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Lu Min arrived at his immortal abode, it was a grand palace surrounded by a fog of condensed immortal Qi. The palace was a gift from Lu Min's master Xiao Fu when he was adopted.

Lu Min stepped in and activated his pill furnace; the Heaven Refining Furnace. Formations lit up around and on it as a searing flame burst into existence. "Please don't fail tomorrow!" Lu Min was worried about his test the next day

The Nine-Petal Immortal Flower Is a legendary herb, rumored to be able to turn a mortal into a an immortal overnight if refined into a the Nine Fragrance Ascension Pill. The difficulty in refining such a herb has been a thorn in Lu Min's side

Xiao Fu had set a deadline for tomorrow, and Lu Min already owed so much to his teacher. Lu Min was once a poor child in a backwoods village, and even that village was in the lower realms. Lu Min was 13 when his master found him on a journey to temper his Dao Heart

Xiao Fu saw his heaven defying talent and decided to take him. Sadly, as he had missed the prime age for cultivation and he needed to catch up. How could the future sect master of Golden Divine Body sect be mortal?!

Xiao Fu was still unwilling to give up on his great talent and gave him a Nine Fragrance Ascension Pill, perfectly refined with the Nine-Petal Immortal Flower as its base. The flower gave the pill a gentle nature that was able to be absorbed by a mortal.

Immensely grateful towards his master Lu Min madly cultivated with the best resources his sect had to offer for 5 years. His mind and time was consumed by cultivation and eventually he was able to show himself to his other sect members.

Lu Min although having cultivated was unlearned and desperately needed to advance his skills such as combat and the production arts in order to finally be sect master.

Before he could learn though, he needed to visit the Primordial Wellspring. It was the holy land of all cultivation, and tradition demanded that the sect masters of the great sects witnessed it. The primordial wellspring had no aura or feeling of majesty.

Rather it had nothing at all, it was simply a giant gaping hole. However, when a cultivator gets too close to the Primordial Wellspring, they lose all of their power and cultivation. Sect Masters must witness this to instill humility and the desire to improve.

When his master took him there, he made Lu Min memorize the location of the Wellspring and then took him back to the sect to learn. Since then, Lu Min had learned how to blacksmith and draw talismans and is now starting alchemy practice.

Sweat poured down Lu Min's face as he concentrated on his Heaven Refining Cauldron, every ounce of his willpower was mobilized to complete the first step of extracting the essences the various ingredients

Then he needed to mix them together and refine them into a homogeneous mass. This step was the hardest for Lu Min as he had trouble mixing the ingredients properly, often causing a furnace explosion.

This time Lu Min succeed and he only needed to complete the final step, condensing the concentrated and mixed essence into a pill! Even more formations lit up, as a vortex of Immortal Qi was sucked into the furnace. He opened the lid and his face lit up! A single, lowest quality Nine Fragrance Ascension Pill!

With a proud smile on his face he left the furnace and began cultivating his sects energy cultivation manual, the Immortal Vortex Formula. The next morning he swiftly grabbed the pill that he had put in a jade box the night before.And flew towards his Masters abode.

When Lu Min arrived he was surprised to find that Great Elder Gu Zhu was waiting for him, instead of his master. Lu Min knew that Gu Zhu disapproved of him becoming sect master as he was of commoner origins.

The great elder with grey robes and murky eyes looked towards Lu Min and sneered "Your master seems to have vanished. I suppose now I will have to teach you, or perhaps take the seat of sect master for myself?"

Suddenly, behind Gu Zhu an imperious voice spoke shaking with rage "You dare try to usurp me! Don't think I don't know of your activities behind my back! Leave this place, and never enter my disciples sight again!"

Gu Zhu's face twisted in rage "I dare?!? You hand over your seat to a commoner! You marry your daughter to him! Our sect and pride cannot stand for this!"

Xiao Fu's expression was one of confusion, and then realization. Gu Zhu sneered once more and Xiao Fu was surround by his fellow sect members. He screamed "Lu Min! Take my daughter and escape from here!" Threw a small resplendent orb towards Lu Min which then fused with his body.

Confused and scared, Lu Min retreated as fast as he could while his master fought the elders and looked for Xiao Meng, yet no matter where he looked he couldn't find her. Soon all of the sounds of fighting stopped, Lu Min's face now had a ghastly pallor.

His master was dead. Frantically he continued his search but to no avail, an elder still injured from the previous fight caught up to him. The elder propelled himself from the distance into Lu Min's thoracic cavity. Those from his sect mainly cultivated their bodies.

Lu Min however, never had the chance to do so. The punch sent a shockwave through his body as Lu Min spat out blood. The impact flung him away as he desperately tried to escape

Lu Min, desperate for Xiao Meng's and his own survival flew faster than the wind. Then, he heard a scream from the room which his master was in. It was Xiao Meng's scream! Lu Min grit his teeth ready to head back into the fray, but the screaming stopped and all was silent.

Xiao Meng, was dead. Realizing this, Lu Min nearly burst into tears. He flew, and flew as quick as he could. The elders had a higher cultivation than him and would catch up soon. He was surrounded! The only option he had was to use the Great Void Shifting Talisman his master left him.

The talisman was crushed in his hand as he selected where to go, the Primordial Wellspring! He would be safe there as all cultivation would be sealed and no elder would dare get close enough to have their cultivation sucked away.

Lu Min was instantly teleported to the Primordial Wellspring, but behind him the void shattered once more! The elders had followed him through space! He ran away as fast he could, for the first time in 5 years losing his breath. The elders gave chase, each eyeing him greedily.

Without any other choices, Lu Min despaired and ran towards the Wellspring! This time, no elder chased him as they didn't dare lose their cultivation. Lu Min soul was crushed, his Dantian shattered and empty. He had lost all hope, without cultivation how could he take revenge?!?

With limitless hatred he lunged forwards and viciously grabbed the closest elder and used him as a hostage. The other elders sneered "Kill him if you want, that's more of the sect for us" With no other choice, Lu Min scuttled closer to the Wellspring, and jumped in!