Chapter 730: Lin Yuan’s Trial

The power of time was like flowing water, stirring up wave after wave of ripples.

It dragged Lin Yuan's Physical Body down toward the depths of the Chaos Void.

Under the traction of the cyclical power of time,

Lin Yuan's mental will also rapidly became blurred,

completely losing control over the outside world.

Just as Lin Yuan's Physical Body fell into the deepest part of the Chaos Void, into the time-loop region where all Chaos Realm Perfection powerhouses attempting to break through to the Thirteenth Order would inevitably fall,

Boom!

An unprecedented new time-loop region, far surpassing the sum of all current time-loop regions, began to rapidly take shape.

The new time-loop region was boundless.

If the time-loop regions that other Chaos Realm Perfection experts fell into were compared to a pebble,

then the newly appeared time-loop region was a star, infinitely colossal, illuminating all directions.

The convergence of the power of time and the shocking changes in the loop region deep within the Chaos Void could not be concealed from the various Time Lifeforms.

Mo Xu Lord and other Thirteenth Order beings already paid exceptional attention to Lin Yuan. When they sensed the anomaly in the power of time, they realized that Lin Yuan had begun breaking through to the Thirteenth Order.

"Galaxy is finally going to break through."

"Our Chaos Void is about to give birth to the ninth Time Lifeform."

The Time Lifeforms were inwardly delighted. First came the unexpected joy of Luo Hou stepping into the Thirteenth Order, and now Lin Yuan, whom they valued exceptionally, was also beginning his Breakthrough to the Thirteenth Order.

And according to the future timeline observed previously, Lin Yuan becoming a Time Lifeform was an absolute certainty.

Soon,

the various Time Lifeforms also observed the changes in that time-loop region deep within the Chaos Void.

Especially the newly appeared time-loop region, which practically encompassed all others, making the Time Lifeforms open their eyes wide in astonishment.

"The time loop that Galaxy has fallen into forms a loop region that is simply too massive!"

A Time Lifeform couldn't help exclaiming in wonder. When a Chaos Realm Perfection powerhouse attempted to break through to the Thirteenth Order, the time loops they fell into also varied in size.

It specifically depended on the strength and Realm of that Chaos Realm Perfection expert.

For instance, when a Peerless Great Saint attempted to break through to the Thirteenth Order, the formed time-loop region would be much larger than that of an ordinary Chaotic Great Saint.

And the time-loop region formed by an Invincible Great Saint attempting the Thirteenth Order Breakthrough was even a notch larger than that of a Peerless Great Saint.

But Lin Yuan?

The loop region formed by the time loop Lin Yuan fell into when attempting the Thirteenth Order Breakthrough was far beyond simply being colossal.

All the previous loop regions combined could not even compare to one hundred quadrillionth of the loop region formed by Lin Yuan—it was simply terrifying.

Even though the many Time Lifeforms present had anticipated this long ago and had observed Lin Yuan's strength from future timelines, they still hadn't expected the final time-loop region to be so vast and boundless.

The size of the time-loop region most intuitively reflected the strength of a lifeform.

This was the supreme Dao rule of infinite dimensions evaluating a lifeform in the end.

"Galaxy."

Luo Hou was equally dumbfounded. Having just broken through the time loop not long ago, he knew the size of the loop region formed by his own time loop.

Compared to Lin Yuan's time-loop region, comparing his own to a firefly versus a bright moon was already flattering himself.

And this further meant that the former's strength exceeded Luo Hou's comprehension.

It even surpassed the understanding of veteran Time Lifeforms like Mo Xu Lord.

"Could Galaxy's strength surpass mine right as he steps into the Thirteenth Order?"

Mo Xu Lord observed the infinitely colossal new time-loop region, and this thought couldn't help welling up in his heart.

He was the first Time Lifeform born in the Chaos Void, possessing profound accumulation in the First Realm of the Thirteenth Order.

Ordinary newly advanced Thirteenth Order beings were simply no match for him.

Given Lin Yuan's future timeline where he was almost guaranteed to become a Time Lord, Mo Xu Lord had no doubt that the other party would surpass him.

But that would be hundreds of thousands, millions, or tens of millions of years after becoming a Time Lifeform.

In fact, hundreds of thousands, millions, or tens of millions of years were considered extremely brief for Time Lifeforms.

Having just become a Time Lifeform, one hadn't even adapted to their own skyrocketing power and couldn't unleash the true strength of the Thirteenth Order at all.

However, looking at the brand-new time-loop region, Mo Xu Lord was somewhat unsure now.

Lin Yuan's perception was extremely blurred, only sensing his mental will continuously falling, falling, falling…

"Young Lord, hold on a little longer. I'll shake them off soon."

"Young Lord, you sleep here for a while. I'll go draw them away."

"Young Lord, I'm back. It's safe now."

"Young Lord, Young Lord, wake up quickly! If you die, how am I going to answer to the Sect Leader?"

Lin Yuan faintly heard some voices, instinctively understanding their meaning. However, because his mental will was too weak, he couldn't wake up and was forced to continue sleeping.

As time passed, Lin Yuan's consciousness gradually began to recover. Although it was far from comparable to his prime, he could at least attempt to receive more external information.

Finally, on a certain day,

Lin Yuan opened his eyes with extreme difficulty.

The light was somewhat dazzling, but Lin Yuan couldn't care about that as a large amount of memories began to surge in his mind.

"The Great Feng Dynasty rules the world, and my identity is the Young Lord of the Red Lotus Sect?"

"The Red Lotus Sect has treason as its Ultimate goal and wants to overthrow the rule of the Great Feng Dynasty? Because of this, it has been suppressed with all the strength of the Great Feng Dynasty."

"My father, who is the Sect Leader of the Red Lotus Sect, died in a court encirclement not long ago, and an old servant under my father risked his life to rescue me?"

Lin Yuan understood inwardly, roughly comprehending his situation.

The Great Feng Dynasty ruled the ninety-nine provinces of the world and was currently at the height of its prosperity. The previous six Great Feng Emperors had worked diligently to govern, with countless renowned ministers and military generals.

However, in any Dynasty, there existed factions wanting to rebel and commit treason; the Red Lotus Sect was one of them. The founder of the Red Lotus Sect was a remnant of the previous Dynasty, so it naturally stood in opposition to the Great Feng Dynasty.

Now facing the immensely prosperous Great Feng Dynasty, let alone inciting the populace to rebel, it was harder than ascending to heaven for the Red Lotus Sect to even pass down its Legacy. Not long ago, the contemporary Sect Leader of the Red Lotus Sect even died at the hands of the imperial court.

According to normal development, even if the Red Lotus Sect wasn't completely wiped out in the future, it would just be like a rat in a sewer, barely surviving on its last legs.

"This world?"

Lin Yuan began to carefully sense every bit of his surroundings.

Although his mental will was unprecedentedly weak at the moment, his Realm was still there.

"There are no fluctuations of Dao rules whatsoever, and there is an insurmountable shackle on the Physical Body."

Lin Yuan's heart sank. Having no Dao rule fluctuations meant that the upper limit of the strongest combat power in this world was not high.

Having an insurmountable shackle on the Physical Body meant that Lin Yuan's strongest specialty, his Physical Body, was restricted.

Under such circumstances, let alone opening up an Internal World, stepping into the First Order on the Martial Dao Evolution path was nearly impossible.

"However, supernatural power is not completely forbidden; there are Enlightened Adepts in this world."

Lin Yuan thought to himself. This was also a secret he knew as the Young Lord of the Red Lotus Sect.

Enlightened Adepts explored the power of the mind, using the power of the mind as a medium to borrow the power of heaven and earth.

Enlightened Adepts were divided into three levels:

Enlightened Adepts, Dao Entrance Dharma Masters, and Enlightened Grandmasters.

Only—

"The power of the mind originates from the Physical Body. Under the condition that the growth of the Physical Body is restricted, it is utterly impossible to nurture a very powerful mental will. If the mental will is not powerful, the borrowed power of heaven and earth will not be too exaggerated."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

According to the information he had understood, even the strongest Enlightened Grandmaster, once trapped in the encirclement of a thousand-man Formation, could not hold out for long.

As long as the mental will was exhausted, they would be hacked into minced meat without any resistance.

As for Enlightened Adepts, they seemed miraculous in the eyes of ordinary people and could easily handle ordinary Jianghu martial artists.

But once they encountered the imperial court's regular army? Not running meant death.

The armor and weapons equipped by the imperial court's regular army all restrained the power of the mind.

Ten soldiers joining forces had the certainty of strangling an Enlightened Adept.

Of course, the most terrifying ones were the Enlightened Adepts who joined the army.

Coupled with the full support of the imperial court, the strength that Enlightened Adepts could unleash would reach several to ten times their original strength.

In front of the Great Feng Dynasty, ordinary Enlightened Adepts were incomparably frail.

Yet in reality, as long as Enlightened Adepts did not oppose the imperial court, they could live exceptionally comfortably.

The imperial court wouldn't specifically target Enlightened Adepts either; after all, the imperial court itself was recruiting Enlightened Adepts.

Especially Enlightened Grandmasters—even facing the imperial court's fully armed thousand-man Formation, before their mental will was exhausted, they wouldn't die, which showed their strength.

The father of this Physical Body of Lin Yuan, the contemporary Sect Leader of the Red Lotus Sect, only had the strength of an ordinary Enlightened Adept.

Basically, in the Jianghu, Enlightened Adepts already belonged to the ceiling of combat power. Dao Entrance Dharma Masters? Enlightened Grandmasters? They rarely showed themselves.

"The time loop I've fallen into this time… The trial is…"

"To kill the Great Feng Emperor!"

Lin Yuan frowned. The emperor of a Dynasty was undoubtedly the one with the highest status, and the protective forces around him were also the strongest.

With the Great Feng Dynasty's current national strength, even ten or a hundred Enlightened Grandmasters, if they dared to charge into the imperial palace to assassinate the emperor, would undoubtedly die.

Not to mention that the imperial court's most elite imperial guards were protecting the palace, the Great Feng Dynasty itself had also cultivated a large batch of Enlightened Adepts, among whom Enlightened Grandmasters definitely existed.

With the heritage of the Great Feng Dynasty, searching the world for numerous Dao Entrance cultivation methods, and then recruiting individuals with Dao Entrance talent to nurture them, the probability of producing true Enlightened Adepts was not low.

As time went on, the strength of the Great Feng Dynasty could be imagined.

Under such circumstances, wanting to kill the Great Feng Emperor was tantamount to ascending to heaven.

However,

the "harder than ascending to heaven" here

was aimed at the living beings of this world.

For Lin Yuan, it wasn't actually difficult.

Nor could it be said not to be difficult, but at least compared to the trials faced by the time loops that the Time Lifeforms had once fallen into, as Lin Yuan knew, it could be called simple.

Take Luo Hou for example.

The trial of the time loop he fell into was to pioneer a completely new unified Dynasty.

Compared to killing the emperor of a unified Dynasty versus overthrowing a Dynasty and re-establishing a new unified Dynasty,

the latter was definitely harder.

There were many ways to kill the emperor of a Dynasty.

Poisoning?

Assassination?

Luring and killing?

And so on.

At least the trial Lin Yuan faced did not limit the means of killing.

As long as the Great Feng Emperor died by his hands, whether it was direct killing or indirect killing, it would do.

But establishing a new unified Dynasty?

That relied on absolute strength and control over one's subordinates.

Having strength alone made it very difficult to successfully establish a new unified Dynasty.

Not to mention that the time loop Luo Hou fell into had twists and turns in its trials. He actually lost the most critical and important battle, and the only reason he managed a comeback in the end was entirely because he never gave up.

Even from the perspective of an outsider like Lin Yuan watching Luo Hou's time-loop trial, he vaguely came to a conclusion.

That was, in that most critical and important battle, Luo Hou had no possibility of winning.

He was bound to lose.

Losing the critical battle and being captured by a formidable enemy were also part of the trial.

Persisting, being tortured for ten years without giving up, and then seizing the critical turning point—

that was also a trial.

In contrast to the time loop Luo Hou experienced,

the time-loop trial Lin Yuan was currently facing was overly easy.

Merely killing the Great Feng Emperor?

"There must be something wrong with this."

Lin Yuan's expression was slightly solemn.

Currently, it seemed the trial of the time loop wouldn't be simple.

It looked simple, which simply meant he hadn't discovered the difficulty within yet.

"Could the Great Feng Emperor be an Enlightened Grandmaster?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself. The strongest individual combat power in this world was the Enlightened Grandmaster.

The army could strangle a grandmaster by taking advantage of numbers and weapons.

In reality, Enlightened Grandmasters were very strong. Even facing an army, as long as they didn't proactively charge in, they could retreat unscathed.

If an Enlightened Grandmaster wanted to escape and drilled into a large mountain,

tens of thousands of soldiers could do nothing about it.

At the same time,

Great Feng Dynasty, national capital, imperial palace.

On the imperial throne sat a young man, who was precisely the seventh emperor of the Great Feng Dynasty.

At this moment, strange colors flickered in the young emperor's eyes: "My mental will has descended into this world, experiencing the last tribulation of the 1.008 billion tribulations. As long as I get through it, I can take that step."

The young emperor pondered with a thoughtful expression: "Among the 1.008 billion tribulations, the first tribulation was the easiest, and each subsequent tribulation was harder than the last. The tribulation I experienced previously almost ended in failure, and I exhausted everything to barely get through it. Logically speaking, the difficulty of the final tribulation should far exceed the previous one."

The young emperor's expression was peculiar: "Yet the way for me to get through this tribulation is to live for 150 years?"

"Merely live for 150 years? And my identity is still the most powerful and highest-status emperor in this world? Even for the simplest first tribulation, it shouldn't be this easy."

The young emperor stood up and secretly observed his surroundings.

Palace maids and eunuchs were respectful, and in the shadows, there were Dao Entrance Dharma Masters protecting him.

As an emperor, those by his side were naturally subordinates absolutely loyal to him.

"The physical bodies of the living beings in this world are frail and lack any potential for improvement, but living for 150 years? That's still not a problem."

The young emperor carefully sensed his own Physical Body, confirming that living for another 150 years was very simple. The young emperor could even precisely sense the end of his Lifespan—

153 years later.

In this world, even becoming an Enlightened Adept didn't increase Lifespan much, and Enlightened Grandmasters could not break through the limit of Lifespan.

"The final tribulation of the 1.008 billion tribulations won't be this easy."

The young emperor pondered, without any contempt.