Chapter 712: Lin Yuan and the Eternal Lords

Hidden World.

Several Sect Masters and numerous high-ranking members of the Sect were chatting leisurely.

Ever since Lin Yuan forcefully repelled the Demon God head-on, their pressure had been reduced by an unknown amount.

At least they no longer needed to worry about the Source Demons and even the Demon God from the outside world.

Their own lair wouldn't be on the verge of collapsing at any moment either.

If it weren't for the Devilish Qi still permeating the outside world,

the several Sect Masters would have even felt whether the Demon Disaster had completely passed.

"To think that Lord Galaxy is still not an Eternal Lord."

"It's too terrifying. That Demon God's final attack felt like it could easily shake this world, yet it was easily blocked by Lord Galaxy."

"Indeed, if it weren't for Lord Galaxy, if that Demon God had gone all out against this world, even with multiple Eternal Treasures, it wouldn't have been able to hold out for long."

Several Sect Masters and numerous high-ranking Elders of the Sect were still immersed in that battle between Lin Yuan and the Demon God.

To shake a Demon God—who was on par with an Eternal Lord—head-on without being an Eternal Lord was the very first time since this heaven and earth was opened, and it was estimated to be the only time as well.

"Fortunately, I directly made the decision to take out the eternal source and let Lord Galaxy choose, otherwise we would probably still be under attack by the Demon God right now."

The Sect Leader of the Eternal Immeasurable Sect looked slightly smug.

"Yes, yes, yes."

The other several Sect Masters immediately nodded.

In fact, there were dissenting thoughts among them at the time; after all, handing all the eternal source to Lin Yuan, what if he failed to hold off the Demon God in the end?

The overthrow of this Hidden World would probably have happened very, very quickly.

But looking at it now, the decision of the Sect Leader of the Eternal Immeasurable Sect directly saved this Hidden World and even reversed the current situation between the demons and cultivators.

"I wonder if the great Eternal Lords know about the existence of Lord Galaxy, and how they will face it."

A Sect Master was quite curious.

Logically speaking, the Eternal Lords were high above, and lifeforms below the Thirteenth Order, whether strong or weak, couldn't catch their eyes.

Even for the Eternal Sect they founded, they only cared about the collective as a whole rather than any individual. For the Eternal Lords, as long as the Eternal Sect hadn't perished, it was fine.

But Lin Yuan?

With the strength Lin Yuan displayed, even an Eternal Lord couldn't possibly ignore him.

"This is a matter for the great Eternal Lords."

Another Sect Master shook his head and was about to continue speaking.

Right at this moment—

Hum~~~ Inside the Hidden World, multiple Eternal Treasures seemed to have sensed something, trembling collectively as an eternal aura rapidly permeated the area.

"This?"

The expressions of the several Sect Masters were shocked.

The Eternal Treasures were left behind by the Eternal Lords, and their true master was also the Eternal Lord; they were merely borrowing the methods of the Eternal Lords to urge them.

Now, multiple Eternal Treasures were actively awakening, which could only mean they sensed a faint aura of their true masters.

In other words.

The Eternal Lords who had disappeared since the great upheaval of heaven and earth had appeared in this heaven and earth once again.

"The Eternal Lords, the great Eternal Lords have returned?"

A high-ranking member of the Sect was moved to tears, and the several Sect Masters were also extremely excited.

Many Elders and Disciples were born after the great upheaval of heaven and earth and had never truly seen their own Eternal Lord.

After a moment.

The Hidden World remained as it was.

The multiple Eternal Treasures slowly calmed down.

This caused confusion to arise in the expressions of the several Sect Masters and high-ranking members of the Sect.

Where were the great Eternal Lords?

Since they had returned, why hadn't they entered the Hidden World?

This Hidden World was jointly opened up by the various Eternal Lords. If the Eternal Lords returned, they would definitely return here at the very first moment.

"Perhaps… the great Eternal Lords have gone to do more important things."

The Sect Leader of the Eternal Immeasurable Sect thought and said. In his heart, he actually already had the answer: the reappearance of the Eternal Lords happened right after the epic battle between Lin Yuan and the Demon God.

Then it was very likely related to Lord Galaxy, or perhaps the return of the Eternal Lords this time was purely to see Lord Galaxy?

Lin Yuan looked at the thirteen towering figures standing not far away. Their aura wasn't very powerful, so they should just be a consciousness Incarnation.

But Lin Yuan immediately realized the other party's identity, especially the towering figure at the lead who smiled and referred to himself as "Limitless".

The thirteen Eternal Lords of this Origin World. Lin Yuan's expression was slightly solemn; these were, after all, thirteen Time Lifeforms.

Lin Yuan's current frontal combat power was certainly comparable to a Time Lifeform, but a Time Lifeform's most powerful method wasn't combat power, but the choice of the future.

Regarding the ability to peer into future timelines, Lin Yuan was still far inferior to a true Time Lifeform.

"Wu Mountain has met the little friend."

"Black Sky has met the little friend."

Along with the Limitless Lord speaking, the remaining twelve Eternal Lords also smiled and greeted him in turn.

"I have met the various Eternal Lords."

Lin Yuan immediately said.

After comprehending the Legacy left behind by the Lord of Heavenly Light, Lin Yuan deduced that the reason why the thirteen Eternal Lords of this Origin World disappeared was probably to hold back the strongest Bright Body of the Lord of Heavenly Light.

Without these thirteen Eternal Lords, this Origin World would probably have been eroded away long ago, and Lin Yuan would have been contaminated the moment he transmigrated and descended.

"If it weren't for the little friend this time, the Hidden World we left behind probably wouldn't have been able to hold out for much longer." The Limitless Lord smiled as he looked at Lin Yuan.

"It was also because of me that the Demon God was enraged." Lin Yuan shook his head.

This was also the truth. For the Demon God, if it hadn't discovered that a large number of Source Demons were hunted down by Lin Yuan, it probably wouldn't have attacked the Hidden World, but instead continued to suppress the World Consciousness with all its might.

"It's all the same." The Lord of Black Sky shook his head, "Even if the little friend hadn't hunted down the Source Demons, that Demon God would have eventually attacked the Hidden World sooner or later."

Lin Yuan smiled slightly.

Eternal Lords could observe numerous future timelines, and many things simply could not be hidden from them.

"Originally, all of us were almost in despair. We observed hundreds of millions of future timelines, and the final result was always the Demon God destroying everything." The Lord of Wu Mountain looked at Lin Yuan with a complex expression.

Only in a few timelines did a new Eternal Lord give birth in this Origin World, but compared to the countless timelines they observed, the probability of those few timelines was truly too low.

Even they, as Time Lifeforms, felt despair.

"However, your appearance, little friend, completely ended the Demon Disaster and saved all living beings in this heaven and earth." The Limitless Lord said.

"I haven't ended the Demon Disaster yet. The Demon God is still here, and the Devilish Qi hasn't stopped its erosion either." Lin Yuan immediately said.

Although he repelled the Demon God, it was only a repelling, and not even a complete one. The Demon God voluntarily retreated because it found that fighting Lin Yuan was meaningless, and instead turned to fully suppress the World Consciousness.

"It's just a matter of time." The Limitless Lord said.

Hearing this, the other twelve Eternal Lords didn't refute a single word.

During this period of time, they observed timeline after timeline and discovered that after Lin Yuan almost inevitably became an Eternal Lord, ending the Demon Disaster was indeed a matter of time.

"A matter of time?"

Lin Yuan understood in his heart, knowing that the thirteen Time Lifeforms must have viewed his future timeline.

And indeed, if Lin Yuan stepped into the Thirteenth Order, the first thing he would definitely do was clear away the Devilish Qi and banish the Demon God.

In Lin Yuan's eyes, this Origin World was equivalent to his lair. In this case, naturally, he wouldn't want unstable factors to exist in his lair, and the Devilish Qi and Demon God were those unstable factors.

The main reason Lin Yuan ended the Demon Disaster was for himself.

As for saving all living beings? Just a convenient by-product.

"However, little friend, there is one thing you still need to pay attention to."

The Limitless Lord looked at Lin Yuan, "There is no need to provoke that Demon God from now on. Just wait until you break through to the Thirteenth Order before making a move."

Among the many future timelines observed by the Limitless Lord, the time it took for Lin Yuan to become an Eternal Lord was as short as ten thousand years or as long as one hundred thousand years.

Why would Lin Yuan in some timelines step into the Thirteenth Order after one hundred thousand years? It was because Lin Yuan in those timelines tried to end the Demon Disaster and suppress that Demon God before stepping into the Thirteenth Order.

As a result, it provoked the Demon God's desperate resistance. Under their fierce battle, it caused certain impacts on Lin Yuan, and his mental will suffered a certain degree of erosion.

Although it was nothing serious, it took a full tens of thousands of years to completely eradicate this erosion.

All of this was seen by the Limitless Lord from the future timelines, knowing what Lin Yuan might do in the future. Naturally, he immediately spoke up to remind him to avoid taking detours.

"That's right, little friend."

"There's no rush to eradicate the Demon Disaster. That Demon God wants to completely suppress the World Consciousness? That's still a long way off, no rush, no rush."

"Right, first step into the Thirteenth Order and become an Eternal Lord before talking."

The Lord of Wu Mountain and the Lord of Black Sky also spoke successively.

The strength of a Thirteenth Order Time Lifeform lies in being able to choose the future most favorable to oneself.

"Oh?"

Lin Yuan's heart stirred slightly.

Currently, he could also observe future timelines, but he was far inferior to a true Time Lifeform and hadn't seen the timeline where he attacked the Demon God prematurely.

"Understood."

Lin Yuan nodded.

He indeed had the thought of continuing to find the Demon God for sparring in the near future; of course, it was just a thought and he hadn't prepared for specific implementation.

But under the reminder of the various Eternal Lords, Lin Yuan immediately realized that this approach would probably cost a price.

"Little friend's strength is indeed powerful, hardly weaker than ours by much, but after all, you are not a Time Lifeform. Having only frontal combat power makes it easy to be plotted against when facing those powerful Time Lifeforms."

The Limitless Lord said, "Only by becoming an Eternal Lord can you not only see more future possibilities, but also avoid being peeped at by other Time Lifeforms."

"The difficulty of peeping into the future of a non-Time Lifeform versus peeping into the future of a Time Lifeform is worlds apart."

The Limitless Lord said.

Unless the gap in strength is too large, it is very difficult for Time Lifeforms of the same level to directly observe each other's clear timelines, usually inferring them through indirect observation.

Even at the Time Lord level, they begin to gather their own timelines and seal off this timeline to form their own territory, completely cutting off the peeping of other Time Lifeforms.

And at the Fourteenth Order level, they jump out of the timeline altogether, leaving no traces in the past, future, or present.

"Hmm."

Lin Yuan nodded.

Theoretically, other Time Lifeforms seeing Lin Yuan's future wouldn't dare to plot against him.

But what if an accident happens? With the methods of Time Lifeforms, if they don't scheme or plot, fine; once they start scheming and plotting, it means they have a relatively high certainty of success.

"Becoming an Eternal Lord, becoming a Time Lifeform, gives you the qualifications to try and explore various dimensional spaces and contend with Time Lifeforms from other dimensional spaces."

The Lord of Black Sky said.

Next.

The thirteen Eternal Lords continued to converse with Lin Yuan for a while.

The intention of befriending him in their words almost overflowed.

Lin Yuan was well aware of this and was quite happy with it.

Having one more friend is always much better than having one more enemy.

Even if Lin Yuan steps into the Thirteenth Order and becomes a Time Lifeform, he is still willing to make friends with other Time Lifeforms.

"Little friend has fought with the Demon God, what do you think of it?"

The Lord of Black Sky inquired.

"Very powerful."

Lin Yuan said.

The Demon God was indeed very powerful.

Without relying on any secret techniques or Divine Abilities, it fought Lin Yuan head-on purely relying on physical instinct.

What's more crucial was that Lin Yuan vaguely deduced afterwards that the Demon God who fought him was not in its Peak state.

Part of the Demon God's power had transformed into endless Devilish Qi, permeating the entire Origin World.

The true Peak state of the Demon God was after gathering all the Devilish Qi.

However, once the Devilish Qi was gathered, it would no longer be able to continue eroding the Origin World.

"Is the little friend curious about the origin of the Demon God?" The Lord of Black Sky looked at Lin Yuan.

"The Demon God is the Black Demon Body of the Lord of Heavenly Light?" Lin Yuan said directly.

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the Eternal Lords were slightly startled.

Only these Eternal Lords knew about the true identity of the Demon God.

Lifeforms below the Eternal Lords had no idea at all, only knowing that the Demon God was one of the sources causing the Demon Disaster.

"Little friend has already comprehended the Legacy left behind by the Lord of Heavenly Light?" The Lord of Wu Mountain's mind moved slightly, receiving key information from the trial space he had opened up.

The Lord of Heavenly Light possessed two true bodies: the Bright Body and the Black Demon Body.

All along, what the Lord of Heavenly Light displayed to the outside world was the Bright Body.

As for the Black Demon Body? Before the great upheaval of heaven and earth occurred, even some Eternal Lords were unaware of it.

The Black Demon Body was one of the hidden methods of the Lord of Heavenly Light, and only a few Legacies left behind contained brief mentions of it.

"That Legacy, has the little friend already comprehended it?"

The Limitless Lord and other Eternal Lords had expressions of astonishment; quite a few among them hadn't thoroughly comprehended it yet.

But thinking of Lin Yuan's almost inevitable future, as well as his current strength comparable to a normal Eternal Lord, the various Time Lifeforms present instantly understood.

On Lin Yuan, any unbelievable thing happening seemed completely normal.

"Indeed, that Demon God is precisely the Black Demon Body of the Lord of Heavenly Light." The Lord of Black Sky said with an emotional tone.

The other Eternal Lords also fell silent.

These Eternal Lords had all received favors from the Lord of Heavenly Light to varying degrees.

"Why did the Lord of Heavenly Light become like this?" Lin Yuan looked at the thirteen Eternal Lords and asked the doubt in his heart.

As the Black Demon Body of the Lord of Heavenly Light, the Demon God possessed no mental will. As for the Bright Body of the Lord of Heavenly Light, it probably didn't possess any mental will either, otherwise relying solely on the thirteen Eternal Lords would not have been enough to hold back the Bright Body, which possessed the strongest combat power.

And if it were a normal Lord of Heavenly Light, wanting to destroy this Origin World, he could have completely made a move at the very beginning of the creation of heaven and earth, when the Lord of Heavenly Light was the only Eternal Lord.

"The Lord of Heavenly Light…"

The Limitless Lord looked at Lin Yuan with a distant gaze, "That has to be talked about from a very, very long time ago."