Immortality Begins With The Alchemical Master Chapter 923: Ocean of Primordial Energy, Tribulation Plague Reappears - Novel Cool

Chapter 923: Ocean of Primordial Energy, Tribulation Plague Reappears

Chapter 923: Ocean of Primordial Energy, Tribulation Plague Reappears

The cosmos is shrouded in profound mystery, a vast and indistinct realm.

Thus, the Great Way is hard to attain, and life is shrouded in chaos.

Only when heaven bestows enlightenment, dispelling the fog and revealing the truth, can one truly grasp the essence!

"Enlightenment" is omnipresent yet extremely difficult to perceive.

Even though Luo Chen has cultivated both his body and his magical techniques, refining a pair of Crimson Eyes and Golden Pupils that can see the flow of enlightenment, and he possesses the Alchemy Technique Refining Heavenly Insight left behind by Dan Sheng, he still has no clear idea of how to draw enlightenment into his body to aid his cultivation.

The only thing he knows is that when a cultivator has an epiphany, enlightenment will come to them, allowing them to understand certain bottlenecks.

He has had many such epiphanies, but often he could not explain why, in those moments, all his doubts and confusions would resolve themselves.

Now, having understood the principle, he can detect certain patterns even when not in a state of enlightenment.

His innate cultivation technique, Phoenix Rebirth Sutra, quietly activates.

The yuan infant opens its eyes and mouth, voraciously absorbing the free-floating spiritual energy from the world.

The phenomenon of the Crimson Eyes and Golden Pupils also manifests on the yuan infant.

Its eyes are fixed on the vast spiritual energy flowing through the void, faintly discerning the strands of enlightenment within.

Not much, certainly not comparable to the amount Dan Sheng drew when ascending to the heavens.

But enough to use!

Dan Sheng drew a large amount of enlightenment to ascend to the heavens.

Luo Chen merely wants to use it to understand the true essence of the law!

However, the unexpected part is that these strands of enlightenment are hesitant to merge with Luo Chen's body.

The yuan infant blinks, and with a sudden insight, it makes a hand seal.

The Alchemy Technique Refining Heavenly Insight reappears.

At this moment, Luo Chen treats his yuan infant like a pill, attempting to refine the enlightenment into his body!

In this semi-active, semi-passive state, the hesitant strands of enlightenment finally follow the surging flow of energy, merging into Luo Chen's body and being devoured by the yuan infant.

As time passes, Luo Chen's mind becomes increasingly clear and transparent.

His divine sense uncontrollably extends outward, penetrating his body, the cave, and reaching deep into the void, exploring the origin of the world's spiritual energy.

The true essence of the law is the essence of nature.

While there are many cultivation techniques, each with its own fundamental principles, they are ultimately narrow, and the true essence of the law derived from them is relatively rare.

The foundation of this world, the cycle of life and death, yin and yang, and the five elements and wind and thunder, is much more complex.

Fortunately, Luo Chen is not seeking a profound understanding of the true essence of the law this time. He only wants to comprehend the simplest and most basic form of the fire element's true essence—Fire's Origin!

And this process can be achieved by delving deeper into the Ocean of Primordial Energy in the void.

Fuchinglan once comprehended the Origin of Wood in this manner.

Luo Chen also grasped the true essence of Withering and Flourishing by riding the momentum of the Kurong Zhenhuo in a similar way.

His vast divine sense extends into the void without restraint, guided by the enlightenment, tracing the source of the spiritual energy.

As it passes, whether it be the Dan Mountain, the Piaomiao Peak, the War God Peak, or any other place in the Luotian Sect, everything is revealed to Luo Chen's divine sense.

He passes by hurriedly, not paying much attention.

But faintly, he senses a warm and vast ocean, like a mother's embrace, just within reach.

Just then, Luo Chen turns back in confusion, looking down.

This turn causes the enlightenment to dissipate abruptly.

The Ocean of Primordial Energy, which was just within reach, suddenly closes its gates to him.

The Great Way cannot be turned back!

His vast divine sense retracts abruptly, the yuan infant returns to his body, and Luo Chen opens his eyes sharply.

"Failed!"

His face shows a mix of shock and anger.

But it's not because he failed to enter the Ocean of Primordial Energy and comprehend the Origin of Fire.

He is not Deng Taiyue, who would lose his chance forever after one failure.

For Luo Chen, who has mastered the method, he can simply try again, and again, until he succeeds.

What causes his shock and anger is something else!

Without even glancing at the fourth-stage talisman slowly falling from the sky, Luo Chen rises and transforms into a crimson rainbow, shooting into the distance.

In a few breaths, Luo Chen arrives at a beautiful mountain.

Because of his loud movements, the people in the mountain have already noticed and come out to greet him.

"Husband, why have you come?"

Luo Chen doesn't even look at the worried Si Ma Hui Niang, waving his sleeve to open a cave entrance.

Stepping inside, he immediately fixes his gaze on a young man radiating a strong aura of spiritual energy.

"Luo Lingxi!"

The young man, who was sitting in meditation, opens his eyes in surprise. Seeing Luo Chen, his face turns pale.

"Father."

Luo Chen remains silent, his eyes fixed on the strands of spiritual energy and the fourth-level cultivation realm emanating from him!

Four years ago, Luo Lingxi was just a mere mortal with no cultivation.

But in just four years, he not only embarked on the path of cultivation but also advanced to the mid-stage of the Qi Condensation realm.

If it weren't for Luo Chen's divine sense, amplified by enlightenment, spreading throughout the Luotian Sect, he would not have discovered this change.

Luo Lingxi trembled, her lips quivering. In the end, under Luo Chen's penetrating gaze, she lowered her head.

"I was wrong, Father. Please punish me!"

At that moment, Si Ma Hui Niang rushed in, panic-stricken. She quickly shielded Luo Lingxi with her body.

"It's not Lingxi's fault, it's mine!"

"I was the one who decided to divide the Moxin Gu from his body and plant it in the lower-ranked disciples."

"Husband, if you want to blame someone, blame me. If you want to punish someone, punish me!"

Luo Chen's voice was cold. "Do you realize how dangerous this is?"

Si Ma Hui Niang was taken aback.

Luo Chen shook his head. "Our Luo Tian Sect has few members, and the lower-ranked disciples are the foundation of the sect. By using them to cultivate the demonic gu for Lingxi's training, you are undermining the very foundation of the sect. If this is discovered, it will cause division and discord within the sect. Do you want the Luo Tian Sect to fall apart?"

Si Ma Hui Niang's mouth opened and closed, her face pale.

She moved her lips, trying to speak. "But what about Lingxi? He is our son. He longs to cultivate, to fly through the skies and see the wonders of Dong Huang. Do you really want him to live a meaningless life, to turn to dust after a hundred years?"

"Luo Chen, he is your son too!"

"You have the means to help him cultivate, yet you only focus on your own seclusion and training. Do you deserve to be a father?"

"You think I don't know what you planned to do when Lingxi was born!"

Her voice grew more emotional, and she even called Luo Chen by his name, something she had never done before in their long relationship.

Luo Chen's face flashed with anger, but he took a deep breath and suppressed his rage.

He said solemnly, "Hui Nv, Lingxi is our child, but isn't the Luo Tian Sect also a child we have nurtured together? It has your friends, your disciples, and countless juniors who respect and love you as the founding sect leader. If you continue to act recklessly, will you not use Zhu Ji disciples and Jin Dan disciples as Lingxi's demonic gu furnaces in the future?"

Si Ma Hui Niang was stunned.

Memories of her tireless efforts for the Luo Tian Sect flashed through her mind.

When had she become so indifferent to the sect?

Luo Chen shook his head and sighed deeply.

"This is not your fault, nor Lingxi's. It is mine!"

"I have neglected too much."

"Fortunately, it is not too late to correct my mistakes."

With that, his expression turned stern, and he reached out to Luo Lingxi from a distance.

"Come out!"

Luo Lingxi closed her eyes in despair.

Si Ma Hui Niang also cried out in despair, "No!"

In the next moment, a gray light struggled and reluctantly flew out of Luo Lingxi's body.

Once it left, Luo Lingxi felt a great relief.

He opened his eyes in confusion, "I'm not dead?"

Si Ma Hui Niang was also stunned. "Husband, isn't that the Moxin Gu?"

Luo Chen did not answer them. Instead, he began to form seals and cast restrictions on the gray light, gradually sealing it.

Later, he even took out his life-bound artifact, the Primordial Cauldron, and fine chains extended from it, tightly binding the light.

Finally, the black mass revealed its vague form.

It was a creature resembling a butterfly.

Luo Lingxi looked at it in confusion, not understanding why such a thing was inside him.

"Father, what is that?"

Luo Chen only relaxed when the Primordial Cauldron completely suppressed it, and beads of cold sweat appeared on his face.

Clearly, sealing this thing was no easy task for him.

He explained in a low voice, "Do you remember the elder, Gu Xian Fengjiang, I once took you to meet?"

Luo Lingxi replied dazedly, "I think I met him once, but I fell asleep when I saw him."

Luo Chen nodded. "This thing is what he left behind, and it is far beyond your current control!"

Strictly speaking, this thing did not belong to Gu Xian Fengjiang but to the Southern Border Sacred Land's Life and Death Gate.

It was a fifth-stage divine gu—the Calamity Gu!

It had the power to bring disasters and destroy the world.

Even with the resources of Gu Xian Fengjiang and the Abyss Sect, it was difficult to subdue.

They could only use the human body as a prison, sealing it in the Immortal Sealing Valley.

Even so, the constant natural disasters in the Immortal Sealing Valley were a shocking sight.

Later, to deal with Qixia Yuanjun, Gu Xian Fengjiang used his life to fully activate the gu, with the help of the Abyss Sect's leader, Master Yuming. This summoned a terrifying heavenly tribulation that even Qixia Yuanjun had to retreat from.

After the battle, the weakened Calamity Gu disappeared.

But it had quietly escaped to Dan Sheng Paradise and attached itself to the most unassuming and untrained Luo Lingxi.

Luo Chen should have noticed it much earlier. The moment he returned to Fudi, he had a vague feeling that something was off with Luo Lingxi, even making him uneasy.

But at the time, he didn't pay much attention to it.

It wasn't until he tried to comprehend the essence of fire and drew in a large amount of spiritual energy that he detected the anomaly. The Shenxi spread, and he realized something was secretly competing for the spiritual energy with him!

Rushing over, he found that the calamity charm and Luo Lingxi were not deeply bound. He then decisively removed it.

Even so, Luo Chen couldn't help but be secretly alarmed by the mysterious power of the object, which could bring disaster.

Just by using Luo Lingxi, a mere mortal of no consequence, it had unknowingly planted a significant threat for the Luo Tian Sect.

If Luo Lingxi continued like this, as his cultivation realm advanced, he would inevitably start targeting other disciples of the Luo Tian Sect uncontrollably.

Luo Chen's previous mention of the Zhu Ji Cauldron and the Jin Dan Cauldron was no exaggeration!

Once that happened, the order of the sect would collapse. Even if Luo Chen suppressed the situation, the Luo Tian Sect, with its disunited hearts, would be nothing more than a shadow of its former self!

Si Ma Hui Niang didn't understand the terror of the calamity charm; she only cared about her son.

"What about Lingxi now?"

Luo Chen gave her a stern look. "A mother's indulgence often ruins her child! If you dare to try that method of planting a demonic charm again—"

"Father, I won't cultivate anymore. Don't blame Mother."

Luo Lingxi interrupted Luo Chen, his face filled with sorrow, but his eyes still showed a hint of defiance.

Luo Chen waved his hand and sighed. "Why rush? I didn't start my true cultivation until I was twenty-seven, even though I was promised the Dao at sixteen. You still have time. Once I'm fully prepared, I'll solve the Moxin charm problem for you, and even make your future cultivation progress soar, turning you into a genius of the immortal path."

Luo Lingxi's eyes lit up. "Really?"

Si Ma Hui Niang guessed a possibility and trembled. "Husband, are you going to the Southern Border to seek the Moxin charm emperor?"

When Luo Chen returned to Mota Mountain, he had once given Si Ma Hui Niang a book on how to resolve the Moxin charm, so she knew the relevant methods.

At the time, Luo Chen only wanted to calm his anxious partner.

But he never expected that, driven by her deep love for her son and the influence of the calamity charm, she nearly made a grave mistake.

Luo Chen sighed deeply. "Let's deal with the mess you've created first!"

He then ordered Si Ma Hui Niang to a decade of confinement and left with Luo Lingxi in a hurry.

...

On Dan Mountain, four small figures waited in confusion.

Xiao Xuan asked, puzzled, "Why did the sect master bring us to Dan Mountain? This is the place where Elder Tai Shang cultivates."

Zhao Lang, excited, said, "Perhaps it's because our cultivation speed has been extremely fast, far surpassing our peers, and it caught Elder Tai Shang's attention?"

The only female disciple, Yin Baiqiu, couldn't help but feel happy.

"I heard that Elder Tai Shang has only one disciple. Now that the sect has settled down, could he be planning to take more disciples and personally cultivate them?"

Elder Tai Shang personally taking disciples?

This idea sparked an intense discussion among the three of them.

Only a middle-aged man with a dark complexion seemed lost in thought.

Yin Baiqiu, curious, asked, "Senior Brother Zang, why are you so quiet?"

Zang Yuzhi suddenly snapped out of his daze. Facing his three staring juniors, he hesitated and finally shook his head.

"Our talents are not exceptional. Our recent rapid progress is only due to the high-quality spirit veins. Elder Tai Shang won't be interested in us."

Zhao Lang, displeased, said, "Why are you so self-deprecating? We all came in together, and only we have made such rapid progress. Doesn't that say something?"

Zang Yuzhi remained silent, his expression filled with worry.

At that moment.

In Luo Chen's cave dwelling, Li Yingzhang was reporting on the situation of the four people outside.

"They are all new disciples with clear backgrounds and no significant connections within the sect."

"Among the four, Xiao Xuan and Zhao Lang come from the secular world, with three spiritual roots. Yin Baiqiu is the offspring of a fallen family. That family originally wanted to attach itself to our Luo Tian Sect, but we followed your orders and didn't accept any vassals. We only took in Yin Baiqiu because of his innate spirituality."

"Zang Yuzhi is a special case. In his childhood, he stumbled upon a rare opportunity. I investigated and found that he accidentally entered the place where a Golden Dan Disciple had fallen and received some of the legacy. However, it wasn't valuable enough for the sect to intervene."

Luo Chen nodded slightly after hearing this.

"Each disciple's opportunity is their own. As long as they are loyal to the sect, we shouldn't covet it."

Li Yingzhang shared the same view. Everyone has their own secrets, whether they are opportunities that aid cultivation or hidden flaws that are difficult to admit.

The sect is like a large family, but it’s not necessary to be involved in every matter. Otherwise, it would go against the principles of cultivating as a transcendent, which values personal understanding and growth.

He asked curiously, "Supreme Elder, did you specifically call these four people here for a reason?"

Luo Chen opened his mouth, then sighed. He recounted everything his family members had done, without any concealment. He even told Li Ying Zhang about his future plans to leave Dan Sheng Paradise.

After hearing everything, Li Ying Zhang was shocked.

How could such a family scandal be revealed to him by the Supreme Elder?

But then he understood.

Si Ma Hui Niang and Luo Lingxi were indeed Luo Chen’s beloved family, but the hundreds of people in Luo Tian Sect were also his family.

As the acting head of the sect, it was necessary for him to know all of this.

"Hui Nv has lost her dignity as an elder. I have ordered her to be confined for ten years and forbidden from interfering in any matters of Luo Tian Sect. You should also try to suppress the influence of the first-generation sect master. This will serve as a slight punishment."

Li Ying Zhang hesitated, "Isn’t that too harsh? After all, she is the first-generation sect master!"

Luo Chen avoided the topic. Si Ma Hui Niang’s dao heart was in chaos, making her unsuitable as a respected elder of the sect.

"As for Luo Lingxi, considering his youth and the influence of the Moxin worm and his mother, I have chosen not to hold him accountable for his misdeeds. Ying Zhang, what do you think?"

Li Ying Zhang hesitated, "What about the four disciples he harmed? How should we handle them?"

"That’s why I called you to bring them here today."

Luo Chen had already made up his mind. He said slowly, "I will personally remove the Moxin worms from their bodies. This process might damage their cultivation levels and foundations. Afterward, I will provide them with abundant resources to make up for it. You should also take good care of them. If we can help them achieve Zhu Ji and extend their lifespans, I can feel a bit better about it."

Li Ying Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought the Supreme Elder might secretly deal with the four disciples.

"The Supreme Elder is merciful!"

Luo Chen gave a self-deprecating smile. Was he really merciful?

If Luo Lingxi and Si Ma Hui Niang were not his family, any other sect would have executed them for such grave crimes.

"Bring them in!"

Li Ying Zhang nodded and personally went to bring the four disciples in.

The moment the four disciples saw Luo Chen, they were entranced and could not break free.

The process of removing the Moxin worms was painless.

Only afterward did they realize their cultivation levels had dropped and they felt a sense of loss, as if something had been taken from them.

In a daze, the four disciples left Dan Mountain.

Their impression of the Supreme Elder was of a gentle smile and the generous rewards of cultivation resources, encouraging them to stay humble and diligent in their future cultivation.

Was that it?

Not quite!

"Ying Zhang, in the future, keep an eye on the sect and make sure this doesn’t happen again." Luo Chen said, sealing the Moxin worms he had removed and handing them to Li Ying Zhang.

Li Ying Zhang understood Luo Chen’s intentions. He was to monitor Luo Lingxi to prevent any further chaos in the sect.

Thus, this messy family and sect drama came to an end under Luo Chen’s swift and decisive actions.

After everyone left, Luo Chen let out a deep breath.

"They say even a fair judge finds family matters difficult to resolve. This was more troublesome than comprehending the true meaning of a law!"

After muttering to himself, Luo Chen felt the urgency of time.

Before leaving Dan Sheng Paradise, there were two things he needed to accomplish.

First, he needed to comprehend the true meaning of his own law. Second, he needed to complete Huanxin Cang Long.

Cang Long, with his own soul fragment leading the Dusty Fate Immortal Mirror, had made rapid progress and was close to awakening.

As for himself, his comprehension had been interrupted, and he was just one step away.

"This time, I’ll try drawing the Flame Dragon Descent spell talisman."

Luo Chen made his decision. He planned to enter that state again while advancing another fourth-stage spell to its peak.

Before starting, he took out the Primordial Cauldron to observe it.

His innate magical treasure had not fully recovered since the great battle in the Medicine King Domain.

He was unsure if using it to suppress the calamity worm would cause any problems.

When he took it out, Luo Chen’s expression changed.

"Where did the calamity worm go?" (End of Chapter)

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