Chapter 715

"I actually can’t sense the gourd’s presence?"

The towering figure’s pupils contracted.

All seven of the special artifacts had been forged by him, and naturally, he held absolute control over them.

With a single thought, no matter where they were or whether they had a current inheritor, they should return to him instantly.

After all, these artifacts were created for the sole purpose of cultivating inheritors.

But their true owner was still him.

Though inheritors were nominally the owners, in truth, they were only temporary bearers.

But now?

When he recalled the seven special artifacts that represented the foundation of his internal universe, the jade gourd not only failed to return—

He couldn’t even pinpoint where it was.

To be precise—

He could still sense that the jade gourd remained within the Chaos Void.

But as for its specific location, it was hazy and unclear, as if all karmic ties had been severed.

“What in the world is going on?” the towering figure murmured inwardly.

The ability to do this—obscuring even his own perception of the gourd—had to be the work of a thirteenth-rank time lifeform. But he was familiar with every time lifeform in the Chaos Void.

They knew each other very well.

By rights, none of them would casually take his artifact, one forged specifically to cultivate an inheritor.

After all, the inheritances sealed within were based on his own path and would be of little use to others.

Besides, the seven time lifeforms of the Chaos Void had long since exchanged knowledge of their respective paths. There was no reason to steal his gourd.

As for time lifeforms from outside the Chaos Void? The Chaos Void's instinctive will was always operating. If even a Time Lord dared to intrude, they would be discovered instantly.

“Let me see.”

The towering figure’s expression turned slightly grim.

He began observing the timelines.

Thirteenth-rank time lifeforms could observe not only future timelines—

But also past ones.

Though the past was already fixed—

And held no variables—

Thirteenth-rank time lifeforms rarely bothered looking into it.

Almost all of their attention was focused on the future.

But what he now faced left him no choice but to examine the past timelines of the Chaos Void.

By reviewing the past, he could pinpoint the moment the gourd disappeared, then follow the timeline forward to find out where it had gone.

Buzz buzz buzz— Time began to reverse.

A thousand years. Two thousand. Three thousand...

Ten thousand. Twenty thousand...

Finally, within less than twenty thousand years, he discovered the gourd in its original crimson form, inside a naturally-formed universe.

“He became the inheritor?”

The towering figure’s gaze landed on Lin Yuan, who had just obtained the gourd.

Whoosh—

Now that he had locked onto the gourd’s position, he continued following the timeline forward.

“How is he growing so fast?” The towering figure merely glanced.

He didn’t believe Lin Yuan could be the reason he'd lost the gourd.

Back when Lin Yuan received the gourd, he had been far too weak.

But as the timeline advanced, Lin Yuan’s terrifying rate of growth stunned him.

In just a few thousand years, Lin Yuan had reached the peak of the Chaos Stage.

“The Heavenly Void Cauldron?”

The towering figure noted that Lin Yuan had obtained the Heavenly Void Cauldron—

But showed no surprise.

The cauldron’s original owner was also one of the seven time lifeforms of the Chaos Void.

“Hmm?”

He continued watching.

The timeline flowed quickly toward the present—

And Lin Yuan’s power kept climbing.

Until over ten thousand years ago—

Something changed.

Up to that point, the towering figure could still sense the gourd, it had remained within Lin Yuan’s internal universe.

But at a certain moment, he clearly felt that Lin Yuan’s inner universe had undergone a qualitative transformation—

And then all karma was severed.

All perception was blocked.

It was at that exact moment that he completely lost his sense of the gourd.

Even now—

He still couldn’t pinpoint where it was.

“It’s really him?”

The towering figure’s gaze shifted to the current timeline, peering toward Lin Yuan’s location.

“What kind of method did he use to sever even my perception?” he couldn’t help but feel disbelief.

As a time lifeform born of the Chaos Void, nothing within it should be able to escape his awareness—not even those naturally-formed universes protected by the laws of the Void.

And yet, he had just watched his connection to the gourd be completely severed by Lin Yuan.

“Keep watching.”

Though stunned, he didn’t act rashly.

Instead, he began observing Lin Yuan’s future timelines.

Lin Yuan’s true strength hadn’t yet been revealed in the Chaos Void—

He’d only acted a few times, and though his power far surpassed all Supreme Saints throughout the Void’s history—

To a time lifeform, that wasn’t much.

From just the past timelines alone, he couldn’t gauge Lin Yuan’s full capabilities.

Whoooosh.

Like flowing water, the timeline unraveled into the future.

“This…”

Just a brief glance revealed tens of thousands of years ahead—

In that timeline, Lin Yuan smoothly stepped into the thirteenth rank, becoming a time lifeform.

“He became a time lifeform in just a random timeline?”

The towering figure was dumbfounded. The future held infinite possibilities, endless timelines—

And yet he had picked one at random, and Lin Yuan just so happened to become a time lifeform in it?

Though he considered it lucky, he continued watching further into the future.

In that timeline, Lin Yuan’s power continued to rise—

Soon reaching a level where he sealed off his own timelines, converging past, present, and future.

At that point, the towering figure could no longer observe.

The future of a Time Lord wasn’t something ordinary time lifeforms could peer into.

Not even when that person had yet to reach the thirteenth rank.

“This is way too smooth…”

The towering figure was stunned.

He’d chosen a random future timeline, and not only did Lin Yuan break through—

He became a Time Lord?

Since becoming a time lifeform, he had viewed countless timelines—

And only seen a handful involving Time Lords.

If the first timeline was just him being insanely lucky—

Then for Lin Yuan to become a Time Lord in it couldn’t be explained by luck alone.

There were infinite variables in the future. Every node branched into countless outcomes. No matter how heaven-defying his luck was—

There was no way he'd just randomly land on the only path among quadrillions that led to becoming a Time Lord.

“Choose another.”

He refocused and began again from the start.

And in this new timeline, Lin Yuan again stepped into the thirteenth rank—

And again became a Time Lord.

“This…”

The towering figure fell silent.

Waves of shock stirred in his heart.

If the first timeline was extreme luck—

Then the second, with a different process but the same outcome, made things clear:

Something was very wrong.

He kept watching more timelines.

Five. Ten.

A hundred. A thousand…

Across countless timelines, Lin Yuan reached the thirteenth rank at different points—some earlier, some later.

But the ultimate outcome never changed.

“You guys…”

The towering figure immediately contacted the other six time lifeforms.

They were all in seclusion—either cultivating or observing timelines in the mysterious interdimensional gap.

Rarely did they concern themselves with matters inside the Chaos Void.

In the First Source World, they occasionally descended to guide their descendants—

But within the Chaos Void, the seven thirteenth-rank beings only took interest once every countless cosmic eras.

Shortly after he sent the call—

The six towering figures descended.

“Mo Xu-jun, what’s the matter?”

One of them, clad in black armor, asked lazily.

It was unusual for all seven of them to gather like this.

“Don’t tell me a time lifeform from another dimensional space has invaded?” asked another—one with a serpent tail and human torso.

The Chaos Void, as a top-tier dimensional space, held immense reference value for time lifeforms due to its law structure.

Many powerful time lifeforms coveted it.

“A foreign invader? Not quite.”

The towering figure, Mo Xu-jun, shook his head. his expression turned solemn.

“But what I’ve discovered is even more unbelievable.”

More unbelievable than an invasion?

“Yes?” The six others were intrigued.

“Take a look.”

Mo Xu-jun flipped his hand—revealing an image.

In it, Lin Yuan floated within a barren void.

“Him?”

The armored figure’s eyes flickered.

“Such a powerful physique.”

Even through the image, he could sense Lin Yuan’s terrifying weight.

“Watch his future,” Mo Xu-jun said simply.

The six glanced at each other and immediately began observing.

As time lifeforms, the moment they saw Lin Yuan, karmic ties were established—allowing them to access his future timelines.

Moments later—

All six showed looks of disbelief.

“What?!”

The serpent-bodied time lifeform was stunned.

“I checked dozens of timelines—he breaks through in all of them. Even becomes a Time Lord!”

“Same here,” another two or three quickly echoed.

The results were too shocking.

“I saw the same. So in my latest timeline, I tried to prevent his breakthrough—cut it off early—but…”

The armored time lifeform’s tone turned incredulous. “I couldn’t stop him.”

A time lifeform attacking someone below the thirteenth rank—and failing?

In the timeline he observed, even with an all-out battle in the interdimensional gap, he couldn’t suppress Lin Yuan.

“What?”

Mo Xu-jun was stunned.

The timelines he observed assumed none of them had intervened—yet Lin Yuan almost always broke through.

But if, as the armored one saw, even direct intervention failed…

“I’ll check myself.”

The others began selecting timelines where they tried to kill Lin Yuan.

“…Can’t do it.”

“Same. I failed too.”

“He’s not even thirteenth rank yet—how is he this strong? In head-on combat, he’s not weaker than us.”

“Inconceivable.”

The time lifeforms were shaken.

In the timelines where they tried to kill him—

The best-case outcome was forcing him out of the Chaos Void.

But soon after, Lin Yuan would return—

And then, all seven of them faced catastrophic retribution.

Some were completely suppressed.

Some fled, never daring to return.

Some… even died.

“Monster.”

“What kind of monster is this…”

All seven time lifeforms, including Mo Xu-jun, looked on in horror.

Chaos Void.

Barren Space.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, part of his attention still focused on observing his future timelines.

“Hm?”

His expression shifted slightly.

In the dozens of timelines he'd just seen, over ninety percent became blurry and distorted not long from now.

That only happened when interacting with thirteenth-rank time lifeforms.

“Looks like I’ll likely be meeting a time lifeform soon.”

That was the conclusion Lin Yuan drew.

The future was full of variables—but once a specific event occurred, the probability of certain outcomes would skyrocket.

For example, a random Supreme Saint of the Chaos Void might have a future of attempting thirteenth-rank breakthrough and falling into a time loop.

That would be the most likely outcome—out of 100,000 timelines, 99,999 would lead there.

But if Lin Yuan decided to kill that person?

Then across 100,000, 1 million, 10 billion timelines—

They all led to one ending:

Death at Lin Yuan’s hands.

And now—

He noticed a sharp increase in the likelihood of interacting with time lifeforms.

This didn’t match any of the earlier timelines he'd seen.

Which meant something must have happened in the meantime—

Something that brought him into their sights.

“What could it be?”

Lin Yuan began to think.

At the same time, he examined himself.

Soon, in his internal universe, he found the red-clothed girl looking uneasy.

“Master.”

The red-clothed girl was the spirit of the jade gourd—and she was nervously glancing around.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Yuan asked.

“Master…”

She hesitated, then spoke truthfully: “Just now, I sensed that my old master awoke… and tried to summon me.”

“Old master?”

Lin Yuan immediately understood.

The red-clothed girl’s old master was the creator of Infinite Void—a time lifeform of the Chaos Void.

“Then why didn’t you go?” Lin Yuan asked.

“It’s not that I didn’t want to, Master,” the girl said helplessly. “I simply couldn’t leave.”

This inner universe had surpassed the Chaos Void in terms of perfection. Though it was smaller in scale, its isolation from outside influence was nearly absolute. It wasn’t just her—likely even her old master couldn’t sense her current location.

“So that’s why…”

Lin Yuan’s gaze turned thoughtful—

He had just determined he would likely interact with time lifeforms soon. Now, it all made sense.

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