Super Strong Little Divine Farmer

The man's breath was stable, and the strange thing was that the sunlight shining down seemed to be absorbed the moment it hit his body, distorting at the surface, giving off a very mysterious appearance.

Soon, the man suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the distance.

"Heaven Rank level nine peak? Not enough! There's still a few days before the martial contest, I must strive for the realm no one has reached—the divine realm! Brother, just wait, I will definitely avenge you!"

Having said this, the man's eyes grew fierce again. He was Ning Hao's brother, Ning Yan, and his cultivation was impressively at the Heaven Rank level nine peak, with his aura showing signs of volatility—a sign of impending breakthrough!

At this moment, Lin Chen was unaware, as the sect martial contest approached, an atmosphere of impending storm quietly emerged.

In the following days, Lin Chen continued to train around his own cave dwelling, but no matter how hard he worked, his cultivation stubbornly remained at Heaven Rank level five.

Even Lin Chen was puzzled, as theoretically, his divine energy had long reached the level needed for upgrading to Heaven Rank level five, and he had been trying to break through these past few days but continuously failed.

Lin Chen consumed all three demon cores which he obtained from previous missions, hoping to use the violent power of the demon cores to break through the realm, but apart from further strengthening his divine energy, he still couldn't make a breakthrough.

Unbeknownst to Lin Chen, this was actually a normal phenomenon, because his cultivation differed from that of others.

Other martial artists at the Heaven Rank realm would first absorb a large amount of divine energy, and when the internal energy fully transformed into divine energy, they would then compress and refine the divine energy, making it more pure while being able to absorb more divine energy—as if fusing two iron rods into one, maintaining the same size but with much greater destructive power.

However, due to the presence of Xiao Lian in his Dantian, Lin Chen's cultivation differed, having no Dantian like normal people, or rather Xiao Lian being his Dantian. The special aspect of Xiao Lian was that even when Lin Chen's cultivation was low, she could absorb divine energy, refining and compressing it before feeding it back to Lin Chen for absorption. Thus, Lin Chen's internal energy hadn't completely transformed into divine energy, yet the compression degree of his divine energy was no less than some martial artists in later stages of the Heaven Rank realm.

Precisely because of this, Lin Chen's breakthrough was currently challenging, having reached a bottleneck.

It wasn't all that difficult, however; if Lin Chen could again compress the divine energy, refining the residual internal energy and fully transforming it into divine energy, the breakthrough would be easy, and at this stage, his internal divine energy would hold an extremely high purity, making martial artists of the same realm no match for him.

At present, Lin Chen didn't realize this, pondering over it endlessly without arriving at any conclusion, hence deciding to momentarily halt his breakthrough attempts and instead relentlessly refine his various divine skills.

During this period, Lin Chen's Thunder Roar Step, Shadow Burst Fist, Tianyan Nine Techniques all progressed significantly, and his Sword Intent further improved.

During a recent epiphany, Lin Chen's realization lasted for half a day, after which he finally understood some aspects, his Sword Intent became more refined again, and the power of executing the Tianyan Nine Techniques ascended to a new level.

However, if one were to speak of Lin Chen's greatest gain in recent days, it wouldn't be these divine skills or swordsmanship, but rather the cultivation of soul power, specifically the Four Symbols Soul Destruction.

The Four Symbols Soul Destruction is an incomplete Heaven Rank soul technique, yet even in its incomplete form, it is priceless.

After mastering the entire content of the soul technique, Lin Chen also learned that, besides the cultivation of soul power and methods of using soul power, it consists of four major killing moves, but because it's incomplete, only two remain.

Apart from the Xuanwu Soul Suppression, which Lin Chen inadvertently used before, there was also Zhuque Burning Soul; however, its immense power and strong destructive capability made Lin Chen unable to master it as of now; as for the other two moves of the Four Symbols Soul Destruction, they have disappeared—they are part of the incomplete sections.

Nonetheless, Lin Chen's achievements in soul power during this time were not about these, but primarily pertained to the control over soul power.

After absorbing the soul origins of the Tianyan Sword Emperor and the Demon Emperor's fragmented spirit, with a portion still lurking in Lin Chen's consciousness sea, not fully absorbed, Lin Chen's soul power had reached an abnormal level, akin to a child wielding a sharp blade.

However, after meticulously honing the Four Symbols Soul Destruction, Lin Chen's mastery of soul power had greatly improved, now able to control his soul power to leave his body for attacking others freely.

In Lin Chen's perspective, this formidable soul power could entirely serve as his second approach. Yet, Lin Chen was acutely aware that possessing such formidable soul power was advantageous, while letting others know wouldn't be so favorable, as there's the obvious notion that powerful soul power might be accompanied by treasures—something everyone could easily speculate.

Having no backing force currently, Lin Chen preferred not being targeted—it wouldn't be beneficial. Thus, Lin Chen made a secret decision inside; unless absolutely necessary, better not to use soul power. The sect martial contest is a blend of good and evil with myriad powerful individuals; if noticed by someone, it would be troublesome.

After pondering a while, Lin Chen flipped his palm, revealing two exquisitely designed storage rings. These were the spoils from defeating Feng Shichang and Ning Hao.

Though the storage rings contained soul restrictions, following the demise of both individuals, and with Lin Chen's soul power strength, he quickly unlocked them. Lin Chen was surprised that Ning Hao's assets surpassed Feng Shichang's significantly; despite not fully understanding it, Lin Chen accepted them all with pleasure.

"Feng Shichang had Heaven Rank level six cultivation, yet only ten divine crystals; Ning Hao was merely Heaven Rank level four but possessed twenty divine crystals! Tsk tsk tsk, but now they're all mine!"

However, just as Lin Chen extracted everything from Ning Hao's storage ring, a sudden icy feeling brushed over his mind, as if someone cast a glance at him, causing great discomfort.

At this moment, thousands of miles away in the Sunlight Sect, Ning Yan abruptly opened his eyes and looked in Lin Chen's direction:

"Brother! Good! You indeed took the storage ring, just revel in your moment of triumph—I will find you!"

After watching for a while, Ning Yan shut his eyes again, his aura rising, seeming to be at a critical juncture in cultivation once more.