Arc 17The Third Palace’s Eerie Face

Lin Xuan defeated Jun Wu and the Divine Silkworm in the Second Layer Palace, then fought the Black Phoenix and the woman in black in the Third Layer Palace. The woman in black revealed the Eerie Smiling Face within her, and Lin Xuan faced its Destruction Power with nearly all his strength.

  • Lin Xuan defeated Jun Wu and the Divine Silkworm, destroying the Second Layer Palace with the World-Destroying Law.
  • Lin Xuan entered the Third Layer Palace and fought the Black Phoenix until a woman in black intervened with Spatial Power.
  • Lin Xuan battled the woman in black, breaking through her spatial attacks as both revealed more of their concealed strength.
  • The woman in black gathered an ominous aura that formed an Eerie Smiling Face, and she remembered that Xuántiān had defeated and trapped her in the Nine-layered Palace.
  • Lin Xuan recognized that the Eerie Smiling Face wielded Destruction Power beyond his World-Destroying Law, but resolved to face it as an equal.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face formed a cage around Lin Xuan, but he broke through, struck it, and marked its face.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face unleashed a tide of Destruction Power, and Lin Xuan used ninety-five percent of his strength to pierce through it.
Chapters 401–425 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 401Let Him Live, and He Shall Live

Lin Xuan protected Golden Dragon and Qiongqi from the second palace’s power, then Jun Wu emerged as the palace’s strongest totem and challenged him. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan answering Jun Wu’s challenge with one of his own.

  • Lin Xuan declared that Golden Dragon and Qiongqi would live, and a white force protected their totems from being absorbed.
  • Golden Dragon and Qiongqi realized Lin Xuan had successfully shielded them from the master of the second palace.
  • A nine-headed serpent emerged, and Golden Dragon identified it as Jun Wu, the strongest totem in the second palace.
  • Golden Dragon explained that he and Qiongqi had suspected Jun Wu was the palace’s master because it had never awakened.
  • Jun Wu threatened to erase Golden Dragon and Qiongqi, then asked Lin Xuan whether he thought he could defeat him.
  • Lin Xuan stood his ground and asked Jun Wu the same question.

Ch. 402Everyone Was Confident

Jun Wu attacked Lin Xuan with a terrifying purple great saber that could resist the World-Destroying Law. Lin Xuan trapped the saber in an endless surge of the law, and cracks began to form in it.

  • Jun Wu declared that he would kill someone Lin Xuan could not protect and summoned a purple great saber.
  • The saber’s aura terrified the Golden Dragon and Qiongqi and suppressed them.
  • Jun Wu sent the saber at Lin Xuan, who recognized its power as similar to the Destruction Law and used the World-Destroying Law against it.
  • The World-Destroying Law initially failed to destroy the saber, so Jun Wu poured more purple light into it and attacked again.
  • Lin Xuan enveloped the saber in a vast surge of World-Destroying Law, and cracks gradually appeared across it.

Ch. 403Wound for Wound!

Lin Xuan fought Jun Wu, damaging his purple long blade and overpowering him in a clash of fists. As the battle continued, Jun Wu realized he could not injure Lin Xuan, whose Life Power made his defense far stronger.

  • Lin Xuan's power spread cracks through Jun Wu's purple long blade.
  • Jun Wu abandoned relying on his blade and charged Lin Xuan with a purple-empowered fist, but Lin Xuan struck him back several steps.
  • Jun Wu unleashed more of his own power and rushed at Lin Xuan, who met him with a punch.
  • Lin Xuan and Jun Wu traded blows, but Lin Xuan's Life Power let him endure Jun Wu's attacks while his punches cratered Jun Wu's body.
  • Jun Wu's expression grew uglier as he realized Lin Xuan's defense surpassed his own and he could not hurt him.

Ch. 404Firmly Suppressed

Lin Xuan continued to overpower Jun Wu, who fought desperately but could not turn the battle around. Lin Xuan noticed a Divine Silkworm totem on the palace wall, and Jun Wu unleashed even greater power, yet remained at a disadvantage.

  • Lin Xuan's strength and healing ability proved far superior to Jun Wu's, and he repeatedly battered him.
  • Jun Wu charged Lin Xuan recklessly, trying to fight to the death, but Lin Xuan's talent and experience left him no chance to recover.
  • Lin Xuan suspected Jun Wu was weaker than the master of the second palace should be and spotted a Divine Silkworm totem on the palace wall.
  • Jun Wu reacted to Lin Xuan noticing the totem by unleashing his strongest battle prowess, but Lin Xuan kept striking him and deepened his injuries.

Ch. 405The Guardian Was Someone Else

Lin Xuan overpowered Jun Wu, but the Divine Silkworm emerged to protect him and proved to be a formidable opponent. The Divine Silkworm slowed time around Lin Xuan and challenged him to use his full strength.

  • Lin Xuan prepared to strike the badly injured Jun Wu, but the Divine Silkworm appeared and used the Power of Time to slow his punch.
  • Jun Wu merged into the Divine Silkworm, which transformed into a young man and blocked Lin Xuan's attack.
  • Lin Xuan and the Divine Silkworm exchanged punches in a fierce battle, matching each other's strength.
  • The Divine Silkworm formed rotating discs of the Power of Time, slowing the time around Lin Xuan and his movements.

Ch. 406The Terrifying Power of Time

Lin Xuan broke through the Divine Silkworm’s time-based defenses and used his growing speed and power to overwhelm it. The Divine Silkworm was sent crashing into a wall but gathered the Power of Time throughout the Second Palace and vowed that Lin Xuan could not defeat it.

  • The Divine Silkworm used the Power of Time to try to trap Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan smashed through it with his fused power.
  • The Divine Silkworm accelerated itself with the Power of Time and dodged Lin Xuan’s attacks.
  • Lin Xuan increased his speed and unleashed nearly eighty percent of his strength, landing repeated blows on the Divine Silkworm.
  • The Divine Silkworm tried to block Lin Xuan but was punched into a wall.
  • The Divine Silkworm gathered silver threads of the Power of Time throughout the Second Palace and declared that it would not lose to a human.

Ch. 407You Won't Be Able to Make Much Trouble

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Divine Silkworm by smashing through its temporal threads and shield with his fists. The Divine Silkworm was left injured and completely suppressed, its confidence replaced by murderous fury.

  • Lin Xuan charged through the Divine Silkworm’s silver threads, breaking thousands with each punch and ruining its plan to trap him.
  • Lin Xuan’s gray-white power repeatedly pierced the Divine Silkworm’s Power of Time as he struck it again and again, causing internal injuries.
  • The Divine Silkworm gathered its Power of Time into a shield that briefly blocked Lin Xuan’s punches, but Lin Xuan soon broke through it.
  • Lin Xuan completely suppressed the Divine Silkworm, whose eyes filled with intense killing intent.

Ch. 408Life Power!

Lin Xuan fought Divine Silkworm, whose Power of Time and Law of Life could not overcome Lin Xuan’s strength. The chapter ended as Lin Xuan unleashed his Life Power and Divine Silkworm realized how abundant it was.

  • Divine Silkworm tried to trap Lin Xuan with Power of Time, but Lin Xuan shattered it with a punch.
  • Divine Silkworm charged into close combat, and Lin Xuan repeatedly injured him despite his rapid healing.
  • Lin Xuan recognized that Divine Silkworm’s recovery came from a Law of Life.
  • Lin Xuan charged again and unleashed his Life Power, leaving Divine Silkworm stunned by its abundance.

Ch. 409The Divine Silkworm's Treacherous Change

Lin Xuan overwhelmed Divine Silkworm, shattering his Power of Time and leaving him gravely injured. As Lin Xuan moved to strike again, Divine Silkworm transformed into a blood-red, elderly form, forcing Lin Xuan to retreat into the air.

  • Divine Silkworm tried to trade injuries with Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan’s Life Power and strength surpassed his recovery and combat abilities.
  • Divine Silkworm unleashed all his Power of Time to manipulate the time around Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan shattered it with his punches.
  • Lin Xuan struck Divine Silkworm again, leaving him too injured to defend himself.
  • Divine Silkworm turned blood-red and released an evil power, making Lin Xuan stop his attack and rise into the sky.
  • An elderly, blood-red Divine Silkworm emerged from the twisted space and said he had not wanted to reveal this form.

Ch. 410Lin Xuan's Killing Intent

Lin Xuan battled the Divine Silkworm after it revealed its old-man form and a blood-red weapon powered by the slaughter of countless worlds. Lin Xuan stopped the spear with his fist, leaving the Divine Silkworm stunned by his strength.

  • The Divine Silkworm transformed into an old man and unleashed a terrifying aura infused with blood and the Power of Time.
  • Lin Xuan punched the Divine Silkworm, but a blood-red shield containing vengeful souls blocked his attack.
  • The Divine Silkworm revealed that the shield came from the slaughter of five hundred worlds and transformed it into a spear.
  • Lin Xuan struck the blood-red spear with his fist, halting it and shaking the palace on the Second Layer.
  • The Divine Silkworm wondered how Lin Xuan could stop a spear containing hundreds of millions of vengeful souls.

Ch. 411Deep Despair

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Divine Silkworm, repeatedly striking back his blood-colored spear and shield. The Divine Silkworm grew desperate as his strongest abilities struggled to defend against Lin Xuan.

  • The Divine Silkworm assumed Xuantian had taught Lin Xuan a forbidden art after Lin Xuan blocked his blood-colored spear.
  • Lin Xuan attacked again, repeatedly knocking the spear back with his fists while the Divine Silkworm grew increasingly horrified.
  • The Divine Silkworm transformed the spear into a blood-colored shield, which Lin Xuan punched backward without shattering it.
  • Lin Xuan charged the shield again as the Divine Silkworm realized his strongest defenses could barely hold him off and required his blood energy to control.

Ch. 412Desperate Divine Silkworm

Divine Silkworm struggled to stop Lin Xuan’s relentless attacks but found that neither the Blood Shield nor his strongest Blood Spear could match Lin Xuan’s strength. After Lin Xuan knocked back his desperate strike, Divine Silkworm was sent flying, having exhausted his qi and blood.

  • Divine Silkworm sent the Blood Spear at Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan knocked it back with a punch.
  • Divine Silkworm used the Blood Shield to defend himself as Lin Xuan battered it and smashed a crack into it.
  • Divine Silkworm chose to launch a desperate attack with his strongest Blood Spear instead of continuing to defend.
  • Lin Xuan knocked the Blood Spear back with one punch and sent Divine Silkworm flying after he had mobilized all his qi and blood.

Ch. 413Third Layer Palace Was Strange

Lin Xuan entered the Third Layer Palace after killing Divine Silkworm and found a hall filled with dancing women. When he attacked them, they blocked his fist, and their leader challenged his ruthlessness.

  • Lin Xuan annihilated Divine Silkworm with the World-Destroying Law, and the Second Layer Palace revealed pajamas and the smiling Xuantian totem before shattering.
  • Lin Xuan climbed the stairs to the Third Layer Palace and found more than a dozen ethereal women singing and dancing.
  • Lin Xuan suspected the women were concealing a secret and attacked them with his fist.
  • The women formed a dazzling green shield that blocked Lin Xuan's attack.
  • The woman in the center asked Lin Xuan how he could be so heartless without speaking to them first.

Ch. 414Hew to the Bitter End

Lin Xuan resisted a seductive servant of the Third Layer Palace and confronted her after revealing his overwhelming strength. The servant gathered the palace’s women into herself, and Lin Xuan attacked her with a powerful punch.

  • The alluring woman told Lin Xuan she was a servant of the Third Layer Palace, not its master.
  • Lin Xuan released eighty-five percent of his strength, shocking the woman with an aura nearing Xuantian.
  • The woman tried to keep Lin Xuan in the palace by bewitching him, but his strong state of mind resisted her.
  • The women in the Third Layer Palace merged into the servant, who warned Lin Xuan that her palace differed from the first two.
  • Lin Xuan punched at the woman, and she was shocked by his ruthlessness.

Ch. 415Black Phoenix

Lin Xuan fought the Black Phoenix after she revealed her true form and demanded to see the master of the Third Layer Palace. The Black Phoenix attacked again, relying on her phoenix immortality, as Lin Xuan gathered the World-Destroying Law around his fist.

  • The Black Phoenix revealed her beast form and attacked Lin Xuan with a black hand, but he punched her into the ground.
  • Lin Xuan demanded that the master of the Third Layer Palace appear, and the Black Phoenix refused.
  • The Black Phoenix spread black flames through the palace, but Lin Xuan's punch forced them back and sent her flying.
  • The Black Phoenix charged at Lin Xuan again, trusting in her ability to be reborn from flames.
  • Lin Xuan condensed the World-Destroying Law around his fist to confront the Black Phoenix.

Ch. 416The Woman in Black

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Black Phoenix with World-Destroying Power, nearly killing her despite her attempts to regenerate. A woman in black emerged from the Third Layer Palace and stopped his next punch with Spatial Power.

  • Lin Xuan struck the Black Phoenix with a punch that carried World-Destroying Laws and began destroying her vitality.
  • The Black Phoenix tried to burn herself and be reborn, but Lin Xuan's second punch shattered nearly all her vitality.
  • Lin Xuan launched a third punch at the helpless Black Phoenix.
  • A woman in black appeared from the Third Layer Palace and blocked Lin Xuan's punch with Spatial Power.
  • Lin Xuan recognized the woman's Spatial Power, and she turned her gaze toward him.

Ch. 417Spatial Teleportation

Lin Xuan fought a woman in black who wielded spatial power, and their attacks showed that each could challenge the other's defenses. The woman remained focused only on Xuantian and teleported away from Lin Xuan's punch.

  • Lin Xuan charged the woman in black with the World-Destroying Law, but she blocked it by distorting space.
  • The woman in black recognized Lin Xuan's mastery of the World-Destroying Law, and Lin Xuan acknowledged her spatial power.
  • The woman in black tried to tear Lin Xuan apart with spatial power, but Lin Xuan's punch broke through her first layer of defenses.
  • The woman in black vanished as Lin Xuan's fist struck and reappeared a hundred li away.

Ch. 418Spatial Power Was Not Enough Either

Lin Xuan fought the black-clothed woman, whose spatial power let her teleport away from his attacks. After she acknowledged his strength, he charged again, but neither fighter had yet revealed their full power.

  • The black-clothed woman teleported away from Lin Xuan's punch and tried to trap him with spatial power.
  • Lin Xuan broke through the spatial power, but the woman teleported away again before his punch could hit her.
  • The black-clothed woman said Lin Xuan was qualified to stand alongside her, and Lin Xuan retorted that she was not qualified to stand alongside him.
  • Lin Xuan attacked again, but the woman used her speed and spatial power to evade every punch.
  • Lin Xuan realized the black-clothed woman was concealing her strength, just as he was.

Ch. 419The Art of Provocation

Lin Xuan fought the woman in black, who used spatial power to evade his attacks and challenged him to reveal his full strength. When Lin Xuan tried to uncover her face, she unleashed spatial attacks, but he smashed through them with his fists.

  • Lin Xuan attacked the woman in black with repeated punches, but she dodged using her spatial power.
  • The woman in black claimed her strength ranked among the top three in the Nine-layered Palace and tried to provoke Lin Xuan into showing his full strength.
  • Lin Xuan saw through her ploy and warned that she might fall if she did not use all her strength.
  • The woman in black intensified her aura, surrounding Lin Xuan with stronger spatial forces that threatened to tear him apart.
  • Lin Xuan reached for the woman in black's covered face, and she sent spatial power at him with killing intent.
  • Lin Xuan annihilated the spatial attacks with his fists, surprising the woman in black.

Ch. 420Strength Means Being Stronger Than You

Lin Xuan broke through the woman in black’s spatial defenses and fought her in close quarters, gradually taking control of the battle. When she revealed another increase in strength, Lin Xuan unveiled hidden power of his own and suppressed her again.

  • The woman in black charged Lin Xuan again, and her strength and spatial power grew as they fought.
  • Lin Xuan shattered her layers of spatial annihilation and reached her, forcing her to defend with a spatial shield.
  • The woman in black fought Lin Xuan at close range and counterattacked, but his powerful fists gradually gave him the advantage.
  • The woman in black revealed another surge of strength and began to surpass Lin Xuan.
  • Lin Xuan released hidden power that suppressed the woman in black again, leaving her unable to overcome him.

Ch. 421Unable to Turn Things Around

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the woman in black until she unleashed a stronger, ominous form of spatial power. Lin Xuan revealed that he had been holding back too, and the fight continued as she escaped with an enhanced teleport.

  • Lin Xuan battered the woman in black, forcing her to rely on spatial teleportation as her techniques failed to hurt him.
  • The woman in black released more of her strength, tainting her spatial power with ominous energy and making it dangerous to Lin Xuan.
  • Lin Xuan strengthened his aura and revealed that he had also been concealing his power.
  • Lin Xuan shattered the woman in black's spatial attack and charged at her, but she teleported farther away than before.

Ch. 422I Can Become Stronger Too!

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the woman in black with his strength as she guarded the Third Layer Palace, forcing her to abandon spatial power and unleash a dangerous ominous aura. The aura began to take tangible form as she prepared to fight back.

  • Lin Xuan struck the woman in black and smashed her into a deep crater.
  • The woman in black charged at Lin Xuan with stronger spatial power, while he stayed alert to the strange aura within her.
  • Lin Xuan repeatedly punched the woman in black, forcing her to evade with spatial teleportation.
  • The woman in black realized her spatial power could not hurt Lin Xuan and that teleporting would exhaust her.
  • The woman in black dispersed her spatial power and gathered the ominous aura she had comprehended from the Third Layer Palace until it began to take tangible form.

Ch. 423Feeling a Sourness in His Heart

Lin Xuan faced the black-clad woman’s ominous smiling face and revealed that he had still been concealing much of his strength. Seeing that his power now matched Xuántiān’s, the woman in black felt a sourness over her defeat and stagnation in the Nine-layered Palace.

  • Lin Xuan sensed growing danger from the ominous aura surrounding the woman in black but could not identify its source.
  • The woman in black formed an eerie smiling face like the one created by the World-Destroying Law and sent it after Lin Xuan.
  • Lin Xuan avoided a direct clash and drew on ninety percent of his power to retreat faster from the smiling face’s spreading ominous aura.
  • The woman in black realized Lin Xuan had concealed more strength than she expected and thought his power now matched Xuántiān’s.
  • The woman in black recalled losing to Xuántiān and being trapped in the Nine-layered Palace, where her cultivation realm could not advance.

Ch. 424Another Smiling Face

Lin Xuan confronted the Eerie Smiling Face within the Third Layer Palace and discovered it wielded Destruction Power stronger than his World-Destroying Law. The face revealed that it had its own awareness, and Lin Xuan prepared to fight it despite their equal realms.

  • The woman in black retreated as Lin Xuan charged at the Eerie Smiling Face.
  • Lin Xuan withdrew his fist when the smiling face released Destruction Power that surpassed his World-Destroying Law.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face spoke to Lin Xuan and acknowledged him as a human genius of a later generation.
  • Lin Xuan realized that Destruction Power and World-Destroying Power had aware masters behind them, and he became wary of the smiling face.
  • Lin Xuan concluded that the Eerie Smiling Face was likely at his realm and resolved not to consider himself inferior.

Ch. 425A More Terrifying Power

Lin Xuan fought Eerie Smiling Face in the Third Layer Palace, confirming that his grayish-white power could injure it. As Eerie Smiling Face unleashed more Destruction Power, Lin Xuan revealed even greater strength and punched through its attack.

  • Eerie Smiling Face released Destruction Power that formed a cage around Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan punched through it and charged forward.
  • Lin Xuan struck Eerie Smiling Face with his grayish-white power, then dodged its counterattack while leaving a mark on its face.
  • Lin Xuan realized Eerie Smiling Face was in the same realm as him, while the woman in black watched in shock at the creature residing within her.
  • Eerie Smiling Face sent a tide of Destruction Power toward Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan brought out ninety-five percent of his strength.
  • Lin Xuan's grayish-white power pierced through Eerie Smiling Face's Destruction Power.
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