Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1153: Chapter 451: Solidifying the Foundation, Ninth Level Foundation Establishment, Ice Castle Battle Damage, Chu Kui’s Invitation - 2

The good news wasn’t just this alone.

After perfecting the ”Evergreen Sutra” he had derived from the ”Yi Mu Medicine King Sutra,” Luo Chen finally, after many years, achieved the finalization of proficiency.

This technique, upon reaching perfection, could no longer be further developed.

In the end, the ”Yi Mu Medicine King Sutra” was just the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the latter technique.

That Luo Chen could use the system to complete it was a stroke of tremendous luck.

The finalized ”Evergreen Sutra,” in addition to the initial nurturing of the body with spirit power, the capture of external spirit qi by spirit consciousness, and the meridian unblocking and marrow washing, now had another effect.

Or rather, not an additional effect, but an enhanced one!

During the Qi Refinement Stage, the automatic return of qi that came with reaching the Grandmaster level in the ”Longevity Technique” was now sharply increased!

The current automatic return of qi was ten times more than the original!

Now, when Luo Chen released a powerful technique, as long as he was in a place rich with spirit qi, he didn’t need to do anything; such exhaustion could be instantly replenished.

Even in places where spirit qi was scarce, he could automatically recover a lot.

In this way, Luo Chen’s issue with combat endurance was resolved.

It was quite miraculous when one thought about it.

The Prosperity and Decline Fire refined vitality, significantly enhancing Luo Chen’s physical recovery ability.

With the ”Evergreen Sutra” perfected, Luo Chen’s spirit qi recovery ability improved as well.

These two changes, although not much help in terms of his cultivation progress, did lead to a breakthrough in his fighting capability.

If he were to go to the Great Snow Mountain again.

He believed he would do even better!

”Let’s not go there again, shall we?”

As Luo Chen reflected, he laughed at himself.

He didn’t want to get involved in too many battles right now.

Currently, what mattered most was his cultivation.

He’d first practice step by step until he reached the Ninth Level of Foundation Establishment!

Luo Chen made his plan.

In the years to come, he would ignore everything else, not get involved in any external affairs, and focus on just two things.

Cultivation and pill refinement.

Daily practice should not be neglected, the benefits of which might not be seen in the short term but were long-term and beyond even the consumption of elixirs.

Pill refinement, on the other hand, was Luo Chen’s plan for after reaching the Ninth Level of Foundation Establishment.

He intended to refine all the Jade Dew Pills that the Ice Castle would need in the future and the Top Grade Blood Increase Pills, Top Grade Dust Fall Pills, and Tongyou Pills he would use for his future cultivation in one go.

Then, there would be no need to consider pill refinement anymore.

He would need only to focus on matters related to cultivation and breaking through realms.

The days thus passed slowly in the flow of time that was like water.

In the first year, Luo Chen refined all the Jade Dew Pills that the Ice Castle would need for the next twenty years.

In the second and third years, over two continuous years, he refined all the Top Grade Blood Increase Pills and Dust Fall Pills needed for his cultivation.

The second-order Tongyou Pills he had improved were also brought to a level of final proficiency through daily refinement.

And then in one breath, he refined a large batch.

Such a large-scale pill refinement project naturally consumed an immense amount of resources.

The spirit stones earned by the Luo Tian Creed over those years were almost entirely spent by him.

Furthermore, even the batch of Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s Essence Blood left by the Blood Demon Xuan Yu was completely used up by him.

This was also why he stopped making the Top Grade Blood Increase Pills.

He simply ran out of raw materials!

But even so, the stockpile of Top Grade Blood Increase Pills he had on hand was enough for him to practice all the way to Foundation Establishment Stage Finalization in one go.

Once everything was ready, Luo Chen truly entered a period of rigorous Purification.

He saw no outsiders and paid no attention to worldly affairs.

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Years can’t be retained, and time easily erodes.

Purification always makes one forget the passage of years.

Time flew by, and ten years had leisurely passed since Luo Chen returned from Great Snow Mountain to Tianlan.

On this day.

Within the Yi Seventh Cave Mansion atop Tianlan Peak.

A long and resonant cry suddenly rang out.

Hearing this sound, Bai Meiling, who had already awakened from the Soul Nurturing Banner, flew back to the mansion first thing.

”Master, have you broken through your realm?”

In the living room.

Just having refreshed himself and dressed in a loose robe, Luo Chen, smiling, nodded at her.

Seeing this, Bai Meiling couldn’t help but beam with joy, ”Congratulations, Master, for your advanced Dao cultivation, the Golden Core Period is right around the corner!”

Luo Chen smilingly accepted the compliment.

Indeed, the Golden Core Period was within reach!

The transition from the Eighth-Level to the Ninth Level of Foundation Establishment was the longest phase among all his realms.

It had taken him more than twenty years!

This exceedingly long period indeed brought him tremendous benefits.

He had finally solidified his previously insubstantial foundations.

Not only that, upon that foundation, he reassessed his state, achieving a breakthrough in the three jewels of essence, qi, and spirit.

Now, he not only had a physique comparable to a Tier 3 Savage Ancient Monster Beast, but the richness of his spirit qi also surpassed that of those at Foundation Establishment Stage Finalization.

As for his Divine Soul Endowment, after undergoing two Heart Demons, one Heart Torment, and one Heart Inquiry, many minor realm breakthroughs, as well as continuous consumption of Tongyou Pills among various other conditions, had reached an unimaginable point.

At this moment, he was at the Ninth Level Foundation Establishment.

But his Divine Soul Endowment had not only surpassed those at Foundation Establishment Stage Finalization, it even gave others the illusion that it was not much different from a Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

Keep in mind, he was still only at the Ninth Level Foundation Establishment!

Luo Chen still had one minor realm to go within Foundation Establishment Stage.

If he reached Foundation Establishment Stage Finalization, there would likely be further breakthroughs.

”With my current state, I truly have the confidence to calmly face the challenge of Core Formation!”

Luo Chen felt immensely contemplative, brimming with anticipation.

He even believed that he might not need to wait to reach Foundation Establishment Stage Finalization; relying solely on his current accumulation and reversing the Sea of Qi with the ”Cleanse Origin Pill Formula” to form a Spirit Vortex, he already had a chance at successful Core Formation!