Chapter 679

Lin Yuan served as a record keeper in Qingyun Archives, primarily responsible for organizing ancient texts and jade slips.

This kind of position was relatively easy.

It was usually held by elder cultivators who had made great contributions to the Sacred Sect over the years, but whose bodies were left with lasting injuries.

Although Lin Yuan wasn’t that old, he had once suffered mental erosion from demonic energy. Plus, with the sect master’s approval, his appointment went smoothly.

In fact, Lin Yuan had indeed made a significant contribution to the Sacred Sect—he had warned them in advance about the senior brother’s descent into madness, helping the sect avoid a major loss.

While recovering his strength, Lin Yuan focused on studying the physical body. The one he had descended into had astonishing potential—almost as if—

It were the direct descendant of a thirteenth-rank time-based lifeform.

The potential was unbelievably vast.

In the First Source World, the six great ancient kingdoms carried the bloodlines of six progenitors.

But the bloodline was extremely diluted—almost nonexistent.

Yet in this Source World, the physical body’s potential was frighteningly high.

“Before the Great Change of Heaven and Earth, the cultivation system of this Source World was based on runes, which interpreted everything—including the Dao and laws—through symbolic script.”

Lin Yuan studied the inherited jade slips left from before the Great Change, his expression thoughtful.

The Dao and its laws were inherently intangible—ordinary people couldn’t perceive them, and even cultivators could only sense them vaguely.

But runes were tangible. They expressed the intangible Dao through visible forms. This was why, before the Great Change, the number of cultivators in this world was overwhelming.

With a large base of powerful individuals, the chances of producing even stronger ones naturally increased.

Before the Great Change, the Qingyun Sacred Sect had been a dominant power in this region, guarded by masters of the Three Stages of Freedom.

Even the first realm of Freedom was equivalent to a Chaos Great Saint in the chaotic void.

After experiencing the Great Change and enduring wave after wave of attacks from Great Demons, the sect's peak combat strength had dropped to the peak of the Longevity Sixth Stage—equivalent to the peak of the Chaos rank.

With the sect’s grand protective formation, they could barely mount a defense at the level of the Three Stages of Freedom. This was how they managed to withstand repeated assaults from the Great Demons.

Great Demons were terrifying beings equal to the peak of the Longevity Sixth Stage—in some aspects, even surpassing it.

“After the Great Change, demonic energy flooded the world, and the Dao laws became obscured. Even with rune inheritance, it’s difficult to clearly interpret the vague laws.”

Lin Yuan felt the heavy power lingering in the world, and a spark lit up in his eyes. “Runes?”

Threads of energy wove together in Lin Yuan’s palm, quickly forming the character for “metal”.

This was a native character of this world—essentially a metal rune, perfectly embodying the laws of metal.

“Marvelous, marvelous!”

Lin Yuan was radiant with excitement.

The so-called runes resembled the chaotic seal diagrams collected in the treasure vaults of the six ancient kingdoms in the First Source World—those diagrams were, in essence, runes.

And those chaotic diagrams were left behind by the progenitors at the pinnacle of their power. Even Lin Yuan, beneath their level, couldn’t replicate them.

But the rune inheritance in this world could imprint all things from heaven and earth—turning the invisible into the visible. This drastically reduced the difficulty of comprehension and had limitless applications.

“Using runes as the foundation, I now know how to sustain the creation of infinite particle worlds.”

Lin Yuan’s thoughts accelerated. His true body in the First Source World was attempting to mimic the Yuanlong by creating vast worlds within every particle of his being.

That Yuanlong possessed a deeper foundation than even Lin Yuan—thanks to what? Its sand-like infinite particle worlds.

If Lin Yuan could successfully emulate that, constructing particle worlds and reconstructing them using the Infinite Void inheritance, the final result… even Lin Yuan didn’t dare imagine.

It would at least far surpass his current state.

“That Yuanlong could maintain its endless particle worlds due to its innate talent—it was the first lifeform ever born, blessed by the Source World itself.”

“But I lack that talent, so I can only rely on my mental strength to sustain the creation of particle worlds. Yet mental strength is limited, while the infinite particle worlds are, well, infinite.”

Lin Yuan thought rapidly. The emergence of rune inheritance gave him hope of sustaining infinite particle worlds.

By engraving Dao rule runes on the surface of each particle world, he could stabilize them and eventually spawn infinite particle worlds.

“So far, this method seems the simplest and most promising.”

Lin Yuan thought silently. His true body had run countless simulations without finding a viable solution—either they lacked longevity or posed too many risks.

Now, the rune inheritance of this world accidentally aligned perfectly with Lin Yuan’s plan to forge his own infinite particle world.

“No, not by accident. Rune inheritance is inherently compatible with all cultivation systems. Replicating Dao rules with runes and letting the world nourish oneself—it's a perfect support system.”

Lin Yuan pondered inwardly.

“I’ll begin my particle world experiments from this world.”

He had made up his mind. First, this body he had descended into had extremely high potential—more than sufficient to host the creation of particle worlds.

Even if he failed midway, Lin Yuan had already prepared revival mechanisms. He could simply start over.

Second, building up particle worlds from weak to strong would allow him to better grasp how they operated—something that would greatly aid his true body’s cultivation.

As for the deteriorated cultivation environment after the Great Change—infused with demonic energy—even with rune inheritance, it was still difficult for most to sense the Dao. But that only applied to other strong cultivators.

Lin Yuan possessed Unrivaled Insight. As long as the Dao laws still existed, he could continue to cultivate using rune inheritance.

Even if the Dao laws of this Source World were completely suppressed by demonic energy, Lin Yuan could still sense the laws of other dimensions. The so-called demonic energy was limited to this world alone.

Its actual impact on Lin Yuan was minimal.

“Still… with such physical potential in this Source World, what kind of bodily divine power will ultimately be birthed?”

A hint of anticipation arose in Lin Yuan’s heart.

In the First Source World, physical potential wasn’t particularly high—his bloodline concentration wasn’t even close to the royal clans.

His eventual power came entirely from his own cultivation.

But in this Source World? The body Lin Yuan had descended into could be considered a direct descendant of a thirteenth-rank time-based lifeform.

That would be regarded as the most elite bloodline among the six ancient kingdoms—surpassing even the core royal families.

Those royal families didn’t actually have direct bloodlines from the progenitors—only relatively high concentrations.

True direct progenitor bloodlines were extremely rare. At the level of a progenitor, producing true offspring with direct lineage was incredibly difficult.

It wasn’t hard for a progenitor to create descendants, but actual direct offspring? That was exceedingly rare.

In his second year as a record keeper at Qingyun Archives...

Lin Yuan’s body fully transitioned onto the martial evolution path. He soon began nurturing the core power within his bloodline and started gestating a new bodily divine power.

“It will take at least ten thousand years to fully form.”

Lin Yuan nodded to himself, based on the usual timeline from his previous bodily divine powers.

The longer it took to gestate a divine power, the greater its potential and strength. For instance, his previous divine power, Sunborn Genesis, had taken several thousand years.

And now this new one? It would take over ten thousand years?

Lin Yuan couldn’t help but look forward to it.

“What exactly happened in this Source World? What was the Great Change of Heaven and Earth? And after it, why did the flesh of all living beings become so terrifying?”

Questions began to surface in Lin Yuan’s mind.

Enhancing his own physical potential wasn’t hard—but raising the physical potential of an entire Source World’s population? Even for a thirteenth-rank time-based lifeform, that was nearly impossible.

What’s more, the leap in potential from before the Great Change to after was staggering.

“It’s too early to be thinking about all this.”

Lin Yuan pulled his thoughts back. His strength had yet to recover. Even if he knew the truth of this Source World, it wouldn’t matter.

Once he returned to his peak, many secrets would become clear without him needing to ask.

【Name: Chen Tong (Lin Yuan)】

【Identity: Master of the Gate of Myriad Realms】

【Bound Talent: Unrivaled Insight】

【Divine Power: Blood Rebirth】

【Divine Power: Sunborn Genesis】

【Divine Power: World…】

【Current State: Consciousness Descent】

【Remaining Duration: Unlimited】

“No limit to my stay—I still have plenty of time.”

Lin Yuan understood this well.

After reaching the twelfth rank, his consciousness transmigrations no longer had a time limit—as long as the host body wasn’t completely destroyed, he could remain indefinitely.

By the fourth year of his post at Qingyun Archives...

The entire Qingyun Sacred Mountain began to tremble slightly.

Qingyun Sacred Mountain was the seat of the Qingyun Sacred Sect. After generations of tempering by the sect’s strongest, it had long ceased to be just a mountain—it had become a powerful Saint weapon.

“Great Demon. A Great Demon is attacking.”

Countless disciples of the Qingyun Sacred Sect were gripped with dread. There were four classes of demons: Demon Spirit, Great Demon, Source Demon, and Demon God.

Demon Gods could be dismissed—they had only appeared at the very beginning of the Great Change and never since.

As for Source Demons, they were extremely rare. If they showed up, they’d be drawn toward the Eternal Sects.

The greatest threat facing the Qingyun Sacred Sect now was the Great Demons.

Even Great Demons had no independent will. They wandered the world like the walking dead.

If one happened to notice something unusual about the Qingyun Sacred Sect, it would attack—that’s what “Great Demon mountain assaults” were.

Qingyun Sacred Mountain was constantly shrouded in a concealment formation. Normal demons would never notice anything. But Great Demons were different—if they got close enough, they might sense something.

However, if nothing unusual was discovered after a period of assault, the zombie-like Great Demon would simply move on.

That meant the assault had been survived.

During a Great Demon assault, the Qingyun Sacred Sect absolutely could not strike back.

Otherwise, they risked attracting more Great Demons. No matter how powerful the sect was, it would be overwhelmed and worn down.

“A Great Demon?”

Lin Yuan stood outside the Qingyun Archives, gazing far off toward the edge of Qingyun Sacred Mountain—at a towering silhouette.

The massive figure was surrounded by boundless demonic energy, which gathered into waves and slammed relentlessly into Qingyun Sacred Mountain.

The tremors of the mountain came from those terrifying impacts.

“Each strike from this Great Demon reaches the peak of the Chaos rank—and it can endlessly inhale and exhale demonic energy. Truly difficult to deal with.”

Lin Yuan studied it closely. Even more crucially, Great Demons were nearly immortal. Even if someone from the Three Stages of Freedom stepped in, they could only suppress it—not destroy it.

In truth, this was true of all demons.

Even if their bodies were obliterated, the essence of the “demon” would simply reform somewhere else.

The only way to completely eliminate a demon… was to become one. And then devour it.

Since the Great Change, this was why cultivators had started turning demonic—not only because doing so granted a surge in power, but also because only demonized beings could truly destroy demons.

Rumble…

Qingyun Sacred Mountain quaked.

In the eyes of the Great Demon outside, it was just a massive, ordinary mountain. After attacking for a while and gaining nothing, the Great Demon shook its head and wandered off.

“It’s gone?”

“We survived!”

The disciples of the Qingyun Sacred Sect all let out a breath of relief.

Every Great Demon assault was a potential extinction-level event for the sect.

Just seeing that colossal form filled any disciple with an indescribable sense of dread.

“Looks like they really don’t have any intelligence.”

Lin Yuan watched the Great Demon depart and thought to himself.

“If nothing changes, the Qingyun Sacred Sect won’t be able to survive many more of these assaults.”

Though not yet at full strength, Lin Yuan could still sense the growing weakness in Qingyun Sacred Mountain’s defenses under the relentless Great Demon assaults.

Senior Brother Li Qing’s decision to turn demonic in an attempt to save the sect wasn’t without reason. As the sect’s leading disciple, he must have clearly understood the dire situation they were in.

“It’s said that the source of the Great Change lies at the world’s center—the point where demonic energy first erupted. It’s currently being held back by several Eternal Sects. Compared to what lies at the center, these Great Demons are nothing.”

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

A situation that plunged an entire Source World into despair couldn’t have been caused by mere Great Demons—or even Source Demons. Only Demon Gods had that kind of power.

“I’d better focus on cultivation.”

Lin Yuan returned to Qingyun Archives and resumed his study of rune inheritance, intending to merge it with his particle world creation.

Over the past few years, aside from restoring his strength, Lin Yuan had devoted all his energy to this.

“I’ve now created twelve particle worlds.”

Lin Yuan closed his eyes and inspected twelve particles within his body—each one covered in intricate runes, each containing a vast internal world.

“Maintaining these twelve worlds requires no mental energy from me. Using rune inheritance as the foundation for sustaining infinite particle worlds—it works.”

Lin Yuan felt a surge of excitement, but then his thoughts turned to the greatest challenge.

“It’s just that…”

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