"Hmm?"
Lin Yuan watched the newly reford Devil Jade Tower master in the distance, his expression serious.
He was ready to concede and exit the ninth floor of the tower at any mont.
First, he had just detonated his external universe and was in a weakened state.
Second, although the current Devil Jade Tower master's aura wasn’t as powerful as before, the threat he posed was far greater. Even standing there silently gave the feeling that he alone reigned supre over all ti and space.
"Not bad."
The Devil Jade Tower master stared at Lin Yuan for a mont, a smile appearing on his face.
"Not bad?" Lin Yuan’s expression changed slightly.
According to what the six-ard figure Shen Ji had said, the imprint left behind on the ninth floor was nothing more than a kind of preset "program."
But now?
He had just spoken a phrase clearly containing personal sentint—“not bad”?
"Very good."
The Devil Jade Tower master continued to observe Lin Yuan and gave another evaluation.
"Senior?" Lin Yuan called out tentatively.
He wasn’t sure what state the Devil Jade Tower master was in now, but since the other party hadn’t attacked him imdiately, it likely wasn’t hostile.
"Relax, you’ve passed the ninth floor of the tower."
The Devil Jade Tower master smiled slightly.
"The current is a strand of consciousness left behind by my original self, which had completely severed its connection with the true body. But now that I’ve awakened, the connection is reestablished—I’ll soon fall back into a ti loop."
Lin Yuan was inwardly shocked.
As expected.
This version of the Devil Jade Tower master wasn’t just so emotionless "imprint."
It was a true fragnt of his consciousness.
And this consciousness was different from the "soul split" of Great Saint Tuolong.
A soul split becos a completely new being, rely sharing the sa mories as the original.
But a strand of consciousness... was still the Devil Jade Tower master himself.
In fact, many Chaos Great Saints were unwilling to leave behind such soul splits.
The stronger the saint, the more reluctant they were.
A soul split without power could fall into the hands of rival Great Saints, with often unpleasant outcos.
And since this consciousness was still the Devil Jade Tower master, even a brief awakening would quickly draw it back into the ti loop.
The ti loop one falls into when attempting the thirteenth rank is a trial imposed by the Chaos Void itself. As long as it's the sa being, no ans or thods can avoid it.
"You must’ve trained in a legacy tied to that existence’s foundation? No... similar but not quite. It seems you've fused it with other legacies of the sa rank?"
"To rge different thirteenth-rank legacies... that's impressive."
The Devil Jade Tower master looked Lin Yuan up and down with interest.
He had seen everything when Lin Yuan fought against the imprint, especially the terrifying power released when detonating his external universe.
Thus, the information he had gathered was far more detailed than the special entities who had observed Lin Yuan’s fight with Heiyao and Dual-Source from afar outside the Mysterious Emperor Universe.
Lin Yuan hadn’t gone all out in that previous fight.
Not only had he not detonated his external universe—he hadn’t even fully activated it.
Of course, neither had Heiyao or Dual-Source. With the Mysterious Emperor Universe yet unopened, none of them had truly unleashed their killing moves.
"I was just lucky..." Lin Yuan replied imdiately.
He wasn’t surprised that the Devil Jade Tower master could see through his cultivation in Infinite Void.
To a Supre Saint, thirteenth-rank legacies were not particularly secretive.
But the fact that the Devil Jade Tower master could tell he had fused other thirteenth-rank legacies left Lin Yuan slightly shocked.
It ant the Tower master had a deep understanding of Infinite Void, enough to know its range of effects.
"There's no such thing as luck." The Devil Jade Tower master smiled.
"Training a thirteenth-rank legacy is incredibly difficult. Back then, if I hadn’t slain that lifeform, I wouldn't even have t the threshold to cultivate my own thirteenth-rank legacy."
"Senior, you’ve also trained in a thirteenth-rank legacy?" Lin Yuan asked.
He understood all too well how terrifying a thirteenth-rank legacy could be. His ability to rival Chaos Great Saints at the Dominance stage wasn't solely due to Infinite Void...
But that legacy played a major role in raising his foundation to such terrifying heights.
The Devil Jade Tower master, being a Supre Saint and a cultivator of a thirteenth-rank legacy—how strong must he be?
Maybe not invincible among Supre Saints, but probably close.
"The hardest part of thirteenth-rank legacies is not obtaining them, but cultivating them," the Devil Jade Tower master said. "At your current level, once you reach peak Chaos, your power might surpass even mine."
Lin Yuan nodded quietly. Based on his own estimates, that was indeed true.
If he reached peak Chaos, ordinary Supre Saints wouldn’t be able to match him.
At that point, the only ones who could threaten him might be other Supre Saints who had trained in thirteenth-rank legacies, or those unique and special Supre Saints.
But even then, it would be only a slight threat—Lin Yuan had too many trump cards.
"When I first built this tower, my intention was to cultivate a Chaos Great Saint. I never managed to do so while I was alive, yet now, after falling into the ti loop, one has finally appeared..."
The Devil Jade Tower master looked around, his tone tinged with emotion.
In its pri, the Devil Jade Tower had been led by the invincible Tower master, who had subdued the Chaos Void. So Chaos Great Saints and even Supre Saints had aligned themselves with him.
But they were outsiders—not core mbers of the Tower—and didn’t even qualify to enter this space, let alone pass the ninth floor.
The Tower’s own attempts to cultivate a Chaos-level being had failed to produce a single Great Saint.
Chaos Great Saints weren’t sothing one could simply raise into existence.
Even soone as powerful as the Tower master could not force such an outco.
If he could, the Devil Jade Tower would never have declined.
"Senior, you’re still trapped in the ti loop?" Lin Yuan asked carefully.
"You want to know about the ti loop and ascending to the thirteenth rank?"
The Devil Jade Tower master smiled faintly. "I did leave behind so arrangents in other places, but they’ve probably already been discovered and taken."
Lin Yuan wasn’t surprised.
Just like how the Mysterious Emperor had left behind the Mysterious Emperor Universe, the Devil Jade Tower master had likely created a similar place.
The fact that the Mysterious Emperor Universe only now erged didn’t an the Tower master’s legacy hadn’t already appeared—it all depended on fate and timing.
Whether it was the Mysterious Emperor or the Tower master, they were already attempting to break into the thirteenth rank, and their influence over the outside world was minimal.
"However, if all you want is information about the thirteenth rank and the ti loop, that I can give you."
The Devil Jade Tower master smiled again.
Treasures and weapons only existed once. But knowledge and intelligence—those could be shared and copied.
"Thank you, Senior." Lin Yuan was overjoyed.
Why had Heiyao, Dual-Source, and so many other Chaos Great Saints rushed to the Mysterious Emperor Universe at great cost?
Just for the treasures and rare artifacts?
Those were factors—but not the real reason.
What these Great Saints truly sought was the Mysterious Sovereign’s insights and understanding of the thirteenth rank and ti loops.
All those treasures and artifacts... in the end, they were just external forces. They offered no real help in breaking through.
Buzz.
The Devil Jade Tower master raised his right hand and pointed at Lin Yuan.
Instantly, an enormous flood of information poured into Lin Yuan’s mind.
"Breaking through to the thirteenth rank... ti loop..." Lin Yuan fell deep in thought.
The Devil Jade Tower master and the Mysterious Sovereign had both arrived at their insights not through random speculation, but by building upon the legacy of others.
However, no one trapped in a ti loop could transmit information to the outside world—let alone communicate what they were experiencing.
So...
The only way to obtain accurate insight into the ti loop was from those who had successfully passed through it.
In other words, thirteenth-rank ti beings.
That’s why so many Supre Saints had traversed the Chaos Void, seeking out the traces of thirteenth-rank ti lives.
The Devil Jade Tower master had traveled to countless void domains, delved into countless ruins, and had once been fortunate enough to encounter a thirteenth-rank ti being—who had pointed him in the right direction and shared much of what he knew about breaking through and about the ti loop.
"Every Chaos peak lifeform faces a different ti loop. Simply put—you can’t prepare in advance." The Devil Jade Tower master looked at Lin Yuan. "When you try to break through one day, your loop will be sothing you’ve never experienced before. It will be your greatest weakness."
"For instance, if your space mastery is high, then your ti loop will have nothing to do with space."
"In my view, the ti loop is tailored to attack whatever you’re worst at."
That was what the Devil Jade Tower master said.
"I see..."
Lin Yuan felt enlightened. No wonder the Eye of Ten Thousand Laws had told him not to worry too much about the ti loop—it wasn’t sothing you could prepare for anyway.
What’s the use in worrying, if you can’t prepare?
The information shared by the Tower master contained nurous explanations and even concrete examples.
For instance: in this Chaos Void, one thirteenth-rank ti being, when attempting their breakthrough, encountered a ti loop...
Where they were trapped inside the body of an ant.
Yes—literally an ant.
That ant’s world had no rules, no extraordinary power. All the rules and insights the Supre Saint had once wielded were useless here.
Even their ntal processing speed was slowed dramatically.
To escape the loop, they had to lead the ant species to beco the strongest race in that world.
But ants were the weakest beings there.
Without any cultivation, no powers, no mysticism—how could they rise?
This thirteenth-rank being nearly gave up, but after many cycles and intricate planning, they climbed the technology tree—constructing advanced weapons based on physical laws alone.
Eventually, they crushed all the beings that dwarfed the ants by countless tis in size.
Only then did they escape that ti loop.
"That’s... brutal." Lin Yuan couldn’t help but feel daunted.
You’re the most gifted spectacle lifeform of the Chaos Void? Then experience life as the weakest—an ant.
You’re a solitary master? Then you’ll be forced to lead the weakest race to supremacy.
You’re the undisputed invincible Great Saint? Then your loop won’t test strength—it’ll be a world where strength doesn’t even exist.
You excel at sothing? The loop strips that away.
"Technology..."
Lin Yuan realized the key to escaping for that thirteenth-rank ti being had been technology.
Apparently, they had never encountered it before—thus, their test was technology.
Had they known technology, the loop would have been sothing else.
"No wonder, throughout Chaos Void history, so many have reached Chaos peak... but so few ever ascend."
Lin Yuan thought to himself. If the ti loop was always this targeted, even Supre Saints stood almost no chance.
"I wonder what kind of loop I’ll face when I try?"
Lin Yuan couldn’t help but wonder.
But one thing was certain—it would not involve any of the abilities or insights he currently possessed.
"Senior, I’m currently inside the Mysterious Emperor Universe..."
Lin Yuan began, hoping to learn sothing about the Mysterious Sovereign from the Devil Jade Tower master.
Even if ti loops couldn’t be prepared for, the exploration insights shared by the Tower master had already helped him greatly.
Since he couldn’t defend against the unknown directly, he needed to broaden his understanding of all possible domains.
The more he understood, the greater his chances of passing his own ti loop.
Thus, he was very eager to learn anything the Mysterious Sovereign had left behind about the ti loop.
"The Mysterious Sovereign, huh..."
The Devil Jade Tower master thought for a mont. "I don’t know much about him—only that when he sought to ascend, it wasn’t for freedom, but to resurrect his forr Dao partner."
"Resurrect... a Dao partner?"
Lin Yuan was montarily stunned. A thirteenth-rank ti being can see both past and future, and can revive any being that once existed—even those twelve-rank beings who had already escaped the river of ti.
"I don’t know much more than that."
The Devil Jade Tower master shook his head. "But I heard that before trying to break through, he once entered a certain dinsional rift. After returning, he imdiately began preparing. So perhaps he encountered sothing inside it."
"I see."
Lin Yuan nodded.
A dinsional rift—an interstice between different dinsions.
Any dinsion capable of bordering the Chaos Void was probably just as powerful as the Void itself. The gap between them might very well give birth to terrifying existences.
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And you? If you were a Chaos Supre Saint preparing for your breakthrough to the 13th rank, what do you think your trial would be?
This esteed 20th-rank senior is curious. :D
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