Chapter 371 Dimensional Reduction

"The Second Stage of the Great Destruction Rule. It is done."

Not long after parting ways with Supreme Being Xia Qin, Lin Yuan comprehended the Great Destruction Rule to the Second Stage.

Once other Tier 10 Class-A Experts comprehended the Second Stage of the Pillar-level fusion rule, who wouldn't be extremely excited?

This meant stepping into the Eleven-Tier.

Among all races in the Cosmic Starry Sky, Tier 11 life forms were the strongest life forms beneath the Supreme Powerhouses.

The 'strongest' here was in all aspects, not limited to strength.

For instance, comprehending the Time Rule?

For Tier 10 life forms to comprehend the Time Rule, the threshold was simply too high, and it hadn't happened many times since the opening of the Universe.

But for Tier 11 life forms wanting to comprehend the Time Rule, although it was still very difficult, it was at least much easier than for Tier 10 life forms.

Once the Time Rule was comprehended, it meant a substantial extension of Lifespan.

By slowing down their own time flow rate, one year for a Tier 11 life form could compare to a thousand or ten thousand years for a Tier 10 life form.

However——

These didn't hold much significance for Lin Yuan.

The Time Rule? Lin Yuan had already comprehended it back when he was at Tier 9.

And even if he hadn't comprehended it, Lin Yuan didn't care much about his own Lifespan.

How old was he now? The Lifespan that those ancient Tier 11 life forms yearned for was something Lin Yuan had in abundance.

As for cultivating the Great Destruction Rule to the Second Stage… actually, having one more Second Stage Fusion rule didn't boost Lin Yuan's strength as much as one might imagine.

After all, Lin Yuan's current benchmark was Tier 11 powerhouses. With his current foundation and means, even if he hadn't comprehended any Second Stage Fusion rules, he could still be called invincible at Tier 10.

And within the Eleven-Tier level, comprehending a Second Stage Pillar-level fusion rule was merely a slight Breakthrough.

"Next, the remaining four Pillar-level fusion rules will also be cultivated to the Second Stage in succession," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

"As for the Third Realm…" Lin Yuan pondered with a thoughtful expression.

Currently, the one with the highest hope of stepping into the Third Realm was the Life and Death Reincarnation Rule.

However, even with the Black Planet guiding his spatial comprehension, Lin Yuan estimated that the time for him to reach the Third Realm would be between one hundred and two hundred years.

As for the Fourth Stage? Not having reached the Third Realm yet, Lin Yuan didn't know the extent of stepping into the Fourth Stage, but at most it wouldn't exceed five hundred years.

"Cultivating from the First Realm to the Fourth Stage would take at most more than seven hundred years, which is not bad."

Lin Yuan calculated slightly and nodded slightly.

Seven hundred years of time, for Tier 10 Evolvers, passed in the blink of an eye, yet Lin Yuan could Cultivate a Pillar-level fusion rule to the Fourth Stage.

Lin Yuan was considered quite satisfied.

Furthermore, in these seven hundred-plus years, what Lin Yuan comprehended wasn't just one Pillar-level fusion rule, but six.

In addition, new Pillar-level fusion rules could be comprehended at any time, along with the comprehension of Time Rules and Space Rules, and so on.

"What tier among Tier 11 life forms is my current strength equivalent to?"

Lin Yuan suddenly thought in his heart.

So far, all races in the Cosmic Starry Sky divided Tier 11 life forms into six tiers.

The first tier of Tier 11 life forms belonged to those who had just entered the Eleven-Tier.

They hadn't even fully comprehended the Time Rule.

The second tier consisted of Tier 11 life forms who had comprehended the Time Rule.

The third tier was cultivating a certain Pillar-level fusion rule to the Fifth Realm.

The fourth tier integrated time and space, comprehending the Space-Time Rule.

The fifth tier elevated the Space-Time Rule to the Fifth Realm.

The sixth tier had reached the extreme in all aspects and could impact the Ultimate at any time.

Theoretically speaking, Tier 11 life forms that reached the fifth tier had the ability to impact the Ultimate, but the hope was slim, which was why the sixth tier existed.

In fact, even for Tier 11 life forms of the sixth tier, the probability of ultimately succeeding in stepping into the Ultimate was still very small.

Wanting to become the Ultimate, leaping out of the shackles of the Time River and possessing infinite Lifespan, involved many aspects.

Many Peak Eleven-Tier life forms favored by all sides in history ultimately failed their Breakthroughs and perished.

Therefore, the major ethnic groups reached a conclusion.

That was, impacting the Ultimate required a certain amount of 'luck'.

Without 'luck', no matter how thorough the preparations or how sufficient the foundation, it was useless.

"Probably the second tier."

After repeated comparisons, Lin Yuan positioned his current strength at the second tier within the Eleven-Tier.

Tier 11 life forms of the third tier had already cultivated a certain Pillar-level fusion rule to the Fifth Realm, a level Lin Yuan could not reach in a short time.

"If I can Cultivate the twelve Pillar-level fusion rules within the Black Planet all to the Fourth Stage, I should be able to rival Tier 11 life forms of the third tier."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Tier 11 life forms of the third tier needed to Cultivate at least a certain Pillar-level fusion rule to the Fifth Realm.

But twelve Fourth Stage Pillar-level fusion rules would cause a qualitative change through quantitative accumulation, plus the subsequent six Pillar-level fusion rules were not ordinary Pillar-level fusion rules.

They should be comparable to a certain Fifth Realm Pillar-level fusion rule.

Of course.

The gap between Tier 10 life forms and Tier 11 life forms was far from being reflected only in the comprehension of Fusion rules.

There were also numerous other gaps in terms of the Physical Body, Soul, mental will, Internal World, and so on.

Normally speaking.

A Tier 11 life form had one more Universe Origin infusion than a Tier 10 life form, making the gap like a natural chasm.

But what Lin Yuan accepted was the Chaotic Void Origin infusion, which largely made up for this gap, thus making it possible to rival Tier 11 life forms.

Virtual World.

Lin Yuan was chatting casually with Deputy Tower Master Nalan.

"The war intensity in Alien Battlefield No. A098 is expected to increase significantly. The Goddess of Freedom has already begun conscription, asking me to send a Clone there."

Deputy Tower Master Nalan sighed.

As Eleven-Tier Evolvers, every single one of them was extremely crucial. Even in large-scale Alien Race Battlefields, Tier 11 powerhouses were suppression-level forces.

As for Supreme Powerhouses?

Unless a real fire broke out and other factors emerged, Supreme Powerhouses would not enter the field.

Beneath the Supreme Powerhouses, the Eleven-Tier was the strongest. Even a first-tier Evolver who had just entered the Eleven-Tier like Deputy Tower Master Nalan could influence the victory or defeat of a large regional war.

"I have also heard about it," Lin Yuan nodded.

In fact, Alien Battlefield No. A098 was precisely the large-scale Alien Race Battlefield where his Solar Nascent Soul was located.

Not long ago, Lin Yuan had already vaguely sensed the situation changes in the large-scale Alien Race Battlefield, realizing that it might usher in a higher-intensity war.

"As long as the war intensity doesn't reach the level where Supreme Powerhouses take the field, it shouldn't have much impact on me."

On the Number A098 Battlefield, Lin Yuan sat cross-legged beneath a permanent spatial rift. With his comprehension of space and time, hiding here made it very difficult for other Tier 10 and Tier 11 powerhouses to discover him.

Galaxy Main Star.

Lin Yuan's figure sat within the deep spatial layer.

Soul-shaking blood Qi power circulated, and within a radius of a hundred miles around his body, a faint, profound yellow force field permeated and diffused.

Profound Yellow Body, one of the three major protective secret methods of the Xuanhuang Lineage.

No matter which Legacy it was, the most important thing was definitely self-preservation; only by staying alive would there be hope.

The Xuanhuang Lineage was just like this; in terms of self-preservation, it possessed Profound Yellow Body and Space-Time Step.

"The third layer…" Lin Yuan opened his eyes and sighed softly.

Profound Yellow Body was divided into four layers in total, with the fourth layer being the Realm of Perfection.

A Twelve-Order Life with a perfected Profound Yellow Body was hailed as undroppable and immortal, capable of easily withstanding the damage when a cosmic era shattered.

However——

As he continued to Cultivate.

Lin Yuan increasingly realized the difficulty of this secret method.

The resources required for cultivating Profound Yellow Body could be described as vast.

Originally, Lin Yuan thought that relying on the large amount of profound yellow crystals within the Profound Yellow Secret Realm, as well as the corpses and treasures contributed by nearly ten thousand Tier 9 alien races…

He could at least Cultivate this secret method to a relatively deep level.

This was also what Lin Yuan deduced based on the various information about this secret method.

But as a result, Lin Yuan had overlooked a key factor.

That was, he was different from normal Tier 10 life forms.

If it were ordinary Tier 10 life forms, relying on the huge resources within the Secret Realm could naturally satisfy the demands during cultivation.

But Lin Yuan?

Before stepping into Tier 10, his Physical Body was already several hundred times that of life forms at the same level.

After stepping into Tier 10, through the Chaotic Void Origin infusion, the gap here had reached the unit of ten thousand times.

This was just the Physical Body.

There were also the Soul and the Internal World.

For normal Experts to elevate Profound Yellow Body to the next level, one portion of resources was needed.

Lin Yuan needed millions or tens of millions of portions.

Although the final enhancement to himself also made Lin Yuan quite satisfied, the required resources were simply too much.

And this was only Lin Yuan's true body; the two Primordial Spirits were still watching from the side.

Ever since stepping into Tier 10 and discovering his surging demand for resources, Lin Yuan decisively halted the cultivation of the Profound Yellow Body secret method by his two Primordial Spirits.

This defensive secret technique must surely be prioritized for the main body to Cultivate. As for the two Primordial Spirits, they can only be wronged temporarily.

Alien Battlefield No. A098.

Lin Yuan was still sitting beneath the permanent space crack to Cultivate.

"In recent months, at least one hundred more Tier 11 powerhouses have appeared on the battlefield." While taking a break from Cultivate, Lin Yuan glanced at the distant area.

On the surface, the Eleven-Tier Evolvers of the entire Human Civilization did not even exceed one thousand.

Now, just on a single battlefield, the Eleven-Tier exceeded one hundred, not including the Tier 11 powerhouses who were originally stationed on this battlefield.

As well as those Tier 11 powerhouses who came in secret and evaded Lin Yuan's perception.

"Tuoba Ancient God."

Lin Yuan's gaze was deep. On this battlefield, he had heard intelligence regarding Tuoba Ancient God.

Tuoba Ancient God received an invitation from the Zerg race to come and lend support to them.

Tuoba Ancient God was the Ancient God corresponding to the Ancient God Evolution Path that Fang Qing initially Cultivated.

Because of the matter concerning Fang Qing, Lin Yuan had quite a grievance with this Ancient God.

Ever since Lin Yuan became an Evolver, Tuoba Ancient God was the first life form who dared to blatantly extort him.

According to the intelligence Lin Yuan obtained regarding Tuoba Ancient God.

This Ancient God was a Tier 11 life of the fifth tier, and his strength was so formidable that he ranked high among all Ancient Gods. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to ignore Sidu Ancient God and plan to make a Breakthrough to the Ultimate within tens of millions of years.

Sidu Ancient God had said that Tuoba Ancient God's Lifespan was only a hundred million years.

However, the hundred-million-year Lifespan of a Tier 11 life was not based on the time flow rate of the Main World as a standard.

With Tuoba Ancient God's manipulation of the time flow rate, he might still be alive tens or hundreds of billions of years after the Main World.

However, the fact that Tuoba Ancient God had the idea of a Breakthrough to the Ultimate indicated that he probably wouldn't continue to delay time and linger on in a morsel of existence.

In fact, many ancient special life forms born since the opening of the Universe had lived enough long ago. Delaying their own time flow rate to achieve the purpose of alternative immortality did not hold much significance.

Even if they survived through various eras, could they really become the Ultimate?

But every Tier 11 life had different views.

Some Tier 11 lives believed that in the distant future, they had the hope of becoming the Ultimate, while others felt that since they would die sooner or later anyway, they might as well make a Breakthrough to the Ultimate as soon as possible.

Of course, those Tier 11 lives with the latter idea were basically solitary special life forms.

If there were ethnic group bonds, it was certainly better to live as long as possible and protect the ethnic group for a longer time.

Tuoba Ancient God had no relatives or connections, being a unique special life forms in the Cosmic Starry Sky, which was why he dared to make exorbitant demands of Lin Yuan.

"My current strength is far from being a match for Tuoba Ancient God."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Tuoba Ancient God was a fifth-tier Eleven-Tier, while Lin Yuan currently only rivaled a second-tier Eleven-Tier. There was simply no comparability between the strength of the two.

Among the six grades of Tier 11 life, the strength gap between each grade was huge.

"Give me another thousand years—" Lin Yuan had murderous intent towards Tuoba Ancient God, but he also knew it was unrealistic.

However, at his growth speed, he estimated that he would have a chance in one or two thousand years.

Of course, it was only a chance. Given Tuoba Ancient God's strength, Lin Yuan estimated that he would have to become a Supreme Powerhouse to be certain of killing him.

Xia You Evolution Tower.

Lin Yuan's Taiyin Primordial Spirit personally rushed over.

At the same time, there were other Tier 10 Class A Evolvers.

"You only have one hundred years."

"Within a hundred years, comprehend this section of aurora as much as possible."

The figure of Supreme Being Xia Qin appeared without any nonsense. A section of colorful and brilliant aurora suspended in mid-air.

According to the agreement with the other eight Supreme Powerhouses of Human Civilization, this section of aurora stayed in each Evolution High Tower for one hundred years.

Nine hundred years later, this would be used as the main material to refine into an Ultimate weapon.

By then, the aurora's might would converge, and trying to comprehend it again would be difficult.

"Is this the extraterrestrial aurora that easily shattered a large battlefield?" Lin Yuan's gaze fell on the aurora at the very first moment.

[Your Comprehension Ability is Heaven-Defying. Observing the unknown aurora, your comprehension of the light rule deepens.]

[Your Comprehension Ability is Heaven-Defying. Observing the unknown aurora, your comprehension of the Karma rule deepens.]

[Your Comprehension Ability is Heaven-Defying. Observing the unknown aurora, your comprehension of the Space Rules deepens.]

Merely a single breath.

Lin Yuan sensed dozens of rule fluctuations from this section of aurora, among which the light rule and Karma rule were the most intense.

"The light rule."

Lin Yuan vaguely sensed that the light rule within the aurora was not a normal light rule; it should have fused with other rule powers, otherwise it wouldn't be this powerful.

There was also the Karma rule. This rule was easy to enter but extremely difficult to master deeply. Without Lin Yuan devoting his whole body and mind to comprehension, his comprehension of the Karma rule was not very high.

"Among the remaining six Pillar-level rules of the Black Planet, two of them involve the Karma rule. Perhaps with the help of this aurora, I can make my comprehension of the Karma rule reach the requirement?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Although the Karma rule was not a Pillar rule, it was better than a Pillar rule, and its difficulty in comprehension exceeded the vast majority of Pillar rules.

Moreover, the Pillar-level fusion rules encompassing the Karma rule were extremely special and bizarre, making them impossible to guard against.

Alien Battlefield No. A098.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, and above his head, that thousand-li permanent space crack was emitting slow spatial fluctuations.

Just at this moment—

Lin Yuan's expression shifted slightly.

"This feeling?"

Lin Yuan suddenly raised his head, looking at the permanent space crack above his head.

Vaguely.

He sensed that unknown changes had taken place within this permanent space crack.

The next moment.

Under Lin Yuan's gaze.

A piece of 'white paper' squeezed in.

The 'white paper' only had length and width, lacking the concept of 'thickness', giving people a very contradictory feeling.

"white paper?" Lin Yuan stared closely at that piece of white paper. Vaguely, this piece of white paper made Lin Yuan's scalp tingle.

Swish.

After the white paper squeezed into the Universe, it pierced through the entire large battlefield in an instant.

However, the large battlefield did not shatter; instead, a certain dimensional collapse occurred, losing the concept of spatial volume. In just a split second, the large Alien Race Battlefield of nearly a thousand light-years was compressed into a scroll, and then integrated into the 'white paper'.

Hum.

The white paper continued to fly towards the Cosmic Starry Sky.

Wherever it passed, all matter was compressed, including even space, forming scroll after scroll that merged into the 'white paper'.

"What is this?"

A towering figure staggered back a few steps, looking incredulously at the rapidly receding 'white paper'.

He was a Twelve-Order Ultimate. Just now, not paying attention, he was also sucked into the 'white paper'. However, as an existence that jumped out of the Time River, the dimensional reduction ability of the 'white paper' could not completely suppress him, which was why he managed to break free.

However.

He escaped.

Countless lives on the Number A098 Battlefield, including those Tier 11 powerhouses, all fell into the 'white paper'.

Even space itself collapsed rapidly, as if a part of it had been cut out of thin air.

"Taiyuan Ruins, this direction is the direction of the Taiyuan Ruins."

Supreme Powerhouses appeared one after another, staring solemnly at the receding 'white paper'.

"What kind of changes have ultimately occurred in the Taiyuan Ruins?" The single-horned Supreme Powerhouse looked grave. Fifty or sixty years ago, that extraterrestrial aurora also came from the Taiyuan Ruins.

Today, this eerie 'white paper' similarly came from the direction of the Taiyuan Ruins.

This forced them to speculate whether the Taiyuan Ruins had undergone some unpredictable change.

"Everyone, stop worrying about the Taiyuan Ruins for now."

"If we let that 'white paper' keep flying, one-ten-thousandth of the area of our Universe will be completely subjected to dimensional reduction."

A Supreme Powerhouse spoke.

Although the dimensional reduction effect of the 'white paper' was ineffective against Supreme Powerhouses, the ethnic groups of conservation and the countless lives within their ethnic groups were all within the scope of dimensional reduction.

"Let's join forces."

"We shall join forces to immobilize that 'white paper'."

"Right, we cannot let it continue flying around randomly."

The Supreme Powerhouses immediately made a decision and quickly took action, using space-time mighty force to slowly restrict the movement of the white paper.

Soon.

The flight speed of this 'white paper' slowed down.

It finally stopped beneath a certain starry sky.

The 'white paper' slowly unfolded, and a scroll exuding a mysterious aura appeared before the Supreme Powerhouses.