After Luo Chen killed Yan Nantian and established his dominance over the cultivators of the Flying Swallow Archipelago, he could rule with absolute authority. In such a remote place, so long as there were no massive beast tides or other extreme disasters, this status meant that he would enjoy a long period of peaceful cultivation 0

It was much the same as when Pang Renxiong held Dahe Market in the palm of his hand. The only difference was likely that the archipelago's land area and number of cultivators far exceeded Dahe Market; its overall scale was only slightly inferior to Tianlan City. Moreover, this place had a natural low-grade third-tier spirit vein, more than sufficient to support an early-stage Adept. It was passable even for someone like Luo Chen, whose cultivation consumed resources at an astonishing rate.0

After the Cheng family delivered their first shipment of ingredients, Luo Chen immediately immersed into refining the True Flame Pill. This time, he still chose not to use the massive stockpile of achievement points. After refining the fourth-tier Transformation Pill, his evaluation on the panel had already advanced to "fourth-tier alchemist." Even though he had only refined a single batch of fourth-tier pills, his alchemical foundation was exceptionally solid, making this title well deserved. Refining third-tier pills was not particularly troublesome for him. As long as he got started, everything else would naturally fall into place.4

From his arrival at the Flying Swallow Archipelago to killing Yan Nantian and then waiting for the ingredients,...0