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Chapter 551: Myriad Laws and Paths
Chapter 551: Myriad Laws and Paths
Deep within the Primordial Chaos Continent, Gu Ming sensed something amiss.
"Who dares to spy on me?"
Elder Gu Ming opened his eyes, his expression filled with surprise and suspicion.
"It must be some passing Elder," he speculated, sensing the prying gaze quickly withdrawing. It would take an incredibly skilled individual to peer through the layers of formations protecting his secluded cultivation site within the continent.
The intruder had to be at least an Octuple Temporal Realm cultivator in terms of their grasp of space and time.
"Could my recent arrival in this void have piqued the curiosity of a nearby Elder, prompting them to take a look?" Gu Ming wondered.
The Octuple Temporal Realm was a level of insight attained only by seasoned Chaos Honored Masters. Most newly ascended Chaos Honored Masters would still be at the peak of the Septuple Realm in their understanding of space and time.
Star Tears 'Fragment World'.
Lin Yuan was currently cultivating his understanding of the Octuple Temporal Realm, carefully observing the surrounding space-time continuum.
"Both my ability to traverse the void and my control over space-time have improved tremendously," Lin marveled. The most significant benefit was that he would no longer be suppressed by enemies at the Honored Master level in the realm of space-time.
Proficiency in space-time manipulation was akin to having the upper hand, allowing one to advance or retreat at will.
"I wonder what the Nonuple Temporal Realm would be like," Lin mused to himself.
The Octuple Temporal Realm was a level only accessible to Chaos Honored Masters, while the Nonuple Temporal Realm was the domain of Chaos Grand Saints and unparalleled saints.
The Nonuple Temporal Realm's pinnacle insight allowed the Emperor to effortlessly create 33,333 Yellow Ultimate Realms and disperse them throughout different universes with a mere wave of his hand.
"I guess this period of seclusion is coming to an end," Lin thought, reining in his wandering mind. While he was pleased to have attained the Octuple Temporal Realm, he knew that it merely gave him an edge against Chaos Honored Masters.
But what about Chaos Grand Saints?
Lin still vividly remembered the annihilation of his home universe, caught in the crossfire between the Shadow Demon Grand Saint and the Nine Phoenix Grand Saint.
He had never even caught a glimpse of those two formidable beings, yet the residual power of their clash was enough to wipe out everything, leaving Lin with a sense of helplessness.
"With my current foundation, if I break through to the Dominator Realm, even if I'm still no match for a Grand Saint, I should at least have some means of self-preservation, right? I won't be just an ant that a Grand Saint can crush at will," Lin contemplated.
The leap from the Path-Opening Realm to the Dominator Realm was a significant boundary crossing within the twelve tiers, heralding a qualitative change in strength and combat power.
This applied to Lin Yuan as well, and upon reaching that stage, he would be able to continue cultivating subsequent stages like the Infinite Void.
"The Dominator Realm is within reach," Lin thought, sensing how close his physical body and soul were to perfection.
"This period of seclusion has yielded an unexpected delight—the attainment of the Octuple Temporal Realm," Lin acknowledged, his mind drifting to the numerous Martial Arts branch roads he had just perfected and opened up. "There are seventy-three Martial Arts branch roads in total, and theoretically, each of these roads can lead to the twelfth tier."
Lin Yuan was highly satisfied with this outcome.
The greater the number of Martial Arts branch roads, the broader the Martial Arts Dao became. Without such breadth, it would be impossible to forge so many divergent paths. No matter how much one tried to expand a muddy path, it would never become a heavenly road.
"Why did Xuanyuan and the others ask me to purchase evolution paths for the twelfth tier? Aren't all these paths readily available now?" Lin wondered, a smile spreading across his face. Seventy-three direct routes to the twelfth tier would be more than sufficient for the advancement of human civilization for a very long time.
"In fact, if I continued my seclusion, I could probably perfect and open up even more Martial Arts branch roads, but there's no need for that," Lin thought to himself.
Now that he had unlocked the fundamental path to Martial Arts evolution, various branch roads would naturally present themselves. Lin would only need to guide and nurture them.
"Hmm?"
"The Myriad Bent Dominator is looking for me?"
Lin Yuan's expression stirred slightly as he immediately created an incarnation and left the Star Tears 'Fragment World', heading toward the Primordial Chaos Continent.
In a pavilion within Mingchuan City, Lin Yuan and the Myriad Bent Dominator sat across from each other.
"Galaxy Brother, you've accomplished your mission admirably," the Myriad Bent Dominator said with a smile.
Ever since Elder Gu Ming personally ordered him to give the Star Tears 'Fragment World' to Lin Yuan, practically as a gift, the Myriad Bent Dominator had suspected that Lin's background was terrifyingly formidable.
Later, when the Myriad Bent Dominator sought an audience with Elder Gu Ming to inquire about Lin Yuan, the elder had only given him one warning.
"If you offend Galaxy, this entire Chaos Continent will be destroyed."
The Myriad Bent Dominator still vividly remembered the look on Elder Gu Ming's face when he uttered those words—a mix of extreme wariness and fear.
As a result, the Myriad Bent Dominator had been doing his best to accommodate Lin Yuan's requests during this period.
"Hahaha, thank you very much!" Lin Yuan was in high spirits.
Not long ago, he had asked the Myriad Bent Dominator to sell the eighteen wondrous trees at the Dominator Realm level, obtained from his predecessor, 'Cang Wei Yang,' in exchange for specific cultivation resources or Chaos Stones.
These eighteen wondrous trees bore spirit fruits periodically, which were as good as money-making trees for any influence.
However, to Lin Yuan, they felt a bit lacking.
The cycle of these eighteen wondrous trees bearing fruit was at least a million years, and with Lin Yuan's growth rate, he would likely have entered the Chaos Realm by the next million years.
In the eyes of Chaos Honored Masters, these eighteen wondrous trees were insignificant, not to mention the spirit fruits they bore.
The eighteen wondrous trees were not the World Trees nurtured by Lin Yuan's internal universe, which had the effect of stabilizing his internal universe.
Moreover, their upper limit potential was quite high, capable of growing into Chaos Trees.
That was why Lin Yuan had kept them until now.
The greatest use of these eighteen wondrous trees to Lin Yuan was to help him understand the knack of absorbing and expelling Chaos Qi.
"These are the resources that Galaxy Brother needs. I just happened to make the exchange," the Myriad Bent Dominator said with a wave of his hand, causing a purple bag to appear in front of him. It was obviously a storage treasure pouch, containing the resources Lin Yuan needed.
In fact, he didn't make any profit from this transaction and even suffered a slight loss.
However, as long as he could maintain a good relationship with Lin Yuan, it would be worth it, no matter the cost, according to Elder Gu Ming's wishes.
Lin Yuan took the purple bag, probed it with his spiritual sense, and then satisfiedly put it away.
"By the way, I want to ask you something," Lin Yuan said.
"Ask away, Galaxy Brother. Don't be shy," the Myriad Bent Dominator immediately replied.
"What is the origin of the Myriad Pavilion?" Lin Yuan inquired.
The intelligence left by his predecessor, 'Cang Wei Yang,' regarding the Myriad Pavilion was somewhat unclear. After all, 'Cang Wei Yang' had only reached the peak of the Dominator Realm.
Although the Myriad Bent Dominator was also at the peak of the Dominator Realm, he was a disciple of a Chaos Honored Master and had been in charge of matters related to the 'Fragment World' of the Ancient Clarity Chaos Continent for many years.
In terms of the breadth of his information network, he was undoubtedly far superior to 'Cang Wei Yang,' who had been alone for so long.
In addition, the Xuanhuang lineage also had some understanding of the Myriad Pavilion, but it was too long ago, and the information might not be as reliable as that of a disciple of a Chaos Honored Master.
"The Myriad Pavilion?" The Myriad Bent Dominator was slightly taken aback. "Galaxy Brother is curious about the Myriad Pavilion?"
"Yes, I am quite curious," Lin Yuan admitted candidly. A force that traded in the evolution paths of cultivation must have a significant background, and he wanted to understand their origins better.
"The Myriad Pavilion, or the 'Myriad Laws and Paths Pavilion,' to give its full name, makes its living by trading in evolution paths. Whether you want to buy or sell evolution paths, you can do so through the Myriad Pavilion," the Myriad Bent Dominator explained.
As he spoke, his tone turned solemn. "However, there's one thing you must remember: never cause trouble within the Myriad Pavilion. Otherwise, not even your master will be able to save you."
"Not even a Honored Master can save me?" Lin Yuan was slightly taken aback.
This Chaos Continent was Elder Gu Ming's territory, and he was the undisputed ruler here. Even Elder Gu Ming himself wouldn't be able to save someone who caused trouble in the Myriad Pavilion?
"Yes," the Myriad Bent Dominator nodded.
"The Myriad Pavilions we see are all branch pavilions. As for the main pavilion, no one knows where it is located. It's hidden in a mysterious place within the Chaos Void, and only invited 'guests' can enter," he continued.
"Each branch pavilion of the Myriad Pavilion contains a projection of the All-Laws Eye. The All-Laws Eye is the true master of the Myriad Pavilion, and it is impartial and just. Usually, the projection of the All-Laws Eye remains dormant and only awakens when it needs to appraise an uncertain evolution path."
The Myriad Bent Dominator looked at Lin Yuan and lowered his voice. "The All-Laws Eye, even a mere projection, is enough to make Chaos Grand Saints wary."
"A projection?" Lin Yuan was secretly astonished.
The fact that a mere projection possessed such power lent some credibility to Emperor Xuanhuang's speculation that the Myriad Pavilion was a backup plan left by a 13th-tier Temporal Life.
"I suppose you intend to spread the evolution paths of Martial Arts through the Myriad Pavilion?" Lin Yuan stated his true purpose.
After opening up numerous branch roads in the evolution path of Martial Arts, Lin Yuan once again put the matter of spreading Martial Arts evolution paths on the agenda.
Naturally, the inheritance of Martial Arts evolution paths would not be limited to the internal spread within human civilization.
Lin Yuan yearned for the evolution paths of Martial Arts to be passed down throughout the Chaos Void, on one Chaos Continent after another.
"As long as your evolution paths meet the requirements of the All-Laws Eye, you can spread them through the Myriad Pavilion," the Myriad Bent Dominator said with a shake of his head. "However, that is extremely difficult. It is very rare for the Myriad Pavilion to actively spread an evolution path.
"Understood."
Lin Yuan nodded. After chatting with the Myriad Bent Dominator for a while longer, he got up and took his leave.
Back in the Star Tears 'Fragment World', Lin Yuan sat cross-legged with a purple bag floating before him. It contained the resources he had acquired in exchange for the thirteen wondrous trees.
"Cang Wei Yang," Lin Yuan murmured, his mind conjuring an image of the rotund figure he had seen imprinted in Cang Wei Yang's cave abode.
"The Wanxiang Void Domain's Stone Clan."
That imprint of Cang Wei Yang had freely given all his treasures to Lin Yuan, asking only for one favor in return.
He had requested that if Lin Yuan ever had the capability, he should go to the Wanxiang Void Domain and accept a disciple from the Stone Clan.
Cang Wei Yang had not set any constraints, leaving it entirely up to Lin Yuan's discretion to fulfill this request.
"The Wanxiang Void Domain should be in that direction." Lin Yuan glanced at a certain location, his thoughts drifting.
The chaos void was filled with boundless chaos qi, some areas dense and others sparse.
The regions with dense chaos qi were conducive to cultivation and were thus known as void domains, while those with sparse chaos qi had far fewer permanent life forms and were collectively referred to as desolate regions.
The void domain where Lin Yuan currently resided was called the Shenfeng Void Domain.
The Wanxiang Void Domain was not far from the Shenfeng Void Domain, separated by only two or three void domains.
Normally, a Dominator Realm expert could cross a void domain with continuous flight over several decades.
"The Stone Clan?"
Lin Yuan pondered.
The Stone Clan was the tribe that Cang Wei Yang had belonged to before he left to wander the various void domains, eventually reaching the Dominator Realm and cultivating to its peak.
Cang Wei Yang had probably made this request out of concern that his tribe would face the danger of annihilation after his demise.
After all, according to Cang Wei Yang's description, the Stone Clan was rather weak, with only four or five Path-Opening Realm experts in the entire tribe besides him, a Dominator Realm expert.
"Never mind, I'll just send an incarnation over to the Wanxiang Void Domain."
With a flick of his thoughts, Lin Yuan formed an incarnation outside the Ancient Clarity Chaos Continent, amidst the drifting chaos qi. The incarnation immediately sped toward the Wanxiang Void Domain.
Upon attaining the Octuple Realm in spatial and temporal comprehension, Lin Yuan's ability to maintain his incarnations had skyrocketed. Even if the Wanxiang Void Domain were two or three void domains away, or even twenty or thirty, he could easily cover that distance.
The Octuple Realm of spatial and temporal comprehension was a level only reached by seasoned Venerables.
Sending an incarnation to fulfill Cang Wei Yang's request was a trivial matter for Lin Yuan.
Although Cang Wei Yang had not set any constraints, Lin Yuan didn't want to take advantage of him.
After all, the treasures and weapons left behind by Cang Wei Yang had served as Lin Yuan's 'seed money' for exploring the chaos void, providing significant assistance.
Lin Yuan naturally wouldn't ignore this.
More importantly, Cang Wei Yang's request was easy to fulfill. It merely entailed accepting a disciple from the Stone Clan, not protecting the entire tribe for many years.
With his Octuple Realm of spatial and temporal comprehension, Lin Yuan's incarnation wouldn't take long to make the journey.
"Xuan Yuan and the others are already here?"
Lin Yuan's expression stirred as he noticed that Xuan Yuan and the other eight peak experts were waiting outside.
He put away the purple bag, stood up, and walked out to meet them.
"Galaxy," Xuan Yuan and the eight other peak experts greeted him eagerly. "Did you call us here because you've bought suitable evolution paths?"
Not long ago, Xuan Yuan had asked Lin Yuan to purchase some twelfth-tier evolution paths to prepare for the future emergence of new twelfth-tier experts in human civilization.
"Not exactly," Lin Yuan replied with a shake of his head. "But it's close."
"What do you mean, 'not exactly'?"
"And what do you mean by 'close'?" Xuan Yuan asked, puzzled by the seemingly contradictory statements.
"Let me show you something," Lin Yuan said.
He transmitted the numerous branch roads he had opened up in the evolution path of Martial Arts through the virtual world network to the nine peak experts.
"What is it?" Xuan Yuan asked, a hint of anticipation in his voice. It had to be something significant for Lin Yuan to bring it up like this.
Soon enough, the nine peak experts finished receiving the evolution path information from Lin Yuan.
"Galaxy, this isn't the Martial Arts evolution path that you..." Before he could finish his sentence, Gu Li, the peak expert beside Xuan Yuan, trailed off, his expression shifting.
After scrutinizing the information carefully, Gu Li looked at Lin Yuan with a mix of astonishment and disbelief. "Are these Martial Arts evolution paths?"
(End of Chapter)
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