Chapter 428: Chapter 5: Five Years Later, Breaking Through to Martial Emperor!
Lin Chen settled down on Grey Stone Island.
Here, far away from Qing State, he wouldn’t catch the attention of Demon Monarch Huiyue.
To Lin Chen, it’s an excellent opportunity for cultivation.
Even though he was eager to return home and see his master and fellow disciples.
But reason still told him that his current strength wasn’t enough.
Moreover, after that battle, Lin Chen acquired many resources.
Tiandan, Spirit Realm Jade Dew, these were items that could rapidly advance Lin Chen’s cultivation.
Thus, Lin Chen rarely ventured out, spending most of his time cultivating on Grey Stone Island.
Occasionally, when exhausted from cultivating, he would stroll around in Fufeng Island’s marketplace.
During this time, Lin Chen also used a disguise and new identity to purchase some unique Ying State resources.
Such as sea beast meat, which is an excellent cultivation resource for Body Refining Cultivators.
Lin Chen discovered that even ordinary people in Ying State had physical qualities close to those of martial artists.
The reason being that even commoners would occasionally consume low-tier sea beast blood and flesh.
This greatly improved their physical condition.
Thus, while purchasing large quantities of sea beast meat, Lin Chen also began acquiring sea beast eggs.
According to Lin Chen’s findings, when traveling between the worlds, he couldn’t bring living substances.
But he could carry eggs like chicken eggs.
According to expert analysis, the criterion for Lin Chen to bring back items should be "consciousness."
Truly sentient life forms couldn’t be taken back by Lin Chen.
But eggs, like sea beast eggs, could be smoothly carried back.
So Lin Chen began frequently purchasing sea beast eggs and eggs in the marketplace.
The price was not high, for mortals, sea beast eggs were just a low-tier food.
A single female sea beast might contain thousands of eggs.
So Lin Chen brought many sea beast eggs back to Blue Star, entrusting them to Great Xia Country for cultivation.
In just a few years, Great Xia successfully cultivated sea beasts from the Cultivation Realm.
They were aggressive, but mostly low-tier first and second-tier sea beasts.
For this reason, Great Xia even specially excavated breeding bases for sea beasts.
The proliferation rate of sea beasts was extremely fast, and the systematic incubation of sea beast eggs allowed them to hatch in just two to three months.
Like a biological invasion.
In a lake spanning hundreds of miles, hundreds of juvenile sea beasts were introduced.
In just a few years, this number multiplied a hundredfold.
But fortunately for Great Xia, the biological invasion and reproduction of sea beasts was a boon.
Given Great Xia’s martial artist population base, there was no worry about excessive numbers...
They would enter the stomachs of most martial artists.
Thus, in just a few years, low-tier sea beasts became a delicacy on the tables of Great Xia’s martial artists.
Artificially cultivated sea beasts were pursued like seafood by the martial artists.
Not only were they delicious, but they were also greatly beneficial to martial path cultivation.
During the first three years, due to limited numbers, the price of sea beast meat was still high.
But by the fifth year, hundreds of thousands of low-tier sea beasts almost dominated most breeding grounds within Great Xia.
This made sea beast meat a synonym for high-quality, affordable meat.
A newly matured first-tier sea beast could produce over a ton of meat.
Low-tier nutrient liquids were gradually replaced.
The emergence of sea beast meat increased the number of Great Xia’s martial disciples and martial artists by over thirty percent.
In addition, Great Xia also began cultivating demon beast meat.
The cultivation method, naturally, came from the "Demon Breeding and Spirit Returning" technique Lin Chen obtained at an auction.
It was the special secret technique originally used to cultivate Hu Deer meat.
Bringing back some low-tier, less dangerous demon beasts from the Martial Realm.
Such as Flame Rabbits, Furious Wild Boars, and the like...
Using a special secret technique to cultivate, this made the flesh of these demon beasts gradually suitable for human martial artists to consume.
The violent energy gradually disappeared...
Lin Chen referred to these bred demon beasts as artificial spirit beasts.
In just a few years, artificial spirit beasts had been bred for five to six generations.
Gradually beginning to shed the ferocity of demon beasts, perhaps in a few more decades they could truly be suitable for long-term consumption by the Human Race.
To become a staple in the martial artist’s diet.
After all, consuming too much sea beast meat, eating some artificial spirit beasts to change the taste is also a good idea.
Over these five years, Lin Chen traveled back and forth between the Cultivation Realm and High Martial World.
The resources from Meteor Islands were like a vast new treasure trove for Great Xia, fostering the country’s development.
As for Lin Chen, he rapidly advanced his cultivation on Grey Stone Island.
Until...
...
Five years later.
Great Xia Country, Martial Arts Palace.
In the cultivation room, Lin Chen solemnly consumed a piece of flesh essence from a Fifth Tier demon beast.
This piece of flesh essence was about the size of an infant’s fist.
Weight was close to three taels.
"Martial Emperor, whether I break through or not... will depend on this time."
Lin Chen felt a bit nervous in his heart.
He checked the qi and blood value on the watch on his wrist—997,000.
Approaching a million qi and blood value, this was the culmination of Lin Chen’s martial path cultivation over the past five years.
Five years ago, Lin Chen reached the standard of a High-Level Martial King.
The qi and blood value was about 600,000.
Five years later, Lin Chen increased by nearly 400,000 qi and blood value!
To be precise, it was 397,000!
Among this value, 390,000 was Lin Chen’s martial advancement over the past four and a half years.
In the recent half year, Lin Chen only improved by around 7,000.
Lin Chen knew he must have encountered the so-called martial path bottleneck.
The bottleneck is not significant, but it has slowed Lin Chen’s martial arts progress considerably.
Thus, today Lin Chen plans to give it a try, to see if he can successfully break through to become a Martial Emperor!
As long as he breaks through the barrier of one million Qi and Blood Value, stepping into the Martial Emperor level, a new world will unfold!
"Martial Emperor! Comparable to the True Monarch of Divinity Transformation in the Cultivation Realm!"
Lin Chen silently recited in his heart.
Then, without hesitation, he swallowed the three ounces of flesh essence he held in his hand.
The flesh essence of a Fifth Tier Demon Beast is filled with violent energy.
After swallowing, Lin Chen felt the transformation within a few breaths.
Like fire burning, it swelled inside Lin Chen’s body.
For the past five years, Lin Chen has been consuming an ounce of flesh essence every month.
Experience has taught Lin Chen that after enduring the first half hour, the pure energy within the flesh essence will gradually be absorbed and transformed into martial arts cultivation.
But this time, it seems a bit different...
Bean-sized sweat beads appeared on Lin Chen’s forehead, as his body seemed to be suddenly engulfed in heat, like being in flames, and cold, like being in an ice cave.
And this immense contrast lasted for three whole days and nights.
On the first day, Lin Chen was conscious, still fighting hard, maintaining the Breathing Technique.
Until late at night on the second day, Lin Chen’s consciousness almost couldn’t be maintained, and he fell into a coma.
Finally, on the third morning, Lin Chen’s consciousness plunged into darkness.
Not knowing how much time had passed...
Lin Chen was again in that mysterious, dark space.
Beside his ear, that aged voice echoed again.
It said, "Child, push him..."
"Child, push that door!"
"You are the chosen one by destiny, you must push him..."
In a blur, Lin Chen pushed open the door at the end of the dark passage.
Behind the door was dazzling white light.
Beyond white, nothing else could be seen, so bright that Lin Chen couldn’t open his eyes.
At the same time, the aged voice appeared again beside Lin Chen’s ear.
"Child, it’s close... almost there..."
"Your power is still too weak, you need to be stronger..."
"I am waiting for you in the future..."
...
When Lin Chen opened his eyes and regained consciousness again, he was still in the cultivation room.
He remained in the cross-legged sitting posture, even in a coma, unconsciously operating the Breathing Technique.
The first response upon awakening, Lin Chen felt an incredible ease in his body, and seemed to have gained some abilities in his mind.
Looking at the Qi and Blood Value on the wristwatch, 1,005,000!
Lin Chen immediately felt immensely joyful.
"Finally successfully broke through! Martial Emperor..."
Although he just reached the status of Martial Emperor, Lin Chen’s strength hadn’t undergone a significant metamorphosis or increase.
But it brought his martial path into a new realm, and his future Qi and physical quality will rise faster.
This is the difference between martial arts and cultivation.
In cultivation, from Nascent Soul Perfection to Divinity Transformation, even at the initial breakthrough, the strength must transform, even increase several times.
But from Martial King Peak to Martial Emperor, it’s just an elevation in the life level and martial arts ceiling.
After breakthrough, Lin Chen still needs to cultivate for a while, to truly stabilize his strength at the Martial Emperor level to compare with Divinity Transformation Cultivators.
"Basic level Martial Emperor, fist power foundation is one hundred thousand tons..."
Lin Chen looked at his hands, murmuring.
Simultaneously, upon reaching Martial Emperor, Lin Chen also acquired more abilities from the Candle Dragon.
No experiments needed, Lin Chen knew what his new ability was.
"After breaking through to Martial Emperor, it’s the Time Intent Realm..."
Zhu Jiuyin, the mythological god governs time, seasonal changes, and weather.
Previously, Lin Chen had already acquired two powers related to time.
Bullet Time, and Time Freeze.
Among them, Time Freeze is undoubtedly terrifying...
But its consumption is immense, Lin Chen estimated that after breaking through Martial Emperor.
He should be able to pause time within a three-meter radius for one second...
This is already the limit, any more and he might directly fall into a coma.
"However, the Time Intent Realm seems different..."
Lin Chen thought slightly, approaching the flower pot by the window.
In the pot, there was a green sprout.
This was a sunflower Lin Chen planted recently, still far from blooming.
Lin Chen stretched out his hand, placing it above the green sprout.
Then, a miraculous scene unfolded.
The green leaf sprouted and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, blooming...
Finally became a robust sunflower, bearing many fruits.
"It seems, this is not a simple ripening, nor is it the effect of Plant Spirits..."
Lin Chen murmured.
He could sense his power, not only applicable to plants but even animals!
In other words, Lin Chen could completely allow a baby to grow into an adult or even an elder in a short time...
"Perhaps, even more than that..."
Lin Chen felt a spark in his heart, placing his hand once more on the sunflower.
Then, a more miraculous scene occurred.
The previously fully matured sunflower gradually shrank, turning into a flower bud, a tender sprout.
Until it devolved back into a seed!
Lin Chen took the seed out of the pot, inspecting it closely.
He was quite amazed.
"Mastery over individual life?"
"Time Intent Realm, controlling aging of the target... even reversing aging!"
