Chapter 450: The Other Side of the World

Chen Yan's body overflowed with precious light, his entire being becoming crystalline and translucent, flickering with chill and wild thunder.

Just by challenging, one could gain such harvests; Chen Yan had definitely found a secret treasure for amassing wealth.

Cultivating with precious medicine is far more rapid than cultivating without it.

All martial artists pursue nothing more than opportunity throughout their lives.

Of course, opportunity also depends on the person.

If a person's aptitude is very poor and their absorption speed is very poor, then this share of Sun-Grade D-tier precious medicine energy would be enough for them to absorb for several years, or even a decade.

Powerful blood-energy arts, a strong physical foundation, and willpower are indispensable on the path of cultivation.

The further one goes, the greater the gap revealed by the quality of one's foundation.

And Chen Yan, he still had the Saint-Breaking Tree.

The Saint-Breaking Tree could allow Chen Yan's harvest to double.

The precious medicine aura, concentrated to the extreme, was continuously digested and transformed by Chen Yan's physical body; every single particle of his body was blooming with brilliant radiance.

His physical body was developing toward divinity.

The more solid his True Essence Dharma Form became, the more Chen Yan's body would manifest a momentum not possessed by living beings.

Behind Chen Yan, that True Essence Dharma Form became completely solid.

As time slowly passed, the phantom of a second True Essence Dharma Form appeared.

It was like a second star.

No.

It was the miniature of a star.

Within the True Essence Dharma Form, there were blurred lands and oceans, wind, clouds, and mountain ranges.

When a martial artist of the blood-energy path enters the fifth realm, the Dharma-True Realm, their connection with heaven and earth becomes increasingly deep, moving toward a state where the Dao follows nature.

With a wave of the hand, the power of heaven and earth erupts.

This is the formidable aspect of the Dharma-True Realm.

But, no matter how high the realm, it also depends on the bonuses from other martial paths.

Lu Fungsang was a first-tier expert of the fifth rank, dual-cultivating blood-energy and hard-body tempering, yet he could still be killed by Chen Yan.

This is because the bonuses to Chen Yan's combat power from other martial paths were too great.

The deeper Chen Yan's foundation in blood-energy and hard-body tempering martial paths became, the more powerful the combat strength he displayed.

"It's a pity I don't have a sufficiently powerful blood-energy martial technique."

Chen Yan murmured, thinking of the 【Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill】.

This was a martial technique engraved upon the sub-lamp of the Calamity Corpse Divine Lamp.

And it was a divine technique!

The pinnacle of martial techniques.

But the sub-lamp only had the opening stance engraved on it.

Chen Yan had studied it for a long time within the Thunder-Strike Treasure Land, but could only grasp a vague understanding.

The 【Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill】, as its name suggests, can create shadows.

Combat shadows with the same strength as the original, which cannot exist for long, but can indeed reach a level close to the original's strength.

It seems like a very ordinary effect.

But what if it were used by an eighth-rank expert?

The pinnacle of 【Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill】 is one thousand combat clones.

If the Blood Sword Saint learned this, what would happen if he unleashed one thousand eighth-rank clones with his own strength during battle?

That would almost possess the power to destroy the world.

This is a divine technique!

A powerful, supreme divine technique that, once learned, can change the landscape of an entire world.

Chen Yan shook his head; the fantasy had caused his thoughts to drift.

What he needed to do now was to properly strengthen his own foundation.

Meanwhile.

Inside Myriad-Aspect Island.

Chen Changyuan was covered in blood, sword light scattering as he fled like a streak of light through the boundless void of malice.

"Damn it, damn it!"

Blood spilled from the corners of Chen Changyuan's mouth as he roared incessantly.

He was being hunted by several top-tier experts from the Five Clans Ranking, having fallen into dangerous situations several times, nearly dying.

It was all because of Bing Yi!

Chen Changyuan hated her to the core.

Yet, at this very moment.

Suddenly.

With a boom.

The wind and clouds changed abruptly; the originally azure sky seemed to be torn open by an invisible giant hand.

Immediately following, a massive shadow that blotted out the sky descended with the force of ten thousand jun.

Chen Changyuan's gaze turned sharp in an instant as he looked upward.

He saw a finger as massive as a mountain range descending instantly, every texture resembling a deep ravine or giant valley.

It was going to completely crush Chen Changyuan at this moment.

"Lu Mingyuan, you are determined to be my enemy to the end!" Chen Changyuan roared.

Among the pursuers, the one who attacked him most viciously was this Lu Mingyuan.

Third in the first echelon, possessing formidable strength.

"You are worth ten Sun-Radiance Grade precious medicines!" A vast voice came from above the vault of heaven; Lu Mingyuan stood upon the clouds like a god-king, raised a finger, and pointed it out:

"Chaos Heaven-Eroding Art, Annihilate!"

Boom!

The giant finger that covered the firmament descended, and countless terrifying wind waves burst forth continuously.

Chen Changyuan's gaze was sharp to the extreme; at this moment, under the crushing pressure of the giant finger, he closed his eyes, malice overflowing between his brows as if he were about to erupt with a powerful martial technique in the next instant.

Yet, at this very moment.

Thump!

In the void in the distance, someone came walking with hands behind their back.

The void seemed to be frozen; that person stepped down with one foot, and ripples surged through the void.

Both Chen Changyuan and that finger of Lu Mingyuan were instantly frozen in place.

"Chen Yunyou, you want to protect him?!" Lu Mingyuan shouted in a low voice.

Yet, looking at the person who had arrived, it was indeed the first in the first echelon, Chen Yunyou.

"Scram." Chen Yunyou spoke indifferently.

Lu Mingyuan's gaze trembled, and he followed up with a low roar:

"You think I am afraid of you!"

Yet in the next instant, Lu Mingyuan's gaze trembled; Chen Yunyou had suddenly appeared before him.

"You should be afraid."

Chen Yunyou spoke coldly and reached out a hand.

"You!"

Lu Mingyuan's expression flickered, and he prepared to retreat explosively in an instant.

Roar!!!

A terrifying dragon's cry resounded through heaven and earth.

Behind Chen Yunyou, countless True Dragon Dharma manifestations suddenly appeared.

Dense, swarming giant dragons galloped, almost occupying the entire sky.

Ten thousand!

Ten thousand True Dragon Dharma manifestations!

These True Dragon Dharma manifestations only appeared for an instant before condensing into a single, massive giant golden-body Dharma manifestation.

"How is this possible!"

Lu Mingyuan roared, shocked and terrified.

Ten thousand True Dragon Dharma manifestations—how did this Chen Yunyou cultivate them?

But in the next instant, Chen Yunyou's hand had already grabbed him.

With a squelch, it tore through Lu Mingyuan's neck, and blood splattered.

Chen Yunyou waved a hand, and Lu Mingyuan's body was thrown directly out of Ten Thousand Manifestations Island.

All around, every living being watching this scene was shocked.

This is the number one of the Five Clans Ranking!

This is the number one heaven-gifted talent of the Five Clans!

High above in the sky, Lu Jianxia caught Lu Mingyuan's broken body, his expression terrifyingly gloomy.

Chen Yunyou, however, looked indifferently at Chen Changyuan:

"We are even now; from here on, we have no further connection."

Chen Changyuan's gaze tightened, and he immediately fled.

"Chen Yunyou!"

High above in the sky, Lu Jianxia shouted in a low voice:

"You want to kill?!"

"Lu Mingyuan is not dead yet," Chen Yunyou said coldly:

"He is too weak. I am first, he is third; how could he be this weak?"

Having said this, Chen Yunyou prepared to leave immediately.

Indifferent, overbearing.

Chen Yunyou did not put Lu Jianxia in his eyes at all.

Even though he was currently only at the early stage of the Creation Realm, it would not take long before he could defeat the peak Creation Realm Lu Jianxia.

Chen Province was, after all, the strongest of the four provinces today.

And he, Chen Yunyou, was the son of the Chen Lord.

On the ground, a dark, oppressive malice enveloped the forest.

Suddenly, thousands of living beings, scantily clad, filthy, and even of various shapes not resembling humans, walked out.

The elder in the lead, covered in black markings, knelt and bowed to Chen Yunyou in the high sky:

"Outside powerhouse, please help us; the Ancient God Beast is going to eat all of us."

Chen Yunyou swept a glance over them indifferently.

These were the natives of Ten Thousand Manifestations Island, and their strength was actually not weak.

After all, to have survived under this level of malice, they wouldn't be very weak.

But these living beings have also been tortured by the malice to the point of being unrecognizable, to the extent that they can no longer even be called human.

"Great Son of God, we beg you to save our Great Xia compatriots."

"We beg you, save my mother."

"We beg you."

Sounds of wailing rose up one after another.

A look of intense disgust appeared in Chen Yunyou's eyes, and with a flash of his figure, he left directly.

The living beings upon the earth all began to weep.

"Clan Leader, what do we do? They are all so powerful, but no one is willing to help us."

A girl with a tumor growing on her head and a height of only one meter wailed in despair.

The old man, whose entire body was covered in black markings, sat on the ground in despair at this moment.

"We... we are truly finished."

High above, one after another, the Five Clans Ranking prodigies flew past and saw this scene.

Some showed disdain, some covered their noses in disgust, and some pondered killing them, but were somewhat wary.

Ten Thousand Aspects Island originally belonged to Great Xia.

But a thousand years ago, a powerful malice suddenly erupted; overnight, millions of islanders perished, and strange occurrences took place.

Later, this place developed powerful rule restrictions and was occupied by the Chen Clan.

At this moment.

In the eyes of these Five Clans Ranking prodigies, commoners were inherently lowly.

Great Xia was an even lower race.

Those Great Xia islanders who had become Ancient God Beasts were the lowliest of the low.

The Five Clans were noble.

High above, Ji Haiyi, Chen Qi, and Lu Jianxia did not pay any attention to these islanders.

"Is Chen Yunyou also a Realm-Breaking prodigy?" Chi Xun asked:

"Historical records state that Lu Xunyang once condensed nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine True Dragon Dharma Images in the Sixth Realm, the Solitary Self Realm.

How did he reach over ten thousand?"

Chen Qi did not speak; he remained silent, as he actually only just found out now as well.

Chen Yunyou is the son of the Chen Lord.

How the other party reached this level, he did not know either.

Lu Jianxia, however, kept a gloomy expression; Lu Mingyuan had been beaten to the point of near death.

Chen Yunyou had held nothing back when he struck.

If she had not been there, he might have killed Lu Mingyuan directly.

"Damn it!" Lu Jianxia probed Lu Mingyuan's broken body:

"The origin space of his brain's Qi-blood path has been shattered; it will take at least fifty years to repair!"

Chen Qi raised his eyebrows slightly:

"On the Five Clans Ranking, a bit of competition is normal."

Lu Jianxia gritted her teeth.

Time passed slowly.

Five days later, Chen Yan finally completely digested this powerful Qi-blood energy.

Behind Chen Yan, three True Essence Dharma Images floated slowly, overflowing with starlight.

Within five days, Chen Yan's strength in the Qi-blood path had increased to three times what it was before.

【Saint-Breaking Tree (Level 9): 189/】

The Saint-Breaking Tree produced one hundred and seventy-four 【Blood】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits at once.

Of course, there were also 【Storage】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits.

Chen Yan looked at the Saint-Breaking Tree.

On a thick branch, a gray fruit was oval-shaped, with fine and irregular textures on its surface.

This gray fruit was larger than the average Saint-Breaking Fruit.

But it was not yet ripe.

【Storage: 1/100】

That's right, only one percent.

If this 【Storage】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit were to ripen, it would likely be the size of a sack.

While Chen Yan was cultivating, this 【Storage】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit was absorbing the Qi-blood and body-tempering energy in the air at twice Chen Yan's absorption speed.

In five days, the Storage character Saint-Breaking Fruit had also absorbed nearly half a Bright Moon-grade D-tier Qi-blood energy and half a Bright Moon-grade D-tier body-tempering energy.

It is just that the malice and energy opportunities in the air here are considered shallow; only by continuing north will the malice and energy opportunities become increasingly dense.

Chen Yan set off.

With a burst of thunder, he flew into the high sky.

This entire Ten Thousand Aspects Island is very large, almost the size of Qinzhou.

As Chen Yan moved north, the malice in the air became more and more intense, and the energy opportunities increased accordingly.

Yet at this moment.

Within his Martial Dao meridians, new meridian tips suddenly emerged.

High in the sky, the laughter of Chen Qi rang out:

"Chen Shuyao of my Chen Clan has awakened the Will Martial Dao!"

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes.

Chen Shuyao, eighth in the second echelon.

If one does not count Ice Will, she is indeed the first in the five clans to awaken the Will Martial Dao for a reason.

However, the fact that she could awaken the Will Martial Dao has a great deal to do with Chen Yan.

Everything is simply because Chen Yan left the Great Xia and came to the outside world.

The rules of this world are adapting to the emergence of the Will Martial Dao.

Chen Yan practiced as he walked.

The growth speed of the 【Storage】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit had indeed increased quite a bit.

It is estimated that once Chen Yan reaches the center of Myriad Image Island,

the 【Storage】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit will be able to increase by one percent every hour.

However, Chen Yan did not absorb the body-tempering energy.

The process of physical strengthening can be seen by Chen Qi and the others above.

At this moment, Chen Yan was focused on cultivating blood-energy.

One by one, the 【Blood】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits were growing rapidly.

Chen Yan was anxious; he wanted to reach the location where the malice was most intense as soon as possible.

Just at this moment, Chen Yan's voice paused; he saw a figure walking over in the gray, hazy space high in the distance.

"Ice Will, I have been waiting for you."

A crisp laugh rang out, and a pleasant-looking woman stepped through the void toward him.

"Fifteenth in the second echelon, Chen Youyi."

The girl named Chen Youyi bowed slightly to Chen Yan:

"I heard that it is easier to awaken the Will Martial Dao by staying by the side of a Will Martial Artist, so I came to find you."

Chen Yan's gaze was calm; he did not intend to pay her any mind.

Chen Youyi, however, smiled lightly:

"Chen Changyuan is not dead; he has Chen Yunyou protecting him. If he encounters you, he might make a move against you. I can help you."

Chen Yan frowned slightly:

"Princess Lu Jianxia can protect me."

Chen Youyi said quietly:

"Princess Lu Jianxia can indeed protect you here, but the further north you go, the greater the restrictions Myriad Image Island places on outsiders; even Princess Jianxia cannot enter the northern part of Myriad Image Island."

Chen Yan frowned; he did not know about this.

"This is true. In the far north of Myriad Image Island, there is a Myriad Image Tower. Unless one is a holder of a Child Lamp, no one else can approach, including me."

Lu Jianxia's voice came from high above.

The meaning was clear: she wanted Ice Will and Chen Youyi to travel together.

"Fine." Chen Yan nodded; he truly did not sense any hostility from this Chen Youyi.

Chen Youyi smiled lightly:

"I have a teleportation formation; it can save my life."

Chen Yan nodded, and the two continued walking toward the north.

"Yu Will, I think I will still call you Ice Will."

Chen Youyi smiled: "What is the Yu Province like now?"

Chen Yan did not speak; how could he possibly know?

What he was thinking about now was still Chen Changyuan.

This person is a massive threat.

Why would Chen Yunyou want to protect him?

Seeing that Chen Yan did not answer, Chen Youyi did not speak again, though she was muttering to herself in her heart.

Elder Chen Qi told her to get close to Ice Will, but this Ice Will does not seem to care about women.

Chen Province has a Beauty Ranking, and she, Chen Youyi, is one of those on the list.

The two continued to fly.

On the ground, a group of people suddenly appeared.

An old man at the head of the group spoke to Chen Yan:

"Lord God-Child, can you please save us? The Ancient God-Beasts are about to completely wipe us out."

Chen Yan swept his gaze down; these people looked different from one another.

Some had even grown structures that did not belong to humans.

A trace of disgust appeared in Chen Youyi's eyes, and with a wave of her hand, a beam of light-flame was prepared to be unleashed:

"Scram!"

Chen Yan waved his hand, stopping Chen Youyi's action, and flew toward the ground:

"Where are the Ancient God-Beasts?"

Chen Yan still remembered what Lu Jianxia had said.

As long as one kills Ancient God-Beasts in this place, the eruption of the Ancient God-Beasts' malice will produce a great deal of energy opportunities.

Chen Yan looked at these people, his pitch-black eyes flickering.

These people, situated in such a place, actually already possess the characteristics of Ancient Divine Beasts, it is just that their minds have not yet been completely transformed.

He thought of Cheng Zizhen.

The other party had never believed that they themselves were an Ancient Divine Beast.

But then, this group of people saw Chen Yan descend, and at this moment, tears welled up in their eyes, and one by one, they knelt down directly.

Many people began to wail loudly.

"Right in front, behind that mountain."

The leading old man said with a sobbing tone; he could hardly believe it.

So many powerful outsiders had come today, and not one had paid them any mind; they were on the verge of despair.

Never did they expect that this masked Divine Son would be willing to help them.

Chen Youyi furrowed her brows, looked at Chen Yan, and advised:

"Bing Yi, there is no need to care about these people; they are all Great Xia people who are about to be transformed into Ancient Divine Beasts."

Chen Youyi stood quietly, her eyes originally bright and spirited, but at this moment, they seemed frozen by cold ice, filled with disdain and contempt.

"Great Xia people?" Chen Yan spoke, questioning.

"Yes, Myriad Aspect Island was originally an island belonging to Great Xia. Later, the malice erupted, tens of thousands of people died, Great Xia abandoned it, and the Chen Clan took over this island," Chen Youyi said:

"Inside Great Xia are all a bunch of lowly swine, dirty and foul-smelling."

She fanned the air in front of her nose, looking very serious.

Chen Yan's gaze was calm; Chen Youyi's hatred for Great Xia came from the depths of her heart.

At this moment, these thousands of people heard Chen Youyi's words and lowered their heads with pale faces.

They were terrified that this Divine Son would change his mind and stop helping them.

"Have you been to Great Xia?" Chen Yan asked.

"No," Chen Youyi laughed:

"Everyone says so, and the books from when I was a child recorded a lot of Great Xia's history; it's nauseating."

Chen Yan took to the air, flying toward the direction the old man had just pointed out.

Chen Youyi was somewhat annoyed by Bing Yi's current decision, but she still followed behind.

"Great Xia has also produced quite a few extraordinary people: Lu Xunyang, Chen Yan, Xia Hanzhou, and the Longevity King." Chen Yan said quietly.

"Lu Xunyang and Chen Yan are both people of the Five Clans, and besides, I heard that Chen Yan is just a lowly creature who only rose to prominence because he possessed my Chen Clan's bloodline.

He is simply incomparable to you," Chen Youyi chuckled:

"You are the son of the Universe Master, noble beyond compare; Chen Yan is like mud and filth, unworthy of being mentioned in the same breath as you."

Chen Yan was silent, brewing something in his heart.

…………

On the other side of the great mountain.

Was a village enveloped by pitch-black malice.

Chen Youyi covered her nose, even having a reaction of nausea.

As soon as Chen Yan stepped into the village, a thick, pungent, and choking smell of blood that made one want to retch rushed toward his face.

Everywhere was a shade of purple-black.

On the road, human corpse remains were scattered everywhere, with severed limbs and broken internal organs mixed together.

Stepping on them would produce a hair-raising, sticky sound.

Shifting his gaze to the wall, it was an even more tragic and inhumane scene.

One could see pieces of sun-dried flesh hanging there, the color of the meat turning dark and brown under the scorching sunlight.

"I'm not going in; it has a disgusting Great Xia stench," Chen Youyi said with disgust.

She was somewhat disappointed; what exactly was Bing Yi doing?

She didn't understand.

It was like being an idiot.

Was there any need to kill Ancient Divine Beasts for a group of things destined to become Ancient Divine Beasts?

Chen Yan's gaze was calm; he looked toward the high sky, seeing the four figures sitting cross-legged in the high heavens through layers of black mist.

At this moment, he finally understood where he was truly situated.

What kind of existences were the people around him, even if they were Eighth-Rank, even if they were at the peak of the Seventh-Rank.

He discovered that he was stupid to the extreme, and disgusted to the extreme.

His hatred came from the outside world, from Chen Qi, from Lu Jianxia, and even from himself.

Once, he had actually harbored a shred of fantasy about the Five Clans.

But the scene before him now left him unable to say anything more.

He, Chen Yan, was a genius, brilliant to the extreme, with invincible aptitude and an invincible will.

He had actually managed to lead Chen Qi around in circles.

But he was wrong.

Only now did he understand what kind of people he was truly facing.

They just watched, just watched indifferently, not caring at all.

Chen Yan himself was not a good person; who stipulated that a Master of Will must be a saint, a good person, or a great philanthropist?

He, Chen Yan, was definitely not a good person.

However, at this moment.

An extremely uncomfortable feeling arose from the bottom of his heart.

It is rage, it is killing intent, it is an endless chill.