Chapter 213: Demon Ancestor Tree, Blocking Out the Sun

"You came so early?"

Lin Yuan likewise extended his consciousness, arriving outside the Azure Sky World to rendezvous with those descending consciousnesses.

Lin Yuan's conscious projection was an ancient black tree, while the other three conscious projections were respectively a giant snake, a pale green lake, and a giant eyeball.

The extraterrestrial Void Realm was endless, so naturally, there wouldn't be only one Extraterrestrial Evil God like the Ancestral Demon Tree.

These three conscious projections came precisely from three other Extraterrestrial Evil Gods.

Between Extraterrestrial Evil Gods, it wasn't necessary to fight upon seeing each other; the possibility of cooperation also existed.

For instance, Lin Yuan usually maintained a good relationship with these three Extraterrestrial Evil Gods, occasionally communicating, trading, or exchanging their respective intelligence and information.

Over the past three hundred years, besides trying to Cultivate, Lin Yuan had attempted to befriend those Extraterrestrial Evil Gods.

According to what he had learned over the years, Lin Yuan learned that deep within the extraterrestrial Void Realm, there existed a large number of 'gathering grounds' permanently stationed by Extraterrestrial Evil Gods.

The ruler there was also an Extraterrestrial Evil God, rumored to have grown to the ninth stage.

The growth among Extraterrestrial Evil Gods was divided into stages; for example, Lin Yuan was currently at the seventh stage, and strictly speaking, the previous Ancestral Demon Tree was also at the seventh stage.

As for the ninth stage—although it was said that the growth stages of Extraterrestrial Evil Gods were not directly tied to strength, how weak could the strength of an Extraterrestrial Evil God capable of reaching this stage possibly be?

You must know that for an Extraterrestrial Evil God like the Ancestral Demon Tree, the growth limit was the eighth stage.

Even with Lin Yuan's Heaven-Defying Comprehension deducing the ninth stage, he couldn't obtain a shred of useful information.

According to Lin Yuan's speculation, an Extraterrestrial Evil God of the ninth stage, even if inferior to the Supreme Powerhouses of the Main World, probably wouldn't be too far behind.

"The gathering grounds of the Extraterrestrial Evil Gods."

Lin Yuan sighed; if possible, he really wanted to make a trip there,

It was just that from the information obtained from other Extraterrestrial Evil Gods,

traveling from the Azure Sky World to that gathering ground,

the time spent would have to be calculated in several millennia or tens of thousands of years.

Of course, for the Extraterrestrial Evil Gods whose Lifespan was almost endless,

a few thousand or ten thousand years was just sleeping a few times, but from Lin Yuan's perspective, there was completely no need for this.

Because the residency time was simply not enough.

"I wonder what a ninth-stage Extraterrestrial Evil God actually looks like? Can it be observed?"

Lin Yuan felt somewhat curious in his heart.

Extraterrestrial Evil Gods were very special life forms, and their growth stages were completely different from normal Cultivation systems.

For instance, like Lin Yuan, if he grew the Ancestral Demon Tree to the eighth stage, perhaps the significance of his own existence would be 'conceptualized'?

"Brother Demon, we actually envy you for being able to occupy such a world as a place to recuperate."

Just as Lin Yuan was deep in thought, that giant snake projection emitted mental fluctuations.

The consciousnesses of the other two Extraterrestrial Evil Gods likewise revealed desire in their expressions.

However, they could only envy and desire; nowadays, with Lin Yuan's Ancestral Demon Tree guarding the Azure Sky World, the defense had almost reached its ultimate limit.

Even if a dozen or so other Extraterrestrial Evil Gods came, they might not necessarily be able to breach the world barrier.

And wanting a dozen Extraterrestrial Evil Gods to join forces was harder than ascending to heaven,

Most importantly, even if the Azure Sky World was breached, a mere single world was far from enough to satisfy the appetites of a dozen Extraterrestrial Evil Gods.

"Alright."

"Enough small talk, let's start trading."

The evil god projection of that giant eyeball emitted mental fluctuations to remind them.

The reason why those three Extraterrestrial Evil Gods had their consciousnesses descend to this place was precisely to trade with Lin Yuan.

Extraterrestrial Evil Gods mostly wandered in the vast Void Realm, and occasionally they could still obtain some good things.

"Old rules."

"I only want Sin Water and secret techniques related to the World Consciousness."

Lin Yuan nodded, his mind shifting slightly, as pure cyan Evil Demon Seeds appeared before him.

Aside from being used as a means to deal with enemies, the Evil Demon Seeds condensed by the Ancestral Demon Tree, once their inner life imprints were retrieved, became a treasure quite beneficial to other evil gods.

Over the years, Lin Yuan had truly earned a lot of wealth relying on the Evil Demon Seeds.

Of course, the Evil Demon Seeds here referred to the Evil Demon Seeds after Lin Yuan perfected the 'parasitic' means.

Every time he condensed such an Evil Demon Seed, Lin Yuan had to expend some time and energy.

And the Evil Demon Seeds after retrieving his own life imprint did not occupy Lin Yuan's 'parasitic' quota.

Therefore, Lin Yuan would make such an exchange.

"No problem."

"Here is ten portions of Sin Water."

The lake consciousness projection took out the collected Sin Water,

and traded it with Lin Yuan for twenty portions of Evil Demon Seeds.

Sin Water was a treasure produced within certain Secret Realms of the extraterrestrial Void Realm.

Containing endless sin within, it was most suitable to act as a tonic for certain Extraterrestrial Evil Gods.

After multiple attempts by Lin Yuan, he discovered that Sin Water had a considerable auxiliary effect on the body of the Ancestral Demon Tree.

Exactly because of this,

Lin Yuan would actively go to exchange for Sin Water.

Although whether the Ancestral Demon Tree of this realm was strong or not had basically no impact on Lin Yuan's true body located in the Main World,

but that was built on the premise of needing to use the Origin of the Azure Sky World to bear the Martial Dao Evolution Path. If he could enhance the Foundation and strength of the Ancestral Demon Tree, that naturally would be even better.

"I have two secret techniques related to the World Consciousness. Please take a look, Brother Demon." The giant snake consciousness projection emitted mental fluctuations.

It transmitted the beginning of the two secret techniques related to the World Consciousness to Lin Yuan.

"Mm, not bad."

"These two secret techniques have their merits."

Lin Yuan nodded and handed ten portions of Evil Demon Seeds to the other party.

The secret techniques related to the World Consciousness concerned a certain plan, or rather, a goal of Lin Yuan's.

The World Consciousness was illusory and ethereal; for the living beings within the world, it was basically untouchable.

But among Extraterrestrial Evil Gods, the World Consciousness was not a secret. Many Extraterrestrial Evil Gods wanted to breach a world, only to be obstructed by the World Consciousness.

When the previous Ancestral Demon Tree wanted to descend upon the Azure Sky World,

under the threat of subjugation, the World Consciousness went so far as to let the world sword be born,

and then formed the Azure Sky Alliance, concentrating all power to resist the invasion of the Ancestral Demon Tree.

Therefore,

over countless tens of thousands of years,

the Extraterrestrial Evil Gods had a deep understanding of the World Consciousness, and even formed various secret techniques specifically targeting the World Consciousness.

"I have also collected a few secret techniques."

The giant eyeball projection finally spoke.

The four Extraterrestrial Evil Gods thus completed the trade, and their expressions were all very satisfied.

"Brother Demon, you have already occupied this world, why collect so many secret techniques related to the World Consciousness?"

The giant snake consciousness projection asked curiously.

Hearing this, the consciousness projections of the other two evil gods likewise looked at Lin Yuan.

Indeed.

With the methods of Extraterrestrial Evil Gods, as long as they descended into a world, it was basically a declaration of victory once they merged into the ocean of the world's Origin, regardless of whatever World Consciousness there was.

"I'm just a bit curious."

Lin Yuan casually found an excuse to brush it off.

"Curious?"

The three evil god consciousness projections glanced at each other.

Since Lin Yuan was unwilling to speak, they wouldn't ask much either.

Extraterrestrial Evil Gods and Extraterrestrial Evil Gods had always refrained from inquiring into each other's affairs in detail.

"Right."

"Brother Demon, do you have anything to do right now?"

The giant eyeball projection suddenly spoke, "I have a friend who wants to meet you."

"A friend? What is there for them to see me?" Lin Yuan asked with a frown.

"It's a good thing, a great good thing."

The giant eyeball projection immediately said.

Soon.

Another consciousness descended.

This consciousness projection was similar to a humanoid, but grew sixteen arms.

"Brother Demon." The sixteen-armed evil god projection immediately greeted Lin Yuan warmly.

"This Extraterrestrial Evil God is very strong." Lin Yuan's expression turned slightly grave; at least it was stronger than the other three Extraterrestrial Evil Gods.

Of course, it still couldn't compare to the current Lin Yuan.

After three hundred years of Cultivation, relying on his Heaven-Defying Comprehension, Lin Yuan's combat power had long far surpassed that of the Ancestral Demon Tree during its peak years in the past.

"A few of us discovered a Void Secret Realm and want to invite Brother Demon to join. Rest assured, two-tenths of the harvest from that Void Secret Realm in the end will be allocated to Brother Demon."

The sixteen-armed evil god projection said with a smile, "I highly recognize your strength, Brother Demon. That Void Secret Realm is actually not difficult to occupy."

"A Void Secret Realm."

Lin Yuan fell into thought.

The so-called Void Secret Realm refers to some perilous places randomly born within the endless extraterrestrial Void Realm.

In these perilous places, there was a certain possibility that treasures, Opportunities, and so on existed.

Generally speaking, whenever Extraterrestrial Evil Gods encountered a Void Secret Realm, they could all obtain quite a few benefits.

The previous Ancestral Demon Tree had encountered many Void Secret Realms; even if some Secret Realm entrances could not be entered for a short time, it would send out some sub-body Demon Ancestor Trees to guard nearby.

"Where is the Void Secret Realm?"

Lin Yuan asked.

"Flying in this direction will take about five hundred years," the sixteen-armed evil god immediately replied.

"I'm not very interested."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly and said.

He wasn't skeptical about the harvest share.

As a latecomer, being able to get a two-tenths share of the Secret Realm's income could already be considered exceptionally good.

But precisely because of this, Lin Yuan felt something was amiss; if that Void Secret Realm truly wasn't difficult to attack, why invite him specifically?

Besides,

five hundred years of travel time was somewhat unrealistic for the current Lin Yuan.

With less than two hundred years remaining of his residency in the current world, Lin Yuan didn't need to think about adventuring into any Void Secret Realm; staying peacefully in the Azure Sky World would suffice.

"Alright."

"When you collect related secret techniques or Sin Water next time, come find me again."

Lin Yuan withdrew his extended consciousness and returned into the Azure Sky World.

Suddenly,

only four lonely evil god consciousnesses were left in the Void Realm.

"What should we do now?"

"Should we continue inviting him?"

"Let's give up. I see Brother Demon has a very high vigilance; let's switch to other evil gods."

The four evil god consciousnesses discussed for a while and then returned the way they came.

Azure Sky World.

At the top of the Ancestral Demon Tree.

Lin Yuan gazed far away at the retreating four evil god consciousnesses.

"It seems I've been targeted?" Lin Yuan pondered in his heart, although he hadn't sensed any malice toward him from the consciousness of that sixteen-armed evil god.

But this sudden invitation made Lin Yuan have many thoughts in his heart.

Over the past three hundred years, Lin Yuan frequently traded with other evil gods, and the Evil Demon Seeds acting as a 'commodity' were even more sought after by numerous evil gods.

Falling into the eyes of certain evil gods because of this was naturally normal.

"Regardless of whether I'm being watched or not."

"As long as I hide inside the Azure Sky World and don't come out, who can do anything to me?"

Lin Yuan's mind shifted to those newly acquired secret techniques.

"World Consciousness." Lin Yuan studied it repeatedly.

The reason Lin Yuan delved into such secret techniques was to try whether he could use his own consciousness to replace the consciousness of the Azure Sky World.

To be precise, it was to use the instinctive consciousness of the Ancestral Demon Tree to replace the Azure Sky World Consciousness.

Logically speaking, this kind of thought was undoubtedly a fantasy. How vast was the World Consciousness? Even for Extraterrestrial Evil Gods, it was far from possible to directly contend against the mighty World Consciousness.

Let alone replace it.

The methods of Extraterrestrial Evil Gods to deal with the World Consciousness were similar to woodworms, burrowing into the ocean of the world's Origin and slowly devouring it.

As for directly replacing the World Consciousness, it was simply unrealistic.

However, this was the normal situation. The current Azure Sky World Consciousness had already fallen into a slumber, coupled with the fact that Lin Yuan grasped the world sword.

He could inversely influence the World Consciousness to a certain extent.

If he used Heaven-Defying Comprehension, taking the numerous secret techniques related to the World Consciousness as a Foundation, to create a suitable substitution method, it might not be impossible to accomplish.

The reason why Lin Yuan wanted to replace the World Consciousness of the Azure Sky World was for a certain conjecture in his heart.

The shuttle function of the Gate of Myriad Realms, at the lowest level of random shuttling, required a wisp of Boundary-Breaking Source Power every time.

If it was precise shuttling using world coordinates, it consumed ten wisps of Boundary-Breaking Source Power.

Where exactly were these Boundary-Breaking Source Powers consumed? If consciousness descended, it would perfectly integrate into the living beings of this world without revealing any abnormalities.

During this period, things like being boycotted by the world wouldn't happen either.

But what if this world wouldn't produce any resistance or exclusion toward Lin Yuan's consciousness at all? Would the consumption of Boundary-Breaking Source Power drop significantly?

If that were truly the case, Lin Yuan used the instinctive consciousness of the Ancestral Demon Tree to replace the Azure Sky World Consciousness,

and then completely opened up to Lin Yuan's consciousness,

then the Boundary-Breaking Source Power consumed when Lin Yuan descended upon the Azure Sky World once again

would probably be pitifully small.

By then, the entire Azure Sky World would become Lin Yuan's back garden.

He could descend whenever he wanted.

"There are still one hundred and ninety years of residency time remaining."

"During this period, most of my energy will be placed on creating the secret technique to replace the World Consciousness."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

As for comprehending the core space models of the Space Rules, after comprehending over a thousand core space models, the difficulty of comprehending each subsequent space model would greatly increase.

In one hundred and ninety years, at most a little over a hundred core space rule models could be comprehended.

The significance was not too great.

As for continuing to pioneer the follow-up of Martial Dao Evolution? The current seventh-stage chapter of Martial Dao had already been pioneered to Perfection.

Lin Yuan had not yet stepped into the eighth stage; if he chose to pioneer the eighth-stage chapter, it would inevitably be somewhat thankless.

Rather than being like this, it was better to put the remaining energy into the consciousness-substituting method.

After all, this kind of Opportunity might not be encountered once even after shuttling dozens of times.

Wanting to make the World Consciousness fall into a slumber? The difficulty was too great, and world weapons like the world sword were not present in every world.

Time passed silently, and unknowingly, another one hundred and eighty years passed.