Chapter 776: The Dark Future
Chapter 776: The Dark Future
Multidimensional Space.
The timeline behind Lin Yuan stabilized once more.
"That white jade staircase..." Lin Yuan's expression turned contemplative for a moment.
The future self he had summoned was standing on an endless white jade staircase.
And this white jade staircase was clearly recognized by the majestic crimson figure from the future, who had also provided responses like 'key future scene' and 'not necessary'.
It was evident that the white jade staircase was renowned in the future; otherwise, a legendary lord wouldn't have reacted in such a manner.
"In the future timelines I've observed, this white jade staircase doesn't exist. Most of the visions are blurred and distorted, and some are even completely dark."
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.
When he first entered the path of a time being, observing future timelines was always advantageous.
But as his power and cultivation realm improved, the usefulness of future timelines diminished.
Many visions and pieces of information involved transcendence or were related to the Supreme Rule Path Awareness, and they wouldn't appear in the timeline; one had to experience them personally.
This situation was especially noticeable among legendary lords.
The legendary lords must have thoroughly explored the paths of 'Infinite Origin' and 'Infinite Tribulation' for their transcendence.
Their future could change at any moment due to these paths, leading to unexpected accidents and a future shrouded in darkness.
The more one explored the ancient times in the 'Infinite Origin' path, the more likely they were to encounter accidents, get lost in the past, or perish there.
The 'Infinite Tribulation' was even more perilous, with the final stage consisting of three hundred million tribulations. Each tribulation walked the line between life and death, and a slight misstep could result in the destruction of both body and spirit.
"At least this summoning has shown me that in the future, 'I' will be incredibly powerful."
A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.
He didn't know that the Blood Sea Lord's past, present, and future had all been erased.
But from the previous vision, the Blood Sea Lord's future self had no resistance against Lin Yuan's future self.
This indicated that Lin Yuan's future self would possess terrifying power.
And this was just the future self Lin Yuan had summoned from millions of years ahead.
"Blood Sea Lord."
Lin Yuan's thoughts turned to the three corpses floating in the distance.
Regardless of his future self's power, Lin Yuan was not even a lord yet, and he had only recently emerged from his 'poverty'.
The three lords' corpses were a tremendous fortune to him, so he immediately collected them.
Whoosh.
Lin Yuan stored the corpses of the Blood Sea Lord and the other two lords into his inner universe.
At the same time, he began to examine them.
"Five lord-level weapons."
Lin Yuan discovered five weapons hidden within the three corpses.
One of them belonged to the Time Lord, and his physical body was stored alongside it.
Among the five lord-level weapons, the most precious was the 'Dark Ocean', which was a lord-level weapon of the legendary tier.
The 'Dark Ocean' was a suppression-type weapon with a camouflage function. The Blood Sea Lord had set up a trap in the Multidimensional Space, disguising it as a favorable opportunity with the aura of the 'Dark Ocean'.
"I've struck gold."
A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.
Excluding the 'Dark Ocean', each of the other four lord-level weapons was worth no less than eighty million pounds of Time Sand.
Ordinary lord-level weapons were usually worth a few hundred thousand to a few million pounds of Time Sand, but the Blood Sea Lord, as a second-tier limit lord, and the Time Lord, being of the same tier, had slightly weaker weapons. Still, they weren't far behind.
Their lord-level weapons had consumed an unknown amount of effort, far surpassing ordinary lord-level weapons.
As for the 'Dark Ocean'? Being a legendary-tier lord's weapon, it was estimated to be worth two hundred million pounds of Time Sand.
In other words, the total value of the five lord-level weapons was equivalent to five hundred million pounds of Time Sand.
Additionally, there were other miscellaneous treasures and rare items, but they were only worth a few million Time Sand.
It was worth noting that despite encountering numerous opportunities in the Multidimensional Space, all of Lin Yuan's previous gains combined were only worth thirty to forty million pounds of Time Sand.
But now, he had directly acquired over five hundred million pounds of Time Sand worth of treasures?
"What a pity."
Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel a sense of regret.
Before setting up the trap, the Blood Sea Lord and the other two lords had likely caused trouble for many Time Lords before the Time Lord.
These Time Lords probably chose to pay with Time Sand to preserve their physical bodies, but what about that Time Sand? It was likely traded away outside the Multidimensional Space.
Time Lords wouldn't carry that much Time Sand within the Multidimensional Space.
Even the five lord-level weapons Lin Yuan obtained were unexpected variables; normally, lords wouldn't bring such valuable weapons into the Multidimensional Space.
However, the Blood Sea Lord and the other two lords went against the norm, having future selves who had already entered the legendary tier as a fallback, which allowed them to bring four weapons, one of which was a legendary-tier lord's weapon.
The Time Lord, on the other hand, had a different attitude. He wanted to test his luck, as he had concealed his true strength, and with no legendary lords present, it would be difficult for other lords to pose a real threat to him.
"These three physical bodies, along with the Time Lord's physical body, are also of great value."
Lin Yuan thought to himself. Creating a battle-ready physical body required an unimaginable amount of effort and sacrifice.
The most straightforward use for these four bodies would be to return them to their origin and refine them back into Origin Power, or directly forge them into five lord-level weapons.
The best choice for other uses would be to resell the physical bodies to their original owners.
A lord's battle-ready physical body not only represented their dedicated efforts but also contained their secrets. To redeem their battle body, the owner would undoubtedly be willing to pay a premium.
As Lin Yuan collected the corpses of the Blood Sea Lord and the others, examining his spoils of war, the Time Lords could only watch helplessly.
Every Time Lord knew that the three corpses contained immense wealth.
However, not a single Time Lord dared to seize the opportunity to snatch them. The white jade staircase Lin Yuan had summoned and the figure standing with his back to them, who had annihilated the Blood Sea Lord's future self with a mere wave of his sleeve, were deeply imprinted in the souls of all Time Lords, unforgettable for eternity.
With the Blood Sea Lord's fate as a cautionary tale, who would dare to make a move at this moment?
"The esteemed Blood Sea Lord, dead just like that? His battle body perished in the Multidimensional Space?"
A Time Lord muttered, as if in a dream.
Even legendary lords would find it difficult to detect that all the Blood Sea Lord's timelines had been erased, so the other Time Lords on the field believed that the Blood Sea Lord had only lost one of his battle bodies.
Even so, it was still incredibly baffling.
"Not only has the Blood Sea Lord perished, but so has his future self, the one who had entered the legendary tier."
"Who is this Sovereign Lord? Their future strength is terrifying, reaching the final stage of three hundred million tribulations. Is it the two hundred millionth tribulation? Or the three hundred millionth tribulation?"
Each Time Lord was more and more shocked, their minds unable to calm for a long time.
Every step the Time Lords took was on the line between life and death, especially for the Legendary Lords. To gain greater strength, they must overcome more tribulations, and each one carried the risk of falling.
In the vast dimensional gap.
A palace hidden within a special space.
The true body of the Heavenly Time Lord opened his eyes, a perplexing expression on his face.
"The Blood Sea Lord summoned his future self, transcending into the Legendary Tier, and suppressed my battle body. Later, a nearby observing Time Lord also summoned his future self and casually erased the Blood Sea Lord's present and future selves?"
The Heavenly Time Lord blinked, and through the nearby Time Lord, he understood what had happened after his suppression.
It was a series of unexpected events.
"The future of that observing Time Lord..."
The Heavenly Time Lord found it hard to believe. He had personally fought the future self of the Blood Sea Lord and, although ultimately suppressed, he was well aware of the terrifying methods of his opponent.
For such an existence to be casually erased?
"My battle body has fallen into the hands of that observing Time Lord?"
The Heavenly Time Lord couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. Although he was distressed that his battle body was in the hands of the Blood Sea Lord, he had a rough idea of the price that would need to be paid to redeem it.
But to fall into the hands of this mysterious Time Lord?
The Heavenly Time Lord knew nothing about this mysterious figure, and the terror of their future left him feeling very uncertain about how to 'redeem' his battle body.
If the price was set too high, he wasn't sure he could afford it.
If it was set too low, it might displease the other party, and the consequences wouldn't be pleasant.
"No matter what, I still have to try."
The Heavenly Time Lord took a deep breath, determined to redeem his battle body, even if it cost him dearly.
In the deepest reaches of the Multidimensional Space.
When the Blood Sea Lord summoned his future self, it startled several beings in this realm.
Involving a third-tier Legendary Lord, even across different time segments, their actions could be sensed.
"Another Legendary Lord."
"A Legendary Lord from the future?"
"Is this an action in the present timeline, a strategic move, or an attempt to address a hidden threat?"
The Legendary Lords in the deepest reaches of the Multidimensional Space didn't pay much attention.
Legendary Lords occasionally travel to the past to take action, which isn't unusual.
As long as it doesn't cause too much impact, other Legendary Lords won't bother, as a future Legendary Lord acting in the present is akin to a present Legendary Lord acting in the past.
"It's Blood Sea. That guy's future self is so powerful that even his legendary future self couldn't resist. Despite the limitations of acting across different time segments, the power displayed was still so overwhelming. This being's strength is..."
"Undoubtedly on par with a Multidimensional Lord, perhaps even close to the end of a Transcendence Path."
"Who is it? And that endless white jade staircase, I've never seen it before. Is it from some dimensional space?"
The Legendary Lords' hearts trembled. They didn't pay much attention to the Blood Sea Lord's future legendary self because they were on the same level, if not inferior.
But that figure on the endless white jade staircase, in the vast dimensional gap—a place where Legendary Lords rarely reveal themselves—was so powerful that he might even surpass a Multidimensional Lord.
"This terrifying being from the future, is his past self here?"
The Legendary Lords' gazes fell on Lin Yuan, their hearts secretly astonished. "Not a Time Lord, yet possessing strength akin to a second-tier limit."
"I wonder how far into the future that terrifying being is from."
"No matter how far into the future, there probably aren't many beings in the vast dimensional gap with such strength."
"Indeed, even counting those reclusive 'old antiques,' there might not be many who can match this being."
The Legendary Lords in the deepest reaches of the Multidimensional Space conversed rapidly.
In the current Multidimensional Space, there must be Legendary Lords who rival or even surpass the Multidimensional Lords.
But they would be exceptionally rare.
These high-tier Legendary Lords are about to witness the end of a Transcendence Path, and they rarely divert their attention from matters related to their Transcendence.
"That white jade staircase?"
A Legendary Lord radiating purple light spoke gravely, scanning the other Legendary Lords, "Recently, in the future we've observed, there's a period of ten thousand to one million years where the timeline is incredibly dark and hazy, making it difficult to gather any information."
The future timelines observed by the Time Lords are mostly dark and hazy, referring to the desired information being unclear and obscure.
As for the various future scenes involving other Time Beings and ordinary Time Lords, some details can still be discerned.
After all, they don't involve Transcendence or have limited connections to it.
However, the future timeline observed by the Legendary Lords on the field, from ten thousand to one million years hence, is uniformly dark and hazy?
This implies that a major event affecting the vast dimensional gap will occur in ten thousand to one million years, likely related to Transcendence, which is why the Legendary Lords have this observation.
"Are you saying that white jade staircase is connected to the dark and hazy future we've observed?"
Another Legendary Lord's expression turned thoughtful.
"Indeed."
The purple-light Legendary Lord nodded, continuing, "It's just my speculation."
(End of Chapter)
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