Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

This item has accompanied him for hundreds of years.

It is exactly the cultivation stone from the second ring of the Nine-layered Immortal Tower!

Before leaving the Returning Ruins, Luo Chen stored it in the Primordial Chaos Tripod and took it with him.

”This stone can withstand the chaotic energy released by the Gate of Annihilation and remains intact for at least three thousand years. In terms of material, it surpasses all cultivation stones within the Annihilation Nine Rings.”

”Not to mention its inherent strength, the very stone membrane alone boasts unrivaled defense.”

”If this stone could be refined into a magic item, especially a defensive type, its potential would be incalculable.”

Luo Chen’s eyes showed expectation, but soon they dimmed.

At least for now, he has no method to deal with this thing.

Whether it’s spiritual treasure cutting or divine power attack, neither could harm it in the least.

I guess that’s the reason Master of Wuyou Realm left this item when departing the Great Destruction Realm; he also had no way to deal with this stone.

The Primordial Chaos Tripod might be able to refine it, but it could easily be absorbed to enhance itself.

Making the natal magic item stronger is something Luo Chen desires, but if he could refine another trump card, that would be even better.

”If only the Shenhuo were still around.”

With the Fifth-Order Shenhuo constantly tempering it for a sufficiently long time, it could eventually be melted away bit by bit.

Luo Chen sighed, stored the material he named ”Chaos Stone” into the storage ring, and made a gesture.

Hiss...

In the Primordial Chaos Tripod, a streak of green light flew out.

The green light was dim, the vitality weak, revealing an aura of dead silence.

Though there were faint flames rising, they resembled a scene of last flickering.

Looking at this green flame, Luo Chen pursed his lips, showing rare sadness on his face.

The Withering and Flourishing Divine Fire!

It had accompanied him since the Foundation Establishment Stage, for nearly a thousand years.

The relationship between them had long surpassed that of master and servant.

Over nearly a thousand years, whether in daily cultivation or combat, the Withering and Flourishing Divine Fire helped him tremendously.

It was during several instances of severe injuries and near-death that the Withering and Flourishing Divine Fire protected him automatically, giving its vitality to grant Luo Chen a chance of survival.

This time was the same.

After being betrayed by Qi Xia Emperor, Luo Chen drifted in the cosmos.

If it hadn’t been for the protection of the Withering and Flourishing Divine Fire, even with the guidance of Calamity Gu’s breath, he might not have successfully entered the Returning Ruins.

But the price was its current condition!

If it were anyone else in Luo Chen’s current situation, they might abandon the Withering and Flourishing Divine Fire’s seed.

After all, even at its peak, the Withering and Flourishing Divine Fire was merely a Fifth-Order Divine Fire, insignificant compared to Luo Chen’s current capability to destroy peak Void Refining Demon Monarch.

But Luo Chen couldn’t do that.

”Even if it costs me greatly, through countless years, I will make you revive and reignite the Shenhuo!”

Luo Chen took a deep breath, bit his fingertip, and squeezed out a drop of crimson blood.

This was the Undying Blood condensed from his Chaos Undying Body, not only containing abundant qi-blood but also vast vitality.

Even the physical body of Split Feather Demon Monarch couldn’t compare.

With a flick of his finger.

The drop of Undying Blood fell into the green fire seed.

Previously, if the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit encountered such a feast, it would devour it heartily.

But faced with the presented Undying Blood this time, the green fire seed barely reacted.

Or rather, it couldn’t react!

This did not surprise Luo Chen.

Otherwise, back in the Returning Ruins, he could have used the abundant vitality from many martial artists and even the physical body of True Spirit Golden Punishment Venerable to repair the Withering and Flourishing Divine Fire.

It’s just too weakened.

Too weak to even actively feed.

”It will get better.”

Luo Chen carefully activated the drop of blood, forming a crimson blood film, wrapping the Withering and Flourishing Divine Fire, then pushed it into the Earth Fire below.

Continuously downward, deep into the heart of Earth Fire!

A step-by-step approach!

Just like Luo Chen’s plan to restore the Immortal Dao Realm, there’s no rush.

Let it be nurtured slowly by the Earth Core Fire, and one day, it will recover its spirit intelligence and regain the splendor of the Shenhuo!

After temporarily placing the Withering and Flourishing Divine Fire, Luo Chen turned his gaze again to the Primordial Chaos Tripod.

There was something else inside.

With a thought, an object resembling a collar flew out.

”It’s rare to see a collar used as a storage magic item.”

Luo Chen chuckled, playing with the collar, as his divine perception delved in layer by layer.

This was exactly the legacy left by Split Feather Demon Monarch!

When he instantly obliterated Split Feather, to prevent traces being left, Luo Chen directly activated the Primordial Chaos Tripod to refine all his flesh.

No remains of bones or primordial spirit at all!

Only the collar that contained spatial breath was left behind.

”Let me see, how wealthy is a Void Refining Demon Monarch’s estate?”

With a light laugh, Luo Chen’s divine perception surged in.

The soul restrictions remaining on it weren’t complicated for Luo Chen.

However, when facing the final prohibition, Luo Chen’s unstoppable speed of breaking through was hindered.

It’s the purest power of the Divine Soul!

No angle for clever circumvention exists; it can only be shattered by stronger divine soul power.

”Though simple and crude, it indeed poses a challenge.”

Luo Chen’s Divine Soul Endowment was exceedingly powerful, during the Early-stage of Divinity Transformation, under his self-assessment, he was not weaker than Late Nascent Soul Stage experts.

Yet, facing peak Void Refining-stage immortal cultivators like Split Feather Demon Monarch, he still lagged a whole tier.

However!

”Hmph!”

Luo Chen snorted coldly, a streak of Blood Refining Divine Gang surged from his body, with its potent Martial Arts Divine Intent becoming overtly aggressive.