Chapter 500: This Thing I Hope For, Let Me See That My Life Should Not Only Be About the Martial Dao

"To verify the Dao with one's life, to serve as a mirror for the future of the world?"

Within the pitch-black world, Chen Yan spoke coldly, his voice carrying an intangible power as it traveled outward.

In the inner city, Chen Yunyou was still fighting those two malicious beings, and at this moment, he was also stunned.

Outside Ten Thousand Phases Island, Chen Qi narrowed his eyes.

What is Bing Yi trying to do?

Prove to the people of the world that he has transformed from an ancient divine beast into a living being?

Is Bing Yi currently an ancient divine beast?

Chen Qi's expression was cold.

Cannot be killed by the human race, cannot be killed by the petty butcher, yet wishes to pursue the Great Dao with his own life?

Is Bing Yi saying that he can definitely reverse his transformation from an ancient divine beast into a living being?

And that we, who exist to exterminate him, are destroying a future that belongs to humanity?

"What kind of joke are you playing!?"

Chen Yunyou roared, kicking one of the spear-wielding malicious beings away; covered in blood, he glared at the distant Chen Yan.

"You are afraid, afraid that my Chen Clan will continue to strike at you, so you want to expose yourself to the eyes of the world to prevent me from killing you!

You are afraid!"

Blood tears streamed from Chen Yunyou's eyes.

Bing Yi has lost his nerve.

Bing Yi's current state is profound, but his strength is still inferior to his, so he needs to protect himself.

Once he broadcasts his current situation to the world in real-time, Chen Yunyou will certainly not dare to deal with Bing Yi in front of everyone.

Is it clever?

It is.

But on the other hand, Bing Yi has forced himself into a dead end.

How can an ancient divine beast eliminate its own malice—just by relying on that Will Martial Dao?

Even Chen Yan hasn't done it, so what makes you, Bing Yi, capable of doing it?

Lu Jianxia was also silent; she didn't know what else to say.

Right now, Bing Yi looks like an ancient divine beast; although he still has his own consciousness, he is still an ancient divine beast.

But if Bing Yi doesn't try, what else can he do?

The other party has long since run out of options.

Chen Yunyou sneered, his aura becoming sluggish; it was clear that the 【Avici Undying】 state could not be maintained for long.

Yet, under Chen Yunyou's relentless bombardment, the two malicious beings had their physical bodies shattered and their limbs mangled.

Even though Bing Yi had calculated Chen Yunyou to such a state, Chen Yunyou could still rely on himself to endure it.

"Want to harm me?" Chen Yunyou laughed aloud:

"Are you capable of it?"

Just at this moment, two streams of light flew in from high above; it was the pale-looking Lu Fukun and Chi Yuexi.

"Brother Fukun, thank you for your hard work."

Chen Yan smiled and looked at Chi Yuexi:

"Miss Chi, as a woman, you are no less than any man."

Lu Fukun gave a dry laugh.

As for Chi Yuexi, whose legs were completely broken and whose body was wrapped in sword light, she was on the verge of vomiting blood.

Lu Fukun took out several explosive formation disks and cyan iron plates, handing them to Chen Yan as he said:

"I have done everything you asked; it is time to undo the explosive formation patterns on me."

Lu Fukun extended his arm, upon which the texture of an explosive formation disk was still congealed; as someone capable of crafting Sun-Level Grade C formation disks, Lu Fukun had actually always wanted to remove this formation pattern from his body.

But every time he tried to remove the pattern, an extremely dangerous aura would leak from it, as if it would explode the very next instant.

This made Lu Fukun feel like he had seen a ghost; was Bing Yi, who controlled the explosive formation patterns, monitoring him in real-time?

Chen Yan accepted the explosive formation disks and cyan iron plates, then took out two more formation disks capable of holding the explosive formation patterns, absorbing the patterns from Lu Fukun and Chi Yuexi.

Chi Yuexi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Chen Yunyou, who was still entangled with the malicious beings, and said:

"My Chi Province does not wish to participate in the conflict between Chen Province and Yu Province, but previously, it was Bing Yi who controlled me with the explosive formation disks; I would have died if I hadn't attacked!"

Lu Fukun also spoke up:

"Same here!"

In fact, neither Chi Province nor Ji Province had any intention of participating in the conflict between Bing Yi and Chen Province.

There was no benefit in offending either side.

Lu Province was different; the marriage between Bing Yi and Lu Jianxia was a political signal.

But even though Lu Fukun was from Lu Province, he was unwilling to interfere too much in Bing Yi's affairs.

The only one who kept interfering was Lu Jianxia.

Chi Yuexi began to tend to her injuries.

Lu Fukun glanced at Chen Yunyou, who was still in a fierce battle, and chose to remain silent.

He no longer planned to interfere; let things be as they may.

He had thought Bing Yi was already dead, and that he could join forces with Chen Yunyou, but he hadn't expected Bing Yi to become increasingly bizarre.

Moreover, Bing Yi had previously promised him and Chi Yuexi that he would decode the mysteries of the Immortal Will.

This was something that both Lu Fukun and Chi Yuexi, who had already entered the Will Martial Dao, yearned for immensely.

After all, that is the Immortal Body.

The battle record of the Immortal Body is too terrifying.

Bing Yi intends to seek the Dao in front of the entire world, and they actually also want to see if Bing Yi can accomplish it.

Chen Yan glanced at Chen Yunyou, who was still in the heat of battle, and narrowed his eyes.

Right now, with multiple parties not intervening, that is the best outcome.

As for the explosive formation disks and the cyan iron plaques within the seventeen buildings, Chen Yan had already obtained them all with the help of Chi Yuexi and Lu Fukun.

"Bing Yi, have you thought it through?" Lu Jianxia said quietly.

"The heart that seeks the Dao shall not cease until death." Chen Yan spoke quietly:

"I have no way back; preserving my own will is already the limit of what I can achieve, but my will is being eroded by malice at every moment, and it is becoming hard to bear."

Chen Yan's voice was slightly low, but when it rang in everyone's ears, it was incomparably piercing.

Their own will is being devoured by malice at every moment?

In that case, had Bing Yi actually been suffering under the dual pressure from within their body and the outside world all this time?

Even in such a situation, could they still reach such a level?

The silence at this moment was deafening.

Even Chen Qi was so shocked that they could not speak.

Chi Yuexi curled her lips; you make us look like trash like this.

But everyone came to their senses.

That's right.

Since Bing Yi has become an Ancient Divine Beast, how could they possibly preserve their own consciousness with such ease?

The other party must be in extreme pain.

Extreme pain is what is correct.

Lu Jianxia's eyes trembled, and her vermilion lips parted:

"Have you thought it through?"

She asked again.

"Yes." Chen Yan nodded:

"If my death can unveil the mysteries of the Immortal Will, I shall have no regrets even in death."

Lu Jianxia looked at Lu Fukun:

"Go contact the clan and prepare the signal base station."

"Understood." Lu Fukun nodded.

"Bing Yi..." Chi Yuexi looked at Chen Yan, her eyes flickering:

"I wish you success."

She flew away; she still needed to heal her wounds.

These wounds were all caused by Bing Yi, but looking at the current Bing Yi, Chi Yuexi found she could not bring herself to hate them.

At this moment, only Lu Jianxia and Chen Yan remained.

Chen Yan sat cross-legged; he had previously found a memory formation disk, and that memory formation disk might allow him to know the events of the past more clearly.

Lu Jianxia watched the cross-legged Bing Yi quietly, her hands clenching and then unconsciously loosening as malice brushed past her face.

She turned off the communication formation disk and said in a calm voice:

"I know it is a bit inappropriate to say this now."

She paused and continued:

"Have you already seen through what I am thinking in my heart?"

Chen Yan was silent for a moment.

"No."

"No?" Lu Jianxia raised her eyebrows:

"There is a huge sense of tearing between how you acted before and this 'no' right now."

Silence.

"I can see through hostility and malice, but things higher than dignity make it hard for me to see clearly," Chen Yan said quietly:

"Hostility makes me feel murderous intent, and malice makes me vigilant; these are the simplest things, so I am very good at them."

Lu Jianxia listened quietly, her fingers rubbing gently, her gaze focused intently on Chen Yan.

"But things above dignity make me feel guilt and hesitation."

"Why would it be guilt and hesitation?" Lu Jianxia frowned slightly:

"I do not understand."

Chen Yan was silent for a long time before slowly saying:

"There is always an endless Dao in my heart; I am very fulfilled, but I am also expecting, and when the thing I expect arrives, it becomes like this."

Lu Jianxia's vermilion lips parted, her eyes turned low, and she smiled with a hint of self-mockery:

"So, I am blocking your path."

Malice was bleak; Lu Jianxia felt as if she were a joke in front of Bing Yi.

She had already spoken so bluntly, almost casting aside all her dignity as a princess.

She had never treated a person of the opposite sex this way before.

She thought she was the one whose heart held only the Martial Dao and Lu Province.

But when she met another person like this, she felt that this kind of person was pathological.

Stubborn, just like stone.

Chen Yan sat quietly; he remained silent, listening to Lu Jianxia's increasingly shallow breathing, and said calmly:

"No."

"What?"

"This thing I hoped for allowed me to see my life; it shouldn't only consist of the Martial Dao."

Lu Jianxia's shoulders trembled slightly, starlight seemingly flickering within her eyes:

"You can see through the human heart, which is why you would say this to me."

"No." Chen Yan shook his head;

"I just... want a better world, a better world that can accommodate all people under heaven, as well as you and me."

Lu Jianxia pursed her red lips and sat down quietly, crossing her legs beside Chen Yan, her pair of silver eyes flickering with rippling light:

"With malice upon you, are you in much pain?"

Chen Yan shook his head slightly; he looked at Lu Jianxia quietly, looking at this woman he had once disliked, and said:

"Thank you, Jianxia."

"I don't want your thanks; what you must do is something that can change the future. Everyone should thank you, including me."

Lu Jianxia's voice was soft; she turned her head, the light in her eyes seemingly filled with gentle attachment, then it brushed across her fair cheek and vanished into the pitch-black malice.

"I am glad to have known you, Bing Yi."

She whispered softly, then suddenly remembering something, she handed over a jade tablet engraved with secret scripts:

"Right, this is for you. You asked Lu Zhou to crack the control method for Chen Yan's imitations; we have already deciphered it."

"It's just that, it seems... it seems a bit late."

Chen Yan's fourth imitation had not yet arrived, but now it seemed that no longer mattered.

Chen Yan accepted the jade tablet:

"It is not late."

Lu Jianxia whispered softly:

"Thank you for saying these things to me just now."

She smiled, and it was very beautiful.

Chen Yan was silent for a long time, then took out that memory formation disk and channeled his Qi and blood; the memory formation disk was awakened by him, and scenes appeared deep within Chen Yan's mind.

This was an office.

Xia Weimin, dressed in military uniform, sat in a chair, his eyes somewhat bleary, yawning at this moment.

Sunlight projected through the window, shining on Xia Weimin's face, making him look very handsome.

And the original owner sat on the sofa, looking at Xia Weimin quietly and saying:

"The Divine General is busy with a thousand tasks; the daily affairs of Ten Thousand Aspects Island can be left to me to handle."

"Mm." Xia Weimin nodded and said:

"I called you over because there is a matter."

"Divine General, please give your command." The original owner stood up, extremely respectful.

"I have already cultivated the Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill to five shadows, but I have always felt there is a problem." Xia Weimin scratched his head in irritation:

"During the trip to Gold Province, the State Master and I had a huge argument, which actually caused me to overlook many things. Returning from Gold Province that day, just as I left Iron Province, I saw the son of the Chen Master hunting down Chi Canglan of Chi Province."

"He killed Chi Canglan and obtained the Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill fragment from Chi Canglan's hands."

"I took the opportunity to strike, threatening him to hand over the Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill; he feared I would expose his act of killing Chi Canglan, so he had no choice but to swallow his anger."

Xia Weimin frowned, coldness appearing in his eyes:

"But the more I cultivate the Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill, the more I feel something is wrong."

The original owner was startled:

"Where has the problem arisen, Divine General?"

Murderous intent appeared in the depths of Xia Weimin's eyes:

"I have already dreamed for several days that I slaughtered Ten Thousand Aspects Island. One dream might be a coincidence, but if the number of times I dream it exceeds three, there is definitely a problem!"