Chapter 885: My Heart is Bright, There is No Worry Before My Eyes

Chen Yan frowned, yet heard that figure continue:

"Do you see? Suffering will not vanish; suffering has always existed.

Malice is merely one form of suffering. If you remove malice, those who are meant to suffer will still possess suffering."

Her voice grew increasingly mocking:

"Then tell me, your purpose...

Is it truly to remove the malice of the world, or the suffering of others?

If you only aim to remove malice, the suffering that the people of the world are destined to have will not disappear; it will only arrive in another form.

If you aim to remove the suffering of the people of the world, then I tell you, suffering never disappears; it only changes the way it arrives."

The figure laughed out loud:

"Some live a bland life, only to be defeated by themselves, dying in depression.

Some struggle their whole lives, only to be defeated by class, defeated by schemes; appearing free, they are actually trapped beasts within the cages of others."

She spoke just like that.

Chen Yan frowned.

The other party wanted to harm his Dao heart.

What the other party said was that suffering will not disappear, and malice is just one kind of suffering.

Even if Chen Yan truly wiped out the malice of the world, the people of the world would still be burdened by other sufferings.

Chen Yan closed his eyes.

This person was right.

At the same time.

Jin Province.

At the bottom of the lake, Lu Xunyang slowly stood up, reaching out one hand to sense something.

The Summer Lord Sword.

He had no choice but to act.

The next moment.

Lu Xunyang sensed something and looked sharply toward a distant direction.

"You are waiting for me!"

Lu Xunyang's white robes were whiter than snow, yet golden light emerged upon his short white hair; his terrifying gaze swept toward Qin Province, Lu Province, and Chen Province.

The void overseas.

The ice and fire world transformed into a small world, ice and fire oscillating together.

The seated Pond Lord opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping toward Jin Province.

"This is an open scheme; this Li Zhiyi, will you save him or not?"

Lu Province.

Inside a vast abyss.

Roars echoed incessantly, with terrifying explosions like stars colliding erupting at every moment, and mighty shockwaves constantly spilling out.

A massive figure, a hundred meters tall and wrapped in blood-red light, slowly shrank, finally transforming into a golden-armored figure standing in the abyss.

The Lu Lord's eyes were calm, but hidden within that calm was immense rage, as if it were about to erupt completely in the next instant.

"Lu Xunyang!

The grudge between you and me has spanned a lifetime; can it really be ended completely today?"

His voice was hoarse, like a wild beast that had been suppressed for ten thousand years.

He no longer possessed the dignity and calm of the former Lu Lord; there was only madness and tyranny.

Chen Province.

Lakeside.

A bluestone chessboard was placed by the lake; the Chen Lord tapped his fingertip on a piece, pausing slightly, placing black on the left and white on the right, the reflection on the lake surface swaying with the ripples.

Sensing Lu Xunyang's aura, the Chen Lord's expression changed slightly, showing a hint of astonishment:

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it; everyone guessed your identity wrong."

He slowly looked toward Jin Province:

"You, Lu Xunyang, are now the number one Eighth Rank of all time!"

…………

At the same time.

Chen Yan kept his eyes tightly shut.

In his mind, that blurred figure still stood, watching him quietly.

"How is it? Suddenly discovering that all your efforts will fail, isn't it very dispiriting?

You want too much, yet none of it can be realized."

The blurred figure laughed.

Chen Yan looked at the other party.

"What you said is wrong."

"What is wrong?" The blurred figure's voice turned cold.

Chen Yan pointed a finger, light flowing from his fingertip, transforming into a scene.

Cold rain soaked the bluestone slabs, the street empty save for the sound of the wind.

Two drunks kicked over a beggar's broken bowl, rancid rice mixed with muddy water splashing all over the beggar's old cotton-padded coat.

The beggar curled up and shivered, welcoming a beating for no reason.

Nearby, pedestrians passed by, yet no one dared to stop their steps.

And at this moment, one person walked out and drove away those two drunks.

The beggar was full of tears, thanking that person.

Chen Yan looked toward the blurry figure:

"Do you know why this person wanted to help the beggar?"

The blurry figure asked:

"Why?"

Chen Yan said word by word:

"Because, he felt uncomfortable in his heart!"

Chen Yan pointed a finger again, and the scene changed once more.

There was a foolish monarch, treacherous officials in power, and the people suffering.

There was a scholar who changed his attire, held a long sword, and killed his way into the royal court, eventually bleeding three feet and dying under the blades of the palace guards.

Chen Yan said again:

"Do you know why this scholar who did not know how to kill did not teach, but instead held a sword and entered the royal court to seek death?

To perform this useless act?"

The blurry figure was silent and did not speak.

Chen Yan said again:

"Because, he also felt uncomfortable in his heart!"

Chen Yan pointed a finger again.

The scene changed; there was a man deceived by friends and swindled out of his bride price by his wife, wanting to jump from a building to seek death.

A neighbor walked over and served him a bowl of dumplings.

And that man finished the dumplings while crying, then still jumped from the building and died.

Chen Yan's expression was cold:

"Do you know why the neighbor, clearly knowing this person was going to jump from the building to seek death, still served a bowl of dumplings and made this investment with no return?"

Chen Yan's eyes were cold, and he said with extreme solemnity:

"Because, the neighbor... was also uncomfortable in his heart!"

Chen Yan looked toward the blurry figure:

"You ask me why I want to eradicate the malice of the world?

You tell me that malice is just one kind of suffering, and suffering will never disappear?

Then I tell you, the road ahead is full of endless suffering, and I shall draw my sword and move forward.

I do not do it to eradicate all the suffering in the world.

I do it simply because I am uncomfortable!"

Chen Yan took a deep breath and suddenly laughed out loud:

"If you ask me why I swear to eradicate the malice of the world, it has nothing to do with life or death, nothing to do with the future.

It is only because my heart is bright, and there is no worry before my eyes!"

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Yu Continent.

The Yu Lord and the Lord of Elements stood shoulder to shoulder in the void.

"It seems you do not need to die in the near future." The Lord of Elements spoke indifferently.

Beneath the Yu Lord's hood, two red glimmers flickered, and he spoke with some bitterness:

"In this world, who does not want me to die?

Not to mention the Chen Lord, even Lu Xunyang and you, I fear, have tacitly accepted the outcome that I must die."

The Lord of Elements pursed her red lips and was silent for a moment.

"You do not kill me, but you also wish for my fall." The Yu Lord spoke calmly:

"If there is anyone in this world of heroes who does not wish for my death, it is only he, Chen Yan.

He never asks anything of others in his life; even opportunities are brought to him by people begging him, living quite freely."

The Lord of Elements was silent.

The next moment.

The Yu Lord looked toward the direction of Chen Continent and narrowed his eyes:

"He has left Chen Continent; this is the first time he has left Chen Continent since the start of the total war!"

The Lord of Elements narrowed her eyes to look.

And saw.

Above Chen Continent, flowing light floated in the air, and figures flickered.

Green robes brushed past the flowing clouds, the Chen Lord tapped his toes lightly on the void, and ripples formed with every step.

The aura lingering around his body seemed to hide the mountains, rivers, and the passage of time; it was faint yet heavy, causing even the wind to stagnate for a moment due to its profundity.

He had already arrived above Qin Continent, but Chen Qi and the others had not noticed it in the slightest.

Chen Qi's breathing was rapid at this moment, and all his attention was above Qi Continent.

Once Li Zhiyi fell, it would be the moment for the great advance.

Above Xiaoyang, Xia Yuan stepped on the void, with peerlessly powerful figures standing behind him.

The great army assembled.

Lord Chen watched the direction of Jin Province with indifferent eyes.

The moment Lu Xunyang walked out of Jin Province, they would launch a surprise attack.

"People of the world, why must it be like this?"

Lord Chen spoke calmly:

"It was a simple matter, yet it had to be stirred up into such an earth-shattering commotion."

His sleeves billowed as he prepared to take a step forward.

Above Jin Province.

A furious lion raised its head, and a terrifying aura spread and erupted in waves.

Deep at the bottom of the calm lake, a golden sun slowly emerged and flew into the high sky.

Yet at this very moment.

Lord Chen narrowed his eyes, and the golden sun that had flown into the high firmament came to a halt.

In Qi Province, inside the Blood Sun embryo.

The red-eyed Ming Yanmao stepped out, its gaze already locked onto Xia Hanzhou.

The next moment, Ming Yanmao paused its steps and looked behind itself.

Boom, boom, boom!

An explosive roar, like a cluster of stars shattering, resounded.

Countless cracks appeared upon that pitch-black sphere of malice.

A pair of golden giant hands tore through the black sphere of malice, suddenly grabbing Ming Yanmao and dragging it into the black sphere of malice.

"To deal with this general using only these means, how much do you look down on this general!"

His voice resounded.

An endless domineering aura shook people's hearts.

In an instant.

Lord Chen, Lord Chi, Lord Lu, and other supreme existences changed color, their bodies freezing in mid-air.

Inside Jin Province.

That golden sun spanned across the surface of the lake, and within it, a look of appreciation appeared in Lu Xunyang's eyes.

"Has it already... grown to this step?"

"Hahaha!"

A wanton and hearty burst of laughter resounded.