Chapter 362: In the Human World, a Supreme Talent is Gone

Zhu Lili, with her head of red hair, froze on the spot.

San Jin's flawless, fair face was like that of a porcelain doll, carrying a frozen sense of beauty.

Yet, those eyes, brimming with tears, flickered with an indescribable weariness and pain, making the scene filled with a tragic beauty.

"Chen Yan..."

Zhu Lili looked at the young man enveloped in green light; he wore a pitch-black General Star uniform, and his peerlessly handsome face was covered in bloodstains that spread like a spiderweb.

It was hard to imagine how much pain and struggle Chen Yan had endured before his death.

Yet, even so, this young man who had achieved the rank of Third-Tier General Star in such a short time now possessed no trace of life.

Even though the Bright Moon-grade healing treasure contained a terrifyingly dense and miraculous medicinal potency, it still could not cause a single ripple of life in the young man.

He clearly had not entered the Xunyang Tower before her, so why had he died here?

"He... she came from the third level of the Dream Abyss?" Zhu Lili spoke with difficulty, her red lips parting.

San Jin's body trembled, yet she continued to use her blood energy to control the medicinal liquid, preventing the medicinal potency shrouding Chen Yan from dissipating.

Zhu Lili's eyes flickered, her mind in turmoil.

She could guess everything Chen Yan had done before he died.

Struggling incessantly in the nightmare-like third level of the Dream Abyss, breaking through himself, and accomplishing what everyone thought impossible.

At the very last moment of his life, he had relied on a miraculous power to shatter the malicious barrier between the third level of the Dream Abyss and the real world.

Perhaps...

"Perhaps that aura of immortality from just now was emitted by him!"

Zhu Lili spoke, her voice turning hoarse.

San Jin nodded.

Zhu Lili's vermilion lips parted slightly, the melancholy in her eyes deepening.

This young man had obtained an Immortal Body at the very edge of life, yet he had still died.

How desperate this must be.

In the human world, a supreme talent is gone.

Zhu Lili thought as much.

The speed of Zhu Lili's heartbeat quickened slightly.

She couldn't put it into words, and her heart felt heavy; she had once admired him greatly as well.

"Do... do you still have... points?"

San Jin asked again, as if pleading.

Zhu Lili's expression was grim; she wanted to tell this desperate and beautiful girl the truth.

Chen Yan was already dead; no amount of precious medicine could bring Chen Yan back.

But the words reached her lips and she could not say them.

Zhu Lili pressed her lips together tightly and stepped forward.

Shortly after, the gatekeeper of the 190th floor of the Xunyang Tower appeared.

Zhu Lili unleashed her blood-colored gale and, after a long struggle, defeated the gatekeeper.

After the gatekeeper was defeated, a stream of Dao-Slaying points flowed into a Dao-Slaying Bamboo behind her.

With a thought, a solid orange-red jade box lay quietly in her hand.

"I have already used the points I obtained previously; that Dao-Slaying Bamboo just now had accumulated six hundred million points."

She took out the jade box and spoke with an incredibly complex expression:

"This is a Morning Star-grade B-tier healing treasure, the Life-Returning Spirit Medicine; the name is quite nice, I hope it is useful."

San Jin nodded forcefully:

"Thank you... thank you, I will... pay you back."

"No need."

Zhu Lili walked away slowly, heading to the staircase leading to the 191st floor.

She looked back once more at Chen Yan, a sudden look of sorrow appearing on her face:

"I hope he can survive; in this era, there are very, very few like him."

She said nothing more, even though she knew full well that the dead cannot return to life.

But she could not bring herself to say the words that would almost certainly shatter San Jin.

She did not know what had happened between San Jin and Chen Yan, nor did she want to know.

She let out a sudden, long sigh.

Perhaps she, too, wanted that young man to live again.

San Jin opened the 【Life-Returning Spirit Medicine】, and in an instant, the fragrant spiritual light rhymed into the ball of light enveloping Chen Yan.

San Jin widened her eyes, watching with hope.

Yet, this aura of spiritual medicine lingered outside Chen Yan's body and did not rhyme into him.

San Jin's expression froze; she was unwilling to give up.

Chen Yan had been able to pierce through the malicious barrier at the very moment of his death—this was a miracle that almost no one in the world could achieve.

She refused to believe that Chen Yan would die like this.

How could the young man who had carried her across the entire glacier die?

She burst into tears, the guilt in her heart almost overflowing.

But her previous experiences had tempered her originally fragile will like steel being forged in fire.

She would use every ounce of her strength to save Chen Yan.

This scene was perceived by Chen Yan.

He sighed in his heart.

His body was already dead; the current process of the Will Divine Body merging with his physical flesh was the process of bringing the flesh from death back to life.

This process would not be too long.

But it was not something that could be resolved in a short time either.

Once his flesh revived to the point where his fingers could move, Chen Yan would be able to use the Time Seed.

While storming the Seeking Sun Tower, Chen Yan had cultivated in a near-frantic, gulping manner.

Of the original ten Dao-Slashing Seeds, only the final one remained now.

The Dao-Enlightenment Seed had not been used, but only the final one remained as well.

As for the Time Seeds, Chen Yan still had nine.

Chen Yan had a feeling that the immortality of the Will Divine Body was slowly awakening his flesh.

At first, he had completely lost all perception.

But just now, he had been able to hear.

The healing spirit medicine that San Jin had used on him was not useless.

It was a Bright Moon-grade healing treasure medicine; although Chen Yan's already-dead body had absorbed less than one ten-thousandth of it, it had indeed accelerated the progress of his physical revival.

Outside, San Jin was still exhausting her mental energy to treat Chen Yan.

Chen Yan's own consciousness had arrived at the Saint-Breaking Realm.

Within that deep and boundless Saint-Breaking Realm.

This place seemed forgotten by time, so quiet that one could hear the sound of dust landing.

The Saint-Breaking Ancient Tree stood alone; its branches were coiled like dragons, and though the ancient tree was lush and leafy, it remained vibrant despite being in the darkness.

Chen Yan had previously had his true self contend with his will, and by now, he had forgotten exactly how many Saint-Breaking Fruits he had consumed.

He looked at the progress panel.

【Saint-Breaking Tree (Level 7): 486/500】

During one tower-storming session, Chen Yan had obtained over four billion Dao-Slashing points, which he had exchanged for treasure medicines for Qi-blood and tempering.

This had greatly increased the strength of Chen Yan's physical body.

The path of tempering had already reached its origin.

As for the path of Qi-blood, the entire right arm of the Origin Divine Body had been completely forged.

And this was not even the greatest output of the Saint-Breaking Tree.

【Break: 342/100】

Chen Yan's gaze turned to a gnarled branch, where three fruits radiating a cyan-blue glow were round and plump.

There were four 【Break】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits in total, three of which had completely matured.

In other words, Chen Yan could use the 【Break】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits to turn three energy-type fruits into one hundred.

This was directly equivalent to three Bright Moon-grade treasure medicines.

Chen Yan decided to use one on the 【Will】 character fruit; Chen Yan's spear will was only at the fifth grade until now.

A fifth-grade spear will provided no boost to Chen Yan's strength at his current stage.

As for the True Realm, Chen Yan did not have an opportunity for enlightenment at the moment, so he did not dwell on it.

As for the other two, Chen Yan planned to use them on the 【Array】 and 【Technique】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits.

On one hand, to improve his proficiency in the 【Illusion Ripple Abyss Domain】, and on the other, to improve the grade of his own deep-sea patterns.

This was Chen Yan's plan for the development of his own strength.

The path of will was one that coordinated all paths, so Chen Yan's power could not rely on will alone.

There was also Chen Yan's second realm.

The Establishment Realm.

The most obvious manifestation of the Establishment Realm of the path of will was the appearance of the Will Divine Body.

The Will Divine Body would grant the will-martial artist the characteristic of immortality.

That is to say, as long as the Will Divine Body was not destroyed, even if the martial artist's flesh was shattered, or their Qi-blood was shattered, or their mental power was shattered.

They could all be reborn through the effect of the Will Divine Body.

But dying and coming back to life—that point was impossible to achieve.

At the very least, Chen Yan would not go looking for death.

As the Master of Will, Chen Yan had used his own death to bring about the immortal characteristic of the Will Divine Body.

At the moment of death, his will had reached its most soaring state.

This was fearlessness in the face of death, sacrificing oneself to seek the Dao.

But this revival still had some controllable factors; for instance, the integrity of his physical body had been maintained throughout.

Chen Yan did not know if one could still be revived if their physical body were ground into powder.

He hadn't tried it, didn't know, and didn't want to try.

Perhaps, after the path of will became widespread, there would be people willing to try.

It would be best not to try.

As the Master of Will, Chen Yan had also recognized the truth.

The path of will would likely be the martial path with the highest threshold.

Even in the present world, there would not be many people who could enter the path of will.

Because it was too difficult.

Especially the second realm, the Establishment Realm.

Chen Yan estimated that among the people he knew, the one with the most hope of entering the Establishment Realm was Chen Min.

His physical body was still slowly recovering.

His martial path meridians were also pitch black, waiting for a complete recovery.

Chen Yan had nothing to do.

However, it could also be considered a good thing.

Rest.

Since entering the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm, Chen Yan had spent all his time in life-and-death struggles.

He had not rested well, especially in the Xunyang Tower, where he had exhausted his entire life force.

Remaining like this, with his will tightly coiled, was not a good thing.

Chen Yan began to look back on the past, beginning to review everything he had experienced within the entire College Entrance Examination Secret Realm.

As for San Jin, Chen Yan could not change what the other party was thinking or feeling now, so he would not bother with it.

This was one of his strengths; he would never waste time on things he could not change.

Even so, his heart still felt warm.

San Jin's will was still a bit weak, but the experience of the entire third layer of the Dream Abyss was enough to allow them to grow.

Chen Yan thought to himself.

…………

Inside the two hundred and thirty-first floor.

The pressure belonging to the path of will, the Speech Realm, radiated from Yu Changsheng's body.

"A double combat power bonus, plus a peculiar pressure, and a keen perception of malice."

Yu Changsheng began to focus on himself; he stretched out his hand, and the faint pressure of his will flowed in his palm like clear light.

"This newborn martial path should be an auxiliary martial path, yet it can assist in all aspects of combat power.

Very strong!"

He laughed softly:

"My strength has greatly increased now; everyone in this place added together would not be my opponent."

His eyes bloomed with sharp light; it was time to execute his plan.

That was, to escape the control of Chen Changyuan.

He had already deployed the Soul-Severing Array, isolating the main body's control over the split soul.

When the time came, once he left the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm, he would instantly flee into the void.

Among the examinees who entered the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm, there was a spy from the Ji family.

It was not Ma Tianyin, but a more powerful and secretive examinee.

Yu Changsheng had searched for a long time before finding out who the other party was.

He had already made a deal with that examinee; the other party abandoned their own mission and directly forfeited to leave.

The purpose was to tip off the Ji clansmen.

What Yu Changsheng had to do was to use all his strength to leave Xiaoyang the very first moment he left the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm.

By then, the Ji family would have experts waiting outside to receive him.

He was the second Chen Changyuan, even though Chen Changyuan had sealed away many of his memories.

But he still mastered Chen Changyuan's Sword Realm, the two Great Xia Four Blood Arts that Chen Changyuan had mastered, and the 【Youlan】 he had obtained.

The Ji family was willing to let him become the second Chen Changyuan, and even surpass Chen Changyuan.

A trace of coldness appeared in Yu Changsheng's eyes:

"I am you, and you are me, but you still do not understand yourself enough."

At this moment, everything was prepared.

Only one last thing remained.

Yu Changsheng smiled faintly.

Xun Ting.

That piece of Xun Ting Thunder Spirit on the two hundred and fifty-first floor of the Xunyang Tower.

He wanted to use Xun Ting to escape, and he also wanted to use Xun Ting to deploy a powerful array within the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm!

That was the key that would make him completely become an absolute powerhouse.

…………

Time passed slowly.

Qiu Changji also broke through to the one hundred and ninetieth floor.

He was stunned at first, countless questions flashing through his mind.

But when he saw Chen Yan's already dead physical body, all the questions became unimportant.

He took a deep breath; the young man who had made him extremely furious these past few days had actually died, and in such a bizarre way.

Qiu Changji's expression was indifferent, and he prepared to leave.

Dead meant exiting this game of Great Xia; there was no longer any qualification to make him feel any emotion.

"You... can you use your points to exchange for healing treasures?" San Jin asked with longing:

"I will return... to you, several times over... return it to you."

Qiu Changji was stunned; he glanced at Chen Yan, then his gaze locked onto the cluster of green light enveloping Chen Yan.

At this moment, his eyes suddenly trembled:

"A Bright Moon-grade healing elixir, and you're using it to save a dead man!?"

A look of covetousness appeared in Qiu Changji's eyes; he carefully discerned that this was truly a Bright Moon-grade medicinal treasure.

Billions of Dao-Slashing points.

Selling it would provide immense resources, enough to exchange for two Grade-D Bright Moon-grade cultivation treasures.

To him, this was a heaven-sent opportunity!

Deep within his mind, a thought of greed surfaced in an instant.

The 1.5 billion points from the first level of the Dream Abyss should have belonged to him, but Chen Yan had beaten him to it, causing his efforts to fall short at the final hurdle.

Chen Yan was already dead; even if San Jin forced this mass of healing elixir into Chen Yan's body, it would be useless.

If only...

A curve appeared at the corner of Qiu Changji's mouth.

Hum!

A streak of green light suddenly emerged from the woman behind him.

That good-looking girl with twin tails did not look at him, continuing to control the aura of the medicinal treasure so it would be absorbed by Chen Yan's physical body.

But at this moment, a terrifying killing intent suddenly overflowed from her.

It was this killing intent that made Qiu Changji's heart tremble, and his face turned deathly pale.

Such a terrifying aura!

This aura could kill him in an instant!

The greed in Qiu Changji's mind was extinguished by this killing intent, and he hurriedly turned and walked toward the upper levels.

Walking all the way to the corner, he shouted in a low voice:

"He is already dead; you are wasting your effort!"

San Jin's expression turned ugly to the extreme; she looked at Chen Yan tremblingly, her vermilion lips parting.

The next moment, she used her lifeblood to wrap around Chen Yan and the mass of medicinal aura, passed through the tower window, and flew toward the outside world.

In an instant, there was an uproar outside.