When Lin Yuan passed the trial and broke free of the ti loop, after his very essence of life transford to the thirteenth rank, the projection of the Gate of Myriad Realms deep in his mind began to change, its aura vast and empty.
As if it were connected to so supre spaceti.
Until now.
The projection of the Gate of Myriad Realms finally stabilized.
Wave after wave of obscure information surged out.
Lin Yuan’s expression grew solemn. His consciousness sank into the depths of his mind as he looked at the still-towering, magnificent Gate of Myriad Realms.
“It’s still only a projection, not the real thing?”
Lin Yuan examined it carefully.
Even though he had now beco a thirteenth-rank Ti Being.
The true body of the Gate of Myriad Realms still had not descended.
What appeared in the depths of Lin Yuan’s mind was still just a projection.
Only, compared to when he was at the twelfth rank, the projection felt far more real.
It was growing more and more similar to that strange dream he’d had when he was about to break through to the thirteenth rank, when he slept for two thousand years and saw that sa towering gate of light.
“Even a thirteenth-rank Ti Being can’t bear the true Gate of Myriad Realms?”
Lin Yuan marveled inwardly, now almost completely certain the Gate of Myriad Realms belonged to the fourteenth-rank level.
One had to know, Lin Yuan wasn’t so ordinary thirteenth-rank Ti Being; in terms of the strength of his life essence, he surpassed most second-realm beings.
Yet even so, he still couldn’t bear the true body of the Gate of Myriad Realms.
The terror of the latter was beyond doubt.
“A fourteenth-rank perfect-grade weapon or wondrous treasure?”
A hint of astonishnt flashed across Lin Yuan’s face.
To this day, Lin Yuan had never heard of a clearly confird perfect Ti Being, nor of a fourteenth-rank treasure or wondrous item.
All information related to the fourteenth rank ca from the conjectures of thirteenth-rank Ti Beings.
Especially those third-realm Ti Lords, who longed to break their own grand destiny. One thod was to transform into perfect Ti Beings.
But do perfect Ti Beings actually exist?
There had never been any proof.
This was different from when Lin Yuan had first stepped into the twelfth rank and heard information related to thirteenth-rank Ti Beings.
In the Chaotic Void, thirteenth-rank Ti Beings rarely showed themselves, but they did truly exist. In many special regions, there were lineages and inheritances of the thirteenth rank.
All of them were the handiwork of thirteenth-rank Ti Beings.
But fourteenth-rank perfect Ti Beings?
Among all the dinsional spaces, the only things that might be related to perfect Ti Beings were probably the Source Worlds; but whether the perfect aura within the Source Worlds actually ca from perfect Ti Beings was still unknown.
“At least through the Gate of Myriad Realms, I can be sure perfect Ti Beings really exist.”
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Aside from perfect Ti Beings, Lin Yuan really couldn’t imagine who else could forge sothing as terrifying as the Gate of Myriad Realms.
Although he had not seen the true body of the Gate of Myriad Realms.
Stepping into the thirteenth rank, the elevation of his life essence had still ‘unlocked’ more abilities of the Gate of Myriad Realms.
As Lin Yuan absorbed the many obscure auras surging out from within the Gate of Myriad Realms, his expression shifted slightly.
First of all, the current Gate of Myriad Realms could not only take him to various Source Worlds, but also to the past and future.
Transmigration to Source Worlds pertained to space, while the past and future involved ti.
“The past and the future?”
Lin Yuan was secretly shocked.
Ti Beings could observe tilines, but to truly travel to the past? Only Ti Lords could do that.
Yet now? With the aid of the Gate of Myriad Realms, Lin Yuan could also travel to the past? And according to the obscure information flooding his mind, Lin Yuan could even forcibly alter the past.
Thus affecting the future.
And the backlash produced by changing the past and affecting the future could be greatly weakened through the Gate of Myriad Realms.
He could even completely offset it by expending boundary-breaking source energy.
Of course, when it ca to forcibly altering the past and affecting the future, the issue wasn’t rely whether there would be backlash.
As long as the changes they made to the past didn’t have too great an impact, Ti Lords could endure the backlash.
But such actions were extrely likely to attract the gaze of the true perfect Ti Beings.
If perfect Ti Beings could easily reverse the past and future, then everything experienced in the current tilines would be exactly what the perfect Ti Beings wanted.
All of it would be within the perfect Ti Beings’ plan.
To forcibly change that would be equivalent to disrupting the layout of a perfect Ti Being.
No Lord could afford the consequences of that.
However, perhaps the alteration of so segnt of the past was itself part of the perfect Ti Being’s design for the past and future.
In short, no Ti Lord dared to casually change the past.
“Travel to the past, change the past? With thods like that, I can kill any Ti Being below Lord level.”
A smile appeared on Lin Yuan’s face.
Even a peak second-realm Ti Being couldn’t have been born strong; there had to have been a ti when they were weak.
Lin Yuan could completely travel to a point when that peak second-realm Ti Being was still weak, and simply strike and kill them.
Thus affecting the future through the past—if that peak second-realm Ti Being died in the past, then they would naturally not exist in the future.
“I can feel that killing a peak second-realm Ti Being this way will cost much less than directly paying in boundary-breaking source energy.”
Lin Yuan thought silently.
As for third-realm Ti Lords?
Once a Ti Lord began to pull in and consolidate their own tilines, any attempt to strike at their past body would be imdiately sensed by their future self, who would then return to the past to protect their past self.
This was the true terror of Ti Lords.
They essentially had no flaws or weaknesses.
If you wanted to kill a Ti Lord, you could only do it with overwhelming absolute strength.
But who could kill a Lord head-on with brute force?
Thus—
Almost all the deaths and falls of Ti Lords stemd from themselves.
“The future…”
With the help of the Gate of Myriad Realms, Lin Yuan looked at one future tiline after another.
At this mont, he could sense that he could not only observe these tilines, but also travel into them via the Gate of Myriad Realms.
However, the future was uncertain and filled with infinite variables.
Any future tiline might suddenly collapse at so point, wiping out all living beings along it.
Only past tilines were the most stable, the present tiline was second, and so future tilines could fall into collapse at any mont.
“Also, now if I transmigrate into the next Source World, I can actively choose which vessel I descend into, instead of landing randomly.”
Lin Yuan thought.
This use was a huge help to him; at the very least, he could decide his own ‘opening hand’ when he descended.
He wouldn’t have to face so kind of apocalyptic starting point and the like.
He could even use his ability to view tilines to specifically select vessels with special physiques or bloodlines to descend into.
Giving himself a higher starting point.
Of course.
Whether it was the previous random descents or his current active descents, all chosen vessels had to be completely dead.
If the vessel was still alive and Lin Yuan forcibly took over and descended, it would trigger the target’s instinctive resistance.
Which in turn would draw the attention of the Source World’s will, and so on.
Every Source World, or rather, every dinsional space, was extrely repulsed by foreign Ti Beings.
The Lord of Heavenly Radiance had paid an unknown price just to integrate into the second Source World.
“Not bad, not bad.”
Lin Yuan nodded.
His heart was in high spirits.
These two newly unlocked ‘functions’ of the Gate of Myriad Realms were both extrely practical.
They could significantly aid Lin Yuan in his current state.
“Let’s take a look, then.”
Following the Source World coordinates deep within the Gate of Myriad Realms, Lin Yuan looked toward the third Source World.
This ti, the Gate of Myriad Realms did not issue any warning, clearly indicating that this Source World could no longer pose a true threat to Lin Yuan, who had stepped into the thirteenth rank.
Hum~ Splitting off a strand of his mind, Lin Yuan followed the Source World coordinates deep within the Gate of Myriad Realms and arrived outside a vast world.
On the surface, this vast world outstripped the previous two Source Worlds; most of its regions were shrouded in mist. Lin Yuan faintly sensed that three tilines within this world were sealed.
In other words, within this Source World, there were likely three Lord-level Ti Beings.
Only third-realm Lords could seal their own tilines and block all prying eyes.
“Three Ti Lords?”
Lin Yuan’s pupils shrank slightly.
He imdiately knew this Source World was not ordinary.
Normally, within a full great annihilation cycle of a dinsional space, a third-realm Lord would almost never appear.
Because compared to the accumulation a Lord needed, a single great annihilation cycle of a dinsional space was simply too short.
But nothing was absolute.
For example, in a place like the Celestial River Dinsion, which did not reject foreign Ti Beings entering its special-grade dinsional space—if it held enough value, it could attract third-realm Ti Lords to settle there.
Furthermore, based on the differences Lin Yuan had seen between the Source Worlds he’d co into contact with and normal top-tier dinsional spaces—
Because of the presence of perfect aura, a Source World’s great annihilation cycle took much longer than that of a top-tier dinsional space.
If a Source World’s great annihilation cycle was long enough—equivalent to dozens or even hundreds of great annihilation cycles of a normal top-tier dinsional space...
Then there was still hope for it to birth a third-realm Lord.
Right now, this third Source World Lin Yuan was observing gave him the clear impression that it surpassed the previous two Source Worlds.
This feeling ca from the Source World itself, not from the three Lord-level Ti Beings within it.
“Source World…”
Lin Yuan’s expression grew grave.
After becoming a Ti Being, Lin Yuan’s perspective was naturally different from before.
He understood how special these kinds of dinsions were. There were many top-tier dinsional spaces, like the Chaotic Void, the Taixu Dinsion, and so on.
But Source Worlds?
Lin Yuan had never heard of such worlds from the seven Ti Beings in the Chaotic Void.
Source Worlds were far too special.
The Lord of Heavenly Radiance had noticed how special the second Source World was, and had been willing to tough it out outside, waiting for that Source World to undergo its great annihilation and then be reborn, just so he could pay a huge price to integrate into it.
The fundantal operation of each Source World was vastly different from that of other top-tier dinsional spaces, and extrely helpful even to third-realm Ti Lords.
In truth, third-realm Ti Lords weren’t very interested in top-tier dinsional spaces.
Ordinary thirteenth-rank Ti Beings of the first and second realms longed to explore more dinsional spaces to enrich themselves.
But Ti Lords? Their pursuits were not the sa as those of ordinary Ti Beings.
Lin Yuan valued the fundantal operations of Source Worlds greatly; they were tied to the tamorphosis of his inner universe.
Only by integrating the core operations of more Source Worlds could his inner universe approach perfection.
“Three Ti Lords—no wonder that before I crossed into the thirteenth rank, the Gate of Myriad Realms would issue warnings whenever I wanted to explore.”
Lin Yuan looked thoughtful. If he was still at the twelfth rank, then no matter how strong he was, even if he could rival a thirteenth-rank Ti Being...
In the face of a Ti Lord, there would always be the risk that several of his true bodies would be affected.
The thods of Ti Lords couldn’t be judged by common sense; so Ti Lords who walked particularly special paths were terrifyingly powerful.
However, these threats, when it ca to Lin Yuan who had already beco a Ti Being, no longer counted as true threats.
At most, he would lose the true body that descended into the third Source World; as for his other true bodies in other Source Worlds, they would barely be affected.
Even for a Ti Lord, completely killing a Ti Being was extrely difficult.
The simplest way was to kill that Ti Being’s weak past self.
Thus affecting the present.
But altering the past and changing a Ti Being’s future fate—
Required bearing an imnse backlash.
Unless there was truly so undying, irreconcilable hatred.
Otherwise, a Ti Lord wouldn’t pay such a price just to specifically kill one Ti Being.
“The vessel I descend into this ti…”
Lin Yuan gazed from afar at the vast world in the distance.
After becoming a Ti Being, the Gate of Myriad Realms had unlocked the functions of returning to the past, traveling to the future, and actively choosing a vessel to descend into.
On top of that, many pre-existing abilities had also been strengthened.
For example, viewing a Source World in advance via coordinates like this used to only last a short ti.
But now?
As long as Lin Yuan didn’t actively erase this wisp of mind, it could be maintained indefinitely.
Ripples flickered in Lin Yuan’s eyes, and in that instant the tilines of all living beings within the distant Source World appeared in his field of view.
All the beings Lin Yuan selected were those on the verge of complete death, ones who t the conditions for him to descend.
【At one thousand six hundred and eighty-two years old, you die】
【Then you live again】
【At two thousand three hundred and seventy-two years old, you awaken a special constitution…】
【At seventy-seven years old, you die】
【Then you live again】
【At three thousand two hundred years old, you step into the thirteenth rank and beco a Ti Being】
【At two hundred and forty-six years old, you die】
【Then you live again】
【From death to life, the power deep in your bloodline is awakened…】
Many future tilines fell into Lin Yuan’s eyes.
All of these future tilines involved dying first, then being reborn.
And this rebirth was the result of Lin Yuan taking over and descending.
If Lin Yuan didn’t choose to descend, then death would be true death; there would be no “then you live again” in the future.
It was precisely by watching future tilines this way that Lin Yuan judged the potential of each candidate vessel that t the conditions, then chose one among them to descend into.
“Which one should I pick?”
In just a few dozen breaths, Lin Yuan had viewed over ten thousand tilines and selected several dozen vessels more suitable for himself.
These few dozen vessels either had special bloodlines or physiques that could benefit Lin Yuan’s ninth physical divine ability—
Or possessed noble identities, so that Lin Yuan wouldn’t have to worry about cultivation resources in the early stages.
“Let’s wait a bit longer.”
Lin Yuan did not choose imdiately. The third Source World was vast and boundless, with countless beings dying every mont; among these dead, there were bound to be vessels that fit his conditions even better.
Among the few dozen vessels he had selected so far, none made him particularly satisfied.
A mighty celestial river swept across spaceti, washing over the universe and all things, surging endlessly as if it would never stop.
At various points along the celestial river, the auras of thirteenth-rank Ti Beings were hidden. This river itself was a dinsional space.
The Celestial River Dinsion.
The nine Ti Beings of the Taixu Dinsion stood at a certain point within the Celestial River Dinsion, facing off from afar against the seven Ti Beings of the Chaotic Void.
“That Mo Xu-jun is a huge problem—he has no real weakness in any aspect. Within the first realm, he can be considered extrely powerful, and he’s found the path to becoming a Ti Lord.”
The Lord of the Taixu Dinsion frowned slightly.
He was the first Ti Being born from the Taixu Dinsion, and also its strongest Ti Being, yet when dealing with Mo Xu-jun, he still felt a headache.
Although since the two dinsional spaces had co to a standoff, he and Mo Xu-jun had never actually fought.
No fighting didn’t an no understanding; the Taixu Lord had already observed many future tilines in which he crossed blows with “Mo Xu-jun”, and in none of them did he have the confidence to firmly suppress the other.
In over sixty percent of future tilines, he himself was on the back foot, unable to match that “Mo Xu-jun”.
If not for the fact that the Taixu Dinsion had two more Ti Beings than the Chaotic Void—
This competition over the soon-to-be-born Heart of the Celestial River would probably have ended in the Taixu Dinsion’s defeat.
“What do we do now?”
The other Ti Beings of the Taixu Dinsion looked to the Taixu Lord.
Continuing this stalemate wasn’t a solution either; in the end, for both the Taixu Dinsion and the Chaotic Void, it would likely be a lose-lose outco.
Ti Beings weighed gains and losses extrely carefully; if in the end no one could gain any benefit, then it was better to minimize their losses as much as possible.
“Contact that one.”
The Taixu Lord spoke in a low voice.
The official reason given for the Taixu Dinsion and the Chaotic Void vying over that Heart of the Celestial River was that one of their own Ti Beings had hidden cultivation risks and needed a complete Heart of the Celestial River to temper their body and erase those risks.
But that reason was just sothing the Taixu Dinsion deliberately put on display.
In truth, the Taixu Dinsion itself was not particularly interested in that Heart of the Celestial River.
The real reason they wanted it was entirely due to a transaction with a second-realm Ti Being.
Not long ago, a second-realm Ti Being had approached the Ti Beings of the Taixu Dinsion, willing to pay a certain price in exchange for the Taixu Dinsion fighting for the Heart of the Celestial River.
The price was sothing the Taixu Lord couldn’t refuse, so he agreed.
A short while later.
Outside the Taixu Dinsion.
The Taixu Lord and the other eight Ti Beings t that second-realm Ti Being.
This second-realm Ti Being wore gray robes and seed almost illusory as he quietly regarded the nine Ti Beings of the Taixu Dinsion.
His na was Hui Zu, and he wasn’t a Ti Being from this stretch of interdinsional void, but from so distant region.
After leaving their ho dinsional space, Ti Beings would choose to roam the vast interdinsional gaps, attempting to explore one dinsional space after another.
Hui Zu was one such Ti Being. After endless ages of exploration, he finally comprehended his own fundantal Dao and beca a second-realm Ti Being.
It was only when passing near the Celestial River Dinsion that Hui Zu casually looked its way, and discovered that the Heart of the Celestial River the dinsion was currently condensing was anything but ordinary—far in the future, it would transform into one of the raw materials for a Lord-level weapon.
Every so many ages, the Celestial River Dinsion would condense a Heart of the Celestial River. The earlier Hearts were quite ordinary; only this newly condensing Heart of the Celestial River had the potential to beco raw material for a Lord-level weapon.
Of course, to notice this, one had to delve deep into future tilines. As a second-realm Ti Being, Hui Zu’s observation of tilines far surpassed that of first-realm Ti Beings.
Thus he was able to discover in advance how special this newly condensing Heart of the Celestial River was.
“What is it?”
Hui Zu asked calmly.
The reason he didn’t personally act to seize that Heart of the Celestial River, and instead used the Ti Beings of the Celestial River Dinsion as proxies—
Was because this was the future tiline he’d seen with the highest chance of successfully obtaining that Heart of the Celestial River.
If Hui Zu directly made a move, a second-realm Ti Being descending to snatch the Heart of the Celestial River, it would very likely arouse the enmity of all Ti Beings residing in the Celestial River Dinsion.
Which would lead to them joining forces to resist this second-realm Ti Being.
Moreover, a treasure like the Heart of the Celestial River shouldn’t, by rights, be enough to attract a second-realm Ti Being.
If Hui Zu forcefully intervened, it would make the many Ti Beings within the Celestial River Dinsion re-evaluate the Heart of the Celestial River’s value.
Hui Zu’s ability to discover how special this Heart of the Celestial River was ahead of ti ca from two factors: first, his ability to observe further along the tilines; and second, that other first-realm Ti Beings hadn’t invested much effort into probing the newly born Heart of the Celestial River.
After all, the Celestial River Dinsion had already condensed quite a few Hearts of the Celestial River before, and none of them had shown any particular peculiarity.
But if Hui Zu acted, things would be different. Ti Beings were exceedingly perceptive; they would imdiately infer many possibilities and then conduct deeper tiline investigations.
Once the true value of the recently condensing Heart of the Celestial River was revealed, the second-realm Ti Beings attracted would not be just him, Hui Zu.
It was precisely because of the reasons above—
That even though Hui Zu coveted that Heart of the Celestial River, he absolutely could not personally take action. He couldn’t even allow any trace of his presence to leak out.
When a second-realm Ti Being fully concealed themselves, a first-realm Ti Being would find it very hard to detect anything in the future tilines.
They would only feel that future tilines had beco blurry and distorted, with many outcos uncertain.
But that was normal; whenever future tilines involved Ti Beings, things were always like that.
“We can’t do anything to those seven Ti Beings of the Chaotic Void.”
The Taixu Lord looked at Hui Zu and spoke directly.
“Can’t do anything to them?”
Hui Zu frowned, though he didn’t say much.
He, too, had observed the future tilines many tis, and understood how troubleso that Mo Xu-jun of the Chaotic Void was.
But to say the Taixu Lord really “couldn’t do anything” to him—that was simply being overly modest.
It was just that he didn’t want to pay too high a price.
If the nine Ti Beings of the Taixu Dinsion truly threw everything aside and went all out against the seven Ti Beings of the Chaotic Void—
The latter would very likely choose to withdraw of their own accord. There was no need to perish together with the Taixu Dinsion over a single Heart of the Celestial River.
“This is a treasure I acquired through a trade in the territory of a certain Lord.”
Hui Zu raised his hand, and a palm-sized axe floated before him.
The axe looked tiny, but the faint aura it exuded was enough to startle an ordinary first-realm Ti Being.
“This treasure?”
The Taixu Lord’s gaze grew weighty.
He could feel how terrifying this axe was. Even though it could only be activated a few tis, it clearly had the potential to heavily wound a first-realm Ti Being.
“I’ve already shrouded it with the power of ti. Ordinary thirteenth-rank first-realm beings won’t be able to see it in the future tilines. Just activate it at the critical mont.”
Hui Zu’s words were brief.
He had already paid a great price for the sake of acquiring that Heart of the Celestial River, which had the potential to reach Lord level.
“Of course.”
A smile appeared on the Taixu Lord’s face.
This was the frightening part of Ti Beings who’d lived through endless ages.
It wasn’t just that their power increased; they road so many places that the number of trump cards and hidden moves they accumulated multiplied as well.
“I hope you don’t disappoint .”
Hui Zu cast one last glance at the Taixu Lord, then his figure vanished.
Gazing at the palm-sized axe before him.
The Taixu Lord sunk into thought.
Clearly, Hui Zu desired that Heart of the Celestial River so much—
It definitely had so special quality, different from the Hearts of the Celestial River condensed in the past.
But the Taixu Lord didn’t care about that; he only cared about the conditions Hui Zu had offered him.
“Mo Xu-jun…”
The Taixu Lord let out a cold laugh.
With this little axe in hand, if he fought Mo Xu-jun, he had every hope of catching him off guard and inflicting a grievous wound.
And as long as Mo Xu-jun was heavily injured, the other Ti Beings wouldn’t be much of a threat.
When the transaction with Hui Zu was complete, he would also obtain the treasure he wanted.
Chaotic Void.
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, diverting part of his mind to selecting a suitable vessel in the third Source World to descend into.
The rest of his mind continued to observe his own future tilines.
“Hm?”
As Lin Yuan simultaneously delved into hundreds of future tilines, he imdiately saw the scene of the seven Ti Beings of the Chaotic Void confronting the Taixu Dinsion within the Celestial River Dinsion.
“The Celestial River Dinsion? The Heart of the Celestial River?”
Lin Yuan observed carefully. Compared to the future tilines a first-realm Ti Being like Mo Xu-jun could see—
The future tilines Lin Yuan was watching were much clearer. With a Lord’s authority bolstering him, many hidden details couldn’t escape his notice.
“What’s this?”
Lin Yuan saw, in one future tiline, the Taixu Lord battling Mo Xu-jun. At the end, the Taixu Lord raised his right hand, and a palm-sized axe appeared, chopping down toward Mo Xu-jun.
That single chop left Mo Xu-jun gravely injured. The other Ti Beings had no choice but to flee in defeat.
The Ti Beings on the Chaotic Void’s side suffered disastrous losses, were surrounded and hunted by the Ti Beings of the Taixu Dinsion, and in the end, one Ti Being’s main battle body was completely left behind.
“This axe?”
Lin Yuan focused on that palm-sized axe the Taixu Lord used at the last mont.
The tiline unfolded, and Lin Yuan quickly saw Hui Zu’s existence, as well as his motives, and the true value of the recently condensing Heart of the Celestial River.
“A Heart of the Celestial River with the potential to beco Lord-level material?”
Lin Yuan pondered, then imdiately summoned Mo Xu-jun and the other six Ti Beings.
“Milky Way.”
“Milky Way.”
A short while later, Mo Xu-jun and the other Ti Beings each descended with an avatar, appearing before Lin Yuan.
“The situation in the Celestial River Dinsion…”
Lin Yuan looked at the Ti Beings and didn’t beat around the bush. “You won’t be able to handle it.”
With a second-realm Ti Being like Hui Zu plotting behind the scenes, the Ti Beings on the Chaotic Void’s side would suffer disastrous losses if they slipped even a little.
“Can’t handle it?”
Mo Xu-jun was inwardly startled.
He, too, had been paying very close attention to the Celestial River Dinsion, constantly watching the future tilines.
But he had never seen a situation where he couldn’t cope.
“Right.”
Lin Yuan nodded. “There’s a second-realm Ti Being pulling the strings from behind. It’s normal that you haven’t noticed.”
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