Chapter 340: No Matter How Powerful the Galaxy Lords Are, They Can't Possibly Wipe Us Out?
Chapter 340: No Matter How Powerful the Galaxy Lords Are, They Can't Possibly Wipe Us Out? (5000 characters, please subscribe)
The three great protective arts of the Xuan Huang lineage—encompassing offense, defense, and escape—seemed invincible. However, the prerequisite was being able to cultivate them to mastery.
But to cultivate them? Was it that easy?
Everything in the world maintained a subtle, stable balance. Special lives had terrifying innate talents but low reproductive capabilities, and those unique, one-of-a-kind lives had no reproductive capabilities at all.
The countless citizens of human civilization had average talents that were at the bottom of the several major peak races, but their reproductive capabilities were against heaven's will.
This was a kind of balance.
Or perhaps, a'restriction'.
The same was true for secret arts. The three great protective arts of the Xuan Huang lineage were incredible, to say the least.
However, wanting to cultivate them to mastery, or even just to get a basic grasp of them, was far more difficult than one could imagine.
If Lin Yuan was an eleventh-tier life form and had comprehended the complete spatial and temporal rules, then his quick grasp of the fundamentals of the secret art could be somewhat explained.
After all, with a higher realm, one would learn faster in all aspects.
But Lin Yuan was only at the ninth tier. How could a ninth-tier life form cultivate the first stage of the Xuan Huang Strike in just a few years?
"This little guy, the true age he has experienced shouldn't exceed four thousand years, and he has already opened up so many layers of space. What now?"
The six-armed figure fell silent.
At Lin Yuan's current cultivation speed, it would take at most five thousand years to cultivate the Xuan Huang Strike to its third stage.
By then, with a casual strike, Lin Yuan would be able to unleash four times his limit strength, and this state would be 'permanent'.
"In my Xuan Huang lineage, during His Majesty's time, the fastest it took to cultivate the Xuan Huang Strike to the third stage was 7,394 years, and that person was an eleventh-tier life form."
The six-armed figure thought to himself,
"I never would have imagined that a ninth-tier life form could cultivate a secret art faster than an eleventh-tier one."
Ninth-tier and eleventh-tier life forms could hardly be considered the same species.
The gap between the two was like a vast chasm; what an eleventh-tier life form could see through at a glance might take a ninth-tier life form tens of thousands of years.
"Not necessarily."
"The fact that he has cultivated the first stage so smoothly doesn't guarantee that the second and third stages will be as smooth."
The six-armed figure breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly laughed, "What am I worrying about? His Majesty's successor should naturally have outrageously talented innate abilities. If they weren't, how could they ever catch up to His Majesty's pace?"
The six-armed figure shook his head slightly. At this point, he was too lazy to try and understand why Lin Yuan was cultivating the secret art so quickly, as it was meaningless.
Just then, outside the Xuan Huang Secret Realm, countless layers of space began to ripple.
"Hm?"
"Are those twelfth-tier lives trying to lock down the secret realm's location again?"
The six-armed figure glanced over and scoffed, "His Majesty has been gone for dozens of universe eras, but you twelfth-tier beings who haven't experienced a complete cosmic extinction think you can break through His Majesty's means? You're just dreaming."
In the depths of the vast layers of space.
Several towering figures stood tall.
Their mere presence caused the layers of space to retreat, forming a domain that belonged solely to them. Within this domain, space and time were playthings that could be manipulated at will.
"This Xuan Huang Secret Realm, where is it exactly? I'm getting more and more curious about the previous owner of this secret realm, that 'His Majesty'."
A being with twenty-four pairs of wings growing from its back spoke in a grand tone, his voice filled with curiosity.
"Now what? We still can't lock down the secret realm's location." Another towering figure, whose body was thousands of miles long, spoke up, his voice rippling through space and time, disturbing the stability of the region.
"What can we do? We can only return the way we came," said the third majestic figure as he turned and took a step, vanishing into the distance.
"Hmph!" The second majestic figure remained calm. Every time the Xuan Huang Secret Realm opened, there would be peak beings who tried to lock down its coordinates, but they all failed without exception.
At the level of peak beings, most treasures, weapons, and secret arts in the world were of little use to them. However, the Xuan Huang Secret Realm was different.
Aside from its hiding mechanism, there was surely a great secret or treasure within the secret realm, which was why so many peak beings were drawn to it.
Before long, the few peak beings standing there disappeared, and the space-time returned to stability.
Inside the Xuan Huang Secret Realm, Lin Yuan cultivated the Xuan Huang Strike, discovering that the speed at which he refined the secret realm's core had greatly increased, filling him with delight.
Among the three great protective arts of the Xuan Huang lineage, the Xuan Huang Strike was an offensive secret art, but that wasn't entirely accurate. It was more like a 'passive' art that could be applied to any aspect.
For example, Lin Yuan was currently using the Xuan Huang Strike to speed up the refinement of the secret realm's core, which had nothing to do with offense.
"So this is the feeling of control?"
As Lin Yuan made more progress in refining the secret realm's core, his control over the secret realm also increased.
Now, Lin Yuan could clearly sense the minutiae of the outer regions of the Xuan Huang Secret Realm, including the ninth-tier exotic tribes hidden in certain corners and their communications with each other.
Nothing could escape Lin Yuan's perception.
Of course, by 'outer regions', he meant the outer regions of the continent where they had descended upon.
As for the other two continents, they would come under his complete control as he continued to refine the secret realm's core.
"These ninth-tier exotic tribes... I could kill them at any time if I wanted to." Lin Yuan's heart raced at the thought.
Within the Xuan Huang Secret Realm, all outsiders were suppressed, unable to use instant movement or shifting, and their perception was greatly diminished as well.
The fact that he controlled the Xuan Huang Secret Realm and had become its new master must never be revealed.
To precisely pinpoint the location of each ninth-tier exotic tribe and hunt them down was not merely a matter of strength.
The six-armed figure had already informed Lin Yuan that every time the Xuan Huang Secret Realm opened, it would attract the attention of peak beings.
In such a situation, it was better to remain low-key. If Lin Yuan could become a peak being in the future, he could openly declare himself as the master of the Xuan Huang Secret Realm without any worries.
"At this rate of refinement, it will take about five more years to completely refine it."
Lin Yuan continued to gaze at the secret realm's core before him. Without the aid of the Xuan Huang Strike, it would take at least twenty years to refine the secret realm's core.
With the assistance of the Xuan Huang Strike, the amount of time required was greatly reduced.
In reality, the amount of time it took to refine the secret realm's core didn't matter much to Lin Yuan.
As the successor of 'Emperor Xuan Huang', he had started to refine the secret realm's core and gained the 'privilege' to enter the Xuan Huang Secret Realm at any time.
He didn't have to wait for the secret realm to open before entering, as he could now access it whenever he wanted by leveraging the Xuan Huang imprint.
"However, I can't take the initiative to make a move against those ninth-tier exotic tribes. But soon, the ninth-tier evolvers of Human Civilization within the secret realm will launch a sweeping operation to expel all hostile ninth-tier exotic tribes. At that time, there won't be any issues if I make my move."
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
With Human Civilization as a cover, Lin Yuan would be fine as long as he was careful and didn't expose himself.
As for displaying combat power beyond common sense? Compared to the entire Xuan Huang Secret Realm, what did that amount to?
In fact, with Lin Yuan's current innate talent and status as the number one genius evolver in the history of Human Civilization, the peak beings of the exotic tribes didn't pay him much attention.
In the eyes of the exotic peak beings, as long as Lin Yuan didn't advance to the twelfth tier, he was nothing but an insignificant existence in the vast river of time, destined to face the limit of his lifespan and eventually die of old age.
Galaxy Main Planet.
Lin Yuan was wholeheartedly comprehending the Xuan Huang Strike.
Among the three great protective arts of the Xuan Huang lineage, the Xuan Huang Body required a large number of Xuan Huang Crystals, so he couldn't cultivate it for the time being.
As for the Space-time Step, it was an escape art, but Lin Yuan currently had no need for it. With his true body residing on the Galaxy Main Planet, under the watch of peak beings within the jurisdiction of Human Civilization, it could be said that he was absolutely safe.
His Tai Yin avatar was at battlefield B0001, absorbing the Boundary Origin Energy overflowing from the permanent spatial rift, and no one knew its true identity.
Moreover, with the strength of the Tai Yin avatar, hiding in a medium-sized exotic tribe battlefield was as safe as could be.
As for the Tai Yang avatar, it had already become a semi-owner of the Xuan Huang Secret Realm, and to a certain extent, even peak beings couldn't do anything to it.
There was no need for the Space-time Step for the time being.
"As expected of one of the three great protective arts of the Xuan Huang lineage. With my current rate of comprehension, it will probably take several decades to cultivate it to perfection."
Lin Yuan exclaimed in surprise. He naturally didn't know that even an eleventh-tier life form would need more than seven thousand years to cultivate this secret art to its third stage.
As for cultivating it to the fourth stage and completing it? It would take tens of thousands of years.
"However, if I can break through to the tenth tier within ten years, it probably won't take too long to cultivate it to perfection." Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Lin Yuan's heaven-defying comprehension talent was entirely dependent on his current level. The talent he possessed at the ninth tier was completely different from what he would have at the tenth tier.
At the ninth tier, Lin Yuan would need several decades or even a century to cultivate the Xuan Huang Strike to perfection, but at the tenth tier, he would only need several years or even months.
If he reached the eleventh tier, the amount of time it would take to cultivate the Xuan Huang Strike to perfection might be measured in millennia?
"Slow and steady."
"I still have plenty of time."
Lin Yuan recalled the Xuan Huang Strike in his mind and continued to immerse himself in cultivation.
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, four years went by.
In the Xuan Huang Secret Realm, on another continent, Lin Yuan's figure appeared out of thin air, unseen by the countless indigenous lives below him.
"At most, there's only one year left before the secret realm's core is completely refined." A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face. Although he wasn't restricted by time in the Xuan Huang Secret Realm,
unlike other ninth-tier exotic tribes who had to leave when their time was up or face eradication by the secret realm itself,
it was still better to refine the core as soon as possible.
"In these four years, I'm almost done cultivating the second stage of the Xuan Huang Strike." Lin Yuan shook his head slightly, feeling somewhat unsatisfied.
In fact, this rate of cultivation was already exceptionally remarkable, one could even say it was terrifying.
It was likely that in the entire history of the Xuan Huang lineage, no successor had ever cultivated this secret art to the second stage in less than a decade.
Was it so easy to attain a power that could instantly triple one's limit strength?
But for Lin Yuan, it was still a bit slow. After all, it was just one secret art.
"Hmm?"
"The ninth-tier evolvers of Human Civilization have started to blockade the outer regions?" Lin Yuan looked up, his gaze piercing through layer after layer of space and falling on another continent.
Ever since Lin Yuan displayed his absolute strength and killed Hun Yi, the strongest ninth-tier member of the Tian Yu Tribe, the ninth-tier evolvers of Human Civilization, led by Duo Ke, had been planning to eliminate the other hostile ninth-tier exotic tribes.
After all, such an opportunity was rare. With the Xuan Huang Secret Realm open, higher-level combat forces couldn't interfere, and they had a freak like Lin Yuan on their side.
They naturally had to seize this opportunity.
"Those ninth-tier exotic tribes probably won't surrender so easily." Lin Yuan speculated.
The plan of the ninth-tier evolvers of Human Civilization was to thoroughly eliminate the hostile exotic tribes. At the very least, they would drive them into the inner regions and wait for the secret realm to close at the end of the time limit.
Galaxy Master. The title itself carried an air of supremacy. In the face of such a figure, even these formidable warriors felt their confidence waver.
"Please, take a seat." The young man, none other than Lin Yuan, smiled warmly and casually took his place at the head of the gathering.
"Galaxy Master, the blockade in the outer regions of the Xuan Huang Secret Realm is almost complete. We anticipate a fierce backlash from the ninth-tier exotic tribes," Duoke said, his voice carrying a hint of concern. "When the time comes, we would be most grateful for your intervention, Galaxy Master. Without your strength, we fear we may not be able to hold them back."
The ninth-tier evolvers of Human Civilization had established a blockade in the outer regions of the Xuan Huang Secret Realm, and the exotic tribes dared not resist openly due to the looming threat of the Galaxy Master. Instead, they fled and hid, but their options were limited as the outer regions were the smallest part of the secret realm. Eventually, they would be backed into a corner, and that would be when they made their desperate stand.
Among these tribes were members of the Insectoid Alliance and the Celestial Feather Alliance, powerful groups who, if not for their fear of the Galaxy Master, would have torn through the blockade erected by Human Civilization.
"Rest assured, I will handle it." Lin Yuan nodded, his expression confident. After all, eliminating these ninth-tier exotic tribes had been his plan from the start, and with a ninety percent share of the spoils, he had every incentive to intervene.
"Thank you, Galaxy Master. We are most appreciative," Duoke said, his face relaxing into a smile.
"I was wondering, Galaxy Master, which region are you currently in?" Duoke asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.
"I'm in the outer regions and can join the battle at any moment," Lin Yuan replied casually. In truth, he was still deep within the Xuan Huang Secret Realm, but with his profound control over the realm, he could instantly teleport to any location within it. His assurance was not an empty boast.
"That's good to know," Duoke said, clearly relieved.
"With the Galaxy Master on our side, those exotic tribes don't stand a chance," another ninth-tier evolver added, his voice filled with enthusiasm.
Laughter filled the room, and the tension eased. In the past, during the openings of the Xuan Huang Secret Realm, the ninth-tier evolvers of Human Civilization had generally avoided direct confrontations with their exotic counterparts, as the focus was on maximizing individual gains rather than pointless skirmishes. But now, with the Galaxy Master by their side, they felt empowered to take the fight to the exotic tribes.
While these exotic tribes did not represent the full might of their respective factions, and some were merely projections, the morale boost was undeniable.
In another part of the vast multiverse, within a shadowy space, hundreds of wills converged. This was a temporary meeting place for the ninth-tier exotic tribes, akin to the virtual world of Human Civilization, where they could exchange information.
The assembled wills belonged to the ninth-tier representatives of various exotic tribes, most of whom were adversaries of Human Civilization. Those tribes that maintained a neutral stance towards Human Civilization, as well as solitary and unique ninth-tier beings, were not included in this gathering.
In stark contrast to the jubilant atmosphere among the ninth-tier evolvers of Human Civilization, a pall of gloom hung over this gathering. Each of these powerful beings felt a sense of dread as they recalled the footage of the Galaxy Master's overwhelming victory over Huni, the strongest ninth-tier member of the Tian Yu Tribe.
"What are we so afraid of?" one of the wills finally spoke, its owner's voice tinged with defiance. "Even if this Galaxy Master is incredibly powerful, can he truly annihilate all of us?"
A heavy silence followed, each will contemplating the daunting challenge that lay before them.
(End of Chapter)
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