Chapter 780: Lin Yuan’s First Tribulation

Chaos Void.

Amid the anxious speculation and waiting of Mo Xu Lord and other Time Lifeforms, a figure condensed not far away.

It was none other than Lin Yuan.

After completely refining the Chaos Void, Lin Yuan paused to sense the changes across the entire dimensional space.

He then split off an Incarnation to meet Mo Xu Lord and the other Time Lifeforms.

After all, at this moment, the minds of Mo Xu Lord and the other Time Lifeforms must be filled with doubts.

Why did Lin Yuan become a Time Lord so quickly?

"Galaxy!"

"Galaxy!"

Mo Xu Lord, Zhu Yin, and the other Time Lifeforms immediately looked at Lin Yuan.

"I know what you are thinking and worrying about."

Looking at the various Time Lifeforms, Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "Many things cannot be explained all at once. You only need to know that I was born from the Chaos Void."

In the eyes of Mo Xu Lord and the other Time Lifeforms, Lin Yuan's growth speed was too absurd; could he be a descent 'vessel' nurtured by some terrifying existence, and so on?

"Understood."

The hearts of Mo Xu Lord and the other Time Lifeforms settled.

They unhesitatingly believed what Lin Yuan said.

After all, given Lin Yuan's current means of refining the entire Chaos Void, there was no need to lie to them.

Even the strongest Mo Xu Lord was merely a First Realm Time Lifeform. Facing a Third Realm Time Lord, he had not the slightest ability to resist.

Setting aside their inner misgivings,

Mo Xu Lord curiously asked, "Galaxy, what does it feel like to be a Third Realm Time Lord?"

Time Lifeforms that had experienced dozens or hundreds of Great Annihilation Cycles might have come into contact with Time Lords.

But for Time Lifeforms like Mo Xu Lord who had not yet experienced a full Great Annihilation Cycle, their understanding of Time Lords remained merely at the level of hearsay.

They only knew that Time Lords must never be provoked.

"The essence of life has grown tremendously stronger," Lin Yuan explained. "Furthermore, my own timeline has completed its convergence. From then on, there is no longer any period of weakness."

"No period of weakness?" Mo Xu Lord, Zhu Yin, and the other Time Lifeforms wore expressions of envy.

For Time Lifeforms below the Third Realm, the past is forever a vulnerability. The simplest method for lords to completely kill a Time Lifeform is to travel to the past spacetime and kill them.

"You need not worry. The past of the entire Chaos Void is under my overview. No lord can make a move in the past spacetime where the Chaos Void resides."

Lin Yuan said.

Having completely refined the Chaos Void, this dimensional space was under Lin Yuan's control, whether past or future.

In other words, since Mo Xu Lord and the other Time Lifeforms were born from the Chaos Void, their past was within the Chaos Void, which was equivalent to being under Lin Yuan's protection.

Lin Yuan even had a feeling that as his strength improved, he could completely pluck the Chaos Void out of the timeline, making it impossible for past and future Time Lifeforms to observe the Chaos Void from the timeline.

"Thank you, Galaxy."

Mo Xu Lord and the other Time Lifeforms looked at each other with delight in their hearts.

Doesn't this mean that in the future, when they venture outside, they won't need to care about the threats of other lords?

"I heard that in our region of the dimensional gap, there is a lord stationed here named 'Lord Chu Wei'," Zhu Yin couldn't help but say. "Galaxy, although you have just entered the Third Realm, your strength shouldn't be weaker than 'Lord Chu Wei', right?"

Mo Xu Lord, Zhu Yin, and the other Time Lifeforms had only heard of the mighty name of 'Lord Chu Wei' and had never seen him directly.

However, based on Lin Yuan's past performance—where upon newly entering the First Realm he was already able to fight against the Second Stage Grey Ancestor—now that he had ascended to the Third Realm, he surely wouldn't be much weaker than 'Lord Chu Wei', who had been a lord for a long time.

"Lord Chu Wei…" Lin Yuan's gaze was profound as he looked in a certain direction. The moment he uttered the four words 'Lord Chu Wei', Lin Yuan established a shallow causal relationship with this lord. Following this causal line, Lord Chu Wei's several true bodies, numerous Clone and Incarnation forms, and various life-saving fallback methods were all under Lin Yuan's scrutiny.

With just a single thought from Lin Yuan, all traces of this veteran Time Lord in the current spacetime would be forcibly erased. Although relying on methods originating from the past, Lord Chu Wei wouldn't truly die completely, recovering would still require endless years.

"I should be slightly stronger than Lord Chu Wei."

Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"Slightly stronger?"

Mo Xu Lord and the other Time Lifeforms felt a jolt in their hearts.

They knew Lin Yuan very well; he never spoke of things he wasn't confident about. Since he said he was slightly stronger, then presumably that illustrious Lord Chu Wei really was inferior to Lin Yuan.

While chatting idly with Mo Xu Lord and the other Time Lifeforms,

Lin Yuan's true physical body began to elevate its mental consciousness, attempting to contact the Supreme Rule Great Dao Will.

"Infinite Tribulation."

Lin Yuan was quite curious about this path to transcendence. After all, this was the only path to transcendence whose end could be seen.

Therefore,

after stepping into the Third Realm and becoming a Time Lord, the first thing Lin Yuan wanted to see was what his first tribulation on this path of transcendence was.

Hum~ The Supreme Rule Great Dao Will descended, and the contents regarding the test of Lin Yuan's first tribulation flooded into his mind.

"Head to the dimensional space located at this coordinate and use a special purification method to re-purify this dimensional space?"

Lin Yuan checked the test contents of his first tribulation.

As for the special purification method, it also appeared in his mind along with the first tribulation test. A normal lord could master it after meditating on it for a few years.

"Golden Moon Dimension."

Specific intelligence information regarding the target dimensional space surged into Lin Yuan's mind.

The Golden Moon Dimension, similar to the Heavenly River Dimension, belonged to the minority of dimensional spaces that did not exclude foreign lifeforms.

"There is no time limit."

"It is indeed not difficult."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Even if the Golden Moon Dimension, like the Chaos Void, excluded foreign Time Lifeforms,

with a Time Lord's methods and paying a certain price, one could still integrate into it.

Moreover, the Golden Moon Dimension was not xenophobic.

Furthermore, for this tribulation test, there were no time constraints.

Observing the 'Abyss of Tribulations' in the deepest region of the Myriad Dimensions Time-Space, Lin Yuan was well aware that many tribulations had harsh time limits.

Failing to complete the test within the prescribed time counted as a failure.

"They say that tribulations of the first stage are not considered difficult for lords. Now it seems indeed to be the case."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

At least the first tribulation he faced looked very simple.

"However, no matter how simple it is, it must be treated seriously."

Lin Yuan did not have any intention of underestimating it. Every single tribulation within the Infinite Tribulation, whether easy or difficult,

as long as one failed, one would be obliterated by the Supreme Rule Great Dao Will.

Lin Yuan certainly wasn't willing to stumble at a critical moment.

The Supreme Rule Great Dao Will was equivalent to half of a Fourteenth Order existence.

If it were to personally obliterate him, even if he could expend Boundary-Breaking Source Power to resist, the Boundary-Breaking Source Power consumed would definitely be like a mountain and a sea, and the Boundary-Breaking Source Power Lin Yuan had currently accumulated was probably far from enough.

"Very well, I shall go there with my true body."

Lin Yuan's true physical body stood up, took a step forward, and disappeared into the Chaos Void.

Decades later,

Lin Yuan finally traveled to the outside of the Golden Moon Dimension.

In the vast dimensional gap, even Legendary Lords had never explored to its end.

"Is that the Golden Moon Dimension?"

Lin Yuan observed from afar a massive dimensional space in the distance.

"It is occupied by a Time Lord?"

Lin Yuan clearly sensed that a massive aura was entrenched within the Golden Moon Dimension, originating from some Time Lord.

Past spacetime.

Qingya Mountain.

Spacetime Small Shop.

The Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast looked at Lin Yuan and said with a smile, "The Golden Moon Dimension is the territory of Dragon Stone Lord."

"Dragon Stone Lord?"

Lin Yuan's expression was thoughtful.

After discovering that the Golden Moon Dimension was occupied by a certain lord, Lin Yuan did not act rashly.

If he could purify the Golden Moon Dimension in a 'peaceful' manner, Lin Yuan would definitely choose the 'peaceful' way.

Use force to forcibly resolve Dragon Stone Lord? Lin Yuan was not clear about this lord's control over the Golden Moon Dimension. What if the other party could cause the entire Golden Moon Dimension to collapse and be destroyed in a single thought?

Then even if Lin Yuan resolved Dragon Stone Lord, without a Golden Moon Dimension for him to 'purify', wouldn't that mean the test failed?

Of course, this possibility was extremely low. Unless someone like Lin Yuan completely refined a dimensional space, otherwise even if lords occupied a certain dimensional space, they couldn't make it collapse and perish instantly.

Furthermore, even if Dragon Stone Lord possessed other means to make the Golden Moon Dimension collapse instantly, Lin Yuan could consume Boundary-Breaking Source Power to prevent it.

But how precious was Boundary-Breaking Source Power? He certainly wouldn't use it unless necessary.

"Why do you ask about this?"

The owner of the Spacetime Small Shop asked curiously.

Over the past sixty thousand years, Lin Yuan frequently came to the Spacetime Small Shop to purchase resources, and thus he became acquainted with the Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast.

However, the Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast did not know that Lin Yuan was that 'Galaxy' of the Myriad Dimensions Time-Space. In a gathering place of lords like Qingya Mountain, inquiring rashly about identity was very impolite.

In the eyes of the Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast, Lin Yuan was still a lord with considerable future potential.

"I need to borrow the Golden Moon Dimension for a use." Lin Yuan said.

He did not reveal that the Golden Moon Dimension was related to his test of the Infinite Tribulation.

"Borrow the Golden Moon Dimension for a use?"

The owner of the Spacetime Small Shop frowned. "That Dragon Stone Lord has a very special state and is not very easy to get along with."

"A special state?"

"Not easy to get along with?"

Lin Yuan looked at the Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast.

"The path to transcendence chosen by Dragon Stone Lord is 'Infinite Origin'."

The Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast, owner of the Spacetime Small Shop, explained, "You also know that this path to transcendence of 'Infinite Origin' is extremely dangerous when exploring ancient time periods, especially when encountering the brand marks left behind by certain terrifying existences… tsk tsk."

Lin Yuan listened quietly.

Innumerable secrets exist in past spacetime. The more ancient the past spacetime, the greater the risks it contains, and the Calamity of Loss is only one of them.

Even more unpredictable are the marks left by ancient existences. These ancient existences basically saw or even approached the end of a certain path of transcendence, yet they perished at the final moment, being obliterated by the Supreme Rule Great Dao Will.

When the Supreme Rule Great Dao Will descends to obliterate them, no matter how powerful a Legendary Lord is, they must die, and there is no possibility of resurrection. However, the lingering resentment and remnant thoughts of a few terrifying existences are hard to wear away and instead remain in the past spacetime.

For lords on the path of transcendence of 'Infinite Origin', the most dangerous thing is encountering these resentful remnant thoughts. Mildly, one is influenced and controlled by them; severely, the mental consciousness cannot bear it and directly collapses.

"Affected by a certain segment of remnant thoughts, Dragon Stone Lord's state is frantic and delirious. There aren't many times when he is sober, making communication very difficult," said the owner of the Spacetime Small Shop.

"I see."

Lin Yuan instantly understood in his heart.

Purple Light Legend Lord mockingly said that lords are actually quite pathetic; there is indeed some truth to it. Being able to maintain basic sobriety like Dragon Stone Lord was still considered fortunate.

"If you want to borrow the Golden Moon Dimension for use, I can help communicate with Dragon Stone Lord, but it should require some time sand."

Said the owner of the Spacetime Small Shop.

Involving a dimensional space, it certainly wouldn't be free of charge.

"time sand is not a problem."

Lin Yuan immediately replied, "time sand below five million catties is all agreeable to me."

On his trip to the Myriad Dimensions Time-Space, Lin Yuan made a windfall, holding hundreds of millions of catties of time sand in his hands.

"Then that should work out."

The owner of the Spacetime Small Shop nodded.

Five million catties of time sand was more than enough to borrow the Golden Moon Dimension once.

Not to mention that it was stepping forward personally.

Outside the Golden Moon Dimension.

Where Lin Yuan was located, a will suddenly descended, condensing a phantom of the Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast. It was precisely the Incarnation of the owner of the Spacetime Small Shop.

"I have already spoken with Dragon Stone Lord. He will come out shortly and talk with you personally."

Said the Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast.

"Mn."

Lin Yuan nodded.

Very soon,

ripples suddenly surged in the Golden Moon Dimension in the distance.

A massive black dragon phantom probed outward.

"Dragon Stone." The Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast immediately took a step forward, appearing close to the black dragon phantom.

Lin Yuan also stepped forward to follow.

"I have already told you about the specific matters; this is the buyer," the Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast introduced Lin Yuan. "It's just borrowing your Golden Moon Dimension for a million years, five hundred thousand catties of time sand is already plenty."

Lin Yuan had given a price of five million catties of time sand, but the Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast naturally couldn't just bring that amount out directly.

"What do you want to use the Golden Moon Dimension for?" Dragon Stone Lord overlooked Lin Yuan, his aura faintly exhibiting a frantic and chaotic state.

"I am quite interested in the operation of the Origin Dao within the Golden Moon Dimension and wish to borrow it to meditate for a while." Lin Yuan casually found an excuse.

"Is that so?" Dragon Stone Lord grinned and laughed, "Five hundred thousand catties of time sand is too little."

"Then how much do you need?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Fifty million catties of time sand. Not a single catty less will do." Dragon Stone Lord stared at Lin Yuan.

"Fifty million catties of time sand?" The Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast beside him was slightly stunned. "Dragon Stone, have you gone mad? Fifty million catties of time sand? Your Golden Moon Dimension isn't even worth that much time sand."

"Dragon Stone, give me some Face. Two million catties of time sand."

The Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast said in a deep voice.

"Give you Face?" Dragon Stone Lord looked slightly impatient. "Spacetime, who do you think you are? You aren't even a Legendary Lord, and you still want me to give you Face?"

Dragon Stone Lord's tone began to become frantic: "I am the Return to Ruins Lord who has survived the three hundred million and one thousandth tribulation of the final stage, and I am about to achieve transcendence. Are you even worthy of talking to me about Face?"

"Return to Ruins Lord?"

The Twelve-Eyed Exotic Beast was quite helpless. "Dragon Stone, Return to Ruins Lord perished in the distant past spacetime long ago. Your mental consciousness is currently affected by the remnant thoughts left behind in past spacetime by the Return to Ruins Lord. Wake up quickly."

"I am Return to Ruins Lord, and Return to Ruins Lord is me."

Dragon Stone Lord laughed wildly, staring straight at Lin Yuan: "You only have two choices: either hand over fifty million catties of time sand, or get lost as far away from me as possible."