Chapter 723: Future Plans, Molding Flesh and Blood from Heaven and Earth!

Inside the mountain cave, where Chen Yan was, he paced quietly, his eyes seemingly containing a stillness like an abyss.

The 【Eternal Tribulation Reversing Blood】 Grand Array can derive blood-red meridians leading to the core of the Chunzhen Yangjie; these meridians will also, like Chen Yan's own arms, continuously branch out.

"What is still missing, what is still missing?"

Facing the heavy suppression from Lord Chen, Chen He, and the Shi Meng Mo, it was difficult for Chen Yan to see what the future would hold.

He could only strive for a foolproof plan as much as possible.

"Death is a constant companion; even if I wish to turn the tide, it remains hard to see clearly."

He lowered his gaze, unwilling to be bound by the false future of his imagination, which would create even the slightest hesitation.

But now, he had to consider it.

Would he die?

Whether it be Lord Chen or the Shi Meng Mo, both were the pinnacle existences of this world.

Even if he, Chen Yan, were extraordinary, there was still a high probability of him dying.

If he were to die, what would happen to his younger sister? What about his father? What about the Great Xia?

"Will I die?"

"Why would I not die?"

"I do not fear death; I only fear that after death, it will be difficult to change anything."

His hair fluttered as he stood silently in the depths of the lonely, profound cave, like a silent, mourning black banner.

"Have I not created a perfect breakthrough?"

"I know, no matter how powerful the Will Domain is, it is not a perfect breakthrough."

"As the Master of Will, I can always feel that I am still lacking something."

As if ten thousand mountains were pressing down upon him, Chen Yan's footsteps grew increasingly heavy.

Hum!

Ten thousand thoughts emerged in his mind, intertwining, battling, simulating, attempting, and eliminating...

At this moment, his thinking broke its limits!

The future was like a fog, the path ahead like a mountain of death, and beneath his feet, it felt as though there were ten thousand miles of thorns.

He always needed to find a one-in-a-ten-thousand plan.

He needed to extract a glimmer of light from the endless gloom.

At this moment, the mountains and rivers manifested in the depths of his mind, the human race took concrete form in his world of thought, and time became like a scroll that could be unrolled.

He envisioned every possible death of his own, every potential arch-enemy, every comrade he could find, and every bit of strength he could gather.

"The matter of exterminating a clan cannot be delayed; it must be executed immediately after the struggle of the five clans ends."

He whispered:

"It is better to break one finger than to injure all ten; it is better to destroy one clan than to rout all five..."

"Who should I strike against?" Chen Yan raised his head, flowing light flickering in his eyes, and brilliant, magnificent visions appeared faintly upon his pupils.

"Yu Prefecture, no; Yu Prefecture has already shown signs of submission and possesses profound strength."

"Chen Prefecture, no; Lord Chen has already taken measures against me; the closer I get to him, the more unknowns there are."

"Chi Prefecture, no; it appears active, but in reality, it hides its own schemes."

"Lu Prefecture..."

"Lu Prefecture... its base is in Qin Prefecture, and while its interior is hollow, it has a large army reorganizing. The Eighth Elder Lu Zhiwei has already arrived in the Chunzhen Yangjie; she can be taken prisoner, and her cognition can be modified for my use.

This is a great opportunity!"

Endless killing intent erupted in Chen Yan's eyes, and waves of ferocious energy gathered between his fists.

"No..."

His gaze became sharp to the extreme:

"But if there is an opportunity to be exploited, the other four clans cannot compare to Ji Prefecture in any way. The interior of Ji Prefecture has long since withered, its army has been fighting for years and is the weakest, and the Lord of Ji even supervises the battle from the front.

They are bellicose and impoverished, and the clan's internal blood replenishment is severely insufficient."

"How could I have the time to slowly circle around with you all, how could I have the time to split and unite with you, testing each other?

The whole world is forcing me, so I shall force this world in return."

He stood with his hands behind his back, a scene of startling brilliance flickering in his eyes; the surging killing intent could no longer be concealed.

Rumble!!!

Outside the great mountain, dark clouds gathered in an instant, as if a sea of blood were pouring upward from the depths of the cave; the killing intent of the entire world was thoroughly ignited.

Exterminate the clan!

When he had wiped out the Gong family, he had made a great vow to travel to the vast sea and cover the heavens with blood.

At this moment, he was already on the final journey.

At this moment, Shen Yiwei, Xia Long, and the others sensed the anomaly and looked toward the Qiong Heaven.

They actually saw endless blood-red color deep within the heavy clouds, as if a world of withered bones were suppressing them from above.

Even those in the late stage of the Creation Realm felt a chill in their hearts.

"Has he come?"

"Enemy attack, enemy attack...!"

"Hahaha, come, come..."

Voices rang out one after another, and Lu Jianxia, after a moment of shock, also looked toward a certain direction.

It was Chen Yan.

Such great murderous nature.

What is he doing?

This substantial killing intent could simply annihilate a late-stage Creation Realm cultivator.

A strong sense of tearing was born; he was usually this cold.

By comparison, the calmness he treated himself with could even be seen as gentle.

Chen Yan is unreal.

Clearly so close, yet giving one the feeling of being so far away.

Lu Jianxia pursed her red lips; she did not know what exactly had happened in her lost memories.

But whenever she treated Chen Yan, she would develop a certain feeling.

Is it dissatisfaction?

It should... be dissatisfaction.

Does she believe Chen Yan deceived her, or did Chen Yan fool her?

This is the same as what her older brother Lu Wuyi told her; she was indeed used by Chen Yan.

She had once been dissatisfied with the other party, but why was the deepest memory in her heart the words spoken by the other party?

She was unable to speak, not knowing if the choice she made was correct.

Hum, hum, hum...

Inside Shen Yiwei's body, something was slowly trembling.

Peals of sword hums rang out.

After that battle ended, the Sword Heart and Sword Marrow of the Inverse Nine Swords merged within his body, allowing him to obtain the true inheritance belonging to the Master of True Meaning.

This is his destiny, the salvation wish of a Martial Dao Master in the final years of the human race.

And he is the bearer.

He is growing stronger at a rapid pace.

Just at this moment, the anomaly of the Inverse Nine Swords surprised even Shen Yiwei to the extreme.

Inside the Upper Ancient War Palace.

The woman in the immortal dress watched in silence, quiet as a rigid sculpture.

The white-haired old man's eyes widened, staring fixedly.

He seemed to be able to feel that trace of restlessness in Chen Yan's heart.

"Are you already considering the world?" He murmured, grinning:

"But how will you survive your current tribulation?"

He became interested.

Watching a play.

Also watching a person.

He wants to see what this impossibly young Master of Will is actually going to do.

Inside the mountain cave.

Chen Yan's killing intent was hidden away, returning to calm once more.

"But what I must consider is my own death; the more dangerous it is, the greater the probability of my death."

His voice deepened, and his past experiences surfaced in his mind one after another.

He walked from Green Mountain, entered the Martial Suppression Class, entered the New Dragon Guard, broke from his cocoon to become a butterfly at the Heaven's Pride Trial, and ascended the dragon in the Great Xia at the college entrance examination secret realm.

Walking along the way, it felt as if a long, long time had passed.

Until now, that hidden, endless danger is finally about to be revealed before him.

Thinking backward, thinking forward.

He seemed to see his own corpse, saw a pair of unwilling and weary eyes.

Everything, on some future day, will be completely annihilated.

"I am the Master of Will, I shall dominate everything; in life, I am the master.

In death, I am also the master."

He closed his eyes, thinking of a very big problem, a problem that most easily leads to his death.

It is his starting point, and it is very likely to become his ending point.

But he cannot change it, because this is his root.

In his heart, a certain restlessness seemed to arise, finally blurting out at a certain moment.

"Heaven and Earth molded my bones, mountains and rivers bestowed my blood, the human world granted my heart, True Martial extended my will!"

…………

The heavens and earth were dim.

Roots of pitch-black meat intestines burst out from between heaven and earth, binding together in the void into a cocoon.

"Chen Yan, Chen Yan..."

Mad gibberish was spoken from the mouth of the head protruding from the gap in the cocoon.

Endless pain was torturing Chen Changyuan.

Thump, thump, thump!

A sound like a heartbeat rang out, and the four directions of heaven and earth were resonating and vibrating at a frequency.

Crack!

Wild lightning flashed, the heavens and earth suddenly brightened, illuminating the thick black blood vessels that were pitch-black, intertwined, and spanned the sky above the firmament.

A certain type of strange matter, eerie to the extreme, was being born, was brewing.

With a soft *pfft* sound.

Above the earth, a meridian of blood-colored pores broke through the soil.

From the tip of the meridian, wisps of golden-red light overflowed, transforming into the appearance of a youth clad in ink-colored robes.

The youth stepped through the void, like a great sun rising into the sky, and arrived before Chen Changyuan.

*Hiss*...

A low, deep hiss resounded between heaven and earth.

It was filled with anger, with mockery, with a savage grin.

The will of the entire world locked onto this youth.

It had never imagined that this mouse, which had been hiding and scurrying within its body, would actually appear directly.

And it was even displaying the tool it used to steal energy without any restraint.

What difference was this from urinating on the head of the Shi Meng Mo?

This avatar of the power of will scanned the world with eyes as deep as an abyss.

"Shi Meng Mo, I wish to speak with you."

Chen Yan spoke calmly.

Yet, the only answer he received was a faint hiss.

It was as if the entire world were looking down upon him, grinning savagely and with disdain.

To it, even though Chen Yan had already entered its line of sight, he was still just a bug.

It did not care; what reason was there to speak with a bug?

Chen Yan twiddled his fingers, merely glancing indifferently at Chen Changyuan, who no longer looked human:

"If I were to kill Chen Changyuan right now, what would you do?"

Chen Yan slowly turned his head; a scarlet eye had already appeared on the side of his head, and on this eye was a mouth full of sharp teeth, with a long red-black tongue already protruding.

In an instant, it could directly destroy this avatar of Chen Yan's power of will.

"This is merely one of my avatars," Chen Yan said calmly:

"If my true self were to come, even if I were to die, I could still kill Chen Changyuan. How would you obtain that sliver of Ancient God aura within his body?"

Chen Yan stepped quietly through the void:

"You are hoping for Chen He to kill me, but if he cannot kill me, what will you do then?"

Chen Yan turned around, ignoring the eye that had appeared on the side of his head to stare at him.

"You and I are not enemies. If you sign a contract with me and let me leave, I will persuade Lu Xunyang to depart.

One year from now, I will also give you the half of the Ancient God aura within my body.

It is only a year; to you, it is but a single breath in the span of long, long ages."

A smile appeared at the corners of Chen Yan's mouth:

"You and Chen He only have a verbal agreement, but what I want you to sign is a contract.

You must know that Chen Changyuan is a clone of the Chen Lord, and there will only be more Ancient God aura within the Chen Lord's body.

Are you not worried that the Chen Lord might have tampered with this half of the Ancient God aura?"

As Chen Yan's voice fell, the eye on the side of his head, which had originally been licking its tongue toward Chen Yan, paused.

"Ancient God Beasts are foolish and low in intelligence. You may be powerful, but you can never understand how terrifying the evil of the human heart truly is."

Chen Yan stood in the void, his back to Chen Changyuan, who was still muttering:

"Do you not realize that Lu Xunyang has been submerged for so long and yet has not died? Does he not have the means for a final, desperate strike?

Do you truly think that nothing will happen to you?

You are already on the edge of a cliff, Shi Meng Mo."

Winds and waves stirred in the world, blowing against Chen Yan's robes; he simply waited calmly, waiting for the Shi Meng Mo to make its choice.

Time passed second by second.

A contract suddenly appeared before Chen Yan.

The Ancient God Beast had compromised.

Chen Yan looked at this contract manifested from malice and murmured:

"Even if you are one of the five great Ancient God Beasts of the world, you would still have to endure immense pain to tear up a contract."

…………

"What is he doing?"

"Signing a contract with an Ancient God Beast?"

Inside the Upper Ancient War Palace, the white-haired old man's eyes erupted with coldness, and his voice turned hoarse.

That anger was almost about to take physical form.

"Stop him!" he roared.

Once the contract is signed, Chen Yan will have to hand over half of the Ancient God aura in his body to the Shi Meng Mo in one year.

Is this not creating the birth of a Ninth-Rank Ancient God Beast?

On the throne, the woman in the immortal dress also had a cold expression, yet she still spoke in a low voice:

"Isn't it because you didn't give him any help at all?

He had no other choice; didn't you see that?"

The woman in the immortal dress pressed her lips together tightly; Chen Yan's action was indeed a last resort, but she had not expected him to take such a measure.

Signing a contract with an Ancient God Beast was far too dangerous.

Moreover, that was Ancient God aura, enough to allow the Shi Meng Mo to become a Ninth-Rank.

Ninth Rank, this is absolute combat power, the pinnacle of the world.

"He is seeking skin from a tiger!" The white-haired old man's throat seemed as if it were stuck:

"Never has a Martial Dao Master traded with an Ancient Divine Beast!"

A look of disappointment appeared in his eyes.

For the first time, he felt disappointment toward Chen Yan.

What he wanted to see was Chen Yan forcing out his strongest self, was Chen Yan sublimating to the extreme in a desperate situation.

Yet he did not expect that Chen Yan would take such a measure.

"I want to see how he will clean up this mess!" He spoke heavily.

…………

Time passed slowly.

Inside the mountain cave.

Spatial formation disks were created one after another by Chen Yan, flickering with profound light in the void.

He had already learned the method of crafting spatial formation disks from Chen Yu.

For the current Chen Yan, crafting spatial formation disks was undoubtedly extremely easy.

It was also at this moment.

Hum.

Inside the mountain cave, streaks of sword intent suddenly emerged.

A phantom of a middle-aged man wearing a green robe appeared.

"Chen Yan."

The middle-aged man looked at Chen Yan, carrying a trace of appreciation:

"If you had found the Inverse Nine Swords earlier, perhaps my successor would be you."

Chen Yan looked at the newcomer and smiled:

"Greetings, Master of True Intent."

Chen Yan took one look, and it was as if he saw through this consciousness avatar, seeing a corpse covered in bloodstains, tainted by malice, and long dead.

That figure was half-kneeling in the boundless universe, one knee on the ground, still clutching a pitch-black longsword condensed from terrifying true souls before death.

His eyes were shattered, and he murmured before dying:

"Though I, Chi Yu, am dead, I have already seen... hundreds of millions of true souls blooming among the human race..."

Before him, in the endless starry sky, a dark, terrifying behemoth was breathing, its malice thick.

"What you see is the physical body of my true self." The Master of True Intent spoke slowly:

"I have forgotten what my true self experienced, only knowing that he once stepped through the void and fought a great battle against a certain existence in the boundless universe.

And before he died, he threw the shattered Inverse Nine Swords back to the human race, and this broken consciousness of mine only wanted to find a successor among the human race."

He thought of something and continued:

"In our era, the Martial Dao was prosperous, and the Great Xia protected all clans.

Whether it was the Five Clans or the Great Xia, they were all human, of the same root and origin.

The separation of the Five Clans and the Great Xia was only to suppress the Ancient Gods; it was a helpless move.

But in this current age, there are those with ulterior motives who have caused the Five Clans and the Great Xia to separate.

The world divides and unites, and casualties are inevitable, but Chen Yan, I hope you will not forget."