Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1702: Chapter 625_2

As for transcending tribulation?

Luo Chen’s gaze landed on the grey furnace before him, his pair of Spirit Vision eyes seemingly penetrating the body of the furnace to glimpse at its contents.

”The Primordial Chaos Tripod and Xuan Chen Armor are my preparations for the tribulation!”

The former, without question, as his Natal Magic Item, would undoubtedly bear the brunt during the Nascent Soul Tribulation.

As for the Xuan Chen Armor, it was the name Luo Chen had given to the defensive Magic Item within the furnace.

Its name originated from taking one character each from its previous master, the Mysterious Rock Demonic Emperor, and Luo Chen’s own name.

Simple and straightforward.

Though Luo Chen prided himself on having a powerful physique, he dared not rely solely on his body to resist the Tribulation Thunder.

When the time comes, the Primordial Chaos Tripod will be positioned in front, while the Xuan Chen Armor will play the role of protecting his body.

This dual-layered approach might allow him to transcend the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation.

”Perhaps...”

Luo Chen sighed, reactivating his Divine Consciousness and Qi Power, and began to inscribe layer upon layer of prohibitions onto the Xuan Chen Armor within the Primordial Chaos Tripod.

...

It must be said, this attempt at tool casting had involved far too many twists and turns.

If compared to childbirth, obtaining the Demon Emperor’s Metamorphosis was akin to finding a mate, while feverishly practicing Tool Casting Technique was like preparing for conception, and the Primordial Chaos Tripod’s special abilities almost ensured instant success.

Yet, after finally conceiving the ”precious fetus,” complications arose during delivery!

What Luo Chen faced now was akin to resorting to an emergency caesarean when natural birth was no longer viable.

The basic prohibitions he was inscribing now were almost indistinguishable from sharp surgical knives.

Luckily, years of practicing Arrays had allowed Luo Chen to gradually overcome his prior deficiencies in prohibitions.

From initially only understanding Obscure Restrictions, to eventually mastering Obscure Restrictions and branching into other basic prohibitions.

Mountain, river, wind, cloud, dusk, dawn, void...

Unbeknownst to him, Luo Chen had already gained a solid grasp of all the fundamental prohibitions required for Arrays.

Even the Space Prohibition, which common Array Masters found most challenging to master, Luo Chen had gleaned insights into by observing the Spacial Constraint set up by the Qing Shuang Demon Emperor within the Primordial Chaos Tripod.

He was even confident that if provided the necessary materials for Storage Bags, he could attempt crafting low-order Storage Bags himself.

...

While Luo Chen awaited the emergence of his Magic Item, the Black King, after spending more than half a year, finally reached his destination.

In a lifeless, desolate sea, where neither waves surged nor winds stirred.

A solitary horn slowly emerged from beneath the water’s surface, eventually revealing a pair of enormous pupils.

He lifted his head to gaze at the island shrouded in toxic purple mist within the sea, trepidation flickering in his eyes.

”So this is Purple Spirit Island?”

”It cost me this much time and several battles to finally arrive.”

”Looks mysterious, sure, but nothing particularly remarkable!”

The Black King muttered, yet his ensuing actions were far from careless.

His throat throbbed, and he regurgitated an object from his stomach.

Through his faintly visible sharp teeth, it was clearly a red elixir.

He bit down on the elixir.

Instantly, a spicy sensation coursed through his digestive tract, flooding his entire body.

”I am inherently immune to all poisons, and with this antidote elixir personally crafted by my master protecting me, the purple toxin mist shouldn’t pose a threat.”

With a sly chuckle, the Black King shrank his body size, swimming toward the island blanketed by the toxic mist.

Three days later.

A furious dragon roar echoed from within Purple Spirit Island.

The toxic mist, accumulated over years, billowed in the wake of the dragon’s roar, surging winds and clouds across the surrounding eight directions.

Simultaneously, a massive figure soared into the sky from Purple Spirit Island, with black and white energies swirling around its body, occasionally unleashing enormous blade lights dozens of meters long toward its rear.

The Flood Dragon, appearing somewhat weakened, stumbled and plunged into the depths of the ocean, fleeing decisively toward the distance.

Behind it, the thunderous sound of pursuit followed.

Soon, over a dozen purple figures emerged from the poison-mist-covered forest, each enveloped in heavy purple Demon Qi.

They snarled and roared furiously, giving chase.

Yet upon reaching the seashore, they could only halt, raging impotently at the ocean.

...

Inside the Pill and Tool Refining Hall.

A white-robed, red-faced Daoist appeared somewhat thinner but had an extraordinarily bright gaze.

Looking at the grey furnace before him, he took a deep breath.

”Ever since arriving at the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering, it has been eighteen years. Even if you were an Immortal Artifact, you should emerge by now!”

Pressing both palms together, he slowly pushed forward.

Erupting Qi Power surged, and the grey furnace began trembling violently.

The next instant.

A Spirit Light slowly emerged from the grey furnace.

When the Spirit Light dissipated, a suit of armor materialized before the Daoist’s eyes.

Luo Chen wasted no time, grabbing the Xuan Chen Armor and sweeping it with his Divine Consciousness.

The armor was deep black in color, its radiance remarkably reserved.

Each armor plate was distributed like turtle shells, akin to the cracked patterns of earth dried for too long.

Yet as his Divine Consciousness scanned it, the cracks seemed to resonate, gleaming with Spirit Light, drawing all surrounding Spirit Qi toward it involuntarily.

”Array and embryo fused, Qi birthed by the armor.”

”The Yin Yang Liu Jia Array perfectly merged with the treasure embryo, with almost no impurities.”

”The Xuan Chen Armor emerges, its order is... Ascendant!”

Counting the complete array patterns on the armor, Luo Chen ultimately concluded that the Xuan Chen Armor belonged to the Ascendant Grade.

This result was somewhat unexpected yet entirely reasonable.

Unexpected as Luo Chen’s Tool Casting Technique had crafted an Ascendant Grade defensive Magic Item.

Reasonable because it was destined for such a result!

With the Demon Emperor’s Metamorphosis as the raw material, supplemented with an abundance of rare auxiliary materials, further refined using Penglai Immortal Sect’s techniques, and finally nurtured by the Primordial Chaos Tripod.

If this had ended in a Lower Grade defensive Magic Item, Luo Chen would have nowhere to vent his frustrations.

His initial lowest expectation was for a Medium Grade Magic Item, but evidently, Ascendant Grade met his heart’s desires.

Of course, this was just a quick glimpse; evaluating its true power would require further testing.