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Chapter 422: Where the Mind Wanders, Nothing is Beyond Reach
Chapter 422: Where the Mind Wanders, Nothing is Beyond Reach (End of Chapter)
Beyond the World.
In the vast emptiness.
Lin Yuan stood quietly, his gaze calm as he observed the multitude of Evil Gods.
And all the Evil God Monarchs were equally cautious in their observation of Lin Yuan.
The Eye of God Monarch, the East Wing Monarch, and other Perfect Evil God Monarchs faintly sensed the endless power of space-time surging beneath Lin Yuan's skin, as if he were observing the boundless and infinite void.
The vast power of space-time continued to pour into the depths of the layered dimensions, affecting the surrounding space-time and condensing its own domain.
It was similar to the relationship between the Child of the Void and the Secret Realm of the Void.
The difference was that the Secret Realm of the Void of the Child of the Void came from the opener of the Secret Realm of the Void.
Whereas Lin Yuan had achieved this entirely through his own power.
This sight caused the hearts of all the Evil Gods present to tremble, and eventually, they didn't even dare to continue observing in secret.
"The aura of the Martial Ancestor is too terrifying. In front of him, I don't even have the courage to make a move," thought each of the Perfect Evil God Monarchs.
"Fortunately, the great Child of the Void has no intention of fighting the Martial Ancestor, otherwise, we would just be cannon fodder."
As Perfect Evil God Monarchs, they possessed many bizarre abilities, and it would be difficult for them to perish. But when it came to a battle involving the Tenth Stage, they could only resign themselves to fate.
"Too strong. He's many times stronger than what my avatar spied on several decades ago," Tianzhi Monarch's scalp exploded, and he instinctively dodged backwards, "I feel that even the great Child of the Void is slightly inferior. I wonder if the Martial Ancestor has stepped into the Tenth Stage?"
As this thought occurred to Tianzhi Monarch, he subconsciously glanced at the Child of the Void.
Whether or not the Martial Ancestor had reached the Tenth Stage was something these Perfect Evil Gods couldn't discern.
For Tianzhi Monarch and Dongyi Monarch, they could only sense the Martial Ancestor's strength, and killing them would be a simple matter.
That was all.
And this was something that the Child of the Void could also achieve with the power of the Secret Realm of the Void.
Therefore, the multitude of Evil God Monarchs had no way of knowing the true level of the Martial Ancestor.
To gauge the Martial Ancestor's strength, only the Child of the Void, who presided over the Secret Realm of the Void, could be certain.
"This..."
The Child of the Void was also carefully observing the Martial Ancestor.
"There is no aura of a treasure left behind by a Tenth Stage existence."
The Child of the Void thought to himself. In fact, ever since he sensed that space-time fluctuation, he felt that the possibility of the Martial Ancestor stepping into the Tenth Stage was slightly higher than the possibility of him possessing a treasure left behind by a Tenth Stage existence.
Thus far, the only known Tenth Stage existence in the boundless void was the opener of the Secret Realm of the Void.
As the new ruler of the Secret Realm of the Void, the Child of the Void didn't believe that the opener would leave behind another treasure comparable to the Secret Realm of the Void after creating it.
Even if the Martial Ancestor met all the various prerequisites to become a Tenth Stage existence, he wouldn't have a Tenth Stage treasure.
But until he saw it with his own eyes, everything was unknown. The Child of the Void merely thought that there would be these two possibilities.
"Greetings, Martial Ancestor."
The Child of the Void bowed slightly to Lin Yuan.
Without the aura of a Tenth Stage existence's leftover treasure, it meant that the space-time fluctuations Lin Yuan emitted were entirely his own doing.
In other words, the Martial Ancestor had indeed stepped into the Tenth Stage.
He had become the second Tenth Stage powerhouse in the history of this boundless void.
Such an existence deserved the respectful bow of the Child of the Void.
"Greetings, Martial Ancestor."
"Greetings, Martial Ancestor."
"Greetings, Martial Ancestor."
Upon seeing this, the rest of the Perfect Evil God Monarchs immediately followed the Child of the Void and bowed to Lin Yuan.
"Hmm?"
Lin Yuan glanced at the multitude of Evil Gods, but he wasn't surprised.
In the face of absolute power, any resistance was meaningless. The stronger the Evil Gods were, the more they understood this truth.
Therefore, the submission of the Evil Gods was something Lin Yuan had expected.
In fact, even if these Evil Gods didn't submit, it wouldn't affect Lin Yuan in the slightest. He could simply kill all those who refused to submit.
And then, wouldn't the rest naturally submit?
"If the Martial Ancestor wishes to spread the Martial Way, I am willing to cooperate," the Child of the Void immediately stated. Taiyin Realm Lord was the powerful being that the Martial Ancestor had pushed to the forefront, so it was clear that the spread of the Martial Way was something the Martial Ancestor intended.
In this situation, the Child of the Void naturally wanted to express his stance promptly.
Although...
The spread of the Martial Way would cause the beings within the worlds, who were seen as food by the Evil Gods, to become even stronger, eventually reaching a potential comparable to the Evil Gods themselves.
But the Child of the Void knew that if they tried to stop the spread of the Martial Way, the Evil Gods would likely have no future. They would be directly slaughtered by the Martial Ancestor.
Perhaps he, the Child of the Void, could hide in the deepest part of the Secret Realm of the Void and barely survive with its power, but the same couldn't be said for the other Evil God Monarchs.
At the very least, the boundless void outside the Secret Realm of the Void would completely fall into the hands of Martial Way cultivators, and even most of the Secret Realm of the Void itself would be occupied by the Martial Ancestor.
So the Child of the Void might as well cooperate with the Martial Ancestor. After all, the worst outcome was still better than standing in complete opposition to the Martial Ancestor.
"Giving up half of the boundless void and the Secret Realm of the Void's territory should be sufficient."
However, if he did so, it wouldn't be a good thing for the development of the Martial Way itself.
Without the oppression of the Outer Realm Evil Gods, within the countless worlds of the Vast Void, the Martial Way cultivators would lack the pressure needed to spur their growth, and the likelihood of giving birth to high-level Martial Way cultivators would greatly decrease.
Not everyone possesses Lin Yuan's heaven-defying comprehension, effortlessly breaking through just by cultivating in seclusion.
The vast majority of Martial Way cultivators would be stuck at a certain bottleneck for most of their lives, and without external stimulation, they might never step into the next realm.
Of course...
Lin Yuan's actions would also intensify the casualties among Martial Way cultivators, and countless cultivators would perish in their struggle against the Evil Gods.
But Lin Yuan wasn't their babysitter? After securing half the territory of the Vast Void for all the beings that were seen as food, should he also take responsibility for their safety?
From start to finish, Lin Yuan had only one goal in mind.
That was to spread the Martial Way and enable as many beings as possible to cultivate it, giving birth to more high-level Martial Way cultivators.
The latter was even more important than the former.
In Lin Yuan's heart, as long as a single fifth-stage or sixth-stage Martial Way cultivator could be born, even if it cost the lives of hundreds of thousands or millions of fourth-stage or fifth-stage cultivators, it would still be worth it.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Evil Gods of the Vast Void couldn't cultivate the Martial Way, Lin Yuan would rather protect them. After all, with the Evil Gods' average innate talent and aptitude, if they cultivated the Martial Way, their starting point would far surpass that of the beings within the worlds.
By only taking away half of the Vast Void and half of the territory of the Secret Realm of the Void...
Besides wanting to give Martial Way cultivators enough pressure to stimulate the vigorous development of the Martial Way...
Lin Yuan also had another purpose, which was to maintain a balance between the Evil Gods and Martial Way cultivators in the Vast Void as much as possible.
After his Spatial Fusion Rule reached the sixth level, Lin Yuan saw through the essence of this Vast Void at a glance.
That was the origin of the Evil Gods.
The Evil Gods were born from the nurturing of the Vast Void, which meant that they could never be completely eradicated.
Even if Lin Yuan had the ability to slaughter all the Evil Gods, after tens of millions or even billions of years, a new batch of Evil Gods would be born.
These Evil Gods were innately powerful and could even devour their own kind to rapidly increase their strength, reaching the eighth or even ninth stage in a short period of time.
When the newly born Evil Gods discovered that most of the outside space was occupied by weak beings, they would undoubtedly unleash a new war.
And Lin Yuan couldn't stay in this Vast Void forever, even though each descent only cost him a third of a strand of Realm-breaking Source Power.
But if he did it too often, it would still be a waste.
Therefore...
Leaving half of the territory to the Evil Gods could save Lin Yuan a lot of trouble.
At least the Evil Gods and Martial Way cultivators could maintain a balance, and over the long years, under the oppression of the Evil Gods, the Martial Way cultivators would gradually grow stronger, and the Evil Gods would also have their own territory, so they wouldn't recklessly risk everything in a fight against the cultivators.
"No problem."
The Child of the Void didn't even need to think about it before agreeing.
Half of the Vast Void and half of the Secret Realm of the Void's territory.
It seemed like the entire Evil God race would lose half of their growth space, but in reality, as long as they could stabilize their relationship with the Martial Ancestor, a Tenth Stage existence, it wouldn't be considered a price at all.
"There's one more thing."
Lin Yuan looked at the Child of the Void and spoke again.
"Please speak, Martial Ancestor."
"Don't mention one more thing. Even if it were ten or a hundred things, I would still agree."
The Child of the Void lowered his posture and was almost obliging to every request.
"It's just this one thing."
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly. He was merely a passerby in this world, and his only concern was to ensure the continuation of the Martial Way lineage. How could he possibly have ten or a hundred requests?
"The deepest part of the Secret Realm of the Void should have something left behind by the one who opened this realm. I intend to take a look." Lin Yuan looked at the Child of the Void.
After his Spatial Fusion Rule reached the sixth level, many secrets of this Vast Void were unveiled before Lin Yuan, including the one who had opened the Secret Realm of the Void.
"The deepest part of the Secret Realm?"
The Child of the Void was stunned for a moment before nodding immediately. "No problem."
Indeed, there were some traces of the realm opener in the deepest part of the Secret Realm of the Void, but no matter how many tens of millions of years the Child of the Void observed, he still couldn't understand them.
Since Lin Yuan wanted to take a look, the Child of the Void naturally didn't dare to refuse.
"Then I'll send you in right now."
The Child of the Void said immediately.
Only he, as the ruler of the Secret Realm of the Void, could enter its deepest part. Other powerful beings couldn't access that area.
"No need."
Lin Yuan shook his head.
"No need?"
The Child of the Void was a little dazed. Didn't he just say he wanted to take a look? Why did he change his mind now?
"I can go in by myself."
Lin Yuan took a step forward and disappeared from his original spot.
With his Spatial Fusion Rule at the sixth level, as long as he was in this Vast Void, his mind could reach anywhere.
(End of Chapter)
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