Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1396: Chapter 523: Birds Soar to the Green Sky, Fish Dive into the Ocean (Attributes Inventory, Subscribe as Appropriate)_3 Chapter 1396: Chapter 523: Birds Soar to the Green Sky, Fish Dive into the Ocean (Attributes Inventory, Subscribe as Appropriate)_3 Luo Chen slowly woke from his period of seclusion and purification.

First, he glanced at the silent and stagnant Primordial Chaos Tripod, confirming that Han Zhan had not yet woken up.

Then, naturally, he opened his Attribute Panel.

The transparent panel, rippling like water, unfolded, visible only to Luo Chen himself, and he instantly focused his gaze.

Lifespan: 124/446
Spirit Roots: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth
Realm: Golden Core Third Layer 1/100, Ancient Desolation Third Order 30/100
Cultivation Technique: Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra Proficiency 101/200, The Flow of All Things Grandmaster 657/1000, Ten Thousand Beast Scripture 15/100
Techniques:
Fourth Order: Slaying Dragon Technique Proficiency 175/200
Third Order: Innate Qi Great Handprint Grandmaster 810/1000, Mirror Flower Water Moon Finalization, Dust Origin Technique Finalization, Life Severing Finger Technique Beginner 15/100
Martial Skills: Cloud Probing Divine Claw Grandmaster 590/1000, Fierce Fire Miasma Grandmaster 530/1000
Finalization Techniques (click to view details)
Pill Technique: Inverse Scale Hand Grandmaster 580/1000, Juniper Heron Hand Beginner 77/100. Finalization Pill Technique (click to view details)
Profession: Fourth Order Pill Refiner, Second Order Doctor
Fourth Order Pill: Transformation Pill Beginner 5/100
Third Order Pill: Starry Pill Finalization, Nether Origin Pill Beginner 6/100
Second Order Pill: Emperor Liquor Finalization
Finalization Pills (click to view details)
First Order Array Master:
Third Order Array: Concealing Array Finalization
First Order Arrays: Gathering Spirit Array Grandmaster 800/1000, Sharp Metal Array Grandmaster 750/100, Armor Wood Array Grandmaster 900/1000, Cang Yuan Array Grandmaster 760/1000, Fire Gathering Array Finalization, Solid Armor Array Grandmaster 767/1000
Achievement Points: 101
One by one, the vivid entries made ripples in Luo Chen’s heart.

“At the age of 124, with a third layer Golden Core, in the East Desolate Immortal World, that would make me quite the outstanding prodigy among prodigies, wouldn’t it?” Luo Chen couldn’t help but exclaim.

Such rapid progress in cultivation was something even true Ascendant Sect disciples would envy.

Like Yu Jiaolong, the Heavenly Spirit Root Cultivator from Dream Spring Cave, would be slightly outclassed.

In fact, Luo Chen hadn’t been so swift from the start.

After his Core Formation, it took ten years just to stabilize his realm and reach the first layer of the Golden Core.

And the reason he could break through two minor realms in the following fourteen years, which should have been even more arduous and lengthy, was mainly because he had resolved the external problem of resources scarcity.

Whether it was the increase in proficiency of his natal qi technique or acquiring a long-term cultivation spot in a Third Order Spirit Land, both were of immense help to him.

Especially!

He had refined a large amount of Ascendant and Top Grade Starry Pills to aid his cultivation.

Top-grade Third Order Pills!

Who else in the entire East Desolate Immortal World could afford such luxury?

Luo Chen even doubted that the Golden Core Cultivators of the Dark Abyss Sect could enjoy such treatment.

After all, Ascendant Grade Pills were still normal, but Top Grade Pills were utterly uneconomical; purely trading resources for time, and at a great loss.

Luo Chen could afford to do this, but Great Sects would not be willing to invest so extravagantly in their own disciples.

Aside from these, Luo Chen’s self-created “Dust Origin Technique” also played a significant role.

It had been over thirty years since its creation, and it had just barely reached the boundary of Finalization.

If he were still with the Luotian Sect, Luo Chen would likely have transcribed a simplified version of the “Dust Origin Technique” by now, at least of Medium Grade or even Ascendant Grade!

Cultivators would use it to aid their Core Formation with a higher success rate than other Ascendant Grade Core Formation Secret Techniques!

“In the end, what allowed me to leap from the second layer of the Golden Core to the third layer in such a short time were the Top Grade Third Order Spirit Vein from Cangwu Mountain and the switch to cultivating the ‘Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra’,” Luo Chen mused, his mood unable to settle for a long time.

The former achievements were the result of his own efforts, which he accepted and was even quite proud of!

But the latter, that could be considered a stroke of fortune.

Who else could enjoy a Third Order Superior Spirit Vein?

The “Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra,” reputed as the Ancestor of Fire Law, was not likely to be owned even by Nascent Soul Ascendant Sects, let alone the Divine Transformation Holy Lands of the Five Continents Realm.

“Great terror lies between life and death, but so do great opportunities.”

“Falling into the hands of the Cangwu Mountain Demon Cultivators, I had prepared myself for a life entrapped, reduced to a ‘Human Tool’ for others, yet I gained something else as well. There is predestined fate for even a sip or a morsel, for in the cycles of cause and effect, this is perhaps all there is.”

Luo Chen pursed his lips, feeling somewhat wistful for a time.

The three years at Cangwu Mountain, looking back now, still felt somewhat unreal.

It was not self-pity, but it truly seemed like something out of a dream.

He was neither oppressed nor constantly imprisoned; instead, his gains were plenty.

He had also held leisurely conversations with Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators and even witnessed a Divine Transformation Great Power wield their might in person.

How many other Golden Core Cultivators in the world could boast of such extraordinary experiences?

The more he thought about it, the more he couldn’t help but delve deeper.

But Luo Chen had long been accustomed to cutting off chaotic thoughts, reining in his musings to continue browsing his Attribute Panel.

The physical realm hadn’t increased much; over the years it had improved by only five notches.

If there were a realm associated with his path of body refinement, it should be considered reaching the final stages of the early period, just ten notches away from stepping into the middle stage.

And this progress was largely due to another increase in proficiency of “The Flow of All Things” by over a hundred points.

Luo Chen knew well the reason for the slow progress of the physical body.

Firstly, because the technique was self-created, though refined several times, it was still too complex.

Secondly, since leaving Tian Lan Immortal City, he lacked the Spirit Meals regularly prepared by Bai Meiling, cutting off the simplest and fastest route of dietary replenishment.

Lastly, Luo Chen also lacked pill formulas that could benefit body refinement.