On the other side, Scroll World.
A deep pool, about half the size of a football field, lies across the middle of a continuous mountain range.
This pool isn't just some random mud pit.
The pool walls gleamed with a dark blue metallic luster, and each brick was forged and cast from extremely rare " Star-Fall Sinking Silver."
The materials used to build this pool alone would be enough to make anyone's jaw drop.
Fortunately, Chen Yan didn't spend any money; these were all Xie Xuan's inventory.
Chen Yan was standing by the pool, holding an antique-looking Jade Purifying Bottle, slowly pouring out a viscous, emerald-green liquid.
The liquid fell into the pool without making a sound; instead, it exuded an extremely rich vitality.
The surrounding weeds, which were originally withered and yellow, grew several feet taller in the blink of an eye after being exposed to the evaporating mist, and blossomed into beautiful flowers.
"The roots of this Mysterious Yellow Nine-Orifice Lotus are a top-grade medicinal ingredient for overcoming the fourth Decay Tribulation of decay."
Chen Yan muttered incantations, but his hands didn't stop moving as he tossed in another old ginseng root that resembled a writhing dragon.
"And then there's this Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Core Marrow... plus the Water of Life that can purify all negative states and is said to be able to revive the dead and heal bones as long as there's a breath left."
He shook the empty Jade Purifying Bottle, his face turning somewhat dark.
" Water of Life worth a full 100 million military merits, and it's only filled this pool to two-thirds full? This consumption is simply outrageous."
One hundred million military merits!
If this wealth were invested in the East Continent Military Department, it could directly assemble a fully-equipped Forward Base.
But for Chen Yan, it was merely to fill a pool used for tribulation.
"It has to be said that the deeper one's foundation, the more bottomless the pit it becomes when it comes to breaking through."
Chen Yan sighed and casually crushed the empty Jade Purifying Bottle into powder.
Since receiving the complete inheritance of Xie Xuan, the Painting Saint, he not only obtained the complete Dao Body martial arts and painting, but also unexpectedly acquired another fragment of the Heavenly Mystery Book.
After the Fragment of the Heavenly Mystery Book were partially repaired, the ability to deduce things increased exponentially.
It was precisely because of this divine object that he was able to accurately locate various extremely hidden Rift and Secret Realm during these three years, amass wealth like crazy, and collect all kinds of top-level resources that were enough for him to perfectly overcome the Five Decays of Heavenly Humans.
Not only that, he even uprooted the " Heavenly Human Tribulation Array " in the Painting Saint Secret Realm and stuffed it directly into his own Scroll World.
With the Tribulation Array, as long as he can activate the tribulation energy, he can undergo tribulation anytime, anywhere, without having to wait a hundred years.
The Five Decays of Heavenly Humans are like stepping into the gates of hell.
The first sign of decay Clothing Filth. The second is Flower Fall. The third is Armpit Sweat.
Chen Yan has already overcome these first three hurdles.
Recalling the arrival of the second misfortune, his once vigorous blood and energy withered instantly, and his face aged decades in just a few seconds, his skin and flesh becoming loose like that of an old man on the verge of death.
Then, in the third stage, pitch-black sweat uncontrollably seeped from the armpits and palms. The sweat seemed to be highly poisonous and even extremely corrosive.
The feeling of watching yourself decay is absolutely unpleasant.
"The first three periods of decline have already depleted most of the resources in the Tribulation Array."
Chen Yan looked up at the sky, where a hazy gray thundercloud was suspended, which was the Heavenly Human Tribulation Array that he had forcibly separated into it.
The calamity clouds that had originally covered the sky had shrunk considerably.
"With my Chaos Dao Body and the Indestructible Scripture, the amount of tribulation energy I need to transcend is at least dozens of times that of an ordinary Grandmaster."
He considered it in his mind.
"The remaining calamity energy, at best, is probably only enough to forcibly trigger the fourth decay."
As for the most terrifying fifth decline, we'll have to find another way. But that's a matter for later; right now, the most important thing is to get through the fourth decline!
Chen Yan took a deep breath and no longer hesitated.
He leaped into the water and plunged into the priceless green pool with a splash.
The viscous Water of Life instantly enveloped him, frantically drilling into his body through his pores. Chen Yan sat cross-legged at the bottom of the pool, his hands suddenly forming a hand seal, pointing directly at the hazy gray tribulation cloud in the sky.
"Get down!"
Boom!
The dome of the Scroll World trembled violently.
The Heavenly Human Tribulation Array roared like a ferocious beast that had been enraged.
A thick, gray-black beam of light, as thick as a water vat, carrying an aura of annihilation, ruthlessly tore through the void and slammed straight down on Chen Yan's head!
The fourth decay – Body Filth!
The moment the calamity entered his body, Chen Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and he let out a muffled groan that was suppressed to the extreme.
The pain was indescribable!
This damage was not caused by external forces; it was a collapse that erupted from the deepest part of the cells, at the genetic level!
Almost in the blink of an eye, Chen Yan's originally translucent skin, which shone with a faint golden light, instantly turned ashen and dull.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of millions of pores all over the body opened uncontrollably.
hiss hiss hiss--
Piles of nauseating, putrid ash mist gushed wildly from his pores!
This gray mist was extremely malevolent, carrying a thick aura of death. As soon as it came into contact with the surrounding Water of Life, the pool water emitted a violent hissing sound, and large swaths of emerald green were quickly stained into a murky, deathly gray.
"The physical body is disintegrating!"
Chen Yan gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.
He could clearly feel that his flesh, blood, meridians, bones, and even the internal organs forged by his Indestructible Golden Body were rapidly decaying and dissolving under the erosion of this gray mist.
Like a piece of rotten meat left under the scorching sun, it is decaying rapidly.
Deep within his dantian, the Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core was circulating wildly.
The hazy, chaotic energy roared out of the dantian, attempting to suppress the decaying gray mist.
Although both are gray, they are worlds apart.
The primordial chaos is the origin of all things, encompassing and nurturing everything.
The gray mist spewed from this Body Filth represents the end of all things, signifying absolute decay and death.
Two completely different forces collided violently within Chen Yan's body!
His body was transformed into a horrific battlefield.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, the flesh on Chen Yan's left arm exploded open, revealing the golden bones inside.
But soon, gray-black spots began to crawl all over the golden bones, emitting a sickening corrosive sound.
Chen Yan roared and slammed his hands against the bottom of the pool.
"Suck!"
The Water of Life that filled the pool, along with the medicinal power of the Mysterious Yellow Nine-Orifice Lotus and the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Core Marrow, were frantically drawn into his body like a whale swallowing a tumbleweed!
On one side was the frenzied destruction and decay brought about by the calamity's aura.
On one hand, there is the frenzied reshaping and vitality brought about by top-tier natural treasures.
Destruction and rebirth are constantly at odds in Chen Yan's life.
In the void behind him, the towering, Indestructible Golden Body Dharma Image was also forced out.
At this moment, however, the once majestic and imposing Dharma image was covered with a thick layer of gray and decaying aura, and the golden light flickered, as if it would dissipate at any moment.
Time passed second by second.
The water level in the pool is dropping at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Two-thirds.
half.
one third.
Chen Yan was completely enveloped in a huge gray cocoon, and even his breathing was extremely faint.
The entire Scroll World seemed to have become incredibly oppressive because of this terrible Decay Tribulation.
I don't know how much time passed.
When the last drop of Water of Life in the pool was drained.
When those priceless natural treasures were completely destroyed, not even a trace remained.
"Snap."
A very faint, crisp sound broke the silence of the space.
A crack appeared on the surface of the gray cocoon that was encasing Chen Yan.
Immediately afterwards, the cracks spread rapidly, covering the entire cocoon like a spider web.
The cocoon burst open with a deafening roar!
Chen Yan slowly stood up.
He was shirtless, and his once gray and decaying skin had long since faded, replaced by a new texture as delicate as mutton fat jade, yet exuding an indestructible quality.