Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

With the complete submission of the Kui Ox, Luo Chen’s Million Shade Soul Banner finally lived up to its name.

With a Fifth-tier Ghost God as the main soul at the top, a foundational mass of millions of low-order resentful souls at the bottom, and a significant number of Third Order and Fourth Order Ghost Kings and Ghost Emperors in between.

Even if it can only be used once or twice, as long as it can gather the Kui Ox’s divine body at a critical moment, it would mean Luo Chen has a helper comparable to the Divine Transformation realm.

Only at this moment did Luo Chen breathe a slight sigh of relief.

Whether it’s the Blood Jade Three Flame Fan, his formidable primordial spirit, or various techniques and divine powers, they all feel unreliable to Luo Chen.

After all, the enemies he envisages are not only Divine Transformation Great Powers but also the terrifying legacy of thousands of years from the Tian Yuan Dao Sect.

Especially during the great calamity in Zhongzhou, when numerous Divine Transformation avatars and projections descended from the Star Gate passage, unmatched by any sect in the Mountain Sea Realm.

Including the other four Holy Lands!

Though it’s said that the Star Gate mysteriously disappeared, and even the traditional Guest Elder system collapsed, it’s hard to guarantee the Tian Yuan Dao Sect doesn’t have similar means to seek aid from the Mystic Realm.

This Kui Ox Ghost God is a major reliance for Luo Chen.

When things are impossible, he can emulate Qi Xia Emperor, making the ghost god self-destruct as a fallback option.

”Next is the cultivation aspect of the Sword Canon!”

Murmuring, a strand of colorful light appeared at Luo Chen’s fingertips.

It was precisely the Chi Xiao Qi among the nine types of Sky Qi!

These special gases, as described in past classics, are natural products formed as turbid qi sinks, pure qi floats, and various attributes of spirit qi gather in this Azure Darkness, the most refined substances between heaven and earth!

Yet as Luo Chen came into more frequent contact and refined large quantities of Sky Qi, he realized its essence more deeply.

At this moment, it seemed to him that Sky Qi was not so simple.

Sky Qi is born in the extreme Azure Darkness, backed by a firmament, facing the infinite cosmos.

It is likely absorbing certain special materials from the universe that makes it so dominant, which grants it such formidable power.

Jiuling Yuanjun had not comprehended the true intent of the laws, yet relying on refining vast amounts of Sky Qi, their strength was not inferior to others in the same order who had comprehended the true intent of the laws.

Especially the Great Nine Heavens River, its power was comparable to Divine Power Skills!

The Thousand Clouds and Ten Thousand Transformations Sword Scripture and the Great Nine Heavens River, it’s hard to compare their strengths or weaknesses, but in terms of sheer destructive power, the Thousand Cloud Sword Qi must be one or two levels higher.

”Currently, I have a hundred strands of Sky Qi left. Even if I refine them all, it won’t support raising the proficiency of this swordsmanship to the Grandmaster Level, let alone perfection.”

”It’s time to capture wild Sky Qi.”

Luo Chen cast his gaze into the empty void, full of determination.

Capturing Sky Qi by oneself mostly relies on luck.

Usually, only encountering one or two strands by chance over the years.

That doesn’t help Luo Chen much.

Fortunately, he was well prepared for this!

Flipping his wrist, he heard a thud; a large black jar fell in front of him.

It was the Nine Heavens Jar, a True Device inherited from the Jiuling Sect!

Relying on this item, Jiuling Sect was able to continuously capture large amounts of Sky Qi, supporting Jiuling Yuanjun in mastering the powerful Great Nine Heavens River technique.

Had it not been for the Eastern Wasteland War two hundred years ago, preventing Jiuling Yuanjun from peacefully collecting Sky Qi, who knows how much more powerful they might have been.

With Luo Chen’s attainment in artifact refining techniques, he could vaguely glimpse some clues of this True Device.

The main material is some special mineral, with a strong induction power to Sky Qi.

The array inscribed on it is mainly focused on capturing and suppressing, and additionally, an array is arranged to assist cultivators in expanding the search range of their divine consciousness.

As for the help in combat defense and offense, it’s not particularly obvious.

Clearly, this is a treasure crafted specifically for exploring, capturing, and refining Sky Qi.

Its method of use is also not complicated; driven by Qi power, led by divine consciousness, exploring the surroundings centered around the cultivator.

The stronger the divine consciousness, the wider the search range.

This is a considerable advantage for Luo Chen!

His current divine consciousness strength could be said to be unmatched, searching for Sky Qi more efficiently than ordinary Nascent Soul True Masters.

”Then let’s multitask, refining Chi Xiao Sword Qi while searching for more Nine Heavens Qi!”

Luo Chen smiled slightly, channeling a strand of Qi power into the Nine Heavens Jar, slowly spreading his divine consciousness through the jar.

Suppose, after the amplification of this treasure, Luo Chen’s divine consciousness had another kind of special perception.

Normally, whether divine consciousness, spirit consciousness, or the divine perception of the Divine Transformation Great Powers, they mostly sense living beings, the ”divine” contained within them.

But after the amplification of the Nine Heavens Jar, Luo Chen discovered that his divine consciousness had subtle induction towards objects without ”divine”.

Especially Sky Qi!

”Oh, what a coincidence! Eight hundred miles away, there’s a strand of Sky Qi?”

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, a smile at the corner of his mouth.

As his robes fluttered with the wind, he stepped forward, transforming into a stream of light heading towards the distant Azure Darkness.

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In Green Water Pavilion of Zhou Family on the Tian Nan Continent.

Two youthful figures were quietly sitting across from each other, without a word, eating the steaming dishes sparingly.

These dishes contain abundant spirit qi, eaten greedily by countless lower order cultivators as a spirit meal.

Yet, to these two, no matter how delicious the food, it tasted as bitter and tasteless.

As time passed bit by bit, it finally came to the moment of dispersing.

Thunk!

Chopsticks fell, Zhou Fuqiu raised his head, looking at the silent woman across.