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Chapter 307: The Ninth Shuttle! The World of Gods
Chapter 307: The Ninth Shuttle! The World of Gods (Seeking Subscription)
In the main galaxy, Lin Yuan also closed his eyes, immersing his mind into the depths of his consciousness, before the majestic and grand Myriad Worlds Gate.
The Myriad Worlds Gate shone brilliantly, and the last World Imprint at the 'threshold' below it glowed as well.
"During this shuttle, I must always pay attention to the situation in the Xuanhuang Secret Realm," Lin Yuan thought to himself. "If Xilan cannot hold out, I will directly annihilate the Solar Divine Soul."
Even though Xilan had assured him that she could hold out for three years, Lin Yuan would not pin all his hopes on her.
After all, their opponent was Hunyi, the strongest Ninth-Order life form of the Tianyu Tribe, and who knew what other tricks they had up their sleeve.
Lin Yuan would never allow his Solar Divine Soul to fall into the enemy's hands, even if it was just an empty shell, its core consciousness having long escaped into the Myriad Worlds Gate and descended upon other dimensional worlds.
As for how to annihilate the Solar Divine Soul? Lin Yuan had already set up measures around it, and once triggered, the Solar Divine Soul would swiftly collapse.
Of course, by doing so, he would most likely not uncover the secret of that 'calling sensation' during this opening of the Xuanhuang Secret Realm.
However, to Lin Yuan, it wasn't an irreparable loss.
Even without the opportunity in the Xuanhuang Secret Realm, Lin Yuan could still reach the pinnacle of the universe; it would just take a little more time.
"This shuttle will last about 1,100 years, with a time flow rate of over 300 to 1," he thought. "In the main world, two years will pass."
"In the 1,100 years of this shuttle, I must at least cultivate to the Million Layers Realm and open up a million layers of spatial dimension."
Lin Yuan set a plan for himself.
With his current internal world spanning nearly 200 million square li, even if he only opened up a million layers of spatial dimension, he would be able to crush a special Ninth-Order being like Hunyi, who had opened up over 30 million layers.
This was the advantage of having a profound internal world.
"Let's begin."
Lin Yuan watched as the Myriad Worlds Gate before him became increasingly dazzling, with time and space gently rippling. His consciousness and will were completely absorbed into it.
Lin Yuan felt his awareness blur and his thoughts waver; it was a struggle to open his eyes, and when he did, he felt a sense of weakness throughout his body.
"What's happening to me?" he wondered, struggling to take a deep breath.
This body was incredibly weak; it was basically rotten to the core.
"Fluctuations in many spatial layers," Lin Yuan observed, looking into the surrounding void.
At his level, even if his strength was exhausted, his realm would not decline, and he could easily perceive the subtle changes between spaces.
However, he could only perceive them; to manipulate or utilize them, his physique and soul would have to be powerful enough.
No matter what world it was, the foundation was always the body and soul.
"My identity is the grandson of Viscount Longshan, the third heir of the Longshan Family, and my favorite pastime is spoiling the maids?" Lin Yuan quickly absorbed the memories of this body. No wonder this body was so weak; it was addicted to women, leaking its origin source. If not for regularly consuming tonic supplements, it would have likely died from 'exhaustion'.
"The world I've descended upon," Lin Yuan's expression turned slightly solemn.
Although the original body was uneducated, it still had some basic knowledge about the world.
This world was boundless, and apart from the 'human realm' where Lin Yuan currently resided, there were also the Ocean of Light and the Abyss of Darkness.
Whether it was the Ocean of Light or the Abyss of Darkness, they were both dwellings of divine beings. It was said that the Ocean of Light and the Abyss of Darkness each had twelve powerful main gods.
The twenty-four main gods loomed high above, overlooking the mortal realm and the lesser gods.
"Divine beings," Lin Yuan's mind conjured up information about these entities.
To become a divine being, one must spread their faith, raise a divine country, and enter either the Ocean of Light or the Abyss of Darkness.
"To raise a divine country, one must be roughly equivalent to an Eighth-Order being opening up an internal world?" Lin Yuan speculated.
So far, he didn't know the true strength of the divine beings in this world, so he could only make a rough comparison to the Eighth-Order beings in the main world.
"The strong in this world walk the path of spreading faith?" Lin Yuan mused, his expression thoughtful. Faith, in its essence, was the purest emotions and desires in the hearts of all living beings.
In the main universe, evolutionary scholars had discovered this power early on and even created evolutionary paths that utilized it.
However, the downside of relying solely on the faith of living beings as a source of power was significant, and it could eventually lead to the evolutionary being losing themselves in the desires of the masses.
Faith could make or break an evolution.
But in this world, the path of faith seemed to be smooth and unobstructed.
At least, many divine beings had leveraged the faith of the masses to raise divine countries and ascend to godhood.
Even the twenty-four main gods of the Ocean of Light and the Abyss of Darkness seemed to have harnessed the power of faith to wield authority over the rules of this world.
"Faith," Lin Yuan's thoughts wandered.
Spreading faith was entirely different from spreading one's evolutionary path.
Faith, in its purest form, was fanatical worship, wholehearted devotion, but spreading one's evolutionary path didn't require such devotion.
For example, future cultivators of Lin Yuan's martial arts evolutionary path wouldn't need to know about Lin Yuan himself.
"The Longshan Family was granted the title of Viscount by the Empire, and the first Viscount Longshan made great contributions to the Empire."
"The territory of the Longshan Family, known as Longshan Territory, spans about 60 million square li. This world is even larger than I expected."
Lin Yuan's expression was pensive.
A single viscount's territory covered 60 million square li, so how vast was the entire Empire? And the empire where Longshan Territory was located was just one country among many in the 'Plateau of Myriad Countries'.
Lin Yuan rubbed his temples; with just a rough estimate, he could deduce the size of this world—at the very least, it spanned over 500 light-years.
And this was just the mortal realm; the Ocean of Light and the Abyss of Darkness were not included in this calculation.
"The cultivation system in this world mainly revolves around the 'Knight' cultivation system, ranging from Level One to Level Seven."
Lin Yuan pondered silently.
Level Five Knights were known as Grand Knights, and the first Viscount Longshan had been of this caliber, establishing the Longshan Family.
Level Six Knights were 'Legendary' Knights, and as for Level Seven Knights? There hadn't been any cultivators of this level in the Empire, but occasionally, traces of their existence could be found in the Plateau of Myriad Countries.
Level Seven Knights were also referred to as 'Demigods', and cultivators at this level were qualified to create their own 'divine name' and spread their faith, preparing to take that final step.
"Knight Cultivation System," Lin Yuan's mind automatically projected a knight cultivation technique.
It was the Longshan Cultivation Technique, a high-level knight cultivation method that the first Viscount Longshan had used to shake the world.
However, the Longshan Cultivation Technique in Lin Yuan's mind only contained the basic portion.
"It's average, roughly equivalent to a Fifth-Order evolutionary path in the main world," Lin Yuan concluded after a quick glance.
Even though he himself hailed from the main universe, a vast expanse with an abundance of evolutionary paths, and was a Ninth-Order powerhouse in his own right, Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel a sense of disdain.
[Name: Longshan Yuan (Lin Yuan)
]
[Identity: Holder of the Myriad Worlds Gate]
[Bound Talent: Heaven-defying Comprehension]
[Divine Abilities: Rebirth from a Drop of Blood]
[Divine Abilities: Mountain Moving]
[Divine Abilities: Enhancement]
[Current State: Consciousness Descension]
[Remaining Time: 1,110 years]
Lin Yuan's thoughts turned inward as he gazed at the ethereal words floating below.
"Over a thousand years of remaining time, not bad." Lin Yuan nodded slightly.
He had already sensed the duration of this shuttle beforehand, but he could only estimate the exact number of years after his descent.
With over a millennium at his disposal, Lin Yuan was confident that he could, without a doubt, open up a million layers of spatial dimensions, thanks to his Heaven-defying Comprehension talent, as long as he didn't meet an untimely end.
"Untimely end?" Lin Yuan's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
His mind flashed with memories of the night before, when he had attended a lavish party at the invitation of a friend.
It had been an extravagant affair, with beautiful women in attendance, and Lin Yuan had eventually found himself captivated by a seductive fox-eared woman, leading to a night of passion.
However, his memories of what happened afterward were hazy, filled with a sense of ethereal bliss. But when Lin Yuan had awakened earlier, he had noticed a significant depletion in his origin source.
If it weren't for his timely intervention and instinctive sealing of the leak, he might have died or suffered a severe decline in his physical condition, unable to even get out of bed.
"Was it a coincidence?"
"Or was it intentional?"
Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes, realizing that he was not at Dragon Mountain Ridge but in Amp City, a bustling trade hub where the territories of several lords, including the Longshan Family, converged.
It was also a favorite haunt of young heirs like Longshan Yuan, who often came to indulge in the pleasures the city had to offer.
In a dimly lit palace, a veiled woman with a captivating silhouette stood before a statue.
"Greetings, Divine Envoy," a voluptuous fox-eared woman knelt below, her voice filled with reverence.
"How was it? What of Longshan Yuan?" the veiled woman asked in a cold, detached tone.
"Your humble servant has drained his essence and marrow, Divine Envoy. Even if he doesn't die, his vital essence will be greatly damaged," the fox-eared woman replied promptly.
"Be mindful of your limits. Longshan Yuan must die a natural death," the veiled woman warned, her brow furrowed.
Longshan Yuan was the grandson of Viscount Longshan, and his death under any suspicious circumstances would undoubtedly incite the wrath of the Longshan Family.
Should an investigation ensue, things could become complicated.
It wasn't that they feared the current Viscount Longshan, who was already in the twilight of his life.
Even the first and second heirs to the Longshan Family were aging, and their reigns, should they become the new viscount, would likely be short-lived.
However, their church had already secretly gained control over the fourth heir of the Longshan Family.
As long as Longshan Yuan's death appeared natural, without arousing the suspicions of Viscount Longshan, in a few decades, the entire Longshan Ridge would be theirs.
"Rest assured, Divine Envoy, I know my limits," the fox-eared woman assured, her face paling slightly. "I only took a little each time, and no one would be able to tell from the outside. At most, I would come seven times, and the cause of Longshan Yuan's death would be attributed to overindulgence."
Given Longshan Yuan's well-known obsession with women, dying from overindulgence would be the most natural conclusion, and even Viscount Longshan himself was unlikely to suspect anything amiss.
Although Longshan Yuan's parents and the viscount himself had reprimanded and restricted him numerous times, their efforts had been in vain, as Longshan Yuan remained unchanged.
"Good, that should suffice," the veiled woman said, nodding in satisfaction.
Once they gained control of Longshan Ridge, it would greatly benefit their church and the god they served, providing them with an abundant source of faith from the billions of followers in the region.
Of course, all of this had to be done in secret, especially the matter of spreading their faith. Should their activities be exposed, they would face eradication by the Empire.
In the Empire, only the faith of the Order God, one of the twelve main gods of the Ocean of Light, was recognized.
Any other church or faith was considered heretical and was subject to annihilation.
In his room, Lin Yuan, having suspected that he might have been targeted, began to inspect himself, circulating his blood and qi to assess the extent of the damage to his vital essence.
"There is indeed a problem," Lin Yuan thought, his expression turning grave.
Normally, even if one indulged in worldly pleasures, the body's decline would not be so rapid, especially since Longshan Yuan, as the grandson of Viscount Longshan, regularly consumed tonic supplements, which should have mitigated the damage to his vital essence to some extent.
"That fox-eared woman..." Lin Yuan recalled the seductive woman from the night before, with whom Longshan Yuan had been enamored. She was most likely at the heart of this scheme.
However, Lin Yuan doubted that she was the mastermind. It was unlikely for the mastermind to take such a risk personally. There was probably another, more powerful entity pulling the strings from the shadows.
"Who could be targeting me?" Lin Yuan felt a headache coming on as he considered the myriad of enemies Longshan Yuan had made with his arrogant and overbearing behavior. Searching for a culprit among them would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
Moreover, the fact that they had chosen to slowly drain Longshan Yuan through pleasure and lust, employing such an inconspicuous method, suggested that the force behind this plot was not one to be underestimated.
"Hmm?" Lin Yuan's expression shifted slightly as he raised his right hand to his brow, only to slowly lower it again.
A faint pink aura swirled around his fingertip before dissipating into nothingness.
"Divine power?" Lin Yuan was taken aback for a moment before his expression turned solemn.
To be precise, it was a trace of demi-god power, the aura of a Seventh-Order Knight-level entity. With sufficient faith, this demi-god power could potentially evolve into true divine power.
"Is a demi-god targeting me?"
"No, that can't be right. Why would a demi-god be interested in me? It's more likely that a church founded by a demi-god to spread their faith has set its sights on me."
In an instant, Lin Yuan's mind raced with possibilities.
In the Empire and the entire Plateau of Myriad Countries, only the faith of the twelve main gods of the Ocean of Light was recognized.
Any other god seeking to spread their faith was considered a heretic.
Even the twelve main gods of the Abyss of Darkness were no exception.
However, throughout history, demi-gods had secretly spread their faith in the Plateau of Myriad Countries, unable to resist the allure of the abundant faith in this region.
(End of Chapter)
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