Immortality begin with Alchemy Grandmaster Chapter 2750 - 1015: Cang Long’s Intent, Nine Tribulations and Three Nirvana (3)

Consciousness alone is insufficient!

At that juncture, without any inkling of his dire predicament and impending rebirth, he recklessly attempted a Soul Splitting Nirvana.

Failure was an inescapable outcome!

Had it not been for the Nirvana Fire Spirit present then, practicing the complete "Tianhuang Nirvana Sutra" would have been impossible.

This time, confronted with the razor's edge of life and death, with the Blessed Land on the verge of collapse, and before the future opportunity of the God Transformation Dao, he finally embraced this path without reservation.

It was only then that he could barely withstand the final nirvana.

Traversing this trial, Luo Chen finally grasped the profound advantage of completing the Nine Tribulations and Three Nirvana early in his cultivation journey.

He could have directly possessed compatible Qi Power during the Golden Core Period, a terrifying cultivation physique, and a Divine Soul exhibiting nascent signs of Divine Transformation.

Now, in the Late Stage Nascent Soul, having only just taken this step, it was indeed somewhat tardy.

"Fortunately, it's not too late!"

"With the Divine Soul now so inherently stable, its integration into the Nascent Soul to forge a Primordial Spirit will undoubtedly yield greater strength than before."

"Perhaps I can even directly aim to break through to the Divine Transformation Stage!"

In a fleeting moment, this conviction settled upon Luo Chen.

With such Divine Soul potential, he could forcefully challenge the Divine Transformation Stage, unburdened by the missing strand of Life Soul that the Tianyuan Daoist Sect had pilfered.

This was not unfounded arrogance; upon mastering the Nine Tribulations and Three Nirvana, he could clearly perceive the condition of his Divine Soul.

This constituted one of its remarkable benefits.

The Heaven, Earth, and Life Three Souls were clearly discernible.

The Seven Spirits also found their abodes within various parts of his physical form.

And the absent strand of Life Soul was exceedingly minute.

It was perhaps so insignificant that when Mo Shouzhuo secretly employed a Spiritual Treasure to seize it back then, Luo Chen remained oblivious.

For the current Luo Chen, that solitary strand of Life Soul represented naught but a drop in the ocean of his vast Divine Soul endowment, insufficient to truly impede his breakthrough to Divine Transformation.

"Should I take the gamble?"

The instant this thought surfaced, Luo Chen promptly discarded it.

Having witnessed the Primordial Qi Tornado descend from the heavens, he would sooner contend with adversaries than tempt the capriciousness of fate.

Should that minuscule missing fragment, by some chance, precipitate the failure of his advancement, he would truly have no recourse.

"It is wiser to adhere to the original plan, proceeding step by step!"

After a thorough examination of his Divine Soul, Luo Chen redirected his focus to his physical body.

What he beheld filled him with astonishment.

His entire being, within every vein and acupoint, pulsed with immense quantities of Qi Power.

"This Qi Power is far too chaotic!"

Luo Chen mused inwardly, swiftly concentrating his mind towards the Purple Mansion.

Indeed!

The Nascent Soul, having matured to mirror his likeness, now appeared distended, akin to an overfilled water balloon on the verge of bursting.

An Azure Fire Tree, extending its abundant foliage, enveloped it, continuously supplying a substantial measure of life force to sustain the Nascent Soul's precarious state.

The moment Luo Chen's consciousness manifested, the Azure Fire Tree immediately conveyed a weary sentiment.

Luo Chen could offer only words of solace, "Your labor is greatly appreciated."

Subsequently, the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit slowly withdrew its branches, while Luo Chen's Divine Soul immediately assumed command of the Nascent Soul, diligently organizing the overwhelming and tumultuous Qi Power within.

The earlier clash between the Water and Fire Law Origins had provoked the baptism from the Primordial Energy Ocean.

The sheer volume was excessive, far exceeding that of a singular Law Origin, and surpassing the capacity his Nascent Soul could accommodate.

This resulted in the predicament he now faced.

The Qi Power had become exceedingly chaotic, the Nascent Soul bloated, and even his meridians and acupoints had begun to undergo distortion.

Had his Body Refinement not been successful, preventing his physical form from rupturing, and had the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit not automatically shielded him during his Divine Soul Nirvana, Luo Chen would not have survived these past nine years.

Yet, even now, peril remained ever-present.

Luo Chen had always understood that Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was an amalgamation of various Spirit Qi, possessing advantages in both quantity and omnipresence over single-attribute Spirit Qi.

Although the great powers of the Divine Transformation stage claimed mastery over Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in combat, during their cultivation, they still refined away the excess to select the attribute energy best suited for them.

An immense volume of raw Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi now saturated his physique, propelling his cultivation realm from the cusp of the Nascent Soul Seventh Level to an astonishing ninth layer of Nascent Soul.

However, Luo Chen found no satisfaction in this advancement.

Power that cannot be fully controlled, regardless of how elevated the realm, is merely an illusion, a structure built on air.

He recognized the urgent need to discover a method for expelling this overwhelming, chaotic Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

This was true even though it represented a profound blessing from the natural world, bestowed after his comprehension of the Laws and the Great Dao!

Luo Chen commenced the arduous process of separation, sorting, refinement, and purification, but the undertaking proved far more complex than he had anticipated.

The sheer quantity of Qi was simply too immense!

To refine even a single strand would require an unfathomable amount of time.

Furthermore, a significant portion of this Qi possessed a leaning towards the Water Attribute, a consequence of his comprehension of the Water Origin.

Yet, his grasp of the Water Origin was serendipitous, acquired through observation and reference to the Ming Water Spring Eye, rather than through his inherent abilities. Compounding this, his Natal Qi Technique was of the Fire Attribute, rendering the refinement process akin to attempting to extract sand from water with a needle.

At times, this discrepancy even triggered conflicts between the elemental powers, inflicting further damage upon his already vulnerable meridians and acupoints.

"I had previously considered transplanting the Ming Water Spring Eye into my Purple Mansion, intending to transform it into a manifestation akin to the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit; contemplating it now, such an action would surely be courting death!"

A fleeting thought crossed his mind, and Luo Chen could not suppress a wry smile.

His Five Spirit Roots had already culminated in a Purple Mansion sufficiently vast to house the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit, and the Nirvana Fire Spirit… wait, why had this Nirvana Fire Spirit grown so remarkably majestic?

One startling revelation followed another, and Luo Chen suddenly observed that the Nirvana Fire Spirit, which had previously resembled a small sparrow, now appeared incomparably majestic. Each feather and detail was vividly discernible, its crest resembling a blazing sun, soaring near the already weary Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit, seeming far grander in comparison!

"Could this transformation be a result of my complete mastery of the Nine Tribulations and Three Nirvana?"

"If so, does this mean my Nirvana Sacred Fire can now incinerate a cultivator's Divine Soul?"

With each completion of the Nine Tribulations and Three Nirvana, the Nirvana Sacred Fire underwent a mysterious and significant transformation.

Initially capable of burning only the physical body, it progressed to burning Qi Power, and ultimately, it gained the terrifying ability to even burn Divine Souls!

This was the very reason why the Qi Xia Emperor had been able to suppress countless ghost cultivators in the Nether Abyss by wielding the Nirvana Sacred Fire.

Luo Chen lacked the immediate time to experiment with the altered capabilities of the Nirvana Sacred Fire, just as he lacked the leisure to ascertain the current duration of his Primordial Spirit.

Having just regained consciousness, a thousand tangled thoughts swirled within him, making it difficult to know where to begin.

It was at this precise moment!

An ethereal ice bridge materialized, extending from the external environment.

Following its appearance, an elegant figure gracefully traversed the ice bridge, entering the Primordial Chaos Tripod that served to shield against the contaminating Ming Water.

"Senior Brother Luo Chen, you have indeed awakened!" Cang Long exclaimed, her voice filled with surprise.

Luo Chen naturally opened his eyes, regarded the newcomer, and offered a slight nod. "All these years, I have troubled everyone."

Cang Long’s face lit up with relief. "What matters is that you are alright."

"Alright?"

Luo Chen mused these words to himself, a bitter smile gracing his lips.

Given his distended and nearly immobile chaotic Qi Power, how could he truly be considered alright?

Witnessing this uncharacteristically helpless expression, Cang Long could not help but inquire with curiosity, "Senior Brother, what troubles you? Is there anything your junior sister can assist with?"

Assist?

Luo Chen’s mind suddenly latched onto a thought, his burning gaze fixated upon the graceful, mature woman standing before him.

"Junior Sister, regarding what you spoke of by the lakeside earlier, was it the truth?"

Swoosh!

In an instant, the woman, who had maintained a calm composure merely moments before, flushed crimson, the color rising all the way to her slender neck.