I'm Really Not the Demon God's Lackey Chapter 243: Equivalent Exchange

All things as one—

This simple phrase was the message Andrew received from beyond that door.

Yet, within this short phrase contained the essence of alchemy, the language of the universe.

At this moment, he felt like a newborn. Everything he thought he knew about the world underwent a radical change.

The storm that had engulfed him had blown away all the dirt of his past, bringing forth a completely new, perfect, and stronger version of himself.

The increase in strength was not merely physical but rather an intrinsic confidence, with an unprecedented sense of control.

Through his eyes, the flow between everything became ever so apparent. Inseparable bonds that were formed between every matter.

And these bonds were now in Andrew’s control.

He had the feeling that he could break, destroy, and rebuild these bonds at his own pleasure.

To put this sensation in words, it was akin to turning into a ‘god’ capable of controlling all matter.

The old Andrew would be inextricably obsessed with the feeling of being almighty, causing his ego to inflate while losing his mind and eventually straying into an unpredictable direction.

But now, he was exceptionally calm. In fact, he didn’t have a single shred of emotion over this change.

The intense anxiety and pious passion of the present moment was all solely due to the young man before him. The one who had bestowed this gift.

Andrew stared at Lin Jie in reverence.

If not for the remaining strand of rationality reminding him that Mr. Lin enjoyed being treated like an ordinary bookstore owner, he would have proclaimed “All is one, one is all” at the top of his lungs before kneeling on the ground and kissing the earth before Mr. Lin as a pledge of fealty.

“Great… Not bad, just what I expected from a scholar. You’ve gotten a precise understanding of the book’s philosophy and managed to pick out the key phrases in such a short time. That’s some efficiency.” Lin Jie nodded as he praised Andrew gleefully.

“All things are one” was naturally the an

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