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Chapter 265: The Temptation of the Ninth Heaven
Chapter 265: The Temptation of the Ninth Heaven (End of Chapter)
In the seventh heaven, filled with wonders, a figure descended.
"We've arrived." Lin Yuan smiled as he gazed at a distant Immortal King sitting cross-legged. This Immortal King sat quietly, and the surrounding void was stabilized by an invisible force, becoming unusually stable, allowing even ordinary people to survive.
It must be known that even the first heaven requires at least the combat power of a True Immortal to enter.
For life forms below the True Immortal level, attempting to ascend without the protection of a True Immortal powerhouse would result in being unable to withstand the pressure from the higher heavens.
And this is true even for the first heaven.
Not to mention the seventh heaven.
Normally, only Supreme Immortal Kings could permanently reside in the seventh heaven.
"Immortal King Tai Shang," Lin Yuan observed the Immortal King carefully. "One of the most renowned Immortal Kings in the Three Thousand Dao Domains."
Immortal King Tai Shang was a Supreme Immortal King, and among the Three Thousand Dao Domains, there was a domain named Tai Shang Dao Domain, which was the place where the lineage of Immortal King Tai Shang was passed down.
Lin Yuan had once asked the people from the Wu Temple to collect various immortal techniques, including the 'Tai Shang Jade Purity Immortal Scripture', which was created by Immortal King Tai Shang and intentionally spread out.
"In terms of killing prowess, Immortal King Tai Shang is not as strong as Immortal King Kai Tian, but in terms of overall strength, the two should be on the same level," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Even among Supreme Immortal Kings, there were varying degrees of strength. Some Supreme Immortal Kings possessed a complete set of transformative powers, making them stronger than their peers, and some even mastered multiple complete sets.
Compared to the Eighth Stage undefeatable powerhouses in the main world who had lifespan restrictions, the Supreme Immortal Kings in the Spirit World could be said to exist alongside the Spirit World itself, having ample time to fathom various transformative powers.
"Martial Ancestor." Immortal King Tai Shang opened his eyes and greeted Lin Yuan with a smile.
In the past three hundred years, although Lin Yuan had not formally taken action, with the perception of a Supreme Immortal King, they were all aware that Lin Yuan's strength was unfathomable. Therefore, whether it was Immortal King Kai Tian, Immortal King Tai Shang, or other Supreme Immortal Kings, they were all eager to befriend Lin Yuan.
Over the years, Lin Yuan had made many friends among the Supreme Immortal Kings. Those who could reside in the seventh heaven were all Supreme Immortal Kings, and Lin Yuan took the initiative to communicate with each one he encountered.
He tried to trade for the transformative powers they possessed.
"Immortal King Kai Tian asked me to inquire about your preparations," Lin Yuan said to Immortal King Tai Shang.
"I'm ready," Immortal King Tai Shang replied with a solemn expression. "Those old immortals from the Prehistoric Era have occupied the eighth heaven for so long. It's about time we make them move."
For ordinary Immortal Kings like the purple-robed old man, it was difficult to come across information related to the Prehistoric Era.
However, to the Supreme Immortal Kings, the Prehistoric Era was not much of a secret.
Ever since the end of the Prehistoric Era and the beginning of the Three Thousand Dao Domains Era, the Supreme Immortal Kings who survived from the Prehistoric Era had occupied the eighth heaven.
And they prohibited Supreme Immortal Kings born in the Three Thousand Dao Domains Era from ascending.
Thus, Supreme Immortal Kings like Immortal King Kai Tian and Immortal King Tai Shang had been attempting to invade the eighth heaven to explore the ninth heaven.
Whether it was the Prehistoric Era or the Three Thousand Dao Domains Era, all the Supreme Immortal Kings knew one thing.
That the ninth heaven held a tremendous secret.
There are always people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens. In the ninth heaven, there are heavenly beings.
This saying was not a rumor.
The 'heavenly beings' mentioned here were rumored to be existences beyond the Immortal King realm.
The end of the Prehistoric Era was also related to the ninth heaven.
All the Supreme Immortal Kings yearned for the ninth heaven.
However, at present, the eighth heaven, which led to the ninth heaven, was occupied by the Supreme Immortal Kings from the Prehistoric Era. How could the Supreme Immortal Kings born in the Three Thousand Dao Domains Era just stand by and watch?
Thus, for millions of years, every few hundred thousand years, Immortal King Kai Tian and other Supreme Immortal Kings would attempt to invade the eighth heaven.
And the 'preparation' that Lin Yuan mentioned earlier was for Immortal King Kai Tian and the other Supreme Immortal Kings to launch another attack on the eighth heaven.
Of course, so far, the Supreme Immortal Kings from the Prehistoric Era still held the advantage. All the attempts by Immortal King Kai Tian and the others to invade the eighth heaven had failed.
"The Prehistoric Era..."
Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly. The reason he joined forces with Immortal King Kai Tian, Immortal King Tai Shang, and other Supreme Immortal Kings was not just for the ninth heaven.
It was mostly because he wanted the transformative powers possessed by the Supreme Immortal Kings from the Prehistoric Era.
In the past three hundred years, Lin Yuan had almost collected all the transformative powers held by the Supreme Immortal Kings of the current era.
But he had little access to the transformative powers of the Supreme Immortal Kings from the Prehistoric Era.
After leaving Immortal King Tai Shang, Lin Yuan returned to his 'residence' in the seventh heaven.
"In these three hundred years, I've made great progress," Lin Yuan said as he sat cross-legged. Especially in the comprehension of the power of the universe, he now had the transformative powers of the Supreme Immortal Kings as a reference.
In just three hundred years, Lin Yuan had comprehended over thirty types of universal powers.
Among them, four could be considered high-level universal powers.
The Power of Creation, the Power of Destruction, the Power of Infinity, and the Power of Balance.
As for the ordinary universal powers, there were nearly thirty, including Innate Purple Qi, Infinite Cutting, Vibration Domain, and Extreme Yang Thunder.
Of course, Lin Yuan had only initially comprehended these universal powers without delving deeper.
According to the classification of the Supreme Immortal Kings in the Spirit World, each transformative power could be divided into three levels: First Tier, Second Tier, and Third Tier.
Lin Yuan had only comprehended the First Tier of these powers before stopping his cultivation and moving on to comprehend new transformative powers.
This was also the most efficient method—to first comprehend these powers, bring them back to the main world, and transform them into universal powers.
Although he had the world coordinates of the Spirit World and could descend upon this world at any time, he would need to pay ten strands of boundary-breaking source power, so he had to be cautious.
"In fact, ordinary transformative powers are just a part of high-level transformative powers," Lin Yuan mused.
Although the dozens of transformative powers he had comprehended were only at the First Tier level, they involved four types of high-level transformative powers.
Take the Power of Infinity as an example. This high-level transformative power encompassed multiple ordinary transformative powers, including Innate Purple Qi and Vibration Domain.
Infinite Cutting was also a facet of the high-level transformative power, the Power of Creation.
"It's a pity that not all Supreme Immortal Kings possess high-level transformative powers. If one can cultivate an ordinary transformative power to the Third Tier, it would be close to the Second Tier of a high-level transformative power."
Lin Yuan thought to himself. Most of the Transformative Power Immortal Kings possessed several ordinary transformative powers at the Third Tier, and their combat strength was not much weaker than that of Immortal King Kai Tian.
The main reason was that it was extremely difficult to cultivate high-level transformative powers to the Third Tier. Even Immortal King Kai Tian and Immortal King Tai Shang had only reached the Second Tier.
"The dozens of transformative powers I possess are only at the First Tier, but when combined, they should not be much weaker than the Third Tier of a certain high-level transformative power, right?
However, that wouldn't have aligned with Lin Yuan's expectations. The Spirit World possessed an abundance of transformative powers, and bringing a large number of them back to the main world was more important than the level of mastery he had achieved.
He could always improve the quality of his comprehension after returning to the main world, but if he wasn't satisfied with the quantity, he would have to spend ten strands of boundary-breaking source power to re-enter the Spirit World, so he had to be cautious.
Comprehending dozens of transformative powers was just a part of Lin Yuan's harvest during these three hundred years of cultivation.
Lin Yuan had also progressed in the perfection of the eighth stage of martial arts, advancing beyond the third stage and entering the fourth.
In Lin Yuan's plan, the eighth stage was divided into four stages, and reaching the fourth stage meant that it was almost complete.
This was similar to the eighth stage of evolution in the main world, which was also divided into four stages.
As for the invincibility of the eighth stage, which transcended the eighth stage, it was essentially still in the fourth stage. The only difference was that they had mastered a certain type of universal power, making them a unique case.
"It's a pity that the main world has significant restrictions on universal powers. My Taiji Power is a type of universal power, and future martial artists, even if they follow my path step by step, will not be able to transform and reproduce this type of universal power."
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.
Of course, if Taiji Power didn't work, he could always try other powers.
For example, the Five Elements Power, where metal, wood, water, fire, and earth generate and overcome each other.
Once he fully comprehended these five fundamental rules and merged them, it would undoubtedly give birth to another type of universal power.
Martial arts encompassed countless paths, and in theory, there was a possibility of giving birth to numerous universal powers.
"And there's also the spatial rule model."
A subtle spatial fluctuation appeared in Lin Yuan's eyes.
In these three hundred years, Lin Yuan had thoroughly comprehended four thousand six hundred core spatial models, excluding the three thousand he had understood three hundred years ago. This meant that in the past three hundred years, he had comprehended one thousand six hundred more.
It was important to note that there were over seven thousand types of core spatial models, and the difficulty of comprehension increased with each additional model. Despite this, Lin Yuan had still managed to understand one thousand six hundred, which was simply astonishing.
"With four thousand six hundred core spatial models, based on an eighth-stage evolutionary model from the main world, my inner world should be around six hundred and eighty thousand miles in size."
The more spatial models one comprehended, the larger their inner world became. In theory, if an eighth-stage evolutionary being comprehended all seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-two types of core spatial models, their inner world would be a thousand miles in size.
"But that's the size of a normal eighth-stage evolutionary being's inner world. As for my inner world..." A strange look appeared on Lin Yuan's face.
With the blessing of the Mysterious Gourd, the size of Lin Yuan's inner world was almost seven thousand miles, nearly ten times larger.
Such a vast inner world was unheard of, even for a peak bloodline life form like the Star Sea Kun.
Theoretically, the upper limit of the Star Sea Kun's inner world was five thousand miles, which was why they were considered a peak bloodline. Their racial limit was five times that of humans.
But now, Lin Yuan's inner world far exceeded even this limit, which was incredible.
The most crucial point was that seven thousand miles was still not Lin Yuan's limit.
"Gourd."
The reason his inner world was ten times larger than that of an eighth-stage evolutionary being was due to his absorption of the fourth type of liquid from the Mysterious Gourd.
Out of the seven liquids—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—Lin Yuan had started absorbing the green liquid.
The color of the Mysterious Gourd had also transformed into a grayish-green.
"Absorbing the green liquid is far more difficult than the previous three liquids. I started absorbing it twenty years ago, but even now, the amplification of my inner world and physical body has not even doubled."
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly, predicting that absorption would become slower as he progressed. Especially with the cyan, blue, and purple liquids, he suspected that they might be intended for eighth-stage beings.
"Nevertheless, I've gained a lot. Increasing the size of my inner world tenfold out of thin air is something that even the strongest beings would find astonishing, I presume?"
Lin Yuan wasn't sure if the strongest beings could achieve this, but at least with his status as a Level 7 citizen, Star Master, and founder of the martial arts evolution path, he had never heard of such a thing.
"Now, the strength of my Taiji Yuan Shen is far inferior to that of my true body."
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Without the Mysterious Gourd, the strength of his Taiji Yuan Shen wouldn't be much different from that of his true body.
His true body mastered the Taiji Power, the Kaitian Power, and other universal powers, and the Taiji Yuan Shen could do the same.
In fact, due to the nature of his soul energy entity, the Taiji Yuan Shen might even be more troublesome to deal with.
However...
Due to the difference in the size of their inner worlds...
The inner world cultivated by the Taiji Yuan Shen was only six hundred and eighty thousand miles in size.
On the other hand, the inner world cultivated by his true body had reached seven thousand miles.
With a tenfold difference, the true body and the Yuan Shen were simply not on the same level.
Three Thousand Dao Domains.
Xuanwang Realm.
Wu Temple.
After three hundred years of development, the Wu Temple had become a formidable force in Dongyun Dao Domain.
Its influence even spread beyond Dongyun Dao Domain, reaching dozens, even hundreds, of nearby Dao Domains.
The influence of the martial arts cultivation system was unparalleled within the Three Thousand Dao Domains, perhaps second only to the Immortal Path. However, in Dongyun Dao Domain and the surrounding dozens of Dao Domains, its influence was unmatched.
Even the Immortal Path couldn't suppress the martial path in the slightest.
This was because the Martial Ancestor himself presided over the Wu Temple.
Over the past three hundred years, the Martial Ancestor had appeared several times to spread the teachings of martial arts, elucidating its essence to countless talented individuals, guiding them onto the path of martial arts.
Within the cave abode.
Lin Yuan sat with his legs crossed.
"Martial arts today..." Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes. After spreading the teachings of martial arts for three hundred years, the martial arts cultivation system could be considered second only to the Immortal Path.
At the very least, it was undoubtedly the most powerful cultivation system besides the Immortal Path, with no rivals.
This was mainly because, over the past three hundred years, there had been several occasions where other Immortal Kings at the Tribulation Passing stage had wanted to visit Lin Yuan. However, like the purple-robed old man, they had sensed a fraction of Lin Yuan's strength and returned to warn their disciples and juniors against provoking the Wu Temple.
As a result, the influence of martial arts had grown stronger over time.
It could be predicted that as time passed, martial arts might very well reach the heights of the Immortal Path.
The only thing that Lin Yuan was unsatisfied with was that, up to this point, martial arts had yet to produce an eighth-stage powerhouse.
His lectures had given birth to numerous fifth-stage and sixth-stage martial artists, but no one had yet reached the eighth stage of martial arts, the stage where one could rival Immortal Kings at the Tribulation Passing stage.
(End of Chapter)
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