Supreme Alchemist
Chapter 2157 - 2157 2147 Martial God Array

2157: Chapter 2147: Martial God Array 2157: Chapter 2147: Martial God Array Long Yan’s performance was entirely within the expectations of the Qilin.

If he wasn’t a God-Beast, the Qilin felt Long Yan would think he was a madman.

“Heaven Dao can be defeated,” who would believe such nonsense?

“Zhuge Wuhou, who once imparted the legacy to you, was once a member who defeated Heaven Dao.”

Long Yan felt as if his entire worldview had been overturned.

To defeat Heaven Dao, and even from the Qilin’s tone, Long Yan sensed that these people had once succeeded?

“Yes, after the First Human-Demon War, we united and defeated Heaven Dao.

But because the world continuously generates new Heaven Dao, we could also be considered as having failed.”

The voice of the Qilin bore the weight of the ages, tinged with a hint of helplessness.

After the First Human-Demon War, Zhuge Wuhou first proposed the existence of Heaven Dao, and many experts joined together to attack Heaven Dao.

To this generation, you, Long Yan, would doubtlessly believe, for what Strong One would willingly be a mere pawn under someone else’s command?

But in reality, they had succeeded.

They killed Heaven Dao, but that was only the beginning of their nightmare.

After Heaven Dao shattered into countless fragments, the world’s power began to coalesce, and, in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a new Heaven Dao.

The outcome was a foregone conclusion, as the wearied forces were no match for Heaven Dao.

In that battle, many God-Beasts and Strong Ones perished; even the Four Great Divine Beasts and the Qilin, hailed as the leader of the God-Beasts, were killed.

As a consequence, the Demon Clan received the hearts of the Four Great Divine Beasts and the soul of the Qilin as a gift from Heaven Dao, which they used to create a clan-binding sacred artifact that left their forces incapable of recovery for many years.

The Human Clan also suffered a devastating blow at that time.

Not one of the Nine Great Guardians or many other top guardians escaped; all perished then and there, and the strength of the Human Clan was severely compromised in that instant.

Listening to the Qilin’s slow recounting of the ancient tale, Long Yan’s eye twitched involuntarily.

The ancients had dared to challenge Heaven Dao with such audacity, a concept unimaginable to Long Yan.

And they had even succeeded, which was even more astonishing.

“As far as we know, what we defeated was merely a manifestation of Heaven Dao.”

Such a statement was earth-shaking, and Long Yan’s heart, just calmed, was again stirred by the Qilin’s words.

The Heaven Dao, brought down by the collective might of numerous experts, was but a mere manifestation?

“This is our only hypothesis after such a long time.

Therefore, we speculate that the Heaven Dao we killed was merely a minor world’s Heaven Dao, with stronger existences above it.”

The Qilin’s words were not groundless because within the Holy Domain, various Divine Abilities existed.

The inheritors of Sun Ling had once said there were worlds beyond the Sacred Continent, and even the Divine Abilities of the Nine Great Guardians were passed down from that higher world; hence, the Qilin’s words were well-founded.

“So, I speculate that only when you reach the pinnacle will you qualify to challenge Heaven Dao.”

A wry smile appeared on the Qilin’s face.

Originally, they thought they had slain Heaven Dao, only to have defeated merely a manifestation of him, which could not be more ironic.

“However, you achieved an unparalleled feat.”

Admiration laced Long Yan’s tone—to kill one’s own world’s Heaven Dao, such a feat was previously inconceivable even in thought.

“What does all this have to do with finding me?”

Long Yan asked, puzzled.

It seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Currently, he was just a minor God King Level 7; he probably wouldn’t even be able to contribute to the army that challenged Heaven Dao.

“Because of potential.”

The Qilin, after some thought, finally brought up the main point.

What they valued most was Long Yan’s infinite potential—potential Long Yan himself might not have realized.

Since the very beginning of his cultivation, Long Yan had achieved so many feats that cultivators with far higher cultivation bases could not.

Not to mention what happened just now, when a cultivator at merely the God King level faced tribulation lightning head-on and even succeeded.

Moreover, Long Yan possessed that mysterious set of martial arts.

Even the Qilin, the longest existing among them, had no recollection of such a powerful martial arts practice, not having seen anything like it throughout history.

Furthermore, he held the power of the Four Great Divine Beasts and wielded the Qilin Blood Demon Gun, an Array Clan Sacred Artifact once made by the Demon Clan.

With such ability, Long Yan indeed possessed remarkable strength even within the Holy Domain.

Long Yan himself might not have realized how strong he was.

In the Azure Dragon’s eyes, Long Yan’s growth, every little bit of it, had been under his watchful gaze.

“Our goal is quite simple,” they said.

“We can transfer our powers to you, but you must aid us in reclaiming Heaven Dao.”

After listening to the Qilin, Long Yan felt an urge to leave but, after looking around for half a day, he could not find a way out, so he gave up on the idea.

“Can I refuse?”

“Of course you can.”

If it was about safeguarding the Human Clan from the Demon Clan, Long Yan felt somewhat confident, as that was, after all, his task.

However, challenging Heaven Dao was not something the current Long Yan could compare to—he was not so arrogant as to believe he could defeat Heaven Dao.

What a joke, countless experts and God-Beasts had failed, what could he possibly achieve alone?

Therefore, upon hearing the Qilin’s words, a sliver of hope ignited in Long Yan’s heart.

“Simply die, and our legacy will choose a new host to confront Heaven Dao.”

The Qilin said with a trace of a wicked smile, observing the silent Long Yan in front of him.

Long Yan felt as if he had boarded a thief’s ship, but the consequence of disembarking was death, so, gritting his teeth, he had to continue on.

“Young man, don’t look so distressed.

We are reasonable beings,” said the Qilin with an amiable smile.

“As our proxy, we will surely grant you the corresponding strength.”

The Qilin had helped Long Yan with the tribulation lightning, a brilliant feat of theirs.

The Qilin had used a secret technique so that all the benefits of the tribulation lightning fell to Long Yan.

Of course, the last bolt was not Long Cai’er’s tribulation but the result of Long Yan helping Long Cai’er confront it.

Long Yan’s body should now be able to withstand the power of the Martial God Array, a formation painstakingly researched by the five Divine Beasts, capable of directly enhancing a person’s physical strength.

A millennium of wisdom is boundless.

The method the five of them devised to defeat Heaven Dao required a formidable body.

The Qilin’s smile caused a wave of unease in Long Yan.

Outside, in Long Cai’er’s arms, Long Yan’s body began to change.

The charred skin fell off like shedding a cocoon, revealing not a single injury or wound—previously thought to be horrific—on his body, leaving only pure white skin that made Long Cai’er, even as a woman, feel a twinge of envy.

Slowly opening his eyes, Long Yan felt incredibly refreshed.

It seemed that the five Divine Beasts had not deceived him; his body felt much stronger.

The Martial God Array had completely transformed his body structure, a world apart from before, and this was just the basic level.

As Long Yan’s strength grew, so would the capabilities of the Martial God Array.