Under the deste starry sky of the universe, Lin Yuan solemnly observed the distant ck.
Although he had just used a minimal amount of power in that strike, it was still enough to annihte a high-level life-bearing, and even a star would have been knocked out of its orbit. Yet, the ck hadn''t moved at all?
Not only did it not move, but it also seemedpletely unaffected, as if the attack had never happened.
This was truly astonishing.
Next, Lin Yuan began to gradually increase his power, continually testing the ck.
But still, there was no effect.
Even when Lin Yuan elevated his power to the level of a billion spaceyers, there was still no impact.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan decided to stop his tests.
He was confident that he could perfectly conceal the energy fluctuations at the level of a billion spaceyers. However, if he were to push further, he would no longer be able to guarantee that his actions would go unnoticed, possibly attracting the attention of passing ninth-rank evolvers or even triggering a detection by the Human Civilization Monitoring Bureau."This has a significant background," Lin Yuan''s heartbeat quickened.
The power at the level of a billion spaceyers was already at the upper limit for ninth-rank experts in the main universe. Furthermore, the size of the internal world within Lin Yuan far exceeded that of other ninth-rank beings at the same level. Yet, it had no effect on this ck.
This realization made Lin Yuan aware that the value of this ck was beyond his initial expectations.
"Should I descend and take a closer look?"
Lin Yuan gazed at the ck.
Theoretically, given Lin Yuan''s strength, there was virtually no danger he could encounter within the boundaries of human civilization. Even a ck hole would be nothing more than a toy to him, posing no threat.
But this ck made Lin Yuan feel a bit uncertain.
The fact that it could so easily withstand a strike from Lin Yuan''s billion spaceyers of power wasparable to some small secret realms.
"Anyway, it''s just a Primordial Spirit."
After contemting for a moment, Lin Yuan carefully stored all the treasures he was carrying in a particr spaceyer. He also hid a drop of his own blood in a different location.
This way, even if the worst-case scenario urred and his Yang Primordial Spirit perished on the ck, he could quickly regenerate through the drop of blood, ensuring that the numerous treasures he brought from the Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm would not be lost.
With all preparations in ce, Lin Yuan slowly approached the ck.
Buzz.
As Lin Yuan drew closer, he faintly sensed the shifting of time and space.
The ck, which appeared only about a million miles in size from a distance, suddenly seemed towering and vast.
"It contains such profound applications of spacews?" Lin Yuan was astonished; this level of maniption of spacews was far beyond his capability.
"Is time also changing?" Lin Yuan also sensed a difference in the flow of time.
However,pared to the external flow of time, the difference wasn''t significant, possibly because Lin Yuan had not yet entered a key area within the. R
Boom.
After a moment, Lin Yuan finally descended onto the ck.
The surroundings were mostlyposed of ck rocks, with asional clusters of ancient buildings, all of which had been abandoned. Lin Yuan explored them carefully but found nothing of value.
After more than half a day, Lin Yuan arrived at the center of the.
Here, a ck valley was situated, and a mysterious, ancient aura began to permeate the air.
Lin Yuan walked into the valley and discovered twelverge ck doors standing tall within.
The doors were tightly shut, their surfaces etched with intricate patterns.
Lin Yuan focused on the pattern on the first ck door to his left.
Before long, a cryptic message entered Lin Yuan''s mind.
"Only those whoprehend thews of life and death can enter."
"Hmm?" Lin Yuan''s expression became serious.
Thews of life and death? This is one of the fusionws, born from the fusion of thews of life and thews of death.
Thew of life is one of the pirs of the universe, as is thew of death.
When these two pirws are sessfully fused, the resultingw of life and death immediately grants the individual peak tenth-rank power.
In other words, A-level tenth rank.
"Only peak tenth-rank beings can enter this ck door?" Lin Yuan frowned.
Then he looked at the second ck door on his left.
A momentter, another cryptic message entered his mind.
"Only those whoprehend thews of great destruction can enter."
"Thews of great destruction?" Lin Yuan sighed inwardly.
This is also a type of fusionw, and one particrly skilled in ughter, born from the fusion of two pirws that lean toward destructive power.
Comprehending this fusionw would also make one an A-level tenth rank, and a powerful one at that.
Lin Yuan continued to observe the remaining ten ck doors.
Without exception, the conditions for entering each of these doors were based onprehending a specific fusionw.
"Even for an A-level tenth rank, this only qualifies them to enter the ck door. Whether or not they can actually enter depends on the specific fusionw they''veprehended."
Lin Yuan mused to himself.
There was no doubt that the twelve ck doors corresponded to extremely high-level fusionws. Comprehending any one of them would allow someone to be an A-level tenth rank.
But not all A-level tenth-rank experts necessarilyprehend one of these twelve fusionws.
"Forcing my way in won''t work..."
Lin Yuan took another look. Since the information on the ck doors indicated that one mustprehend the corresponding fusionw to enter, it was clear that without thisprehension, entry was impossible.
This was a restriction even for A-level tenth ranks, let alone for someone of Lin Yuan''s current strength, which was still below that level.
Lin Yuan could surpass Deputy Tower Master Nn, who was also an A-level tenth rank, only because they wereparing their understanding of thews of time. If it came to a full-on battle, where all means were allowed, Lin Yuan would certainly be no match for Nn.
Of course, while Lin Yuan couldn''t defeat Nn, it would also be difficult for Nn to kill Lin Yuan. With the "Steps of Space and Time" technique, Lin Yuan was confident that even an eleventh-rank expert would not be able to kill him. At most, Nn could defeat him.
After wandering around the ck a few more times without making any other discoveries, Lin Yuan decided to leave the and return to the starry sky.
"Let''s see if I can bring it into my internal world."
Lin Yuan looked at the distant ck. He knew that, based on his findings so far, the value of this ck was no less than that of a supreme eleven-star cosmic treasure like the World Tree.
The twelve ck doors, which required A-level tenth-rankprehension just to qualify for entry, undoubtedly contained some kind of opportunity within.
Buzzing.
Spatial fluctuations slowly rippled through the area.
Even with Lin Yuan exerting all his power to activate his internal world, he was unable to bring the ck into it.
The ck seemed to act like an "anchor," tightly connected to countlessyers of space.
For Lin Yuan to bring the ck into his internal world, it would be equivalent to incorporating this entire star domain and countlessyers of space along with it.
The difficulty was too great.
Even if Lin Yuan could do it, he wouldn''t. The disturbance it would cause would be impossible to conceal. Taking away arge section of a star domain and spaceyers in one go would likely prompt the three goddesses to question what Lin Yuan was up to.
"Can''t bring it into my internal world?"
Lin Yuan found this situation troublesome. This meant that the ck would have to remain where it was.
Although it hadn''t been discovered by other powerful beings for many years, that didn''t mean it would remain hidden forever.
"I could ''rent'' this nearby star domain."
"In doing so, I would gain the usage rights to all thes in this star domain."
After thinking for a moment, Lin Yuan came up with apromise.
As long as it was within the boundaries of human civilization, one had to follow the charterws, which even eleventh-rank experts couldn''t vite.
Once Lin Yuan became the temporary owner of this star domain, in theory, the ck would also belong to him. No one else would be allowed to encroach on it, as that would mean going against human civilization.
"Let''s see if this star domain has an ''owner'' already." Lin Yuan immediately connected to the virtual world to check the information on this star domain.
This star domain was incredibly barren and deste, so it was unlikely that anyone would have an interest in it. After all, renting a star domain wasn''t cheap.
If this star domain had already been rented, it would indicate that someone else had discovered the uniqueness of the ck long ago. In that case, obtaining ownership of the ck would be much more troublesome for Lin Yuan.
Soon, Lin Yuan input the coordinates of this star domain and waited for the virtual worldwork to respond.
"Honorable Milky Way Star Lord, this star domain does not currently have an ''owner.'' Would you like to ''rent'' it?"
An electronic voice asked.
"Rent it," Lin Yuan sighed in relief and immediately responded.
"This star domain has a diameter of 12.35 light-years. Please select the rental duration."
"One thousand years," Lin Yuan thought for a moment.
A thousand years in the main universe would be enough time for him to fully uncover the secrets of the ck.
Even if he hadn''t uncovered everything by then, Lin Yuan could always extend the rental period.
"The rental fee is 8,000 universe crystals. Would you like to proceed with the payment?" the electronic voice asked again.
"Pay," Lin Yuan responded quickly.
Soon, 8,000 universe crystals were deducted from his ount, and the ownership of this deste star domain was transferred to Lin Yuan.
Ownership changes of star domains were verymon in human civilization, with numerous transactions happening every second. Lin Yuan also chose to keep his information hidden, so his name wouldn''t appear on the public list.
Therefore, outsiders would have no idea that this star domain now belonged to Lin Yuan.
"Done," Lin Yuan smiled.
From now on, he would be the owner of this star domain for the next thousand years.
In other words, he was now the owner of the ck.
"8,000 universe crystals for this ck? Definitely worth it," Lin Yuan was delighted.
8,000 universe crystals were merely the worth of an ordinary eighth-rank evolver, whereas the ck required an A-level tenth rank just to begin exploration.
Standing under the starry sky, Lin Yuan looked at the distant ck.
"Actually, discovering this ck is incredibly difficult. At the very least, it would require a tenth-rank evolver passing through this star domain, happening to be near the ck, and scanning it closely to notice anything unusual."
Lin Yuan pondered.
He was not an ordinary ninth-rank; his perception was on par with that of a tenth-rank evolver.
And as for tenth-rank evolvers? How many tenth-rank evolvers did human civilization have? Moreover, human civilization''s territory was vast, spanning billions of light-years. Most tenth-rank experts traveled by teleporting across thousands of light-years at a time.
Landing nearby by chance was incredibly unlikely.
Lin Yuan''s discovery of the anomaly in the ck owed much to luck.
This was why Lin Yuan was grateful for the "chance encounter" he had stumbled upon.
As everyone knows, "chance encounters" require a lot of luck.
Without luck, even if a "chance encounter" were right in front of you, you wouldn''t recognize it.
After confirming the ownership of this star domain, Lin Yuan left a monitoring measure near the ck.
If any life forms approached, Lin Yuan would be immediately alerted.
Given the ck''s uniqueness, even Lin Yuan couldn''t forcefully move it, so other ninth- or tenth-rank experts would have no chance of secretly relocating it. That would be nothing short of a fool''s dream.
The monitoring measure Lin Yuan left behind was mainly for early warning.
Besides preventing other life forms from getting close, it was also crucial to track the position of the ck.
The universe as a whole is in constant motion, and countlesss are no exception. Lin Yuan was concerned that if he wasn''t paying attention, the ck might move on its own.
Of course, this was unlikely. Whiles are constantly moving, Lin Yuan had already rented the surrounding star domain.
Given the ck''s slow movement speed, it would take millions or even tens of millions of years to move even one light-year.
Soon, Lin Yuan''s Yang Primordial Spirit returned to the Milky Way''s main star.
In the Star Lord''s Hall, Lin Yuan''s true body and Yang Primordial Spirit sat facing each other.
Whoosh.
The numerous Mysterious Emperor Crystals and treasure weapons were handed over by the Yang Primordial Spirit to the true body.
At the same time, the mysterious gourd fell into the hands of the Yang Primordial Spirit.
After the ninth transmigration ended, Lin Yuan made significant progress in absorbing the liquid inside the mysterious gourd while in the transmigration world.
The Yang Primordial Spirit and the other two Primordial Spirits had yet to absorb the liquid within the gourd to increase the size of their internal worlds to their limits.
Over the past twenty years, Lin Yuan''s internal world had grown to a size of 212 million miles in radius, and the absorption of the seventh drop of purple liquid had reached halfway.
A monthter, the internal world of the Yang Primordial Spirit reached its limit.
He then headed to the alien battlefield, swapping ces with the Yin Primordial Spirit for further enhancement.
In the virtual world.
Aside from cultivating andprehending the Dao, Lin Yuan asionally rxed by connecting to the virtual world.
One day, while Lin Yuan was enjoying some food in his personal space, the ck Star Lord invited him to another personal space.
Lin Yuan epted the invitation.
Soon, he arrived at a courtyard with a traditional, ancient aesthetic.
The ck Star Lord, the zed Star Lord, and the Skull Elder, along with a few other A-level tenth ranks, were chatting there.
The ck Star Lord and the others formed a small circle that only A-level tenth ranks could join. Although Lin Yuan was still only at the ninth rank, his future advancement to A-level tenth rank was almost certain.
The ck Star Lord and the others were happy to invite Lin Yuan to join them.
"Hahaha, the Milky Way Star Lord is here," the ck Star Lord smiled as he saw Lin Yuan.
The ck Star Lord belonged to the Hei Yuan Evolution Tower, while the zed Star Lord came from another evolution tower. Strictly speaking, Lin Yuan should be part of the Xiayou Evolution Tower.
However, since they were all human evolvers, there were no barriers between them.
"Milky Way Star Lord, I heard that Deputy Tower Master Nn has stepped down," the zed Star Lord said, looking at Lin Yuan with a gentle gaze.
Deputy Tower Master Nn was the deputy tower master of the Xiayou Evolution Tower and held significant influence in the circle of tenth-rank experts within human civilization.
This was mainly because Deputy Tower Master Nn was incredibly powerful, ranking among the top 100 on the A-level threat listpiled by alien races.
"Deputy Tower Master Nn stepped down?" Lin Yuan was surprised.
He had met Deputy Tower Master Nn not long ago, and they had even sparred in their understanding of the timews.
"Milky Way Star Lord, you should know that once someone takes on the position of deputy tower master, it''s rare for them to be reced in the middle of their tenure," the ck Star Lord smiled.
"What do you mean?" Lin Yuan asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Deputy Tower Master Nn is likely on the verge of advancing to the eleventh rank," the Skull Elder sighed, his expression showing envy.
The deputy tower master positions of the nine evolution towers were all held by tenth-rank evolvers.
Once a deputy tower master advanced to the eleventh rank, they would automatically step down, as eleventh-rank evolvers had more important responsibilities, such as preparing to reach the ultimate rank or guardingrge-scale alien battlefields.
Deputy Tower Master Nn still had a long time before reaching the end of his lifespan and hadn''t made any major mistakes.
If he had suddenly stepped down for no reason, and the Strongest One had agreed, it could only mean that he was about to advance to the eleventh rank.
"The eleventh rank..." the ck Star Lord sighed.
As A-level tenth ranks, they all had the potential to advance to the eleventh rank, but having the potential was one thing; the timing of the breakthrough was another.
Seeing Deputy Tower Master Nn take the lead naturally stirred mixed feelings among the group.
"Deputy Tower Master Nn had been stuck at the bottleneck of the key fusion rule for many years. How did he suddenly break through?" the zed Star Lord couldn''t help but ask.
"Who knows?" the Skull Elder shook his head. "Maybe he was stimted by something."
"When you get a chance, Milky Way Star Lord, could you ask Deputy Tower Master Nn how he managed to break through that bottleneck?" the zed Star Lord said softly, looking at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan belonged to the Xiayou Evolution Tower, and Deputy Tower Master Nn was the deputy tower master of the Xiayou Evolution Tower. Their rtionship was naturally closer than that of the others.
"Sure."
"If I meet Deputy Tower Master Nn, I''ll definitely ask."
Lin Yuan nodded. He was curious to know how Deputy Tower Master Nn had broken through as well.
Although he didn''t need the information now, it wouldn''t hurt to learn more.
"By the way, Milky Way Star Lord, you''re about to reach the tenth rank soon, right?" the ck Star Lord suddenly asked.
Given the foundation Lin Yuan had shown in the Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm, with the development of two billionyers of space, reaching the tenth rank would probably be as easy as eating or drinking for him.
"Yes, with the Milky Way Star Lord''s talent, you might even reach the eleventh rank ahead of us," the Skull Elder joked.
It was just a casual remark. Among the A-level tenth ranks present, any one of them could, like Deputy Tower Master Nn, suddenly break through to the eleventh rank after a period of seclusion.
Although Lin Yuan was currently only at the ninth rank, even if he advanced to the tenth rank, there was still a long way to go.
After chatting with his friends for a while, Lin Yuan disconnected from the virtual world and resumed his cultivation and Daoprehension.
The news of Deputy Tower Master Nn''s breakthrough greatly motivated Lin Yuan.
"The two-thousandth new model of the timew... Is it a loop? A serpent ring?"
In Lin Yuan''s mind, theplete image of the long river of time kept appearing. Overall, the river of time flows continuously, from the ancient past to the distant future.
But in reality, within certain sections of the river, time takes the form of a serpent ring, where the head meets the tail.
"In other words, time is a closed loop. No matter where you start, you eventually return to the same point?" Lin Yuan pondered, his mind filled with a flood of insights.
As he continued to meditate, Lin Yuan''s understanding of the timews rapidly deepened.
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