Immortality Begins With The Alchemical Master Chapter 761: Burning the Three Rainbow Falls, Sword Rising from the Cloud Dream Marsh - Novel Cool

Chapter 761: Burning the Three Rainbow Falls, Sword Rising from the Cloud Dream Marsh

Chapter 761: Burning the Three Rainbow Falls, Sword Rising from the Cloud Dream Marsh

Hiss...

On the shore of the great lake, a giant python slithered, its long tongue flicking in and out as it circled around the lake's edge.

Ordinarily, such behavior would be nothing out of the ordinary.

However, at this moment, all the illusionary beasts were rushing towards the Three Rainbow Falls, but this giant python illusionary beast was not following the crowd, which seemed rather odd.

Suddenly, the python's body trembled, its eyes clouded with confusion, and it slowly swayed its massive body, leaving the lakeside.

It wasn't until it had traveled several miles away that the confusion in its eyes gradually dissipated.

The python turned its head back, puzzled, to glance at the great lake, but its attention was quickly drawn to the charging of its own kind, and it joined the surging tide of giant beasts.

On the surface of the lake, murky waves rolled, as if stirred by the vibrations from the surroundings.

Beneath the lake, Luo Chen let out a sigh of relief.

"Strange, I clearly removed the formation yesterday, but why are there still so many illusionary beasts attracted, not a single one less?"

"Could it be that within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, there are simultaneously so many illusionary beasts lurking?"

He racked his brains but couldn't find an answer.

This setup, although hastily arranged, had still taken a lot of thought.

To avoid being detected by Xu Fu, the Dao Guardian of Gu Dao Su, Luo Chen had already deactivated the formation when there were only seven or eight illusionary beasts.

Furthermore, he had pushed his concealment technique to its limits! Although the situation was somewhat out of control, there were still some redeeming aspects.

Luo Chen looked up at the sky, but the murky lake water made it impossible to see clearly.

"Too blurry!"

Luo Chen muttered, mobilizing a strand of pure spiritual power and slowly transforming it.

Suddenly, he lightly tapped his finger on the water's surface.

"Cloud Chess Mirror, Reflect the Heavens and Earth!"

Buzz...

Visible ripples spread out in the water, gradually expanding.

The clouds in the sky seemed to split open, and a strand of heavenly light pierced through the cloud layer, projecting onto the vast lake surface.

In an instant, this nameless great lake appeared magnificent and indescribable.

This spell was not profound, but in terms of its subtlety, it was rarely seen in the world.

Luo Chen had combined the low-level Water Mirror Technique with the cloud patterns from formation fundamentals, and he had also gained some inspiration from the Peach Garden Chess Formation.

At this moment, the clouds in the sky resembled chess pieces, adorning the battlefield above, capturing all the scenes and imprinting them on the water mirror of the great lake.

Various scenes from the outside world vividly appeared before Luo Chen's lively eyes.

A beautiful woman was enraged, causing her jade hairpin to hover high.

A group of True Immortals gathered, remaining stationary but with eyes full of vigilance.

And more than a dozen illusionary beasts, led by a giant white falcon, simultaneously charged towards the Three Rainbow Falls.

In the distance, there was a continuous billowing of dust and smoke, suggesting the arrival of even more formidable illusionary beasts.

"The fun is getting a little too big!"

Luo Chen pursed his lips, but his eyes showed no worry; instead, they sparkled with excitement.

The greater the risk, the greater the potential reward.

Especially since he wasn't openly involved but was the hidden hawk waiting in the wings.

Slap!

Luo Chen slapped the small gray cauldron in front of him.

The Primordial Cauldron instantly transformed, expanding from a size of a few feet to a hundred feet, and it crawled onto the ground of the great lake.

The enormous cauldron mouth opened, resembling a wild beast's gaping blood-red maw, facing the outside world.

Luo Chen closed and opened his eyes!

Whoosh!

A soul fragment, identical to his main soul, flew out from his sea of consciousness.

Without the shielding of the sea of consciousness or the support of a Nascent Soul, this soul fragment felt extremely uncomfortable even in the water.

However, he didn't hesitate and directly entered the Primordial Cauldron.

"With a soul fragment driving my primary spirit treasure, the power should be sufficient."

"But if I'm exposed, relying solely on this might not be enough."

Luo Chen's thoughts shifted, and he waved his right hand forward.

Clang!

The Blood Sword silently emerged, and Luo Chen gripped it, then plunged it into the thick mud beside him.

"Now, everything awaits the start of the show!"

Luo Chen slightly raised his neck, focusing on the various scenes reflected on the lake's surface.

...

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

In the sky, the jade hairpin transformed into countless rays of light, which suddenly condensed and shot towards a giant ape climbing the Three Rainbow Falls.

Boom!

In just a moment, the giant ape that had been climbing the steep cliff as if it were nothing was shattered, turning into a vast white mist.

Xu Fu didn't have time to rejoice in her successful strike; her entire body shot up into the sky like an arrow, her eyes fixed on the white falcon.

Her water sleeves flowed, and in the blink of an eye, they became as hard as steel.

She shook both sleeves, and the water sleeves shot out like long spears.

The white falcon nimbly dodged, avoiding the two water sleeves by a hair's breadth.

But as it tried to escape, the two water sleeves instantly turned soft, enveloping its body.

"Get out of my way!"

Xu Fu's eyebrows furrowed in anger, and the surging Nascent Soul-stage spiritual power pulled the white falcon, trying to shake it off.

However, her expression changed again the next moment.

The white falcon flapped its wings with all its might, unleashing a mighty force that broke free from the water sleeves, and then it resolutely charged towards Xu Fu.

A silk handkerchief appeared in front of the woman, shrouded in light and shadows.

Boom!

In just one strike, the white falcon was knocked back hundreds of feet.

And Xu Fu, like a falling meteor, was smashed directly into the Three Rainbow Falls.

Dense smoke and dust filled the air, and circles of golden-yellow light spread out from the mountains.

"Is that the Mountain-Stabilizing Balance Array?" Gu Yuan asked.

Gu Chen nodded, "Young Master has a good eye, that's indeed one of our sect's most famous fourth-level mountain-guarding grand formations."

Gu Yuan exclaimed in admiration, "I never expected that for this Cave Heavens Grand Competition, the Gu family not only recalled Xu Fu but also had Dao Yin ask for the Wuzhi Black Chess. They even set up a mountain-guarding formation. With such a huge investment, it's no wonder that Gu Dao Su is ahead of us."

Gu Chen's expression turned cold, "Without anyone to control it, this formation won't last long, especially in this realm where the spiritual veins are shallow and lack earth energy to support it. The foundation of the grand formation is inherently unstable. Moreover, with that white falcon, comparable to a mid-Nascent Soul stage, nearby, Xu Fu might not be able to protect Gu Dao Su."

"I can't protect her!"

Gu Yuan chuckled lightly.

Next, it was a question of who would give in first, Xu Fu or the grand array.

Whichever it was, it meant that Gu Daosu would lose her protective power, and her state of enlightenment would be broken.

When a grand array of this level appeared, many of the watching cultivators exclaimed in surprise.

Such a grand array was extremely difficult to set up!

And it consumed a lot of materials.

The Gu family was using it for a grand trial, which was somewhat extravagant.

But this was the depth of the Twelve Great Chambers' foundation. For a potential Huashen candidate, they would willingly pay ten or even twenty times more without hesitation.

Ming Yan watched this scene, feeling a mix of envy and concern.

"Senior Brother, if this grand array can't protect Gu Daosu, then what about us later...?"

Before she could finish, Long Yuan Zhen Ren raised his hand to interrupt her.

"With me here, I can protect you. And if you succeed in comprehending the Primordial Power, whether it's within this Cave Heaven or outside, you can roam freely without fear. At that time, you can protect me, and nothing will go wrong."

Ming Yan nodded slightly.

But as she looked at the charging Illusionary Beasts, her eyes flickered with anticipation.

"Senior Brother, with so many Illusionary Beasts gathered here, should we...?"

"Wait a little longer and see how others act!"

Long Yuan Zhen Ren said calmly, his eyes unconsciously scanning the surroundings.

In the forest, there was an old man and a young man, most likely from the Wang family.

In a small mountain a few miles away, which seemed ordinary, a faint aura had leaked out earlier. If he remembered correctly, it should be Yu Xu from the Yu family. Since she had appeared, her Dao Guardian would also be nearby, and the Southern Border Toxin Cultivators were not easy to deal with.

If it were just these people, it would be fine.

But Gu Yuan and Shi Ju from the three great families were also nearby, watching with predatory eyes. For him to take action and seize the opportunity would be like grabbing chestnuts from a fire.

He glanced at the clouds, where Shi Ju and Qi Xiong Cheng, carrying a purple-gold gourd, stood.

As he looked, the other party also glanced back.

But for some reason, Long Yuan Zhen Ren felt as if a third person was watching him.

"Could there be someone else in the clouds?"

Just as he was pondering, Xu Fu, who had been knocked into the mountains earlier, reappeared.

The golden array light slowly lifted her up.

Her hair was in disarray, and her face was stern.

In the air, the sound of a falcon's call rang out, seemingly a provocation.

But Xu Fu ignored the Illusionary Beasts' provocation and instead scattered her Divine Perception, sending out a sound transmission.

"Fellow sect members, won't you lend a hand?"

No one responded.

She clenched her teeth and offered a condition.

"I will activate the Mountain-Stabilizing Balance Array to its fullest, slaughtering all the Illusionary Beasts here. The obtained Illusionary Cores, I won't take a single one, and you can divide them among yourselves!"

"Not only that, I have seven extra Illusionary Cores on me, originally meant for Gu Daosu's backup. If you help me out of this predicament, these seven Illusionary Cores will also be given to you!"

Finally, she said in a deep voice, "Those who take action will gain the friendship of the Gu family!"

At this point, she stopped persuading and instead devoted herself fully to controlling the grand array.

Circle after circle of golden radiance spread out from the Three Rainbow Falls.

All the Illusionary Beasts within a fifty-mile radius seemed to have mountains on their heads, their bodies slowing down several times over.

Moreover, stone cones gathered in the air, piercing towards those Illusionary Beasts.

On the ground, tremors erupted one after another.

She was using her own power to activate the grand array to attack all the Illusionary Beasts! Everyone knew this couldn't be sustained.

As they had anticipated.

Xu Fu's face grew increasingly pale, and her Nascent Soul-stage aura gradually weakened as she controlled the array.

"After all, she's not a master of arrays. Relying solely on brute force to control the grand array is too strenuous."

In the forest, the elder of the old-young pair commented.

The young man beside him watched for a while and suddenly said, "Elder, you should take action!"

The elder glanced at the young man, "For what?"

The young man smiled slightly, "For the Illusionary Cores, the Gu family's friendship, and also, Gu Shixiong has a decent relationship with me in the sect. It won't hurt to help."

"Alright, then we'll do as you say."

The elder responded and stepped out of the forest. With a flick of his wrist, a green bamboo staff extended and struck a Illusionary Beast.

His sudden action seemed to break the balance.

Soon after, the others also started to help.

With the assistance of the grand array, these Nascent Soul-stage cultivators were like fish in water, slaughtering the fourth-rank Illusionary Beasts with far greater ease than usual.

Even Shi Ju and Qi Xiong Cheng didn't remain standing in the clouds but entered the array to help.

However, unlike the others, these two had Shi Ju taking action while Qi Xiong Cheng assisted from the side.

Shi Ju's performance was no less impressive than the Dao Guardians invited by the various families and even excelled in certain aspects.

With the opening and closing of a folding fan, scorching, domineering flame currents swept across the land.

In an instant, numerous Illusionary Beasts were scattered, turning into boundless white mist in the air.

Illusionary Cores moved at astonishing speeds within the mist, and large amounts of cloud vapor continuously gathered towards them.

Qi Xiong Cheng followed Shi Ju's instructions, manipulating the Purple Yang Gourd to absorb the cloud vapor and capture as many Illusionary Cores as possible.

Divide them equally?

Impossible!

Since Shi Ju had taken action, he wouldn't divide them equally with others.

On the contrary, others were still helping him, especially with the assistance of a grand array on the level of the Mountain-Stabilizing Balance Array, making his hunt for Illusionary Beasts effortless.

"Old Ghost, how many Illusionary Cores have you collected?"

Shi Ju asked as he fought the Illusionary Beasts.

"One so far."

Shi Ju frowned, "Why is it so slow? In a short time, at least five Illusionary Beasts have been killed, and you've only collected one Illusionary Core?"

Qi Xiong Cheng had a bitter complaint but didn't know why another force was pulling the cloud vapor, making it extremely difficult for him to collect the Illusionary Cores.

He thought that the Illusory Beast was too powerful and that he had spent too little time refining the Purple Yang Gourd.

Shi Ju suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "Do your best to collect the Illusionary Cores. Let me know when you have five of them."

Five Illusionary Cores would make this trip worthwhile.

But would five be enough for the young master?

Qi Xiong Cheng was perplexed, but his actions didn't falter.

The others present gradually noticed something amiss.

The Illusory Beasts they had slain began to disappear before their Illusionary Cores could be collected.

It was fine if it happened once or twice, but within a short time, several Illusory Beasts neither condensed their bodies nor left behind any Illusionary Cores.

Finally, someone noticed Qi Xiong Cheng, who had not participated in the battle but had been continuously activating the Purple Yang Gourd.

"What are you doing?" Gu Chen asked abruptly.

Qi Xiong Cheng remained silent.

Shi Ju, however, stepped back, and Qi Xiong Cheng nodded at him, indicating that he had collected at least five Illusionary Cores.

From then on, he didn't need to fight for others.

"The Shi family's business doesn't require an explanation to you!"

Shi Ju then ignored Gu Chen's darkening face, raised his folding fan, and forcefully fanned towards the nearby Three Rainbow Falls!

He laughed maniacally, "Gu Daosu, come out and see this scenery!"

The heaven-surge flame cloud, accompanied by the wind, surged upwards.

Wherever it passed, the golden light of the formation dimmed inch by inch.

Breaking a mountain-protecting formation from the outside was extremely difficult, but attacking it from within...

Xu Fu, who was using all her strength to suppress the white falcon, saw this and her eyes widened in anger.

"No!"

In the distance, Gu Yuan, who had not joined the battle, nodded slightly.

"As expected, Shi Ju has never been one to follow rules. How could he have such a good heart to help Gu Daosu? This is good. I can harvest the Illusionary Cores, and Gu Daosu can't maintain his enlightenment state. Moreover, this grudge won't fall on me."

A deafening rumble sounded, and the once beautiful Three Rainbow Falls instantly dried up, with numerous rocks falling.

The entire mountain began to tremble.

Without the support of the formation, Xu Fu, whose cultivation had long declined, couldn't withstand the white falcon.

It transformed into a beam of light and rushed straight towards the location of the Three Rainbow Falls.

Xu Fu's eyes were filled with despair, but her body resolutely blocked the falcon's path.

The two collided, and without any hesitation, they disappeared into the mountain.

A cloud of dust rose, and the ground shook.

Everyone withdrew and leaped into the sky to witness this scene.

"Can Xu Fu survive?"

"Probably not. She forcibly used a forbidden technique to enhance her cultivation, and now Shi Ju has broken the mountain-stabilizing formation, causing backlash on herself. With the white falcon's impact, she's likely to die without a chance of survival."

"What about Gu Daosu?"

"With such a commotion, he can't possibly maintain his enlightenment state."

As they discussed, a dazzling pillar of light shot into the sky.

Accompanying it was a large falcon that was thrown out.

The falcon flipped several times in the air before stopping, glaring at the former location of the Three Rainbow Falls.

In the broken waterfall, a young man with exquisite features stood holding a brass mirror, standing at the cave mouth covered in moss. Behind him, Xu Fu sat on the ground, her breath weak but still alive.

Everyone was shocked by this sight!

Gu Daosu had awakened! And he had taken action, forcefully repelling the falcon.

Could it be that he had successfully comprehended the Primordial Power?

"Haha, he failed in the end! He used the Gu family's Unwavering Treasure Mirror, not his own strength."

Shi Ju laughed wildly, proud of his success.

Everyone looked at the brass mirror, understanding dawning on their faces.

The Gu family's Unwavering Treasure Mirror was renowned for its ability to store a cultivator's full-power strike, and it could do so multiple times.

Clearly, the previous attack was not Gu Daosu's doing but the power of the Unwavering Treasure Mirror.

In the broken mountain, Xu Fu weakly asked, "Did you fail?"

Gu Daosu sighed, "Almost, just a bit short."

Just a bit short?

Xu Fu felt regret, and anger rose in her eyes.

"It's all Shi Ju's fault!"

If not for Shi Ju's sudden attack, breaking the mountain-stabilizing formation, she would have fought with all her might to buy enough enlightenment time for Gu Daosu.

Everything was his fault!

After leaving, the Gu family would make the Shi family pay!

However!

"It's not his fault."

As Xu Fu was taken aback, Gu Daosu raised the mirror high, shining it towards the heavens.

As he held the mirror to the sky, he spoke softly.

"During my enlightenment, I sensed something amiss in this place. Someone harbored malicious intent, disrupting my spirit acumen with a formation. This person is the real culprit, and Shi Ju and the others are merely pawns in their scheme."

"I've found him!"

Suddenly, the clouds dispersed, and the sky rippled.

The Unwavering Treasure Mirror emitted a chilling cyan light, stopping at a distant great lake.

Gu Daosu spoke loudly, "Fellow cultivator, have you seen enough?"

Everyone followed the sound and looked towards the lake.

The lake's water was calm, but the surrounding clouds gathered, resembling a dreamlike marsh, ethereal and hazy.

If not for the mirror's glow, everyone would have struggled to see the mirror-like calm surface.

The wisps of clouds, constantly drawn into the lake, were none other than the scattered forms of the Illusory Beasts.

As they watched, they saw a single Illusionary Core silently sucked into the lake.

This scene required no explanation; everyone understood the reason.

Setting aside their thoughts, a light laugh echoed in the heavens.

Then, in everyone's eyes, a crimson color reflected.

A sword light soared into the sky from the cloud-like marsh!

(End of Chapter)

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