Chapter 1006: Past Glory

Then, it was seen.

High above in the distant sky.

A phantom image appeared.

It was a massive phantom projected onto the firmament, displaying a scene.

Inside a dark dungeon, a solitary youth sat upon the cold ground.

He looked blankly at the moonlight outside the iron window.

This scene appeared.

Countless people were shocked.

"It's the Heavenly God General!"

"No, the Heavenly God General looks so young; could this be an experience from his youth?"

"Why would the Heavenly God General be in a dungeon? Why?"

Voices of questioning rang out one after another.

Ji Ling walked out of the restaurant, looked up at the firmament, and sure enough, saw Chen Yan projected into the void.

Ji Ling clenched her fists, extreme, icy rage appearing in her eyes.

Even though she knew Zhao Zhugui was Chen Yan's avatar.

Only when she saw Chen Yan's face with her own eyes did that bone-chilling killing intent truly manifest.

Yet, at this moment, even Ji Ling did not know.

Why Chen Yan's figure would appear above the void.

Zhao Zhugui walked out, looked up at the firmament, and narrowed his eyes.

That was the scene from back then, when he broke his limits and awakened inside the dungeon.

Why would it appear above the firmament?

Such a feat could only be accomplished by Jilie.

What is she doing?

At this moment, everyone gazed at the firmament.

Outside the dungeon.

Two people arrived, looking at him coldly.

"How much longer must I be locked up?" the youth Chen Yan spoke coldly.

"You want to get out?" the man dressed in luxurious clothing sneered:

"If this weren't the Martial Suppression Bureau, but Yunmeng City, do you think you would have survived until now?"

He was a secretary for the Gong family, and today he intended to finish Chen Yan off for good.

"I understand."

The youth Chen Yan spoke in a low voice.

Xin Gong, wearing the uniform of a Martial Suppression Bureau Chief, barked:

"But if you continue to commit offenses, I will take your life!"

"I understand."

In the darkness, the youth Chen Yan said.

People watched this scene.

Someone shouted:

"Back then, the Heavenly God General was suppressed by the Gong family, and Xin Gong, the Chief of the Qingshan Town Martial Suppression Bureau, once tried to kill the Heavenly God General!"

"That's right, it was only later that someone rescued the Heavenly God General."

"The Heavenly God General was just a boy at the time; being treated like this, his heart must have been dead with despair."

Voices rang out one after another.

Chen Yan's deeds had spread throughout the human world.

The incident of him being locked in the dungeon by the Martial Suppression Bureau back then was known to the vast majority of people.

At this moment, just by watching, people could feel that despair Chen Yan felt at the time.

Ji Ling narrowed her eyes:

"Why would this appear on the firmament?"

Zhao Zhugui did not answer, but continued to look at the phantom on the firmament.

"Who can help me?"

The youth Chen Yan walked alone within the cold, damp dungeon.

"Father..."

"Teacher..."

He waited for a long time, seeing no way out.

"Who can help me..."

He murmured, clenching his fists.

Countless people watched this scene and could feel the despair Chen Yan felt at the time.

The Chen Yan of those years came from a poor background and had offended the Gong family; how could he ever have a chance to get ahead?

At that time, there was no one who could help him.

Yet, in the very next moment.

Boom!

The youth inside the dungeon suddenly threw a punch.

Sweat appeared on his forehead, and a blood-red light of Qi and blood exploded from his fist.

On the earth, someone exclaimed in astonishment:

"Is this... Limit-Breaking Awakening?"

A martial artist spoke up:

"Limit-Breaking Awakening?

Right, the Heavenly God General did indeed have a Limit-Breaking Awakening, but the Heavenly God General at this moment looks like he has no trace of cultivating Qi and blood at all."

A Creation Realm expert said:

"Limit-Breaking Awakening is not a matter of a single morning or moment; it takes years of effort to awaken.

Back then, the Heavenly God General was forced into a desperate situation, but a Limit-Breaking Awakening could not save him, because he could not awaken in such a short time."

Someone nodded.

Everyone knew the events that followed.

A man named Luo Puxin rescued Chen Yan.

But at that time, Chen Yan did not know, and could only punch arduously inside the dungeon.

He wanted to accomplish the impossible.

Although Chen Yan is the Master of Will, how old was he at the time?

Now that the evil rules have descended, people do not know why Chen Yan's past experiences have manifested as a phantom image in the firmament.

But when they see Chen Yan's face, they can feel a strong sense of peace.

The Heavenly God General never tasted defeat in his life.

He will surely be able to turn the tide.

Everyone continued to look toward the firmament.

"Who can save me..."

The youth Chen Yan threw punch after punch.

Punch!

Sweat appeared on his forehead, and veins bulged on his arms.

"Who can help me..."

He murmured.

Finally, at a certain moment.

His fists became more determined, more ruthless.

Sparks of fire burst forth from his body.

"Can you help me? Chen Yan."

He kept punching, and the only thing responding to him was himself.

Seeing this, people gradually opened their mouths wide.

He was placed within a dark cage, his voice hoarse.

"My dignity is not worth one thousand... one thousand..."

He punched like a madman.

"One thousand... one thousand..."

On the earth, people watched this scene in astonishment.

Everyone could feel the pain Chen Yan was experiencing at this moment.

It was as if everyone saw a blade of grass on the vast earth, unwilling to wither, swaying frantically.

Within Jin Province.

A man named Chen Yuhu was already weeping uncontrollably.

That night, it was he and Luo Puxin who had personally gone to retrieve Chen Yan.

But he had not expected that his own son had actually achieved this step inside the dungeon.

"Brother..."

Chen Yu was on the verge of tears, two lines of tears flowing down her cheeks.

So her own brother had once been so lost and in pain.

Inside the phantom image.

He kept punching, and punching.

On the earth, tears appeared in some people's eyes.

They did not understand what could have forced a young man to this point.

People watched blankly.

Those martial artists who had originally said it was impossible for Chen Yan to succeed in his Limit-Breaking closed their mouths one by one.

Because, in the end, they saw cold air emerging from Chen Yan's body.

That was the Yin-Stagnation Qi and blood gifted by Zhou Ming.

No one knew.

It turned out that someone could awaken a Limit-Breaking in a single night!

People clearly heard the voice from his mouth.

"Can this cage lock me in?"

Ji Ling narrowed her eyes.

"Did you... really break your limit in a single night back then?"

Her breathing was somewhat trembling.

This was something that had never happened in history.

Yet, who in the world didn't know that Chen Yan's talent was actually not the most top-tier.

Zhao Zhugui did not answer.

Ji Ling fell silent.

She only felt that there was a destined fate in the dark.

While she was still sitting securely on her throne, a madman whom the five clans could not overcome was already growing rapidly in the distant Yunmeng of the Great Xia.

"I know now..."

Zhao Zhugui spoke abruptly.

"Know what?"

Zhao Zhugui, however, did not answer.

All of this was Jilie's doing.

In Jilie's eyes, the human world was nothing but a plaything.

Chen Yan was currently the number one powerhouse of the human race.

He was a deity in the hearts of countless people.

Jilie wanted to bring the most desperate scene to all living beings at the moment when their faith in Chen Yan reached its climax.

That was for Chen Yan's true self to degenerate into an Ancient God.

This was the simplest form of teasing and mockery.

Jilie was right there, looking down at the terrified and bewildered human beings.

The reason Jilie knew this scene would happen.

Was also because 【Unity】 was gazing at the top fifty powerhouses of the human world at every moment.

The one who bestowed the Yin-Zhe upon Chen Yan back then was precisely the Sun of the Bright Xia Continent.

At this moment, above the sky.

The phantom changed once again.

It turned into a vast expanse of ice and snow.

A young man was walking alone in the cold wind.

"Brother, can I help you?"

Behind him, Chen Yu spoke softly.

"Be good, just stay there, don't come over."

The young Chen Yan spoke:

"The path of Martial Dao is to contend with others, to contend with the world, and even more so, it is a path of seeking one's self."

He looked beneath the ice, where there was a goat Ancient God-Beast.

"Blindly seeking strength is meaningless."

On the earth, people watched this scene.

"That is the Yunmeng City Heaven's Pride Trial!"

"The Heavenly God General was only seventeen years old back then."

"Back then, the Heavenly God General became the first in the Heaven's Pride Trial, and at the same time, he was still in the midst of a limit-breaking struggle with Chen Min."

People discussed, recalling Chen Yan's deeds from back then.

The next moment.

Under the horrified gaze of everyone.

Chen Yan broke the ice surface that suppressed the Ancient God-Beast and entered the ice cave.

And that goat Ancient God-Beast lunged toward Chen Yan.

"What is the Heavenly God General doing?"

"This... that is an Ancient God-Beast, the Heavenly God General back then was only at the Origin Realm, right?"

"No, the Heavenly God General back then was only at the Third Rank."

"It seems he was only at the Second Rank..."

People were shocked.

Yet they saw, just as Chen Yan was enveloped by malice.

Chen Yan's true self had an expression of extreme pain, and he began to mutter in a state of madness.

"I do not wish to see Zhou Lu appear again..."

"There is a world in my heart, a world without malice, very beautiful, very beautiful..."

He had already gone mad; he was being eroded by malice, and he was about to become a life form of another kind.

He whispered amidst endless torture:

"Speak my fate to Heaven and Earth, establish my heart with the Ten Thousand Dao Tree, break the shackles of the Ancient Gods, and cut down the injustices of the world!"

Under the gaze of people who were stunned to the extreme.

Invisible energy emerged from Chen Yan's physical body.

Chi chi chi...

The malice began to be devoured and extinguished.

Countless people held their breath.

They saw the true origin of the Dao of Will!