Chapter 681: The Holy Will Bewildered

"Chen Yan!!!"

The shrill scream echoed across heaven and earth, transforming into layers of tangible sound waves that rippled madly toward the four corners of the world, shattering distant mountains, buildings, and the earth.

Countless pitch-black tentacles slashed wildly at the void, tearing open innumerable black spatial rifts.

This voice was incomparably furious, incomparably shrill.

Across the entire world, all Creation Realm cultivators watched in shock, looks of confusion emerging in their eyes.

"Chen... who is Chen Yan?"

A peak Creation Realm cultivator from the Chunzhen Yangjie wore a look of bewilderment and terror.

Some clutched their heads; their thoughts, which had seemed to be extracted, returned because of this scream from Li Li, and they opened their mouths, eyes wide.

They were constantly thinking about who exactly Chen Yan was.

Xia Long wore a look of confusion; what happened to Chen Yan?

He looked back at the people all around, his face showing difficulty.

Why had everyone forgotten Chen Yan?

Why would Li Li shout the name of Chen Yan at this moment, when the other party also seemed to have forgotten Chen Yan?

"No..."

Xia Long gasped in astonishment, as if his own thoughts were also being controlled by some power.

If he had not been on the verge of ascending, with a trace of the aura of life and death born within his body.

He, too, might have forgotten Chen Yan.

Or perhaps, the one who could alter cognition had not dealt too heavy a hand against him, which was why he still remembered Chen Yan.

Not only that, but Shen Yiwei did as well.

A wave of shivering chill flowed down Xia Long's back; he suddenly realized that throughout the entire battle, only he and Shen Yiwei had discussed Chen Yan.

As for the other Military Guards, those Great Xia Creation Realm cultivators who held Chen Yan in such high esteem, they had all forgotten who Chen Yan was.

"Chen Yan..."

Ke Qingxuan murmured, supporting her forehead with one hand, as if recalling a name most important to her.

And it was at this very moment.

Hum!!!

Above the azure heavens, countless golden-red rays of light suddenly overflowed, transforming into ten thousand ribbons of light floating in the mid-sky.

Endless pressure and the tremors of an inexplicable will suddenly descended.

Some could not help but tremble, struggling to lift their heads to gaze upward.

And then they saw.

The clouds suddenly churned like boiling water. A massive, lean figure in black robes stepped through the azure void.

Black hair hung down like an inverted river of ink, brows like swords carved into snowy ridges, eyes like stars embedded in an abyss, a physique so towering it stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the stars.

Massive, unprecedentedly massive.

It was as if he were outside the world, his own size even exceeding this world.

Indescribably majestic.

That was unmistakably the appearance of Chen Yan's true self.

The crowd watched, stunned as wooden chickens, feeling the terror and panic blooming from their hearts, unable to extricate themselves.

Compared to Li Li, this existence seemed even more terrifying, even more powerful.

He was an invincible existence outside the world, the embodiment of all loftiness and wisdom.

He was the Lord of the World!

"Chen Yan..."

Lu Jianxia stared blankly; she could feel the flow of the aura of life and death.

She could tell that it was Chen Yan.

"Ka!!!"

A shrill shriek rang out; the tentacle monster that had previously suppressed everyone now seemed like a tiny mayfly before this existence.

That existence from outside the world, carrying endless majesty, lifted a finger that trembled slightly.

In an instant, the chains of laws burst with golden light, and a palm print as vast as the firmament descended with the force of ten thousand jun.

At this moment, the entire vast world lost its color under this single strike.

"Ka!!!"

Li Li screamed; no matter how she resisted, the tentacles on her body betrayed her, shivering and trembling.

Under this indescribable blow, she seemed to have no ability to counterattack at all.

On the earth, the hearts of all surged like endless waves.

Some could not even withstand this pressure and knelt down directly.

"Divine General... Divine General..."

Some shed tears, lowering their heads.

"Who are you?"

"Who are you?"

Facing that finger coming from beyond the heavens, Li Li—no, the entire beast—was screaming and trembling.

The incomparably massive fingertip occupied her entire field of vision.

She was obscured from all sight by the fingerprints where golden rules coiled.

The entire world was completely covered by this one finger.

Endless fear washed over her.

Li Li could not even muster a shred of desire to resist.

She was going to die.

She was going to be completely suppressed and killed.

To die at the hands of this being, one even more terrifying than a Dream-Eating Tapir or an ancient divine beast.

But something was wrong.

Something was wrong.

Li Li lifted her head, her massive body trembling within the gaps of the golden fingerprint pressing down from above.

"What is wrong!!!"

She suddenly shrieked.

"It's fake!!!"

Rumble—!!!!

The aura of life and death within Li Li's body circulated frantically, analyzing everything that was happening at this moment.

Fake, fake, fake, fake!!!

Hum!

Layers of the aura of life and death suddenly expanded outward.

The next instant.

Everything vanished.

The weather was clear, with clouds rolling and unfurling.

Upon the earth, pitch-black spires stood, their surfaces covered in mottled cracks.

Low and crude civilian houses were built surrounding these spires.

The narrow streets were paved with broken bluestone slabs, with foul-smelling mucus seeping from the gaps.

People dressed in crude, filthy clothing walked through the streets, occasionally stopping in front of the small shops on either side.

They lived in this filthy, muddy world, spending their extremely short lives in ignorance and terror.

No one noticed the powerful beings appearing in the firmament.

Yet all of this should have been completely destroyed long ago.

Lu Jianxia and the others had appeared, standing as they were when they first fought Li Li, now looking at their surroundings with confusion and shock.

Behind Li Li, the tall, fat man who had originally died and the dozen or so Creation Realm cultivators from the Pure Truth Yang Realm stood quietly.

They looked around in terror; just a moment ago, they had clearly been devoured by the malicious methods Li Li had planted within their bodies.

But now, they were still alive.

Just a moment ago, everyone had had a dream—a tragic, heroic, and desperate dream.

Drip!

A drop of crystal-clear saliva flowed from the corner of Li Li's mouth.

This was the saliva she had shed when she saw Lu Jianxia with her own eyes; now, having gone through the process of falling from high altitude, it dripped onto a bluestone brick on the street below.

The blankness in Li Li's eyes vanished for a brief moment.

The next instant.

Her eyes widened, endless crisis suddenly struck, and she wanted to shriek.

"Re..."

That word 'trace' had not yet sounded.

With a 'pop'.

A large, slender, and fair-skinned man's hand with distinct knuckles had already pressed down upon the top of her head.

The golden-red radiance of will erupted from this hand like a river tide, cascading down and pouring into Li Li's brain like magma.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!!!

Li Li's brain was instantly corroded and sunken, churning like boiling water.

"Ga..."

Excruciating pain struck, and Li Li screamed, but her voice seemed to be blocked by layers of soundproofing, making it impossible to hear clearly.

Chen Yan had appeared so abruptly behind Li Li, his eyes indifferent, suppressing this eighth-rank ancient divine beast—who could have wiped out all the Creation Realm cultivators—as if he were killing a bug.

This scene happened suddenly.

It left Lu Jianxia and the others, who had just walked out of the dream, looking incomparably bewildered and shocked.

They watched with chills, their brains stalling.

Compared to just now, it seemed as if this moment was more like a dream.

Especially for the native Creation Realm cultivators of the Pure Truth Yang Realm, it was even more inconceivable.

That was Li Li; that was an ascender of the Pure Truth Yang Realm, an eighth-rank ancient divine beast.

How could she be suppressed like this?

With a boom.

Lu Jianxia struck, his palm piercing into the center of Li Li's face like a sharp blade.

In an instant, pitch-black mucus splattered, and waves of the aura of life and death erupted from Lu Jianxia's hand, overflowing and suppressing into Li Li.

Whoosh!

Shen Yiwei stabbed over with a sword, his eyes cold at this moment, piercing through Li Li's heart with a single strike.

Boom!!!

Wu Song was furious, shocked, and desperate as he pierced through the void, the pitch-black bone blade in his hand stabbing into Li Li's neck.

"This..."

Behind them, the tall, fat man and the others were trembling completely.

Looking at the suppressed mother, the tall, fat man, who had already died once in a dream, showed fury and shouted at Chen Yan and the others:

"Good!

Well done, she is not my mother, she is a beast, a beast!!!"

The tall, fat man clapped his hands forcefully, his palms beaten to a pulp.

He stared fixedly at the suppressed Li Li:

"Who drools the moment they see a pretty girl? Is there anyone like that?"

Behind him, someone said angrily:

"There is no one like that!"

The tall, fat man nodded:

"How rude!"

He roared forcefully:

"Great, this is truly great.

I knew you could kill her, that is why I painstakingly brought her here."

Tears flowed from his eyes, and the dozen or so Creation Realm experts from the Chunzhen Yangjie behind him were also stunned at this moment, nodding hurriedly.

Hum!

A figure had already appeared in front of the tall, fat man.

Xia Long looked at the other party indifferently.

"I..." The tall, fat man gritted his teeth, showing a look of determination:

"Don't worry about me, I am not afraid of death, I will go and lure out a few more Ancient God Beast beasts for you!"

He revealed a look of deep hatred, and with incomparably pious faith, said:

"For the Sun!"

Behind him.

"For the Sun!"

"For the Sun!"

…………

One by one, the native Creation Realm experts of the Chunzhen Yangjie shouted.

Boom!

The tall, fat man's head exploded, annihilated by a punch from Xia Long.

Boom, boom, boom!!!

Figures of Great Xia Creation Realm experts surrounded those native Creation Realm experts, and all attacks descended.

The heads of the native Creation Realm experts exploded one after another.

Xia Long and the others turned their heads.

In that direction, the incomparably powerful Li Li had been completely suppressed, bound by chains intertwined with the power of will and the aura of life and death, hanging over the Vault of Heaven.

Xia Long and the others were still shaken in their hearts.

"Chen Yan, what was that just now..."

Shen Yiwei spoke, staring at Chen Yan; everything that had just happened was too real and too tragic.

It was as if they had experienced it themselves.

Everyone was staring at Chen Yan.

People like Hong Mi and other Creation Realm experts from the Chunzhen Yangjie were shifting their gazes back and forth between Chen Yan and Li Li.

Each of them felt their scalps tingling.

"I simply let what was supposed to happen, not happen."

Chen Yan said calmly.

He did not say everything.

【Decay Control - Holy Will Bewilderment】 is a Will Rule martial technique that interferes with others' cognition.

As Li Li and Chen Yan got closer, Li Li was influenced by Chen Yan more and more profoundly.

The most critical point was that Li Li was an Ancient God Beast who looked down on the human race to an extreme degree.

Chen Yan's subtle influence only made the arrogance in her heart grow more intense.

The more strongly the other party was influenced, the more powerful Chen Yan's ability to change their cognition became.

Until the very end, she forgot the main purpose of her awakening and was even completely influenced in her cognition by Chen Yan.

The other party, after all, was an Ancient God Beast of the Chunzhen Yangjie.

Their innate cognitive concept was that humans were like pigs and dogs, and only Ancient God Beasts were true life.

Except for Li Li, everyone present was influenced by Chen Yan.

However, compared to Li Li.

【Decay Control - Holy Will Bewilderment】 was still too overpowered when dealing with Creation Realm experts who lacked the aura of life and death.

The only problem was Xia Long and Lu Jianxia.

Xia Long was still on the verge of ascending, the aura of life and death in his body was only a wisp, and Chen Yan's main focus had always been on Li Li.

Therefore, Xia Long was able to mention Chen Yan several times.

As for Lu Jianxia, he bore the main combat responsibility of dealing with Li Li.

After the other party lost their memory, Chen Yan's weight in their heart decreased significantly.

Up until now, Lu Jianxia's feelings toward Chen Yan were more of wariness and cooperation.

Just then, Chen Yan's voice fell.

Everyone quieted down.

Even the hearts of Xia Long and the others pounded wildly.

What did it mean to make things that were supposed to happen not happen?

Could it be that everything just now was originally meant to happen, but was reversed in time by Chen Yan?

What kind of ability is this?

The crowd pondered incessantly, their expressions as they looked at Chen Yan becoming increasingly shocked and bewildered.

The native Creation Realm experts of the Pure True Yang World even trembled slightly.

Their perception of reality had been altered.

They had never seen such a powerful human.

Just as Li Li viewed all humans as pigs and dogs, many native Creation Realm experts actually felt they were weak, incompetent, and inferior life forms.

That was why they had been so panicked and desperate.

But today, what had they seen?

Chen Yan was not wrong, after all.

In this battle, he influenced everyone's perception, as if placing everyone inside a real illusion.

Chen Yan only told them to forget him, without changing their personalities or abilities.

In other words.

All of this was indeed what was supposed to happen.

As people gradually reacted, some Creation Realm experts lowered their heads, their expressions becoming difficult to bear at this moment.

And the others beside them also looked toward them.

They were the ones who had fled from the very beginning.

There were Great Xia Creation Realm experts, Five Clans Creation Realm experts, and also Pure True Yang World Creation Realm experts.

Disappointment, and even anger, appeared in Xia Long's eyes.

Previously, these people had fled.

Since Chen Yan said that was what was supposed to happen, it meant these people had indeed fled when facing the Rank 8 Ancient God Beast.

Those who had not fled were naturally angry.