Chapter 235: The Supreme Powerhouse’s Bestowal

"A Supreme Powerhouse wants to see me?"

Lin Yuan's mind stirred. Supreme Powerhouses were the foundational pillars of Human Civilization.

Today, Human Civilization could sweep across the myriad races of the Cosmic Starry Sky not only because the Three Goddesses coordinated everything, but also thanks to top-tier combat power like the Nine Supreme Experts.

Without Supreme Powerhouses, Human Civilization could not compete at all against the Zerg's 'sea of bugs army'.

"Yes, the Supreme Powerhouse who wants to see you is named 'Xia Qin'," answered the Goddess of Wisdom.

"Supreme Being Xia Qin."

Lin Yuan's thoughts strayed. Supreme Being Xia Qin was the third Supreme Powerhouse of Human Civilization. The Evolution High Tower where he presided was located in the northeastern region of Human Civilization's territory, facing two Peak Groups all by himself.

"How will we meet?"

Lin Yuan asked.

"A meeting in the Virtual World will suffice," said the Goddess of Wisdom in a solemn, cold voice.

"Understood."

Lin Yuan nodded.

That a Supreme Powerhouse wanted to meet him was well within Lin Yuan's expectations.

As Lin Yuan's strength continuously advanced, it was bound to attract the attention of the Supreme Powerhouses.

Below the Eighth Order, Tier 6 and Tier 7 were not even in the eyes of Supreme Powerhouses, but reaching the Eighth Order was already considered top-tier combat power for Human Civilization.

Moreover, Lin Yuan was too young to step into the Eighth Order—under a hundred years old, or more precisely, in his thirties.

Even if Supreme Powerhouses hadn't paid attention to Lin Yuan now, once he became an Eighth Order Invincible and stepped into Tier 9, he would still have to meet a Supreme Powerhouse.

A mysterious Virtual World.

Lin Yuan's figure appeared, and he looked around.

Far in the distance stood a towering man. Calling him towering, he was actually only three meters tall, but he gave Lin Yuan an extraordinarily imposing feeling, far exceeding tens of thousands of stars combined.

"A Supreme Powerhouse."

Lin Yuan examined the towering man closely, only to feel his Soul trembling. On this towering man, he seemed to see the vast Cosmic Starry Sky and the operation of endless Rule Origins.

"Space Rules? Time Rule? No, it's the Space-Time Rule formed by the Fusion of Space Rules and Time Rule! And Life Rule, Karma rule… Too many, way too many…"

Lin Yuan braved it out to comprehend with his Heaven-Defying Comprehension, only to find very little progress.

The gap between them was far too huge. The reason Lin Yuan had been able to comprehend the numerous evolutionary pathways within that severed body was that the owner was already completely dead.

Furthermore, a Supreme Powerhouse had paid a price to forcibly display the profundities contained in that body.

Combined with the isolation of the Virtual World,

only then could Tier 6 and Tier 7 Human Evolvers comprehend it. Without those preparations, if that body had been brought directly for comprehension, every Tier 6 and Tier 7 Evolver would probably have gone insane the moment they laid eyes on it.

Now, Lin Yuan attempting to comprehend Supreme Being Xia Qin was equivalent to directly comprehending the operations of the Cosmic Starry Sky's Origin; it was very difficult to realize anything in a short time.

"An interesting little guy."

Supreme Being Xia Qin glanced at Lin Yuan and spoke with a smile.

"Greetings, Supreme Powerhouse."

Lin Yuan immediately said respectfully.

"How terrifying. So different rules can be fused?" Lin Yuan faintly saw the path to Tier 9 or even Tier 10 from the Supreme Powerhouse.

For an Eighth-Order Evolver wanting to enter Tier 9, besides making their Internal World sufficiently complete, they also needed to fuse rules.

Red Kun Star Lord was stuck right on this—the Fusion between Space Rules and the Rule of Fire had long failed to achieve a perfect Fusion.

But on Supreme Being Xia Qin, Lin Yuan felt many rules integrated as one, where even the two pillar rules of Time and Space perfectly fused into the Space-Time Rule.

"Your Aptitude is quite good. Knowing the second way to comprehend that body, you must also know about the existence of the Demon Jade Tower? You must have an extraterrestrial Opportunity?"

Supreme Being Xia Qin remarked casually.

"Yes."

Lin Yuan answered immediately.

But inside, he was startled.

The Demon Jade Tower? Supreme Being Xia Qin knew about the Demon Jade Tower as well?

All along, Lin Yuan had thought he was the only one who knew about the Demon Jade Tower, but now it seemed the Supreme Powerhouses of Human Civilization had known long ago.

As for the 'extraterrestrial Opportunity' Supreme Being Xia Qin mentioned… although not entirely accurate, the Gate of Myriad Realms should also count as an 'extraterrestrial Opportunity', right?

"Those old fellows of the Zerg somehow found out from somewhere that a Supreme Powerhouse corpse from the Demon Jade Tower was going to drift in…"

"The Demon Jade Tower is a very ancient faction. Their Tower Master has been missing for countless years, and most of their members have vanished as well."

Supreme Being Xia Qin said with a slight sigh.

Lin Yuan listened obediently from below.

The pressure the Supreme Powerhouse brought him was truly enormous. Moreover, judging by Supreme Being Xia Qin's tone, he didn't even care much about these so-called 'extraterrestrial Opportunities'.

Of course, Lin Yuan was certain that the Supreme Powerhouse had not discovered the existence of the Gate of Myriad Realms.

So far, among all the existences Lin Yuan had ever seen, only that towering Gate of Myriad Realms deep within his mind could compare to Supreme Being Xia Qin in front of him.

Yet that Gate of Myriad Realms deep in his mind was merely an insignificant projection of the true Gate of Myriad Realms. In terms of level, the Gate of Myriad Realms was even superior to Supreme Powerhouses.

"And then there's your mental will."

Supreme Being Xia Qin continued to observe Lin Yuan, and in a daze, the fluctuations of time began to shift.

"If I'm not mistaken, the years experienced by your mental will should be different from your Physical Body and Soul, right?"

Supreme Being Xia Qin said with a smile.

As an existence who had fully mastered the Time Rule, after observing Lin Yuan for a short moment, Supreme Being Xia Qin noticed the difference in the flow of time on his body.

"The years experienced by my mental will?"

Lin Yuan froze for a moment.

He had traversed seven times, and the actual time he had experienced was over a thousand years. However, he had never mentioned this to anyone, not even Red Kun Star Lord…

Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly.

"Hahahaha, little guy, don't be nervous. Having your mental will experience more years than your Physical Body and Soul is by no means rare. Many techniques and talents can achieve this, such as Grand Dream Eternal Ages, Time Room, and so on."

Supreme Being Xia Qin shook his head and laughed.

As a Supreme Powerhouse, he could go upstream against the Time River, so naturally he could slow down or accelerate the flow of time.

Meaning that while an instant passed in the outside world, he himself experienced tens of millions of years.

Or while tens of millions of years passed outside, only an instant passed for him.

In addition, many talent abilities and techniques could accomplish this, mostly related to time.

"Grand Dream Eternal Ages… Time Room…"

Lin Yuan breathed a quiet sigh of relief. Although he didn't know the specifics, since the Supreme Powerhouse said so, it was definitely related to the speed of time flow.

Makes sense.

For a Supreme Powerhouse, manipulating time was no difficult task. If they could even resurrect beings who had died in the past, what was speeding up or slowing down the flow of time?

Of course, involving time flow meant only a Supreme Powerhouse or an existence who had fully mastered the complete Time Rule could do it, making it a top-tier ability and Opportunity.

"Judging by the passage of time on your mental will, your age should be around two thousand years old."

Supreme Being Xia Qin looked at Lin Yuan and said.

"Supreme Powerhouse…"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan remained silent.

"Hahahaha, are you thinking right now that your title as a Genius is gone?" Supreme Being Xia Qin teased.

"Indeed."

Lin Yuan nodded.

"There's no need to think that way," Supreme Being Xia Qin said. "If living long enough was all it took to reach the Eighth Order, how could our Human Alliance have so few Eighth-Order Evolvers?"

"Furthermore, the Goddess of Wisdom mentioned that you are the founder of an evolutionary path, and the evolutionary path you created holds immense potential."

"Under the condition of continuously blazing a new evolutionary path, achieving all this with a mental will age of merely two thousand years means your talent easily ranks in the top twenty, or even top ten, in the history of Human Civilization."

Supreme Being Xia Qin said with a smile.

If Lin Yuan's mental will age had been thirty-something, just like his Physical Body and Primordial Spirit, he would have suspected whether Lin Yuan had some other Origins.

In one's thirties, stepping into the Eighth Order and creating an evolutionary path of immense potential was simply impossible.

Even a Supreme Powerhouse would find it absurd.

"Top twenty or top ten in talent in the history of Human Civilization…"

Lin Yuan blinked.

This evaluation was terrifyingly high. This was the history of Human Civilization—over two million years in the Star Sea Calendar! How many freaks and Prodigies had emerged in Human Civilization?

It even included the Nine Supreme Experts. For Lin Yuan to rank in the top twenty or top ten, wasn't he in the topmost tier below the Supreme Powerhouses?

Hearing Supreme Being Xia Qin's evaluation of him, Lin Yuan couldn't help feeling a bit pleased with himself, but he quickly composed himself.

No matter how strong one's talent was, if it couldn't be converted into real strength, it was meaningless.

In the two million-plus years of the Star Sea Calendar, many Evolvers had great potential to become Supreme Powerhouses, but in the end, Human Civilization only had Nine Supreme Experts.

"Mastering talent methods similar to Grand Dream Eternal Ages indeed gives an enormous advantage in the Early Stage of Cultivation, but that is all. Once you reach Tier 7 or Tier 8, such abilities are no longer as crucial."

Supreme Being Xia Qin remarked.

The so-called Grand Dream Eternal Ages referred to experiencing thousands of years within a dream. Such a method was very easy for a Supreme Powerhouse to perform.

Even if Lin Yuan relied on an ability similar to Grand Dream Eternal Ages, reaching his current level in only around two thousand years still could not conceal his Heaven-Defying Aptitude.

That was why Supreme Being Xia Qin evaluated Lin Yuan as being in the top twenty or top ten in all of Human Civilization's history.

"Understood."

Lin Yuan spoke softly.

In truth, the Gate of Myriad Realms' traversal function was far from being as simple as Grand Dream Eternal Ages.

Traversing to a world, absorbing the essence of that world's cultivation system, and comprehending rule fluctuations across different dimensions and realms—

this was far more precious than mere time flow rates.

Supreme Being Xia Qin had only noticed that the passage of time on Lin Yuan's mental will was abnormal, but he had failed to detect the existence of the Gate of Myriad Realms.

"With your talent and Aptitude, you won't encounter major bottlenecks in Cultivating at the Eighth-Order level, but when it comes to fusing rules in the end, you must think it through carefully."

"The rule Fusion here isn't between ordinary rules, but between pillar rules and other rules."

"You must carefully consider which rule you choose to fuse with a pillar rule."

Supreme Being Xia Qin cautioned.

"Thank you for your guidance, Supreme Powerhouse."

Lin Yuan nodded. The so-called pillar rules referred to Space Rules, Time Rule, Life Rule, and so on.

"Since you've already stepped into the Eighth Order, you should be heading to a border Star Domain to guard it for five hundred years soon, right?" Supreme Being Xia Qin looked at Lin Yuan.

"Yes."

Lin Yuan nodded.

"However, I haven't chosen which Star Domain yet."

Lin Yuan said.

"Border Star Domains are fraught with perils. I shall give you a treasure," Supreme Being Xia Qin said.

"Don't refuse. Do you think that just because you are powerful, have Clone techniques, or have us to resurrect you, you won't die?"

Supreme Being Xia Qin looked at Lin Yuan and shook his head.

"Clone techniques are not foolproof, and resurrection methods cannot resurrect everything."

Supreme Being Xia Qin said, "For example, memory contamination—no matter how many Clones you have, they will all die. After resurrection, as long as the contaminated memory remains, you will still die."

"Memory contamination."

Lin Yuan's expression grew solemn. This kind of method had even stricter requirements than curse-killing techniques. With Lin Yuan's current strength, even Tier 10 Experts would find it extremely difficult to inflict memory contamination on him.

"I will bestow upon you a treasure called the 'town spirit pearl'. Even if a Supreme Powerhouse attempts memory contamination or other methods against you, you will be able to hold out for an instant."

"When that happens, self-detonate directly and wait for me to resurrect you."

Supreme Being Xia Qin said calmly.

"It can block a Supreme Powerhouse for an instant?"

Lin Yuan was shocked in his heart. What kind of existences were Supreme Powerhouses? Their means of attack were mysterious and unpredictable. For instance, before meeting Supreme Being Xia Qin, if an alien powerhouse had wanted to kill Lin Yuan, it wouldn't have been too difficult at all.

They could even achieve a permanent kill from which not even resurrection could bring him back.

However, Supreme Powerhouses valued their dignity. What Lin Yuan displayed externally right now was merely an Eighth-Order under a hundred years old, which was not worth a Supreme Powerhouse stepping in personally.

But if it were revealed that Lin Yuan was not only an Eighth-Order under a hundred years old, but also the founder of the Martial Dao Evolution Path, it would be a different story.

"Remember."

"Once the 'town spirit pearl' is passively activated, you must choose to self-detonate without the slightest hesitation. You absolutely cannot delay."

Supreme Being Xia Qin said with a serious expression.

As long as Lin Yuan hadn't suffered memory contamination or similar means, he could step in to resurrect him without harming his foundation.

But once contaminated in memory, just like a Heart Demon Tribulation, even a Supreme Powerhouse could not cleanse everything, and he would still die after being resurrected.

"I've remembered it."

Lin Yuan said in a deep voice.

What Supreme Being Xia Qin was considering was the extreme situation Lin Yuan might face. A Supreme Powerhouse taking action? Under normal circumstances, a Supreme Powerhouse would not act personally.

If an alien Supreme Powerhouse acted to eradicate a Human Genius, then the Supreme Powerhouses of Human Civilization would also act to eradicate alien Geniuses.

If it came to that, nobody would be able to step outside anymore.

Unless an alien Supreme Powerhouse saw the hope of becoming a Supreme Powerhouse in Lin Yuan.

Otherwise, they wouldn't even bother paying attention.

As for Eighth-Order Evolvers under a hundred years old, there were still some in the history of Human Civilization, but in the end, very few were able to touch the realm of a Supreme Powerhouse.

Supreme Being Xia Qin knew that Lin Yuan was the founder of the Martial Dao Evolution Path; as a pioneer who could reach this step despite having no path ahead of him, he indeed had the potential to become a Supreme Powerhouse.

But while Supreme Being Xia Qin knew this, the alien Supreme Powerhouses did not.

In the entirety of Human Civilization, those who knew Lin Yuan was the founder of the Martial Dao Evolution Path were only the Three Goddesses and the Nine Supreme Experts.

"I will have someone deliver the town spirit pearl to you as soon as possible."

Supreme Being Xia Qin waved his hand, sending Lin Yuan out of this Virtual World.

Once Lin Yuan disappeared,

Supreme Being Xia Qin's smile began to fade.

"I hope… you can grow up smoothly."

Supreme Being Xia Qin looked toward the position where Lin Yuan had last stood, a glimmer of expectation showing in his eyes.