Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

”Withering and Flourishing!”

As Luo Chen’s finger descended, his thoughts seemed to return to the previous muddled and chaotic experiences.

In that Primordial Energy Ocean, which felt incredibly familiar to him, he followed the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit’s guidance, discovering the so-called Law’s True Intent—Withering and Flourishing!

This thing was not Spirit Qi, not Yuan Qi, nor even any kind of substantial energy; it was more like an enlightenment.

In the moment of comprehension, he unknowingly became aware of the many changes in all things related to the True Intent of Withering and Flourishing!

Flowers bloom and wither, clouds roll and disperse.

The sun rises and the moon floats, life and death follow.

All are merely two sides of Withering and Flourishing.

In the Primordial Energy Ocean, the speed of such enlightenment was a thousand times faster than his own comprehension. It was as if the whole world placed all phenomenal changes related to the True Intent of Withering and Flourishing before Luo Chen, allowing him to pick.

Unfortunately, Luo Chen ultimately relied on an external force.

The power from the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit’s ascension and transformation.

The Spirit Mechanism he summoned wasn’t much, so he couldn’t stay in the world of Primordial Energy Ocean.

He was expelled by a cold yet intimate consciousness.

From Luo Chen’s understanding, this consciousness could be called World Consciousness or Planetary Spirit; according to the esoteric texts, there are two more familiar words.

The Great Dao Path!

Due to the short time, Luo Chen’s insight into the True Intent of Withering and Flourishing was limited and soon was expelled from the Primordial Energy Ocean, unable to realize more.

But it was already enough.

In terms of the cultivation habits over the past two hundred years, one might call this a ”Beginner’s Level.”

Having reached the Beginner stage, future comprehension would naturally be much easier.

The reason he did not awaken for so long afterward was that he had another enlightenment after exiting the Primordial Energy Ocean!

This time, however, it was not about some mysterious Laws and Great Dao, but a Technique related to combat.

Along his journey, Luo Chen hadn’t created many Techniques.

Most were a blend derived from others’ Techniques, ancient texts, and some of his own understanding.

For instance, the Sky Explosion Step imitated techniques of the Qing Shuang Demon Emperor, the Blazing Heaven Sevenfold Rings came from the Fire Series Defense Spell Fire Ring Skill, and the Ghost-God Evading Inspiration derived from the Desolate Beast Ghost Immortal Tower.

That set of Seven Scattered Hands of the Demon Monarch was more of a compilation, hardly considered self-created.

But this time, it was a pure self-creation!

Luo Chen used the True Intent of Withering and Flourishing as the main theme, supplementing with Qi Power variations, the dual Prohibition of Dusk and Dawn among the seven fundamentals of the Array, and even infused his Origin Force filled with vigorous vitality.

With all of these, today he realized the nascent form of a new technique!

He named it—Withering and Flourishing Dao Finger!

A thought flashed through his mind.

The battle outside fell within his sight.

With the fall of Luo Chen’s finger.

The black blade light chopping down shrank inch by inch, and the Qi Power attached to it bizarrely dissipated. Finally, it turned into a black small knife body, wailing as it fled, but that bizarre power continued to follow it, even reaching its owner.

Qi Xiongcheng, holding the small knife, trembled, his eyes revealing an expression of disbelief.

He discovered his Qi Power was diminishing and his Nascent Soul was withering.

Especially the Physical body originally at the Third Realm of Body Refinement, where a large amount of vitality strangely dissipated, making him age rapidly.

”No!”

This time, without any hesitation, he activated the Illusionary Chess.

A vortex emerged, enveloping him.

As his figure gradually vanished, a head of white hair appeared and disappeared.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the lush bamboo forest, which stretched over a few miles, visibly withered.

Bamboo leaves scattered, green bamboos turned yellow, and even the bamboo joints, conjured by Qi Power, began to burst with sounds like firecrackers.

In Wang Yifu’s astonishment, a cracking sound came from within the Divine Soul.

The bamboo staff, already severely damaged by the Blood Sword during the battle at Triple Rainbow Falls, showed cracks again, rapidly expanding.

Until it broke into two!

This was his Natal Magic Item!

With the Magic Item destroyed, the bond established through centuries of mind refinement instantly rebounded on him.

That bizarre force, now unshielded by the bamboo forest, finally fell on him.

Even though he continuously channeled Qi Power to resist, within just a few breaths, he transformed from an aged state into a decrepit old man, like a withered tree nearing its end.

But that wasn’t the key.

Luo Chen stared intently at the eerie attack entwined with thunder and fire, resembling a flame stream or an electric light.

His Technique landed on it, and it surprisingly managed to resist for a moment.

The enormous finger manifested by the Technique had instead disintegrated.

”What is that power, filled with the aura of destruction, capable of resisting my new technique?”

But it was only temporary!

After only a brief stalemate, the flame stream and electric light suddenly collapsed.

”Puff!”

Shi Ju uncontrollably spat out a mouthful of blood, gazing at the massive finger pressing down from the sky, with a look of madness in his eyes.

”Damn, failed again!”

He glared fiercely at Luo Chen, then suddenly clasped his hands and then forcefully pulled them apart.

As he opened his two hands, his body stretched wider.

Until...

Swish!

A figure stepped out of his body, standing tall with arms and legs extended.

Having the same face and aura as the original Shi Ju, but more violent.

As soon as the two figures emerged, they fled to the left and right.

At this moment, Luo Chen hesitated slightly.

Then he saw flames emerge and lightning flicker.

”Fire Escape?”

”Thunder Escape?”

In surprise, Luo Chen controlled the last of the finger’s power to point at the lightning-flashing figure.

Pff!

A faint sound echoed in the void.

The lightning-flashing figure was accurately struck by the finger and fell powerlessly to the ground.