The Past, Chen He Arrives

The [Eternal Calamity Reverse Blood] formation would drain the physical strength of an ordinary Peak Creation Realm expert in an instant.

Against someone in the early stages of the Eighth Order, it would also pose a tremendous obstacle.

The amount it drained was terrifying, immense.

But to the Dream Eater, it felt like a mosquito had bitten its body.

Yet this was a mosquito with an infinite capacity. By the time the Dream Eater noticed it, the mosquito might already have drained a third—or even half—of its energy.

It would grow weaker and weaker. By the time it realized what was happening, it would already be too late.

RUMBLE!!!

Chen Yan's body was swelling. Ink-colored energy filled every particle in his body to the brim.

This surging energy was like a great sea bursting through its banks, rushing mightily through Chen Yan's body.

It grew stronger and stronger, wilder and wilder.

Refine!

Chen Yan activated [Illusory Wave of the Pleiades Domain] and [Duan Yan Yin Qiong] at the same time.

In an instant, the phantoms of the True Dragon, Black Tortoise, and White Tiger roamed around him, while scarlet-gold light erupted from every corner of his body.

To refine such an immense amount of energy, Chen Yan even had to unleash his own Immortal Will.

There was too much. His body was being stretched to the breaking point, and streaks of blood appeared across it.

"So that's..."

Chen Yan growled:

"So those old, clichéd stories about villains absorbing the protagonist's energy and bursting apart really could... happen."

Blinding light burst from his eyes:

"But am I the villain?!"

"I'm a genuinely good person. I never kill anyone!"

RUMBLE!!!

Inside Chen Yan, new Self Universes of the Body Tempering Path and the Qi and Blood Path were born simultaneously.

Within the