5: My cousin came to visit.

Returning to his courtyard, Lin Chen closed the door, sat cross-legged, and immersed his mind into his thoughts.

"System, deduce and repair the Archaic Dragon-Elephant Art!"

"Ding! Detected an ancient body-refining divine art (extremely incomplete chapter). Do you wish to consume 'Heavenly Dao Points' to repair it?"

"Note: For every offspring the host begets, 100 Heavenly Dao Points can be obtained, which can be used to deduce cultivation techniques, enhance bloodlines, exchange items, etc."

"Hmm? There are also Heavenly Dao Points?" Lin Chen was stunned, then overjoyed.

This system's functions are quite comprehensive!

"Current Heavenly Dao Points: 100 points (first activation of the system, combined with Lin Xiaoya, advanced payment)."

"Repairing the first layer of the Archaic Dragon-Elephant Art requires 10 Heavenly Dao Points. Do you wish to repair it?"

"Repair!" Lin Chen said without hesitation.

"Heavenly Dao Points -10, cultivation technique repairing... Repair successful!"

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the complete first layer of the Archaic Dragon-Elephant Art — Dragon-Elephant Particle Art!"

Boom!

A massive torrent of information surged into Lin Chen's mind.

The true mysteries of the Archaic Dragon-Elephant Art slowly unfolded before him.

This cultivation technique fundamentally does not absorb spiritual energy; instead, it involves visualizing archaic dragon-elephants and condensing dragon elephant particles within the body!

For every dragon elephant particle condensed, one gains the immense strength of an archaic dragon-elephant!

Theoretically, if all billions of cells in the body could be cultivated into dragon elephant particles, one could transform into the universe itself, capable of shaking the heavens!

And the 'fuel' for cultivation is precisely the violent energy that ordinary cultivators avoid at all costs!

"Chaos Dao Body... Archaic Dragon-Elephant Art... they are simply a match made in heaven!"

Lin Chen was incredibly excited and immediately began cultivating according to the technique.

With a thought, the chaotic energy that had been swallowed by the Chaos Dao Body and hidden somewhere unknown was actually drawn out by the cultivation technique!

This energy was a deadly poison to ordinary cultivators, but for the Archaic Dragon-Elephant Art, it was the purest and most potent supplement!

"Condense!"

Lin Chen let out a low shout.

The first dragon elephant particle slowly condensed into form at his fingertip!

It was a golden speck of light even smaller than dust, yet it seemed to contain the phantom image of a giant elephant roaring towards the sky!

It's done!

Boom!

An indescribably terrifying power instantly spread throughout his body from his fingertip!

Lin Chen felt that if he threw a punch now, he could shatter a mountain peak!

This was merely the power of a single dragon elephant particle!

And this was just the beginning!

The second!

The tenth!

The hundredth!

Supported by the massive energy of the Chaos Dao Body, the number of dragon elephant particles condensing within Lin Chen's body surged at an astonishing speed!

An hour later.

When Lin Chen opened his eyes again, a full hundred dragon elephant particles had condensed within his body!

This meant that he now possessed the terrifying immense strength of one hundred archaic dragon-elephants!

"A cultivation at the peak of the ninth layer of the Qi Refining Realm, plus one hundred dragon-elephant strength..."

Lin Chen clenched his fist, feeling the explosive power within his body, and the air around him let out a strained popping sound.

He now had absolute confidence that even if a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator in the middle stage stood before him, he could blast them into dust with a single punch!

This was the confidence of the Invincible Flow!

...Just as Lin Chen's strength was advancing by leaps and bounds, his father, Lin Family Patriarch Lin Zhan, arrived outside his courtyard with a complex expression.

Everything that happened today had too great an impact on him.

His son first publicly divorced his wife, challenged Bai Ruoxue to a fight, then instantly killed Lin Feng with one move, and finally took a useless scroll from the Scripture Pavilion that no one could understand.

All of this was strange.

He had to ask for clarification.

"Chener." Lin Zhan pushed the door open and entered.

"Father." Lin Chen reined in his aura and stood up.

Lin Zhan's gaze was like electricity, scrutinizing Lin Chen up and down, trying to discern something from him. But he was disappointed; Lin Chen still showed no trace of spiritual energy fluctuations, looking just like an ordinary mortal.

"What... exactly happened to you today?" Lin Zhan asked in a deep voice, "What method did you use to instantly kill Lin Feng?"

Lin Chen had already prepared his explanation and smiled faintly: "Father, although your son cannot condense spiritual energy, he has never given up on tempering his physical body these past years. Your son's Chaos Dao Body seems to have unexpected miraculous effects in refining the physical body."

Playing the pig to eat the tiger, the core is to be half-true and half-false, making it impossible for others to see through.

"Tempering the physical body?" Lin Zhan frowned, clearly unconvinced.

Relying on physical strength to instantly kill a fourth-layer Qi Refining cultivator? How is that possible!

"You don't believe me?" Lin Chen saw his doubts and smiled slightly, "Father, please look at what that is."

He pointed to a thousand-jin heavy piece of Hundred-Refined Essence Stone used for strength testing in the corner of the courtyard, which was used by Lin family disciples for body tempering.

Lin Zhan followed his finger, not yet reacting.

He then saw Lin Chen join his fingers like a sword, casually slicing forward!

"Chi!"

An invisible surge of energy erupted from his fingertips!

The next second, under Lin Zhan's utterly horrified gaze, that incredibly hard Hundred-Refined Essence Stone was silently sliced into two halves, like tofu!

The cut was as smooth as a mirror!

"This... this is...!"

Lin Zhan's eyes almost popped out of their sockets! His mouth was wide enough to fit an egg!

Finger energy severing metal!

This would require at least a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation and an extremely subtle control over power to achieve!

No! Even an ordinary Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator definitely couldn't do it with such ease!

But his own son clearly had no spiritual energy fluctuations on him!

This completely overturned his decades of cultivation knowledge!

Monster!

A complete and utter monster!

"Now, Father, do you still think I will lose to Bai Ruoxue three months from now?" Lin Chen stood with his hands behind his back, speaking with an air of calm indifference.

Lin Zhan stared intently at the cut essence stone, then looked at his son, who seemed to have been reborn, and his Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty.

He suddenly thought of something, and his breathing became rapid!

"Could it be... could it be that what is recorded in the ancient texts is true? The Chaos Dao Body, obscure in its early stages, once awakened, can be invincible among peers and impervious to all spells?"

He himself had found the "most reasonable" explanation for his son's abnormality!

"Hahahaha! Hahahahahaha!"

Lin Zhan suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter filled with long-suppressed ecstasy and excitement!

"Good! Good! Good! My son Lin Chen has the potential of a Great Emperor!"

He heavily patted Lin Chen's shoulder, his tiger eyes filled with tears: "It was my fault! I, your father, actually wanted you to be a cauldron for the Bai family! I was blind and foolish!"

"From today onwards, if anyone in the entire Lin family dares to disrespect you, I will be the first to cripple them! You need any resources, elixirs, spirit stones, just ask!"

Watching his father's 180-degree change in attitude, Lin Chen felt no ripples in his heart.

He knew, this was reality.

If you are trash, even your own father might abandon you.

If you are a prodigy, the whole world will make way for you!

And at this moment, a clear, cold female voice came from outside the courtyard.

"Lin Chen, the Patriarch is also here. Ziyan has something to request."

Lin Family Patriarch's adopted daughter, the guardian of the Scripture Pavilion, Lin Ziyan, had actually come to seek him out on her own initiative!

Lin Family Patriarch's adopted daughter, the guardian of the Scripture Pavilion, Lin Ziyan, had actually come to seek him out on her own initiative!