Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1416: Chapter 530: The Demon Monarch Shows His Prowess for the First Time

”Fierce Fire Miasma, originally stemmed from the incomplete Body Refinement Methods of the ’Sky Roc Transformation,’ contained a consumptive technique.

It simulated the fierce and formidable Evil Qi innate to the Fire-element Demon Roc.

Luo Chen had studied this technique early on, infused it with a significant amount of Earth Fire Evil Qi, and achieved Minor Accomplishment Realm.

The technique was quite practical, yet somewhat awkward.

Its practicality lay in the fact that in battle, once released, it could create an environment highly conducive to one’s own fighting style.

Moreover, due to the strong Evil Qi within, it had a pronounced contaminating effect on an enemy’s Magic Item, Divine Soul, and body.

The awkwardness was because, in earlier years, the technique had to be used while transformed into the Sky Roc True Body.

Otherwise, the human body, once it inhaled too much Evil Qi, could suffer backlash.

Not only that, but the proficiency of this technique was extremely difficult to improve. It wasn’t just limited by the number of times it was used, but also by the order of Evil Qi.

The Evil Qi Luo Chen collected in his early years was mostly First-order and Second-order Earth Fire Evil Qi, which was not of high quality.

Even after integrating Third Order Earth Fire Evil Qi, it was still the most commonly seen standard Evil Qi.

Luo Chen had also expended great effort to have the Luo Tian Sect collect rarer Evil Qi, but what they gathered was very little. They brought him back only a substantial amount of Third Order Earth Fire Evil Qi, enriching this technique.

These were the awkward reasons.

However!

These issues have gradually been resolved over time.

Firstly, the problem of the human body not being able to release Fierce Fire Miasma was solved after he finished refining his lifebound Magic Treasure, the Primordial Chaos Tripod. With the tripod nurturing the Fierce Fire Miasma, his body gradually became able to withstand the shock of Evil Qi within the miasma.

Secondly, there was the issue with High-Order Evil Qi.

On this front, he acquired a gourd of ’Prosperity and Decline True Evil Qi’ from the Flame Alliance, which was every bit as rare as the Yan Yang True Evil Qi.

And it was of the same origin as his Original Source True Fire - Cycle Of Life and Death Fire!

With this, his adaptation and manipulation of Fierce Fire Miasma leaped to a new level.

Lastly, he had now transitioned to cultivating the ’Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra.’

The domineering and pure Fire Attribute Spirit Power allowed him to be like a fish in water within the Fierce Fire Miasma.

In fact, the Fierce Fire Miasma could now be considered one of Luo Chen’s signature techniques.

Using this against Yan Nantian’s Soul-Refining Flag should not pose much of a problem.

As for whether attacking Yan Nantian unprovoked—someone who has neither grudge nor offense against him, nor any interactions—is an act of injustice?

Luo Chen bore no moral burden in this regard.

Dao Cultivation has always been this way!

When Calamity Cultivators blocked his path and killed him, there was no enmity.

When Mi Shuhua forcefully recruited him into the Broken Mountain Gang, could Luo Chen have uttered a word of ’no’?

It was precisely through these gradual influences that Luo Chen had become accustomed to such ways.

People do not offend me, I do not offend people?

Such outdated thinking!

Back when he attacked Xiao Huan Mountain, Duan Qiankun had not actually made a move against him.

When he first arrived at Tian Lan Immortal City, to promote his Jade Marrow Pills, he used all kinds of means to push other elixir powers to extreme distress.

Were the Rolling Dragon Ridge Zheng Family, the Dan Yuan Sect, and the Qin Flower River Li Family offended by Luo Chen beforehand?

Business matters are the bloodless killers.

Reduced income from elixirs meant fewer Spirit Stones, fewer cultivation resources, and slower cultivation progress—that was the true grudge blocking the path.

Hence, there were events like the Qin Flower River Li Family being forced into a strategic marriage alliance and Dan Yuan Sect’s flip-flopping.

Luo Chen’s approach had been established long ago.

Inadvertently, it leaned toward the jungle law upheld by the likes of the Yuan Mo Sect, the survival of the fittest.

Perhaps this was why Cheng Haichang and Cheng Dou subconsciously saw him as one of the remains of the Yuan Mo Sect when they first met Luo Chen!

Their temperaments were indeed somewhat similar.

Maybe some wonder why, with such a style, Luo Chen’s reputation is still fairly good?

One cannot omit mentioning the only kindness Luo Chen shows, which is to those on his side!

Gentle on the inside and fierce on the outside, he does not bully ordinary Cultivators who pose no threat.

Such an approach is, in actuality, quite rare in today’s Immortal Cultivation World.

It is just that this time, Luo Chen’s actions are more brazen and blatant!

He is not a good person, and Yan Nantian is not benevolent either—it just so happens that Cheng Dou is there to make introductions, a timely opportunity.

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Half a month later.

On Yao Yue Island.

The Black Fog enshrouded, gone were the days of tranquil moonlit reflections on the lake, which once formed a scenic trinity.

The island wasn’t vast; including the freshwater lake, it was merely ten miles in circumference.

It was precisely because of its modest size that it underscored its status as the essence of the 36 Flying Swallow Islands.

Among the 36 islands, most contained only First-order or Second-order Spirit Veins.

Only Yao Yue, this tiny island, boasted a minor Third Order Spirit Vein!

Years ago, while the island fell under the control of a clan with three Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators, in reality, that Third Order Spirit Vein was shared among all 36 Flying Swallow Islands.

Any family Cultivator reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage Finalization could, by agreement, utilize the Third Order Spirit Vein to attempt Core Formation, to strive for the Golden Core Period.

Yet, this privilege had ceased in all but name a hundred years ago.

Ever since Nan Tian Upper Master Yan Nantian monopolized Yao Yue Island, the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the 36 islands no longer had a peaceful and safe place for Core Formation.

Core Formation?

If you were going to form a core, then where would that leave Nan Tian Upper Master?”