Immortality begin with Alchemy Grandmaster Chapter 2545 - 935: Drawing Disaster and Calamity, Ba Xiu Qi Tian

The ominous black armor loomed darkly.

Brightly, the jade belt shimmered with light.

Like a towering mountain peak, the high crown stood.

Sharp as blades, the golden feathers glinted fiercely.

With each step he took, the Wave Riding Light Steps danced unpredictably and slyly, his form shifting like a dragon in flight and a tiger in bounds, his aura pressing down heavily on everything nearby.

Cheng Bai's heart raced when Luo Chen stepped out from the nameless barren hill after forging his Magic Item, as if a fearsome Demon King had risen from piles of dead bodies and rivers of blood, blasting him with a thick, bloody presence straight on.

"Gulp..."

A swallow escaped Cheng Bai's throat without thought, and he dropped to his knees on the dirt, unsure.

"Junior Cheng Bai, offers respects to the Senior!"

Gazing down at the figure below, Luo Chen's voice rumbled low, "Your name doesn't matter to me—what I need is details on this Master Ming Lei, and which power he belongs to?"

Head lowered and body shaking, Cheng Bai answered, "Master Ming Lei belongs to no Sect or group; he's a Rogue Cultivator who has verified his Dao and stands as the sole Nascent Soul True Master among the Thirty-Six Cave Masters of Wind and Thunder Gorge."

"Rogue Cultivator?"

Luo Chen's brow arched slightly—since when could Rogue Cultivators so casually reach the Nascent Soul Realm?

In the expansive North Sea, just the Three Great Independent Cultivators are famed among Nascent Soul Rogue Cultivators.

Yet now, stepping into the South Border, another such powerhouse appears out of the wilds?

Cheng Bai bobbed his head fast and started sharing the tale of Master Ming Lei's rise.

Wind and Thunder Gorge had once been a perilous spot that big powers ignored as worthless.

Countless scattered Spirit Veins drew in hordes of independent Rogue Cultivators willing to stake their Cultivation there.

Over time, this birthed the name Thirty-Six Cave Masters.

Back then, most Cave Masters lingered at Foundation Establishment, with only a rare Golden Core Ascendant Master or two around.

Faced with threats from mighty forces outside, they banded together in pacts to fend off invaders.

But over the last two or three hundred years, shifts started happening.

Suddenly, many Cave Masters surged ahead in Cultivation, jumping realms in big ways.

Master Ming Lei stood out most, pushing through endless hardships to emerge as a Nascent Soul True Master of his era, ruling over the Thirty-Six Caves all by himself.

Luo Chen's eyes tightened a bit as he took it in.

"Two or three hundred years..."

Cheng Bai paused, then lifted his head with nerves, glad to finally voice the question burning inside.

"Junior ventures to ask, Senior, are you a Nascent Soul True Master too?"

"Oh?" Luo Chen eyed him with a grin, "And if I am? If I'm not?"

Cheng Bai forced a grin, "My Cave Lord enjoys building ties far and wide..."

"Tell it straight!"

Jolted, Cheng Bai blurted out, "In recent years, Wind and Thunder Gorge has birthed many powerhouses, with Rogue Cultivators climbing realms at a wild pace. The biggest Nascent Soul Family close by, the Feng Family, sees Wind and Thunder Gorge as a secret treasure trove worth grabbing, and they plot to take it over. My Cave Lord is mighty, but his Nascent Soul is fresh, and his alliances are thin. The Feng Family's greed weighs on him more each day. Lately, they've stirred up trouble, calling in friends everywhere to launch an assault and claim Wind and Thunder Gorge, turning it into a huge worry for my Cave Lord. His deep focus on the Flash Thunder Technique comes mostly because the Feng Family Supreme's movement art shines in speed, and he wants to fix that weakness..."

"Rubbish!" Luo Chen huffed softly, "You might as well say you want me to join the battle."

Cheng Bai nodded vigorously, "Yes, if Senior lends a hand, the endless cultivators in Wind and Thunder Gorge's Thirty-Six Caves would owe you deeply. Bringing in a mighty backer counts as huge service, maybe snagging some small prizes."

That last bit rang true and open.

Luo Chen cut right to it, no pause, "Any perks in it?"

Cheng Bai's jaw dropped, caught off guard by the blunt grab for gains.

Noticing, Luo Chen dismissed it with a wave, "Forget it, I'll demand recompense from Master Ming Lei myself."

Then he spun around, striding for the Cave Mansion.

"Stay out here!"

A heavy breath escaped Cheng Bai—he sensed he'd dodged a deadly snag.

He dreaded these ancient beasts acting on whims, slaying at will.

Whether linking a powerhouse to their Cave Mansion brought fortune or doom lay in the days ahead, not his worry now; he just needed to survive this instant.

The real snag was if this ancient beast packed enough punch?

He'd skipped saying if he held Nascent Soul True Master rank.

As worries churned in his head, a roar like crashing thunder slammed into his ears.

"I might not have hit Nascent Soul, but regular True Masters can't take even one punch from me!"

Cheng Bai's lips parted wide, two words thundering in his thoughts.

"Physical Cultivator!"

...

Inside the crude Cave Mansion, Luo Chen scanned the wreckage that looked hacked by blades, chopped by axes, blasted by bolts, and scorched by flames, and a weight settled in his chest.

With a mental nudge, the Primordial Chaos Tripod spun into view ahead of him.

A quick check showed its Spirit Qi pulsing steadily, its glow muted and deep.

Not flashy at all, yet any onlooker would spot it as a priceless gem.

The Primordial Chaos Tripod clearly thrived, outshining its past best forms by miles.

Particularly after absorbing the Rest Soil from the Five-colored Pagoda plus most Five Elements Materials, its sheer mass defied words; even top True Devices like Mount Sky Cliff and Hundred Craft Mountain, built for crushing weight and control, fell short at their peak.

Trouble hit during the merging.

It somehow pulled in a "Heavenly Tribulation!"

Those dark clouds piling up, plus the lightning blasts Cheng Bai had seen, stemmed from oddities in refining Luo Chen's Natal Magic Item.

Though no true Heavenly Tribulation, it just siphoned stray thunder essence drifting through sky and earth.

Still, the Primordial Chaos Tripod was merely a True Device, nowhere near Spiritual Treasure level!

"Why would it summon even a faint Thunder Tribulation?"

Luo Chen dismissed any blame on the Rest Soil; no matter its wonders, the amount stayed tiny, and besides, it was just raw stuff.