Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Within the mind.

Lin Chen saw a figure, sitting cross-legged in the air above a sea of fire, the entire sky turned crimson by the sea of fire, truly a harmonious blend of heaven and earth.

Beneath him, the sea of fire surged, waves of fire following closely one after another, amidst these waves, fish would leap out from time to time, landing around the man’s knees, resembling children circling knees in endless joy.

One could no longer discern the tumultuous waves of fire, for Grade-Entering Martial Artists, even mere contact with it would lead to severe injury if not death, yet the seemingly harmless fish leaping from the sea of fire hide the terrifying truth of being Innate Fire Spirits.

Burning heaven and boiling sea, only I reign supreme; Fire spirits like carp surround the warmth.

Within Lin Chen’s mind, these words inexplicably surfaced.

This must be the ancestral master of the Ten Thousand Flames Sect.

Right after Lin Chen confirmed the identity of the ancestral master of the Ten Thousand Flames Sect, this figure slowly turned around, his deep eyes reflecting endless seas of fire.

“At the pinnacle of the martial path, one should condense the divine seal and become the common lord of the realms, accompanied by favorable fortune. If you wish to tread this path, my inheritance is not suited for you. You may retreat now; I can impart a technique to ensure your trip was not in vain.”

Upon hearing the ancestral master’s words, Lin Chen was taken aback. By now, he already understood the essence of the divine seal and the path beyond the Myriad Phenomena Realm.

To condense the divine seal, like the grand ancestor emperor of the Flame Dynasty, and become the common lord of the world, becoming invincible among divine-level powerhouses.

But now, the ancestral master of the Ten Thousand Flames Sect indicated that his inheritance does not follow this path, implying its martial pinnacle is merely pseudo-god level.

Lin Chen did not consider himself a favored child of the martial path, but ever since he entered the Martial Hall in Poyang County, his goal has been the pinnacle of the martial path.

Otherwise, having achieved the first place in the county examination already glorifying his family, why would he train so diligently?

Now, a difficult choice was laid before him — to accept the ancestral master’s inheritance or to take a cultivation technique and leave?

The compensation cultivation technique described by the ancestral master as “not in vain” was certainly sect-level and not a wasted trip.

“Have you made your choice?”

As Lin Chen pondered, the ancestral master spoke again.

“I choose to accept the inheritance!”

Lin Chen hesitated no longer, providing his answer.

“Are you certain? If you accept my inheritance, you can no longer follow the path of condensing the divine seal to ascend the martial pinnacle.”

“The younger generation is certain.”

Lin Chen’s expression became more resolute, not realizing this might be a test of his resolve by the ancestral master.

At this level, a powerhouse would not need to use such verbal methods to test the inheritor’s resolve. If a test was intended, many methods were available.

The reason he ultimately chose to accept the ancestral master’s inheritance was his reflection on the journey of martial arts cultivation he had undergone.

From the time he walked the path of extreme martial arts, practiced the Nine Revolutions blood training… pursued body tempering cultivation… each path was untrodden by predecessors, even those elders doubted him, advising him to give up.

If he had given up due to the difficulties ahead, he wouldn’t be standing here now.

Perhaps, he would still be on Canglan Island, perhaps just an ordinary disciple of the Canglan Sect.

Moreover, even if he wished to tread the path of condensing the divine seal, it would likely be impossible since the father of Young Master Dongfang is the next in line for the divine seal.

He had no other path to choose!

Upon receiving Lin Chen’s affirming answer, the ancestral master of the Ten Thousand Flames Sect raised his right hand and pointed a finger, causing a flame to appear at Lin Chen’s brow.

Lin Chen fell into a deeply profound state at that moment.

“May the young friend walk the uncompleted path I once envisioned.”

The ancestral master of the Ten Thousand Flames Sect gazed deeply at Lin Chen, as though piercing through time to witness the martial path he had not fulfilled himself. After leaving this hopeful remark, he decisively turned, and with this turn, the grand figure became illusory, stepping into the sea of fire and disappearing.

With the ancestral master’s disappearance, the entire sea of fire halted at this instance.

In the next moment, the originally freely leaping Innate Fire Spirits in the fiery waves stirred up a thousand towering waves, the roar of the surging waves seeming to mourn.

The crimson sky appeared to sense this sorrow, beginning to dim and tremble, as the flame world constructed by the ancestral master’s will slowly collapsed.

From this point forth, there would be no more Holy Fire Hall, no more inheritance!

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A two-hour later, Lin Chen opened his eyes, filled with reflection.

He had received not only the martial path inheritance of the ancestral master but also some experiences from his journey of cultivation.

This was a truly exceptional Celestial Pride!

At six, he accidentally encountered the innate fire, tempered his body with it, and survived.

At nine, he had already stepped into the Innate stage.

Although relying on the energy of the innate fire, he had already broken the earliest record of stepping into the Innate realm in the Martial Arts Realm.

Just, very few people knew of this record.

Afterward, this elder accelerated rapidly, at thirty, he had refined nine Innate Fires and embarked on the Innate Sixth Realm.

What Lin Chen admired was that this elder, like himself, originated from a low-class family, although he relied initially on the panel to change fate, while the elder relied on innate fire.

As for suffering, Lin Chen believed this elder endured no less than himself.

The pain of refining innate fire, he experienced personally, while at that time he was already a Grade-Entering Martial Artist and even had the master’s Inextinguishable Burning Fire Technique, yet this elder had none, the suffering was even greater.

From Innate to Myriad Phenomena, this elder never ceased pursuing martial arts, even upon entering the Myriad Phenomena Realm, so it could be said that in that era, this elder was truly the strongest of the Flame Dynasty.

Neither the royal family nor those ancient Remnant Races could withstand even one move from this elder.

Sweeping the contemporaneous powerhouses, truly an invincible presence.

For the elder, only one step remained, but he chose not to follow the path of condensing the divine seal because to condense the divine seal, the divine seal of the Flame Dynasty first needed to dissipate.

For the divine seal to dissipate, the dynasty must first be plunged into chaos.

Unwilling to witness the slaughter of the human race’s civilians and martial artists, this elder chose not to condense the divine seal, but this did not mean he gave up ascending the martial pinnacle.

With fire entering the Dao, he condensed the fire seal!

This was the elder’s compassion and his confidence.

This was a path untrodden by predecessors, yet the elder walked far along this path. If not for the eventual appearance of demonic creatures, perhaps the elder might have succeeded.

The creatures’ emergence brought chaos to the world. To suppress them, the elder ultimately chose to sacrifice himself to suppress the creatures, giving up the final attempt to take the step.

For the sake of all living beings, he forsook martial arts, even his own life.

Lin Chen felt deep admiration for the ancestral master of the Ten Thousand Flames Sect. If in his place, maybe he couldn’t relinquish it.

And what this elder left behind was not a cultivation technique but a fire seal seed.

Once it roots and sprouts, it will be an existence that can rival the divine seal.

Lin Chen sent the innate fire within his body to the fire seal hidden at his brow. For him, now this fire seal could be used to nurture the innate fire within.

With this fire seal, no innate fire in the world can harm him any longer, but whether he can absorb and refine more innate fire still relies on his own strength.

Gazing at the nearly dried-up sea of fire before him, Lin Chen bowed deeply, a gesture not only of gratitude for the teaching but also of reverence for the elder’s great deeds.

“The younger generation will follow this path, not failing the elder’s expectations.”