Chapter 474: Winds and Clouds Across the Lands, The Great Age to Come

This day.

Throughout the Great Xia, the eyes of the five clans shifted back and forth, constantly shocked.

Chen Yan and Bing Yi both appeared in the world.

One cultivated in the Great Xia Lord's temple with terrifying progress, while the other shocked the world amidst the slaughter of the five clans, erupting continuously.

Two heaven-gifted prodigies, at this moment, had erupted simultaneously as if by a fated appointment.

Both emerged from Yunmeng, and both surpassed all others of the same realm in a short period.

On the battlefield of Ji Province.

Cheers containing shock rang out one after another.

Shen Yiwei sat quietly inside a shattered building, pouring a cup of tea for Luo Puxin.

"Old Luo, your military merits should be enough for a Morning Star-grade healing treasure, right? Go and get your severed arm treated, or else use mine."

Luo Puxin drank the tea and shook his head:

"Treasures should be used by those who are useful. I'm still wondering why Chen Yan gave me a Morning Star-grade Earth Spirit; it's a waste. I'll just tag along with you, and when I can't fight anymore, I'll go back to Green Mountain Town."

Luo Puxin was from Green Mountain Town and had once been a famous genius there; to Green Mountain Town, Luo Puxin was already a person standing at the peak.

"Chen Yan, that kid..."

Luo Puxin laughed:

"I used to think that when I retired and returned home, the people of Green Mountain Town would line the streets to welcome me. Who would have thought that Green Mountain Town would produce a Divine General!

I, Old Luo, have lost face all of a sudden."

Shen Yiwei smiled faintly:

"He was unearthed by you. As for the beginning of Chen Yan's martial path, you, Old Luo, deserve much of the credit."

Luo Puxin sipped his tea and smiled:

"I'm not cut out for it. I haven't awakened the Will Martial Path either. I'm a person without will; I can't endure too much suffering.

Back then..."

His eyes flickered; back then, he killed the head of the Chu family in the street for Chen Yan's sake.

He acted personally to tell that youth oppressed by the noble families that as long as one had strength, one could be fearless.

Facts proved that the youth had done it, and done it very well.

"That Bing Yi from the five clans is also not bad—Yu Yi, son of the Yu Lord, borrowing another one of Chen Yan's identities," Shen Yiwei said.

"Hmm." Luo Puxin nodded:

"But he can't compare to Chen Yan. How could he compare to Chen Yan? With one punch, he smashed the five clans' Collapse Jade Style. That is the invincible prodigy I excavated!"

Luo Puxin laughed out loud and looked at Shen Yiwei:

"You don't seem to have slept at all. Look at your dark circles; you're a Fifth-Order, how did your eyes get so dark?"

"I haven't slept," Shen Yiwei sighed:

"Back in Yunmeng City, I couldn't sleep. Later, when Chen Yan had an accident in the college entrance examination secret realm, I couldn't sleep even more, until now, when I became a Vanguard General.

Although it's all not sleeping, the meaning is already different. Now, I am nurturing a sword."

"Nurturing a sword?" Luo Puxin was surprised.

"Hmm." A sharp light appeared in Shen Yiwei's eyes:

"Nurturing a sword soul capable of slaying Chen Changyuan. Zhang Ting said he would kill Chen Changyuan, but I feel that the one to kill Chen Changyuan must be me."

Luo Puxin was greatly shocked:

"Your sword soul is about to be completed?"

Shen Yiwei shook his head:

"Not yet, but I must thank Chen Yan."

He smiled faintly. He, Shen Yiwei, had the ability but was unable to strike at the Gong family due to various matters.

And Chen Yan was clean and decisive.

That day, he thoroughly recognized himself.

It wasn't Chen Changyuan or Zhang Ting who crippled him, Shen Yiwei; it was himself.

"I will use my sword to destroy Chen Changyuan. In the past, he slashed my realm; in the days to come, I will slash him into reincarnation!"

As Shen Yiwei spoke, he looked at Luo Puxin, staring fixedly:

"I feel that Chen Yan has been disappointed in me; he must have been disappointed!"

"Old Shen, you..." Luo Puxin said with a complex expression.

Suddenly, the sound of blood and Qi roaring resounded from outside.

"Hahaha, I'm about to advance to the Fourth-Order!"

A loud laugh rang out. Luo Puxin looked over; it was actually Xu Di.

Xu Di stood in the high heavens, his eyes filled with tears.

He had actually advanced to the Origin Realm.

He had always thought he was trash.

On the ground, Li Qingyuan, Shao Hengyang, Shen Youning, Zhan Hui, and other prodigies of the New Dragon Guard watched.

They had grown a lot over these past few months; Shao Hengyang had even lost an eye.

"I don't want to believe it, even Xu Di can advance to the Fourth-Order!" Zhan Hui was stunned.

Inside the room, Luo Puxin was shocked:

"Xu Di accidentally killed a heavily injured Fifth-Order before and took the opportunity; he's actually about to charge into the Origin Realm. Old Shen..."

Shen Yiwei, however, was still smiling:

"I cannot let people look down on me, especially Chen Yan!"

Shen Yiwei's voice reverberated.

The next moment, powerful auras gradually erupted from his body.

A brilliant radiance exploded within the entirety of Moshan Pass, which had been reduced to ruins by the war.

Roar, roar, roar!!!

The True Dragon Dharma Form emerges, the True Essence Dharma Form emerges, the Mind Power Divine Soul emerges!

A million soldiers looked over in unison, all of them shocked.

Xu Di was stunned; he was still showing off before the crowd, drawing the shock of countless people.

But at this moment, Shen Yiwei's momentum completely overwhelmed him.

Xu Di gritted his teeth, feeling even indignant.

Yet, look.

Shen Yiwei rose from the earth, gale winds howling, as countless blood-colored sword lights erupted from his body, staining the firmament red.

"Today, I, Shen Yiwei, enter the sixth realm of the Martial Dao once more!"

His voice was resounding and filled with killing intent, like a god of slaughter.

It appeared!

His aura was changing, constantly rising.

He walked toward the high heavens step by step; the living beings on the earth watched with their hair standing on end—the sky had been stained red!

It was as if a blood-colored great sun had arrived.

His aura grew increasingly powerful, climbing continuously.

Until at a certain moment, it reached the peak of the sixth stage directly!

The prodigy of the past had returned once again!

Zhang Ting watched from afar, his gaze calm yet tinged with a hint of complexity.

Shen Yiwei had finally taken that step.

…………

Jin Province, inside a luxurious courtyard.

"Dad, I'm leaving."

Chen Yu stepped out of the room and waved to Chen Yuhu, who was in the kitchen.

"Little Yu, you're leaving too?" Chen Yuhu asked in surprise.

Little Yu had only arrived in Jin Province yesterday, and she was leaving today.

"Mm."

Chen Yu nodded, her eyes blinking brightly:

"Dad, don't worry about me."

She stuck out her tongue.

Chen Yuhu sighed inwardly; his own daughter seemed to be a genius as well.

He had no choice, knowing he could not hinder his children's path.

"Child..."

Chen Yuhu spoke with a complex expression:

"In our family, your brother bears the greatest pressure. You must be careful when you go out, otherwise your brother will worry too."

Chen Yu's expression tightened slightly, then she nodded solemnly:

"I will go to the Xia Lord Divine Temple one more time; if my older brother is still unavailable, I will leave directly."

"Good." Chen Yuhu nodded.

Chen Yu's figure flashed, and she left directly.

The moment Chen Yu turned around, her little face became somewhat solemn.

She always had a feeling that the person at the Xia Lord Divine Temple was not her older brother.

Chen Yu had gone to see Chen Yan before, but the high officials of the Xia Lord Divine Temple had rejected her directly.

Chen Yu felt uneasy.

She always felt a sense of insecurity, and it was growing stronger.

Perhaps all of this would be resolved at the Prodigy Tournament.

The young girl's heart was filled with tension, and that craving for strength grew deeper and deeper.

She had rejected the cultivation of the Xia Clan; there was a path she had to take waiting for her.

All this time, Chen Yu had never truly unleashed her potential, even though the red-skirted woman had identified her as a one-in-a-billion array prodigy.

"Master, I cannot wait any longer; let me go and accept that inheritance."

Chen Yu said in her heart.

"Have you thought it through? You are only sixteen years old." The red-skirted woman's voice even trembled slightly.

"I have thought it through." Chen Yu said firmly.

…………

Inside the cultivation room on Wanxiang Island.

Rumble!

The suction force from the Child Lamp was gradually weakening, and Chen Yan's complexion was also getting better and better.

After resting for a good while, Chen Yan finally broke free from the suction force completely.

He first lay on the ground, gasping for air in large gulps, as his Indomitable Will began to gradually revive his physical body.

That counterfeit had been thoroughly destroyed.

The Myriad Aspect Ants determined that the other party was the culprit behind the consumption of the Myriad Aspect Spirit Liquid, and they almost ground the bones to dust and scattered the ashes.

【Saint-Breaking Tree (Level 9): /

Break: 56/100

Store: 8887/100】

Chen Yan scanned the data panel of the Saint-Breaking Tree; the progress bar of the now Level 9 Saint-Breaking Tree had already passed the halfway mark.

A single Myriad Aspect Divine Fruit, plus the Myriad Aspect Spirit Liquid, brought Chen Yan a feeling that was almost transcendental.

Chen Yan looked at the 【Store】 Saint-Breaking Fruits; eighty-eight of them had now matured.

Every 【Store】 Saint-Breaking Fruit hung from the branches of the Saint-Breaking Tree, plump and full.

Within them, most were Body Tempering energy.

Inside Chen Yan's body, there was still a strand of blood-energy suppressed, which had been obtained after killing Chen Hong.

This was the reward from the Sub-Lamp.

This reward was thick to an exaggerated degree, comparable to forty Grade A Sun-Radiance blood-medicines.

It was enough for Chen Yan to condense about forty more True Essence Dharma Images.

Chen Yan pulled back his sleeve; on his forearm, the final black markings belonging to the Heaven's Pride Killing Array were slowly dissipating.

Chen Yan calculated the speed of the dissipation and determined that the next incoming counterfeit would arrive in three months.

That counterfeit was simulated by the Chen Clan, possessing the combat power Chen Yan had at the peak of the Fifth Rank.

At that time, he was only one step away from the Sixth Rank.

Chen Yan was not nervous; three months of time was enough for him to become much stronger.

As for now, Chen Yan chose to first absorb the 【Store】 Saint-Breaking Fruits and that strand of blood-energy from the Sub-Lamp reward.

After all, only by thoroughly transforming it into his own combat power would it truly belong to Chen Yan.

This cultivation session would not be short.

Chen Yan had just plucked a 【Store】 Saint-Breaking Fruit and begun to absorb it.

His heart sank.

As expected.

Although the 【Store】 Saint-Breaking Fruit was energy automatically stored by the Saint-Breaking Tree, logically speaking, it was no different from external medicinal energy.

But when Chen Yan absorbed the 【Store】 Saint-Breaking Fruit, it did not cause the Saint-Breaking Tree to produce 【Body】 or 【Power】 Saint-Breaking Fruits.

Chen Yan shook his head; in fact, it was reasonable, as the 【Store】 Saint-Breaking Fruit had already brought Chen Yan unimaginable gains.

He entered cultivation.

Time passed slowly.

One day.

Two days.

…………

Ten days.

On this day, good news arrived.

"Chi Yuexi of Chi Province has awakened Will Martial Dao!"

Chi Xun laughed out loud.

Beside him, Chen Qi and Ji Haiyi both had slight changes in their expressions.

"Congratulations." Chen Qi said with a not-so-pleasant expression; this Chi Xun had repeatedly interfered with his plan to execute Bing Yi.

Lu Jianxia and Ji Haiyi also offered their congratulations.

"Entering the first realm of Will Martial Dao, one's own strength will increase by onefold in all aspects; entering the middle stage will increase it by one and a half times, and reaching the peak will be three times." Ji Haiyi also laughed:

"With Chi Yuexi's strength greatly increased, perhaps she can advance one more spot from the sixth position of the first echelon."

"Mm." Chi Xun nodded with a smile.

Time continued to pass.

The fifteenth day of Chen Yan's seclusion.

Boom!

Great Xia, Tui Province.

A red light rose from the earth; within the red light, a left arm armor emitting black light was brewing.

This news spread in a short time; Great Xia was in an uproar, and the Five Clans were silent.

Above Myriad Aspect Island.

"The emergence of a Divine Armor part means Chen Yan's strength has advanced another step; once it is fully manifested, he will truly possess the combat power of a Divine General."

Lu Jianxia was silent, his mind shaken.

Chen Yan convening that Heaven's Pride Arena might not have been arrogance at all.

How much time had passed, and already three provincial governors were manufacturing Divine Armor for him.

"Lu Xunyang became a Divine General at the Sixth Rank and can fight those in the middle stage of the Creation Realm." Chen Qi's expression was ugly:

"Chen Yan should not have advanced to the Sixth Rank yet, but based on the strength he displayed when he appeared in Jin Province, he is already capable of fighting those in the early stage of the Creation Realm."

The hearts of Lu Jianxia, Ji Haiyi, and Chen Qi all sank.

Chen Yan's advancement was too terrifying.

Could it be that in a few months, he will truly possess the strength of Chen Yunyou, the number one on the Five Clans Ranking?

Ji Hai also frowned:

"Just how many Continent-Illuminating Realms does this Chen Yan need to craft a divine armor for him?

Back then, Lu Xunyang only required ten Continent-Illuminating Realms!"

Ji Hai also discovered the key point.

Chi Xun pursed his lips, his eyes glancing downward involuntarily.

He cursed under his breath.

That pervert you are all talking about is cultivating right down below.

"It will definitely be higher than ten continents; Chen Yan's brilliance is stronger than Lu Xunyang's was back then," Chen Qi said in a deep voice.

Lu Jianxia could no longer sit still:

"The Five Clans still have a genius capable of fighting the Creation Realm at the Fifth Order; he is currently suffering through the Heaven's Pride Killing Array!"

Chen Qi did not speak, merely sweeping a cold glance downward.

Bing Yi was indeed extraordinary.

That day, in Xiaoyang, he had personally seen a glimpse of Bing Yi's future, filled with endless murderous intent.

But Bing Yi had already become an enemy of the Chen Clan.

Lu Jianxia pursed her red lips, looking once more at the cultivation room below.

From beginning to end, Bing Yi had never shown her much joy.

This left her feeling somewhat bewildered and at a loss.