Chapter 572: Strength Transformation

Endless Chaos Qi surged, rolling forward toward the depths.

Under the desperate actuation of the black-bearded man at the Peak Sovereign Realm,

the silver grand ship struggled immensely to move upstream against the current, resembling a lonely leaf upon the ocean, ready to capsize at any moment amidst the pervasive Chaos Qi all around.

Cold sweat poured down the black-bearded man. As time passed, he also faintly sensed a certain terrifying suction force, as if a colossal beast was devouring like a whale.

The several Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters beside him finally perceived the severity of the matter at this moment, standing in the corners and trembling one by one.

"Hold on! Hold on!"

The black-bearded man took a deep breath and unhesitatingly began to burn his inner Universe Origin.

For Twelfth Order Experts, the inner Universe was where their own Foundation lay. Burning the inner Universe Origin was equivalent to burning their Foundation.

Doing so would indeed grant a massive boost in strength, but the consequences were also unbearable, causing irreversible hidden dangers.

But right now, the black-bearded man could not care about so much anymore.

He had a feeling that once they failed to withstand the ubiquitous suction force, the fate awaiting them would be far worse than burning the inner Universe Origin.

Hum, hum, hum.

Inside the silver grand ship, Formation after Formation operated at overload.

Not knowing how long had passed, the black-bearded man finally sensed that the suction force around them was slowly decreasing.

"Have we broken free?"

The black-bearded man's aura was unstable, but his expression was ecstatic as he crazily increased the force driving the silver grand ship.

Finally, the silver grand ship faintly stabilized, shaking off that heaven-shaking suction force.

"Hoo!"

The black-bearded man stepped back several steps.

He did not know how long it had been since he had fought so desperately. The scene he had just experienced made the black-bearded man feel as if he had returned to when he was still a sixth-tier lifeform, meeting a certain Peak Sovereign Realm Ancestral Master within his Sect.

No.

The feelings welling up in him at this moment were far more shocking and despairing than back then.

"Senior Brother, are we safe now?"

At this moment, those few Dao Realm Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters not far away walked over cautiously and asked probing questions.

"If nothing unexpected happens, we should be safe."

The black-bearded man pondered for a moment, his tone not very certain.

Heaven knew whether that heaven-shaking suction force would suddenly appear again and strengthen, but according to the current situation, they could be considered to have narrowly escaped danger.

Hearing these words from the black-bearded man, the several Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters instantly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

"Senior Brother, Senior Brother, what on earth was that suction force just now?"

"Yeah, I felt like my Soul and mental will were about to be sucked away."

The several Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters immediately asked, their hearts still faintly trembling.

"I am not sure either."

The black-bearded man shook his head, "Could it be some Chaos Realm spectacle lifeform breathing in and out?"

The black-bearded man had seen a Chaos Venerable; the strongest expert of the force he belonged to was a Venerable.

But even someone as strong as a Venerable couldn't possibly manage to whale-swallow all the Chaos Qi in the surrounding millions of trillions of light-years or tens of millions of trillions of light-years of the Chaos Void, right?

Only those spectacle lifeforms born and nurtured from the Chaos Void with formidable Innate Aptitude and talent could possibly cause the scene before them, right?

"Spectacle lifeform?"

"Chaos Realm level?"

The several Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters swallowed hard. Spectacle lifeforms were inherently powerful and could often sweep across the same tier. Those spectacle lifeforms with special Bloodlines could even challenge Chaos Venerables at the Peak Sovereign Realm.

A Chaos Realm spectacle lifeform?

Ordinary Chaos Venerables would probably not dare to provoke such an existence.

"We are quite lucky. That Chaos Realm spectacle lifeform didn't care about us."

The black-bearded man's tone revealed a sense of fortuitous escape. From the moment he sensed the suction force until he finally managed to break free, he hadn't encountered any obstruction during that period.

This was also the key to why he could escape.

"We are too weak. In the eyes of that Chaos Realm spectacle lifeform, we probably were no different from the Chaos Qi drifting around, which is why it didn't pay attention to us."

The black-bearded man's expression was slightly emotional. Sometimes, having weak strength turned out to be a good thing?

In the center where the endless Chaos Qi surged, Lin Yuan sat cross-legged quietly.

At this moment, Lin Yuan completely released his restrictions, appearing in the depths of this Chaos with his true body. His size was so massive that it exceeded tens of millions of light-years. With every breath, a veritable ocean-like amount of Chaos Qi was inhaled.

"I have finally stepped into the Sovereign Realm."

Lin Yuan opened his eyes, a smile emerging on his face.

Stepping into the Sovereign Realm was a qualitative transformation and enhancement of life essence, naturally requiring massive amounts of energy to support it.

And in this Chaos Void, the most abundant thing was Chaos Qi. Chaos Qi was also a type of energy, but the Chaos Qi distributed throughout the Chaos Void was not pure, making it very difficult for Dao Realm lifeforms and Sovereign Realm lifeforms to absorb it directly.

But Lin Yuan was different. He had long since comprehended the method to absorb Chaos Qi directly, and with Lin Yuan's profound Foundation and accumulation, even the most impure Chaos Qi could be forcibly absorbed.

Whether impure or pure, essentially they were both energy.

"Right now, I—"

Lin Yuan carefully sensed his own changes.

After stepping into the Sovereign Realm, the change that underwent the greatest transformation was naturally his inner Universe.

"My inner Universe currently already exceeds ten billion light-years in radius." Lin Yuan's mind and spirit felt joyful.

At the Pilgrimage Realm Peak, Lin Yuan's inner Universe at its ultimate limit was only around 33.33 million light-years in range.

Now it directly reached ten billion light-years? Just in terms of diameter, it had increased by three hundred times.

As for the growth in volume, it naturally far exceeded three hundred times.

"A ten billion-light-year inner Universe is just its size when I first entered the Sovereign Realm; it will rapidly increase afterwards."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

According to his estimation, his inner Universe, at the limit of the Sovereign Realm, would reach a range of several hundred billion light-years.

"The inner Universe of a normal Chaos Venerable is only in the range of several hundred billion light-years in diameter. When my Sovereign Realm grows to its limit, I will be able to match the inner Universe of a Chaos Venerable in terms of size."

Lin Yuan thought inwardly.

This was compared in terms of the inner Universe's size. In reality, after Lin Yuan's inner Universe was perfected and modified by Infinite Void, even when it was merely within the range of ten million light-years, it was already sufficient to rival the inner Universe of a Chaos Venerable with a range of a hundred billion light-years.

Once Lin Yuan's inner Universe expanded to the range of a hundred billion light-years, even if ordinary Chaos Venerables had a higher life level than Lin Yuan, relying solely on the terrifying Foundation and accumulation of his inner Universe, he would be enough to sweep across all Venerables beneath the Chaotic Great Saint.

The strength of an inner Universe did not depend solely on size. Diamond and carbon were composed of the same particles, but the hardness of the two was worlds apart.

"If I step into the Chaos Realm, wouldn't my inner Universe reach a diameter of tens of trillions of light-years, hundreds of trillions of light-years, or even hundreds of thousands of trillions of light-years?"

Lin Yuan's thoughts drifted. One must know that the size of a natural Universe nurtured by a normal Chaos Void was only around a trillion light-years in diameter.

And as long as Lin Yuan stepped into the Chaos Realm, his inner Universe would surpass a natural Universe purely in terms of size?

"Too strong."

Lin Yuan couldn't help exclaiming in wonder, while simultaneously thinking of that Infinite Void Legacy.

Until today, Lin Yuan's inner Universe reaching such a height was driven by multiple factors, such as three infusions of the Chaotic Void Origin, suppression by the chaos tree, and so on.

But the most primary reason among them was still this Thirteenth Order Legacy originating from the jade gourd.

To be precise, it was a Legacy created by a Thirteen Step Time Life using its own Foundation, specifically designed to enhance the Foundation of living beings.

"The Legacy left behind by the creator of the jade gourd, that Thirteen Step Time Life, besides Infinite Void which targeted the Foundation, also included Legacies targeting the Physical Body, the Soul, the mental will, and various other aspects…"

Lin Yuan thought of what the Red-Clothed Girl had said, his expression inevitably filled with emotion.

Infinite Void, which merely targeted the Foundation, had enhanced him to such a great extent. If he were to fully Cultivate all the Legacies left behind by that Thirteen Step Time Life, what kind of freakish entity would it ultimately forge?

"Being able to obtain Infinite Void is already fortunate enough. To think about other Thirteenth Order Legacies would undoubtedly be a bit too greedy."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

Not all good things could be run into by him alone, right?

"However, my current strength…"

Lin Yuan began to examine himself. Having newly entered the Sovereign Realm level, his life essence underwent a qualitative transformation and enhancement, while his inner Universe, Physical Body, Soul, and all other aspects surged explosively.

This directly brought Lin Yuan's strength to nearly the Chaotic Realm Peak level.

"I wonder if, after reaching the extreme of the Sovereign Realm, I will be able to achieve invincibility among Venerables and rival those Chaotic Great Saints?"

Lin Yuan thought inwardly.

Venerables and Great Saints, although both belonging to the Chaos Realm, had battle power that differed vastly.

The slaughter between the Shadow Demon Great Saint and the Nine Phoenix Great Saint—merely from its aftershocks—was enough to make Venerable Gu Ming make the decision to relocate the Chaos Continent.

From this, one could glimpse a thing or two.

However, Lin Yuan's Foundation was here. If he could truly grow to the Sovereign Realm limit and Cultivate his numerous methods to the extreme, what about the second or even third layer of "Infinite Void"?

Even if he still couldn't shake a Great Saint head-on, the gap wouldn't be large.

"It is time to leave."

Lin Yuan's figure rapidly shrank, and then he glanced around.

When he made a Breakthrough, his whale-like swallowing of the Chaos Qi from all directions had caused quite a commotion, which had already attracted the attention of some Chaos Venerables.

These Chaos Venerables were unsure what kind of expert Lin Yuan was, so they didn't probe immediately, but instead lingered at a great distance.

Swish.

Lin Yuan's figure directly vanished, having no intention of contacting the other Chaos Venerables.

"He has left?"

"Who on earth is it?"

"A Wonder Lifeform? Or some Chaotic Realm Peak?"

Streams of Chaos Venerables' wills probed from afar, communicating with each other. The scene of large-scale whale-swallowing of Chaos Qi that had just occurred left the venerables in several surrounding Void Domains immensely shocked.

Even without sensing the aura emitted by the other party, just relying on the commotion of the surrounding Chaos Qi made many venerables' scalps tingle.

"It seems they are unwilling to see us."

"Forget it, let's all go back."

The numerous Chaotic Venerables felt somewhat regretful. Being able to Cultivate to a Chaos Venerable, they had naturally long passed the stage of mindless killing.

For Chaos Venerables, making friends with a powerful expert was definitely an all-beneficial and harmless matter. The entity that had whale-swallowed the vast Chaos Qi just now clearly belonged to the category of powerful Experts.

"Why do I feel somewhat familiar?"

Venerable Gu Ming also sent down a wisp of consciousness. Although the entity that whale-swallowed the infinite Chaos Qi did not leak a single trace of aura, and even its Karma was obscured,

Venerable Gu Ming vaguely felt a sense of familiarity.

Star Tear Fragment World.

Supreme Being Xuan Yuan, Supreme Being Xia Qin, and several other Supreme Powerhouses wore solemn expressions.

Just moments ago, they were chatting well with the Galaxy Supreme Expert when Lin Yuan's Incarnation directly dissipated, leaving only the phrase "I have important matters to attend to."

This couldn't help but make several Supreme Powerhouses feel somewhat worried.

Important matters?

What important matters could Human Civilization possibly have nowadays?

Right at this moment,

the Star Tear Fragment World trembled slightly, and Lin Yuan's figure appeared before Supreme Being Xia Qin and the others.

"Galaxy, are you alright?"

Supreme Being Xuan Yuan immediately asked with concern.

Supreme Being Xia Qin standing nearby had a slight change in expression.

"I'm fine."

Lin Yuan said with a smile.

Stepping from Proving Dao into the Sovereign Realm was, after all, a Realm promotion. To play it safe, Lin Yuan directly dismissed most of his Incarnation.

"Galaxy, why do I feel…?"

Supreme Being Xuan Yuan carefully observed Lin Yuan, feeling increasingly alarmed, and finally couldn't help asking.

Even though Lin Yuan restrained his aura as much as possible, Supreme Being Xuan Yuan still vaguely perceived the change in Lin Yuan before and after.

The sense of oppression brought by that leap in life level and qualitative change in strength made Supreme Being Xuan Yuan feel palpitated.

"Just now, I went to make a Breakthrough."

Lin Yuan did not hide it and said directly.

Lin Yuan still believed that the nine Supreme Powerhouses of Human Civilization, such as Supreme Being Xuan Yuan, could be trusted, and he wouldn't conceal many things.

"Breakthrough?"

"Galaxy, you've made a Breakthrough?"

Supreme Being Xia Qin was pleasantly surprised. Lin Yuan was now the towering pillar of Human Civilization, and his status even exceeded that of the nine Supreme Powerhouses.

The stronger Lin Yuan's strength was, the stronger Human Civilization would be.

"Breakthrough? Galaxy, you have already stepped into the Sovereign Realm?"

Supreme Being Xuan Yuan said with a sigh in his tone.

They had stepped into the Twelfth Order countless tens of thousands of years earlier than Lin Yuan, but how long had passed now before Lin Yuan completely surpassed them and stepped into the Sovereign Realm?

This surpassing referred purely to the Realm.

As for combat power? Supreme Being Xuan Yuan and several other Supreme Powerhouses suspected that even before Lin Yuan stepped into the Twelfth Order, his combat power had already surpassed some Supreme Powerhouses.

"Galaxy, how strong is your strength now?"

Supreme Being Yu Die was slightly curious, and the other Supreme Powerhouses were also very curious.

Within the Universe, when Lin Yuan first entered the Twelfth Order Dao Realm, the Supreme Powerhouses had also asked this question.

At that time, Lin Yuan's answer was that he was comparable to the Pilgrimage Realm Peak within the Universe, and comparable to the Sovereign Realm outside the Universe.

Now that Lin Yuan had directly stepped into the Sovereign Realm, what level should his true strength reach?

"Equivalent to the Chaos Realm, I suppose."

Lin Yuan said casually.

"Chaos Realm?"

Several Supreme Powerhouses took deep breaths.

Even though they had some guesses before asking, hearing Lin Yuan admit it personally made the several Supreme Powerhouses' hearts tremble uncontrollably.

Chaos Realm?

That was a Chaos Venerable.

Even in the Chaos Void, Chaos Venerables were high and mighty. For example, the "Fragment World" where they currently resided was just a small corner of the Chaos Continent opened up by Venerable Gu Ming.

"Our Human Civilization now has a Venerable as well?"

Supreme Being Xuan Yuan's eyes turned faintly red, and the other Supreme Powerhouses were much the same.

The meaning of Lin Yuan's words was no less significant than when Human Civilization in the Universe finally birthed its first Supreme Powerhouse during its dormant years.

No.

The former was far more significant than the latter.

This was a Chaos Venerable, after all.

In fact, what Supreme Being Xuan Yuan and the other Supreme Powerhouses did not know was

that what Lin Yuan called "equivalent to the Chaos Realm" actually referred to being equivalent to the Chaotic Realm Peak.

Ordinary Chaos Realm and Chaotic Realm Peak were two completely different concepts. Although the gap wasn't as large as that between a Venerable and a Great Saint, the Chaotic Realm Peak far surpassed the ordinary Chaos Realm by a huge margin, whether in influence or in strength and methods.

This was still Lin Yuan's strength as a newly promoted Sovereign Realm expert. Next, as time passed, Lin Yuan's strength would enter a stage of continuous soaring.

After continuing to chat with the several Supreme Powerhouses for a while,

Lin Yuan began a new round of seclusion.

"Stepping into the Sovereign Realm, I can indeed Cultivate the second layer of "Infinite Void"," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

When he was in the Dao Realm, limited by his life essence being too low, even with the chaos tree suppressing it, he couldn't master the second layer of "Infinite Void". Now, there was no such necessity anymore.

""Infinite Void"."

Bits and pieces of the second layer of this Thirteenth Order Legacy flashed through Lin Yuan's mind.

With Lin Yuan's current inner Universe strength Foundation, once he mastered the second layer of "Infinite Void", his inner Universe would reach a level close to that of a Chaotic Great Saint's inner Universe.

The Chaotic Great Saint of the Chaos Void evolved a power path exclusive to themselves from the Chaos, and the enhancement to their inner Universe was extremely terrifying.

With every gesture of a Chaotic Great Saint, the erupted aftershocks were enough to heavily injure ordinary Chaos Venerables. What they contained was naturally not just rule comprehension, but also a massive volume surpassing the Venerables.

Inner Universe.

The jade gourd vibrated slightly, and the Red-Clothed Girl's figure condensed. She looked around with a slightly astonished expression.

The Thirteenth Order Foundation Legacy "Infinite Void" could indeed greatly enhance a living being's inner Universe, but someone like Lin Yuan far exceeded the Red-Clothed Girl's expectations.

For Lin Yuan's inner Universe to reach its current state, "Infinite Void" indeed occupied the primary reason, but besides this Legacy, there were also numerous other driving reasons.

"Perhaps, there is really a possibility of reaching the seventh layer?"

The Red-Clothed Girl thought silently in her heart.

"Infinite Void" had a total of seven layers, of which the seventh layer was merely a theoretical Realm. Once mastered, the inner Universe would transform into a behemoth comparable to the entire Chaos Void.

Deep within the Chaos Continent of Venerable Gu Ming.

Venerable Gu Ming frowned slightly, falling into deep thought.

"Gu Ming, what's wrong?"

The Black-robed Youth walked out from the side, asking with slight astonishment.

As Venerable Gu Ming's partner, the Black-robed Youth rarely saw Venerable Gu Ming wear such an expression.

"Just now…"

Venerable Gu Ming roughly explained what had happened just now.

An entity suspected to be a Chaotic Realm Peak or a Chaos Realm Wonder Lifeform had carried out a whale-swallowing scene spanning hundreds of billions to tens of trillions of light-years in the nearby Void Domain.

"To swallow and spit such a large range of Chaos Qi, it is either a Chaotic Realm Peak or a Chaos Realm Wonder Lifeform."

The Black-robed Youth also made the same judgment.

"But this has nothing to do with us, and recently I haven't 'foreseen' any danger."

The Black-robed Youth was somewhat puzzled.

"I deduce that the entity that whale-swallowed the Chaos Qi on a large scale—"

Venerable Gu Ming took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice, "is that 'Galaxy'."