Chapter 488: Between Life and Death, the Clans Tremble

"I declare my fate to Heaven and Earth, I establish my heart upon the Ten Thousand Daos, I shatter the shackles of the Ancient Gods, I strike down the injustices of the world!"

The voice entered the soul!

Countless people felt their bodies stiffen.

These were but four sentences, yet they contained unimaginable power.

How could a single person speak such words?

The ambition and fervor were unimaginable.

"Did Bing Yi truly say this?" Chen Qi spoke, his eyes trembling incessantly.

"Why would I lie to you!" Lu Jianxia replied.

"Where would ten million vengeful spirits come from?" Chen Qi only found it laughable; ten million vengeful spirits?

How could it be so exaggerated?

If Bing Yi could resist the erosion of ten million vengeful spirits, did that mean he was even stronger than Chen Yan's will?

"It is right beneath the Ten Thousand Appearances Divine Tree!" Lu Jianxia's voice rang out again.

Chen Qi's expression froze; he summoned a nearby Chen Clan prodigy and ordered them to enter the Ten Thousand Appearances Divine Tree.

Chi Xun and Ji Haiyi were also watching the real-time video feed.

They saw the Ten Thousand Appearances Ants, which had been nearly wiped out, and then arrived beneath the Ten Thousand Appearances Divine Tree, where they saw a dark, gloomy cave.

"There is nothing here," the Chen Clan prodigy said, but immediately frowned:

"Such thick, lingering resentment!"

They let out a near-scream; the mere residue of mental power made it impossible for them to remain there any longer.

Chen Qi froze in mid-air, mouth agape, as if wanting to say something, yet not a single word could be uttered.

Boom!

The low hum of the laws resonated once more.

"How did he do it? Isn't he supposed to be dying?" The shock on Ji Haiyi's face continued to accumulate, forming an extremely exaggerated expression by now.

How many times has Bing Yi broken through his realm?

The limit for the Dharma Truth Realm in the Blood and Qi path is three hundred and twenty-five True Essence Dharma Appearances, a record set by Xia Weimin.

For a thousand years, no one has broken it, not even once.

Chen Changyuan broke through at the Golden Body Realm in the Blood and Qi path, achieving four Golden Body crossings; everyone thought he could continue to break the limit.

After all, Chen Changyuan's foundation at the Golden Body Realm surpassed that of the Xia Weimin of those years.

Xia Weimin only achieved three Golden Body crossings.

But Chen Changyuan did not break the breakthrough record set by Xia Weimin at the Dharma Truth Realm.

Either Chen Changyuan did not build a good foundation at the fourth and fifth stages.

After all, no matter how outrageous your Golden Body Realm is, it does not mean your Dharma Truth Realm will be equally outrageous.

Or perhaps Xia Weimin's will and foundation at the fourth and fifth stages were even more profound back then.

In any case, the world knows that the Dharma Truth Realm is extremely difficult to break through.

But Bing Yi did it.

Even more exaggerated was the series of consecutive breakthroughs.

And yet, Bing Yi's current state is that he is about to die.

He is confined within the Divine General Temple, his own life slowly being ground away, yet he is creating a miracle at the very end of his life.

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The Brocade Palace, like a pitch-black giant beast sitting cross-legged between Heaven and Earth.

The steps in front of it were wrapped in thick, ink-like black fog, like a strange passage leading to an unknown abyss.

The thick fog churned, and countless strange, misshapen apparitions fell from within, twisting wantonly.

Chen Yunyou stepped onto the stairs, feeling a heart-piercing pain strike him.

He was being corroded by malice.

For a thousand years, the Chen Clan has sent people here many times, but no one has ever truly entered the Brocade Palace.

Chen Yunyou clenched his fists; compared to Bing Yi, what was he enduring?

The other is dying, yet still breaking through!

Even if Chen Yunyou is unwilling to admit it, Bing Yi has indeed brought him, the number one on the Five Clans Ranking, a strong sense of threat!

There was even an indescribable sense of oppression hanging over the heads of the other prodigies on the Five Clans Ranking.

Behind Chen Yunyou, the expressions of Ji Chuxi and Chi Yuexi fell silent.

The person they thought was about to die and not worth worrying about had actually brought such violent fluctuations to their hearts.

"Bing Yi, Chen Yan..."

Chi Yuexi murmured, concentrating.

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Boom!

The hum of the laws echoed throughout the entire Divine General Temple.

The five malicious little girls still tightly clinging to Chen Yan had blank expressions, completely unable to understand what was happening.

Behind Chen Yan, three hundred and thirty-seven True Essence Dharma Appearances manifested.

Only now did Chen Yan feel a trace of pressure.

He was already at the fifth Golden Body crossing; when entering the Origin Realm, his own Blood and Qi divine body had condensed from one hundred into one.

This was the foundation!

A powerful foundation allowed Chen Yan to break through naturally once he reached the limit of the Dharma Truth Realm with three hundred and twenty-five True Essence Dharma Images.

Only now could it be considered the true beginning of the breakthrough.

Before Chen Yan, one Primordial Heart Precious Herb had already withered, its entire blood-energy essence extracted by Chen Yan.

The other one also had only half of its blood-energy essence remaining.

However, it should be enough.

Chen Yan's entire body overflowed with malicious black smoke, and even within the True Dragon and Black Tortoise phantoms manifested by the 【Illusion Ripple Abyss Domain】, malicious smoke was constantly emerging.

Chen Yan's physical body was on the verge between deathly stillness and vitality; only the power of his will protected his brain well.

"Blood-energy is also the martial way of the physical body," Chen Yan whispered:

"Qi is the commander of blood, and blood is the mother of Qi."

Chen Yan's eyes were deathly still, yet deep within his brain, the mysteries of the martial way were being evolved.

Only when a living being reaches their own limit are they closest to the truth.

Especially in Chen Yan's current state, which was very profound.

Chen Yan carefully observed his five viscera, hundred meridians, physical body, and origin space.

The path he had walked before presented a different feeling within his current cognition.

He could still break through; he had not reached his own limit.

He was the master of his will, not an ordinary living being.

Within the Saint-Breaking Realm, the 【Blood】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit was growing crazily, and the Saint-Breaking Tree was also rapidly developing toward level ten.

But Chen Yan could not attend to these.

Until a certain moment, a sense of fatigue arrived.

Chen Yan's head began to feel dizzy, as if shrouded by a layer of thick fog.

Malice from within his body and from the surroundings also began to gradually erode his consciousness.

Inside Chen Yan's brain, it felt as if it had been filled with lead, making it difficult to lift.

In his heart, a question gradually emerged.

Why did he have to break his limits?

Within that prison in Luoshan County, his limit-breaking was because his own blood-energy was about to be extracted.

Breaking limits during the Heaven's Pride Trial was because his Yin-Zhe was about to be taken away by Chen Min.

Breaking limits in the college entrance examination secret realm was because he was about to be imprisoned and taken as a disciple by the Master of Horizontal Refining, losing his freedom.

Then, why did he have to break his limits now?

Chen Yan hung his head, roughly guessing that this was the influence of malice upon him.

He had actually developed a feeling of wanting to give up, which made even Chen Yan feel it was unreal.

But, breaking limits had long since become his instinct.

His life seemed to be built upon breaking limits.

Boom!

The three hundred and thirty-eighth True Essence Dharma Image was born!

Chen Yan, broke through thirteen times!

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Ji Province, Moshan Pass.

Everywhere was filled with thick dust and rubble; in the ruins, the charred wreckage of cars occasionally appeared, their bodies twisted and deformed.

Under the reflection of the setting sun like blood, a giant battle armor several thousand meters tall still stood outside Moshan Pass, with black, thick smoke intertwining and slowly rising from its torn and twisted parts.

Parts at the joints were scattered all over the ground, and hydraulic oil flowed out in gurgles from the broken pipes.

Inside Moshan Pass, in front of the stationed military camp.

"Closing the bets, closing the bets, I won!"

"Bing Yi didn't hold on!"

Hearty voices rang out one after another within the military camp.

Quite a few people were waiting for the bets to close.

After the news of Bing Yi's impending death spread, people all over the world opened gambling pools using this as a bet.

The Xia Clan army still fighting in Ji Province was no exception.

At this moment, a soldier held the Five Clans Ranking, his mood excited.

"Bing Yi isn't dead yet, look, his name is still flickering." The veteran acting as the bookie waved his hand, speaking to the Military Guard who had come to wait for the bets to close:

"Didn't you see that Bing Yi's name still has a faint trace on the Five Clans Ranking?"

Someone spoke up:

"He's about to die anyway, how much longer can he hold on? Close the bets quickly, don't waste everyone's time."

"Can't do that." The bookie spread his hands:

"Some people placed bets based on time; whether Bing Yi can hold on for another hour will change the odds."

That person still wanted to speak, but the next moment everyone fell silent, looking at the person arriving from afar and saluting:

"Vanguard General!"

"Mm." Shen Yiwei nodded, walking all the way to the bookie:

"Old Luo, you're actually doing this too."

Luo Puxin, acting as the bookie, gave a dry laugh:

"Just for fun."

Shen Yiwei sighed softly:

"Bing Yi is certainly not simple."

Luo Puxin did not speak; they also knew of Bing Yi's performance within the God General Temple.

Truly formidable.

Many people sighed with emotion; Bing Yi was a rare genius.

But, Bing Yi was after all one of the Five Clans, and had nothing to do with Great Xia.

"What's so simple about him? Under Chen Yan, there are no prodigies." An old soldier spoke up, filled with defiance and arrogance.

Shen Yiwei sighed softly:

"The Longevity King just sensed that Bing Yi was actually breaking through while at the point of death, and even broke through thirteen times in one go.

His willpower is also very formidable."

As Shen Yiwei's voice fell, there was a moment of silence all around, followed immediately by an uproar.

"Breaking through, is he going to ascend to the Sixth-Rank Fusion Self Realm?"

"Is this for real? Thirteen breakthroughs, and he can reach such a level all at once?"

"Is he even human? Wasn't he about to die?"

"This is absurd. How can I not believe it? This willpower might really be able to contend with Chen Yan."

"You're talking nonsense. Chen Yan broke through eighty times; how many times has Bing Yi done it?"

One sound of shock after another rang out.

Even Luo Puxin was left stunned.

Breaking through at the point of death?

This was simply hair-raising.

"Is Bing Yi really breaking through?" Not far away, a blade light struck; it was Jidao Wu.

Jidao Wu's expression was shocked, somewhat unable to accept it.

He was a Second-Rank General Star, a monster of talent.

But facing a breakthrough martial artist, he could no longer continue to call himself a monster.

Also arriving were Mu Zigui and Xi Congyun.

Xi Congyun frowned:

"Since when have there been so many breakthrough artists?"

Xi Congyun felt his self-confidence had been shattered.

He had previously strived to obtain the title of First-Rank General Star; losing to Chen Yan, he felt it was not unjust.

But the only one who could be stronger than him was Chen Yan.

This was Xi Congyun's pride.

Even if Chen Yunyou was stronger than him now, so what?

Xi Congyun had ambition; he would absolutely surpass Chen Yunyou when he reached the same age.

He also did not look upon the other Second-Rank General Stars like Jidao Wu, Li Muyun, and Yin Youming as anything.

In Xi Congyun's heart, he only acknowledged that Chen Yan was more of a monster than him.

But now, another Bing Yi had appeared.

And it was at this moment.

A 'thud' sound.

A hum that pierced through the endless ocean.

Even Shen Yiwei did not hear it.

But in the distant sky, a figure in red robes flew into the high air; that person had a handsome appearance and a head of white hair—it was the Longevity King.

Everyone saw the Longevity King.

Yet they saw that the Longevity King's expression was grave as he looked toward the distant Ten Thousand Phases Island:

"The fourteenth breakthrough! This Bing Yi is actually still not dead!"

The Longevity King was also sighing with emotion, somewhat shocked.

"What kind of monster has the Yu Clan cultivated!?"

In an instant, the Longevity King's voice rang out just like that.

The entire Moshan Pass fell silent; everyone stared straight at the Longevity King, their expressions stiff.

"This is a breakthrough; how could it be so easy for Bing Yi?" Mu Zigui spoke with difficulty, her red lips slightly parted.

Li Muyun, Yin Youming, and Jiang Miaoxuan also appeared, their expressions somewhat trembling.

Xi Congyun clenched his fists:

"True prodigies are always breakthrough artists. Those who are not breakthrough artists cannot be called prodigies at all—I am the same!"

His voice rang out.

The other General Stars beside him were also silent.

Indeed.

Breakthrough artists are always existences that transcend concepts.

"The fifteenth time!"

The Longevity King's voice rang out once again.

Quiet!

Even Moshan Pass was quiet.

The Blood Sword Saint also appeared, gazing into the distance.

At this moment, inside Moshan Pass, within the borders of Ji Province.

There were also Eighth-Rankers standing in the void, staring toward Myriad Image Island.

Under the watchful eyes of the masses, no one knew how many Eighth-Rankers were sensing toward Myriad Image Island.

"Ji Province, your Five Clans are about to kill your own supreme prodigy." The Longevity King looked toward the interior of Ji Province, his voice melodious.

No one answered him.

At this moment, the experts of Ji Province also had ugly expressions on their faces.

Bing Yi's breakthrough left them unable to speak.

It was as if they were witnessing a giant on the verge of death, still relying on its final vitality to chase the great sun.

It seemed that in the next step, it would die completely.

Yet, it was still chasing, never giving up.

The more Bing Yi broke through, the harder the Five Clans found it to accept.

Why would such a prodigy die?

"It is unimaginable; if not for Chen Yan, this Bing Yi would be the number one prodigy of this generation!" The Longevity King spoke again; he would not miss an opportunity to rub salt into the wounds of the Five Clans.

"It is truly unimaginable; the change of his name on the Five Clans Ranking represents the change in his current vitality, yet under such weak vitality, he is doing things that everyone finds unimaginable!"

The Longevity King said indifferently.

The next moment.

"Scram!"

A cold, low shout from a woman rang out from all directions.

Heaven and earth shook, the entire azure dome was torn apart by a strange power, and countless jade-white secret scripts fell like a waterfall from the cracks in the firmament, as if a great era were descending to suppress the Longevity King.

Silver ribbons swept through the air, the momentum magnificent and unstoppable.

The momentum was vast and mighty!

It was as if the end of the world had arrived!

Countless people watched, unable to breathe, feeling only that the world was about to perish and the mountains and rivers were collapsing.

The Empress of Ji Province had made a move!

The Longevity King's eyes narrowed, and he reached out a large hand:

"Summon the Xia Lord Sword!"

Boom!

The world suddenly darkened, and a chilling aura rolled in from the Nine Nether Abyss as a pitch-black, ink-like great sword appeared.

The sword shadow flashed, erupting with a world-destroying power.

The surrounding space was like a shattered mirror, and the endless falling secret scripts crumbled one after another.

"Come, continue!"

Within the deep palace of Ji Province, the Empress of Ji Province spoke coldly.

The Longevity King narrowed his eyes.

But neither side made another move.

If a real outbreak occurred, the world-ending war would begin prematurely, and all layouts and plans would have to be recalculated.

Wearing ink-colored battle armor, the Empress of Ji Province leaned lazily against her throne, resting her head on her jade hand, and looked toward the direction of Myriad Image Island.

"Can the Chen family's system simulate how many times Bing Yi can break through?" The Empress of Ji Province spoke.

"No, the Chen family's system cannot accurately calculate the future of the path of will." A courtier spoke tremblingly.

The Empress of Ji Province's eyes flickered, and she was about to speak.

Dong!

Another low hum of rules rang out.

The Empress of Ji Province fell silent, and the next moment, she could no longer sit still:

"Contact Yu Province for me!"

"Quickly!"