Chapter 225: End of the Road

Red Kun Star Lord's thoughts were complex.

His eldest Disciple stepping into the Eighth-Order was originally something that made him happy.

After all, this was his very first Eighth-Order Disciple.

However, people were always prone to comparison.

The eldest Disciple stepped into the Eighth-Order, and his Internal World reached an area of two hundred and thirty li in radius.

Compared with Lin Yuan's Internal World, which exceeded one hundred thousand li in radius,

And Lin Yuan was currently still at the Seventh-Order; once he stepped into the Eighth-Order, his Internal World would usher in a massive surge.

The gap between the two would become even larger.

Looking at the eldest Disciple's expression full of joy,

Red Kun Star Lord couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Indeed.

Sometimes, ignorance was also a kind of happiness.

"Alright."

"Don't be too complacent. The path after the Eighth-Order is not easy to walk. You need to collect various cosmic rare treasures, comprehend more rules, and perfect your Internal World."

Red Kun Star Lord spoke.

As someone who had been through this and an Eighth Order Invincibles existence, Red Kun Star Lord was fully qualified to say such words.

Even being of the same Eighth-Order, the gap was huge. For example, for Red Kun Star Lord, killing ordinary Eighth-Order Experts was not much harder than cutting vegetables.

On many Medium Alien Battlefields, Red Kun Star Lord revealed his true form, blocking the sky and sun, opened his mouth, and took a gentle breath, swallowing countless alien Experts into it.

And for example, that million-year-old Eighth Order Invincibles of the Black Abyss Clan, Black Abyss * Qing Yu,

with just a single Soul attack, pierced through the many defenses of the Eighth-Order Evolver Ou Yin, and even nearly shattered that Eighth-Order Soul defense treasure.

Even so, Ou Yin still could not escape the fate of death.

"Understood."

Great Peak Lord was startled in his heart, and his thoughts immediately converged.

Indeed, for the entire Human Civilization and the myriad races of the Cosmic Starry Sky, the Eighth-Order only had the qualification to stand on the stage.

"That's good."

Red Kun Star Lord nodded slightly.

Although Great Peak Lord was far from being able to compare with Lin Yuan,

he also hoped that this Disciple of his could walk further on the path of evolution.

"Which Star Domain do you plan to choose to garrison?"

Red Kun Star Lord looked at Great Peak Lord and asked.

"Which Star Domain to garrison."

Below, Lin Yuan and many Star Lords heard this and turned to look at the Senior Brother.

In the Human Civilization Alliance, Evolvers below the Eighth-Order were actually protected and sheltered.

There were basically no mandatory task orders. Even going to the Alien Race Battlefield was initiated by the Evolver's active application.

Evolvers below the Eighth-Order, as long as they didn't actively provoke trouble and didn't violate the laws and regulations of Human Civilization, could live very comfortably.

This seemed ordinary, but in reality, among other alien races in the Cosmic Starry Sky, the weak had to be enslaved and driven. Where was there any freedom? Comfortable?

But all of this only applied below the Eighth-Order.

Once an Evolver reached the Eighth-Order, they needed to fulfill obligations for Human Civilization.

Specifically, it was to choose a Star Domain and head there as a Star Lord to garrison for five hundred years.

After five hundred years, Eighth-Order Evolvers could choose to continue garrisoning or choose to step down.

Simply put, below the Eighth-Order, Evolvers were protected, while upon reaching the Eighth-Order, it was the Evolvers who protected other citizens.

"Master, I haven't decided yet."

Great Peak Lord said.

Before charging towards the Eighth-Order, Great Peak Lord didn't even know if he could smoothly step into it. In case he died under the Heart Demon Tribulation, thinking too much would be useless.

"It's fine, take your time to consider."

Red Kun Star Lord just asked casually. Garrisoning a Star Domain and serving as a Star Lord of a region, although an obligation of Eighth-Order Evolvers,

wasn't something that had to be done immediately; there was still a buffer time.

After Red Kun Star Lord reminded him a few words,

Lin Yuan and the others left one after another.

At the First Mountain Peak, the thirteen Peak Lords of the Chi Kun lineage gathered here.

"Right, Senior Brother, during the period when you were in seclusion to impact the Eighth-Order, the Supreme Powerhouses of Human Civilization brought out that alien living being's body obtained from the large battlefield—"

Senior Brother spoke of what had happened recently, placing heavy emphasis on that partial body of the alien Supreme Powerhouse.

"I am also aware of this matter."

Senior Brother nodded. As long as his consciousness connected to the Virtual World, he could understand roughly seven or eight parts of it.

Comprehending that body of the extraterrestrial Supreme Powerhouse was not a secret in Human Civilization; basically, Sixth-Order and Seventh-Order Evolvers all knew about it.

The Supreme Powerhouses didn't intend to cover this up either, because this body would eventually be open to most Human Evolvers.

The other Peak Groups that obtained parts of the body would also do the same. Several Peak Groups were competing, competing for the sole evolutionary path leading to the supreme level.

"Master told me that the evolutionary pathways contained within that body are very bizarre, and in recent years, those Evolvers who comprehended the evolutionary pathways have not been cultivating smoothly—"

"So I plan not to comprehend that body."

Senior Brother said, shaking his head.

Whether or not to comprehend that body was entirely decided by the Evolver, but with the Opportunity of the Supreme Powerhouse level placed in front of them, very few Evolvers refused.

Senior Brother knew his own circumstances; he had just broken through to the Eighth-Order and needed a lot of time to stabilize his Realm,

at this time, going to comprehend a body of unknown background was completely unnecessary.

For Senior Brother, stabilizing his own Realm first was the most important. And by the time his own Realm stabilized, many Genius Evolvers would have already thrown themselves into it. Competing with these geniuses who had taken a step first had basically no hope.

Therefore, Senior Brother directly chose to give up.

"Not bad."

Lin Yuan heard this and nodded inwardly.

With Heaven-Defying Comprehension, he continuously comprehended the many evolutionary paths within that body, increasingly realizing that almost all the comprehended evolutionary pathways had more or less problems.

Senior Brother was steady and did not participate in it, so at least he wouldn't be affected by that residual body.

Virtual World.

Lin Yuan was still sitting at the peak of the Mountain Peak.

At this time, the many Mountain Peaks of this Virtual World were still filled with seated Evolvers.

But in reality, almost ninety-nine percent of the Evolvers had been replaced, and most of them had just come in not long ago.

Lin Yuan observed the body beneath the firmament. His mental will was constantly suppressed, and at the same time, he was comprehending the evolutionary pathways contained within that body.

"Right now, I have comprehended two thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven evolutionary pathways, and I have fully analyzed and comprehended these evolutionary pathways, integrating them into myself."

"But compared to the intricate evolutionary pathways within this body, this is merely a drop in the ocean."

Lin Yuan's expression was filled with amazement. High-order Evolvers indeed cultivated many evolutionary pathways concurrently, but this body's owner cultivated way too many.

"Moreover, these evolutionary pathways are all very wicked."

Lin Yuan thought to himself, especially that mental will coercion, forcing Evolvers to choose a certain evolutionary pathway to Cultivate as soon as possible.

"Anyway, I am not cultivating, only comprehending. I won't be affected by anything."

Lin Yuan's thoughts converged.

Just like a medicinal prescription, no one knew what effects the medicinal soup brewed from this prescription would have.

To figure it out, one must drink the medicinal soup, but Lin Yuan had no intention of drinking the medicinal soup at all. He only comprehended the prescription, so naturally, no problems would arise.

"The two thousand eight hundred and thirty-seventh evolutionary pathway—"

Lin Yuan's expression stirred, and he comprehended another evolutionary pathway from that body.

"Kill, kill, kill, kill everything! All things born of heaven and earth can be killed!"

The moment he comprehended this evolutionary pathway, Lin Yuan felt a monstrous killing intent.

At the same time, a craving arose in his heart, wanting to immediately throw themselves into cultivating this evolutionary pathway.

"Hmm?"

Lin Yuan stopped comprehending. The coercion that suppressed his mental will disappeared, and the sound of killing lingering in his ears gradually faded away.

"If other Evolvers comprehended this evolutionary pathway, I'm afraid they would Cultivate it at the very first moment, right? And then be affected by the massive killing intent and thoughts within, turning their real bodies in the outside world into madmen who only know how to kill?"

Lin Yuan thought silently in his heart. This wasn't the first time he encountered this; several times before, some evolutionary pathways he comprehended began to affect himself before he even cultivated them.

Thus, Lin Yuan set a restriction for himself: once his body located in the Virtual World began to Cultivate, he would directly and forcibly disconnect, and his consciousness would return to the main body.

This would at least cut off the influence.

"Continue, continue."

Lin Yuan rested for a while, then began to analyze this killing evolutionary pathway.

Not far away from Lin Yuan,

Gao Wufeng was also cross-legged and comprehending.

Cultivating the evolutionary pathways contained within the body, as long as one simultaneously observed and comprehended that body beneath the firmament, the cultivation speed could gain a terrifying boost.

Just as Gao Wufeng continued to Cultivate,

"Hmm?"

Gao Wufeng's mind and consciousness quietly began to sink…

"Where is this?"

Gao Wufeng opened his eyes and looked around, extremely vigilant.

But he didn't receive any reply.

All around was a vast expanse of whiteness.

At first, out of caution, Gao Wufeng did not act rashly.

But as time passed by,

One hundred years, two hundred years, one thousand years, ten thousand years.

Gao Wufeng's expression vaguely turned frantic. In this white expanse of space, there was not the slightest fluctuation of existing rules, so cultivation was completely impossible.

Gao Wufeng could only slowly watch time pass by like this.

Twenty thousand years later,

Gao Wufeng completely lost control and went mad, frantically striking out in all directions.

Although many Evolvers, in a single seclusion, would see decades or hundreds of years pass, that was immersed in cultivation.

Comprehending rule fluctuations, experiencing the Great Dao of heaven and earth, and indulging in it made time pass very quickly.

But the white expanse of space Gao Wufeng was currently in had no rule fluctuations whatsoever, and he could not fall into a slumber himself, so he could only watch time pass with his own eyes.

Being able to endure for twenty thousand years was already the result of Gao Wufeng's extremely strong mental will.

If it were other Evolvers, they would probably have started going crazy in less than ten thousand years.

Another fifty thousand years passed.

"Where on earth is this?"

"Who am I? My name is Gao Wufeng? I come from Human Civilization, but where are the other humans besides me? I remember I have a master—"

"Right, the trial. I remember I was comprehending that body, but how did I get here?"

Gao Wufeng's mind was anxious.

One hundred thousand years later,

Gao Wufeng looked up at the sky, and it was still a vast expanse of whiteness.

Crack.

Gao Wufeng's gaze instantly dimmed.

His mental will began to be extinguished. This extinction was carried out actively, meaning Gao Wufeng did it himself, having lost the motivation to live.

Outside.

For Gao Wufeng, the hundreds of thousands of years experienced in the white world

in the outside world, only a few breaths had passed.

Only to see Gao Wufeng's body begin to collapse, and his mental will also begin to be extinguished.

"Brother Gao?"

Lin Yuan immediately perceived the change, stopped observing, and looked towards Gao Wufeng.

He was not far from Gao Wufeng and discovered the other party's abnormality at the very first moment.

"Did cultivation fail? Didn't he make it through this time?"

Lin Yuan sighed. Last time Gao Wufeng faced the Heart Demon, he forcibly crossed it, leading to rapid progress in his cultivation afterwards.

Only now, he should have encountered a dilemma similar to the Heart Demon, but unfortunately, he probably didn't endure it.

Over the past few years, Lin Yuan had already seen many such situations where some Evolvers were cultivating when suddenly their physical bodies collapsed and their consciousness was extinguished.

"I wonder if it affected his real body in the outside world?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself. If it was only the collapse of the body within the Virtual World, it wouldn't be too big of a problem, as long as the Physical Body and Soul in the real world didn't have any accidents.

One hour later,

Zuo Qiuguang walked over.

"Brother Gao almost went on a killing spree in the Ninth Sword Star Domain. If it weren't for Ninth Sword Star Master intervening in time, I'm afraid…"

Zuo Qiuguang said directly. She got along well with Gao Wufeng and usually kept in touch. After Gao Wufeng had an accident, she went to check the movements of the Ninth Sword Star Domain at the first instance.

"Brother Gao's mental consciousness should have had a problem. Fortunately, after being suppressed in time by Ninth Sword Star Master, supplemented by some cosmic rare treasures for healing the mind, the subsequent problems should not be big."

The tone of Zuo Qiuguang's speech faintly revealed a trace of terror.

Yesterday Gao Wufeng was still exchanging insights with her and looked extremely normal, but today, he was like a madman. If Ninth Sword Star Master hadn't stopped him in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"This body…"

Zuo Qiuguang looked up at the body beneath the firmament.

At first, she thought this was a great Opportunity, her hope of becoming a Supreme Powerhouse.

But as time passed, Zuo Qiuguang witnessed with her own eyes Genius after Genius walking towards a dead end. Many of those Genius Evolvers were not much worse than her, yet still failed to endure it.

"This body has huge problems; it is definitely not as simple as comprehending evolutionary pathways."

Zuo Qiuguang muttered to herself, "I might not be able to hold on anymore either. Thirteenth Peak Lord, sometimes I really envy you for not rashly cultivating the evolutionary pathways you comprehended. Right now, it's hard for me not to Cultivate."

As long as one chose to Cultivate the evolutionary pathway principles contained within the body, there was no chance of turning back.

Unless one did not enter this Virtual World, as long as one continued to observe that body, the evolutionary pathways within the body would Cultivate on their own.

"Can't hold on anymore?" Lin Yuan looked at Zuo Qiuguang.

"Now, although I haven't gone mad, the more I Cultivate, the more I occasionally fall into some illusions. Sometimes I don't even know myself—"

Zuo Qiuguang said.

Originally, she didn't take these as problems, until she saw Gao Wufeng who almost went mad.

Zuo Qiuguang was very worried that one day she would become like Gao Wufeng.

"Then you really should stop."

Lin Yuan nodded. According to Zuo Qiuguang's description, continuing to Cultivate would probably lead to major problems, no better than Gao Wufeng.

"Come to think of it, it's quite funny."

"Originally among the three of us, Brother Gao and I were both high-spirited and full of ambition, determined to win that supreme evolutionary pathway. As a result, both of us have exited the scene, whereas you, Thirteenth Peak Lord, have persisted until now."

Zuo Qiuguang sighed, her figure disappeared, leaving the Virtual World.