Chapter 597: The Shattered Universe
Chapter 597: The Shattered Universe
There were a total of eighty-one Chaos Secret Rune Charts, each one a gift from the Fiery Sun Founder, encompassing the very essence and intricacies of the Chaos Rules.
The twenty-seventh Chaos Secret Rune Chart was the last of the eighteen charts pertaining to the second level of Chaos, and to decipher it meant to have reached the pinnacle of insight into the Chaos Rules at this level.
"I see," Lin Yuan said, his heart filled with joy. Previously, there were many parts of this Chaos Secret Rune Chart that he couldn't quite comprehend, but now all his doubts had vanished. Every wisp of the entwined chaos energy appeared wonderfully simple in his eyes.
"Fiery Sun Founder," Lin Yuan marveled inwardly. To disentangle the essence of the Chaos Rules and present them in the form of rune charts was an unimaginable method.
"However, despite such favorable cultivation conditions, the Fiery Sun Ancient Country has not produced a single 13th-level being since its inception." Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel the pressure weighing on him.
In fact, since the birth of this source world, only six known 13th-level time life forms had emerged, each establishing one of the six ancient countries.
Aside from the first 13th-level being, the remaining five had come from either the first ancient country established by the initial 13th-level being or another ancient country.
But what about the Fiery Sun Ancient Country? No 13th-level being had been born aside from the founder.
"The Heavenly Sovereigns of the Fiery Sun Ancient Country, given enough time, would eventually accumulate a trillion merits, allowing them to possess the founder's body once, twice, or even more," Lin Yuan thought to himself. "Additionally, they would likely decipher all eighty-one Chaos Secret Rune Charts."
A trillion merits seemed like an unreachable goal in a short period, but by presiding over a first-rate treasure land for a million years, one could accumulate a hundred merits.
That would amount to just a hundred thousand years, a mere blink of an eye for the Heavenly Sovereigns.
Moreover, every time there was a full-scale war between ancient countries, the Heavenly Sovereigns would receive merit rewards for their contributions.
"Never mind," Lin Yuan shook his head. "It's too early to be thinking about this now."
He took a moment to calm himself. He was only at the Dominion Realm now, and the thought of advancing to the 13th level was something he would consider only after reaching perfection in the Chaos Realm.
"Let's take a look at the twenty-eighth Chaos Secret Rune Chart," he thought, and a new 'chart' appeared before him.
The eighty-one Chaos Secret Rune Charts, starting from the twenty-eighth, elucidated the mysteries of the third level of Chaos.
The fact that it took fifty-four charts to encompass the third level of Chaos was a testament to the profound and challenging nature of this level of Chaos Rules.
[Your insight into the Chaos Rules has increased, aided by your heaven-defying comprehension as you view the Chaos Secret Rune Charts.]
After contemplating the new chart for only a moment, Lin Yuan felt that the essence of the Chaos Rules contained within this chart alone surpassed the combined insights from the previous twenty-seven charts.
"This is amazing, it's beautiful," he whispered. As he studied and pondered, he estimated that it would take him about a thousand years to fully decipher this chart.
In other words, if all went well, in a thousand years, Lin Yuan's mastery and insight into the Chaos Rules would reach the third level of Chaos.
Within the Chaos Void, Lin Yuan opened his eyes.
"Pinnacle of the second level of Chaos," he said, a smile spreading across his face. "I can try to evolve the Yin-Yang Taiji Power of Chaos now."
To evolve a power unique to oneself using the Chaos Rules was something only a Chaos Void Grand Sage could achieve.
Lin Yuan was able to attempt this now solely because his understanding and insight into the rules were exceptionally profound.
Even the source world, whose understanding of rules far surpassed that of the Chaos Void, would need to reach the Grand Honor level before it could hope to evolve its own unique power.
But Lin Yuan? He was already trying at the Dominion Realm.
In fact, if not for the immense difficulty and high rule insight requirement of evolving the Yin-Yang Taiji Power of Chaos, Lin Yuan would have attempted this at the Way-Establishing Realm.
Compared to pure Chaos Fire, Chaos Shadow, or Chaos Life, the Yin-Yang Taiji was an entirely new force born from the fusion of two distinct paths.
Inside his internal universe, Lin Yuan's figure condensed into being.
Rumble...
A massive amount of chaos energy gathered before him, forming a chaotic ocean. Within its depths, scorching and icy breaths swirled and churned.
"Hmm," Lin Yuan murmured. "With my insight into the pinnacle of the second level of Chaos, I can indeed evolve the Yin-Yang Taiji Power of Chaos, but the speed..."
After a brief sensing, he found that it would take at least ten million years to succeed in this evolution.
Ten million years? While this was not a significant amount of time for Lin Yuan, who no longer had a lifespan restriction after reaching the 12th level, it was still too long.
How long had it been since he became an Evolver?
"Attempting to evolve the Yin-Yang Taiji Power of Chaos with my insight into the pinnacle of the second level of Chaos is a bit forced, hence the need for ten million years. If my understanding of the Chaos Rules reaches the third level, the time required for evolution will likely be significantly reduced," Lin Yuan mused, deep in thought.
The Chaos Yin-Yang Taiji Power had Chaos as its foundation and vessel, and the higher one's insight into the Chaos Rules, the shorter the time needed to evolve the Yin-Yang Taiji Power.
At the pinnacle of the second level of Chaos, it would take ten million years to evolve the Yin-Yang Taiji Power of Chaos.
If one reached the third level of insight, it might only take a million years.
And if one further advanced to the pinnacle of the third level of insight, it would likely take only a few thousand years.
"Slow and steady," Lin Yuan told himself. "I'm not in a rush anyway, and even if it truly takes ten million years, it's worth the wait."
He nodded slightly, his determination firm.
"But the Black Jade has indeed been a great help to my mental will. In just half a year, my mental will index has increased by at least five million points, reaching 75 million," he thought with satisfaction.
"No wonder the Black Jade Nest is considered a first-rate treasure land. The founder of the Fiery Sun Ancient Country was a 13th-level time life form, so those Grand Heavenly Sovereigns must have seen countless treasures," Lin Yuan mused to himself.
"Even so, they still eagerly vie for the chance to temporarily guard the Black Jade Nest, which speaks volumes about the Black Jade's effectiveness."
"However, it took only half a year to increase my Mental Will Index by five million points. I suppose it's because I've only just started using the Black Jade. It will definitely take much longer than that to achieve the same increase again," Lin Yuan thought.
The reason Lin Yuan had been able to gain such a significant boost was that he had never used the Black Jade before.
As for the Blazing Sun Heavenly Sovereign, he readily gave up the Black Jade Nest for two reasons. First, he didn't want to offend Lin Yuan, and second, his mental will had already improved significantly, so the Black Jade's effects on him were diminishing.
"Once I accumulate more Black Jade, I can bring it to the Chaos Void and sell it to those Grand Saints and Sovereigns," Lin Yuan contemplated silently. As far as he knew, there was no treasure in the Chaos Void that could enhance one's mental will to such an extent.
Previously, when Lin Yuan had used the Gate of Myriad Worlds to traverse the boundless void and slay the void creatures in the Secret Realm of the Void, his mental will had also strengthened.
However, that enhancement had a limit and could only increase to around forty to fifty million points at most.
How could it compare to the Black Jade, which was effective even for those at the Heavenly Sovereign level?
Between the Ripple Void Domain and the Ampo Void Domain.
Lay a vast expanse of desolate void.
The so-called desolate void was a collective term referring to the region between two void domains.
Void Domains, on the other hand, were areas where chaos energy was dense, providing an ideal environment for life forms to cultivate and thrive. The abundant chaos energy also increased the likelihood of powerful beings emerging.
In contrast, the desolate void between void domains was sparse in chaos energy, and few strong beings chose to dwell there permanently.
If one were to liken the Chaos Void to an ocean, then each void domain would be like an island in that ocean, while the desolate void would be the water that made up ninety-nine percent of the ocean's area.
In other words, the boundless Chaos Void was mostly comprised of desolate void.
Just then.
The once silent and desolate void suddenly reverberated with a terrifying surge of energy.
A fiery red aura clashed with an endless shadow of darkness, sending shockwaves in all directions.
Countless naturally born universes, nurtured by the Chaos Void, began their journey towards eventual destruction.
"Nine Phoenix, when will you finally stop?"
The source of the endless shadow of darkness, the Shadow Demon Grand Saint, spoke up once more.
When other Chaos Realm beings broke through to the Grand Saint level, they were usually congratulated by their peers. However, ever since the Shadow Demon Grand Saint became a Grand Saint, he had been relentlessly pursued by the Nine Phoenix Grand Saint.
This had been going on for a long time.
It left the Shadow Demon Grand Saint in a difficult position. How could he continue his cultivation under such circumstances?
"Stop?"
Nine Phoenix Grand Saint let out a cold laugh. "I'll stop only if you can bring my people back to life. How about it? Can you do it?"
"Impossible."
The Shadow Demon Grand Saint shook his head.
As a naturally born wondrous life form, Nine Phoenix Grand Saint's clan members had mostly reached the 12th level, freeing themselves from the constraints of the river of time. How could they be resurrected?
While breaking free from the river of time removed the shackles of lifespan, it also meant losing the chance of resurrection.
"Hmph."
Nine Phoenix Grand Saint didn't respond, instead attacking with a surge of chaotic fire filled with boundless vitality, aimed at the Shadow Demon Grand Saint.
The Shadow Demon Grand Saint's figure became blurred, and the chaotic fire struck an empty area in the distant desolate void.
However.
Boom!
A faint tearing sound rang out.
Where the chaotic fire had struck, a fragment of shattered space suddenly appeared, as if a corner of a vast world had been exposed.
Wisps of ancient, yellow energy wafted and coiled.
"What's that?"
Both Nine Phoenix Grand Saint and Shadow Demon Grand Saint immediately noticed this anomaly and, in a rare moment of unity, ceased their battle to observe the exposed fragment of space.
"This shattered fragment of space should be one of the entrances to a universe, hidden deep within the fabric of space and time. But how did it appear due to my attack?" Nine Phoenix Grand Saint wondered, perplexed.
"It's not a naturally born universe; it's an artificially created one. At the very least, it was crafted by an Exalted Grand Saint, or even a powerful being among Exalted Grand Saints," Shadow Demon Grand Saint deduced, having noticed several unique characteristics.
In the Chaos Void, universes could be categorized into two types.
The first was naturally born universes, which were universes nurtured and born from the Chaos Void itself.
The second type was artificially created universes, crafted by Exalted Grand Saints.
Unlike naturally born universes, artificially created universes lacked the indestructible trait, but their foundation far surpassed that of their natural counterparts.
After all, they were the creations of Exalted Grand Saints.
Exalted Grand Saints who created their own universes could establish their own rules within them, often using these universes as their lairs.
"Opportunity, this is a grand opportunity."
Shadow Demon Grand Saint's heart filled with joy. A universe crafted by an Exalted Grand Saint? Especially given the current situation, it seemed likely that the Exalted Grand Saint who created this universe was no longer around, or else it wouldn't have been exposed by their attack.
Ancient Chaos Continent, Star Tear 'Fragment World'.
Lin Yuan was seated in a meditative posture, contemplating the twenty-eighth Chaos Secret Rune Chart.
Suddenly.
At that moment.
Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly.
With a flick of his right hand, a piece of beast hide appeared.
The hide floated, emitting an unfamiliar aura, and the mysterious map etched on its surface flickered with a subtle glow.
(End of Chapter)
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