Chapter 370 - 197: Unlocking Talent: Heaven and Earth!

Chapter 370: Chapter 197: Unlocking Talent: Heaven and Earth!

「The headquarters of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect.」

Sect Leader Yin Jiuxuan’s expression was a sight to behold as he stared at the countless messages that had just arrived from the outside world.

His mind was a turbulent sea of ever-shifting thoughts.

Every piece of news was utterly shocking.

Every piece of news seemed utterly surreal.

He remembered he had only been in seclusion for three months...

’How could the world have turned so completely upside down in the three months since I entered seclusion?’

Did the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect hate Chen Xuan?

Of course they did!

Chen Xuan had repeatedly ruined their grand plans! He’d killed so many of their experts!

Even a saint would lose their patience.

How could they possibly not hate Chen Xuan?

Yin Jiuxuan, the Sect Leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, had originally planned to personally hunt down and kill Chen Xuan after emerging from seclusion.

With his strength at the Outer Saint Peak, killing Chen Xuan would have been child’s play.

There would have been absolutely no trouble!

Even if Chu Shanhe came looking for trouble afterward, he could just find a place to hide for a few hundred years.

But he never, ever expected...

...that when he emerged from seclusion again,

Chen Xuan was an Outer Saint?

Not only had he become an Outer Saint, but he had also killed the Northern Barbarian Goddess, Su Lun!

And most crucially,

in the Grotto Heaven war that had just broken out,

Chen Xuan had steadily built up his power to a terrifying, unfathomable degree and obliterated the Northern Barbarians’ Three-Phase Evil God with a single punch!

What was the Three-Phase Evil God, you ask?

Yin Jiuxuan knew better than anyone just how terrifying that creature was!

Leaving aside the fact that the creature itself was equivalent to a Dharma Realm master, the ’World-Burning Karmic Fire’ that wreathed its body was enough to incinerate everything under the heavens.

Essentially, all forms of attack were useless against it.

Any technique that made contact, even for an instant, would be spontaneously set ablaze, and the fire would not rest until it had been burned to nothing!

It was considered unstoppable!

And yet, this unstoppable creature that even Feng Wuji and Chu Shanhe were powerless against had been brutally smashed to death by Chen Xuan.

Reading this news left him both shocked and utterly dumbfounded.

It was enough to make him question his own reality.

Therefore, Yin Jiuxuan was extremely decisive. He immediately issued an order: All sect members were forbidden from making an enemy of Chen Xuan. All strongholds were to immediately adopt a low profile. No one was to provoke Chen Xuan ever again.

Anyone who dared to provoke Chen Xuan would be killed without mercy.

Even if Chen Xuan didn’t kill the offender, Yin Jiuxuan would personally strike them dead himself.

From this day forward, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect would switch to covert methods of proselytizing...

He couldn’t beat Chen Xuan, but he could certainly avoid him.

’I’m not going to fight you, alright?’

’As for the people who died before, let’s just say they died for nothing.’

’The slate is clean. You do your thing, I’ll do mine. We won’t bother each other anymore.’

Of course,

if circumstances were to change down the line, he would re-evaluate the situation then.

In short, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect would not, under any circumstances, make an enemy of Chen Xuan—unless Chen Xuan took the initiative and attacked their headquarters.

Other powers within the Grotto Heaven were making the same decision.

For example, Celestial Might Mountain, Celestial Killing Mountain, and so on...

This "Grotto Heaven War" had left every Outer Saint shaken to the core, forcing them to recognize Chen Xuan’s terrifying power.

Chen Xuan had mastered an astonishing ’power-charging method’; given enough time, the force he could accumulate could even directly obliterate a Dharma Aspect...

The only way to deal with him was to deny him the chance to charge his power.

But was that possible?

Very, very difficult.

Unless one went for the kill from the very first moment, with every move a fatal blow. Only then would he have no opportunity to charge his power.

But don’t forget—

Chen Xuan himself possessed formidable combat prowess!

That physical body of his, that profound foundation...

Even without charging his power, an ordinary Outer Saint had absolutely no hope of killing him!

Not unless a Dharma Realm expert intervened personally.

But how many Dharma Realm masters were there in the entire Grotto Heaven?

And what price would one have to pay to convince them to act?

So, to sum it all up, they absolutely did not dare to make an enemy of Chen Xuan any longer.

As for the younger generation, they were undoubtedly even more numb to it all.

Ever since they heard Chen Xuan had become an Outer Saint, they knew they would never be able to catch up to him in this life...

But this new wave of information still made them feel an immense sense of despair.

Why was the gap between people so vast?

How many days had it been since Chen Xuan killed Su Lun?

And now, he’d gone and killed an Evil God at the Dharma Realm!

Who could possibly accept that?

Titles like "Born Noble," "Tai Sui Bloodline," and "Purple Qi of the Eight Desolations" seemed like a complete joke when compared to Chen Xuan.

Their names were all more impressive than the last, but their strength was more pathetic than the last!

Just as the Grotto Heaven was reeling, the Red Dust World was similarly flooded with news.

Even the Celestial Secret Pavilion fell silent for a moment.

But they still dutifully updated Chen Xuan’s entry on the Heavenly Ranking once more.

This time, his new ranking was undoubtedly higher!

Fourth on the Heavenly Ranking!

The Iron-faced Yama, Chen Xuan!

Second only to the man in third place, the "Unkillable" Chu Shanhe!!

The moment the new ranking was released, it once again sent shockwaves through the martial world...

...

「Inside the Martial Alliance.」

Chen Xuan was still flipping through the registers in the Mission Pavilion.

Watching him, Elder Xu of the Mission Pavilion felt a chill run down his spine, a cold sweat beading on his forehead.

’You’re an Outer Saint Level expert!’

’The esteemed fourth-ranked master on the Heavenly Ranking!’

’And you’re actually here, looking for small-time missions?’

’Isn’t that a bit much?’

’You’re not leaving any opportunities for the rest of us!’

’The highest-level missions I have are meant for people in the True Essence Realm.’

’Your reputation alone would probably be enough to scare the targets to death...’

"Ahem, Elder Chen, why don’t you take a rest? You just went through the Grotto Heaven war, after all. Don’t work yourself so hard."

Xu Kai offered with a smile, unable to resist advising him.

"Do you know what a genius is?"

Chen Xuan asked casually.

"What is it?"

Xu Kai asked curiously.

"Genius is ninety-nine percent hard work and one percent talent."

Chen Xuan replied, "Actually, I’m still not working hard enough. I can become even stronger! That’s why I cannot rest. Only endless, unceasing combat brings me joy!"