Chapter 614: The Terrifying Master of All Six Paths

Time passed slowly.

Just as Shen Yiwu arrived at the twenty-eighth step.

Suddenly, a wave of uproar erupted.

Shen Yiwu hurriedly looked upward.

He saw that Lu Jianxia, shrouded in black mist, had already reached the summit, looking down upon the crowd with pride.

At the same time.

An ethereal female voice resounded.

"The first martial artist to step onto the thirty-third step has appeared.

Once the fifth martial artist to step onto the thirty-third step is born, the five shall enter the Ancient War Gong Dian."

As the ethereal female voice fell, everyone froze in unison.

Someone hurriedly looked toward the rear.

"It seems that person won't be able to make it."

Many Creation Realm experts of the Five Clans breathed a sigh of relief; it appeared the rules of the Shang Gu Zhan Tai were to select the first five people to ascend to the thirty-third step.

This caused some Five Clans Creation Realm experts, who had been worried about Chen Yan arriving after his breakthrough, to exhale a breath of foul air.

They were truly worried that after Chen Yan arrived, he would once again seize the top spot and then obtain a massive opportunity.

If that were the case, even if Chi Xue possessed a second-tier domain, there might be a risk of losing to Chen Yan.

Someone roared out loud:

"The four in front, hurry up and get to the thirty-third step!"

Just as this person spoke, a Great Xia Creation Realm expert bellowed:

"Shut your stinking mouth!"

At this moment, all the Great Xia Creation Realm experts felt heavy-hearted.

If the Shang Gu Zhan Tai only selected the first five, then since Chen Yan had just broken through, how could he have the energy to climb the steps?

Everyone could not imagine that Chen Yan had broken through thirty-five times during his promotion to the Creation Realm; that must have already exhausted all his strength.

He simply had no energy to come to the Shang Gu Zhan Tai.

A Great Xia Creation Realm expert was unconvinced:

"Aren't the tickets for the Shang Gu Zhan Tai purchased according to one's own wishes?

Since that is the case, why is there a time limit for climbing the steps?"

Inside the Yunding Gong Dian, a woman wearing a ten-colored fairy dress spoke indifferently:

"With opportunity right in front of you, do you expect me to wait for your mood?

Wait for you to buy a ticket?"

Her voice was ethereal, instantly rendering that Great Xia Creation Realm expert speechless.

But there were still many Great Xia Creation Realm experts who showed anger, feeling it was unfair.

Above the throne, the fairy-dressed woman stroked her forehead; she was speechless.

She had actually been cursed at in someone's heart.

Yet, just a moment ago.

Someone was climbing the steps, breaking through thirty-five times, and fusing the Martial Dao all at once.

She was angry too.

That person was not only absurd, but also ignored the 【Heavenly Steel Body-Guard】 displayed by the human shadows, refusing to learn it at all.

She felt her Shang Gu Zhan Tai had been insulted by that person.

The Great Xia Creation Realm experts were angry, but was she not angry?

That was the 【Heavenly Steel Body-Guard】, are you really not going to learn it?

The fairy-dressed woman's eyes shimmered with divine light and celestial mist, her gaze piercing through the floor to look at the steps below.

Currently, that young man named Chen Yan had already climbed to the seventeenth step, struggling in a bitter battle against six human shadows.

The fairy-dressed woman pursed her red lips, wanting to say something but stopping, yet the next moment she transmitted her voice with considerable impatience:

"If you do not cultivate the Heavenly Steel Body-Guard, you are missing the greatest opportunity and will never be able to reach the thirty-third step!"

The fairy-dressed woman regretted it the moment she finished transmitting this sentence.

She should not have taken the initiative to transmit her voice to a challenger.

But that challenger was a strange monster who had fused the Martial Dao.

Crucially, he was also a master of all six paths, having to fight six human shadows simultaneously as they displayed the 【Heavenly Steel Body-Guard】.

Was this the Shang Gu Zhan Tai's punishment for a master of all six paths?

No.

This was a reward.

The more human shadows you face at once, the more 【Heavenly Steel Body-Guard】 techniques you can learn.

But what made the fairy-dressed woman angriest was that this person, despite encountering such a great opportunity, simply refused to learn the 【Heavenly Steel Body-Guard】.

It was simply a waste of a heavenly treasure.

She was like someone who couldn't stand seeing others use milk to water flowers, so she went to remind Chen Yan.

At the same time, on the steps, Chen Yan heard the voice in his mind.

His expression did not change; he continued to rely on his own combat.

He did not learn the 【Heavenly Steel Body-Guard】 because rather than understanding the true essence of the physical body through other martial arts, it was better to explore it himself.

After all, everyone's physical body is different.

"If it does not follow my Dao, even if ten thousand Daos claim supremacy, I shall not submit."

Chen Yan whispered in his heart.

But he was not a rigid person.

So, he only thought this sentence in his heart; it was impossible for him to say it out loud.

If a truly immense opportunity were placed before his eyes, Chen Yan would definitely take it.

At worst, Chen Yan could modify it after obtaining it.

But before this, Chen Yan did not learn 【Heavenly Steel Body-Guarding】 because Chen Yan felt there was truly no need.

He felt that it might be better to spar with the human shadows and let them find his own weaknesses.

Chen Yan looked toward the Saint-Breaking Realm.

【Skill: 297/100】

The third 【Skill】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit was about to be born.

Originally, Chen Yan did not intend to consume the Saint-Breaking Fruit; he wanted to wait until he was truly at his limit before consuming it.

But now, the Shang Gu Zhan Tai had set restrictive conditions, which forced Chen Yan to change his plan.

At the same time.

A human shadow rushed over.

Chen Yan suddenly bent his knees and lowered his waist, crossing his arms to forcefully withstand the human shadow's frontal impact, shifting his body the instant he was knocked flying.

While flying out, Chen Yan kicked a human shadow that was ambushing him, and the moment he blasted that shadow away, his body rebounded suddenly like a taut compound bow.

The progress of the 【Skill】 character Saint-Breaking Fruit continued to rise.

Two hundred and ninety-eight percent!

Two hundred and ninety-nine percent!

…………

Inside the palace.

The woman in the immortal dress saw that Chen Yan still would not learn it, and was almost so angry that she gritted her teeth.

"If this continues, the more he climbs the steps, the more difficult it will be. If he doesn't want the opportunity, then so be it; I won't care anymore."

She whispered.

She had high hopes for Chen Yan, yet Chen Yan insisted on acting against the heavens.

At the same time.

On the battle platform, the Creation Realm experts who had already climbed above the twentieth step began to fight with their lives.

They all wanted to become one of the top five.

As for those below the twentieth step, they had instead started to give up.

Even if they sprinted, there was not much time left.

"I came too late."

A Five-Clan Creation Realm expert sighed.

But soon, he thought that even Chen Yan had lost his chance, and he felt relieved.

Opportunity waits for no one.

It was also at this moment.

He looked at that Six-Dao All-Rounder and laughed:

"To think he reached the seventeenth step, but there is no chance left."

Someone heard his voice and also looked over.

"Hiss, don't say that; he is actually quite formidable, having managed to hover on the edge of elimination and reach the seventeenth step."

"Cultivating six martial Daos doesn't mean one is very powerful."

"Haven't you noticed? He seems to have not learned the Heavenly Steel Body-Guarding at all. Could it be that he can't learn it?"

"Being a Six-Dao All-Rounder doesn't mean all six of your Daos are top-tier; it's also possible that all six of your martial Daos are extremely mediocre."

"I have already discovered that this person must be an old monster thousands of years old, with poor comprehension but excellent willpower.

So the old man didn't learn the Heavenly Steel Body-Guarding from the start because he couldn't learn it, and instead relied on experience to reach the seventeenth step."

…………

Some were impressed, some were emotional, and some were disdainful.

But soon, no one paid attention anymore.

Because the second existence to ascend the thirty-third step was born.

On the thirty-third step.

Jiang Yuan panted heavily, lying on the water platform, looking down.

Beside him, Lu Jianxia stood calmly, never having said a word.

Below, a clamor had already erupted.

Those who arrived with Jiang Yuan all knew that it was Jiang Yuan, and they revealed smiles.

…………

At the same time.

On the seventeenth step.

Chen Yan shifted his body, his right hand striking like a spirit crane pecking for food, his fingertips continuously tapping three points on the neck of the human shadow on his left.

The next instant, a human shadow had already hooked its legs around Chen Yan's neck, twisting its body to smash Chen Yan down heavily.

Chen Yan was flung away like a kite with a broken string.

Chen Yan slammed both hands onto the water platform and shook his head.

"Almost snapped my neck."

Chen Yan muttered.

That moment just now was truly perilous.

Inside the Cloud-Top Gong Dian, the woman in the fairy dress raised her head, looking at Chen Yan at this moment with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

Refusing to learn the 【Heavenly Stellar Body-Defense】, this is the result.

"Old man, he is about to be eliminated." The woman spoke, naturally addressing the old man imprisoned at the rear of the palace.

Inside the dark room, the old man's world-weary eyes flashed with a hint of cold light, and he let out a low hum:

"I just don't know what exactly he is trying to pull."

Yet at this very moment.

The expressions of both the old man and the woman in the fairy dress changed slightly.

On the seventeenth step, the youth who had been sent flying was still sprawled on the water platform, a shadow had already attacked from behind him, but it was blasted away by a single kick from him.

Chen Yan shook his head and stood up.

The three 【Skill】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits had already been absorbed by him, turning into the purest energy of technique.

Beneath the black mist, Chen Yan's eyes were brilliant.

His strength remained unchanged, and his Qi and blood could not be manifested externally, yet his body faintly carried a sense of flickering.

It was as if he were standing there, but his aura had completely changed; within a physical body no different from a mortal's, strands of power circulated, erupting inch by inch across Chen Yan's body.

The old man and the woman in the fairy dress both saw Chen Yan's drastic change at this moment and narrowed their eyes.

Until the next moment, Chen Yan's body dodged the lethal strike of a figure like a ghost, and with a casual blow, he kicked the opponent away.

At this moment, Chen Yan was able to find relief.

With his technique as it was, dealing with these figures had become incredibly easy for him.

Once he relaxed, Chen Yan's will was able to find relief.

His will had long been like a wrung-out sponge, still being constantly squeezed.

Now, in the instant he relaxed, this sponge had time once again to nourish a newly born will.

Chen Yan twisted his neck, feeling as comfortable as withered wood bathed in sweet rain.

Inside the Cloud-Top Heavenly Gong Dian.

The woman in the fairy dress first raised her graceful upper body, then spoke coldly:

"Damn it, still hiding his true strength; what's so good about hiding one's strength?

It's been ten thousand years of Martial Dao, how can there still be such a show-off...!"

The woman gritted her silver teeth, wanting to say the three words 'show-off', but felt it didn't suit her status.

But at this moment, she knew she had definitely been played.

…………

At the same time, Ke Qingxuan was very nervous.

She worried that since Chen Yan had just finished breaking through his realm, continuing to climb the steps now might be too difficult.

How could Chen Yan lack the aptitude to learn the 【Heavenly Stellar Body-Defense】?

Only Ke Qingxuan knew just how powerful Chen Yan was; being able to break his limits while walking to this point was already something others couldn't imagine.

She wanted Chen Yan to rest for a while, but felt she had no qualifications to offer Chen Yan advice.

Yet at this very moment.

Ke Qingxuan's eyes suddenly widened, and she looked at Chen Yan's location in disbelief.

She saw that Chen Yan had finally stepped onto the eighteenth step, and the moment six figures attacked, they were defeated by Chen Yan in just a few kicks.

Then, Chen Yan stepped onto the nineteenth step.

Ke Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, thinking she had seen wrong.

Yet she saw.

As Chen Yan's body flickered, he resolved the six figures on the nineteenth step in less than a minute.

Then, the twentieth step!

Ke Qingxuan's eyes widened instantly, watching this scene in disbelief.

…………

"The third one has appeared!"

"Which side is he on?"

"Impressive, only the last two spots remain."

Sounds of discussion rang out.

Yet it was seen that on the thirty-third step, a third figure wrapped in black mist had already appeared.

Now, everyone was guessing this person's identity.

Shen Yiwei's expression was extremely ugly.

He guessed this person was Chen Changyuan.

Jiang Yuan had also guessed the opponent was Chen Changyuan at the very beginning.

At this moment, the Realm-Creators of the Great Xia who had set out together from Gu Shen Shan to enter this place were all extremely distressed.

This was undoubtedly the worst news.

Chen Changyuan, who had organized the notorious Aristocratic Family Alliance.

A three-surname slave.

Today, for Chen Changyuan to reach such a state step by step is a supreme humiliation for Great Xia.

Shen Yiwei roared in his heart even more; he had long since sworn to kill Chen Changyuan.

The first half of his life had been ruined by this person.

Now that Chen Changyuan had reached the thirty-third step before him, Shen Yiwei was naturally filled with incomparable resentment.

At this moment, Shen Yiwei fought with everything he had and stepped onto the thirtieth step.

The very instant Shen Yiwei stepped onto the thirtieth step.

Within the entire Shang Gu Zhan Tai, all the martial artists noticed Shen Yiwei.

Because on the thirtieth step, there was also one person fighting.

And on the thirty-first and thirty-second steps, no one was fighting.

Without any surprises, these two people on the thirtieth step were the fourth and fifth.

On the thirtieth step, Chen Mi glanced at Chen Changyuan beside him, and his heart sank.

He was already fourth, and he had not expected someone else to appear and force him to be fifth.

Damn it.

Chen Mi let out a low roar, his punches striking like thunder.

On the twenty-eighth step, Xia Long was in a bad mood.

Clearly, he would be unable to enter the top five.

According to his guess, the person on the thirtieth step with Shen Yiwei was also not from Great Xia.

Among the top five, there were actually three people from the Five Clans.

Many who had come from the Gu Shen Shan to the Great Xia Creation Realm were all feeling very gloomy.

Especially since Chen Yan's situation was also very critical now.

Everyone felt even gloomier.

…………

The twenty-fifth step.

Qi Fan used everything he had; his consciousness showed signs of fracturing, and his body was somewhat tottering.

"I am too mediocre, just like my name..."

He felt resentment and unwillingness in his heart, but at this moment, he could not advance any further.

With a hum.

A faint radiance of will overflowed from Qi Fan's body.

"I cannot give up; how can I give up? Even if I die, I must die with value..."

Qi Fan roared lowly, in extreme pain, struggling.

Chen Yan was in danger because of him, so how could he give up at this moment?

He was sublimating.

The Dao of Will was about to bloom upon him.

Yet, at this very moment.

Tap, tap.

The sound of stepping on water rang out beside Qi Fan.

A person stepped onto the twenty-fifth step.

It was that All-Rounder of the Six Daos.

At this moment, someone suddenly spoke up.

"Eh, how did he suddenly reach the twenty-fifth step?"

Following that person's surprised exclamation, many people looked toward the twenty-fifth step.

Wrapped in black mist, their pupils trembled, filled with a sense of incredulity.

"So fast!"

On the thirty-third step, Jiang Yuan narrowed his eyes.

He hadn't been paying much attention, but he remembered that not long ago, this person was still on the teens of steps.

How did he suddenly reach the twenty-fifth step?

At this moment, many people looked at the position of the All-Rounder of the Six Daos, each of them exclaiming in astonishment.

"So fast!"

"He actually didn't use the Heavenly Dipper Body Protection?"

"What is this situation? Could it be an old monster who has survived since ten thousand years ago?"

"Lived for ten thousand years, how is that possible?

The longer one lives, the more malice accumulates in the body; those in the Creation Realm can live at most seven or eight thousand years."

"Damn, he's on the twenty-sixth step!"

Someone exclaimed in shock, unable to believe it.

"So strong, such pure body techniques; where did he learn them? Why have I never seen them?"

"Perhaps he has unearthed some secrets from before the birth of the Martial Dao!"

"I have never been able to guess what his next move would be."

At this moment, whether from Great Xia or the Five Clans, all those in the Creation Realm watched with unconcealable shock.

Because it was too fast.

The speed of ascending the steps was too fast.

Furthermore, the physical technique the opponent displayed was completely different from the 【Heavenly Dipper Body-Guarding Art】.

Some elderly Creation Realm experts asserted that it might be a physical technique even more powerful than the 【Heavenly Dipper Body-Guarding Art】.

Chen Yan was still climbing the stairs.

The twenty-sixth step.

The twenty-seventh step.

Chen Yan's speed was extremely fast, yet he did not seem tired.

After consuming three 【Skill】 character Saint-Breaking Fruits, Chen Yan also appeared extremely relaxed while battling the human shadows.

Consequently, his will slowly recovered and became powerful once again.

As he continued to climb the stairs, the exclamations from below grew louder and louder.

Someone roared:

"Whose side is he actually on?"

The crowd suddenly discovered that it seemed another terrifying existence that left people feeling uncertain had appeared within the Five Clans' struggle.

Xia Long watched helplessly as this master of all six paths was about to surpass him.

His heart sank.

He was the father of the current ruler of Great Xia, and he understood the secrets of Great Xia.

Great Xia had truly never produced any master of all six paths.

Then this person could only be from the Five Clans.

Which clan was he from, exactly?

Damn it!

Xia Long roared in his heart.

Lu Wuyi had the same thought.

He was still on the twenty-ninth step and had already lost the chance to be in the top five.

Watching this master of all six paths who was still sprinting with all his might, he was also incomparably wary.

As the second-ranked on the Creation Realm List, he knew many secret matters of the Five Clans.

Where would the Five Clans get a master of all six paths?

What exactly was the Xia Clan doing?

After one Lu Xunyang, they gave you another Chen Yan.

Now, having Chen Yan wasn't enough, and they brought in another master of all six paths?

Lu Wuyi was furious in his heart.

The most ridiculous thing was that this person had actually been hiding his true strength at the beginning?

Hiding your mother!

I hate show-offs the most.

And just the moment after he roared in his heart.

Chen Yan stepped onto the twenty-ninth step, standing level with Lu Wuyi.

Six human shadows appeared beside the opponent and began to attack.

And this master of all six paths knocked one of the human shadows flying almost in an instant.

Lu Wuyi squinted as he watched, and immediately after, a terrifying conjecture surfaced in his heart.

He hurriedly looked upward.

On the thirty-first step, Chen Mi was still battling the final two human shadows.

Yet Shen Yiwei had already taken a step ahead and rushed to the thirty-second step.

Lu Wuyi's eyes flashed, and when he looked at the master of all six paths again, his expression changed completely, and he then growled:

"No, he is going to sprint for the top five!"