Chapter 624: Creating the Realm, Reversing the Eighth Tier, Defining a New Martial Dao!

Then, look.

Inside the forging room, starlight flowed over Chen Yan's physical body, and he himself seemed as magnificent as the universe.

Within his own universe, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine True Dragon Dharma Manifestations completely dissipated.

But what dissipated were the True Dragon Dharma Manifestations, not Chen Yan's power.

Destruction brings forth new life.

The True Dragon Dharma Manifestations shattered, transforming into surging waves of energy.

They flew and drifted within the vastness of his own universe.

They transformed into countless light, mist-like wisps.

This was matter, and it was also energy.

Then, in an extremely short amount of time.

The willow-like wisps condensed.

Some sank into indigo abysses, others floated as silvery-white feathers, weaving thousands of transparent vortices in the silence.

Within the boundless darkness of his own universe, light appeared once more.

When the very first star core was born, his own universe trembled slightly.

The star core radiated brilliance.

Countless willow-like wisps began to rotate around the star core, turning into dust.

Gradually, more and more matter was born, and stars were born.

The first galaxy belonging to Chen Yan's own universe was born!

Then the second, the third, the fourth...

The tenth.

The one hundredth.

The one thousandth.

The nine thousandth.

The nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-ninth.

His own universe had completely condensed and manifested; from then on, every one of Chen Yan's battles would carry the might of his own universe.

"Mid-stage Creation Realm."

Inside the Cloud-Top Palace, the woman in the immortal dress subconsciously tightened her fingers around the edge of her skirt.

What had she just seen?

Chen Yan had actually truly withstood that Dao essence from the Master of Hard-Refining.

And by perceiving that Dao essence, he had entered the mid-stage of the Creation Realm.

Correct.

Mid-stage Creation Realm.

For a Creation Realm martial artist, condensing the first "own universe" signifies entry into the mid-stage.

Martial artists at the early-stage Creation Realm can still condense True Dragon or True Essence Dharma Manifestations.

But at the mid-stage Creation Realm, they can no longer continue to manifest them, because the Dharma Manifestations have long since condensed into the galaxies of their own universe.

At this point, the strength of a Creation Realm martial artist undergoes a qualitative change.

The physical body is the universe itself; a single punch carries the power of his own universe.

Once they condense a triple-layered own universe, they will enter the late-stage Creation Realm.

Four layers is the peak of the Creation Realm.

Of course, there are some existences who have already condensed five, or even six layers of their own universe by the peak of the Creation Realm.

There are even more extraordinary ones, such as Lu Xunyang, who condensed seven layers.

But none of these existences were as rapid as Chen Yan when condensing their own universe.

One must know, it was only two days ago that Chen Yan ascended to the Creation Realm.

Even though Chen Yan was this rapid, most of the credit must go to the sermon of the Master of Hard-Refining.

But one still has to be able to catch the sermon of the Master of Hard-Refining.

It is like when countless gold coins fall from the sky; most people know they are gold coins.

Their first reaction is naturally excitement.

But their second reaction is to flee.

Because not only would they not gain wealth, they would instead be crushed to death.

And the sermon of the Master of Hard-Refining was not gold coins falling from the sky, but golden mountains.

Chen Yan not only accepted them, but successfully utilized them.

In such a fast amount of time, he condensed the first layer of his own universe.

The woman in the immortal dress was very shocked.

Beyond the mixed feelings in her heart, there was a wave of discomfort that she herself found hard to describe.

It was too uncomfortable.

She had kindly prepared an opportunity for Chen Yan to kill Lu Jianxia.

As a result, good intentions led to a mistake.

Even now, Chen Yan's breakthrough feels like a slap in her face.

Her own failure is hateful enough, but Chen Yan's success makes her feel even more sour and numb.

"Who exactly is he? Could he be a disciple taken in by some other remnant soul of yours?"

The woman in the immortal dress spoke with an icy expression, but received no response.

This made her even more resentful.

She couldn't even remember how long it had been since she felt such an emotion.

"Mid-stage Creation Realm is still not enough for him to defeat an Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beast."

She whispered:

"It would be better to let him out to listen to my preaching."

Her figure flashed, and she returned to her throne, her expression turning very ugly.

She felt she had been played.

Played by Lu Jianxia.

Clearly, when Lu Jianxia was passing through the Trial of the Dao, she had seen Lu Jianxia treat Chen Yan as her greatest enemy.

That woman had said, in every breath, that she would definitely kill Chen Yan.

Therefore, she concluded that Lu Jianxia was Chen Yan's greatest enemy.

Killing Lu Jianxia might cause Chen Yan pain, but it would indeed rid Chen Yan of his biggest trouble.

As it turned out, in the end.

Lu Jianxia had told Chen Yan herself that she and Chen Yan were a match made in heaven.

And then, under the compulsion of the rules, she had self-destructed.

That shouldn't be.

How could a person's Dao Heart and purpose change so easily?

As the Element Lord, she felt she couldn't understand Lu Jianxia.

Living so complexly, why bother living at all?

By now, it seemed she was the villain.

Currently, Chen Yan holds a grudge against her and refuses to listen to her preaching at all.

In that case, how will Chen Yan face Chi Xue, and how will he face the Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beast?

Mid-stage Creation Realm, isn't it still just the Creation Realm?

The Creation Realm cannot fight the Eighth-Rank.

This is the rule of the realms.

It cannot be resisted.

Rather than studying how to increase one's own strength, it would be better to study how to deceive the heavens and escape the encirclement.

This was the content of the preaching the woman in the immortal dress had originally intended to prepare for Chen Yan.

Unfortunately, because of the Lu Jianxia affair, there is already a rift between her and Chen Yan.

What surprised her even more was that Chen Yan had actually received such treatment from the Lord of Horizontal Tempering.

As a descendant of the Lord of Horizontal Tempering, the woman in the immortal dress felt both resentment and awe toward the old man.

She had never seen him treat an outsider like this.

Even the Lords of the Five Clans, who fought alongside him back in the day, had to kneel when speaking to him.

It could be said that that old man is the most noble, most majestic, and most terrifying existence in human history.

But she did not want to let the Lord of Horizontal Tempering continue this nonsense.

No matter how precious his preaching content is, it cannot save the current Chen Yan.

And it was at this moment.

The woman in the immortal dress saw something; her expression trembled instantly, and even she was filled with astonishment.

"What are you doing? Are you crazy?!"

She exclaimed, her beautiful eyes, overflowing with immortal radiance, seeing Chen Yan's true self still inside the Fire-Reversal Castle from infinitely far across the mountains and seas.

Yet she saw that the starlight originally radiating from Chen Yan as the center was now beginning to extinguish.

Chen Yan's entire being was like an extinguished candle flame, falling rustlingly, dragging a silver-thread-like tail light as he headed toward deathly silence.

Even on Chen Yan's body, pitch-black cracks appeared, and endless death-light spilled out from within these black marks.

This represented the collapse of Chen Yan's physical body and the collapse of all the strength of Chen Yan's Horizontal Tempering path.

At the same time.

All the galaxies in Chen Yan's internal universe began to converge and condense together.

Finally, they condensed into a huge celestial body within the depths of his internal universe.

Outside the celestial body, bright light rings swirled, brilliant halos flowed, and the center was as dark as an abyss, seemingly hiding endless mysteries.

This was the convergence of all energy, but it was also the beginning of all destruction.

Waves of destructive aura spilled out from this celestial body.

The woman in the immortal dress saw Chen Yan's current state at a glance, and her expression changed drastically:

"He is about to lose control of his internal universe; you are harming him!"

As the Element Lord, how could she not see that the internal universe Chen Yan had just condensed had reached the edge of collapse?

Chen Yan is about to lose control.

He is going to die.

At this moment, even she had not expected such a change.

The next instant.

Boom—

A heaven-shaking and earth-shattering roar suddenly erupted from within Chen Yan's physical body.

Extremely brilliant light and flames scattered from Chen Yan's physical body.

And then...

It returned to deathly silence.

The woman in the fairy skirt parted her red lips.

Chen Yan's own universe...

Exploded!

Did this go wrong?

Chen Yan should not have shaped the first layer of his own universe so quickly.

Because the progress was too fast, and then he failed to grasp it.

Resulting in his own universe exploding.

This was not only the complete destruction of Chen Yan's strength in the path of tempering.

It even put Chen Yan himself in extreme mortal danger.

The woman in the fairy skirt furrowed her brows; she did not know what to say for a moment.

The path of martial arts is long; how can one become a fatty in one mouthful?

At the same time.

Inside the room.

Signs of collapse also appeared in Chen Yan's consciousness.

According to what the old man said.

After the birth of his first layer of his own universe, Chen Yan directly destroyed that first layer of his own universe.

This would be the key for Chen Yan to be completely distinguished from other Creation Realm practitioners.

It was also the most dangerous moment.

"Hold on."

The white-haired old man also became solemn at this moment:

"Although I have studied this for ten thousand years, I have never tested it; you are the first person.

If you succeed, no one will ever be able to surpass you in the path of tempering."

The old man continued to speak, and the Dao essence actually manifested as golden secret scripts, wrapping around Chen Yan.

Dao and Law intertwined and gathered at this moment; Chen Yan was experiencing a powerful opportunity like a phoenix nirvana.

His aura began to wither, and his physical body approached death.

But now, Chen Yan was desperately absorbing the Dao essence even more.

On the Saint-Breaking Tree.

The sixth 【Skill】 Saint-Breaking Fruit was born.

The seventh one.

The eighth one.

The ninth one!

Chen Yan sensed his physical body again, only to find that it had returned to a state of deathly silence, unable to produce even a shred of strength.

Within his body, it was as if endless destructive power was stored.

Every time a trace of vitality was born within Chen Yan's physical body, this destructive force would completely grind that vitality away.

It was like searching for a glimmer of light in the endless dark night, extremely difficult.

The old man narrowed his eyes.

Now, it was indeed the most dangerous moment.

According to Chen Yan's ability, he should be able to pull through, right?

Even the Master of Tempering was not certain at this moment.

Outside, the woman in the fairy skirt was even more stunned as she watched:

"You are going to kill him."

"Shut up." The white-haired old man let out a low shout, and that trace of terrifying majesty spilled out once again.

The woman in the fairy skirt, however, continued to retort:

"You killed him, yet you refuse to admit it; you don't understand the simplest principle of pulling up seedlings to help them grow?

Who creates their first own universe so quickly..."

She was in the middle of speaking.

"Audacious!" The grand majesty penetrated the room's barriers, passed through the endless void, and just like that, spilled out.

The woman in the fairy skirt narrowed her eyes; this old man was angry too.

But what right do you have to be angry?

Yet, just as she was about to continue speaking.

Her pupils shrank, and she hurriedly looked toward where Chen Yan's physical body was.

And saw.

An ocean-like golden-red light spilling out from Chen Yan's physical body.

The golden-red will is the morning sun, is new life, is immortality.

At this moment, it actually completely suppressed the intent of destruction within Chen Yan's body.

The old man's gaze also trembled:

"Immortal will..."

He was shocked in his heart, but quickly said angrily:

"Since you have such a method, why didn't you use it sooner?"

Chen Yan spoke:

"You didn't say I could use it."

Chen Yan sat cross-legged and began to absorb the energy within the 【Skill】 Saint-Breaking Fruit, applying the endless techniques to his own physical body.

The old man was speechless.

The path of will is a bit too powerful.

This power of immortality alone already left him incredibly shocked.

The martial path of will coordinates all paths.

When Chen Yan's own universe was destroyed and his physical body was destroyed, the immortal will prevented Chen Yan from dying.

He felt that his physical body was reviving.

The originally collapsed own universe also began to be reborn at the end of destruction.

Streaks of physical power belonging to Chen Yan appeared once more, building a new own universe, building new galaxies.

At the same time.

Streaks of special power emerged on Chen Yan's body.

Powerful beyond measure, carrying the power to shake the universe.

This power does not belong to the Creation Realm.

It belongs to the Eighth Rank.

This is the aura of life and death unique to the Eighth Rank.

Yet it was already obtained when Chen Yan was in the Creation Realm.

After the own universe completely withered, it was reborn once more.

Life and death, reincarnation without end.

This is the power unique to the Eighth Rank Tribulation Light Realm, and this is the true reason why the Creation Realm cannot fight the Eighth Rank.

Seeing this, the old man let out a sigh of relief, and a rare trace of a smile appeared in the depths of his eyes.

His theory is true; it can succeed.

At the same time, his heart was conflicted.

If, back then, he could have had more time to create the path of Hard Tempering.

Instead of being forced to imitate the path of Blood Qi and the path of Thought Power due to the crisis of the world.

Then, the path of Hard Tempering would definitely have become the head of the world's martial paths.

At the same time, he looked at Chen Yan with even more complex feelings.

That his theory could succeed was also thanks to Chen Yan's path of will.

The other party's immortal will suppressed the aura of destruction born when his own universe was destroyed.

Does this mean that the path of will is stronger than the path of Hard Tempering?

Also, when the other party advanced, he actually merged the path of Hard Tempering and the path of Blood Qi.

Does this also mean that the path of will is greater than Hard Tempering?

The old man did not want to admit it.

But...

He sighed:

"The great river flows east, the waves wash away..."

The old man was still lamenting.

Outside the room, the woman in the fairy dress stared blankly.

What is going on? After his own universe was destroyed, it was reborn?

The problem is, he is only in the Creation Realm.

The problem is, he only has a first-layer own universe.

Has he advanced to the Eighth Rank?

How is that possible?

She sensed again, and Chen Yan was still in the Creation Realm.

But because his own universe had been destroyed and then reborn once.

It resulted in Chen Yan having the aura of life and death that only the Eighth Rank has.

This...

Cheating?

No.

It's not cheating.

Because the one who lectured on the Dao to him was the Master of Hard Tempering.

At the same time.

Outside.

To be precise, it was outside the Purple Firmament World-Fixing Mirror.

Within the reality world.

Upon the earth, countless people looked up at the high heavens, revealing expressions of astonishment.

Yet they saw, in the midst of a bright, sunny day, thousands upon thousands of stars suddenly spilling forth from the invisible void onto the dome of the sky like brilliant gemstones.

In an instant, the heavens and earth lost their clear boundaries, and sunlight and starlight became strangely intertwined.

Great Xia, Five Clans.

One powerhouse after another gazed at the high heavens.

This is the phenomenon that only occurs when an Eighth Rank is born!

When an Eighth Rank falls, heaven and earth weep blood.

When an Eighth Rank is born, heaven and earth shine with morning light.

In Jin Province, Xia Hanzhou furrowed his brows:

"It seems someone within the Five Clans' struggle has advanced to the Eighth Rank; how could it be so fast?"

He was somewhat suspicious and uncertain.

Across all regions of the Five Clans.

Countless powerhouses were also watching.

"Who has advanced to the Eighth Rank?"

"What a fast speed!"

Lord Chen gazed into the high heavens, but the next moment, he narrowed his eyes.

For he saw that the stars filling the sky appeared for only a fleeting moment before vanishing directly.

"This phenomenon manifested for less than a second; what a weak Eighth Rank."

He spoke in a deep voice.

Powerhouses in various places were also suspicious and uncertain.

The time this phenomenon appeared was too short.

"Could it be that someone advanced to the Eighth Rank with only two layers of their own universe?"

"Isn't that courting death, daring to enter the Eighth Rank with two layers of their own universe?"

"It is a bit too weak."

Someone commented.

They did not know at all.

The one who caused this phenomenon to be born was not an Eighth Rank.

It was the Creation Realm.