Chapter 598: Eight Thousand Years Later
Wind.
Sharp and biting wind, fierce and freezing wind.
The sky was continuously tearing apart, countless tiny pitch-black cracks emerging on the jade-like vault of heaven.
The ground was racing backward at an extremely fast pace, yet even so, he could still clearly make out every mountain, every lake, every tree, and every pebble that had just passed before his eyes.
Chen Yan slowly raised his head, his gaze landing on the beautiful female cultivator in Wind Ravine Valley robes above him, and the smoothly curved line of her chin.
Of course he knew who she was. To some extent, the cultivator currently carrying him at high speed through the clear sky could be considered an acquaintance of his.
Back in his day, he had even obtained a few pills from her hands.
He hadn't expected it to be this exact point in time.
"True Person Yin."
Then, Chen Yan spoke slowly.
Realman Shuangyu, Yin Xia, who was carrying him from behind and racing toward the southern border of Chenping Continent, shifted her gaze to Chen Yan in her grip.
"Long time no see."
Chen Yan smiled.
The next instant, Yin Xia was enveloped by an immense sense of crisis, plunging this Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator into brief panic.
Because the laws of heaven and earth around her instantly shattered, countless pitch-black cracks spread out, and an incredibly terrifying power surged from Chen Yan's body.
How was that possible?
Yin Xia's pupils contracted on the spot. She released her grip on Chen Yan and quickly distanced herself from him.
Freed from her hold, Chen Yan did not fall toward the ground but floated in midair.
He paid no attention to the Ascended reincarnated body from Wind Ravine Valley, whose gaze was fixed firmly on him.
Instead, he looked at his own tattered daoist robe, then raised his hand and lightly brushed it.
In the span of a finger snap, the rags on Chen Yan were replaced by a set of plain white daoist robes.
And in the gestures of his hands, the mysterious, clear radiance flowing around him was something Yin Xia absolutely could not mistake.
Before Yin Xia could make her next move, the pursuers had already arrived.
A pitch-black crack first appeared in the sky without any warning, and from it rapidly shot a streak of glassy sword qi. The direction it slashed was precisely aimed at True Person Yin Xia.
Realman Shuangyu barely had time to react. She dodged the glassy sword qi in a very clumsy manner, but she could not avoid the second slash from the figure bursting with glassy light and flames who flew out of the pitch-black crack the next instant.
Qiu Siruo.
Yin Xia immediately forced her way past the restrictions of heaven and earth's laws. Several pitch-black cracks emerged behind her as she used her own dao rhyme to forcefully withstand Qiu Siruo's slash.
Glassy cracks spread rapidly across the clear sky. Finally, the long sword in Pure Dust True Person's hand completely shattered from the backlash of the laws of heaven and earth.
But the next moment, the shattered sword fragments gathered back toward the sword hilt in Qiu Siruo's hand.
Then, the blade was restored to its original state.
This battle, which had erupted in an instant, continued unabated.
With Yin Xia at the center, the space within a radius of a thousand zhang emitted a low hum, and countless wind blades slashed toward Qiu Siruo.
Qiu Siruo simply raised her long sword and lightly tapped it in the air.
Countless glassy cracks spread in all directions. Wherever Yin Xia's wind blades collided with Qiu Siruo's glassy cracks, they shattered and dissipated.
"Give it up, True Person Yin."
Qiu Siruo said calmly.
"True Person Qiu, now is not the time..."
Yin Xia's attention was completely not on Qiu Siruo at the moment.
Because what had just happened was utterly beyond belief.
But it was obvious that Qiu Siruo still had no idea what was going on.
"Boom——"
By the time Yin Xia and Qiu Siruo heard this explosive sound, it was already too late for everything.
Just the very next moment, the figure in plain white daoist robes appeared right in front of them.
First, a fist slammed heavily into Yin Xia's face. Then, a kick sent Qiu Siruo flying away entirely.
An unpretentious way of attacking.
Crude yet efficient.
"You two, that's enough."
Chen Yan, standing between them, spoke softly.
Watching the handsome young man in plain white daoist robes who had separated them and now stood in the middle, Qiu Siruo was utterly stunned.
Immortal Ascension?
No, wait, how was that possible?
How could Chen Yan possibly be an Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator?
The Path to Immortality on Chenping Continent had been completely severed seven thousand years ago, right after Su Hongzhen fell.
No one in this domain had ascended since.
It was only recently, with the revival of the immortal path, that the reincarnated bodies of Ascended cultivators could finally restore their cultivation.
Qiu Siruo knew that Chen Yan absolutely could not be an Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator.
Moreover, this generation of her reincarnated body had stayed by Chen Yan's side since childhood.
Qiu Siruo knew that Chen Yan had many secrets, and she also knew that his actual cultivation level could never reach the upper three realms.
Even though he could channel spiritual energy while in the middle three realms.
But right now, the clear radiance flowing around Chen Yan was undeniably pure Immortal Qi!
No matter how much she denied it, it was useless.
Hesitation and doubt only flashed through Qiu Siruo's eyes for a moment.
She had no time to consider any cause and effect. From start to finish, this tenth-generation Ascended Steward of Heavenly Summit Mountain had only one goal.
That was to overturn the false cause and effect of these sixty thousand years and return Heavenly Summit Mountain to its golden age.
No one could stand in her way!
Qiu Siruo moved.
Her wrist turned slightly, and the sword covered in cracks and blazing with glassy light and flames let out a clear, mournful cry.
As her figure rapidly approached Chen Yan, the glassy light and flames bursting from her sword were like a river of stars—gorgeous and radiant, instantly staining the clear sky.
It was as if all colors had been devoured in an instant, leaving only the vast glassy brilliance surging toward Chen Yan.
Standing at the center of this vast glassy "river of stars," Chen Yan remained motionless in the air.
But just a moment before Qiu Siruo's slash landed on him, he raised his right hand.
Countless brilliant glassy cracks appeared across the sky.
Qiu Siruo was breathing heavily. The long sword in her hand shattered once again, turning into glassy light and flames that fell toward the ground.
No, it hadn't completely shattered.
Because right now, between the index and middle fingers of Chen Yan's outstretched right hand, standing before Qiu Siruo, was a small piece of sword tip, about an inch or so long.
Then, Chen Yan slowly spread his index and middle fingers, letting that piece of sword tip also fall toward the ground.
"Just who are you, exactly?"
Qiu Siruo had already realized the vast gap in strength between herself and the young man in plain white daoist robes before her.
"Being asked that by you, of all people, is somewhat saddening."
As Chen Yan said this softly, he slowly reached his hand toward Qiu Siruo's cheek, which was covered in cracks glowing with glassy light and flames.
"Youyou."
His palm gently caressed her cheek, and this tenth-generation Ascended Steward of Heavenly Summit Mountain was completely unable to resist.
"No."
Then, Chen Yan shook his head again.
"Just like you said before, Si Youyou was nothing but an illusory dream for True Person Qiu.
"Pure Dust True Person is just Pure Dust True Person."
The next moment, Chen Yan's right hand suddenly grabbed Qiu Siruo's throat and slammed her toward the ground.
A distance of tens of thousands of zhang was crossed in just two breaths.
Bang!
A loud crash, and dust flew everywhere.
A massive pit, hundreds of li in radius and several li deep, appeared on the ground. Qiu Siruo, her body covered in glassy light and flame cracks, was embedded into the earth by Chen Yan.
"How does it feel? Being smashed into the ground."
Chen Yan said to Qiu Siruo, buried in the earth, in a calm tone.
Qiu Siruo did not speak. For an Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator, being smashed into the ground would not cause any injury, but the humiliation was immense—especially since this was retaliation.
Then, Chen Yan raised his head and turned his gaze to Realman Shuangyu in the sky.
He activated the Xun Wind Step.
In an instant, Chen Yan appeared before Yin Xia.
Yin Xia had no intention of resisting.
Even now, she still could not understand what had happened.
But she was still very clear about the current situation and knew exactly how huge the gap was between herself and the young man in plain white daoist robes before her.
Just over ten breaths ago, he was nothing but a sealed ant, no different from a mortal, whose actual cultivation level hadn't even touched the threshold of the upper three realms.
Why, in such a short time, had he gained the ability to crush Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators effortlessly?
Yin Xia simply could not figure it out.
He didn't even seem to have used dao rhyme, because until now, there were no signs of the laws of heaven and earth breaking down.
"True Person Yin, nothing you want to say?"
Chen Yan said.
"I have no intention of being your enemy."
After a moment of thought, Realman Shuangyu merely said.
"Not wanting to be my enemy—that's good. But unfortunately."
Chen Yan slowly shook his head.
"True Person Yin has no intention of being my enemy, but I have every intention of being yours."
He raised his foot and landed a kick on Yin Xia's abdomen, sending her entire body flying horizontally, crossing tens of thousands of li in an instant.
Chen Yan quickly followed Realman Shuangyu's trajectory, grabbed her head, and flung her heavily toward the ground.
Bang!
Another massive pit formed on the earth.
Chen Yan still stood in the sky. Countless black cracks from the collapse of the laws of heaven and earth continued to spread overhead.
If this kept up, Chenping Continent would soon face complete destruction.
And Chen Yan had returned to this era precisely to prevent that.
To prevent the destruction of Chenping Continent, for Chen Yan, who had now forged his Immortal Platform and achieved the Immortal Ascension Realm, the method was simple.
Just beat up all those reincarnated bodies of Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators.