Chapter 687: Things Always Ignored

"What is the situation here?"

Within the array disk, the scene of Chen Yan shattering Xia Long's chest with a single punch was reflected.

Chen Mi was completely stunned.

What shocked him even more was Chen Yan's strength.

Xia Long was, after all, an Eighth-Rank in the process of ascending, and he already possessed a trace of the aura of life and death within his body, yet his chest had been blown apart by Chen Yan just like that.

Where the burning half of the black tower stood, Chen Yan's entire body erupted with golden-red light, as if a great sun were hanging in the sky, and an unparalleled momentum rolled and spread out.

"Chen Yan, what is wrong with you?!"

Shen Yiwei appeared and let out a low roar.

But the next instant, that blazing sun had already appeared before Shen Yiwei, grabbed him, and countless bolts of thunder burst forth as the pitch-black True Martial Power pressed down like an ocean.

Rumble!

Shen Yiwei did not even have any room to fight back before he was suppressed.

All around, hundreds of Creation Realm experts watched this scene unfold in stunned disbelief, every one of their eyes filled with horror and shock.

"Chen Yan, have you fallen into madness?" Lu Jianxia frowned, and array disks radiating brilliant golden light erupted from around her body.

"Secret of the Blazing Sun - Heavens' Palace!"

One by one, immortal cloud palaces occupied the high heavens, and one by one, vermilion gates slowly opened.

In the distant direction.

Chen Mi watched in alarm; Lu Jianxia had ascended to the Eighth-Rank.

It seemed she was not weak either.

Chen Yan had truly gone mad.

Why would he go mad?

Chen Mi did not know, and he had no time to think about that much right now.

But just a moment ago, he had still hoped that Chen Yan, after going mad, could directly annihilate all the Creation Realm experts he was leading.

But now Chen Mi was disappointed; Lu Jianxia had actually ascended to the Eighth-Rank.

This meant that the other party could suppress the mad Chen Yan.

But at this very moment.

Endless True Martial Power condensed in Chen Yan's palm, transforming into an ink-colored ring.

【Heaven-Splitting Style】!

Mixed with the aura of life and death, this pitch-black ring instantly exploded from Chen Yan's palm.

At the same time.

The immortal palace presented above the vast heavens suddenly bloomed with endless light.

"Sever!"

"Sever!"

"Sever!"

Voice after voice descended like divine punishment, as if an axe and halberd were falling from the blue void.

Invisible attacks bombarded Chen Yan's body from all directions, and in an instant, countless bloodstains appeared all over Chen Yan's body.

Chen Mi squinted as he watched; Chen Yan was about to be suppressed.

But in that instant, Chen Mi's eyes trembled slightly.

He saw the youth, covered in bloodstains, take a step forward, forcibly resisting the attacking power coming from all sides.

The pitch-black light ring thrown earlier had also already arrived before Lu Jianxia.

Lu Jianxia dodged in a hurry, but in the next instant.

A pitch-black long spear condensed from True Martial Power manifested in Chen Yan's hand, and he struck out with the spear.

Boom!!!

A river of blood surged, and countless crimson flower petals bloomed in the void.

【Blood Domain Reversing the World】!

The terrifying river of blood smashed directly into Lu Jianxia's chest, and in an instant, Lu Jianxia fell from the high sky.

In the surrounding world, hundreds of Creation Realm experts watched this scene with difficulty, and some roared.

"Heavenly God General, what has happened to you?"

"Something has gone wrong with his cultivation!"

"Heavens!"

Some were somewhat desperate; how were they to suppress Chen Yan?

Sure enough, Chen Yan, like a blazing sun pressing down, continuously caught up to the Creation Realm experts who wanted to flee and struck out with his fists.

One by one, the Creation Realm experts had their bodies blown apart by him, and blood rain fell from the sky.

Chen Mi watched in absolute shock.

"Has Chen Yan already become this powerful?"

His heart was shaken; he had actually felt a sense of being unable to compete from Chen Yan.

If Chen Yan were allowed to continue growing...

Chen Mi dared not think about it.

"His reason has not been completely lost; although his strikes are extremely heavy, no one has fallen yet."

Chen Mi said in a deep voice.

Even Xia Long, whose chest was shattered by Chen Yan's punch, was still alive now.

For those in the Creation Realm, as long as the head is not shattered, there is always a chance for recovery.

Not to mention, on Chen Yan's side, there is more than one person who possesses an Immortal Will.

Chen Mi stood up, his eyes flickering.

"I don't know what kind of problem Chen Yan is having, but now is the best opportunity for me to strike."

He pondered.

He possesses 【World Instant】, and even at the eighth rank, he is still among the very best in terms of movement techniques.

【World Instant】 is a divine technique, after all.

"But what if this scene is a play specifically staged by Chen Yan and the others to lure me over?" Chen Mi narrowed his eyes.

"No, I have erased all traces of my movements, and I have been teleporting the whole way; who could possibly discover my arrival?"

Chen Mi can be certain that Chen Yan has no knowledge of his actions.

The only ones who know Chen Mi came to this place are himself and Chen Changyuan.

If Chen Yan's madness is a play to lure him in.

Then it can only mean one thing: one of either he, Chen Mi, or Chen Changyuan is a spy planted by Chen Yan.

Thinking of this, even Chen Mi himself laughed.

"Hahaha!"

The next moment, his eyes erupted with ferocious killing intent.

Now that Chen Yan is mad, the other Creation Realm experts and Lu Jianxia, who poses the greatest threat to him, are all severely injured.

Relying on 【World Instant】 to travel a thousand miles in a single thought, he can annihilate Chen Yan in an instant.

The true 【World Instant】 is even more powerful, capable of ten thousand miles in a single thought.

The prerequisite is that one's own body can withstand the spatial shock brought about by ten thousand miles in a single thought.

Chen Mi's 【World Instant】 is only a remnant, but being able to achieve a thousand miles in a single thought is already monstrous enough.

Chen Mi narrowed his eyes, preparing to strike the next instant.

It was also at this moment.

Suddenly, a sense of crisis abruptly descended into the depths of Chen Mi's heart.

Chen Mi broke out in a cold sweat in an instant.

"I will die, I will die!"

"Even if this isn't a trap, if I go over, can I really annihilate Chen Yan?"

He suddenly whispered aloud, his body stiffening.

At the same time.

Near the burning half of the black tower, Chen Yan stood like a scorching sun; countless living beings on the earth looked up, shielding their eyes with their arms, watching in extreme shock.

They shouted and panicked, looking up like ants gazing at the firmament.

Suddenly.

Above the high heavens, several figures crossed the sky simultaneously.

The battered Lu Jianxia, Xia Long, Wu Song, and others simultaneously cast their arts.

Countless rays of golden light gathered in their palms, condensing and transforming into chains of heaven and earth made of pure gold.

The next instant, the chains descended, binding Chen Yan's body.

But the scorching sun was still burning.

The boundless radiance of will erupted, transforming into ten thousand streams of rosy clouds that streaked across the void.

Crack, crack, crack!!!

One by one, the chains snapped inch by inch just like that.

Expressions of extreme terror appeared in the eyes of Lu Jianxia and the others.

Chen Mi was also watching with extreme focus.

Yet, the next instant.

The light on Chen Yan's body dissipated; he was still bound, but the madness in his eyes had already vanished.

Chen Yan looked around as if bewildered, his face showing difficulty as he looked at those severely injured Creation Realm experts.

"I..."

Chen Yan reached out a hand, a trace of confusion flashing within his own expression at this moment.

"Chen Yan, what exactly happened?"

Lu Jianxia, covered in blood, spoke through gritted teeth.

"My advancement encountered a problem." Chen Yan frowned, looked at the people around him, and with a wave of his hand, strands of Immortal Will descended, beginning to repair everyone's injuries.

"You..." Xia Long's eyes widened.

"You advanced to the third stage of the Will path?"

Chen Yan shook his head slightly, then flew into the ink-colored black tower that had already been half-destroyed.

Inside the cave.

Chen Mi had finished watching the entire play.

He had heard it very clearly.

Chen Yan's advancement had encountered a problem, and the Immortal Will that Chen Yan had previously erupted with was simply shocking to him.

It was simply like a vast ocean.

A look of regret appeared in Chen Mi's eyes.

Just now, it had indeed been a great opportunity for him to attack Chen Yan.

But he did not cherish it.

"Why?" Chen Mi murmured:

"Why did I lose such a great opportunity just now?"

A moment of hesitation is endless regret.

Inside the Black Tower, Chen Yan waved one hand, sweeping away the smoke and flames enveloping all the corridors of the Black Tower.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes.

His plan had failed.

His original intention was to lure Chen Mi to come, and then use 【Decay-Control - Holy Condensation Origin】 to modify Chen Mi's cognition, making Chen Mi serve Chen Yan.

After all, Chen Mi was a bit too far from Chen Yan.

However.

Chen Mi actually did not come over, even though the other party clearly intended to come over.

The play he had performed had deceived Chen Mi.

Yet in the dark, it seemed as if something had influenced the other party.

What was it?

Chen Yan frowned.

It seemed he had overlooked something from the very beginning.

Chen Yan's body stiffened.

What exactly was it?

Immediately, Chen Yan looked at Shen Yiwei and Xia Long behind him.

"Chen Yan, I wonder how long it will take for Chen Changyuan to know about this play." Shen Yiwei murmured.

"Everyone saw it; it is impossible for Chen Changyuan not to know." Xia Long laughed.

Chen Yan was silent.

For Xia Long, Shen Yiwei, and Lu Jianxia,

the play Chen Yan performed was only to deceive Chen Changyuan.

To tell Chen Changyuan that Chen Yan had encountered problems in his cultivation, so he would go to a place called Yunxin Valley to suppress his inner demons.

This was the plan Chen Yan, Xia Long, and the others had originally discussed.

As for Chen Yan wanting to use this to harm Chen Mi, that was Chen Yan's own plan.

Otherwise, how could he explain to others that Chen Yan had long known of Chen Mi's arrival.

And how would Chen Yan know of Chen Changyuan's plan.

Therefore, to Xia Long and the others, Chen Yan's plan was considered a success.

However, Chen Yan felt a chill in his heart.

His original intention was to kill two birds with one stone; first, to deceive Chen Changyuan.

To let the other party know he was about to ascend to the third realm of the Will Path, but that problems had arisen during the ascension, so he had to go to Yunxin Valley.

Second, was Chen Mi.

Now, it could only be counted as killing one bird with one stone.

Chen Yan pondered in his heart that Chen Mi definitely had a problem just now.

"Li Li once said that the aura on Chen Changyuan made her fond of him, as if Chen Changyuan were her own child."

Chen Yan murmured.

Xia Long said:

"This is actually easy to understand; the Shi Meng Mo is an Ancient God Beast born in the Forbidden Land of Ancient Gods, which is within the body of the Mother God, and in many aspects, it possesses the aura of the Mother God.

But inside Chen Changyuan's body is the aura of the Ancient God Fanni.

The Ancient God Fanni is one of the Mother God's two children."

Chen Yan nodded; he understood it this way as well.

"Li Li also said that Chen Changyuan's aura made her fear him." Shen Yiwei said:

"I was also thinking about this problem at the time; if it only made the rules of this place and the Ancient God Beasts close to oneself, Chen Changyuan would not be enough to obtain such great power here.

The real reason is that the Ancient God Fanni aura on Chen Changyuan is higher than all the rules and Ancient God Beasts here.

Within the system of Ancient God Beasts, it is a more noble existence."

Chen Yan pondered.

The Ancient God Fanni, after all, is an Ancient God, not an Ancient God Beast.

Just as Ancient Beasts cannot resist Ancient God Beasts.

Ancient God Beasts also cannot resist Ancient Gods.

"So, Chen Changyuan, carrying the aura of an Ancient God, can actually command the Shi Meng Mo, this Rank 8 peak Ancient God Beast.

Even if he cannot now, it is possible in the future."

Chen Yan said slowly, his eyes narrowing slightly; he had thought of this problem.

The expressions of Xia Long and Shen Yiwei also turned ugly.

This was the worst-case scenario.

The more one thought about the problems with Chen Changyuan, the more silent and shocked one became.

"This..." Murderous intent appeared in Xia Long's eyes:

"This person must die!"

When Chen Changyuan was in the Great Xia, many people wanted to kill him.

However, because Xia Hanzhou wanted to use Chen Changyuan to lure out the Chen Master behind him, he refused.

For Xia Hanzhou, destroying a family alliance and Chen Changyuan could not save Great Xia.

But destroying a Chen Master absolutely could.

Xia Hanzhou was not wrong, but Xia Hanzhou had not thought that the subsequent events would completely exceed expectations.

Shen Yiwei was also breathing heavily.

He had always regarded him as a must-kill enemy.

Whether it was the battle for the number one prodigy back then, or the battle for the Inverse Nine Swords today.

Shen Yiwei and Chen Changyuan were destined enemies.

This was the same as Chen Yan.

But he also did not expect that behind Chen Changyuan, so many astonishing things were actually hidden.

What should be done about this?

Shen Yiwei and Xia Long simultaneously felt it was incomparably thorny.

Chen Yan, however, smiled and said:

"If that were the case, Chen Changyuan would have already controlled everything."

All things have two sides.

Chen Yan's gaze was deep:

"If the Shi Meng Mo had to revere Chen Changyuan, it would have already done so.

Ancient divine beasts have their own thoughts, and ancient beasts are the same."

Xia Long and Shen Yiwei looked at Chen Yan in surprise, not knowing what Chen Yan had thought of.

Chen Yan's eyes were cold and dark:

"I just suddenly discovered that something that happened from the very beginning has been ignored by me all along."

If it weren't for Chen Mi suddenly appearing abnormal, Chen Yan might not have been able to notice this.

Soon, Chen Yan called over Wu Song:

"After I stole the potion from inside the hospital before, I was cultivating inside the mountain cave; how did you find me?"

Chen Yan had hidden extremely carefully at that time.

He had always believed that the reason Wu Song and the others found him was because Wu Song and the others were Creation Realm martial artists who were not restricted.

And at that time, Chen Changyuan's strength was suppressed, and his perception was no different from an ordinary person's, so he could not find him.

But thinking about it now, this matter was full of doubts.

Because, at that time, there was another person searching for Chen Yan together with Chen Changyuan.

That was the Chubby-Faced Principal.

The Chubby-Faced Principal was a part of the Shi Meng Mo's rules, and in a certain sense, he was even more powerful than those ascenders who had turned into eighth-rank ancient divine beasts.

Since the Chubby-Faced Principal did not find him, how could Wu Song and the others find him?

Wu Song was confused; he pondered for a moment and said:

"At that time, you fled in an extremely wretched state and left clues in the thorn bushes; we are Creation Realm after all, so naturally we could find you."

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes.

At this moment, it was as if streams of light were constantly flowing deep within his mind.

Soon.

Chen Yan and the others left and headed toward Heart-Fall Valley.

…………

At the same time, inside the small town.

"He has fallen into a demonic state?"

Chen Changyuan listened to Chen Mi's report through the communication array disk and spoke in surprise.

"Yes." Chen Mi said with a strange expression:

"It seems his advancement had problems, which is why he fell into a demonic state; his strength is powerful, and he can suppress Lu Jianxia and the others with his own power."

Chen Changyuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Had Chen Yan already become powerful to such a degree?

"I observed that he has already led everyone away.

I have been following them from afar."

Chen Mi stood in the void, and he had been judging the path of Chen Yan and the others based on the aura left in the void.

"It seems to be the direction of a place called Heart-Fall Valley." Chen Mi said:

"I heard it can stabilize a person's heart and mind, and it is also the preferred place for high-rank martial artists to advance within this world."

Chen Changyuan was silent, then immediately hung up the communication.

"Chen Yan..."

He murmured.

Chen Yan was indeed on the verge of advancing to the third realm of the Will path.

"It's just that what even Chen Yan himself didn't expect was that during the advancement, he fell into a demonic state."

Chen Changyuan's gaze was profound.

Falling into a demonic state, this is a very distant term.

It usually happens to some rogue cultivators who have not obtained a complete cultivation system.

It is actually very difficult for heaven-favored prodigies supported by major powers to fall into a demonic state.

That Chen Yan would fall into demonic obsession is, in fact, a very strange matter.

"The Path of Will involves the spirit; during the advancement, did the power of will erupt, causing damage to the spirit and cognition?" Chen Changyuan speculated.

If that is the case, it is reasonable for Chen Yan to go to the Heart-Falling Valley, which can stabilize the mind, to advance.

"The third realm of the Path of Will is so difficult to break through that even Chen Yan encounters problems when advancing?" Chen Changyuan narrowed his eyes.

When Chen Yan advances in the two paths of Qi-Blood and Hard-Body Tempering, breaking the limit is no different from drinking water.

Never did he expect that just by advancing to the third realm of the Path of Will, he would encounter such a problem.

If Chen Yan enters the third realm, what should he do?

Chen Changyuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

He must never let Chen Yan advance to the third realm of the Path of Will.

A grave expression flashed in Chen Changyuan's eyes, but soon he revealed a smile.

"According to the Lord of Will, Chen Yan is the pinnacle of ordinary people.

If even Chen Yan cannot cross this, then what is there to talk about regarding the thirty-three thousand great worlds!"

Chen Changyuan's eyes shone with a sharp light, the aura within his body boiled completely at this moment, and then a cold voice resounded outward.

"Follow me in nine days to exterminate Chen Yan, and I can return your freedom to you!"

A thick murderous intent echoed throughout the entire school, heard by every Creation Realm expert.

Everyone's eyes tightened, and at this moment, they all looked toward where Chen Changyuan was.

"He... to what extent has he reached now, that he can actually take the initiative to go and kill Chen Yan..."

"If Chen Yan dies, does that mean we can leave this place?"

"Hahaha, good, isn't the long-cherished wish of the Five Clans to kill Chen Yan? Now that we can both gain freedom and remove a thorn in the side for the Five Clans, isn't that killing two birds with one stone?"

…………

One voice after another resounded within the school.

The moods of all the Five Clans' Creation Realm experts became excited.

A small number of Great Xia Creation Realm experts who chose to submit to Chen Changyuan were now in low spirits.

"I am not wrong!"

A Great Xia Creation Realm expert whispered:

"Following the Heavenly God... Chen Yan is undoubtedly a dead end; I just want to live."

"If Chen Yan dies, then my choice was not wrong."

"Hahahaha!"

Some were conflicted, some were relieved, some were manic.

But if Chen Yan were to die.

Even if they were seen as traitors in the beginning, it would no longer matter.

Furthermore, those Great Xia Creation Realm experts who defected to Chen Changyuan hoped for Chen Yan's death more than anyone else.

If Chen Yan did not die, there would always be a thorn in their hearts.

That thorn would tell them at every moment that they were a group of cowardly traitors.

This is a nearly twisted psychology.

Therefore, when the first cheer rang out, everyone suddenly realized that the happiest person was actually a Great Xia Creation Realm expert.

"Chen Yan must die!"

That person appeared on the playground and roared:

"What is there to look forward to in a country that places all its hope on one young man?

Trash, stupid, disgusting!"

That person roared as if manic, having long forgotten that they were originally one of the people who revered Chen Yan the most.

Someone frowned and looked over:

"Ye Qingxin, calm down."

The woman named Ye Qingxin looked over coldly:

"Isn't it so? I was born in Great Xia and still know how to feel shame and reform; you are of the Five Clans, do you think I said something wrong?"

That person stopped speaking.

This woman named Ye Qingxin was simply a lunatic.

Inside the dormitory, Chen Changyuan watched this scene indifferently.

This is the human heart.

PS: Writing a little less; tomorrow is the climax, the plot is a bit complex, preparing in advance.