98: Chapter 002 Purple Flame 98: Chapter 002 Purple Flame Ancient Tomb Mountain suddenly appeared on the outskirts of this ancient city, coming into being ahead of time.

The aged Carefree Main City now seemed even more impenetrable and unfathomable, as if carrying the aura of the Ancient Times.

Throughout the vast Carefree Main City and beyond, to the Water Domain and even above it in the Thunder Flame Mansion, one could now hear the relentless howls of Demon Beasts.

Suddenly, a terrifying roar from a Demon Beast resounded through the void, as if spreading throughout the entire Thunder Flame Mansion!

All Cultivators were struck with horror.

“The Eight Desolate Ancient Forbidden Sword Formation is broken, the Demon Beasts have all emerged!”

“Another era of war is about to arrive.”

“Blood will flow through Heaven and Earth, the Tao Rules will shatter, chaos is upon us!”

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As Zhou Yan’s incident unfolded, chaos also ensued in the outside world.

Outside Carefree Main City, tranquility was no more.

Numerous Cultivators met with unexplained attacks from powerful Demon Beasts, dying tragically in an instant.

Some strong Cultivators slaughtered these Demon Beasts, acquiring their Crystal Cores and Essence Blood, drinking the latter, refining the Demon Cores, their strength rapidly increasing, their bodies becoming even more robust through refinement!

Meanwhile, in Zhou Yan’s cultivation chamber, a group of people struggled to channel their energy into Zhou Yan’s body, but to almost no effect, and what’s more, most of the energy flowed back out, inadvertently boosting their strength even further!

Furthermore, the energy that flowed back carried with it the soul aura of Zhou Yan.

This development caused everyone to stop abruptly, their faces turning deathly pale.

The escaping of the soul aura indicated, Zhou Yan’s Soul…

had shattered.

“Yan’er, your father is powerless and deserves death!

Father has let you down!” Zhou Wangchen, who had become young and handsome after all his hidden illnesses had vanished, now wept with blood tears.

“Brother Zhou Yan, I am to blame for being too weak.

Otherwise, why would the heavens be jealous of your talent and bring down such a cruel Law?

One day, I will defy the heavens!

I will rage against the Universe!”

Zhou Gucheng, nearly driven mad, uttered these words of utmost disrespect for the heavens!

But at this moment, with Laws in disarray, no Tao Rules descended to punish him, to obliterate him.

Everyone was shocked, yet also somber, for deep down, they all felt an unbearable reluctance.

“I have failed as a father.

From the day you were born, I wasn’t able to protect you properly.

Now, due to this worthless body of a cripple, you’ve been struck by divine retribution!”

Zhou Wangchen was overwhelmed with guilt and agony.

Lee Yan Yun wept, supporting his body, wanting to console him, but at a loss for words.

“Everyone, calm down and listen to me!

I believe that since Zhou Yan broke the Sword Origin Pool’s shackles and Laws three years ago without it being destroyed, it’s already proof that he is a man of miracles.

Moreover, judging from my Heavenly Spirit Sword Body, he is someone who cannot be derived, exceeding the variables of Life Chart!

So he surely won’t just fall like this!”

At that moment, the hitherto silent Zhou Han stepped forward.

Dressed in white, he possessed an extraordinary elegance.

His abilities endowed him with a mystical aura.

As he spoke now with such confidence, everyone momentarily ceased their sorrow, turning their gazes to him.

“As you all know, the Heavenly Spirit Sword Body can derive the Eye of the Heavenly Sword and see through all deceptions!

Such a Sword Body, even in Wangchuan Mansion, would not be possessed by more than two people!

That I and Ying’er, from this side branch, have inherited this Sword Body through so many years, is proof enough!

This type of Sword Body has great advantages in breaking deceptions and grasping Fate.

And my focus on Zhou Yan began three years ago.

So while earlier everyone thought he was dead, I have always believed he is alive.

Wasn’t he shockingly alive when he appeared last time?

It’s the same this time!”

Zhou Han’s words provided great comfort to the present Zhou Ying, Zhou Wangchen, and others.

The crowd looked at Zhou Yan, who lay on the ground, cradled and protected by Zhou Gucheng, feeling somewhat helpless.

Since the Soul Energy was draining away, they dared not channel more energy into him.

Even administering Elixirs could accelerate the Energy loss in Zhou Yan’s body, so they could only stand by, watching helplessly.

At this moment, Zhou Han’s words seemed like a lifesaving straw to them.

“Brother Zhou Han, are you telling the truth?”

Zhou Wangchen’s eyes still bore two trails of blood, making him appear somewhat terrifying, but everyone understood the man of few words harbored a profound and unspeakable paternal love for Zhou Yan.

“Absolutely true!

With matters like these, who would joke?”

Zhou Han’s expression was also very solemn.

Seeing him speak so, everyone calmed down for the time being, silently waiting, not even daring to breathe loudly, for what he had to say next.

“As you all know, our bloodline branch descends from that Ancestor ‘Her.'”

The Ancestor’s Heavenly Sword Eye, though gouged out by someone, could still observe the Spiritual Energy Columns across the world and measure the talents of Cultivators.

Any Detection Stone Carving, no matter what form it takes, is bound to have a pair of blind eyes, because of our lineage’s Ancestor.

And back then, the Ancestor had left some words, speaking of chaotic times to come, and something about Nine Origin Reincarnation starting soon, but I never compared these to our current situation.

Now it seems, the prophecy might have come true, as everyone has heard the howls of Demon Beasts, signaling the arrival of a chaotic era.

The Eight Desolate Ancient Forbidden were shattered due to the collapse of the Heaven and Earth Dao, and those powerful demon beast bloodlines that were expelled a hundred thousand years ago have broken through the Tao Rules’ shackles, no longer confined to the Dimension Spaces, breaking through barriers and emerging.

Those Dimension Spaces are all appearing!

Places like Ancient Tomb Mountain, Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb, Fiery Flame Hell, Terrifying Crocodile Abyss, Demon Nightmare Swamp, and Poison Forest can now be directly entered through special channels.

The desolate lands of the Ancient Evil Land, such as the Blood Prison Soul Refining Island, the Double Soul Sea, the Accumulated Feather Cold Ice Cave, the Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain, and the Ghost Realm Soul Device Cave, have all merged with our space just like a hundred thousand years ago.

Those that were separated have now returned.

All those unparalleled divine items like the Purple Phoenix Flame, Gale Crystal, Dragon Chant Bamboo, Red Cloud Treasure Flame, Double Dragon Claw, Heavenly Net Flame, Ten Directions Poison Sand, Eight God Demon Silk, Evil Light Mysterious Sulfur, Mad Dragon Pistil, Five Elements Scale, Impermanence Tooth, White Light Blood, Blood Flame Ning Soul inner core, Soul-breaking Scale, Broken Sky Cloud, Flying Star Gu Wings, and Unwarranted Treasure Flame, etc., will reappear in full.

With a hundred thousand years of foundation, anyone who obtains one can alter their constitution and almost instantly become famous, even becoming a True Spirit genius of the Sword Heart Realm on the spot is not impossible!

In such a turbulent era, geniuses will emerge one after another, and adventures will be plentiful, but it will also be accompanied by the ruthless killing intents of great talents returning from various Outer Domains!

Ancient Tomb Mountain is now connected to the City of No Tears, which is relatively the safest place, so this event is really huge!”

“This time, Zhou Yan’s talent must be guarded by the law of the Heavenly Dao itself, because before this, he had broken through four levels and reached the Sword Heart Second Layer Heaven Realm, which means he has already taken a step ahead of others!

The Realm Barrier, on its first growth, can reach up to the peak of Sword Heart Third Layer Heaven, but this requires against-the-heavenly luck and adventures, because everyone understands that after reaching the Sword Intent Realm, every step forward is like ascending to the heavens, the strides are large, and progress is difficult.

After Sword Heart comes the Sword Spirit Realm, where one must condense the Sword Spirit, with no shortcuts available, so Zhou Yan still stands at the forefront of the starting line, depending on whether he can survive this time.”

“If he survives, it might be a great opportunity, if not, then…”

Zhou Han hesitated, not finishing his words, but his statement had already shocked everyone present.

Surviving is a great fortune; with Zhou Yan’s talent and further adventures, he would become even more against the heavens!

But if he didn’t survive, geniuses who fell due to adventures were also not few.

At this moment, everyone was silently looking at Zhou Yan, silently hoping and praying.

However, Zhou Yan’s condition was not as Zhou Han described.

But Zhou Yan heard everything Zhou Han said.

He felt as though his Soul was wandering out of his body, sensing the presence of a black-robed phantom and that battle.

He also sensed the ensuing scene where an ancient voice echoed through the Universe, thus knowing that nearly everything Zhou Han said was correct.

A terrifying chaotic era was approaching.

And he too realized that the cold light of a single sword had almost erased his existence, wielded by an extremely fearsome powerful figure!

It seemed that this person had already killed his Master!

And the Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm was his Master’s covert aid to him.

After their confrontation, Zhou Yan felt that his Soul Giant Sword, which could sustain his life, had been destroyed.

Along with it, his Soul had also been breached.

But his talent was not destroyed because his broken Soul had transformed his brow into a domain, outlining a vast and deeply profound universe.

In the depths of that universe, a clump of Purple Flame burned quietly, its purple aura formidable.

His brow space, which originally harbored light and could congeal the Sword Illusion Realm, now transformed into a vast Universe-like expanse, forcibly expanded to be boundless with no light and nothing else, just a single clump of Purple Flame pulsating.

But Zhou Yan felt that those Soul Energies had merged with his Soul.

He clearly felt that his Soul’s strength had reached the caliber of the Sword Soul First Layer Heaven.

For the first time, the Soul could equate itself with a real Realm, meaning his Combat Power had the strength of Sword Soul First Layer Heaven.

That is to say, his Combat Power, due to the transformation of the Soul, had just broken through five!

This time, it was a true breakthrough to five.

Zhou Yan couldn’t wake up, although in an instant, the Heaven and Earth no longer trembled, and that voice from the Sword Burial Ancestor Star had stabilized the planet, but…

he seemed unable to wake up.

As the Purple Flame kept pulsating, Zhou Yan gradually felt part of his Soul Energy being refined and disappearing, his heart suddenly as clear as a mirror.

His Realm, without realizing it, had suddenly reached the early stage of Sword Heart Third Layer Heaven.

He felt, at this moment, that Zhou Wangchen and others could not hide their extreme excitement.

He seemed to see their various excited and joyful smiles, expressing their feelings upon sensing his progress.

Zhou Yan was very gratified.