In the sky, Lin Chen's body began to erupt with sharp sword radiance, his aura instantly filling the entire space. Beyond that, an ethereal presence began to coil around him. It was the aura of the Dao!
Once cultivators entered the Deity Transformation stage, they could no longer improve their cultivation merely by absorbing spiritual energy. They needed to comprehend the Heavenly Dao, a bottleneck that constrained all cultivators! Generally speaking, only Deity Transformation cultivators could invoke such an aura of the Dao, because only they had the chance to comprehend the Heavenly Dao. But this did not apply to reincarnators, because they had already successfully comprehended the Heavenly Dao before reincarnating!
Although the minimum cultivation required for reincarnation was the Void Refinement stage, Lin Chuan guessed that Lin Chen's cultivation before reincarnation had likely surpassed even that. As for exactly how far he had reached, Lin Chuan could not tell. But with such cultivation, invoking the descent of the Heavenly Dao's aura was an easy matter for Lin Chen.
During the Lin Clan Grand Competition, Lin Chen had invoked the aura of the Dao. Lin Chuan had not been injured by Lin Chen's swordsmanship in that battle, but by Lin Chen's Heavenly Dao aura!
Lin Chuan remembered clearly that their match had been held to fulfill a wager between the Lin Clan Patriarch, Lin Duo, and the First Elder, Lin Ze. The winner would receive a powerful treasure. Although Lin Chuan had ultimately won that battle, Lin Chen had actually held back quite a bit.
Lin Chuan had understood the situation clearly at the time. Lin Chen had possessed a powerful move that he had not unleashed. After the battle, Lin Chuan had asked Lin Chen about it, and his answer confirmed Lin Chuan's suspicions.
At the time, it