Arc 18The Fifth Layer Palace

Lin Xuan defeated the Eerie Smiling Face’s guardian and Jin Qiong, learning more about the powers within him before entering the Fifth Layer Palace. There, the Green-robed girl’s illusions failed to overcome him as he pressed her to explain what was wrong with his soul.

  • Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Eerie Smiling Face and the woman in black, then heard the Eerie Smiling Face explain the powers within him and his need to forge his own paths with World-Destroying Power and Life Power.
  • Lin Xuan spared the Eerie Smiling Face, learned how to reach the Fourth Layer Palace from the woman in black, and entered the palace through a passage beneath Xuantian’s statue.
  • Lin Xuan battled Jin Qiong, whose Solar Power, Golden Power, and Golden Portals could not overcome his grayish-white power.
  • Lin Xuan outlasted Jin Qiong in a battle lasting dozens of days and nights, then killed her with a giant grayish-white hand.
  • Lin Xuan shattered the Xuantian totem, entered the Fifth Layer Palace, and rejected its Illusionary Realm based on his memories of Earth.
  • The Green-robed girl said Lin Xuan’s soul had a layered structure, but her green mist and illusions failed to ensnare him.
  • Lin Xuan walked through the Green-robed girl’s blue mist unharmed as she retreated and considered another way to deal with him.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426Together

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Eerie Smiling Face with his grayish-white power and struck it hard. When the woman in black joined the fight, Lin Xuan attacked them both, showing no fear as they prepared to fight back.

  • Lin Xuan chased down the retreating Eerie Smiling Face and punched through its Destruction Power, leaving a deep crater in its face.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face acknowledged Lin Xuan’s strength and accused him of receiving help from the masters of World-Destroying Power and Life Power.
  • Lin Xuan condemned the Eerie Smiling Face for bullying the weak and charged at it again.
  • The woman in black joined the Eerie Smiling Face, fearing she would die if it were defeated.
  • Lin Xuan attacked both opponents at once as the woman in black gathered spatial power, but his strength far surpassed hers.

Ch. 427Taking the Initiative

Lin Xuan attacked the Eerie Smiling Face and the woman in black, focusing first on the Eerie Smiling Face because its Destruction Power posed the greater threat. He repeatedly broke through its attacks and sent it flying, while the woman in black spotted an opening as he pressed his assault.

  • Lin Xuan charged at the Eerie Smiling Face, leaving the woman in black aside because he could easily break her spatial power.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face unleashed Destruction Power, but Lin Xuan shattered it with his fists and impressed it with his strength.
  • Lin Xuan continued attacking, recognizing that the Eerie Smiling Face had formidable defenses but believing he could eventually defeat it.
  • Lin Xuan punched the Eerie Smiling Face and sent it flying before it could form Destruction Power to block him.
  • The woman in black spotted an opening while Lin Xuan focused on the Eerie Smiling Face.

Ch. 428Suppression

Lin Xuan broke through the woman in black’s spatial power and pressed his attack against her and the Eerie Smiling Face. The Eerie Smiling Face struggled to protect its host as Lin Xuan charged it again with World-Destroying Law and Life Power.

  • Lin Xuan defeated the Eerie Smiling Face’s attack, shattered the woman in black’s spatial power with a punch, and charged toward her.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face attacked Lin Xuan to protect the woman in black, but Lin Xuan knocked away the Destruction Power surrounding it.
  • Lin Xuan recognized the Eerie Smiling Face’s formidable defense but sensed that it had weakened under his repeated blows.
  • Lin Xuan charged the Eerie Smiling Face again, condensing World-Destroying Law and Life Power around himself as it prepared to defend.

Ch. 429It Was Actually Growing Stronger

Lin Xuan fought the Eerie Smiling Face as it gathered Destruction Power and approached a transformation beyond the limits of the realm. He struggled to damage it and resolved to stop it before its power fully changed.

  • Lin Xuan sensed that the Eerie Smiling Face was gathering increasingly terrifying Destruction Power.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face endured Lin Xuan's punches while using its power to stall him and continue transforming.
  • Lin Xuan noticed that the Eerie Smiling Face's Destruction Power seemed endless and carried an aura resembling World-Destroying Power.
  • Lin Xuan wondered why the Eerie Smiling Face resided within the woman in black, who showed no sign of Destruction Power or Destruction Law.
  • Lin Xuan set aside his questions and focused on stopping the Eerie Smiling Face before it surpassed the realm's limits.

Ch. 430Eerie Smiling Face Was Getting Anxious

Lin Xuan kept attacking the Eerie Smiling Face with ninety percent of his strength, overpowering its Destruction Power while the woman in black tried to interfere. As the Eerie Smiling Face struggled to sustain its power, Lin Xuan intensified his attacks.

  • Lin Xuan held back from unleashing his full power and continued striking the Eerie Smiling Face with ninety percent of his strength.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face used its altered Destruction Power to block Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan broke through with repeated punches.
  • The woman in black used spatial power to harass Lin Xuan, but he easily broke through her attacks and ignored her.
  • The woman in black suppressed her anger and chose to keep harassing Lin Xuan from the shadows rather than confront him directly.
  • Lin Xuan saw that the Eerie Smiling Face was struggling to maintain its Destruction Power and increased the frequency of his punches.

Ch. 431The Eerie Smiling Face Backed Down

Lin Xuan weakened the Eerie Smiling Face until it offered to bargain, claiming it could teach him how to remove the powers within him if he spared the woman. Lin Xuan considered the offer, but the chapter left the deal unresolved as he questioned whether the Eerie Smiling Face truly knew how to drive those powers away.

  • Lin Xuan's repeated punches reduced the Eerie Smiling Face's Destruction Power until its smile vanished.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face backed down and proposed a deal, warning Lin Xuan that its full power surpassed his by three realms.
  • Lin Xuan doubted the Eerie Smiling Face could threaten him outside because he had an Eerie Smiling Face and a White Lotus within him.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face offered to explain how Lin Xuan could remove the powers within him if he spared the woman.
  • Lin Xuan asked whether the Eerie Smiling Face had a way to do it, and it claimed their powers came from the same place.

Ch. 432A Terrifying Place

The Eerie Smiling Face offered to help Lin Xuan expel the strange consciousness within him, but he questioned whether he could trust her. She could not reveal the place she came from, yet described it as a world formed by the strongest experts from many civilizations, where they competed and broke through the limits of their realms.

  • The Eerie Smiling Face told Lin Xuan that believing her could let him drive out the strange consciousness, while refusing would cost him the opportunity.
  • Lin Xuan asked the Eerie Smiling Face where she came from and what kind of power she possessed.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face said that revealing her origin would bring a backlash, but offered to explain what existed there.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face described a gathering place where the strongest experts from different civilizations created a new world and grew stronger through competition.
  • Lin Xuan listened solemnly as the Eerie Smiling Face explained that its experts had shattered barriers and the shackles between heaven and earth.

Ch. 433The Origin of the Eerie Smiling Face

The Eerie Smiling Face explained that beings like him were remnants of powerful experts enslaved by the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, and that the consciousnesses within Lin Xuan sought to merge with him to escape their constraints. He revealed that the woman in black was not his host, leaving Lin Xuan asking why he had paid so much to save her.

  • Lin Xuan asked the Eerie Smiling Face how he had been born.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face explained that the power of fallen experts merged with the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and became its slaves.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face told Lin Xuan that the consciousnesses within him wanted him to keep cultivating so they could merge with him and be freed.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face said the woman in black was not his host, and Lin Xuan asked why he had gone to such lengths to save her.

Ch. 434She Is My Master's Descendant

The Eerie Smiling Face revealed that the woman in black was its former mistress’s descendant and that it had protected her since birth. It told Lin Xuan he could drive out the powers within him by forging his own path with the World-Destroying Power and Life Power, though doing so would be difficult.

  • The Eerie Smiling Face admitted it cared for the woman in black and had been protecting her rather than using her as a host.
  • The Eerie Smiling Face revealed that the woman in black was the descendant left behind by its mistress.
  • The woman in black asked whether it had followed her since birth, and the Eerie Smiling Face confirmed that it had.
  • The woman in black wept as she learned the Eerie Smiling Face had protected her throughout her life.
  • Lin Xuan asked how to force out the two powers within him, and the Eerie Smiling Face said he needed to forge his own paths with the World-Destroying Power and Life Power.

Ch. 435Confidence!

Lin Xuan learned that he needed to find his own path for World-Destroying Power and Life Power to escape the two consciousnesses within him. After the woman in black revealed how to leave the Third Layer Palace, Lin Xuan entered the Fourth Layer Palace, where he found a grand hall carved from gold.

  • The Eerie Smiling Face warned Lin Xuan to find a different path for World-Destroying Power and Life Power and to be careful not to alert the two powers within him.
  • Lin Xuan agreed to let the Eerie Smiling Face leave and demanded that the woman in black tell him how to reach the Fourth Layer Palace.
  • The woman in black told Lin Xuan to open the statue of Xuantian at the end of the Third Layer Palace, and the Eerie Smiling Face vanished after telling her to forget what happened.
  • Lin Xuan shattered Xuantian's statue, found a passage, and entered the Fourth Layer Palace.
  • Lin Xuan saw that the Fourth Layer Palace was magnificent and that everything in sight was carved from gold.

Ch. 436Jin Qiong

Lin Xuan confronted Jin Qiong, the master of the Fourth Layer Palace, and fought her Solar Power with his own grayish-white power. He overwhelmed her attacks, though the battle remained unresolved.

  • Lin Xuan reached the center of the Fourth Layer Palace and met Jin Qiong, who said she was its master and that it was the final palace he could pass through.
  • Lin Xuan and Jin Qiong released their auras, and the palace trembled as they sized each other up.
  • Lin Xuan struck at Jin Qiong and broke through her Solar Power with his grayish-white power.
  • Jin Qiong dodged Lin Xuan's next punch and attacked him with Solar Power from all directions.
  • Lin Xuan's grayish-white power blocked and ground away Jin Qiong's Solar Power, and Jin Qiong called the exchange interesting.

Ch. 437Golden Power

Lin Xuan blocked Jin Qiong's combined Solar Power and Golden Power, damaging the Fourth Layer Palace and enraging her. Jin Qiong gathered both powers again to continue the fight.

  • Jin Qiong fused her Solar Power and Golden Power into a huge golden hand and sent it crashing toward Lin Xuan.
  • Lin Xuan countered with his fused power, and the two hands collided, shaking the Fourth Layer Palace and breaking off its golden material.
  • Jin Qiong became furious when she saw that Lin Xuan had shattered her carefully carved gold.
  • Jin Qiong roared and gathered her Solar Power and Golden Power again as Lin Xuan watched her prepare to attack.

Ch. 438Gold Portal

Lin Xuan and Jin Qiong traded attacks that destroyed much of her Golden Palace, until Jin Qiong summoned a Golden Portal that greatly increased her power. Lin Xuan recognized her as likely the second-strongest guardian in the Nine-layered Palace and prepared to use his full strength.

  • Jin Qiong sent nine enormous golden hands down at Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan formed nine gray-white hands that met them, and both sets vanished.
  • Jin Qiong raged as chunks of gold fell from the palace she had forged and glared at Lin Xuan.
  • Jin Qiong summoned a Golden Portal, which opened a crack and strengthened her until her aura nearly surpassed the woman in black from the Third Layer Palace.
  • Lin Xuan judged Jin Qiong to be the Nine-layered Palace's likely second-strongest guardian and gathered his gray-white power.

Ch. 439Power Taking Form

Lin Xuan and Jin Qiong faced off in the Fourth Layer Palace as Jin Qiong revealed power drawn from the Golden Portal. Lin Xuan countered her golden beasts with transformations of his grayish-white power, and Jin Qiong summoned a golden Kun Peng to meet his own.

  • Jin Qiong acknowledged Lin Xuan's strength but said she had surpassed Xuantian and stepped halfway out of the realm.
  • Jin Qiong released golden dragon-like power from the Golden Portal, and Lin Xuan's grayish-white Great Peng drove it back.
  • Jin Qiong summoned a golden Great Peng, but Lin Xuan transformed his power into a Kun Peng to attack it.
  • Jin Qiong summoned a golden Kun Peng from the Golden Portal to face Lin Xuan's Kun Peng.

Ch. 440Slap in the Face

Lin Xuan countered Jin Qiong’s Golden Gate beasts with his gray-white creatures, defeating them and leaving Jin Qiong furious. He held back his full strength to avoid revealing it to stronger enemies that might await him in the Nine-layered Palace, but Jin Qiong erased his summoned beasts with a golden river.

  • Lin Xuan summoned Hundun to hold off Jin Qiong’s golden Kun Peng while his own Kun Peng swallowed the Golden-winged Great Peng and golden dragon.
  • Lin Xuan’s Kun Peng, aided by Hundun, defeated Jin Qiong’s remaining golden Kun Peng.
  • Jin Qiong released an even more terrifying aura from the Golden Portal and accused Lin Xuan of provoking her.
  • Lin Xuan chose to conceal his full power because stronger existences might be waiting in the Nine-layered Palace, then sent Hundun, the Great Peng, and the Kun Peng to attack Jin Qiong.
  • Jin Qiong summoned a golden river from the Golden Portal and used it to erase Lin Xuan’s three summoned forces.

Ch. 441Always Unyielding

Jin Qiong and Lin Xuan clashed as their golden and gray-white powers repeatedly matched, despite Jin Qiong's advantage of being half a realm higher. Jin Qiong gathered an even more oppressive aura while Lin Xuan summoned his gray-white power again, and their fight continued.

  • Jin Qiong saw that Lin Xuan's gray-white power matched the golden power pouring from the Golden Portal, despite her higher realm.
  • Jin Qiong sent waves of golden power at Lin Xuan, and he countered with gray-white power.
  • Lin Xuan and Jin Qiong's forces collided and vanished, leaving Jin Qiong humiliated that she could not overwhelm him.
  • Jin Qiong gathered an even more terrifying aura as Lin Xuan summoned his gray-white power again.

Ch. 442Lin Xuan Could Not Be Suppressed

Lin Xuan and Jin Qiong escalated their powers in the Fourth Layer Palace, but neither could suppress the other at first. Lin Xuan then demonstrated that he could unleash stronger gray-white power even faster than Jin Qiong, leaving her to realize she was no match for him despite her higher realm.

  • Jin Qiong gathered the Golden Portal's power and clashed with Lin Xuan's gray-white power, but their attacks repeatedly canceled each other out.
  • Frustrated that she could neither defeat nor suppress Lin Xuan, Jin Qiong summoned a second Golden Portal and attacked with both golden powers.
  • Lin Xuan rapidly spread stronger gray-white power throughout the Fourth Layer Palace and neutralized Jin Qiong's attack.
  • Lin Xuan immediately launched another wave of gray-white power, which Jin Qiong narrowly evaded.
  • Jin Qiong realized that even with a half-realm advantage, she was no match for Lin Xuan.

Ch. 443Nearly Driven Mad with Rage

Jin Qiong unleashed the power of both Golden Portals against Lin Xuan, but their attacks continued to cancel each other out as his strength grew. She switched to an endurance contest, while Lin Xuan remained confident he could outlast her.

  • Jin Qiong drew out all the power of both Golden Portals in an attempt to suppress Lin Xuan.
  • Lin Xuan formed a gray-white hand and sent it crashing into Jin Qiong's golden hand, and the two attacks canceled each other out.
  • Jin Qiong was shocked that Lin Xuan's power kept growing despite her greater accumulated strength.
  • Jin Qiong decided to compete with Lin Xuan in endurance, and Lin Xuan welcomed the challenge.

Ch. 444Still More Than Enough to Handle

Lin Xuan fought Jin Qiong in the Nine-layered Palace and proved superior in both strength and endurance. Jin Qiong began to run out of power while Lin Xuan continued to conceal the last half percent of his strength.

  • Jin Qiong and Lin Xuan clashed as their golden and grayish-white hands repeatedly collided.
  • Jin Qiong grew jealous and enraged after realizing Lin Xuan surpassed her despite being half a realm lower.
  • Jin Qiong unleashed the power of her Golden Portal without holding back, but Lin Xuan kept blocking her attacks.
  • Lin Xuan gathered power faster than Jin Qiong, leaving her nearly exhausted and fearing she would soon lose.

Ch. 445Exhausted

Lin Xuan outlasted Jin Qiong as their powers clashed, leaving her exhausted and unable to continue fighting. He summoned a dense gray-white hand to end her life.

  • Jin Qiong realized she had to kill Lin Xuan before her strength ran out and unleashed the power of the Golden Portals in a final battle.
  • Lin Xuan met Jin Qiong's attacks with the fused power of the World-Destroying Law and Life Power, which matched her force while he remained full of energy.
  • As the Golden Portals' power dwindled, Jin Qiong grew pale and despaired at the prospect of dying from exhaustion.
  • Jin Qiong asked who Lin Xuan was after he fought for dozens of days and nights without tiring, but Lin Xuan remained silent about being mistaken for a reincarnated great figure.
  • Lin Xuan gathered dense gray-white power into a huge hand, and Jin Qiong watched in despair as he prepared to kill her.

Ch. 446Illusionary Realm

Lin Xuan killed Jin Qiong, found the staircase to the Fifth Layer Palace, and entered an Illusionary Realm that recreated memories of a blue planet. There he confronted a mysterious girl who said his soul and memories did not belong to this world.

  • Lin Xuan killed Jin Qiong with a grayish-white giant hand.
  • Lin Xuan shattered the Xuantian totem in the Fourth Layer Palace and revealed the staircase to the Fifth Layer Palace.
  • Lin Xuan entered the Fifth Layer Palace and recognized its scene of a blue planet as an Illusionary Realm built from his memories.
  • Lin Xuan drove away the illusion and rejected the girl who appeared amid bell chimes.
  • The girl told Lin Xuan that his soul and memories seemed not to belong to this world.

Ch. 447Your Soul Has a Problem

Lin Xuan confronted the Green-robed girl, who had learned about his past through her unusual power and challenged him with illusion arts. After his gray-white hand dispersed her green mist, she claimed that something was wrong with his soul.

  • The Green-robed girl questioned Lin Xuan about the memories she had seen, including his life on Earth, while he remained silent.
  • Lin Xuan said he had lost the desire to kill her, and the Green-robed girl asserted that her illusion arts could ensnare even Xuantian.
  • Lin Xuan attacked with a massive gray-white hand, which scattered the Green-robed girl's green mist.
  • The Green-robed girl acknowledged Lin Xuan's strength but declared that she could still affect him because something was wrong with his soul.

Ch. 448It Could Be Said That the Problem Lies with My Soul

Lin Xuan questioned the Green-robed girl about her claim that something was wrong with his soul, and she said his soul appeared to have a layered structure. He suppressed her illusion magic with his grayish-white power but left her unharmed, demanding an explanation.

  • Lin Xuan asked the Green-robed girl how she had detected a problem with his soul.
  • The Green-robed girl said her illusion arts had revealed that Lin Xuan’s soul had a layered structure.
  • The Green-robed girl tried to trap Lin Xuan in the Illusionary Realm, believing his previous battles had weakened him.
  • Lin Xuan used his grayish-white power to disperse the Green-robed girl’s green mist.
  • Lin Xuan spared the Green-robed girl and demanded that she explain what was wrong with his soul.

Ch. 449Unable to Bewitch

Lin Xuan walked through the Green-robed girl's illusion-filled mist without using any power, leaving her unable to stop him. He asked her again where the problem with his soul lay.

  • The Green-robed girl released strange green mist and claimed Lin Xuan had not fully suppressed her.
  • Lin Xuan entered the mist, ignoring its seductive laughter and illusions.
  • The Green-robed girl retreated as Lin Xuan approached, astonished that he resisted her illusion power.
  • Lin Xuan passed through the mist and asked the Green-robed girl where the problem with his soul lay.

Ch. 450The Green-robed Girl's Face Looked Terrible

The Green-robed girl tried to trap Lin Xuan in blue mist and illusions, but his spiritual power rendered them ineffective. She retreated before him, searching for another way to stop him.

  • The Green-robed girl filled the area with blue mist and illusions to make Lin Xuan lose himself.
  • Lin Xuan walked through the mist unharmed, forcing it aside without using any ability.
  • The Green-robed girl realized her illusions could not overcome Lin Xuan's spiritual power and retreated as he advanced.
  • The Green-robed girl stopped using blue mist and began considering another method to deal with Lin Xuan.
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