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Eighth Heaven.

The group of Supreme Immortal Kings fell into silence.

"Martial Ancestor. Has the Martial Ancestor ascended to the Ninth Heaven?"

After a long while, the voice of the Supreme Immortal King trembled slightly.

As Supreme Immortal Kings, even those born in the Three Thousand Daozhou Era, who wielded the universe, had long since lost any so-called emotions of shock.

But in recent centuries, due to the appearance of the Martial Ancestor, the cognitive perceptions of these Supreme Immortal Kings had been refreshed time and time again.

Now he had even ascended to the Ninth Heaven, fulfilling the Ultimate goal of all Immortal Kings across various eras.

"He should have ascended."

The Opening Heaven Immortal King took a deep breath, "After the Tenth Layer is the Ninth Heaven; the Martial Ancestor is already in the Ninth Heaven now."

The many Immortal Kings present looked at each other, their thoughts in turmoil.

Although ascending to the Ninth Heaven had nothing to do with them, everyone had witnessed the Martial Ancestor ascending to it with their own eyes, giving them an inexplicable sense of participation.

"I wonder what is on the Ninth Heaven? Is it the same as the previous eight heavens, filled with wonders and strange phenomena?"

"Unclear, but it is rumored that there are 'Celestial Beings' on the Ninth Heaven. I wonder if the Martial Ancestor has encountered them?"

"We can also be considered to have witnessed the greatest event in the history of the Spirit Realm, not living in vain."

The Supreme Immortal Kings conversed with one another. In the past, according to the eras they belonged to, they were divided into the Prehistoric Era Immortal King and Three Thousand Daozhou Era Immortal King factions.

But now, all Supreme Immortal Kings had cast aside factional differences. In the face of such a major event as the Martial Ancestor ascending to the Ninth Heaven, as long as they were life forms of the Spirit Realm, there was no difference.

"The Ninth Heaven. There probably won't be any latecomers able to ascend to the Ninth Heaven again."

The Niluan Immortal King looked toward the entrance of the Ninth Heaven and let out a soft sigh.

Hearing this, the rest of the Supreme Immortal Kings immediately felt a pang of emotion.

Ascending to the Ninth Heaven was the goal of all Experts in the Spirit Realm. In an incomparably distant past, amidst ancient eras unknown to all the Immortal Kings present, there might well have been some Experts who ascended to the Ninth Heaven.

For example, the Dragon Ancestor, whose life imprint was ranked on the seventh layer, had ultimately disappeared inexplicably; perhaps it had entered the Ninth Heaven.

There was also the Phoenix Ancestor and so on.

The more ancient the era, the fewer life imprints branded upon the heaven and earth of the Spirit Realm, which in turn resulted in relatively weaker strengths for the ten strongest life forms of the Spirit Realm within the entrance passage of the Ninth Heaven.

The difficulty of passing through was also lower.

Of course, all of this was merely the conjecture of the Niluan Immortal King.

He did not know whether the disappeared Dragon Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor had truly ascended to the Ninth Heaven.

But at least there was this possibility, this hope.

But now.

The Niluan Immortal King was certain, however.

There was absolutely no possibility or hope for later generations to ascend to the Ninth Heaven.

With the existence of the Martial Ancestor and his life imprint guarding the Tenth Layer, the Niluan Immortal King truly could not imagine how cruel a blow it would be to the Supreme Immortal Kings of future eras who targeted the Ninth Heaven.

The strength of the Martial Ancestor had a completely fault-line-like gap compared to the latter nine of the ten strongest life forms in the first nine layers of the Spirit Realm.

Even if the latter nine life forms were added together and their strength increased tenfold or a hundredfold, before the Martial Ancestor, it would probably just be a matter of one punch or a few punches.

Imagine if some stunning and brilliant Supreme Immortal King-tier expert of later generations comprehended all advanced Creation Powers and ordinary Creation Powers, remaining invincible for dozens of eras.

Then went with full confidence to brave the Ninth Heaven.

After a cruel battle, defeating opponents layer by layer, they finally arrived at the Tenth Layer, only to be slapped to death by the Martial Ancestor's life imprint. How despairing that scene would be.

From the first layer to the ninth layer, the difficulty of defeating opponents increased slowly, being one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine respectively.

Then upon reaching the Tenth Layer, the difficulty of victory abruptly became ten thousand.

Therefore, in the view of the Niluan Immortal King and other Supreme Immortal Kings, ascending to the Ninth Heaven could probably be considered an achievement with "no successors."

For countless eras to come, the strongest beings of the various eras in the Spirit Realm would all be shrouded under the terror of the Martial Ancestor.

Ninth Heaven.

Lin Yuan stood alone on the peak of the mountain, deep in thought.

"This Ninth Heaven has no life forms at all; could it be that I am the so-called 'Celestial Being'?" Lin Yuan's expression was somewhat odd.

Legend had it that the 'Celestial Being' on the Nine Heavens overlooked the Spirit Realm and remained undying for all eternity; if Lin Yuan wanted to do these things, he seemed capable of achieving them as well.

Even with the limitation of the residency time limit, given Lin Yuan's current Physical Body strength, he could indeed achieve eternal immortality.

You must know that Lin Yuan's Physical Body was not an ordinary tier-eight martial Dao Ultimate Physical Body. After being blessed and enhanced by the Mysterious Gourd, Lin Yuan's Physical Body had likewise increased thirteenfold.

"However, the mysterious aura here is indeed much richer, and it has no small benefit for comprehending Creation Power."

Lin Yuan felt it carefully for a moment and came to a conclusion.

The Ninth Heaven did not have the many wonders and strange phenomena of the previous eight heavens; there was only a boundless rolling sea of clouds and the mysterious aura permeating the Void Realm.

These mysterious auras also existed in the Eighth Heaven, but compared to the Ninth Heaven, they were far too thin. Through Lin Yuan's 'testing', the mysterious aura allowed people to feel the essence of various Creation Powers more clearly.

"Primal Stone." Lin Yuan glanced at the mountain peak beneath his feet, which was strikingly similar to the treasure stone he had obtained from the Niluan Immortal King.

It contained an aura that surpassed advanced Creation Power — Primal Power.

Lin Yuan called this kind of stone the 'Primal Stone'.

"That is—"

Lin Yuan raised his head and looked in the direction above the Nine Heavens.

He saw that at the highest point of space, the highest point in every sense, a corner of a vast world countless times larger than the Spirit Realm was revealed.

"Immortal Realm."

"This is the legendary Immortal Realm."

Lin Yuan's expression was thoughtful. Legends regarding the Immortal Realm had always existed in the Spirit Realm.

That was the true upper plane, the place where Dao Ancestors resided.

The so-called Dao Ancestor was the Immortal Path Ancestor, the source of the Immortal cultivation system. If described using the Main World, it was the Ultimate of an evolution system.

Which was a Supreme Powerhouse.

As early as in the Central Earth Divine Continent World, Lin Yuan had vaguely sensed the terrifying nature of the Immortal cultivation system, which was hardly inferior to the nine supreme evolution systems of the Main World.

From this, Lin Yuan deduced that perhaps the Immortal cultivation system already had an Ultimate Existence; the flourishing of the Immortal cultivation system in the Central Earth Divine Continent World might also be related to that Ultimate Existence's will.

Precisely because of this, Lin Yuan had not spread the Immortal cultivation system in the Main World.

For a Supreme Powerhouse who was an Ultimate Existence, they could clearly sense all life forms that cultivated their own cultivation system.

The spacetime where the Spirit Realm and even the Immortal Realm were located was simply not in the same dimensional universe as the Main World.

Even someone as strong as a Supreme Powerhouse could not cross different dimensional universes to descend into another spacetime.

But if there was a 'Dao marker', it would be different; it was equivalent to a compass in the vast sea.

And for the Immortal Path Ancestor, life forms that cultivated the Immortal cultivation system acted as Dao markers.

Spreading the Immortal cultivation system in the Main World would not only increase the invisible foundation of that Immortal Path Ancestor, but it also had a chance of allowing them to lock onto the spacetime where the Main World was located.

Lin Yuan naturally would not do such a thing with immense hidden dangers.

Moreover, doing so had another disadvantage: he could perceive the Ultimate Existence of the Immortal cultivation system, and the Supreme Powerhouses of Human Civilization in the Main World could perceive it as well.

At that time, how should Lin Yuan explain this to the Supreme Powerhouses of Human Civilization?

Spreading the Martial Dao Evolution Path was because the Martial Dao Evolution Path was created by Lin Yuan, and no Ultimate had ever been born from it.

The first world Lin Yuan traveled through was where he obtained the initial inspiration for the Martial Dao Evolution system, and the subsequent continuation of the martial Dao completely walked its own path.

"Since this Immortal Realm could birth an Ultimate Existence like the Immortal Path Ancestor, it must not be much weaker than the Main World. Even if there are differences in strength, they are probably at the same tier."

Lin Yuan thought to himself, his gaze still fixed on the corner of that Immortal Realm at the highest point of space.

This was the second time Lin Yuan had seen the 'Immortal Realm'.

The first time was before shuttling, when he probed a wisp of mental will into the Gate of Myriad Realms, and from the perspective of the Gate of Myriad Realms, he looked over the Spirit Realm as a whole, while also noticing the huge world located above the Spirit Realm.

The second time was now.

Over the past few centuries, Lin Yuan had achieved Major Achievement in his cultivation, and he had indeed shattered the space of the Spirit Realm, coming into the chaotic void currents outside the world.

But he had not sensed the aura of the Immortal Realm.

It was as if the location of the Immortal Realm and the Spirit Realm were in different spatial layers; only after ascending to the Nine Heavens could one perceive the specific position of the Immortal Realm.

Of course, Lin Yuan being able to perceive the Immortal Realm from the perspective of the Gate of Myriad Realms was entirely because the essence of the Gate of Myriad Realms was too high.

From the perspective of the Gate of Myriad Realms, no matter how many spatial layers separated the Immortal Realm and the Spirit Realm, they could not hide.

"Immortal Realm."

Lin Yuan carefully observed the huge world at the highest point of space.

Just at this moment—

Deep within Lin Yuan's mind, the towering and grand Gate of Myriad Realms suddenly began to shine.

It was as if an invisible fluctuation spread instantly toward the Immortal Realm.

A moment later.

A stream of information was transmitted from the Gate of Myriad Realms.

"Immortal Realm. The world coordinates of the Immortal Realm." A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

The Ninth Heaven of the Spirit Realm was in the same spatial layer as the Immortal Realm; precisely because of this, a corner of the Immortal Realm could be seen.

Under such circumstances, located in the Ninth Heaven and observing the Immortal Realm, one could basically calculate the 'coordinates' where the Immortal Realm was located.

The Gate of Myriad Realms had the ability to replicate world coordinates; Lin Yuan had known about this function as early as in Central Earth Divine Continent. Back then, through the Ascension Platform, he had replicated the world coordinates of the Spirit Realm.

Now, under such close proximity to the Immortal Realm, locking onto its world coordinates was nothing strange.

"Flying straight up from the Ninth Heaven, one day, one could approach the Immortal Realm and even enter it."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

If he shattered the space of the Spirit Realm and entered outside the Spirit Realm, there was basically no possibility of approaching the Immortal Realm, because the spatial layer where the Spirit Realm was located was simply not the same layer as the Immortal Realm.

But the Ninth Heaven region was in the same spatial layer as the Immortal Realm; flying continuously towards the target allowed one to constantly approach the Immortal Realm.

"Forget it, time is not enough."

Lin Yuan thought about it and gave up the idea of entering the Immortal Realm.

First, he was now only a little over a decade away from his residency time limit.

Even if he flew straight up along the Ninth Heaven, he would probably have to return to the Main World halfway through.

Second, since the world coordinates of the Immortal Realm were in hand, whether or not to descend into the Immortal Realm and when to descend completely depended on Lin Yuan.

"For the next decade or so, I will just Cultivate in the Ninth Heaven."

Lin Yuan glanced at the boundless rolling sea of clouds beneath his feet and made up his mind.

The mysterious aura in the Ninth Heaven was rich and very suitable for comprehending Creation Power. Although Lin Yuan had Heaven-Defying Comprehension, he would not refuse such assistance.

Time slowly passed.

Seventeen years passed in the blink of an eye.

[Name: Lin Yuan (Lin Yuan)]

[Identity: Master of the Gate of Myriad Realms]

[Bound Talent: Heaven-Defying Comprehension]

[Divine Ability: Rebirth from a Drop of Blood]

[Divine Ability: Reinforcement]

[Current Status: Consciousness Descent]

[Remaining Residency Time: One Day]

Lin Yuan opened his eyes and glanced at the illusory text below his line of sight.

"It's almost time to go back."

Lin Yuan stood up and looked down at the boundless sea of clouds below.

In the final dozen years or so, Lin Yuan spent most of his time comprehending Creation Power, among which his comprehension of Taiji Power had reached the Third Realm.

In addition, seven other advanced Creation Powers had also been comprehended to the Second Stage.

You must know that for the Supreme Immortal Kings of the Spirit Realm, advancing further in Creation Power might not be achievable even in tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years.

For Lin Yuan to achieve such results in just over a decade, besides his own Heaven-Defying Comprehension accounting for most of the reason, it was also significantly related to the environment of the Ninth Heaven.

"Finally, how to deal with this Physical Body—"

Lin Yuan's expression fell into deep thought. This Physical Body had been tempered by him for nearly a thousand years; calling it the fruit of his painstaking efforts was no exaggeration.

Once Lin Yuan returned and his mental consciousness went back to the Main World, his Physical Body could not be brought back directly.

This was somewhat wasteful.

"Very well, I'll let you have it."

With a slight movement of Lin Yuan's mind, a palm-sized 'bell-shaped' treasure appeared before him.

It was precisely Primal Refined Gold.

Not long after summoning the Mysterious Gourd to the Spirit Realm, Lin Yuan had also summoned this Primal Refined Gold, placing it within his body to nourish it.

Primal Refined Gold possessed terrifying growth potential, but the premise was that it needed continuous nourishment.

In the Main World, Lin Yuan's strength increased too quickly, leaving him simply no time to nourish the Primal Refined Gold.

Therefore, during the sixth shuttle and the eighth shuttle, Lin Yuan brought the Primal Refined Gold to the shuttled worlds to nourish it.

Anyway, it only cost one more wisp of Boundary-Breaking Source Power; Lin Yuan could still afford this price.

Hum.

The Primal Refined Gold hovered before Lin Yuan.

At the same time.

Within Lin Yuan's body, that wisp of Primal Power—which surpassed advanced Creation Power—began to circulate between his limbs and bones.

Primal Power was known as the most primitive and initial power, and furthermore possessed the ability to transform everything into the most primitive and initial Origin Qi and vital essence.

It could return to the Origin and source.

At this moment, as the Primal Power continuously circulated, it transformed Lin Yuan's Physical Body's blood and qi entirely into the most primitive energy.

Then it poured into the Primal Refined Gold, continuously enhancing its essential foundation.

Lin Yuan could not directly bring his Physical Body back to the Main World, but he could transform it into nourishment to enhance the Primal Refined Gold.

By then, returning to the Main World with the vastly enhanced Primal Refined Gold could be considered not much of a loss.

Swish.

As Lin Yuan's Physical Body continuously transformed into the most primitive Origin Qi and vital essence and merged into the Primal Refined Gold, this 'bell-shaped' treasure emitted a soul-shaking fluctuation.

More than half a day later.

Lin Yuan's Physical Body completely merged into the Primal Refined Gold, and his Internal World also shattered into the most primitive Origin Power, merging into the Primal Refined Gold.

Immediately.

The Primal Refined Gold, the Mysterious Gourd, and Lin Yuan's mental will poured into the Gate of Myriad Realms together, returning to the Main World.