Longevity begins with alchemy master

Mysterious world!

The Mysterious Nether Continent.

Inside the Tianfeng Clan.

Inside a sacred mountain cave, a woman sat cross-legged.

A simple blue dress could not conceal her unparalleled beauty.

The surrounding spiritual energy circulated, and ripples frequently appeared in the void.

She sat there quietly, yet seemed not to be there at all, as if she would vanish into the void and disappear from this world at any moment.

As the cultivation technique circulated, the woman's aura gradually became stronger and stronger, and she could no longer suppress it.

The woman did not want to suppress it either.

next moment!
boom!
His aura surged forth, and his immense primordial spirit flew out from the top of his head, manifesting in the sky.

A surge of spiritual energy, like a tidal wave, came forth.

A magnificent phoenix-like phantom soared through the sky, frantically devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

As a result, the entire Tianfeng Clan was shaken.

One after another, figures flew out from the sacred mountains and rivers, looking towards that place with great anticipation.

These figures may have taken human form, but most are bird-like monsters.

Seeing this, everyone knew that the person was about to break through to a higher realm!
It's not just these low-level monsters.

Within the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, the only Great Ascension stage Heavenly Phoenix also set his sights on the place where the spiritual tide was surging.

"As expected of the child that Phoenix specially brought up from the lower realm, her talent is so outstanding. Despite majoring in the most difficult and powerful spatial laws and also cultivating body-refining methods, she has still managed to successfully condense a illusory form in five hundred years. Once she crosses this step, she will naturally enter the Void Refining stage. Her future achievements will be no less than those of Phoenix and Lieyu."

But the next moment.

Tianfeng was suddenly taken aback.

Wherever his divine sense reached, he saw the surging spiritual tide suddenly dissipate, and the phantom image of the phoenix soaring in the sky also collapsed abruptly.

Such a sudden change was truly unexpected!
In pursuit of faster cultivation, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan had long abandoned the most ancient path of true spirit and instead sought the human race's method of cultivating qi and immortality.

Therefore, the process of breaking through realms is no different from that of the human race.

Aside from the tribulations that must be faced during the Nascent Soul stage, the Integration stage, and the Mahayana ascension stage, normal breakthroughs to higher realms do not attract lightning tribulations.

More importantly, it's an internal change!
As long as you have a solid foundation, breakthroughs will come naturally.

The changes in celestial phenomena brought about by a breakthrough in realm are merely a gift from a particular world. This process often lasts for a period of time, allowing one to absorb external energy to stabilize their current realm.

Therefore, few people fail after successfully taking that first step.

This is completely unreasonable.

Could it be that the child hasn't yet adapted to the laws of the Xuan Realm?
But this shouldn't be happening!
Five hundred years have passed since she arrived in the Xuan Realm!

What needed to be transformed has been transformed, and what needed to be adapted has been adapted; such a mishap will never occur.

"Could it be that there's something wrong with her Dao heart, causing her illusory form to collapse?"

Unaware of the truth, the Heavenly Phoenix Ancestor spread his divine sense towards the cave.

"Qing Shuang, what happened? Why did you fail at the last minute?"

Inside the cave.

The woman in green was pale, and there was still a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth.

She wiped away the bloodstains and replied respectfully, "I'm sorry to have worried you, Ancestor. My cultivation is not yet sufficient, and I still need to hone it."

"Not enough cultivation level?"

Ancestor Tianfeng was half-believing and half-doubting.

However, she still comforted Qing Shuang, telling her to take good care of herself and prepare for her next breakthrough.

After the ancestor's divine sense departed, Qing Shuang fell silent.

She blinked, as if the scene from before was still fresh in her mind.

She saw it!

In a state of chaos.

A giant a thousand feet tall was instantly destroyed by the terrifying storm, without any power to resist.

The only thing connecting the two, the Shared Life and Death Gu, was also completely destroyed.

At that moment, even the faintest connection, which was already extremely weak, backfired on her, making it impossible for her to take a step that should have been easy.

"Luo Chen, are you really dead after all?"

The woman murmured something, and a hint of guilt appeared on her usually calm, icy face.

That man is a true genius!
Not only is she exceptionally talented, but her resolve is also unwavering, and her combat skills are second to none.

Even if one cannot successfully ascend, as long as one finds a great world no less than the Xuan Realm, one can still achieve extraordinary accomplishments.

Five hundred years later, it is estimated that her progress will surpass that of others.

However, because of his sister Qixia, not only was his dream of ascension shattered, but his path of cultivation was also cut off.

After enduring five hundred years of hardship, it finally perished.

The woman instinctively pressed her hand to her chest, then slowly closed her eyes.

A faint murmur could be heard echoing from his mouth.

"Sorry……"

……

Click!

A sharp, piercing sound rang in everyone's ears.

Fang Qingxue looked around and saw that one after another, hideous cracks were appearing on the walls of the Nine-Layered Immortal Tower that was protecting them.

This is still inside the tower!
It's easy to imagine that the outer defenses of the tower have been completely destroyed.

She finally understood why her ancestor, the Lord of the Worry-Free Realm, had ruled the Nine-Layer Immortal Tower for thousands of years but had never tried to use this treasure to cross the Gate of Destruction.

The pressure from both inside and outside is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Now, having only entered the Gate of Destruction, the Nine-Layered Immortal Tower is already unable to withstand it. What about the journey ahead?

"Brother Luo, what should we do?"

Everyone turned their gaze to the white-robed man sitting at the center of the formation.

At that moment, Luo Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

He said solemnly, "The Immortal Tower is about to be destroyed. You all must pray for your own good fortune!"

As they spoke, cracks began to appear on the golden erosion array hanging overhead.

The entire nine-tiered immortal tower creaked and groaned under the weight of the weight.

Fang Qingxue and the other three dared not be careless. They took a deep breath and released their protective energy to shield themselves.

Not only that, but he also possesses many rare treasures.

In front of everyone, Fang Qingxue draped herself in a light gauze robe, its surface shimmering with precious light, making her appear extraordinary. Then she released a flower basket, enveloping her entirely. She glanced at Luo Chen, somewhat hesitant.

Gu Xun's expression was solemn. He first swallowed a mouthful of black pills, then put on a string of prayer beads. Not only that, but a broken ancient bell hung high above his head. Finally, a handful of crystals were scattered to form a tiny space that enveloped him.

In comparison, Xiao Lin and the Ice Emperor looked much more shabby.

The former only had time to pat a yellowed talisman onto his body, which unabashedly radiated powerful spiritual energy.

Luo Chen glanced at it, somewhat surprised, but then suddenly realized.

That talisman should have been left behind by the immortal Xiao Lan, and Xiao Lin simply activated it.

However, he is unfamiliar with the methods of cultivating immortality and refining qi, so no matter how powerful this talisman was before, it probably won't be able to exert even half of its effect now.

The Ice Emperor looked utterly dejected and could only urge his protective aura on and on.

The martial artists of Guixu pursue the way of martial arts and do not rely on external things.

She advanced to the Immortal Realm too late, and there was simply no time to find a protective treasure.

We can only face the coming storm with this almost blank state.

She subconsciously turned her gaze to Luo Chen.

At this moment, Luo Chen had already walked in front of everyone, his body radiating a blood-red light that formed a blood-red robe.

With both hands extended forward, a divine shield of light appeared.

Not only that, but streaks of starlight and lightning also erupted from within his body, completely surrounding him.

"coming!"

The sound came out at some unknown time.

Immediately following was a deafening explosion that resounded in everyone's ears.

boom!
The Nine-Layered Immortal Pagoda shattered with a deafening roar.

A terrifying shockwave surged in from the outside in.

Luo Chen stood at the very front, letting out a muffled groan.

He withstood the first wave!
But they still kept backing away.

Seeing this, Fang Qingxue's face finally hardened. She took a step forward and walked to Luo Chen's side, including him in the flower basket on her head.

The surrounding air currents swept past, making her gauze dress flutter and rustle.

Gu Xun, Xiao Lin, and Bing Tianzi were relatively far back, so they did not experience the impact of the destruction of the Ninefold Immortal Tower, but the aftershocks still came rolling in.

The speed was so fast that the three of them didn't have time to react and could only defend passively.

lol...

The talisman on Xiao Lin's body was torn open, and a bloodstain appeared on his face.

Gu Xun trembled all over, and the empty crystal hut protecting him made a clanging sound.

The Ice Emperor stared wide-eyed, his pale lips slightly parted, but he didn't utter a sound.

boom!
As the aftershocks passed, the Ice Emperor was torn to pieces and disappeared from this strange space.

Upon realizing this, the four survivors all changed their expressions drastically.

"Don't stop, keep going!"

Luo Chen spoke in a calm, even icy and harsh voice.

He strode forward, leaving the area protected by the flower basket, and moved forward resolutely.

Fang Qingxue watched Luo Chen's retreating figure, gritted her teeth, and followed.

The two people behind them quickly followed.

……

With crimson eyes and golden pupils, he looked around.

They are dark cracks, transparent nodes that expand and contract, and clumps of gas flowing and impacting each other.

Occasionally, meteorites the size of stars appear, but they are quickly obliterated.

A sense of cosmic destruction and the return of all things to nothingness arose in Luo Chen's mind.

For a fleeting moment, he was in a daze, as if some fleeting insight had resurfaced. But soon, Luo Chen cleared his mind and calmed down.

The spatial vortex, known as the Gate of Destruction, was once only a hundred feet in size.

But when the Ruins were destroyed, it had already expanded to an unknown size.

Thousands of feet, hundreds of thousands of feet, millions of feet, or tens of millions of feet?

Luo Chen didn't know that he was walking on thin ice here, and that one wrong step could lead to his complete demise.

Even if he cultivated the Chaos Undying Body, theoretically capable of regenerating from a drop of blood without physical destruction, and able to recover time and time again as long as his martial spirit remained, in this space where spatial storms could occur at any moment, even the strongest physical body would only be reborn again and again, torn apart again and again, until it had no power of regeneration left.

Only by following your instincts and moving forward, forward, and forward again!
Time passed, and then a bloodcurdling scream came from behind.

Luo Chen did not turn around; he knew that another person among his companions had perished.

It should be Xiao Lin!

That talisman won't last long.

So who's next?
Luo Chen had no intention of thinking about it; the terrifying feeling of the destruction of all things constantly lingered in his mind.

The Celestial Magnetic Divine Thunder is almost completely depleted.

The blood-stained robe, formed from martial arts supernatural powers, was already tattered.

Luo Chen's expression flashed with a fierce look, and he reached out and beckoned.

Swish!
A large umbrella, unfurled like a flower.

Lingbao Burial Umbrella!
The internal energy was rapidly transformed through the "Undying Chaos Scripture," forming long-lost magical power, which barely allowed him to control the Burial Umbrella.

The spirit of the artifact awakened the moment the umbrella appeared.

It stared in horror at the scene, constantly sending out danger signals.

But Luo Chen ignored them all and continued forward.

"careful!"

A voice came from behind me reminding me.

Luo Chen already understood; in his line of sight, he saw a huge fireball, as large as the sun, hurtling towards him.

That must have been a fallen star that was absorbed into this spatial vortex.

Luo Chen held an umbrella in one hand and made a grasping motion with the other, the Yuan Tu Sword landing in his hand.

"cut!"

A torrent of sword energy erupted suddenly.

It cut that terrifying meteor fireball in half.

The whistling sound of a meteor streaking past reached Luo Chen's ears. Before he could even catch his breath, he heard the cracking sound of the bone umbrella above his head.

He knew that the magical power he had hastily converted from Blood Refining Divine Qi had not undergone tempering of the primordial spirit, and therefore he could not fully activate this spiritual treasure.

especially!

Luo Chen looked around and saw that the surging chaotic energy contained an even more terrifying power.

That is the immense cosmic power that comes with the abundance of fragments of laws.

Even a spirit treasure with its own consciousness cannot withstand the impact of such power.

"Luo Chen, where are we going?"

Gu Xun's hoarse voice came from behind.

The hollow crystal house has long been destroyed, and the broken ancient clock has disappeared at some unknown time.

The only things that could protect Gu Xun were the prayer beads in his hand and the black light that kept emanating from his body.

Under the influence of that black light, Gu Xun's aura surged continuously, but his life force was rapidly fading away.

Where to go?
Luo Chen looked around. This space was so dark and directionless that even up, down, left, and right seemed to be upside down.

Only the intent to destroy permeated it.

Previously, he would have just been thinking of taking things one step at a time.

But at the moment of reorganizing the Chaos Undying Body, he vaguely sensed a place outside.

That place was like a coordinate, guiding him forward and preventing him from losing his way.

"Stay close to me!"

After saying that, Luo Chen never spoke again.

The three of them struggled forward through the devastated space.

Some time has passed.

scoff!

The moment Luo Chen heard that sound, he knew that the Burial Umbrella was destroyed.

It must have been struck by an energy cluster containing metallic principles, leaving no room for redemption, and shattered on the spot.

Luo Chen felt some regret, but there was no time to mourn the loss of the spiritual treasure.

He opened his mouth and spat it out.

A small cauldron flew out.

The small cauldron emitted a gray light, enveloping him completely.

With the enhancement of this layer of gray light, Luo Chen's steps became much lighter, and his speed of movement almost doubled.

Behind him, Fang Qingxue saw this scene and was stunned for a moment.

The flower basket in her hand was long gone, replaced by another treasure.

The Lord of the Worry-Free Realm ruled the Great Destruction Realm for three thousand years, and the treasures he collected were countless.

Even though she took away the most outstanding batch, she still left behind invaluable treasures, including many legendary spiritual treasures!

After being refined using special techniques, it can also be activated using one's natal qi.

But the effect...

She instinctively turned around to look.

But all that could be seen was the shattering of the prayer beads in Gu Xun's hand, the sudden dissipation of the black aura around his body, and his entire being being swept away to a great distance by the vast air current, like a withered tree.

Another comrade has fallen.

Fang Qingxue felt her steps growing heavier and heavier, and as she watched Luo Chen drift further and further away from her, the despair in her heart grew stronger and stronger.

She knew that she could only rely on herself here and shouldn't make demands on others.

Especially since Luo Chen had already been kind enough, controlling the Nine-Layer Immortal Tower to bring them in, withstanding the onslaught, and leading the way all along.

The longer I stayed in this place, the more lost and confused I felt.

"Can I really get out of here?"

hum...

The green lamp in his hand trembled, and the flame suddenly went out.

Fang Qingxue felt her steps become heavy, and she could no longer take the next step.

Another storm was approaching, and she was uncontrollably pushed backward.

It was at this moment.

Whoosh!
Five blood dragons roared in, transformed into a giant hand, grabbed her, and dragged her forward.

A chaotic gray light poured down, enveloping her, and she felt a great sense of relief.

Subconsciously, she looked up at Luo Chen, who didn't say a word, but continued to look firmly ahead and take steps.

In silence, the two continued forward.

Time passed slowly, and the gray light overhead grew dimmer and dimmer, as if it would disappear at any moment.

When another spatial storm struck, Luo Chen was on high alert and frantically activated the Hunyuan Cauldron.

The dull thumping sound pounded on two uneasy hearts.

"puff!"

Luo Chen coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face turning pale.

They finally weathered this storm.

But this time, it wasn't just one wave of spatial storms.

It seemed they were nearing the exit when a spatial storm erupted wildly in the outer perimeter. The spatial rifts were like giant nets, making it impossible to dodge.

Rumble!!!
Another spatial storm struck, and Fang Qingxue finally made a decision.

"Brother Luo, thank you."

She voluntarily stepped out of the protective range of the Hunyuan Cauldron.

Luo Chen only had time to glance to the side before he saw the girl being swept away by the spatial storm and disappear from sight.

He opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

Out of respect for the Lord of Wuyou Realm, and out of consideration for Fang Qingxue's initiative in protecting him with a flower basket when he entered this place, he did not stand idly by and protected him while he had the strength.

But now, he can hardly take care of himself, and in the end, he can only worry about his own future.

What followed was a series of spatial storms, and Luo Chen found himself amidst them, feeling like a fisherman caught in a tsunami.

The Hunyuan Cauldron was pushed to its limit time and time again, and gray light continued to bloom.

That was the complete power of the laws, enough to counteract the fragments of laws within the chaotic energy.

However, human strength is finite, and the Hunyuan Cauldron is ultimately not the legendary Dao artifact.

After the terrifying seven-storm storm passed, the gray cauldron lost its luster, and even a crack appeared on its surface.

Luo Chen painfully absorbed it into his body.

He would have to tough it out with his newly cultivated Chaotic Undying Body!
Not only that, it also activated the dormant Vacuum Divine Gu within his body.

Although the current Vacuum God Gu can only induce weak spatial turbulence and cannot directly confront these spatial storms, it can still have some effect.

But unexpectedly... the further we went, the smaller and fewer the spatial storms we encountered became!
It was as if the previous seven-storm run was just the last darkness before dawn.

"Pity."

The image of Fang Qingxue's melancholy face before she left flashed through Luo Chen's mind, and he could only move forward alone.

And in his mind, the destination became clearer and clearer, as if it were just around the corner.

As if sensing something, the Vacuum God Gu unfolded its dreamlike starlight wings and flew away with Luo Chen.

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