Chapter 550: A Simple Seclusion

In just ten months.

The Star Tear Fragment World was completely renovated from top to bottom.

Various high-tech buildings shot up into the sky, and the Virtual World network was completely laid out.

Everything went very smoothly during this period.

At the same time, trade within Human Civilization was re-established, and there were even new trading channels with the Chaos Continent of Venerable Gu Ming.

Countless human citizens of the new home felt that, apart from not being able to see the starry sky, life was no different from life inside the Universe.

It was even better and more comfortable.

"This is the house assigned to me? It's so large, and it's all given away for free?"

"The new home has the government uniformly distributing housing, jobs, medical care, and education. This is simply too awesome."

"Indeed, I originally thought that migrating to another home would mean clearing wasteland and living a very hard life."

The citizens who settled down in the Star Tear Fragment World adapted very quickly, mainly because their welfare benefits not only did not decrease, but actually increased.

What was even more crucial was——

"My son was born with evolutionary talent and will become an Evolver in the future."

"My daughter is too."

"All of yours? The evolutionary talent detected in my grandson is very good."

The Star Tear Fragment World was permeated with a gentle Star Tear power, which was of great benefit to the nurturing of life,

including but not limited to enhancing the newborns' potential in all aspects and extending their lifespan.

Within the Universe, it took a massive number of citizens to produce a single Evolver,

but here, as long as they were newborns born in this Fragment World, basically all of them possessed some degree of evolutionary talent.

The emergence of a large number of basic Evolvers would increase the probability of middle- and high-tier Evolvers being born,

thus forming a virtuous cycle, and the development speed of Human Civilization would far exceed that within the Universe.

The newly built important stronghold of Human Civilization.

Lin Yuan was discussing with the Nine Supreme Experts how to deal with those alien races that had completely defected to Human Civilization.

Under the great destruction of the Universe, many alien races whose own Twelfth Order beings hadn't drawn them into their Internal Worlds chose to completely sell themselves to Human Civilization, asking only to survive.

"These alien races have fought and killed with our Human Civilization for many years. What should we do with them now?"

Void God Supreme Expert spoke.

"In my view, we might as well sell all these alien races. I remember that the Chaos Continent of Venerable Gu Ming has a demand for this aspect."

Gu Li Supreme Expert was relatively direct. He had no good impression of these alien races; if it weren't for Lin Yuan, he wouldn't have lifted a finger to save them at all.

"They are just a bunch of lives below the Twelfth Order. Even if we sell them to those traffickers, they won't be worth much money."

Supreme Being Yu Die said, "It would be better to also Cultivate them and make them a boost to our Human Civilization. Now, in this Chaos Void, our Human Civilization is still very weak and needs to gather all forces to develop."

The many Peak Groups within the Universe were able to fight and kill with Human Civilization for so many years, so they must have their merits.

Coupled with the fact that they understood each other well, using them would be quite convenient.

"That's fine, but the resources for cultivation need to be restricted. I certainly don't want to see those alien races make a comeback in the future."

"Make a comeback? With Yin He here, what do they have to make a comeback with?"

"That's true."

"Even so, Restrictions must still be placed."

The Nine Supreme Experts quickly decided on a policy.

That was to give those alien races a certain amount of resources, help them develop, and ultimately drive the common development of Human Civilization.

Among the major Peak Groups, there were different advantages.

For example, the Bug Race. As the alien race that fought the most fiercely with Human Civilization, the Bug Race Mother Empress bred countless Bug Race warriors, which could completely serve as cannon fodder for exploring dangerous locations.

As for intelligent machines exploring? In many dangerous locations of the Chaos Void, intelligent machines would be affected and malfunction.

Of course, Human Civilization's cultivation was strictly limited to the newborn generation of those alien races; as for the older generation of alien Experts, they were still tightly restricted.

"Yin He, how do you plan to deal with those Twelfth Order beings?"

Supreme Being Xuan Yuan looked at Lin Yuan and asked with considerable curiosity.

"Them?"

Lin Yuan smiled slightly. "Restrictions have already been planted on them. We'll talk about it later."

Bringing those Twelfth Order alien races out was also a casual act by Lin Yuan. Anyway, even if he didn't bring them, the Cosmic Origin Consciousness would still do its utmost to stop him.

In addition.

Keeping these Twelfth Order alien races by his side also served to prevent them from leaking news about him.

Lin Yuan's growth speed within the Universe belonged to an incredible level, even when placed in the Chaos Void.

These Twelfth Order alien races understood quite a bit. If they were let go and talked nonsense, it would also be a hidden danger.

"Right, there is one more matter."

Supreme Being Xuan Yuan smiled and said, "I heard you mention, Yin He, that on the Chaos Continent of Venerable Gu Ming, there is a place dedicated to buying and selling Twelfth Order evolution paths?"

"Correct."

Lin Yuan nodded.

He had known about this matter when he first arrived at the Chaos Continent of Venerable Gu Ming. At the Pavilion of Myriad Daos, one could buy the desired Twelfth Order evolution path.

The Pavilion of Myriad Daos would guarantee that this Twelfth Order path did not have an Ultimate Existence, and there would be no situation of blocking the way.

The background of the Pavilion of Myriad Daos was unfathomable. The Pavilion of Myriad Daos on the Chaos Continent of Venerable Gu Ming was merely a branch, and its scope of influence encompassed one Chaos Continent after another.

"We plan to buy some Twelfth Order evolution paths."

Supreme Being Xuan Yuan exchanged a glance with the other eight Supreme Experts and stated his intentions.

"Purchasing Twelfth Order evolution paths?"

Lin Yuan guessed the reason.

Countless Evolvers of Human Civilization entered the Chaos Void and successively transferred their life essence to the mainstream River of Time of the Chaos Void.

Because the environmental ceiling was raised, many Eleven-Tier Perfection Evolvers intended to make the Ultimate leap and try to step into the Twelfth Order.

In fact, the difficulty of impacting the Ultimate and stepping into the Twelfth Order in the Chaos Void was lower than stepping into the Twelfth Order within the Universe.

The River of Time of the Chaos Void did not have much backlash against lives impacting the Ultimate, and the probability of surviving it was much higher.

Precisely because of this,

the Nine Supreme Experts of Human Civilization had this consideration.

So far, Human Civilization's inventory of Twelfth Order Evolution Paths was only of a single kind, and this Evolution Path was quite difficult to Cultivate. They needed to prepare more Twelfth Order Evolution Paths.

"Understood."

Lin Yuan nodded, taking this matter to heart.

"At that time, you can go help us buy them, Yin He, and the expenses will come from the Human Civilization treasury."

Supreme Being Xuan Yuan said.

As for why not go purchase them personally?

The Nine Supreme Experts far lacked Lin Yuan's vision and Realm, unable to discern the true advantages and disadvantages of a Twelfth Order evolution path.

That was why they entrusted this to Lin Yuan.

Rather than choosing wrongly themselves and regretting it, it was better to leave the judgment and choice to Lin Yuan.

"This matter is not urgent; you can do it whenever you want, Yin He."

Supreme Being Xuan Yuan said in a relaxed tone.

Even in the Chaos Void, the matter of impacting the Ultimate was of great significance. Waiting a few thousand or tens of thousands of years longer was completely normal.

Deepest part of the Star Tear Fragment World, Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.

This Fragment World was first an Immortal Cave bought by Lin Yuan, and second the new home of Human Civilization. Naturally, Lin Yuan possessed the highest authority.

"Martial Dao Evolution Path."

Lin Yuan examined himself, and even the paths he had walked in the past.

So far, the Martial Dao Evolution Path had been pioneered up to the Twelfth Order Proving Dao Chapter. As for the Dominator Chapter? It was being perfected and had not yet been pioneered.

However, Lin Yuan's seclusion this time was not to continue perfecting the Dominator Chapter, but rather to expand the 'width' of the Martial Dao Evolution Path.

To be precise, it was to pioneer several branch paths for the Martial Dao Evolution Path.

Each of these branch paths was a separate Twelfth Order path, yet they were all based on Martial Dao as their Foundation, extending into different directions.

"There are thousands of Daos. Even for the same Dao, it is not fixed; many branch paths can be opened up, and one can equally reach the end."

Lin Yuan thought in his heart, bits and pieces regarding Martial Dao continuously welling up in his mind.

Pioneering brand-new branch paths for Martial Dao was an idea Lin Yuan had after stepping into the Twelfth Order.

It was just that he never had the time to implement it.

Under the pressure of the Universe great destruction, everything Lin Yuan had done in the past few hundred years was biased towards most directly enhancing his own Foundation and combat power.

As for pioneering Martial Dao branch paths? In the short term, it had little impact on Martial Dao, and even less impact on Lin Yuan.

That was why it wasn't on Lin Yuan's list of must-do things.

Now that a new home had already been found for Human Civilization, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner,

Lin Yuan also took a brief rest and could consider this matter.

Pioneering the Martial Dao path indeed had little short-term impact,

but if the timeline was stretched out, the impact would be extremely profound and difficult to ignore.

Even if one stepped onto different branch paths to enter the Twelfth Order, essentially, it was still based on the Martial Dao Evolution Path as the Foundation.

Lin Yuan could also enjoy the many benefits of having an additional Twelfth Order entity on the evolution path he stood upon.

When breaking through to the Ultimate, countless cultivators of the Martial Dao Evolution Path called out to Lin Yuan in the dark, preventing Lin Yuan's mental will from falling,

allowing him to easily overcome the Heart Demon World that descended from the main branch of the River of Time.

Moreover, the function of this 'anchor point' is definitely not limited to breaking through to the Ultimate.

Perhaps one day in the future, when Lin Yuan's true body, Clones, and Incarnations perished in evolution, and even his Clones residing in the Origin World perished,

his mental will would plunge into boundless darkness and sink in death, yet this call could still be transmitted.

Helping Lin Yuan lock onto the 'anchor point' and then forcibly return.

The more living beings cultivated the Martial Dao Evolution Path, and the more Experts there were on the Martial Dao Evolution Path, the greater this call would be, making it even more irresistible, and it could even transcend time and space.

"Actually, the Martial Dao I pioneered has long since paved many branch paths."

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, and numerous flashes of inspiration continuously emerged in his mind.

Starting from the Second-Tier of Martial Dao, Martial Dao began to have distinctions.

Lin Yuan used the Yin and Yang Taiji as the core of his own Martial Dao,

while other Martial Dao cultivators could choose other things as the core of their own Martial Dao.

For instance, a Martial Dao Evolver proficient in the power of metal could completely use the power of metal as the Foundation of their own Martial Dao,

and finally, when cultivating to the Fifth-Tier, evolve the Primordial Spirit of metal with the power of metal, and ultimately comprehend the rules of metal.

By extension, starting from the Second-Tier of Martial Dao, Martial Dao began to encompass all things, and numerous paths could be successfully walked within the Martial Dao cultivation system.

From the Second-Tier to the Eleven-Tier of Martial Dao, Martial Dao Evolvers had long since chosen the direction they were proficient in, and then walked down the path pioneered by Lin Yuan.

"I used Taiji Yin and Yang as the Foundation to pioneer the Twelfth Order of Martial Dao. Other Martial Dao cultivators can completely use the path they walk upon as the Foundation to step into their own Twelfth Order."

Lin Yuan was beaming with radiance.

In this way, the potential of Martial Dao would be unimaginably vast, theoretically capable of extending countless branch paths and giving birth to countless Twelfth Orders of Martial Dao.

"First pioneer the simplest Five Elements branch path of Martial Dao," Lin Yuan began to comprehend step by step.

The first was metal of the Five Elements. Metal was extremely sharp and keen, tearing apart everything,

and this Martial Dao branch path appeared slightly extreme, but it was more than enough to step into the Twelfth Order.

[Your Comprehension Ability is Heaven-Defying. Re-comprehending the Martial Dao Evolution Path, you have perfected the Martial Dao of Metal.]

[Your Comprehension Ability is Heaven-Defying. Re-comprehending the Martial Dao Evolution Path, you have perfected the Martial Dao of Wood.]

[Your Comprehension Ability is Heaven-Defying. Re-comprehending the Martial Dao Evolution Path, you have perfected the Martial Dao of Water.]

Most of Lin Yuan's mental focus was gathered on it. The Perfection and pioneering of numerous branch paths of Martial Dao also had a tremendous inspirational effect on him. As the Martial Dao Ancestor, even if he did not walk upon these branch paths, he could wield them as smoothly as using his own arms.

"If it is a branch path perfected using the power of the Five Elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—its potential will definitely be huge."

Lin Yuan thought.

The rotation of the Five Elements had almost no shortcomings and concurrently accounted for slaughter.

But wanting to comprehend the Five Elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and master these five types of power at the Second-Tier?

Condensing the Five Elements Primordial Spirit at the Fifth-Tier? The difficulty was simply too high.

If it were within the Universe, Lin Yuan even doubted whether such a Genius existed,

but in the Chaos Void? With the Bloodlines of various spectacle life forms running rampant, coupled with numerous Prodigy-level geniuses, there was still hope to successfully walk this path.

A Martial Dao expert who stepped into the Twelfth Order with the Five Elements Martial Dao would have such terrifying combat power that upon newly entering the Dao Realm, they would probably be able to approach the Pilgrimage Realm Peak.

Of course, this path was extremely difficult. Not only did one need to comprehend the five powers of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth at the Second-Tier, but they also had to Cultivate the Five Elements Primordial Spirit, Five Elements rules, and so on.

Lin Yuan earnestly perfected the Five Elements Martial Dao branch path, and did not mind what kind of threats future practitioners of this Five Elements Martial Dao would bring to him.

Firstly, with Lin Yuan's talent and Aptitude, starting cultivation at the same level, he believed no life form could compare to him.

Let alone latecomers?

When a latecomer took one step, Lin Yuan had already walked ten or a hundred steps; how could they compare?

Moreover, Lin Yuan's personal combat power heritage was not limited to Martial Dao alone.

Even if a Martial Dao cultivator broke the iron rules and similarly walked out of the Yin and Yang Taiji path,

under the same Realm, they would still be crushed and beaten by Lin Yuan.

Were the path the same, would the volume of the internal Universe's heritage be the same? Lin Yuan's Dao Realm internal Universe could already rival a Chaos Venerable, alongside countless rule comprehensions, secret techniques, and so on.

It simply could not compare.

More crucially, as the Martial Dao Ancestor and the founder of the Great Dao of Martial Dao,

he naturally possessed an indescribable, irresistible power of 'suppression' over latecomers who embarked on Martial Dao.

It was just like a mouse seeing a cat, naturally being restrained to death.

Take the Five Elements Martial Dao for example. In terms of potential, the rotation of the Five Elements was not much inferior to the Yin and Yang Taiji.

But under the condition that all other external conditions were identical—such as Realm strength, Internal World, numerous rule comprehensions, secret techniques, Divine Abilities, and so on—

the Five Elements Martial Dao Evolver would still be crushed by Lin Yuan.

The reason for being crushed here was that in front of Lin Yuan, this Martial Dao cultivator could not unleash their full strength at all, being innately suppressed and restrained.

It was the same for equal strength; even if the opponent was stronger than Lin Yuan, as long as it belonged to the infinite branch paths extended with Martial Dao as the Foundation,

they would be suppressed to death by Lin Yuan, without the slightest bit of resistance.

"Space Martial Dao."

Lin Yuan began to pioneer and perfect the corresponding Martial Dao branch path with space as the Foundation.

Compared to the smoothness of pioneering numerous Martial Dao branch paths previously, Lin Yuan obviously encountered Bottleneck difficulty in perfecting Space Martial Dao.

"What if space is used as the Foundation to extend a Martial Dao branch path?"

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged and fell into thought.

"Space is too vast, yet also too thin."

Lin Yuan thought to himself, and there was one more point he hadn't mentioned—that was, the difficulty was simply too high.

Using space as the Foundation meant having to master the power of space at the Second-Tier of Martial Dao.

Second-Tier Martial Dao Evolvers hadn't even finished mastering and developing their Physical Body strength, yet they were expected to comprehend and master the power of space?

As for when reaching the Fifth-Tier, needing to condense a Space Primordial Spirit required their understanding of the power of space to reach a certain height; otherwise, how could they manipulate the power of space to condense a Space Primordial Spirit?

"Space Martial Dao will be temporarily shelved; there is no need to perfect and pioneer it for now."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly. The main reason was that the threshold for this Martial Dao branch path was simply too high.

Life forms capable of mastering the power of space at the Second-Tier must possess a certain pure spatial Bloodline.

Such living beings were far too scarce and rare.

Simply put, the universality of Space Martial Dao was not high; it was far from being as easy to get started with as ordinary Metal Martial Dao or Water Martial Dao.

"Time Martial Dao?" Lin Yuan began to try more.

Compared to Space Martial Dao, the difficulty of Time Martial Dao skyrocketed by another chunk, and Lin Yuan had no intention of perfecting this branch path at all.

He merely used this Martial Dao branch path to ponder the deeper essence of Martial Dao.

"Space Martial Dao. Time Martial Dao, then what about Spacetime Martial Dao?"

Lin Yuan became interested, and time and space began to intertwine before him.

The Martial Dao branch path extended with spacetime as the Foundation had immense potential,

except that it was nearly impossible even to get started on this Martial Dao path.

"Spacetime."

Lin Yuan pondered the feasibility of Spacetime Martial Dao, as well as the application of spacetime. His thoughts suddenly shifted away from Martial Dao and fell upon spacetime itself.

Suddenly,

countless accumulated and brewing spacetime comprehensions erupted and surged forth.

his thousands of years of comprehending spacetime in the Main Universe,

his clear observations of spacetime fluctuations within the Origin World,

and after entering the Chaos Void, feeling the vast spacetime of the boundless Chaos Void.

[Your Comprehension Ability is Heaven-Defying. Drawing inferences from one instance, your comprehension of spacetime has reached the Eighth Realm.]

In the blink of an eye, the vast spacetime of the Chaos Void slowly became clear before Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan lowered his head to look down, and the vast Gu Ming Chaos Continent was taken in at a glance.

Even Lin Yuan's gaze faintly looked towards the deepest depths of the Gu Ming Chaos Continent,

where a figure with chaotic aura was in closed-door cultivation.

"Is it Venerable Gu Ming?"

Lin Yuan's expression was thoughtful, and he immediately stopped paying attention.

With a Chaos Venerable's perception, continuing to look on would most likely be detected.

"This is truly an unexpected pleasant surprise."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

"I didn't expect that the closed-door cultivation this time, intended to perfect and pioneer Martial Dao branch paths, would end up comprehending the Eighth Realm of Spacetime?"