[{"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-529":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},2266364,4424,"Chapter 529","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-529",529,"\u003Cp>Hummm—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elixir furnace before Lin Chen violently trembled; its ancient, simple patterns suddenly blazed with dazzling light, as if a slumbering ancient beast had been awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, under countless stunned gazes, the heavy furnace rose from the ground and hovered steadily in midair!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is he doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The furnace is floating—what is Xiao Yan planning?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warriors on the stands who had just been debating the first-place winner now all turned their eyes to this spectacle, their faces filled with confusion and disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Third Elder, does Xiao Yan still have a chance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qin, seeing this, was also thrilled, but Li He’s aged eyes narrowed slightly as he shook his head: “No chance. Every step of the Five Elements Nourishment Pill must follow exact timing—I’ve never heard of anyone succeeding after delaying the process.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li He’s words caused Li Qin’s rising excitement to plummet instantly; the Elder was a master alchemist—he could not be wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems Xiao Yan still has a trick up his sleeve—perhaps we still have reason to hope.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuang Lie, watching Lin Chen make the furnace rise, smiled on his aged face; in his eyes, Xiao Yan had now completely merged with another figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Zhuang, Xiao Yan must be unwilling to accept defeat so easily and is making a desperate last effort—but the outcome is already sealed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Wan Huozong disciples present, some understood alchemy; upon hearing Zhuang Lie’s words, they offered a different opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In my view, Xiao Yan knows he has failed and is merely performing this spectacle to salvage some dignity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing is absolute—there is always a sliver of hope.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuang Lie gave the disciple a meaningful glance; if his judgment was correct and this Xiao Yan was indeed Lin Chen, then a reversal might still be possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen’s nature would never lead him to make such a showy gesture merely to save face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the field, Jiang Yaoyan was the first to sneer; after Wei Yang had produced two Yin-Yang Pills, his earlier confidence had vanished, and seeing Lin Chen still spinning the furnace, his eyes brimmed with impatience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man at his wit’s end, trying to use illusions to salvage a shred of dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen also frowned; as an expert alchemist, he knew the timing for condensing the Five Elements Nourishment Pill was critical—Xiao Yan had missed it, and this bizarre behavior now looked like a dying man’s last thrash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yang’s gaze sharpened, fixed intently on the hovering furnace before Lin Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the stands, Yang Rongtian, who had just closed his eyes to rest, suddenly opened them; his eyes blazed with brilliant light, his clouded gaze seeming to pierce through spatial barriers as he locked onto the hovering furnace, a rare, meaningful curve forming at the corner of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you all think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yunfeng murmured softly; at this moment, the head of the Alchemy Guild and the other two Alchemy Masters were all staring intently at the hovering furnace before Lin Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In all their minds, the same suspicion arose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether true or false, a single spiritual sense probe will reveal it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head of the Alchemy Guild spoke, ready to release his spiritual sense—but Yang Rongtian coughed once: “Though I don’t understand alchemy, I know spiritual probes can disrupt an alchemist’s process. We need only wait another fifteen minutes for the result—no need to interfere now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, President Yang is right. At this moment, we must not disturb with spiritual probes—if our suspicions are correct, such interference might ruin an alchemy contest destined to be recorded in history.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing their objections, the head of the Alchemy Guild sighed and admitted: “I was thoughtless just now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While everyone believed Lin Chen was merely trying to save face, Lin Chen’s expression was solemn, neither joyful nor sorrowful; under his spiritual control, the steady, You blue flame edged with gold burned unmoved—even though its aura was blocked by the spatial barrier, its stable pulsing harmonized strangely with the hovering furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His powerful spiritual sense had already flowed like liquid mercury into the furnace, firmly “pinning” the wild, conflicting Five Elements medicinal forces—forces that had nearly torn the furnace apart—at a delicate equilibrium point!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Flames Scripture, obtained from the Tower of Heaven, allowed him to continuously adjust the primordial fire Taoyue, his potent spiritual sense precisely compensating for the medicinal energy leakage and clashes caused by the delayed timing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the furnace, it was no longer simple boiling of medicinal liquid—it had become a swirling mass of light, yet the five colors within it now constantly tore and clashed against each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each clash accelerated the furnace’s rotation slightly more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, everyone could even see the five-colored aura reflected on the furnace walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How… how is this possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yaoyan’s mouth hung open, unable to believe what he saw—Lin Chen was forcibly condensing the pill!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By what right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen’s face was filled with disbelief; missing the condensation timing meant only one outcome: medicinal energy leakage, impossible to form—but the increasingly clear five-colored aura on the furnace walls forced him to accept a reality: the medicinal liquid inside was slowly taking shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Yang’s hands clenched tightly; he didn’t even realize his own tendons had bulged from tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, none of them dared say Xiao Yan couldn’t succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene was eerily silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time seemed frozen; every heart was held in their throats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Open!” Lin Chen suddenly roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humming of the hovering furnace reached its peak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Lin Chen’s roar, some critical threshold was utterly shattered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant, dazzling column of light—infused with gold, green, blue, red, and yellow—shot skyward like a divine bridge connecting heaven and earth, striking the ceiling of the Tiangong Pavilion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Five Elements Radiance—Supreme Five Elements Nourishment Pill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the stands, an elder cried out in shock, his voice trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the gaze of all, the five-colored radiance slowly receded, and above the hovering furnace, five pills emitting five-colored auras appeared before everyone’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one flawless, without a single crack, perfectly natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yaoyan’s sneer froze solid, replaced by disbelief and terror; Jiang Chen’s mouth gaped open, his eyes filled only with shock; Wei Yang didn’t even notice his own Yin-Yang Pills had fallen back into his furnace—he was oblivious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, even warriors who didn’t understand alchemy knew clearly: no need to wait for the elders’ verdict—the result was already decided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First place belongs to Xiao Yan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Incredible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A miracle!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unbelievable!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warriors unfamiliar with alchemy were stunned that Lin Chen had succeeded in making the Five Elements Nourishment Pill—but the alchemists present were even more stunned that he had condensed the pill successfully after missing the optimal timing—this shattered their very understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, your insight is unmatched!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Haoyang, thrilled, patted his master’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Never be so hasty in judgment. Remember, the Yan Imperial Court teems with hidden dragons and tigers—many things once deemed impossible turned out to be true, and it was precisely these Yicici  impossibilities that brought martial cultivation to its present height. Our Wan Huozong is no different: from the time all warriors believed one could only assimilate a single primordial fire, to now, one can assimilate several… ”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone thought these two primordial fires couldn’t be fused—but our Wan Huozong ancestors refused to accept dogma, breaking through perceptions through relentless research. As outstanding disciples of our sect, you must possess the courage to shatter conventions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuang Lie’s aged face wore a smile as he seized this moment to instruct his disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only he knew: had he not suspected Xiao Yan was Lin Chen, he would have thought the same as everyone else—that Xiao Yan was putting on a show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is this possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Li family stands, Li He kept muttering those words; Li Qin beside him was thrilled but held back out of respect for the Elder’s dignity—yet her beautiful eyes never left the composed figure on the field, shining with awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the high platform, Gu Yunfeng and the others fell briefly silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Five Elements Nourishment Pill… truly succeeded.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Feng, an Alchemy Master, stroked his beard repeatedly: “This Xiao Yan has stirred in me the desire to take him as a disciple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had said this exact thing when Lin Chen first chose to make the Five Elements Nourishment Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yunfeng and the others reacted exactly as before—each silently rolled their eyes; who wouldn’t want such a prodigy as a disciple?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Xiao Yan was slightly older, his performance today proved he could become an Alchemy Master in the future—who would dare say otherwise?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Alchemy Masters were rare in the Yan Imperial Court, a dozen or so emerged every century—but two Alchemy Masters from the same lineage? Only the Qianji Sect and the Medicine King Valley had ever achieved this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those two houses succeeded because they had a large pool of alchemy prodigies as a foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Alchemy Masters like Xu Feng, whose power rested on family and disciples, it was nearly impossible for their descendants or students to reach Master level—no such case had ever occurred in Yan Imperial Court history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two Masters from one lineage would leave a profound mark in alchemy history—and mean that even after one’s death, one’s descendants would still be protected by an Alchemy Master.\u003C\u002Fp>",1566,"2026-06-19T20:25:58.850Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b9a98b445a3786e9190731235763c2dd9c46b02f27ba387e7ae8f4d298626bef","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-530","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-528",591,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-cover.jpg"]