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Chapter 440: Tuoba Ancient God's Confidence
Chapter 440: Tuoba Ancient God's Confidence (To Be Continued)
"I suppose this should be the riverbed?" Lin Yuan surveyed his surroundings. The stronger a creature's life essence, the heavier it weighed in the River of Time.
They would sink to the depths of the River of Time.
And now Lin Yuan had reached the bottom of the River of Time, the riverbed itself.
This was the deepest part of the River of Time, with no further to sink.
"So many lives." Lin Yuan looked ahead, and in the River of Time, he saw countless specks of light floating. Each speck of light represented a life, a vast array of life lights drifting and flowing with the River of Time.
Almost all of the life lights were unable to regain consciousness. To regain awareness in the River of Time, to realize one's presence within it, one had to comprehend the rules of time.
And to truly understand the rules of time, one had to be at the Eleventh Tier.
"There are some 'small fish' and a few 'big fish' too." Lin Yuan observed carefully while exercising his body in the river.
The larger the physique, the clearer one's vision within the River of Time, seeing further into the distance.
Those who had just comprehended the rules of time could only see a few dozen meters around them in the River of Time; beyond that was a blur.
"Let me try to go against the flow."
Lin Yuan's heart stirred, and he began to move against the flow of the River of Time, heading towards the past.
After comprehending the rules of time, one gained the ability to go against the current.
However, no Eleventh Tier being would usually do this, as it served no purpose.
While it was true that comprehending the rules of time allowed one to go against the flow, it was extremely taxing for an Eleventh Tier life form.
After all, it went against the very nature of the River of Time.
Only the strongest would go against the flow, and that was to resurrect the dead from the past.
For an Eleventh Tier life form to go against the flow? Their life essence simply couldn't bear the backlash of resurrecting the dead, and even resurrecting a Sixth Tier life would instantly be crushed by the mighty River of Time.
"Hmm?"
Following the source of the River of Time, Lin Yuan trekked step by step until he finally stopped.
"This life light, gray in color?" Lin Yuan looked at a life light in front of him.
A gray light that no longer flowed with the River of Time indicated a life that had perished in the past.
"With my current life essence, I should be able to forcibly pull this life light out and place it at the newest time node to bear the backlash." Lin Yuan thought to himself.
This was the method of 'resurrection'.
Lin Yuan's life essence was too powerful. He could now resurrect a Sixth Tier life that had died in the past. In the universe, among the myriad tribes, this was nothing short of a fairy tale.
Since ancient times, resurrection had been a method only possessed by the ultimate Twelfth Tier beings. Even the most gifted Eleventh Tier lives could not bear the backlash of resurrection.
"Resurrecting a Seventh Tier life." Lin Yuan turned his gaze to a larger gray light in the distance.
Resurrecting this gray light, Lin Yuan felt, would be somewhat challenging, but it was possible, although he would be heavily injured by the backlash of the River of Time.
"Let's continue upstream."
Lin Yuan was quite interested in this experiment. While it was extremely difficult for an Eleventh Tier life to go against the flow in the River of Time, it was simple for Lin Yuan. The surging waters of the River of Time were, at most, a minor hindrance.
"Is this the River of Time?"
An Eleventh Tier being who had only recently comprehended the rules of time looked around in awe.
To comprehend the rules of time was to be in the second tier of the Eleventh Tier, no longer a newcomer.
"It's so vast."
"How can one ever hope to break free from such a vast River of Time?"
This Eleventh Tier being felt both excitement and despair.
Reaching the Eleventh Tier brought with it the ambition to strive for the ultimate.
But the vastness of the River of Time before them made all Eleventh Tier beings realize just how slim their chances were of ever reaching the Twelfth Tier.
The River of Time reflected the essence of life, and one could clearly sense their own gap between themselves and the entire river.
This Eleventh Tier being found it difficult to even go slightly against the flow of the river, let alone break free from it.
Suddenly—
Just at that moment—
This Eleventh Tier being, who had just reached the second tier, suddenly sensed a terrifying undercurrent surging from the depths of the riverbed.
The undercurrent threw the Eleventh Tier being into disarray, and it took a long time for them to recover.
"What just happened? That undercurrent..."
The Eleventh Tier being was filled with confusion and tried to look towards the bottom of the river.
With their life essence, they could clearly see a few dozen meters around them, but beyond that, it became extremely blurry.
"What is that?"
The Eleventh Tier being strained to look deep into the riverbed and vaguely saw a huge being that occupied the entire riverbed. It was moving against the flow of the River of Time, heading towards the source.
Compared to that blurry behemoth, the Eleventh Tier being felt like an ant.
"Such a huge size, and going against the flow too. Is it one of the strongest?" The Eleventh Tier being was shocked and felt that something was amiss.
Wasn't it said that the strongest had broken free from the constraints of the River of Time? Why were they still within it?
On the shore of the River of Time.
A majestic figure sensed something and looked down at the vast river.
"Hmm?"
This majestic figure was, of course, a Twelfth Tier ultimate being. He surveyed the River of Time with a hint of confusion, sensing that the surging waters were more turbulent than usual.
"What's the reason for this?"
The majestic figure frowned slightly but did not take any action.
Reaching the Twelfth Tier and breaking free from the River of Time's constraints did not mean controlling the river.
In fact, Twelfth Tier beings had very low perception within the River of Time. To resurrect a past life, one needed to use a life imprint as a 'coordinate', as was evident in this case.
The most crucial point was that, after breaking free from the River of Time, if a Twelfth Tier being were to touch the river's waters again, it would create a great hidden danger to their foundational dao, and they might even be subjected to the river's constraints once more.
Even the strongest were extremely cautious when resurrecting the dead, touching the river's waters only briefly.
"Has the flow of time been disturbed in a certain space?"
The majestic figure speculated that the disturbance in the River of Time was likely caused by a difference in the flow of time in a certain region of the main universe, which differed from the mainstream flow.
Different flows of time were reflected in the River of Time like 'reefs'.
The larger the area covered by the different flow of time and the greater the difference from the mainstream flow, the larger the 'reef', which would then affect other regions of the River of Time, creating surging undercurrents.
"Which ultimate being has done this?"
The majestic figure casually pondered. Only a Twelfth Tier being of the same level could create such a large-scale difference in the flow of time.
Within the River of Time.
"With my current life essence, I can resurrect a Seventh Tier life at most. If I try to resurrect an Eighth Tier life, I won't be able to withstand the backlash of the River of Time.
The backlash from the River of Time could only be endured by relying on one's life essence; external objects were useless.
'I suppose I now possess some of the characteristics of an ultimate being.' Lin Yuan's face broke into a smile.
Although he couldn't compare to the ultimate beings who could easily resurrect Eleventh Tier lives, Lin Yuan had at least achieved something that only they could do.
'Let's go back.'
Lin Yuan began to make his way along the River of Time, returning to the present time node.
After a long period in the past time node, one would constantly be buffeted by the River of Time. In such a situation, even if Lin Yuan could persist for a long time, it was still more comfortable to be in his own time node.
Galaxy Main Planet.
Lin Yuan's consciousness returned.
The various attempts in the River of Time gave Lin Yuan a more concrete understanding of himself.
At least for now, the life essence of all the lives within the River of Time was far inferior to his own.
During his journey upstream, Lin Yuan had also caught glimpses of those perfect Eleventh Tier legendary lives, but compared to himself, they didn't even measure up to a toe.
'I'm still far from the ultimate beings.'
'Back to cultivation.'
Lin Yuan's thoughts converged as he was about to contemplate the rules.
'Hmm?'
Lin Yuan's heart stirred, and he soon broke into a smile. "'Those three ultimate artifacts have all been successfully refined."
Mysterious Yellow Secret Realm.
Lin Yuan's Solar Nascent Soul sat cross-legged.
Before him, three artifacts slowly floated: a silver battle knife, a golden armor, and a deep-green bead.
They were respectively the ultimate artifact for offense, the ultimate artifact for physical defense, and the ultimate artifact for soul defense.
According to Lin Yuan's initial plan, it would have taken him several years to successfully refine these three ultimate artifacts.
However, after entering the Eleventh Tier, Lin Yuan's overall enhancement surge caused the speed of refining the ultimate artifacts to skyrocket, and in the end, it only took a few short months to refine all three.
'With these three ultimate artifacts, my strength will once again receive a substantial boost.'
Lin Yuan nodded slightly.
Re-evaluating his strength:
The combat power of an ordinary perfect Eleventh Tier was ten.
Lin Yuan's combat power after entering the Eleventh Tier was ten thousand.
Now, with his two pillar-level fused rules reaching the seventh level, coupled with the successful refinement of these three ultimate artifacts, Lin Yuan's maximum combat power might reach tens of thousands or even a hundred thousand.
It was said that even the combat power threshold of Twelfth Tier ultimate beings was only around a million.
'If I use my physical divine ability, 'World', and directly detonate it, my might in a short period of time might reach two hundred thousand or three hundred thousand?'
Lin Yuan quickly thought to himself. The divine ability 'World' was Lin Yuan's fifth physical divine ability and was purely an offensive divine ability.
It was also one of Lin Yuan's most powerful trump cards.
Even the might of the ultimate artifacts couldn't compare to the instantaneous might of the 'World' divine ability when detonated.
It wasn't that the ultimate artifacts were inferior, but that Lin Yuan couldn't fully bring out their upper limit. Normally, in the hands of a Twelfth Tier being, an ultimate artifact could unleash might surpassing a million.
Whoosh!
Lin Yuan held the silver battle knife and lightly slashed at the space in front of him.
A pitch-black crack appeared, vaguely revealing the outside layers of void.
After the initial refinement, these ultimate artifacts could easily tear through the Mysterious Yellow Secret Realm at Lin Yuan's will.
Galaxy Main Planet.
Lin Yuan tested the might of the ultimate artifacts, especially the offensive artifact, the silver battle knife, and was quite satisfied.
However, Lin Yuan immediately continued his cultivation.
Although the ultimate artifacts greatly enhanced his strength, they were ultimately just external objects.
Lin Yuan wanted to become powerful in his own right and surpass the ultimate beings with the help of these artifacts.
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, four months went by.
'The super-large battlefield has been opened.'
Lin Yuan ended his cultivation and looked towards the source of the spatial fluctuations he had been sensing.
Ever since the super-large battlefield was established, Lin Yuan had been sensing the spatial fluctuations coming from there at all times.
And just now, those spatial fluctuations suddenly calmed down.
This meant that the space in the super-large battlefield had completely stabilized.
'Super-large Battlefield'
Lin Yuan's mind stirred, and his Solar Nascent Soul left his body, instantly heading towards the Summer Ghost Evolution Tower.
The super-large battlefield was the highest-level rule battlefield ever established by the numerous peak races. It could withstand the brief clashes of Twelfth Tier existences and was fully capable of accommodating Eleventh Tier powerhouses wielding ultimate artifacts as they fought to the death.
The super-large battlefield was completed.
The Human Civilization began to enlist Eleventh Tier evolvers, gathering the majority of them around the nine Evolution Towers.
Although the nine ultimate beings of the Human Civilization were all aware of Lin Yuan's strength, which could crush perfect Eleventh Tiers, they still made other preparations.
On the surface, the super-large battlefield seemed like a battle between Eleventh Tier powerhouses, but in reality, it was a collision between ultimate Twelfth Tier existences.
Numerous ultimate artifacts, as well as the backup plans left by the ultimate beings and ultimate existences themselves—in theory, ultimate beings were not allowed to participate directly.
But in reality, no one knew for sure.
The so-called rules of the super-large battlefield were all set by the ultimate beings themselves.
If things really heated up, there was still a possibility that the ultimate beings would make a move.
Of course, this possibility was very small, as the ultimate beings valued their face greatly and wouldn't break the rules they had set unless it was absolutely necessary.
Bug Tribe's Domain.
Tuoba Ancient God and a group of Eleventh Tier Ancient Gods walked out of a space within the Bug Tribe.
"Tuoba, your clone still hasn't been cultivated yet. Do you plan to have your true body enter the super-large exotic battlefield?" One of the Ancient Gods beside Tuoba Ancient God looked at him and began to speak.
The Bug Tribe Alliance also attached great importance to the establishment of the super-large battlefield. They not only ordered the numerous Eleventh Tier powerhouses within the alliance to participate but also spent a huge price to invite solitary Eleventh Tier powerhouses.
Tuoba Ancient God was one of them.
Tuoba Ancient God had no intention of selling his life to the Bug Tribe, but the Bug Tribe's offer was simply too tempting.
Ever since his clone fell in the Two-Dimensional World at Lin Yuan's hands, Tuoba Ancient God hadn't been able to cultivate a new clone over the past few hundred years.
To be precise, Tuoba Ancient God had already condensed a clone, but up until now, there was still a large gap between the clone's strength and that of his true body.
It was easy to condense a clone, but to condense one with strength close to that of the true body required a lot of time, energy, and even resources.
Furthermore, due to the Two-Dimensional World incident, Tuoba Ancient God's soul had suffered permanent damage, and forcibly condensing a clone would greatly affect his true body's strength.
"Rest assured, I know what I'm doing," Tuoba Ancient God said to the Ancient God who had reminded him.
Since he dared to agree to the Bug Tribe's request, he definitely had a surefire plan.
(End of Chapter)
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