Chapter 529: Giving the Human World a Hope

Chen Yan remembered that the last time he slept was within the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm.

Up until now, it had been a long time since he had slept.

Chen Yan's shattered icy limbs were melting, revealing newborn pale-gold skin.

Every breath he took stirred up fine dust of light; his Immortal Will was still repairing his physical body, covering him in a golden quilt.

Chen Yan slowly closed his eyes.

Time seemed to have become incomparably viscous.

Yet, in a place where malice was so thick, it could not exert any influence on him at all.

In a daze, Chen Yan seemed to see the past, to see his childhood, to see his younger sister Chen Yu waving at him while running through golden wheat waves.

When that young man named Chen Yan stood up for the first time after the car accident, everything changed.

The birth of a Martial Dao Master is destined to require all kinds of battles and tempering.

For a long time, Chen Yan had also enjoyed this.

He liked breaking limits; he liked the Martial Dao.

Even now, the feeling of drowsiness made Chen Yan feel uncomfortable, and in the instant before entering dreamland.

Chen Yan actually thought that it shouldn't be like this, that he shouldn't be sleeping, that he shouldn't be stopping.

His path was still very long.

Within the Origin Space, the withered Seed of Enlightenment of Ten Thousand Aspects radiated colorful brilliance, continuously overflowing with the truths of the Martial Dao, irrigating Chen Yan.

As for the outside world.

It had gone completely mad.

"Lord of Will?"

On an island, Xia Weimin received the report from Shen Keqing and frowned.

"Is it him?" Shen Keqing was somewhat hesitant.

Xia Hanzhou shook his head slightly and cut off the communication.

"Why?" Xia Hanzhou murmured.

The Lord of Will, isn't that Chen Yan?

Back then, during the Heaven's Pride Trial, he had seen with his own eyes the process of Chen Yan creating the Martial Dao.

But why would Chen Yan want the people of the world to build temples for him?

Does he want to become the faith of all living beings?

Xia Hanzhou felt uneasy in his heart; this was the first time he had felt a trace of ominousness regarding Chen Yan.

After all, divine power is, in many cases, greater than imperial power.

If there truly existed a Lord of Will in the human world who transcended everything, then what would become of the Xia Imperial Clan?

This was something Xia Hanzhou had to think about.

He was the pillar of the Great Xia today.

It was also at this moment that Xia Qi's communication came through.

"State Administrator, what is your take on the matter of the Lord of Will?" Xia Hanzhou asked directly.

"I... I don't know either. What if the essence of this Lord of Will is the same existence as the Ancient Gods?"

Xia Qi was somewhat hesitant; he could not see clearly.

The appearance of the Lord of Will had too great an impact on the world.

Even Xia Qi would become indecisive.

Everyone only knew that that existence was very powerful, and that was all.

As for whether what the other party said was true or not, that was unknown.

If it were not true, they might have to face an evil alien existence.

If it were true, that would be even more terrifying.

Xia Hanzhou pondered for a long time; even with Xia Qi like this, one could tell how much pressure the appearance of the Lord of Will had brought to the world.

"King Xiayue, do you think we should..." Xia Qi stopped mid-sentence.

At this moment, he actually felt how weak humans were.

Apart from the Ancient Gods, a behemoth that might be even more existentially significant had appeared in the world.

What exactly had happened to this human world?

"Build them," Xia Hanzhou sighed softly.

"As for what happens afterward, I will continue to investigate."

In the end, Xia Hanzhou did not tell Xia Qi that Chen Yan was the Lord of Will.

He hesitated repeatedly, but still trusted Chen Yan.

He understood just how grand the other party's aspirations were.

"How will King Xiayue investigate?" Xia Qi asked.

"I..." Xia Hanzhou was speechless.

At this moment, the whole of Great Xia was like this.

Within the Five Clans, the impact brought by the appearance of the Lord of Will would only be greater.

Master Chen, Master Ji, Master Chi, and Master Lu held meetings throughout the night.

They kept guessing what the appearance of the Lord of Will would trigger.

Reaching their positions, they would only think about more and more things.

A Martial Dao Master, a Martial Dao Master who was still alive.

This was simply too terrifying.

Could the other party truly be an existence from outside this world?

And what, then, is the other party's attitude toward the current human realm?

Like an ancient god?

Or is it simply for the sake of faith?

Within the hearts of Lord Chen and the others, a feeling they had not experienced for a long time emerged.

That feeling was called terror.

It is a feeling inherent to living beings when faced with a powerful and unknown existence.

That's right.

Unknown and powerful!

There is no such thing as a weak Master of the Martial Dao.

Especially a Master of the Martial Dao who is still alive!

And the expressive power of the Path of Will is even more impossible to describe.

Because it can truly devour and extinguish malice.

Even Bing Yi, a human martial artist who awakened an Immortal Will, could reverse life and death by relying on the Path of Will.

Then how powerful must the Master of Will be?

Immediately following this.

News even more shocking to Lord Chen and the others arrived.

Great Xia, Tie Province.

It had actually already begun constructing the first temple to the Master of Will!

And the order to build the temple was issued by the current supreme ruler of Great Xia, Xia Qi.

Once this piece of news leaked out, it stirred up a thousand waves.

Great Xia had already followed the words of the Master of Will and was casting temples for the Divine Generals.

The implications of this were beyond words.

After all.

The vast majority of Will martial artists who had appeared so far came from Great Xia.

The earliest one on record was, in fact, Lu Xunyang.

"My Chen Province will build a Divine General Temple," Lord Chen said, hands pressed against his chin, his eyes calm.

"If the Path of Will can spread, the malice in the world will also be dealt with."

Having said this, Lord Chen hung up the communication directly.

"My Lu Province will build one too."

Lord Lu sighed softly:

"It's a pity about Bing Yi..."

He shook his head and sighed, but the expression on his face was not overly sorrowful.

He had indeed guessed that Bing Yi was Chen Yan.

But now, Bing Yi's life or death was unknown, while that Chen Yan was in his prime.

Lord Lu felt he had guessed wrong.

But, since Bing Yi was already in this state, there was nothing he could do.

The general trend was changing every moment.

If Bing Yi could break the deadlock, he would grow to an unimaginable level.

If Bing Yi could not break the deadlock, then death was death.

Lord Ji and Lord Chi were both slightly startled.

The matter of Bing Yi was shrouded in strangeness.

The attitudes displayed by Lord Chen and Lord Yu were both enough to make one speculate wildly.

They hadn't seen things too clearly either.

The only thing they could be certain of was that Bing Yi was finished.

"My Ji Province will also build a temple."

Lord Ji spoke, and after hesitating for a moment, Lord Chi nodded.

Each province began to build temples to the Master of Will.

And the deeds of the Master of Will were spread continuously.

The great world was changing.

Even the dullest person had realized it.

As for what the future would hold, everything depended on the further development of the Path of Will.

And just how powerful that indescribable Master of Will truly was.

…………

"I didn't expect that you would actually sleep too."

Chen Yunyou's voice rang out by Chen Yan's ear.

Chen Yan opened his eyes, and a sense of clarity emerged from within his brain.

Relaxed.

Unprecedentedly relaxed.

Chen Yan took a look at his body; under the effect of the Immortal Will, his physical body had completely recovered.

Chen Yan changed into a red robe, stood up, and crushed the surrounding malicious black tide with his bare hands.

【Break: 7/100】

The surprise came somewhat quickly; the progress of the 【Break】 character's Saint-Breaking Fruit had unknowingly reached seven percent.

So fast.

Chen Yan also understood.

No matter how much Ice Will proved that malice could be broken, the people of the world would still feel that breaking malice was far removed from them.

But the Lord of Will is different.

The Lord of Will is the founder of the Path of Will; he can allow more living beings to become Will Warriors.

Furthermore, the Lord of Will has personally stated that he can obliterate Ancient Gods with a single hand.

All the faith the world has in the Path of Will will be poured into the Lord of Will, this towering and powerful existence.

Chen Yan's eyes flickered; he needed to further obtain faith.

He needed to combine the Path of Will with Chen Yan, or with Ice Will.

The moment the 【Break】 character's Saint-Breaking Fruit grows to one hundred percent.

Chen Yan might truly gain the ability to go toe-to-toe with the giants of the world.

Chen Yan swept his gaze toward Chen Yunyou:

"Has the teleportation array been repaired?"

"It has." Chen Yunyou nodded, then hesitated and said:

"How do you intend to deal with me?"

Chen Yan did not speak, merely walking quietly toward the upper floor.

And it was at this moment.

Outside.

"Meng!!!"

A low roar resounded from the inner city of Ten Thousand Aspects Island.

"Meng, where are you?!!!"

Chen Changyuan used almost all of his Qi and blood to make his voice penetrate the layers of malice and reach this place.

However, Chen Changyuan would never be able to personally enter the interior of the Ten Thousand Aspects Tower to investigate.

The Dream Ancient God Beast that belonged to him had died at Chen Yan's hands just a few days ago.

Chen Yunyou's expression was ugly; at this moment, there was no time to pay attention to Chen Changyuan.

"Right." Chen Yan, who was walking toward the upper floor, suddenly spoke:

"Why did you save Chen Changyuan back then?

I remember you said before that you had a transaction with Chen Changyuan.

I am very curious about what he could trade with you."

Chen Yan had used the name of Ice Will back then to have the other prodigies of the Five Clans Ranking hunt down Chen Changyuan.

Lu Mingyuan had almost succeeded at the time, but was interrupted by Chen Yunyou.

Chen Yunyou's expression tightened slightly:

"If I tell you, can you spare me?"

Chen Yan's eyes were indifferent as he turned around directly.

Rip!

On Chen Yunyou's body, Ten Thousand Prisons Nether Thunder suddenly emerged as threads of lightning, baring fangs and brandishing claws.

"I'll talk!" Chen Yunyou let out a low roar:

"It was my father who told me to save Chen Changyuan."

Chen Yan's body stiffened slightly, and he turned around abruptly.

"Lord Chen?"

Chen Yunyou frowned:

"Yes."

Chen Yan stood in place for a long time before slowly turning around and walking quietly toward the upper floor.

The third floor of the Ten Thousand Aspects Tower.

One by one, long-decayed puppets stood there, though one of the puppets was lying on the ground, having clearly just undergone major repairs.

"The Ten Thousand Aspects Tower is used for the prodigies of Ten Thousand Aspects Island to clear trials; it is recorded in the Chen Clan's archives.

One of the puppets has an ultra-long-distance teleportation array on it; once a tower-challenger accidentally triggers it, they will be directly teleported to a deserted island ten thousand miles away.

That deserted island also has some mechanism puppets that Ten Thousand Aspects Island once laid out."

Chen Yunyou explained:

"I only remembered these things, which is how I knew there was a way out inside the Ten Thousand Aspects Tower."

Having said that, he directly activated the teleportation array on the puppet.

Hum!

Rotating spatial fluctuations overflowed from the puppet, continuously expanding to form a void zone like a black hole.

Chen Yan grabbed Chen Changyuan and jumped directly into this void.

In an instant, a powerful and invisible force pulled Chen Yan in violently, and the world before his eyes was instantly swallowed by darkness.

Pitch black, pitch black.

Pitch black.

The essence of a teleportation channel is to enter the void and displace oneself according to the path originally constructed.

Navigating within the void is the most difficult task.

The creation of a long-distance teleportation array requires thousands of trials and risks.

About five minutes later.

Warm sunlight spilled onto Chen Yan, and a gentle breeze brushed past, bringing a hint of the salty, fishy scent of the sea.

Before Chen Yan lay an endless expanse of deep blue ocean, with waves crashing against the reefs on the shore, emitting pleasant sounds.

Having stayed on Ten Thousand Appearances Island for so long, Chen Yan had almost forgotten what the outside world felt like.

Suddenly, there was no malice around, and an unprecedented sense of comfort emerged in every part of Chen Yan's physical body.

"Finally out."

Chen Yunyou sighed softly, and a great complexity appeared in his eyes.

It was also at this moment.

"Chen Yan."

A slightly aged voice came from not far away.

Xia Hanzhou, dressed in a black robe, walked through the air with his hands behind his back.

"Greetings, Moon King Xia."

Chen Yan was about to salute when his arm was supported by Xia Hanzhou:

"No need."

Xia Hanzhou saw through Chen Yan's disguise at a glance, and seeing Chen Yan's still somewhat youthful face, he felt moved inwardly and smiled:

"I have been waiting for you here for a long time; the teleportation array at the Ten Thousand Appearances Tower only leads here.

If you hadn't come out yet, that group led by the Grand Minister would have directly attacked Ten Thousand Appearances Island."

Chen Yan nodded; this was his first time meeting Xia Hanzhou.

It was also at this moment.

Xia Hanzhou saw Chen Yunyou, who was the size of a ping-pong ball, beside Chen Yan, and was slightly startled:

"This is... Chen Yunyou."

"You could say that," Chen Yan began:

"The Chen Lord killed Chen Yunyou, but Chen Yunyou had his own means of preserving his life, and all his memories were smelted into this small body."

Chen Yunyou hovered in mid-air with an ugly expression; he felt his future would not be very good, but he just cupped his hands with a forced smile:

"Greetings, Moon King Xia."

Xia Hanzhou was still stunned:

"Wait a minute!"

He waved his hand and pointed at Chen Yunyou:

"Your dad killed you?"

Chen Yunyou nodded with a livid expression.

"Why would your dad want to kill you, you..."

Xia Hanzhou clearly had not figured it out.

Chen Yunyou was considered a heaven-gifted genius, number one on the Five Clans Ranking; he was definitely a heaven-gifted genius.

Why would the Chen Lord want to kill Chen Yunyou?

How did the Chen Lord kill him?

Xia Hanzhou looked at Chen Yan:

"I always thought it was you who killed Chen Yunyou."

"It wasn't me," Chen Yan said:

"There are secrets belonging to the Chen Lord within the Brocade Palace; even if Chen Yunyou knows them, he cannot be allowed to live."

Xia Hanzhou nodded:

"I know, Chi Xun sent me a message earlier; the current Chen Lord is the true culprit behind the disaster on Ten Thousand Appearances Island."

"It's more than that," Chen Yan began:

"The current Chen Lord is not Chen Cheng, but the previous generation's Chen Lord."

Xia Hanzhou's body stiffened again; he still hadn't reacted, and he looked at Chen Yunyou:

"According to what you say, the Chen Lord is over two thousand years old, and he can still sire Chen Yunyou?"

Chen Yunyou was speechless.

Is this f*cking the Moon King Xia of the Xia Clan?

We are talking about a crisis concerning the world, and you are talking about the Chen Lord having a child at two thousand years old?

However, immediately after, Xia Hanzhou frowned; he discovered something wrong with the situation.

"If the current Chen Lord is that one from a thousand years ago, then who is currently suppressing the malice in Chen Province?"

As Xia Hanzhou spoke, his pupils constricted:

"What on earth happened?"

"The one imprisoned in the Ten Thousand Appearances Tower is Chen Cheng," Chen Yan explained, taking out Chen Yi's corpse.

The more Xia Hanzhou heard, the more his expression changed.

By the end, a bone-chilling murderous intent erupted in his eyes.

"Inside this infant's corpse, there is likely the fuse that triggers the malice within Xia Weimin; Moon King Xia, please take it back for study."

Chen Yan grabbed with one hand, pulling the Ten Thousand Prison Nether Thunder out of Chen Yunyou's body, then tossed Chen Yunyou to Xia Hanzhou.

"And Chen Yunyou must also know many of the Chen Clan's secrets."

Xia Hanzhou nodded with an unsightly expression.

The development of events made him feel a tremendous crisis.

If the malice of Chen Prefecture were left unchecked, no one could say what it would bring upon the world.

Immediately after, Xia Hanzhou knocked Chen Yunyou unconscious with a single hand, looked at Chen Yan, and said earnestly:

"That matter regarding the Lord of Will..."

"It was my doing." Chen Yan nodded; he had sensed that Xia Hanzhou's mood was somewhat awkward just a moment ago.

"What are you trying to do?" Xia Hanzhou pursed his lips, then quickly corrected himself:

"I am not questioning you; I just don't quite understand what your purpose is in doing this?"

Chen Yan looked at Xia Hanzhou.

He understood in his heart that this King of Xia Moon was actually different from Xia Qi.

Xia Qi had long been a person destined to die, so he was single-mindedly devoted to the world.

Xia Qi once said that the Xia could perish, but the human race must not.

But the King of Xia Moon was different; the other party still held the Xia Imperial Clan in his heart.

The appearance of the Lord of Will challenged imperial power.

"King of Xia Moon."

Under the sunlight by the sea, Chen Yan's eyes were earnest, and the sea breeze gently stirred his hair.

"My, Chen Yan's, sole intention is to eradicate malice. What Bing Yi did, and what Chen Yan has done, is nothing more than telling the world that malice can be eradicated.

But Bing Yi is human, and Chen Yan is also human; being human comes with limitations. The world will only be shocked, but they will not believe that a single person can eradicate that terrifying existence."

Xia Hanzhou was silent; he looked at the young Lord of Martial Dao and smiled:

"I don't mean anything else; I just wanted to say..."

"King of Xia Moon." Chen Yan interrupted Xia Hanzhou's words:

"My Martial Dao rose from my own malice, so I profoundly understand that what blocks the world is not the malice of the human world, but their own fear and denial."