Above the surface of the Canglan Sea.
Zeng Xi and the others watched in shock as the Canglan Beasts exploded one by one on the sea.
Lin Chen was strolling leisurely on the sea surface, and wherever he went, the Canglan Beasts burst apart, turning into blue light that disappeared into Lin Chen’s body.
At this moment, Lin Chen had transformed into a walking harvester of Canglan Beasts.
"He’s... he’s not absorbing the Martial Path Will represented by these Canglan Beasts, is he?"
Mu Jun finally spoke after a moment, his voice filled with disbelief.
"Prob... probably not. Who can absorb so much Martial Path Will?"
Someone shook their head. In the common knowledge of the Martial Arts Realm, the amount of Martial Path Will a person can absorb is limited. The Martial Path Wills that Lin Chen defeated were not of the same kind; the more he absorbed, the deeper it would fracture the Divine Soul.
"But if he’s not absorbing Martial Path Will, then what are those lights entering his body?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?"
"Junior Brother Lin, what’s the situation here?"
On the Canglan Sect’s side, the remaining six disciples were also staring in awe. Before entering the Canglan Secret Realm, they had prepared themselves, asking the senior brothers who had participated before about the terrifying nature of the Canglan Beasts.
Now, they could feel the dread of the Canglan Beasts themselves.
But what were they witnessing right now?
In front of Junior Brother Lin, these Canglan Beasts were like facing Martial Artists who have yet to enter the Innate Realm, easily harvested.
These creatures represented the Martial Path Will, especially the ones with flawless-level Martial Path Will. Each one was equivalent to an Innate Martial Artist.
"I believe Junior Brother Lin is not absorbing Martial Path Will. We’ve also slain these Canglan Beasts, but no Martial Path Will appeared. To absorb Martial Path Will, you must defeat the Canglan Beast in that bubble to obtain it."
Gong Yian shook his head, giving his judgment while signaling to the other junior brothers.
No matter if Junior Brother Lin truly absorbed the Martial Path Will represented by the Canglan Beasts, this matter should not be openly discussed, and they shouldn’t question Lin Chen about it later.
Because there are still Outer Sect Martial Artists here!
Even though Mu Jun and the others would leave and report the happenings in the Secret Realm to their respective Sect Elders, those Elders might not know the reason behind it.
We shouldn’t overly expose Junior Brother Lin’s uniqueness and trump cards.
Among all present, only Zeng Xi’s expression was changeable at this moment. He didn’t know if Lin Chen was absorbing these Martial Path Wills, but he remembered something.
If his guess was correct, Lin Chen really should join their Thousand Mechanism Sect, not the Canglan Sect.
On the surface of the Canglan Sea, every time a Canglan Beast burst, turning into light and entering his body, Lin Chen would inwardly observe his Divine Soul. In the Canglan Sea within his Divine Soul, as these Martial Path Wills entered, they turned into waves tumbling on the sea surface.
The sea at the bottom of his Divine Soul was calm after four waves fell back, showing no ripples.
But now, with the absorption of these Martial Path Wills, this sea seemed to come alive.
A real sea is always surging, never tranquil.
Only a dead sea is calm.
The more waves in the sea within his Divine Soul, the more elated Lin Chen felt.
This feeling was akin to a starving person savoring every bite of food.
In just a quarter of an hour, thirty Canglan Beasts on the sea surface, including a dozen more that emerged from beneath the sea during this time, all disappeared without a trace.
The surface of the Canglan Sea was, for once, peaceful.
"This... if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I could hardly believe it."
"The Canglan Beasts we struggled to fend off were all killed by Lin Chen alone."
Everyone looked at Lin Chen with complex expressions. Among the genius disciples of various sects, even though Lin Chen was stronger, having topped the Martial Arts Mountain, they didn’t pay much heed; being the top of Martial Arts Mountain only meant he was the strongest under the age of twenty.
Back in their days, they too had made it to the top thirty at Martial Arts Mountain. There was a gap, but it wasn’t insurmountable. As they entered the Innate Realm, the rate of strength increase slowed, allowing the gap to narrow gradually.
Yet what lay before their eyes left them feeling powerless.
Lin Chen’s performance was akin to the Innate Second Realm.
Not yet twenty and already at such strength; they had never seen such a prodigy, not even among the famous Celestial Prides throughout the history of the Flame Dynasty. Few had such strength in the Innate First Realm.
Perhaps due to killing too quickly, or maybe there weren’t many Canglan Beasts left, after Lin Chen cleared all the Canglan Beasts on the sea surface, no new ones appeared.
Just as Zeng Xi and the others thought Lin Chen would return to converse with them after finishing off the Canglan Beasts, a shocking scene unfolded.
Lin Chen glanced down at the deep Canglan Sea waters and then, under everyone’s watchful eyes, unhesitatingly plunged beneath the sea.
What’s he going to do?
"Lin Chen can’t possibly think that after killing so many Canglan Beasts, he hasn’t had enough and wants to dive into the sea to kill more, can he?"
A Martial Artist spoke with suspicion, but upon seeing everyone else showing agreement in their eyes, was momentarily at a loss for words.
Especially for Qiao Yuan and others from the Canglan Sect, the Canglan Secret Realm has existed for so many years, yet no one has ever ventured underwater. Everyone has always quietly waited on the surface for the bubbles to appear.
As his body submerged three zhang below, Lin Chen’s pupils contracted. In the seawater filled with Canglan energy, his eyes couldn’t see any objects; the Canglan seawater obscured his vision.
However, his Divine Soul could clearly perceive that underwater, light continuously surged from the bottomless depths. As it surged upward, Canglan energy clung to the light. From the beginning with just a wisp, to eventually more and more Canglan energy adhering, it formed into a bubble.
One-color light, three-color light, seven-color light...
Simultaneously, Lin Chen’s Divine Soul also sensed a red flower blooming not far ahead, the red flower in the water resembling a blooming yellow chrysanthemum. Countless petals spread in all directions, and upon contact with the forming bubble, the bubble shattered immediately, filling the eyes of the Canglan Beast with red light as it began to ascend towards the surface.
"Is this thing the cause of the trouble?"
Lin Chen slowly approached the red flower, and the next moment took out the Hundred Objects Box, carefully storing the red flower inside.
This time, the changes in the Canglan Secret Realm were caused by the Blood Moon Sect, but now that Yue Shan of the Blood Moon Sect has been slain by him, even if there are other Outer Sect martial artists who can testify, the Blood Moon Sect could still deny it.
They could even counter by saying that something else happened in the Canglan Secret Realm, and everyone blamed everything on the deceased Yue Shan to find a scapegoat.
But now with this red flower as evidence, it stands as undeniable proof.
Having secured the red flower, Lin Chen wasted no more time and didn’t even wait for those lights to converge into bubbles, instead recklessly swimming at the seabed, beginning to absorb these lights.
He wanted to fully invigorate the sea waves within his Divine Soul.
The waves surged, rising and falling, vibrant and alive.
Who knows how many lights transformed by Martial Path Will he had devoured, until a sense of satisfaction emanated from his Divine Soul, Lin Chen finally stopped.
This was the first time he sensed the fullness of his Divine Soul.
However, with the Divine Soul unable to absorb more Martial Path Will, Lin Chen didn’t leave just yet. This was the Canglan Sea, containing endless Canglan energy.
He now aimed to break into the Innate Second Realm by absorbing enough Canglan energy, finally converting it into Innate Power with the Azure Wave Technique.
Such a good opportunity, how could he give up?
Once more, Lin Chen sat cross-legged, but this time suspended in the Canglan Sea. With the operation of the Azure Wave Technique, a vortex formed around his entire body, and endless Canglan energy began flooding into him, continuously devoured by the Heart of Canglan, and finally converting into Innate Power, circulating throughout his body.
As this Innate Power began to fill his entire being, it started to condense at his acupoints, transforming from liquid to crystalline, and with each transformation, nearly exhausting the Innate Power within Lin Chen.
Fortunately, with the endless influx of Canglan energy, the Innate Power exhaled by Lin Chen’s Heart of Canglan seemed infinite.
A quarter of an hour, half a two-hour period...
A two-hour period...
One and a half two-hour periods...
At the seabed, Lin Chen’s acupoints were now gleaming with a soft glow. If Zeng Xi and others discovered this, they would know it was a sign of breaking through to the Innate Second Realm.
On the sea surface.
The wind and waves were calm.
Zeng Xi and others were now quietly waiting on the beach. Upon hearing a sound resonating across the sky from the firmament, everyone collectively breathed a sigh of relief.
The Canglan Secret Realm was finally going to open.
At this moment, the blood moon suspended in the firmament instantly dissipated.
The cracks in the sky were growing larger.
"Why hasn’t Lin Chen come out yet?"
Zeng Xi glanced at the sea surface. The opening of the Canglan Secret Realm only lasts for a quarter of an hour. If he doesn’t come out after that, he’ll have to wait another five years; this was something Elder Bai instructed him when he arrived.
"Junior Brother Lin hasn’t come out yet, what do we do now?"
Over at the Canglan Sect’s side, the remaining few disciples also anxiously looked towards the sea surface. If Lin Chen got trapped in the Canglan Secret Realm, even an Innate First Realm couldn’t go five years without eating or drinking.
Even relying on absorbing Canglan energy wouldn’t be enough to last five years.
Just as everyone was worried, a vortex suddenly appeared on the sea surface, and as the vortex grew larger, seawater flowed in all directions, and a figure walked out from the vortex.
"Sorry to keep everyone waiting."
Lin Chen stepped out of the vortex, arriving in front of everyone.
"Lin Chen, you..."
Zeng Xi perceived Lin Chen’s state, his face filled with shock, this aura...
Could it be that Lin Chen has broken through to the Innate Second Realm?
"Brother Zeng, if you have any doubts, let’s discuss them outside."

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