Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Named Liuyuan, with the title Longyuan, True Master Longyuan couldn’t help but smile.

”Senior Brother Shen.”

”Hmm, Junior Brother Liu.”

After re-establishing their relationship, the tension between both parties eased significantly.

True Master Longyuan pointed upwards, ”Is that woman gone?”

Shen Wandou nodded, ”She has left, but judging by appearances, she might return.”

”Return again?” True Master Longyuan frowned slightly but soon relaxed, ”If she returns, that’s good. I see the seal of Ye Mo Sky is on the verge of collapsing, with the Ghost Immortal Tower of the Savage Beast having intruded. I’m afraid the evil beasts inside are preparing to break the seal. When the time comes, with Moon Independent Cultivator leading the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering at the front line, this will give our Tianyuan Daoist Sect enough time.”

Shen Wandou shared the same thought and sighed.

”These North Sea Cultivators, without the Yuan Mo Sect towering over them, have become reckless, daring to target a Great Cultivator—they are simply courting death.”

True Master Longyuan chuckled and asked, ”Does Senior Brother not have the same thought?”

Shen Wandou’s expression turned slightly awkward but soon waved his hand, ”Dare not have! Unless Junior Brother Fu and the three others return, with you as the rising talent, we can form the Five Tribulation Killing Array, perhaps with a thirty percent chance to defeat Moon Independent Cultivator.”

”Thirty percent? That’s a bit high!” True Master Longyuan softly replied, ”I’ve interacted with Moon Independent Cultivator several times, her cultivation level is unfathomable, with numerous techniques, and now she has Spiritual Treasure adding to her strength. Even with five early Nascent Soul cultivators forming the Five Tribulation Killing Array, I’m afraid it would hardly affect her.”

Shen Wandou was slightly surprised, not expecting such high praise for Moon Independent Cultivator from his junior brother.

But she’s merely a discard of the Penglai.

Consider that Penglai Immortal Sect is merely a casual chess piece of the Tianyuan Daoist Sect in North Sea.

Could Moon Independent Cultivator who defected from Penglai possibly surpass us?

”Forget it, we have no opportunity to face her; that Spiritual Treasure isn’t for us to covet. Let’s talk about you!”

Shen Wandou’s expression turned solemn, ”You have truly decided to participate in the five-hundred-year Dao Sect Competition and enter Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven?”

True Master Longyuan also set aside his smile, his expression becoming serious.

”As children from Han Gate, we struggle to enter the Sect’s Dharma Eye, spending a lifetime without touching the opportunities within Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven. There’s only one chance when advancing to the early Nascent Soul Stage.”

”I’ve abandoned the luxurious life in Zhongzhou, distanced from family and clan, struggled alone in North Sea, step by step from the sixth layer of Golden Core to become a Nine-star Demon Hunter. With the resources from the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering, only then did I achieve the Nascent Soul Stage successfully.”

”All for the chance to attain Divine Transformation in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven that opens once every five hundred years.”

Shen Wandou’s brows furrowed tightly, ”With such ambition, why not leverage the power of the Land of Fallen Demons?”

”Hehe, could it be that Senior Brother Shen doesn’t know, that the Land of Fallen Demons is actually the palace of Refining Heaven Demon Monarch. Even if there is an inheritance leading directly to Divine Transformation, it’s most likely closely associated with Refining Heaven Demon Monarch. This demon is rumored to be disliked by the Great Venerate, and I’m definitely unwilling to entangle with his karma.”

True Master Longyuan remarked slowly, revealing secrets unknown to outsiders.

Including Shen Wandou!

”Where did you learn these things?” His face was filled with shock.

True Master Longyuan shook his head, ”It’s not convenient to say. What I’m seeking now is to return to the Sect and be recorded into the Dao Plate, allowing ease of entry into Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven.”

Seeing him unwilling to say more, Shen Wandou couldn’t press further.

Yet, he still asked an additional question.

”Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven is extremely dangerous, transformed from the Ancient Desolate. The Dao Sect Competition occurs once every hundred years, but it’s most intense every five hundred years, as the venue is set within Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven. Typical participants would go in groups, supporting each other. Do you have any candidate in mind?”

”Yes!” True Master Longyuan replied without hesitation, a solitary figure appearing in his memory.

”Alright then! Since you have determined, I won’t dampen your enthusiasm. However...” Shen Wandou pointed outward, ”The Teleportation Formation leading to Zhongzhou and the ultra-long Teleportation Formation spanning across North Sea are indeed one. Just now Moon Independent Cultivator used it, and its energy is depleted, it seems you’ll have to wait a few days.”

”No problem, I’ve waited for a hundred years, what’s a mere few days.”

True Master Longyuan said with a smile.

Despite the calm demeanor, there’s actually a bit of turmoil within.

After a hundred years have passed, the former fellow disciples who looked down upon him are now witnessing his achievement of Nascent Soul Stage.

Now is truly the time to return home in glory!

...

Above Baiye Island, deep in the clouds, suddenly brilliance burst forth.

A graceful silhouette slowly emerged from within.

She stumbled slightly, quickly regaining steadiness.

With a slightly pale complexion, she glanced around, emotions fluctuating unsettled within.

”The cross-sea Teleportation Formation of the Tianyuan Merchant Alliance can reach such a distant place; Merchant Alliance... no, Dao Sect! What exactly is the Tianyuan Daoist Sect thinking?”

Muttering to herself, Moon Independent Cultivator chose a direction.

And sped away like the wind.

Ten days later, her figure appeared above a barren sea region.

Looking around, she snorted coldly.

”A mere optical illusion, does it intend to deceive this Independent Cultivator?”

With a casual pointing gesture, suddenly the sea waves surged skyward.

As the waves fell, a surge of purple Qi spread from an island.

Upon detecting the toxic purple Qi, Moon Independent Cultivator breathed a sigh of relief.

”Is this Purple Spirit Island?”

”Let me see, has that Qingyang brat arrived yet?”

Divine Consciousness swept out, instantly scanning the entire island.

Suddenly!

”Foolish, you dare to linger and not leave.”

”So be it, saves me a lot of trouble.”

The woman smiled slightly, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in her eyes.

She stepped out, appearing on the ground of Purple Spirit Island.

Her slender hand extended, reaching for a figure deep within the Earth Vein.

Rumble...

The vast Qi Power broke soil and stone, instantly breaking the seal, reaching for the black-clad Daoist sitting cross-legged in the depths of the Earth Vein.

Just as this happened.

Blood light enveloped that black-clad Daoist, gradually expanding.

”No, something’s wrong!”

Moon Independent Cultivator’s face changed slightly and was about to soar into the sky.

However, it was too late.

Boom!

A cataclysmic force exploded from the Earth Vein.

In an instant, the entire Purple Spirit Island, under the Array set for decades, turned to dust.

Tremendous energy, accompanied by a torrential avalanche of stones and timber, swelled forth.

Such an explosion would kill a Golden Core Cultivator upon contact.

Even a Nascent Soul True Master, if not cautious, would suffer heavy injuries.

But even as the dust had not yet settled, Moon Independent Cultivator stepped forth from the endless aftermath.

Her expression was gloomy, fingertips holding a piece of something neither gold nor iron, which bore an extremely faint breath.

As she observed it, the breath completely dissipated.

Qi Power surged, and the wooden fragment turned to powder.

Moon Independent Cultivator coldly snorted: ”A Nascent Soul Stage Puppet as bait, luring me to the island, quite bold. This is certainly not the handiwork of that Qingyang brat; it should be the means of that black-robed man who once controlled the White Tiger Puppet to attack me.”

”However, you ultimately underestimated me.”

She took a deep breath, facing away from the monstrous waves raised by the shattered island, and summoned an Ink Drawing.

Visions of flying beasts and creatures swirled upon it.

She pinched a Dao Spirit Technique and lightly exclaimed.

”Star-chasing Magical Beast, arise!”

The next moment, a gigantic beast resembling a moth stepped out from the Ten Thousand Beasts Scroll.

Facing Moon Independent Cultivator, the Star-chasing Magical Beast let out a series of roars.

”Evil Beast, the Artifact Spirit has already recognized me as its master, how dare you be so insolent!”

Though she scolded it thus, Moon Independent Cultivator still squeezed out a drop of Blood Essence, feeding it into the beast’s mouth.

Upon receiving the Blood Essence, the beast instantly became docile.

”Devour all the living creatures’ breath here, find the strongest one, and pursue it!”

The moth let out a cry, then opened its mouth.

From the overwhelming explosion behind, streams of air converged towards its mouth.

Seeing this, Moon Independent Cultivator showed a look of excitement.

The more it was refined, the more infinite the marvels of the Ten Thousand Beasts Scroll, containing numerous demon and exotic beasts, some fierce, some mighty, even the weaker ones possessed unique talents.

With this Spiritual Treasure, not to mention tracking down a mere Golden Core junior, even dominating the North Sea would be no difficult task.

Suddenly.

Crack!

A shattering sound came from her waist.

Moon Independent Cultivator picked up a broken Jade Jue, puzzled, ”Has something happened at the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering?”

Until the critical moment, Zi Hou dared not shatter this Jade Jue.

Only when the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering faced life and death...

For a moment, Moon Independent Cultivator hesitated.

After a while, she made a decision.

She intended to return to the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering, for it was her opportunity to rise and her tool to overthrow Penglai and seize control of the North Sea!

As for Demon King Qingyang over there...

”With this Star-chasing Magical Beast comparable to Late Stage Nascent Soul, that Qingyang brat can’t escape.”

Murmuring, she waved her sleeve.

The Star-chasing Magical Beast roared and immediately pursued into the Endless Sea Area.