Chapter 827: Realm-Breaking!

A violent beating.

Li Zhiyi did not give Zhang Huizhi even the slightest chance to deploy a formation disk, and from the very beginning, he had seized Zhang Huizhi's ankle.

No matter where Zhang Huizhi tried to flee, he would be firmly suppressed by Li Zhiyi.

All of Zhang Huizhi's methods were aimed at countering Zhang Xing and the Creation Realm experts of the Great Xia Five Clans who might strike at him.

But he had not guarded against Li Zhiyi.

Moreover.

After absorbing the Blood Brand, Li Zhiyi's strength had already surpassed Zhang Huizhi's.

Realm-Breaking!

Li Zhiyi felt the changes occurring within his body; if one were to compare his previous power of will to a flowing river.

At this moment, Li Zhiyi's power of will was an ocean.

This was the true Realm-Breaking, this was the true third realm of the Path of Will.

All the concepts Chen Yan had previously held regarding Realm-Breaking were completely realized at this moment.

The eighth-tier trait of the three traditional physical martial paths is the aura of life and death.

By taking the aura of life and death as the foundation, one can create rule-based martial arts.

Precisely because of this, the eighth tier is truly invincible compared to the Creation Realm and those below it.

Even.

To deal with the Creation Realm, an eighth-tier expert does not need to use rule-based martial arts at all.

One only needs to unleash the aura of life and death to directly annihilate them.

This is also the reason why the aura of life and death is called the aura of life and death.

If it tells you to die, you must die.

The reason Chen Yan could fight an eighth-tier expert while in the Creation Realm was because Chen Yan possessed the aura of life and death while still in the Creation Realm.

In the end, it was using their own spear to attack their own shield.

But in the creation of a martial path.

If the Path of Will wants to truly stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the other physical martial paths.

It must achieve a state where it can contend with the aura of life and death.

After defeating Chi Xue and seeing his power of will surge, Chen Yan chose to let his own Domain of Will evolve on its own.

To evolve to the most extreme, most perfect state, perfect to the point of being able to break martial path rules.

But until the surprise attack on Ji Province, Chen Yan's Realm-Breaking had not reached perfection.

Afterwards, Chen Yan's thinking remained unchanged; it was still to let the Domain of Will evolve on its own.

And Li Zhiyi was one-third of the incarnation of the Domain of Will.

After devouring the Blood Brand, Li Zhiyi also completely finished this task.

The Blood Brand can shatter everything in the world and can sever rules.

Li Zhiyi integrated the Blood Brand into his Realm-Breaking; he himself became the Realm-Breaking, and he himself could sever all rules.

From this day forth.

The third realm of the Path of Will, Realm-Breaking, is officially on par with the eighth realm of the other three physical martial paths, the Tribulation Light Realm!

Li Zhiyi's red robes fluttered in the void, his originally pitch-black hair was now incomparably scarlet, and with nothing to rely on around him, a single wisp of crimson blood light coiled between his fingers like a living creature.

This was the key to Realm-Breaking; this wisp of blood-red power of will was clearly distinct from the Immortal Will.

It was only a single wisp, yet it could sever all martial path rules.

Li Zhiyi named it the Will of Destruction.

With a light tap of his hand against the void, this wisp of the Will of Destruction was retracted by Li Zhiyi back into his body.

As for the fourth realm of the Path of Will, Severing-Realm…

Li Zhiyi's eyes overflowed with blood light as he pondered in his heart.

When Realm-Breaking reaches its limit, what kind of Severing-Realm will it form?

The next instant.

Li Zhiyi waved a hand, stepped across the shattered human world, and caught a glimpse of a brilliant flash coming from Chen Province.

The Lord of Chen…

Li Zhiyi narrowed his eyes; he had clearly felt an extremely powerful aura strike just now, but it had vanished just as quickly.

The Lord of Chen is perhaps the only ninth-tier expert in the human world today.

Endless grand aspirations emerged in Li Zhiyi's heart; after the birth of the fourth realm of the Path of Will, the Severing-Realm.

Relying solely on the Path of Will, he would be able to contend with a ninth-tier Death Realm expert!

As for how to develop it, Li Zhiyi—or rather, Chen Yan—already had a concept.

That was to condense the Will of Destruction!

Chen Yan could already roughly guess that the status of the ninth tier was condensed from the aura of life and death, possessing endless great power.

The development direction of Realm-Breaking could be determined by this method.

Condense the power of the Will of Destruction into a status unique to the Path of Will.

The four realms of the Path of Will could then achieve the depth of the nine realms of the human race's other three physical martial paths.

Li Zhiyi pondered.

At this moment.

His figure was like a frozen frame in a film, deeply branded into everyone's minds.

From the shattering of the Blood Brand, to his appearance, all the way to him driving away Zhang Huizhi.

The entire world seemed to have fallen silent, with only him moving.

Chen Youqing stood frozen in the void, and the Blood-Brand Scabbard fused within her arm completely lost all connection to the Blood-Brand.

This clear perception told her that the fifth divine artifact under heaven should have completely vanished from between heaven and earth.

Only shock, stupefaction, and disbelief remained in the depths of her eyes.

The fifth divine artifact under heaven, just like that, was gone?

Her vermilion lips parted slightly, wanting to question Li Zhiyi, but she could not speak at all.

This Blood-Gu, whom she had regarded as someone who must die, stood there just like that, yet brought her deep pressure.

Deep within her mind, an inexplicable voice rang out.

No wonder the Lord of Will would abandon Chen Yan; it turns out the Lord of Will had a better agent.

Li Zhiyi?

Terror surfaced in the depths of Chen Youqing's eyes.

A figure like Venerable Chen Yan could be discarded by the Lord of Will at will.

And just as easily, another genius like Li Zhiyi could be created.

Where exactly is the Lord of Will?

All this time, Chen Youqing had taken pride in her father, and all this time she had thought she possessed the strongest backing.

Yet, at this moment, she was terrified.

If a man-made, short-term, expedited heaven-gifted genius could devour the Blood-Brand, then how powerful must the true Lord of Will be?

Could it be that her father had never been taken seriously by the Lord of Will all this time?

Could it be that Chen Yan, the opponent her father valued so highly, was merely a pawn that could be discarded at will in the eyes of the Lord of Will?

Zhang Xing was still being suppressed tightly, with black thorns cast down by Zhang Huizhi pinning him to the Gravity Array Disk.

Yet, his shock was the most intense.

Because, just a moment ago, he felt something that made him fearful.

There could be no mistake; this feeling came from Li Zhiyi.

It came from this monster who had devoured the Blood-Brand!

What was that?

What on earth could make him, a person of the Weizhao Void Sacrifice, feel fear?

Zhang Xing possessed the ten thousand years of memories of the Weizhao Void Sacrifice.

In the years he had experienced, his attitude toward the human race had always been one of disregard and indifference.

Until now, because of the appearance of Lu Xunyang, Chen Yan, and others, the Weizhao Void Sacrifice had been forced to emerge.

But in his heart, he still despised and loathed the human race, viewing them as pigs and dogs.

But now, he was afraid.

Li Zhiyi stepped through the void until he reached where Chen Min was.

"Haha... haha..."

Chen Min opened his mouth wide, looking up at Li Zhiyi and laughing strangely:

"You motherfucker are simply... not human... Pfft!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood, with fragments of internal organs mixed within.

The remaining ten thousand Military Guards of the Extreme Dao Martial and others looked at Li Zhiyi with indescribable shock.

If before, they had felt gratitude, respect, and emotion toward Li Zhiyi.

At this moment, it was awe!

It was as if mortals were treating an immortal god, as if soldiers were treating a divine general.

The expression that once only appeared in their eyes for Chen Yan now surfaced.

This was the emotion one only has when looking at an inconceivable deity.

Perhaps the millions of soldiers of Great Xia were still only shocked by Li Zhiyi, but these ten thousand soldiers who had campaigned with him had clearly become like believers.

"Li Zhiyi..." Extreme Dao Martial spoke with difficulty:

"Now..."

Li Zhiyi's pair of blood-red eyes looked at Extreme Dao Martial, and Extreme Dao Martial instantly stopped speaking.

"Go home."

Li Zhiyi spoke:

"Follow me... home!"

As his voice fell, tears appeared in the eyes of the ten thousand soldiers; they were either heavily wounded, mere broken bodies, or on the verge of death.

Hearing these two words now, tears flowed out.

"Go home!"

"Go home!"

"Go home!"

Voices that were clearly grand yet incomparably gentle were bound together, and just like that, they rang out.

Who could have imagined that this army of theirs, surrounded by the Five Clans and facing death, would still have the qualification to say the words 'go home'.

They struck the earth heavily, low-roaring with all their remaining strength.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As if in rhythm.

It was as if everyone had the same heart, beating continuously.

The entire world went quiet, with only them calling out.

Their voices rose just like that, stretching on and on.

Above the Xiaoyang Battlefront, countless Great Xia military guards, whether standing on the earth or standing in the void, heard this sound; tears appeared in their eyes, which had originally been stunned because of Li Zhiyi.

Tears flickered in the eyes of Jidao Wu:

"How... how is this possible?"

With a bang!

Li Zhiyi stomped his foot onto the earth, and the earth cracked open.

Roar!

Suddenly!

A dragon's roar resounded.

Golden-red light suddenly burst forth from Li Zhiyi's entire body, and a dragon shadow spiraled and roared from around him, instantly condensing into a golden-red great dragon a thousand meters long.

The golden-red great dragon's eyes were as sharp as Golden Cores, its scales and claws as sharp as blades, and as its dragon whiskers drifted, its dragon body wrapped around all the military guards.

A great wind rises, the golden dragon travels!

As the bloody soil of the earth was torn apart by the gale stirred up by the golden dragon's passage.

Roar!

Waves of dragon roars echoed, resounding incessantly.

Countless people watched this scene.

No one blocked it.

The Jizhou Army that had originally blocked Li Zhiyi and the others now scattered and fled, their eyes filled with despair as they looked up and watched the golden dragon fly over their heads.

They were trembling with fear, worried that Chen Youqing would issue them an order to block the golden dragon even if it meant death.

But from beginning to end, Chen Youqing did not say a single word.

"I...!"

On the earth, Zhang Xing let out a low roar, his appearance extremely miserable.

Li Zhiyi stood atop the dragon's head, sweeping his gaze faintly toward the ground below.

He had no fondness for Zhang Xing, not just because Zhang Xing had previously wanted to watch him die to seize the Blood Brand.

But also because now, as Li Zhiyi sensed Zhang Xing's emotions, Zhang Xing still displayed hostility and wariness.

Li Zhiyi controlled the golden dragon to bite down, swallowing Zhang Xing into the dragon's mouth, and continued flying toward Xiaoyang.

At this moment.

Above the battlefront, Chen Qi watched the golden great dragon drifting over, the corners of his mouth trembling uncontrollably, his originally relaxed cheeks tensing up.

Suddenly, Chen Qi looked toward where Chen Province was located.

At the same time.

The Pool Master and the Land Master also looked in the direction of Chen Province.

The Chen Master still held a chess piece between his fingers, but at this moment, it remained unplaced.

"What do you think?"

The Pool Master's voice rang out.

The Chen Master shook his head slightly:

"I did not expect it to end in such a way."

The Land Master, clad in golden armor, stood within an abyss in Land Province and said in a low voice:

"The Master of Will has never shown himself, but what he has displayed indeed exceeds my plan."

A trace of inexplicable irritability appeared in the Land Master's eyes:

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer; I am still one final step away, just one final step."

The Pool Master sat cross-legged above the void overseas, frowning:

"Are you going to carry your Land Province's biochemical martial Dao to the final step?"

The Land Master did not speak, but instead looked at the Chen Master and said:

"Wait a little longer; now is not the time. Even if I were to emerge from the mountains, I would by no means be a match for Lu Xunyang."

The Chen Master's eyes were calm; with a click, the chess piece between his fingers fell onto the board.

"Then..."

The Chen Master's eyes were calm; at this moment, he no longer continued to focus on Li Zhiyi, but instead looked in the direction of Yu Province.

"Let's wait a little longer..."

At the same time.

Above the battlefront.

Chen Qi received the order, his eyes narrowed, and he waved his large hand:

"Retreat!"

As his voice fell, all the mobilized Five-Clan armies withdrew from the battlefield.

Even the twenty Five-Clan Creation Realm experts who had been surrounding Shen Yiwei, as well as the suddenly appeared Wu Yuan, ended the battle and left the battlefield.

The extremely burly Wu Yuan flew above the void with his hands behind his back, sweeping a distant glance at where Li Zhiyi was, murderous intent erupting in the depths of his eyes.

At the same time.

Xia Hanzhou waved his hand.

The Great Xia side also canceled their combat status.

All the military guards now revealed smiles as if they had let out a sigh of relief.

Immediately following, countless people looked toward the south, watching in silence.

Upon the earth, the armies of the Five Clans returned to their military camps as rapidly as countless streams.

Whether looking straight ahead or gazing up at the sky, their gazes remained locked upon that golden dragon flying toward them.