Immortality begin with Alchemy Grandmaster Chapter 2512 - 923: Primordial Energy Ocean, Tribulation Gu Reappears_2

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Luo Chen invoked his Natal Qi Technique and the Refining Heaven Machine to draw spirit mechanism into his Nascent Soul, extending his divine consciousness toward the primordial energy ocean in pursuit of the Fire Origin's true intent. Distracted by an anomaly within the Luo Tian Sect, the spirit mechanism scattered, forcing his consciousness to retract in failure. He stormed to a secluded mountain, confronting his son Luo Lingxi, whose cultivation had surged to the Fourth Level of Qi Refinement in mere four years from mortality. Sima Huiniang stepped forward, admitting she had implanted the Demonic Mind Gu on Luo Lingxi and sect disciples to hasten their progress.

With a icy tone, Luo Chen declared, "Are you aware of the severe damage this deed could inflict?"

Sima Huiniang felt utterly shocked.

Shaking his head, Luo Chen continued, "Our Luo Tian Sect already has too few disciples, and those at the lower levels form its core base. By implanting Demon Gu into them and treating them as cultivation cauldrons for Lingxi, you're severing the sect's very roots. Once this secret gets out, it will rip apart the harmony within our sect—do you truly desire for the Luo Tian Sect to crumble because of it?"

Sima Huiniang parted her lips, her complexion draining to a ghostly white.

She trembled her lips several times before managing to utter, "But what of Lingxi? He's our boy; he craves cultivation so fiercely, dreaming of soaring into the heavens to witness the vast wonders of the Eastern Wasteland, yet you'd condemn him to an ordinary existence, fading into mere dust after a mere century?"

"Luo Chen, he's your son as well!"

"You possess the ability to aid his cultivation, but you obsess over your secluded training instead. Are you worthy of being his father?"

By now, Sima Huiniang's feelings surged wildly, even addressing Luo Chen straight by his full name.

This marked the initial fierce clash in their long shared history.

Fury flickered over Luo Chen's features, yet he drew in a heavy breath at last, quelling his fury.

In a grave tone, he stated, "Huiniang, Lingxi is indeed our offspring, but hasn't the Luo Tian Sect become like another child we've nurtured ourselves? It holds your comrades, your followers, and endless young ones who revere you as the founding sect master. If you persist in this wild manner, would you then turn to Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators as demon seed cauldrons for Luo Lingxi?"

Sima Huiniang froze in place.

Memories surged of her past dedication, fretting ceaselessly over the Luo Tian Sect.

When had her concern for the sect begun to wane?

Luo Chen shook his head once more, releasing a prolonged sigh.

"This error isn't on you, nor on Lingxi—it's mine!"

"I've ignored far too many signs."

"Thankfully, we can still correct it in time."

Upon concluding his words, a resolute expression crossed his face as he extended his hand toward Luo Lingxi from afar in a grasping motion!

"Emererge!"

Luo Lingxi shut his eyes in utter hopelessness.

Sima Huiniang wailed in matching desperation, "No!"

In the instant that followed, a dim gray glow resisted fiercely while emerging from Luo Lingxi's form.

As soon as the entity departed his body, Luo Lingxi sensed a profound ease washing over him.

He blinked open his eyes in bewilderment, "I... I'm not dead?"

Sima Huiniang stood equally dumbfounded, "Husband, you didn't pull out the Demonic Mind Gu?"

Luo Chen offered no reply, instead rapidly weaving hand seals and layering restrictions onto the emerging gray light, confining it gradually.

Near the finish, Luo Chen even summoned his Lifebound Magic Treasure, the Mix Yuan Cauldron, from which slender chains unfurled to ensnare it firmly.

Only then did the dark luminous mass disclose its hazy shape.

It resembled a butterfly in form.

Luo Lingxi gazed at the object in bafflement, puzzled as to why such a creature had dwelled inside him.

"Father, what exactly is that thing?"

Luo Chen eased only after the Mix Yuan Cauldron had fully subdued it, beads of chilly sweat dotting his brow.

Clearly, containing this entity had demanded great effort.

In a hushed voice, he clarified, "Do you recall that elder I brought you to meet before, the Valley Immortal Feng Jiang?"

Luo Lingxi answered blankly, "I think I encountered him once, but sleep overcame me right upon seeing him."

Luo Chen affirmed with a nod, "That's precisely the remnant he implanted, something utterly beyond your current ability to command!"

To be precise, this artifact didn't truly originate from Valley Immortal Feng Jiang, but from the Southern Border Sacred Land's Life and Death Gate.

Fifth-tier Divine Gu—Tribulation Gu!

It harbors the immense might to unleash calamity and ruin.

Even the formidable heritage of Valley Immortal Feng Jiang and the Dark Abyss Sect struggles to dominate it.

It can merely be confined within the Sealing Immortal Valley to serve as a captive.

Nevertheless, the perpetual disasters afflicting the Sealing Immortal Valley's everyday landscape still inspire awe.

Later, to counter the Qi Xia Emperor, Valley Immortal Feng Jiang unleashed the Gu's full potential at the expense of his own life, aided by the Dark Abyss Sect Master Yu Ming Ancestor, summoning a dreadful Heavenly Tribulation that forced even the Qi Xia Emperor to flee in terror.

Post-battle, the depleted Tribulation Gu disappeared without trace.

To everyone's surprise, it covertly infiltrated the Elixir Saint’s Blessed Land, latching onto the unassuming, cultivation-less Luo Lingxi.

In truth, Luo Chen ought to have detected it sooner, having felt an oddity with Luo Lingxi upon his return to the Blessed Land, even experiencing vague disquiet.

However, back then, he had dismissed it lightly.

On this occasion, while striving to grasp the Fire Origin and absorbing vast spiritual essences, extending his divine sense, he finally perceived the irregularity.

Something was covertly vying with him for those spiritual essences!

Rushing over in haste and finding the Tribulation Gu not yet fused deeply with Luo Lingxi, he swiftly removed it.

Even so, Luo Chen inwardly trembled at the Gu's enigmatic capacity to sow disaster.

Through the lowly mortal Luo Lingxi alone, it had silently planted a massive catastrophe within the Luo Tian Sect.

Had Luo Lingxi progressed unchecked, with his cultivation advancing, he would inevitably have turned against fellow Luo Tian Sect members without restraint.

Luo Chen's earlier warnings regarding Foundation Establishment and Golden Core furnaces were no overstatement!

When that moment arrived, the sect's framework would collapse entirely; though Luo Chen might suppress it by force, a fractured and disunited Luo Tian Sect would hold no true strength, reduced to an empty facade!

Sima Huiniang remained oblivious to the Tribulation Gu's terrors; her focus stayed solely on her child.

"What will happen to Lingxi now?"