The Alchemist's POV

Adrian Cross was a chemist. A nobody with a PhD and too much student debt. Until he transmigrated as Cedric Holm—a nobody with a cauldron and zero combat skills. When a burned-out pharmaceutical chemist dies in a lab accident and wakes up inside The Eternal Throne—a 3,000-chapter webnovel he never finished reading—he doesn't become the hero. He doesn't become the villain. He becomes a nameless background extra in the weakest division of the most prestigious academy in the world. The Alchemy Division. Where talentless students go to brew healing potions for people who actually matter. But something is wrong. The formulas are incomplete. The recipes are dumbed-down versions of something far more ancient and terrifying. Alchemy—the world's most ridiculed discipline—was never weak. It was sealed. And the gods, the academies, and even the so-called "hero" are all pieces on a board whose rules Cedric doesn't fully understand. But he sees what no one else can.Because he's not just an alchemist.He's a scientist. He doesn't follow recipes. He breaks them. He doesn't memorize formulas. He understands them. And in a world of swords, magic, and prophecy, the most dangerous weapon isn't a holy sword or a forbidden spell. It's knowledge. Now Cedric must walk the razor's edge: Guide the hero from the shadows without being noticed. Unlock the forbidden secrets of true alchemy without being silenced. Unravel why the novel's plot is beginning to deviate from what he remembers. And above all—survive past Chapter 1,200. Because that's where he stopped reading. He knows how the story begins. He knows how the middle plays out. But the ending? The final villain? The fate of the world? He has no idea. And someone—or something—has just sent him a message:"You are not the first one to read this story." The hero will save the world with a sword. Cedric will save it with a beaker....If he survives long enough.