Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

The previously quiet cultivation chamber was now echoing with sound.

Like the rush of a great river, the muffled rumble of distant thunder, or the heavy snoring of a giant beast.

A robust figure, completely nude, sat cross-legged in the center of the chamber, his body enveloped in intense red light.

Luo Chen tightly shut his eyes, using his strong willpower to suppress the final formation of an intensely condensed strand of Pill Vigor within him.

Under his control, this strand of Pill Vigor ultimately condensed into a seed the size of a dragon’s eye.

Elixir Seed!

Though it appeared small, the Qi-Blood contained within was extraordinarily vast.

An ordinary martial artist at the Blood River Realm would require just one of these to attempt a breakthrough to the Furnace Realm.

However, if someone could see through Luo Chen’s physical body, they’d discover that within his body, there were a terrifying one hundred and eight Elixir Seeds!

Each Elixir Seed quietly remained in its place.

With thirty-six Elixir Seeds forming one circulation, Luo Chen had constructed three complete circulations in total!

The surging power of Qi-Blood was nearly impossible to suppress the moment the last Elixir Seed took shape.

Perfect timing!

Luo Chen had no intention of holding back any longer.

With his robust physical foundation switching to the Path of Martial Arts, reaching the Furnace Realm was actually a simple matter.

The reason it took so long was because Luo Chen wanted a perfect ascension.

Now that one hundred and eight Elixir Seeds had formed, the breakthrough was a natural progression.

In the next moment, Luo Chen’s thoughts stirred.

All the Elixir Seeds inside began to spin in an extremely crude manner, yet amidst this simplicity, there was a hint of inexplicable mystical flavor.

The path of the Great Dao is simplicity itself, epitomized thus.

As the Elixir Seeds whizzed, blood clouds billowed, forming a nebula within Luo Chen’s body.

Majestic star nebulae, numerous Elixir Seeds like tiny stars, revolving spontaneously, eventually slowly converging.

This process felt extremely slow to Luo Chen, akin to the passage of years.

Uncertain how much time had passed.

Suddenly!

From within the nebula, a muffled sound emerged.

Boom!

Like the dawn of creation, or as if stars had exploded, but ultimately evoking the feeling of a giant’s heart enthusiastically beating when opening the world.

The intensely condensed Pill Vigor exploded with a roar, and the boundless Qi-Blood was refined to its peak, transforming into unmatched Gang Qi.

As the Gang Qi circulated, it became a nearly tangible furnace ding.

Heaven and Earth serve as the big furnace, creation as the craftsman.

Yin and Yang act as fuel, and all things are copper.

The human body is the same as the immortal body, thus the human body can act as the big furnace, refining all things under heaven and earth, achieving the Human Immortal Realm!

This slowly rotating Qi-Blood Furnace is the foundation of the Great Dao, capable of refining everything.

A powerful suction force emanated from Luo Chen’s body, reaching out towards the outer world.

Sadly, ultimately it grasped nothing, and the Qi-Blood Furnace gradually ceased its rotation.

”It’s due to the lack of spiritual energy in this part of the world!”

Unknowingly, Luo Chen had gained some understanding.

According to orthodox body refining techniques, once the body becomes the furnace, it can automatically absorb Heaven and Earth Qi, conducting a reverse process of Qi Refinement Spirit Transformation from the Path of Immortal cultivation.

Also known as Qi Refining!

Transforming this world’s most original source, the omnipresent Spirit Qi, into his own Essence Qi.

The richer the Spirit Qi of the world, the higher the efficiency of this refinement.

Such as in the Mountain Sea Realm, where the Spirit Qi is quite abundant, allowing Wang Yuan to reach the Fourth Realm of Body Refinement, achieving the Leakless Golden Body in merely over two hundred years of cultivation.

Judging by this cultivation speed, it actually rivals Luo Chen’s achievement of the Nascent Soul Realm at two hundred years old.

But now, Luo Chen, residing in the Great Destruction Realm, faces an entirely different situation.

This place is a Land of No Spirit!

The Spirit Qi contained in the void is almost nonexistent, so how can he transform the original source of Heaven and Earth with his physical body?

”No wonder the lifespan of cultivators at the Furnace Realm in this world is only two or three hundred years, far inferior to Wang Yuan, who rivals the limit of five hundred years for Golden Core cultivators. It must be due to the lack of Spirit Qi in this world.”

So thought Luo Chen.

Suddenly!

At the moment Luo Chen’s body became the furnace, a faint vibration echoed from within his previously sealed Purple Mansion.

Seemingly responding!

Luo Chen abruptly opened his eyes, astonishment on his face.

”Primordial Chaos Tripod?!”

If his perception wasn’t wrong, the response-like vibration just now originated from his Lifebound Magic Treasure Primordial Chaos Tripod that has accompanied him for hundreds of years!

This response even passed through the sealed Purple Mansion.

As if by instinct, no suppression could isolate this response.

Luo Chen suppressed his shock and confusion, carefully pondering the reason behind it.

Long moments ensued.

Only then did Luo Chen tentatively formulate a hypothesis.

His Lifebound Magic Treasure Primordial Chaos Tripod was inherently profound, and he added many precious materials to it for refinement. Especially upon leaving the Mountain Sea Realm, he expended great effort to infuse three Fifth-tier Spirit Mountains into it.

Logically speaking, given such a treasure’s foundation, it should have long ascended to the level of Spiritual Treasures.

But even at Luo Chen’s ascension, the Primordial Chaos Tripod remained a True Device, not possessing self-awareness.

Now, with the Primordial Chaos Tripod remotely responding to the Qi-Blood Furnace through the sealed Purple Mansion, does this mean the Qi-Blood Furnace might aid the Primordial Chaos Tripod in its ascension?

Thus triggering the active response of the Lifebound Magic Treasure?

In a moment of deep thought, Luo Chen nonetheless did not attain a true understanding.

Currently, his Divine Perception was sealed, Purple Mansion petrified, with not a shred of Spirit Qi throughout his body. Especially since his meticulously refined Primordial Spirit was shattered by the Demon Phoenix, he was incapable of opening the sealed Purple Mansion, let alone retrieving the Primordial Chaos Tripod.

To truly validate this hypothesis, he must wait until he restores his Divine Perception and refines a bit of Qi Power to retrieve the Primordial Chaos Tripod.

Yet Luo Chen was undeterred.