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Chapter 496: The Twelfth-Order Aliens
Chapter 496: The Twelfth-Order Aliens (Subscription Requested)
The treasures, rare artifacts, and weapons left behind by Cang Wei Yang, a pinnacle figure in the Dominator Realm, greatly benefited Lin Yuan.
"In fact, this cave itself is also a precious treasure. It might not be much to a Dominator Realm expert, but in the universe, it's the most powerful war machine, and even the twelfth-order Ultimates would be helpless against it."
Lin Yuan mused to himself.
At the very least, with a master controlling it, even if dozens of twelfth-order Ultimates joined forces, they wouldn't be able to shake it.
Of course, the amount of energy required to activate such a colossal object was terrifying, and an ordinary Path-Opening Realm cultivator would never be able to bear it.
"I'll send this cave and all my gains back to the universe right now." Lin Yuan stepped out of the cave and appeared in the Chaotic Void. With a thought, he once again created an incarnation.
Under Lin Yuan's control, the islands that spanned thousands of miles in diameter quickly shrunk, becoming the size of a palm and falling into the hands of his new incarnation.
The Chaotic Void was fraught with dangers, and this incarnation that Lin Yuan had sent out was prepared to disperse at any time.
Therefore, whenever there were gains, he wanted to send them back as soon as possible.
If he didn't, and this incarnation happened to encounter some danger and perish, all these treasures would be lost.
The items left behind by Cang Wei Yang, a pinnacle Dominator Realm expert, would make any ordinary Dominator Realm cultivator envious. To Lin Yuan, who was just beginning to explore the Chaotic Void, they were the first pot of 'gold'.
"Swish!"
Under Lin Yuan's watchful gaze, the incarnation quickly vanished, retracing its path back towards their home universe.
"Next, let's continue exploring."
Lin Yuan was full of enthusiasm. At this moment, any gains he made in the Chaotic Void would satisfy him, as this was his first exploration.
"Senior Cang Wei Yang left me a map of the Chaotic Void, but without specific reference points, the map isn't very useful."
Lin Yuan thought to himself, "First, I'll look for the nearest Chaotic Continent. With that Chaotic Continent as a reference point, I'll be able to know what's nearby."
There were two types of maps of the Chaotic Void: the public ones and the private ones.
The latter were maps that each twelfth-order expert had created based on their personal explorations, marking many opportunity-filled locations, but not sharing them publicly.
The map left by Cang Wei Yang was one of these private maps.
Chaotic Continents were places in the Chaotic Void where countless life forms gathered. Most Chaotic Continents were formed posteriorly; they were created by Chaotic Realm experts and used as their personal territories.
There was strict order within Chaotic Continents. Only with order could they continuously attract a stream of powerful beings. Without it, what would be the difference from the Chaotic Void?
"Once I determine which is the nearest Chaotic Continent, Senior Cang Wei Yang's map will become useful."
Lin Yuan chose a random direction and swiftly shuttled through the void.
In fact, both the Demon Jade Tower and the Xuan Huang Clan had left him maps of the Chaotic Void.
However, these two entities were too ancient. Even if the maps they provided were much more detailed than Cang Wei Yang's, they didn't hold much reference value.
As the eons of the universe passed, even Chaotic Continents ruled by Chaotic Realm experts could be destroyed. The areas marked on the maps might not even exist anymore.
Moreover, the Chaotic Void was simply too vast. Even Chaotic Grand Saints couldn't explore all of it. As for the maps left by the Xuan Huang Emperor and the master of the Demon Jade Tower, even if they were still effective, it was hard to say if they included annotations for the nearby regions.
Lin Yuan had seen the Xuan Huang Emperor open up 33,333 Xuan Huang secret realms, and it was completely random. In fact, the Xuan Huang Emperor might not even know the exact locations of each secret realm.
The master of the Demon Jade Tower was probably similar.
Although Lin Yuan had become a sequence member of the Demon Jade Tower and could vaguely sense the location of the Demon Jade Space in the Chaotic Void, it was still very vague, and he only knew the direction, not the distance.
Compared to these two Chaotic Grand Saints, the map left by Cang Wei Yang was actually the most useful, because Cang Wei Yang was the weakest among them. Even if he perished, his cave wouldn't have drifted too far away.
Moreover, based on the traces of time on the cave, Lin Yuan judged that it hadn't been out of control for too long, probably only two or three universe eras.
Two or three universe eras weren't considered a long time for twelfth-order experts in the Chaotic Void.
In the universe starry sky, Lin Yuan sat with his legs crossed, his mind filled with fragments of the ninety-eight secret arts he had obtained from Cang Wei Yang.
Now that Lin Yuan had reached the pinnacle of the eleventh-order, he was truly at the apex. If it weren't for the ongoing transformation of his inner world, he would probably be preparing to break through to the Ultimate stage.
So Lin Yuan had been quite idle lately. Even though the vast rules of the main universe and the Chaotic Void could still benefit him, his life stage restricted his advancement.
Merely at the eleventh-order life stage, even with his heaven-defying comprehension, he couldn't raise his comprehension of time and space to the eighth level, nor could he elevate his understanding of chaotic rules to the second level.
However, the ninety-eight secret arts he had just acquired brought him great joy, as they weren't meant to be evolutionary paths, and their cultivation requirements weren't harsh.
"Out of the ninety-eight Dominator Realm secret arts, six are suitable for me."
Lin Yuan thought to himself that most of the secret arts required one to reach the Path-Opening Realm before they could be cultivated. Only six could be practiced at the eleventh-order.
Among these six secret arts, three were offensive, one was defensive, and the remaining two were auxiliary.
They could all greatly benefit his current stage.
"Much simpler than the three protective secret arts of the Xuan Huang Clan."
Lin Yuan thought as he started to comprehend them.
[*Your comprehension is heaven-defying. You have comprehended the 'Wither and Flourish Seal' to the perfect eleventh-order.*]
[*Your comprehension is heaven-defying. You have comprehended the 'Falcon God's Blade' to the perfect eleventh-order.*]
[*Your comprehension is heaven-defying. You have comprehended the 'Nine Refining Feather Kill' to the perfect eleventh-order.*]
In less than a month, Lin Yuan had elevated all the secret arts he could currently practice to their peak.
"Among my many methods, the strongest is still my physical body's divine ability, 'Tear Heaven'." Lin Yuan examined himself.
'Tear Heaven' was an extremely aggressive technique that had no other effect besides tearing apart everything in front of it.
However, there were some restrictions on activating this physical body divine ability, so he still needed to complement it with other secret arts. Moreover, 'Tear Heaven' was Lin Yuan's trump card, and he would definitely save it for the last moment.
With Lin Yuan's current foundation, a single 'Tear Heaven' strike could unleash a might of a million or even several million points of combat power. This was the pure power of 'Tear Heaven', without any enhancement from supreme artifacts.
"An incarnation of a twelfth-order Ultimate would be easily torn apart by me. Even if it's the twelfth-order original body, it would probably be injured if it chose to withstand the attack."
Lin Yuan now had a general understanding of his own strength.
Of course, this was when his true body unleashed the 'Tear Heaven' divine ability. If it were either of his two great Nascent Souls, the might would be slightly weaker.
Every grand battlefield was under the watchful gaze of Twelfth-Order Ultimates, but this figure's presence merged with the depths of space-time itself, evading even the detection of Twelfth-Order Ultimates.
"Finally, I'm back."
The Tai Yin Yuan Shen manifested, and with a wave of its hand, it recalled the incarnation that had brought back numerous treasures.
In the Chaotic Void, Lin Yuan always felt a sense of crisis hanging over him. However, upon returning to the universe, he felt assured of his safety. After all, it was virtually impenetrable, even for Dominator Realm and Chaos Realm experts.
To invade a universe would be to go against the will of the Chaotic Void itself, a task too formidable even for the strongest beings.
"Let's go."
Without hesitation, the Tai Yin Yuan Shen entered the Xuan Huang Secret Realm.
Deep within the secret realm.
Lin Yuan's true body sat cross-legged, his eyes closed in meditation.
The Tai Yin Yuan Shen appeared before him, holding a palm-sized island—the very cave left behind by Cang Wei Yang, the pinnacle Dominator Realm expert.
"First, I'll refine the Path-Opening Realm weapons." Lin Yuan promptly took out the few Path-Opening Realm weapons from the cave and began the refinement process.
As for the Dominator Realm and Chaos Realm treasures? With his current strength, he wasn't yet qualified to refine them.
Dominator Realm and Chaos Realm treasures had already developed a consciousness of their own, possessing the ability to recover and regenerate independently.
The 'white paper' originating from the Tai Yuan Ruins, for instance, contained a two-dimensional world within it that could easily reduce the dimensions of its surroundings. However, attempting to do the same to a Dominator Realm treasure would prove futile, as these treasures had their own consciousness and could resist and break free.
A Dominator Realm treasure was akin to a semi-sentient being.
Hence, the treasures within the two-dimensional world of the 'white paper' were mostly Twelfth-Order Path-Opening Realm, with none reaching the Dominator or Chaos Realm.
Moving on.
Lin Yuan ventured into the cave island, approaching the eighteen mystical trees.
Each tree was laden with spirit fruits, brimming with immense energy.
Lin Yuan plucked every fruit with care and stored them away safely.
"These spirit fruits can be used as nourishment for my cultivation of the twelfth-order perfect _Xuan Huang Body_ after I become a Twelfth-Order Ultimate," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
By now, he understood the enormity of the task before him—cultivating the _Xuan Huang Body_ to the twelfth-order perfect stage was no easy feat.
The 'spirit' of the Xuan Huang Secret Realm had once told him that a twelfth-order perfect _Xuan Huang Body_ could withstand even a universe-destroying calamity with ease.
However, that was almost an understatement. A twelfth-order perfect _Xuan Huang Body_ was exceptionally robust, even among Chaos Grand Saints. It could withstand not just one but tens or even hundreds of universe-destroying calamities without so much as a scratch.
"There's no rush."
Lin Yuan's thoughts calmed as he acknowledged the sheer amount of resources required to cultivate the _Xuan Huang Body_ to such heights, especially given the exceptional strength of his foundational physical body, which further increased the demands for resources.
Yet, the Chaotic Void was boundless and replete with infinite resources. As long as Lin Yuan continued to grow stronger, he would eventually amass all that he needed.
"Can these mystical trees absorb the chaotic qi on their own?" Lin Yuan observed the eighteen trees, noting how their roots penetrated deep into the fabric of space-time, constantly drawing in vast amounts of chaotic qi.
The chaotic qi of the Chaotic Void was notoriously unruly and turbulent, filled with myriad energies. This was why Chaotic Stones, which contained stable and pure chaotic qi, were used as a form of 'currency' among cultivators.
Even Chaos Realm experts would think twice before absorbing chaotic qi directly from the Chaotic Void.
And yet, these eighteen mystical trees, which were at the pinnacle of the Dominator Realm, seemed to have no trouble absorbing the chaotic qi.
[*Your comprehension is heaven-defying. Your understanding of the essence of chaotic qi has deepened as you observe its absorption process.*]
Lin Yuan scrutinized the chaotic qi, and its very essence unfolded before him.
"Is it because of their unique life structure?" Lin Yuan mused.
He felt that if he continued to observe and comprehend, he might eventually be able to absorb chaotic qi with the same abandon as these mystical trees.
In a dimly lit grand hall.
Over a dozen Twelfth-Order Ultimates from various alien races had gathered once more.
"What have you found?" The Yu Tribe Ultimate looked around at the others and asked.
Ever since their last meeting, these Ultimates had returned to their respective races to investigate the matter of the martial path evolution.
If the information about the Eleventh-Order martial path was true, it would have a profound and irreversible impact on their peak races, as it would drastically increase the efficiency of producing high-level evolvers in the human civilization.
"According to our intelligence, there is a 95% probability that the founder of the martial path evolution is the Galaxy Prime," stated the Tianyu Tribe Ultimate.
Although the Galaxy Prime was an unparalleled evolutionary genius, his path should have been a stable and well-established one. However, the fact that both the Galaxy Prime and the martial path evolution originated from Canglan Star was too coincidental to ignore.
Moreover, the timing of the Galaxy Prime's advancements seemed to correlate with the release of new tiers of the martial path evolution, further cementing the connection between the two.
"The Galaxy Prime is indeed the founder of the martial path evolution. Our race had predicted this outcome centuries ago," the Zhou Tribe Ultimate said calmly, and the other Twelfth-Order Ultimates nodded in agreement, unsurprised by the revelation.
Not only had the peak races suspected this, but whispers within the human civilization had also grown louder with each advancement of the Galaxy Prime, linking him to the martial path founder.
Thus, this piece of information was hardly a secret among the peak races.
However.
Before the martial path evolution reached the Eleventh Order, the Twelfth-Order Ultimates of the alien races had not paid much attention to it.
So what if the Galaxy Prime was the founder? Whether he could successfully reach the Twelfth Order through this path was still unknown.
Of course.
There was also the matter of the human civilization protecting the Galaxy Prime so vigilantly.
In fact, after the martial path evolution reached the Tenth Order and became the tenth evolution path of the human civilization, some Twelfth-Order Ultimates from the alien races had already grown suspicious.
But the human civilization guarded the Galaxy Prime too closely, leaving little opportunity for them to make a move, even if they were willing to set aside their pride and launch a sneak attack.
Considering all these factors, the martial path evolution had been allowed to progress to the Eleventh Order, becoming the fifth evolution path of the human civilization.
It was only now that the Twelfth-Order Ultimates of the alien races truly realized the potential and terror of this evolution path.
"The question now is not whether we know, but what we should do about it," the Insect Queen said, her brow furrowed. The fact that the Galaxy Prime was the founder of the martial path evolution posed the most significant headache for the Insect Tribe.
(End of Chapter)
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