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Chapter 348: Giving You a Push
Chapter 348: Giving You a Push (5000 characters, please subscribe)
"Tower Master, how about we choose someone else?" Nalan, the deputy tower master, glanced at Lin Yuan, who was standing by, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice.
He still couldn't bring himself to do it.
Moreover, Nalan felt that there was no need for the Summer Supreme Expert to specifically create obstacles for Galaxy Star Master.
As the strongest genius in the history of human civilization, he should be forging ahead relentlessly.
"It has to be you."
"No one else is suitable."
The Summer Supreme Expert shook his head.
"Alright."
Nalan nodded.
The will of the Supreme Expert could not be disobeyed, even if he thought the Supreme Expert was making a mistake.
But when it was necessary to follow his lead, he would.
"Galaxy Star Master, if you can't hold on later, remember to admit defeat." Nalan kindly reminded him.
Although the Summer Supreme Expert restricted the two of them to only spar in the aspect of time rules, Nalan believed that he was just one step away from comprehending all the time models.
Galaxy Star Master was only at the ninth stage and found it difficult even to sense time fluctuations. What achievements could he have in the realm of time rules?
Under the crushing power of superior rules, Galaxy Star Master would suffer less torment if he admitted defeat in time, even if he was at a disadvantage.
"Understood." Lin Yuan's expression turned slightly solemn.
Nalan's words put a lot of pressure on Lin Yuan.
After all, the first time Lin Yuan saw Nalan in action was when he was still at the seventh stage.
At that time, Nalan, standing outside the Black Abyss Secret Territory, suppressed the entire Black Abyss tribe single-handedly, preventing them from daring to rebel.
If it hadn't been for the Bug Tribe expert arriving in time, the entire Black Abyss tribe would probably have been annihilated by Nalan.
"Let's begin."
The Summer Supreme Expert waved his right hand.
Lin Yuan and Nalan then felt the world around them transform.
Immediately after, the two of them appeared under a desolate starry sky.
With the Summer Supreme Expert's authority, it was but a mere thought to transfer the two of them to a virtual 'arena' world.
"Galaxy Star Master, you may make the first move." Nalan was quite gracious.
If it were a battle to the death with the alien race, he would naturally strike first without hesitation, but this was different.
First, this was only a spar with Lin Yuan, far from a life-or-death battle, and as his senior, it was only right for him to give way.
Second, Nalan believed that he had the upper hand.
How could a tenth-stage cultivator lose to a ninth-stage one? Moreover, he was a strong cultivator among the 'A' rank tenth-stage experts.
With such a huge gap in strength, if Nalan took the initiative to strike first, he would feel embarrassed.
'Bullying the weak' was one thing, but at least he should give his opponent a chance to make a move.
"Remember, give it your all."
"This may be your only chance to make a move." Nalan's expression was relaxed as he reminded him.
Confrontations in the realm of time rules often occurred in the blink of an eye, and when different time rules collided, the weaker party often had little chance to resist.
Of course, real battles involved many variables, such as employing other methods.
Being inferior in the realm of time rules didn't mean that one was inferior in other aspects as well.
However, the Summer Supreme Expert had specified that only insights into time rules were allowed in this spar.
This meant that the battle would not last too long, and a pure collision in the realm of time would hardly result in a stalemate.
This was why Nalan felt that the Summer Supreme Expert intended to teach Galaxy Star Master a lesson.
The rules were too restrictive and seemed specifically tailored for him.
"Alright." Lin Yuan nodded, "I will give it my all."
"Mhm." Nalan's expression was satisfied.
Only when Galaxy Star Master gave it his all and discovered that he was still no match for Nalan, only then would he feel like a plaything in the realm of time rules, and this would have a tempering effect on him.
"Galaxy Star Master, when it comes to space layer development, I admit that I am inferior to you, but when it comes to time?" Nalan thought to himself.
Suddenly, at this moment.
Nalan realized that Lin Yuan, who had been in the distance, had disappeared without him noticing.
"Hmm?"
Nalan immediately sensed that something was amiss.
"The flow of time... has changed?" Nalan's expression turned solemn.
Whoosh!
Nalan raised his hand and released a large amount of time fluctuations, constantly interfering with the time fluctuations around him.
"Break for me!!"
Nalan faintly realized something and operated his comprehension of time rules with all his might, wanting to break free from the various time quagmires that enveloped him.
Outside.
Lin Yuan stood quietly, and in front of him floated a half-meter-sized crystal ball, entirely composed of time fluctuations.
Inside the crystal ball, Nalan struggled, but in the end, he was like a man trapped in a quagmire, enveloped by various time quagmires, unable to break free in the realm of time.
After comprehending all the time models, Lin Yuan, by constantly combining various time models, gained insight into many secret techniques in the realm of time rules.
Among them, the Time Prison was Lin Yuan's proudest creation. By fusing and intertwining one thousand three hundred and thirty-seven time models, he established a time corridor.
Layer upon layer of time corridors then formed a time prison.
Any life trapped within the time prison would be unable to sense their own flow of time, becoming nothing more than a plaything, as long as their comprehension of time rules did not surpass that of Lin Yuan's.
After all, the amount of time experienced by those trapped within the time prison depended solely on Lin Yuan.
With a mere thought, Lin Yuan could make his opponents experience a day while the outside world experienced a year, or vice versa.
If this wasn't treating someone like a plaything, then what was?
Of course, there was a way to forcibly break out of this technique.
Even if Nalan's comprehension of time rules was inferior to Lin Yuan's, if he went all out and used means beyond the realm of time rules, he could break free.
Time rules were not an invincible concept and still depended on the overall foundation of both parties.
High above in the virtual 'arena' world, the Summer Supreme Expert also observed the time crystal ball floating in front of Lin Yuan.
Inside the crystal ball, Nalan, the deputy tower master, struggled desperately, trying to shake the prison, but from start to finish, the time crystal ball remained as stable as Mount Tai, without the slightest shake.
"This kind of time secret technique combines more than a thousand time models and has the effect of trapping and stabilizing the enemy. Even among the tenth-stage powerhouses, it is considered profound and mysterious."
The Summer Supreme Expert thought to himself, gaining a rough idea of Lin Yuan's level of comprehension in the realm of time rules.
If not for Nalan, the deputy tower master, Lin Yuan's display of this time secret art alone would not have been able to reveal the many aspects of the Time Prison when facing an enemy.
Without Nalan's constant probing within the Time Prison, the Summer Supreme Expert wouldn't have been able to observe the true depth of Lin Yuan's mastery in the realm of time rules.
"Alright, that's enough."
"Stop."
After a while, the Summer Supreme Expert spoke up.
Instantly, the world transformed again, and Lin Yuan returned to the personal world of the Summer Supreme Expert.
The time crystal ball floated in front of him, and Nalan, the deputy tower master, had stopped struggling within it, probably realizing that he couldn't break free with his own understanding of time rules.
Whoosh.
Lin Yuan's mind stirred.
The time crystal ball in front of him instantly collapsed.
Nalan's figure grew larger and larger until he finally reappeared outside.
"You're out?"
Nalan felt like he had been through the ages, even though the battle had only lasted for a few dozen breaths.
But inside the Time Prison, he had spent over ten minutes.
Those ten minutes made Nalan realize that his entrapment in the Grand Time Prison was most likely due to the Galaxy Star Master.
Since the Summer Supreme Expert had arranged for him to spar with Galaxy Star Master, his opponent could only be the Galaxy Star Master.
No matter how incredulous Nalan felt, he couldn't question the Supreme Expert.
"Galaxy Star Master," Nalan looked at Lin Yuan, his eyes filled with complexity.
During those ten minutes trapped within the Time Prison, Nalan had witnessed Lin Yuan's prowess in the realm of time rules.
It was absolutely superior to his own, and even if Lin Yuan hadn't fully comprehended the time rules, he had at least grasped all the time rule models that human civilization had summarized.
This Galaxy Star Master, who was only at the ninth stage, had surpassed him, a senior 'A' rank tenth-stage expert, in the realm of time rules.
Nalan glanced at the Supreme Expert and suddenly realized that the reason the Summer Supreme Expert had arranged for him to spar with Galaxy Star Master was not to temper Galaxy Star Master, but to use him as a guinea pig to test Galaxy Star Master's level of proficiency in the realm of time rules.
"My apologies," Lin Yuan bowed and smiled.
He didn't know that Nalan hadn't even comprehended the time rule models, and in Lin Yuan's eyes, Nalan was viewed through a 'strong' filter.
Moreover, before their spar, Nalan had repeatedly instructed Lin Yuan to go all out.
This resulted in Lin Yuan not giving Nalan any chance to resist and directly suppressing him with the Time Prison.
"Galaxy Star Master, with your ninth-stage strength, you already have such a high comprehension of time rules. I admit defeat," Nalan sighed.
Nalan understood that with Lin Yuan's rate of growth, his current lead in comprehension of time rules would only widen in the future.
"Alright, Nalan, you may withdraw now."
"Yes," Nalan immediately bowed and disappeared from sight.
Having lost to Lin Yuan, his junior, Nalan felt embarrassed despite his confidence in his strength as a tenth-stage cultivator, and so he left.
With Nalan's departure, only Lin Yuan and the Summer Supreme Expert remained.
"Supreme Expert," Lin Yuan bowed slightly.
"You're a monster," the Summer Supreme Expert shook his head.
Lin Yuan's comprehension of time rules was nothing to him.
However, this depended on who was being compared. For an eleventh-stage life form, it was a normal level; half of the eleventh-stage evolvers in human civilization had comprehended all the time rule models.
For a tenth-stage life form, it was extremely rare; at least Nalan, an 'A' rank tenth-stage expert, hadn't achieved it.
But for a ninth-stage life form? The Summer Supreme Expert had never heard of such a thing, especially since Lin Yuan's comprehension of time rules went beyond merely grasping all the time models.
"Monster?"
Lin Yuan blinked, feeling somewhat 'honored' to be called a monster by a Supreme Expert.
"Supreme Expert, after I comprehended the time rule models, you asked me to come to you. Is there some secret to it?" Lin Yuan directly asked his question.
When facing a Supreme Expert, there was no need to beat around the bush; it was better to be direct.
"Yes, there is a secret," the Summer Supreme Expert nodded.
If Lin Yuan had been slow to comprehend all the time models or if, after comprehending them, his understanding of time rules was still far from complete, the Summer Supreme Expert wouldn't have said anything more.
But Lin Yuan's performance had given him hope—hope that Lin Yuan could comprehend time rules at the ninth stage.
"You should know that the earlier you comprehend time rules and make your internal world 'independent', the greater the benefits you will gain."
The Summer Supreme Expert spoke up.
"Yes."
"I understand this.
Thus, Lin Yuan learned that comprehending the time rules at the tenth stage and then ascending to the eleventh stage would bring far greater benefits and cause one's internal world to undergo a metamorphosis.
As for comprehending the time rules at the ninth stage? There were no corresponding cases in the history of human civilization, but that didn't stop Lin Yuan from speculating.
If comprehending the time rules at the tenth stage could grant an additional opportunity for one's internal world to metamorphose, then doing so at the ninth stage would mean having two additional chances for metamorphosis when ascending to the tenth and eleventh stages, wouldn't it?
"Then do you know what the specific benefits are? Why does the internal world undergo a metamorphosis?"
The Summer Supreme Expert asked with a smile.
"I don't know." Lin Yuan shook his head.
He only knew that there were benefits, but he didn't understand what they were.
The information he had accessed didn't provide specific records, probably because it involved some confidential secrets that human civilization kept hidden.
Even with an eighth-level citizen's access privileges, he couldn't view all the details.
"This brings us to the distinction between a 'dependent' and an 'independent' internal world when a tenth-stage evolver undergoes a major breakthrough and enters the eleventh stage."
The Summer Supreme Expert paused for a moment before continuing, "If a tenth-stage evolver hasn't comprehended the time rules, their internal world lacks a temporal pillar and can only be dependent on the main universe, essentially becoming a subordinate world to it."
"When a subordinate world undergoes a significant transition, it communicates with the main universe's source ocean, and the main universe will actively open the entrance to its source ocean, pouring forth a vast amount of primal energy to aid the development of the subordinate internal world."
"However, if the internal world is already 'independent' and possesses both temporal and spatial pillars, it can be considered a 'standalone' world."
"Even if this 'independent' world is insignificant compared to the main universe, it is still an 'independent' world and theoretically exists on the same level as the main universe."
"It possesses its own independent temporal and spatial pillars."
"Therefore, when such an 'independent' world undergoes a significant transition, it receives not the source energy from the main universe but from the chaotic void."
The Summer Supreme Expert looked at Lin Yuan.
"So that's how it is." Lin Yuan's expression turned pensive.
The chaotic void must be far more vast than the universe, and the source energy from the chaotic void would naturally be more precious than that of the universe.
If one were to rank them from high to low, it would undoubtedly be chaotic void, universe, and then subordinate world.
Once the subordinate world becomes independent in time and space, it will be on par with the universe, jointly receiving the gifts of the chaotic void.
Normally, most powerful beings can only receive the gifts of the chaotic void when they reach the eleventh stage and strive to become ultimate beings.
This is because comprehending the time rules usually occurs at this level.
Only those striving to become the strongest can enjoy the gifts and metamorphosis brought about by comprehending the time rules. But if one could do so at the tenth stage, the benefits it would bring would be immense.
Moreover, if Lin Yuan could comprehend the time rules at the ninth stage, he would experience the gifts of the chaotic void at that very stage.
"The influx of source energy from the chaotic void will greatly stabilize the internal world and enhance its essence, paving the way for it to metamorphose into an internal universe."
"Of course, even if you comprehend the time rules and make your internal world independent, when you reach the eleventh stage, your current realm and strength won't be sufficient to transform your internal world into an internal universe in one go."
"But with this foundation, the difficulties you'll face in the future when trying to metamorphose your internal world as you strive for the ultimate stage will undoubtedly be much lower."
The Summer Supreme Expert spoke slowly, explaining the concept.
This was akin to distributing the pressure of striving for the ultimate stage in the future to the present, thereby increasing the likelihood of ascending to the twelfth stage.
Up to this point, Lin Yuan had only heard of two methods that could increase the probability of reaching the ultimate stage.
One was to spread one's evolutionary path.
The other was to comprehend the rules of chaos.
As for the fusion of time and space rules? That was a prerequisite for striving for the ultimate stage.
Without achieving the fusion of time and space, one couldn't even cross the threshold of striving for ultimate power.
"Summer Supreme Expert, I may not necessarily be able to comprehend the time rules at the ninth stage." Lin Yuan thought for a moment before speaking up.
With his heaven-defying comprehension talent and the aid of treasures like the Miniature Universe, Lin Yuan only had some confidence in comprehending the time rules at the ninth stage.
As for assurance? He didn't have much of that.
In fact, Lin Yuan had already made preparations to try and comprehend the time rules at the tenth stage if he failed to do so at the ninth.
After all, the difficulty of comprehending the time rules far surpassed that of ascending to the eleventh stage.
Many eleventh-stage evolvers had not comprehended the time rules.
Lin Yuan's ambition to comprehend the time rules at the ninth stage was something he couldn't guarantee.
What if he failed? Wouldn't that slap himself in the face?
"I know you don't have the assurance of comprehending it." The Summer Supreme Expert didn't find this strange at all.
Unless one was a life form inherently connected to time, who would dare guarantee that they could comprehend the time rules?
"That's why I asked you to comprehend all the time rule models first and then come to me. Aside from wanting to gauge your general understanding of the time rules, I also wanted to give you a push."
The Summer Supreme Expert smiled as he looked at Lin Yuan.
"Give me a push?" Lin Yuan was taken aback.
The comprehension of time rules was an extremely personal endeavor.
Everyone's understanding of time rules was different, and it couldn't be forcibly imparted.
Even with the aid of a treasure like the Miniature Universe, it could only reduce the difficulty for Lin Yuan to comprehend the time rules.
As for giving him a push? Lin Yuan had never thought about it in that direction.
Neither the techniques left by the Master of the Demon Jade Tower nor the treasures and methods left by the Xuan Huang Emperor mentioned anything about giving someone a push to comprehend the time rules.
"Yes."
"Next, I'm going to show you..."
The Summer Supreme Expert's tone was calm as he continued, "...the entirety of the River of Time."
(End of Chapter)
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