Longevity begins with alchemy master

The usually quiet training room was now filled with sounds.

Like a surging river, like muffled thunder, or like the snoring of a giant beast.

A robust, naked figure sat cross-legged in the center of the cultivation room, his body radiating a brilliant red light.

Luo Chen closed his eyes tightly, using his overwhelming willpower to suppress the formation of the last condensed internal energy within his body.

Under his control, this wisp of elixir energy was eventually condensed into a seed the size of a longan.

Elixir Seed!

Don't underestimate this small thing; the energy and blood it contains are immense.

An ordinary Blood River Realm martial artist only needs one of these to attempt to break through to the Furnace Realm.

If someone could look through Luo Chen's physical body, they would find that there are a terrifying 108 pill seeds inside him!

Each seed remained quietly in its place.

Using thirty-six pill seeds as one cycle, Luo Chen constructed a total of three major cycles!
The surging power of blood and qi was already difficult to suppress the moment the last seed of the elixir took shape.

exactly!

Luo Chen was no longer going to suppress himself.

With his physical foundation, switching to martial arts and cultivating to the Furnace Realm would be an easy task.

The reason it took so long was simply because Luo Chen wanted to achieve a perfect advancement.

Now that 108 pill seeds have taken shape, a breakthrough will be a natural outcome.

The next moment, Luo Chen had a thought.

All the elixir seeds within his body began to rotate in an extremely violent manner, yet within this violent simplicity lay a mysterious and profound charm.

The greatest truths are the simplest; nothing could be simpler.

As the pill seed roared, blood clouds filled the air, forming what appeared to be a nebula within Luo Chen's body.

The nebula was vast, and the many pill seeds, like tiny stars, moved spontaneously and eventually slowly converged.

This process felt incredibly slow to Luo Chen, almost like an eternity.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Suddenly!
A muffled sound came from within the nebula.

Boom!
It resembles the beginning of creation, or the explosion of stars, but ultimately gives one the feeling of a giant's heart pounding as he created the world.

The concentrated internal energy exploded with a roar, and the boundless blood and qi were condensed to the extreme, forming unparalleled qi.

As the qi flowed, it transformed into a nearly tangible furnace.

Heaven and earth are the great furnace, and creation is the craftsman.

Yin and Yang serve as fuel, and all things are made of copper.

The human body is the same as the immortal body, so the human body can also be a great furnace to refine all things in heaven and earth and achieve the realm of human immortals!

This slowly rotating furnace of vital energy is the foundation of the Great Dao, capable of refining everything.

A powerful suction force, centered on Luo Chen's body, stretched wildly outwards.

Unfortunately, they ultimately found nothing, and the Qi and Blood Furnace gradually stopped spinning.

"It's because this place lacks spiritual energy!"

For some reason, Luo Chen suddenly understood something.

The orthodox path of body refinement, once the body is transformed into a furnace, can automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and carry out the reverse process of refining essence into qi in the cultivation of immortality.

That is, refining Qi into essence!

To refine the most primal and omnipresent spiritual energy of a world into one's own essence.

The more abundant the spiritual energy in the world, the higher the efficiency of this refining process.

In places like the Mountain and Sea Realm, spiritual energy is abundant, which is why Wang Yuan only needed a little over two hundred years of cultivation to reach the fourth stage of body refinement and cultivate the flawless golden body.

Judging from this cultivation speed, Wang Yuan's achievements are actually no less than Luo Chen's Nascent Soul stage at two hundred years old.

But now, Luo Chen is in the Great Destruction Realm, and his situation is completely different.

This place is a place devoid of spirits!
The spiritual energy contained in the void is almost non-existent, so how could he refine the origin of heaven and earth with his physical body?
"No wonder the lifespan of cultivators in the Furnace Realm of this world is only two or three hundred years, far less than the five hundred years that Wang Yuan, who is comparable to a Golden Core cultivator, has. It must be due to the lack of spirit in this world."

Luo Chen thought to himself.

Suddenly!
Just as Luo Chen transformed into a furnace, a faint tremor emanated from the previously sealed Purple Mansion.

It's as if we're echoing each other!

Luo Chen suddenly opened his eyes, his face showing astonishment.

"The Primordial Cauldron?!"

If his perception was correct, the tremor that had just resonated with him was none other than the Hunyuan Cauldron, his natal magic treasure that had been with him for hundreds of years!

This response even penetrated the closed nature of the Purple Palace.

As if by instinct, no amount of suppression can sever this resonance.

Luo Chen suppressed his shock and confusion, and pondered the reasons carefully.

half an hour.

Luo Chen made a hypothetical assumption without much certainty.

His natal magic weapon, the Hunyuan Cauldron, was already profound in its essence, and many precious materials were subsequently added and refined into it. In particular, when he left the Mountain and Sea Realm, he devoted a great deal of effort to refining three fifth-order spiritual mountains into it.

Logically speaking, such a treasure should have been upgraded to the level of a spiritual treasure long ago.

Even when Luo Chen ascended to immortality, the Hunyuan Cauldron was still a true artifact and had not developed its own sentience.

At this moment, the Hunyuan Cauldron is remotely responding to the Qi and Blood Furnace through the sealed Purple Mansion. Does this mean that the Qi and Blood Furnace can promote the advancement of the Hunyuan Cauldron?
So, that's why the natal magic weapon responds proactively?
After much contemplation, Luo Chen still couldn't find the answer.

Now, his divine sense is sealed, his Purple Mansion is petrified, and there is no spiritual energy in his body. In particular, his primordial spirit, which he had painstakingly cultivated, was shattered by the demonic phoenix. He has no way to open the sealed Purple Mansion, let alone take out the Hunyuan Cauldron.

To truly verify this hypothesis, one must at least wait until one's divine sense is restored and one has refined some magical power before one can retrieve the Hunyuan Cauldron.

However, Luo Chen was not discouraged.

Because that day, in Luo Chen's view, is not far away!

The Furnace Realm is already considered a high level of mastery in martial arts cultivation. Combined with his physical body, which is comparable to the Great Wilderness Realm, his subsequent cultivation will only accelerate. Once he has cultivated the Flawless Golden Body, Luo Chen can try using the method he had previously conceived to break the seal on his divine sense imposed by the demonic phoenix.

Yes, Luo Chen's Great Wilderness Body remains unchanged.

This was his only solace after falling into the Great Destruction Realm.

It was somewhat fragile at first, but after gradually recovering, it was able to exert some strength for a short period of time.

That's why he was able to defeat the Ironclad Pagoda in one move on the martial arts arena.

That move, seemingly using the Overlord's Armor Removal technique from "The Seven Scattered Hands of the Demon Lord," was actually the power and speed of this physical body's essence.

With the purest force and speed, it crushed the Iron Pagoda.

Next, all you need to do is follow the orthodox methods of body refinement and quickly climb to a higher realm.

In silence, Luo Chen opened the long-sealed panel.

The panel, resembling a water curtain, slowly unfolded before Luo Chen's eyes. Looking at the numerous dim, grayish-white entries on it, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

【Shouyuan: 600/2000】

[Spiritual roots: gold, wood, water, fire, earth]

[Physique: Fire Spirit Body (Hidden Five Elemental Body), True Spirit Body (Incomplete)]

[Realm: 1/100 of the fifth level of the Ancient Realm, 1/100 of the Furnace Realm]

[Rule: The flourishing and withering of wood 35/100, the origin of water, fire, and earth 1/100]

[Cultivation Technique: Divine Qi Battle Aura Perfect 460/500]

[Spell: Cannot be used]

[Soul Techniques: Unusable] [Physical Techniques: Three Heads and Six Arms (Divine Power), Demon Lord's Seven Scattered Hands, Wind, Moon, Thunder, and Clouds on the Immortal Path, Three Finger Annihilation of Immortals (Blood God Calamity Finger, Immortal Return to Penglai, Blood Transformation Demon Finger)]

[Achievement Points: 170]

At first glance, Luo Chen's attention was still drawn to lifespan.

He is now 600 years old!

If you calculate carefully, he ascended to heaven at the age of 570, which is about 30 years ago now.

I have almost no memory of the past thirty years, except for the most recent one.

In other words, those were the thirty years he spent drifting in a coma in the universe.

All of this is thanks to that demonic phoenix!
Thinking of this, even Luo Chen, whose Dao heart was as clear as a mirror, couldn't help but feel blocked up and filled with hatred!

He hated not only the humiliation the demonic phoenix had caused him, but also the loss of three thousand years of his lifespan!

Yes, three thousand years!

At this moment, Luo Chen's lifespan limit is two thousand years.

But Luo Chen still remembered that when he ascended, his lifespan limit had exceeded that of any Nascent Soul cultivator, reaching an unprecedented five thousand years.

This was because at that time, he not only possessed the Nascent Soul realm, but his physical body had also broken through to the fifth level of the Ancient Realm by consuming the Demon Heart Fruit, achieving the True Spirit Body and gaining an additional 2,500 years of lifespan.

The combination of these two factors results in a lifespan of five thousand years, comparable to that of the legendary True Lord of Refining Emptiness.

However, due to the influence of Qixia Yuanjun, Luo Chen's primordial spirit shattered, his immortal cultivation level plummeted, and he lost two thousand five hundred years of lifespan out of thin air. Furthermore, due to the injuries to his physical body, he permanently lost another five hundred years of lifespan.

In terms of lifespan, he is now only barely comparable to those who have just entered the Nascent Soul stage.

He will repay this grudge tenfold or a hundredfold as long as he can leave the Great Destruction Realm!

Otherwise, his mind wouldn't be clear!

Luo Chen exhaled a long breath, temporarily suppressing the resentment in his heart.

My gaze moved downwards, and my attention paused for a moment on the "Constitution" section.

"True Spirit Body... The ultimate goal of the Ancient Body Refining Technique is indeed the True Spirit!"

This was not the first time Luo Chen had expressed similar sentiments.

He had expressed this sentiment long ago, when he first consumed the Demon Heart Fruit and used it to advance to the fifth level of the Ancient Realm.

That was the first time the term "True Spirit Body" appeared in the "Physique" section.

According to the "Secret Records of the Mysterious Realm" given to him by Lord Youli, there are some powerful beings in the Mysterious Realm who are comparable to cultivators in the Mahayana stage.

They are neither human, nor demon, nor monster, yet they possess the laws and principles that only humans, demons, and monsters can comprehend through cultivation!

Such beings are called true spirits!
They are born of heaven and earth, favored by the world from the very beginning.

However, the Xuan Realm is extremely ancient, and such powerful beings are now extremely rare, so few people have heard of them.

Only a few powerful cultivators who enjoy research have deduced from ancient records that these true spirits are likely ancient wild beasts that have reached their peak of maturity.

Luo Chen initially didn't cultivate the path of Qi and blood; he focused solely on body refinement, accidentally stumbling upon the ancient path of body refinement. By the time he reached the fifth level of the ancient path, he was practically identical to the legendary Great Wilderness of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

However, the attribute listed on the panel is not "Wild Beast" but "True Spirit".

This shows that the research in the Xuan Realm was not false; the ultimate goal of the evolution of wild beasts is indeed the True Spirit.

Unfortunately, Luo Chen's true spirit body is no longer complete; it has become incomplete.

Luo Chen knew exactly where the flaws lay.

"I deliberately burned away my only true spirit blood source."

In silence, Luo Chen looked away.

Then, his gaze shifted faster than ever before when he browsed the attribute panel.

All because all the entries related to Qi Refining and Immortal Cultivation on the panel were hidden in a dim gray-white.

Whether it's the Nascent Soul realm one has reached, the Qi Refining techniques one cultivates, or spells, soul techniques, or even alchemy, weapon forging, talisman drawing, puppet making, and so on.

Even Luo Chen's two self-created divine abilities, "Withering and Flourishing Dao Finger" and "Starfire Burning the Realm," as well as the divine ability "Thousand Rivers Guiding" learned from the Tianshui Palace of the Mingyuan Sect, are still unusable.

It can be said that everything that requires magical power and divine sense to activate has been sealed away.

Only medical skills and formations, which do not require magical power or divine sense, still emit a faint light, but most of them are still dim.

The only thing that surprised Luo Chen was that the four laws of wood, fire, water, and earth that he had comprehended were still present in the law section.

It seems that these things did not disappear along with his decline in cultivation level.

Is one certificate valid forever?

Luo Chen murmured to himself, unable to understand.

All he knows now is that the entries still shining brightly on the panel are all related to martial arts cultivation.

The realm of martial arts - the early stage of the oven realm.

Cultivation Technique – Divine Qi of Battle.

And the physical martial arts skills he had either mastered or learned in the past year.

Such as the Seven Scattered Hands of the Demon Lord that he collected, the completed Wind, Moon, Thunder and Clouds Immortal Path, and even the three finger techniques created by Wang Yuan himself.

Even the martial arts technique of three heads and six arms learned from the Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli is showing signs of being usable.

Of course, Luo Chen knew that in his current state, he could only maintain the Three Heads and Six Arms technique for a maximum of half an incense stick's time and could not fight for a long time.

Otherwise, this physical body would likely suffer severe damage again.

After briefly browsing the attribute panel, Luo Chen had a complete understanding of his current situation.

Those who are interested in cultivating Qi and seeking immortality should completely abandon such thoughts, at least not within this Great Cataclysm Realm.

Although it shows that the ancient body refinement technique can be cultivated, Luo Chen would definitely not do so.

The ancient method of body refinement never requires talent or perseverance, nor does it require cultivation techniques or secret manuals; what it requires is endless resources!
Just think about how much demonic beast flesh and blood, elixirs and miraculous medicines, spiritual rice and wine he consumed in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and even how he used poisonous Gu to refine his body in extreme ways, and you'll know that it was a bottomless pit of a cultivation path.

At least for now, this Great Destruction Realm doesn't seem to have many external resources for Luo Chen to obtain.

Therefore, if Luo Chen wants to climb higher, there is only one path.

The orthodox method of body cultivation that follows the path of Qi and blood.

While such cultivation systems still require some external resources, they focus more on introspection and unlocking the limits of the physical body!
The human body is a treasure trove of infinite possibilities!

Luo Chen opened his palm.

A wisp of pure white energy slowly rose up.

Compared to the four types of energy from the Blood River Realm, the Bright and Dark Core Transformation, this wisp of pure white energy is countless times stronger.

This is powerful energy!

An energy comparable to the magical power of a Golden Core cultivator.

If that were all, it wouldn't be worth Luo Chen placing high hopes on.

What truly concerned Luo Chen was the possibility that this kind of qi could evolve.

"Wang Yuan's book, 'Divine Qi,' records how to evolve one's own Qi to an extremely high level and cultivate Divine Qi, which is capable of directly confronting magical treasures and artifacts."

"Thirty-six strands of divine wind, thirty-six strands of earthly evil!"

“I never paid attention to it before, but now it seems that it has already formed the prototype of martial arts supernatural power. It is similar to my cultivation of the Thousand Sky Myriad Transformations Sword Scripture and the cultivation of the Crimson Sky Sword Qi in my chest.”

"I wonder if there are so many Divine Wind and Earthly Fiends within this Great Cataclysm?"

Luo Chen's eyes flashed, and he calmly got up from the cultivation room.

It seems.

I have to make a trip to the city lord's mansion.

I wonder if Xiao Feng still welcomes him? (End of Chapter)