Chapter 683: The Sun and the Ancient God Vanni

Comrade Chen Yan is very keen on making progress.

At this moment, even Chen Yan felt incredibly astonished.

Chen Changyuan's will was naturally powerful, but his physical body simply had no room for the power of will to survive.

The path of will and malice is different from the path of hard-body tempering and the path of blood and Qi.

Blood and Qi and hard-body tempering are inherently contradictory, but since hard-body tempering is born from blood and Qi, they can coexist.

However, will and malice are absolutely mutually generative and mutually restrictive.

Chen Yan stepped through the void and slowly walked into his room, carefully observing the newly born nerve ending that belonged solely to Chen Changyuan.

Chen Changyuan has ascended to the Eighth Rank.

At the very moment of his ascension, Chen Changyuan's will was stimulated to the extreme, reaching a terrifying level.

And his ascension was also earth-shattering.

Chen Yan looked toward the nerve ending belonging to the external Will Martial Artist.

At this moment, within the external world, endless morning light covered the firmament, incomparably brilliant and dazzling.

It was even more grandiose than when Lu Jianxia ascended.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes; Chen Changyuan harbors great secrets.

And the source of all these secrets vaguely points to one person.

The current Lord Chen.

Logically speaking, although Chen Changyuan is an Invincible Child, he was the strongest in the same realm when he was at the Sixth Rank.

If he were to ascend steadily through cultivation, it might take a hundred years, or several hundred years.

He would be another figure like the second-ranked on the World Eighth Rank List, Xia Hanzhou.

As for the first-ranked, Lu Xunyang, there is no need to even think about it.

Even though Chen Changyuan is hailed as the number one of the same realm among Invincible Children, compared to Lu Xunyang's suppression of martial artists in the same realm, he is still far behind.

But the problem lies right here.

Chen Changyuan is progressing too quickly, especially after returning to the main lineage of the Chen Clan.

All of his developments have exceeded everyone's imagination; the word "defying heaven" is completely appropriate to describe them.

Chen Yan does not believe that only he would encounter powerful external aid, such as the Saint-Breaking Tree.

In fact, in a certain sense, the Saint-Breaking Tree is by no means the strongest type of opportunity.

Therefore, even if Chen Changyuan obtained an opportunity and improved rapidly, Chen Yan would not be surprised.

But the way he is improving is something Chen Yan has never seen before.

Or rather, the path Chen Changyuan is walking is simply not a path that the human race can walk.

It is a path that belongs solely to an Ancient God Beast, and it is even more terrifying than that of an ordinary Ancient God Beast.

If Chen Changyuan continues on this path, he might become an enemy of the entire human world.

He has already stopped at nothing for the sake of power.

A murderous intent emerged in Chen Yan's heart as he continuously observed Chen Changyuan's changes through the nerve ending.

Upon ascending to the Eighth Rank, he gained a full forty strands of Life-Death Qi.

This is even more than Lu Jianxia.

Coupled with the fact that he possesses some kind of inheritance from an Ancient God Beast, Lu Jianxia would simply be no match for Chen Changyuan.

Within his body, which was like an endless ice sea, the power of will burned continuously like tiny sparks; under Chen Changyuan's deliberate control, the power of will and malice were isolated from each other.

He ascended to the Word Realm with the goal of obtaining the combat power boost that the first realm of the path of will can provide to a martial artist.

As long as one enters the Word Realm, all of one's combat power will double.

When a Will Martial Artist reaches the peak of the Word Realm, their combat power triples.

And Chen Yan, as the Master of the Martial Dao, has it multiplied by five.

Chen Yan's gaze lowered slightly, and various concepts continuously emerged in his mind.

That Chen Changyuan can ascend in the path of will is an absolute good thing for the current Chen Yan.

At the very least, Chen Yan can fully grasp all of his information.

At the very moment he ascended in the path of will, Chen Changyuan completely laid his cards on the table for Chen Yan.

This might become a powerful means for Chen Yan to kill Chen Changyuan, which can be fully utilized by Chen Yan.

He stopped thinking about this point.

Chen Yan brought the completely suppressed Li Li to a conference hall inside the Black Tower.

Soon, Xia Long, Shen Yiwei, Ke Qingxuan, Wu Song, and the Mayor of Henggu Town, Hong Mi, arrived.

Unlike before, the way Wu Song and Hong Mi looked at Chen Yan had now completely turned into awe.

What Chen Yan had displayed was something they could hardly fathom.

Especially that statement of Chen Yan's: "Let what should have happened not happen."

This was absurd.

Hong Mi even speculated in her heart that Chen Yan possessed a time-reversal ability more powerful than Li Li's.

Or even the ability to change what happened in reality.

Of course, they had also considered that everyone had simply entered an illusion created by Chen Yan.

But the intertwining of various conjectures only made them see through him even less.

Especially since Chen Yan is only at the Creation Realm.

It is hard to imagine what kind of existence Chen Yan will become when he ascends to the Eighth Rank.

Wu Song's heart was shaken; he suddenly felt that perhaps the human race in the Pure True Yang Realm could truly achieve a rebirth.

The two-thousand-year history of humiliation and suppression may be about to end in the short future.

"Wu Song." Chen Yan spoke:

"Wu Song?"

"Present." Wu Song suppressed the agitation in his heart for the moment and hurriedly spoke.

"Normally, when an Eighth-Rank dies, the aura of life and death within their body should disappear.

But the eleventh ascender of the Pure True Yang Realm, after falling, left behind a wisp of the aura of life and death for you all."

Chen Yan asked; this was also the reason he had not immediately executed Li Li.

If the aura of life and death could be preserved, then many things could be done.

"This..." Wu Song glanced at Li Li, then immediately said:

"This is the final hope that that great lord left for us before he died.

After he ascended, he saw the truth of the Pure True Yang Realm clearly, and was filled with anger and despair.

He was not defeated by fear, but instead, during the period of his ascension, he pondered how to leave hope for the human race."

Wu Song spoke, filled with reverence.

In the Pure True Yang Realm, there were thirteen ascenders in total, and only that one was not defeated by fear.

Facing an Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beast, the other party did not submit, but instead burned himself to transform into firewood to pass down.

The other party had faith, a faith belonging to the human race.

"That existence thought of a method after ascending, and it is also the only method."

Wu Song spoke with rapid breathing:

"Once one in the Pure True Yang Realm reaches the Creation Realm, they must ascend and face the direct gaze of the Shi Meng Mo.

Therefore, that existence believed that the only way for the human race was not to become an Eighth-Rank, but to become a man-made Eighth-Rank!"

As Wu Song's voice fell, the expressions of Shen Yiwei, Xia Long, and others changed slightly.

"Man-made Eighth-Rank?" Xia Long asked in surprise.

"Yes!" Hong Mi carefully glanced at Chen Yan, her red lips parting slightly:

"Without the aura of life and death, one cannot deal with an Eighth-Rank, but ascending to the Eighth-Rank will lead to forced ascension.

Therefore, that existence exhausted his heart's blood to research the possibility of a man-made Eighth-Rank,

which is to create a secret technique to preserve one's own aura of life and death so it does not dissipate after one's death, and then have it used by other peaks of the Creation Realm."

Hong Mi's mood fluctuated:

"It is precisely because of this that we were able to use that wisp of the aura of life and death to quietly sever the rule restrictions the Shi Meng Mo had on us.

When Wu Song used the aura of life and death, he reached a level where he could slightly contend with Li Li."

Wu Song revealed a bitter smile:

"But for five hundred years, the aura of life and death belonging to the human race has remained only that one wisp.

In that war that should have happened, although I injured Li Li, I didn't cause any fundamental impact on her."

Endless bitterness appeared in Wu Song's eyes.

That strike he made toward Li Li was not his own strike, but a strike accumulated by countless people of the entire Pure True Yang Realm over two thousand years.

It was just that he hadn't expected it to be so weak.

In the instant he was killed by Li Li, what was in Wu Song's mind was actually endless guilt.

He had failed.

Chen Yan suddenly understood.

So, there really was a way to preserve the aura of life and death.

The man-made Eighth-Rank proposed by the eleventh ascender was actually very similar to Chen Yan's current situation.

But not as good as Chen Yan.

After all, Chen Yan had received the preaching of the Lord of Hard Refinement and learned the method of destroying his own universe while in the Creation Realm, allowing it to cycle.

"Since that is the case, we can also create a man-made Eighth-Rank." Xia Long spoke with rapid breathing, his eyes shining with brilliance.

"Indeed." Shen Yiwei also revealed a smile:

"That eleventh ascender was indeed a remarkably talented person!"

"No." Wu Song spoke:

"He was not a talented person; he was the pioneer of the Pure True Yang Realm, the sun in our hearts that will never perish!"

Hong Mi nodded and spoke with extreme piety:

"For the sun!"

"For the sun!" Wu Song also spoke.

Chen Yan nodded:

"Even if the world is dark, there is never a lack of seekers of the Dao who pursue the firewood."

Chen Yan pondered:

"Since that is the case, Old Shen, you go and be that man-made Eighth-Rank."

Shen Yiwei was stunned and looked at Chen Yan in surprise:

"Me?"

"No one is more suitable than you." Xia Long laughed:

"Chen Yan doesn't need it, and I, Hong Mi, and Wu Song can all ascend to the Eighth-Rank.

Among those who have powerful combat ability but are still far from ascending, only you remain."

Shen Yiwei spoke:

"Jiang Yuan can also work."

Indeed, Jiang Yuan can also work.

Jiang Yuan is progressing very rapidly, but the development of the world is still faster than Jiang Yuan's speed of advancement.

"We can first let Old Shen become an artificial Eighth-Order, and wait for a suitable opportunity to go hunt a few Eighth-Order Ancient God Beasts to create more artificial Eighth-Orders."

Chen Yan said calmly.

Hong Mi and Wu Song looked at each other, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Hunting.

This word was actually being placed before Eighth-Order Ancient God Beasts.

This could not help but make their entire bodies break out in goosebumps.

But what Chen Yan said seemed correct again.

After all, just a moment ago, the feat of hunting an Ancient God Beast had happened so realistically before their eyes.

Hong Mi and Wu Song looked at Chen Yan with extreme awe, their hearts stirred.

"We must leave this place!" Xia Long's eyes were bursting with brilliance:

"If such profound technology as preserving the aura of life and death can be brought back to the Great Xia, it would be enough to change the landscape of the Great Xia!"

Shen Yiwei's eyes flashed, and his heart was also stirred.

"If we can... kill Dream-Eater... Him." Wu Song clenched his fists:

"I am willing to lead all surviving Creation-Realm cultivators of the Chunzhen Yangjie to go to the Great Xia and die for the Heavenly God General!"

Shen Yiwei and Xia Long looked at Wu Song in surprise, then nodded immediately.

"Extracting the aura of life and death from Li Li's body might result in some loss.

The techniques left behind by the eleventh ascender are actually not quite complete." Hong Mi spoke cautiously.

"Loss is inevitable." Chen Yan said:

"No need to mind it."

As Chen Yan spoke, he looked at Li Li to the side.

The other party was currently bound by chains of will-power, and their physical body was being corroded by the will-power, pulling out hideous bloody marks.

At this moment, they were looking at Chen Yan in terror.

"Wuwuwu..." Li Li had heard clearly everything that had just happened and was currently struggling incessantly.

Chen Yan waved one hand, and the chain of will-power wrapped around Li Li's mouth snapped.

"You bunch of pigs and dogs, pigs and dogs, ahhh!!!"

Li Li instantly shrieked in extreme rage.

"How dare you plot against me, plot against my aura of life and death, you..."

Slap!

Chen Yan placed one hand on top of Li Li's head, and endless will-power poured in like magma.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!!!

The will-power corroded the malice, and in an instant, countless streaks of pitch-black smoke dissipated; Li Li's brain began to melt.

A series of harrowing, tragic screams resounded.

"No... no!" Li Li shrieked.

Chen Yan spoke:

"Why would you follow Chen Changyuan's orders?"

The will-power in Chen Yan's hand continued to erupt, continuing to melt Li Li's brain, forehead, eyes...

This scene was extremely cruel.

But Chen Yan had no intention of letting go at all.

The screams continued to resound.

"Speak!" Chen Yan continued.

The scenario where Li Li screamed, Chen Yan let go, then Li Li continued to mock, and Chen Yan continued to punish, would simply not happen.

Chen Yan made Li Li suffer enough agony all at once.

Compared to the sin of the other party wiping out 500,000 humans in one go, Chen Yan's methods were still too gentle.

Until a certain moment, Chen Yan let go.

"Because... I..." The upper half of Li Li's brain had been completely melted, leaving only a mouth:

"I felt... the aura.

I couldn't help but... love him, it's as if... he is my child, but... I also fear him..."

"What aura?" Chen Yan asked again.

"It's... it is." Li Li's voice suddenly turned terrified, opening their mouth wide, and speaking tremblingly:

"The aura of the Ancient God Fanni..."

Their voice fell.

The entire room fell into silence.

Shen Yiwei and Xia Long frowned at the same time, their eyes filled with shock.

"Ancient God Fanni, how is that possible?!" Xia Long roared:

"He died long ago, and has always been suppressed by the Five Clans..."

Xia Long's voice stalled, the cold dread in his eyes accumulating to a terrifying degree at this moment.

"No wonder... the Lord of Will chose to have a Will-Warrior from Chen Province descend..."

Shen Yiwei's voice became hurried:

"The Ancient God Fanni is about to awaken..."

The Mother God's soul left the human realm, and the Ancient God Bai E sought to devour the Ancient God Fanni, which was how the human race obtained its opportunity.

When the Great Xia was founded, the Xia Lord and the five clans bathed together in the blood of the Ancient Gods.

The Great Xia established the nation upon the corpse of the Ancient God Bai E, while the five clans divided the corpse of the Ancient God Fanni into five parts, suppressing one portion in each province.

All along, what everyone worried about was the awakening of the Ancient God Bai E, and all the wars were precisely because of this.

Chen Yan's expression was calm; everything was just as he had anticipated.

It was just that, if this were the case, Chen Yan would have to re-examine Chen Changyuan and the Chen Lord.

Chen Yan sensed the strands of life-and-death Qi within Li Li's body.

Soon, Wu Song chanted a secret technique, and Chen Yan began to extract the life-and-death Qi from Li Li's body according to the guidance of the secret technique.

Sure enough, during the process of Chen Yan's extraction, more and more of the life-and-death Qi simply dissipated.

This was just like trying to pick up shredded tofu in water with chopsticks; it was too difficult to manipulate.

By the time Chen Yan had extracted all the life-and-death Qi that could be extracted, he had only obtained fifteen strands of life-and-death Qi.

"It is already much better than expected," Hong Mi said nervously, extending her hands as streams of light gathered in her palms, condensing into layers of radiance to wrap around the life-and-death Qi and carry out some kind of transformation.

After that, there was no need for Chen Yan to worry about the rest.

Returning to the room.

Chen Yan did not immediately cultivate, but instead began to ponder how to deal with Chen Changyuan.

Nowadays, Chen Changyuan was a hurdle that had to be crossed.

The other party's existence was perhaps even more important than the Shi Meng Mo.