dull silver and destroying their fertility.

An interesting effect in the Tsaesci clans descended from Empress Nozomi Itsuka is that Nozomi performed the Dragon Alchemy while she was pregnant, causing her child to be changed, but not completely. While her descendants are stronger than the normal Tsaesci due to this, they are not as powerful as Nozomi herself.

The powers bestowed by the Dragon Alchemy are as follows:
 * Increased ability in usage of all Spirit Pressure abilities
 * Nearly unlimited stamina and magicka. Incredibly fast recovery for both.
 * Greatly enhanced durability
 * Biological Immortality
 * Poisonous Blood
 * Corpse cannot be raised by necromancy and will never decay.

Appearances

 * Echoes of the Orient

Echoes of the Orient

 * Ancestral Empress Nozomi Itsuka
 * Tosh Raka Emperor Li Xuanwen

Trivia

 * Dragon Alchemy is based on the outdated and false belief that mercury was a heavenly drug that could allow one to achieve immortality and the myth that it was the drink of the Chinese Gods.
 * In a way, Dragon Alchemy resembles the Alchemy performed by Taoist Priests to create the potion of immortality.