Eternal Reverence
Preparations Breaking through

With some changes occurring within the sect, another big news came out.

Yu Wen Tian broke through to the Origin Realm.

Yu Wen Tian had an adult appearance which made him look like he was 18 or 19 years old. But in fact, he was 16 years old like Li Chen and Guan Xue.

But Yu Wen Tian entered the sect when he was 13 years old, and had more experience than the two of them.

A 16-year-old Origin Realm martial artist was considered a rare case even throughout the history of the Cang Lan Sect. In the outside world, if one could breakthrough to the Origin Realm before the age of 25, they were already considered geniuses.

Waves of big news came one after another …

One month later, Shang Guan Hong broke through to the Origin Realm.

Then Hong Feng and Zhao Mingyue.

Among the top 10 disciples, three had already broken through to the Origin Realm.

In fact, out of the 30,000 outer sect disciples, there would be thousands of disciples breaking through to the Origin Realm every year. But most of them are not famous and therefore do not bring any impact.

When an outer sect disciple met an inner sect disciple, they had to welcome them as Senior or Junior. The worst case scenario in meeting an inner sect disciple in a bad mood, would end up with them being beaten as a lesson for not greeting.

'The last stage of the ninth level of the Qi Realm. '

Today, Li Chen's cultivation had finally broken through from the mid stage of the ninth level to the last stage of the ninth level.

'With all three sword arts at the perfection-level, I don't need to stay in my courtyard to practice any further. It's time for me to visit Cang Lan Lake. '

Packing his fishing gear, Li Chen rushed to Cang Lan Lake.

Li Chen had long since made his preparations with every move he made, he had to earn as many contribution points as possible.

Body repair techniques consume a lot of resources. There was a joke that said, every inch of the flesh and skin of a formidable martial artist with a refined body was made by a pile of gold. Even a single strand of hair would be worth hundreds of gold.

But that's kind of true.

During the repair of the body, the extensive use of resources and the evolution of body structure and qi, resulted in the body becoming a treasure itself.

A formidable body expert could actually use their own blood to save someone who was on the verge of death.

Thus, the body of these refined martial artists became a target for absolute experts to use as resources.

They would use the blood and flesh of that refined body to be used as pills for planting and devouring their essence.

In conclusion, there are pros and cons to cultivating body repair techniques.

The pros are to strengthen themselves.

Cons become the target of absolute predators that will turn your body into a resource.

So, before becoming an absolute expert yourself, never reveal that you are a body refinement practitioner.

***

Time flows like water in Cang Lan Lake.

One after another, the outer sect disciples began to breakthrough to the Origin Realm and were promoted to inner sect disciples.

A few months later…

Gao Changtian, Fang Liehai, Sun Jun, Wu Qingmei, and Cao Yun each advanced to the Origin Realm.

Obstacles at the peak stage of the ninth level of the Qi Realm were not considered as barriers to 4-star bone roots. At best it will delay them for a few months.

As of now, among the 10 outer sect disciples, only 4 remained.

In one of the huts on the fishing line, Li Chen sent a punch into the air. The entire hut trembled as if it would collapse at any moment.

In the past few months spent in Cang Lan Lake, Li Chen ate every treasure fish he brought.

But his need for resources was now much higher than before. Just having a first-rate treasure fish was not enough, just after eating a second-tier treasure fish alone was enough.

Thus, his cultivation speed slowed down a bit, which took him several months just to increase his physical strength from 12,000 to 15,000.

In addition to obtaining the completion stage for the Interception Form Dao, Li Chen's Three-part Sword Style and Dropping Sword Style were at the trance stage.

Only the Soaring Dragon Sword Style was lacking a little and only progressed to the perfection stage.

Li Chen estimated, unless he developed the Mystical Red Fire Technique to the ninth rank or broke through to the Origin Realm, he would not be able to reach the trance stage for the Soaring Dragon Sword Style.

At this point, Li Chen's cultivation had finally reached the peak of the Qi Realm.

"A few more years is enough!"

Li Chen spoke to himself.

In just a blink of an eye, he was 16 years old.

16-year-old Li Chen was about 180 cm tall. He did not appear muscular, but his body weight had already exceeded 90 kg.

Li Chen felt that in the future, his body weight would exceed 500 kg. But it was a long way before he got there.

***

One month later, Guan Xue advanced to the Origin Realm, Qing Shaoyu also advanced to the Origin Realm …

In just one year, all of the 10 outer sect disciples except Li Chen had all advanced to the Origin Realm.

Even among the top 20, Li Chen was the only one who had yet to make a breakthrough.

Gradually, there were rumors that Li Chen would never advance to the Origin Realm in these three years.

Three years later, Li Chen would be 19 years old. For a breakthrough to the Origin Realm at the age of 19 was considered below average in the Cang Lan Sect. He'll waste a lot of time.

One had to know that inner sect disciples were very different from outer sect disciples. An inner sect disciple could easily redeem a mystic grade martial arts manual, and the speed of obtaining contribution points was faster as well.

Overall, the faster one was promoted to the inner sect, the better.

'The Mystic Red Fire Technique was finally ranked ninth. '

In the wooden hut was Li Chen, who was sitting cross-legged on the floor. Half of his body was covered in red fire qi.

That pitch-white Qi was like a thick layer of fiery flames, making Li Chen look like a fire god.

Li Chen grabbed his hand and could pull objects from a distance. The teacup on the table several meters away was sucked towards Li Chen, then shattered by the fiery qi.

Pulling water from the fish pond, the water boils and evaporates.

“To pull things from a distance. This was something that only Origin Realm experts could do. So this was the ninth rank strength of the Mystic Red Fire Technique. ”

With the Mystic Red Fire Technique at ninth rank, Li Chen could finally sigh in relief.

He could fully understand now that the barrier broke through to the next realm, directly related to the Roots of one's bones. The higher the quality of the Bone Root, the easier it is to overcome obstacles.

“It's time I left. ”

Li Chen packed his fishing gear, along with the treasure fish he had put in over the past few months and began his journey back to the Cang Lan Sect.

For the next few days, he had to prepare for his breakthrough to the Origin Realm.