Chapter 421: Visiting the Martial Ancestor

The Void Son stood tall and imposing, standing quietly there as it gazed toward the direction of the Azure Sky World.

Even though most of its power had recovered by this moment and it was capable of activating the entire Void Secret Realm,

it could suppress everything in the Boundless Void with just a single thought, should it be willing.

The Void Son was still intently observing the source of that space-time fluctuation, its mind filled with shock and uncertainty.

The many Perfection Evil God True Masters behind it were the same; the ancient ones among them had existed for even longer than the Void Son, tracing back to a time before the Void Secret Realm had even been opened up.

The current space-time fluctuation seemed to make the oldest Evil God True Master among them recall something.

A trace of terror surfaced on its face.

The Boundless Void had been born for countless years, and numerous Evil God True Masters dominated their respective territories.

Yet, powerful as a Ninth-Stage Perfection Evil God True Master was, it was still unable to shake the Boundless Void from its Foundation.

Throughout history, there had been three instances where space-time across the entire Boundless Void was affected to such an extent.

The first time was when the Boundless Void gave birth to the first Tenth-Stage Evil God, whose body merged with the Boundless Void rules, mighty and grand.

The second time was when this Tenth-Stage Evil God opened up the Void Secret Realm. The birth of the Void Secret Realm fundamentally changed the Boundless Void, creating an immensely profound impact.

The third time was when the Void Son became the new master of the Void Secret Realm, causing the power of the Void Secret Realm to erupt violently and similarly triggering space-time fluctuations that enveloped the Boundless Void.

And right now.

It was the fourth time.

That space-time fluctuation originating from the direction of the Azure Sky World also displayed an attitude of sweeping across all directions of the Boundless Void.

The four instances that triggered space-time fluctuations covering the entire Boundless Void shared a commonality: they were all related to the Tenth Stage.

During the third time, the Void Son became the new master of the Void Secret Realm. Although the Void Son itself had not yet stepped into the Tenth Stage, the Void Secret Realm was meticulously created by a Tenth-Stage existence.

It could be considered closely related to the Tenth Stage.

"This space-time fluctuation?"

"It is the Tenth Stage. Has our Boundless Void given birth to another Tenth-Stage existence?"

"That's right, it's this exact feeling. When the original creator of the Void Secret Realm stepped into the Tenth Stage, the impact on space-time was similar to this."

The many Perfection Evil God True Masters were terrified in their hearts. Originally, they thought that the second existence in the Boundless Void to step into the Tenth Stage would be the Void Son.

After all, the Void Son wielded the Void Secret Realm, which had been fully created by the previous Tenth-Stage Evil God.

Being able to comprehend the most essential fluctuations of the Void Secret Realm at all times, the Void Son's possibility of stepping into the Tenth Stage was greater than that of all other Perfection Evil God True Masters.

Yet now?

The Void Son was standing right in front of them.

In other words, the existence that stepped into the Tenth Stage was someone else?

"The Azure Sky World, could it be that Martial Ancestor?"

Celestial Intelligence True Master felt a tingling scalp. The source of the space-time fluctuation had no concealment whatsoever, nor was there any need to conceal it; any Ninth-Stage Evil God True Master could clearly sense it.

Celestial Intelligence True Master had personally visited the Azure Sky World and could estimate that the source of the space-time fluctuation was roughly near the Azure Sky World.

And with the Azure Sky World guarded by the Martial Ancestor, ultimately triggering this space-time fluctuation that affected the Boundless Void, it was hard for Celestial Intelligence True Master not to associate it with the Martial Ancestor.

"Martial Ancestor? The Tenth Stage?"

Celestial Intelligence True Master was panicked and uneasy.

Not long ago, it had even gathered a group of evil gods to hunt down Taiyin World Master, and even actively probed into the Azure Sky World to spy on that Martial Ancestor's lair?

Looking at it now, this was simply courting death.

"Great Void Son, what… what should we do now?"

God Eye True Master mustered up its courage and asked carefully.

It had almost swallowed that world just moments ago, but because of this space-time fluctuation, it abruptly stopped its urge to devour.

One could imagine the shock in its heart.

God Eye True Master's words caused the gazes of all the remaining Perfection Evil God True Masters to fall squarely on the Void Son.

"What should we do?"

The Void Son remained silent.

Compared to the other evil gods present who could only sense the source of the space-time fluctuation, the Void Son wielded the Void Secret Realm, and what it perceived was far more subtle and detailed than what the many Evil God True Masters experienced.

Utilizing the power of the Void Secret Realm, the Void Son's gaze had even landed on the Azure Sky World.

If not for a certain dense space-time power permeating inside the Azure Sky World at this moment, coupled with lingering wariness, the Void Son would probably have had the thought of forcibly probing it.

"Let's go take a look."

The Void Son said slowly.

Regardless of whether that Martial Ancestor had stepped into the Tenth Stage or not, it would make a trip there.

If the Martial Ancestor had truly become a Tenth-Stage existence, the Void Son would definitely have to lead the many Evil God True Masters to display its submission.

There was no other way; as the master of the Void Secret Realm, the Void Son knew all too well how terrifying a Tenth-Stage existence was.

Admittedly, with the help of the Void Secret Realm, the Void Son believed it could unleash the combat power of the Tenth Stage.

But wanting to contend against a true Tenth Stage—the Void Son had zero confidence.

Since it could not contend, it would actively submit.

Among the evil god race, the weak were prey to the strong; it was completely normal for the weak to submit to the strong.

If the Martial Ancestor had not stepped into the Tenth Stage, the Void Son did not plan to be hostile to the other party either; going there this time would be to ease relations with the Martial Ancestor.

Even if the current space-time fluctuation was not a sign of breaking through to the Tenth Stage, it was similar to wielding a supreme treasure left behind by a Tenth-Stage existence comparable to the Void Secret Realm.

Just like how the Void Son wielded the Void Secret Realm.

Under such circumstances, even if the Void Son went all out, it wouldn't be able to do anything to the Martial Ancestor, so it might as well turn hostility into friendship.

At the Void Son's level in the boundless, vast void, what it truly sought was to step into the Tenth Stage; everything else was illusory.

"Let's go."

The Void Son glanced at the many Evil God True Masters, directly mobilized the power of the Void Secret Realm, and began an ultra-long-distance teleportation toward the Azure Sky World.

Azure Sky World.

Deep within the Martial Hall.

At this moment, dense space-time fluctuations permeated the air as Lin Yuan sat cross-legged. The volatile spatial power and obscure temporal power were like well-behaved kittens before him, allowing themselves to be manipulated at will.

"So this is the Sixth Realm of the Space-Time Fusion Rule?"

A smile surfaced on Lin Yuan's face. Now, in his comprehension of the Space-Time Fusion Rule, he had completely stepped into the Sixth Realm, entering the level of Supreme Powerhouses.

Of course, it was only his comprehension of space-time that barely reached the Supreme Powerhouse level. As for his strength, the gap between him and Supreme Powerhouses was still like a natural chasm.

If comprehension of the Space-Time Fusion Rule was likened to a certain skill, then the factors affecting strength, aside from skill, also included one's own power.

Under the same level of skill proficiency, one party's power was a hundred catties, while the other party's power was a hundred tons.

When the two engaged in combat and mutual slaughter,

it would undoubtedly be an overwhelming crush without suspense. Furthermore, the Sixth Realm of Space-Time Fusion was merely the threshold for Supreme Powerhouses in the field of the Space-Time Fusion Rule.

Aside from this Fusion rule, Supreme Powerhouses also mastered many other Fusion rules, and even transformed a certain pillar rule into the Dao corresponding to themselves.

"The Sixth Realm of the Space-Time Fusion Rule is a qualitative change, involving the power to break free from the shackles of the River of Time."

Lin Yuan carefully observed the vast space-time, and numerous insights surged into his heart.

Why was the Sixth Realm of Space-Time Fusion hailed as the Supreme Powerhouse Domain? It was because at this height, the Space-Time Fusion Rule had already begun to condense a miniature river of space-time.

Lin Yuan did not doubt at all that as long as he was willing right now, he possessed the ability to impact the Ultimate.

The so-called consensus among all races in the Cosmic Starry Sky that only reaching the Eleven-Tier Peak could one impact the Ultimate was simply because Eleven-Tier Peak life forms barely reached the threshold to impact the Ultimate in all aspects.

However, what about Lin Yuan?

Although he was only Tier 10, there was no difference between him and those Eleven-Tier Peak life forms; in fact, he was even stronger in certain aspects, such as comprehension of the Space-Time Fusion Rule and the mental will index, and so on.

Of course, Lin Yuan could indeed impact the Ultimate, but whether he could succeed was another matter entirely.

At least, even now, if Lin Yuan directly impacted the Ultimate, his hope of Ultimate success would be slightly greater than that of legendary life forms like the Four-Armed Divine King. Within this, his comprehension of the Space-Time Fusion Rule reaching the Sixth Realm and the weight of his mental will index were extremely high.

"My Internal World."

Lin Yuan's will descended into the Internal World.

The point where the Space-Time Fusion Rule reaching the Sixth Realm affected Lin Yuan the most was reflected in his Internal World.

Space-time fused within the Internal World, and a faint miniature river of space-time condensed out.

The appearance of the miniature river of space-time, even if it was just an embryonic form, caused the aura of the Internal World to undergo a transformation.

"Pity, the Internal World still hasn't broken through the upper limit of exceeding 230 million miles in radius," Lin Yuan felt a bit regretful in his heart, but quickly accepted it.

Among the myriad races in the Cosmic Starry Sky, due to the shackles of their respective racial Bloodline upper limits, the size limits of Experts' Internal Worlds also generally fell between ten million and tens of millions of miles in radius.

Lin Yuan's Internal World had reached 230 million miles in radius, already far surpassing any life in the Main Universe, including those unique special life forms.

"With my current comprehension of the Space-Time Fusion Rule, if I attempt a Breakthrough to the Eleven-Tier and endure the infusion of the Chaotic Void Origin, will I be able to shatter the shackles of the Internal World?"

Lin Yuan guessed in his heart.

Normally, when an Eleven-Tier Peak expert attempted to reach the Ultimate Realm and endured the infusion of the Chaotic Void Origin, the essence of their life would undergo a massive leap, breaking free from the shackles of the River of Time, and their Internal World would evolve towards an internal Universe.

Every aspect of the Internal World would break through its original shackles, and a Supreme Powerhouse's internal Universe would start at a diameter of tens of thousands to one hundred thousand light-years.

This was also why even after comprehending the sixth Realm of the Space-Time Fusion Rule, Lin Yuan still had not the slightest thought of matching a Supreme Powerhouse; the gap was simply too vast. Just how vast would the power mobilized by an internal Universe spanning tens of thousands to one hundred thousand light-years be?

"I will know when I attempt the Breakthrough to the Eleven-Tier."

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and thought no more about it.

His current conditions were completely unprecedented. Let alone Human Civilization, across the entire myriad races of the Cosmic Starry Sky, and even through one long cosmic era after another in the past, not a single precursor could be found.

Advancing from Tier 9 to Tier 10 involved enduring the baptism of the Chaotic Void Origin?

Comprehending the sixth Realm of the Space-Time Fusion Rule at Tier 10.

A mental will index exceeding 24 million points at Tier 10.

An Internal World diameter reaching 230 million miles in radius.

And so on.

Any single one of the aforementioned conditions, if placed on a certain being,

would be unrivaled across one or even several cosmic eras.

Now, they were all concentrated on Lin Yuan? His future was simply unpredictable.

Outside the Azure Sky World.

The Void Son and many other Perfection Evil God True Masters appeared one after another.

"This is the source of the space-time fluctuations?"

"That entity suspected of stepping into the tenth stage actually resides in such a tiny world?"

"It's too incredible."

The Perfection Evil God True Masters whispered among themselves. Normally, the stronger a life form was, the higher its demands were for the space it inhabited.

Perfection Evil God True Masters like them basically wandered the Boundless Void or resided long-term in a Void Secret Realm. As for shrinking themselves inside a single world? That would be far too stifling.

"Azure Sky World."

The Void Son carefully observed the azure-colored world in front of him.

Dense space-time fluctuations were almost overflowing. Beneath these space-time fluctuations, the Void Son was completely unable to obtain any scrap of information about the Azure Sky World, nor could he reverse time to peer into the past of the Azure Sky World.

"Has he truly stepped into the tenth stage, or is he like me, becoming the wielder of some supreme treasure left behind by the tenth stage?"

The Void Son did not come to a conclusion. Although regardless of which possibility it was, he would no longer make an enemy of the Martial Ancestor, it determined the attitude the Void Son would ultimately adopt toward the Martial Ancestor.

"Great Void Son, should we go and inform that Martial Ancestor that we are outside?" God Eye True Master glanced over and asked tentatively.

"Inform the Martial Ancestor?"

The Void Son glanced at God Eye True Master.

Even if he could not determine right now which possibility applied to that Martial Ancestor, even under the lowest possibility, that entity was still an existence on the same level as the Void Son.

Under such circumstances, to go and inform the Martial Ancestor?

The Void Son was naturally not foolish. When facing the weak, he was naturally absolute and tyrannical, but facing a Martial Ancestor who was at least on the same level as him or perhaps even surpassed him,

the Void Son knew how he should act.

"We will just wait right here."

With that Martial Ancestor's strength, he surely discovered their arrival long ago.

If he wanted to meet them, he would naturally show himself.

If he didn't want to meet them, even if God Eye True Master stepped forward to inform him, it wouldn't make a difference.

"Understood."

God Eye True Master steadied his mind, realizing that his previous statement had been somewhat inappropriate.

Azure Sky World.

Although the appearance of the Void Son and the many other evil gods restrained their aura as much as possible and waited quite far from the world,

it still affected all living beings inside the world. There was no help for it; the oppression coming from the evil gods was simply too strong, especially from the group of Perfection Evil God True Masters and the Void Son, an existence wielding a Void Secret Realm.

Any evil god standing outside the world at this moment possessed the strength to easily swallow the entire Azure Sky World.

"Those… Those are evil gods?"

Martial Hall Grand Priest Qing Yao's mind briefly connected with the Ancestral Demon Tree, detecting the faint silhouettes of the Void Son and the numerous other evil gods, causing her mind to tremble with unease.

The dense space-time fluctuations originating from the depths of the Martial Hall were as conspicuous as a great sun in the firmament in the eyes of the Perfection Evil God True Masters, yet all living beings within the world remained completely oblivious to them.

The difference in tiers was simply too vast. Ordinary life forms couldn't even perceive basic space fluctuations, let alone space-time Fusion fluctuations.

However, although Grand Priest Qing Yao could not perceive the changes coming from the depths of the Martial Hall, she could clearly feel the terror emanating from each of those evil god silhouettes outside the world at this moment.

The aura exuded by any single evil god silhouette was enough to destroy the Azure Sky World a hundred or a thousand times over in Grand Priest Qing Yao's impression.

"It's over."

Grand Priest Qing Yao's heart was filled with despair. Hundreds of years ago, when facing the invasion of the two evil gods 'Demon Eye' and 'Ten Thousand Tentacle Flow', she still had the confidence to resist or even perish together with them.

Yet now, those indescribable evil god silhouettes outside the world made it impossible for Grand Priest Qing Yao to even harbor the thought of resistance.

The only thing Grand Priest Qing Yao could not understand was that those numerous evil gods, whose strength defied description, were quietly standing outside the world at this moment without the slightest intention of making a move.

Deep within the Martial Hall.

Lin Yuan carefully sensed his own changes. The embryonic form of a miniature River of Time had condensed within the Internal World, causing the Internal World to begin transforming. This transformation of the Internal World in turn resulted in a massive enhancement of Lin Yuan's Physical Body and Soul.

As for the mental will? The Physical Body nurtured the Soul, and the Soul nurtured the mental will. Logically speaking, the transformation of the Internal World would also affect the mental will.

However, Lin Yuan's mental will was too strong right now, having fully reached the level of a Supreme Powerhouse, so it hardly underwent any changes at all.

Lin Yuan's current mental will strength would probably only be affected when he attempted a Breakthrough to the Eleven-Tier, or quite simply when reaching the Ultimate Realm.

The stronger the mental will, the higher the difficulty of improving it. Especially after reaching ten million points, it could not be enhanced simply by experiencing long years.

Before the mental will index reached ten million points, the longer one lived, the greater the impact on the mental will. But once it surpassed ten million points, this influence decreased at a rapid pace.

"Those evil gods have come?"

Lin Yuan glanced outside the world. With his current tier, he had long since perceived the existence of those evil gods; even the Void Son was within his perception.

To Lin Yuan, the Void Son's existence was quite special. He was connected to that Void Secret Realm, and the two could resonate with each other at any time.

"Forget it, I'll deal with them first."

Lin Yuan got up, took a step, and appeared outside the Martial Hall.

"Martial Ancestor."

Seeing Lin Yuan, Grand Priest Qing Yao immediately said with utmost solemnity, "Many powerful evil gods have suddenly appeared outside."

"No matter."

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "They came to pay respects to me."

"Ah?"

Grand Priest Qing Yao was somewhat slow to react.

Those indescribable, terrifying evil gods came to pay respects to the Martial Ancestor?

Pay respects?

Outside the world.

The Void Son and the many other evil gods waited quietly.

Including the Void Son, not a single Evil God True Master revealed any sign of impatience.

Right at this moment,

"Whoosh!"

An invisible space-time fluctuation descended, appearing before all the evil gods. A young man with a flawless figure condensed out, his eyes as calm as an ocean of space-time looking toward the numerous evil gods.

The Physical Body Lin Yuan had possessed this time was formed by the Ancestral Demon Tree using the Origin of the Azure Sky World to nurture it for over one hundred thousand years. Naturally, every aspect reached Ultimate Perfection, without a single flaw to be found.

"The Martial Ancestor has arrived."

The moment all the Evil God True Masters saw Lin Yuan, their tension rose to the absolute maximum, and they became extremely solemn and cautious.