Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Endless ocean, vast North Sea.

In an ancient palace on the seafloor, three figures sat facing each other, the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

After a long time, two of the strange-looking people nodded solemnly, as if agreeing to something.

The weathered and elegant old man opposite them gave a slight smile, cupped his hands in salutation to the two, and then left calmly.

After he left, the two remaining exchanged a glance, their expressions unusually strange.

”It’s truly beyond this emperor’s expectations that Li Canghai is actually willing to hand over the North Sea Cultivation World,” the Sea Emperor Whale clicked its tongue and said, ”Beili, what do you think of this matter?”

The Great Sage Beili pondered for a moment, then slowly said, ”Actually, it’s not difficult to understand. As the forces of the Tianyuan Daoist Sect withdraw, even though we haven’t yet had the chance to advance further into the Human Clan’s heartland, the North Sea will sooner or later fall into our hands. Although Li Canghai has astonishing abilities in the Path of Array, he can only hold one place. On the contrary, the divided Zhongzhou contains endless fortuitous opportunities, that’s where he’s better suited.”

The Sea Emperor Whale muttered deeply, ”So should we really help him?”

The Great Sage Beili tapped the table decisively, ”Help!”

The Sea Emperor Whale hesitated, ”But that’s the Tianyuan Daoist Sect!”

The Great Sage Beili burst out laughing, ”The Tianyuan Daoist Sect of the past might have been daunting, but now it’s nothing more than an empty title. Besides, we needn’t take action personally, at most send some Sea Demons to cause trouble for them. What the North Sea has the most of are Sea Demons!”

This was indeed true.

Of the five great continents in the Mountain Sea Realm, the one with the most Demon Beasts was not the barren West Desert, nor the Eastern Wasteland with its so-called Million Mountains, but the North Sea, which occupies nearly half the territory.

During the last battle to obliterate the Yuan Mo Sect, the North Sea assembled an army of millions of Demon Beasts.

Though the Yuan Mo Sect was annihilated in that battle and the Demon Clan suffered heavy losses, in just three hundred years, the Demon Clan had regained much of its Yuan Qi.

If it weren’t for the Tianyuan Daoist Sect’s interference, the North Sea would have long been thoroughly occupied by them.

Now, with Li Canghai understanding the times and willing to yield the North Sea Cultivation World, they were pleased to avoid a large-scale conflict.

As for Zhongzhou, where the other party sought, the Great Sage Beili and the Sea Emperor Whale were also willing to send Demonic Beasts to harass the Tianyuan Daoist Sect without getting directly involved.

After reaching a consensus, the two began to discuss Li Canghai.

”His realm is not as high as ours, but his abilities in the Path of Array are truly phenomenal. It’s easy to defeat him, but killing him is incredibly difficult.”

”Indeed, especially since the Mountain and Sea Seal he personally crafted has reached the rank of a Spiritual Treasure, which is simply unbelievable. How long has it been since he achieved Divine Transformation?”

”It’s infuriating! We’ve been at Divine Transformation for nearly a thousand years and have not a single Spiritual Treasure to our names, yet in just a few hundred years he’s crafted one. Could it be that Human Cultivators are inherently more suited to crafting Spiritual Treasures than us?”

”Fortunately, after taking down the Yuan Mo Sect, we didn’t walk away empty-handed. My Sea Emperor Halberd, after nourishing it for another one or two hundred years, can be promoted. Beili, why haven’t you started crafting a Spiritual Treasure yet? Are you still coveting that Primordial Magnetic Divine Light? Forget it, that place was tampered with by the old Soul Refining thing before he passed, it’s impossible to incorporate it into a Magic Item. I think you should heed Qi Xia’s advice and steadily craft your Spiritual Treasure!”

”Qi Xia Emperor... she can’t be trusted. I’ll think again about the Spiritual Treasure matter!”

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The figure stepped out of the Sea Palace, covering a hundred miles with each stride.

The salty sea breeze, carrying a faint stench, blew across his face, lifting his grizzled hair and revealing the scholarly and weathered face of the old man.

He was none other than Li Canghai, currently the only Human Divine Transformation in the North Sea!

He glanced back at the direction of the Sea Palace and let out a light laugh.

What did the conflict between Human Clan and Demon Clan matter to him?

All he sought in his life was Ascension to Immortality.

To ascend, he needed to be buoyed by a vast amount of Spirit Mechanism to ascend on the clouds.

And in the ancient Mountain Sea Realm, there was no place richer in Spirit Mechanism than Zhongzhou!

Even though Zhongzhou is now split into pieces, the foundation of Rotten Stalemate Mountain remains.

As long as he seized Rotten Stalemate Mountain, he could ascend and leave, indifferent to how turbulent this world became!

For him, whether formerly allying with the Tianyuan Daoist Sect or now aligning with the two Ancient Demons, it’s merely a choice in cultivation.

The so-called distinction of race never affected him.

Before that, however, he could use the grand cause of the Human Clan to mobilize the Canghai Alliance, wearing down the Tianyuan Daoist Sect’s strength, best if it forced the last Remaining Liancheng Master to act so he could glimpse a flaw or two.

With thoughts flickering in his mind, Li Canghai continued forward, moving further from the Sea Palace and closer to the heart of the Human Clan.

Suddenly!

Upon reaching a canyon, he paused slightly.

Looking down, he heard waves of angry roars.

Li Canghai was taken aback, ”Savage Beast?”

He revealed his form and descended downward.

Soon, the surrounding scene was fully imprinted in his eyes.

Countless Black Scaled Giant Pythons were knocked unconscious, lying crisscrossed in the canyon.

Meanwhile, a massive black dragon, six hundred feet long, was rising and falling in the churning seawater, its breath visibly declining at an alarming speed.

Li Canghai remarked in surprise, ”This beast is clearly in its prime, with abundant Qi-Blood, why does it appear as if it’s perishing?”

Gazing at the immensely majestic black dragon, Li Canghai’s mind raised the thought of subduing it.

Though its origin was unclear, such a Savage Beast must be an ancient remnant, and if cultivated well, it might one day become a Fifth-order Desolate Beast mount.

A Fifth-order Desolate Beast is no weakling!