But this was his only choice.
Or rather, this was the only option Reincarnation Read File, which had "saved" him countless times, had given him.
Without being saved by the Purple Mansion Heavenly Monarch, he would remain trapped forever in this cycle of dying from ruptured meridians.
In other words, he still had twenty years.
Becoming a demonic beast was not, in itself, a frightening outcome for Chen Yan.
What truly frightened him was that, after becoming a demonic beast, Chen Yan would lose himself.
Fortunately, as things stood, he still had twenty years.
He only needed to find a way out of this deadlock within those twenty years.
Thus, Chen Yan was not panicked in the slightest.
All he needed to do was resolve these hidden dangers within those twenty years.
If he could not...
Then he would die.
In the Immortal Origin Land as it was now, seeking death could not have been simpler for Chen Yan.
Even though no Sage had appeared yet, Ascension Realm cultivators were still walking the land everywhere.
Take Sword Chief Lü of the Iron Sword Alliance, who stood before him now.
A single strand of her Innate Sword Intent would leave him dead without even a place to be buried.
"Such heavy demonic qi..."
Rain poured down in torrents, yet not a single drop touched Lü Wangqiu. Every drop falling from the heavens was shattered by her exquisite control over her sword intent.
Then this female Ascension Realm sword cultivator furrowed her brows.
"Are you a demon?"
"Not quite."
Chen Yan answered.
High in the sky, above the dark clouds.
The enormous face formed from Luo Zishi's spiritual sense swept its gaze over Chen Yan and Lü Wangqiu in turn.
Then this face, formed from his spiritual sense and identical to his