Chapter 619: Crush It
Chapter 619: Crush It
"Eye of Myriad Paths, your creator is the great Time Being."
Yulin, the Great Sage, gazed at the Eye of Myriad Paths. "Because of this, you cannot interfere with the enmity and causality within the chaotic void, nor can you directly stop us."
"You can try to rally other Great Sages to stop us, but how long can they really hold us back?" Yulin smiled.
Over the long ages, the Ten Thousand Paths Pavilion had aided many promising cultivators, some of whom eventually became Great Sages. But would any of those Great Sages truly turn against him because of past favors? Yulin doubted it.
Moreover, with the Galaxy already in front of him, this physical form was already doomed to be obliterated. The Eye of Myriad Paths could at most prevent him from pursuing the other true bodies of the Galaxy.
But only a Great Sage could truly stop him, and Great Sages rarely did so.
The Eye of Myriad Paths remained silent.
Indeed.
It was a unique existence, tied to the thirteenth rank, with an exalted status in the chaotic void. No Great Sage dared to provoke it.
Even invincible beings like the Dark Emperor and the owner of the Jade Tower of Demons would not actively provoke it.
But ultimately, it was not a true Time Being and could not instill much fear in a Great Sage.
Great Sages respected it, but did not fear it.
"Leave."
Hunxiao, the Great Sage, spoke. He had no intention to completely offend the Eye of Myriad Paths, but he would not let Lin Yuan, the remnant of the Yellow and Black Universe, go free.
With Lin Yuan's current strength, even if he could not become a Great Sage, once Yulin and Hunxiao advanced to the thirteenth rank, he could still easily target their clans.
Both Great Sages had survived countless cosmic eras, and most of their loved ones were long gone, but their clans remained.
"Yulin, Hunxiao, I will remember you."
The Eye of Myriad Paths dissipated on the spot.
At the same time.
In the Star Tear Fragment World.
The Eye of Myriad Paths looked at Lin Yuan. "Galaxy, I can't do anything."
It sighed. While it had predicted that the two Great Sages would not listen, it still felt helpless when facing this situation.
"However, with me, they can at most erase your physical form in the Yellow and Black Universe. As for your true bodies and avatars, that's just a fool's dream."
The Eye of Myriad Paths sneered.
"I know of several special and mysterious places that can isolate causality and time. Except for me, no other being, not even an invincible Great Sage, can enter them."
The Eye of Myriad Paths said, "Now, go and prepare. Take your clan and friends with you, and I will teleport you there."
It could not directly interfere with the enmity and causality in the chaotic void, but it could influence indirectly.
For example, now that the two Great Sages wanted to hunt down all of Lin Yuan's true bodies and avatars, the Eye of Myriad Paths would simply send Lin Yuan to a place the two Great Sages could not enter.
Thus, the two Great Sages would be helpless.
"Thank you."
Lin Yuan's tone was slightly grateful.
In truth, even without the Eye of Myriad Paths, Lin Yuan had means to protect his spirit avatars.
The safest method was to place all the human civilization clans in a microcosm, then use the Gate of Myriad Worlds to descend into other dimensional worlds.
As long as the human civilization clans did not leave the microcosm, they would not notice the changes in the world. Once Lin Yuan grew strong enough to sweep away the two Great Sages, he could bring the human civilization clans back.
But this method involved different dimensions and the risk of exposing the Gate of Myriad Worlds.
Unless absolutely necessary, Lin Yuan did not wish to do this.
So far, Lin Yuan had never let anyone else touch the Gate of Myriad Worlds.
"You're welcome."
"I'm also doing this for myself," the Eye of Myriad Paths said. "If you die at the hands of Yulin and the others, wouldn't all the efforts I put into guiding your martial path be for naught?"
The Eye of Myriad Paths' assistance to Lin Yuan naturally had its own agenda.
First, it highly regarded Lin Yuan, believing that if he grew smoothly, he would at least become an invincible Great Sage.
Second, the Eye of Myriad Paths had already made many 'investments' in Lin Yuan and could not just watch as the two Great Sages targeted him.
In the Yellow and Black Universe.
Yulin, the Great Sage, and Hunxiao, the Great Sage, looked down at Lin Yuan.
"I'm somewhat curious, what did you gain in this Yellow and Black Universe? Did the Dark Emperor leave any information about us?"
Yulin, the Great Sage, asked.
Now that the entire Yellow and Black Universe was under their control, there was no rush.
"Nothing."
Lin Yuan observed the two Great Sages while speaking.
Inside the Dark Emperor's tomb, there were many murals depicting the Dark Emperor's life, from his humble beginnings to his dominance over the chaotic void.
But from start to finish, Lin Yuan never saw any records about Yulin, the Great Sage, or Hunxiao, the Great Sage.
If not for the tomb spirit revealing that the Dark Emperor had erased thirty-nine physical forms of the two Great Sages before his thirteenth-rank breakthrough, Lin Yuan would not have known of their deeds at all.
"Nothing?"
"The Dark Emperor never left any information about us?"
Yulin, the Great Sage, looked displeased, and Hunxiao, the Great Sage, beside him felt the same.
The implication was that the Dark Emperor had never taken them seriously.
Realizing this, the auras of the two Great Sages began to roil mildly.
"Right now."
Lin Yuan took a step forward.
The surrounding spacetime began to distort, a result of the Yellow and Black lineage's three great path-protecting secret arts—the Nine Steps of Spacetime.
Facing two Great Sages, Lin Yuan had no intention to fight and naturally focused on escaping.
"The Nine Steps of Spacetime?"
Yulin, the Great Sage, shook his head slightly. "We've hunted so many disciples of the Yellow and Black lineage. We have long since developed methods to suppress such escape arts."
As he spoke.
Lin Yuan felt the surrounding spacetime change, and his control over spacetime rapidly weakened.
"The first step failed?"
Lin Yuan thought to himself, also looking up at the two Great Sages.
"Since that's the case, let's fight to the death."
Lin Yuan's eyes burned with battle intent, and the universe outside his body began to whirl wildly.
"Hmm?"
The Great Sage Yulin looked rather surprised. "Though you're not a peerless great sage, you've managed to make the Great Dao Rules back off with your own domain. Impressive."
"I'm increasingly eager to kill you." The Great Sage Hunxiao's tone grew colder.
The more terrifying Lin Yuan's display, the stronger their resolve to kill him became.
Boom.
In the next moment, the Great Sage Hunxiao took the initiative, slapping a palm toward the universe outside Lin Yuan's body.
Outside the Xuanhuang Universe.
In the twisted spacetime, the Eye of Ten Thousand Laws and several other special existences remained.
"Eye of Ten Thousand Laws, what did you do just now?"
The broken longsword glanced at the Eye of Ten Thousand Laws.
The Eye of Ten Thousand Laws had sent a thread of power into the Xuanhuang Universe, and they naturally sensed it.
"Nothing much, just wanted to take someone away."
"Take someone away?"
The broken longsword said, "Refused by Hunxiao and the others?"
"Yep."
The Eye of Ten Thousand Laws nodded.
"Hmph!"
"Ants destined to be trapped in a time loop, they can only show off now." The broken longsword shook its head.
As an existence similar to the Eye of Ten Thousand Laws, it naturally stood against the peerless great sages.
"Huh?"
At this moment, the ancient altar spirit beside them was slightly surprised. "They started fighting inside?"
At this moment, within the Xuanhuang Universe, a vast temporal and spatial fluctuation spread, as if two prehistoric beasts were trembling in deep waters, causing ripples that made the surface restless.
Deep within the Xuanhuang Universe.
Lin Yuan fully activated the universe outside his body, countering the Great Sage Hunxiao.
Fusing and swallowing the Fiery Sun Source, refining the Endless Void to its second level, and employing other means like the Dark Heaven Heart.
The universe within Lin Yuan's body was already stronger than a typical peerless great sage's inner universe.
But the means of a peerless great sage far exceeded the inner universe, let alone the Great Sage Hunxiao, who wasn't an ordinary peerless great sage.
"Not a match."
Lin Yuan's mood was heavy.
Though he could barely hold his own against the Great Sage Hunxiao for now, Lin Yuan knew it was only temporary. With the passage of time, he would inevitably be suppressed by this peerless great sage.
"Detonate the universe outside the body?"
Lin Yuan thought of this method and glanced at the other peerless great sage, the Great Sage Yulin.
He didn't have much hope in his heart.
With only the Great Sage Hunxiao present, suddenly detonating the universe outside his body could indeed create an opportunity for him to escape.
But next to the Great Sage Hunxiao was the Great Sage Yulin.
Under the pressure of two peerless great sages, even if he detonated the universe outside his body, there would be little hope of escaping.
"Even if I lose this physical body, I will shatter all treasures and rare items in the end."
Lin Yuan made up his mind. He couldn't destroy the weapons of a great sage level, but he could obliterate treasures and rare items.
Suddenly.
At this moment.
Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly.
Within his body, the Xuanhuang Mausoleum floated, and the spirit of the mausoleum appeared.
"Can you hold off Hunxiao and Yulin?" the mausoleum spirit asked.
"Probably not." Lin Yuan replied honestly. If the Great Sage Hunxiao hadn't been willing to suppress him at any cost, he would have been at a disadvantage long ago.
"Ah." The mausoleum spirit fell silent.
Once Lin Yuan couldn't hold them off, everything in the Xuanhuang Universe would fall into the hands of his enemy, the Emperor Xuanhuang.
Especially the three life-bound weapons of the Emperor and that pearl.
"Shatter that pearl?" The mausoleum spirit said bitterly, as if making a decision.
"Shatter that pearl?" Lin Yuan frowned, "Wouldn't that summon the Emperor's supreme treasure from the dimensional gap?"
Remembering what the mausoleum spirit said, Lin Yuan knew that once he shattered that Xuanhuang pearl, it would summon the Emperor's supreme treasure from the dimensional gap.
He was willing to risk advancing to the 13th stage prematurely to protect the supreme treasure.
"Fine, shatter it directly."
The mausoleum spirit said and then vanished from the spot.
Outside.
Lin Yuan looked puzzled.
But since the mausoleum spirit said so.
He wouldn't hesitate and directly took out the Xuanhuang pearl.
The pearl was round, with a faint Xuanhuang color, and a faint temporal aura surrounding it.
Clack.
The Xuanhuang pearl appeared in Lin Yuan's hand.
"What's that?"
The Great Sage Hunxiao and the Great Sage Yulin saw this scene and felt something in the moment they saw the Xuanhuang pearl.
In the next moment.
Lin Yuan held the Xuanhuang pearl and applied a gentle force.
Crack.
The pearl was easily shattered.
Time seemed to pause.
The instant the Xuanhuang pearl was shattered, a thread of temporal power began to gather.
The spacetime gradually revealed a series of scenes, finally forming a loop, repeating endlessly like a cycle.
In the scene.
There was an immensely grand celestial court, with majestic palaces and jade buildings. In the highest palace, on the throne, a man sat.
The man's right hand rested on his head, as if in deep slumber.
But at the instant the Xuanhuang pearl was shattered.
The man seemed to sense something and slowly opened his eyes.
Hum.
The man quietly disappeared from the throne.
The Xuanhuang Universe.
Beside Lin Yuan.
An imposing and mighty man appeared at some point.
The man was suffused in golden light, perhaps the most regal presence among the many great sages that had emerged over millions of cosmic eons and countless universes.
He quietly stood beside Lin Yuan, hands behind his back, without looking at the Great Sage Hunxiao and the Great Sage Yulin, but glancing at Lin Yuan.
"You?"
The Great Sage Hunxiao and the Great Sage Yulin's hearts trembled, almost fleeing in terror.
(End of Chapter)
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