Immortality begin with Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 2632: Chapter 971: Crossing the South Ocean, Turbid Waves Devour Flame

”Farewell to our ancestor’s ascension!”

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The mountain-shaking and sea-roaring farewell echoed faintly in his ears.

But as the waves beneath his feet gradually dissipated.

Luo Chen gazed at this unfamiliar sea region, void of flying birds and shrouded in mist, evoking a faint sense of familiarity.

”Is this... the South Ocean?” Luo Chen murmured hesitantly.

Suddenly!

”Hmm...”

A muffled groan escaped, and Luo Chen’s expression changed slightly.

Only at this moment did a profound feeling of weakness abruptly emerge.

With his Divine Consciousness sweeping across and an Inner View of himself, his body’s dire condition became instantly clear.

His Nascent Soul was listless, and his Qi Power was depleted.

His limbs, bones, organs, and even every Meridians and Acupoints resonated with intense pain.

These were injuries caused by the previous battle in the Yin Yang Residual Realm!

In the brief period spent with Youli Divine Monarch, the injuries had been suppressed by the other’s Great Divine Power, which made them imperceptible.

Once he left that Cloud Sea Peak, without external suppression, they instantaneously retaliated against Luo Chen.

The only good news was that his remaining Origin Force silently increased significantly, giving Luo Chen at least thirty percent of his protective power.

Origin Force differs from Qi Power; Qi Power is sought externally, converging within. Origin Force, however, is the physical strength refined from powerful flesh, as long as the Physical body remains, the Origin Force can be inexhaustible.

The word ”Origin” in Origin Force derives from the Origin Power of the flesh, which also implies perpetuity.

Of course, truly infinite power does not exist in the world.

The price of perpetuity is the constant squeezing of the Physical body.

If overdrafted, it would greatly diminish Lifespan.

On the Attribute Panel, Luo Chen’s originally impressive fifteen hundred-year Lifespan had also been reduced due to the battles at Medicine King Realm and Yin Yang Residual Realm.

Having experienced these two incidents personally, Luo Chen increasingly understood why the Path of Body Refinement was gradually declining in the Mountain and Sea Cultivation Realm.

Each intense battle results in Lifespan loss—who would want to cultivate such a doctrine?

If it wasn’t for his dual cultivation of the Path of Qi Refinement, with extra Lifespan supplementation, he wouldn’t be able to endure this consumption.

Expelling Turbid Qi, Luo Chen also realized why Youli Divine Monarch sent him to the South Ocean.

At this moment, his condition was extremely debilitated.

If he was within the Southern Border Cultivation World, encountering formidable Nascent Soul experts, unexpected events would likely occur.

The South Ocean region, despite being equally eerie and dangerous, was not as intimidating to Luo Chen’s Lifebound Magic Treasure Mix Yuan Cauldron, which still retained the lingering aura of Fifth-tier Divine Gu.

”That senior indeed considered comprehensively!”

Luo Chen expressed his awe.

Despite the numerous doubts remaining in his heart, he also admired the actions of the other.

Before ascension, he helped the Gate of Life and Death fend off a formidable enemy.

Now that Tianyuan had retreated, the Evil Mountain Stiff Alliance collapsed, and the entire Southern Border Cultivation World had suffered greatly diminished Vital Energy, leaving it empty.

Under such circumstances, the Gate of Life and Death, with its intact preserved strength, could fully mobilize and unite the Southern Border!

What the Dark Abyss Sect failed to achieve, Youli Divine Monarch almost accomplished with a single action.

Especially since the hidden threat of the Yin Yang Residual Realm had been lifted, the Death Gate could return and merge with the Life Gate, granting the Gate of Life and Death a complete defensive shield.

Even if the cultivators of Southern Border counterattacked the Gate of Life and Death in the future, they would be able to proceed and retreat with strategy, avoiding the plight of being invaded into their sect.

”It’s still somewhat regrettable.”

”Though the Southern Border expedition had smoothly achieved its goal, the coming and going were so rushed that there were too many distinguished figures left unappreciated.”

In his lament, Luo Chen directed his focus to the sea area suffused with faint Black Fog.