Chapter 742: Devouring the Chaos Void

Chapter 742: Devouring the Chaos Void



"Success," Lin Yuan rejoiced in his heart.

After descending upon this time loop world for one hundred and fifty years, everything he had done was for this moment.

To break the time loop and become a time being.

And now, he had achieved it.

Moreover, he had not forcefully 'passed' through the use of Boundary-Breaking Essence.

Lin Yuan was naturally delighted.

Boundary-Breaking Essence was a last resort.

It was best to avoid using it if possible.

"The world is collapsing," Lin Yuan gazed upon the entire time loop world.

After passing the trial, the world's suppression on him quickly dissipated.

Even without borrowing the perspective of the world consciousness he had replaced, Lin Yuan could easily look down upon the world.

Every detail of the time loop world was within Lin Yuan's perception.

"Without the support of the Supreme Rule, everything is starting to become illusory," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

This cyclic world was formed by the operation of the Supreme Rule.

Now that Lin Yuan had successfully passed the trial, the Supreme Rule had detached, and the world naturally ceased to exist, swiftly crumbling like a bubble.

"Except for me," Lin Yuan looked down at himself.

Everything had become illusory, and only Lin Yuan was real.

Although this physical body was also a product of this world, after Lin Yuan's continuous tempering with Mind Runes for one hundred and fifty years, it had gained a hint of true essence.

"And him," Lin Yuan's gaze shifted towards the bottom of the endless deep sea.

That was where the Primordial Divine Metal Coffin was located.

Originally, the Dafeng Emperor inside had been asleep, but Lin Yuan had extinguished his existence with his psychic power.

However, he had only been extinguished into the most minuscule particles, and these particles still existed, some even revealing their true state.

"Indeed, this Dafeng Emperor, like me, came from the outside world and was not a temporary creation of the Supreme Rule," Lin Yuan's expression was pensive.

After establishing the Great Flame Dynasty for eighty years, Lin Yuan had a good understanding of the Dafeng Emperor's actions.

Especially towards the end, when he discovered the emperor in the Primordial Divine Metal Coffin at the bottom of the deep sea, he was almost certain that the Dafeng Emperor was not a native life form of the time loop world.

Now, he could basically confirm that the emperor was indeed from the outside world.

"I wonder, as my target for the trial, what reason did he have for entering this time loop world? Was he also a Twelve-Stage life form crossing into the Thirteenth Stage?" Lin Yuan vaguely sensed that the emperor was not a Twelve-Stage life form, but he wasn't entirely sure.

After all, they had never fought, and their only encounter was just now, when Lin Yuan had replaced the world consciousness with his own, leaving no room for mercy.

In fact, Lin Yuan had won with great difficulty.

Even when he replaced the world consciousness, there was still a chance of failure.

Despite choosing the right time and location, there was no guarantee of success.

This was based on the premise that Lin Yuan could continuously observe future timelines through the Runic Path.

For an ordinary Twelve-Stage life form to fall into this cyclic world, facing the Dafeng Emperor, the only chance to pass the trial and kill him would be within twenty years of the loop's beginning.

Without regard for anything, they would have to infiltrate the Imperial Palace and confront the emperor before he could deploy his decoy puppet and escape.

However, the chances of success were not high.

Even with just twenty years of cultivation, as powerful as Lin Yuan might be, infiltrating the heavily guarded Dafeng Imperial Palace would be a challenging task.

This was the only hope Lin Yuan discovered after passing the trial and learning of the Dafeng Emperor's full arsenal and strategies.

Other Twelve-Stage life forms, unable to accurately predict the future, would not dare to take such a risky move within the first twenty years of the loop.

No Twelve-Stage life form had the audacity to do so.

The more cautious they were, the longer they would wait, until they reached a point where their strength was at its peak, before taking action.

Lin Yuan was no exception.

If he had done so, it would have essentially declared his failure in the time trial.

"Difficult," Lin Yuan, upon reviewing the situation, realized the challenges of this time loop.

The Supreme Rule suppressed all means, including Lin Yuan's expertise in technology.

Even with the ability to observe future timelines, if he hadn't established his own faction and timely uncovered the Dafeng Emperor's true identity, Lin Yuan might not have attempted to replace the world consciousness with his own and 'possess' it. Instead, he might have continued searching for the emperor's traces.

Just as Lin Yuan was pondering, the world's collapse accelerated.

Suddenly, Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly.

He could clearly sense that, as the world crumbled, he was being subtly stripped of an imprint, which was also disappearing along with the world.

At the same time, the fluctuations of the Supreme Rule descended in an instant.

It briefly communicated with Lin Yuan.

"In this time loop, my experiences will be replicated as an imprint, becoming a tribulation that other Tribulation Overcomers must overcome?" Lin Yuan's expression was slightly odd.

In simple terms—

The Supreme Rule believed that Lin Yuan had performed well in this time loop, so it specifically condensed an imprint to serve as a tribulation for Tribulation Overcomers like the Dafeng Emperor?

Lin Yuan had experience in such matters, having gone through it once before.

In the journey from the Spirit Realm to the Immortal Realm, one had to ascend to the Ninth Heaven, where the imprints of the ten strongest life forms in the Spirit Realm's history were gathered. To enter the Immortal Realm, one had to defeat these imprints.

When Lin Yuan ascended to the Ninth Heaven, his own imprint became the final life form.

He was the strongest life form in the Spirit Realm's history.

Consequently, for millions, even tens of millions of years, not a single Immortal King had entered the Immortal Realm.

"It's just an imprint, so there's still a chance to overcome it," Lin Yuan thought from the perspective of the other party.

The main difference between this imprint and his true body was the inability to use his ultimate trump card, the Boundary-Breaking Essence.

Therefore, there was a possibility that Lin Yuan's imprint could be defeated.

This is an advance elimination.

Based on Lin Yuan's performance in this time loop world.

The later it got, the more terrifying it became, especially in the last month before his lifetime limit. He even managed to replace the world consciousness.

In this state, Lin Yuan was invincible, and no matter how many Tribulation Overcomers came, they would all meet their end.

Therefore, to win, one must eliminate him early on. If they fail to kill Lin Yuan within the first ten years, it's basically a guarantee that they won't be able to pass the tribulation.

"So, this Dafeng Emperor is what they call a 'Tribulation Overcomer'?"

Through a brief exchange with the Supreme Rule Path, Lin Yuan also inferred some information.

For instance, the Dafeng Emperor is different from him. Lin Yuan's entrapment in the time loop world is a test he must pass.

As for the Dafeng Emperor, it is a tribulation, and the tribulation is Lin Yuan himself.

The test that Lin Yuan faces is also the Dafeng Emperor.

In the end, only one of them can be the 'victor'.

If Lin Yuan fails the first time loop, unable to kill the Emperor before his natural death, his memories will be erased, and he will start the loop again. The Dafeng Emperor he faces the next time will likely be a mere imprint. Normally, if one fails the test on the first loop and their memories are erased, they will also fail the test on the second loop.

Even with the Boundary-Breaking Essence as his ultimate trump card, Lin Yuan does not want to push the test to the second or third loop.

Who knows how he will think after his memories are erased? Although he can confirm which loop he is in through the countless Martial Dao cultivators in the outside world as 'anchors', it's still not too safe.

Therefore, passing the test on the first loop is naturally the best outcome.

As for whether to cooperate with the Dafeng Emperor to achieve a 'win-win' situation, it's unlikely that the Supreme Rule Path would allow such a thing to happen.

"As compensation for replicating my experience in this time loop world, the Supreme Rule Path promises that when I become a Time Being, I can witness the operation of the Yin Primordial Path and the Yang Primordial Path?"

Lin Yuan's heart and mind were filled with joy.

The Supreme Rule Path is not even on the level of world consciousness. It inherently maintains the balance of endless dimensional dimensions and would not replicate Lin Yuan's imprint without a good reason.

It will provide corresponding compensation in exchange.

The Yin and Yang Primordial Paths are the Paths that a Thirteenth-Rank Time Being must comprehend.

The Chaos Taiji Path that Lin Yuan follows is self-created, and even the endless dimensions do not have a complete Primordial Path for reference.

However, as the two foundations of the Chaos Taiji Path, Yin and Yang are reflected in the endless dimensions, which are the Yin Primordial Path and the Yang Primordial Path.

Directly witnessing the operation of these two Primordial Paths will greatly aid Lin Yuan in breaking through the third stage of the Chaos Taiji Path and forming the Chaos Taiji Primordial Path.

"I never thought that the time loop test would have this benefit."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

However, he also knew that for the Supreme Rule Path to actively replicate and include him as a 'template' tribulation, the requirements were extremely harsh.

First, the tribulation must be challenging enough to exert immense pressure on those 'Tribulation Overcomers'.

And Lin Yuan clearly met this requirement.

In the last month before his lifetime limit, Lin Yuan replaced the world consciousness, becoming absolutely invincible. No 'Tribulation Overcomer' could match him, and he could be found even if he hid at the ends of the earth.

Second, there must be a glimmer of hope.

It couldn't be too impossible.

If Lin Yuan had just arrived in this time loop world and directly used his Boundary-Breaking Essence to kill the Dafeng Emperor, it would have been an absolute impossibility for the Tribulation Overcomer, with no hope at all.

It also wouldn't be actively replicated by the Supreme Rule Path.

"Tribulation Overcomer? Is this another cultivation system or something?" Lin Yuan was curious about the existence of the Dafeng Emperor, but he also understood that this was probably classified information of the Thirteenth Rank.

Perhaps when he reaches the Thirteenth Rank and becomes a Time Being, he might be able to come into contact with it?

As the time loop world rapidly disintegrated, Lin Yuan also sensed his true body, which was located at the deepest part of the loop world, or rather, suppressed by the world.

Falling into a time loop meant that the true body was suppressed, and a strand of mind consciousness entered the loop world.

This is also the reason why the stronger one is, the larger the time loop region they form. If the time loop region is not large enough, it cannot suppress the corresponding true body.

"Mind, return to your place."

With a slight movement of Lin Yuan's mind, the mind consciousness that passed the test instantly merged into his true body.

In a region far from the Chaos Void, this was the territory of a Time Lord, a Thirteenth-Rank Third Stage Time Lord. His territory was not limited to space but also extended to the time dimension.

The territory of a Time Lord itself symbolized a certain level of deterrence.

Rumble— In the deepest part of the territory, there lay a colossal tentacled being, its size nearly one-tenth of the Chaos Void. This was the Time Lord of this territory.

At this moment, the mind consciousness of the tentacled being slowly revived, revealing a wave of fearful emotions: "How could the last tribulation of the ten billion and eight thousand tribulations be so difficult?"

It had already done its best to overcome this tribulation, sleeping in the Primordial Divine Gold Coffin and sinking to the depths of the sea.

But in the end, it still died.

"In this tribulation, my opponent is the world consciousness?"

In the tentacled being's mind, scenes flashed by, and it finally felt the power from the world itself crushing it.

"How can I overcome this?"

Despair filled the tentacled being's heart.

At the same time, it clearly felt its vast mind consciousness rapidly dissipating.

After ten billion and eight thousand tribulations, its strength would increase with each tribulation overcome.

But if it failed to overcome even one, it would face total death.

The mind consciousness vanished without a trace.

Not a shred of it remained.

"Transcend! Transcend! If I couldn't even overcome the ten billion and eight thousand tribulations, how can I transcend?"

The tentacled being's aura spread, and within its territory, the land shattered and time and space ceased to exist.

After a brief moment, the tentacled creature gradually calmed down.

At this moment, its mind consciousness had mostly dissipated, and the remaining fragments were fading at an increasingly rapid pace.

The tentacled creature took one last look at its territory before the final trace of its psychic will completely vanished.

Before its psychic will dissipated, the tentacled creature voluntarily annihilated its physical body.

No powerful being would willingly leave their physical body behind after death.

The body of a Time Lord had numerous uses, such as refining it into a puppet or absorbing and devouring it.

However, these uses were considered a 'dishonor' to the Lord themselves.

Therefore, as long as possible, Lords would annihilate their physical bodies before death.

The second Time Lord of the Source World, the Light Master, left behind his Light Form and Dark Form only because he didn't have time to annihilate them.

During his attempt to transcend to the fourteenth rank, his psychic will burned, and his final push failed, dissipating so quickly that the Light Master had no time to annihilate his bodies.

Even though the massive tentacle creature failed to transcend, it didn't die immediately, and it had time to settle its affairs.

As the massive tentacle creature completely fell, its karma dissipated.

This immediately caught the attention of several nearby Time Lords.

"Has Lord Qingzhang fallen?"

"Did he fail in his attempt to transcend?"

"I always knew that Lord Qingzhang's path to transcendence was hopeless."

The Time Lords conversed amongst themselves.

As Time Lords, they could not die unless they wished to.

The only thing that could truly kill a Time Lord was transcendence.

Transcendence was also the pursuit of Time Lords, as only by transcending could they break free from fate.

Thirteenth-rank Time Lords, by observing future timelines, could alter the future to a certain extent and change their own destiny.

However, these changes were limited in scope, affecting only minor destinies. The grand destinies, which involved the endless dimensions and the ultimate fate of the universe, could not be altered.

Therefore, every Time Lord sought transcendence.

Among the various paths to transcendence, evolving into a fourteenth-rank Perfect Time Being was the most orthodox method.

But this method was also the most challenging, and so far, no Time Lord had been known to successfully transcend using this approach.

Apart from evolving into a fourteenth-rank Perfect Time Being, there were a few other paths to transcendence, and each Time Lord would choose based on their conditions and expertise.

Chaos Void.

Mo Xu Jun and the other six Time Beings gathered with the newly ascended Time Being, Rahu.

"The Time Beings of the Void Dimension are truly mad, fighting desperately for that Milky Way Core," said the humanoid snake, his tone filled with anger and helplessness.

During this time, the seven Time Beings, with their main combat bodies, had been in the Milky Way Dimension, battling the Time Beings of the Void Dimension.

However, the results were not very satisfactory, as the Time Beings of the Void Dimension showed no mercy.

"If they won't hold back, then neither should we," Mo Xu Jun said with a murderous aura.

As the strongest Time Being in the Chaos Void, Mo Xu Jun and the Void Sovereign of the Void Dimension had been itching to join the battle.

After all, once Time Beings of their level entered the fray, the slaughter would escalate significantly.

But Mo Xu Jun was displeased with the actions of the Time Beings from the Void Dimension.

The Milky Way Core was originally discovered by them, and the seven Time Beings of the Chaos Void had already made plans with other forces in the Milky Way Dimension to obtain it.

Not only did the Time Beings of the Void Dimension interfere, but they also showed no mercy.

"Do you need my help?" Rahu whispered from the side.

As a newly ascended thirteenth-rank Time Being, he had been consolidating his realm in the Chaos Void.

He had never ventured into the Milky Way Dimension.

"Not yet," Mo Xu Jun shook his head.

The situation in the Milky Way Dimension wasn't urgent enough to require the intervention of a newly ascended Time Being like Rahu.

Moreover, even if Rahu intervened, his current strength wouldn't be of much use.

Newly ascended Time Beings needed time to become proficient in utilizing their power and understanding future timelines.

The gap between them and the seven established Time Beings was still significant.

"Your priority now is to consolidate your realm," Mo Xu Jun said.

"Alright," Rahu nodded.

After crossing into the thirteenth rank, he had gradually adapted to the true capabilities of a thirteenth-rank Time Being.

"Three days later..."

Mo Xu Jun was about to discuss strategies with the other six Time Beings on how to deal with the Time Beings of the Void Dimension.

At that moment—

Mo Xu Jun's expression changed slightly.

He turned to look at the deepest part of the Chaos Void, and the other six Time Beings did the same.

The newly ascended thirteenth-rank Rahu also looked towards the deepest part of the Chaos Void.

That was originally the Time Loop region, and since the opening of the Chaos Void, all lives that attempted to break through to the thirteenth rank had fallen into that area.

Not long ago, Lin Yuan had begun his breakthrough, creating the largest Time Loop region in history within the depths of the Chaos Void, an area larger than all previous Time Loop regions combined.

And now...

The eight Time Beings clearly sensed that the Time Loop region in the deepest part of the Chaos Void was trembling.

The tremor was so powerful that even a Grand Sage of the Chaos Void noticed and looked up towards the source of the tremor.

"It's the Milky Way's Time Loop region," Mo Xu Jun concluded immediately. Such an exaggerated and massive tremor could only be caused by Lin Yuan, as they could hardly imagine any other possibility.

It was worth noting that when Rahu successfully broke through the Time Loop, the tremor he caused was minuscule compared to the current one, akin to a tiny splash in comparison to this raging storm.

"The Milky Way Sage is about to enter the thirteenth rank," Rahu marveled in his heart. He had already learned from Mo Xu Jun and the other six Time Beings that Lin Yuan's ascent to the thirteenth rank was inevitable.

But he didn't expect it to happen so soon.

How much time had passed since Lin Yuan started his journey to the thirteenth rank? Not even two hundred years.

"Let's go."

"We'll wait for the Milky Way Sage to emerge."

Mo Xu Jun glanced at the other seven Time Beings and immediately headed towards the deepest part of the Chaos Void.

The mind's consciousness returned to the physical body, and Lin Yuan's life essence immediately began its transformation towards the Thirteenth Rank.

The strand of mind's consciousness that had passed the test had already transformed to the Thirteenth Rank in the instant the Time Loop World began to collapse.

Now, as it returned to the physical body, it was like a drop of ink falling into clear water, and Lin Yuan's life essence swiftly transformed, enhancing at a terrifying speed.

The elevation of his life essence caused Lin Yuan's perspective to suddenly expand beyond measure.

The higher one stands, the farther one can see.

Why are Time Beings able to observe future timelines?

It relies on their innate life essence; observing timelines is instinctual for Thirteenth Rank beings, just as swimming is innate for fish.

And at this moment,

Lin Yuan possessed this very instinct.

Without relying on the Runic Path or Lordhood,

He could effortlessly observe countless future timelines.

Compared to Rahu, a newly ascended Time Being,

Lin Yuan was already well-versed in observing timelines.

So there was no need for familiarity.

"Is this what a normal perspective of timelines feels like?"

For the first time, Lin Yuan observed timelines solely through his life essence, feeling an unprecedented ease.

"What if I combine it with the Runic Path?"

In the depths of Lin Yuan's eyes, runes faintly appeared.

In an instant, the number and depth of the timelines he observed increased significantly.

In a flash, he had witnessed thousands of future timelines spanning millions of years.

"Timelines are endless; there's no way to observe them all."

Upon reaching the Thirteenth Rank, Lin Yuan sensed a feeling of smallness.

It was as if a planet had just touched the vastness of the starry sky.

Countless timelines intertwined, and at each time node, countless new timelines emerged, an infinite number with no end in sight.

Even powerful Time Beings could only alter future timelines within a limited scope, and in the process, they had to compete with other Time Beings. In the face of the infinite timelines, the alterations made by Time Beings were insignificant.

"Lordhood?"

Lin Yuan stopped observing the future timelines.

Instead, he began to sense something within his body.

The Lordhood of the Light Lord.

Before reaching the Thirteenth Rank, Lin Yuan had little perception of Lordhood and could only use it passively.

But now, his life essence had transformed.

Lin Yuan clearly sensed the existence of Lordhood.

"Lordhood is the essence of a Time Lord's Dao fruit, and not every fallen Time Lord can condense Lordhood," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Strictly speaking, the Light Lord's Lordhood had not been fully condensed; instead, it had scattered into the bodies of the inhabitants of the second Source World.

It was due to the unique nature of Lin Yuan's Martial Dao evolution path that he was able to re-condense it after spending tens of thousands of years.

Other powerful beings, even Eternal Lords, had been unable to condense the shattered Lordhood from the bloodlines of countless beings.

Otherwise, the Eternal Lords of the second Source World would not have left it completely unprotected.

"With my understanding of the Runic Path, I could refine this Lordhood and become a Time Lord within a short time."

Lin Yuan came to this conclusion as he sensed the aura of Lordhood within him.

Furthermore, by observing the timeline of actively refining this Lordhood, he knew the exact time it would take to fully refine it.

Five million years.

In just five million years, he could inherit everything from this Lordhood.

Becoming a new Time Lord.

"However,"

Lin Yuan shook his head lightly.

If this were the case, Lin Yuan would completely abandon the Chaos Taiji Dao and follow the path of the Light Lord.

The Light Lord's path to becoming a Time Lord must have been flawless, but the Chaos Taiji Dao was Lin Yuan's own creation, a culmination of his heart and soul.

Naturally, he couldn't abandon it.

Moreover, the Light Lord's failure to reach the Fourteenth Rank as a Perfect Time Life had proven that his path couldn't lead to the Fourteenth Rank.

Lin Yuan would never give up the Chaos Taiji Dao to follow a dead-end path.

"Even without refining Lordhood, I can still activate and use it. It will greatly aid my observation of future timelines, surpassing most Time Beings of the Second Stage."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

When he was at the Twelfth Rank, Lordhood had made observing future timelines much easier. Now, with his life essence at the Thirteenth Rank, he could harness the full power of Lordhood.

"Are Mo Xu Jun and the others waiting for me?"

Lin Yuan slightly expanded his perception and immediately sensed the auras of the eight Time Beings.

"Let's proceed with the final breakthrough."

Lin Yuan looked towards the Chaos Void.

Breaking through the Time Loop merely meant that his life essence had reached the Thirteenth Rank.

As for his physical body, spirit, and other aspects, they remained at the Twelfth Rank.

To be precise, they were between the Twelfth and Thirteenth Ranks. In fact, Lin Yuan's physical body had already met the threshold of the Thirteenth Rank, and this great boundary crossing would further enhance his strength.

"And..."

Lin Yuan turned his gaze towards the oppressively silent Chaos Void.

This dimensional space, the Chaos Void, granted a Primordial Infusion to every life form that comprehended the Time Rule and achieved a great boundary breakthrough.

The amount of Primordial Essence one could absorb depended entirely on their capacity.

Boom—Lin Yuan felt the entire Chaos Void trembling, even actively devouring the energy and essence from the dimensional gaps around it.

The next moment,

Endless Primordial Essence from the Chaos Void poured down upon Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan's internal universe rapidly transformed, and the countless sand particles in the universe also underwent swift changes, continuously absorbing and devouring the Primordial Essence from the Chaos Void.

"This is...?"

Mo Xu Jun and the other seven Time Beings, who had been waiting for Lin Yuan, were stunned as they witnessed the entire Chaos Void's Primordial Essence being endlessly devoured by him.

(End of Chapter)

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