Chapter 800: Recultivation

Inside the dim room, the slanted walls displayed a blue-black leaf texture, their surfaces covered in scorched black spots left behind after being eroded by malice.

In the corner of the room curled several clumps of mats woven from rotting fibers, the edges of which had already sprouted tiny, tentacle-like fungal hyphae.

This seemingly crude and dilapidated environment was already a fairyland in this Evil Realm filled with distortion and malice.

There was no bed in the room; Chen Yan sat on the ground, malice like black flames overflowing from his entire body.

"Status."

He murmured aloud, having to admit that Bai Ling's words had piqued his interest.

Chen Yan was able to enter the Evil Realm precisely because Chen Zhu had given him a wisp of the true essence of the Ninth Realm.

Now that the wisp of Ninth Realm true essence had dissipated, Chen Yan had no way to analyze it.

But Chen Yan guessed that Chen Zhu's Ninth Realm true essence might be the same as the Ancient God aura—both were the "status" that Bai Ling spoke of.

If one wanted to reach the pinnacle of the Martial Dao, status was certainly something one had to understand and even master.

Chen Yan began to sense his physical body; by now, his body had long been severely eroded by malice.

Even the power of his will could hardly completely clear the malice within Chen Yan's body.

The malice within the Evil Realm was by no means ordinary; it was even stronger than Eighth Realm malice.

This was malice that originated directly from the Ancient God Fanni.

If the malice in his body was not removed, Chen Yan would constantly be influenced by it, gradually transforming into some unknown and evil creature.

Regarding this, Chen Yan did not care too much.

Li Zhiyi had already discovered the flaws in breaking through realms and had also found a method to perfect the breakthrough.

That was to draw inspiration from the wonder of the Blood Brand and the method of severing rules.

However, for a complete breakthrough to be achieved, one still had to wait for the day the Blood Brand emerged.

It was just that, now that Chen Yan no longer had a Will Domain, it was fundamentally impossible to truly unleash the power of the Will path.

For example, 【Control Decay - Holy Will Bewilderment】 was simple to use to bewilder a Sixth Realm being like Bai Ling without the support of a Will Domain, but it was very difficult to deal with the Creation Realm.

The Will Domain was a component of a realm.

Even if Chen Yan was the Master of Will, without a Will Domain, it was difficult to exert his full strength.

As for influencing Chen Youqing, that was because Chen Yan met with Chen Youqing many times and used rhetoric to gradually guide Chen Youqing.

In the end, he could only quietly change Chen Youqing's emotions; he could not make Chen Youqing do things he was unwilling to do.

Like the direct control and interrogation from just now, that was simply impossible.

Chen Yan frowned; he had originally thought he would not need to recultivate his physical body.

But now that there were other living beings within the Evil Realm, strength was necessary.

His surprise attack on Jizhou and his death in front of everyone in the world were all for the purpose of recultivating his physical body, to prevent Chen Zhu from setting a trap for him using the Chen clan bloodline.

In reality, Chen Zhu truly had such an ability.

But Chen Yan had guessed Chen Zhu's purpose wrong.

This current physical body was fabricated by Chen Zhu and had absolutely no Chen clan bloodline.

Chen Zhu's purpose was even more lofty and far-reaching than Chen Yan had imagined.

This was an even more terrifying enemy.

Recultivate the physical body...

Chen Yan naturally had a way; after all, even without the Saint-Breaking Tree, he still had the God-level grand formation he had created: 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】.

With 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】, Chen Yan had energy opportunities.

Moreover, because Chen Yan had a perfected process of becoming powerful, he was extremely clear on how his physical body should develop, and could even make it more perfect than before.

At this thought, Chen Yan accumulated the power of his will, and at his chest, a golden-red light slowly condensed, circulated, and gathered.

Accompanied by the 'hissing' sound of the power of will and malice devouring each other, a golden formation disk with an evil eye growing in its center appeared behind Chen Yan.

Immediately following, blood-red thin tubes extended from the formation disk, pierced into the ground, and delved deep down.

Chen Yan sensed the blood vessels of 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】 penetrating into this Saint-Breaking Tree leaf that carried the Jing Tu, feeling every movement and energy occurring within the leaf.

He could not devour the Saint-Breaking Tree leaf; this was the Jing Tu carrying this group of tainted-blood humans.

Chen Yan pondered in his heart, and the blood vessels extended out of the Jing Tu, sinking into the muddy, chaotic, and deep malice.

This was the Evil Realm, a real world, the broken flesh and blood of the Ancient God Fanni.

Cold light flickered in Chen Yan's eyes.

Devour an Ancient God!

Perhaps his devouring had even less impact on the Ancient God than a mosquito bite.

But this act still made Chen Yan's heart beat faster.

Immediately after, streams of obstructive, disgusting, and viscous indescribable matter were sucked in by the blood vessels, input into the main body of the 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】 formation disk, and began to be purified by 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】.

The speed of this purification was extremely slow.

After a long time, 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】 had not even refined a shred of energy opportunity.

Chen Yan frowned; 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】 could absorb the inner world of a Dream-Eating Tapir, but could it not absorb the Ancient God Fanni?

But gradually, Chen Yan's brow relaxed.

He could feel streams of energy being converted by 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】 and entering his body.

Although the speed was slow, it was already much better than the Earth-Vein grade precious medicines he had taken when he first started cultivating.

The only problem was that 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】 also could not completely isolate the malice within these energy opportunities.

This was already quite good.

With energy opportunities, Chen Yan would no longer need to eat.

Compared to Qi and blood, food was the lowest grade of energy source.

If one had to rely on eating to obtain energy and opportunities, a fifth-rank martial artist would need to consume over ten tons of ancient beast meat every day.

With a single thought from Chen Yan, the 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】 array disc behind him gradually merged into his body.

Those blood vessels that had been extending from the 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】 turned to extend from within Chen Yan's body.

Because he possessed the memories and experience of cultivation, Chen Yan chose to first alter his own physical body using the power of his will this time.

In the low ranks of the Martial Dao, the Extreme Forging Realm and Unity Realm of hard training, as well as the Five Viscera Realm and Hundred Meridians Realm of Qi and blood, are all primarily for altering the physical body.

This time, Chen Yan could achieve it more perfectly.

For Qi and blood and hard training to enter the second rank, one day is sufficient.

At the same time.

Outside the Jing Tu, which was like a green leaf, within the chaotic and evil ocean of filth, another green leaf was speeding over.

On this green leaf, the buildings were pitch-black, and the black walls were twisted like broken bones.

Over a hundred Filthy-Blood Human Race with strange structures stood upon it, their cold eyes staring at the Jing Tu where Chen Yan was located.

On the Jing Tu where Chen Yan was located, the disheveled Bai Ling was standing in front of a dilapidated house.

Leaning against the door of the dilapidated house was a tall woman with a black hole about one centimeter wide in the center of her brow, with dense tentacles churning within the black hole; she spoke:

"If you were using it, I would give it to you, but what does it count for if you give it to an outsider? He is already in that state."

Ordinary people would die after soaking in the Evil Sea for a dozen seconds; he has clearly been in longer, so even if he was powerful before, he is a waste now.

Why waste resources on a waste?"

Bai Ling pursed her lips and smiled naively:

"Just for my sake, Sister Chun."

The tall woman called Sister Chun rolled her eyes:

"Just this once, it must be repaid; if he cannot repay it, you must repay it."

As she spoke, Sister Chun waved one hand and, feeling the pinch, took out a withered plant full of black spots that resembled ginseng from her origin space.

Bai Ling accepted it, took the 'ginseng', and was about to express her gratitude.

However, she saw Sister Chun's expression change drastically as she looked into the distance at the piece of Jing Tu drifting over.

"Quick... quickly go back, it's the Law Enforcers!"

Bai Ling's expression changed instantly, and she looked behind her; sure enough, a piece of Jing Tu was swimming toward their side.

Across the entire Jing Tu, the sound of doors closing rang out from every room, along with the sound of low cursing.

Ignoring everything else, Bai Ling hurriedly ran back.

Very quickly.

With a bang.

Bai Ling ran frantically into the room and shut the door tightly.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yan was sitting cross-legged on the ground; because his whole body was burning with malicious black flames and the 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】 had been merged into his flesh, Bai Ling did not notice that he was deploying an array.

"Shh!"

Bai Ling pressed a finger to her lips, a trace of terror still clearly on her face, and leaned her body hard against the door, whispering to Chen Yan:

"The Law Enforcers are here."

Chen Yan paused; he had heard Bai Ling mention them before.

The Law Enforcers were Filthy-Blood Human Race who had defected to the ancient divine beasts of the Evil Realm.

Sometimes, humans are even more detestable than ancient divine beasts.

Chen Yan did not speak, listening quietly to the sounds outside.

"We agreed last time, you only prepared this little for us?"

"Open the door!"

"Master, please don't, this is my last bit of food."

"If you don't give it, then someone will have to come out; everyone should understand, we need to eat too."

"We are all neighbors and fellow villagers, let's have some mutual understanding; hahaha, if you don't understand, then you die."

Roars and cries rang out.

Chen Yan stood up, came to Bai Ling's side, and through a crack in the door, saw with his own eyes a Filthy-Blood Human Race being dragged on the ground, tied up by another Filthy-Blood Human Race.

"Old thing, how much longer can you live? If you sacrifice yourself now, it's better for everyone."

The Filthy-Blood Human Race, naked from the waist up and covered in tumors, sneered.

And the one he was dragging behind him was an old man with four legs and three heads.

The old man struggled at first, his eyes full of tears, crying out, but no one saved him.

Throughout the entire Jing Tu, every household kept their doors tightly shut; some had their doors kicked open by the Law Enforcers, followed by wailing or resistance.

Some resisted fiercely, even erupting with Qi and blood.

Those Filthy-Blood Human Race who came to plunder did not bother with those who erupted with Qi and blood, simply leaving and turning to plunder another house.

"Qi and blood and force are both very precious," Bai Ling said:

"These Law Enforcers don't want to waste their own Qi and blood either."

Chen Yan understood.

He sensed carefully and discovered that although Bai Ling had the aura of a sixth-rank realm, her own Qi and blood were nearly exhausted.

If a martial artist has no Qi and blood, they must eat; no wonder Bai Ling would prepare food.

The Evil Realm is not like the outside world.

The air in the outside world contains Qi and blood energy, which allows martial artists to constantly replenish their own Qi and blood.

But in the Evil Realm, there is no Qi and blood energy in the air.

Bai Ling and the others, in order to survive and cultivate, all need the precious herbs and food grown in the Jing Tu.

And these are the most precious things.

Those Tainted-Blood Humans who erupted with blood-Qi to resist the Law Enforcers, although they escaped this calamity, will face problems with their survival in the future.

If these Law Enforcers do not act this time, they will come to continue the harvest next time.

The same goes for the Hard-Refining Martial Artists; even if their physical bodies are strong and their defenses extremely high, if they cannot maintain the internal force within their bodies, they will face the same fate.

It was also at this moment that Bai Ling's voice trembled:

"You, hurry and hide."

Chen Yan saw that a Law Enforcer was already walking toward Bai Ling's house.

Chen Yan frowned.

Should he use the power of will?

The source of the power of will is oneself, so there is no need to consider energy replenishment.

A blood-colored light appeared at Chen Yan's fingertips, and the power of will transformed into a blood blade.

This was the will-based martial art 【Blood Will】 created by Li Zhiyi by imitating the Blood Brand.

Moreover, Chen Yan could also use 【Will Bestowed Upon My Body】 to augment his physical strength with the power of will.

But the problem is, the current Chen Yan cannot easily exert Li Zhiyi's strength without a Will Domain.

And Li Zhiyi was originally one-third of Chen Yan's Will Domain.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yan withdrew the 【Blood Will】.

Bai Ling's eyes were full of tension; she took a stick from the corner of the wall, already prepared for a fight to the death.

As long as she resisted fiercely enough, the Law Enforcer would give up on her.

The only thing she worried about was Chen Yan.

After all, the Law Enforcers snatch medicine and food for themselves, but they kidnap people for their masters.

Immediately after, Bai Ling looked to the side, astonished:

"You... you hurry and hide..."

Chen Yan did not leave.

At the same time.

Outside.

A Tainted-Blood Human with an octopus head was walking toward where Bai Ling was.

In the distance.

The tall Sister Chun gritted her silver teeth and handed the three charred herbs in her hand to the Law Enforcer in front of her.

"Next time, I want four," the Law Enforcer who accepted the three herbs said with a cold snort.

Sister Chun lowered her head, her breathing rapid, but she dared not speak.

Even though all the Pure Lands are guided by the Master of Arrays to migrate toward the distance.

But the Master of Arrays cannot control everyone.

Soon, this Law Enforcer walked toward the other houses again, laughing loudly:

"Don't hide anymore, why bother? Everyone has to live."

With a bang.

Sister Chun punched the door frame.

She hated these human scum to the core.

But they, as ordinary people, simply could not beat the Law Enforcers.

Because the Law Enforcers are the dogs of the Ancient Divine Beasts, and the Ancient Divine Beasts will even absorb the excess malice within these Law Enforcers, allowing them to increase their strength faster than ordinary Tainted-Blood Humans.

Yet at this moment, Sister Chun looked toward the direction of the house where Bai Ling was, her expression changing slightly.

Her neighbor spoke in a low voice:

"Is Bai Ling out of herbs?"

Sister Chun pursed her lips:

"I lent her one."

"One is not enough," the neighbor shook their head.

Sister Chun frowned and said:

"It's fine, there is still one more in Bai Ling's house..."

The neighbor paused and did not speak again.

In Sister Chun's view, since Bai Ling could not hand over enough herbs and food.

Then the Law Enforcer would definitely target the person Bai Ling had saved.

For the Law Enforcers, capturing people to go back and fulfill their quota was actually more important.

On the edge of the Jing Tu, there were already two residents who had been tied up.

Both of them were elderly Tainted-Blood Humans whose blood-Qi had withered.

They had no food or herbs, so they could only offer themselves up.

There was no other way.

Sister Chun knew that she would face the same fate in the future.

But living one more day is one more day.

The Evil Realm has no light, but the Jing Tu always emits a faint green glow, shining on Sister Chun's withered face, looking exceptionally miserable.

Yet at this moment.

Sister Chun paused; the Law Enforcer who had originally been walking toward Bai Ling's room suddenly stopped, then turned away.

"Hm?" Sister Chun was stunned.

Inside the room, Bai Ling was also extremely astonished, but she could not think about that much right now and let out a sigh of relief:

"Good... good."

Behind her, a flash of golden-red light passed through the depths of Chen Yan's eyes; he had naturally used 【Imperial Decay - Sacred Will Bewitchment】 just moments before.

Immediately after, Bai Ling grew nervous again.

After the Law Enforcer who had just retreated chatted with another, the other one, whose aura was clearly stronger, began walking toward her side.

Bai Ling dared not breathe, sweat began to bead on her forehead, and the hand gripping the stick began to tremble.

Following that, this Law Enforcer also stopped while walking and returned the way he had come.

Bai Ling covered her mouth, not daring to breathe; even seeing this one leave, she remained filled with worry.

It was precisely at this moment.

Outside, a tall youth with no obvious abnormal features and an old man with a full head of white hair and at least ten eyes on his face walked out.

"Everyone, Law Enforcers, let's stop here for this time."

The Multi-Eyed Elder spoke, his voice trembling slightly; the tall, sturdy man behind him was also incomparably nervous.

A Law Enforcer let out a cold laugh:

"You're blocking us, are you looking for death?!"

The Multi-Eyed Elder hurriedly waved his hands:

"I wouldn't dare, but if you all continue, our White Village will not be able to last until the next tide."

The old man pulled the tall, sturdy man behind him and said:

"My Hei Shan is going to White Town in two days."

As the Multi-Eyed Elder's voice fell, some of the Law Enforcers who were still plundering stopped.

"He's going to White Town?"

An Octopus-Headed Law Enforcer sneered.

"Yes."

The old man nodded.

"Hmph, you are quite dishonest." The Octopus-Headed Law Enforcer waved his hand:

"Today, we stop here; everyone, withdraw."

Very quickly, all the Law Enforcers left, taking the people they had bound and the supplies they had plundered.

Only then did angry roars ring out across the entire Jing Tu.

Someone walked out of their house and spoke to the Multi-Eyed Elder and the tall, sturdy man:

"Truly, many thanks to the Village Chief."

Sister Chun and the crowd of Tainted Blood Humans all revealed complex expressions and spoke to the tall, sturdy man:

"Hei Shan is truly worthy of being the one with the best talent in our White Village."

"Indeed, indeed, it was not in vain that everyone has provided resources to Hei Shan for so long."

"Once Hei Shan is strong, we will all have it better."

Inside the house.

Bai Ling slumped to the floor as if her energy had been drained, looking at Chen Yan with a silly smile.

"We dodged it this time."

As Bai Ling spoke, she thought of something, took out a black medicinal herb, and smiled:

"This is for you; if you eat this, you should be able to have blood-Qi in your body, and that way you won't need to eat food."