Chapter 626: I Do Not Seek to Be Above All, But for Equality Among All Living Beings

Immediately, Chen Yan walked out of the forging room and appeared outside the main fortress.

The moment Chen Yan appeared.

Qi Fan and the others noticed Chen Yan instantly.

Chen Yan nodded toward the group.

Soon, everyone entered a room within the Magnetic Storm Thunder Prison together.

Everyone sat cross-legged on the floor, preparing for the meeting.

"Everyone." Chen Yan spoke, and the expressions of Qi Fan and the others instantly turned solemn.

"Seniors, there is no need to be nervous." Chen Yan chuckled:

"A Level 2 domain may be powerful, but I believe more in your convictions."

As Chen Yan's voice fell, everyone's expression became grave.

Soon, Chen Yan extended one hand, and wisps of golden-red will spilled out, condensing into golden-red orbs of light, within which surged immense energy of will.

"When fighting ancient divine beasts, what we fear most is malice. With my Immortal Will, you can use it to suppress and extinguish the malice when you are being eroded by it."

Ke Qingxuan and the others listened, looking solemnly at the power of will before them, and immediately stored it into their origin spaces.

They knew this was a life-saving opportunity Chen Yan had given them.

Immortal Will, renowned throughout the human world.

"Divine General..." Qi Fan spoke, his expression solemn.

In his view, the most important thing was still to ensure that Chen Yan remained safe.

Chen Yan glanced at Qi Fan and said:

"If there is anything to discuss, let us enter the Enlightenment Myriad Manifestations Map first."

As Chen Yan's voice fell, Qi Fan was startled.

Chen Yan took out the Enlightenment Myriad Manifestations Map.

Upon it, mountains were towering and long rivers surged, as if it contained another world, appearing incomparably miraculous.

"Everyone, enter." Chen Yan said.

Ke Qingxuan entered it first, and soon Chen Yan felt his divine spirit being consumed.

As the owner of the Enlightenment Myriad Manifestations Map, Chen Yan could allow others to enter, and could also choose whether to deduct the divine spirit of others or his own.

However, at this moment, Chen Yan chose to deduct his own directly.

Qi Fan asked:

"Entering it requires deducting your divine spirit, right?"

Chen Yan glanced at Qi Fan and said:

"I cannot spend it all."

Qi Fan was speechless, and the others were also dumbfounded.

Very well, they had worried for nothing.

The person before them was, after all, the one who, with the body of a Sixth Rank, suppressed all Creation Realm martial artists and gained the most in the Five Clans Conflict.

Inhumanly wealthy.

Soon, everyone entered the Enlightenment Myriad Manifestations Map.

Chen Yan then summoned the Fortress Master, gave instructions regarding subsequent matters, and also entered the Enlightenment Myriad Manifestations Map.

Everyone stood in the void, looking at the mountains and rivers all around, their hearts surging.

This was simply a perfect world.

"One day in the outside world is equal to sixty days here." Chen Yan smiled:

"There are less than two days left until the domain war begins, but if we evolve our combat plans within the Enlightenment Myriad Manifestations Map, the time will be more than enough."

As Chen Yan's voice fell, the eyes of the group narrowed slightly.

A time flow of one to sixty could indeed allow them to do many things.

Even Qi Fan revealed a hint of a smile.

The Enlightenment Myriad Manifestations Map contained the scenery of all things.

It was currently sunset, the afterglow dyeing the mountains and rivers orange-red; the continuous mountain ranges seemed to be ignited, and the clouds were brilliant, outlining a magnificent twilight scene.

Qi Fan and Chen Yan stood in the void, wanting to speak but hesitating.

How was he to bring it up?

Even though everyone now had dozens of days to practice tactics.

But the physical body could not be cultivated within the Enlightenment Myriad Manifestations Map; only martial arts and techniques could be evolved.

Now, standing before everyone was still that insurmountable term: Eighth Rank.

Therefore, Qi Fan and the others had long since discussed it.

The best outcome would still be for Chen Yan to find a chance to escape alone, while they faced Chi Xue.

But before Qi Fan could speak, Chen Yan said directly:

"Senior Qi Fan, exchange two moves with me."

Qi Fan was stunned; he was the ninth on the Creation Realm Ranking and was indeed qualified to be Chen Yan's opponent.

But he now stood at the peak of the human Creation Realm; was the gap in strength between the two of them not too large for a duel?

He knew Chen Yan was anxious, but it would be better to spar with someone of equal strength.

For example, Zhang Chao.

Qi Fan was just thinking this.

Suddenly.

Chen Yan slammed over with a leg.

Boom!

A violent, thunderous roar exploded in the void; the mountains and rivers for a hundred miles were set in motion by Chen Yan's leg and directly collapsed, shattering!

Qi Fan's pupils constricted; a massive shockwave had already appeared before him, intending to level him.

"This!"

Qi Fan let out a cry of shock, unable to condense his blood-Qi in time, and hurriedly threw out a punch.

His punch swept away the shockwave.

But within this shockwave, there was a pitch-black speck of light.

An aura of endless danger radiated from within the speck of light.

【Decay Control - Sacred Condensation of the Primordial】!

Qi Fan's mouth hung open in an instant, his heart feeling as if it were being suppressed by waves of endless terror.

With a boom.

A sky full of blood mist exploded, and half of Qi Fan's body was directly shattered into nothingness.

Blood sprayed wildly!

Upon his broken physical body, countless bloodstains appeared, still tearing apart.

This scene shocked Ke Qingxuan and the others, who were still watching from afar, to the extreme.

What had they just seen?

Chen Yan had struck for only an instant, yet he had directly caused Qi Fan to be wounded this severely!

They did not react at first, but immediately afterward, their faces were filled with disbelief.

"What happened?"

"He... he he he..."

"Isn't he only at the Creation Realm?"

A drunken flush appeared on Ke Qingxuan's face, startled by this scene.

Chen Yan must have obtained an incredible inheritance within the Ancient War Palace!

Qi Fan stood stunned in place.

Rays of light lingered upon his physical body, and then his body restored itself.

This was not because Chen Yan had restored Qi Fan's body with an immortal will.

Chen Yan and Qi Fan's bodies were merely simulated by the Dao-Enlightenment Myriad Image Map; even if they died, they would be restored.

This was also the reason why one could not cultivate the physical body within the Dao-Enlightenment Myriad Image Map.

Qi Fan was still in a daze, and when he looked at Chen Yan again, his gaze had completely changed.

Shock, fear, confusion, and finally, complexity.

Only he could feel it.

What had almost killed him just now was not the 【Decay Control - Sacred Condensation of the Primordial】 that Chen Yan had unleashed.

It was... the aura of life and death.

That was a powerful rule that Qi Fan could not defy.

If it wants you to die, you must die.

There is no opportunity for you to argue.

That was the power of the Eighth Rank, appearing on Chen Yan.

His heart beat violently, and he immediately sent a voice transmission:

"You, you, you... are you Eighth Rank?"

"No." Chen Yan shook his head slowly.

"Then you..." Qi Fan was speechless; he was shocked that Chen Yan had entered the Eighth Rank, but even more shocked that he hadn't.

This...

How could someone at the Creation Realm possess the aura of life and death?

But the next moment, he met Chen Yan's pair of calm yet incomparably majestic eyes:

"Senior, do you understand now?"

Qi Fan's body stiffened.

Chen Yan looked at the others who were still watching the battle:

"You are all seniors, and I, Chen Yan, know that you all have the resolve to die.

But, if one can live, why die?

Why treat your own lives as so cheap?"

His voice was resonant, carrying a majesty as heavy as a mountain and as deep as an abyss:

"What I, Chen Yan, pursue in entering the Dao is to ensure that my life is not so lowly!

My life is not lowly, nor is my life noble.

It is not being above ten thousand people that I want; what I want..."

He was solemn and grave, staring at everyone as he shouted in a low voice:

"Is equality for all living beings!"

His voice was like thunder, vibrating in everyone's hearts.

"Do not think that the fact that you are all willing to die for me will move me.

I will only look down on you!"

"I want you to fight with all your might to live; the coming great war is not fought for me alone, but for Great Xia, and for yourselves."

His voice was resonant, the clear breeze billowing his robes, as if he stood above the mortal world, descending with divine might:

"Put away your resolve to die; I want you to have the conviction to live.

The Eighth Rank is invincible?

I, Chen Yan, would like to see if the Eighth Rank is truly invincible!?"

As Chen Yan's words fell, Qi Fan and the others all fell silent.

Some felt their hearts surging, some felt conflicted, some were moved, and some were in awe.

Qi Fan was stunned, watching Chen Yan's back.

He seemed to see Lu Xunyang once more.

No.

This is a Heavenly Divine General.

"Zhang Chao!" Qi Fan roared lowly.

"Here!" Zhang Chao bellowed out, his voice rolling, his face flushed red.

"Drill the Ten Thousand Martial Array!" Qi Fan spoke solemnly.

"Yes!"

"Lu Jingqiu!"

"Here."

"Wang Ming."

"Here."

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Qi Fan called the roll, his voice trembling: "Everyone, the Divine General has spoken; let us no longer hint at our own deaths.

Even if we die, we must die earth-shatteringly, to tell the world that even before we die, we are fighting with all our might to live.

We have never given up even a single bit!"

He was sonorous and solemn, bowing to the crowd.

The crowd bowed in return.

Seeing this, a trace of a smile finally appeared on Chen Yan's face.

"Senior, fight me." Chen Yan spoke again.

Qi Fan looked at Chen Yan and nodded earnestly:

"Come, fight!"

Time passed slowly.

Surrounding the outside of Counter-Fire Castle, a massive barrier of rules shielded everyone from the outside.

Chen Yu had long been waiting outside the barrier, having waited for a long time.

Her small face still carried a trace of nervousness, but there was no help for it; she simply could not reach her brother's side now.

It was at this moment.

The Castle Master arrived and bowed to Chen Yu:

"Greetings, Little Master."

Chen Yu immediately narrowed her eyes, extremely vigilant.

"Little Master, the Master asked me to convey to you that there is no need to worry about him; when the battle comes another day, you may watch with peace of mind.

Now that the Pool of Blood side may arrive at any time, please take care of yourself."

After the Castle Master finished saying this, he took out a Blood Pill.

Chen Yu caught the Blood Pill, and only at this moment did she believe that the Castle Master was indeed her brother's servant.

Because Chen Yan had once given her a Blood Pill exactly like this one.

"I understand." Chen Yu nodded, then immediately flew toward the distance.

In the world of consciousness, the woman in the red dress asked hurriedly:

"Not worried anymore?"

Chen Yu shook her head, not speaking.

Worried.

Of course she was worried.

But there was simply nothing she could do now.

According to the rules of the Purple Universe World-Fixing Mirror, she was in a different faction and could not help Chen Yan.

"Brother said it very clearly: let me protect myself well, and then watch the battle."

Chen Yu whispered; this was what Chen Yan had told her.

She clenched her fists.

Chen Yan walked forward step by step; she had been a witness all along.

Chen Yu did not believe that such high-spirited will would lose.

She absolutely did not believe this.

Time passed slowly.

Throughout the entire Five Clans Struggle.

Including Great Xia, including the Five Clans.

Although everyone could not witness it personally, they were all waiting for something to happen.

The Level 2 Domain battle is about to begin.

This may be the battle that changes the subsequent development of the Five Clans' conflict, or even changes the future of the Great Era.

On the Five Clans' side, Chi Xue used his own schemes to obtain a Level 2 Domain to deal with Chen Yan.

And Chen Yan, having broken his limits to enter the Creation Realm, faces what may be the unshakable, annihilating might of an Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beast.

This is almost an indisputable battle.

Among the Five Clans, no one is optimistic about Chen Yan.

In fact, absolutely no one is betting that Chen Yan will win.

They know that the vast majority of people will bet on Chi Xue, which will also result in not being able to earn much money even if one bets on Chi Xue.

But earning a little is still better than losing a lot.

As for the Great Xia side.

Everyone is incomparably gloomy and incomparably nervous.

Even Shen Yiwei, though he feels Chen Yan will not lose, is becoming increasingly nervous.

On Ancient God Mountain, there are Great Xia Creation Realm experts wanting to bet on Chen Yan's victory.

But they are being blocked by others.

"Why are you stopping me?" that person growls:

"Do you hope Chen Yan loses?"

The person blocking him shakes their head, speechless for a moment.

Everyone falls into silence.

Everyone hopes Chen Yan can win, but if Chen Yan loses, their Divine Spirits will also be lost to the Five Clans and taken to fund the enemy.

That would be...

Adding insult to injury.

Xia Long says nothing; at this moment, even he cannot make up his mind.

Jiang Yuan sighs softly.

An Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beast is a tough nut to crack; even he does not know how Chen Yan will cope.

"But he shouldn't die, right? I've been played by him so many times; if he just dies like this, who am I supposed to take revenge on?"

Jiang Yuan grumbles, his mood extremely vexed.

An Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beast.

These few words alone are enough to make people unable to breathe, feeling as if a mountain is pressing on their backs.

At this time.

Within the various domains, even if the Five Clans and Great Xia Creation Realm experts encounter each other, no battle breaks out; they avoid it as much as possible.

Everyone's focus is placed on the battle between Chi Xue and Chen Yan.

This battle will change the subsequent strategies of both sides.

Time passes by rapidly just like that.

Until.

The evening of the second day.

Screech!

Screech!

Screech!!!

A piercing shriek tears through Heaven Cloud Mountain, suddenly resounding over the plains where Counter-Fire Castle is located.

On the vast earth, a pitch-black forest, like a surging sea tide, rolls over.

Countless jet-black vines connect the earth to the high heavens, bringing endless darkness.

This immensely grand momentum can be seen even from ten thousand miles away.

It is practically the descent of a dark world.

"Chen Yan!!!"

Chi Xue's frenzied, pathological, and arrogant laughter rolls on and on:

"I have arrived!!!"

On the distant horizon.

Yu Ming of the Yu Clan, Yin Qingshuang of Great Xia, and others have already seen this scene from afar.

Everyone knows.

The great battle is about to erupt!