Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1208: Chapter 465: Primordial Treasure Cauldron, Danxia Alliance_3

”Primordial Chaos Tripod...”

According to Tao Wen, Qingdan Valley had three methods for casting Nascent Magic Items classified as Pill Tripods.

These were the Primordial Chaos Tripod, the Liangyi Tripod, and the Glass Sky Tripod.

The now-famous Azure Heaven Glass Sky Tripod of Qingdan Valley was crafted using the methods for the Glass Sky Tripod; it had been nurtured to the tier of an Ascendant Grade Magic Item even before the sect’s founding ancestor had passed away.

Over the years, with generations of sect disciples continuously refining it, its quality rank remained intact, and its power became even more formidable.

Each of these three Pill Tripods had its marvelous uses.

For instance, once a Glass Sky Tripod was made, it could enhance the tier of elixirs, often allowing the owner to refine higher-tier pills that one would think impossible, thereby transcending the norms of pill refinement.

For a Pill Refiner, it was indeed a one-in-a-million choice!

Such precious artifact-crafting methods were, of course, something Qingdan Valley would not willingly part with to Luo Chen.

But the Primordial Chaos Tripod was also quite extraordinary.

Primordial Chaos—the beginning of everything, the starting point of Yuan Qi!

All-encompassing, possessing everything!

The concept was quite lofty.

The reality, naturally, could not achieve this, not even Nascent Soul True Masters or Divine Transformation Great Powers could make such grand claims.

But when put into practice, it was still quite reasonable.

The advantage of the Primordial Chaos Tripod was that if a Pill Refiner chose it as their Natal Magic Item, the tripod could be used in the refinement of practically any type of elixir.

In the Immortal Cultivation World, there were countless pills and naturally countless methods to refine them.

The requirements for Alchemy Equipment for many pill refinements also varied drastically.

Mainstream pills were mostly refined using ordinary alchemy apparatus.

But some powerful pills placed very high demands on the alchemy equipment.

Some required purely single-attributed instruments, such as furnaces made solely of metal-type materials, without any inclusion of other attributes.

Or they couldn’t use tools containing metallic substances, instead needing to involve intrinsic or accompanying natural materials in the encapsulation and refinement process.

Even, there was what’s called ”living being pill refinement,” using living beings as the container to refine pills.

All these requirements were extremely stringent.

Luo Chen had merely not reached the necessary realm or dealt with a wide enough variety of pill refinement to encounter such issues.

However, as his realm increased and he aimed to continue his journey in the Dao of alchemy, he was very likely to face such situations.

And the Primordial Chaos Tripod could solve this problem!

As long as the requirements weren’t extremely absurd, the Primordial Chaos Tripod could essentially meet them.

In other words,

If Luo Chen truly managed to forge the Primordial Chaos Tripod, he wouldn’t need to carry any other alchemy apparatus for future pill refinements.

Moreover, the Primordial Chaos Tripod had some additional effects.

Such as the ability to suppress, defend, and more.

These were all added bonuses.

Ultimately!

That was a common advantage of the Qingdan Three Tripods - they could utilize residual Pill Qi to advance in tiers!

Cultivators who refined pills long-term would accumulate a bit of Pill Qi on themselves.

In fact, the Pill Qi residue on alchemy equipment was even more!

Typically, Pill Refiners would eliminate this residual Pill Qi; otherwise, the discordant accumulation of it could affect the refinement of new elixirs.

This was why, in the past, Luo Chen always had others help him clean the Pill Furnace after each refining session.

Pill Qi is harmful!

But the Qingdan Three Tripods went against this principle and absorbed various types of residual Pill Qi to facilitate the advancement of the magic item.

It sounded unbelievable, but Qingdan Valley actually achieved this.

Their Sect Stabilizing Magic Item, the Azure Heaven Glass Sky Tripod, had been passed down through the years and maintained its quality rank precisely by frequently being used by many of Qingdan Valley’s Pill Refiners. The residual Pill Qi nurtured the Treasure Cauldron!

”If I use the Primordial Chaos Tripod as my Natal Magic Item, aside from regular Pill Fire rituals, combined with my frequent pill refinements, I will certainly be able to enhance the magic treasure rank swiftly,” Luo Chen said.

”Such advantages are indeed far superior to other magic items.”

No wonder it’s said that a Pill Refiner’s best choice for a Natal Magic Item is alchemy equipment.

Setting aside defensive and offensive capabilities, just the rapid ritual enhancement and advancement in quality rank alone outweigh other disadvantages.

Merely after skimming through the Iron Sheet a few times, Luo Chen had already decided to choose this treasure as his Natal Magic Item!

The description above was truly enticing!

”But, to cast this thing, the required materials are just too numerous,” Luo Chen murmured.

The reason the Primordial Chaos Tripod could meet most pill refinement needs and even include effects like suppression and defense was naturally not something that ordinary materials could achieve.

As Luo Chen quickly scanned through, each name of the precious materials made his eyelids twitch.

Geng Gold, Dark Heavy Wood, Han Sui, Fire Spirit Drill, Trace Mud.

The five main materials were all at least Third Order!

Moreover, from the attributes of the main materials, one could see why this magic item was named ”Primordial Chaos Tripod.”

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—all were unified into primordial chaos!

Beyond that, the list of auxiliary materials was also astounding.

Xuan Iron, Ink Lead, Flowing Sand Fine Gold, Soft Thunder Sand, Xuan Luo Golden Crystal, Copper Essence...

Lastly, the Iron Sheet also noted that if one could incorporate Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, as well as minerals of attributes such as wind, thunder, ice, and darkness, that would be ideal.

Through his study, Luo Chen roughly understood why adding more precious minerals was said to be better.

It was all to achieve the so-called ”Premordial Chaos” meaning.

”If it were an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator, they might spend their entire life unable to gather all these,” Luo Chen thought.

”Such material requirements can only be met by someone of considerable wealth,” he concluded.

”Indeed it’s a Natal Magic Item tailor-made for Pill Refiners!”

Pill Refiners are, after all, exceedingly wealthy.

As a renowned Pill Refiner and through numerous battle loots, Luo Chen was naturally quite wealthy as well.