Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

That Xu Muxian was actually able to form a Nascent Soul was quite beyond Luo Chen’s expectations.

After all, back then he had casually taken him in as a Registered Disciple only because he had some talent in the way of medicinal herbs; as for cultivation, Luo Chen had never thought much of him.

The other’s Dao Heart was not firm, his cultivation not particularly diligent, and at such a young age he had already started a family.

If not for Luo Chen’s restraints, he would probably have broken his Primordial Yang Body even before Foundation Establishment.

He had not expected that the other would later gain such a great stroke of fortune.

Perhaps it was not so much some coincidental opportunity, but that the other’s Mental State had changed, that he was willing to leave the comfortable Flying Swallow Islands and venture alone into the North Sea.

As for Cheng Haixin being able to reach Nascent Soul Formation, that was within Luo Chen’s expectations.

After Cheng Haixin entered the Foundation Establishment Stage, she began cultivating the ”Green Sun Pill Scripture” Luo Chen had left behind; this so‑called ”Green Sun Pill Scripture” was in fact something Luo Chen had improved from the Top-grade Core Formation Secret Technique ”Dust Origin Technique”.

Later, before Luo Chen returned to the Eastern Wasteland after forming his Nascent Soul, he made a trip to the Flying Swallow Islands.

That time, he did not only share tender moments with Cheng Haixin; Luo Chen also specially left behind a large amount of cultivation resources.

Cultivation Pills for the Golden Core Period, auxiliary pills, Cultivation Insight, experiential doctrines for breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and even a single Nascent Soul Formation Pill!

In the several hundred years thereafter, Luo Chen traveled to the North Sea a total of twice.

On those two occasions, Luo Chen did not meet her in person.

Firstly because he was pressed for time, secondly because he did not wish his appearance to affect her cultivation.

Indeed, having been moved by the matter of Hui Niang’s failed breakthrough, Luo Chen knew well that concern leads to chaos; matters of cultivation ultimately must be settled by oneself!

Still, on both trips to the North Sea, Luo Chen would use his Divine Consciousness to probe Cheng Haixin’s cultivation progress.

From the Middle Stage Golden Core to the Late Stage, and up to now when Luo Chen had timed his return just right, he arrived precisely in time to see her break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

”Though she has remained on the Flying Swallow Islands her entire life, lacking tempering and with insufficient combat experience, this Dao Heart that can stand guard alone over a tiny island and endure lonely Purification is already rare in this world.”

Luo Chen felt a faint sense of gratification, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face.

Shutting oneself away and building a cart behind closed doors is indeed inadvisable, but there are also bitter-cultivation doctrines in this world that can likewise temper one’s mindset.

At the very least, even he, Luo Chen, could not remain in the same place for several hundred years without giving rise to even the slightest trace of weariness.

Yet while Luo Chen was satisfied, Xu Muxian at his side seemed somewhat worried.

”Master, though this Thunder Tribulation of Master’s wife does not seem all that imposing, the methods she is using to transcend it are not formidable enough!”

Luo Chen gave a soft grunt, indicating his agreement.

The strength of Thunder Tribulation varies from person to person.

The deeper one’s foundation, the more terrifying the Thunder Tribulation one encounters; just like Luo Chen back then, it could be said he survived by a hair’s breadth.

Though he did not encounter a Heart Demon Tribulation, he did, immediately after successfully forming his Nascent Soul, run into the killing tribulation of Han Zhan’s attempt to Soul Snatch.

Cheng Haixin was different; her Magic Items were only at the Top Grade Level, not yet at the True Artifact Rank, and her Daoist Law could not be called especially exquisite.

At this moment she appeared rather bedraggled within the Thunder Tribulation.

Xu Muxian could not help but say, ”Master, why do you not make a move to help?”

Luo Chen shook his head. ”Do you not know that if an outsider interferes, the power of the Thunder Tribulation will increase severalfold?”

Xu Muxian, almost blindly admiring Luo Chen, said, ”But with your present God Transformation Realm abilities, even if the Thunder Tribulation multiplies several or even dozens of times, I imagine it would still be nothing to you!”

”Haha.”

Luo Chen let out a self-mocking laugh.

”If your teacher were still in the Nascent Soul Realm, then even if I had to risk the Heavenly Tribulation’s wrath and its punishment upon me, I would forcefully make a move to help transcend it; in fact, I have indeed done such a thing in the past, and even succeeded.”

”But the trouble lies in the fact that I am now already in the God Transformation Realm.”

”Once one enters this Realm, one grasps the authority of the Law, one’s Divine Soul fuses with the world; oneself and this portion of heaven and earth are almost no different. If I make a move, it will be me standing against the entirety of heaven and earth. The intensity of the Heavenly Tribulation will no longer be a mere severalfold or dozens of times increase, but rather...”

Luo Chen took a deep breath, as if before his eyes appeared the scene back then of Ancestor Tianyuan of the Dark Abyss Sect casting the Jade and Stone Burning Forbidden Technique, drawing down the Heavenly Tribulation to smite Qi Xia Emperor.

What an overwhelming might that had been!

Even as strong as Qi Xia Emperor was, she had been left in a wretched state, trapped on Cangwu Mountain for several decades.

As for himself now, he did not possess Qi Xia’s abilities and could not withstand such a backlash from heaven and earth.

Indeed, if he truly did make a move to help, under the wrath of the Heavenly Tribulation, even the mere aftermath would far surpass the Thunder Tribulation Cheng Haixin was currently enduring.

That would truly be a case of good intentions doing harm.

”Let us leave it to her own fortune!”

”If she can persevere through it, she will extend her life by five hundred years and attain the Realm of True Master. If she fails, with me here, I can always preserve her life; even if she must cultivate anew and attempt another breakthrough, it is not impossible.”

These last words of Luo Chen were spoken in a tone as firm as iron, filled with immense confidence.

Haixin was different from Hui Niang; the former had already passed through a Heart Demon Tribulation and now faced only external forces— even if she failed, it would only leave injuries upon her fleshly body. Hui Niang, on the other hand, had truly suffered damage to her Divine Soul, and her Lifespan limit was already at hand; at that time Luo Chen had indeed been powerless to turn the tide, and even by exhausting all his strength he merely extended her life by a single year.

But for the Luo Chen of today, preserving Cheng Haixin’s life under the Heavenly Tribulation was truly no difficult matter.

With these words from Luo Chen, Xu Muxian finally set his mind at ease.

Compared to his once-strict Master, his Master’s wife Cheng Haixin had given him far more care, and it had been largely thanks to her guidance that he had succeeded in Foundation Establishment back then.

Thus, upon receiving the message he had rushed back across thousands of miles to stand as protector, and at this moment he was naturally the one who most feared Cheng Haixin’s failure.

Luo Chen, however, appeared very open-minded; not only did he pay attention to Cheng Haixin’s situation in transcending the tribulation, he also divided his mind to keep watch on another battlefield.

Even though the Lie Tian Sect Master’s strength was extraordinary, with a proud record in the Primordial Realm of single-handedly battling three peers of the same Realm, and after advancing to the Middle Stage he had carved out an even more resounding fame,