Chapter 565: Lin Yuan Tears the Heavens

Chapter 565: Lin Yuan Tears the Heavens

"No wonder the Nine Profound Venerate couldn't pinpoint this mysterious space."

Lin Yuan observed quietly, his expression thoughtful.

This mysterious space was deeply integrated with the fabric of space-time, and although it hadn't reached the level of the Demon Jade Space, achieving this feat would require insight into the Ninth Level of Space-time.

Only Chaos Grand Saints could usually venture into the Ninth Level of Space-time, and as for the pinnacle of the Ninth Level? Even many exceptionally talented Grand Saints might not attain it.

One of Emperor Xuanhuang's most prized abilities was his insight into the pinnacle of the Ninth Level of Space-time.

"This mysterious space was likely left by a Chaos Grand Saint. According to Cang Yulong's description, it should be the Grand Saint's inheritance site."

Lin Yuan came to a conclusion.

"That Chaos Tree."

Deep within the mysterious space, Lin Yuan also noticed the Chaos Tree, swaying and radiating infinite chaos energy.

"This trip was worth it."

Lin Yuan was determined.

Even without this inheritance site, as long as he obtained that Chaos Tree, what was the harm in offending an enemy at the Venerate level?

Venerates rarely killed each other because there were rarely treasures worth fighting over. But the Chaos Tree? Just look at how the Nine Profound Venerate imprisoned the Stonemen tribe.

"Refining this space will take time; I'll do it after the spar."

Lin Yuan locked onto the spatial coordinates of this inheritance site. This way, no matter how the other party tried to move it, they couldn't hide it from him.

"Wait here for a moment."

Lin Yuan glanced at Cang Yulong.

To spar with the Nine Profound Venerate, he would definitely need to merge his two primordial spirits and form the Tai Chi Primordial Spirit. With just one primordial spirit, it would be difficult to defeat the Venerate.

Even if Lin Yuan lost, he wouldn't suffer any real losses.

But losing to the Nine Profound Venerate would create a series of hidden dangers. For example, it might cause the Nine Profound Venerate to underestimate Lin Yuan's strength and subsequently try to track him down after their spar.

Therefore,

Lin Yuan was determined to win against the Nine Profound Venerate if possible. Even if he couldn't win, he would make sure the Venerate knew he wasn't someone to be trifled with.

As for leaving Cang Yulong here? Lin Yuan wasn't worried that he would run away.

Now that the mysterious inheritance site had been obtained, the greatest opportunity had been seized, and Cang Yulong had no reason to flee.

Outside the Nine Profound Secret Realm.

Countless gathering points began migrating towards the secret realm.

These gathering points were home to numerous tribes who relied on the protection of the Nine Profound Venerate. Of course, each universe era would also offer countless chaos stones to the Nine Profound Venerate.

The protection of a Venerate was not without its price.

The many 'fragment worlds' outside the Ancient Chaos Continent also required a vast number of chaos stones to purchase.

"What? The Nine Profound Venerate is going to spar with another Venerate outside the secret realm?" The Nine Profound Venerate didn't try to conceal this matter.

In fact, he couldn't have concealed it even if he wanted to. Once the spar with Lin Yuan began, the battle fluctuations of two Venerates would be impossible to hide.

"The Nine Profound Venerate is going to spar with another Venerate? Which Venerate is it?"

"No matter which Venerate it is, we must hurry and enter the secret realm. Otherwise, when the spar begins, we'll be unable to withstand the aftermath outside the realm."

The powerful beings outside the secret realm were panic-stricken. Even Dominators felt their hearts tremble at the thought of two Venerates clashing; they would undoubtedly be affected.

"Oh dear, while we can take our treasures with us, the residences we've built over the years can't be moved in such a short time. I hope something will be left after the battle."

"Still worried about our residences? As long as we survive, that's enough."

"Quick, enter the secret realm. We won't be able to get in soon."

Fortunately, many of the Nine Profound Venerate's followers were also helping with the migration, and they had proactively opened the grand formation outside the secret realm. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to finish the relocation in just half an hour.

"I wonder what grudge the Nine Profound Venerate has with another Venerate that they must spar."

"Yes, let's not pry into the matters of Venerates. What if..."

The numerous powerful beings from the tribes, who were hastily relocating, whispered amongst themselves cautiously.

Outside the Secret Realm.

The Nine Profound Venerate had already been waiting for a long time.

Rustle.

A moment later.

Lin Yuan's figure silently appeared in the distance.

At this moment, Lin Yuan had merged his two primordial spirits into the Tai Chi Primordial Spirit.

"Hmm?"

The Nine Profound Venerate frowned as he looked at Lin Yuan. The current Lin Yuan gave him a slightly different feeling from before. Although he no longer had that overwhelming aura of burning the heavens and boiling the earth, the Nine Profound Venerate's brow twitched as he sensed an even greater threat.

"Those who reach the Chaos Realm are usually well-known. Yet, I've never heard of you."

The Nine Profound Venerate looked at Lin Yuan, voicing his confusion.

He even began to think through the Peak Dominators he knew, considering the possibility that Lin Yuan was a recent breakthrough to the Chaos Realm. However, while there were quite a few Peak Dominators, none matched Lin Yuan's description.

The growth of powerful beings left traces, especially those capable of reaching the Chaos Realm. Before they broke through, there would definitely be some information about them.

What the Nine Profound Venerate didn't know was that Lin Yuan was only at the Dao Initiation Realm, and the traces he left in the Chaos Void were pitifully few. After leaving the universe, he had stayed on the Ancient Chaos Continent.

Apart from the Ancient Venerate and the Eye of Myriad Laws sensing his extraordinariness, there was no information about Lin Yuan in the outside world.

So no matter how much the Nine Profound Venerate thought about it, he couldn't uncover Lin Yuan's true details.

"Hahaha, the Chaos Void is so vast; what's one more Venerate?" Lin Yuan replied casually.

Hearing this, the Nine Profound Venerate disagreed inwardly but didn't dwell on it further. All he could do now was try his best to win against Lin Yuan.

Only by winning could he avoid a total loss and gain an inheritance that could guide him on his path. That would be a worthwhile harvest.

"Since entering the Chaos Realm, I've cultivated for ten universe eras and created ten killing moves." The Nine Profound Venerate's tone was solemn. "If you can withstand them all, I'll admit defeat."

As his words landed—

Boom—

The Nine Profound Venerate threw a punch.

With this single punch, terrifying fluctuations instantly penetrated a hundred thousand, a million, and then ten million lightyears. Space-time seemed to turn into mud, and all the might rushed towards Lin Yuan.

"The Mill of Space-Time."

With a slight stir of Lin Yuan's consciousness, the surrounding space-time solidified, and infinite power began to ceaselessly erode the might of the Nine Profound Venerate's fist, dispersing it into the depths of layered space-time.

"What a clever use of space-time manipulation?"

The Nine Profound Venerate's expression turned solemn as he witnessed this display. His punch also contained the rules of space-time, and yet Lin Yuan was able to block it with his own understanding of those rules. This indicated that Lin Yuan was superior in pure space-time manipulation.

"So what if your grasp of space-time rules is stronger?"

The Nine Profound Venerate was unfazed. He and Lin Yuan were engaged in a spar, not a life-or-death battle. A stronger grasp of space-time rules wouldn't be enough to defeat him.

"A Venerate proficient in offensive techniques?"

Lin Yuan observed the Nine Profound Venerate as well. The power contained in that punch had been exceptionally terrifying. If Lin Yuan hadn't manifested his strongest Tai Chi Primordial Spirit and instead appeared with just the Sun Primordial Spirit or the Moon Primordial Spirit, he would have likely suffered some injuries from that attack.

"Tri-Mystic Destruction of Heaven and Earth!"

The aura of the Nine Profound Venerate surged as three distinct auras manifested within his body, intertwining as they surged towards Lin Yuan.

"Limitless Void."

Instead of continuing to resist, Lin Yuan took a step forward, and the surrounding void began to transform into a vast and mighty force.

The thirteenth-rank inheritance, 'Infinite Void', focused on building an ultimate foundation, aiming to overwhelm and crush all opposition. Over the years, Lin Yuan had also created some killing moves based on his internal universe, and Limitless Void was one of them.

Rumble...

The two distinct forces collided and intertwined, sending shockwaves that spread to the far reaches of the void.

The defensive grand array of the Nine Profound Secret Realm frantically operated to withstand the overwhelming aftermath.

The battle between two Venerate-level beings was so immense that it quickly attracted the attention of other Venerates in the Myriad Manifestations Void Domain.

"Hmm? A Venerate is making a move?"

"That position, is it the Nine Profound?"

"Who is the Venerate fighting against the Nine Profound?"

"I don't recognize that aura. I've never seen anything like it before."

One by one, the Chaos Venerates observed from a distance, having no intention to intervene. Instead, they started chatting amongst themselves.

"The Nine Profound has always been skilled in offensive techniques, even back when he was at the Dominator realm. Now that he's reached the Chaos realm, it seems he still hasn't changed."

"That unfamiliar Venerate is holding his own against the Nine Profound. He must have an extraordinary background."

"To become a Venerate, one must be extraordinary."

"Indeed. Let's just watch the show."

The Chaos Venerates observed the battle, knowing that unless absolutely necessary, they wouldn't interfere in another Venerate's business.

However, they did enjoy watching their peers fight. After all, it didn't affect them, and the one being challenged wasn't their enemy.

Who wouldn't enjoy a good spectacle?

The solidified void continued to spread, and Lin Yuan, using Limitless Void as a foundation, manipulated the void with a technique that, while not quite as powerful as the 'World' divine ability, was still equivalent to a third of its strength.

'World' had a time limit and could only be maintained for a few seconds, but Limitless Void had no such restriction. Lin Yuan could sustain it as long as he wished.

"Such terrifying void suppression." The Nine Profound Venerate frowned in discomfort.

Under the Limitless Void's suppression, his every move was significantly weakened, like an insect struggling in a spider's web.

"But it's useless against me."

"Hexagram Seal of the World."

The Nine Profound Venerate's face twisted in rage as six new forces suddenly enveloped his body, surging out in all directions.

Determined to win against Lin Yuan and avoid a net loss, the Nine Profound Venerate was pulling out all the stops, using most of his killing moves.

Rumble...

The invisible hexagram forces began to shatter the void, causing Lin Yuan's Limitless Void to tremble.

"Hmm?" Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly.

The hexagram forces unleashed by the Nine Profound Venerate hadn't shattered the Limitless Void yet, but it was only a matter of time.

It was difficult for the Limitless Void to suppress the hexagram forces that the Nine Profound Venerate was exerting with all his might.

"Fighting a Venerate with the Tai Chi Primordial Spirit is still a bit of a stretch." Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Ultimately, Lin Yuan was still just a Dao Initiation realm being, forcibly crossing two major realms to fight a Venerate. Even a direct descendant of a thirteenth-rank life form, blessed with exceptional talent, wouldn't be able to achieve this.

Lin Yuan had only reached this level due to numerous opportunities and his profound background.

"In that case, it's time to use my trump card."

Lin Yuan made a decision. With the level of power the Nine Profound Venerate had displayed so far, it would be difficult to defeat him with conventional means, let alone emerge victorious.

"World."

Lin Yuan closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again.

In that instant, the surrounding void changed.

An incredibly stable and vast aura filled the area.

Within a radius of tens of millions of lightyears, space-time was affected, and Lin Yuan became the sole creator of this void.

At that moment, everything within a radius of tens of millions of lightyears was enveloped by Lin Yuan's external universe.

"What is this?"

The Nine Profound Venerate felt an unprecedented level of suppression. His previously unstoppable hexagram forces were now being forcibly compressed and rapidly shrinking.

"Repression."

Lin Yuan looked down at the Nine Profound Venerate indifferently as he began to mobilize the power of his entire external universe to crush his opponent.

Although the power of the external universe was terrifying, it could only be maintained for a short time, so Lin Yuan held nothing back.

"Ahhhh!"

The Nine Profound Venerate felt excruciating pain in both his physical body and his soul as an unstoppable force bore down on him.

His body began to crumble, his soul started to dissipate, and all his attempts to resist seemed futile in the face of this overwhelming repression.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The relentless repression continued, and the once-invincible Nine Profound Venerate now had his arms twisted and broken, his severed limbs flying through the air. His flesh and skin were riddled with gaping holes, and even his internal universe showed signs of collapse.

"The Nine Profound Venerate" continuously backed away, his expression filled with shock as he immediately resorted to more powerful lifesaving techniques.

"Nine Profound Body Protection!"

Nine brand new powers began to collide and form a barrier outside the Nine Profound Venerate's body, resisting the terrifying suppression descending from the four directions of the void.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

Lin Yuan manipulated the power of his external universe, relentlessly suppressing the Nine Profound Venerate. However, the barrier formed by the Nine Profound Venerate's nine powers was twisted and deformed but remained stubbornly intact, refusing to shatter completely.

"Troublesome."

Lin Yuan frowned. This Nine Profound Venerate was indeed troublesome. Even though he was a newly advanced Venerate, his lifesaving trump cards were by no means inferior to those of some powerful Venerates.

It must be known that within a radius of thousands of millions of light-years, everything was considered within the scope of Lin Yuan's internal universe. Within this range, Lin Yuan's killing power was absolutely formidable enough to make ordinary Venerates' scalps go numb.

"There's only one second left."

Lin Yuan sensed that the time limit of his external universe was about to end.

"Boom!"

Lin Yuan did not hesitate to detonate his external universe.

Since it would dissipate once the time was up anyway, he might as well detonate it to exchange it for the most powerful might.

Rumble...

The void in the four directions began to collapse, and the annihilation power generated enveloped the Nine Profound Venerate.

"What is this?"

The Nine Profound Venerate's face turned deathly pale with shock. Originally, he had barely managed to withstand Lin Yuan's attacks using the Nine Profound Body Protection technique, and now the pressure he was facing surged once more, causing his heart to fill with unprecedented dread.

In various places within the Myriad Manifestations Void Domain, the Chaos Venerates continued to observe the battle.

"It looks like the Nine Profound Venerate and that mysterious Venerate are really going all out against each other?"

"I wonder what exactly happened to make the two Venerates fight so fiercely?"

"That mysterious Venerate's void-detonating attack is incredibly powerful."

"Indeed, it will probably force the Nine Profound Venerate to continue using his backup lifesaving techniques."

The Chaos Venerates chatted amongst themselves, casually commenting on the battle.

It was already a very rare opportunity to witness the exchange of killing moves between two Chaos Venerates, not to mention that one of them was someone they had never heard of before.

Rumble...

The void shattered, and chaos tore apart.

Within a radius of thousands of millions of light-years, everything was rapidly crumbling.

Even the Nine Profound Secret Realm in the distance was now half-destroyed. If not for the strongest defensive grand array at its core, it would have been completely erased.

Lin Yuan stood quietly in the void, his aura showing signs of weakening.

Directly detonating his external universe was also a form of consumption for him, but the problem wasn't too big, and he could recover after a short rest.

Buzz!

At this moment, within the collapsing void, a strand of consciousness condensed and quickly regained its physical form.

"Hahahaha!"

The Nine Profound Venerate was in a miserable state, but his aura had not weakened much, and he laughed heartily.

"Was that your strongest trump card? You can't use it again in a short time, and your own state will also be weakened, right?"

The Nine Profound Venerate immediately saw through Lin Yuan's state. In order to withstand Lin Yuan's void-detonating attack, he had no choice but to resort to his lifesaving treasure.

It was a lifesaving treasure, not a technique.

Techniques could be used repeatedly, but a lifesaving treasure could only be used once.

The Nine Profound Venerate had paid a price to win against Lin Yuan.

"Now, it's my turn."

The Nine Profound Venerate reached out with his hand, his palm covering the sky as he grabbed towards Lin Yuan.

He did not want to give Lin Yuan any opportunity to recover and intended to beat him into submission.

"Still lacking."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly, watching the Nine Profound Venerate's approaching palm.

Outside the Heavy Space.

Cang Yulong was also paying attention to the battlefield.

Of course, with his strength, he could only sense the fluctuations of the battle, but he couldn't see the details of the confrontation.

However, in the depths of Cang Yulong's consciousness, that young voice was constantly 'commentating' on the battle for him.

"It's over. The Nine Profound Venerate actually endured it? Your senior is going to lose."

A young voice echoed in the depths of Cang Yulong's consciousness, sounding a little disappointed.

"Senior is going to lose?"

Cang Yulong was a little stunned. Even though he had expected this possibility, he still felt a sense of loss.

"Losing is normal. After all..."

The young voice was about to comfort Cang Yulong, but in the next moment, it seemed to sense something and immediately stopped speaking.

"After all, what?"

Cang Yulong was puzzled and called out a few times, wanting the young voice to continue.

But the young voice fell silent as if it had died, not daring to make a sound.

"Hmm?"

Cang Yulong finally sensed that something was amiss and looked around subconsciously.

However, this glance caused Cang Yulong's eyes to widen in shock.

He saw a figure standing beside him, a figure that he hadn't noticed before.

The figure was a young man who bore a resemblance to the senior he had met before.

"Senior, aren't you..."

Cang Yulong was a little dazed. Shouldn't his senior be sparring with the Nine Profound Venerate? Why was he here?

At this moment, Cang Yulong vaguely sensed that the current senior was a little different from the one he had seen before. For example, his physical body seemed much more robust, and just standing there, he seemed capable of crushing space-time itself.

Cang Yulong opened his mouth to speak, but before he could say anything, he saw Lin Yuan raise his right arm, his five fingers spread out as if grasping something, and then he lightly tore at the Nine Profound Secret Realm in the distance.

Rumble...

Five extremely profound and restrained fissures flashed and disappeared from Cang Yulong's line of sight.

Instinctively, Cang Yulong felt an unparalleled sense of dread as he saw those five profound fissures.

Outside the Nine Profound Secret Realm.

The Nine Profound Venerate was about to suppress Lin Yuan.

At this moment, the Nine Profound Venerate's pupils constricted as he saw the tear in the heavens that Lin Yuan had created with a single grab.

(End of Chapter)

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