Chapter 789: Am I the Greatest Tribulation for the Legendary Lords?

"Wise One, what have you discovered?"

Brahma Lord keenly sensed the Wise One's sudden change and immediately asked.

From his perspective, looking upward, even to the very limit of his line of sight, he could not see Lin Yuan's back.

The other Legendary Lords of the three hundred million tribulations also looked toward the Wise One.

As the Legendary Lord who first stepped onto the United White Jade Staircase, he must have felt extraordinary changes.

"So… the first person to step onto the White Jade Stairway that we fought so hard for until now… has long since not been here."

The Wise One let out a low, self-deprecating laugh.

With the Wise One's state of mind, if he were only slightly ahead, it would be utterly impossible for him to produce such a despairing mindset akin to total desolation right now.

Were other Legendary Lords slightly ahead of him? Or had he, the Wise One, failed to win in the struggles against Legendary Lords like Haotian Lord and Brahma Lord, and so on?

That would only ignite even greater motivation within the Wise One.

But Lin Yuan?

At this moment, although the Wise One was on the United White Jade Staircase, he was separated from Lin Yuan by an unknown number of steps on the White Jade Stairway. Calling this gap a natural chasm would be no exaggeration.

No matter how great the motivation and competitive drive were, they would be worn away completely in the face of such a gap.

"Long since not here?"

"Wise One, what do you mean?"

"Right, could it be that before you, someone has already ascended the United White Jade Staircase?"

How fast were the thoughts of Legendary Lords like Wanxiang Lord and Haotian Lord running? They immediately deduced most of the truth from what the Wise One said.

It was just that this truth made all the Legendary Lords find it hard to believe.

The Wise One was not the first to ascend the United White Jade Staircase?

Then who was it?

From their position, they could already see a very long section of the United White Jade Staircase.

They had not discovered the figure of any other climber.

"Did you all not notice that there is still one existence who hasn't appeared until now?"

The Wise One sighed softly in his heart and spoke.

"You mean Galaxy?"

Wanxiang Lord's expression flickered slightly.

Not only was the Wise One guarding against Galaxy just now, but Wanxiang Lord and the others were also on guard against Galaxy Lord.

After all, within the small circle of the four Legendary Lords—Wanxiang Lord, Haotian Lord, Brahma Lord, and others—there was the idea of joining forces to counter Galaxy Lord.

It was just that until the Wise One ascended the United White Jade Staircase, Galaxy Lord had not appeared.

"Correct."

"Galaxy Lord, he ascended long ago."

The Wise One said.

There was no need to hide this aspect.

"Ascended long ago?"

"What kind of methods does Galaxy Lord actually have?"

Legendary Lords like Haotian Lord and Brahma Lord fell silent for a moment, their expressions filled with astonishment.

They did not doubt the Wise One.

Because only this explanation was the most reasonable.

Otherwise, with Galaxy Lord's strength surpassing Haotian Lord and Brahma Lord, why hadn't he appeared before the United White Jade Staircase until now?

It only made sense if the other party had already crossed over long ago.

"It seems Galaxy Lord still concealed his strength when he made a move against Zhuo He Lord back then."

"Indeed."

"Wise One, why can I not see what height Galaxy Lord has climbed to?"

"Right, I can't see either. Could it be that only by ascending the United White Jade Staircase can one see Galaxy Lord?"

The seven Legendary Lords, including Haotian Lord, were somewhat puzzled, speculating that perhaps due to the restrictions of the White Jade Stairway's rules, without stepping onto the post-unification White Jade Staircase, one could not view the scenery upon it.

"It is normal that you cannot see."

The Wise One glanced at the Legendary Lords one by one, and said in an inexplicable tone: "Galaxy Lord's current position is far too high, so high that even I can only see it very vaguely."

Lin Yuan continuously climbed the White Jade Stairway, casting a casual glance downward.

The eight Legendary Lords, including Haotian Lord, fighting over who would be the first to step onto the United White Jade Staircase, were all seen by him.

"They've only reached there by now?" Lin Yuan shook his head slightly. At this moment, more than ten thousand years had already passed since he first stepped onto the United White Jade Staircase.

Lin Yuan merely glanced at them and paid them no further attention.

After all, the gap between Legendary Lords like Haotian Lord and him was simply too huge now.

There was simply no need to look more.

"The difficulty of climbing the post-unification White Jade Staircase…"

Lin Yuan's thoughts surged, and a smile appeared on his face.

Although the climbing difficulty had greatly increased, the effects were also very remarkable.

In over ten thousand years of climbing, Lin Yuan had successively comprehended the Chaos Origin First Transformation: Tai Yi Dao, the Chaos Origin Tai Chu Dao, and the Second Transformation: Tai Shi from the Congenital Five Tai.

Coupled with his original Chaotic Origin Taiji Grand Dao.

Distance-wise, theoretically benchmarking the five kinds of Chaos Origin Dao of the Congenital Five Tai, only the Primal Chaos Origin Supreme Simplicity Great Dao was missing.

"Once all five Chaos Origin Daos are comprehended, for me, that will be a qualitative transformation, no less than a massive leap between a non-Time Lifeform and a Time Lifeform."

Lin Yuan felt a sense of emotion in his heart.

"Yet, why do I feel that even if I comprehend the Primal Chaos Origin Supreme Simplicity Great Dao and achieve Perfection in the Congenital Five Tai formed by the five Chaos Origin Daos, the distance to the supreme rule great dao level is still as unreachable as ever?"

Lin Yuan felt a slight doubt in his heart.

The higher the Realm and the stronger the strength, the more one could discover how far away the transcendence level was from oneself.

"Take it slow, let's comprehend the Primal Chaos Origin Supreme Simplicity Great Dao first." Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts. Climbing on the White Jade Stairway, the path leading to the transcendence level was clearly visible; Lin Yuan only needed to walk all the way down it.

The post-unification White Jade Stairway.

Following the Wise One, Legendary Lords like Haotian Lord and Brahma Lord also successively determined their order and stepped into the second stage of the White Jade Stairway.

Although Galaxy Lord was far ahead in the lead, Legendary Lords like Haotian Lord still held high expectations for climbing the White Jade Stairway.

So what if Lin Yuan was ahead?

At most, he would just monopolize one transcendence quota.

No one knew how many transcendent existences could ultimately be born along this path of transcendence of the endless White Jade Stairway.

What if it was two or three?

In that case, even with Lin Yuan ahead, they still had a chance.

Even taking ten thousand steps back,

if this path of transcendence could only birth a single transcendent existence,

then continuing to climb and perfecting their own Chaos Origin Dao would not be a loss either.

One must know that the more perfected one's own Chaos Origin Dao was, the greater the boost to one's strength.

Wasn't the Wise One's explosive surge in strength, reaching the level of Haotian Lord and Brahma Lord in one go, achieved by climbing the White Jade Stairway?

Similarly, before climbing to the United White Jade Staircase, the strength of Legendary Lords like Haotian Lord and Brahma Lord was also increasing, just not as obviously as the Wise One's.

Even so, the magnitude of the improvement was roughly equivalent to the extent of surviving one or two hundred tribulations.

One or two hundred tribulations? Upon reaching the level of Haotian Lord and Brahma Lord, surviving a single tribulation required facing immense life-and-death crises, let alone one or two hundred tribulations!

Moreover, the stronger the strength, the greater the certainty of surviving subsequent tribulations.

For the billions of tribulations of the Infinite Tribulation, the vast majority still depended on strength.

"Such terrifying pressure."

"And there are illusions; I need to allocate at least sixty percent of my mental energy to resist the impact of the illusions on me."

Legendary Lords like Haotian Lord and Brahma Lord stood upon the post-unification White Jade Staircase, their expressions fluctuating incessantly.

Compared to the preceding White Jade Stairway, the pressure they faced now had increased by who knows how much.

"I feel that to step to the next staircase, it will take at least ten thousand years to adapt, or perhaps one hundred thousand years at most."

Wanxiang Lord thought silently in his heart.

Now, just the first step of the post-unification White Jade Staircase made him feel such pressure; it could be anticipated that the pressure of the next step would only be even greater.

"Wise One, didn't you say you could see Galaxy Lord? Where is Galaxy Lord now?"

Haotian Lord couldn't help asking.

At this moment, they were all on the same step as the Wise One. Looking upward, clouds and mist drifted ethereally, with no figures in sight.

"Before you stepped up, Galaxy Lord had already stepped into the next step, and he cannot be seen from this position either," the Wise One said truthfully.

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In fact, after stepping into the post-unification White Jade Staircase, they realized that who stepped up first was of not very great significance.

Because they were destined to be trapped on the first step for a very long time.

"Just how strong is Galaxy Lord's strength?"

Brahma Lord pondered for a moment, his tone revealing amazement.

Standing on the first step and feeling the terrifying pressure of this step,

they increasingly realized just how terrifying Galaxy Lord was, who had already surpassed the limit of their line of sight.

The limit of line of sight on the post-unification White Jade Staircase was completely different from the concept of the limit of line of sight on the preceding thirty-three thousand, three hundred and thirty-three White Jade Stairways.

"Anyway, the likes of us are definitely far inferior."

Wanxiang Lord said: "Perhaps only those existences who truly reach the end of a certain path of transcendence can be on the same level as Galaxy Lord?"

Existences who truly reached the end of a certain path of transcendence?

Taking the path of transcendence of the Infinite Tribulation as an example, those were the terrifying lords after surviving the final stage of thirty-two thousand tribulations.

As for Legendary Lords like Wanxiang Lord and Haotian Lord who had survived three hundred million tribulations, they could at best be considered as about to see the end of a certain path of transcendence.

"To think that in this spacetime of ours, there is actually such an existence?"

Nine Dragons Lord couldn't help saying.

Ever since the opening of the endless dimensional Realms, countless incomparably powerful and terrifying Legendary Lords had been born.

For example, when the Wise One had just become a lord, there was the Wu You Lord overlooking the endless dimensional Realms.

It was just that these powerful and terrifying Legendary Lords basically all perished midway along some path of transcendence.

Either they impacted the Perfect Time Life, or died in a certain tribulation of the Infinite Tribulation, or silently disappeared in some ancient taboo spacetime of the past.

Lin Yuan stood upon a certain White Jade Stairway, pondering for a long time. "I see."

The next moment.

Lin Yuan took a step forward and landed on the next step.

Just at this moment—

Hum hum hum~ An inexplicable strange fluctuation began to spread.

"Hmm?"

Lin Yuan opened his eyes and looked downward.

He saw that behind him, a certain section of the White Jade Stairway began to melt silently.

Taking this section of the White Jade Stairway as the starting point, both upwards and downwards were slowly melting. If viewed from an extreme distance, one would find an endless White Jade Stairway breaking apart from the middle, with the broken gap gradually growing larger and spreading in both upward and downward directions.

"This?"

Lin Yuan's expression was slightly solemn.

He didn't feel much pressure regarding this. According to the current melting speed of the White Jade Stairway, it lagged far behind his climbing speed. As long as he continued to climb, nothing would happen.

However, for the Time Lords below the broken White Jade Stairway, it was equivalent to the severance of their path of transcendence. Not only could they no longer continue climbing, but as the melting spread, they even had to retreat.

"Does the White Jade Stairway melt when the time arrives, or does it only melt after I step onto this position?"

Lin Yuan steadied his mind, thought no more about it, and continued to climb.

Although the currently melting White Jade Stairway posed no threat to him, one must make the worst-case preparations for everything.

What if the melting speed of the White Jade Stairway behind accelerated? Or what if a certain section of the White Jade Stairway above Lin Yuan also began to melt?

Therefore,

climbing at the fastest speed could ensure he obtained the maximized benefits.

Lin Yuan had perceived the changes in the White Jade Stairway, and the many Legendary Lords below had also perceived them.

"Melting, a certain section of the White Jade Stairway above has begun to melt."

"How could this be? Doesn't this mean the path of transcendence is interrupted?"

The expressions of the Legendary Lords were filled with unwillingness. Having finally grasped this path of transcendence, even if they couldn't transcend in the end, they could at least greatly perfect their own Chaos Origin Dao.

Yet they didn't expect that so quickly, so quickly this path of transcendence would begin to melt.

"It is the White Jade Stairway below Galaxy Lord that has begun to melt."

The Wise One watched from afar; confirming this point was very easy, as before and after the melting of that section of the White Jade Stairway, the figure of Galaxy Lord was not found.

"It seems that on this path of transcendence, only Galaxy Lord has the chance to transcend."

Brahma Lord sighed. Even though he had prepared for this aspect long ago, when actually facing it, he still couldn't help feeling somewhat regretful.

Rumble—

The changes in the White Jade Stairway were like a pebble thrown into the water's surface, stirring up layers of ripples.

The aura of the supreme rule great dao descended with a roar, but was blocked by the endless White Jade Stairway. In an instant, the supreme rule great dao penetrated every corner of the endless dimensional Realms.

This penetration was not limited to the current spacetime; the past and future of the endless dimensional Realms all had the aura of the supreme rule great dao spreading through them.

At the same time,

Legendary Lords like Brahma Lord and Haotian Lord, whose hearts were flooded with a sense of loss, suddenly had an ancient and mysterious piece of information well up in their minds—

"Stop 'Galaxy' from continuing to climb the White Jade Stairway; success counts as surviving a thousand tribulations, and failure carries no punishment."

The pupils of Legendary Lords like Brahma Lord and Haotian Lord shrank violently.

Their expressions revealed incredulity.

As long as they successfully stopped 'Galaxy' from continuing to climb the White Jade Stairway, it would count as surviving a thousand tribulations?

Even if they ultimately failed, there was no punishment at all?

Was this a tribulation personally descended by the supreme rule great dao?

Chaos Void.

Lin Yuan closed his eyes, his mind and spirit basically focused entirely on climbing the White Jade Stairway.

Suddenly,

Purple Light Legend Lord sent a message: "Galaxy, something terrible has happened."

"What is it?"

Lin Yuan opened his eyes.

"Just moments ago, the supreme rule great dao descended the exact same tribulation upon all Legendary Lords who have survived one hundred million tribulations: to stop you from continuing to climb the White Jade Stairway."

"If successful, it counts as normally surviving a thousand tribulations, and even if it ultimately fails, one will not suffer any punishment nor need to be obliterated by the supreme rule great dao."

Purple Light Legend Lord's tone was somewhat anxious.

"The supreme rule great dao has targeted me as the tribulation target for the Legendary Lords?"

Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly.