Chapter 408: Heaven, Earth, Man, Ghost, and God, All Pay Homage to the Martial Ancestor

Chapter 408: Heaven, Earth, Man, Ghost, and God, All Pay Homage to the Martial Ancestor (End of Chapter)

"What's going on?"

Lin Yuan's gaze fixed upon the majestic Myriad Worlds Gate. He quickly realized that the disturbance was not emanating from the gate itself but was being transmitted through the myriad worlds connected to it. The Myriad Worlds Gate was merely acting as a'relay' or a'medium'.

"Which world is it coming from?"

Lin Yuan looked towards the bottom of the Myriad Worlds Gate, where ten world coordinates were engraved. They represented the nine worlds he had traversed in the past and the Immortal World that he had yet to visit.

"The Azure World?"

Lin Yuan's eyes landed on the world imprint of the Azure World. The disturbance was originating from that very world.

Before Lin Yuan's arrival in the Azure World, it had been facing an invasion by foreign Evil Gods. During that time, Lin Yuan had taken control of one of the offspring trees of the Primordial Demon Tree, the progenitor of the foreign evil gods, eventually supplanting it and becoming the Heaven's Way of the Azure World, its absolute ruler.

The Azure World had left a deep impression on Lin Yuan. Despite being called a world, it was merely a small world floating in the boundless void. Beyond its boundaries lay the playground of the evil gods.

Unfortunately, Lin Yuan had not had enough time back then. After replacing the Heaven's Way of the Azure World, his allotted time was almost up, preventing him from further exploring the boundless void beyond.

However, due to his status as the Heaven's Way, he could still communicate with both worlds through the remaining Primordial Demon Tree body and the Myriad Worlds Gate as a medium. Even without physically visiting the Azure World, he could receive information relayed by the Primordial Demon Tree, keeping him somewhat informed about the world's affairs.

Upon his return from the Azure World, Lin Yuan had been quite interested in its developments and often inquired about its progress. But as time passed, his attention waned, and aside from receiving periodic reports from the Primordial Demon Tree, he mostly ignored it.

But now?

The Primordial Demon Tree in the Azure World had taken the initiative to send him a message. This would only happen if an extremely urgent situation had arisen, according to the backup plans Lin Yuan had left in place.

"Hmm?"

Lin Yuan's consciousness immediately began to receive the message from the Primordial Demon Tree, following the coordinates of the Azure World.

"Facing another invasion by foreign evil gods?"

Lin Yuan's expression turned pensive. The flow of time in the Azure World was six hundred times slower than in the main universe. Six hundred years had passed in the Azure World for every year that passed in the main universe.

And it had been about three hundred years since Lin Yuan ended his sojourn in the Azure World, which meant nearly twenty million years had elapsed there.

"Are those two foreign evil gods invading the Azure World?" Lin Yuan wondered silently. After supplanting the Primordial Demon Tree, he had also inherited its 'network'.

Beyond the Azure World, aside from the Primordial Demon Tree, two ancient foreign evil gods resided. And behind those two evil gods stood even more powerful evil gods.

After becoming the Heaven's Way of the Azure World, Lin Yuan had communicated with these two evil gods and vaguely sensed that they did not harbor good intentions towards him. They had invited him more than once to explore some secret realm in the boundless void, invitations he had directly refused. At the time, his stay had been drawing to a close, and he had wanted nothing more than to safeguard the Azure World peacefully.

As for the secret realm opportunity in the boundless void? The risks were too great and didn't align with Lin Yuan's goals. Furthermore, Lin Yuan was cautious of those two evil gods; their'relationship' was more or less non-existent. If they had the strength, they would not hesitate to devour him.

"It's been tens of millions of years. Why the sudden urge to invade the Azure World?" Lin Yuan was mildly curious.

Evil gods invaded worlds while considering the situation at hand. The Azure World had the Primordial Demon Tree as its anchor, as well as the many backup plans Lin Yuan had left in place. For those two evil gods to want to conquer the Azure World, they would have to pay a hefty price, a cost that far outweighed any potential gains.

Moreover, it was highly unlikely that just those two evil gods could overwhelm the Azure World. The fact that the Primordial Demon Tree had contacted him now suggested that they were employing higher-level methods. And such means were incredibly precious; using them to invade the Azure World seemed illogical.

"There must have been some change in the Azure World over these tens of millions of years," Lin Yuan mused. "Or perhaps something happened in the boundless void that forced those two evil gods to invade."

"Now what?"

Lin Yuan stroked his chin.

The Primordial Demon Tree's distress call made it clear that the situation in the Azure World had deteriorated severely. It was far worse than when Lin Yuan had first arrived and faced the invasion by the Primordial Demon Tree. Those two evil gods had already breached the Azure World with their might.

If Lin Yuan did nothing, the entire Azure World would change hands.

"Oh well."

"Might as well pay a visit."

Lin Yuan made up his mind.

The Azure World still held many unknown secrets for Lin Yuan, and it was home to numerous powerful and terrifying evil gods, each devouring entire worlds.

While the Azure World itself didn't have a high upper limit, the mysterious boundless void beyond it certainly did. According to Lin Yuan's estimations, the entire void, though perhaps not on par with the Immortal World, was not far off. The strongest evil gods in that void might even reach the peak of the eleventh stage.

Lin Yuan's decision to revisit the Azure World was threefold. Firstly, the Azure World was his backyard, a place where the path of martial evolution was supreme. Of all the worlds he had traversed, it had the most martial cultivators.

Secondly, after developing for tens of millions of years, the Azure World's martial cultivation system had become unified, something no other world could boast.

Secondly, he could also take this opportunity to explore the mysteries beyond the Azure World, in the boundless void.

When Lin Yuan had left the Azure World, he was only at the seventh stage and lacked the power to explore the vast expanse of the void.

But now, Lin Yuan had reached the tenth stage, a heaven-defying existence that rivaled the peak of the eleventh stage.

From the fourth level of the eleventh stage onwards, including the fifth level, one could be considered at the pinnacle of the eleventh stage.

As for the sixth level? That was the perfection of the eleventh stage.

With his current strength, Lin Yuan was confident that he was among the strongest in the entire void, or at least not far from it. It was the perfect opportunity to pay a visit and take advantage of the different time flows between the two worlds to quickly comprehend the fifth level of the space-time fusion rule.

The last reason was that it was just too cost-effective.

As the embodiment of the Azure World's Heavenly Dao, Lin Yuan could connect the two worlds and, by choosing to descend once more, he would only need to spend a third of a strand of Boundary Source Power.

That's right.

Not three strands.

Not even one strand.

But just a third of a strand.

It must be known that if Lin Yuan were to attempt to traverse again, aside from the Immortal World, he would likely have to 'custom-make' his journey.

Lin Yuan's level of power was too high, and there were very few worlds in the myriad dimensions of the multiverse that could offer him any assistance.

If he were to choose to randomly traverse, it would likely be meaningless, no matter how many times he did it.

The Azure World, however, was just right. Although it couldn't compare to the Immortal World, it was a bargain. What other requirements were there for just a third of a strand of Boundary Source Power?

And those Outer Realm Evil Gods, with their myriad innate abilities and authority over numerous rules, held secrets that Lin Yuan wanted to uncover. Last time in the Azure World, he could only research the Primordial Demon Tree.

This time, he could capture more of these Evil Gods and study them, perhaps gaining insights that would benefit his own cultivation.

That void was unlike anything in the main universe or even the chaotic void.

The differences between dimensions were such that even the greatest beings, those approaching perfect time life, found it difficult to explore lower dimensions.

The lower-dimensional space within that piece of white paper was a product of near-perfect time life exploring lower worlds.

With the Gate of Myriad Worlds, Lin Yuan could research it at will, and he intended to make the most of this opportunity.

Having decided to descend upon the Azure World once more, Lin Yuan made some preparations.

When traversing worlds, his consciousness would travel through the Gate of Myriad Worlds, leaving his physical body akin to an empty shell.

Of course, with the gate maintaining the connection, even if Lin Yuan's consciousness was in another dimensional world, he could still sense the situation around his true body and original spirit, and if necessary, he could abort the traversal and forcibly return at any time.

"Almost ready."

After a moment, Lin Yuan's consciousness returned to the Gate of Myriad Worlds.

There wasn't much to prepare, as he had already comprehended all twelve guiding spaces within the black planet, and the incarnation he had placed there had long since returned.

So even with his consciousness absent, there wouldn't be any delays.

The only minor impact would be on the incarnation that was currently in the Summer Ghost Evolution Tower, comprehending that strand of extradimensional aurora.

But Lin Yuan had already informed the powerful Summer Ghost, Summer Qin, that he needed to recall all his incarnations due to his cultivation.

Within the incarnations was a strand of the corresponding powerful being's consciousness, and recalling this consciousness was a common practice among human civilization evolvers to maintain their own state of being.

As for the five orbs of light representing the comprehension of the space-time fusion rule by the powerful beings of the Myriad Races, to be precise, these orbs were also considered 'items', and Lin Yuan could bring them into the Azure World if he wished, as long as he was willing to pay the cost in Boundary Source Power.

Lin Yuan had now accumulated nearly a thousand strands of Boundary Source Power, a substantial amount that allowed him to afford the cost of bringing the five orbs of light with him.

"This descent will also last for six hundred years."

"If all goes well, by the time the traversal ends, one year will have passed in the main world."

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, his mind quietly making calculations.

"Almost time."

"Let's begin."

Lin Yuan gazed at the majestic Gate of Myriad Worlds and immediately initiated the traversal.

Due to the difference in time flow, every second in the main universe would be equivalent to six hundred times that duration in the Azure World.

And with the current situation in the Azure World, where the two Outer Evil Gods had already breached its defenses, every moment wasted would have a greater impact on the world.

Buzz.

In the next moment, Lin Yuan's entire consciousness, including his true self and two original spirits, flowed into the Gate of Myriad Worlds.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan had ensured that his two original spirits were in a safe place, so there was no need to worry about them.

Azure World.

On the land below, countless evil god puppets wreaked havoc, and in the sky above, a terrifying rift had appeared, from which more evil god puppets were pouring through.

And on the other side of that rift loomed two towering figures, exuding an air of strangeness and evil, their blood-red eyes fixed on the world within.

The beings of the Azure World, in their desperate attempt to ward off the evil gods' invasion, had gathered around the world tree that supported the very fabric of their world.

The power of the world tree protected them, and with a gentle sway of its branches, billions of evil god puppets were reduced to ashes.

Without this world tree, the entire Azure World would have likely been conquered already, leaving them with no means of resistance.

Outside the World.

Two massive Outer Evil Gods watched on.

"The methods of the Master are truly extraordinary. With just one strike, he tore through the barrier of this world."

The left Evil God sent out a mental wave, marveling at the feat.

"It's a pity that even after inflicting heavy damage on the Primordial Demon Tree, it still has the strength to resist the soul-suppressing pressure of our innate abilities. Otherwise, all the beings in this world would have been plunged into the Nightmare World that we set up."

The right Evil God shook its head, a hint of regret in its voice.

"That Primordial Demon Tree has become so powerful after countless tens of millions of years? Even the Pavilion Master's schemes couldn't destroy it?"

The left Evil God was equally astonished.

They were well aware of the terror of the Pavilion Master. More than ten million years ago, after conquering a certain secret realm and greatly increasing their strength, they were far beyond what ordinary evil gods could withstand.

"It's just meaningless. With the Pavilion Master's schemes, we have already heavily wounded it. If not for our unwillingness to suffer damage, we could have entered the world by now."

The right Evil God spoke up. With the Primordial Demon Tree badly injured, they had the strength to invade, but they felt that they would be harmed by the crazed Primordial Demon Tree, so they didn't continue.

After all, the world's barrier had already been torn open. It was only a matter of time, and they just needed to continue slowly consuming the remaining strength of the Primordial Demon Tree, and they would be able to 'safely' take over the Azure World.

The World Tree supported the heavens and the earth, and countless martial arts cultivators took refuge in its trunk, resisting the soul-suppressing influence of the Outer Realm Evil Gods.

After countless tens of millions of years of development and Lin Yuan's secret guidance, the Azure World was unique in its reverence for the martial path. As for the World Tree, it was merely a backup left by the mighty Martial Ancestor.

And the Martial Ancestor was the origin of the martial path in the Azure World. If not for him, the Azure World would have been destroyed in the long ages past during the invasion of the evil gods.

Therefore, for the people of the Azure World, for the countless martial cultivators, there was only one object of faith in their hearts.

And that was the Martial Ancestor.

As for the World Tree? It had protected the Azure World for countless tens of millions of years and was also a backup left by the Martial Ancestor.

At the highest point of the World Tree, where the canopy was located, was a place like a vast continent. Countless martial cultivators lived here, and it was also the Azure World's last line of defense.

Even if the land of mortals was occupied by the evil gods, as long as the canopy continent remained unfallen, the people of the Azure World would still have a chance, still have hope.

In the center of the canopy, a temple stood tall. This was the Martial Temple, where the 'golden body' of the Martial Ancestor was enshrined, and it was the 'holy land' of all beings in the Azure World.

No one in the Azure World had ever seen the Martial Ancestor, but myths and legends about him were everywhere. Every once in a while, the high priest of the Martial Temple would lead the people in worshipping the Martial Ancestor.

To be precise, in the Azure World, it wasn't just the people who worshipped the Martial Ancestor, but all things, and even the entire world. Every time there was a ceremony, the heavens and the earth would rumble in response.

Inside the Martial Temple.

The priests moved about, offering incense and prayers. On the canopy continent high above the land of mortals, countless martial cultivators were also filled with anxiety as the evil god puppets wreaked havoc.

They held ceremony after ceremony to worship the Martial Ancestor, hoping to invoke his aid to repel the Outer Realm Evil Gods and save the people of the Azure World.

But so far, their efforts had been in vain, and the evil god puppets continued their rampage. However, the people's faith in the Martial Ancestor remained unwavering.

Deep within the Martial Temple.

A majestic statue of a man was enshrined here—the 'golden body' of the Martial Ancestor, crafted based on the partial true appearance and physique of the Martial Ancestor as revealed by the World Tree.

In actuality, this 'golden body' of the Martial Ancestor was created by Lin Yuan, who ordered the Primordial Demon Tree to spend tens of millions of years and utilize the entire Azure World as a mother body, infusing it with countless strands of origin power to finally cultivate this supremely powerful physical body.

The purpose of this was to prepare for Lin Yuan's arrival.

By doing so, Lin Yuan would save himself a lot of time that would have been spent starting from scratch. With the Primordial Demon Tree's efforts over tens of millions of years and the boundless origin power of the Azure World, the body that was cultivated was already at the eighth stage of power.

After another tens of millions of years of nurturing and worship, it had even reached the ninth stage.

In other words...

As long as Lin Yuan descended upon the Azure World once more, he could directly enter and take control of this body, equivalent to the inherently powerful special beings of the main universe.

Moreover, this 'golden body' of the Martial Ancestor was cultivated by Lin Yuan by converging the essence of the martial path, making it extremely compatible with the martial path. Once Lin Yuan's consciousness descended and took control, the time needed to restore it to its peak condition would be extremely short.

In other words, only by completely dominating a world could Lin Yuan afford to be so extravagant and elaborate with his schemes; otherwise, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to do so in other worlds.

Aside from that, such a body, refined from the essence of heaven and earth, was far more valuable than any rare treasure. If not for the protection of the Primordial Demon Tree, it would have long been coveted and seized by powerful beings.

But in the Azure World, with the protection of the Primordial Demon Tree, the 'golden body' of the Martial Ancestor had been safely cultivated to this day.

And it had become the source of faith for all beings in the Azure World.

Inside the Martial Temple.

Countless people began to worship the Martial Ancestor once more.

Incense filled the air as countless believers knelt before the 'golden body' of the Martial Ancestor, and an awe-inspiring aura descended upon them.

"We beseech the Martial Ancestor to have mercy on all beings and display his mighty power to repel the evil gods."

The high priest, a woman, bowed reverently and prayed to the 'golden body' of the Martial Ancestor.

At that moment, the branches of the World Tree swayed, and an unknown aura emerged. The heavens and the earth joined in the worship of the Martial Ancestor.

In this world.

Heaven, Earth, Man, Ghost, and God.

All pay homage to the Martial Ancestor.

Just then, a strand of will tore through the dimensions and descended upon the 'golden body' of the Martial Ancestor.

(End of Chapter)

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