Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 587 Breakthrough
Jade Pool!

Lin Chen sat in the courtyard by the pond, surrounded by hundreds of jade slips.

These jade slips were sent by Elder Mei Shen; they contained martial arts cultivation insights from generations of powerful cultivators at the Myriad Manifestations Realm of the Flower Clan.

Lin Chen did not believe that the Grand Elder's failure to provide him with the Flower Clan's martial arts techniques was because the Grand Elder considered him an outsider who was not allowed to cultivate the Flower Clan's techniques.

He has cultivated many martial arts techniques, all of which are top-notch. There is no need for him to continue cultivating other martial arts techniques. Just like the two techniques that the royal family gave him as compensation, he did not cultivate them.

For me, what I need most now is to systematically summarize my martial arts path so that I can determine what kind of martial arts path I should take after reaching the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

Yes, Lin Chen is already considering breaking through to the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

A martial artist at the fourth level of the Innate Realm is considering the path of the Myriad Manifestations Realm. If this were to happen to other martial artists, it would likely be ridiculed if word got out.

However, Elder Mei Shen felt it was only natural for Lin Chen to consider matters concerning the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

Every martial artist who enters the Myriad Manifestations Realm has embarked on their own path of martial arts. If Lin Chen's goal is only to break through the Myriad Manifestations Realm, he doesn't need to put in too much effort. However, if he has further pursuits beyond the Myriad Manifestations Realm, then he needs to start making plans in advance from this moment on.

Planning, in essence, is about making choices!

Many innate martial artists cultivate as many techniques as possible to improve their strength, but such a large number of techniques can hinder their progress towards the Myriad Manifestations stage.

Mei Shen didn't give Lin Chen any advice or suggestions, but only asked him to read the cultivation experiences of the Flower Clan's Myriad Manifestations Realm seniors.

Lin Chen became completely engrossed in reading them, and it took him seven days to finish reading all the jade slips.

Before this, Lin Chen didn't know much about the Myriad Manifestations Realm. His master and the Supreme Elders hadn't talked to him much about it, fearing it would affect his martial arts cultivation.

Lin Chen was initially puzzled, but after reading these jade slips, he understood the good intentions of the Supreme Elders.

There is no fixed path to the Myriad Manifestations Realm. Even among the Myriad Manifestations Realm seniors of the Flower Clan, each one had a different opportunity to break through to the Myriad Manifestations Realm. Therefore, if one is thinking about the Myriad Manifestations Realm while still in the Innate Realm, worrying about this and that, it will actually affect the breakthrough of the realm.

The Innate Realm absorbs innate energy, including elixirs, to temper oneself, using the power of heaven and earth and following the way of heaven and earth.

Essentially, there is no difference between a Xiantian Realm cultivator and a Ninth-Rank Martial Artist; the only difference is that the energy absorbed is of a higher grade.

If we compare a martial artist's body to a container, then both the Ninth Rank and the Innate Rank are like containers that hold the energy of heaven and earth, and the energy of heaven and earth is what they use when they raise their hands and move their feet.

The strength of this energy depends on the size of the container.

However, the Myriad Manifestations Realm is no longer about absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, but a different level, a qualitative change from the martial artist's original "drawing from heaven and earth" to "creating one's own world".

To reach this point, one needs to draw upon the power of the origin of heaven and earth, also known as the primordial energy of all phenomena.

A martial artist must first understand the "Way" of their own martial arts, and then use all their cultivation and spirit as a guide to draw in the primordial energy of all phenomena into their body.

Then, one uses this "Original Qi of Myriad Phenomena" to refine the Phenomena Palace, thus stepping into the Myriad Phenomena Realm.

Lin Chen recalled a very apt description from a senior member of the Flower Clan found in those jade slips: If the world is likened to a jade tablet engraved with the Origin Qi of all phenomena, then what a martial artist must do is to use their own martial arts to draw a certain Origin Qi of all phenomena from the jade tablet into their body.

There is no standard answer as to how to trigger it.

Some martial artists, after reaching the peak of the sixth level of the Innate Realm, break through to the Myriad Manifestations Realm in just over ten years, while others may remain stuck at the peak of the sixth level of the Innate Realm. The latter may even be stronger than the former.

However, Lin Chen also gleaned some useful clues from the breakthroughs of these predecessors.

To cultivate all one's martial arts skills to the extreme, eliminating any hidden ailments from the body, including residual poisons from elixirs...

This is the most basic premise.

Secondly, the stronger the soul, the better. Even among martial artists at the sixth level of the Innate Realm, there are differences in the strength of their souls. Even if the soul only increases by a little, the possibility of attracting the Origin Qi of Myriad Manifestations will be higher.

After reaching the sixth realm of the Innate Realm, the divine soul becomes extremely important.

However, throughout the entire Yan Dynasty, there are very few spiritual herbs that can enhance the soul of a sixth-level innate martial artist, and even if the major powers have them, they will not trade them.

As for cultivation techniques, although they also have an impact on breaking through to the Myriad Manifestations Realm, as long as they are top-tier cultivation techniques from super sects, they all meet the requirements for breaking through to the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

This is why the highest level a martial artist below a super sect can reach is the sixth level of the Innate Realm, because the techniques they cultivate do not have the conditions to break through the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

In addition, there are other ways to increase the odds of breaking through the myriad phenomena.

Vaseline!
Consuming this fruit can increase the chances of activating the source of all things.

If one can consume ten Myriad Manifestation Fruits, one will be 100% able to activate the Myriad Manifestation Origin Qi.

However, even if a super sect were to gather all its resources, it would be difficult to collect ten Myriad Manifestations Fruits.

After all, ten Myriad Manifestations Fruits represent the ability for a peak sixth-level Innate Realm martial artist to steadily step into the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

After reading these jade slips, Lin Chen began to consider his own situation. "I cannot give up on tempering my immortal body, so I need more spiritual herbs that can temper my body."

"I also need to improve my spiritual abilities..."

"The Martial Soul Phenomenon: A Bright Moon Rises Over the Sea. Although there's no [Seize the Moment] prompt, if one can gather a hundred flawless martial wills, its power will undoubtedly reach a new level..."

"And then there's the innate fire within my own body... Four is clearly not the limit..."

After thinking it over, Lin Chen realized that if he wanted to reach the limits of all aspects of martial arts, he would need a lot of martial arts resources.

"Let's break through to the fifth level of the Innate Realm first."

Since he had already determined that he was inferior to the one from the Dongfang family, not because his martial arts had not yet reached the limit of the fourth realm of the Innate Realm, but because that one had the amplification effect of luck, Lin Chen decided to break through to the fifth realm of the Innate Realm.

Although he is currently strong enough to fight against someone at the fifth level of the Innate Realm, his strength will be terrifyingly enhanced after breaking through to the fifth level of the Innate Realm.

The four realms of innate nature are called the Tide Realm. The innate liquid in the body fluctuates like the tides. The tenth level is the peak, but Lin Chen had already reached the eighteenth level in the Thousand Layer Illusion Realm, which was the limit of his body.

Unless the Immortal Technique breaks through to the fifth level, the tidal layers cannot overlap again.

Suppressing his cultivation level to avoid breaking through, just to become invincible in the fourth realm of the Innate Realm, is not what Lin Chen wants. Moreover, the Grand Elder wants him to represent the Flower Clan in the clan competition. As his cultivation level increases, his strength will also increase, and the chances of winning a good ranking in the clan competition will be greater.

The third innate realm is the Abyss River Realm, where the innate crystals within the body liquefy into a river; the fourth innate realm is the Tide Realm, where the innate liquid in the river undulates and overlaps like the tides; and the fifth innate realm is the Mountainous Realm, where the innate liquid within the body condenses into a mountain and completely solidifies.

Mountains rise from the plains of rivers, which is why the fourth realm of innate beings requires ten layers of overlapping tidal fluctuations before one can break through to the fifth realm of innate beings.

Only by overlapping more layers can a mountain peak be formed.

Insufficient height prevents condensation.

Even peak-level martial artists at the fourth level of the Innate Realm will try to take some pills when breaking through to stimulate the innate fluid in their bodies, making it more active so that they can break through to a higher level in one go and condense a mountain shape.

But Lin Chen didn't need that. The overlapping of the eighteen layers of tides was already high enough, and condensing the mountain shape was just a thought away for him.

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Lin Chen stood quietly inside the Yaochi Pavilion.

His aura was constantly rising!
boom!
As it reached its peak, the energy suddenly spread outwards from its center, startling the entire Jade Pool. The fish that were leisurely swimming on the surface were frightened and darted underwater to disappear.

This aura did not stop there, but spread continuously in wave after wave, each wave stronger than the last, like waves crashing against the shore, each stronger than the last.

At his dantian, the vast innate liquid, like an abyss, surged up like a giant wave. However, this time, the giant wave, after surging up and overlapping, did not dissipate or subside, but stood firmly at his dantian.

As the giant waves formed by these innate liquids surged one after another, a mountain-shaped object began to slowly solidify. Along with the fluctuations of these innate liquids, Lin Chen's entire body resonated.

After a hundred breaths, the mountain peak took shape in the dantian.

The moment the mountain took shape, Lin Chen's body transformed into a vortex that devoured everything, instantly absorbing all the energy of heaven and earth surrounding Yaochi.

boom!
An overwhelming pressure erupted from the pavilion, and Lin Chen was like an ancient mountain suddenly awakening. His heavy and majestic aura transformed into an invisible wave of energy that swept across the entire Yaochi Pond. This time, the water surface rippled like thunder in spring.

The Five Realms of Innate Achieved in a Hundred Breaths!
While it may not be as exaggerated as entering the fifth realm in a single thought, the speed of this breakthrough, if it were to spread, would be enough to shock all the martial artists of the Yan Dynasty.

But the breakthrough was not over. Although the mountain had taken shape, energy continued to pour in. The Azure Heart in Lin Chen's heart, as well as the Divine Soul Star, began to release energy, which continued to pour into the formed mountain. Even the Innate Fire was now enveloping the entire mountain. The raging fire was like a sculptor's knife, carving out the shape of the mountain and making it stand tall and majestic.

Condensing innate mountains is to step into the fifth realm of the Innate Realm, and then make the mountain grow... This is what martial artists in the fifth realm of the Innate Realm must do. However, Lin Chen did not stop after stepping into the fifth realm of the Innate Realm, and continued to break through.

The decades of accumulation in the Thousand Layers Secret Realm, the growth of the divine soul, and the benefits brought by the Invincible Arena are finally being released at this moment.

The height of the mountain peaks was gradually increasing, and Lin Chen's aura was also rising steadily, causing many buildings in Yaochi to shake.

During this process, Lin Chen's aura continued to rise, and the sharp aura and pressure he released were enough to suffocate any innate fourth-realm martial artist.

Half an hour later, the entire Jade Pool returned to silence.

At this moment, Lin Chen's aura underwent a tremendous change.

His eyes were deep and unfathomable, and his skin shone with a subtle, precious light. This person exuded a calm and imposing aura, like a towering mountain, and his clothes fluttered wildly amidst the surge of energy.

Whether it's strength, physical body, or even the soul, everything received a significant and comprehensive boost at this moment.

Lin Chen is now certain that he can shatter ten versions of himself before his breakthrough with a single punch.

(End of this chapter)