Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Inside the secret chamber.

Luo Chen flipped his wrist, hands clasping loosely, legs crossed in a seated position, with hot steam billowing from all over his body.

His seemingly lean figure was packed with knotted muscles exposed, sitting there like a towering mountain.

Within the mountain, a highly oppressive aura seemed ready to burst forth at any moment.

The entire person, as if a volcano on the brink of eruption!

Within his body, beneath the tightly sealed Purple Mansion, a large number of bright red Blood Pearls had already been accumulated at some unknown time.

These Blood Pearls appeared like blood, but upon closer inspection, they were actually intertwined Qi Strength strands, merging together, their power compressed to the extreme.

If an ordinary Martial Artist saw this scene, they would surely be astounded.

Each Blood Pearl was formed by the condensation of a great amount of pure Pill Vigor, capable of independently Embracing Elixir to become Gang, transforming the body into a Baking Furnace!

But at this moment inside Luo Chen, there were already thirty-six Blood Pearls, yet he still did not choose to take that step.

If he truly used this as a foundation to take the third step of Body Refinement, its frightening extent would be unimaginable.

However, Luo Chen was still unsatisfied!

Thirty-six is the number of the Circulation, yet it was not Luo Chen’s limit.

He still had a large amount of Source Blood left untransformed.

Since deciding to switch to the Qi Blood Path, he must lay the most perfect foundation.

”Transforming thirty-six Elixir Seeds in six months, the progress is quite gratifying. But thirty-six Elixir Seeds have already become a system on their own; if more are condensed, it may disrupt the existing system. My physical body is strong enough, but if the internal Elixir Seed cycle breaks, it inevitably would cause counter-effects.”

”I need to think of a good method to resolve this hidden danger.”

As the thought arose, Luo Chen had awakened from his cultivation state.

Blinking his eyes, he leisurely stood up and left the Cultivation Room.

Entering the inner chamber, Jing Lan had already prepared the medicinal bath, and Luo Chen directly immersed himself into it.

The hot water contained a large amount of boiled medicinal liquid, now permeating Luo Chen’s body through skin pores, mending the various hidden wounds brought by drifting here prior.

A while later, as the water in the wooden tub turned clear, Luo Chen finally finished the medicinal bath.

The subsequent matters were handled by servants, and Luo Chen casually donned a loose robe before heading to the study.

Opening the window, the snow-clad scenery outside filled the view, rendering an exhilarating feeling.

Luo Chen exhaled a breath of Turbid Qi and casually opened a book.

A book borrowed from the City Lord Mansion which he had read through most, especially memorizing the intelligence he wished to know about the Three Great Natural Disasters.

The so-called Three Great Natural Disasters are unique natural phenomena outlined by this world’s powerful Martial Artists.

Though Tianfeng seemed to affect only mortals, it was equally dangerous to Martial Artists, merely suspending the danger overhead.

Whenever Tianfeng rose, high above, a violent Gang Wind swept in. Such Gang Wind could even tear up space, causing terrifying space cracks, which even a Fourth Realm Body Refinement expert’s Leakless Golden Body couldn’t withstand!

As for the harm of Ghost Rain, Luo Chen had long been aware.

The severe cold was secondary; the most dangerous was the Ghost Nightmare accompanying the Ghost Rain.

Even strong Martial Artists with iron will could become lost under Ghost Nightmare’s erosion.

The last is the Destruction Mist?

Recorded scarcely in texts, but the few words made Luo Chen’s entire body chill.

[Thick fog pervades, destroying all!]

The Destruction Mist appears once every ten thousand years, each time inevitably accompanied by the emergence of numerous Chaos Beasts, devouring all living beings it passes, with the duration being uncertain.

Occurring every twelve times, roughly once per epoch, a broader large-scale Destruction Mist appears, an entity able to destroy all!

Whenever epochs transition, the Great Destruction Era arrives.

The name of the Great Destruction Realm of this world was thus derived.

When Luo Chen learned of this information, even his Dao Heart, calm as an undisturbed ancient well, shivered slightly.

He didn’t know the extent of the Destruction Mist’s power, but whether it was the Chaos Beasts consuming all living beings as described in texts or the world-devastating Great Destruction Era, both suffice to reveal the fearsome nature of such natural disasters.

Luo Chen wished to learn more intelligence, but unfortunately, there were too few records concerning this.

This likely relates to the short Lifespan of this world’s people!

From another text, Luo Chen roughly understood the Lifespan situation of this world’s Body Refinement practitioners.

Though the body refining technique of this realm preserved quite completely, even achieving profound stages like the Fifth Stage of Body Refining or Sixth Rank, Lifespan enhancement was far less than in the Mountain Sea Realm.

The First and Second Body Refining Realms bring hardly any major Lifespan extension.

Only upon reaching the Third Realm of Body Refinement, Furnace Realm, does Lifespan stretch to barely about three hundred years, quite unlike the Mountain Sea Realm’s five hundred year upper limit.

Rumor has it that even at the Leakless Realm, it barely reaches eight hundred years!

Moreover, very few can live to that age, as both cultivation and combat in the body refining technique heavily focus on the physical body. One careless mistake may injure the physical body’s Original Source, resulting in reduced Lifespan.

This is completely different from Qi Refining Immortal Cultivation. Although Qi Refining Immortal Cultivation also relies on the physical body, once the realm is high enough, the original source focuses on Qi Power and the Divine Soul. Even if the physical body is injured, it will not greatly affect the lifespan limit.

From this point, the reason why there are very few records about the calamity and the Destruction Mist can also be explained.

The strong live too short a time, combined with the era of great destruction that destroys everything, naturally leads to a historical discontinuity.

Luo Chen privately believes the information he has gathered is likely a mix of truth and falsehood, with many gaps and omissions.

At least, when did the last Destruction Mist appear?

And which of the twelve calamities within an era did it belong to?

Luo Chen could not find any of this information.

Of course, after the initial fluctuation of his Dao Heart regarding these things, Luo Chen quickly returned to calm.

He would take precautions in advance, but it is not in his nature to worry unnecessarily.

Even if he truly encounters the once-in-an-era time of great destruction, he will do everything he can to survive!

And power is the wager to face everything!

Luo Chen calmly opened the ”Wandering Immortal’s Notes”, originally intended as a way to pass the time, but as he gradually read on, his attention delved deeper.

”Is he also a fellow cultivator?!”

Luo Chen’s eyes shone with a different light, and his attention was quite focused.

This transcribed ”Wandering Immortal’s Notes” surprisingly recorded the life experiences of someone named ”Xiao Lan”.

This person, like Luo Chen, is an immortal cultivator!

He comes from an ancient Immortal Cultivation World called [Heavenly River], and in life, his realm even reached the unimaginable Void Refining Stage.

That is a Void Refining Stage that condenses a Dharma Image and refines the god and returns to the void!

Yet, unexpectedly, such a powerful existence fell into this world due to a battle.

Moreover, what surprised Luo Chen the most was that even as strong as Xiao Lan, after recuperating and restoring the Void Refining Stage, he still failed to leave the Great Destruction Realm.

At the Nine Heavens Peak, there are terrifying Gang winds and explosive thunder, enough to tear apart any physical body and destroy any Divine Soul. In addition, chaotic and broken Laws and Great Dao fill the space. Even when Xiao Lan unfolded a Dharma Image and used his Divine Power, he only ended up severely injured and falling once more.

Later, Xiao Lan tried several more times, until he ultimately failed and had to give up.

He began to settle in this Great Destruction Realm, establishing Yixian City, and propagated his lineage... Until his lifespan was nearly exhausted, still unwilling to resign, Xiao Lan chose to give up everything and leave quietly, only to search for the slimmest chance of escape from the Great Destruction Realm.

In this ”Wandering Immortal’s Notes”, there are also some cultivation insights into high-level Qi Refining, seemingly a conjecture by the other amid distress, including how to condense a Dharma Image.

But unfortunately, these cultivation insights, which are extremely valuable in the Immortal Cultivation World, are worthless in this Spirit Qi-less Great Destruction Realm, resulting in them being placed by the descendants of the Xiao Family in the most inconspicuous first floor of the Book Collection Pavilion.

”A thousand years have passed, and I wonder if this predecessor found a way out?”

If he did, great. As long as he can return to the Void Refining Stage, with a lifespan of up to five thousand years, he may still attempt to further advance.

If he failed, then he has probably vanished into nothingness!

As Luo Chen documented these cultivation insights word by word, he pondered that elder Xiao Lan’s fate, his heart full of sympathy and pity for those who, like him, were forced to become wanderers at the end of the world.

As for these cultivation insights, for Luo Chen at present, they are actually equally chicken ribs, utterly useless.

But he always harbored a hope of leaving this world, that if he truly exits one day, these cultivation insights would come in handy.

During documentation, Luo Chen could not help but think that in the Great Destruction Realm, there must be more immortal cultivators like Xiao Lan and himself. Some of them might be disheartened, and if given the chance, he might be able to acquire some advanced cultivation methods from them?

But, shortly after, Luo Chen couldn’t help but smile self-deprecatingly.

Whether one can leave is a separate matter. What need is there to go collect these things at great lengths?

The Nine Heavens Gang wind, Soul-shaking Thunder Sound, and the mysterious broken Laws and Great Dao described in Xiao Lan’s notes are absolutely not something he can presently face.

Luo Chen even suspects that even if, by relying on the Body Refining Technique, he reaches the God-Seeing Realm capable of breaking through the void, whether he can truly break free from the constraints of this world?

After all, this world has no Spirit Qi, no Spirit Mechanism, and the world consciousness and even Heavenly Dao Laws are incomplete!

Outside the study, there were rapid footsteps.

In no time, a knock on the door sounded.

”Brother Luo, the Young City Lord has come to visit!”

Luo Chen’s pen stopped, his brow furrowed, but as if thinking of something, he relaxed instantly.

”Let him come in!”

Jing Lan hurried away, and shortly, two pairs of footsteps sounded again outside the door.

The wooden door was pushed open, and the figure of Xiao Feng, tightly clutching a folding fan, appeared before Luo Chen.

Without waiting for him to speak, Luo Chen took the initiative to ask, ”Is it about Martial Combat Decides the Master?”

Xiao Feng was stunned, ”How did senior know it’s about this matter?”

Luo Chen stood up, gazing at the pristine white snow outside the window, and calmly said, ”Spring is about to arrive, at such a crucial moment, what else could make you seek me out except for this?”

Xiao Feng took a deep breath, saluted Luo Chen’s back with a palm and fist, ”Please assist me, senior!”