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Chapter 305: Fifteen Years Later
Chapter 305: Fifteen Years Later (End of Chapter)
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, fifteen years had gone by.
In the main hall of the Galaxy Master Star, Lin Yuan sat cross-legged in his true form. In front of him, a small area of space rippled, and time gradually became distorted.
Buzz!!!
The flow of time in the area sped up and slowed down intermittently.
"Ever since I gained insight into the rules of time nine years ago, my subsequent progress has been increasingly slow." Lin Yuan observed the area in front of him, which displayed varying time flows. "It seems unlikely that I will be able to fully comprehend the complete rule of time at the ninth-order."
"Even if I forcefully comprehend it with my heaven-defying talent, it will probably take hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. By then, I would have already become one of the strongest," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
The rule of time did not offer any advantage for breaking through the ninth tier to the tenth, nor did it enhance one's foundation.
Normally, a ninth-order powerhouse would not invest too much of their time and energy into understanding the rule of time, as it was a bottomless pit. It was only because Lin Yuan possessed an extraordinary talent for comprehension that he dared to attempt it for a few years, eventually concluding that it would take him a hundred thousand years to master the rule of time.
Of course, this hundred thousand years referred to the time of a ninth-order being.
Once Lin Yuan stepped into the tenth or even eleventh tier, his higher perspective would greatly shorten the time needed to comprehend time.
"Compared to the rule of space, the rule of time is rather lackluster. It is linked to one's foundation, and without a sufficiently high level of life essence, it is basically useless."
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.
For example, some ancient eleventh-order beings had also comprehended the rule of time.
However, these ancient eleventh-order beings would never dare to venture upstream in the river of time to resurrect past lives, no matter how weak they were.
They had the ability but not the courage.
Because it went against the rules of the main universe, and if one were to attempt it, they would face backlash from the main universe.
Only the strongest, with their incredibly deep life essence, could withstand the backlash of 'resurrection'. The eleventh-order was far from capable of this.
Lin Yuan, who had just begun to understand the rule of time, could only speed up or slow down time, and even then, it was only by a factor of three compared to the flow of time in the main world.
Whether it was time acceleration or deceleration, it could only be maintained for twenty breaths at most, and if the coverage area exceeded three yards, the duration would plummet.
If the powerhouse covered by the time acceleration and deceleration zone had a higher life essence than Lin Yuan, it might even collapse prematurely.
For example, how could a small fishing net possibly trap a whale?
As for slowing down the flow of time on one's body to achieve a year in the outside world equaling a day for oneself, thus attaining an alternative form of 'life extension', one could only achieve a limited form of life extension.
When the flow of time differed from that of the main universe, the perception of the various rules and grand dao of the main universe would become blurred.
Time was a pillar rule, and it was only with the support of temporal power that life could sense the fluctuations and changes of the various grand dao rules.
Having a different rule of time was equivalent to consciously cutting oneself off from perceiving the operation of the grand dao rules of the universe.
Unless, in the area with a different time flow, one reconstructed the operation of the grand dao rules.
Lin Yuan had traveled through eight different worlds, each with a different time flow from the main universe, yet he was still able to perceive the grand dao rules because, within the time flow of those worlds, there were corresponding grand dao rules operating.
"The Primordial Realm of Mystery."
Lin Yuan glanced at the depths of the starry sky. After fifteen years, the Sun Yuan Shen had probably traveled most of the inner regions.
In another five or six years, it would be able to enter the core region.
The Primordial Realm of Mystery.
Deep within the layers of space.
Lin Yuan and Xi Lan were on their way.
It must be said that Lin Yuan's efficiency in traveling had improved significantly since he had been accompanied by Xi Lan.
Although Xi Lan's combat strength was ordinary, she was extremely skilled in 'jumping' between the layers of space, often saving Lin Yuan a lot of trouble.
For example, when they encountered a difficult indigenous life form, this indigenous life form often hadn't even sensed the fluctuations in the depths of the spatial layer before Xi Lan had already led Lin Yuan far away.
The indigenous life form wouldn't even have a chance to give chase.
"It's been more than twenty years since the Primordial Realm of Mystery opened," Xi Lan said with a slightly solemn expression as she traveled.
"Many of my friends who entered the realm have died."
Xi Lan sighed, "If I hadn't listened to you, the Galaxy Master Star, and stayed away from those opportunity-filled lands, I would probably be in danger now."
Opportunity-filled lands were places where great treasures would appear; they were both great opportunities and great risks.
Because numerous powerful beings from other races would rush there, and if you went to compete for the treasures, you might very well die at the hands of one of those powerful beings.
On this trip to the Primordial Realm of Mystery, Xi Lan had already made considerable gains, including that mysterious black sphere whose depths were unknown, and earlier, she had also luckily entered a place of opportunity.
Now, the most important thing for Xi Lan was to leave safely.
"Indeed," Lin Yuan nodded.
Over the past two decades, he had also made some friends among the ninth-order human evolvers and learned some information about those who had entered the Primordial Realm of Mystery.
"Now, nowhere in the Primordial Realm of Mystery is safe. Those alien powerhouses hiding in the outer regions are most likely the ones who have made significant gains, and they want to leave the realm alive."
A mocking smile appeared on Xi Lan's face, "But now, there are already millions of layers and tens of millions of layers of ninth-order alien powerhouses who have started to sweep through the outer regions."
Lin Yuan was not surprised to hear this.
The Primordial Realm of Mystery had been open for more than twenty years, and any ninth-order beings who had survived this long had probably made some gains. They were the hunting targets of those millions and tens of millions of layers of ninth-order alien powerhouses.
Rather than exploring opportunity-filled lands everywhere, it was better to directly find those who had gained opportunities.
In the main universe, hunting a ninth-order powerhouse, even if it was only a newly advanced ninth-order, required consideration of many factors, such as whether their backing would come to their aid.
Most importantly, even if one killed a ninth-order powerhouse, it was most likely just a clone, and they would not carry too many precious treasures with them.
But it was different in the Primordial Realm of Mystery.
In the eyes of those millions and tens of millions of layers of alien powerhouses, the ninth-order powerhouses who had survived this long were like walking treasure troves, and killing any one of them would yield considerable gains.
Even Lin Yuan, who tried to stay away from opportunity-filled lands as much as possible, had gained a lot, let alone other powerhouses?
Moreover, since the outer region had the smallest area, it was the first to be swept through.
Lin Yuan and Xi Lan had voluntarily moved towards the core region, thus avoiding the first wave of sweeps by those hunters.
"Once you enter the Primordial Realm of Mystery, if you want to leave, you can only wait until the day it closes and be in the outer region, from where you will be expelled."
Lin Yuan's tone was slightly emotional.
Although the Primordial Realm of Mystery had three hundred and thirty-three entrances in the main universe, they were just entrances, not exits.
If one was not in the outer region when the realm closed, they would be left inside, and the eventual outcome would be death at the hands of the power of the realm.
For ninth-order powerhouses with exceedingly long lifespans, fifteen years was barely enough time for a quick nap.
But this was Lin Yuan.
Xi Lan had witnessed Lin Yuan's growth first-hand.
Decades ago, Lin Yuan was still fighting eighth-order beings in the mid-sized alien battlefields.
And now, in just a short span of time, he was capable of repelling ninth-order powerhouses like Ma Duo the Traveler, who was almost at the million-layer threshold.
And that was fifteen years ago.
Now, after another fifteen years, Lin Yuan could only have grown stronger.
"Yes, I have made some breakthroughs," Lin Yuan replied with a smile, not denying it.
"That's just too freakish," Xi Lan sighed.
Watching this young man, who she had once considered a junior, rapidly catch up, surpass, and then leave her far behind filled Xi Lan with complex emotions.
Living in the same era as the Galaxy Master Star—she couldn't decide if it was fortunate or unfortunate.
Although Xi Lan didn't pry further, as asking too many questions would be somewhat 'overstepping', Lin Yuan's mind nevertheless wandered to the numerous breakthroughs he had achieved in the past fifteen years.
First was his insight into the rules of time, an accomplishment that most ninth-order beings would never attain.
Even if a ninth-order being were lucky enough to gain insight into the rules of time, it would only be when they had reached the pinnacle of the ninth-order, with no further room for advancement, coupled with good fortune and a long accumulation of knowledge.
For Lin Yuan to have gained insight into the rules of time just two or three decades after reaching the ninth-order was nothing short of astonishing.
While insight into the rules of time didn't directly enhance his combat strength, it offered auxiliary benefits that were exceedingly rare and valuable.
Secondly, he had made progress in the derivation of his spatial layers. In the past fifteen years, Lin Yuan had derived his spatial layers to a depth of 198,000 layers.
In terms of the number of spatial layers, Lin Yuan was no longer considered weak, even among those at the 100,000-layer threshold.
With 198,000 layers of spatial derivation, coupled with Lin Yuan's internal world of over 100 million li, the layers compounded upon each other, and Lin Yuan's frontal killing power was estimated to have skyrocketed to the level of a two million-layer spatial powerhouse.
Of course, this only applied to direct offensive power; in other aspects, Lin Yuan was still far inferior to a true two million-layer spatial powerhouse.
For example, he lacked their mastery over countless spatial layers and their ability to instantly occupy numerous spatial layers.
Additionally, Lin Yuan had occasionally continued to study that supremely powerful being's body, seeking to comprehend more evolution paths of the devil.
Firstly, these devil evolution paths were beneficial to Lin Yuan, and even at the ninth-order, they could still bring him gains.
Secondly, Lin Yuan wanted to continue elevating the ranks of his Devil Jade Tower members.
After the core members came the sequence members of the Devil Jade Tower.
Compared to ordinary and core members, the sequence members were the ones who truly held authority within the Devil Jade Tower.
If Lin Yuan could become a sequence member, he would likely gain access to certain permissions within the devil jade space.
In that case...
Even if an alien powerhouse were to condense the Devil Jade Seal and become an ordinary member of the Devil Jade Tower in the future, descending upon the Devil Jade Space with the help of the Devil Jade Seal, Lin Yuan would be able to expel them using his own authority as a sequence member.
This would prevent aliens from obtaining benefits and opportunities within the Devil Jade Space. Lin Yuan was well aware of just how precious and rare the treasures within the Devil Jade Tower's reward repository were.
Lin Yuan even speculated that as long as he continued to elevate his rank as a Devil Jade Tower member, he might one day be able to take control of the Devil Jade Tower and become its new master.
Although the Devil Jade Tower had declined after the disappearance of its master, and many of its members had scattered and gone into hiding, it was still a formidable force. Even a single reward repository within the Nine-Layer Black Tower was enough to make Lin Yuan's eyes light up, let alone the entire Devil Jade Tower?
Lastly, there was his absorption of the mysterious gourd's liquids.
By now, Lin Yuan had absorbed six different types of blue liquids, and he was more than halfway done with absorbing the seventh. His internal world had also expanded to a size of 180 million li.
It was worth noting that after deriving countless spatial layers, each increase in the size of his internal world would enhance the might of each individual layer.
This had a transformative effect on Lin Yuan's strength.
Of course, only Lin Yuan's true body had achieved an internal world of 180 million li. As for his Sun Yuan Shen, which was in the Primordial Realm of Mystery, its internal world remained the same size as before it had entered. After all, Lin Yuan couldn't send the mysterious gourd to the Primordial Realm of Mystery for the Sun Yuan Shen to absorb its liquids.
Actually, there was no need to send it; he could simply 'transfer' it through the Myriad Worlds Gate.
When traveling between worlds, he could spend Boundary Source Power to send items from the main world to the world he was currently in.
Similarly, when in the main world, Lin Yuan could instantly send items between his true body and his Yuan Shen through the 'Myriad Worlds Gate', at the cost of Boundary Source Power.
As for the isolation of the Primordial Realm of Mystery? If he could cross dimensional walls, then what was the mere Primordial Realm of Mystery?
However, Lin Yuan still didn't do this because there was a risk of losing the mysterious gourd if it appeared in the Primordial Realm of Mystery.
What if the Sun Yuan Shen encountered a powerful being that Lin Yuan couldn't withstand, or some danger unique to the Primordial Realm of Mystery, and the gourd was lost? That would be a heart-wrenching loss.
"Boundary Source Power?"
Lin Yuan took a deep breath. Fifteen years ago, he had accumulated 71 strands of Boundary Source Power.
Now, his collection had grown to a staggering 120 strands.
With such a massive amount of Boundary Source Power, Lin Yuan could even 'custom-order' a journey through the Myriad Worlds Gate.
He only needed to spend 100 strands of Boundary Source Power to have the gate select a world for him to travel to, based on conditions he set.
"If it weren't for the fact that traveling consumes so much energy and mental focus, I would want to travel through the gate right now," Lin Yuan said, shaking his head.
When he was on the verge of a breakthrough, Lin Yuan didn't want to take the risk of traveling, in case it affected his progress.
But now? Now was the perfect time to travel, as he needed vast amounts of time to accumulate and derive more spatial layers.
However, Lin Yuan was currently in the Primordial Realm of Mystery, and in order to uncover the reason for the 'calling sensation' he felt, he decided to postpone his journey for now.
It wouldn't have any negative impact, nor would it cost him any Boundary Source Power.
"It'll take about five or six more years to reach the core region," Xi Lan said softly, unable to contain her curiosity about the core region of the Primordial Realm of Mystery.
"Indeed," Lin Yuan nodded.
Just then, as the two of them were rushing through the layers of space...
Rumble!
A terrifying celestial phenomenon rippled through the layers of space, emanating from a distant source.
"Hm?"
Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly as he turned toward the source of the celestial phenomenon.
(End of Chapter)
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