Chapter 550: I Shall Arrive in Person!

Time passed slowly; three days later.

Cloud Province, within the Martial Suppression Division.

Ke Qingxuan, dressed in the uniform of a Martial Suppression Division Chief, sat calmly, looking at a light screen before her.

Within the light screen, the appearance of the Ji Master emerged:

"Have you decided? When will you come to my Ji Province?"

Cloud Province Martial Suppression Division Deputy Chief Ke Qingxuan frowned slightly, appearing extremely hesitant.

"Without the support of my Ji Province, you could never have reached the Creation Realm. You already refused when I asked you to go to Qin Province to kill Chen Yan."

The Ji Master's expression turned cold:

"There will not be a third opportunity."

Ke Qingxuan's expression sank slightly.

"I heard Chen Yan has arrived in Cloud Province; did you not go to see him?" the Ji Master asked.

"Me?" Ke Qingxuan said:

"He is accompanying his younger sister on a tour of the mountains and rivers; if I go to see him, I will be misunderstood by the Xia Clan."

"Go and see him," the Ji Master said indifferently:

"See what exactly he has been doing these past few days."

Ke Qingxuan took a deep breath:

"Fine."

…………

Inside the cultivation chamber.

As Chen Yan swallowed the mature 【Strength】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit.

Boom, boom, boom!

Torrents of ice-lightning surged across Chen Yan's body.

True Essence Dharma images, each like a small star, condensed and appeared behind Chen Yan.

In an instant, they increased from two thousand to three thousand!

Crack!

Throughout the entire cultivation chamber, streaks of pitch-black lightning flashed wildly and exploded continuously; the void was blasted with cracks, leaking out a ghostly blue light of annihilation.

A powerful aura erupted within Chen Yan's body, expanding, constantly condensing, and then quietly erupting again.

The space throughout the entire cultivation chamber was constantly being torn apart and reshaped.

Chen Yan stood up, ice-lightning flowing over his physical body, making him look like a God King of Ice and Lightning capable of suppressing the world for an era.

An extremely powerful feeling surged within Chen Yan's body.

Until Chen Yan slowly calmed down, yet there was not a hint of joy in his eyes.

The changes in Chen Province had taught Chen Yan a huge lesson.

That is, in front of a true, powerful enemy, he cannot afford a moment of relaxation.

And as for him now, the time has come when he must face that powerful enemy.

【Strength: 5/100

Physique: 16/100】

The 【Strength】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit had always maintained a progress ratio of about one to three with the 【Physique】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit.

This was related to the composition of the path of Hardened Body.

Which were, respectively, tendons, bones, skin, and strength.

One part strength requires the three aspects of tendons, bones, and skin to balance it.

If strength is too great and physique is too weak, it will lead to an inability to control the strength, or even cause the body to explode.

If physique is too strong and strength is too weak, it will lead to an inability to unleash the true power of the physical body, and one can only act as a meat shield.

Chen Yan knew there were only thirty days left in the struggle between the five clans.

He intended to spend all the remaining time cultivating his strength in the path of Hardened Body.

But the same problem would also arise.

That is, if Chen Yan needed to maximize his own strength, it would be best to let the Saint-Breaking Fruit mature.

But the problem arose: if he wanted his physical body to develop perfectly, it would be best to pair one 【Strength】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit with three 【Physique】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit.

In the past, that would have been equivalent to four thousand Saint-Breaking Fruits.

In one month's time, how could he make the Saint-Breaking Tree produce four Saint-Breaking Fruits of the current difficulty?

Since the Saint-Breaking Tree was upgraded on Myriad Forms Island, Chen Yan had only managed to mature five Saint-Breaking Fruits in total until now.

Four in one month was truly a great difficulty.

At the same time.

Inside the military tent at Moshan Pass.

"Has Chen Yan not been cultivating at all during this period?" the Longevity King sat quietly, looking at Xia Hanzhou, who was sitting in the main seat.

Xia Hanzhou was still looking at documents, his brows raised slightly: "Why ask me about this?"

"Zhang Ting asked me to ask," the Longevity King rubbed his brow:

"The fact that Chen Yan is currently taking his sister on a tour of the mountains and rivers has spread almost throughout the upper echelons, and many people are worried."

It had been almost a month since Chen Yan defeated Ji Chuxi.

Many people were actually astonished that Chen Yan had been traveling this entire time.

They did not understand.

Why would it be like this?

"Zhang Ting? He is meddling in a bit too much." Xia Hanzhou narrowed his eyes:

"Chen Yan has never had a master, and now he doesn't need one either."

Xia Hanzhou naturally knew what Chen Yan was doing right now.

If one were to talk about training desperately, he truly had never seen anyone more intense than Chen Yan.

Xia Hanzhou actually wanted Chen Yan to relax a bit more.

But Chen Yan would not have it.

A portion of his Will Divine Body was separated to accompany his younger sister.

Yet his true self remained in seclusion.

Such high-pressure cultivation only made Xia Hanzhou feel conflicted.

Naturally, there was no shortage of people investigating Chen Yan.

Xia Hanzhou knew that many among the Five Clans were currently staring at Chen Yan.

But Xia Hanzhou had fashioned Chen Yan's fake body using Sun-Level Grade A Time Sand.

He had altered the aura of the fake body using a Sun-Level Grade A formation.

Unless an Eighth-Order peak powerhouse arrived, ordinary people could not see any issues with that physical body at all.

The matter of Chen Yan entering Great Xia and waiting for the Lord of Will to descend was fake from the very beginning.

Because what no one knew was.

The Lord of Will, is Chen Yan himself!

"Traveling across the human world, isn't that also another form of cultivation?" Xia Hanzhou continued.

"I was just asking." The Longevity King shrugged.

Xia Hanzhou was speechless:

"Whether it is Zhang Ting or you, neither of you paid attention to Chen Yan before, and you are not worthy of paying attention to him now."

The white-haired Longevity King pursed his lips:

"I just said a word or two, and you're going to scold me? Little Zhou, don't forget I am your..."

Just at this moment.

Xia Hanzhou's expression shifted slightly as a communication came through.

"Hmm?"

"A place to temper the physical body?"

"The more difficult, the better?"

"Hmm?"

Xia Hanzhou listened, feeling somewhat stunned.

A long while later, Xia Hanzhou appeared inside Chen Yan's cultivation room.

"Didn't I already give you ten Sun-Level Grade A tempering treasures? True Dragon Flame Marrow is one of the best in the human world for body refinement."

Chen Yan, however, shook his head:

"The essence of tempering treasures is wear and repair, and my Immortal Will can also repair the physical body.

Using only True Dragon Flame Marrow cannot completely stimulate my potential.

I need to raise my strength to its absolute peak in a short amount of time."

Xia Hanzhou stood dazed for quite a while.

He thought he had misheard.

A Sixth-Order early-stage tempering martial artist was telling him that Sun-Level Grade A tempering treasures could not stimulate his maximum potential.

Is this world crazy?

Even he, an Eighth-Order, is reluctant to use Sun-Level Grade A treasures for his own cultivation now.

"Why don't you rest for a month?" Xia Hanzhou suggested.

But looking at Chen Yan's expression, Xia Hanzhou spoke again:

"You only need a place to temper your physical body, right?"

"Yes."

Xia Hanzhou was speechless:

"I know of a place, but since you have Sun-Level Grade A treasures, why must you suffer like this?"

Chen Yan became interested:

"Where?"

"Underground!"

Xia Hanzhou pointed at the floor:

"The true mysteries of the world always lie within the world itself; beneath the earth, there is eternally burning flame magma.

Within the sea area outside Moshan Pass, there is an Underground Huo Yu excavated by Ji Province, totaling one hundred levels; the magma on the one-hundredth level can kill a Creation-Realm peak tempering martial artist.

Now that there is no war, Zhang Ting, Shen Yiwei, Chen Min, and others who practice tempering are all training within the Huo Yu."

Chen Yan nodded.

Xia Hanzhou patted his own head.

Chen Yan actually had Sun-Level Grade A treasures.

The others were only forced to do this because they lacked resources or their resources were insufficient.

…………

Underground Huo Yu, thirty-second layer.

Dark red ribbons of light wove into twisted rivers as they flowed, occasionally erupting with incandescent sparks.

Fire beasts of various shapes roared and galloped incessantly.

The bare-chested Shen Yiwei held a blood sword, continuously slashing at the fire beasts that attacked him.

"I am not far from the third level of the Sword Soul." Shen Yiwei murmured:

"But my physical body is still too poor; if an enemy were to attack at close range, I would be caught off guard."

He narrowed his eyes as he slashed, the momentum of his own Sword Soul growing stronger and stronger.

Just at this moment, an indifferent voice rang out.

"If you want to practice hard-body cultivation, do not pour your attention into your Sword Soul."

Shen Yiwei narrowed his eyes, a trace of disgust appearing in them.

A figure dressed in white stepped over the scorching fire waves and walked over; Zhang Ting looked at Shen Yiwei and said:

"Chen Yan was excavated by you, yet he has been sightseeing and playing around during this time; why don't you go and say something?"

"It seems this matter doesn't require your interference." Shen Yiwei wiped the long sword in his hand and spoke indifferently.

"Master once said that cultivation cannot stop for a single day; once you stop..."

"Get lost."

Zhang Ting was still speaking, but Shen Yiwei spoke coldly.

Zhang Ting narrowed his eyes, but Shen Yiwei continued to practice with his sword.

Zhang Ting pursed his lips, the anger in his eyes gradually condensing:

"Your incompetence is not my fault; if you had been able to withstand the pressure back then, why would you have ended up in Yunmeng City?

If I were to hand the General Martial Guard to you, could you handle it?"

Clang!

A sword hum slashed through, and the Blood Sword Soul instantly stabbed toward Zhang Ting.

Zhang Ting tilted his head to dodge, and a ray of blood light cut past his ear.

Boom!

A dazzling white scar a hundred miles long was suddenly slashed into the fire world, and scorching white firelight surged out from within it.

Zhang Ting's expression turned cold, and he immediately turned around.

Following that, his expression flickered slightly as he looked toward a distant direction.

"Did you sense it? An aura has entered the thirty-sixth layer."

Zhang Ting said.

Shen Yiwei ignored Zhang Ting, and Zhang Ting frowned and left.

…………

Scorching magma surged crazily toward Chen Yan.

But the magma of the first forty layers could not bring true pressure to Chen Yan.

Roar, roar, roar!!!

The sound of dragon roars resonated from behind Chen Yan.

Five hundred and fourteen True Dragon Dharma Images manifested.

During this period of cultivation, Chen Yan had only increased the number of True Dragon Dharma Images to over five hundred.

As Chen Yan continued to fly downward, increasingly scalding high temperatures rushed toward him.

Forty-third layer.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

Chen Yan's skin and flesh began to be burned away; with Chen Yan's current physical body, it was difficult to withstand such fire.

Chen Yan executed 【Forging Expansion Firmament】, circulated his own strength, and once again executed the Immortal Will.

Continuing downward.

Fiftieth layer.

……

Sixtieth layer.

……

Seventieth layer.

Roar!

A flame giant lunged at Chen Yan to kill him.

【Blood Domain Reversing World】!

Chen Yan took out the Ember Memory Spear, and accompanied by the spear soul of Xia Weimin's attack, this flame giant was instantly blasted to pieces.

Chen Yan came here to cultivate his physical body, not to fight.

Continuing to walk downward.

Seventy-fifth layer.

Sizzle!

Even the Immortal Will could no longer protect Chen Yan.

The destructive power from the magma and the restorative power of the Immortal Will reached a balance in a certain aspect.

Situated within such an environment, Chen Yan was being tempered at every moment.

Immediately, Chen Yan pointed with a single finger, and a drop of crimson blood manifested before his eyes.

True Dragon Flame Marrow!

Sun-Radiance Grade, First-Class Body-Tempering Treasure Medicine.

This is the foundation that the Great Xia uses to suppress its national treasury.

Do not be fooled by it being only a single drop; the body-tempering energy contained within is shocking and world-shaking.

Then, Chen Yan swallowed it in one gulp.

Roar!

Chen Yan threw his head back and roared, erupting with the sound of a dragon's chant.

As the True Dragon Flame Marrow entered his abdomen, the bones throughout Chen Yan's entire body emitted crisp, bean-popping sounds.

A torrent of dark golden energy snaked up along his spine and exploded within Chen Yan's physical body.

Wherever the body-tempering energy passed, Chen Yan's blood vessels burst into thousands of fiery lines.

Dragon scale patterns also erupted across Chen Yan's body.

In an instant, the flame energy from within Chen Yan's body and from the outside world crashed together.

Ten thousand rays of firelight exploded all over Chen Yan's physical body, and everything in the surroundings was about to be filled with flames.

Hiss!

The first to be unable to endure it was the Myriad Prison Nether Thunder.

It is hard to imagine that the Myriad Prison Nether Thunder, as a Divine Seed, would be the first to fail to hold on.

The Myriad Prison Nether Thunder was afraid.

"You go... play somewhere else first." Chen Yan spoke, his breath labored.

The Myriad Prison Nether Thunder could not hold on any longer; after hearing Chen Yan's words, it slipped away directly.

As for Chen Yan, he was currently enjoying the flame roasting he had chosen for himself.

Even though his physical body had begun to show signs of being on the verge of collapse.

Hum!

The Immortal Will blossomed crazily, protecting Chen Yan's vitality.

"Hahaha!!!"

The young man, whose entire body was covered in fire marks, laughed out loud:

"This is the taste of breaking limits!"

He liked it this way!

His Martial Dao was to pursue everything above all else, to pursue the limits of the self.

This was his mission, the belief that ran through his entire life.

For the current Chen Yan.

He was in pain, but he was also enjoying it.

He possessed a heart that would never cease.

Limit.

This was the feeling of the limit.

His physical body collapsed within the limit, and recovered within the limit.

The pressure that the Lord Chen had brought upon Chen Yan vanished quietly.

Because the Lord Chen never knew what kind of formidable enemy he had encountered.

Chen Yan entered a state of selflessness.

Just as he had when he broke his limits at the brink of life and death inside the Divine General Temple.

Just as he had when he fought the Malicious Rule.

This was an experience bordering on madness, a casting aside of his own evil thoughts.

Deep within his soul, hundreds of millions of voices were roaring and shouting.

Begging him to stop, to not go on like this.

But these voices were all suppressed, transformed into a singular belief.

The divine radiance of the Enlightenment Myriad Forms Seed spilled out to the absolute extreme.

His will was developed to the absolute extreme.

His physical body was tempered to the absolute extreme.

Roar, roar, roar, roar!!!!

The external magma and the internal True Dragon Flame Marrow simultaneously tempered Chen Yan's physical body.

Within the Saint-Breaking Realm, the orange light representing power and the cyan light representing physique surged madly.

The True Dragon Dharma Idol behind Chen Yan roamed about, its force constantly spilling out, erupting with a might capable of suppressing the heavens and the earth.

Fire waves rose suddenly, fire dragons ascended, and the magma rolled in layers like ripples.

Only at this moment.

Did Chen Yan's body and mind seem to truly become clear.

"Even I have to admit it!"

He growled out:

"For that one instant, I was afraid!"

Chen Yan roared, his sound of fury sweeping outward, and the fire beasts that had been spying on him were swept away by this sound, gradually moving far away.

Within the entire Huo Yu, it seemed as if only Chen Yan remained.

He had to admit it.

After the incident in Chen Prefecture, he, as the Master of Will, felt a trace of hesitation.

He was worried, nervous, fearing that his existence would cause the Master of Chen to take even crazier actions.

He did not want to admit it, but this was the truth!

Boom!

The terrifying flames erupted completely!

He made mistakes time and time again, regarding his younger sister, regarding Lu Jianxia, and regarding the matter of the Master of Will.

He was a mortal who would always make mistakes, even if he considered himself to be the Master of Will.

That night.

When the mirror surface of the firmament was still slowly twisting.

When the human world shifted from the sorrow of the day to the condensation of the night.

When people thought the Master of Will would not descend again, when they concluded that the human world could no longer obtain the mercy of that deity.

Within Chen Prefecture.

A woman dressed in mourning clothes swept the bloodstains on the ground, tears flowing from her eyes as she swept.

"Child, my child..."

She was utterly lost.

Within Qin Prefecture.

A woman named Yu Zhiwen walked to the bedside; her grandfather had a large black spot on his face and was on the verge of death.

"Grandfather, it is all my fault." Yu Zhiwen buried her head by the bedside:

"If it weren't for me, Grandfather wouldn't have needed to go to Green Mountain to pick the Red-Haired Spirit Mushroom."

Yu Zhiwen wept; she was the top prodigy of Green Mountain High School at the time.

But who would have known that her grandfather went to Green Mountain to pick the Red-Haired Spirit Mushroom for the sake of her future.

That Green-Dwelling Snake only bit her grandfather once, and he became tainted with Ancient Intent.

"Be good, go drink the bowl of soup steaming in the pot."

The dying old man spoke:

"You still have to report to the Military Martial Guard tomorrow."

Yu Zhiwen lowered her head, endless disappointment flowing from her eyes.

She stood up, looking utterly dejected.

"Grandfather, I am not a genius..."

She murmured, smiling bitterly.

She could not save her own family.

If only...

If only the malice of the world could disappear, how good that would be.

Yet at this moment, sounds of an uproar suddenly rang out from outside the courtyard.

Yu Zhiwen walked out in a daze.

She saw villagers standing on the street, one after another, talking in shock.

When Yu Zhiwen heard clearly what they were saying, she was completely stunned.

The Master of Will had appeared once again.

He only said a few simple words.

【I shall arrive in person!】