Chapter 393: Eternal Eternity

Chapter 393: Eternal Eternity (Eight Thousand Characters, Subscription Requested)

"Can't push it open?"

Lin Yuan frowned.

The strength he had used to push against the Celestial Gate could not be considered his full power.

But what level was Lin Yuan at? He was a Witch Ancestor at the fiftieth level of the Grand Realm! Moreover, he had perfectly cultivated every stage along the way. Even using just a tenth or a hundredth of his strength would be enough to crush and overwhelm the Four Divine Kings and other eleventh-stage perfect legendary beings.

Yet now, he couldn't even nudge the Celestial Gate?

"Something's not right," Lin Yuan muttered. He withdrew his hands and carefully examined the gate before him. The power he had just exerted was countless times greater than that of the indigenous Witch Emperors and Witch Ancestors, yet it hadn't moved the gate even slightly.

So how had the indigenous Witch Emperors and Witch Ancestors of the past managed to open this gate and enter?

Lin Yuan's thoughts wandered as he pondered this conundrum for a moment before deciding to try pushing the gate again.

Placing his palms flat against the Celestial Gate, he calmed his mind and gently closed his eyes.

"Open," he commanded.

Suddenly, Lin Yuan's calm eyes snapped open, and a terrifying aura burst forth. The air around him seemed to freeze, and the dense vital energy swelled like a vast ocean, causing the entire mountaintop to tremble as if it might collapse under the force of his outburst.

He was going all out.

This was the first time in two hundred years that Lin Yuan had exerted himself to the fullest.

Ever since he had entered the twentieth level of the Witch Ancestor realm, he had never truly unleashed his full power because no opponent had ever been worthy of it.

A low rumbling filled the air as his terrifying vital energy boiled like scorching magma.

Below the mountaintop, the countless strong beings from the Myriad Races who were watching felt their souls tremble uncontrollably.

The aura Lin Yuan exuded at this moment was worlds apart from when he had faced the Four Divine Kings earlier. They couldn't even begin to fathom how much more powerful he had become.

"What kind of power is this?"

"Human 'Blood Rain' didn't even use his full strength when suppressing the Four Divine Kings and the others."

"Not only were the Four Divine Kings and the other six eleventh-stage perfect beings crushed, but they also failed to force out the human's true abilities?"

The shock felt by the strong beings from the Myriad Races was beyond imagination.

If they hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes, they never would have believed that within this two-dimensional world, which suppressed and reduced everything, there could exist a being whose strength had reached such a level. And he was a human evolutionist, no less!

"Still can't push it?" Lin Yuan asked himself as he stood before the Celestial Gate, having given it his all. "With the power I'm exerting right now, I could pierce through this entire Celestial Mountain, yet I still can't open this gate?"

Lin Yuan felt absurd. If the Celestial Gate was truly this difficult to open, then how had the indigenous Witch Emperors and Witch Ancestors of the past managed to enter?

Could it be that this gate treated them differently? Was there a separate standard for the strong beings from the Myriad Races compared to the indigenous powerhouses when it came to opening the gate? But even if the standards were different, with Lin Yuan's current strength, he should have met the threshold.

"I refuse to believe that with my current power, I can't open a mere Celestial Gate," Lin Yuan said gravely. At this moment, he had exhausted all conventional means, and if he wanted to increase his strength further, he would have to resort to his trump cards—desperate measures that could only be used in life-or-death situations.

*Galaxy Main Star.*

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged as he controlled everything happening in the two-dimensional world through his true self.

"Divine Ability: Enhancement!" Lin Yuan whispered. In an instant, the divine mark of the 'Enhancement' divine ability within his physical body began to spread, enveloping his flesh, blood, soul, and everything else.

In the two-dimensional world, all supernatural means were suppressed, including physical body divine abilities.

Therefore, the two-dimensional world's Solar Nascent Soul was unable to activate any physical body divine abilities.

However, while the Solar Nascent Soul couldn't activate these abilities, Lin Yuan's true self, which existed outside the two-dimensional world, could.

Once activated, the 'Enhancement' divine ability would enhance every aspect of Lin Yuan's being tenfold—his physical body, soul, spirit, will, and more.

And while the Solar Nascent Soul within the two-dimensional world was separated from its physical body and soul, its spirit and will were still connected.

In other words, once Lin Yuan's true self activated the 'Enhancement' divine ability, the spirit and will of the Solar Nascent Soul in the two-dimensional world would be enhanced tenfold.

Although spirit and will couldn't directly increase one's power, they could allow for more perfect control over one's strength, resulting in a more formidable display of power.

Among the strong beings from the Myriad Races, why was it that the growth and advancement of eleventh-stage powerhouses far surpassed that of ninth- and tenth-stage powerhouses? It was due not only to their cultivation realm but also to their powerful spirit and will.

And so—

The surge in Lin Yuan's spirit and will significantly amplified his strength.

A low rumbling accompanied the tenfold increase in Lin Yuan's spirit and will, and the flames of vital energy that enveloped his body on the threshold of the Celestial Gate took on an even more terrifying aura.

At this moment, the countless strong beings from the Myriad Races watching from the mountainside were struck dumb with shock.

Lin Yuan seemed to them like a force even more majestic and imposing than the Celestial Mountain itself, as if he were about to break free from the various restrictions of the two-dimensional world.

A moment later, the aura Lin Yuan had been exuding gradually subsided.

Even with the use of his physical body divine ability 'Enhancement,' he hadn't been able to move the Celestial Gate at all, let alone open it.

After using the 'Enhancement' ability, Lin Yuan would experience a brief period of weakness.

However, the strong beings from the Myriad Races watching from the mountainside couldn't discern any signs of weakness. All that had happened was that a Witch Ancestor at the fiftieth level had temporarily dropped to the forty-fifth level.

To these onlookers, there was no distinction between the two levels.

As for Lin Yuan's true self and the Lunar Nascent Soul outside the two-dimensional world, they were not in any danger and remained unaffected.

"Still can't open it?" Lin Yuan remained silent as he gazed at the gate before him, his brow furrowed in thought. If even with all his various abilities combined he couldn't open the gate, then who among the strong beings from the Myriad Races in this two-dimensional world could?

"My strength as a Witch Ancestor at the fiftieth level is equivalent to that of a Witch Ancestor from another race at the sixties or seventies," Lin Yuan thought as he stared at the gate. "With the enhancement of my physical body divine ability, my strength should be comparable to that of a Witch Ancestor at the ninetieth or even hundredth level for a short period."

Below the mountaintop, the strong beings from the Myriad Races finally recovered from their shock.

Soon, many of them realized something.

The Celestial Gate before Lin Yuan remained closed.

"What does this mean?"

"With the human 'Blood Rain's' strength, he can't open the Celestial Gate?"

"Impossible! If even 'Blood Rain' can't open it, how did the Witch Emperors and Witch Ancestors of the past enter?"

All the strong beings from the Myriad Races were astir. Although most of them had nothing to do with entering the gate, at this moment, seeing the gate that had been their hope of leaving the two-dimensional world for the past three hundred years seemingly impossible to open, a sense of desolation filled their hearts.

Even if they gathered all the mystical objects within this world, what use would they be if they couldn't be taken out? They might as well be treated as trash.

"If even a powerful human like 'Blood Rain' can't push open the Celestial Gate, I might as well give up on this clone."

One by one, the powerful beings from the Myriad Races had their bodies dissipate as they abandoned their clones within the two-dimensional world, akin to suffering a fundamental loss. None of these powerful beings were willing to endure such a loss.

However, if there was truly no hope of leaving, then giving up early would be a form of liberation.

At least they wouldn't have to live in fear within the two-dimensional world anymore.

Outside the scroll.

The supremely powerful beings had ugly looks on their faces.

"The Celestial Gate can't be pushed open?"

"Does this mean there's no hope of leaving?"

"How is that possible? The Celestial Gate could be pushed open in the past, why can't it be pushed open now?"

The supremely powerful beings discussed amongst themselves. Originally, they had deduced that the Celestial Gate would be the passage connecting the inside to the outside.

But they never expected that the Celestial Gate couldn't be pushed open.

"Xia Qin!" The supremely powerful being from the Starry Sky Grand Alliance, the supremely powerful being from the Yu Clan, and other existences had a change in expression as they looked towards Xia Qin.

Just now, they had paid a significant price to Xia Qin in exchange for the lives of the Four Divine Kings, the skinny old man, and the other six eleventh-stage perfect powerhouses.

But now, if the Celestial Gate couldn't be pushed open, didn't that mean that the price they paid was for nothing?

Because if they couldn't leave through the Celestial Gate, the Four Divine Kings and the other powerhouses' fate was still death, whether they were beaten to death or died of old age.

"Are you trying to back out of our deal now?" Xia Qin glanced at the foreign supremely powerful beings who were looking at him, and he didn't feel any joy from having taken advantage of them.

Because if the Celestial Gate couldn't be opened, it not only meant the end for the Four Divine Kings and the others, but also for Lin Yuan.

If the Celestial Gate couldn't be pushed open, they would be trapped in the two-dimensional world and wouldn't be able to control the time rules to slow down time. At most, they would only have ten thousand or twenty thousand years before they died.

And ten thousand or twenty thousand years in the two-dimensional world was equivalent to just one or two thousand years in the main universe.

Compared to Lin Yuan facing a fundamental loss, Xia Qin would rather not have gained anything from the deal.

"Everyone, the fact that the Celestial Gate can't be pushed open is probably related to the powerful beings from the Myriad Races being sucked in, causing some changes within the two-dimensional world depicted on the blank paper."

At this moment, a supremely powerful being with a single horn spoke up, voicing his speculation.

Upon hearing this, the other supremely powerful beings nodded slightly.

They had similar thoughts as well. Otherwise, why would the Witch Emperors have been able to push open the Celestial Gate before the powerful beings from the Myriad Races arrived, but now, even someone as powerful as the human civilization's 'Blood Rain' was stopped outside the gate?

"Let's wait and see."

"There might be some other changes."

The numerous supremely powerful beings continued to observe the huge 'scroll' in the distance.

The supremely powerful being from the Starry Sky Grand Alliance and the others wanted to cancel their deal with Xia Qin, but they had already sent out their treasures, and it was too late to regret it now.

With the strength of the human civilization, wanting to get those treasures back would require starting a full-scale war, otherwise, there was no hope.

Even if they started a full-scale war, it would be a situation where both sides suffered heavy losses, which was pointless.

Two-dimensional world.

Lin Yuan stood before the Celestial Gate, choosing not to try again.

Since even using his physical body's divine ability 'Enhancement' couldn't budge the Celestial Gate, any more attempts would be futile.

"Could it be that this Celestial Gate is specifically targeting me?"

A sudden thought flashed through Lin Yuan's mind. This speculation was quite unbelievable, but he needed to consider it now.

Human civilization's side.

Xuanyuan Duo and the other eleventh-stage evolvers were also puzzled as to why the Celestial Gate hadn't been pushed open.

At this moment.

A voice suddenly sounded in their ears.

"Xuanyuan Duo, come over here."

"Yes." Xuanyuan Duo immediately realized that it was Lin Yuan calling her.

She quickly made her way towards the Celestial Gate.

"Blood Rain." Before the Celestial Gate, Xuanyuan Duo bowed slightly, a hint of restraint in her attitude towards Lin Yuan.

Before today, Xuanyuan Duo certainly respected Lin Yuan, but it was just respect. In her opinion, she was also an eleventh-stage life form, albeit one of the fifth rank.

Even if Lin Yuan was stronger than her, the gap between them shouldn't have been that large.

But now, after witnessing Lin Yuan effortlessly crush the Four Divine Kings and the other eleventh-stage perfect life forms, as well as the terrifying aura he had just exuded, Xuanyuan Duo's attitude towards Lin Yuan had changed. It was no longer just respect, but reverence, almost as if she was treating Lin Yuan as a half-step supremely powerful being.

In Xuanyuan Duo's eyes, Lin Yuan's strength within the two-dimensional world had far surpassed the limits of what a normal eleventh-stage life form could achieve.

"Try pushing the Celestial Gate." Lin Yuan instructed.

To confirm whether the Celestial Gate was specifically targeting him, all he needed to do was to let other powerful beings try pushing it as well.

"Okay." Xuanyuan Duo didn't doubt him and walked up to the Celestial Gate, pushing against it with all her might.

"Blood Rain, I can't push it open." Xuanyuan Duo immediately spoke up.

"You can't push it either?"

Lin Yuan's expression turned pensive.

After that.

Lin Yuan randomly selected several other powerful beings from the Myriad Races.

He had them all stand before the Celestial Gate and try to push it open.

The result was the same.

They couldn't push it.

"Let's try a native from the two-dimensional world."

After dozens of attempts, Lin Yuan confirmed that not only could he not push the gate open, but neither could the other powerful beings from the Myriad Races. He then decided to have a native life form from the two-dimensional world give it a try.

At the edge of the mountainside.

Yan Fu, who had just entered the Witch Ancestor realm, was shivering under the unintentional auras exuded by the numerous powerful beings from the Myriad Races.

Even so, Yan Fu still felt that his trip here was absolutely worth it. Here, he had witnessed terrifying battles that had never occurred in history.

Especially that young man standing before the Celestial Gate, his every move gave Yan Fu the urge to bow down and worship him amidst the vast heavens and earth.

"Too strong, too strong."

"Even if you combined all the Witch Ancestors born in the past, they still wouldn't be a match for a single hair on that man's head." Yan Fu's heart was filled with shock.

Suddenly.

A voice sounded out.

"Come over here."

Yan Fu was slightly startled and instinctively looked towards the mountain peak, where Lin Yuan stood before the Celestial Gate, only to find that the other party was looking at him.

"Me?"

Yan Fu was a little incredulous.

How could someone as insignificant as him attract the attention of such a powerful being?

"Okay." Yan Fu didn't know why, but apart from fear, he also felt a surge of excitement.

To be able to stand before a powerful being like Lin Yuan, someone without precedent, was a great honor.

Soon.

Under the watchful eyes of the numerous powerful beings from the Myriad Races, Yan Fu made his way to Lin Yuan.

"Great, great being." Yan Fu bowed deeply to Lin Yuan, his attitude filled with reverence.

"Go and push the Celestial Gate to see if you can open it," Lin Yuan said briefly.

As long as Yan Fu, a native Witch Clan member of the two-dimensional world, could push open the Celestial Gate, it would prove that there was a difference in the threshold for opening the gate between the indigenous beings and the powerful beings from the Myriad Races.

"No problem." Yan Fu steadied himself and walked up to the Celestial Gate, pushing against it with all his might.

After a moment.

"Lord, I can't push it open," Yan Fu said cautiously.

"I know." Lin Yuan nodded.

He also came to a conclusion.

There didn't seem to be any distinction between the indigenous beings and the powerful beings from the Myriad Races when it came to opening the Celestial Gate.

"Could it be that the difficulty of opening the Celestial Gate has increased drastically because of our arrival?" Lin Yuan wondered to himself.

At the moment, this was the only possible explanation he could think of.

"Just how much has the difficulty of opening the Celestial Gate increased? What level of strength is required to open it now?"

Lin Yuan pondered, and at this moment, he felt a sense of ennui similar to what the other powerful beings from the Myriad Races had experienced, as they had no idea what their goal was supposed to be.

"Hmm?"

"Is something wrong with my mental state?"

Lin Yuan immediately became aware of the change in his mental state.

The ripples in his heart that had been constantly stirring suddenly calmed down.

"In just over three hundred years, I've reached the fiftieth level of Witch Ancestor. By the next time the Celestial Gate opens, my strength will far surpass what it is now."

A sharp glint flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

"Even if I can't make it the next time, there will be a next next time, and a next next next time. My comprehension talent is heaven-defying, and as long as I have time, there are infinite possibilities."

Lin Yuan's determination was unwavering.

As time passed.

The manifested Celestial Gate began to slowly dissipate.

"The Celestial Gate is disappearing again?"

"It looks like even the powerful human, 'Blood Rain,' couldn't enter the Celestial Gate."

"What should we do now? Is there even a point in staying in this two-dimensional world anymore?"

The countless strong beings from the Myriad Races felt an unprecedented sense of despair.

"The Celestial Gate is going to vanish."

Standing before the Celestial Gate, Lin Yuan also noticed the change occurring to the gate.

However, Lin Yuan didn't try to stop it and instead quietly watched as the Celestial Gate completely disappeared.

"Continue cultivating."

"Let's set a goal. By the time the Celestial Gate opens again in ten thousand years, I should have at least reached the hundredth level of Witch Ancestor."

Without any hesitation, Lin Yuan turned around and left the summit of the Celestial Mountain.

What Lin Yuan didn't know was that his inability to open the Celestial Gate had nothing to do with his strength.

Deep within the two-dimensional world, a mysterious existence wanted to observe his growth over the next ten thousand years.

Therefore, the Celestial Gate that had opened this time was locked, and no life form could push it open.

Even with Lin Yuan's formidable strength, unless he could completely break free from the restrictions of the two-dimensional world, he wouldn't be able to open the Celestial Gate.

And breaking free from the restrictions of the two-dimensional world was something that even the utmost powerful beings couldn't achieve.

While twelfth-stage utmost powerful beings could resist being sucked in by the 'blank paper,' if they fell into the two-dimensional world, they would still be subjected to its suppression, exhibiting only a slight amount of transcendental power, similar to the mystical objects.

But that was it.

There was still an immeasurable distance between them and breaking free from the two-dimensional world's restrictions.

Luo Chuan Gathering Place.

After leaving the summit of the Celestial Mountain, Lin Yuan returned to this place.

"The difficulty of progressing further after reaching the fiftieth level of Witch Ancestor is far greater than before."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

This was also the reason why he set the goal of only cultivating to the hundredth level of Witch Ancestor by the next time the Celestial Gate opened.

It had taken him just over three hundred years to reach the fiftieth level, but in the next ten thousand years, he would only aim to reach the hundredth level because the room for improvement after the fiftieth level was extremely limited.

The difficulty of advancing from the fiftieth level to the fifty-first level was estimated to be far greater than that of progressing through the first fifty levels.

"Conventional seclusion cultivation won't be very effective."

Lin Yuan pondered.

"Actually, even if I can't open the Celestial Gate, I still have a way to escape this two-dimensional world." Lin Yuan sat down with his legs crossed.

Even the utmost powerful beings couldn't retrieve anyone through the 'blank paper,' but Lin Yuan, with the 'Gate of Myriad Worlds,' or more accurately, through physical travel via the Gate of Myriad Worlds, could leave this two-dimensional world.

It would just cost him fifty strands of realm-breaking source power.

However, there was one problem with doing so.

When the physical travel ended, would the Solar Nascent Soul returning to the main universe still appear in the two-dimensional world? If it did, then there would be no point in using physical travel, as it would still be subjected to the two-dimensional world's suppression.

Additionally, the Gate of Myriad Worlds' spiritual travel method would also face the same issue—whether the Solar Nascent Soul would reappear in the two-dimensional world after returning.

"Let's keep observing for now."

Lin Yuan's thoughts settled.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, Lin Yuan wouldn't easily resort to this method.

"Disappearing directly from within the two-dimensional world? Current indications suggest that the piece of 'blank paper' that intruded into the universe likely possesses independent sentience."

At the very least, it was similar to the Secret Realm Spirit of the Xuan Huang Secret Realm.

Otherwise, how could one explain the change in difficulty for opening the Celestial Gate after the arrival of the powerful beings from the Myriad Races? Therefore...

Directly using the Gate of Myriad Worlds to escape the two-dimensional world, even if only temporarily, would undoubtedly attract the attention of the existence within the two-dimensional world.

Easily breaking free from the suppression of the two-dimensional world was something that even the utmost powerful beings couldn't achieve, and if Lin Yuan were to do so, he would stand out like a sore thumb.

For Lin Yuan, the worst-case scenario would be to give up on this Solar Nascent Soul, even if it resulted in defects in his martial arts evolution path. With his heaven-defying comprehension talent, he could still make up for those defects.

Even if he couldn't make up for them, since Lin Yuan was able to create a martial arts evolution path, he could also create another path that wasn't inferior to the other evolution paths. It would just mean starting over with a different evolution path.

With Lin Yuan's current status in the human civilization, restarting from scratch would be far easier than it had been before.

After pondering for a moment.

Lin Yuan's mind returned to his cultivation.

"When I activated the divine ability 'Enhancement,' my mental willpower increased significantly, leading to a greater mastery over my strength, allowing me to glimpse more of the essence of this world."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

"If I have the opportunity in the future, I can frequently activate my physical body's divine ability 'Enhancement.'"

The biggest drawback of the 'Enhancement' divine ability was that it left him in a state of temporary weakness after activation.

However, as long as he ensured that he was in a sufficiently safe environment, he could use it as one of his cultivation methods.

The strength of one's mental willpower not only benefited Lin Yuan in comprehending the essence of strength in this two-dimensional world but also greatly enhanced the efficiency of his true self's comprehension of the myriad rules in the outside world. In short, it was an all-around improvement.

Mountain peaks, desolate plains, and the depths of the ocean—Lin Yuan roamed everywhere, like an observer existing outside the boundaries of the world.

Before he knew it, ten thousand years had passed.

(End of Chapter)

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