This ti, Lin Yuan made his move with a completely relaxed mindset. With the blessing of the Lord’s Status, even a Second Realm Ti Being like Hui Zu could barely perceive any trace of him.
anwhile, Lin Yuan had a detached view of Hui Zu’s sches and plans.
“This ti, I’ll get to see what a true Second Realm Ti Being is capable of.”
Lin Yuan was genuinely looking forward to it.
Though he had solid foundations in all aspects, he had only just stepped into Rank Thirteen. No matter how many future tilines he had watched—
He still needed real combat experience.
Watching the future tilines placed Lin Yuan in an absolute “god’s-eye view.”
He couldn’t directly feel the oppressive presence of an enemy.
“This Hui Zu seems like a perfect whetstone.”
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
“Who are you?”
Hui Zu was also studying Lin Yuan, his expression grave and solemn.
He hadn’t detected Lin Yuan’s presence in any of the future tilines he had observed.
Which ant this mysterious Ti Being who had suddenly appeared was even better at concealing his tiline than he was.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been caught completely off guard.
“Where did this powerhouse co from?”
Hui Zu felt this was troubleso. If he hadn’t confird that Lin Yuan’s tiline hadn’t been locked, then the opponent was, at most, also a Second Realm Ti Being like him.
He dared not remain here any longer.
Facing a Ti Being of the sa level, Hui Zu still had so confidence.
In contrast to the standoff between Lin Yuan and Hui Zu—
The Ti Beings watching from afar were experiencing utter shock and disbelief.
“Th-th-this…”
“What’s going on? Who exactly are those two?”
“I haven’t seen either of them in any future tiline.”
“Second Realm Ti Beings—those two are most likely both at Second Realm.”
“How is that possible? Just a single Heart of the Celestial River was enough to attract two Second Realm Ti Beings?”
The observing Ti Beings quickly exchanged thoughts. If Lin Yuan and Hui Zu hadn’t shown themselves, they might have continued to be fooled.
But now that they had appeared, many of the previously blurred and distorted tilines were beginning to clarify.
Combined with the fact that it was extrely difficult to observe Lin Yuan and Hui Zu’s tilines—
They quickly deduced a great deal.
“This Heart of the Celestial River—this one is clearly different from the others.”
“I’ve already contacted the ‘Mother of the Spiral World.’”
The ‘Mother of the Spiral World’ was one of the Second Realm Ti Beings residing in this vast interdinsional gap.
Many Ti Beings from the Celestial River Dinsion had good relations with her. Now, upon seeing two unfamiliar Second Realm Ti Beings appear, their first instinct was to alert her imdiately.
“The Mother of the Spiral World said she’s already aware of the situation and told us not to approach.”
One Ti Being inford the others.
The rest nodded.
Faced with a confrontation between two possible Second Realm Ti Beings, none of them dared get close or try any scavenging tricks.
Second Realm Ti Beings had overwhelming control over future tilines, and could easily suppress First Realm Ti Beings like them.
Many tis, just the ergence of a thought from them would already be predicted by Second Realm Ti Beings through the future.
At that point, the two Second Realm beings might just pause their duel to sweep away the onlookers.
“Good thing the Milky Way showed up in ti.”
Mo Xu-jun felt reassured. Even with a talismanic jade capable of suppressing the Lord of Taixu—
Against a Second Realm Ti Being, defeat was only a matter of ti. It didn’t an much.
When Hui Zu appeared just now, the aura he unleashed had already vaguely suppressed the talismanic jade’s field. That was proof enough.
“Milky Way…”
Mo Xu-jun looked at Lin Yuan beside him. In the chaotic void, he couldn’t sense anything—
But here, to counter Hui Zu, Lin Yuan had actively released a sliver of his aura. Even though it wasn’t directed at him, Mo Xu-jun still felt imnse pressure.
Others might not think much of this pressure—after all, Second Realm was inherently far beyond First Realm.
But Mo Xu-jun knew that Lin Yuan had only recently reached Rank Thirteen. How long had it been? And now his strength was already at this level?
The pressure ca not only from body and soul, but also from the mind and spirit… and the shock.
“Did the Chaos Void also bring in a Second Realm Ti Being?”
The Lord of Taixu looked at Lin Yuan standing beside Mo Xu-jun, his expression filled with disbelief.
“Did they deliberately keep this from , or…”
He glanced at Hui Zu, cloaked in a gray robe.
If he’d known earlier that seizing the Heart of the Celestial River would involve facing a Second Realm Ti Being—
He never would have agreed to the deal with Hui Zu so easily.
Making enemies of First Realm Ti Beings versus making enemies of Second Realm—
Those were two completely different matters.
The price of the latter far exceeded the forr.
Even if this Second Realm being couldn’t beat Hui Zu—
He could still easily deal with the rest of them, the First Realm Ti Beings.
Even with the protection of the Taixu Dinsion, their lives might be safe, but with a Second Realm Ti Being scheming in the shadows, the Ti Beings of Taixu probably wouldn’t dare enter the dinsional gap again.
Hui Zu looked at Lin Yuan from afar and spoke: “Your thods for concealing your tiline are impressive. Is it due to a secret art inheritance, or so rare artifact?”
Not being a Ti Lord, yet able to hide his tiline to this extent—
Hui Zu naturally assud Lin Yuan had relied on external help.
In this vast interdinsional gap, countless treasures had been born, including ones that could obscure a Ti Being’s tiline.
Of course, such items were extrely valuable—essentially the most precious class below the level of a Lord.
So secret inheritances could also achieve similar effects.
In the struggles between Ti Beings, it all ca down to observing each other’s tilines.
If one side couldn’t be observed—or was very difficult to observe—
Then the advantage or disadvantage would be obvious.
“Still, if I can’t observe your tiline, I’m guessing you can’t see much of mine either.”
Hui Zu said confidently. As a veteran Second Realm Ti Being, he too had cultivated secret arts to obscure his tiline.
Lin Yuan said nothing.
From the perspective of the Lord’s Status, the secret arts Hui Zu cultivated to conceal his tiline might as well not exist.
“He’s hard to kill.”
Lin Yuan had examined tiline after tiline and gained a decent understanding of Hui Zu’s thods—he realized he couldn’t kill him.
Even if he paid a steep price and left this body behind, Hui Zu could still use life-preserving thods to survive—it wouldn’t even count as a “revival” since he wouldn’t have truly died.
“I’ll have to rely on my true body if I want to be sure.”
Lin Yuan thought to himself. After reaching Rank Thirteen, his Tai Chi Soul had grown significantly, narrowing the gap with his true body—but in terms of pure combat power, his true body was naturally strongest.
So to play it safe, soon after his Tai Chi Soul arrived, his true body also set out for the area.
“Is your goal also the Heart of the Celestial River? In that case, beat , and you can have it.”
Hui Zu clearly wasn’t willing to give it up.
He had already traded with many Ti Beings from the Taixu Dinsion and waited patiently for the Heart to fully form—he’d invested “costs.”
One Second Realm Ti Being interfering wasn’t enough to make him retreat willingly.
“Endless Gloom!”
With a thought, Hui Zu began spreading layers of gray darkness from his body, aiming to envelop Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan didn’t hesitate either, unleashing his own domain.
From observing the future tilines, he knew that if he held back, he’d be at a disadvantage.
The mont their massive auras clashed, the entire Celestial River Dinsion was shaken—space and ti surged like tides, and the source Dao of the dinsion rapidly withdrew.
“Let’s head to the dinsional gap.”
Lin Yuan glanced around and imdiately moved out of the Celestial River Dinsion.
A battle between two Second Realm Ti Beings was too much for even a top-tier dinsion like this to withstand.
Hui Zu had no objections.
It wasn’t out of kindness—but because the Heart of the Celestial River was still within the dinsion.
If their battle disrupted the final formation of the Heart—
That would go against Hui Zu’s interests.
If the Heart was lost, why bother fighting Lin Yuan at all?
Boom—
In an instant, the battlefield shifted from the Celestial River Dinsion into the vast interdinsional gap.
The many Ti Beings watching from afar let out a slight sigh of relief. After all, the Celestial River Dinsion was their turf—they didn’t want it damaged.
The interdinsional gap was vast and boundless.
The two colossal auras kept colliding, and the resulting shockwaves spread in all directions.
“Since I comprehended the Chaos Origin Gloom Dao, I’ve barely had to go all out.” Hui Zu’s eyes were filled with gray, like bottomless abysses. “Co, show what you’ve got.”
“Chaos Origin Gloom Dao?” Lin Yuan’s expression grew serious. This was a highly unique origin Dao—across many future tilines, he’d been suppressed by it more than once.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!
The two completely different auras kept clashing, erasing all matter and illusion in their path. Even the still, deathly interdinsional gap began to “boil.”
“So this is the power of Second Realm Ti Beings?”
“Terrifying… If I got even a little closer, the shockwaves alone might injure .”
The Ti Beings watching steadied themselves. A battle between two Second Realms was not sothing seen often.
Normally, Second Realm Ti Beings rarely fought. Like Hui Zu’s plan to take the Heart of the Celestial River—if Lin Yuan hadn’t intervened, he would’ve obtained it silently.
“Let’s hope Hui Zu wins.”
The Lord of Taixu was watching closely. Now that he had offended Lin Yuan, he naturally hoped Hui Zu could defeat him.
If Hui Zu got the Heart and completed the transaction with the Taixu Dinsion, the final benefit would land in his hands.
With that benefit, the Lord of Taixu’s strength would improve, giving him a bit more confidence against Second Realm beings.
“No wonder it’s called an origin Dao.” Lin Yuan felt the endless gloom pouring from Hui Zu—that was the essence of the Chaos Origin Gloom Dao. For ordinary First Realm Ti Beings, it would be a massacre.
Only Lin Yuan, without even having grasped a Chaos origin Dao himself, could resist it purely through deep foundations and accumulation.
“Hmm?”
Lin Yuan looked around.
The gloom pierced through space and ti, forming a cage that trapped him inside.
“Now taste the power of my Gloom World.”
Seeing Lin Yuan suppressed inside the Gloom World, Hui Zu smiled.
The Gloom World was a domain forged from his own origin Dao—its rules entirely under his control.
Even Second Realm Ti Beings couldn’t escape from it quickly once inside.
That was the point of this move—suppression. Hui Zu only needed to stall Lin Yuan to seize the Heart of the Celestial River.
That was his ultimate goal.
As for Lin Yuan? After their exchange, Hui Zu realized Lin Yuan’s foundations were unimaginably deep.
Against such a Ti Being, there were only two ways to kill him.
One was to utterly obliterate him with overwhelming power.
And here, “overwhelming” ant at least Lord-level Stage Three.
The other was to wear him down slowly over a long stretch of ti.
Hui Zu could do neither—and wasn’t interested in the latter.
“Don’t worry. Once I have the Heart, I’ll let you go.”
Hui Zu looked down at Lin Yuan within the Gloom World and said.
“Take the Heart? You really think you can?”
Lin Yuan suddenly spoke.
“What do you an?”
Hui Zu was briefly stunned.
Without Lin Yuan, who among the Celestial River’s First Realm Ti Beings could stop him?
As for the other Second Realm Ti Beings in this region of the dinsional gap? They’d never arrive in ti.
As long as the Heart reached his hands—even if there were a few loose ends—he could live with it.
With his strength, what could other Second Realm beings do even if they found out he possessed a Lord-level potential item like the Heart?
Of course, if possible, Hui Zu didn’t want news of his acquisition to spread.
But now that secrecy was no longer an option, he didn’t mind.
“You’re using your Gloom World to suppress . How much strength do you think you can actually use now?”
Lin Yuan smiled faintly.
Naturally, he would resist being trapped inside.
And in doing so, Hui Zu would have to divert most of his power to suppress him.
“Even if I can only use thirty or forty percent, who could stop ?”
Hui Zu’s tone was calm. Even a fraction of Second Realm strength was still enough to surpass all First Realm beings.
Besides, those First Realm Ti Beings didn’t know he was currently splitting most of his power to suppress Lin Yuan.
In that case, who would dare stand in his way?
“I’d like to see who dares stop !”
Hui Zu didn’t think too much of it and prepared to return to the Celestial River Dinsion.
By his calculation, in just a dozen or so breaths, the Heart would be fully ford.
Suddenly—
Hui Zu stopped. He looked around.
The surrounding space-ti had turned to pure chaos.
Above the sky, an unimaginably vast face was taking shape, looking down upon him.
“This…”
Hui Zu’s heart trembled. That face was so enormous it was nearly a tenth the size of the Celestial River Dinsion—and the face…
It was the very image of Lin Yuan, whom he had just trapped inside the Gloom World.
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