Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1060: Chapter 420: Heaven Grants but You Don’t Take, You Will Suffer the Consequences, Beating the Drowning Dog

In the Third Order Immortal Mansion.

Luo Chen was browsing through all the intelligence gathered over the past few days.

Gradually, he formed a clearer and more comprehensive concept of the battle where the Luo Yun Sect attacked the Flame Alliance.

Although the battle only lasted one day, its ferocity far surpassed that of internal conflicts between two Ascendant Sects.

Of course, this ferocity was only speaking for the Flame Alliance.

That’s because the preparations made by the Luo Yun Sect were extremely thorough.

Five hundred Foundation Establishment True Cultivators, controlling over a thousand puppets, nearly all of which were the long-range bombardment type that had appeared on the Accumulation Thunder Mountain battlefield.

The difficulty of control was not high; they simply required a substantial investment of Spirit Stones.

Wave after wave of bombardment, almost like plowing the field, plowed through the Flame Alliance numerous times.

Indeed, the strength the Flame Alliance suddenly revealed to the world — a total of fourteen Golden Core Ascendant Masters — was utterly insignificant under the hands of the ten great Golden Cores of the Luo Yun Sect.

For those ten great Golden Cores of the Luo Yun Sect seemed to be only ten in number, but in reality, equating them to twenty Golden Cores would not be an exaggeration.

Each of them possessed immensely powerful Divine Consciousness!

Beyond conventional methods, each also controlled a Third Order Puppet comparable to a Golden Core Cultivator, creating a situation where they vastly outnumbered their opponents.

Moreover, in terms of top-tier Late Golden Core stage combat power, the Luo Yun Sect also established absolute suppression.

Cheng Yan of the Luo Yun Sect, at the ninth layer of Golden Core!

He was also the senior brother of True Master Han Zhan of the Luo Yun Sect, already extraordinary in his own right.

In that battle, he even enlisted a puppet refined by True Master Han Zhan over the years, its strength nearly comparable to that of an Early Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Under such an onslaught.

The reputedly very powerful leader of the Flame Alliance was almost instantly killed.

The hastily assembled Flame Alliance Cultivators completely disintegrated, offering no resistance.

Fourteen Golden Core Ascendant Masters were slaughtered on the spot.

In the subsequent battle, rumor has it that hardly one in ten survived; only one or two managed to live.

As for those of even lower ranks, the Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment stage disciples, their situation under the barrage was even more tragic.

It was precisely because of this.

Qingdan Valley and the Flame Alliance were alike, both attacked by Ascendant Sect cultivators.

Yet the end result was that Qingdan Valley was broken through, but the Flame Alliance was termed as ”slaughtered.”

If not for the Sword Sect’s Master Shaking Light severing Yuanhua Mountain with a single strike to force the Luo Yun Sect to retreat, the Flame Alliance could well have been eradicated on the spot.

But even so!

After this battle, the Flame Alliance still plummeted to rock bottom.

At its peak, openly claiming five great Golden Cores, secretly boasting thirteen Golden Cores.

Now, only two or three cats and kittens remain.

If not for the fact that the battle erupted suddenly and one of the Golden Core Ascendant Masters was outside, allowing him to survive.

The Flame Alliance might have already been stricken from the list of Great Sects, reduced to a merely ordinary first-rank sect.

”Speaking of which, coincidentally, the Golden Core Ascendant Master who was not involved in the Defensive Battle is none other than Qin Tairan, who previously attacked our Luo Tian Creed,” Sima Huiniang said.

Upon hearing this, Luo Chen scoffed.

”Coincidental? I don’t think that’s quite it,” he said.

Sima Huiniang was puzzled.

Luo Chen tugged at the corner of his mouth, ”He was initially pursued by the Jueqing Fairy and Elder Fei Ming, and it took him the effort of nine oxen and two tigers to barely escape with his life.”

”Indeed he is strong, managing to receive little injury even when surrounded and attacked by the two Ascendant Masters, both at the fourth layer of the Golden Core.”

”The price he paid was that the Yan Yang True Evil Qi cultivated over many years was completely depleted. The reason he was outside during the outbreak of the battle was probably that he was collecting Yan Yang True Evil Qi,” Luo Chen explained.

Upon hearing this, Sima Huiniang suddenly realized.

In fact, this piece of information was mentioned in passing when Elder Fei Ming was chatting with Luo Chen before.

Flame Alliance Cultivators are wealthy in treasures, skilled in fire, and adept in using Evil Qi.

When Qin Tairan attacked the Jueqing Fairy with his Natal Magic Item, the Tai Emperor Tripod, it was trapped but eventually recalled using the Yan Yang True Evil Qi within it.

This was one of his major maneuvers.

Being broken because its Evil Qi was depleted, it was natural to replenish it.

This, in turn, allowed him to narrowly escape one disaster!

But luck?

Crack!

Luo Chen crushed the Jade Jue in his hand, his lips turning up in a fierce grin.

”Indeed, one must take their own revenge!” he exclaimed.

Seeing this scene, Sima Huiniang’s heart skipped a beat.

She asked tentatively, ”Chairman, what are you planning to do?”

”What am I planning to do?” Luo Chen’s grim smile widened, ”Why, take care of that Qin Tairan, of course!”

”But!”

Sima Huiniang’s face changed, she blurted out, ”But that would be against a Golden Core Great Sect!”

Luo Chen snorted.

The Flame Alliance now, though named a Great Sect, lacked the substance of one.

Nominally possessing three great Golden Core Ascendant Masters, apart from Qin Tairan who was fully operational, the other two were merely survivors of the great battle, hardly in good shape.

A normal Foundation Establishment True Cultivator injured in such an event would need years, if not months, to fully recover.

How could a Golden Core Ascendant Master be any different?

Even for the lower order Cultivators, their condition couldn’t be much better.

Seeing Luo Chen’s dismissive attitude, Sima Huiniang said with utmost concern:

”A starving camel is still bigger than a horse!”

”No matter how calamitous times the Flame Alliance encounters, like the centipede that does not stiffen even in death, they only need to recall their disciples scattered abroad to still possess the profound heritage of a great sect.”

”There are still remnants of the Flame Alliance’s affiliates in other places, also a tremendous force.”

”With such strength, they are fundamentally beyond what our Luo Tian Creed can currently compare to.”

”Chairman, you must think thrice before acting!”

Having heard this.

Luo Chen’s fierce smile gradually faded from his face.

But!

After some deep thought, he still decidedly said, ”This matter, must be carried out!”

Seeing Sima Huiniang still disagreed, even ready to risk angering him to continue persuading, he raised his hand to interrupt her.

”It’s not that I’m being impulsive.”

”Rather, the opportunity is right before us, and to not seize it when given by heaven is to invite misfortune!”

Sima Huiniang still felt somewhat unconvinced, ”Chairman, I know you are very powerful, unbeaten in battles of the same rank or even across ranks. Why not wait until after your Core Formation, to carry out this endeavor? By then, the odds of success should be greater.”

”Core Formation?” Luo Chen tugged at the corner of his mouth, ”Ten years? Fifty years? A hundred years? Or even longer?”

He didn’t mention failure, assuming successful Core Formation by default.

Thinking long-term with this as the premise.

Sima Huiniang nodded repeatedly, ”Right, with time, everything can change. By then you will have formed your Golden Core, and I will also have developed the Luo Tian Creed further, providing you with much more support.”

However, Luo Chen slowly shook his head.

”It’s too long!”

”With such a lengthy time, there are too many variables!”

Plans always fail to keep pace with changes.

Especially in the grand world of immortal cultivation where formidable power converges within oneself, perhaps due to a single thought from a high-order cultivator, an originally peaceful situation could instantly shatter.

In The Great River District, who amongst the cultivators, having lived there for over a century, would have thought that the bustling Inner City would one day become a lifeless Ghost City?

In the Yu Ding Realm, which had been relatively peaceful for three centuries, who would have thought that the ascension of a Golden Core Ascendant Master to the Nascent Soul Stage would trigger a civil war lasting over twenty years?

Because of the Divine Transformation Relics appearing, inner conflicts within the ascendant sects had almost ceased, with a potential for truce.

But who could have foreseen that Luo Yun Sect and Sword Sect would suddenly erupt, undertaking the act of obliterating a great sect?

Are these changes acts of god?

No!

They are all man-made!

Because of the thoughts of high-order cultivators, countless people go through fire and water, and countless fall in the process.

Compared to the Luo Tian Creed, the still-living Flame Alliance is that ”high-order cultivator”!

”Now that the Flame Alliance is weak, it’s a God-given opportunity to kick them while they’re down.”

”Should we wait until they catch their breath, they will still be the Golden Core Great Sect we look up to, and we wouldn’t dare entertain a single thought.”

”Even more so, in the current situation where wolves surround us, the Flame Alliance might just take actions to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys and intimidate others!”

”And the Luo Tian Creed, is very much like a suitable chicken!”

Sima Huiniang’s expression shifted slightly, ”Could it really be so?”

”Why wouldn’t it be? We have animosity with the Flame Alliance, and have already made them lose face twice, making us perfect candidates to display their power,” Luo Chen explained.

”But they have already made a move once.”

”If there has been one, there will be a second, even without Luo Yun Sect’s issue. The Flame Alliance still views the Luo Tian Creed as a thorn in their side. Why do you think I have been hands-off with the Luo Tian Creed and focused only on closed-door cultivation?”

Luo Chen casually brushed away the powder from a jade slip on the table, snorting, ”Isn’t it to amass as much strength as possible so that I won’t have to beg others later? The next time they strike, it could very well be the Flame Alliance cultivators themselves coming to attack!”

Sima Huiniang was momentarily stunned.

It seemed she recalled the past events, the feeling of powerlessness brought by personal weakness during the battle at Luo Tian, which was indeed despairing.

However, she still hesitated somewhat.

”The Flame Alliance cultivators will personally take action?”

Luo Chen curled his lip, ”Luo Yun Sect and Yu Ding Sword Sect, both Nascent Soul Ascendant Sects, have not hesitated to personally take action against lower sects. Some rules have already been broken. Pushed into desperation, why wouldn’t the Flame Alliance follow suit?”

”Moreover! They are not just being pushed into desperation now, but are already on the brink of life and death.”

”Even if not me, there will still be others eyeing the Flame Alliance, this not yet stiffened centipede!”

”And what I must do is ignite that eager flame in the hearts of others!”

The lengthy debate continued within the Immortal Mansion.

It seemed Luo Chen was comforting Sima Huiniang, clarifying her doubts.

But was it not also Luo Chen organizing the pros and cons, repeatedly convincing himself?

After all!

In the world of immortal cultivation, which Foundation Establishment True Cultivator would dare covet a Golden Core sect?

Especially one that, despite being remnants, still holds the name of a great sect with two or three Golden Cores left!

This isn’t just about power, but also requires immense courage and confidence.

Sima Huiniang watched Luo Chen in a daze.

The increasing confidence in his words also signified his determination to achieve this mission.

By this moment, she could no longer articulate any objection to Luo Chen.

Only one sentence remained.

”If the chairman’s mind is made up, then Huiniang can only follow you in life and death!”

Luo Chen took a deep breath and extended his hand.

Gripping her somewhat icy, slender hand, he gently patted it.

”Rest assured!”

”I never fight battles that I’m not confident of winning.”

”If it’s not feasible, I will stop and preserve myself, to prevent the Luo Tian Creed from falling into an irreversible doom.”