Chapter 569: A Thousand Long Years

Confirming that Lin Yuan was the Reincarnation of a Great Saint, Venerable Gu Ming and the Black-robed Youth became even more awe-struck.

This meant that the years Lin Yuan had lived through were impossibly ancient and long.

His true identity might very well be a Peerless Great Saint who once shook the Chaos Void.

Inside the hall.

Having received his Master's nod, Dominator Wanqu immediately quoted the price.

"Brother Galaxy, adding all the treasures and rarities together, the final price comes to forty million chaos stones."

Dominator Wanqu couldn't help but click his tongue in astonishment; such a massive amount of chaos stones would be painful to part with even for a Chaos Venerable.

After all, the expenditures of Chaotic Venerables were also huge.

For instance, Venerable Gu Ming had his own expenses, as well as the consumption of his companion, the Chaos Dragon Beast.

As well as the upkeep of the many Formations across the Gu Ming Chaos Continent, among other things.

"Forty million chaos stones." Lin Yuan nodded.

This was much higher than his estimate. Lin Yuan had not brought out all the treasures and rarities from the Legacy space, intending to sell only a portion first.

According to Lin Yuan's estimate, the portion of treasures and rarities he had just sold was worth roughly twenty to thirty million chaos stones.

As for forty million chaos stones? It was obvious that Venerable Gu Ming was purchasing them at a high premium.

"Please express my thanks to the Venerable."

Lin Yuan said.

Although he didn't know why Venerable Gu Ming was showing him such goodwill, like granting access to the Star Tear Fragment World and so on.

But this wasn't a bad thing either.

"I plan to acquire another batch of resources."

Lin Yuan took the opportunity to mention the Cultivation resources he needed.

"No problem."

Dominator Wanqu patted his chest and assured him.

Currently, the Gu Ming Chaos Continent had already become the trading center of the nearby void, and the resources Lin Yuan requested were not rare, making them easy to obtain.

Time flowed by.

In the blink of an eye, ten years passed.

Star Tear Fragment World.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, his Physical Body exuding a deep and heavy aura as the surrounding spacetime seemed unable to bear it, constantly twisting and warping.

"The Profound Yellow Body… It has finally been Cultivated to Perfection in the Sovereign Realm."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face. As a Dao-protecting technique of the Xuanhuang Lineage and a Body Refining method, the Profound Yellow Body tempered the Physical Body to near-Perfection in every aspect.

Even the Nine Tribulations Tuo Dragon Body, a Body Refining secret technique of the Great Saint level, had only refined Lin Yuan's Physical Body in subtle details, with the main framework still dominated by the Profound Yellow Body.

"My current Physical Body should be close to the level of a Chaos Venerable's Physical Body,"

Lin Yuan thought to himself. Originally, the Physical Body tempered by the Profound Yellow Body at Sovereign Realm Perfection was already considered the strongest Physical Body in the Sovereign Realm.

Coupled with the fact that Lin Yuan's base physical strength was extremely high, particularly with his terrifying internal Universe Foundation nourishing his physical form in a virtuous cycle…

…Lin Yuan's Physical Body at this moment had reached a point where further progress was virtually impossible.

"Next up is the Chaos Realm level of the Profound Yellow Body."

Lin Yuan thought to himself, then immediately shook his head.

The Chaos Realm Profound Yellow Body likewise required a sufficiently powerful life essence as support; it would only be possible at least after Lin Yuan stepped into the Sovereign Realm.

"However, for the Chaos Realm Profound Yellow Body to reach Perfection, the required resources… tsk tsk." Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

With Lin Yuan's current base physical strength, once he Cultivated the Profound Yellow Body to Chaos Realm Perfection, relying on his Physical Body alone would likely be enough to sweep through Chaotic Great Saints.

The resources required to forge such a Physical Body were beyond what Lin Yuan could hope for at present; even the entire fortune of a Peerless Great Saint would likely fall far short.

"Take it step by step."

Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts, thinking no further of it.

"And you."

With a slight thought from Lin Yuan, a palm-sized bell-shaped secret treasure appeared before his eyes.

It was precisely the Origin Bell that Lin Yuan had painstakingly nurtured.

After years of continuous nurturing by Lin Yuan and heavy resource investment, this Origin Bell had now grown into a Sovereign Realm secret treasure.

The Origin Bell was attuned to Lin Yuan's mind and soul; activating it consumed almost no energy, yet its power was immense, barely inferior to a Chaos Realm secret treasure.

"Speaking of which, after nurturing you for so long, I haven't used you even once…"

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

With his cautious personality, he basically would not strike unless he had absolute certainty, and under normal circumstances, he would never put himself in danger, letting his Primordial Spirit Incarnation handle things whenever possible.

Naturally, there was no need for the Origin Bell.

Nevertheless, although the Origin Bell had not rendered any accomplishments yet, such trump-card secret treasures might not be used, but could never be absent.

This was why Lin Yuan had never given up on nurturing the Origin Bell.

Many of the back-up killer moves he possessed had never been used, yet he was constantly refining and expanding them.

"I'll directly use the Origin of my current internal Universe to nourish it."

Lin Yuan drew the Origin Bell into his internal Universe. Currently, his internal Universe was vast and grand, with the chaos tree sitting at the center, governing and managing everything.

Home Universe.

At this moment, the Great Destruction had completely concluded, and the originally vast Universe had condensed into a single point.

This point was infinitely tiny yet immensely vast; the surrounding spacetime was completely condensed, such that even a Peerless Great Saint could not peek into it in the slightest.

The destruction and rebirth of a Universe were the self-operating evolutions of the Chaotic Void Origin rules, completely immune to external interference.

Within that condensed point.

Profound Yellow Secret Realm.

At this moment, the Profound Yellow Secret Realm had been compressed to a ten-meter radius.

Lin Yuan's Incarnation sat in the center, carefully observing everything outside the Secret Realm.

Outside the Secret Realm was a chaotic void without any fluctuations of rules or Daos; the essence of the Universe's Great Destruction was the stillness and extinction of all rules and Daos.

Yet, for Lin Yuan, the dead silent exterior of the Secret Realm was extremely "splendid."

In Lin Yuan's vision, although the outside world was infinitely dead and silent, infinite rules were vaguely and slowly gestating within.

These rules grew from nothing into full form, displaying unprecedented Perfection and miracles in Lin Yuan's eyes.

The birth of life was a miracle, and the evolution of a Universe was likewise a miracle.

"Wondrous, wondrous, wondrous."

Lin Yuan had an infatuated expression, wholeheartedly immersed in the sight.

[With your Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, you observed the destruction and rebirth of the Universe, increasing your understanding of the essence of Dao rules.]

At every moment, infinite flashes of inspiration and insights burst forth in Lin Yuan's mind.

The operation of the Chaotic Void Origin rules gestated Universe after Universe. The destruction and rebirth of these Universes were also manifestations of the Chaotic Void Origin rules.

However, this manifestation was difficult to glimpse for anyone below the Great Saint level.

To set up a backup plan like the Profound Yellow Secret Realm inside a Universe required at least the strength of a Chaotic Great Saint; in fact, even most Chaotic Great Saints could not achieve it.

"Right now, this Universe is still in the process of gestating rebirth. Once it fully begins its rebirth, and the myriad rules and Daos resume operation while life gradually revives, the impact on me should be at its peak."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

"At that time, after observing the complete process from Universe destruction to rebirth, my rule comprehension will surely skyrocket significantly, perhaps even reaching a level where I can casually create a Universe."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

For Twelve-Order Life, their Internal World transforms into an internal Universe, but this internal Universe is gestated slowly as the Twelve-Order Life grows from weak to strong.

They are still very far from being able to casually create a Universe.

In the Chaos Void, Venerable-level factions basically all create their own Chaos Continents.

Meanwhile, Great Saint-level factions—especially the top ones among them, such as those overseen by a Peerless Great Saint—will specifically create a Universe.

Such a Universe is not gestated by the Chaos Void, so it lacks the unerasable characteristic, but in terms of size and the degree to which it can nurture life, it possesses advantages that a Chaos Continent cannot match.

A Universe specifically created by a Peerless Great Saint can establish rules to a certain extent, such as forming specialized Cultivation environments or gestating specific lifeforms.

"Casually creating a Universe… This is also a reflection of reaching the ultimate peak in rule comprehension."

Lin Yuan thought to himself, if one hadn't fully comprehended the myriad rules, how could one easily create a complete and flawless Universe?

"Unfortunately, this current Universe is still some time away from starting its rebirth. It takes much longer than a normal Universe going from Great Destruction to rebirth. Is it because I took away too many lifeforms during the Great Destruction? Causing the force propelling rebirth to be insufficient, so it needs time to absorb energy from the Chaos Void?"

Lin Yuan muttered to himself.

In fact, Lin Yuan surmised that this was likely not the only reason.

Was it also because he had absorbed a large amount of Boundary-Breaking Source Power during the Universe's Great Destruction?

Although Lin Yuan still did not know the essence of Boundary-Breaking Source Power, it was certainly a type of extremely high-level power.

During a Universe's Great Destruction, such source power would disperse, but ultimately it only dispersed within the Universe and would eventually merge back into it. However, during this Great Destruction, it had been completely absorbed by him.

"A pity… This method of absorbing Boundary-Breaking Source Power can only be accessed by lifeforms located inside the Universe."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

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Over the years, he would also send out an Incarnation to travel through nearby Void Domains, and he had also discovered Universes that were perishing, but as a result, he could not absorb any excess Boundary-Breaking Source Power.

Star Tear "Fragment World".

Some time had already passed since Human Civilization migrated here.

Inside a classroom full of high-tech vibes, more than a dozen students were attentively listening to the teacher's lecture on the podium.

In fact, with Human Civilization's current technology, teaching and learning in the Virtual World could have been realized long ago, but some schools still retained this face-to-face teaching method in reality.

Compared to the Virtual World, reality was ultimately more real.

The teacher standing on the podium was a middle-aged woman. She looked at the numerous students below the stage. These students had all been born in the past decade or so. Being able to be born in this Fragment World and nurtured by the aura of Star Tear, their talent and Aptitude were very powerful, and in the future, basically all of them would be able to become Evolvers.

"Sun Ming."

The middle-aged woman furrowed her brow and glanced at a student sitting in the back row. This student's gaze was slightly dull, obviously letting his mind wander.

"Here, teacher."

The student named Sun Ming immediately reacted, hurriedly stood up, and said.

"You tell me what the Galaxy Calendar is."

The middle-aged woman looked at him with a smile.

"Galaxy Calendar?"

Sun Ming immediately perked up. If asked about knowledge in other areas, he might not know, but the Galaxy Calendar? Who didn't know that he, Sun Ming, was a loyal fan of the Galaxy Supreme Expert?

"Fifty-six years ago, the Universe we lived in faced destruction. Countless citizens of our Human Civilization, barring any accidents, would have been destroyed along with the Universe."

"But the Galaxy Supreme Expert stood up and, with sheer strength alone, brought out all citizens of Human Civilization, ultimately migrating to this new home."

"From then on, Human Civilization's old calendar, the "Star Sea Calendar", ended, and the year one of the "Galaxy Calendar" commenced."

"The so-called "Galaxy Calendar" was named after the Galaxy Supreme Expert to record the great achievements of the Galaxy Supreme Expert."

Sun Ming answered with beaming excitement.

The other students also listened with spirited expressions.

Within Human Civilization, the image of the Galaxy Supreme Expert had almost been deified.

"Not bad, not bad."

The middle-aged woman nodded slightly.

The new humans born in the new home might not be able to understand, but her?

The middle-aged woman had personally experienced the end of the Star Sea Calendar. At that time, Human Civilization officially announced that the Universe was about to be destroyed, and a drawing of lots would be adopted to select citizens to migrate to the new home.

As for the probability of winning the draw? Roughly one out of every one or two hundred citizens could be selected.

Back then, the middle-aged woman was selected, but her father, mother, friends, and classmates were all not selected.

In other words, what awaited the middle-aged woman was an outcome where she would survive alone while all her close relatives and friends died.

Under such circumstances, the despair of the middle-aged woman can be imagined. In the end, she chose to give up her winning slot and stayed behind to walk through the last leg of life with her close relatives and friends.

And at this moment, the Galaxy Supreme Expert announced that all citizens could be taken away to rush to the new home together.

That scene of seeing hope amidst despair was still clearly remembered by the middle-aged woman to this day.

To Human Civilization, the Galaxy Supreme Expert was no longer simply a matter of great achievements; that was a saving Saint.

"Let's talk about Martial Dao."

The middle-aged woman continued to ask.

"Martial Dao is the path walked by the Galaxy Supreme Expert."

Sun Ming felt a surge of joy in his heart; he also knew this question.

"In the fortieth year of the Galaxy Calendar, the Galaxy Supreme Expert took Martial Dao as the Foundation, opening up six hundred and seventy-three Great Daos. These Daos encompassed most of the currently known paths, and all of them could step into the Twelfth Order. In the forty-fifth year of the Galaxy Calendar, many evolutionary paths that prevailed in the old calendar were gradually phased out."

Sun Ming's tone was exceptionally agitated.

Although he was not yet cultivating Martial Dao at present, he had long ago decided that the evolutionary path he would take in the future was Martial Dao.

"Mn."

The middle-aged woman listened in a bit of a daze. These newly born new humans simply could not perceive the changes in Human Civilization after the Galaxy Calendar.

Especially that scene where numerous evolutionary paths were gradually replaced by Martial Dao. Who knows how many powerful Evolvers of the old calendar sighed with emotion because of it.

Deep within the Star Tear "Fragment World".

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged. Now that the various branches of Martial Dao had completely spread throughout Human Civilization, replacing the numerous evolutionary pathways of the Star Sea Calendar era, he naturally saw it all in his eyes.

This was also an inevitable result.

After all, the Martial Dao branches opened up by Lin Yuan, whether in terms of potential, Cultivation difficulty, or in other aspects, vastly surpassed the countless evolutionary pathways of the Star Sea Calendar era.

Even the Nine Supreme Experts of Human Civilization actively switched to walking the Martial Dao branches, let alone ordinary human citizens.

Moreover, regardless of which branch of Martial Dao it was, because its Foundation was Martial Dao, Martial Dao practitioners of different branches could still communicate and collide.

"I can sense that in distant other Void Domains, Martial Dao practitioners have also been born."

Lin Yuan carefully sensed and nodded slightly.

The appearance of this situation should be because the Pavilion of Myriad Daos over there had started propagating the Martial Dao branches.

The Eye of Myriad Laws reached an agreement with Lin Yuan and had no intention of slacking off afterwards; instead, it immediately instructed major Myriad Law branch pavilions to spread it.

"The propagation speed is very fast. Currently, the number of practitioners has already exceeded the total number of Human Civilization's Martial Dao Evolvers."

Lin Yuan thought to himself that within the Universe, the number of Human Civilization citizens was large, but placed in the Chaos Void, it was extremely inconspicuous.

Now the Pavilion of Myriad Daos was still in its initial propagation phase. Once deep propagation began, the number of lives cultivating Martial Dao would achieve a massive explosive growth.

Origin World.

Azure Ember City.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, perceiving every detail of the Blazing Sun Divine Body.

In the Blazing Sun Ancient Kingdom, the Blazing Sun Divine Body was equivalent to the "darling" of heaven and earth. In no matter what aspect—whether Cultivating, comprehending rules, or even unleashing combat power—it possessed tremendous advantages.

"I still need to continue condensing the Blazing Sun Seed."

Lin Yuan did not give up on condensing the Blazing Sun Seed. However, the difficulty of condensing the Blazing Sun Seed had skyrocketed currently; even for Lin Yuan, it would take several days to condense a single one.

And the efficiency of one every few days was also gradually decreasing. As the number of condensed Blazing Sun Seeds continued to increase, it became one every ten days, then one every dozens of days.

"The current situation."

Lin Yuan ended his Cultivation and glanced outside.

Ever since Lin Yuan made a move, it caused the Purple Dream Domain's plot to fail.

Azure Ember Domain and Purple Dream Domain became at daggers drawn. The Purple Dream Domain side had no intention of backing down in the slightest and had even mobilized troops to gather at the border.

The armies of this Origin World Ancient Kingdom all appeared in the form of battle arrays. A battle array composed of one hundred thousand Eleven-Tiers could concentrate all the power of the one hundred thousand Eleven-Tiers, amplify it, and the final strike unleashed would be enough to severely injure Dao Realm Experts.

Swish.

Right at this moment.

Qing Fen Marquis appeared.

"The actions on the Purple Dream Domain side are instigated by 'King Lingwei', and war is presumably a settled matter."

"Short as a few hundred years, long as a few thousand years."

Qing Fen Marquis directly said.

Recently, not only was the situation on the Purple Dream Domain side subtle, but dozens of major domains near Purple Dream Domain were also experiencing undercurrents surging.

"King Lingwei?"

Lin Yuan nodded. He had also heard of this newly conferred King. Being enfeoffed as a king with the identity of the imperial family was not common; most conferred kings were Heavenly Venerable level Experts.

"However, it's just a war; my Blazing Sun Ancient Kingdom is not afraid."

Qing Fen Marquis looked at Lin Yuan and reminded him: "It's just that you must not leave Azure Ember City recently. I am worried that 'King Lingwei' will target you."

If not for Lin Yuan, King Lingwei taking Azure Ember City and even Azure Ember Domain would have been infinitely simpler.

Therefore, Qing Fen Marquis had this worry.

"Rest assured, I definitely won't leave."

Lin Yuan immediately said. After selling the heart of myriad Formations, Lin Yuan would not lack resources for a very long time in the future.

Not lacking resources, not lacking Legacy, even if Lin Yuan were told to go out, he wouldn't go out.

"That's even better."

Qing Fen Marquis nodded, and then vanished.

If the war truly commenced, as the center Azure Ember Domain, it would inevitably face the greatest pressure. Qing Fen Marquis had been exceptionally busy recently.

Watching Qing Fen Marquis disappear.

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and continued to Cultivate.

War, so be it.

Peace, so be it.

Anyway, Cultivating and becoming stronger definitely couldn't be wrong.

Time flowed by.

In the blink of an eye, a millennium had passed.