The journey to Cloud Dream Marsh had finally drawn to a close.
Securing the Profound Insight Grass and Azure God Armor had been the original goals of this trip. The Water Mansion's hidden treasury, however, had been an unexpected windfall.
Not to mention the several smaller opportunities he had seized.
Now, Lin Chen only needed some time to consolidate his gains and digest these opportunities before he could advance another step.
After Lin Chen had claimed the first Greenstone Altar,
the contests over the other two had finally reached their conclusions as well.
With his formidable cultivation at the Xuanwu Seventh Layer, Ye Guyun had subdued all challengers with his spear. No one could wrest the Dragon-Tiger Creation Pill from him.
Only the struggle for the Profound Heaven Secret Record had taken a few twists and turns.
But relying on her phantom-like movement techniques and deeper martial foundations, Yan Feixue had narrowly won by half a move, pocketing the jade slip of the Profound Heaven Secret Record that contained a fragment of Earth Tier martial arts.
As for Zhao Yuanhao, he had challenged Ye Guyun.
His body was so powerful that he could withstand blazing spear light head-on without injury. Ultimately, however, the gap in their cultivation was too great. He had lost after fifty exchanges of fierce combat, yet his defeat had still brought him honor, and his name had begun to gain recognition.
With that, the dust had settled over all three opportunities.
The three Greenstone Altars had ultimately gone to three of the four martial artists who had entered Cloud Dream Marsh at the Profound Martial Sixth Layer.
Of those four, only Ling Jianxin had possessed sufficient strength yet missed her opportunity because she had faced Lin Chen.
All in all,
the unlikely tale of a dark