Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

”Ghost, how many Illusion Cores have you collected?”

Ju asked while fighting the Illusion Beast.

”Just one for now.”

Ju frowned, ”Why so slow? In such a short time, at least five Illusion Beasts have been killed, and you’ve only collected one Illusion Core?”

Qi Xiongcheng felt it hard to explain; somehow, another force was pulling at the mist, making it extremely difficult for him to collect the cores.

He thought the Illusion Beast was too strong, and his time refining the Purple Sun Gourd was too short.

Suppressing his annoyance, Ju said, ”Do your best to collect the Illusion Cores, tell me when you reach five.”

Five Illusion Cores would make this trip worthwhile.

But, would the Young Master be satisfied with only five?

Qi Xiongcheng was puzzled, but his hands didn’t stop.

The others present gradually noticed something unusual.

The Illusion Beasts, once killed, started disappearing even before their Illusion Cores were harvested.

It might be fine if it was one or two, but several beasts vanished without leaving cores in a short period.

Finally, someone saw Qi Xiongcheng, who had not joined the battle but was constantly activating the Purple Sun Gourd.

”What are you doing?” Gu Chen asked abruptly.

Qi Xiongcheng remained silent.

Ju withdrew from the battle, and Qi Xiongcheng nodded to him, indicating he had collected at least five Illusion Cores.

From now on, there was no need to fight and die for others.

”The Shi Family’s affairs need no explanation to you!”

Unmindful of Gu Chen’s livid face, Ju lifted his fan, and with great force, fanned towards the nearby Triple Rainbow Falls!

He laughed wildly:

”Gu Daosu, come out and see this scenery!”

Towering fire clouds surged upward against the wind.

Wherever they passed, the golden Array Light faded inch by inch.

It is extremely difficult to break a Mountain Protection Array from the outside, but from inside...

Seeing this, Lady Xu, who was trying her best to suppress the White Eagle, was instantly filled with wrath.

”No!”

From afar.

The Ancient Plains watched calmly.

”Indeed, Ju has never been one to follow rules. Why would he kindly help Gu Daosu? This is well; I can gather Illusion Cores, and Gu Daosu won’t maintain his Sudden Enlightenment. Moreover, the enmity won’t fall on me.”

Rumble...

A deafening sound erupted, and the incredibly beautiful Triple Rainbow Falls instantly stopped flowing, with massive boulders plummeting.

The whole mountain began to tremble.

Without the array’s assistance, Lady Xu, whose realm had long deteriorated, couldn’t withstand the White Eagle.

The eagle morphed into a beam of light rushing towards the falls.

Lady Xu’s eyes were filled with despair, yet resolutely she moved to block its path head-on.

Man and beast clashed instantly, and without any pause, merged into the mountain.

Dust rose, waves surged in the earth.

Everyone suddenly withdrew, leaping to observe from above.

”Will Lady Xu survive?”

”I fear not. She forcibly elevated her realm through forbidden techniques and Ju shattered the formation, backfiring on her. This collision with the White Eagle might be her demise.”

”What about Gu Daosu?”

”With such disturbance, he certainly can’t maintain his Sudden Enlightenment.”

As people discussed.

Whoosh!

A brilliant beam shot into the sky.

With it, another figure—a huge eagle—was flung away.

The eagle flipped several times in the air and finally steadied itself, glaring fiercely toward where the falls had been.

Among the broken waterfall stood a picturesque young man, holding a Bronze Mirror at a moss-covered cave entrance. Behind him, Lady Xu sat on the ground, though breath was labored, at least alive.

Witnessing this, everyone was astounded!

Gu Daosu awakened!

And he personally struck back, forcing the eagle to retreat.

Could it be he successfully comprehended the Origin Power?

”Haha, after all, he didn’t succeed! He used the Gu Family’s Wu Wang Treasure Mirror, certainly not his own strength.”

Ju laughed arrogantly, immensely proud of his success.

Everyone looked at the Bronze Mirror, revealing understanding expressions.

The renowned Wu Wang Treasure Mirror of the Gu Family was powerful enough to store a cultivator’s full-power strike and even multiple times.

Clearly, that doesn’t rely on Gu Daosu but on the prowess of the Wu Wang Treasure Mirror.

In the devastated mountain.

Weakly Lady Xu asked, ”Did we fail?”

Gu Daosu sighed, ”Just a bit, only a bit.”

Only a little?

Regretful yet, fury filled Lady Xu’s eyes.

”All because of Ju!”

If Ju hadn’t sabotaged, shattering the Mountain Balance Array, she might have risked everything for Gu Daosu’s Sudden Enlightenment.

All of it, his fault!

Once out, the Gu Family will demand an explanation from the Shi Family!

However!

”Don’t blame him.”

In Lady Xu’s surprise, Gu Daosu lifted the Bronze Mirror, reflecting it toward heaven and earth.

While holding the mirror, he whispered.

”During my enlightenment, I sensed a discrepancy here. Someone harbored malicious intentions, disrupting my Spirit Mechanism with an array. This is the true culprit; Ju and others were mere pawns, manipulated.”

”Found it!”

Suddenly!

The clouds dispersed, waves rippled.

The Wu Wang Treasure Mirror emitted fierce green light, pointing at a distant Great Lake.

Gu Daosu shouted:

”Friend, have you seen enough?”

Everyone looked over.

The lake’s surface lay still yet surrounded by mist, surreal like the Great Marsh, hauntingly mystical.

Without the Treasure Mirror’s light, they couldn’t see the mirror-like calm water.

The ever-absorbing mist, drawn into the lake, was the fragments of the dispersed Illusion Beasts.

As they watched, an Illusion Core silently sank into the lake.

No explanation needed; everyone understood the reason.

Regardless of their contemplation.

In the heavens and earth, a soft laugh was heard.

Then, in each person’s eyes mirrored a streak of blood red.

A Sword Light, like a dream from the Great Marsh, soared skyward!