Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 613 The Number One Person Below the Myriad Manifestations Realm

One day later.

Lin Chen finally found the volcanic canyon the old man had described.

This is a pure gray canyon, devoid of any vegetation, and the entire canyon was slowly formed by volcanic eruptions.

Standing in front of the canyon, you can still feel the lingering warmth of the volcanic ash.

However, when Lin Chen spread his divine sense, he did not detect anything special about this volcanic canyon.

Lin Chen wasn't surprised that they hadn't discovered anything special. The ancient tombs of the four races had been opened so many times, and all the races had already been to the places they could go. If there were anything special about this volcanic canyon, it's impossible that the races wouldn't have discovered it.

Lin Chen took the jade pendant given to him by the old man out of his storage box. The moment the jade pendant appeared, it flew towards the volcanic canyon on its own. Without hesitation, Lin Chen followed the jade pendant, which emitted a warm glow, and carefully ventured into the volcanic canyon.

Stepping into the valley, you are greeted by a deathly, pure gray world. Jagged rocks stand silently, and the air is filled with the smell of sulfur and the scorching dust accumulated over time. Under your feet lies soft volcanic ash, which feels like stepping on a warm carpet.

Although the previous scan of the valley with his divine sense had yielded no results, the jade pendant seemed to be eagerly leading the way like a traveler returning home, and Lin Chen followed silently.

After walking through the canyon with the jade pendant for half an hour, Lin Chen's surprise grew stronger. The terrain of the canyon was constantly sinking, and he was also going down with the jade pendant, as if he was going to the depths of the earth's core.

To Lin Chen's surprise, his original divine sense had not detected such a downward-flowing area in the canyon.

"It seems there must be a formation here, and this jade tablet is the key to activate it."

Although he couldn't sense the unique spatial energy fluctuations of the formation, it didn't affect Lin Chen's judgment. Perhaps it was because the person who set up the formation was highly skilled, and he couldn't sense it with his own strength.

Finally, the jade pendant came to rest on a depression, and in the center of this depression was a pool of brightly colored water, no more than ten feet in diameter.

The pool water was not an ordinary liquid, but a viscous paste, with a deep dark red color, like congealed blood, yet it emitted a chillingly bright white light from the bottom of the pool.

From a distance, it looks like lava.

Just as Lin Chen was about to approach the liquid pool, the fire mark that had been stored between his eyebrows reacted for the first time, slowly emerging from between his eyebrows.

"I guessed it right!"

The fire mark emerged spontaneously from his body. Lin Chen's eyes gleamed. He had a guess in his mind from the jade pendant in the shape of a flame that the old man had given him.

The one who entered the ancient tomb, was able to talk to the tomb guardian, and even left an opportunity in the ancient tomb is very likely the founder of the Ten Thousand Fires Sect.

Related to flames, and equally unwilling to accept it, he only cultivated to the level of a demigod. In the history of the martial arts world, there are not many such strong people, and the only one Lin Chen knows is the founder of the Ten Thousand Fires Sect.

Lin Chen wasn't surprised that the founder of the Ten Thousand Fires Sect was able to enter the ancient tomb of the four races, given his strength. If the demons hadn't appeared, the founder of the Ten Thousand Fires Sect would have had to give up his martial arts path, and might have been able to forge a different path for him.

In order to forge a path that no one had ever walked before, the founder of the Ten Thousand Fires Sect must have traveled to many places. His visit to the ancient tombs of the four clans was probably also an attempt to gain some inspiration, but unfortunately, he ultimately failed.

As for why I left this opportunity in this ancient tomb, it was simply to provide some help to martial artists with the same aspirations on their future path of martial arts, after many years.

This is why the old man gave him the jade pendant and told him about the opportunity that existed in this place only after he clearly gave up the martial arts inheritance of the four clans' ancestors.

This must have been an agreement between the founder of the Ten Thousand Fires Sect and the guardian of the ancient tomb.

Whether or not he had arrived at the Myriad Fire Sect in advance and obtained the Fire Dao Seal, none of that matters.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen's eyes also showed anticipation. Those who can refuse the martial arts inheritance of a demigod-level expert must not only have an extremely strong will to pursue the peak of martial arts, but their martial arts potential and talent must also be unparalleled.

The opportunity left by the founder of the Ten Thousand Fires Sect for this purpose is probably no less significant than the sect's own legacy.

Lin Chen walked towards the pool, and when he reached the edge, the magma-like liquid in the pool seemed to sense his approach and began to stir slowly. With the flow of the liquid, it eventually formed two characters: Nirvana.

There is no further explanation beyond these two words.

"Nirvana is not difficult to understand."

Lin Chen smiled when he saw these two words. Nirvana is the process of enduring the torment of fire and the test of pain, and then being reborn.

The torment and pain are nothing.

Since I have chosen this path, I am prepared to face all kinds of difficulties.

Lin Chen took a deep breath of the scorching air, and without further hesitation, took a step forward, his entire body sinking into the dark red pool of fire!

The moment his body touched the pool water, Lin Chen's expression twisted as unimaginable pain instantly swept through his entire body!

Even though he had already experienced the pain of being burned and cleansed by the innate fire many times, he was still feeling immense pain at this moment.

The liquid in the pool frantically seeped into every pore, every vein, and every inch of his flesh.

It felt as if millions of red-hot steel needles were piercing through my body at the same time, or as if countless lava snakes were writhing and gnawing inside.

In just a few breaths, his tough skin, which even a full-force attack from a fifth-level Innate Realm expert could hardly break, hissed and turned charred, then curled up and peeled off.

But that's not the most painful part. What's even more painful is that as the original skin peels off, the newly exposed skin has to go through the same process again, and the pain is 30% more intense than before.

Moreover, this process is constantly repeating itself.

The skin peels off, revealing new skin, and then peels off again...

The physical pain was also constantly increasing...

Lin Chen's teeth were chattering as he used his strong willpower to control his mind and fight against the pain. But the burning pain not only affected his physical body, but also reached the depths of his soul.

A torrent of energy, like water poured from a furnace, rushed toward the stars of his soul, instantly engulfing hundreds of stars. And like a wildfire, the speed of the engulfment grew faster and faster.

This scene was like a torrent bursting its banks and rushing up the terraced fields, spreading at an alarming speed.

If he could grit his teeth and endure the physical pain, when this torrent impacted his soul, Lin Chen could no longer bear it, and he began to feel dizzy.

The entire Divine Soul Star Chart was burned to ashes, leaving only emptiness in this space belonging to the Divine Soul.

[A race against time: The Martial Soul Diagram is being burned...]

[Racing against time: It can be sculpted like a god...]

[Racing against time: Failure...failure...]

[Racing Against Time: Rebirth from the Ashes!]

In a daze, Lin Chen saw the panel appear, and the text on the [Racing Against Time] kept changing. When he saw the last two words "Fire Seal", Lin Chen used the last wisp of his divine soul to communicate with the Fire Dao Seal between his eyebrows.

When the last wisp of his soul was exhausted, Lin Chen fell into a coma. The moment he lost consciousness, a flame flickered between his eyebrows. In the instant this flame flickered, a flame also appeared in Lin Chen's dantian soul.

As the flames appeared, wisps of red fire, like needles and thread, began to repair the shattered Divine Soul Star Chart within Lin Chen's dantian, thread by thread, little by little...

It's unclear how much time has passed, but the Divine Soul Star Chart within Lin Chen's dantian reappeared once more, only this time it was displayed as fire points.

Lin Chen, inside the liquid, was like a sleeping baby, but with each breath he exhaled, a scalding, fiery aura emanated from him.

After an unknown amount of time, the dark red lava in the pool stopped raging and instead became like a gentle mother, nourishing the humanoid figure at the center that was enveloped in flames.

Within Lin Chen's body, the grotto-heaven formed by the condensed innate power had completely changed, resembling a volcano. The difference was that this grotto-heaven spewed out innate power instead of flames. A sixth-realm innate expert condenses a grotto-heaven within their body, with innate power entering and then surging out again, forming a cycle. This is the reason why the innate power of the sixth-realm innate experts is said to be inexhaustible.

However, at this moment, after the innate power surged out of the cave within Lin Chen's body, it did not flow back into the cave. Instead, it continued to nourish his body until it was completely absorbed. Then, the innate power would surge out again from within the cave.

……

……

Lin Chen opened his eyes, and two clusters of golden flames seemed to flash briefly in them before returning to their deep gaze. He didn't know how much time had passed.

The water in the pool around them had now dried up.

Lin Chen looked inward at his body and found that not only had his immortal body reached an incredible level of resilience, but his blood and qi were surging like magma, and even his divine soul and stars were more brilliant and dazzling than before.

"panel."

[Host: Lin Chen]

[Realm Level: Peak of the Sixth Realm of the Innate Stage]

[Innate Cultivation Technique: Immortal Art] (Perfect)

[Soul: Level 10]

[Martial Soul: The Bright Moon Rising Over the Sea]

[Immortal Golden Body: Sevenfold]

[Divine Seal: Fire (Nirvana once)]

Looking at the changes in realm and immortal body on the panel, and the fact that the Divine Seal Flame had changed from its original incomplete state to a seedling, Lin Chen's eyes also gleamed.

From this moment on, he can be said to be truly invincible below the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

"How many days did it take this time?"

Lin Chen looked at the empty liquid below, got up and walked out of the pool. Because of his unconsciousness, he didn't know how long he had been unconscious, but his strength had directly increased from the sixth level of the Innate Realm to the peak of the sixth level of the Innate Realm, which was definitely not something that could be done in a day or two.

The ancient tomb is only open for three months. If you miss it, you will be trapped in the tomb until it opens again.

After leaving the pool, Lin Chen headed straight for the outside of the canyon. When he stepped out of the canyon, the old man guarding the ancient tomb was already standing at the canyon entrance.

"The ancient tomb was about to close, and I was worried that you might miss it. I was thinking that if you were too late, I would have to go in and bother you. Fortunately, you made it in time."

"Thank you for your concern, senior. May I ask, where are the others who came in?"

After bowing with his hands clasped in gratitude, Lin Chen immediately asked a question.

"You want to ask about the Flower Clan, right? Your wife has already left with the Flower Clan, and so have the others. Now you are the only one left in the entire ancient tomb."

“However, your wife searched for you in the ancient tomb for a long time. I appeared and promised to take you out, and only then did your wife agree to leave.”

"I'm sorry to have troubled you, senior."

Lin Chen could imagine that his senior sister must have been frantically searching the entire ancient tomb to avoid discovering his whereabouts.

"This is not the first time I have appeared here. There are quite a few people from the four clans who know my identity."

The old man blinked. The ancient tomb had been open for so many years, and there were bound to be some special situations. In order to deal with these situations, he had appeared several times. This matter must have been recorded in the secrets of the four clans.

"May I ask, senior, did my senior sister inherit the legacy of the Flower Clan's ancestors?"

"Ah."

The old man smiled and said, "Your wife is also incredibly talented. It seems the Flower Clan is about to rise again."

"And... what about the other one?"

"This person did not come for the inheritance, but for something else within it, and he also gained something from it."

This time, the old man did not give a direct answer, and his answer was somewhat vague, but Lin Chen understood that Dongfang Canglang had also obtained what he wanted from the Mo family's ancestral hall.

"Go on, the ancient tomb will close in one more day."

"Junior, take your leave."

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Valley of the Buried Gods.

Although all four clans came out, not one of them left.

Everyone was waiting for a figure to appear.

The warriors from the four clans who entered the ancient tomb may not know that there is a guardian there, but the elders of the four clans do.

The guardians of the ancient tomb are the secrets of their clan.

With this guardian present, it's impossible for Lin Chen to be unable to leave the ancient tomb before its closing time.

In fact, in previous years, whenever the ancient tomb opened, none of the warriors from the four races who entered were trapped inside unless they encountered danger and died in the tomb. This was because the guardian of the ancient tomb would secretly give them warnings.

As for the other three races, although they already knew that Lin Chen had failed to obtain the ancestral inheritance, the fact that he was recognized by the ancestors of all four races at the same time made them very curious about Lin Chen's experience.

Ultimately, due to bloodline reasons, he failed to inherit the legacy.

The elders from various ethnic groups present remained skeptical of these remarks.

The ancestors were beings of immense stature. Standing on that stone platform, their martial arts cultivation techniques, talents, potential, and even their bloodlines would be clearly revealed. If someone was rejected because of their bloodline, the ancestors would not open the palace for them.

What they wanted to know was why Lin Chen ultimately failed to inherit the legacy.

In the past few days, the elders of the four clans have thought about it carefully, and even discussed it with each other through telepathy, but they still cannot come to a conclusion that can convince everyone.

It wasn't that these elders weren't smart enough, but rather that they simply couldn't imagine that anyone could refuse the ancestral legacy.

If you never think in that direction, you naturally can't come up with a reasonable explanation.

"Out!"

A glint of light flashed in Mei Shen's old eyes, and at that moment, deep within the mountains, the golden curtain surged, and a figure slowly stepped out from within.

Just as Lin Chen stepped out of the golden light curtain, a terrifying burst of energy suddenly erupted from the entrance of the valley.

There were some powerful individuals fighting there.

(End of this chapter)