Chapter 789: Chapter 789

Half an hour later, the damaged meridians in Lin Chen's body had fully recovered under the healing of the Life Light. If Li Fuyou could see Lin Chen's current state, he would probably be utterly astonished.

With his body recovered, it was now time to make a breakthrough.

Having confronted an expert of the Yunhai realm today, he had already sensed the immense strength of the Yunhai realm.

Once he broke through to the Yunhai realm, Lin Chen believed his own strength would surely increase significantly.

Although Lin Chen knew that the breakthrough would bring endless pain, he had experienced so much and naturally understood that sweetness often follows hardship.

The Spiritual Energy within Lin Chen surged crazily, causing tumultuous waves in his Qi Sea.

With a thought, Lin Chen controlled the Spiritual Power in the Qi Sea, continuously striking at the various meridians in his body.

Along with a series of crisp sounds, meridian after meridian was cleared, and Lin Chen felt an exhilarating relief throughout his body.

Although clearing the meridians was quite easy, Lin Chen knew that the real challenge was yet to come.

To break through to the Yunhai realm, it was necessary to open the Body Gates including the Opening Gate, Rest Gate, Life Gate, and Injury Gate. Only by opening these four gates could one harness the power to communicate with nature's spiritual energy and advance to the Yunhai realm.

An hour later, all the meridians in Lin Chen's body were cleared, and now it was time to attack the Opening Gate.

Indeed, assaulting the Opening Gate was not as easy as imagined, and he had failed several attempts in succession.

Most importantly, the bone-piercing pain during the assault process made Lin Chen involuntarily utter muffled groans.

Finally, after more than ten failed attempts, the Opening Gate was finally breached by Lin Chen, and he immediately felt the flow of Spiritual Energy in his body become much smoother than before.

Next was the Rest Gate. Lin Chen gritted his teeth and once again mobilized the Spiritual Energy, launching an assault on the Rest Gate.

The Spiritual Energy inside Lin Chen's body relentlessly struck the Rest Gate, and each failed attempt brought him unbearable pain.

However, after more than twenty continuous attempts, the Rest Gate remained immovable.

At this point, Lin Chen was drenched in sweat, and his complexion had turned somewhat pale.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Chen once again summoned the Spiritual Energy in his body and launched a full-scale attack on the Rest Gate.

The Spiritual Energy inside his body surged like a tempestuous wave, striking the Rest Gate and producing a deafening roar.

Lin Chen roared furiously, and under the intense assault, he felt as if his entire body was being torn apart.

Boom! At last, the Rest Gate was opened by Lin Chen after enduring endless agony.

Sigh! Lin Chen let out a long breath and began the assault on the Life Gate.

Lin Chen was aware that the Life Gate and the Injury Gate were barriers that countless martial artists found difficult to break through, with many trapped at the Dan Yuan realm for life because they couldn't go beyond these two gates.

If he couldn't break through these gates, then his hopes of advancing to the Yunhai realm would be dashed.

Determination shone in Lin Chen's eyes as he took a deep breath and mobilized his Spiritual Energy to strike at the Life Gate.

With a muffled impact, a searing pain nearly caused Lin Chen to faint, as the agony from assaulting the Life Gate turned out to be many times that of the other gates.

The first attempt failed, but Lin Chen was not discouraged and once again gathered the Spiritual Energy to mount another assault on the Life Gate.

His body shook once more, accompanied by excruciating pain. Lin Chen couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

Lin Chen gritted his teeth, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and began another assault.

Lin Chen constantly mobilized the spiritual energy within his body, attacking the Life Gate repeatedly, time and time again he failed, and each failure brought about pain tenfold greater than the last. Yet Lin Chen didn't waver in the slightest, relentlessly assaulting the Life Gate with a furious barrage.

By now, Lin Chen's body was stained red with blood he had coughed up, but his eyes remained resolute.

Lin Chen once again activated the spiritual energy within him, launching a full assault on the Life Gate.

Spiritual energy in hues of metal, wood, water, and fire converged into a multi-colored torrent, wildly rushing towards the Life Gate.

The sound of spiritual power colliding, the tortuous Life Gate that tormented Lin Chen to the brink of death finally broke open.

Lin Chen felt a sudden ease within his body, and even his breathing seemed much smoother.

A look of ecstatic joy spread across Lin Chen's face as he finally breached the formidable Life Gate.

Though one more gate, the Injury Gate, remained unopened, Lin Chen already felt the immense power of the Nebula Realm.

No wonder combat with a viscount of the Nebula Realm cultivation level was so strenuous; the sensation of the two levels of cultivation was entirely different.

One more gate, and he would step into the Nebula Realm.

Without any delay, Lin Chen continued to charge at the Injury Gate.

Breaking through the four gates is an exceedingly difficult barrier in the martial path; many martial artists spend decades breaking through each gate.

For Lin Chen to break through all four gates in one go was almost unheard of.

This was also thanks to the inexhaustible supply of spiritual energy within his body, yet the last gate, the Injury Gate, still posed a formidable challenge for Lin Chen.

Lin Chen took a deep breath and rallied his body's spiritual energy for another onslaught on the Injury Gate.

After several failures, Lin Chen finally realized how difficult the Injury Gate was to pierce through.

He felt as though his entire body was being torn apart, yet the Injury Gate still showed no signs of yielding.

Outside the room, Li Yuqing's heart clenched into a ball, every heart-wrenching scream from Lin Chen made her own heart ache in sympathy.

Her tiny fists were clenched tightly, her eyes filled with worry.

"Dad, shouldn't we go in and check on him?" Li Yuqing couldn't help but stand up.

"No! Lin Chen said we must not disturb him casually. If we barge in, it will definitely cause him more harm," Li Fuyou refused.

At that moment, a Rolls-Royce stopped outside the derelict factory; an elderly man leaning on a cane stepped out of the car. Looking at the corpses strewn all over, his face became increasingly grim.

Upon reaching the body of Zhang Jun, the wrinkled old face turned even more ominously dark.

The Zhang family had been one of the four major families in Zhonghai for centuries, boasting a history spanning hundreds of years, and were virtually untouchable in Zhonghai—there hadn't been a death of a Zhang family descendant for nearly a hundred years.

But today, the heir of the Zhang family had met his gruesome end in a desolate factory, which left Zhang Hai, the family head, in a towering rage.

"Father, I will personally kill Lin Chen to avenge Jun!"

Zhang Shoushan's face was overcast, his eyes emitting an icy killing intent, and a formidable aura suddenly burst forth.

"Daring to kill a member of the Zhang family, his audacity knows no bounds. Who on earth is this Lin Chen?"

Feeling the terrifying presence emanating from Zhang Shoushan, Zhang Hai trembled and quickly said, "Father, this Lin Chen appeared suddenly in Zhonghai City. It's said that his medical skills are remarkably potent; he even helped the Mu family patriarch recover his cultivation. I didn't expect him to be so cruel, not only did he kill all of our men but even Zhang Jun. He truly doesn't regard our Zhang family with any respect at all!"

Zhang Shoushan's eyes gleamed with a sinister light, "Good, very good. It's been many years since anyone dared to challenge our Zhang family. Since it's come to this, then at all costs, I want him dead!"