Chapter 743: The Will Does Not Perish, Chen Yan Endures

Brilliant, vast.

It was as if the universe were pressing down upon the dome of the sky, dotted and bedazzled by crisp, bright starlight.

"Someone else has advanced to the Eighth Rank..."

Lord Chen remarked in surprise.

…………

At the same time.

A nascent aura of life and destruction swirled around Chen Yan, while the pitch-black True Martial Power surged and filled every single particle of his physical body.

Having devoured two 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruits, Chen Yan had successfully caused his ninth internal universe to fully take shape and achieve reincarnation.

One by one, the hideous bloodstains slowly healed, and the sense of lethargy in Chen Yan gradually vanished.

Since entering the War of the Five Clans, Chen Yan had never lacked the opportunities needed for cultivation.

Moreover, every energy opportunity he obtained was even purer and more mellow.

Until Chen Yan created the heaven-defying cheat known as 【Eternal Tribulation Inverse Blood】 and consumed the physical energy within the Shi Meng Mo, he felt as though his energy opportunities were inexhaustible.

Feeling the mighty True Martial Power within his body, Chen Yan revealed a smile.

True Martial Power is the unification of Qi-blood and tempering; every thread of True Martial Power that Chen Yan unleashed was far more powerful than an equivalent amount of Qi-blood or brute force.

His physical body also far surpassed that of tempering martial artists of the same level.

Qi-blood martial artists can also clash fist-to-fist with tempering martial artists, but they use Qi-blood to protect their bodies, whereas tempering martial artists use their bare fists directly.

As for Chen Yan's True Martial Power, it can not only be unleashed directly but can also protect his physical body.

And, nine internal universes!

Chen Yan's current strength cannot be compared using the history of human martial arts.

In fact, when he created the ninth internal universe, there was no resonance of rules at all.

Resonance of rules occurs because the rules of martial arts are broken.

But the True Martial path does not belong within the former rules of martial arts to begin with.

Yet, what Chen Yan broke was far more than the mere limit of the number of internal universes.

"I have grown accustomed to pain; the strength of my Immortal Will also allows me to ignore the aura of destruction brought about during the breaking of limits."

Chen Yan whispered.

Even if someone were stronger and their will more resolute, if they were to break limits like Chen Yan, their physical body would have long since exploded and died.

But the Immortal Will grants Chen Yan a powerful restorative ability.

The moment a wound appears, it is repaired by the Immortal Will.

Chen Yan's physical body is more than just tempered a thousand times over.

With a flash of Chen Yan's thought, Chen Yu arrived.

"Brother, we're going out." Chen Yu said to Chen Yan with a grin.

Within the Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror, the young girl had encountered too many high-pressure moments; now that she was leaving, she was naturally very happy.

When the Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror appeared, the entire world of the human race manifested as individual purple mirror surfaces.

This, in fact, was the true form of the Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror.

It was a massive mirror surface capable of covering the entire human race.

And the land beneath Chen Yan's feet was precisely directly above the human race.

The vast Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror was only affected when it covered the Forbidden Land of the Ancient Gods, causing a blurred connection between the mirror surface and the real world.

The portion of the Forbidden Land of the Ancient Gods that was drawn into the Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror became the mirror's only Level One Domain.

Lu Xunyang awakened his Immortal Will, causing the Shi Meng Mo to wake up, and the Shi Meng Mo directly pierced the barrier between the Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror and the Forbidden Land of the Ancient Gods.

This was what led to everything that happened afterward.

According to the normal process, after all martial artists finished their trials within the nine Level Three Domains, three Level Two Domains, and one Level One Domain, the Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror would open an exit, and the trial would end.

But now, the rules of the Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror had been affected.

Chen Yan and the others had no time to repair it, so they only left Lin Yu and two or three others inside the Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror to continue searching for the Soul of the Fate Chapter.

And Chen Yan's plan was to directly break open the Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror and return to the human race.

An ordinary person could not do it, but Lu Xunyang could.

Lu Xunyang's strength was actually far higher than the Shi Meng Mo that damaged the Purple Void World-Stabilizing Mirror; it was just that he had always had to deal with two extremely powerful Ancient God Beasts while in an incomplete state.

For the past few days, Lu Xunyang had been searching for the area where the mirror surface was broken.

After all, if the broken location were too conspicuous, Chen Yan's plan to launch a surprise attack on Ji Prefecture would fail.

Finding the broken location was simple: just use the orientation of the Forbidden Land of the Ancient Gods as a reference coordinate.

Chen Yan looked at the young girl, a trace of pity appearing in his eyes; he did not want his future death to cause his younger sister worry, so he simply said:

"Xiaoyu, I might die in Ji Prefecture later."

As soon as Chen Yan's voice fell, the young girl froze in place.

"Don't be nervous," Chen Yan said softly.

"This is one of my plans; the reason I'm telling you in advance is that I'm afraid you'll worry."

Chen Yan did not intend to tell Chen Yu his precise plan.

The development of Li Zhiyi and Zhao Zhugui needed to rely on themselves.

These two newborn entities were Chen Yan's Will Domains, which is to say, they were Chen Yan himself.

It was just that Chen Yan had bestowed upon them their own missions and had temporarily suppressed their memories.

As long as the Will Domain does not perish, Chen Yan shall endure.

Li Zhiyi could neither cultivate Qi-blood nor tempering; in this difficult end-time, Li Zhiyi could only rely on his own will.

His path of development could only be the single road of the Dao of Will; only in this way could Chen Yan truly excavate the limits of the Dao of Will.

This is also the reason why Chen Yan did not bestow upon him the 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】.

As for Zhao Zhugui, he walks the world, leaving behind Chen Yan's power of will throughout the entire heaven and earth.

These powers of will will combine with heaven and earth, becoming a constituent part of Chen Yan's future physical body.

Therefore, Zhao Zhugui does not need to become stronger, but he does need the power to protect himself, which is why he possesses the great cheat that is 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】.

This is the only method Chen Yan could think of to resolve the weakness of his own bloodline.

Since the Chen family bloodline is his own drawback, he will discard this physical body, and his new physical body will be bestowed by the world.

Whether it is Li Zhiyi or Zhao Zhugui, both are Chen Yan's domains of will; they are Chen Yan himself.

Their personalities, while seemingly unfamiliar, are in fact Chen Yan's own personality.

He has the rage of a common man, and also the heart of a great master.

Even though both have their own missions, when their tasks are completed, they will revive their memories and form a new Chen Yan.

This time, it is once again Chen Yan using himself as a chess piece, entering the game in person, to trade for a glimmer of survival.

The Chen Master is calculating against Chen Yan.

But Chen Yan himself is also calculating against himself.

It is just that having only Li Zhiyi and Zhao Zhugui is not enough.

They are the Warrior and the Wanderer.

There is still a need for one more, a Thief, a powerful Thief!

To steal the opportunities of heaven and earth, to steal the spirits of all things!

The little girl looked at Chen Yan at this moment, gazing for a long time:

"Is it dangerous?"

But just as she finished saying this sentence, she shut her mouth.

How could the things her older brother does not be dangerous?

Even the plan for a surprise attack on Ji Province that he mentioned earlier made her heart tremble with fear.

"It is not dangerous." Chen Yan, however, spoke earnestly.

"Ah?" The little girl let out a dazed sound.

"Xiaoyu, you don't know," Chen Yan laughed:

"Once I treat even my own death as part of the plan, all crises seem unimportant."

He paced back and forth within the room.

"I once thought the Immortal Will could only revive the torso of a physical body; if a person's brain exploded, it could not be repaired.

But later, even when my physical body died completely, the Immortal Will could still repair it.

As long as my will is immortal, I, Chen Yan, will always exist."

Chen Yu's vermilion lips parted slightly:

"Brother, if you die in the future, how will I feel that you still exist?"

The little girl's round eyes turned, already feeling some reluctance to part.

Chen Yan looked at the little girl and took her hand.

Chen Yu lowered her head, but her expression suddenly changed slightly.

She felt the power of will within her own body suddenly begin to boil, and strands of golden-red power of will appeared in her palms.

"Brother, what kind of technique is this?" Chen Yu asked in a daze.

In the world of consciousness, the red-skirted woman Ji Yannan slowly widened her eyes, looking at this scene in disbelief.

"Xiaoyu, as long as there is still the power of will within your body, as long as you still possess the realm of the Dao of Will.

Then that means your brother has never left."

Chen Yan said calmly.

However, as his voice fell, the entire room fell into silence.

Chen Yu gazed at Chen Yan, her small face gradually turning red.

"Bro... Brother..."

She spoke in a daze, not quite understanding what he meant.

Why would her older brother not be dead just because her own power of will exists?

Inside the world of consciousness.

The red-skirted woman's brain felt like it was spinning.

"No... he is joking, right?"

Her voice was trembling; she felt as if she had seen a ghost.

"Not joking." Chen Yan's eyes flashed with light, looking directly at Ji Yannan within Chen Yu's world of consciousness.

"Senior, back then at the Heaven's Pride Trial grounds, you saw me become a Will Martial Artist," Chen Yan said peacefully.

Ji Yannan's body stiffened, but her head nodded slowly.

"Senior is also a smart person; why did you think I only became a Will Martial Artist?"

Chen Yan slowly opened his arms:

"All things in the world, the vast heaven and earth, there is only one origin for all power of will."

He looked at his younger sister:

"That is me, Chen Yan!"

The Lord of Will!

The four silent yet grand characters seemed to strike directly into the depths of Chen Yu and Ji Yannan's minds.

Chen Yu's fingertips trembled as she gripped the corner of her clothes, her eyelashes fluttering violently, tears swirling in her eyes, yet the corners of her lips strained upward; the expression, appearing both joyful and sorrowful, caused her emotions to churn within a mist of tears.

From this moment on, she finally understood why her older brother had to repeatedly fall into dangerous situations, and why he had to repeatedly force her to do those impossible things.

So it turned out that her older brother had possessed his own mission from the very beginning.

He had never considered himself a lowly youth who walked out of Green Mountain, but a Lord of Martial Dao who shouldered the entire human race.

Invisibly, a vast majesty seemed to strike upon her heart and mind.

She suddenly felt that all of her petty thoughts, all of her attachments, and all of her selfishness had become inferior things.

Her hesitation, her attempts to persuade her older brother, were not protecting a brother cherished by a younger sister.

They were obstructing a Lord of Will who shouldered the mission of the human race.

She was wrong.

But she was, after all, a younger sister.

"I..."

The young girl turned her face away, her shoulders twitching violently, and suppressed sobs spilled from her throat like broken lute strings.

"I know now..."

She felt no joy, no excitement; what she felt was sorrow.

She simply felt that such a grand matter could be done by others, so why did it have to be her older brother?

She selfishly wanted her older brother to just stay by her side forever.

Chen Yan rubbed Chen Yu's head, looking at this unimaginably strong young girl.

"Stop crying, Xiaoyu." Chen Yan smiled:

"You just need to know that your brother cannot die; who could possibly make a Lord of Will die?"

Chen Yu nodded, let out a hum, and changed from tears to laughter:

"Th-that's good then."

Chen Yan looked toward Ji Yannan, who had become completely dazed.

"Senior, when you have time, find Master Lu to reshape your physical body; Xiaoyu will still need you to take good care of her in the future."

He had once worried that Ji Yannan might have ulterior motives toward Xiaoyu, and had once disliked and shunned the other party.

He had never said it, but he had indeed had such thoughts in his heart.

But now, Ji Yannan had accompanied Xiaoyu through too many dangers, living and dying together, and Chen Yan's attitude had long since changed.

"I... I will." Ji Yannan spoke tremblingly, his expression suddenly complex, as the scene of when he first met Chen Yan surfaced in his mind.

Chen Yan nodded and walked out of the room.

The Magnetic Storm Thunder Prison had already appeared within the domain of the Dark-Devouring Mother Nest.

Outside, Lu Xunyang and the others were already waiting.

"Break through from this location, and we will land roughly in a corner of the South Sea." Lu Xunyang spoke, looking at Chen Yan.

He knew this youth's plan and was filled with immense emotion.

This was a scheme of sacrificing oneself for righteousness, deceiving the heavens themselves.

"Mm." Chen Yan nodded:

"Then let us begin."

He looked at Xia Long and the others, his gaze sweeping over Ke Qingxuan and Lu Jianxia, and with a gentle smile, he bowed slowly:

"Following me, everyone, it has been hard on you all this time."

Xia Long looked at Chen Yan with a smile:

"The Heavenly God General once spoke of writing our names together into immortality; if we can have our names listed among the immortals, what else is there to fear!"

His smile was dashing, as if a heroic spirit soared ninety thousand miles high, its end nowhere to be seen:

"Together into immortality!"

"Together into immortality!"

"Together into immortality!"

"Together into immortality!"

Voices filled with passion, emotion, or gratitude rang out.

Everyone bowed to Chen Yan.

Everyone knew they were going to do a great thing.

A great thing that the powerful figures of the Great Xia throughout the ages had not dared to do.

A great thing that could change the world and would surely be recorded in the history books!

Wu Song's eyes were wide open, incredibly excited, and Hong Mi and the others also became fervent.

The author of this great thing was this Heavenly God General standing before them.

Unknowingly, this youth had long since become a towering giant of the human world in their hearts.

Lu Xunyang looked at Chen Yan with gratification and emotion, and nodded.

Then.

A fist was raised.

Boom!

Earth-shattering!