Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

The two disappeared into the abyss, one after the other.

Green Robe opened his mouth, looking bewildered.

If it’s just for this, then what does all this fighting mean, and why did I get so badly injured?

...

Entering the Pit of Sorrow, the light flickered unpredictably, and the environment was dark and damp.

Between the cliff walls, half-human, half-serpent creatures with green scales occasionally slithered, each watching the outside as if facing a great enemy.

Luo Chen knew that these were the so-called ”Abyss People,” all descendants of Elder Beifeng.

According to Yuan Qingzang, Elder Beifeng’s true form might be a great serpent demon, and these Abyss People were born from his crossbreeding with the Human Clan.

Their purpose, besides passing on the bloodline, was to help him explore the Pit of Sorrow.

It’s somewhat similar to how the Master of Wuyou Realm selects high-level martial artists to train in the Annihilation Nine Rings by controlling the seventy-two cities of the Great Destruction Realm.

Luo Chen concealed his breath as he descended.

Yuan Qingzang caught up, looking at Luo Chen’s profile with a hesitant expression.

Luo Chen had an inkling of what the other wanted to ask but still smiled and asked, ”Friend Yuan, do you have any guidance?”

”I wouldn’t dare to give guidance.” Yuan Qingzang sighed and said softly, ”That move you used earlier, was it the Furious Torrent Annihilation Realm move I was withholding?”

Luo Chen didn’t hide it and replied frankly, ”Exactly!”

Having his suspicion confirmed, Yuan Qingzang felt a sense of relief but was even more astonished.

”I remember not teaching you that move, just discussing some cultivation insights and martial arts philosophy with you?”

Luo Chen laughed, ”Before entering the Returning Ruins, I was already a high-level Immortal Cultivator, well-versed in domain-related methods. That move of yours, or rather, including previous moves like Thunderbolt Wild and Violent Thunder Waves, can be considered domain-type killing techniques. These methods are not inherently delicate; as long as you master the basic skills and related energy activation, you can replicate them.”

Yuan Qingzang opened his mouth but remained silent in the end.

Luo Chen was right; those killing techniques were something he had figured out in the environment of constant exposure to the Power of Thunder in the Sky Dome Tower Forest.

Their power was great, but they relied heavily on the surrounding field.

Once away from the Sky Dome Tower Forest, their power would be greatly reduced.

Instead, Luo Chen, having absorbed an entire Chaos Thunder Pool, was like a moving Thunder Pool, making him even more adept at using these techniques than Yuan Qingzang.

In the silence, Yuan Qingzang felt somewhat unconvinced.

”Actually, I also have some unique individual divine powers.”

”Oh? If there’s a chance, I’d like to see them.” Luo Chen chuckled, his pace quickening, ”But for now, exploring the Pit of Sorrow takes precedence!”

After speaking, his figure disappeared into the depths of the Pit of Sorrow.

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The Endless Abyss, eternally mournful.

This is where the Pit of Sorrow gets its name.

The further down they went, the more bizarre sounds emanated, like the weeping of living creatures.

The two figures shuttled continuously, not knowing how long had passed or how deep they had descended underground.

In the pitch-black environment, the inexplicable energy currents around them surged even more.

That energy contained a complex power, akin to the Five Elements yet beyond them.

When a martial artist’s Gang Qi came into contact with it, it inexplicably lost control.

The further Yuan Qingzang went down, the more pressure he felt.

Contrarily, the deeper Luo Chen went, the more he felt a sense of familiarity.

”This power...”

Suddenly, the dormant Primordial Chaos Tripod within him seemed to sense something, emitting a slight tremor.

”Luo Chen, I can’t go any further!”

Behind him, Yuan Qingzang’s voice came through.

Luo Chen paused and looked back.

He saw Yuan Qingzang looking troubled, surrounded by a burst of lightning, with his Lifebound Gang Qi being forcibly drawn out.

Luo Chen glanced around, thoughtful.

”Very well, Friend Yuan, wait for me outside. I’ll be back soon.”

”Alright, I wish you success.”

Yuan Qingzang gave his blessing and hurried away.

Only when he completely left the underground abyss did he feel a weight lift off his shoulders.

The eerie force pulling him from all directions finally vanished.

Yuan Qingzang exhaled a breath of Turbid Qi, muttering to himself, ”In such a perilous place, I might explode and die if I go further. Who said there’s a way out of the Returning Ruins here?”

”That’s why our patriarch had to seek another way and follow the Master of Wuyou Realm!”

Yuan Qingzang turned his head; Green Robe was standing on a protruding rocky cliff, staring coldly at him.

Yuan Qingzang chuckled, ”Why didn’t you go with them?”

The Green Robe snorted coldly, offering no explanation, only gazing at the path from which the other had come.

”And what about that one?”

...

”Indeed!”

When Luo Chen’s feet touched the solid ground, he finally realized the source of that familiar feeling.

His gaze fell on the gray-white stones on the ground, and Luo Chen exclaimed.

”Earth Vein Yuan Magnet!”

He voluntarily released his Blood Refining Divine Gang.

Instantly, a strange force emanated from the ground, beginning to pull and drag Luo Chen’s Gang Qi.

In just a matter of moments, the Blood Refining Divine Gang released by Luo Chen was dismantled and separated!

Bear in mind, Luo Chen’s Blood Refining Divine Gang was formed from the fusion of the Nine Tribulations Earth Evil and the Unforgiving Heavenly Wind, using his entire being’s Pure Source Blood as a catalyst.

Aside from that chaotic Gang Qi of the Muddy World Martial Sect, there was almost nothing else known to dismantle the Blood Refining Divine Gang.

Even the Thunderbolt Gang Qi of Yuan Qingzang couldn’t achieve it!

But the power naturally emitted from these earth veins could achieve such a feat.

Under the heavens, there was only one special thing with this effect.

That is the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light!

No, the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light alone was not enough; only the Primordial Magnetic Divine Power condensed to the extreme could reach such a degree.

Luo Chen gazed out, in the pitch-black environment, the abyss stretched endlessly, traversing the entire earth.

It’s unimaginable how immense this Earth Vein Yuan Magnet must be to gather such terrifying Primordial Magnetic Divine Power.

Even more unimaginable is that Elder Beifeng could actually refine this power for his own use!

Amazing, yet Lou Chen felt regret.

The reason for the regret is not complicated.

Wherever there’s Earth Vein Yuan Magnet, the world barrier is often the most unbreakable, and common means are helpless against it.

This is why the Yuan Mo Sect of the Mountain Sea Realm originally established their mountain gate in the Beiji Yemo Tian, because there lies a Primordial Magnet Divine Mountain, an impenetrable fortress barrier.

And landing here means that this Earth Vein Yuan Magnet, spanning who knows how far, is utterly impossible to break for an exit from the Returning Ruins.

Outsiders think there is an exit here, merely because the Primordial Magnetic Divine Power’s characteristic attracts and dismantles everything, leading them to make incorrect judgments.

Luo Chen sighed, about to leave.

After all, staying here too long, even his strong True Spirit Body subtly exhibits signs of inability to endure.

Should his acupoints burst open, and all Gang Qi be pulled out, it would be a complete waste.

But just as he was about to leave, Luo Chen suddenly had a thought.

”The Primordial Chaos Tripod previously reacted because I fused a Primordial Magnet Divine Mountain into it before my ascension.”

”In other words, I can actually manipulate simple Primordial Magnetic Divine Power.”

”If I activate the Primordial Chaos Tripod to absorb the local Primordial Magnetic Divine Power...”

Luo Chen’s eyes lit up, and heart’s intention turned to action immediately!

Surveying the surroundings, ensuring no one was watching, he summoned the Primordial Chaos Tripod with a thought.

Dong!

The small tripod landed, expanded with the wind, becoming over ten feet in size.

Though not large, it was as heavy as a mountain!

The surrounding Primordial Magnetic Divine Power surged, intending to dismantle the Primordial Chaos Tripod, but couldn’t budge it an inch.

Of course, the Primordial Chaos Tripod also found it hard to absorb the Primordial Magnetic Divine Power due to the vastness of the surrounding Earth Vein Yuan Magnet, making forced absorption akin to a colossal struggle.

But Luo Chen had another method!

He floated and sat cross-legged in the air.

His Gang Qi circulated around him, lightning blazed from his spine, enveloping the surroundings.

Then, he cautiously performed a Daoist formula.

”Awake!”

Instantly, in his Sea of Consciousness, golden waves rippled.

The Main Soul, dormant for hundreds of years, slowly awakened.

Throughout this process, Luo Chen moved extremely slowly, constantly alert to his surroundings.

After a long while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

”Indeed, with the Soul-shaking Divine Thunder as cover, it didn’t attract the unique Soul-shaking Thunder Sound of the Returning Ruins.”

He then sent out a strand of divine thought, beginning to manipulate the Primordial Chaos Tripod, actively absorbing the nearby Primordial Magnetic Divine Power.

In an instant, the earth veins surged, the land wailing in sorrow.