Chapter 336: I Have Waited Too Long

"Your Majesty Xuan Huang?"

Lin Yuan had a look of surprise. All along, whether it was the 'Profound Yellow' evolution pathway obtained from his master, Red Kun Star Lord,

or the 'Profound Yellow' Secret Realm itself,

they were all 'Profound Yellow'.

As for 'Xuan Huang' (Profound Emperor)?

Lin Yuan had never thought in that direction.

"Correct."

"You mentioned both 'Your Majesty' and 'Xuan Huang', so I guessed you meant 'Your Majesty Xuan Huang'," the humanoid stone statue Shen Ji said with a nod.

"What is the background of Your Majesty Xuan Huang?"

Lin Yuan immediately asked.

Whether it was 'Your Majesty Xuan Huang' (Yellow) or 'Your Majesty Xuan Huang' (Emperor),

both were Supreme Powerhouses at the Ultimate level. The Profound Yellow Secret Realm left behind remained a place whose exact spatial coordinates no Supreme Powerhouse had been able to pinpoint to this day.

"Your Majesty Xuan Huang… That is an expert's title Master accidentally learned from a certain cosmic ruin. It's said that the Xuan Huang Lineage founded by Your Majesty Xuan Huang was extraordinarily famous ages ago, and Your Majesty Xuan Huang himself had traveled very far in the Ultimate Domain."

The humanoid stone statue Shen Ji seemed to fall into memory.

"Ages ago?" Lin Yuan looked lost in thought.

"That's right. In the era Master lived in, almost no one knew about Your Majesty Xuan Huang anymore. Master only learned a few fragments about Your Majesty Xuan Huang from some ruins."

"In the end, Your Majesty Xuan Huang suddenly vanished for unknown reasons, causing the Xuan Huang Lineage to decline. By the time Master rose to power, they had almost completely disappeared."

The humanoid stone statue Shen Ji said.

He was not a true living organism, but rather similar to an item spirit. Having been imbued with a vast amount of memories by the Moyu Tower Master, he could be considered well-informed and knowledgeable.

"Your Majesty Xuan Huang vanished inexplicably as well?"

Lin Yuan was slightly stunned. Previously, the Moyu Tower Master had also vanished suddenly, leading to the decline of Demon Jade Tower. Now, Your Majesty Xuan Huang shared a similar fate.

"Do you know why Moyu Tower Master suddenly vanished?" Lin Yuan thought for a moment and asked directly.

"Why Master vanished…" The humanoid stone statue Shen Ji remained silent for a moment before speaking, "Now that you are a core member of our Demon Jade Tower, you are qualified to know certain things."

"Before Master vanished back then, he once told me that he wanted to go to a certain place," the stone statue shook its head and said.

"After that, Master disappeared."

The humanoid stone statue Shen Ji spoke in a complex tone.

"Go to a certain place." Waves stirred in Lin Yuan's heart.

Moyu Tower Master was most proficient in space. The Dao of Space was vast and boundless; a Tier 9 expert could fully comprehend the complete Space Rules, but that was merely one facet of the true Space Rules.

To completely transform the Space Rules into one's own Dao of Space was the Domain of Supreme Powerhouses. Even among Daos of Space, no two were identical—they weren't even similar.

However, without a doubt, Moyu Tower Master's attainments in space were terrifyingly high. Setting everything else aside, just the Demon Jade Space he created could silently deliver the World Tree and chaos crystals to Lin Yuan's side in the Main Universe.

That alone was incredible.

One must know that back then, in order to send the town spirit pearl to Lin Yuan, Supreme Being Xia Qin specifically ordered Deputy Tower Master Nalan to make the trip in person.

And that was within the very same Universe.

From this point alone, one could tell that Supreme Being Xia Qin was inferior to Moyu Tower Master in terms of spatial control.

"Did Your Majesty Xuan Huang also go to that place?" Lin Yuan asked.

"I have no idea about that," the humanoid stone statue Shen Ji shook his head and said. "Master didn't leave behind any memories regarding that."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan did not press further regarding the reason behind Moyu Tower Master's disappearance. For him right now, that was simply far too distant.

Even if he knew, what of it?

It was meaningless.

Instead of wasting time on that, he would rather figure out the calling sensation coming from the core region of the Profound Yellow Secret Realm.

Galaxy Main Star.

An extremely subtle spatial ripple descended before Lin Yuan through the Mo Yu Mark.

"A miniature Universe."

Lin Yuan looked at the hazy grey sphere floating in front of him, his eyes slightly ardent.

This was a miniature Universe completely independent of the Main Universe, possessing Time Rules that belonged entirely to itself.

Most importantly, this miniature Universe could be refined by Lin Yuan, which was equivalent to observing the operation of its internal Time Rules from the most fundamental level.

Although the Main Universe also had Time Rules, Lin Yuan could only observe them from the outside. But facing this miniature Universe, Lin Yuan could enter it to observe.

The difference between the two was vast.

"I'll refine it right now." Lin Yuan immediately began refining it.

A few days later.

Lin Yuan had completely refined this miniature Universe.

This treasure was specifically provided by Moyu Tower Master for members of Demon Jade Tower, so no backdoors were left behind, allowing Lin Yuan to refine it very easily.

*Buzz.*

The moment he refined the miniature Universe, Lin Yuan's mind probed inside.

Vast pillar rules—Time Rules, Space Rules, Life Rules, and so on—along with numerous basic rules, all mirrored clearly in his heart.

All the rules formed a certain stable balance, jointly supporting the operation of this miniature Universe.

"Is this a complete Universe?" Lin Yuan was somewhat awed in his heart. Although he had once become an existence akin to the Heavenly Dao in the Azure Sky World,

the Azure Sky World was merely a Small World in the Boundless Void, so how could it compare to a miniature Universe? Moreover, back when Lin Yuan became the Heavenly Dao of Azure Sky World, his strength was still weak, so even if the essence of the Grand Dao was placed before him, he couldn't gain much from it.

But now, after refining this miniature Universe, various rules were reflected in his heart.

Although this miniature Universe appeared on the surface to be merely a half-meter-wide sphere, the internal space spanned several hundred light-years. Though far smaller than the Main Universe in size,

its core essence was almost the same.

"Time…" Lin Yuan was almost infatuated as he carefully felt the operation of the Time Rules within the miniature Universe.

[With your Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, by observing the essence of time, your understanding of the Time Rules rapidly deepens.]

Several hours later, Lin Yuan barely managed to break free from his state of Dao comprehension.

"This miniature Universe, to me, is superior to any secret treasure or weapon," Lin Yuan muttered to himself.

The miniature Universe had almost no offensive or defensive capabilities, but it allowed various rules to form a balanced state.

This would be of immense help in the future when his Internal World evolved into an Internal Universe, becoming completely independent of the Main Universe.

The evolution from an Internal World into an Internal Universe was one of the thresholds to becoming a Supreme Powerhouse.

The reason why Supreme Powerhouses could exist eternally was precisely because of their Internal Universes.

An Internal Universe existed independently with its own Time River, allowing Supreme Powerhouses to leap out of the Main Universe's Time River, attaining eternity for their Physical Body, Soul, and mental will.

"Moyu Tower Master…" Lin Yuan grew increasingly full of admiration for Moyu Tower Master.

Although this miniature Universe was far inferior to a Supreme Powerhouse's Internal Universe, it was nevertheless a perfect replica of an Internal Universe.

It allowed lifeforms below the Supreme Powerhouse level to glimpse certain sceneries of the Ultimate Domain.

"Time to continue comprehending."

Lin Yuan rested for a moment, then brought out the miniature Universe again to carefully observe it.

Time flowed by.

Profound Yellow Secret Realm.

The Solar Nascent Soul finally arrived at the core region.

*Rumble…*

Layers of spatial folds vibrated, and finally, a figure emerged.

It was precisely Lin Yuan.

"Finally arrived."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face. From entering the Profound Yellow Secret Realm to reaching the core region, it had taken him nearly thirty years in total.

And this was even after Lin Yuan completed his ninth travel, greatly increasing his strength and dramatically boosting his travel speed.

Traveling from the outer region of the Profound Yellow Secret Realm to the core region alone required over twenty years. Then returning to the outer region to wait to be expelled from the Secret Realm would take another twenty years.

A round trip alone took fifty years.

"My gains along the way…"

Lin Yuan glanced at his Internal World, where a pile of profound yellow crystals and numerous treasures and weapons were placed.

Although Lin Yuan had not deliberately searched for hostile Tier 9 alien races along the way, he occasionally ran into them. Whenever he encountered them, they basically couldn't escape, even special Tier 9s were no exception.

Combined with some fearless native lifeforms, Lin Yuan's harvest exceeded eight million units of cosmic crystals.

"Only in the Profound Yellow Secret Realm could there be such an Opportunity," Lin Yuan sighed inwardly.

First, only Tier 9 lifeforms were permitted to enter the Profound Yellow Secret Realm. If it were outside on the Alien Race Battlefield, an existence like Lin Yuan would definitely be targeted specifically by Tier 10 lifeforms or Tier 9 lifeforms wielding Eleven-Tier secret treasures.

They would never allow Lin Yuan to slaughter recklessly.

Second, the many alien Experts on the Alien Race Battlefield generally would not carry precious treasures with them. Although the numerous Tier 9 alien races in the Profound Yellow Secret Realm also didn't bring precious items, the many opportunities they harvested inside the Secret Realm were real and tangible.

It was equivalent to saying that all the previous efforts of the Tier 9 alien races who died at Lin Yuan's hands had been done as labor for Lin Yuan.

"The calling sensation is getting stronger and stronger."

Lin Yuan sensed it carefully; after stepping into the core region, the calling sensation had surged significantly once again.

However, aside from vaguely hearing a few tones sounding like "Your Majesty Xuan Huang", Lin Yuan couldn't discern the rest.

"That direction."

Lin Yuan determined the position according to the calling sensation and immediately headed toward the source.

Profound Yellow Secret Realm, Core Region.

In front of an ancient and mysterious palace.

Several figures with restrained auras stood here.

These several figures were all Tier 9 Experts who had arrived early. To be able to directly enter the core region after the opening of the Profound Yellow Secret Realm, they were all special Tier 9s who had opened up tens of millions of spatial layers.

"This palace appeared suddenly; it was never here before," a Tier 9 alien with dark-golden scales said with burning excitement in his eyes.

In the core region of the Profound Yellow Secret Realm, every Opportunity land contained the most precious treasures, generally exceeding those of the inner and outer regions. Yet this palace had never appeared before.

A palace that had never appeared before had suddenly emerged, making the several special Tier 9s present realize that a great Opportunity was housed inside it.

"In our race's records, this palace indeed never existed before," another special Tier 9 remarked after observing it carefully.

He hailed from a Peak Group that possessed detailed intelligence regarding the Profound Yellow Secret Realm, with records of many Opportunity lands. However, this palace before them was seen for the very first time.

"But how do we get inside?" a third special Tier 9 spoke up.

Now anyone with eyes knew this palace held a massive Opportunity, but no matter how great the Opportunity, one had to enter to obtain it. Being blocked outside the palace and watching helplessly was worse than having never seen this palace at all.

"This palace can completely block our attacks. Breaking through directly seems hopeless," the golden-scaled special Tier 9 who spoke first frowned.

The moment he discovered the palace, he had intended to force his way in, but it was completely useless. His full-power strike landed on the palace without evoking any reaction whatsoever.

"Could it be that entering this palace requires certain conditions?" another special Tier 9 chimed in. Some Opportunity lands in the Profound Yellow Secret Realm indeed had specific conditions set up.

However, those specific conditions were usually common, and there would be prompts or hints outside the palace.

Just as the several special Tier 9s continued to observe the palace,

*Buzz.*

Subtle fluctuations emanated from deep within the spatial layers.

"Hmm?"

The expressions of the special Tier 9s changed.

"Who is it?"

The golden-scaled special Tier 9 looked grave.

"Galaxy Star Master."

"Galaxy Star Master is coming over."

Some special Tier 9s had ugly expressions.

Regarding information about Galaxy Star Master, almost every Tier 9 expert in the Profound Yellow Secret Realm during this period knew about him.

These special Tier 9s had naturally heard about it long ago.

Galaxy Star Master was a monster capable of killing special Tier 9s.

In any era, such an existence was extraordinarily rare.

"What should we do?"

"Galaxy Star Master is clearly heading for this palace."

The several special Tier 9s looked at each other, their expressions filled with hesitation.

"Let's leave."

"We can't stay."

After a brief internal struggle, the special Tier 9s rapidly departed one after another.

They craved the opportunities inside the mysterious ancient palace tremendously, but they feared Galaxy Star Master even more.

Even without this mysterious palace, they could still reap significant harvests inside the Profound Yellow Secret Realm. But if they died at Galaxy Star Master's hands because of this palace,

everything would be flushed down the drain.

In particular, those few special Tier 9s whose relationships with Human Civilization were not good turned around and left without the slightest hesitation.

As for other special Tier 9s, whether they would die upon encountering Galaxy Star Master depended on luck—if Galaxy Star Master happened to be in a good mood, they might survive.

However, as long as those with poor relations dared to approach Galaxy Star Master, it was virtually guaranteed death.

Before long,

outside the mysterious ancient palace,

not a single person remained.

*Swish.*

In the next moment,

Lin Yuan's figure emerged silently.

"They all ran?"

Lin Yuan glanced in the direction where the special Tier 9s had fled.

If it were before, he might still be in the mood to give chase, after all, in Lin Yuan's eyes, every special Tier 9 was a walking Opportunity land.

But now…

"The calling sensation is coming from this palace?" Lin Yuan carefully observed the palace before him.

The palace bore a mysterious, ancient aura spanning across multiple spatial layers. Its main body was likely located in a certain spatial layer, whereas the palace before him was probably just the entrance to the true palace.

"How do I enter?" Lin Yuan did not attack, but continued to observe.

Judging from how those special Tier 9s had paced outside the palace earlier, Lin Yuan could tell they were unable to force their way in.

Just as Lin Yuan appeared outside the palace,

deep within the palace, a certain will began to awaken. Looking at Lin Yuan standing outside the palace from afar, an excited expression surged on its face.

"I have waited for dozens of cosmic epochs. Finally, a little guy capable of inheriting His Majesty's legacy has arrived."