Chapter 497: Chapter 38: Great Success in the Skin Refining Realm, Jiang Liqian Emerges (2)

"It’s just that having a Breakthrough Pill is ultimately more secure."

Lin Chen silently calculated.

With the Returning Void Pill, his success rate for the breakthrough was infinitely close to 100%.

Without the Returning Void Pill, the success rate dropped to just 98%.

"Even without the Returning Void Pill, I must refine a Sixth Tier Soul-Protecting Pill to safeguard the heart meridian and Divine Soul..."

"And the Skin Refining Realm must at least reach Minor Achievement, or even Great Success for better assurance!"

Jiang Liqian was still uncertain about when she would emerge, and there was still four or five years before the opening of the Celestial Ruins.

This period should be enough for Lin Chen to prepare.

"Refining a Sixth Tier Soul-Protecting Pill isn’t difficult."

"The medicinal herbs required have been gathered before, but they need to age longer... For someone like me with the Time Law, it’s not a problem!"

"During these days, I will first mature a batch of herbs with enough age and refine the Sixth Tier Soul-Protecting Pill."

"If I can’t obtain the Returning Void Pill for a long time, I can only attempt the breakthrough forcibly..."

Lin Chen was prepared and continued cultivating.

In the next three months, Lin Chen matured the herbs needed for the Soul-Protecting Pill.

After hundreds of attempts, he successfully refined dozens of Soul-Protecting Pills.

The best among them was only of Upper Grade from the Sixth Tier.

Lin Chen was certainly not satisfied with this.

Without receiving the Returning Void Pill, at least a Perfect Sixth Tier Soul-Protecting Pill must be prepared to ensure no risk at all.

If the crossing of the tribulation were to fail, a Perfect Soul-Protecting Pill would safeguard Lin Chen properly.

This was Lin Chen’s acceptable baseline.

Next, things became simpler.

Lin Chen used various Treasures of Heaven and Earth to temper his physique, accelerating the cultivation of the Skin Refining Realm.

Meanwhile, the Great Xia fully assisted Lin Chen in refining the Sixth Tier Soul-Protecting Pill.

Perfect quality Soul-Protecting Pills are indeed rare.

But as long as the number of refinements is sufficient, there will always be one or two chances for success.

At the same time, Lin Chen did not neglect his cultivation.

In Yunzhou, within the Blessed Land, with the rich Spiritual Energy and Top Grade Spirit Stones, Lin Chen’s cultivation grew increasingly closer to Divinity Transformation Perfection.

Until a year later...

Martial Arts Palace.

While cultivating, Lin Chen received a call from Uncle Wang.

The Perfect Sixth Tier Soul-Protecting Pill was successfully refined!

Over a year, after thousands of refinements, finally one Soul-Protecting Pill reached perfection.

Ten minutes later, this Perfect Sixth Tier Soul-Protecting Pill was delivered to Lin Chen’s hands.

Lin Chen stored the Soul-Protecting Pill and nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good, the Perfect Soul-Protecting Pill is ready, just waiting for Divinity Transformation Perfection... even without the Returning Void Pill, I can give it a forceful try."

"But before that, the Skin Refining Realm still needs to progress further..."

Lin Chen’s heart moved slightly, and a layer of faint golden light appeared on the surface of his skin.

Ten Thousand Treasures Magical Robe!

Compared to over a year ago, Lin Chen’s Ten Thousand Treasures Magical Robe had obviously become much more powerful.

The golden light was also more profound.

This year or more, most of Lin Chen’s time was spent on cultivating the Skin Refining Realm.

Over the year, his Qi and Blood Value increased by a million.

Although it had not reached Minor Achievement in the Skin Refining Realm yet, it was not far.

"With the Soul-Protecting Pill already prepared, the subsequent cultivation becomes much simpler..."

There were still more than three years until the opening of the Celestial Ruins.

Lin Chen intended to rush into the Returning Void Stage during this period; of course, achieving Minor Achievement or even Great Success in the Skin Refining Realm would be even better.

...

Three months later, Lin Chen successfully reached Minor Achievement in the Skin Refining Realm.

The Ten Thousand Treasures Magical Robe initially possessed the ability to be immune to all laws.

According to Lin Chen’s tests, at Minor Achievement in the Skin Refining Realm, the Ten Thousand Treasures Magical Robe could withstand Divine Techniques from Divinity Transformation Cultivators without receiving damage.

This meant that even if Lin Chen were surrounded by dozens of Divinity Transformation Cultivators, there would be no threat to his life.

Only Returning Void Cultivators could pose a certain level of threat to Lin Chen.

After achieving Minor Achievement in the Skin Refining Realm, Lin Chen did not relax but instead cultivated more diligently.

The difference was that Lin Chen divided his cultivation time into two parts.

He devoted more energy to improving his cultivation.

Consuming dozens of Top Grade Spirit Stones daily, Lin Chen’s spending was like running water, and his cultivation soared upward.

Thus, two years passed by.

...

Linlang City, Blessed Land.

As Lin Chen circulated the Evergreen Technique through another Grand Circulation and felt the True Essence in his Dantian unable to be contained anymore, he opened his eyes.

"Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection, finally achieved!"

Lin Chen’s gaze was calm; from the late period of the Divinity Transformation to Perfection, he spent more than a decade.

He spent resources worth over ten billion Spirit Stones.

With sufficient resources, cultivation naturally came to fruition.

"Divinity Transformation Perfection is already at the point where I can immediately trigger a Thunder Tribulation."

"However, the Returning Void Pill... still no news."

Lin Chen frowned slightly; he had investigated information about the Returning Void Pill extensively over these years.

Even asked Jiang Liqian, but got only one answer: the Returning Void Pill was only available in the Spirit Realm.

Clearly, given Lin Chen’s current situation, he wasn’t prepared to head to the Spirit Realm.

"Without the Returning Void Pill, I can only try to forcibly cross the tribulation..."

Lin Chen’s eyes showed little worry.

He had been prepared for forcibly crossing the tribulation long ago.

However, some unexpected situations occurred.

"The cultivation in the Skin Refining Realm progressed faster than expected..."

"At this rate, perhaps in over a year I could reach Great Success in the Skin Refining Realm!"

"After achieving Great Success, crossing the Thunder Tribulation would be far more guaranteed!"

Lin Chen thought.

As for the timing, it was just right.

Three months ago, Jiang Liqian sent him a message.

Approximately another year and a half before Jiang Liqian’s retreat would end.

And the opening of the Celestial Ruins would be in twenty months.

Recently, Lin Chen noticeably observed an increased number of Nascent Soul Cultivators in Linlang City.

Even True Monarchs of Divinity Transformation had increased slightly.

He knew these people were preparing for the imminent opening of the Celestial Ruins.

"Only by entering the Returning Void Realm would I be fully assured..."

Lin Chen pondered silently.

"And to achieve Great Success in the Skin Refining Realm, the next year and a half will require intensive training!"

Fortunately, Lin Chen had previously purchased enough Treasures of Heaven and Earth.

The juice of Cold Frost Silver Grass was still a third left; some Earth Core Fire Clam remained as well.

Lin Chen planned to use all these Treasures of Heaven and Earth in the upcoming year and more.

That day, Lin Chen increased the dosage of the medicinal bath.

Added ten drops of Cold Frost Silver Grass juice and began the medicinal bath.

Each medicinal bath lasted seven days.

Afterwards, Lin Chen adjusted his cultivation for half a day.

Then applied Earth Core Fire Clam Paste and continued Skin Refining.

Numerous Treasures of Heaven and Earth beneficial for Skin Refining were used alternately by Lin Chen.

Twenty-seven days a month were spent cultivating, with barely any rest.

Under such high-intensity cultivation, even Lin Chen felt quite fatigued.

However, the strengthening of his flesh body and the improvement in the Skin Refining Realm was visibly apparent.

This repetitive cycle continued for a year and a half.

...

A year and a half later.

Yunzhou Blessed Land.

Lin Chen finished his medicinal bath, shook off the ice fragments on his body, and dressed.

The surface of his skin was covered with a layer of golden light.

The glow gradually faded and eventually hid beneath the skin.

Ten Thousand Treasures Magical Robe, Great Success!

"Exactly seven years from entering the Skin Refining Realm to achieving Great Success..."

"The cultivation in the Martial Saint Realm indeed has a much higher difficulty!"

Lin Chen muttered softly.

Over seven years, traversing two realms equaled fifteen years of cultivation.

In this time, it was enough for Lin Chen to break through one grand realm previously.

But now, in the Six Realms of Martial Saint, he hadn’t even crossed the First Realm.

Of course, although it’s just Great Success in the Skin Refining Realm.

The improvement it brought Lin Chen was vast.

Qi and Blood Value, nearly fifteen million!

The Great Success of the Ten Thousand Treasures Magical Robe provided defenses that could be immune to a large portion of Divine Techniques from Divinity Transformation Cultivators.

Combined with Protective True Essence, even techniques from Returning Void Cultivators could not easily harm Lin Chen.

Lin Chen had just finished cultivating when he received a message from Jiang Liqian.

"Senior Brother, have you finally emerged?"

"Rest for three days... Three days later, we will set off for the Celestial Ruins!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen’s heart stirred slightly, and he quickly responded:

"Alright, Junior Sister. Do you need me to do anything?"

"Senior Brother, just stabilize your cultivation. The preparations for heading to the Celestial Ruins have been taken care of by Junior Sister." Jiang Liqian swiftly replied.