Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Origin force circulated, the red lines disappeared, and the left hand was restored to its original state.

Luo Chen’s gaze was fixated on a spot in the void, where several black lines appeared intermittently, like the gaping maw of a giant beast waiting for prey to walk into its trap.

”Space rift!”

Luo Chen gritted his teeth, spitting out these words like popping beans.

This peculiar phenomenon was not unfamiliar to him.

When the Qi Xia Emperor struck down Yanfu Mountain, the terrifying power had once shaken the void, revealing strands of space rift.

But he didn’t expect that, even after the battle had ended, there would still be space rifts here.

And they were quite numerous, even unstable, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, making them hard to guard against.

Were they left behind by the Qi Xia Emperor?

Or were they caused by the fierce battles between Divine Transformation Great Powers that this realm couldn’t withstand?

Luo Chen didn’t know.

He only knew that the path above the abyss was not easy to traverse.

It might even be more treacherous than the abyss below.

”Moreover!”

Luo Chen frowned as he looked into the sky.

There, thunderclouds gathered, with occasional flashes of lightning.

”Why haven’t the thunderclouds dispersed?”

This time, he noticed something amiss.

Luo Chen murmured: ”Array?”

Not just an array, but an out-of-control array!

Luo Chen recalled something.

Ye Lingtian once said that the Sect Protection Array of the Dark Abyss Sect had incorporated the methods of ancestors from various generations.

Among them, there was a technique by the Great Power Bai Ye called the Nine Heavens Universal Origin Great Thunder Skill.

Lei Daozi had even used this skill to nearly reach the Qi Xia Emperor.

Now that the Dark Abyss Sect was destroyed, the Sect Protection Array should have perished with it.

But from Luo Chen’s knowledge of array formations, this array was originally based on the land, not human power.

The Nether Abyss still existed, and the array base had not collapsed.

Just lacking human control, the remaining array lost control, unrestrainedly channeling the power of thunder between heaven and earth.

”Another Accumulated Thunder Ninth Mountain!”

Luo Chen sighed, noticing the space rifts had dissipated quite a bit, and he continued to fly.

But compared to before, his speed was much slower.

Even compared to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s speed, it wasn’t much better.

He really didn’t dare touch the space rifts again.

If his reaction was too slow, it wouldn’t be as simple as losing a hand.

If his whole body got swept in, even with his self-healing ability comparable to a Savage Beast, he might be ground to dust in an instant, never to recover.

In such conditions, even a powerful divine consciousness was useless.

Space rifts weren’t living beings, had no breath, nor divine soul fluctuations, not even a tangible form like mountains and stones.

What could one sense in the void?

Fortunately, Luo Chen had a pair of Red Eyes Golden Pupils!

As long as he watched carefully enough, there was no great danger.

And as he observed the occurrences of space rifts day by day, Luo Chen gradually noticed some clues.

”If we compare this realm to a big house, space rifts are caused by instability in the walls, roof, and foundation tiles.”

”Their appearance isn’t completely without warning.”

”Often, before forming, there’s a very faint spatial fluctuation, triggering a chain reaction, then taking shape.”

Upon discovering this, Luo Chen felt inexplicably joyful!

For once there was an enemy so formidable he was helpless against, who was highly adept at such escape techniques.

Utilizing spatial power, unpredictable and elusive, impossible to track.

Whenever encountering that individual, all enemies could only take a passive beating, yet that one’s attack methods were strong in their simplicity.

”If I familiarize myself with these spatial fluctuations, will I not be so passive the next time I meet Qing Shuang?”

Now the relationship between Cangwu Mountain and Luo Chen had eased considerably, not as irreconcilable.

Between Qing Shuang and him, there was no deep-seated hatred.

But Luo Chen disliked that feeling of powerlessness, being completely suppressed.

The Qi Xia Emperor was too distant, not even room to regard as a hypothetical enemy.

But Qing Shuang at least shared the Nascent Soul Realm with him.

Luo Chen believed, even against any same-order expert, he had the strength to fight, but before Qing Shuang, even self-destructing his Nascent Soul might not leave a mark.

How could he resign himself to this?

When yet another space rift formed, Luo Chen halted.

Still vigilant, but with added observation.

Even when his eyes felt dry, he would actively drop two drops of Jade Emperor Clear Pupil Liquid.

”Humans walk in the world as fish swim in water.”

”Fish are unaware of themselves, humans too become accustomed.”

”But when the water moves there are waves, when humans move there should be a sense of spatial change too.”

”Only because we are too weak, unable to comprehend the True Meaning of Spatial Law, do we not sense that spatial change.”

”Everyone is like this, so am I. But at this moment, observing, these changes seem somewhat related to the Space Prohibition among the array’s Seven Basic Restrictions.”

Array’s Seven Basic Restrictions — Mountain, Water, Wind, Cloud, Dusk, Dawn, Space.

Mountain and Water Restrictions as tangible, easiest for beginners.

Wind and Cloud Restrictions, mysterious and unpredictable, yet can be sensed and viewed, so also not too difficult.

Dusk and Dawn Restriction more in the domain of the soul, Luo Chen was most proficient in the Obscure Restriction in his early years.

Only Space Prohibition remained most arduous, hard for ordinary people to learn.

Luo Chen only after achieving a Fourth-Order Array Master’s level, creating the ”Great Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Teleportation Array,” gained some insight.

Now using Space Prohibition as a stepping stone to understand the birth, appearance, existence, and eventual disappearance of these space rifts, seemed to have found a little method.

While Luo Chen was focused on his research.

Suddenly!

A flash of white light.

”Not good!”

Luo Chen left a soul splitting to monitor the outside world, naturally noticing something was wrong.

A lightning bolt struck from the Nine Heavens!

Usually, he could easily evade by flight.

But now, surrounded by newly formed space rifts, how could he rush blindly?

He could only take it head-on!

Luo Chen’s expression remained unchanged, casting a technique toward the sky.

Blazing Heaven Sevenfold Rings!

Ring after ring of fire appeared swiftly, but then instantly dissipated under the lightning strike.

Luo Chen wasn’t surprised, this defense spell had its limits.

To withstand this lightning induced by the divine power of the Nine Heavens Universal Origin Great Thunder Skill, more effort was needed.

Fire Phoenix Scorches the Plain!

A phoenix illusion rose from behind him, clashing with the lightning.

All this complexity occurred in a flash.

After two consecutive moves, the lightning slowly dissipated.

The deafening thunder sounded by his ears only now.

Luo Chen shivered, still with bits of lightning flickering on him.

Clearly, the lightning from above was not easy to handle.

This even without anyone controlling it.

It was unimaginable if during the Dark Abyss Sect’s peak, someone tried to forcefully break the Sect Protection Array, with a Divine Transformation Great Power personally unleashing the divine power within, what destruction it could cause.

Even the Qi Xia Emperor might find it hard to traverse the Nether Abyss under such pressure, right?

With Qi Power circulating, the Snow Frost Robe on his body released frost and snow, driving out the residual lightning power.

Just as Luo Chen sighed in relief, his pupils shrank suddenly.

Due to the recent commotion, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Qi became more chaotic.

The newly formed batch of space rifts seemed affected, growing inch by inch in a chain reaction at a visible pace.

Particularly a rift above, already seven or eight meters long, extending toward Luo Chen.

Without hesitation, Luo Chen’s body dropped.

With the weight of a thousand pounds, he plunged below the surface.

Plop!

Amidst splashing waves, Luo Chen’s figure vanished from this realm.

Surrounding space rifts spread like spiderwebs, remaining long after Luo Chen’s departure.

Even if Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators saw such a scene, they would avoid it at all costs.

The once Nether Abyss could be considered a forbidden area, but now, after the Divine Transformation battle, it had become a deathtrap!

A place where life could not endure!

And all of this, Luo Chen no longer had time to observe.

Because now, he’s holding his breath, staring into the depths of darkness.

A pair of lantern-sized eyes, glowing blood-red, stared at him intently!