Mortal Alchemy

Chen Ping's pupils were sometimes clear, sometimes ferocious.

The voice of Li Jizong emerged from his mouth:

"As long as I devour you! I can once again embark on the path of immortality!"

Tao Shuang'er, standing outside the array, wore a joyful expression.

Li Jizong's soul was absorbed into the small bead, and then surged into Chen Ping's body again.

However, its nature changed from seizing the body to Chen Ping refining him.

And Chen Ping also discovered in horror that this Li Jizong's soul was not at the Foundation Establishment stage at all; its golden soul light shone like a fiery red sun, clearly a Golden Core stage soul!

Chen Ping gritted his teeth, desperately resisting the soul erosion, using the small bead and his bloodline to refine Li Jizong.

No matter what, he had to maintain a trace of clarity.

Otherwise, even if he refined Li Jizong's soul, he would be affected by Li Jizong's soul memories and become a distorted mess.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Li Jizong's soul began to scream.

That was Chen Ping's bloodline and the small bead taking effect.

As time slowly passed, Li Jizong's soul was refined, and unfamiliar memories surfaced in Chen Ping's mind.

His name was Ji Changsheng, he possessed a Heaven Spiritual Root, was a direct descendant of an elder of the Heaven-Born Sect, with a noble status and high position.

He began cultivating at the age of six, and by thirteen, he had already reached the peak of the fourteenth level of Qi Refining, possessing a natural 50% chance of successfully establishing his foundation. With the addition of a high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill, he successfully established his foundation at the age of fourteen.

He was also unparalleled in the Heaven-Born Sect, enjoying endless luxury and beautiful women. Any beauty he fancied would gladly please him beneath his legs.

However, he was secretly plotted against and his Dao foundation was damaged. In the following hundred years, Ji Changsheng searched everywhere for opportunities to repair his Dao foundation.

At the age of eighty, he finally repaired his Dao foundation, and at the age of ninety-nine, he successfully passed the tribulation and entered the Golden Core stage, becoming a true disciple of the Heaven-Born Sect.

He wanted to compete for the position of Holy Son and enter the Nascent Soul stage.

So, he led a group of wives, concubines, and servants to fight everywhere, accumulating merits and improving his strength.

At one hundred and seventy years old, he reached the middle stage of Golden Core.

At two hundred and forty-nine years old, he reached the late stage of Golden Core.

At two hundred and ninety-nine years old, he reached the peak of Golden Core, perfect and complete, only a step away from Nascent Soul.

Amidst the clamor to compete for the position of Holy Son, he was once again secretly plotted against during the Nascent Soul tribulation, failed in the lightning tribulation, and his physical body was completely destroyed.

However, his soul had already transformed into a wisp of Nascent Soul, allowing him to survive in grief and indignation.

He had not given up on the path of immortality, so he seized the body of Li Jizong, who had just established his foundation.

However, Ji Changsheng's temperament had not changed. With his Foundation Establishment body, he wanted his Golden Core stage master to become his Dao companion, and was severely injured by his master and expelled from the Heaven-Born Sect.

Li Jizong's body was injured, and his Dao foundation was destroyed, making it impossible for him to pursue the path of immortality. Helpless, he had to bring his disciple Tao Shuang'er to this Cloud Ice Mountain, waiting for the next suitable person to seize.

This Cloud Ice Mountain was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, able to delay his injuries as much as possible, allowing his soul to live longer.

Most importantly, even though Ji Changsheng was extremely fond of Tao Shuang'er, he hid something from her, making two preparations for the body seizure.

First, this secret room, leaving a fake entity, splitting his soul in half, and hiding in this formation.

Second, his physical body was still frozen and hidden in another secret room that even Tao Shuang'er didn't know about.

"You damn brat! Whose old monster's direct bloodline are you?!" Ji Changsheng cried out in pain. Chen Ping made him feel extremely terrified.

A Qi Refining cultivator was actually refining his Golden Core stage soul; this was truly shocking.

"Brat, spare my life! As long as you spare me! This seat is willing to be your slave for a hundred years!"

"Everything I own can be yours!"

"If you like Tao Shuang'er, this seat will let her be your slave bitch!"

"I only beg you to spare my life!"

Ji Changsheng, in order to survive, did not hesitate to beg for mercy from Chen Ping, a Qi Refining cultivator.

However, in order to refine his soul, Chen Ping's consciousness was on the verge of collapse, retaining only the last trace of clarity.

Ji Changsheng's soul continued to scream miserably. After half an hour, his soul was completely refined by Chen Ping.

After completely refining Ji Changsheng's soul, Chen Ping's spiritual sense was about to explode, almost transforming into divine sense, about to leave his body.

And Chen Ping's soul was covered in cracks; this was backlash.

The small bead on his neck gradually cooled down from red, turning gray, and then turning azure blue, beginning to repair Chen Ping's soul.

During this healing process, Chen Ping was slowly digesting Ji Changsheng's memories and soul, and his consciousness slowly recovered from collapse.

Three days later, his condition completely stabilized.

After Chen Ping's consciousness became clear, his mind was filled with vast memories, and he was even surprised to find that his spiritual sense had become extremely powerful.

The bottleneck of the fourteenth level of Qi Refining suddenly disappeared. He could feel that as long as he cultivated now, he could reach the fourteenth level of Qi Refining very quickly.

As for the fifteenth level of Qi Refining, he needed to re-temper his physical body and spiritual power.

As long as Chen Ping's physical body first entered the second-order body cultivator stage, this would not be difficult for Chen Ping.

After a little thought, Chen Ping understood what was happening.

He refined Ji Changsheng's soul. Everything of Ji Changsheng's was transformed into nourishment for Chen Ping's soul. Even Chen Ping's soul had a trace of Ji Changsheng's flavor.

This was like eating a full meal and burping; the burp had a hint of the aroma of the food.

Through this body seizure, Chen Ping's temperament and soul were greatly improved, and he also witnessed more of the dark and treacherous scheming and fighting in the cultivation world.

Ji Changsheng, with such an origin and even a Heaven Spiritual Root, was still tragically plotted against…

Chen Ping slowly opened his eyes, his eyes deep, indifferent, and滄桑, completely different from his previous self.

He had a clearer understanding of his path to immortality and his plans.

"Congratulations, Master, on embarking on the path of immortality again!" Tao Shuang'er, seeing Chen Ping open his eyes, immediately knelt on one knee, her face full of joy.

"Hehe…" Chen Ping pinched his fingers to form a seal, and then dispelled the formation.

Tao Shuang'er, like a swallow returning to its nest, immediately threw herself into Chen Ping's arms, seeking pleasure.

Tao Shuang'er hugged Chen Ping, her tone娇滴滴, full of flirtatious affection: "Master, Shuang'er hasn't enjoyed herself with you for a long time. Now that Master has embarked on the path of immortality again, you must play with and satisfy your disciple properly."

"Yes, you should indeed enjoy yourself with Master…" Chen Ping gently stroked Tao Shuang'er's head with one hand.

This woman still thought that Li Jizong had successfully seized the body, but she didn't know that Li Jizong was never her master from the beginning, but had long been seized by Ji Changsheng. She was completely kept in the dark.

"I will send you to reunite with Master now." A surge of mana涌出 from Chen Ping's palm.

He immediately slapped it on Tao Shuang'er's head.

Tao Shuang'er's body stiffened, blood flowed from her seven orifices, and she immediately lost her breath, dying on the spot.

Chen Ping pushed away her corpse, his eyes indifferent:

"I said, I will definitely kill you, you cheap bitch."

Although Chen Ping gained a lot this time, if Tao Shuang'er hadn't insidiously plotted against him, why would he have taken this risk?