[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster":3,"chapter-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-1018":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortality Starts with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1900422,2534,"Chapter 1018: Dao Sect Ancestral Court, Meeting Canghai Again","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-1018",1018,"\u003Cp>The Shouyang Dao Discussion Conference has ended!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they came, dozens of escape lights gathered like a star stream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they left, they went in twos and threes, scattering with the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen stood with his hands behind his back on the peak of Shouyang Mountain, looking at the departing escape lights, his expression no longer the confident mastery of before, but rather somewhat melancholy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, Cang Long and Gu Caiyi looked at his tall back with admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The list of attendees was now in Cang Long's hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thirteen Upper Sects, plus the rogue cultivator Bo Hanjun, a total of twenty-five people; everyone who left their name has agreed to strike for Senior Brother this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In addition, there are four Nascent Soul True Persons from the Dongyang Sect who remained at the mountain gate, and Great Elder Dongyang has also promised to bring them along when the time comes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother, this time we will definitely succeed, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen did not answer, just pacing slowly along the edge of the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Caiyi was best at observing expressions, and seeing Luo Chen's melancholy side profile, she felt puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Husband, why are you unhappy after brokering this matter? Are there variables?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Variables?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen paused and sighed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course there were variables!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What truly made everyone agree to this plan were the two Soul Transformation existences!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was Deng Taiyue's pledge of allegiance by fiercely killing two Dao Sect True Persons, the strong alliance between the humans and demons of the Eastern Wasteland, or the temptation of the Enlightenment Pill's Soul Transformation opportunity, they were ultimately just inducements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The participation of Li Canghai from the North Sea and Qingshuang from Cangwu Mountain was the real reassurance in everyone's hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A human Soul Transformation great power and a fifth-tier ancient demon of the demon race—in terms of numbers, they were no less than the Tian Yuan Dao Sect, which now had only one Soul Transformation great power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because of this intuitive comparison that it instantly overwhelmed everyone's wavering thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Canghai and I are only nodding acquaintances; the so-called tacit understanding still depends on the other's willingness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for Qingshuang... she didn't give me a direct answer on whether she would strike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the end, we still have to rely on ourselves!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But verbally, he did not say these things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he turned around and looked at the two women with a gentle gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cang Long, how is your refining of that White Tiger puppet going?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Long smiled slightly: \"I have fully mastered it. Although this puppet was crafted extremely ingeniously, the control method is more in the style of the Luoyun Sect. I had a good friendship with Han Zhan in my early years, so I received his guidance, and a hundred years is enough for me to refine it to perfection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen hummed, not surprised: \"With your current mid-stage Nascent Soul realm, you should be able to fight with this puppet for a long time. Also, I will give you fifty fourth-tier talismans; just throw them out at critical moments.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen actually had a very solid family fortune on hand—a huge number of fourth-tier talismans!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were by-products from when he was in the Dan Saint Blessed Land, using talisman-making to comprehend the Fire-type Law True Intent. Most were the two fourth-tier spells, \"Fire Phoenix Raging Plains\" and \"Flame Dragon Descending,\" which had been suppressed in his hands with no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These talismans were not inferior goods, but the best of the best!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must know that Luo Chen had cultivated both spells to the Great Perfection level, and their power was unique below Soul Transformation; ordinary Nascent Soul True Persons couldn't block even one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Fortress was proficient in making and using talismans; Luo Chen had known this since the days of the Jueqing Fairy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed that with this batch of talismans, plus a late-stage Nascent Soul White Tiger puppet, Cang Long's combat power would definitely not be inferior to any great cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Caiyi, listening from the side, was stunned: \"You are mid-stage Nascent Soul?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Long nodded slightly, looking at Luo Chen with a smile: \"This is thanks to Senior Brother's gift. I have refined most of what you left in my body over the past hundred years, and reaching the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm was just a matter of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Caiyi's eyes widened. What did \"what you left in my body\" mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen coughed awkwardly and explained in detail: \"It was a portion of heaven and earth primordial energy plus converted water-attribute origin magic power. Back then, I was eager for success and, when comprehending the Origin of Water, triggered a clash between the two origins of water and fire, even causing heaven and earth anomalies. Caiyi, you should know about this. The situation was extremely critical at the time, and although I relied on secret techniques to avoid it, my body was filled with too much primordial energy. It was Cang Long who sacrificed her purity and used her special constitution, combined with dual cultivation methods, to save my life. After the matter was resolved, I left a portion of the excess primordial energy in Cang Long's heart aperture; that's roughly it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this explanation, Gu Caiyi finally understood why Cang Long had progressed so much in a hundred years, leaping from just forming her Nascent Soul to the mid-stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she was very grateful to Cang Long for sacrificing her purity... to save her husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, sacrificing purity, dual cultivation methods—what was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Caiyi suddenly realized. No wonder Cang Long had been by her husband's side since they reunited, traveling with her without avoiding suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when holding the Shouyang Dao Discussion Conference, she sat behind her husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn't been very angry, trying to show her magnanimity, thinking it was just her husband \"dressing up the facade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that she thought about it, she had ignored a lot during those hundred years when she was quietly breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen pretended not to see the resentful gaze Gu Caiyi cast at him, and instead opened his mouth to spit out a five-colored light cluster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his hands, and the five-colored light cluster dispersed into five individual sword pellets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Long just took one look and exclaimed in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this the batch of sword pellets you specially refined with heavenly thunder when I was undergoing the tribulation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen nodded slightly, then looked at Gu Caiyi solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are the Five Elements Sword Pellets. Each one is a True Artifact, painstakingly refined by your husband.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Separated, they are peerlessly sharp; combined, their power is magnificent. They can also form the Great Five Elements Sword Array, and roaming the Nascent Soul realm will be no problem!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Caiyi, you have just formed your Nascent Soul, and your magic treasure foundation is insufficient; it hasn't been tempered by the thunder tribulation into a True Artifact, so it won't help your current battles much. I will temporarily give you these five sword pellets, along with a formation map and a large amount of magic power. When the time comes, you can forcibly drive the Great Five Elements Sword Array to deal with any enemy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Caiyi looked hesitant and did not reach out to take them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at Luo Chen, puzzled: \"With such magnificent power, these treasures should be even more powerful in your hands. Why give them to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen smiled gently: \"Remember the old man who went to the Luo Tian Sect?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Caiyi said instinctively: \"Zhou Yunshen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen smiled, as if recalling the past: \"Yes, he is the ancestor of the Zhou family in the Central Plains. I knew him even before the Central Plains. At that time, their family was still in the North Sea. I reached a secret cooperative relationship with him; once I make a move on the Central Plains, the Zhou family will inevitably be affected. Therefore, you need to do one thing for me: when we attack the Dongyuan Continent, you go to the Tiannan Continent, take the important clansmen of the Zhou family, and bring them back to the Eastern Wasteland.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Caiyi nodded instinctively, then went to take the five-colored sword pellets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the moment her hand grasped the sharp sword pellets, she suddenly raised her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Husband, are you deliberately sending me away, not wanting me to participate in the front-line battlefield?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen smiled and shook his head: \"Why would you think that? This matter is your husband's promise. If the Zhou family suffers, wouldn't your husband be breaking his word? Moreover, Zhou Yunshen came all the way to the Luo Tian Sect before his deadline arrived, which shows the importance of this matter. There aren't many people I can fully trust. Caiyi, you won't let your husband down, will you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Caiyi took the sword pellets with half-belief. \"Caiyi will complete this matter perfectly and will definitely not let Husband down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, then hurry up and simply refine these five sword pellets and this formation map. There are still three years left, which is barely enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Caiyi took a formation map from Luo Chen's hand and left in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Long stood to the side, her gaze somewhat envious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could feel the partiality Luo Chen had for Gu Caiyi, which contained a gentle love different from the one between herself and Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something she hadn't seen between Luo Chen and Sima Huiniang; with Sima Huiniang, Luo Chen showed more responsibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, on that formation map, Cang Long had a feeling of familiarity again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Five Elements Sword Array?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus the rich Luoyun Sect puppet control style on the White Tiger puppet earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Long brought up Han Zhan inappropriately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother, you and Han Zhan...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen said frankly: \"There are some grievances and entanglements; it's a long story.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Long thought thoughtfully: \"If so, then don't say it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine, telling you about it doesn't matter.\" Luo Chen's gaze was distant, and he spoke of the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From being imprisoned together in Cangwu Mountain, to the North Sea, and finally to the life-and-death struggle on Longyuan Island in the Demon Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bit by bit, when the words were finished, the moon was already high in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Cang Long listened, the more silent she became. That friend from before was actually such a deep-scheming, ill-intentioned person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Long sighed: \"You can know a person's face but not their heart; I never thought there would be such a turn of events.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen waved his hand: \"A tree that stands above the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Some use my alchemy, some covet my physical body, and some fancy my extraordinary combat power. I'm used to it, truly used to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a step forward, standing between the cliffs, facing the mountain wind, his robes fluttering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But after this battle, no one will ever be able to disrespect me again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman looked at the tall, straight figure that seemed to be able to hold up the sky, her eyes full of reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Shouyang Hall, after everyone agreed to help Luo Chen, the Dao Discussion Conference was declared over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent news from leaking, everyone took a Great Dao oath together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after the matter was over could the inside story be revealed to the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before making a move on the Central Plains, Luo Chen left everyone two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two years were for them to return to their respective sects and arrange everything, big and small, so that if someone fell on the battlefield, the sect wouldn't be leaderless and in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, Luo Chen also made a not-so-small promise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from the Enlightenment Pill, if anyone fell in this battle and their sect's strength was greatly damaged, he, Luo Chen, and the Luo Tian Sect would protect the other's sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This promise covered the thirteen Nascent Soul Upper Sects and lasted for a thousand years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Luo Chen was still there, as long as the Luo Tian Sect was still there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did everyone set their hearts at ease and leave Shouyang Mountain with high spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the return of these people, some relatively important information about the Dao Discussion Conference also spread to all parts of the Eastern Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the vigorous promotion of the Dan Sect, the human and demon races finally reached an armistice treaty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human-demon war, which had lasted for two hundred years and had been vacant for another hundred years in the middle, slowly drew its curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, the Eastern Wasteland cultivation world would usher in a thousand years of peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand years is a long time for any existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for a Nascent Soul True Person, their lifespan is only about a thousand years at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, no one thought about what would happen after a thousand years; people only knew that they no longer had to worry about sudden attacks by large groups of demon beasts and could live in peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dan Sect's reputation rose once again because of this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even, it was raised to an unimaginable level!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was Great Elder Dongyang, who was called a Nascent Soul Perfection, or Tianduzi, who was divine in formation, or Nine Spirits Yuanjun, who was peerless in combat power, none could compare with Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Eastern Wasteland was singing the praises of Luo Chen's prestige and his various deeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And while the Eastern Wasteland cultivation world was celebrating the armistice, Luo Chen's figure had already crossed the ocean and arrived at the \"Central Plains\" once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time it was not the Tiannan Continent, but the Dao Sect ancestral court—the Dongyuan Continent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This territory was actually not unfamiliar to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, he participated in the Cave Heaven Competition in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven under Heaven Peak. And Heaven Peak, following the Shi River up, was the Lanke Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, when he left the Central Plains to return to the Eastern Wasteland, he also walked along the direction of the Dongyuan Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was just retracing the path he came from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sneaking into the Dongyuan Continent was not difficult for Luo Chen; he was already proficient in concealment and breath-holding techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with the fact that the current Dongyuan Continent was hosting a Jiazi Competition after a hundred and sixty years, it was even more suitable for him to sneak in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen found a Foundation Establishment cultivator from a fallen cold-door family and replaced him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through meticulous body-refining attainments, he changed his appearance to be identical. He obtained the other's cultivation technique, practiced it slightly, and reached the perfect master level, with his magic power aura being exactly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, Luo Chen finally entered the Dao Sect ancestral court, the Lanke Mountain Range, two years later!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jiazi Competition was in full swing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This competition was one hundred and sixty years after the last five-hundred-year Cave Heaven Competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should have been held every hundred years, but it was delayed because of the Central Plains Great Tribulation. Thus, it was held again after sixty years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such circumstances, the Dao Sect attached great importance to this competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was both to select good seedlings and to enhance the sect's cohesion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was to use martial arts competitions to show that the Tian Yuan Dao Sect was still strong and still the strongest human Sacred Land in the world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the Tian Yuan Dao Sect strove for perfection in this competition from beginning to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Qi Refining, to Foundation Establishment, to Golden Core, it was conducted in three major stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then these three major stages were divided into Dongyuan, Tiannan, and Libei continents to select excellent disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each continent would produce ten people for each realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the peak ninety people could compete in the Lanke Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The winners would receive generous rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen didn't care about the ranking; he only cared about one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white-clothed man, Zhou Fuyou, who had powerfully defeated an opponent on the ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time Luo Chen had seen his clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His appearance was completely different from his own, his personality was completely different from what Bai Bai had reported, and even his magic power was as vigorous and deep, even more so than himself at the same realm back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only similarity was probably that outstanding spellcasting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pity, only at the ninth level of Golden Core, ultimately not reaching the Nascent Soul stage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen sighed faintly in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew he couldn't ask for too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All in all, Zhou Fuyou wasn't even a hundred years old yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an ordinary person to form a Golden Core at a hundred is already a genius among geniuses, so how could one form a Nascent Soul at a hundred?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head secretly, ignoring the high-level experts of the Tian Yuan Dao Sect above, and quietly withdrew from the Lanke Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked alone to the side of the Shi River, which flows east and never returns, waiting secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know how much time passed, but a figure also appeared behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I'm here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought the senior wouldn't come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little friend, why be so anxious? There is still a year until the formation starts. By then, Liancheng will be stretched thin, and the various Nascent Soul experts of the Tian Yuan Dao Sect must guard the formation nodes everywhere. That will be the best time for us to strike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While speaking, the owner of the vicissitudes voice had walked to Luo Chen's side, watching the rolling Shi River flowing east beneath their feet with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the North Sea great power, Li Canghai! \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was none other than the great power of the North Sea, Li Canghai!\u003C\u002Fp>",3029,"2026-06-12T10:36:14.149Z","2026-06-18T03:42:36.771Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","29b1a22ef531b92a9e62c5406970f521bb535a5009149d8021d09dde5c692edc","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-1019","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-1017",1090,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-cover.jpg"]