Chapter 686 Time Lord

"The Sect-protecting grand array of this ruins has been completely destroyed before, and not just once."

"Could it be that after every destruction, it can slowly recover?"

Lin Yuan observed carefully. Not long after discovering this Sect ruins, his Taiyin Primordial Spirit arrived.

"This is at least the ruins of a Saint Sect-level faction, and its foundation is far more terrifying than the Qingyun Saint Sect."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

The definition of a Saint Sect-level faction in this Origin World was having Experts of the Three Realms of Leisure level presiding over it.

The Three Realms of Leisure were benchmarked against the Great Saints of the Chaos Void and the Heavenly Sovereigns of the First Source World.

Among them, the Third Realm of Leisure was the threshold of the Supreme Saint Sect, belonging to the second tier of factions and Sects in this heaven and earth.

Below the Supreme Saint Sect were the Saint Sect-level factions.

Even among Saint Sect-level factions, there were still distinctions of high and low, superior and inferior.

For example, the Qingyun Saint Sect belonged to a weaker Saint Sect, and its founder had barely managed to squeeze into the Three Realms of Leisure.

After experiencing the great upheaval of heaven and earth, the strongest person in the current Qingyun Saint Sect was long no longer in the Three Realms of Leisure, but rather the Sect Master who was at the Peak of the Six Realms of Longevity.

The Peak of the Six Realms of Longevity was equivalent to a Peak Venerable of the Chaos Void.

Logically speaking, the Qingyun Saint Sect had long lost the name of a Saint Sect.

It was only due to the relationship of the Demon Disaster that it could maintain the title of a Saint Sect.

"It should be that a Source Demon has made a move."

Lin Yuan observed the traces near the ruins. Among them, a critical blow that almost penetrated the Sect-protecting grand array faintly had root Devilish Qi overflowing. Only a 'demon' at the level of a Source Demon could have caused such a scene.

"Source Demon?"

Lin Yuan did not feel too much surprise.

Most of the Source Demons gathered in the Central Heaven, but that did not mean there were no traces of Source Demons elsewhere; it was just that their numbers were too few.

Lin Yuan stood outside and observed for a while before walking in.

The Sect-protecting grand array of this ruins had not yet recovered and was completely unable to block Lin Yuan.

Not long after, Lin Yuan came to the deepest part of the ruins.

It was empty here, with only a stone statue standing tall.

"Runes?"

Seeing dozens of runes engraved under the stone statue, Lin Yuan's heart stirred slightly, and following these dozens of runes, he extended the last three runes.

When the Demon Disaster invaded, before their Sects were breached by the 'demons', many Sect factions would basically leave behind their respective core Legacies to be left for later generations of cultivators.

After all, the 'demons' were not interested in cultivation Legacies, and wanting to open the Legacies required borrowing The Dao of Runes, which the 'demons' obviously could not do.

Of course, some Sect factions would leave behind some trials outside of the core Legacies to screen people, since many Legacies were not suitable for every cultivator.

Hum~

Accompanied by Lin Yuan extending the last three runes, the entire stone statue began to rumble slightly, and the figure of a man draped in a dark red cloak condensed and emerged.

"Later generation." The man draped in a dark red cloak looked at Lin Yuan: "My name is 'Li Hong'. I don't know how long has passed by the time you see this branding of mine, or whether the Demon Disaster has ended. Anyway, in the era I am in, the Demon Disaster has just descended for one hundred billion years. I am currently being hunted down by a Source Demon, and I estimate I won't be able to hold on for much longer."

"Li Hong? Is he the founder of the Li Hong Saint Sect?" Lin Yuan thought to himself.

As a Saint Sect before the great upheaval of heaven and earth, the Qingyun Saint Sect naturally recorded detailed intelligence and information on other Saint Sects.

Among them, the Li Hong Saint Sect was quite famous, and its founder, 'Li Hong', was an expert at the Peak of the Second Realm of Leisure.

"That Source Demon is too strong. I feel that even an Eternal Child cannot compare. I have no ability to resist at all and can only flee all the way." 'Li Hong', draped in a dark red cloak, spoke.

The so-called Eternal Child was the strongest successor of the major Eternal Sect factions, possessing strength surpassing that above the Third Realm of Leisure.

"Even stronger than an Eternal Child?"

Lin Yuan was shocked. An Eternal Child was already close to the Abyssal Dragon. Even stronger than an Eternal Child? Wouldn't that be equivalent to the Abyssal Dragon, or even surpass the Abyssal Dragon?

How could this be possible?

The Abyssal Dragon was the first living being nurtured by the First Source World, carrying countless Opportunities and Karma, with terrifying talent.

The Eternal Children of this Origin World relied on special rune Legacies and the all-out cultivation of their respective Thirteenth Order Experts to reach a degree of barely approaching the Abyssal Dragon, which was still understandable.

But equivalent to the Abyssal Dragon or even surpassing the Abyssal Dragon?

How could this be possible?

Even Lin Yuan felt it was unimaginable.

He could easily surpass the Abyssal Dragon because he possessed perceptions of the Great Dao rules of different dimensional heavens and earth, along with Heaven-Defying Comprehension. But what about the Source Demon?

"What on earth is a 'demon'?"

Lin Yuan's brows furrowed slightly. Over the past thousand years, he had hunted down various devil spirits and great demons, but he still had not completely figured out such an existence.

"It is said that being killed by a Source Demon, the Devilish Qi will infiltrate the mental will. No matter how many life-saving methods of Clones and Incarnations one has, they are useless. As for self-detonation? As long as a causal connection still exists, the Source Demon will keep hunting them down."

'Li Hong' said with a calm expression: "Ever since stepping onto the path of Cultivation, I have never felt such oppression."

Lin Yuan listened.

Regarding the many methods of the Source Demon, he had also seen them in the ancient texts and books collected by the Qingyun Saint Sect.

"Since death is unavoidable, I left behind this stone statue in advance. It contains the Legacy of the path I walked, especially the Rune Great Dao. This is the Great Dao passed down by the various Eternal Lords!"

'Li Hong' continued.

The Eternal Lord was the title given by all living beings in this Origin World to the Thirteen Step Time Life.

The Thirteen Step Time Life of different worlds had different titles. For example, the Time Lifeform of the First Source World styled themselves as 'Ancestors'.

"The Rune Great Dao?"

Lin Yuan immediately listened carefully.

Although 'Li Hong''s strength was not as good as Lin Yuan's, as an expert at the Peak of the Second Realm of Leisure, his understanding of runes certainly had unique aspects.

Especially since the other party had paid respects to several Eternal Lords and received their guidance, his understanding of runes must be much stronger than the Qingyun Saint Sect.

"I have listened to the Dao lectures of the Eternal Lords many times."

'Li Hong', draped in a dark red cloak, smiled slightly: "Every Eternal Lord's understanding of The Dao of Runes is profound and vast, enough for people like us to study for a lifetime."

Lin Yuan listened quietly. The 'Li Hong' before him was only a branding without intelligence, and everything he said was a 'fixed program'. Lin Yuan did not plan to ask anything either.

"Among all the Eternal Lords, I admire the Lord of Heavenly Light's understanding of the Rune Great Dao the most." 'Li Hong', draped in a dark red cloak, said: "I have no intention of belittling other Eternal Lords, but I feel that The Dao of Runes expounded by the Lord of Heavenly Light is the most perfect."

Speaking of this, 'Li Hong' paused for a moment, as if falling into some kind of memory, and only continued after a long time: "The Lord of Heavenly Light's pursuit and understanding of The Dao of Runes is omnipotence."

"Omnipotence?"

Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly.

"That's right, it is omnipotence."

Wonder and amazement surfaced on 'Li Hong''s expression: "For example, if you want to open up the vast heaven and earth we are in once again, you can use the Rune Great Dao to open and replicate it. If you want to revive the dead Experts of the Three Realms of Leisure from the past, you can likewise achieve it with the power of runes."

"In the Rune Great Dao understood by the Lord of Heavenly Light, the ultimate pursuit is omnipotence—using The Dao of Runes to be omnipotent and capable of anything."

"Even wanting to completely kill other Eternal Lords can be done. The Eternal Lords insightfully perceive the future and can see all kinds of possibilities for their own future. Wanting to kill an Eternal Lord is truly too difficult, but if one comprehends The Dao of Runes to the extreme and reaches the theoretically omnipotent level, one can completely kill an Eternal Lord."

"Not just killing, borrowing the omnipotent Rune Great Dao can even create a new Eternal Lord. Of course, this kind of rune power, even the Lord of Heavenly Light has not reached, and it is merely at the level of conception and pursuit."

'Li Hong', draped in a dark red cloak, spoke.

Listening to this, Lin Yuan felt shocked in his heart. The Lord of Heavenly Light was one of the Thirteen Step Time Life of this Origin World, which was also in the information recorded and collected by the Qingyun Saint Sect.

However, Lin Yuan did not expect that the Lord of Heavenly Light actually had such a pursuit for runes?

Omnipotence?

Actually, Lin Yuan had also mastered a kind of omnipotent power.

That was Boundary-Breaking Source Power.

According to the information emerging from the Gate of Myriad Realms, Boundary-Breaking Source Power could accomplish everything.

Theoretically speaking, as long as there is a sufficient amount of Boundary-Breaking Source Power, it is also possible to completely kill a Thirteen Step Time Life, but the requirement for the amount of Boundary-Breaking Source Power here is estimated to be an unreachably distant number.

But compared to the rune omnipotence pursued by the Lord of Heavenly Light, the omnipotence of Boundary-Breaking Source Power was a known thing.

"The Rune Great Dao."

Lin Yuan steadied his mind. From the Lord of Heavenly Light's pursuit of the Rune Great Dao, one could see the potential of this Great Dao. Although it was unclear whether the Rune Great Dao could ultimately reach the omnipotent level, there was at least a slim hope.

Otherwise, as a Time Lifeform, the Lord of Heavenly Light would not have generated such a pursuit of thought.

As for Lin Yuan, he was completely unable to comprehend a single bit of Boundary-Breaking Source Power. The essence of this power was too high. Lin Yuan could only feel its existence with the help of the Gate of Myriad Realms; without the Gate of Myriad Realms, he would not even know of this power at all.

Now that he knew the theoretical end of The Dao of Runes was Boundary-Breaking Source Power, he could instead pass through deep comprehension of The Dao of Runes to indirectly comprehend Boundary-Breaking Source Power.

Compared to the means of achieving omnipotence by borrowing Boundary-Breaking Source Power, Lin Yuan hoped even more to achieve omnipotence through himself rather than relying on external objects.

"I admire the Lord of Heavenly Light, so my path and the Rune Great Dao I comprehended are both moving closer to the Lord of Heavenly Light."

'Li Hong', draped in a dark red cloak, said: "And the Rune Great Dao I comprehended is generally divided into three categories: first, attack; second, defense; third, life-preservation."

"The attack-type Rune Great Dao is named 'Light of Li Hong'. This is my highest-killing-power method, composed of twenty-six thousand eight hundred and thirty-five runes forming a beam of the Light of Li Hong, piercing through everything. Even an expert of the Third Realm of Leisure would have to temporarily avoid its sharp edge under this single strike of mine."

'Li Hong' had unwillingness in his tone: "With the killing power of this rune art, if I went a step further and stepped into the Third Realm of Leisure, facing that Source Demon behind, I might not have lacked a chance to fight."

"Light of Li Hong?" Lin Yuan watched carefully. 'Li Hong', draped in a dark red cloak, was also demonstrating his moves while recounting this kind of The Dao of Runes. Piece by piece, runes continuously intertwined and combined, forming a dark red beam of light.

"The Light of Li Hong, although referenced from several offensive methods passed down by the Lord of Heavenly Light, is also considered to be created by me. Later, you can take a look at the many Legacies collected within this stone statue yourself, and evaluate them by the way."

'Li Hong', draped in a dark red cloak, had a tone brimming with confidence.

"The second category is the defensive Rune Great Dao, which I named the Dao of the Li Tripod. Using runes to transform into a tripod, it achieves Perfection and is unbreakable. I once used this rune art to persist for ten breaths in front of an expert of the Third Realm of Leisure."

A trace of complacency surfaced on 'Li Hong''s face.

With the body of the Second Realm of Leisure, persisting for ten breaths in front of the Third Realm could already be considered rare.

"As for the life-preservation Rune Great Dao, it is named the Blood Rainbow Undying Art, which can practice out thousands of blood rainbow bodies. Unfortunately, there is still a causal connection between different blood rainbow bodies; otherwise, that Source Demon behind would want to kill me? Keep dreaming."

Unwillingness surfaced on 'Li Hong''s face. Clearly, facing true life-and-death survival, he also yearned to live on.

"The specific Cultivation methods of these three Rune Great Daos are all placed inside the stone statue. In addition, the Rune Great Daos passed down by the various Eternal Lords are all inside."

'Li Hong' looked at Lin Yuan: "I won't set up any trials for the Rune Great Dao I walked. Normal cultivators can all Cultivate it, and there is no need to test back and forth. However, after you comprehend it, don't destroy this stone statue, and leave a glimmer of hope for future generations."

After finishing, 'Li Hong' sighed, closed his eyes at the same time, and muttered to himself:

"Great Lord of Heavenly Light, why didn't you make a move to stop the Demon Disaster?"

The tone of 'Li Hong''s final murmur was filled with doubt, and then it quickly collapsed.

"Lord of Heavenly Light." Lin Yuan was also very curious about the status of the various Eternal Lords. Could it be that they were all blocked by the 'Demon Gods'?

Lin Yuan pondered for an instant and immediately probed his mind into the stone statue.

"Before me, six cultivators have already been here and comprehended the Legacy inside."

Lin Yuan immediately discovered the traces inside the stone statue. Every comprehending person would leave traces inside the stone statue, and Lin Yuan was the seventh comprehending person.

This was actually normal. According to what 'Li Hong' said, this ruins had existed since the Early Stage of the great heaven and earth upheaval. Over such long years, it was completely normal for a few cultivators who discovered this ruins to appear.

"The Rune Great Dao Legacies left behind by the various Eternal Lords."

What Lin Yuan comprehended first were these. The Qingyun Saint Sect also collected some Rune Great Dao Legacies, but very few were related to the Eternal Lords. It was mainly because the founder of the Qingyun Saint Sect had just stepped into the Three Realms of Leisure and could not compare to veteran Second Realm Peak Experts like 'Li Hong'.

"Lord of Heavenly Light." The Rune Great Daos passed down by the Lord of Heavenly Light contained within the stone statue amounted to more than twenty kinds. The more Lin Yuan comprehended, the more astonished he became. It wasn't as if he hadn't comprehended Thirteenth Order Legacies before.

The Chaos Void and the First Source World, especially the latter, had the Thirteenth Order Legacies left behind by the Six Ancestors allowing Lin Yuan to comprehend them at will.

But compared to the Rune Great Dao left behind by the Lord of Heavenly Light, Lin Yuan felt that the gap was very obvious. The understanding of runes in the Rune Great Dao left behind by the Lord of Heavenly Light was extremely high, even when placed at the Thirteenth Order level.

"Could this Lord of Heavenly Light be a Time Lord?" Lin Yuan thought to himself.