Chapter 103: Ten Thousand Years

Now in the Seventh Star Cave,

Aside from those three Red Marks,

the fewest are actually the Gold-Patterned Examinees.

The ones occupying the majority are actually the later-arriving Silver Marks.

"Hmm?"

Lin Yuan shifted his gaze.

Looking toward the initial teleportation position from the Sixth Star Cave to the Seventh Star Cave.

He saw a young man suddenly appear, obviously having just passed the Sixth Star Cave.

"Fang Qing?"

Lin Yuan immediately recognized the other person.

As early as the previous few Seven Stars Cave examinations, Lin Yuan had already recognized Fang Qing.

After all, Lin Yuan was quite familiar with Fang Qing. Through so many sparring sessions, even if Fang Qing changed his appearance and body shape, he could easily recognize him.

"Not bad."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

Lin Yuan was not surprised at all that Fang Qing managed to break through to the Seventh Star Cave.

The examination of the Seven Stars Cave mainly focuses on the word 'examination'. Tier 4 Evolvers will certainly have some advantages, but they are not big. Especially when reaching the Seventh Star Cave, Tier 4 Evolvers are actually at a disadvantage.

"Continue."

"It's almost over."

Lin Yuan stopped paying attention to Fang Qing and walked toward the stone statues ahead.

"What a huge Mountain Peak."

As soon as Fang Qing arrived at the Seventh Star Cave, he was immediately attracted by the Mountain Peak beneath his feet.

After all, Mountain Peaks standing out of nowhere in the Cosmic Starry Sky are rare. Other Evolvers seeing it for the first time would definitely be shocked in their hearts.

When Lin Yuan first arrived at the Seventh Star Cave, he was also shocked by this Mountain Peak.

Soon.

Fang Qing's attention shifted away from the Mountain Peak and instead looked toward the many stone statues on top of the mountain.

"Comprehend the evolutionary path contained within the stone statues?"

Fang Qing figured out the rules within and looked toward the top of the mountain once more.

All one hundred and thirty-six stone statues were taken in at a glance. Instinctively, Fang Qing was attracted by two of the stone statues.

"Those are the two."

Fang Qing immediately walked toward those two stone statues.

Time passed.

Another three or four days passed.

Lin Yuan had already arrived before the last stone statue.

This stone statue was a huge mouth, thirteen or fourteen meters large, as if it wanted to devour everything.

"Devour?"

Lin Yuan was slightly stunned.

Beneath the other stone statues, there were more or less a few examinees comprehending.

Especially those stone statues with simple entry barriers; there were even more than a dozen examinees sitting cross-legged beneath them.

Yet for this bizarre stone statue, there was not a single examinee.

Just as Lin Yuan was about to start comprehending…

Hum!

A slight spatial fluctuation came over.

In the distance, beneath that huge Rubik's cube, joy appeared on the face of the Silver-haired woman as she raised her hand and pressed toward the Rubik's cube.

Immediately,

the Rubik's cube stopped spinning,

emitting a soft glow.

The Silver-haired woman disappeared.

This scene attracted the attention of most Evolvers present.

After all, the Silver-haired woman was a Red Mark examinee, one of only three Red Marks among one million examinees.

Furthermore,

the Silver-haired woman was also the first Evolver to comprehend a stone statue exceeding ten meters and thereby pass the examination.

Mysterious Space.

Seeing the Silver-haired woman leave, the twelve figures immediately began to communicate.

"That is the Eternal Space evolutionary path."

"Comprehending the Rank 1 Chapter in just twenty-seven days, if nurtured well, surpassing Tier 6 in the future is entirely possible."

"What a pity, such a Genius has nothing to do with us."

"What's wrong? You still want to take her as a Disciple? Can you understand the Eternal Space evolutionary path?"

The nine figures below chatted casually.

At this time, they no longer paid attention to Lin Yuan.

Twenty-three days, a full twenty-three days.

Twenty-three days of hard comprehension and full harvests by other examinees.

When it came to Lin Yuan, he stubbornly wandered around for twenty-three days.

If they didn't lack the authority to interfere with the examination, someone would probably have gone to ask Lin Yuan what he was actually doing during these twenty-three days.

"Lin Yuan."

Among the top three figures, Gu Ze silently looked toward Lin Yuan.

At this time, Lin Yuan was right beneath that 'giant mouth' stone statue.

"The Heaven-Swallowing evolutionary path is not that easy to comprehend."

Gu Ze still held a faint hope for Lin Yuan.

Yet this faint hope had appeared over a hundred times.

A short half-day later.

"Heaven-Swallowing evolutionary path"

"Eat, eat, eat, eat everything in existence, and achieve oneself."

"The Cosmic Starry Sky will all become my provisions"

Lin Yuan opened his eyes and steadied his mind slightly.

I have to admit that this stone statue was indeed bizarre; the evolutionary path it contained could actually affect one's mind.

"It can be referenced, but I cannot walk this path."

Lin Yuan looked toward the 'giant mouth' stone statue in front of him.

The 'Heaven-Swallowing' evolutionary path comprehended from the stone statue was centered entirely around the word 'eat'.

Eating everything in existence, planets, and even galaxies.

Of course, cultivating this evolutionary path to the end would cause one to lose human form, and spiritual intelligence would gradually disappear.

"It's finally done."

"All one hundred and thirty-six stone statues have been comprehended."

Lin Yuan was in a good mood. It was his first time seeing so many evolutionary paths all at once.

For each evolutionary path, Lin Yuan only comprehended a part or even a small part. In order to comprehend as many evolutionary paths as possible, Lin Yuan was practically swallowing them whole without digestion.

As long as he reached the standard of comprehension, he immediately turned to the next stone statue.

Of course, Lin Yuan's 'standard' was, for other examinees, the upper limit of passing this Star Cave.

"Let's rest for a bit."

Lin Yuan left the 'giant mouth' stone statue, came to an open space on the top of the mountain, and casually sat down.

Even with Heaven-Defying Comprehension, after frantically comprehending stone statues, Tier 6, and transcendent Tier 6 evolutionary paths for more than half a month, Lin Yuan was somewhat exhausted.

"It has been twenty-three days, it's time to pass."

Lin Yuan supported himself on the ground with his right hand and glanced toward the numerous stone statues.

For him to pass the Seventh Star Cave was extremely simple: casually choose a stone statue and then touch it with his hand.

This stone statue would naturally be able to detect whether Lin Yuan's body had condensed the aura of the evolutionary path contained within the stone statue.

Lin Yuan had comprehended all the stone statues; he only needed to touch any one of them to pass.

"Let's choose one from those sixteen stone statues."

Lin Yuan looked toward the sixteen huge stone statues containing transcendent Tier 6 evolutionary paths.

Since the Seventh Star Cave was an examination, naturally there were rankings.

Comprehending a transcendent Tier 6 evolutionary path versus comprehending a Tier 6 evolutionary path would naturally yield different final evaluations within the Chi Kun lineage.

Lin Yuan had no intention of hiding his clumsiness. Since he decided to join the Chi Kun lineage, he certainly wouldn't be worse than those three Red Mark examinees.

According to the intelligence provided by Fang Qing, joining the Chi Kun lineage this time meant becoming a Disciple under the Star Lord's twelve Disciples.

And among these twelve Star Lord Disciples, the three strongest ones were transcendent Tier 6.

"Which one should I choose?"

Lin Yuan's gaze lingered on the sixteen stone statues.

"Let's go with this one."

Lin Yuan looked toward that terrifying solar stone statue exceeding ten meters.

This stone statue contained a transcendent Tier 6 evolutionary path, supremely rigid and supremely yang, which complemented Lin Yuan's Taiji.

"Wait a minute."

"Once contacted, I will have to leave this treasured land."

Before setting off, Lin Yuan suddenly felt a bit reluctant to leave.

During these twenty-odd days, although he hadn't rested much, the harvest made him incomparably satisfied.

"There shouldn't be anything missed, right?"

Lin Yuan swept his gaze back and forth across the entire mountaintop, having completely viewed all one hundred and thirty-six stone statues.

The classification of the strength of the one hundred and thirty-six stone statues was naturally based on size as the standard.

For example, stone statues two to three meters tall contained Tier 6 evolutionary paths.

Stone statues over ten meters tall contained transcendent Tier 6 evolutionary paths.

In fact, even for Tier 6 evolutionary paths, there were stone statues two meters tall and stone statues three meters tall.

Stone statues close to three meters tall, although also containing Tier 6 evolutionary paths, were definitely stronger than the Tier 6 evolutionary paths contained in the two-meter-tall stone statues.

The same applied to stone statues exceeding ten meters.

Among the stone statues containing transcendent Tier 6 evolutionary paths, some were only eleven meters tall, while others were nearly fifteen or sixteen meters tall.

Between these two kinds of stone statues containing transcendent Tier 6 evolutionary paths, the latter was naturally stronger.

"Are there any omissions."

"Are there any omissions."

Lin Yuan swept past the one hundred and thirty-six stone statues, then looked toward the entire mountaintop, and even began to observe the Mountain Peak beneath his feet.

"A Mountain Peak?"

Lin Yuan was slightly stunned.

Inside the Seventh Star Cave.

The Cosmic Starry Sky was merely a background.

You could only look and not touch.

What the examinees could touch were only the one hundred and thirty-six stone statues—

and the towering Mountain Peak beneath their feet.

If speaking in terms of size,

even if you added all one hundred and thirty-six stone statues together,

they still couldn't compare to the Mountain Peak beneath their feet.

"A Mountain Peak?"

With a thump, Lin Yuan lay flat on the ground. His consciousness slowly dispersed, and he began to perceive the Mountain Peak pressed against his back.

Towering.

Magnificent.

Heavy and profound.

"Can this Mountain Peak also be comprehended?"

Lin Yuan couldn't help but become immersed in it.

In just this short moment, Lin Yuan perceived the vastness and inclusiveness of the Mountain Peak beneath him.

It was as if this heaven and earth were all within this Mountain Peak, whether it was Tier 6 evolutionary paths or transcendent Tier 6 evolutionary paths.

All of them were merely a part of this Mountain Peak.

"How perfect."

Lin Yuan's heart trembled. On this Mountain Peak, he saw everything, including the Taiji he created.

"Why."

"Why did I only notice this Mountain Peak now?"

Lin Yuan closed his eyes.

What was the most eye-catching thing in the Seventh Star Cave?

The Cosmic Starry Sky? The one hundred and thirty-six stone statues?

None of them.

The most eye-catching thing was this Mountain Peak beneath his feet.

The Mountain Peak standing against the backdrop of the Cosmic Starry Sky was the first thing every Evolver entering the Seventh Star Cave saw.

Only secondarily were the one hundred and thirty-six stone statues.

Yet,

why hadn't such an eye-catching Mountain Peak been noticed by everyone?

"Is it because my Realm is not high enough? Comprehending one hundred and thirty-six evolutionary paths allowed my cognitive Realm to be greatly enhanced, and when I went to pay attention to the Mountain Peak again, I had insights"

Compared to the one hundred and thirty-six stone statues, the Mountain Peak beneath his feet was simply too vast.

Just like the Cosmic Starry Sky; even if Lin Yuan stared at the Cosmic Starry Sky for a long time, the harvest gained would not be large, because the gap between the tiers of the two was too great.

Heaven-Defying Comprehension was not omnipotent; it relied on the height where Lin Yuan was situated.

Time passed slowly.

One day, two days, three days, four days, five days.

Inside the Mysterious Space,

the gazes of the twelve figures once again fell upon Lin Yuan.

"What is he doing?"

"Lying on the ground resting?"

The twelve figures were dumbfounded.

They had originally barely adapted to Lin Yuan's behavior of wandering around for more than half a month.

But now, Lin Yuan went even further, simply not even walking around anymore and directly lying down to slack off.

"Is it because he didn't find a stone statue suitable for himself?"

A figure below guessed.

Over the previous twenty-odd days, Lin Yuan had finished wandering around all one hundred and thirty-six stone statues and only sat down to rest at the very end.

If Lin Yuan had found a stone statue suitable for himself, he definitely would have eagerly comprehended it.

The scene today could only explain that among the one hundred and thirty-six stone statues, not a single one contained an evolutionary path suitable for Lin Yuan.

"Giving up just like that?"

Among the top three figures, Gu Ze's brows furrowed once again.

He had also thought that Lin Yuan might not have found a stone statue suitable for himself.

But even if it wasn't suitable, he could still forcefully comprehend it.

The evolutionary path contained in the stone statue matching oneself could only increase the speed of comprehension.

Even if it wasn't suitable, forcible comprehension would still yield some gains.

Forcibly comprehending those sixteen stone statues containing transcendent Tier 6 evolutionary paths was too difficult.

One could also go and forcibly comprehend other stone statues containing Tier 6 evolutionary paths.

Even if they ultimately still didn't comprehend an evolutionary path, at least they had tried their best and hadn't easily given up.

That way, he, Gu Ze, would also have a reason to pull Lin Yuan to join the Chi Kun lineage after the examination ended.

But now, seeing Lin Yuan lying on the ground looking like he had completely given up made Gu Ze begin to doubt his own judgment.

"Junior Brother."

"Forget it."

"This person's perseverance is too poor. No matter how strong his Comprehension Ability is, his future achievements will be limited."

The two figures beside him advised Gu Ze.

They even felt that Gu Ze didn't even need to take Lin Yuan under his sect anymore.

After all, cultivating Disciples in the Chi Kun lineage required spending resources, especially in the early stages.

"Very well."

Gu Ze sighed inwardly.

He also felt that Lin Yuan's perseverance was no good.

To become strong, Aptitude is one aspect, Comprehension Ability is another, and it equally requires extremely strong perseverance.

Encountering something and voluntarily surrendering and giving up before even starting to do it—what kind of achievements could such a person have?

Time slowly passed.

Another day or two passed.

This day was the twenty-ninth day of Lin Yuan coming to the Seventh Star Cave.

According to the rules of the Seven Stars Cave examination, one more day later, if Lin Yuan still hadn't comprehended an evolutionary path, he would be expelled from the Seven Star Cave World.

"Why is that person lying there?"

"I don't know."

"Maybe he's tired?"

Lin Yuan's actions also received the attention of other examinees.

However, these examinees only took an extra glance; their main goal right now was to pass the Seventh Star Cave.

Not a single examinee had the time to meddle in other people's business.

Just at this moment,

Lin Yuan, who had been lying on the ground without moving for nearly ten days, suddenly opened his eyes.

"So that's how it is."

Deep within Lin Yuan's eyes, the vast starry sky was faintly reflected.

A wisp of extremely profound aura condensed and emerged within Lin Yuan's body.

Because Lin Yuan was lying on the ground at this moment, his skin and other parts were in contact with the Mountain Peak beneath his feet.

The moment this wisp of profound aura appeared,

the entire Mountain Peak began to tremor.

For a time,

the remaining dozens of Evolvers panicked, successively halting their comprehension and standing up to look around.

The tremor of the Mountain Peak did not stop and even showed a tendency to worsen.

Inside the Mysterious Space,

shock also appeared on the expressions of the twelve figures.

The main Mountain Peak of the Seventh Star Cave trembling—this was something that had never happened in nearly ten thousand years.

"This is?"

Among the top three figures, the figure located at the very front seemed to think of something, and his expression suddenly changed.

"The final examination."

"Someone has passed the final examination."

The figures of the other two immediately reacted.

The nine figures below rose in unison, their gazes once again looking toward the Seventh Star Cave, as if searching for something.

Inside a spacious grand hall,

an old man dressed in red robes was sitting on the throne, with his eyes narrowed, taking a nap.

"Star Lord, Star Lord."

Just at this moment, the voice of the smart assistant came over, waking up this red-robed old man.

"What is the matter?"

"Don't you know I'm in seclusion?"

Red Kun Star Lord did not open his eyes, but instead muttered with a frown.

"Speak."

Red Kun Star Lord spoke again; he also knew that anyone who could disturb his seclusion at this time must not be a trivial matter.

"In the Seven Star Cave World, someone has passed the final examination."

The smart assistant quickly said.

"The final examination?"

Hearing this, Red Kun Star Lord quietly opened his eyes.

Boom.

Terrifying heat rapidly spread across ten thousand and one hundred thousand miles. Red Kun Star Lord's eyes shone in all directions like two stars.

Hum.

Red Kun Star Lord's consciousness connected to the Virtual World, overlooking the entire Seven Star Cave World, and looking toward the constantly trembling Mountain Peak of the Seventh Star Cave.

Then returning to reality, sitting upright on the throne in the center of the palace, he slowly closed his eyes, isolating the light and heat.

"Ten thousand years have passed."

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