Chapter 778: Tracing Causality, a New Blood Gu

One Saint is Zhao Zhugui, the other two Saints are not yet known.

But the future causality will be reversed by the Retrograde Mirror, and Zhao Zhugui and the other two will slaughter the Lord of Will who has been transformed into an Ancient God.

Lord Ji looked toward the Retrograde Mirror; three strands of cyan silk were indeed beginning to entwine with the pitch-black line of causality.

And that pitch-black line of causality actually began to gradually fade from its black color.

"The malice on the Lord of Will has disappeared?" Lord Ji narrowed his eyes, extremely astonished.

"That means, among these three Saints, one possesses the means to fade away powerful malice.

It should... be the Martial Artist of Will who will appear in the future."

Ji Chen spoke, also somewhat astonished, but a smile gradually emerged.

"And you!" Ji Chen looked at Lord Ji and said:

"I want you to devour the Lord of Will."

As he spoke, he manipulated the cyan silk belonging to Lord Ji to entwine toward the now-whitened line of causality.

Finally, the white line of causality was devoured by the cyan line of causality.

Lord Ji's heartbeat even accelerated a little:

"You are bold!"

He did not expect that Ji Chen was actually plotting against a Lord of Martial Dao.

"You are the one who came to find me." Ji Chen spoke quietly:

"I still need to continue operating; once causality is modified, these causalities will gradually return to their original positions like a spring.

Therefore, I need to constantly pull at them."

Lord Ji secretly marveled at Ji Chen's boldness.

He did not expect that Ji Chen would not enter the world if he didn't have to, but once he entered, he would shake the heavens and earth.

"What will the causality be after Zhao Zhugui?" Lord Ji asked.

Ji Chen frowned:

"Things after that have nothing to do with me."

"I want to see." Lord Ji spoke.

Ji Chen did not reply.

"I want to see!" Lord Ji spoke again.

Ji Chen sighed softly and once again manipulated the Retrograde Mirror to begin checking the future line of causality of Zhao Zhugui.

Yet he saw that those three lines of causality which had defeated the Lord of Will were actually entangling even more desperately at some moment in the future.

Until at one moment, they completely vanished from sight.

"It seems that after the three Saints slaughtered the demon, a great war broke out among the three Saints, and they perished simultaneously." Ji Chen spoke slowly.

Lord Ji frowned:

"Can Zhao Zhugui's causality be modified?"

Ji Chen said slowly:

"You are obsessed."

Lord Ji was silent.

…………

"Someone is calculating against me."

In Chen Prefecture, a young man sat on a bluestone, a bamboo hat pressed low over his brow, obscuring half his face.

The fishing rod bent into a light arc, the end of the line hanging over the shimmering water surface.

Chen Yan spoke slowly.

Just in that instant, he suddenly felt a strange sensation.

Even though he had long since lost his cultivation, that vague, mysterious anomaly still gave him a hint of feeling.

Since his resurrection, Chen Yan had not actively cultivated.

But the power of will would still emerge within his body; he even felt the Saint-Breaking Tree wanting to return and the Martial Dao meridians wanting to be reborn.

These were all things symbiotic and of the same origin as him, but aside from the revival of some power of will, the return of the Martial Dao meridians and the Saint-Breaking Tree were suppressed by Chen Yan.

Chen Yan was clear that this current physical body was something outside the plan; whether it died or not was unimportant.

What was important were Li Zhiyi and the other two who had long since entered the game.

Within the bodies of these three, there was a bottleneck.

That was, after Zhao Zhugui had completely traveled the human world, Li Zhiyi had created a brand-new realm-breaking method, and Zhang Huizhi had stolen from the human world to become a supreme combat force.

The three newborn bodies would fuse together and change back into Chen Yan's domain of will.

And the power of will that Zhao Zhugui had scattered into the human world would pull at heaven and earth to reshape a powerful physical body for Chen Yan.

The fusion of the three was a predetermined procedure.

"It's just that I didn't expect that even now, I would still be calculated against..." Chen Yan sighed softly in his heart.

"However, no matter how they calculate against me, I will be reborn into the world."

Lord Chen had been waiting for Chen Yan to break the game, and Chen Yan had simply not broken it.

The ones to break the game were Li Zhiyi and the other two.

And it was at this moment.

"Greetings, Heavenly God General."

A woman's voice rang out; walking over was a woman wearing a golden robe with a beautiful appearance.

This was Lord Chen's youngest daughter, Chen Youqing.

Unlike Chen Youyi, Chen Youqing is currently only a hundred years old, yet her strength has already reached the eighth rank.

She has clearly entered the core of Chen Prefecture and is a peerless prodigy who has not yet revealed herself to the world.

If she hadn't come to find Chen Yan, Chen Yan wouldn't have known that Chen Prefecture still possessed such a lethal weapon.

The Chen Master is unfathomable, and now this vast Chen Prefecture also appears to be incredibly powerful.

It seems that prodigies like Chen Mi and Chen Yunyou, who are known to the public, are not the core of Chen Prefecture at all.

Even Chen He, who appears to be only the Third Elder, possesses the divine skill 【Heavenly Bone】 and is clearly stronger than those known to the public.

The Chen Clan is truly strange.

Logically speaking, not to mention Chen Yan, even Chen Yan's younger sister, Chen Yu, is a one-in-a-billion genius.

These are all of the Chen Clan bloodline.

Chen Yan is also a top-tier talent in the path of Qi and blood; after all, having achieved a limit-breaking awakening already speaks volumes.

This has nothing to do with the Saint-Breaking Tree.

It is as if the clan fortune of the Chen Clan has long since reached an unimaginably high level.

Chen Yan knows that all of this is related to the Chen Master.

On Myriad Forms Island, Chen Yan once killed Chen Youqing's older sister, Chen Youyi, and Chen Yan also once killed Chen Mi.

Logically speaking, Chen Youqing should be filled with hatred toward Chen Yan.

But at this moment, it is the exact opposite.

Chen Youqing came behind Chen Yan and bowed respectfully, showing not a trace of hatred.

"The Lord of Will has never appeared; it seems He has already abandoned the Heavenly God General, Your Excellency," Chen Youqing said.

"Has Your Excellency ever thought that you are merely a walker chosen by the Lord of Will?

Now that Your Excellency has been abandoned, Chen Prefecture is your final destination."

As Chen Youqing spoke, Chen Yan's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to fish in peace.

Seeing that Chen Yan ignored her, Chen Youqing was not annoyed and smiled:

"Your Excellency, you created the True Martial Path; this is a treasure belonging to the world.

Do you really want to let this great martial path disappear into history along with you?"

This is the reason why Chen Youqing came to see Chen Yan.

The True Martial Path.

A powerful martial path.

The reason why Chen Youqing is so respectful to Chen Yan is also because Chen Yan created the True Martial Path.

Although this is a fusion of two martial paths rather than a brand-new one.

But the power of the True Martial Path has already been fully revealed before the world.

Chen Yan's achievements, even if he is not the Lord of Martial Arts, are as good as the Lord of Martial Arts.

It was just that Chen Yan had not spoken, and Chen Youqing's expression turned disappointed; just as she was about to say something, a voice transmission suddenly entered the depths of her mind.

Chen Youqing's expression changed instantly, filled with astonishment.

She opened her mouth and transmitted her voice to the person who had sent the message to her:

"How could Ji Tianhe be dead?"

The voice transmission came again:

"It is indeed so; there is a Will martial artist in Great Xia who is extremely strange. He cultivates only the will, yet he killed Ji Tianhe and even obtained the recognition of the Blood Brand, becoming the new Blood Gu determined by the Blood Brand."

Chen Youqing frowned.

Ji Tianhe held the Blood Brand and killed incessantly; he appeared powerful, but in reality, he was only a Blood Gu determined by the Blood Brand.

When Ji Tianhe's killing intent reached a certain level, the Blood Brand would completely devour Ji Tianhe and then be born into the world.

After being born, the Blood Brand would be handed over to Chen Youqing to use, becoming a great aid to Chen Youqing.

Therefore, Ji Tianhe was merely a tool from beginning to end.

Ji Tianhe was not chosen by Chen Prefecture, but by the Blood Brand, simply because the killing intent on Ji Tianhe was too exuberant.

The Blood Brand is extremely picky when choosing a Blood Gu.

Now that someone has killed Ji Tianhe, who held the Blood Brand, and has become the new Blood Gu recognized by the Blood Brand.

This is too coincidental.

Chen Youqing pondered, looked at Chen Yan's back, and bowed:

"Then I shall disturb Your Excellency another day."

She turned around gracefully, intending to go and find out more.

And it was at this moment.

"What happened?" Chen Yan suddenly spoke.

Chen Youqing smiled:

"It is about the Blood Brand; Your Excellency does not know about the Blood Brand yet, right?"

Chen Youqing told everything about the Blood Brand.

Chen Yan raised his eyebrows slightly:

"Then who is the new Blood Gu chosen by the Blood Brand?"

"Li Zhiyi," Chen Youqing said:

"That should be the name."

Chen Yan nodded, looked at Chen Youqing, and said:

"If one wants to cultivate the True Martial Path, one must have an Immortal Will."

Chen Youqing's expression changed.

Nowadays, the Five Clans turn pale at the mere mention of the power of will, and the upper echelons of Chen Prefecture do not even allow the awakening of the power of will.

Chen Yan smiled and said:

"If the Princess has unspeakable difficulties, then come find me next time; I will assist you in cultivating the True Martial path."

Chen Youqing's expression changed slightly, and the next instant, a look of pleasant surprise appeared:

"Has the Honored One changed his mind?"

"Not exactly, I simply saw the Princess's sincerity."

Chen Youqing nodded:

"Another day, I shall come to seek the Honored One!"

Very quickly, Chen Youqing vanished from the spot, and when she appeared once more, she was already standing high above in the firmament.

A person in grey robes bowed respectfully:

"The Princess should not have told Chen Yan about the Blood Brand."

Chen Youqing nodded:

"Indeed... I do not know why either; I spoke it out without realizing."

The grey-robed person's expression changed instantly:

"Has the Princess's perception been subtly altered by Chen Yan?"

Chen Youqing's body stiffened, her eyes widened, and she looked down below, where Chen Yan was still sitting cross-legged, fishing.

Indeed, according to her personality, she would never have told Chen Yan any other information.

But just now, when Chen Yan asked, she only felt that Chen Yan was kind and amiable, not an enemy at all, but more like a confidant.

Subconsciously, she had spoken of the Blood Brand matter.

And what's more...

"Chen Yan can know others' inner thoughts through their expressions; perhaps he had already seen through my heart..."

A layer of sweat beaded on Chen Youqing's forehead.

Even though she could kill Chen Yan with a wave of her hand now, endless wariness still arose in her heart.

Terrifying!

"The Princess should stop having contact with him; even if this person had no strength at all, he would still be incomparably terrifying."

The grey-robed person spoke.

Chen Youqing hesitated for a moment, then shook her head:

"Father had his reasons for telling me to approach Chen Yan.

No matter how capable Chen Yan is, he cannot escape the palm of Father's hand."

Chen Youqing pursed her lips:

"What's more, he promised me he would help me condense the True Martial path..."

As she spoke, she took a deep breath.

She felt she had been thoroughly manipulated by Chen Yan.

The other party promising to help her was perhaps also to ensure she would continue to come next time, so as to control her.

Chen Youqing pursed her lips:

"When I come next time, I will ask Father to watch from afar; even if Chen Yan wants to control me, Father will notice."

She clenched her hands; she truly did not want to give up the True Martial path.

But the next instant, Chen Youqing looked as if she had lost all spirit.

"Such a heaven-gifted talent appears only once in ten thousand years in the human world; it is not the path of will that makes him shine, but he who makes the path of will flourish.

For such a person, that the Lord of Will would actually give up on him is simply inconceivable."