A journey through immortal realms begins with a phantom tale.

Qian Shanyong and Dai Nanfeng suddenly appeared, teleporting directly there without bothering with any fancy golden lights.

Clearly, they had already guessed the reason for the incident.

Dai Nanfeng glanced at Xuanlong, his expression grave, and said, "It's the Annihilation Immortal-Suppressing Curse. Once cast, if no one awakens it, it will remain in a state of closed senses to ensure the injury doesn't worsen."

After examining Xuanlong's condition, Qian Shanyong suddenly looked up at the void and said in a deep voice, "They've arrived!"

As soon as he finished speaking, six figures appeared in the void.

Luo Cheng immediately said to Lin Chen beside him, "Chenchen, go back to the Holy City and stay there. Don't come out."

"I..." Lin Chen's eyes were full of worry, and he felt powerless to help.

Luo Cheng said gently, "It's alright."

"Be careful," Lin Chen said with a worried expression.

At this moment, Qian Shanyong and Dai Nanfeng had already teleported to the void. The two stood in different positions, blocking the Bona Immortal and preventing them from entering Fengyuan Star.

Luo Cheng exchanged a few words with Lin Chen and then teleported into the air. Li Qiang sensed the movement but had already teleported into the void.

Qian Shanyong said, "It is a Bona person from Xinbo Cape. Judging from the aura, it is just an avatar descending."

"Since it's just an avatar, just destroy it." Luo Cheng said calmly.

"Good!" Qian Shanyong, who had some reservations, immediately put an end to Luo Cheng's words.

The Bona Immortal chased Xuanlong to the vicinity of Fengyuan Star, preparing to go down and capture him, when unexpectedly two immortals and two strangely auraed cultivators suddenly appeared. In Luo Cheng's eyes, these Bona Immortals had large noses and thick lips, somewhat resembling Popo from Dragon Ball, but not as dark-skinned.

Before Bona Immortal could speak, Qian Shanyong and Dai Nanfeng took the lead, unleashing the Great Luo Immortal Technique. Li Qiang followed closely behind, unleashing the Eighteen Demon-Slaying Hands. Luo Cheng originally intended to use the Eighteen Demon-Slaying Hands, but then remembered the Bei Ye Divine Restriction he had recently learned. He formed hand seals and unleashed the Mortal Breaking Technique.

Immortal Bona hadn't expected his opponent to be so unreasonable, launching a deadly attack without a word. In their eyes, Luo Cheng's forbidden techniques were the most terrifying—after all, when Li Qiang used the Breaking Mortal Technique, he directly destroyed the Mystic Ice Planet of the Mist Star Cold Maiden.

As soon as Luo Cheng formed the hand seals, his divine power surged forth like a flood bursting its banks. By the time the seals were complete, eighty percent of his divine power had been depleted. He immediately swallowed a sacred olive to replenish his divine power.

This earth-shattering technique, carrying the power to destroy stars and annihilate systems, crushed the four avatars of the Bona Immortal into ashes in a single move. Immediately afterward, Li Qiang's Eighteen Demon-Slaying Hands descended, annihilating two more. Qian Shanyong and Dai Nanfeng's immortal techniques followed closely, but since their targets had already been destroyed, they exploded in the void, as dazzling as fireworks.

For a moment, Qian Shanyong was speechless, and Dai Nanfeng was shocked—it had been nearly a hundred years since they had seen these two little guys, and their strength was terrifyingly high.

Seeing that all of Bona Immortal's avatars had perished, Li Qiang felt a little regretful: "Senior brother, we couldn't capture one alive to ask about the situation."

Qian Shanyong said, "Let's wake Xuanlong up and ask him directly."

"it is good."

The group arrived at Qian Shanyong's celestial palace, where Qian Shanyong used his magic to awaken Xuanlong. Xuanlong opened his eyes and saw familiar faces, his tense nerves relaxed, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

Li Qiang hurriedly asked, "Old Long, what exactly happened?"

"I'm surrounded by a group of immortals," Xuanlong said with a wry smile.

Xuanlong briefly explained the situation: In order to help Guxing enter the Ancient God's Treasury, he single-handedly fought against six Bona Immortals, but was ultimately defeated and had to use a forbidden technique to escape. Unexpectedly, the Bona people disregarded the risks and chased him directly to the cultivation world.

Luo Cheng thought to himself: It seems that Lone Star has already entered the Ancient God's Treasury.

After Xuanlong finished speaking, he sighed softly—he knew that his injuries were extremely serious, and unless he was reincarnated immediately, his life would be in danger.

Li Qiang sensed the despair in his voice and quickly said, "Old Long, don't sigh, I have a way to cure you!"

Xuanlong clearly didn't believe it.

Li Qiang then asked, "Have you ever heard of the Seven-Piece Elixir?"

"I've heard of it." Xuanlong nodded. The Seven-Ingredient Pill is a legendary divine pill, rarely seen even by immortals in the upper realm.

"I have the alchemical cauldron of Master Yuangu," Li Qiang added.

Upon hearing this, Xuanlong's eyes lit up.

Qian Shanyong thought to himself: It seems that Master Yuangu had already foreseen today's events.

Xuanlong said urgently, "If you can refine the Seven-Element Pill, just the fifth element, the Divine Pill for Overcoming Difficulties, will be enough to heal my injuries!"

Luo Cheng said, "There's no time to lose, let's prepare to refine the pills right away."

"Senior brother, I have an idea," Li Qiang said.

Before he could finish speaking, Luo Cheng laughed and said, "You mean you want to invite all the major cultivation sects on Fengyuan Star to participate in a pill-refining competition?"

"Exactly! Senior Brother did it once on Lin Star, let's have some fun on Fengyuan Star too."

"Okay," Luo Cheng replied.

Seeing that both of them agreed, Qian Shanyong no longer objected and instead took the initiative to take charge: "I will have the cultivators of the Holy City send out notices, inviting all sects to the Holy City to participate in the alchemy gathering."

Dai Nanfeng reminded him, "We can't possibly send all the cultivators from Fengyuan Star, can we?"

Qian Shanyong looked at Li Qiang: "How about this, each sect sends two hundred cultivators to the Holy City to observe alchemy."

"Okay." Li Qiang had no objection.

Luo Cheng said, "I'll leave the matter of informing the various factions to Lao Gan."

In just half a day, the news that Fengyuan Star was going to hold a grand alchemy event spread.

"The immortal is about to refine elixirs!"

Thanks to the propaganda of the cultivators in the Holy City, all the cultivators on Fengyuan Star knew that the immortals were going to hold an alchemy competition. Although most of them didn't know how to refine pills, they all wanted to join in the fun—immortals refining pills was a chance to broaden their horizons, and more importantly, they might even get a share of the immortal pills.

After hearing about this, Li Mengtian shamelessly went to find Lin Chen.

Lin Chen asked indifferently, "What are you doing here?"

To be honest, Li Mengtian really didn't want to face Lin Chen's cold face, but this was her only chance—if she could obtain one or two immortal pills, she might be able to break through her current realm and advance to the Nascent Soul stage or even the Spirit Division stage.

She suppressed her anger and softened her tone: "Lin Chen, we both come from Blue Star. We lived together for sixty years on Blue Star."

A complex emotion flashed in Lin Chen's eyes when Blue Star was mentioned. On Blue Star, there were only two cultivators, and often, they were the only people they could talk to.

But that emotion vanished in an instant. Lin Chen said calmly, "You've already lived to this day, which is far better than the mortals of Blue Star. This is Luo Cheng's blessing upon you."

"Hahaha..." Li Mengtian suddenly laughed when she heard the word "blessing". She was angry, she hated, she was obsessed, she was crazy. "What is the purpose of cultivating immortality?" She was suddenly confused.

Lin Chen said, "Even if you can't break through to the Nascent Soul stage, you can still live for over a thousand years, which is far beyond what ordinary people on Earth can do."

"Hmph!" Li Mengtian sneered, "You have an endless supply of resources, allowing you to continuously improve your cultivation level, even to the point of becoming an immortal. So, you can stand here and make sarcastic remarks!"

"You can go now." Lin Chen turned his face away.

Li Mengtian's tone softened again: "Lin Chen, if I die, you'll have no best friend left."

"Fake best friends?"

"Even if they're just 'plastic' best friends, they're still best friends."

Lin Chen suddenly revealed a playful smile: "To be honest, I really hope you live forever."

Upon hearing this, Li Mengtian was so angry she wanted to bite her teeth, but there was nothing she could do.

Lin Chen said, "Alright, I'll tell the venue manager to let you in."

Thank you.

"No need," Lin Chen raised an eyebrow. "You're right, even a fake best friend is still a best friend. If you died, I'd lose some of my fun."

Li Mengtian tried desperately to calm herself down, silently repeating: Don't be angry, don't be angry...

"Hehe." Lin Chen chuckled twice, then turned and left.

Besides Li Mengtian, countless other cultivators were also seeking ways to enter the alchemy venue and observe the immortals refining pills. Qian Shanyong, Dai Nanfeng, Luo Cheng, and Li Qiang naturally wouldn't concern themselves with such trivial matters; the Holy City disciples would maintain order.

Meanwhile, Ye Ling'er found Li Qiang and asked, "Li Qiang, do you still remember Yun Yu?"

Upon hearing the name "Yun Yu," Li Qiang was deeply shaken; it was a memory etched into his very bones.

"Where is she?" he asked urgently.

"I thought you had long forgotten about her," Ye Ling'er snorted.

"I will never forget."

"At least you still have some conscience," Ye Ling'er said, her tone softening slightly.

Because of her connection with Yun Yu, Ye Ling'er brought almost all the disciples of Hengyu Sect to the alchemy venue.

Xuanlong's injuries were severe and could not be delayed. After only one day of preparation, the alchemy competition officially began.

On this day, the Holy City Square was packed with people.

On the alchemy platform, Luo Cheng, Li Qiang, Qian Shanyong, and Dai Nanfeng stood side by side, with five other wandering immortals beside them, including Mo Huaiyuan and Yi Junsha—Luo Cheng had mentioned that there was another method of reincarnation, so the two of them did not go to Xinbo Cape with Gu Xing.

Below the stage, Li Mengtian squeezed into the crowd, hoping that Luo Cheng would glance at her. She could sense that when Luo Cheng looked at her, his gaze was like that of someone looking at a stranger; he had clearly already forgotten about her.

From Li Mengtian's perspective, as Luo Cheng casually conversed with the immortals and wandering immortals, memories of the past flooded her mind—back then, she would always say to Luo Cheng, "Can't you be more realistic? Stop thinking about those unrealistic things."

Unexpectedly, Luo Cheng really became an immortal, and was even able to sit on equal footing with the immortals of the Holy City.

The whispers of the surrounding cultivators continued to reach his ears:

"That's Immortal Luo of the Chongxuan Sect! I personally witnessed him battling an immortal back on Tianting Star!"

"I heard that Immortal Luo has only cultivated for two hundred years!"

"Becoming an immortal in two hundred years? Really?"

"Immortal Luo is a cultivation genius that appears only once every ten thousand years!"

Hearing these words, Li Mengtian felt increasingly uneasy. The longer she stayed on Fengyuan Star, the more she understood how difficult it was to cultivate immortality, and the clearer it became how unattainable Luo Cheng's current realm was for her.

Li Qiang took out the elixir-making cauldron and handed it to Luo Cheng: "Senior brother, you take charge."

"Okay." Luo Cheng took the cauldron and activated it with the divine seal.

In an instant, divine power erupted from the stage. Even with the protection of the immortal array, the cultivators below could still feel the terrifying pressure.

"It's a divine artifact!"

"This is a divine alchemy cauldron!"

Upon hearing the word "divine artifact," Li Mengtian's feelings became even more complicated—she had never imagined that the person had already reached a height she could never attain.

At this moment, Lin Chen's heart was also filled with complex emotions. She was both fortunate and helpless. She was fortunate to have met someone like Luo Cheng and to have become his Daoist partner. She was helpless because the distance between them was growing further and further apart.