Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1639: Chapter 604 What is a True Heavenly Spirit Root Cultivator?_2

Luo Chen was already confident; with this strike unleashed, even a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator would find it difficult to resist.

The second gain, Han Zhan was unaware of as well.

It was the transformation that occurred after Slaying Dragon Technique reached perfection.

Slaying the dragon, severing the breath, and even cutting the divine soul!

”That malevolent energy is not just a breath but the residual power of a strong cultivator’s divine soul! By repeatedly severing the malevolent energy, without realizing it, the perfected Slaying Dragon Technique gained the additional effect of breaking the influence of divine souls.”

Though this was a gain, it also felt somewhat of limited use.

Luo Chen could sense that the divine soul-cutting range of the Slaying Dragon Technique was too restrictive.

It was entirely unable to extend beyond his body and could only function within him, specifically in his Sea of Consciousness.

Perhaps it was due to his inadequate realm or related to the hallucinations caused by the malevolent energy within his Sea of Consciousness.

Nonetheless, this truly counted as a pleasant surprise.

One never knows when it might achieve unexpected results.

Luo Chen took a deep breath and looked at the cultivation progress of the Art of Origin Core, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Ultimately, he had successfully cultivated this Fourth-Order Secret Technique from Luo Yun Sect without relying on the system!

The Hidden Dust had now transformed into an Origin Core, coiling within his Sea of Qi.

Not only did it automatically draw in the Heaven and Earth Qi from the outer world whenever he activated his Natal Qi Technique, it also accumulated a vast reserve of pure mana for emergencies.

It could be said that the abundance of Luo Chen’s mana now was more than double compared to before.

His mana had already exceeded that of cultivators in the same order—not only in quality but also in quantity.

Now, with this doubling, the magnitude of his mana was on par with that of ordinary Late Golden Core Stage Great Cultivators.

With increased mana came obvious benefits.

Luo Chen could feel that whether it was controlling magic items or unleashing large-scale destructive techniques, he could now handle them with ease.

He would no longer find himself in a situation, as he had in previous bitter battles, where his mana was utterly depleted, leaving him helpless like a skillful chef without ingredients.

And clearly, the gains Luo Chen had made over these years extended beyond just this.

With a flex of his palm, a strand of deep azure flame rose, its glow profound.

Prosperity and Decline True Fire!

Its quality, more refined than before.

Its transformation did not stem from cultivation.

Rather, it was the result of devouring.

During the battle at the Quyang Defensive Line, he had reversed the Green Flame Bead unleashed by the White-Clothed Cultivator, obtaining a substantial amount of high-quality Green Sun Devil Fire.

This spoils of war remained unmentioned even after he returned to Longyuan Immortal City and consulted the Fishing Elder.

After settling in Penghu, Luo Chen spent his leisure time researching this demon fire, reputed to have been artificially refined from the blood essence of living beings.

His final conclusion was that it was inferior to his Prosperity and Decline True Fire.

This item in his possession felt somewhat limiting.

However, during one of his artifact forging sessions, on a whim, Luo Chen attempted to refine the Green Sun Devil Fire using the Prosperity and Decline True Fire, and to his surprise—it worked.

At the time, his thoughts were simple: Since it was said to be made from the blood essence of living beings, and his Prosperity and Decline True Fire could burn away life and extract vitality, maybe it could burn fire with fire.

Unexpectedly, the final outcome greatly surprised him.

The Green Flame Bead was entirely devoured by his Prosperity and Decline True Fire.

This also made his Original Source True Fire even more powerful.

Its enhancements were not limited to the use of Fire Series techniques; even in Pill Refinement and Tool Casting, great improvements were evident.

With a thought.

The Attribute Panel unfolded again.

[Career Section]

[Second-Order Artifact Forging Master]

[Casting Techniques: Iron Smelting Technique Perfection, Quenching Technique Perfection, Hundred Refinement Method Perfection, Flowing Fire Hammer Technique Grandmaster Level 678/1000, Iron Refining Hand Perfection 400/500, Gold Cutting Technique Perfection 366/500, Snow Blowing Technique Beginner 79/100]

[Magic Tools: Low-Grade Magical Artifact Green Fire Sword, Mid-Grade Magical Artifact Peerless Ring, Beryl Mother-Child Blade, Top-Grade Magical Artifact Nine Dragons True Fire Cover, Meteor Fire Ring, Flame Dragon Whip]

[Magic Items: Yet to Begin]

As he gazed upon this career panel, Luo Chen’s mind wandered, reminiscing about the moment when he first saw the Pill Refinement Attribute Panel years ago.

However, this time, it was the [Casting Section] instead.

Although the two skills weren’t particularly connected, fundamentally they were the same, with similar forms.

Just as a Pill Refiner needed to grasp the Basic Alchemy Art, and a Healing Expert needed to master healing techniques, a Tool Casting Crafter also needed some exclusive minor tricks.

The origins of many casting techniques that Luo Chen had mastered were rather eclectic.

There were derivative techniques from the Duan Family in the Eastern Wasteland spanning over three hundred years, and basic casting techniques commonly found in Tian Fan City.

Additionally, there were foundational crafting techniques from Qingdan Valley and basic puppet forging methods from Luo Yun Sect.

Apart from these, some of the high-tier casting techniques came from the Refining Sharpedge Station on Coldlight Island in the North Sea Cultivation World and Hundred Craft Mountain!

He had obtained the storage pouches of the Wu Family brothers from Refining Sharpedge Station and those of the muscular man and elderly woman from Hundred Craft Mountain.

Among their legacies, cultivation technique manuals were scarce, yet there was an abundant collection of casting-related texts.

This was easy to understand.

High Order Cultivators always committed their natal cultivation techniques to memory long ago; unless it was yet to be cultivated or specifically recorded to pass to descendants, they typically wouldn’t carry them around.

But texts related to craftsmanship were often kept on hand.

Revisiting familiar texts was one reason; another was that High Order Cultivators, having abundant time, often pursued secondary crafts, necessitating regular study.

Thus, it ultimately benefited Luo Chen.

It could be said that within just a few years, Luo Chen’s advancement in casting was extraordinary, gaining him the moniker ”Tool Casting Master Qingyang Zi” among Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment Stage Rogue Cultivators—all thanks to these legacies.

Even Han Zhan hadn’t contributed much to this achievement.