Chapter 566: The Five Clans Conflict!

It was as if a beam of light had pierced through the boundless chaos.

Crack, crack, crack!!!

The Blood Sun shattered!

Hum!

A vast ocean of sword light surged into the Blood Sun in an instant.

Screech!

A sharp, piercing shriek resounded; the infant was suppressed and killed by the sea of swords, its physical body beginning to crack.

Throughout the Blood Sun, patches of chaotic, thin fragments erupted.

As Chen Yan reached out a hand.

Patches of black light struck, assembling and gleaming with the sharp luster unique to metal, covering Chen Yan's hand.

First, a dark gold gauntlet forged from molten fire, its surface embossed with mysterious runes, appeared just like that on the surface of Chen Yan's right hand.

Immediately following, patches of black armor struck, fitting perfectly onto Chen Yan's body, carrying Chen Yan as he rushed out of the shattered Blood Sun and flew into the void tunnel opened by the Xia Sovereign Sword.

This day.

Across the entire Great Xia's eighteen provinces, countless living beings gazed toward the horizon.

The pillars of light that had erupted from each of the great provinces extinguished in an instant.

It happened abruptly.

Above Chu Li Pass.

Chen Qi, who was still fleeing, suddenly stiffened; within the Imperial City of Ji Province, the Empress of Ji Province, sitting high upon her throne, wore a look of shock and alarm.

Thud!

Two seconds!

High above in the clouds, the void tunnel opened by Chen Yan had only a tiny opening left, which rapidly closed.

But at this moment.

Upon the earth, everything was quiet.

Whether it was the commoners of Ji Province or the million-strong army within Mo Shan Pass, all saw the divine armor components arriving in an instant from across Great Xia.

Those streaks of pitch-black light followed Chen Yan and vanished into the invisible.

The Heavenly God General was completely born!

But, what about Chen Yan?

Chen Yan had been taken away.

A look of bewilderment appeared in Lu Jianxia's eyes, and the million-strong army all stood with their mouths agape.

Thud!

One second!

The final countdown of the Purple Firmament World-Fixing Mirror!

Just at the moment the void tunnel leading into the Five Clans Conflict vanished.

Blinding sword light struck, traversing the boundless lands, shattering the void and time.

Accompanying that streak of sword light.

A figure suddenly appeared, standing between the cracks in heaven and earth torn open by the sword light, the black divine armor reflecting the shattered mountains and rivers below.

Amidst this inexplicable shock and terror.

A streak of black light instantly pierced through the void tunnel, which had shrunk to a diameter of only fifty centimeters.

He did not look at anyone; he appeared suddenly, and then vanished just as suddenly.

Following that, the void tunnel closed completely.

Everyone's heart felt as if it had been rudely lifted and then rudely dropped.

An indescribable sense of heaviness enveloped every person, every pair of eyes.

Hum.

The Xia Sovereign Sword appeared in Xia Hanzhou's hand.

Even Xia Hanzhou stood there with a deathly pale face, the entire person standing as if completely dazed.

Between heaven and earth, only the sound of the wind remained.

But everyone still gazed in unison at the position where Chen Yan had just appeared, as if that figure were still there.

It seemed as if he still stood at the line where the sea meets the sky, as if he were still radiating the brilliance of his will like a great sun.

"Heh..."

Luo Puxin's body trembled, and he sat on the ground.

"Hehehehe..."

Air was exhaled from his lungs with extreme difficulty, but he held his face as if he were in his twilight years, shedding tears.

Chen Yan had entered the Five Clans Conflict, entering the Five Clans Conflict with an ultimate posture.

The eighteen provinces of Great Xia recognized him, sending forth the divine armor for him.

This should have been a matter of extreme joy.

But this forty-year-old middle-aged man could not quite bear it.

Just by watching, he could feel the pressure, like that of a flood or a ferocious beast.

The pressure!

Coming from Great Xia, from the Five Clans, and even from malice.

"What are you doing!"

Luo Puxin let out a low roar:

"What are you all doing!"

He was an ordinary person, but ever since he met the youth named Chen Yan in the Green Mountains who had escaped the pursuit of the Green Dwelling Snake, he could no longer be ordinary.

But Luo Puxin had always been an extremely ordinary person.

Therefore, he would view every event Chen Yan faced through the eyes of an ordinary person.

It was truly...

Suffocating, shocking, and even more so, awe-inspiring.

If one were to simply describe it with words, it would be too thin.

"As heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should unremittingly practice self-improvement..."

An old soldier murmured, his eyes bloodshot.

Under the intense fluctuation of emotions, it was difficult for everyone to remain calm.

A girl named San Jin gazed blankly at the distant sky, her eyes filled with anticipation and worry.

She possessed peerless natural talent, yet had no grand ambitions.

A girl who, during the college entrance examination, crushed all other geniuses in aptitude and even broke records, dreamed only of opening a chicken leg shop.

This was a dream that would invite ridicule if spoken aloud.

Now, this peerless monster who dreamed of opening a chicken leg shop was, at this moment, dreaming that Chen Yan could return safely.

"Xiao Qi..."

Xia Hanzhou's long hair fluttered; at this moment, he remained utterly dejected and filled with lingering fear as he looked far away toward the direction of Great Xia.

"I know you saw it; you saw Chen Yan become a true God General."

The only God General recognized by all the people of the eighteen provinces of Great Xia.

Just now, it was the human world saving itself.

Great Xia was saving itself.

It saved Chen Yan.

At this moment.

Countless people had countless emotions and countless thoughts.

The only common point was this.

Everyone knew that world history had been changed.

Today, just now, in that very instant.

Perhaps, it was the turning point for world history for the next hundred, or even thousand, years.

The historical node where the three forces of Great Xia, the Five Clans, and the Ancient Divine Beasts vied for supremacy.

And Chen Yan was the center of that node.

The trajectory of human history had changed completely because of what just happened.

The Great Elder of Lu Province had an extremely complex expression as he sent a voice transmission to Lu Jianxia:

"Princess, go in. Find the rest of the Five Clans as quickly as possible and tell everyone the news that Chen Yan has already entered the Five Clans Struggle."

He did not notice that there was still a crystal-clear tear at the corner of Lu Jianxia's eye.

At this moment, the Great Elder of Lu Province was extremely tense and solemn.

"Tell the Creation Realm of the Five Clans that the forty-fold combat power gate-guarding puppet didn't stop him, the Chen Lord didn't stop him, and even..."

The Great Elder's voice trembled, his old face complex:

"Even that eighth-rank peak Ancient Divine Beast didn't stop him!"

The wrinkles on the Great Elder's forehead were like crisscrossing gullies; he gritted his teeth and delivered his instructions via a resonant voice transmission:

"The older generation is incompetent; now we can only rely on you all. Do not let him grow!"

Lu Jianxia's eyes trembled; she looked at the Great Elder of the Lu Clan and saw that he was looking at her with utmost seriousness.

"I..."

Lu Jianxia felt a sense of loss:

"I understand."

At this moment, she clenched her fists, feeling anger in her heart as well.

She wanted to shout in anger.

Didn't you see? The Ancient Divine Beast wanted to destroy him, the Ancient Divine Beast was unwilling to let him live, and the Ancient Divine Beast was also afraid of him.

Since that is the case, why must we continue to target him?

However, Lu Jianxia could not say it.

She was the Princess of Lu Province; how could she say such things?

She possessed her own responsibilities and absolutely could not say these words that were almost no different from treason.

This was why, even when she saw those creatures maliciously slaughtered on Ten Thousand Phases Island, she felt anger but remained silent.

This was what had always bound Lu Jianxia.

But now.

Anger!

Shame!

These waves of emotion were almost drowning her.

Just now, the Chen Lord was joining forces with the Ancient Divine Beast—did you not see that?

Why was it that Chen Yan could speak the words "human race"?

That young ruler could openly declare before all the people of the world, "The Xia may be destroyed, but the human race must not be."

And in the eyes of the Five Clans, is there only the Five Clans?

Why?

To break the shackles of the ancient gods, to sever the injustices of the world.

Ice Intent... Chen Yan's cry echoed once more deep within Lu Jianxia's mind.

That will, filled with power and firm determination, seemed to surface before her once again.

This is the reason Lu Jianxia had never exposed that Chen Yan was Ice Intent.

She foolishly, ridiculously believed that what that person said was true.

But, is it truly ridiculous?

Compared to the historical struggle between the human race and malice, the infighting among the human race seems more like a joke.

Lu Jianxia felt somewhat dazed.

Deep in her mind, a figure emerged once more.

The Master of Will.

That person had said with their own mouth that they would personally descend into the human world.

Perhaps only such an existence could resolve everything.

That is the Master of Martial Dao, and an existence of boundless majesty who has crossed the long river of time.

…………

The sea of blood surged, thick as ink, the scarlet giant waves appearing substantial.

Countless pale skeletons floated and sank.

Chen Changyuan walked through the air, looking at the sea of blood in all directions.

"Is this the struggle of the Five Clans?"

Suddenly.

Rumble!

A great battle occurred in the distant sky, and sounds of explosions rang out one after another.

"Speak clearly!"

Shen Yiwei and Xia Long began a battle against two Creation Realm experts of the Five Clans.

"Chen Changyuan, help me!"

A Five Clans Creation Realm expert saw Chen Changyuan from dozens of miles away and screamed in shock.

Chen Changyuan's expression was calm, his gaze locked onto Xia Long, who was wearing a golden robe.

The next moment, he turned around directly.

"Chen Changyuan!" those two Five Clans Creation Realm experts roared instantly.

The next moment.

Hum!

With one sword strike, Shen Yiwei shattered the head of one Creation Realm expert.

Xia Long, meanwhile, held the neck of the other Creation Realm expert in one hand, his expression gloomy; he looked askance at the increasingly distant Chen Changyuan and shouted coldly:

"Next time we meet, I will surely kill you!"

Blood light overflowed from Shen Yiwei's entire body, and murderous intent surged in the depths of his eyes.

Chen Changyuan's entire body erupted with Sword Soul, his eyes indifferent.

He could see at a glance that Xia Long and Shen Yiwei were just fishing.

Those two Five Clans Creation Realm experts were both at the middle stage of the Creation Realm.

Xia Long, however, was at the peak of the Creation Realm, only one step away from the eighth rank.

If he went over, Xia Long would instantly kill those two Five Clans Creation Realm experts and then join forces with Shen Yiwei to deal with him.

"Xia Long..." Chen Changyuan sneered:

"Now that I possess a Sword Body, what I need is to promote my own Sword Soul to the seventh grade.

By then, killing Xia Long will be a simple matter."

Chen Changyuan's eyes were cold:

"With Chen Yan gone, I even have one less motivation to become stronger."

…………

Shen Yiwei restrained his murderous intent, glanced at Chen Changyuan, and then looked at the Five Clans Creation Realm expert held in Xia Long's hand:

"What did you mean by what you said before? Why can't Chen Yan enter the Five Clans' struggle?!"

That Five Clans Creation Realm expert spoke with difficulty:

"After I tell you, can you..."

Crack!

Xia Long forcibly tore off one of his arms and narrowed his eyes:

"Speak. The faster you speak, the more painless I will make your death later."

That Five Clans Creation Realm expert spoke with difficulty:

"Once the Chen family bloodline encounters a gate-guarding puppet, the combat power of the gate-guarding puppet will increase forty-fold..."

Boom!

A furious aura instantly erupted from Xia Long's body.

His eyes were of different colors, one purple and one ink-black, looking eerie and domineering.

As of now, he can be considered the strongest powerhouse in Great Xia.

And he has another unknown identity.

That is, he is the father of the eight-year-old girl currently serving as the Sovereign of Great Xia.

He is also the illegitimate son of the Sovereign from two generations ago.

"Damn it!!!"

Xia Long roared, waves of metal-attribute Qi and blood exploding wildly, his entire complexion looking rather wrong.

Shen Yiwei's expression also shifted slightly; he suddenly thought of what Shen Xin had said to him before.

His expression shifted slightly:

"Chen Yan's strength has already reached a level I can hardly attain; perhaps he can get in."

Xia Long frowned:

"What if he can't get in?"

Yet, just as he finished speaking, he shook his head with an incredibly complex expression:

"Chen Yan is already extremely good..."

The atmosphere sank into gloom, and Shen Yiwei's complexion also became increasingly ugly.

"The most urgent matter is to install the communication base stations and gather our Great Xia Creation Realm experts together.

We must search for the Soul of the Fate Chapter together; Great Xia cannot truly let the five clans obtain the Soul of the Fate Chapter."

The Soul of the Fate Chapter has already been thrown into the Five-Clan Struggle and will become an object that everyone must fight for.

Xia Long spoke with extreme solemnity.

"Mm." Shen Yiwei nodded:

"Also, we need an Eighth-Rank expert to emerge from among us immediately; with an Eighth-Rank, all the pressure will be much less.

As for Chen Yan..."

Shen Yiwei paused:

"I believe he will definitely be able to get in."

"I hope so too!" Xia Long's voice was complex:

"But if he can't get in..."

Xia Long dared not think further.

Then... what should be done.

…………

Deep in the pitch-black woods.

A wooden cabin lay quietly in wait. Its outline was blurred by the darkness, yet low murmurs echoed from within.

Chen Yu watched from afar, talisman light overflowing from her body, hiding her own aura to the lowest level.

"It was actually a random teleportation; I don't know where Big Brother was sent." Chen Yu murmured.

The next moment, the appearance on Chen Yu's face changed, becoming the likeness of Chi Yuexi.

"Go in." In the world of consciousness, the red-skirted woman spoke:

"You have already installed more than thirty teleportation array disks in the vicinity."

"Mm." Chen Yu nodded:

"I hope to meet up with Big Brother soon."

She clenched her small hands; the Five-Clan Struggle is a furnace for becoming stronger, and she can shorten the distance between herself and the Creation Realm within it in a short time.

Then she can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Big Brother; this is her Martial Dao.

…………

Her vision was occupied by pitch-black darkness, and endless chaos brushed past Chen Yan's body.

When Chen Yan opened his eyes again, he had already appeared inside a dim stone house.

The furnishings inside the stone house were very simple, with only a table and a wooden chair; on the wooden table, which was full of gullies, a candle flame burned slowly.

Hiss...

Chen Yan sat on the ground and began to repair his physical body.

Although he had previously unleashed so many Eighth-Rank explosive array disks in an instant, the spatial lockdown of the control array had caused Chen Yan to receive much less impact.

But Chen Yan had still suffered heavy injuries.

The damage from the Eighth-Rank explosive array disks had almost poured into every particle of Chen Yan's physical body.

Moreover, the malice that the infant Ancient God-Beast had poured into Chen Yan's body was the most lethal.

This had almost suppressed Chen Yan's Immortal Will.

If it weren't for Chen Yan retaining a highly concentrated Immortal Power through the Ten Thousand Prisons Nether Thunder, Chen Yan would definitely have fallen into danger earlier.

Chen Yan gasped, his own internal energy circulating as he began to force the malice out of his body.

On his body, the pitch-black Divine Armor emitted a humming sound, actually helping Chen Yan force out the malice.

This Divine Armor had an innate connection with Chen Yan.

This was a God-level battle armor forged for him by the entirety of Great Xia.

Chen Yan sensed the Divine Armor, and streams of information flowed into the depths of Chen Yan's mind.

1. This Divine Armor can transform into any form of robe according to Chen Yan's will.

2. It can isolate Eighth-Rank malice, which is why it can help Chen Yan force the malice out of his body at this moment.

3. It can completely conceal all auras on Chen Yan's body, including Qi and blood, internal energy, and even the malice within Chen Yan's body.

4, which is also the most important point.

This Divine Armor has one more mode.

Within twenty-four hours, there is one instance of Blood Battle State.

Blood Battle State: Within three minutes, it can allow Chen Yan to ignore all attacks from Creation Realm and below, and can also reduce the damage from an Eighth-Rank martial artist's attacks on Chen Yan to ten percent.

And within these three minutes, Chen Yan's speed increases by two times, strength increases by two times, and Qi-blood combat power increases by two times.

Three minutes, given Chen Yan's current combat power, is enough to do many things.

Chen Yan's expression changed slightly.

The Blood Battle State is almost the same as the Word Realm; it is a type of rule-based amplification.

Because it is firmly tied to Chen Yan's own combat power, the multiplier of the combat power increase will not decrease as Chen Yan's strength improves.

"I am the Heavenly God General, so you shall be named Heavenly God Armor."

Chen Yan murmured, his intent shifting.

The Heavenly God Armor on his body changed, transforming into a set of green robes engraved with cloud patterns, ink-colored trousers, and a pair of ink-colored sneakers.

Although the state had changed, its efficacy remained fundamentally the same.

Sizzle.

Ten Thousand Prison Nether Thunder emerged, spitting out lightning snakes, sucking the malice within Chen Yan's body in and then spitting it out, though it was inevitably eroded itself.

But it did not matter.

As long as a portion of the malice within Chen Yan's body is expelled, Chen Yan's Immortal Will can flourish once again.

At the same time.

Chen Yan observed the Martial Dao Veins, understanding the situation of his younger sister, Shen Yiwei, and the others, which put his mind at ease.

Shen Yiwei is considered an old hand; his first task was to assemble the Great Xia Creation Realm experts.

As for his younger sister, she is currently inside a wooden house, competing with the prodigies of the other five clans for a resource called the 【Soul Disk】.

As for the disguise, that was something Chen Yan had agreed upon with his younger sister from the very beginning.

After all, she is only at the Fifth-Rank peak; logically, it is impossible for her to enter the Five-Clan Struggle.

Therefore, whenever his younger sister encounters people from the five clans, she says she is disguised as Chen Yu.

When she encounters Great Xia people, she shows her true face.

Chen Yan had also discussed this matter with the Great Xia Creation Realm experts long ago.

Xia Hanzhou had also given Chen Yu several Eighth-Rank teleportation array disks to use for escape.

The Five-Clan Struggle is too dangerous; Chen Yan has ten thousand reasons not to let Chen Yu enter.

But Chen Yu's Martial Dao makes Chen Yan feel conflicted.

Immediately following.

Chen Yan noticed the Martial Dao Vein where Ji Chuxi was located and narrowed his eyes.

At this moment, Ji Chuxi was actually in a stone house of the same appearance as Chen Yan's.

Inside the other person's room, there were also three other Five-Clan Creation Realm experts.

These people were still deliberating, sharing information with each other.

Inside the stone house.

"These two Great Xia beasts are truly unlucky."

A woman wearing black leather clothes looked at the two corpses at her feet with disgust, then waved one hand to store these two corpses into her own Origin Space.

She smiled charmingly:

"Just teleported over, and they ran into us."

Ji Chuxi's brows relaxed slightly:

"Yu Xing and Sheng Wubing; one of these two people was the Minister of the Cloud Province Military Martial Guard, and the other was a rogue cultivator.

Senior Chen Yitong's strength is formidable, relieving worries for our five clans."

"You know how to talk," the woman named Chen Yitong said with a clever smile:

"Come, let's share intelligence about this place."

Chen Yitong looked at the other two Five-Clan Creation Realm experts; these two people came from Chi Province and Yu Province respectively.

"I don't know the intelligence yet; I only know this place is called Counter-Fire Castle."

The Yu Clan Creation Realm expert, whose entire body was wrapped in battle armor, spoke.

"Fine then." Chen Yitong waved her hand indifferently:

"Let's all go out and collect intelligence."

Everyone nodded.

Chen Yan, meanwhile, sat quietly on the floor of the stone house, his face cold.

His situation is a bit dire.

Having just teleported over, he has already encountered four Five-Clan Creation Realm experts.

Moreover, he himself is in a state of serious injury.

Ji Chuxi and the other two Five-Clan Creation Realm experts are not worth worrying about.

However, that Chen Yitong, as one of the four people from Chen Province to enter the Five-Clan Struggle, is at the late stage of the Creation Realm.

He observed Ji Chuxi on the Martial Dao Veins.

Currently, Chen Yan and they are all located within a castle.

And those few people are constantly searching the rooms; perhaps it won't be long before they arrive at Chen Yan's location.

Chen Yan took a deep breath; his current combat power is less than one-tenth of its peak, and even with the Divine Armor, it is impossible to defeat Chen Yitong.

His force and Qi-blood were also suppressed by the malice within his body.

Once he stepped out to flee, that would be the most dangerous moment, and those few people would instantly hunt him down.

Chen Yan's facial structure shifted, and immediately after, he transformed into the appearance of Lu Fukun.

Chen Yan's Will Divine Body clone had traveled the Great Xia with his younger sister, and his sister had also taught Chen Yan the method of disguise.

Of course, it was the more advanced kind.

But Chen Yan was somewhat uncertain whether he could deceive the others.

However, because of the Heavenly God Armor, all the auras on Chen Yan's body were hidden, including that strand of chilling malice.

It was also at this moment.

With a bang, the room door was pushed open.

Whoosh!

Inside the entire room, dreamlike butterfly phantoms suddenly appeared one after another.

Chen Yitong, wearing leather clothing, walked into the stone house.

"Lu Fukun..."

Chen Yitong turned her head slightly, revealing a charming smile:

"You are here too."

Chen Yan sat cross-legged on the floor calmly:

"Greetings, Senior Chen Yitong."

"Mm." Chen Yitong's pair of charming eyes suddenly became extremely aggressive, scanning Chen Yan just like that.

Until the next moment, she nodded slightly, her lotus steps drifting as she walked slowly toward Chen Yan.

Chen Yan looked at Chen Yitong, his eyes suddenly widening, and a trace of a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

The next moment, Chen Yitong turned around directly.

"You go ahead and get busy; Big Sister will come find you to play later."

Chen Yitong blew a kiss.

With a bang.

The room door was closed, and Chen Yan narrowed his eyes.

He could perceive people's emotions.

He had been discovered by Chen Yitong.

At the same time.

In the corridor outside the stone house, Chen Yitong's eyes widened instantly, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on her forehead.

Chen Yan!

Her breathing became rapid, her face full of disbelief.

Although Chen Yan had disguised himself, and she couldn't even perceive a single trace of aura on Chen Yan's body at all.

But her eyes had been taken to be refined with God-level spiritual liquid, and embedded within her pupils were Sun-level Grade A array patterns.

This was because Chen Yitong was an Illusionist.

An ancient system that casts illusions using mental power.

Therefore, her pair of eyes needed to see through the illusions of others.

But Chen Yitong could not believe it.

That was... a forty-times difficulty combat puppet!

Even this couldn't stop Chen Yan?

Thus, at this moment.

Chen Yitong fell into a difficult dilemma.

That was... whether or not to make a move against Chen Yan?

If she didn't make a move against Chen Yan, was she supposed to let him continue to grow?

But make a move against Chen Yan?

The other party could defeat that forty-times combat power gatekeeper puppet; his own combat power was perhaps on par with hers.

But why would Chen Yan let her leave?

If Chen Yan had this level of strength, why didn't he make a move against her?

Or could it be...

Chen Yan was injured?

He had suffered a serious injury, which was why he was acting like this?

Now, the one who truly held the advantage was her, Chen Yitong!

Chen Yitong thought, her facial expressions changing constantly, from shock to hesitation to struggle, and finally to viciousness.

If she could kill Chen Yan, what would she gain?

Chen Yitong dared not think; a smile gradually appeared at the corners of her mouth, and she floated slowly, appearing before the stone house door.

She placed one hand on the door handle.

The killing intent in her eyes could no longer be suppressed.

At the same time.

Chen Yan inside the room narrowed his eyes.

PS: One chapter today, writing a bit less.

I have already designed the grand template for the Five Clans Conflict, but the overall details still need to be designed in depth.

This is a dungeon that has been foreshadowed since the start of this book at ten thousand words, all the way up to the current two million words.

It is destined to require me to bring all of my own abilities to their best performance.

It is like an anchor point; all of Chen Yan's initial problems, the car accident that appeared in the first chapter, the Chu family of the Martial Suppression Class, the struggle for breaking limits with Chen Min, and the Gong family, all originate from Chen Changyuan's Great Family Alliance, all originating from Chen Changyuan.

What Chen Changyuan has been preparing for all along is the struggle of the five clans.

And Chen Yu, from her first appearance and her conversation with Ji Yannan, had already made it clear that her direction is the struggle of the five clans.

All problems and contradictions will completely erupt and be resolved within this.

If I do not write it well, I will definitely blame myself, and I will definitely be dissatisfied.

But it must be unexpected; this is the most difficult and also the most necessary part.

If a plot can be guessed by the reader, I consider it a failure.

But abrupt reversals will lead to things being inexplicable, so it requires deep thought and design.

It is that kind of thing where the method to solve the problem, I have already written it, but you could not guess it; the places with problems, I have written them several times, but you did not discover there were problems.

Two million words now; started the book in June, and now it is March, over two million words in nine months; it seems time really goes by fast.

Thank you for your support.