Longevity begins with alchemy master

The second ring.

A figure slowly emerged, and the surrounding chaotic energy surged in like a tide.

The figure in white remained silent for a long time, as if adapting to the environment.

After a long while, he finally took a step.

The Ring of Destruction is divided into three training areas: upper, middle, and lower. However, even among the upper three rings, the pressure of the second and third rings is vastly different.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to stay in the second ring for a long time without reaching the Destruction Realm.

Therefore, over the years, only the Lord of the Worry-Free Realm has been cultivating alone in the second ring.

There's only one cultivation stone here!

Luo Chen had made preparations before coming up, and with his true spirit body, which now far surpasses the Great Vajra Physique, he should be able to withstand the external pressure.

In particular, the martial arts realm of the late stage of the Human Immortal Realm is extraordinary.

On the surface, Luo Chen is at the late stage of the Human Immortal Realm.

But in reality, his acupoints contain 720 martial arts deities, each of whom is comparable to an ordinary martial arts immortal.

With 720 powerful figures stacked together, he felt no fear even towards those at the Destruction Realm.

As he expected, he adapted to the pressure in just a short time.

"With such a dense concentration of chaotic energy, it must contain even more fragments of laws."

"If one can cultivate here for a long time, perhaps the Hunyuan Cauldron can gather more power of the origin of laws."

"But time..."

Luo Chen sighed and quickened his pace.

Finally, he arrived at a cultivation stone.

Unlike the vast, island-like cultivation stones of the third ring, this unique cultivation stone in the second ring is quite small, only large enough for one person to live in alone.

But only this one piece could withstand the erosion of chaotic energy for millions of years without being destroyed.

Luo Chen was also curious about what these cultivation stones were made of.

However, the classical texts he studied did not contain any relevant records.

Even the Lord of the Worry-Free Realm didn't know, only making a rough deduction that it might be some kind of chaotic product.

After the incident with the Hunyuan Cauldron, Luo Chen is now increasingly sensitive to products of chaos.

If it can withstand the erosion of chaotic energy, is it also qualified to become a Dao artifact embryo?
Others might be helpless against this thing, but Luo Chen is different.

The Hunyuan Cauldron can even refine chaotic energy, so it should also have the opportunity to refine these cultivation stones.

If he has the opportunity to leave Guixu in the future, Luo Chen plans to take one or two pieces with him and study them carefully after he leaves.

But for now...

Luo Chen stood on the cultivation stone, raised his head, and looked up at the sky.

Within that boundless, storm-like chaotic energy, a gigantic eye could be vaguely seen looking down.

As they locked eyes, Luo Chen felt as if his gaze, his will, and even his hidden divine sense were about to be swallowed up.

"This is the Gate of Destruction!"

Under Luo Chen's full gaze, with his crimson eyes and golden pupils fully activated, he was shocked to discover that it was not shaped like a gate at all.

It was an incredibly terrifying spatial vortex!

It is neither a fissure nor a single spatial node, but rather a product of countless spatial fissures and spatial nodes.

If it were constant, that would be fine!

However, the space inside is riddled with rifts, one after another, crisscrossing each other.

Those individual spatial nodes were also extremely unstable; in the short time Luo Chen observed them, countless ones collapsed and perished.

Each node collapse creates a complex spatial storm.

Then the space storm will generate even more space rifts.

Ultimately, this created a spatial vortex whose origins were completely unfathomable!
Chaotic energy is released under these circumstances.

Gradually, Luo Chen seemed to become engrossed in it.

three days later.

He shuddered and awoke in a daze.

His face, which had remained unshaken even if a mountain collapsed before him, was filled with horror and bitterness.

"With such a spatial vortex, even Qing Shuang, who is skilled in spatial laws, would find it difficult to maintain her composure and would eventually be swept into it and annihilated!"

He sighed.

Luo Chen turned and left.

He understood why the Lord of the Worry-Free Realm had guarded the Gate of Destruction for three thousand years, but ultimately gave up.

Unless one possesses absolute power, no one would dare attempt to pass through this spatial vortex unless absolutely necessary.

Even so, this is still the spatial vortex that the Lord of Worry-Free Realm described as being in a "dormant" state.

If it were to erupt, the danger would likely increase a thousandfold.

Moreover, there is something even more dangerous and complex hidden within, which instills a deep-seated fear in one's inner self.

Luo Chen knew that this was his last resort, and he would not leave unless he had no better option.

After exiting the second ring, Luo Chen did not stop.

Without saying hello to anyone, I descended all the way back to the starting point—the Ninth Ring Road.

When no one was watching, he took out a golden page from his storage ring.

This is the Golden Erosion Formation Diagram!

The text above is a unique type of gold-etched script found only in the Immortal Realm. After three years of instruction from the Lord of Worry-Free Realm, Luo Chen was able to roughly recognize the important parts of it.

But it is not important.

The important thing is that the Golden Erosion Array Diagram can control the Nine-Layer Immortal Tower!

He unleashed a Blood Refining Divine Qi, and the Golden Erosion Array Diagram emitted a rich golden light, enveloping Luo Chen's entire body.

With a flash, Luo Chen's figure disappeared from the ninth ring.

When they reappeared, they had already arrived at the central array of the Nine-Layered Immortal Tower.

Looking at the dilapidated arrays that were still in operation, Luo Chen fell into deep thought.

After a long pause, a decision was finally made.

He made a hand seal, and with a thought, a martial arts deity flew out of his body and landed on the ground.

As they locked eyes, the martial arts deity gradually gained sentience.

Luo Chen activated a dormant wisp of soul within it!
"You will stand guard here for me for two hundred years!"

Upon hearing this, the martial arts deity calmly nodded, then took the Golden Erosion Array Diagram from Luo Chen's hand and sat down cross-legged in front of the array's central hub.

Luo Chen then turned and left.

Does it have its own split soul?

A clone?

No, it would be more appropriate to call it distraction.

With a wielder holding the Golden Erosion Array Diagram stationed here, there shouldn't be any major problems for the next one or two hundred years, and the Nine Rings of Destruction can also operate normally.

As for two hundred years from now?

At that point, none of this will concern him anymore.

……

Another century has passed.

The Nine-Layered Immortal Tower reopened, and many martial artists emerged.

The same goes for Luo Chen.

Of the three remaining martial arts immortals at the Great Destruction Realm, Gu Xun chose to make a final push, while Fang Qingxue had to come out due to some mundane matters.

The so-called "mundane matters" are not complicated at all.

Chaos gradually emerged in 72 cities over the past century!
They fought each other relentlessly, resulting in countless deaths.

Ultimately, the reason is that some martial artists did not return when the Nine Heavens Immortal Tower closed last time.

Luo Chen didn't intervene at the time, which led to these martial artists acting arrogantly and domineeringly.

Fang Qingxue came out to eliminate the villains and set things right as quickly as possible.

After all, the Fang family are the true masters of the Great Destruction Realm, and their ancestor Fang Wuyou is even called the "Realm Lord".

Luo Chen wasn't interested in any of that. After leaving, he went to Sanxiang City first.

Unexpectedly, he did not see any old friends here.

Of course, there was no news of his passing.

Luo Chen quickly guessed where she had gone.

……

Half-Moon Village.

In the cold, quiet night, a figure walked alone along the mountain path.

Compared to the abandoned mountain village I visited last time, Moon Village now has more than a dozen more households.

Most importantly, the light was still on in the little house where Luo Chen and Jing Lan used to live. Before anyone knew it, Luo Chen was already standing outside the door.

But he didn't knock on the door directly; instead, he hesitated.

The return date for this long journey is uncertain.

Seeing old friends again would only add to the trouble.

But this woman, whom he met through a misunderstanding, was someone he had some connection with in Guixu, and there had to be an ending for her.

Most importantly, there was a verbal agreement made when they parted ways back then.

That's it!

Since we're already here!

Luo Chen raised his hand.

At that moment, the people inside seemed to sense something and opened the door.

Upon seeing the man raise his hand to knock, the elderly woman instinctively froze.

"you……"

"You really are here."

The astonishment in Xiangfei's eyes turned into joy, and her wrinkled hands grabbed the hem of Luo Chen's robe.

"It's really you!"

Luo Chen smiled. "Aren't you going to invite me in for a seat?"

Xiangfei's nose tingled slightly. "This has always been your home, so why ask for anything? Welcome home!"

Family?
Do I have a home in Guixu?

Luo Chen walked in with a sigh.

Under the dim lights, a wisp of tea fragrance, which had been waiting for two hundred years, rose up.

That night, Luo Chen and Xiang Fei talked for a long time.

He learned why the abandoned Moon Village had become lively again: the dozen or so families had moved back from the Lost Immortal City to escape the war.

The City of Lost Immortals had long since fallen, and the one who made the move was a seventh-ring martial artist who had previously cultivated in the Ninth Ring of Destruction.

Faced with such a being, Xiangfei was powerless to protect her.

He didn't return to Sanxiang City, but eventually chose to settle down in Moon Village.

The reason for making this decision is not complicated: she is getting old.

He was severely injured when he first returned. Even though Luo Chen later healed him, he was already greatly weakened and naturally wouldn't live to see the end of his eight-hundred-year lifespan.

After daybreak.

At dawn, in front of Jinglan's tomb.

As Xiangfei watched Luo Chen light an incense stick, her vision blurred.

Are you leaving again?

“Yes.” Luo Chen did not turn around and said frankly, “I will travel through the Ruins of Return to find a way to leave.”

Xiangfei sighed, "That's true. You're not from here, so naturally you want to leave."

Luo Chen turned around and looked at the melancholy old woman with a complicated expression.

In the end, all that remained was the word "Take care".

His footsteps never stopped when he was in the Shan Hai Jie area.

Now that we're in Guixu, we certainly won't stop.

To pause for a moment for an old friend is already an act of remembrance.

On the lush green mountain, an old woman stood guard over the tombstone, watching the receding figure in mid-air, her vision gradually blurring.

……

Guixu is not large, but its environment is intricate and complex.

Even though the Great Destruction Realm is filled with seventy-two cities, many of them are still dangerous places.

Once outside the Great Cataclysm, the situation outside was even worse.

"Poor mountains and bad waters" are just the most superficial descriptions; the real reality is barren lands stretching for miles, utterly uninhabited.

Luo Chen recalled the map guidance Gu Xun had given him and headed west.

Because he was wary of the Soul-Shattering Thunder Sound, he didn't fly very high or very fast.

The direction, however, remains firm.

Our first destination is the Sky Tower Forest!
Not only is it on the way, but more importantly, it is said to be close to the heavens, surrounded by thunder all year round.

Luo Chen wanted to know how humans could survive in such a dangerous environment.

Six months later.

Luo Chen's figure appeared in a valley.

He raised his head and looked into the distance.

Towering structures rise one after another, like stone pillars piercing the sky.

At the highest point of the sky, dark clouds covered the sky, and flashes of lightning occasionally streaked across the sky.

Occasionally, thunder would strike, but it seemed to be drawn in and pulled into the towering buildings.

A flash of white light appeared, and then it disappeared.

"Interesting design!"

"What's even more interesting is that the martial artists here actually dare to use lightning to temper their bodies!"

Luo Chen released his protective aura, and the accompanying divine sense allowed him to observe everything within his sight with exquisite detail.

However, this is limited to the vicinity of the ground.

Once he reached a high place, he dared not observe further.

That place is where the Soul-Shattering Thunder Sound is most concentrated. Even though he has split his soul into hundreds of pieces, the foundation of his main soul is still enormous.

If you accidentally attract the Soul-Shattering Thunder Sound, the consequences will be dire!

Just as Luo Chen was observing, a thought suddenly struck him.

"An interesting person!"

A powerful and masculine divine intent had already sensed Luo Chen's spying and met it head-on without any hesitation.

Who is spying here?

A sound like thunder roared out and echoed across the fields.

next moment.

At the tallest tower in the Sky Tower Forest, lightning gathered, and a figure gradually emerged.

Even though they were thousands of miles apart, the other person's bright eyes immediately locked onto Luo Chen.

"It seems it wasn't just my imagination."

Luo Chen was startled.

The martial arts divine intent is attached to the qi, and is not as subtle as the divine sense of a cultivator. Those with profound foundations can make it undetectable to those who are not as good as them.

But that's only if the difference in their skill levels isn't too great.

Luo Chen's martial arts divine intent is characterized by selflessness. He had tried his best to conceal it just now, but he didn't expect it to still be discovered.

In other words, the opponent's realm was not only comparable to his, but their spiritual power was also almost the same.

Is it because he has been cultivating under the Soul-Shattering Thunder Sound for many years?

As Luo Chen guessed, he slowly revealed his form, his tone gentle:

"Fellow Daoist..."

Thousands of miles away, the figure amidst the lightning, resembling a god of thunder, fixed his gaze on Luo Chen.

Before Luo Chen could finish speaking, he immediately shouted angrily.

"Bah!"

A furious roar, as powerful as thunder.

The next moment, the God of Thunder spread his wings of lightning and shot towards us like an arrow released from a bow.

Not only was his body shaped like an arrow, but he also held a bow and arrow, and a long arrow made of condensed qi flew out in a zigzag pattern, heading straight for Luo Chen.

Faced with the approach of attacking without asking any questions, Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, but did not panic.

He simply extended his right hand and pointed with his finger.

Like a master flower plucker, he tapped three times in quick succession.

puff!
puff!
puff!
After three strikes, the lightning arrows lost their momentum and slowly disappeared.

But the person had already arrived before them!
His hair and beard stood on end, his eyes were wide open in anger, and his face was red with a hint of blue, making him look both ferocious and imposing.

Faced with Luo Chen's three-finger strike that broke through his accumulated power, he was first startled, then even more furious.

A palm strike came crashing down!
The terrifying aura spread across the land, accompanied by flashes of lightning, a truly awe-inspiring sight.

Even the fragment of Luo Chen's soul hidden in his acupoints felt a sense of dread when faced with such an attack.

Luo Chen took a deep breath, his expression cold and stern.

If you want war, then let's fight!
Luo Chen wasn't exactly known for his good temper either! (End of Chapter)