Chapter 128: Return

North Sea Island.

The various Tenth Realm Experts were chatting leisurely, occasionally looking into the distance at the "North Sea Eye", which had already shrunk to a hundred meters in size.

Over the past hundred years or so, they had lived lives that were both comfortable and awe-inspiring.

What made them comfortable was that they no longer needed to guard the North Sea Eye, nor did they need to face the abyss-like, profound North Sea Eye.

Moreover, watching the North Sea Eye shrink day by day was also a kind of mental pleasure.

As for the shock, everything came from one person.

That "Mysterious Lord" who, with his own strength, surpassed the achievements of their group over tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years.

Over the past hundred years or so, that Mysterious Lord had been sitting above the North Sea Eye. The Lord's two Primordial Spirits had already reached one million zhang, standing respectively at the two ends of the North Sea Eye.

"I tell you, back then I almost personally received the Lord. If the Island Lord and the Vice Island Lords hadn't stolen the spotlight, I should have been the first to speak with the Lord."

A chubby man said proudly, completely omitting his initial thought of wanting to remind Lin Yuan to keep a low profile upon going to North Sea Island.

"I also don't know what background this Lord actually has, and how such an Expert was actually born."

A slender Tenth Realm Expert couldn't help whispering.

Shallow water cannot raise a true Dragon; this is common knowledge known to those who Cultivate. But compared to them, that Mysterious Lord who completely suppressed the North Sea Eye was far more than just a "Dragon"!

Not to mention the Lord's true body, just the two split one-million-zhang Primordial Spirits were enough to make their minds tremble.

"Alright, the Island Lord and Vice Island Lords have long said not to discuss the Lord in private; violators will be punished."

At this time, a Tenth Realm Expert with a stern expression said in a low voice.

"I was just talking, and I didn't speak ill of the Lord." The slender Tenth Realm Expert immediately shook his head.

"Besides, the Island Lord and Vice Island Lords don't let us discuss it, could it be that they don't mention that Mysterious Lord in private?"

The slender Tenth Realm Expert couldn't help saying.

"Since the Island Lord and Vice Island Lords forbid us from discussing it, they will certainly follow it themselves." The Tenth Realm Expert with a stern expression said earnestly.

"How strong do you all think the Lord's strength really is? Fourteenth Realm? Or Fifteenth Realm?"

Inside the Grade-A Immortal Cave of North Sea Island, Nalan Island Lord and several Vice Island Lords were likewise gazing from afar in the direction of the North Sea Eye.

One of the Vice Island Lords made such an exclamation.

The higher the strength Realm, the more one could feel Lin Yuan's terrifying nature,

that kind of terrifying power far superior to the upper limit of this Realm made them unable to even harbor the thought of resisting.

"Unclear."

"It's just that I feel the Lord should have long transcended the level of Realm divisions. The height at which the Lord resides is something we cannot describe or explain."

Another Vice Island Lord said in a low voice.

"No wonder back then the "Heavenly Dao" prompted us to obey the Lord implicitly." The third Vice Island Lord had a pensive expression.

Nalan Island Lord calmly gazed at the distant North Sea Eye.

For over a hundred years, most of the time he had been like this. Watching the North Sea Eye disappear little by little, the worries in Nalan Island Lord's heart relaxed bit by bit.

"After our generation, descendants for thousands and millions of generations will no longer need to face the threat of the North Sea Eye."

Nalan Island Lord grew increasingly awe-inspired by Lin Yuan, almost stopping just short of prostrating and worshiping.

"It's just that…"

Nalan Island Lord had always had a doubt in his heart.

Clearly the North Sea Eye had already been completely suppressed and sealed, why was the Origin Qi of heaven and earth still continuously gathering towards the North Sea?

Above the North Sea Eye.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.

Ever since the North Sea Eye shrank to the size of ten thousand li.

He took back his Yin Spirit and Yang Spirit into his body, because for a North Sea Eye of this scale, he alone was enough to suppress it.

"It's really comfortable."

Lin Yuan's expression was quite pleasant.

His suppressing of the North Sea Eye was not complete suppression either; instead, he left a slight gap, allowing the North Sea Eye to retain the ability to continue exhaling and inhaling the Origin Qi of heaven and earth of this world.

When the endless Origin Qi of heaven and earth arrived here, it was naturally directly "intercepted" by Lin Yuan to Cultivate.

That is to say, over these hundred and twenty years, the North Sea Eye was completely working for Lin Yuan. Not only could it not gain even a tiny bit of benefit, but on the contrary, it shrank and became smaller repeatedly.

"Eightteenth Realm…"

Lin Yuan let out a light breath; at this moment he had already stepped into the Eighteenth Realm.

Of course, the Eighteenth Realm was this world's phrasing. If according to the Human Civilization Alliance of the Main World, that would be Fifth-Order Twelfth-Stage.

"What a pity."

"Wanting to step into the Sixth Order cannot be solved by relying on Origin Qi."

Lin Yuan thought silently in his heart.

In the Main World, the difficulty of breaking through from the Fifth Order to the Sixth Order was even greater than adding up from the First Order to the Fifth Order.

The Fifth Order was the Continent-Sinking Class, while the Sixth Order was the Star-Falling Class. There was a qualitative change between the two, and wanting to cross over was not an easy matter.

Like the Third Order City-Destruction Class to the Fifth Order Continent-Sinking Class, there was still a Fourth Order acting as a buffer transition.

But from the Fifth Order to the Sixth Order, there was none; it could only rely on the Evolver to break through by themselves.

Ordinary Evolvers, even under the guidance of a complete evolution path, were still incomparably difficult, let alone Lin Yuan, the founder of the Martial Dao Evolution Path?

Although Lin Yuan had many evolution paths as reference and emulation, not lacking evolution paths surpassing the Sixth Order, and even extremely mysterious evolution paths like the Profound Yellow Evolution Path.

But reference and emulation were one thing, and continuing to create the Sixth-Order chapter of the Martial Dao Evolution Path was another matter.

"It's about time."

Lin Yuan glanced at the North Sea Eye beneath him.

In fact, as early as thirty or forty years ago, Lin Yuan had the ability to completely suppress and seal the North Sea Eye.

However, in order to continue enjoying the massive Origin Qi of heaven and earth exhaled and inhaled by the North Sea Eye, Lin Yuan stubbornly dragged it out until now.

Regarding this, the World Consciousness of this Realm seemed to have perceived something.

But it had no particular way.

The World Consciousness still had to rely on Lin Yuan to solve the North Sea Eye; it was impossible to fall out at this time.

It's just that now.

Lin Yuan had already reached Fifth-Order Twelfth-Stage, and his subsequent Cultivation had nothing much to do with the external Origin Qi.

Coupled with the fact that there were only more than ten years left until the residency limit, there was no need to waste time here.

"Suppress."

With this thought, Lin Yuan looked down at the North Sea Eye with a radius of a hundred meters below.

Rumble.

Under the terrifying suppression, it poured down once more.

The hundred-meter-sized North Sea Eye instantly began to shrink once again.

Ninety meters.

Eighty meters.

Seventy meters.

Just when the North Sea Eye shrank to ten meters.

A terrifying consciousness penetrated through the North Sea Eye and arrived by Lin Yuan's ear.

"Stop."

The mental fluctuations emitted by this terrifying consciousness allowed Lin Yuan to instinctively comprehend its meaning.

"Stop?"

Lin Yuan smiled slightly, not caring much.

Over the years, he had long deduced that behind the North Sea Eye stood a certain powerful entity.

Because when he carefully observed the North Sea Eye, relying on his Heaven-Defying Comprehension, he could occasionally comprehend some "devouring-type" secret techniques.

Of course, these devouring-type secret techniques could not compare to the "Devouring Heaven" evolution path, but it was obvious that they belonged to the unique skills of a certain powerful entity.

Lin Yuan originally thought that the entity behind the North Sea Eye would remain silent until it was completely suppressed and sealed.

He just didn't expect that the other party would ultimately fail to keep their composure.

"As long as you stop."

"Everything is negotiable."

That terrifying consciousness was somewhat urgent.

"We can make a trade."

The terrifying consciousness continued to emit mental fluctuations.

"I have no interest in trades."

Lin Yuan did not stop; he continued to suppress and seal, and the North Sea Eye kept shrinking.

To be precise, Lin Yuan had no interest in trades where the gap between the two sides was too great.

The entity behind the North Sea Eye was at least an Expert surpassing the Sixth Order. Making a trade with a living being at this level was no different from bargaining with a tiger for its skin.

Who knows when one might fall into the other party's hands.

Lin Yuan traded with the World Consciousness of this Realm because the World Consciousness was not a living being; it had no joy, anger, sorrow, joy, or personal emotions.

Moreover, Lin Yuan also had the means to contend with the World Consciousness; at worst, he would destroy this Realm, and no one would get any benefits.

As for the entity behind the North Sea Eye? Lin Yuan considered himself to have no means to constrain the other party.

Rather than worrying and living in fear, it was better to simply not have contact.

Rumble.

The North Sea Eye continued to shrink.

Five meters.

Three meters.

One meter.

Finally.

The terrifying consciousness penetrating from the depths of the North Sea Eye began to curse.

Hum.

An invisible Soul attack began to rapidly infiltrate Lin Yuan's Primordial Spirit.

It was a pity.

Lin Yuan's Yin Spirit and Yang Spirit merged into one, transforming into the Taiji Primordial Spirit, which was incomparably stable, coupled with the Soul defense secret technique "Mind Treasure Pagoda".

Facing the Soul attack coming from the depths of the North Sea Eye whose might had been weakened by who knows how many times, he naturally looked down upon it without fear.

Eventually.

Several days later.

The North Sea Eye turned into a tiny dot thinner than a hair.

Subsequently, with a slight movement of Lin Yuan's mind, the tiny dot fell into his hand.

A North Sea Eye of this size no longer posed any threat.

It couldn't even exhale or inhale the Origin Qi of heaven and earth.

Swish.

Lin Yuan's figure disappeared.

Appearing above North Sea Island.

At this time, Nalan Island Lord, the five Vice Island Lords, and numerous Tenth Realm Experts had long been waiting respectfully in place.

When the North Sea Eye continued to shrink to ten meters, Nalan Island Lord and the others realized that the greatest threat pressing down on the heads of countless Experts in this Realm might become a thing of the past.

Therefore, they early on led everyone to wait respectfully here.

After all, once the North Sea Eye was completely resolved, that Mysterious Lord would naturally appear as well.

"You have lived in this place for thousands and tens of thousands of years."

Lin Yuan looked towards Nalan Island Lord and the various Experts.

The thousands and tens of thousands of years here did not refer to one generation, but generation after generation.

Ever since the North Sea Eye appeared hundreds of thousands of years ago, under the hint of the World Consciousness, one Expert after another came here.

After hundreds of thousands of years of reproduction, even Nalan Island Lord was a descendant of the Experts from the first few generations back then.

"However, from now on, everyone still needs to stay for another five hundred years before you can head to the Five Regions."

Lin Yuan glanced around and said indifferently.

On the current land of the Five Regions, the Demonic Path forces left behind by Lin Yuan were enough to suppress everything.

But if these Experts on North Sea Island swarmed into the Five Regions, it would be hard to say.

Dozens of Tenth Realm Experts and six Eleventh Realm Experts could completely disrupt the situation of the Five Regions.

Therefore, Lin Yuan set a time of five hundred years for everyone.

With this period of time to buffer, losing the exhalation and inhalation of the North Sea Eye, the Origin Qi of heaven and earth in the Five Regions would rebound, and it was still possible for some Tenth Realm Experts or even Eleventh Realm Experts to be born five hundred years later.

"Yes."

Nalan Island Lord and the various Experts agreed without hesitation.

They had waited through thousands and tens of thousands of years, so a mere five hundred years was naturally not a problem.

"In that case."

Lin Yuan waved his hand, and streaks of light flew out, falling into the center of each Expert's brows.

These lights of light were refined by Lin Yuan using the aura of North Sea Island plus his own power.

Once someone left the regional scope of North Sea Island, it would trigger the light to self-detonate.

"Remember, you can only head to the Five Regions after five hundred years."

Lin Yuan mentioned it once more, and his figure disappeared before everyone.

Five Regions.

Great Xia Empire.

Over a hundred and twenty years, Nuan Shu and the various Demonic Lords strictly followed Lin Yuan's instructions, governing the Five Regions in an orderly manner.

And they established a massive Empire.

Named the Great "Xia" Empire.

The "Xia" here was taken from the "Xia" character in Xiahou Yuan's surname.

Great Xia Empire.

Imperial Palace.

Nuan Shu rubbed the center of her brows, her expression revealing fatigue.

The Great Xia Empire had no emperor, only twelve assistant ministers of state, headed by Nuan Shu, formerly under the command of the Demonic Lord Xiahou Yuan.

"The concentration of the Origin Qi of heaven and earth is rising again?"

Nuan Shu walked to the window and muttered to herself.

In these years she had also stepped into the Ninth Realm, with keen perception, she naturally sensed that across the entire land of the Five Regions, the Origin Qi of heaven and earth was slowly growing thicker.

"From now on, the Origin Qi of heaven and earth will keep rising until fifty years later, recovering to the environment of hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Just at this moment, a deep voice suddenly sounded.

Giving Nuan Shu a start.

When Nuan Shu turned back and saw the owner of this voice, her eye sockets immediately began to turn red.

"Lord."

Nuan Shu immediately knelt down, saying in an excited tone.

"Get up."

Lin Yuan shook his head.

"These ten tokens contain the power I left behind."

As soon as Lin Yuan's words fell, ten wooden tokens floated before Nuan Shu.

"In the future, if you face an unsolvable predicament, you can crush a token, at which time the power within the token will temporarily grant you the strength of the Thirteenth Realm."

Lin Yuan said indifferently.

This was also the backup plan left by Lin Yuan for the Great Xia Empire.

Even if another hundred thousand or million years passed, the strength of the Thirteenth Realm could still sweep and crush everything.

"Yes."

Nuan Shu hesitated somewhat, and couldn't help asking: "Lord, are you going to leave us?"

What Lin Yuan said gave Nuan Shu a bad conjecture. With Lin Yuan's strength, as long as he was still alive, why would he need to leave trump cards like tokens?

"Where in the world are there things that never part?"

Lin Yuan shook his head, clearly defaulting to it.

"Then where is the Lord going?"

Nuan Shu mustered up the courage to ask.

"Where am I going?"

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment.

"Where I came from is where I will go."

Lin Yuan's figure disappeared.

Leaving behind Nuan Shu, who was still kneeling on the ground with a blank face.

Southern Regions.

In a dense forest.

Lin Yuan's figure appeared.

"Hmm?"

Lin Yuan glanced over.

Finding that in a mountain stronghold in the distance, Xiao Huo, Shen Lang, and Yang Bixin were disguised as ordinary people, teasing children there.

"Children of Luck…"

Lin Yuan sighed.

If not for him, Xiao Huo, Shen Lang, and Yang Bixin should have become the three most dazzling people on the land of the Five Regions.

After all, these three were valued by the World Consciousness and were the greatest force used to solve the North Sea Eye.

And now, these three were obviously heavily struck by Lin Yuan, directly hiding in remote mountain forests to live in seclusion.

Western Regions.

In a desert.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged on the sand.

"It's time to leave."

Lin Yuan's thoughts drifted.

At this moment, from his residency limit, there was only a little less than half an incense stick of time left.

"Martial Dao."

Lin Yuan's perception expanded infinitely, faintly sensing the Blood Qi power emitted by Martial Dao Cultivators on the land of the Five Regions.

"If one day."

"The Martial Dao Cultivation system disappears from this Realm,"

Lin Yuan suddenly muttered in a low voice.

"Then a second North Sea Eye will appear."

With a slight movement of Lin Yuan's mind, that "North Sea Eye" as small as a hair appeared before him.

Then he swallowed it in one gulp.

Then he began to sink into the desert.

Sinking continuously.

Without end.

At the same time.

On the other side of the desert.

The Origin Qi of heaven and earth gathered.

Forming a figure.

This figure's eyes presented a pure golden color, high and aloof, indifferent and ruthless.

It glanced at the position where Lin Yuan sank, and its figure once again turned into the Origin Qi of heaven and earth, disappearing in place.