Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Humans are born with a soul.

The soul governs the spirit, and the body controls the physical form.

The soul is divided into three parts, namely Heaven, Earth, and Human attributes, among which, the Human Soul is considered the foundational soul in cultivation.

The Heaven and Earth souls exist externally throughout the year, while the Human Soul resides within the body.

The cultivation process for a Qi Refiner involves the continuous evolution and strengthening of the Divine Soul. If the three souls of Heaven, Earth, and Human fuse into one, it becomes the Primordial Spirit, reaching a state where the physical body can perish but the self remains.

Prior to that, if a cultivator dies, the soul will dissipate naturally. Even having a Nascent Soul as a secondary host only delays this inevitability.

That’s why the Ghost Cultivators of low realms often have obscured intelligence, due to the destruction of the Human Soul, leaving only the external two souls to form a basic consciousness.

With continued cultivation, these Ghost Cultivators find bits of the Human Soul, gradually gaining their own consciousness.

It could be said that among the three souls, the Human Soul is of utmost importance to Qi Refiners and cannot be compromised.

When Mo Shouzhuo suddenly says, ”Luo Chen, would you like your Human Soul?” the meaning behind these words is clear to everyone present.

The fastest to react is obviously not Luo Chen, who is far away at the Netherworld Sea, but Qi Xia Emperor!

Her face darkens, and she strikes without hesitation.

The target is Mo Shouzhuo!

With a single palm strike, the Nirvana Sacred Fire is set in motion.

Facing this killing move, Mo Shouzhuo’s eyelids twitch and he hurriedly retreats.

Behind him, Zhan Buqi, Liancheng, and others rush forward in coordination, blocking in front of him, each using their methods to counter Qi Xia Emperor’s attack.

Boom!

With just one clash, the Spirit Light forming the Big Formation trembles.

Following closely is Qi Xia Emperor’s more fierce and wave-like assault.

In the distance, Luo Chen, enveloped in the Withered and Flourishing Fire Robe, emerges from the Netherworld Sea.

He looks grimly into the distance.

”Sect Master Mo, please explain!”

With his fellow sect brothers momentarily absorbing the pressure, Mo Shouzhuo becomes much calmer, and he says serenely, ”Seeing as your realm is nearing the Late Stage Nascent Soul, you must have realized the lack in your Human Soul, right?”

Luo Chen seems to anticipate something, his body trembling involuntarily despite his usual control.

The Ninth Soul has long been unable to be separated, even though his Main Soul has grown immensely, he still dares not forcibly split the Ninth Soul, for he instinctively understands that once he does, everything will be irreversible.

He had long cultivated the ’Soul Cleaving Technique’ to the Perfection Level and achieved Finalization during his years on Soul Island, surpassing Han Zhan’s level at the time, but he felt a constant sense of loss, as if something was missing and not matching Han Zhan’s Minor Accomplishment. He believed this was due to an incomplete cultivation technique, but now it seems that was far from the truth.

Moreover!

Despite separating eight souls, the Divine Soul Endowment far exceeded any Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator in the world. Judging by the tenfold increase in the range of his Divine Consciousness, he nearly reached the Divine Transformation Great Power.

Even in such a state, he still couldn’t form a true Primordial Spirit, an outright absurdity.

And all these absurdities seemed to find an answer in Mo Shouzhuo’s words.

Luo Chen steps out of the Netherworld Sea, staring fixedly at Mo Shouzhuo.

”When?”

”When you joined the Star Gate, when you entered the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven,” Mo Shouzhuo said frankly.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

The green Withered and Flourishing Fire Robe inflates spontaneously, transforming into trails of flames that envelop Luo Chen, obscuring his facial expression.

Only his murmuring voice comes from within.

”No wonder...”

No wonder his Divine Soul was jolted and fell into a brief coma when he entered the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven years ago.

Fu Qinglan, whom he was protecting at the time, whose Divine Soul Endowment and cultivation realm were lesser than his, showed no signs of being affected.

Back then, Fu Qinglan explained that every cultivator entering Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven experiences a wash from the remains of Mirage Dragon’s consciousness, causing temporary unconsciousness. Only with the ”passport” at the time, the Illusionary Chess Mo Shouzhuo had distributed beforehand, could one break free from the Illusion Realm constructed by the Mirage Dragon’s consciousness.

Fu Qinglan and those Daoist Sect Cultivators were different, as their sect had previously subjected them to a Mirage Dragon Qi baptism, hence they didn’t fall unconscious.

Now upon reflection, there were multiple oversights!

Mirage Dragon Qi baptism is not the same as Mirage Dragon consciousness baptism.

No matter how familiar they are, how could they be unaffected?

Back then, his attention was on the Tianji Pill gifted by Alchemy Saint Chu Yan before ascension, and he didn’t suspect Tianyuan Daoist Sect would harm their protectors, so he did not delve deeply into it.

But aligning past events now, he finally uncovered the truth.

When he entered Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, not only was he washed by the remnants of Mirage Dragon’s consciousness, but his Human Soul was partly extracted by Tianyuan Sect Master Mo Shouzhuo using the Illusionary Chess!

And this was the real reason his Divine Soul withered, leading to the current deficiency in his Human Soul!

”Despicable!”

”Hardly despicable. You all agreed to join the Star Gate, thus your lives and deaths are destined to lie in Heaven and Earth Peak. The portion of the Human Soul taken can be returned at any time, without impacting your aspirations toward the Divinity Transformation Realm. It is you! It was you, Luo Chen, who betrayed the Star Gate, who betrayed the Tianyuan Daoist Sect!”

”Words are futile, what will it take for you to return the strand of my Human Soul?”

Faced with this question, Mo Shouzhuo had no time to respond.

For...

Boom!

A violent explosion echoes, followed by Liancheng rolling on the ground like a gourd.

Spitting a mouthful of blood, Liancheng’s face is filled with fright.