Chapter 602: Solicitation

"The map… is extending?"

In the Small World, Lin Yuan's Incarnation descended, observing the changes in the animal-skin map before him.

As the inner aura of the Xuanhuang Universe gradually dissipated, the map on the surface of this animal skin was clearly expanding and enlarging rapidly.

Originally, the map only occupied one-fifth of the animal skin, but now it was expanding, taking up a quarter, a third, and finally, half of the animal skin's surface revealed the map.

"Besides the Mausoleum, many other areas have also appeared."

Lin Yuan observed carefully, and many areas had informational descriptions.

For example, there was a place named Futou Tower, which was a place for Body Tempering. Any living being that approached this area would be shrouded by the power of Futou.

Even someone as strong as a Great Saint would be trapped for a moment.

There was also a location named Nine Realms Pavilion, which connected to nine Small Worlds separately created by Your Majesty Xuan Huang, imprisoning some miraculous lifeforms nurtured by the Chaos Void.

For Your Majesty Xuan Huang's daily research.

"With this map, after I enter the Xuanhuang Universe, I will definitely be able to seize numerous preemptive opportunities."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face. Other Experts, even those Chaotic Great Saints, would be completely blind upon entering and wouldn't know where to go.

To be precise, they wouldn't know the value of those area locations.

Charging blindly in would very likely lead them to mistakenly enter places like the Nine Realms Pavilion and Futou Tower.

The Nine Realms Pavilion connected nine Small Worlds; if a Chaotic Great Saint accidentally strayed into it, it would probably take a lot of effort to break free.

Futou Tower was even more so. The power of Futou was no weaker than the evolutionary power of Chaos, and it was a power specifically used by the Xuanhuang Lineage for Body Tempering. If a Great Saint fell into it, they would probably suffer miserably.

Furthermore, with the Xuanhuang Universe having just opened, every single minute and second was exceptionally precious. Being trapped for a while? By the time they came out, I'm afraid many precious resources would have already been snatched away.

To be slow by a step is to be slow by every step.

The Great Saints behind could only watch helplessly.

"After I enter, following this route—"

Based on the map, Lin Yuan formulated his own route after entering the Xuanhuang Universe.

The locations passed by these routes stored many treasures, rare items, and weapons. This was the path planned out by Lin Yuan to maximize his gains.

To prevent himself from randomly appearing somewhere in the Universe after entering, Lin Yuan directly formulated more than ten routes, basically covering all situations.

"Ultimately, I must head to the Mausoleum. That place probably holds Your Majesty Xuan Huang's most precious treasures."

Lin Yuan looked at the very central area of the map, which was the Mausoleum revealed at the very beginning.

"It's just that this time the Xuanhuang Universe opened, yet not a single Profound Yellow Secret Realm Master came over?" Lin Yuan glanced outside, thinking to himself inwardly.

Every living being that took charge of and refined a Profound Yellow Secret Realm would have a slight induction between each other.

Refining a Profound Yellow Secret Realm was equivalent to becoming a successor and Disciple of Your Majesty Xuan Huang, belonging to the Xuanhuang Lineage, so naturally, they had means to identify one another.

"That's true too. So many cosmic eras have passed. Even if Secret Realm Masters still exist, they might not necessarily know that the Xuanhuang Universe has emerged; even if they know, they might not be able to rush over in time."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

The reason he could know this Universe was the Xuanhuang Universe was because he obtained the animal skin inscribed with the map, allowing the two to resonate.

Without this piece of animal skin, Lin Yuan would have been unable to determine that the newly born Acquired Universe was the Xuanhuang Universe.

If the distance was too great and the cost of coming over was too high, they would most likely choose not to meddle in these muddy waters.

Moreover, wanting to become a Profound Yellow Secret Realm Master was not such an easy task. The reason Lin Yuan was able to do it was because of his Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability.

But for living beings within other Universes? It was incomparably difficult.

Out of the thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three Profound Yellow Secret Realms, just how many had been refined and taken charge of was another matter entirely.

The outside world.

The spacetime on the outer periphery of that corner of the Xuanhuang Universe collapsed, revealing a trace of its inner aura, causing the long-waiting Experts to shake their spirits.

Lin Yuan's true body was also paying attention.

"There should still be a few days."

Lin Yuan thought to himself. The collapse of the external spacetime of this corner of the Universe caused spacetime storms to surge within the Universe. To wait until it reached a point where they could enter, they probably still had to wait a few days.

"Hmm?"

Most of Lin Yuan's mind was focused on that corner of the Xuanhuang Universe when he suddenly noticed an aura rapidly approaching.

"Divine Wind Venerable?"

Lin Yuan recognized the other party's identity; he was a quite famous Chaos Realm Peak Venerable.

Besides Divine Wind Venerable, there were also two Chaos Realm Peak Venerables following behind him.

"Your Excellency, do not panic; we have no hostility."

Divine Wind Venerable immediately spoke via voice transmission and stopped not far away without continuing to approach.

"What do you want with me?" Lin Yuan looked at him.

"Your Excellency should be able to see the extraordinary nature of this Acquired Universe? Its creator should be an extraordinary Peerless Great Saint," Divine Wind Venerable said. "It's just that most of the treasures and rare items inside this Acquired Universe are destined to fall into the hands of the nine Great Saints."

Divine Wind Venerable glanced at the nine figures closest to the Secret Realm.

At the very beginning, the auras of the Chaotic Great Saints were somewhat restrained, but now? Even as they were about to enter the Xuanhuang Universe, the nine Chaotic Great Saints no longer hid, instead releasing their terrifying auras to their heart's content.

"Chaos Venerables like us can at most drink some soup behind the Great Saints. Even so, we still need to guard against other Venerables."

Divine Wind Venerable sighed.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan did not speak.

Among the nine Chaotic Great Saints, there was a need to compete with each other; among the Chaos Venerables, competition was likewise necessary.

Moreover, the degree of competition among Venerables far exceeded that of Great Saints. After all, there were only nine Great Saints, and they would definitely occupy most of the resources and treasures within the Xuanhuang Universe.

But Chaos Venerables? There were already over a hundred of them currently. One hundred Chaos Venerables splitting the 'soup' that the Great Saints didn't want—one could imagine how fierce the fighting would be.

"What do you want to say?" Lin Yuan looked at Divine Wind Venerable.

"I want to invite you to join us," Divine Wind Venerable said. "Chaos Venerables like us need to join forces; doing so will give us a greater advantage when fighting other Venerables."

"Rest assured, we already have twelve Chaos Venerables, and there are four Peak Venerables among them. If you join us, you will definitely not return empty-handed this time."

Divine Wind Venerable continued, "Of course, after joining us, all the gains from exploring this Acquired Universe this time will be controlled by me, and they will be distributed after the exploration ends."

"Trust me, only in this way can we maximize our gains, and it will only benefit you without any harm."

Lin Yuan looked at Divine Wind Venerable, shook his head, and said, "All the gains are handed over to you, and you will distribute them?"

Although there was no way he would choose to join, Lin Yuan still felt somewhat helpless. Was this treating him as a free hired muscle?

Who knew how Divine Wind Venerable would distribute them?

"I'm not very interested," Lin Yuan said directly.

"Not interested?" Divine Wind Venerable was slightly stunned. Before coming over, he had already seen other Venerables, and the other party had strongly agreed with his views.

With over a hundred Chaos Venerables gathered, if some of the Venerables could unite and join forces, they would indeed have a huge advantage.

Among Chaos Venerables, even Peak Venerables didn't have a very large gap in strength, far from being like the chasm between Great Saints and Venerables.

At this time, the advantage in numbers became very important.

"Think about it some more," Divine Wind Venerable continued.

"I said, not interested." Lin Yuan frowned.

"Fine, your choice is up to you." Divine Wind Venerable was silent for a moment and didn't continue trying to persuade him. "But let me remind you, fighting alone will put you at a great disadvantage."

After finishing, Divine Wind Venerable turned and left.

"Divine Wind, you actually got rejected?"

A Peak Venerable beside Divine Wind Venerable sneered, "Which Void Domain does this Venerable come from anyway? Could it be that he hasn't even heard of your mighty name, Divine Wind?"

"No matter what his background is, with a formidable enemy right before us, instead of thinking about joining forces, he plans to fight alone? How short-sighted!"

Divine Wind Venerable shook his head, his tone icy. "When this Acquired Universe opens completely and the many Venerables swarm in, he will know what a grave mistake it was to reject me."

"Indeed, could it be that he really regards himself as a Great Saint?"

Another Peak Venerable also spoke, feeling that Lin Yuan would regret it sooner or later.

For several Peak Venerables to personally invite him—what an honor was that? And Lin Yuan rejected it without even thinking?

If not for the imminent opening of the Xuanhuang Universe, plus the fact that there were too many Venerables around, both Peak Venerables intended to take action and leave Lin Yuan with a lesson.

"Let's go invite the next one."

Divine Wind Venerable continued flying forward. Every time they invited a Venerable to join, their strength would increase by a fraction, and they would have more advantages in the ensuing battles.

Deep within layers of spacetime, the double-horned Dual Source Great Saint looked afar at that corner of the Universe.

"The Altar Spirit said this Acquired Universe was created by Xuan Huang Great Sage, and Xuan Huang Great Sage is the Peerless Great Saint closest to the Invincible Great Saint?"

Dual Source Great Saint thought to himself. It was precisely because of this intelligence that he bore the cost of being heavily gouged by the Altar Spirit and forcibly rushed over.

"To be able to receive such an evaluation from the Altar Spirit, that Xuan Huang Great Sage's strength must be terrifying, capable of traversing almost all Peerless Great Saints of that era."

"The Acquired Universe he left behind is worth me going all out to fight for."

Anticipation appeared in Dual Source Great Saint's eyes.

The existence of the Altar Spirit was similar to the Eye of Myriad Laws; both were related to Thirteenth Order Time Lifeforms. It was also by sheer coincidence that Dual Source Great Saint was able to enter the space where the Altar Spirit resided.

Without sufficient fortune, even someone as strong as a Peerless Great Saint could not contact the Altar Spirit.

"The ones who need to be paid attention to this time are Kuangman, Celestial Fortune, and Black Obsidian, those three. As for the other five…" Dual Source Great Saint glanced at the five Great Saints including Nine Phoenix Great Saint and Shadow Demon Great Saint.

He didn't pay too much attention to them.

Among the nine Great Saints present, they were clearly divided into three tiers.

The first tier consisted of Dual Source Great Saint, Great Saint Kuang Man, and Black Obsidian Great Saint.

These three Great Saints were the strongest in strength, especially Dual Source Great Saint. The path he walked had a high hope of allowing him to become a Peerless Great Saint.

For a Chaotic Great Saint to become a Peerless Great Saint, it mainly depended on the path they walked themselves.

If the path was not compatible, a Chaotic Great Saint was destined to be unable to become a Peerless Great Saint.

In reality, regarding the breakthrough to the Thirteenth Order, the gap between a Chaotic Great Saint and a Peerless Great Saint was not very large. It was mainly that a Peerless Great Saint's exploration and understanding of the Thirteenth Order definitely surpassed that of a Chaotic Great Saint.

The second tier was the two Chaotic Great Saints including Celestial Fortune Great Saint.

As for the third tier, it was the four newly-advanced Chaotic Great Saints, including Shadow Demon Great Saint and Nine Phoenix Great Saint.

"How did that fellow Dual Source get here?"

The tall Great Saint Kuang Man glanced at Dual Source Great Saint, feeling slightly troublesome.

Tens of thousands of years ago, he had heard that Dual Source Great Saint was exploring a ruins site. That place was incomparably far from here; even for a Chaotic Great Saint, rushing over would take millions upon millions of years.

"I arrived within a short period through the Eye of Myriad Laws. What means did Dual Source rely on? Was it also the Eye of Myriad Laws?"

Great Saint Kuang Man thought to himself. He had crossed hands with Dual Source Great Saint a few times before, and the other party's strength was indeed terrifying. Even he could only barely maintain a draw.

At that time, Great Saint Kuang Man even felt that Dual Source Great Saint still had trump cards he hadn't used.

"Forget it, this time whoever dares to block me, I'll just steamroll right over them."

Great Saint Kuang Man's aura surged, causing the surrounding spacetime to be continuously torn apart under the pressure.

In order to rush here, he had paid 300 million chaos stones in advance to the Eye of Myriad Laws. If he couldn't even recover this bit of cost, he would suffer a massive loss this time.

Great Saint Kuang Man simply couldn't accept such a consequence. As a Chaotic Great Saint, and one who excelled in offensive combat among Chaotic Great Saints, when had Great Saint Kuang Man ever suffered such a loss?

"In terms of strength, I am not as good as those three: Dual Source, Kuangman, and Black Obsidian."

Celestial Fortune Great Saint quietly observed his surroundings, very clear about what tier and position he was in.

"But fighting for treasures relies on more than just strength," Celestial Fortune Great Saint thought to himself.

Every Chaotic Great Saint, depending on the path of chaotic power they evolved, excelled in different things. The three Great Saints Dual Source, Kuangman, and Black Obsidian clearly excelled in offensive combat.

However, what Celestial Fortune Great Saint excelled at was self-preservation.

"As long as I seize the Opportunity and obtain the Supreme treasure, those three—Dual Source and the others—won't be able to do anything to me."

Celestial Fortune Great Saint had no intention of going toe-to-toe with these three Great Saints; that was obviously using one's own weaknesses to fight against others' strengths.

"However, this Acquired Universe is actually able to attract Dual Source over…"

Celestial Fortune Great Saint's thoughts scattered. He also roughly knew Dual Source Great Saint's location, which was incomparably far from here.

He was exploring an ancient ruins site.

But even so, Dual Source Great Saint still rushed over.

Abandoning the ruins he was exploring and paying a heavy price to arrive here could only explain one problem.

That was, the creator of this Acquired Universe was extraordinary, or there was something inside that Dual Source Great Saint desperately needed.

"Nine Chaotic Great Saints?"

Lin Yuan was also observing the nine Chaotic Great Saints.

"Dual Source Great Saint?" Lin Yuan looked from afar at that double-horned Great Saint.

The chaotic path evolved by Dual Source Great Saint was the Fusion of two types of power, though it was not as perfect as the Fusion of Taiyin and Taiyang that Lin Yuan walked.

And being able to form a brand-new power like Taiji, it could not be underestimated either.

You must know that ordinary Chaotic Great Saints, even if they simultaneously evolved two chaotic paths, could not achieve complete Fusion. This had extremely high demands on the Great Saint themselves.

Of course, once the Fusion succeeded, the boost to combat power would also be unprecedented.

Lin Yuan used Chaos to evolve Taiyin, Taiyang, and Taiji, and the resulting Chaotic Taiji Path could probably directly reach the Peerless Great Saint tier.