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Chapter 654: Lin Yuan's Future Timeline
Chapter 654: Lin Yuan's Future Timeline
The Heavenly Yin Overlord smiled benevolently at Lin Yuan.
In terms of strength, the Heavenly Yin Overlord was naturally no match for the peerless Overlord before him.
But he was far from fearful. Why should he fear a mere Overlord? The Heavenly Yin nation was no pushover either.
With the Heavenly Yin Ancestor present, would the Milky Way Overlord dare to invade the Heavenly Yin nation?
Now, with this rare opportunity to strike a decisive blow, the Heavenly Yin Overlord was not about to let it slip away.
The terms he offered Lin Yuan were far more favorable than those of the Great Prostration Nation.
After all, the latter currently controlled the majority of the core celestial pillars, and even without the Heavenly Yin Nation's core celestial pillars, there was still a significant chance to seize this treasure land.
"It's too much."
Lin Yuan said.
"It's not."
The Heavenly Yin Overlord did not budge an inch.
"Up to fifty percent of the output."
Lin Yuan pondered for a moment, then looked at the Heavenly Yin Overlord.
"Milky Way Overlord, this is the limit for the Heavenly Yin Nation."
The Heavenly Yin Overlord understood the gravity of the situation and smiled.
"I'll consider it."
Lin Yuan did not outright refuse, leaving room for negotiation.
"Alright."
The Heavenly Yin Overlord did not want to push Lin Yuan too hard. After all, if he had a choice, it would be more advantageous to deal with the Great Prostration Nation.
"However, the time to contest for the treasure land is already halfway through. I hope the Milky Way Overlord makes a decision quickly. The terms from the Great Prostration Nation are not low."
With that, the Heavenly Yin Overlord immediately dispelled his avatar.
After the Heavenly Yin Overlord disappeared, the Scarlet Flame Overlord stepped forward.
"Host Heavenly Yin, this is just taking advantage of the situation!"
The Scarlet Flame Overlord frowned. This treasure land had produced rare treasures for eighty percent of ten trillion years, not to mention two additional first-tier treasure lands. How many first-tier treasure lands did the Great Prostration Nation control? To lose two just for thirty core celestial pillars was too much.
"There's no other way."
Lin Yuan was equally dissatisfied but understood that in such a situation, he could not afford to offend the Heavenly Yin Nation.
That would only push them further into the arms of the Great Prostration Nation.
Currently, Lin Yuan's strength, even at full power, might surpass the Void Phantom Overlord, but it wouldn't be overwhelming. Besides, other nations like the Savage Ancient Nation and the Great Spirit Nation, though they lacked a supreme Overlord, possessed a formidable arsenal that could, to a certain extent, contend with a supreme Overlord.
"Milky Way, what do you plan to do?"
The Scarlet Flame Overlord looked at Lin Yuan. Despite his current anger at the Heavenly Yin Overlord's opportunistic behavior, reason dictated that he must agree to the terms.
"At least this way, we have a chance to contest for this treasure land against the Great Prostration Nation."
"Let's stall for now."
"Stall for now?"
The Scarlet Flame Overlord immediately grasped Lin Yuan's meaning.
Let's see how the situation develops before making the final decision.
After all, this wasn't just about the current treasure land; the Great Prostration Nation would also have to give up two additional first-tier treasure lands.
Even if the Heavenly Yin Nation didn’t specify which two, even the least favorable first-tier treasure lands would yield incomparably precious treasures.
In fact, the Scarlet Flame Overlord had underestimated the situation.
Lin Yuan's idea of 'stalling' was not just to observe how the situation unfolded but also to try to make a breakthrough within the next millennium.
Currently, the breakthroughs Lin Yuan valued were only three.
One, completing the third level of the Infinite Void cultivation.
Two, advancing the Yin-Yang Taiji of the Primal Chaos to the second stage.
Three, reaching the Primal Chaos Realm.
Any of these breakthroughs would drastically increase Lin Yuan's strength"Host Heavenly Yin, what about the deal?" The Earthly Yin Overlord asked, looking at the Heavenly Yin Overlord.
"The Great Prostration Nation has no issues, but the Great Prostration Nation?"
The Heavenly Yin Overlord replied, "I'll consider it."
"Understood, I'll consider it as well."
In the chaotic void, deep within the primordial continent of the galaxy, Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, a small tripod cauldron the size of his palm floating before him. This was the transcendent Thirteen-Stage Celestial Void Cauldron.
The great laws within the cauldron swirled, and each time Lin Yuan comprehended them, he felt something different.
"Thirteen-Stage weapon," Lin Yuan murmured, his gaze fixed on the slowly rotating cauldron. Even in the Source World, where the six ancient nations ruled, a Thirteen-Stage weapon was worth trillions of merits. And even after acquiring one, it took a thousand years of contemplation to fully understand its essence.
"This cauldron," Lin Yuan said, his eyes piercing the depths of the floating tripod. The fundamental essence of this Thirteen-Stage weapon was not a multitude of rules, but rather a series of fine threads of time.
"Threads of time?" Lin Yuan was startled, a vague realization dawning in his mind. Perhaps he was truly touching the domain of Thirteen-Stage time life.
"Future," Lin Yuan whispered, watching the threads of time within the cauldron. Faint, blurry scenes unfolded before his eyes.
In a desolate starry sky, a young man raised his hand, his gaze distant. He activated the Celestial Void Cauldron, sending a shockwave towards an unknown special place.
Under the terrifying power of the Celestial Void Cauldron, the special place crumbled and shattered, piece by piece. The 'soul' of the special place laughed maniacally, declaring, "The great time life shall avenge me," before vanishing completely.
After the destruction of the special place, the young man's expression changed subtly, his gaze shifting to a certain direction.
Most of the scene was blurry, but Lin Yuan could sense that the young man had perceived something.
In the end, the young man voluntarily extinguished his flesh and soul, even forsaking the Celestial Void Cauldron, vanishing into the nothingness. The scene ended, and Lin Yuan fell into deep thought.
Without a doubt, this scene depicted the future. The young man who activated the Celestial Void Cauldron was Lin Yuan himself, in the future.
But why would his future self recklessly activate the Celestial Void Cauldron and completely destroy a special place? Lin Yuan didn't fully understand.
The special places in the chaotic void, mostly connected to Thirteen-Stage time life. Destroying one would surely attract the attention of a time life. In the end, the young man had voluntarily extinguished his flesh and soul, likely due to the arrival of a time life.
Lin Yuan was unsure of how many years into the future this scene was set, but at his current growth rate, even a few thousand years in the future, his strength would be immense. Even the most powerful beings, like the Invincible Great Sage or the Strongest Celestial, would pose no threat to his future self, who would be far more powerful.
In this situation, choosing to extinguish everything could only mean one thing: the threat of a time life.
Lin Yuan knew himself well. Extinguishing his body, soul, and will in the chaotic void didn't mean death, but rather losing a path of retreat. His counterpart in the Source World would still be thriving.
"Given my nature, I wouldn't act so impulsively, forcing the Celestial Void Cauldron and completely destroying a special place related to a Thirteen-Stage time life?"
Lin Yuan pondered, activating the Celestial Void Cauldron would attract the attention of its Thirteen-Stage master. Destroying a special place would offend a Thirteen-Stage time life.
Such a high price and consequence were not something Lin Yuan could bear, unless he had already become a time life. But at that moment, his future self had chosen to extinguish everything, indicating he was not yet a match for a Thirteen-Stage time life.
"Could it have been a great enmity?" Lin Yuan thought, "Human civilization?"
Based on his reasoning, his future self had no close friends, and the only great enmity he could have harbored was towards the human civilization.
In the future, his future self gave up everything in the Chaotic Void, determined to utterly destroy that special land. The hatred between them was clearly irreconcilable.
Perhaps it wasn't just hatred, but the spirit of that special land knew a secret about him, prompting his future self to take action?
Various possibilities continuously surfaced in Lin Yuan's mind.
"Unfortunately, I'm not a Time Life, so even if I glimpse the future, it's hard to deduce specific information," Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.
The information revealed in the current vision was too scarce, with most areas incredibly blurry. Even the special land he had destroyed was extremely vague, only faintly visible in the distant background, with the auras of a few other special lands barely discernible.
If he were a true Time Life, he could carefully observe every detail of the future timeline, and upon seeing an unsatisfactory timeline, he could end it at any point.
At the Thirteenth Rank, Time Lives had the ability to choose their own futures, like seeing an unsatisfactory timeline and ending it at a certain node.
The conflicts among Thirteenth-Rank Time Lives mainly depended on how many timelines they could observe. The more powerful the Time Life, the more and farther into the future they could see, and the greater their advantage in conflicts at the same level.
For example, at some key future nodes, twoThirteenth-Rank Time Lives might suddenly clash without any warning or apparent hatred, likely due to a conflict in their desired futures, each trying to steer the future in their own direction.
Lin Yuan wanted to continue observing the future timeline but felt a sudden pain in his soul, immediately stopping.
The future timeline was within the domain of the Thirteenth-Rank Time Lives. Lin Yuan, with the help of the Celestial Cauldron, could barely touch it, but with significant limitations, unable to continuously observe.
"Whatever it is."
Lin Yuan's thoughts converged.
The past was set,the future was uncertain.
Every moment could produce countless futures, and even a Thirteenth-Rank Time Life couldn't observe all of them.
Perhaps what Lin Yuan just saw wouldn't even happen, just a minute possibility?
"Regardless, I should try to be as low-profile as possible, restraining the human civilization and avoiding any connection with those special lands."
Lin Yuan thought to himself. Even if he gave up everything in the Chaotic Void, it wouldn't cause irreversible harm, but the loss would still be significant.
If possible, it would be best not to give up.
In Lin Yuan's plans, he would definitely not cause too much commotion before advancing to the Thirteenth Rank.
Source World.
Within the Treasured Land.
As time passed, the Spirit Prison Heaven Venerable of the Great Spirit Ancient Kingdom approached Lin Yuan, proposing to trade the forty-five Treasured Lands his kingdom had refined for the Intense Sun Ancient Kingdom.
Compared to the Mystic Yin Ancient Kingdom,, the Great Spirit Ancient Kingdom’s demands were even more outrageous, directly demanding the ten trillion-year ownership of the Treasured Land.
This meant that even if the Intense Sun Ancient Kingdom eventually seized the Treasured Land, within the next ten trillion years, the Treasured Land would have no connection to the Intense Sun Ancient Kingdom, and all its produce would belong to the Great Spirit Ancient Kingdom.
"Heaven Venerable of the Milky Way, my Great Spirit Ancient Kingdom has refined forty-five core Heavenly Pillars. If you get them, you will surpass the Great Prostrate Ancient Kingdom."
The Spirit Prison Heaven Venerable said.
Currently, the most likely to seize the Treasured Land were the Great Prostrate Ancient Kingdom and the Intense Sun Ancient Kingdom, followed by the Savage Ancient Kingdom.
As for the other three major ancient kingdoms, they had little hope.
"I'll consider it."
Lin Yuan didn't directly refuse.
"Alright."
The Spirit Prison Heaven Venerable nodded. If Lin Yuan had immediately agreed,he would have been even more concerned.
After the Spirit PrisonHeaven Venerable left.
The Crimson Flame Heaven Venerable looked at Lin Yuan, "The Mystic Yin Ancient Kingdom and the Great Spirit Ancient Kingdom have approached us, but the Thunder Ancient Kingdom hasn't, likely fully aligning with the Great Prostrate Ancient Kingdom."
The Crimson Flame Heaven Venerable's expression was heavy.
The Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s refined core Heavenly Pillars numbered thirty-eight, all to be transferred to the Great Prostrate Ancient Kingdom, bringing their total refined core Heavenly Pillars to over a hundred.
"It's fine."
"Let’s wait a bit longer."
Lin Yuan's tone was calm.
Time continued to pass.
On that day, a strange fluctuation swept through the Treasured Land once more.
The peak Heaven Venerables of the major ancient kingdoms all looked toward the source of the fluctuation—
The second massive core Heavenly Pillar had emerged.
(End of Chapter)
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