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Chapter 691: The Eternal Painting
Chapter 691: The Eternal Painting
"Is this the final Strike?"
The white-robed man's scalp tingled. His strength surpassed that of the powerful beings within the first two grand paintings. Thus, when faced with Lin Yuan's strike, he managed to react and resist, with runes spreading throughout the void.
The runes the white-robed man condensed were immensely heavy, radiating boundless light.
However, they were of no use against Lin Yuan's black and white sword light, which separated the Yin and yang of heaven and earth. In an instant, the runes were annihilated, and the black and white sword light approached the white-robed man.
The white-robed man sighed lightly and closed his eyes.
Whoosh.
Then, the white-robed man's form Disintegrated, much like the powerful beings in the first two grand paintings.
However, unlike the golden-armored youth and the alluring woman, the white-robed man's form did not return to the painting. Instead, it recondensed once more.
"Hmm?"
Lin Yuan looked at the white-robed man, his expression inevitably surprised.
That strike, while not his strongest, was a full-power attack. Under Lin Yuan's estimation, the might of that strike, even a hundred Deep Dragons, could not withstand it. Moreover, the strike contained the Dao of Chaos, Yin, and Yang, possessing infinite destructive power. In one strike, the physical body, Soul, and Spirit were all annihilated, and this true form could not recover.
In Lin Yuan's enlightenment, if his Dao of Chaos, Yin, and Yang reached the third level, it would encompass causality. Under the causality's pull, the enemies slain by this Dao would affect their true forms and their supreme selves.
In simpler terms, below the thirteenth Tier, the strong beings in front of Lin Yuan were akin to ants with no means of survival.
"Do not overthink it."
"You have passed the test."
The white-robed man looked at Lin Yuan, seemingly realizing something, and said, "I used the power of the grand painting to recondense myself. Without the grand painting, under your sword strike, I should have been completely annihilated."
The white-robed man carefully examined Lin Yuan.
As the most perfect and powerful life drawn by the Master of Wu Mountain, since his birth, he had never been directly defeated by any existence.
Even the Eternal Children were no exception.
The Master of Wu Mountain created numerous testing spaces. Since the great changes in the universe, many powerful beings entered to undergo the test, including some Eternal Children and Heaven's Children born under the threat of the Demon Catastrophe.
But even those who passed the test did so through some life-risking methods, forcefully bypassing the white-robed man to enter the entrance and pass the test.
Like Lin Yuan, directly annihilating the white-robed man with a single sword strike, and instantly annihilating him, had never occurred.
The white-robed man himself had never thought that he would be so vulnerable to a strike by a being below the Eternal Master, even the Source Demons could not achieve such a level.
"Thank you."
Lin Yuan instantly understood and nodded slightly at the white-robed man.
It must be said, the white-robed man was the strongest life Lin Yuan had encountered below the thirteenth Tier.
The Deep Dragon of the First Source World seemed somewhat inadequate in front of the white-robed man.
But unfortunately, the white-robed man faced Lin Yuan.
A thousand years ago, Lin Yuan's strength surpassed that of the Deep Dragon and was not weaker than the current white-robed man.
After a thousand years of cultivation, his understanding of the rules and cultivation methods had significantly improved, and he had opened a Billion Particle World.
The Billion Particle World, reshaped by Infinite Void, provided Lin Yuan with terrifying enhancements.
After descending into this Source World, Lin Yuan gathered all resources, abandoning the cultivation of the two Primordial Spirits to focus on opening the Particle World, indicating how much this method improved him.
"There's no need to thank me."
The white-robed man shook his head, "I am indeed not your opponent, far from it."
The white-robed man frankly admitted.
The gap between him and Lin Yuan was too great.
After annihilating the golden-armored youth in the first grand Painting and the alluring woman in the second Grand Painting, Lin Yuan's strike still managed to annihilate him.
This meant he couldn't even withstand the residual might of that strike.
"You are the most powerful tester among the six who passed the test, likely the most powerful life below the Eternal Master. I hope you can fulfill the Wu Mountain Master's expectations and thoroughly clean up the Demon Catastrophe."
The white-robed man looked at Lin Yuan, seemingly deep in thought, his form disintegrated, and returned to the painting.
He used the power of the Grand Painting to recondense himself merely to see what kind of existence could strike him down with a single sword.
That was all.
"Thoroughly clean up the Demon Catastrophe?"
Lin Yuan did not respond.
According to the golden figure's meaning.
The Wu Mountain Master created numerous testing spaces for the purpose of cultivating a new Eternal Master.
In other words, to thoroughly clean up the Demon Catastrophe, one must become the new Eternal Master.
And while in the future timeline seen by the Six Ancestral Beings of the First Source World, Lin Yuan was almost certain to reach the Thirteenth Tier.
But without absolute certainty, Lin Yuan always felt uncertain.
This was also why Lin Yuan, before Impacting the Thirteenth Tier, traversed and descended into the Second Source World.
To gain more accumulation for Impacting the Thirteenth Tier.
If Lin Yuan were like other powerful beings, attempting to reach the thirteenth stage would be a distant hope. They might just tough it out, after all, everyone is in the same boat, and barefooted warriors aren’t afraid of those who wear shoes.
But the higher the stakes, the more cautious Lin Yuan becomes, because he isn’t barefooted.
Whoosh.
Lin Yuan took a step forward.
He arrived at the very center of the universe, in front of the small gateway.
Swoosh!
A golden figure appeared, standing beside the small gateway.
"Congratulations, you have successfully passed the trials." The golden figure looked at Lin Yuan with a complex expression.
If it were in the past, the appearance of a cultivator who passed the trials would have brought him immense joy, signifying that the arrangements made by the Lord of Wu Mountain had taken effect.
But Lin Yuan’s success in the trials shattered the golden figure’s understanding.
Even when Lin Yuan’s true self had descended into the trial space, the commotion caused was already enough to make the golden figure reassess the situation.
But slaying the three great paintings, especially the last one, which the Lord of Wu Mountain considered the most perfect and strongest being beneath the Eternal Lord, was beyond comprehension.
The white-robed man was the most perfect and strongest being beneath the Eternal Lord.
So what did that make Lin Yuan?
Did this mean the Lord of Wu Mountain was wrong?
But how could the Eternal Lord, who oversees countless timelines, possibly be wrong?
"Perhaps the Lord of Wu Mountain didn’t see this scene."
The golden figure spoke with a sigh.
The Eternal Lord could see countless future timelines, and when the Lord of Wu Mountain opened numerous trial spaces, he must have observed them all, perhaps knowing how many would pass the trials in the future.
But the golden figure, hearing this, silently mused.
Lin Yuan’s arrival in this source world was through the Gate of Myriad Worlds, which transcended all timelines and was not within the observation of the many timelines.
In the first Source World, the six Ancestors could not see Lin Yuan’s future before his arrival, not even in a single timeline, because they couldn’t observe the Gate of Myriad Worlds and thus couldn’t determine Lin Yuan’s arrival.
Only when Lin Yuan fully arrived in the First Source World and appeared in its timeline could they observe his presence.
Similarly, in this Source World, Lin Yuan’s arrival over a thousand years ago, and the Lord of Wu Mountain’s creation of numerous trial spaces before the Great Change, meant he couldn’t detect even the slightest trace of Lin Yuan, let alone his passing of the trials.
Of course.
Only Lin Yuan knew the true principles at play.
As for those timelines, perhaps their own power was limited, their observation of timelines was limited, and they didn’t detect Lin Yuan’s existence in those timelines?
In fact, as long as Lin Yuan hadn’t arrived in a particular Source World, even observing all its timelines wouldn’t reveal the slightest trace of him.
"Where is the Lord of Wu Mountain now?" Lin Yuan asked.
Before entering this trial space, the golden figure had answered some of Lin Yuan’s questions, such as whether the Demon God was the true source of the ‘Demon’ Catastrophe.
But the golden figure couldn’t tell Lin Yuan more.
"The Lord of Wu Mountain." The golden figure was silent, pondering for a moment before speaking, "Since you have passed the trials, there is hope to cleanse the ‘Demon’ Catastrophe, so many secrets can be revealed to you."
The golden figure looked at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan immediately listened attentively.
"The Lord of Wu Mountain, during the Great Change, on the day the ‘Demon’ Catastrophe descended, was trapped in a certain spacetime." The golden figure said.
"Trapped in a certain spacetime?"
Lin Yuan was startled.
A thirteenth-stage being of time could also be trapped?
"It’s not that he was trapped, but the Lord of Wu Mountain chose to be trapped."
The golden figure thought for a moment before speaking.
"I see."
Lin Yuan nodded.
A thirteenth-stage being of time could observe future timelines and would certainly see the scene of being trapped.
The Lord of Wu Mountain chose to be trapped because, among many timelines, this was the best outcome, so he willingly accepted it.
"Not just the Lord of Wu Mountain, but all Eternal Lords are trapped. They cannot directly interfere with the Universe and can only influence it through the measures they set up before the Great Change."
The golden figure continued.
"Are all Eternal Lords trapped, or did they willingly choose this fate?"
Lin Yuan’s thoughts expanded. What could make all Eternal Lords willingly choose this outcome?
"Because of what are they trapped?" Lin Yuan pressed.
"I truly don’t know."
The golden figure shook his head. "But once you become a new Eternal Lord, you will surely understand."
The golden figure then looked at the small gateway beside him. "Since you have passed the trials, you can receive the inheritance left by the Lord of Wu Mountain."
The golden figure finished speaking.
The small gateway emitted an intangible wave.
Lin Yuan’s mind merged with it, and in a daze, he saw a Vast Eternal Painting.
A painting that Encompassed the Universe and all its beings.
(End of Chapter)
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