Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

”The situation in the Western Desert has been largely clarified. The Demon Clan and Savage Beasts have indeed joined forces. Led by the Red Sand Ancient Scorpion, they lead billions of troops, striking back fiercely at Human Territory.”

”Have we discovered who allied with the Savage Beasts?”

”The Golden Winged Roc! Once the Guardian Spirit Beast of Hanging Temple’s Sharira Court.”

”So it’s him! Back then, the head of Prajna Hall converted it and brought it into the Buddhist Sect, which already caused a lot of controversy. Later, this beast betrayed its trust, absconding with thirty-six relics of high monks, greatly diminishing the vitality of Hanging Temple. Now that this beast has returned and joined forces with the Demon Wastes to attack the human clan, I wonder what that friend from Hanging Temple thinks about this?”

”What’s strange is here! A thousand years ago, the thirty-six relics were stolen, causing Hanging Temple to close its gates for a millennium. Logically, they should have restored their vitality by now, but in the face of this demon clan’s counterattack, they remain indifferent, which is truly perplexing.”

”No need to bother with their closed gate affairs for now; this is a great opportunity for us to meddle in the Western Desert. Once the Tianyuan Army repels the demon clan and conquers the Western Desert, the monks of Hanging Temple will have nothing to say. Let’s talk about the situation over in the North Sea!”

”Let me tell you! Over at the North Sea, the situation is as we previously assessed, and Li Daneng is well-informed and sensible, maintaining tacit cooperation with us. The only outlier is that he’s trying to seize Mountain Sea and forge spiritual treasures amidst the human-demon war.”

”No matter, let him. By that time, whatever he swallows, he’ll have to spit back out. As long as Oblivion Sea and Ye Mo Sky are intact, it’s no major concern. How are the matters with the passage?”

”Reporting to the Sect Master, the passage is about to be completely cleared. Some natural dangers are also being gradually resolved by our sect’s capable experts. On the journey, we also picked up a group of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators coming to Zhongzhou to seek refuge at Heaven and Earth Peak.”

Mo Shouzhuo nodded slowly, a look of relief in his eyes.

Once the passage from Zhongzhou to the North Sea is cleared, the Zhongzhou Army’s expedition to the North Sea will be unimpeded. If cooperating with the Penglai Immortal Sect, the old lands of the North Sea humans could be recaptured in no time.

From now on, there will only be one Divine Transformation Holy Land in the North Sea under the Tianyuan Daoist Sect!

As for the Yuan Mo Sect, no matter how deeply hidden the remnants are, they cannot restore the glory of the Demon Sect.

Just as he was contemplating this, his eyebrows suddenly raised.

”Someone has been eliminated.”

Within the chessboard space, all the True Ones of Tianyuan were startled and began to discuss.

”So soon?”

”It’s only been eight days, right?”

”Eight days in Mountain Sea is already about eight hundred days in the Cave Heaven, which is not short.”

”Ultimately, it still falls short. The maximum stay for Golden Core juniors is one month, while for Nascent Soul True Inheritance, it’s one year. Having been eliminated after only eight days, they probably came up empty-handed.”

Eight days in the Mountain Sea Realm translates to around eight hundred days or roughly over two years in the Cave Heaven.

In such a short time, capturing a fourth-order Illusion Beast is uncertain, let alone using an Illusion Core for cultivation and grasping the True Intent of the Law.

Someone was curious and asked Mo Shouzhuo which family’s true inheritance it was.

Mo Shouzhuo smiled and said, ”Not a true disciple, just a protector.”

It is common for a protector to be the first to be eliminated.

However, without the protector’s protection, even if true disciples remain inside, the subsequent endeavors might prove difficult, yielding little gain.

The crowd asked about which unfortunate candidate it was.

Mo Shouzhuo calculated with his fingers and had an answer.

”It is Xiang Qi’s protector—the Wrathful King Kong. At this moment, he is seriously injured, his golden body shattered, sustaining a thread of life, and is receiving treatment from our sect disciples.”

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances.

Among the group, an elder said, ”I’ll be right back,” then left the Lan Ke Chessboard space with a worried expression.

After he left, the group started discussing.

”Wrathful King Kong, is that the one from the Gold Mountain Monastery in the Western Desert?”

”It should be him. It’s said he mastered the incomplete Three Heads and Six Arms technique and achieved the Great Vajra Physique in the First Realm of Body Refinement, a rare talent in body refining.”

”It shouldn’t be! The Mirage Dragon Secret Realm is a Cave Heaven of its own. While inside, cultivators’ Nascent Soul Domains are greatly suppressed, but it has little effect on Human Immortal Cultivators and high-order Illusion Beasts. Hence, the protectors entering each time especially favor high-order Body Refiners.”

High-order Body Refiners wield immense power, relying solely on themselves without depending on the might of heaven and earth.

In the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, where everyone’s Nascent Soul Domain is ineffective, the advantage of high-order Body Refiners stands out.

This pattern has gradually been discerned over the quincentennial grand competitions.

But since the ancient Human and Demon War, with no major wars, the primary theme in the Immortal Cultivation World has shifted to the pursuit of Longevity. The Body Refinement path has gradually declined, with few high-order Body Refiners remaining.

In this competition, among the thirteen protectors entering the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, even as each noble family strove to gather talents, only the Wrathful King Kong was a pure Body Refiner.

Three others were only magic and body double cultivators.

The Xiang Family, as the head of the Thirty-Six Noble Clans, wielded great power and vast connections, and Wrathful King Kong was undoubtedly the standout among the four protectors they invited.

It can be said that before entering the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, the Xiang family already held the advantage.

Yet, no one expected the Wrathful King Kong to be the first eliminated.

”Could it be the protector from the Shi Family?”

”Qi Xiongcheng? Impossible. Although he made a name for himself through his Body Refinement attainments, he gave up on Longevity and switched to Qi Refinement to achieve the Nascent Soul Stage at the ’old’ age of four hundred seventy. With his half-baked Body Refinement skills, there’s no way he could be a match for Wrathful King Kong.”