Immortality begin with Alchemy Grandmaster Chapter 2521 - 926:
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Innumerous Golden Core Cultivators throughout the Upper Nether Ruined City had sensed the strange disturbance by now.
Successively, their eyes turned toward the heavens looming over Old Monster Ge's cultivation spot.
A vast surge of Spirit Qi amassed, pitch-black clouds amassed overhead, and brilliant silver-white lightning bolts danced relentlessly amid the cloud formations.
Wherever Spirit Qi accumulates, extraordinary signs emerge.
Tribulation clouds manifest, bringing forth the descent of Heavenly Thunder.
This spectacle unmistakably marked the formidable tribulation for a Golden Core Cultivator advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage!
For this phenomenon to unfold within the Upper Nether Ruined City, its significance was clear to all observers.
It indicated that a fellow Rogue Cultivator had unified the three essentials of essence, energy, and spirit, triumphing in that final stride.
Would triumph come to pass?
All wished for the tribulation-crosser's victory, as it would prove that even Rogue Cultivators could pursue the Great Dao Path!
Yet as the thunderclouds intensified and the silver-white lightning blazed more fiercely, a weight settled upon everyone's hearts.
"This isn’t an ordinary Thunder Tribulation!"
"Such a massive spectacle surpasses even the one I witnessed for that genius before; how profound must this tribulation-crosser's foundation be?"
"Is he truly a Rogue Cultivator?"
During these murmurs, Old Monster Ge, directly connected to the events, remained vigilantly and deferentially positioned nearby.
His eyes shifted back and forth between the youth in meditation close by and the silhouette sealed inside the ice coffin.
The true horror lay not with the woman facing the tribulation.
Rather, it resided in the youth supporting her through it!
What immense power was required to awaken a dormant Female Cultivator and provoke such a Thunder Tribulation?
Especially considering the pill she held in her mouth, which he suspected could be a Medium Grade Nascent Soul Formation Pill!
A Nascent Soul Formation Pill was already exceedingly rare across the realm; even in the Nascent Soul Ascendant Sect that Old Monster Ge had once joined, only a handful existed, guarded jealously as core sect assets.
Yet a Medium Grade Nascent Soul Formation Pill?
Old Monster Ge found it unimaginable that anyone could refine such an item.
No!
Maybe there existed one such individual.
Alchemy Sect Luo Chen!
Recalling that fabled persona and his storied accomplishments, Old Monster Ge found himself breathless.
If the man standing before him was indeed that legend, then how ought he to behave moving forward?
Abruptly, his pulse raced.
The woman in the ice coffin trembled her lashes faintly, gradually unveiling her eyes.
Those stunning eyes brimmed with myriad intricate, faded sentiments.
They showed no awareness of Old Monster Ge, focusing solely on the youth grasping the Treasure Mirror.
With a resounding swallow, the Nascent Soul Formation Pill dissolved completely.
Nearby Spirit Qi rushed in with greater speed, while the sky's tribulation clouds thickened to the point of threatening to flatten the entire Upper Nether Ruined City.
The woman hesitated with her lips, then produced a voice at last.
"I’ve really troubled you!"
Luo Chen offered a subtle smile, drew the Chen Yuan Immortal Mirror from its shroud by Cang Long, and stored it away.
Next, he gestured outward, "The real challenge awaits outside, Senior Sister—stay vigilant."
Cang Long ascended gradually from the ice coffin, scanned the exterior briefly, and gave Luo Chen a nod.
"I will do my utmost!"
She then soared aloft, piercing the Cave Mansion’s Array Forbiddance, ascending into the firmament.
Accompanying her were a pagoda and a Flying Sword.
The pagoda, spanning nine levels with parts freshly restored and others aged, represented the Ascendant Grade Magic Item, the Moonlight Ice Castle, mended by Luo Chen. Its name derived from this very pagoda.
The Flying Sword, sleek in form, featured a Canglong Treasure Pearl embedded where hilt met blade; it served as the Natal Magic Item of the Ice Castle’s original founder. The title Cang Long Fairy stemmed from this as well.
For Cang Long's tribulation-crossing now, she depended only on these two guardian artifacts and her personal prowess.
Could she prevail?
Not even Cang Long brimmed with assurance.
This Thunder Tribulation exceeded by far the one she had endured earlier.
Factors included the heightened severity of a repeat crossing and Luo Chen's aid.
Particularly the second!
That chiefly fueled the tribulation's dread intensity!
Still, Cang Long stood resolute!
Through a dream spanning centuries inside the Chen Yuan Immortal Mirror, she had grasped profound insights.
Without relentless drive, without the determination to transform peril into rebirth, how could the cosmos permit one to ascend as a "true person"?
Besides, the supportive gaze from behind instilled utter certainty in her.
She trusted that should she falter, that figure would intervene.
For this Thunder Tribulation belonged not solely to her.
"I will do my utmost!"
Her face, bearing a hint of pallor, advanced to confront the Thunder Tribulation.
Luo Chen, though seemingly at ease, held some tension.
With a casual wave, an enormous stone materialized, hovering suspended in the air.
He exhaled a flame streak, azure and ivory entwined like a fiery dragon, igniting the colossal stone.
Though the blaze spanned modestly, its heat proved ferocious.
Within mere instants, the wholly aureate stone softened and liquefied steadily, shedding golden fluid rivulets.
Resembling quicksilver, it drifted languidly through the atmosphere.
Witnessing this, Old Monster Ge gulped involuntarily.
Geng Gold!
And the supreme variant, Nine Yang Geng Metal!
In such an immense quantity!
This single treasure, if unveiled to the world, would ignite battles among myriad cultivators, unleashing rivers of blood.
But now, no trace of avarice stirred within him.
For that Geng Gold chunk melted under an awe-inspiring True Fire.
Legends told of Alchemy Sect Luo Chen clashing in mortal combat against Huang Man, offspring of Ancient Demon Emperor Di Tian, within the Medicine King Realm!
That fierce encounter ended with Alchemy Sect Luo Chen deploying an enigmatic, devastating flame to reduce the Ancient Demon's heir to cinders.