Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

In the past, Zhongzhou, the Twelve Great Houses stood tall and dominant.

Not only did they occupy most of the powers in the Daoist Sect, but even in the Star Gate organization, they monopolized twelve elder seats, and all of the renowned Five Elders of Tianyuan came from the Twelve Great Houses.

It can be said that the Twelve Great Houses are the core existence of the Tianyuan Daoist Sect, with each house possessing strength comparable to a top-tier Nascent Soul Ascendant Sect.

And the Shi Family is one of them.

Moreover, it is a coincidence that this family has some grudges with Luo Chen.

Yes, they have grudges with Luo Chen, but Luo Chen himself does not particularly want to have any entanglements with them.

A defiant young man’s image flashed in his mind, and Luo Chen focused his attention on the Shi Family True Master at the Early Nascent Soul Stage in front of him.

The Mirror Flower, Water Moon unfolded, and with Luo Chen’s terrifying Divine Soul Endowment, Shi Chuanting fell deeply into it with hardly any resistance.

This is how Luo Chen should currently display his illusion techniques!

As long as he doesn’t encounter Divine Soul defense Spiritual Treasures or interference from a group formation, among the same order, not to mention blocking a move, there are very few who can even look him in the eye without being affected.

Perhaps this is how a Divine Transformation Great Power faces Nascent Soul Stage cultivators!

Following his intentions, Luo Chen probed everything Shi Chuanting knew about the Central Continent Tianyuan Dao Sect.

The information given by Cangwu Mountain is ultimately over thirty years old and was collected from the perspective of the Demon Clan, far less clear than the knowledge of someone involved.

Luo Chen is about to go to Zhongzhou, so naturally, he must prepare thoroughly.

”Name?”

”Shi Chuanting.”

”Position?”

”Temporary Deacon Elder stationed at Eastern Wasteland by the Tianyuan Dao Sect, responsible for gathering intelligence from the Eastern Wasteland and urging various Nascent Soul sects to submit tributes.”

”How many of you exist like this?”

”A total of four people, all from the Great Houses.”

”Decades ago, when Qi Xia Emperor attacked Zhongzhou, were there any damages to the Twelve Great Houses after the battle?”

”Although the casualties were severe, the Twelve Great Houses were intact, none were delisted.”

Upon hearing this, Luo Chen’s expression changed slightly.

Though he did not witness the battle firsthand, he knows the grave level of violence.

Even the Heaven and Earth Peak, protected by the ’Cut Off Heaven and Earth Great Array’, was broken, and the entire Zhongzhou was shattered, yet the Twelve Great Houses remained intact, which is truly astonishing.

This just goes to show the strength of ancient families!

Through this information, Luo Chen also understood why the Tianyuan Daoist Sect did not collapse despite facing such great adversity.

Because it was the Twelve Great Houses that formed the core of the Mountain Sea Realm’s Tianyuan Daoist Sect.

Luo Chen collected his shocked emotions and continued to ask, ”You mentioned severe casualties; how severe were they?”

On Shi Chuanting’s confused face, an uncontrollable trace of sadness appeared.

”There are many Fifth Order Spiritual Lands in Zhongzhou, but Rotten Stalemate Mountain and Heaven and Earth Peak are considered the greatest, coupled with the Star Gate system, leading to the Twelve Great Houses’ Supreme Elders being at Heaven and Earth Peak when the incident occurred. They were connected with the formation and the Spirit Peak, their fall linked with the collapse of the array and the mountain. This was the greatest casualty.”

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, quite recognizing this statement.

He had previously glimpsed the Star Gate Nineteen Elders when joining.

Except for Alchemy Saint Chu Yan at the Divine Transformation Stage, the other eighteen were Great Cultivators at the Late Stage of Nascent Soul, including those high-cultivation Supreme Elders from the Twelve Great Houses.

Although these people were old and held no specific positions in the Twelve Great Houses, they were undeniably the strongest force and spiritual symbol for their clans.

Each of their falls signified as much as the fall of Shenyuan to the Five Elements Divine Sect.

”The Zhongzhou great battle was a battlefield for the Great Powers, ordinary people couldn’t even intervene. Instead, as the aftermath of the battle surged, each family’s cultivators suffered without exception, casualties were heavy.”

”Among the Twelve Great Houses, the Mo Family, where the current Sect Master Mo Shouzhuo is from, was responsible for guarding crucial nodes, and thus suffered the heaviest. They were almost delisted in one battle, eventually rebuilt after Mo Shengxing returned from the North Sea battlefield.”

”The Zhan Family, touted as having the strongest fighting power among the Twelve Great Houses, also declined drastically. The ancestor’s soul perished at the Netherworld Sea, the Great Elder died at Heaven and Earth Peak, and Zhan Family disciples risked everything to slay the Savage Beast Netherworld Earth Dragon. Ultimately, only Second Elder Zhan Bingtao, also at Late Stage Nascent Soul, returned hastily to rebuild the family, but Zhan Bingtao was severely injured on the Southern Border battlefield, and now hardly manages family affairs.”

”Moreover, the Gu Family, Tan Family, and the other Gu Family are not doing well either. Their family bases were in the core battlefield area, and despite their full efforts, only a few clansmen were preserved.”

Though Shi Chuanting was far away in Zhongzhou, he was quite clear about the circumstances within the Sect and the current strength of various families.

Thus now he narrated smoothly with clarity.

Through this detailed report, Luo Chen learned how those families once too powerful to face are now immensely weakened.

The Twelve Great Houses, at their peak, had Post-Nascent Cultivators numbering more than a few fingers, and the number of Nascent Soul True Masters was truly terrifying.

But now, they have dwindled to just a few.

This illustrates the extent of the impact Qi Xia Emperor’s surprise attack on Zhongzhou had on the Tianyuan Dao Sect.

”Currently among the Twelve Great Houses, the situation is slightly better for our Shi Family, the Ke Family with Chess Saint stationed, the Li Family with the most people, and... the Lian Family where the Divine Transformation Ancestor resides.”

Mentioning the ”Shi Family”, a hint of struggle appeared on Shi Chuanting’s face.