Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Buzz!

The wind suddenly calmed, the waves fell silent.

Luo Chen stopped his actions.

This divided soul didn’t hold as much significance for him as the previously incomplete life soul, and wouldn’t affect his breakthrough to the Divine Transformation Stage.

Yet this divided soul differed from other life souls.

It carried the understanding of the Water Origin and was the vessel of the Xuanming Dao Body.

During the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven experience, Luo Chen detonated the Ming Water Spring Eye. If he wished to re-condense the Ming Water Spring Eye in the future and control the Nether Abyss, he must recover this divided soul.

Therefore, he was willing to spend significant time absorbing and merging Zhou Fuqiu.

But if he could save some time, he would gladly do so.

There’s still much to be done—healing, Pill Refinement, cultivation, breaking through realms—all of these require time.

”Three, too many.”

”Two!”

”Are you bargaining with me?”

”Just two, it’s a mere flick of the wrist for you. The first condition: fulfill your covenant with the ancestor to protect the Zhou Family and ensure one of them becomes a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator!”

Luo Chen remained silent.

After subconscious selfishness, comes the consideration of sacrificing oneself. Is this Zhou Fuqiu’s final choice?

”For that, you needn’t say, I will do it.”

Zhou Fuqiu sighed in relief, then hurriedly said, ”The second condition, let my sister Zhou Qingyu truly embark on the path of cultivation!”

”Didn’t I leave her the Spiritual Root Pill?”

”Not enough, far from enough. Artificial Spirit Roots can only last forty years. After forty years, even if Foundation Establishment allows continuation, the efficiency is too low to achieve the next realm. Back then, you nurtured my talent with my sister’s foundation, now you should return it to her! Luo Chen, you must agree!”

Luo Chen quietly gazed at the black light cluster.

For a long while.

He gently nodded.

”I grant you this!”

Once these two words were spoken, the black light cluster paused for a moment, then slowly cracked open a tiny seam.

Within the cluster, Zhou Fuqiu’s soul body was exposed before Luo Chen.

The soul body bore no tears but conveyed sorrow.

”Come on...”

Luo Chen softly beckoned, and the soul body slowly flew toward his main soul, finally merging with it.

The eight major souls surrounding them also simultaneously merged into the main soul.

Much later, Luo Chen’s massive main soul trembled like a giant.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The divided souls manifested once more.

Only this time, unlike the previous eight major souls, there was an additional divided soul.

The nine great divided souls denote the mark of Minor Accomplishment in Soul Cleaving Technique cultivation.

But due to the previous loss of the life soul, even if Luo Chen cultivated Soul Cleaving Technique left by Han Zhan to Finalization, he was always unable to form the Ninth Soul.

He could only focus on nurturing each divided soul.

Especially under the nurturing of abundant elixirs and soul stones, the eight major souls possessed terrifying foundations, each rivaling those of Nascent Soul Finalization.

At this moment, with the soul complete, he finally managed to condense the Ninth Soul using Zhou Fuqiu’s soul body!

The Ninth Soul sat quietly behind Luo Chen’s main soul, with a serene expression, silently practicing the Dao Law Method of Soul Cleaving Technique. All memories related to Zhou Fuqiu were wiped out, with only Luo Chen’s consciousness as the guiding force.

Yet for some reason, beneath this serene expression, there was an indistinct trace of sorrow.

”Next, it’s time to focus on healing.”

...

Time flows leisurely, years pass swiftly.

In the blink of an eye, twenty years had gone by.

A bald monk quietly cultivating in seclusion at a place within the Elixir Saint’s Blessed Land suddenly perked up his ears.

He opened his eyes and rose to walk outside the cave mansion.

A white-robed Daoist stood quietly there, gazing toward the distant, slightly empty landscape of the Blessed Land.

”Master!”

”Kong Chan, accompany me on a journey to the North Sea!”

Kong Chan nodded, then asked with concern, ”Master, have your injuries healed?”

”The Divine Power of a Great Power isn’t that easy to heal, but it no longer hinders my actions.” Luo Chen gracefully rose and flew away from the Blessed Land.

His gaze floated gently, occasionally examining the scenery along the way.

The present Elixir Saint’s Blessed Land appeared much quieter compared to before.

A large number of lower order disciples, under the leadership of Sect Master Li Yingzhang, had relocated.

The current Upper Nether City had been transformed into the temporary mountain gate of Luo Tian Sect, allowing the disciples to operate conveniently and enabling Luo Tian Sect to recruit talented newcomers.

Those remaining within the Blessed Land were individuals of advanced realms.

Kong Chan, full of confusion, followed behind, unsure of Luo Chen’s intentions for heading to the North Sea at this time.

Exiting the Blessed Land, the two traveled through the Nether Abyss.

Once terrifying Ming Shui now stood no chance against the protective shield Luo Chen casually cast.

Having mastered the Water Origin and experienced the Ninth Soul’s reign over the Ming Water Spring Eye with the Xuanming Dao Body, Ming Shui no longer posed a threat to Luo Chen.

While passing a massive mountain underwater, Kong Chan suddenly expressed astonishment.

”That mountain, such thick Spirit Qi!”

Luo Chen faintly smiled, ”You do have keen eyes; that’s Yanfu Mountain, once the cultivation sanctuary of the Dark Abyss Sect’s Ancestor of God Transformation.”

Kong Chan’s eyes widened, ”Could it be a Fifth Order Spirit Vein?”

Luo Chen nodded.

Indeed, Yanfu Mountain, the main vein of the Fifth Order Spirit Vein, retains its essence even after plunging into the Abyss, otherwise it wouldn’t have been able to condense treasures like the Ming Water Spring Eye.

This is one of the reserve locations for his Divine Transformation.

It’s reserved because Luo Chen hasn’t yet decided.

Before the fall of the Mingyuan Sect’s Ancestor Tianyuan, he attempted mutual destruction with Qi Xia Emperor, severely depleting Yanfu Mountain’s Spirit Mechanism.