Chapter 344: The Otherworldly Land

Chapter 344: The Otherworldly Land (5000 characters, subscribe please)

"So this is the feeling of having complete control over the Xuanhuang Secret Realm?"

Lin Yuan's spiritual will loomed high, overlooking the entire secret realm.

Whether it was the indigenous life forms or the ninth-order exotic tribes,

With just a thought, he could manipulate the power of the secret realm to wipe them out.

Within the secret realm, even tenth-order or eleventh-order life forms would not be able to withstand Lin Yuan's murderous intent.

Of course, the Xuanhuang Secret Realm only allowed invincible eighth-order and ninth-order life forms to enter, so there was no threat from higher-order beings.

"I can leave the secret realm whenever I want to now," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

The Xuanhuang Secret Realm only had an entrance and no exit.

To leave, one would have to wait until the secret realm opened again in a hundred years and be in the outer regions just before it closed.

At a specific time, one would then be expelled from the secret realm.

But now, as the master of the secret realm, Lin Yuan was naturally not bound by this rule.

He could leave or enter as he pleased.

"I'll still leave the secret realm with the main group," Lin Yuan said to himself, not feeling rushed.

He wasn't sure if there were any supremely powerful beings watching the Xuanhuang Secret Realm from the outside at this moment. Even if he left the secret realm quietly, it would still be better to be cautious when dealing with such powerful entities.

Whoosh!

Just as Lin Yuan was carefully observing the details of the Xuanhuang Secret Realm, a six-armed figure appeared beside him and bowed slightly, saying, "Master."

This figure was the 'consciousness' of the secret realm, and Lin Yuan had become its master after refining the realm.

With Lin Yuan's current permissions, he could completely erase the six-armed figure and then operate the secret realm to give birth to a new consciousness.

But there was no need for that.

"Master is cultivating the *Xuanhuang Body*, and a large amount of Xuanhuang Crystals are needed," the six-armed figure said immediately.

Before Lin Yuan had completely refined the core of the secret realm, the figure still had some control over it and knew how many Xuanhuang Crystals Lin Yuan had used.

"There are many Xuanhuang Beasts bred within the secret realm. They are condensed from the power of the entire secret realm. If Master needs Xuanhuang Crystals, he can harvest those beasts, but he shouldn't harvest too many at once."

The six-armed figure hesitated for a moment and said cautiously.

If it weren't for replenishing the origin of the secret realm, why would the countless Xuanhuang Crystals accumulated by the Xuanhuang Secret Realm over countless millennia only amount to the size of a small mountain? It should have been tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of times more.

The reason was that the vast majority of Xuanhuang Crystals had dissipated on their own and returned to the origin of the secret realm.

"I understand," Lin Yuan nodded.

The so-called Xuanhuang Beasts were the indigenous life forms of the secret realm.

He was well aware of the six-armed figure's concerns.

With his current control over the secret realm, killing those Xuanhuang Beasts and extracting the Xuanhuang Crystals would be easier than eating and drinking.

Even if he wiped out all the indigenous life in the entire secret realm, it wouldn't take long.

But doing so would undoubtedly weaken the secret realm and might even cause it to collapse within a million years.

The collapse of the secret realm would not cause any irreparable loss to Lin Yuan as its master.

But for the six-armed figure, it would mean complete and utter death.

Naturally, Lin Yuan would not do such a thing.

The sustainable development of the Xuanhuang Secret Realm was far more important than fishing out the entire pond.

More crucially, the Xuanhuang Secret Realm would become Lin Yuan's second most reliable means of survival, second only to the Myriad Worlds Gate.

Even in the future, if an extreme situation arose and Lin Yuan was pursued by a group of supremely powerful beings,

and all other escape methods failed, he could still hide in the Xuanhuang Secret Realm.

For countless years, the supremely powerful beings of the main universe had watched the Xuanhuang Secret Realm open and close so many times, yet they had never been able to do anything to it.

Lin Yuan could consider himself absolutely safe if he hid inside.

Compared to the 'physical shuttle' of the Myriad Worlds Gate that crossed dimensions.

Hiding in the Xuanhuang Secret Realm did not require the expenditure of any boundary-breaking source energy, Lin Yuan could enter with just a thought.

Moreover, the 'physical shuttle' of the Myriad Worlds Gate was too risky. To display such a dimension-breaking power in front of a supremely powerful being would likely drive them insane with desire.

Secondly, the Xuanhuang Secret Realm could isolate cause and effect between the inside and the outside.

As long as one was inside the secret realm, the powerful beings outside would not be able to sense the related cause and effect, only those inside the secret realm could do so.

When the Xuanhuang Secret Realm had opened, the strongest life form of the Tianyu Tribe, Huny, had pursued Lin Yuan and once requested that Masado Walker sense Lin Yuan's cause and effect to lock onto his position.

This was because Masado Walker was also inside the secret realm.

What did this imply?

As long as Lin Yuan left a clone, or more accurately, as long as he left a drop of his blood inside the secret realm.

Under the isolation of cause and effect, no curse-killing technique would be able to completely kill Lin Yuan, not even a supremely powerful being could do so.

Therefore—

In Lin Yuan's eyes.

The value of the Xuanhuang Secret Realm far exceeded those of the Xuanhuang Crystals.

Especially for a force, it was practically an absolutely safe 'lair'.

"Now that I have the Xuanhuang Secret Realm, I can establish a powerful force if I want to." Lin Yuan's heart stirred slightly.

With so many bloodline evolution potions in his possession, and the additional harvest he would gain after the secret realm closed, plus the permission to establish a prefix 'human' family after becoming an eighth-grade citizen,

along with the Xuanhuang Secret Realm as his backyard,

Lin Yuan had all the prerequisites to establish a force with a deep and terrifying foundation.

The only defect was that he lacked a sufficient number of trusted subordinates, mainly because Lin Yuan had spent too little time in the main world.

Coupled with his lack of interest in procreating, the Lin Family remained small.

"There's no rush.

I still have a long lifespan ahead of me," Lin Yuan calmed his thoughts.

He had no interest in establishing a force, but once he became powerful, it would be a necessary step.

For example, as the Galaxy Star Master, Lin Yuan already had quite a few followers, which could be considered the beginnings of a force.

"Master should try to enter the tenth-order next, right?" the six-armed figure asked tentatively.

Lin Yuan had already reached the pinnacle of the ninth-order in every aspect, and no one knew how far he had surpassed the peak that was defined by the countless tribes of the main universe.

With the matter of the Xuanhuang Secret Realm concluded for now, advancing to the tenth-order had indeed become Lin Yuan's primary objective.

"His Majesty once said that to become an ultimate being, one needs to fuse as many rules as possible during the tenth and eleventh orders. If one can comprehend the Chaos Rule before attempting the leap to ultimate, it will be of immense benefit," the six-armed figure said after some thought.

"The Chaos Rule?" Lin Yuan's expression turned solemn.

The so-called Chaos Rule referred to the fusion of all rules, returning to their origin, and thus, chaos.

In the era of Emperor Xuanhuang, there was no concept of spreading one's evolutionary path, so the path to becoming an ultimate being could only be achieved through one's own means and any available methods.

Normally, the fusion of time and space rules is the threshold for becoming an ultimate being.

But that is already extremely difficult, and countless eleventh-order lives have been stuck at this hurdle. As for fusing all the rules and reverting them to chaos? Even in Emperor Xuanhuang's era, it was only a legend, and no one had ever heard of a life that had achieved it; it was merely a theoretical method.

Of course, whether it is comprehending the Chaos Rule or spreading one's evolutionary path, both are meant to aid in the leap to ultimate. Even without these methods, one can still attempt the leap, but the success rate would be low.

When Emperor Xuanhuang made the leap to become an ultimate being, he too had relied on a combination of his utmost effort and good fortune.

"Thank you," Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

Just because others couldn't do it didn't mean Lin Yuan couldn't. With his heaven-defying comprehension talent, even comprehending the Chaos Rule wasn't entirely out of reach.

At the very least, this was the only method Lin Yuan had ever heard of that would be of immense benefit to his journey toward becoming an ultimate being.

After all, even spreading one's evolutionary path would only provide some benefit to the leap to ultimate, not immense benefit.

Of course, the difficulty of the two was not on the same level; spreading one's evolutionary path was obviously the easier option.

"However, spreading one's evolutionary path is not only beneficial for the leap to ultimate, but it can also aid in one's cultivation after reaching the twelfth order, helping to stabilize one's existence, right?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Regardless, he had no intention of giving up on spreading his path. He would spread his evolution throughout the main universe and other dimensional worlds.

This act of spreading his 'Dao' throughout the myriad worlds gave Lin Yuan a vague feeling that it would bring him immense benefits in the future.

Virtual World.

Lin Yi and Xia Kueran's wedding came to an end.

With the influence of the Xia family and the Galaxy Star Master, this wedding had caused quite a stir in human civilization, and countless virtual world 'internet celebrities' and'streamers' had paid a hefty price to attend the wedding.

After the wedding...

Lin Yuan held a separate gathering with some of the tenth-order evolvers who had attended the wedding.

"Hahahaha! I've long heard of the fame of the Galaxy Star Master, and today I finally get to meet you!" A one-armed man laughed heartily.

His left sleeve hung empty, leaving only his right arm, and with the technology of human civilization, not to mention just losing a left arm, even if only his head remained, they could easily recreate a complete body.

Not to mention that the one-armed man was a tenth-order evolver; regrowing his left arm would be a simple matter.

However, the one-armed man's left arm had been severed by a powerful enemy from the Insect Tribe.

Ever since then, the one-armed man had chosen not to regenerate his arm, using it as a reminder to himself.

At the tenth-order, what mattered was the collision of fused rules, and the loss of an arm had no impact.

Otherwise, wouldn't the multi-armed races in the universe have a huge advantage?

"I've also heard of the name of the Master of Black Star," Lin Yuan immediately replied.

The one-armed man was known as the Master of Black Star, and just like Lin Yuan's title of Galaxy Star Master, it was only a code name.

The Master of Black Star was an extremely terrifying tenth-order powerhouse who had long been placed on the 'A' tier threat list.

Additionally, the Master of Black Star originated from the Black Origin Tower, one of the nine Evolution Towers.

"Galaxy Star Master, it's nice to meet you." A woman with blue hair smiled.

"When you, the Glaze Star Master, shone brilliantly in our human civilization, I wasn't even born yet." Lin Yuan sighed, "In the past, I even took the Glaze Star Master as my goal."

The Glaze Star Master was also a peerless genius of human civilization, possessing a rare special physique and a bloodline potential that was second to none. Due to various factors, the Glaze Star Master had been exceptionally dazzling in her progress from the first to the ninth order.

When she was at the ninth order, she had opened up nearly sixty million layers of space, making her the strongest ninth-order life form among the countless tribes in the universe at that time.

After advancing to the tenth order, it took her less than a million years to reach the 'A' tier.

"You took me as your goal?" The Glaze Star Master sighed, "Galaxy Star Master, you really know how to joke."

"Hahahaha! The number of spatial layers the Galaxy Star Master has opened is several times more than Glaze's, so how can you say that, Glaze? You're making it hard for her to stand here," a skeletal old man with a withered body said with a smile.

He was also an 'A' tier tenth-order evolver, once a shining figure of human civilization.

Lin Yuan looked at the dozens of tenth-order evolvers present at the gathering, the weakest of whom were 'B' tier. Each of them was a prominent figure in human civilization, with the potential to reach the eleventh order in the future.

And among them all, Lin Yuan's strength was undoubtedly the lowest, as he was only at the ninth order.

However, not a single tenth-order evolver dared to underestimate Lin Yuan. With the strength he had displayed in the Xuanhuang Secret Realm, his advancement to the tenth order was only a matter of time.

In the future, he would swiftly enter the 'A' tier and become the most powerful existence beneath the eleventh order.

Thus, the numerous tenth-order evolvers present were very amicable toward Lin Yuan.

"Galaxy Star Master, your innate talent is truly enviable," the skeletal old man said with a hint of emotion in his voice.

The Galaxy Star Master had relied solely on himself to reach this point.

"Talent is only temporary. If you want to strive for ultimate power, talent isn't that useful." Lin Yuan shook his head.

Among the numerous tenth-order lives present, many had the potential to reach the eleventh-order.

Since they were already at the eleventh-order, they naturally aspired to become the ultimate power.

Of course, it was just an aspiration.

The vast majority of eleventh-order lives couldn't even attempt the leap to ultimate, let alone succeed.

To enter that realm was incredibly difficult, and no matter how deep their foundation was, without the crucial factor of luck, they would still fail.

Once an eleventh-order life attempted and failed to become the ultimate, it meant absolute death, from which even the most powerful beings couldn't resurrect them.

The many tenth-order evolvers chatted casually for a while.

The Master of Black Star then turned to Lin Yuan and smiled, "Once the Galaxy Star Master reaches the tenth-order, you will consider entering the 'Otherworldly Land', won't you?"

"Otherworldly Land," Lin Yuan's expression turned slightly solemn.

The Otherworldly Land did not exist in the main universe. It was one of the most important foundations of human civilization.

How could human civilization, with only a little over two million years of history, have produced so many tenth and even eleventh-order powerhouses?

Not to mention the tenth and eleventh-orders, even an eighth-order life could easily live for two to three million years, and the limit set by the Demon Jade Tower was a lifespan of five million years.

Of course, this limit referred to the lifespan that could be commonly achieved. Some special lives within the universe, like the 'Children of the Tree World', and others, had much longer lifespans.

Even so, an eighth-order evolver could live for two to three million years, not to mention the ninth and tenth-orders. Eleventh-order beings who had comprehended the complete time rule could even achieve a different kind of immortality.

With only a little over two million years of history, how could human civilization have produced so many powerful beings? One of the reasons was the 'Otherworldly Land'.

The flow of time in the Otherworldly Land was much slower than in the main universe.

One year in the main universe might be tens of thousands or even millions of years in the Otherworldly Land.

Although the huge difference in time flow would cause the perception of the rules of the Dao to be blurred, the nine most powerful beings of human civilization had used another ultimate foundation, the 'Void Realm', to reconstruct the rules of the Dao in the Otherworldly Land.

Although it was still far inferior to the infinite rules of the main universe, it did mitigate the drawback of blurred Dao rules to some extent.

The blurring of Dao rules was due to the fast time flow, which made it difficult to clearly sense the rules of the Dao in the main universe.

However, by reconstructing the Dao rules in the Otherworldly Land, this problem could be partially solved.

But only to a certain extent, as the Dao rules in the Otherworldly Land could never match those of the main universe.

Ultimately, the rules comprehended in the Otherworldly Land would be reduced by about two-thirds when brought back to the main universe.

Even so, the fact that human civilization had so many tenth and eleventh-order evolvers was largely due to the Otherworldly Land.

"I'll think about it when the time comes," Lin Yuan said, somewhat intrigued by the Otherworldly Land.

The Otherworldly Land was inferior to the main universe in terms of comprehending the Dao rules, but its exaggerated time flow was very suitable for fusing different rules.

For example, after comprehending the life and death rules, one could fuse them without needing to perceive the Dao rules.

This was also why human civilization only allowed tenth-order evolvers to enter the Otherworldly Land.

Tenth-order evolvers were less reliant on perfect Dao rules compared to eighth and ninth-order ones.

More crucially, there was a way to mitigate the Otherworldly Land's drawback for Lin Yuan.

That was the 'Chaos Crystal' from the Demon Jade Space and the 'Microcosm'.

Within the Chaos Crystal were countless fused and differentiated rules, and the Microcosm had a comprehensive rule balance.

Lin Yuan only needed to bring these two items into the Otherworldly Land, comprehend the essence of the rules within, and the gap compared to the outside world would definitely be reduced, albeit not by much.

Through his gathering with the many tenth-order evolvers, Lin Yuan obtained a lot of secret information.

This information came from the personal experiences of the tenth-order evolvers, and human civilization did not have detailed records of it.

Soon, the gathering came to an end.

Lin Yuan disconnected from the virtual world and sat in the Galaxy Main Star.

"These tenth-order evolvers are all very friendly," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

He also knew that the friendliness of the 'B' and 'A' grade tenth-orders was directed at the Galaxy Star Master with unlimited potential.

If it were just an ordinary person, they wouldn't be so approachable.

Almost all ordinary citizens of human civilization would never have the opportunity to see a tenth-order evolver in their lifetime.

Rumble!

Within his inner world.

The vast world was slowly expanding.

Finally, it stopped at a size of 1.998 billion square li.

"The blue liquid has finally been completely absorbed," Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. The sixth type of liquid from the Mysterious Gourd was particularly difficult to absorb.

But this was also normal. As his inner world exceeded 100 million square li, Lin Yuan faintly felt a sense of oppression from the universe.

An inner world of 100 million square li had already exceeded the limit allowed by the universe, and even those unique and special lives would not have an inner world larger than 100 million.

"Continue."

Lin Yuan flipped his right hand, and a gray-blue gourd appeared.

He held the gourd upside down with the spout facing downward.

After a long while, a drop of deep purple liquid condensed. Just by looking at it, Lin Yuan could sense a kind of breathtaking perfection within the purple liquid.

(End of Chapter)

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