Chapter 803: Exploring the Strongest Power of the Human Race

Inside the crude and dilapidated house.

Pure golden light flowed and swirled around Chen Yan.

As Chen Yan opened his eyes, streams of powerful energy radiated outward.

Ten days in the Evil Realm, yet only one day in the outside world.

Chen Yan's Blood-Qi and Tempering had been recultivated to the Fourth Order Origin Realm.

A mere ten days; this speed of recultivation was simply shocking.

Moreover, compared to before, Chen Yan's cultivation this time was even more perfect.

The sculpting of the physical body had been preemptively altered and optimized by the power of his will before the realm was even reached.

Chen Yan had been able to kill opponents above his level before, and at the Fourth Order, he had even wiped out Lu Fusan, who was the number one Fifth Order expert in the world at the time.

If it were now, it would only be even easier.

Furthermore, the two paths of True Intent and Array Formations were skills just like martial arts and cultivation techniques, and they had not disappeared just because Chen Yan's realm had vanished.

They had even grown.

The new Will-path martial arts, 【Will Bestowed Upon My Body】 and 【Blood Intent】, were created by Li Zhiyi.

The wondrous-level, world's fifth-ranked divine technique 【World Instant】, along with the Third-Grade Fist Soul and Third-Grade Spear Soul, were the results of Zhao Zhugui's research within the Dao-Comprehending Myriad Image Map.

That's right, regarding True Intent, Chen Yan had entrusted it to Zhang Huizhi from the very beginning.

And Zhang Huizhi had not failed to live up to Chen Yan's expectations, successfully cultivating the Spear Realm and Fist Realm to the True Soul level.

In terms of offensive methods, Zhang Huizhi had inherited all of Chen Yan's techniques in both Blood-Qi and Tempering; the only thing missing was a method for the Will path.

Chen Yan had a clear division of labor; the path to the power of the Will path would only be entrusted to Li Zhiyi alone.

And although Zhang Huizhi and Zhao Zhugui were, like Li Zhiyi, incarnations of the Will domain, they would not cultivate the Will path, only Tempering and Blood-Qi.

Zhang Huizhi's progress in realm was extremely rapid.

Because on the Saint-Breaking Tree, there was the 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit that Chen Yan had obtained by consuming the Dream-Eating Tapir.

This was the purest energy opportunity, comparable to direct infusion.

By now, Zhang Huizhi's realm had already reached the peak of the Sixth Order, and not even a single 【Storage】 Saint-Breaking Fruit had been used up.

As for Zhao Zhugui, the Ji Master had indeed taught Zhao Zhugui various cultivation techniques and lethal methods.

But Zhao Zhugui lacked the assistance of the Dao-Comprehending Myriad Image Map and the Saint-Breaking Tree, and furthermore, did not care about becoming stronger, so Zhao Zhugui's methods were considered weak compared to Zhang Huizhi and Li Zhiyi.

The three Will clones were all Chen Yan himself; what they mastered, Chen Yan also mastered.

Chen Yan twisted his neck; the feeling of his strength returning was not bad at all.

However, the time was still too short.

To recultivate his realm back to his former Nine-Layer True Martial path's personal universe would still require a vast amount of time.

At least two hundred days.

Fortunately, time flowed slowly in the Evil Realm; two hundred days here was only twenty days in the outside world.

Chen Yan was not in a rush; the key now was to master the three Status Divine Arrays created by the Lord of Arrays.

Breaking through to the Eighth Order was also key.

Although the Evil Realm had harsh conditions, it gave Chen Yan the time he lacked most.

Especially the Status Grand Array.

This concerned the mysteries of the Ninth Order.

Hum.

A golden array disc emerged from within Chen Yan's body, its array patterns profound and complex, with a wondrous eye at the center.

Blood-red thin tubes extended from the array disc, plunging deep into the ground where Chen Yan sat cross-legged.

The god-level grand array 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】!

Chen Yan had observed the aura of Ancient Gods to create 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】.

But 【Eternal Calamity Reversing Blood】 could be upgraded.

Beyond divine techniques!

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes; he needed more Ancient God aura.

"Ten thousand laws return to one; my research into arrays is actually not just about studying arrays.

Martial arts and cultivation techniques are skills, so why wouldn't arrays and True Intent be as well?"

Chen Yan stood up, hands behind his back, pacing within the room.

"Ten thousand years of martial Dao, and yet it is far more than ten thousand years.

The human race created four physical martial Daos and three auxiliary martial Daos, but has never truly unified these Daos.

Facing the Ancient Gods, the human race has never displayed its strongest power.

This feat should be realized by me, to open up a brand new world."

Chen Yan murmured.

At this moment, he seemed to no longer be the Chen Yan who had just emerged from the War of the Five Races.

What was different from the past was this.

He understood the Chen Master.

He understood this person whom he had originally regarded as his greatest enemy.

Compared to before, the anger in Chen Yan's heart had actually vanished quite a bit, leaving only a sense of peace.

A peace that came from asking his own heart and finding it tranquil.

In a certain sense, the Chen Master, who had created Chen Changyuan, was also his teacher.

Sometimes, the resolution of conflict does not require hysteria, but the need to keep walking forward without stopping for a thousand miles.

If he succeeds, he becomes the master who opens the era, and Chen Zhu fails.

If he fails, he becomes a martyr against the era; if Chen Zhu wins, the world should also be grasped by him.

Perhaps in another ten thousand years, another person like Chen Yan will appear, walking further and further on the path of walking alone in the darkness.

The world has never lacked people like Chen Yan.

The Master of Qi and Blood is one, Xia Qi is one, and Lu Xunyang is also one.

"A single spark will always start a prairie fire."

Chen Yan thought for a long time.

It was quiet here, and no one came to disturb him.

This room was a room that belonged solely to Chen Yan.

A few days ago, the Law Enforcers forcibly took away two villagers who were already on the verge of dying of old age, and the village chief arranged the room of one of them for Chen Yan.

And it was at this moment.

Outside White Village.

A green leaf, clearly smaller than White Village, drifted above the ocean of malice that was dark and muddy.

It gradually approached White Village.

The village chief, Hei Shan, and other people of White Village waited respectfully at the edge of White Village.

"Lord Lu has arrived," the village chief said with a smile.

On the green leaf, which was like a flat boat, a gray-haired man wearing hemp clothes with a pitch-black big mouth growing on his right arm nodded, applied a little force to his feet, and jumped onto White Village.

"Where is Old Lian?" the gray-haired man looked behind the village chief and asked.

As his voice fell, the village chief's expression became sorrowful.

The gray-haired man named Lu Yuan paused, and then anger emerged in the depths of his eyes:

"Was it that group of dog bastards?"

The village chief nodded.

"Hmph!" Lu Yuan snorted coldly:

"White Town has already held a meeting with Luo Town and Chen Town; people will be sent during this period to clear out these lackeys of the Ancient God Beasts.

Rest assured, the bitter days are only temporary."

As Lu Yuan's voice fell, smiles finally appeared on the faces of the village chief and the others.

Sister Chun even had tears flowing from her eyes:

"We should have wiped out this group of bastards long ago."

Lu Yuan shook his head and waved one hand, and a cyan-black fruit appeared in his hand:

"This year's Realm Fruit has been distributed, and your White Village has a quota for one Rank 6 fruit.

See who is Rank 5, and give this fruit to them."

The village chief choked:

"A Rank 6 fruit? Everyone in our White Village is at least Rank 6 or above; is there no Creation Realm Fruit?"

Lu Yuan sighed:

"The situation is not good this year."

As he spoke, Lu Yuan patted Hei Shan on the shoulder:

"Work hard. I heard you are going to White Town; from now on, we are brothers."

Hei Shan looked at Lu Yuan with reverence:

"I will still have to rely on Brother Lu for guidance when the time comes."

"Think nothing of it," Lu Yuan smiled, then jumped onto his green leaf and left.

The village chief looked at the cyan-black fruit in his hand and sighed:

"Hei Shan, this is the reason why our White Village is weak. Those above also know that we don't lack Rank 6 fruits, but we lack Creation Realm Fruits.

But who told us that White Village is weak..."

The village chief looked at Hei Shan dotingly; he had already placed all his hopes on Hei Shan.

The Tainted Blood Human Race on the Jing Tu of the Evil Realm cannot cultivate because the resources are too poor.

But low-rank martial artists could never survive in such a harsh environment.

The reason they can survive is because of this Realm Fruit.

A certain place in the Jing Tu has strange plants that can grow Realm Fruits.

The Tainted Blood Human Race does not need to cultivate; they only need to consume the Realm Fruit to advance.

When the Realm Fruit was mentioned and Bai Ling told Chen Yan about it, Chen Yan was also extremely astonished.

After all, if this matter were placed in the outside world, it would simply be wishful thinking.

But after Chen Yan carefully observed Bai Ling's body.

He discovered that although Bai Ling was Rank 6, she had no cultivation techniques or martial arts, and her own Qi and blood were extremely withered.

It could be said that she was even weaker than the weakest Rank 6 in the outside world.

The Realm Fruit only brought the Tainted Blood Human Race a realm, but it could not make them truly strong.

Of course, the Evil Realm also has martial artists who cultivate on their own like those in the outside world. Although such martial artists need to suffer more, their strength is far superior to these Tainted Blood humans who advance by eating Realm Fruits.

However, self-cultivating martial artists are extremely rare in the Evil Realm; only on the Jing Tu at the very center would there be such martial artists.

The appearance of the Realm Fruit caused Chen Yan's curiosity about the Saint-Breaking Tree to rise once again.

To be able to make people advance directly by relying on a fruit, what kind of great power must this be?

At this moment.

The Village Chief was still fretting over the Rank 6 fruit in his hand.

Hei Shan, however, looked toward another direction and asked Sister Chun:

"Sister Chun, what has that Chen Yan been doing these past few days?"

Sister Chun was taken aback, then immediately said:

"Who knows what he's doing; he hasn't come out even once since he was assigned a new house."

Sister Chun teased:

"Are you worried he'll snatch your spot?"

Hearing this, Hei Shan hurriedly puffed out his chest and said:

"No, that's not the case at all."

The Village Chief glanced at Hei Shan and shook his head:

"Your opponents are those people from White Town, not those in our small village. You must remember, our White Village will all rely on you in the future."

Hei Shan nodded hurriedly upon hearing this.

Sister Chun and the others also smiled and chimed in.

Just then, a figure came running along the road; it was Bai Ling.

Bai Ling had just finished her work and rushed over upon seeing the commotion here.

"Village Chief, since no one can use the Realm Fruit, just give it to Chen Yan."

As Bai Ling's voice fell, the Village Chief stowed the Realm Fruit in his hand into his Origin Space, his expression turning sour as he looked at Bai Ling.

Sister Chun felt speechless and hurriedly pulled Bai Ling away. Looking at Bai Ling's mud-stained face, Sister Chun wiped the grime off:

"You silly girl, why do you always say such dampening things?"

Bai Ling looked at Sister Chun:

"In the past, the Village Chief always distributed the Realm Fruits to the villagers."

Sister Chun shook her head:

"You just have to bring up the sore subject; is that Chen Yan a villager?"

Sister Chun didn't explain too clearly, just patted Bai Ling's head:

"You, it's because your parents left that no one taught you many of these principles.

You shouldn't have brought Chen Yan to see the Village Chief that day."

None of the villagers believed Chen Yan would threaten Hei Shan, but why would the Village Chief bring trouble upon Hei Shan for no reason?

Bai Ling nodded silently, clenching her hands.

She didn't know how to tell Chen Yan.

Just at this moment.

Screech!

A low and twisted shriek resounded within the Ocean of Malice.

Bai Ling and Sister Chun's expressions trembled instantly.

And then.

The ink-black sea surged like shredded night, the murky waves crawling with gray-black tentacles, their suckers gleaming with a deathly light.

The monster's torso broke through the ground like it was digging out; where its tentacles swept, the seawater seemed to solidify into twisted black crystals.

"Quick, go back!"

"Ancient Evil Void God-Beast!"

Sister Chun yelled, hurriedly returning to the house.

There was a commotion outside; that Ancient Evil Void God-Beast from within the Ocean of Malice could not land on the Jing Tu.

But the human race's fear of Ancient God-Beasts is innate.

Just as the commotion subsided and everyone hiding in their houses breathed a sigh of relief.

The Law Enforcers arrived.

Several Law Enforcers walked onto the Jing Tu, one of them with an octopus head looking around at the tightly shut doors.

A pair of murky eyes seemed to lock gazes with the White Village humans hiding behind the doors, who could only peek through the cracks.

"Let me tell you all, if you see anyone who can use special golden-red energy, tell us.

Whoever tells us will never have to pay tribute to us again!"

The voice resounded throughout the entire White Village.

Inside the house, Chen Yan frowned.

Special golden-red energy.

Isn't this the Immortal Will?

Was I discovered by an Ancient God-Beast in the Evil Realm?

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes.

When he first traveled alone in the Evil Realm, he could only use the power of his will to resist.

Or perhaps, he left behind the aura of his Immortal Will at that time, which was detected by an Ancient God-Beast of the Evil Realm.

Or could it be...

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes.

The news of him entering the Evil Realm was known by the Ancient God-Beasts within the Evil Realm?

How is this possible?

The Chen Lord has no reason to do this.

But besides Master Chen knowing Chen Yan's movements, who else could it be?

A trace of foreboding surfaced in Chen Yan's heart; he actually felt as if he had been calculated against by someone unseen.

The ancient divine beasts within the Evil Realm would certainly be even more powerful than those in the outside world.

Perhaps, there are even Ninth-Rank ones.

Inside White Village, the Village Chief walked out and let out a sigh of relief; he had thought this group was going to rob them again.

Walking up to Octopus-Head, he smiled and said:

"Understood, from now on, if the people of White Village encounter such people, we will certainly inform you, Lord Law Enforcer."

Octopus-Head patted the Village Chief on the shoulder and smiled:

"It's good that you're sensible."

He waved his hand, just about to leave, when he turned his head and said:

"Oh my, it was so hard to make this trip..."

The Village Chief's complexion turned pale in an instant, and he was about to kneel down.

Following that, these few Law Enforcers indeed began to continue their looting.

Chen Yan heard a burst of wailing and crying sounds from outside.

He sat alone inside the room, secretly casting 【Decay Control - Holy Will Bewilderment】 to begin modifying the cognition of these few Law Enforcers.

Sure enough, this time these people only searched a few houses perfunctorily before leaving directly.

Sister Chun watched the backs of this group as they left, her fingers gripping the door frame sinking deep into it.

The Village Chief also gritted his teeth, staring fixedly at Hei Shan beside him:

"Child, you must strive for success!"

Hei Shan nodded dully:

"I will, and when the time comes, I'll marry a capable wife to protect White Village with me."

Bang!

The Village Chief gave a low roar:

"Do not waste your time on women; upon you rests the life and death of a whole village and your own future.

Yet you want to place your time on romantic feelings between men and women; such baseness, how can it carry the hopes of others?!"

Hei Shan touched his head; didn't Grandpa also marry a wife?

Bai Ling let out a sigh of relief; on her person now, only that one medicinal herb that Sister Chun had lent her remained.

Just at this moment, Bai Ling looked toward where Chen Yan was, about to head over.

Her consciousness, however, paused for some unknown reason, a look of confusion appearing in her eyes, and she did not look toward Chen Yan's side.

At the same time.

On the green leaf that had left White Village, Octopus-Head and the others were sitting casually.

"This bunch of trash, we searched twice and didn't find anything useful."

"I say, why not just slaughter them all."

"Fine, there really isn't any profit here in White Village; let's just slaughter them and go find a wealthy place."

Octopus-Head made up his mind, looking at the chest beside him with a smile.

Yet at this moment, Octopus-Head was stunned, and looking at a person sitting on the chest, he barked:

"You..."

Chen Yan sat on the chest; he had crossed the Sea of Malice alone and had only just climbed up, and he spoke indifferently:

"Gentlemen, do you have any Anti-Evil Grass?"

Octopus-Head felt a chill, and the next instant, he threw a punch directly.

Chen Yan grabbed forward with one hand, his power of will transforming into a blood-colored long saber.

【Blood Intent】!

【Intent Bestowed Upon My Body】, activate!

Under the infusion of the power of will, every saber strike Chen Yan thrust out had an overwhelming, unstoppable force erupting.

Boom!

A silver spear soul instantly struck out from the tip of the saber, hitting Octopus-Head right in the head.

Third-Grade Spear Soul!

In an instant, a direct kill.

The moment Octopus-Head died, the other few Law Enforcers had not even reacted yet.

When they did react, Chen Yan charged forward again.

Wherever the saber edge passed, the air was shredded, and ear-piercing saber hums erupted.

"Ah!"

One Law Enforcer had his physical body directly shredded.

Another was already holding a black blade and slashing at Chen Yan's head; Chen Yan moved his body to the side, dodged the strike, and raised his hand to swing his saber, splitting the man's physical body.

Swish, swish, swish!

Blood-colored saber shadows flickered, and the seven Law Enforcers were directly wiped out by Chen Yan.

Only the last one remained, his legs already severed by Chen Yan, struggling and screaming in agony.

"Ah!"

"Spare my life."

Chen Yan swept a glance at the other party indifferently:

"How many people are at your base camp?"

"Fifty..." the man wailed.

Chen Yan's expression was calm.

Too weak.

Among these few people, Octopus-Head was in the Creation Realm, but his strength was too poor.

The rest of them, although they were Tier 6, probably couldn't even beat a Tier 5 from the outside world.

Just this?

If White Village resisted, they could probably kill this group of people too.

"Are everyone at your base camp like you?" Chen Yan asked again.

Very quickly, Chen Yan learned the situation of this group of Law Enforcers' base camp.

After pondering for a while, Chen Yan used his Immortal Will to keep the man's life hanging by a thread, letting him continue to lead him to the Law Enforcers' base camp.