Longevity begins with alchemy master

A sea of ​​stars, where starlight boils.

One by one, stars fell from the heavens.

Like a torrential downpour, it captivated the mind and spirit.

Luo Chen opened his crimson eyes and golden pupils. His eyes, which had been sitting for sixty years, showed no signs of fatigue, but were full of sharp light.

With piercing eyes, it watched the first star to fall, plummeting from the sky at an unimaginable speed, its friction with the atmosphere creating long tails behind it.

He had seen such sights before.

When he traveled through the wild and desolate world of mountains and seas in the past, he witnessed a meteor falling. This inspired him to combine the power of the fire source law and create a divine power of his own - Starfire Burning the World!
At that time, his focus was on Spark.

At this moment, Luo Chen's entire mind and spirit were focused on that star itself.

As it continued to fall, the massive celestial body was rapidly disintegrating.

This scene is very much like the process of a martial artist going from glory to decline.

No matter how strong a martial artist is, like the sun and stars that have hung high in the sky for millions of years, they will eventually fall.

Luo Chen thought about it more deeply.

In the "Demon Image Technique," one abandons the physical body and transforms into a boundless sea of ​​blood. As long as the sea of ​​blood exists, the physical body will not perish.

The Pure Land Bodhi Method states that the physical body will eventually come to an end, but only the bones can endure forever. Therefore, one should cultivate the bones alone and rely on the power of incense and fire to achieve eternal life.

Fang Qingxue relayed the words of the Lord of Wuyou Realm: Martial arts is a sea of ​​suffering, and martial artists navigate it. The physical body is the boat, divine will is the oar, and inexhaustible energy is the seawater. All three are indispensable; therefore, one must first cultivate the physical body, then absorb qi to transform it into qi, thus establishing a foundation. Finally, one must comprehend one's own divine will, using it as the oar to cross the sea of ​​suffering in martial arts. However, the sea of ​​suffering is boundless; relying on only one power will never lead to the other shore. Therefore, one must strive for the unity of all three, only then can one be like a fish in water, crossing the sea of ​​suffering!

As I pondered, a deafening roar shattered the universe.

boom!
The stars have fallen to earth!
An extremely terrifying and unimaginable power suddenly erupted from thousands of miles away.

Like a monstrous wave, it swept outwards in all directions from the place where the stars fell.

The Myriad Star Sect is already prepared.

Suddenly, a huge white stone sundial emerged from the depths of the sect's forbidden area with a rumble.

The leader of the Star Sect led the core forces of the sect to sit cross-legged under the sundial, each releasing their innate qi and exerting all their strength to drive the sundial.

A dazzling starlight curtain unfolded, encompassing an area of ​​hundreds of miles around.

Fortunately, tonight is the grand ceremony of the Myriad Star Sect, and all the disciples of the sect have gathered here. This light barrier is enough to protect all the disciples.

As for the martial artists and common people in other parts of the Sea of ​​Stars, they can only pray for their own good fortune.

After blocking the first wave of impact, the Star Sect Master breathed a sigh of relief, and then subconsciously looked at the Ziwei Enclosure, one of the Three Enclosures.

He was stunned at first glance.

That senior didn't take any precautions and simply placed his physical body in the immense impact of the star's destruction.

What does he want to do?

A loud shout suddenly rang out.

"Luo Chen, what are you doing?"

It's the Yuan Dynasty Qinghai-Tibet Plateau!

At this moment, his body was engulfed in blazing lightning, transforming into a ball of lightning that protected him, making him as stable as a rock under the immense impact.

Despite his companion's reminder, Luo Chen seemed oblivious, continuing to gaze at the sky.

The immense power still struck, tearing his white robes to shreds.

There was originally a layer of blood-stained cloth covering his body, but the blood-stained cloth was instantly removed, revealing his true spiritual body that had been tempered and refined over thousands of times.

Standing within the star storm, Luo Chen's eyes shone even brighter.

"here we go again!"

Tonight, more than one star has fallen!
Perhaps it was because the era was nearing its end that strange phenomena were frequently occurring in the Ruins of Return.

Upon landing in the sea of ​​stars, it became even more violent.

Those scattered stars, absorbed into the Void at some unknown time, finally met their end in annihilation tonight.

This time, there are three!
A simple, insignificant number, yet it brought destruction to this land!

Luo Chen sat cross-legged on the Purple Star Enclosure, still being impacted by the air waves, but relying on the starlight, the boundless and vast power frantically pounded against this reef of his.

A feeling of almost tearing flesh welled up within me.

Ignoring the pain, Luo Chen's mind raced with thoughts, his blood and qi surged like boiling oil, and the 720 martial arts spirits hidden in his acupoints seemed to come alive.

On the attribute panel, the remaining hundred or so achievement points from the previous sixty years began to be consumed rapidly.

The cultivation technique, named "Gods and Demons Without Form," was being developed at an unimaginable speed.

That's the feeling!

The immense external pressure spurred the unification of the physical body, inner energy, and divine will.

step!
One more step!
Just one more step!
He was able to unify the three elements, forming a whole that resembled "chaos"!

"It's not enough!"

Luo Chen suddenly looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with madness.

The external pressure is not enough.

His feelings were still not enough!

With a thought, Luo Chen let out a soft shout.

"now!"

The next moment, to Yuan Qingzang's astonishment from afar, a towering giant rose from the ground and stood atop the Ziwei Enclosure.

The giant was a thousand feet tall, and its end could not be seen at a glance.

His legs were like pillars of heaven, and his six arms were like those of a demon god.

The exposed skin was bronze in color, yet subtly tinged with gold, giving it a solemn and dignified feel.

His skin was covered with patterns that resembled the grain of ancient wood or the scales of a demon.

"Roar……"

With a roar, the giant's pale golden body shimmered with light.

Those are acupoints!

Within each spot of light, there was a "Luo Chen" sitting cross-legged.

At this moment, a total of seven hundred and twenty Luo Chens opened their eyes simultaneously.

In an instant, seven hundred and twenty martial arts divine intents surged forth simultaneously, accompanied by boundless and violent blood-refining divine energy erupting forth, transforming into a massive blood cloud that enveloped the heavens and the earth.

Yuan Qingzang stared blankly at the scene, muttering to himself.

Is this his prime?

Whether it was the battle with him back then, or the direct confrontation with the Corpse Immortal's finger, it was all just the tip of the iceberg of Luo Chen's strength.

Only now did Yuan Qingzang understand what it meant to be outmatched by others and to be in a world beyond our understanding.

Is Luo Chen displaying his full strength now because he intends to defy the heavens with sheer force?
The fall of three stars could not shake Luo Chen in the slightest.

What followed was a continuous shower of falling stars!

Hundreds and thousands of stars crashed down on the earth, causing mountains to collapse and rivers to stop flowing.

An endless storm swept around, and the entire world seemed unable to withstand it, tearing open spatial rifts.

The disciples of the Myriad Star Sect were filled with despair upon witnessing this scene.

The sundial, whose origins were unknown, now had its hands trembling and starlight flickering wildly, giving it a precarious appearance.

The Star Sect Master was dumbfounded, yet powerless to resist.

All he could see was that towering giant, bearing the brunt of the impact.

He could not stand idly by and watch the Myriad Star Sect perish here, so he mustered his remaining strength and roared to the sky.

"Senior, help me!"

The words were met with silence, as if plunged into a vast ocean.

The current leader of the Star Sect looked utterly desperate.

Is this the end of the Star Sect legacy that his elders entrusted to him?
Right at this moment!

The giant opened its mouth and spat out a small gray cauldron, which then grew to about a hundred feet in length and hovered above the sundial.

As soon as the gray cauldron appeared, beams of chaotic gray light descended, like thousands of silk ribbons. Wherever the ribbons passed, they seemed to freeze the earth, wind, water, and fire, and freeze time and space.

The world was instantly cleared.

The current leader of the Star Sect was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with joy.

"Everyone, lend me a hand and restart the rites of all things!"

"Here!"

The disciples of the Star Sect responded immediately, releasing all their power and channeling it into him.

The complex forces were too much for him to bear, and his face was contorted in pain.

But in the end, they still managed to sort out the sundial called the "Ceremony of All Things" little by little.

The sundial, which had been trembling violently, stabilized and began to emit beams of starlight, barely obscuring the disciples of the Myriad Manifestations Star Sect.

Yuan Qingzang shook his head inwardly as he watched this scene.

But he didn't say anything, only glanced curiously at the gray cauldron.

He sensed a familiar power from it, as if it were his own Chaos Thunder Pool.

Do not!
It's not just the Chaos Thunder Pool.

It seems there's still that power that Green Robe once controlled?

Is it the power of the Magnetic God?
At that moment, as the gray cauldron turned, it emitted an immense suction force, covering thousands of miles and transcending spatial distances, seemingly omnipresent.

As if drawn by the light, all the starlight was pulled in.

Even the remaining stars themselves disappeared into the belly of the cauldron, as if they had entered the mouth of a giant beast.

"This...this..."

Yuan Qingzang couldn't understand it at all.

He couldn't understand what Luo Chen was going to do, nor could he understand what that small cauldron was.

Everything that is happening now is beyond his comprehension.

Meanwhile, the scene of stars falling and the world ending continues all around.

Luo Chen was bathed in the light of the stars' destruction, and even his thousand-foot-tall body became blurred.

Faintly, the sound of Buddhist chants resonated in everyone's hearts, calming their restless souls.

Time flew by, and dawn broke in the blink of an eye.

The sunlight, far more glaring than before, poured down on the ravaged land.

The Star Sect disciples, who were already exhausted and collapsed, opened their eyes and breathed in the air, which, though murky, had become fresh and invigorating because of their survival.

The Star Sect Master subconsciously looked towards the Three Enclosures.

But the reliable figure at the Purple Palace was nowhere to be seen.

He was stunned for a moment, then instinctively flew over.

At this time, the Ziwei Enclosure had collapsed, leaving only a corner of a high platform amidst the ruins.

When he got closer, he noticed the white figure.

The Star Sect Master breathed a sigh of relief and immediately landed on the ruins, kneeling on one knee.

"On behalf of the entire Xingzong sect, this junior kowtows to express our gratitude to our senior for saving our lives."

Luo Chen slowly opened his eyes, his peaceful gaze devoid of any sharp glint, as if he had returned to his original, simple self.

He said calmly, "Don't worry about it. Consider it a way of repaying the kindness of lending me sixty years of cultivation in the Purple Star Enclosure!"

The Star Sect Master shook his head repeatedly, "If it were just me, it would be fine, but what you are protecting is the lives of tens of thousands of people in the entire sect, and even more so, the lineage of our sect."

Luo Chen smiled and held out his hand.

Before the bewildered gaze of the Star Sect Master, a five-colored stone full of sharp edges suddenly appeared.

"Star Crystal?"

"So you do recognize this!" Luo Chen weighed the five-colored stone in his hand and asked curiously, "Explain it to me!"

"Ok."

The master of the Star Sect nodded, and then began to explain the origin, function, and taboos of this item in detail.

The five-colored stone is called the Crystal of Stars.

It is a mythical object used to mend the sky.

In some cultivation texts, this item is recorded as an extremely rare rare natural treasure, on par with so-called earthly treasures like the Breath of Earth and the Weak Water!

It originated from the stars and is the core of a star.

However, such things do not usually appear. They only appear when stars fall, and only after a previously powerful star has fallen.

Such a thing is of great use to cultivators!

Even a small amount refined and incorporated into a magical artifact will possess earth-shattering power.

As for the underlying principle, no one knows it to this day.

For martial artists, this item is somewhat useless. It cannot be connected to blood and qi, nor can it be integrated with divine will. It is like a stubborn rock that cannot be used at all.

on the contrary!

If a martial artist stays by their side, they will be affected by the Star Crystal, and their originally active divine will will gradually become sluggish and dull, greatly affecting their cultivation.

Luo Chen listened and seemed to be deep in thought.

He harvested a lot of these five-colored stones last night, as many as seven or eight pieces.

Most of it was absorbed by the Hunyuan Cauldron.

The smallest piece in his hand was something he collected from the remnants of stars after dawn.

I tried it at first, and it was indeed as the Star Sect Master said. The martial arts divine intent became sluggish as soon as it got close, and it was not as active as before.

This shows that the other party did not lie to him.

Luo Chen thought for a moment and asked directly, "You know so much about this thing, you must have acquired quite a bit of it before, right?"

The Star Sect Master gave a wry smile, "To be honest, Senior, my Myriad Manifestations Star Sect was established here and has a history of nearly ten thousand years. We have encountered countless starfalls and naturally collected many star crystals. This time, Senior saved my entire sect, and your great kindness is beyond words. I should repay you with all my might, and I would not care about these external things. But unfortunately..."

He shook his head and said with guilt, "All the Star Crystals in the sect were taken away by the previous Star Sect Master."

"The previous generation... the Heavenly Mysterious Constellations?" Luo Chen realized.

The Star Sect Master nodded, showing no displeasure at Luo Chen addressing their sect's ancestor by his name.

In his view, Luo Chen, who was able to single-handedly resist the falling stars last night, was definitely no less powerful than the ancestor Tianxuan Liesu.

The so-called direct address is nothing more than addressing each other as peers.

He thought for a moment and said, "I wonder if there is anything else you wish for, senior? If the Star Sect possesses it, we will do our utmost to repay you."

Luo Chen waved his hand.

The truly good things have probably already been taken away, leaving only scraps and leftovers.

As far as the eye can see, the once vibrant sea of ​​stars has faded into a dim, boundless darkness.

Only the three great suns hung high in the sky, relentlessly scorching the earth.

The Myriad Manifestations Star Sect, which once possessed the grandeur of a celestial sect, was now in ruins, a picture of desolation.

"You can't stay in a place like this anymore, you should find somewhere else!"

Luo Chen said this as he stood up.

The Star Sect Master sighed, “The sect’s lineage is here, so how can we easily change our sect? Besides, last night all the stars fell, and the energy here is even greater than before. If we take good care of it, my Star Sect may well rise again in the future.”

"The future?"

Luo Chen carefully examined the emaciated and dilapidated Star Sect Master, said nothing more, and strode away.

"Senior, won't you stay a little longer?"

"No need, someone is waiting for me."

The Star Sect Master looked up and saw that Yuan Qingzang had been waiting for a long time in the distance.

He could only bow deeply.

"Danyang respectfully bids farewell to Senior!" (End of Chapter)