Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

The collapse of Zhongzhou involved four Great Desolates.

In the Mountain Sea Realm, Savage Beasts are more favored than Human Cultivators.

With this thought in mind, Li Canghai no longer hesitated and reached out to release a small seal.

The Seal Stamp depicted towering mountains and vast lakes.

In the blink of an eye, the Mountain and Sea Seal enveloped the boundless canyon, covering the black dragon.

A faint glow slowly descended, isolating the inside from the outside.

The black dragon struggled to open its eyes and saw Li Canghai.

At this moment, its breath was incredibly weak, and it could only say ”Master” before falling unconscious.

Li Canghai was taken aback, ”Master? Could this beast be owned by someone?”

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Zhongzhou!

After the ferocious battle twenty years ago, Zhongzhou, once dominant in the Mountain Sea, was shattered into five continents.

Particularly, one of them was rumored to have sunk due to the top Great Desolate, Soul Hanging Wilderness, ten years ago!

All families and cultivators on it, along with the vast land, were submerged by the Netherworld Sea and disappeared.

Of the remaining four continents, the original center at Heaven and Earth Peak is no longer suitable for habitation or cultivation.

Heaven and Earth Peak has fallen!

It was originally a Fifth Order Spirit Vein not weaker than Rotten Stalemate Mountain.

Due to the mountain’s fracture, it released violent Spirit Qi, continuously sweeping the surroundings.

If a Divine Transformation Great Power were willing to spend time carefully managing it, it might be restored to its original state. But now, the Tianyuan Daoist Sect clearly lacks the manpower and resources.

Of the Five Elders of Tianyuan, only one remains.

And after escaping from Soulbreak Cliff, he expended a great deal of Yuan Qi, making it impossible to spare any effort to restore Heaven and Earth Peak.

Inside Rotten Stalemate Mountain.

Liancheng, looking slightly pale, gazed hopefully at the elder opposite him.

”Ke Lianshan, are you confident?”

Facing the ancestor’s earnest gaze, Chess Saint Ke Lianshan nodded solemnly.

”Though the destruction of Peach Garden caused me to fall short in comprehending the Law’s True Intent, hundreds of years of cultivation have ultimately given me the foundation to condense the Primordial Spirit. At that time, I only need to open the Lan Ke Chessboard and retrieve my Life Soul to successfully break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm.”

Upon hearing this, Ancestor Liancheng couldn’t help but cough heavily a few times.

”Take out the Lan Ke Chessboard for me to see.”

Complying, Chess Saint Ke Lianshan placed a square, decayed wooden chessboard before Ancestor Liancheng.

This decayed wooden chessboard, compared to its prime, was now missing a corner.

Especially the white chess pieces on it, which were less than a hundred and eighty!

In the battle that year, to protect Zhongzhou, the Sect Master Mo Shouzhuo exerted every effort to activate the Spiritual Treasure Lan Ke, but ultimately failed to prevent Zhongzhou’s collapse.

Not only that, but even the white chess pieces, renowned as treasures for attack, were mostly depleted, leaving only eighty-one.

And the black chess pieces with defensive effects on the Divine Soul also turned dim.

All of this was bestowed by Qi Xia Emperor!

Ke Lianshan couldn’t help asking, ”Ancestor, can we open the Lan Ke Chessboard now?”

Ancestor Liancheng shook his head, saying despondently, ”It’s difficult; this Spiritual Treasure was originally used to suppress Zhongzhou’s Spirit Mechanism. The collapse of Zhongzhou brought unimaginable trauma, causing the Artifact Spirit to automatically enter sleep. To awaken it, either Brother Mo Shouzhuo must be alive, or you must advance to Divine Transformation and gain its recognition.”

Ke Lianshan’s elderly face showed a troubled expression, ”But if it’s not opened to retrieve my Life Soul, how can I advance to the Divine Transformation Stage?”

Unlike other sects in the Mountain Sea Realm, the Tianyuan Daoist Sect imposes very few restrictions on its disciples.

This led to the emergence of many noble families and giant houses running rampant.

However, this apparent leniency actually conceals an extremely strict control.

That is, once a Daoist Sect Cultivator reaches the Nascent Soul Realm, a portion of the Life Soul is extracted and kept within the sect.

This isn’t a conventional ”soul lamp” or ”life plate.”

Ordinary soul lamps and life plates primarily retain a wisp of the disciple’s Soul breath only, used to monitor the vital status of important disciples.

Their warning significance far exceeds control significance.

But the Life Soul extracted by the Tianyuan Daoist Sect truly forms an essential part of the cultivator’s Divine Soul!

Without this portion, it is almost impossible to break through to the Divine Transformation Stage.

Therefore, in countless sects worldwide, more or less, there have been defecting cultivators, even in Holy Lands like the Dark Abyss Sect and Yuan Mo Sect.

Yet uniquely, in the Tianyuan Daoist Sect, in three thousand years, there has never been a defecting Nascent Soul True Master.

This is attributed to this extreme control over the Divine Soul!

Because of this, the Tianyuan Daoist Sect even uses this method on Guest Elders.

These are the foreign cultivators who join the Star Gate and cultivate at Heaven and Earth Peak.

Of course, if a cultivator shows hope of breaking through to the Divine Transformation Stage, the Tianyuan Daoist Sect will still return that portion of the Life Soul to the host.

And the artifact storing the Life Soul is the Spiritual Treasure Lan Ke chessboard!

But now the problem arises!

Only two people can activate this Spiritual Treasure: one is the previous Sect Master Mo Shouzhuo, and the other is Ke Lianshan, recognized by the Artifact Spirit.

Mo Shouzhuo has fallen, and in the state of the Artifact Spirit’s slumber, Ke Lianshan, at the Nascent Soul Realm, cannot open the Lan Ke Chessboard.

Awkward!

Thud!

Ancestor Liancheng slammed the table heavily with anger on his face.

”Demon Phoenix!”

Ke Lianshan knew who the Demon Phoenix was that the other cursed, and curiously asked, ”Ancestor, the five of you joined forces, and she was severely wounded in the battles of both Mingyuan and Zhongzhou, and it’s said she even borrowed the top Great Desolate, Soul Hanging Wilderness’s power. Couldn’t you kill her?”