Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 382 Breakthrough to the Innate Realm (Second Update)

tonight.

As usual, Lin Chen did not give up cultivation just because he was going to break through to the Innate Realm the next day. He cultivated in his courtyard for an hour, and then challenged three hundred disciples on Martial Dao Mountain before going to sleep.

Have a good night's sleep.

Early next morning.

Lin Chen went to his master's villa.

"coming."

Du Xiaofeng was already in the courtyard. Lin Chen glanced around and saw that there were jade boxes in the courtyard, each a different color.

"This contains the crystallization of five kinds of innate five elements energy. It's prepared in advance to prevent you from not having enough five elements energy when you break through."

Seeing his disciple curiously examining the five jade boxes, Du Xiaofeng offered an explanation.

"Thank you for your trouble, Master."

"You are my disciple. If I don't go to great lengths for you, who else will I go to great lengths for?"

Du Xiaofeng smiled and said, "If your senior brothers hadn't been away from the sect, they would have all witnessed your breakthrough to the Innate Realm."

Even in the Yan Dynasty, for a martial artist to advance from a certain rank to the Innate Realm was a great joy in life.

In the Yan Dynasty, martial artists of different ranks did not hold high status, but reaching the Innate Realm meant that they had entered the inner sanctum of martial arts.

Even in a super sect like the Canglan Sect, every disciple who can step into the Innate Realm is highly valued.

"This disciple has only broken through to the Innate Realm, how dare I disturb my senior brothers' travels?"

Lin Chen shook his head. He knew that he had three senior brothers above him. He was his master's fourth disciple. However, none of his senior brothers stayed in the sect. Some were traveling outside, and some were carrying out sect missions outside.

The sect controls the vast Canglan Domain. Although there are dynasties and other sects below it, the sect still has to arrange disciples to patrol, and the responsibility of patrolling falls on these innate martial artists.

Du Xiaofeng knew his disciple would say that because he had been in contact with the Canglan Sect since he entered the Yan Dynasty, and thought that innate martial artists were nothing special.

In reality, apart from super sects like Canglan Sect, other dynasties and second-rate sects would throw a grand banquet when a martial artist broke through to the Innate Realm, and would even invite many relatives and friends to witness it.

The Innate Realm is an important milestone on the path of martial arts for martial artists.

Breaking through one's innate limitations is like a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate.

Once you cross that threshold, there is a vast world to explore in the realm of martial arts.

If you can't get past that, your blood and energy will decline after the age of fifty.

As early as yesterday, he had already sent messages to several disciples. The eldest disciple probably wouldn't be able to make it back, but the second and third disciples should be able to.

……

……

Fifteen minutes later, following his master's instructions, Lin Chen stood in the wooden tub in the yard, where a green liquid was slowly flowing.

"Lin Chen, you have already gathered the four elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth within your body. Now you are only missing the innate energy of the water attribute. What I am providing you is the Profound Essence Dew."

"Xuan Yuan Dew is a substance beneficial to the soul and belongs to the water attribute energy. I will pour it into this medicinal liquid for you to absorb and refine."

"Excuse me, master."

Lin Chen nodded. The Lingxiao energy he absorbed belonged to the metal element, while the essence of the Cloud Cauldron Mother Tree belonged to the wood element. In addition, the Li Fire belonged to the fire element, and the earth element energy he absorbed in Huangshan belonged to the earth element.

Lin Chen originally thought that Canglan energy was also one of the innate five elements of energy, but on the way to Canglan Sect, Senior Brother Gao told him that Canglan energy is a community of three five elements of energy, formed by the convergence of metal, wood and earth, which is much stronger than a single five elements of energy.

Du Xiaofeng picked up one of the jade boxes and opened it, revealing a white liquid flowing inside.

"The Profound Origin Dew is condensed from Profound Origin Qi. One drop of Profound Origin Dew is equivalent to one hundred strands of Profound Origin Qi. An ordinary martial artist can absorb one thousand strands of Profound Origin Dew, which is enough to satisfy the water attribute energy required to break through to the Innate Realm."

The jade box was about the size of a palm and about half a foot deep. If calculated based on its volume, it contained at least a hundred drops of Xuan Yuan Dew.

Du Xiaofeng prepared so much because he was afraid of unexpected situations where the five elements energy would not be enough.

Breaking through innate limitations carries the possibility of failure.

Most martial artists fail to break through because one of the five elements in their body is insufficient, or they have not been able to achieve a balance, with one element having too much energy and another element having too little.

With the foundation of the Canglan Sect, Lin Chen wouldn't care even if he failed once.

As a powerful expert at the fifth level of the Innate Realm, Du Xiaofeng knew many secrets of the Innate Realm. His success in breaking through to the Innate Realm on the first attempt and the second attempt had a certain impact on his later martial arts path.

The most perfect outcome is to achieve a breakthrough in one go, with a single burst of energy.

……

As soon as the Xuan Yuan Dew was poured into the medicinal liquid, Lin Chen immediately activated all the acupoints in his body to actively absorb and release the energy of the Xuan Yuan Dew. An extremely gentle energy flowed through his meridians throughout his body.

This energy flowed through Lin Chen's limbs and bones, through his internal organs, and into his dantian, where it slowly coalesced into a white cloud of energy. At the same time, the other four innate energies within Lin Chen's body seemed to be activated, surging from various acupoints throughout his body towards his dantian.

The golden energy clusters, the green energy clusters formed from the essence of the Cloud Cauldron Mother Tree, the yellow energy clusters formed from the Earth Element Qi, and the flame-like energy clusters formed from the Li Fire.

The five types of energy clusters floated quietly within the dantian, repelling each other and maintaining a certain distance.

Lin Chen looked inward at the five energy clusters within his dantian and began to control them to move closer together.

Little by little, thread by thread...

The five energy clusters gradually approached each other, and finally converged at the center of the dantian, colliding with each other. The previous repulsion disappeared, and in its place, they merged.

The five types of energy merged very smoothly, as if they were originally one entity, flowing between each other. In just three breaths, they merged into a single energy mass five times the size of the original mass.

"It seems that fate has come into play."

Lin Chen murmured to himself, following his master's instructions that there were two hurdles to breaking through to the Innate Realm, the first of which was the fusion of the five elements.

Many martial artists have been defeated at this hurdle.

Even those who eventually pass this level will spend ten or more hours on it, and some may even spend one or two days on it.

Since his destiny, "water flows into the channel," was playing a role, Lin Chen didn't delay and began to break through the second barrier of his innate abilities.

The five elements of energy merge, condensing innate power in one fell swoop.

Under Lin Chen's control, the energy ball in his dantian began to rotate rapidly. The energy ball, which originally contained five colors, began to slowly merge with the rotation, and the colors began to fade until it finally became a colorless and transparent vortex.

The instant the energy cloud transformed into a vortex, Lin Chen's pores suddenly opened. The entire energy cloud, like stardust, surged out from his dantian, flowing continuously along his meridians, while streams of viscous fluid overflowed from his pores.

Standing a few feet away, Du Xiaofeng sensed the energy fluctuations emanating from Lin Chen, and raised an eyebrow with a hint of surprise.

"They've already entered the second step of condensing innate power so quickly, in less than a quarter of an hour."

Du Xiaofeng was confident that Lin Chen would break through to the Innate Realm, but he originally estimated that it would take Lin Chen about five hours to complete the fusion of the Five Elements energy, which was also the average time taken by a direct disciple of the Canglan Sect.

As for the less talented inner disciples, most of them need a whole day to achieve this.

Normally, it takes two to five days for a martial artist to break through to the Innate Realm.

The faster the fusion of the five elements' energies, the stronger its control over itself.

A hint of anticipation appeared in Du Xiaofeng's eyes. The faster the fusion of the five elements' energy, the longer Lin Chen would be able to temper his body with innate power this time.

To transform the power of the Five Elements into innate power, the body must first be able to withstand the innate power, which requires the martial artist's body to reach a state of purity.

The so-called "immaculate" state, in the words of the innate martial artists of the Yan Dynasty, is a process of cleansing the marrow and removing impurities.

The energy of the five elements will transform into innate energy, constantly cleansing the martial artist's body and expelling impurities, including the poison left from taking pills, as well as hidden injuries suffered from practicing certain techniques or fighting, all of which will be repaired.

Every martial artist only has this one chance to cleanse their marrow and bones. After entering the Innate Realm, even if they break through from the first Innate Realm to the sixth Innate Realm, they will never have this opportunity again.

This is why the martial arts world regards the Innate Realm as an important milestone on a martial artist's path.

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……

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

At this moment, all the acupoints, meridians, and even the bone marrow in Lin Chen's body were being washed by the innate energy surging out with each rotation of the energy ball in his dantian.

His body became increasingly pure, his skin radiating a jade-like luster, and his aura began to rise steadily.

"Crack!"

Lin Chen's spine suddenly cracked, accompanied by the beating of his heart like a drum. His entire body began to move in a unique rhythm, and flames danced deep within his marrow.

"His internal organs resonated in unison, his muscles and bones burned like fire, and his skin was as smooth as jade..."

Du Xiaofeng's eyes gleamed. The marrow cleansing was complete; now it was time for the final step.

At this moment, Lin Chen felt incredibly comfortable. The comfort from both his mind and body made him groan.

With that groan, the energy ball in his dantian exploded, and all the blood and energy in his body instantly boiled, constantly surging through his meridians and acupoints. Then, it transformed into an extremely powerful torrent, rushing towards his dantian from the meridians.

boom!
All the torrents collided violently at Lin Chen's dantian, causing his body to tremble. At the same time, at the point of impact, icy blue energy appeared out of thin air.

[Host: Lin Chen]

[Realm: Innate.]

The control panel popped up on its own at that moment.

(End of this chapter)