I Am Zhou Lu

Chen Yan murmured,

"At least sway a couple of times."

Rustle, rustle.

A few leaves rustled.

Chen Yan sat cross-legged above the sea of blood and slowly opened his eyes.

In the next instant,

one [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit and one [Formation] Character Saint Breaking Fruit went down together.

That one swallow contained a hundred [Formation] Character Saint Breaking Fruits, each packed with the mysteries of the Blood Drawing Formation.

In an instant, Chen Yan's body trembled, and an endless torrent of memories surfaced in his mind.

Strange, yet familiar memories.

Chen Yan had long since grown accustomed to the sensation of swallowing Saint Breaking Fruits.

Whether they were [Skill] Character Saint Breaking Fruits, [Formation] Character Saint Breaking Fruits, or [Yi] Character Saint Breaking Fruits,

swallowing them always brought Chen Yan strange, yet familiar memories.

Some lasted a few months, others a year.

Each memory felt as though Chen Yan had lived through it himself.

But this time, the memories were so long—so ancient—that a distant, weathered look appeared in Chen Yan's eyes.

In those unfamiliar memories, he came from the dawn of the world, his bare feet crossing one boundless expanse after another.

He saw a great black banner slowly fade beneath the northern wind.

He also saw mountains and rivers shift, while Malice swallowed continent after continent.

In his earliest memories,

after he learned the Blood Drawing Formation, his body began to change.

His body gradually twisted and transformed.

But at first, he was simply immersed in the thrill of gaining power.

"I'm learning the strengths of the barbarians to subdue the barbarians. Even the Ancient Gods' forbidden arts can be mastered by me."

He was worried, but even more confident.

He was a Monster, a heaven-favored prodigy. He could change everything.

And so, he began to