[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback":3,"chapter-rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-528":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rising from Obscurity: My Martial Path Comeback",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2266363,4424,"Chapter 528","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-528",528,"\u003Cp>On the arena, Jiang Yaoyan and Jiang Chen locked gazes; Jiang Yaoyan’s lips curled upward, his eyes gleaming with triumph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had won this match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen was inferior to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jiang Yaoyan’s smug smile, Jiang Chen felt a flicker of regret in his heart, but he felt no anger—his skills were simply weaker, and there was nothing to say about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alchemy speaks only through strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This competition had awakened him: previously, when sparring with fellow sect disciples and other young alchemists of Qianji Sect, he had always won effortlessly, and that had bred arrogance within him; this match had jolted him back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing this one match might not be a bad thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Jiang Yaoyan… though he defeated me, that doesn’t mean he can claim first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen’s gaze shifted to the last two still working—Wei Yang and Lin Chen. Jiang Yaoyan, seeing where Jiang Chen looked, sneered: “Xiao Yan has no chance left. As for Wei Yang… even with Yin Yin Flame, the Yin-Yang Pill is not so easily completed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the young master of Yaowang Valley, Jiang Yaoyan’s arrogance stemmed not merely from his status, but from absolute confidence in his alchemical skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Five Elements Creation Pill has a fixed process; every step must be flawless—too fast or too slow, and the alchemy fails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary pills can be accelerated with primordial fire to speed up purification or formation, but the Five Elements Creation Pill is crafted from five main ingredients, each of a different elemental nature, combined with auxiliary materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From liquid to formation, these five main ingredients demand precision down to the last fraction—any delay exceeding three breaths results in failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only one still capable of challenging him for first place is Wei Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both their gazes settled on Wei Yang at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a pity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the stands, Li He sighed: “Xiao Yan overestimated himself. Had he chosen a mid-tier five-star pill like Jiang Chen and the others, he’d have fared better.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Third Elder, what do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qin, beside him, looked puzzled. Li He sighed: “The Five Elements Creation Pill demands extreme timing control. Xiao Yan wasted too much time on purification—he couldn’t form the pill in the end.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the third elder’s words, Li Qin froze… Xiao Yan failed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, failing is better. Had he succeeded, our Li family would have had no chance at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his regret, Li He’s face regained a smile—if Xiao Yan had succeeded in crafting the Five Elements Creation Pill this year, countless factions would have targeted him, many far stronger than our Li family; then we’d have zero competitive advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, even with his failure, many factions are already eyeing Xiao Yan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the alchemists in the stands, several are alchemy masters; even those who aren’t masters, if they’re top-tier mid-level alchemists, know the requirements for the Five Elements Creation Pill—and all have reached the same judgment as Li He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a pity—the dark horse has lost its shot at first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But fortunately, there’s another dark horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these alchemists’ explanations, every eye now fixed on Wei Yang; all knew that the winner of this year’s alchemy contest hinged entirely on how Wei Yang’s Yin-Yang Pill turned out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One breath, two breaths, three breaths…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yang’s expression was grave; his hands moved rapidly, and as his hand seals shifted, the Yin Yin Flame beneath the cauldron flickered in rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the flaw of subduing rather than assimilating primordial fire: to achieve ultimate control, you must rely on a technique. But if you’ve assimilated the primordial fire, your soul alone can communicate with it—remember this, and don’t choose subduing just because it’s easier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuang Lie, watching Wei Yang’s ever-changing hand seals, spoke to his sect disciples nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in Wan Huozong, many disciples choose the path of subduing primordial fire; though assimilated primordial fire releases far greater power than subdued fire, the difficulty of assimilation is far higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One is manageable, but two—or even three…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many disciples, eager to boost their strength quickly, opt for the subduing path.\u003C\u002Fp>",684,"2026-06-19T20:25:58.850Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4b36e615ffefe4da638aeb383f470080576f9c494f9f0e5fafcabdf9ad40b067","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-529","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-527",591,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-cover.jpg"]