The world's spiritual energy had been contaminated by the Fallen Immortals, causing cultivators to grow increasingly mad, unable to distinguish friend from foe, attacking each other indiscriminately.

The reason Chen Yan remained unaffected was entirely due to the Great Derivation Art. The derivative power of the Great Derivation Art allowed Chen Yan to escape the influence of the contaminated spiritual energy of the world.

Chen Yan understood clearly that this realm had no future left. His steps were exceptionally steady. As he walked, clear spiritual energy began to completely cover the Qingxuan Immortal Sect daoist robes he wore, dyeing them pure white from the ankles upward. On the sleeves of these robes, gilded cloud crane patterns were embroidered.

The daoist robes of Kongyuan Mountain.

After all these years, Chen Yan still loved this outfit the most.

In the sky, the spatial rifts caused by the collapse of the laws of heaven and earth continued to expand. The fate of this realm could only be the same as the Chenping Continent—ultimate annihilation.

Therefore, Chen Yan no longer bothered to conceal his own aura.

Peak of the Unity Realm!

Seventh realm peak cultivation, placed in the former prosperous era when all twelve Immortal Sects coexisted, would hardly cause any waves. But now, with the Fallen Immortals in hiding, the false Immortals completely wiped out, and most cultivators in the Divine Ability Realm and Dao Union Realm having fallen into madness, slaughtering each other and nearing total annihilation—

Just a few breaths after Chen Yan released his cultivation base, several figures rapidly gathered in the sky. All were maddened Unity Realm cultivators, wearing daoist robes from different Immortal Sects.

Chen Yan raised his head and swept his gaze over them first.

Two at peak Unity Realm, three at late Unity Realm, three at mid Unity Realm, and one at early Unity Realm.

A total of nine maddened Unity Realm cultivators.

Even so, Chen Yan's expression remained extremely calm. It still came down to the same principle: this realm had already lost its future. To break the deadlock, there were two methods.

The first was to Save-Scum, re-enter the Cycle of Reincarnation, then continue investigating the truth, trying to gain more information. The second was to attempt entering the spatial rifts again, then use the Emptiness Annihilation Art to try returning to the chaotic flow of time.

Chen Yan chose the first option.

As for what he chose to do before Save-Scumming again—

Fight to the death!

Chen Yan's toes slammed into the ground violently. Pure natal spiritual energy burst forth from his toes, instantly cracking the earth within hundreds of feet, with his toes as the center, into countless fissures.

Xun Wind Step!

Now that his cultivation had reached peak Unity Realm, the subtlety and speed of Chen Yan's footwork were incomparable to his former self. While his afterimage still lingered in midair, Chen Yan's two palms had already pressed against the faces of two mid Unity Realm cultivators.

Li Fire Seal!

Chen Yan activated another of his techniques without hesitation, then watched as the two already maddened Unity Realm cultivators had their overflowing spiritual energy begin to burn with crimson-red flames.

Then, the crimson flame began to backflow along their spiritual energy into their meridians. In just a few breaths, the Martial Springs of these two maddened mid Unity Realm cultivators were ignited into seas of fire.

In the blink of an eye, the crimson flame burst forth from the seven orifices of these two mid Unity Realm cultivators. The blood-red flames rapidly spread, completely engulfing their bodies.

The next instant, the crimson flame vanished into thin air.

Along with the blood-red flames, the figures of those two mid Unity Realm cultivators also disappeared. Only a few wisps of green smoke slowly dispersed into the air.

It had to be said that Chen Yan's killing techniques were always so refreshingly straightforward—this was also a limitation of his talent. Chen Yan had once tried to learn techniques beyond those granted by the Reincarnation Rewards, only to conclude that it was more trouble than it was worth.

The Kongshan Finger was enough.

Combined with the derivative Immortal Qi of the Great Derivation Art, or the pure Clear Light of the Hidden Immortal Art, using high-grade methods with basic techniques allowed for the most efficient killing.

Chen Yan did not stop. He continued to activate the Xun Wind Step, instantly appearing beside one of the late Unity Realm cultivators.

But before he could touch that late Unity Realm cultivator, a blue-white lightning bolt slashed down from diagonally above, aiming at Chen Yan's chest.

Chen Yan paid it no heed. He simply continued his assault toward the late Unity Realm cultivator. He pressed his finger against the forehead of the late Unity Realm cultivator, and Clear Light overflowed.

The moment that cultivator's brow was pierced by the Clear Light of Chen Yan's Hidden Immortal Art like a sharp sword, Chen Yan himself was struck by the blue-white lightning.

A bowl-sized hole was instantly blasted through Chen Yan's chest.

He lowered his head to look at the beating organs inside his chest cavity, suddenly feeling a strange sense of déjà vu.

But now was not the time to fall into memories.

Great Derivation Art!

Chen Yan's natal spiritual energy was rapidly transformed into flesh and blood by the Great Derivation Art. He raised his hand again, and a crimson-red Li Fire burst toward the cultivator who had just used Thunder Techniques.

The flying crimson flame was not fast.

That cultivator merely sidestepped slightly to dodge it. But the terror of the crimson flame lay not in its speed.

It lay in how the flame kept spreading toward the cultivator, completely enveloping him until there was nowhere to flee.

Then, this cultivator met the exact same fate as the others.

In just a few breaths, Chen Yan had killed four of the nine Unity Realm cultivators.

Five remained.

The others were not worth mentioning. Only two were worthy of attention—the two peak Unity Realm cultivators who shared his realm.

Oddly enough, it was the group of surrounding Unity Realm cultivators who were more cautious, rather than Chen Yan himself, standing alone in pure white robes with gilded cloud crane patterns on the sleeves.

Though their reason had been maddened by the Fallen Immortals' influence, these Unity Realm cultivators still retained combat instincts and thinking ability.

Chen Yan felt no fear at all.

He knew that with just these few Unity Realm cultivators before him, there was no hope at all of defeating him.

Because, besides his techniques, Chen Yan actually possessed an even greater reliance.

He simply raised his hand and gently touched the air. The lingering resonance of the immortal path slowly surged into the air, then began to coalesce into a blood-red whip, about half a zhang in length.

Then Chen Yan lightly flicked the whip in his hand. The crimson-red flame, accompanied by the lingering resonance of the immortal path, transformed into a fire serpent, hovering in midair—

That's right. Chen Yan's greatest reliance at present was not his techniques, but his ability to merge his current techniques and use them to manifest an immortal artifact.

Even if it would gradually fade.