Chapter 762: Step into the mortal realm once more, and I shall sever all your cycles of reincarnation!

Chen Yan stood calmly, his body wreathed in golden light, as if a god had descended to the mortal realm, his robes dancing wildly.

Yet, if one looked at the environment he was in.

It was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood; magma churned within the fissures of the earth, and the entire world was permeated with a thick, bloody stench.

The Empress of Ji Prefecture, whose beauty was not of this world, had her brain pierced through by a long spear; her feet were still planted on the ground, but her waist was arched backward, and blood flowed continuously from her body.

Miserable in the extreme.

Hundreds of thousands of people had fallen just like that.

Today in Ji Prefecture, all high-end combat power had completely fallen.

Chen Yan sighed inwardly; his plan to die had completely failed.

In the future, he might have to face the unfathomable, peak-mortal existence that was the Lord of Chen.

Chen Yan looked up; the starry sky was shattered, and moonlight poured down.

Lu Xunyang and the Lord of Chen had already flown into the depths of the universe; what was the current state of the battle?

It was at this very moment.

Chen Yan immediately furrowed his brows and looked toward a distant direction.

Between heaven and earth, malice suddenly became incomparably intense.

Shen Yiwei and the others might not have sensed it, but as the Master of Will, how could Chen Yan not?

Chen Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, his robes rustled, his long hair danced wildly, and he cast a glance into the distance, his golden-red Immortal Will erupting.

The very air trembled instantly.

Shen Yiwei, Xia Yuan, and the others hurriedly looked at Chen Yan.

The next instant.

Chen Yan soared into the air, his eyes seeming to cross the endless void to lock gazes with a certain gargantuan entity:

"Begone!"

His voice instantly echoed outward, crossing mountains and seas, stirring the sea of clouds, carrying an unmatched momentum.

Chen Yan could feel that an extremely powerful Ancient God Beast was about to arrive.

Yet he was utterly fearless.

Screech!!!

A sudden shriek resounded from within the endless black fog on the distant horizon.

Between that distant heaven and earth, terrifying black fog churned, as if an entire world were descending.

That eerie melody, chilling to the mortal realm, was heard by everyone; in an instant, countless living beings across the entire mortal realm felt panic and unease from the depths of their hearts.

Now that the human race was in civil war, Ji Prefecture had lost its peak power, and the elders of Lu Prefecture had been almost entirely wiped out.

The three peak existences—Lu Xunyang, the Lord of Lu, and the Lord of Chen—had flown into the depths of the universe.

Now was the perfect time for Ancient God Beasts to harass the mortal realm.

Screech, screech, screech!!!!

Countless twisted shrieks rang out.

It was as if what was hidden deep within that dark, dense fog were countless powerful Ancient God Beasts.

Boom!

Wild lightning flashed across the sky, instantly illuminating the black fog.

Following the lightning, one could see sky-piercing, twisted tentacles thrashing about in the black fog, vast beyond description.

"It's an Ancient God Beast, an Ancient God Beast is going to throw the mortal realm into chaos!"

"It's over!"

"The Lord of Chen is gone, Lu Xunyang is not here, Ji Prefecture has fallen, the mortal realm is finished!!!"

Difficult, low roars sounded across the entire mortal land.

Shen Yiwei, Xia Long, and the others also had their expressions change wildly, transforming into streaks of light as they appeared behind Chen Yan.

Wu Song's face flashed with endless fury, his killing intent surging at this moment.

What was inside that endless black fog was definitely one of the five great Ancient God Beasts.

The Dream-Eating Tapir had brought endless tragedy to the entire Pure Yang Realm, and he had long since hated the Ancient God Beasts to the core.

Yet, at this very moment.

Boom!

Boundless golden-red light erupted from Chen Yan's physical body, the terrifying power of his Will shaking the nine heavens.

As if locking gazes with the existence within the black fog, Chen Yan shouted in a low voice:

"I am a Heavenly God General, capable of extinguishing all evil in the world!"

Chen Yan stepped upon the void, transforming into a golden sun that rose slowly, billions of golden rays floating in the mid-heavens.

"Take one more step into the mortal realm, and I shall sever all your cycles of reincarnation!"

Hum!

The mighty voice made heaven and earth tremble, the boundless golden light blinding in the extreme.

His voice carried outward, echoing through the mortal realm.

Screech!

Within the dense black fog, the Ancient God Beast shrieked terrifically, countless twisted tentacles continuously sweeping and disrupting the firmament and space.

The malice transformed into an endless shockwave, crossing the boundless land, attacking Chen Yan alone.

Chen Yan stood calmly, the Immortal Will within his body surging crazily.

Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss!!!

Like ice and fire colliding, the immortal will and boundless malice crashed together, devouring and annihilating one another.

With Chen Yan as the center, mountain-toppling and sea-overturning white flames exploded, sweeping madly toward all four directions.

This was a mutual probing between that Ancient Divine Beast and Chen Yan.

This scene.

Made the entire human world hold its breath in fear.

The Ancient Divine Beast was suppressing Chen Yan; if Chen Yan failed to block it, the Ancient Divine Beast would harass the human world.

Countless people clutched their heads, eyes wide with terror, not daring to draw a single breath.

If one were to say that just a moment ago was the doomsday of Ji Province.

Then this moment was the arrival of the doomsday of the human world.

The Ancient Divine Beast would not care whether you were the Great Xia or the Five Clans.

The power of will within Chen Yan's body erupted, vibrating madly, as golden-red flames as vast as the great sun exploded continuously.

The next instant.

Screech!

A deep, shrill cry resounded once more.

The endless black mist between the distant heavens and earth gradually dissipated, and the behemoth that had been suppressing the human world vanished, moving far away from the human world.

Chen Yan's face was deathly pale.

If it came down to combat strength, he was by no means a match for that Ancient Divine Beast.

But that Ancient Divine Beast was no fool; this world did not consist of Chen Yan alone.

Within the Great Xia, there were also Tier 8 powerhouses rushing toward the human world.

If the opponent wanted to harass the human world, it also needed to weigh things carefully.

And Chen Yan, who could block the opponent's malice, became the final reason for stopping the opponent's advance.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes.

If his surprise attack on Ji Province had led the Ancient Divine Beast to seize the opportunity to disturb the human world, then he would be a sinner through the ages.

But the Five Clans and the Great Xia had already reached an irreversible point.

Chen Yan was not good at "mouth-jutsu," nor did he believe that "mouth-jutsu" could resolve the great affairs of the human world.

Between the Five Clans and the Great Xia, it was destined to be a fight to the death.

Unless he wiped out all the masters of the Five Clans and destroyed all the high-end combat power of the Five Clans, bringing unity to the world.

But the people of the world would not consider so much.

What the people saw was him alone blocking the Ancient Divine Beast's assault, causing the turmoil in the human world to vanish.

A child's face flushed red, looking at Chen Yan on the screen with extreme adoration.

Young men and women had tears in their eyes, feeling a sense of shared honor.

"This is the Heavenly Divine General chosen by the previous ruler; he can protect our Great Xia!"

"With the Heavenly Divine General here, the malice of the human world will surely be extinguished!"

"I didn't see the Lord of Will appear; what I have always seen is the Divine General standing before the human world!"

"Long live the Divine General!"

Countless shouts rang out.

No one could conceal the fanatical worship the human world held for Chen Yan at this moment.

Chen Yan was expressionless; he glanced at Zhao Zhugui in the distance.

Zhao Zhugui had not yet dissipated.

This was because Chen Yan still held onto a sliver of fantasy.

If Zhao Zhugui and Li Zhiyi returned completely.

Then if a powerhouse were to kill Chen Yan and Chen Yan's Divine Body of Will at this moment.

Then Chen Yan would be truly dead.

As long as Zhao Zhugui and Li Zhiyi did not die, and Chen Yan's Divine Body of Will was not destroyed, there would be a chance to start over.

Deep in his heart, Chen Yan still hoped that he could die at this moment.

Without changing his physical body, he would have no chance at all to deal with the Chen Lord.

However.

If the Chen Lord were directly killed by Lu Xunyang, then Chen Yan would not need to die and be reborn.

The Battle of Ji Province was merely a small matter.

At this moment, after a brief frenzy, the human world fell into silence.

Everyone knew clearly that what could truly determine the trajectory of the human race was still that great battle within the deep space.

Within the distant sea region.

Under his hood, the Yu Lord's expression was uncertain.

"I sensed two Ancient Divine Beast auras earlier; I didn't expect the other one to actually launch a surprise attack on Ji Province."

Cold sweat fell from his forehead; if that Ancient Divine Beast had successfully launched a surprise attack on Ji Province, his arrangements in Yu Province would have been useless.

At the same time.

Screech!

The extremely powerful Ancient Divine Beast, Primordial Chaos, which had been blocked by the powerhouses of Yu Province, also suddenly let out an earth-shattering shriek before vanishing into the black mist.

"We won!"

"Hahahaha!"

The cheers of the Yu Clan powerhouses rang out, and everyone wiped a cold sweat from their brows.

Two extremely powerful Ancient Divine Beasts launched a surprise attack on the Human Clan; this was a matter of extinction, but tonight, it had been held back.

Otherwise, the Human Clan would have faced a total catastrophe.

Within the Five Clans, the one capable of minimizing losses against Ancient Divine Beasts is none other than Yu Province.

Many Yu Province martial artists have already lost their flesh-and-blood bodies as humans, evolving into steel bodies crafted from pure machinery.

This is the core tenet of Yu Province's evolution: Mechanical Ascension.

The reason for this is that machinery possesses a stronger resistance to malice than a physical body.

Even if many mechanical martial artists die, their consciousness can be uploaded to the cloud and re-downloaded into a new mechanical body.

Of course, Yu Province martial artists like Yu Cheng and Yu Ming still rely primarily on their flesh-and-blood bodies.

This is because their talent in physical martial arts is extremely high; if they were to discard their physical bodies, it would be putting the cart before the horse.

The mechanical evolution belonging to Yu Province, while seemingly glorious, is actually a tragedy.

The sense of powerlessness humanity feels when facing malice has made generations of Yu Lords firm in their idea of Mechanical Ascension.

Xia Hanzhou stood in the void, gazing toward Ji Province, his eyes filled with deep emotion and excitement.

Time flies so fast.

It feels as if the scene from the past, when he was urged by Shen Keqing to take a look at the young man named Chen Yan during the Heaven's Pride Trial, happened just yesterday.

Such a grown man, yet at this moment, tears were flickering in his eyes.

"I never expected that after he walked out of the Five Clans Conflict, he would be able to single-handedly block extremely powerful Ancient Divine Beasts."

Yu Ming and Yu Cheng exchanged a glance, and then Yu Cheng spoke:

"Heavenly God General... Chen Yan is an absolutely powerful existence; his intellect, willpower, and decision-making are all beyond that of ordinary people.

Every single time, he can turn the tide of life and death and accomplish the impossible."

As Yu Cheng spoke, the words "Heavenly God General" slipped out; Chen Yan had already earned all of Yu Cheng's respect during the Five Clans Conflict.

The Yu Lord was silent; he was still standing right there.

However, a Lord of a Province had died.

The Ji Lord died at Chen Yan's hands; this was simply a fantasy.

The Yu Lord was dazed.

Even if it was a heavily wounded and dying Ji Lord, dying at Chen Yan's hands meant he was dead.

From now on, there are only four clans in the human world.

Ji Province will not be destroyed, but it has indeed exited history.

From here on out, whether it is governed by Chen Province or the Great Xia, those are matters for the future.

The Chi Lord's expression shifted; the moment the Ji Lord died, he had been stunned for a long time.

Only now did he look at Yu Ming and Yu Cheng as if waking from a dream.

"You have all returned from the Five Clans Conflict, so where is Chi Xue of my Chi Province?"

He seemed to be deliberately changing the subject, wanting to hear some news that was destined to be good.

That was Chi Xue, the Heaven's Pride he valued most.

Entering the Ancient Divine Forbidden Land—wasn't that like a fish returning to water?

Now that the Five Clans were dejected, the Chi Lord urgently needed some great news that could suppress Xia Hanzhou.

Previously, there had been so many visions of stars in the heavens and earth.

Surely one of them must have been caused by Chi Xue of his Chi Province advancing to the Eighth Rank.

"Chi Xue's schemes were like a demon's, but in the end, he still fell at the hands of Chen Yan and perished," Yu Ming said.

Chi Xue was definitely the strongest enemy among the Five Clans that Chen Yan had encountered.

Having witnessed all the battles between Chen Yan and Chi Xue, even Yu Ming had to admire Chi Xue.

He had almost killed Chen Yan before Chen Yan had even risen to prominence.

This kind of oppressive feeling was something Chen Changyuan did not possess.

And precisely because even such a Chi Xue was defeated by Chen Yan, Yu Ming had completely defected to Chen Yan.

You cannot judge a person solely by their combat power; if you only look at combat power, you will regret it.

The reason Lu Xunyang is a legend is that while this person appears to be an extremely simple martial artist, in reality, he has a very strong intellect and deep schemes.

When he headed to the Ancient Divine Forbidden Land, it was absolutely not because of blind self-confidence, but because the Great Xia at that time needed him to take that gamble.

Just as Yu Ming was speaking, the Chi Lord's expression turned ugly:

"Why would Chi Xue die?!"

He opened his mouth, unable to maintain his composure even as a Lord of a Province.

Chi Xue was the descendant he valued most.

Lu Wuyi, Lu Jianxia, Chen Mi, Chen Changyuan—in his eyes, none of them compared to Chi Xue.

Chi Xue was the next Chi Lord he had designated.

How could he just die like that?

Yu Ming seemed to sense the Chi Lord's emotions and spoke:

"Chi Lord, please accept my condolences. Chi Xue was indeed formidable, but his opponent was Chen Yan; I don't even know what method could be used to kill Chen Yan."

The Chi Lord's body stiffened; he looked at Yu Ming, then toward Chen Yan in the distance.

Chen Yan, Chen Yan, it's Chen Yan again!

His breathing became rapid.

Chi Xue was dead, which was a huge blow to him, but Yu Ming was not wrong.

Chen Yan is such a monster, he is simply not human.

"How can such a monster exist in this world? Could such a monster not be the reincarnation of the Mother Goddess?" the Pond Master said through gritted teeth:

"Does none of you suspect anything?"

His eyes grew extremely dark.

If the Ji Master, as the master of a province, could die, then perhaps he too would die in the future.

Chen Yan is too monstrous.