The gap was closed.
The gap that had been opened finally disappeared.
Only a vast and immense power of flesh and bone rules poured in.
That rule, originally devoid of any vitality.
But the River of Rules within had vitality, and under the nourishment of the River of Rules, it quickly recovered.
"Boom."
The River of Rules vibrated again.
The originally ten-thousand-zhang long River of Rules, its length increased again, reaching fifteen thousand zhang in the blink of an eye.
And its width also increased by nearly a hundred zhang.
"Bang."
Chen Fan's physical body, his bones roared like thunder.
His aura, once again surged.
"Good heavens."
He was so shocked, he even swore.
A gap the size of a pinhole had caused his aura to increase by a large margin in an instant.
Meanwhile, Lu Feng was bathed in the rules of flesh and bone.
Swish.
The river water churned.
The human race's path of flesh and bone directly fell within the human race's rules.
This path of flesh and bone, incomparably overbearing, directly pushed all other rules aside.
The rules of death were powerful, weren't they?
Before the path of flesh and bone, they could only tremble.
In the long river, Lu Feng had already sunk to the bottom, his aura increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"A heaven-sent opportunity," Chen Fan sighed.
The path of flesh and bone, it truly existed.
It was just that, for some reason, it had been sealed at the end of the long river.
He pondered for a long time but found no answer.
However, he had found his goal.
The goal: to reap the benefits.
He decided that he would continue to reap the benefits after Lu Feng woke up.
For now, it was best to stop.
If another surge came, Lu Feng truly couldn't bear it.
Besides, there were still matters to attend to outside.
"Let's go."
He led the thirteen scattered cultivators, who were already dumbfounded, out of the River of Rules.
As for Lu Feng, he still needed time to comprehend the path of flesh and bone.
...
Screech.
The River of Rules opened, and the twelve people appeared in the manor.
"Huh?"
As soon as he appeared, he sensed something was wrong.
His body instantly disappeared from its original spot.
"City Lord, you're back." Old Demon Chu was not surprised.
Chen Fan had not hidden his aura when he returned.
Old Demon Chu could naturally sense it.
However, Chen Fan ignored Old Demon Chu and looked at the illusory figure before him: "Who are you..."
"Mad Emperor."
"You are the Mad Emperor?"
Chen Fan was surprised. "Weren't you in the gauntlet? How did you get out?"
"Shouldn't you be asking yourself that?" the Mad Emperor retorted.
Chen Fan: "???"
Following that, the Mad Emperor recounted what had just happened.
Finally, he added, "Was that person really you?"
Chen Fan rubbed his nose. "I think, it probably was..."
"Hiss."
Old Demon Chu and the Mad Emperor both sucked in a breath of cold air.
"So the one who cursed 'scram' was also you? When did you become so powerful?"
"The one who cursed wasn't me."
Chen Fan shook his head. "And I didn't sense anyone else's probing either."
"If it wasn't you, then who was it?"
I want to know too... Chen Fan muttered to himself.
Firstly, Lu Feng and the eleven scattered cultivators could be ruled out.
Was someone else hidden within the River of Rules?
Impossible...
Then there was only one last possibility.
The stone wall.
Or the voice behind the stone tablet.
Chen Fan hadn't heard that voice.
If it was the stone tablet, or the being behind the stone tablet that drove away the Mad Emperor's probing,
Then wouldn't that prove that the other party also expected Chen Fan to break through the stone wall?
Highly likely.
Chen Fan couldn't think of any other possibility.
He hadn't mentioned anything about the stone tablet.
Some things could be said, but the biggest secrets certainly could not.
Everyone had their own secrets, and no matter how close the relationship, it was impossible to be completely open.
"Forget it."
He suppressed the matter in his heart for now.
Chen Fan looked at the Mad Emperor and said, "What are your plans now?"
Without the gauntlet, the Mad Emperor was merely at the Emperor Realm cultivation.
With this level of cultivation, he couldn't possibly participate in the final struggle for the origin of the Mad Realm.
"Don't worry."
Regarding his cultivation, the Mad Emperor was very confident. "Now that I've escaped the confinement, don't forget, I was once the heavens and earth, and this Mad Realm is my territory. Recovering to Emperor Realm cultivation is temporarily impossible, but just a mere half-emperor, give me a few days and it will be done."
This was the confidence of a Heavenly Emperor.
"Alright."
Since the Mad Emperor was confident, Chen Fan didn't say anything more.
The following days passed in peace.
The atmosphere in the Central Region grew increasingly tense.
Ten days passed.
Only ten days remained before the Mad Realm would completely collapse.
And on this day, the Mad Emperor, who had been in seclusion for ten days, awoke.
The moment the Mad Emperor emerged from his seclusion, Chen Fan's eyes lit up. "Senior, you are indeed powerful. You have actually recovered your cultivation."
The Mad Emperor before him had once again reached the Half-Emperor realm.
The powerful aura was unmistakable.
"Heh."
The Mad Emperor's confidence, along with the gradual recovery of his cultivation,
And having escaped the confinement, had returned.
Although he was still a soul, the world-dominating aura on him was slowly returning.
The Mad Emperor directly said, "In the past few days, I've been secretly absorbing the destructive origin of the Mad Realm..."
"Uh..."
Chen Fan was stunned. "Absorbed it all?"
"Of course not."
The Mad Emperor shook his head. "If I absorbed all the destructive origin, the Mad Realm would collapse immediately."
Alright.
Chen Fan also breathed a sigh of relief.
If he had truly absorbed it all, the final prize would be gone.
Everyone was waiting for the Mad Realm to collapse and the destructive origin to appear.
The Mad Emperor continued, "The destructive origin of the Mad Realm's collapse is different from my destructive origin.
The former is the power of heaven and earth, the world origin that sustains the existence of a world, a very profound thing. Although I am the master of the Mad Realm, I cannot control this world origin power. I want it too.
The latter is the destructive origin I cultivated myself."
"I see."
Chen Fan nodded, indicating he understood.
So there was a difference.
"By the way."
The Mad Emperor remembered something else and said, "When I was recovering to the Half-Emperor realm, I secretly swept my divine sense through the destructive origin and felt something was not quite right."
"Not right? Where wasn't it right?"
"The four powerhouses are not quite right."
The Mad Emperor said, "Those four people were the first inhabitants of my Mad Realm. I still remember them.
Although ninety thousand years have passed, I wouldn't mistake their aura.
Just now, I tried to sense them, but I felt something was off.
In the east, northwest, four powerhouses suppressed the Central Region.
The Mad Emperor recognized them, but now, the Mad Emperor said they were not right.
"Where exactly is it not right?" Chen Fan was somewhat curious.
"I can't quite explain it myself."
The Mad Emperor organized his thoughts before saying, "Their rules, their great dao, are still connected to the Mad Realm. This is undeniable.
But in my perception, there's a sense of intermittence. And within their rules, there seems to be the aura of another person."