Chapter 720

Since the Yin-Yang Life-Bloom was useful to Lin Yuan, he naturally took it together with the iceberg and volcano that had nurtured it.

For Lin Yuan, it was an effortless task.

This region of the dimensional gap was rich in Yin and Yang forces—so even after the iceberg and volcano were removed, given enough time, new ones would eventually form again.

And when they did, another Yin-Yang Life-Bloom would bloom between them.

“Time to go back.”

Placing the iceberg and volcano into his inner cosmos, Lin Yuan turned and began his journey back toward the Chaos Void.

The dimensional gap was filled with countless variables and unpredictable factors.

Though Lin Yuan was nearly indistinguishable from a thirteenth-rank being, he hadn’t truly stepped into that level yet.

It was best not to linger too long.

If not for the Yin-Yang Life-Bloom’s immense value in advancing his Chaos Tai Chi Dao, Lin Yuan wouldn’t have sent his Tai Chi Primordial Spirit here at all.

As for the other gains—the Nightmare Fruit and other treasures, they were welcome, but not essential.

Compared to the decades spent traveling from the Chaos Void to the land of the iceberg and volcano, the return trip would be far shorter.

“The Yin-Yang Life-Bloom.”

Lin Yuan carefully examined the strange bloom, now in full blossom at the junction between the mountain of ice and the mountain of fire.

Wisps of interwoven Yin and Yang energy flowed out from it.

“God… the great God…”

Countless Yin and Yang beings on the mountains prostrated before Lin Yuan in awe.

In their eyes, he was an unfathomable divinity. With a single stretch of his hand, he had taken away the home they had lived in for countless ages—and brought them along as well.

A being like that—just one breath from him could annihilate them all.

They couldn’t help but worship.

“Continue your lives.”

Lin Yuan didn’t trouble these Yin and Yang beings.

He even planned to create a special realm within his inner cosmos just for them to flourish.

He was rather curious to see what kind of life would be born if Yin beings and Yang beings intermingled.

【Your Unrivaled Insight activates. Observing the mysterious flower greatly enhances your comprehension of the Chaos Tai Chi Dao.】

Merely by observing the Yin-Yang Life-Bloom for a short while, Lin Yuan felt countless flashes of inspiration erupt within his Chaos Tai Chi Dao.

The powers of Yin and Yang coiled before him—sometimes forming the world-suppressing Tai Chi Diagram, sometimes the all-severing Tai Chi Sword, sometimes—

“Yin and Yang… Tai Chi…”

Lin Yuan’s eyes shone brightly. He absorbed the flood of insights pouring into his mind while continuing to study the flower.

Even the iceberg and volcano themselves were part of his contemplation.

“Under normal circumstances, it would take me tens of thousands—perhaps even a hundred thousand years—to push my Chaos Tai Chi Dao to the third stage before reaching the thirteenth rank.”

He calculated swiftly.

“But now? A few thousand years will do.”

The Yin-Yang Life-Bloom was an unparalleled guide—it was a Dao fruit of pure Yin-Yang harmony, born from the mysterious dimensional gap.

Combined with Lin Yuan’s Unrivaled Insight, the effect was more than exponential.

It was a qualitative leap.

“The third stage of the Chaos Tai Chi Dao—that’s the true limit of my path before the thirteenth rank. The limit of my Dao, not of my techniques.”

He reflected silently.

For example, opening infinite particle worlds within his inner cosmos was a secret technique—something that required time to develop.

But the Chaos Tai Chi Dao was his true path.

It was what defined Lin Yuan himself, something he could use at will—even across consciousness transmigrations—without restriction.

The Milky Way Chaos Continent.

Although Lin Yuan had created thirty-three acquired universes and relocated much of humanity’s elite there.

The Milky Way Chaos Continent remained the indisputable heart of human civilization. The thirty-three acquired universes were its foundation, ensuring an unbroken lineage.

On this day.

Dozens of twelfth-rank evolvers of human civilization gathered to discuss important matters.

Whoosh—A figure descended. It was Lin Yuan.

Every twelfth-rank evolver’s heart trembled, and they immediately bowed in reverence.

Aside from the nine Strongest Ones who had once journeyed from the home universe with him, few had ever seen Lin Yuan in person.

To them, the Invincible Supreme Saint who ruled the Chaos Void was an awe-inspiring legend.

“Milky Way,” Xuanyuan, one of the Strongest Ones, greeted him.

“I’m here to replenish the treasure vault—with some new items for exchange,” Lin Yuan said with a faint smile.

After the Tai Chi Primordial Spirit’s return, he had gathered all the lesser materials he didn’t need, planning to donate them to humanity’s vault.

As the pillar of the human race, he had no qualms about giving back.

Even back in the home universe, the vault’s twelfth-rank treasures had come from the nine Strongest Ones giving freely to their descendants.

It was never about repayment.

“Replenish the vault?”

The Strongest Ones Xia Qin and Xu Shen exchanged a look and said quietly, “Milky Way, you’ve already done more than enough for our people. Don’t let this delay your own cultivation.”

He had built the Milky Way Chaos Continent to shelter humanity.

Then, he had created thirty-three acquired universes, forging an eternal foundation.

Such contributions were beyond measure—how could they ever repay him?

And now he was adding more treasures?

“It’s fine. These things don’t mean much to me.”

Lin Yuan glanced at the respectful twelfth-rank evolvers.

“You’re free to look through them. If something helps your cultivation, exchange for it with merit.”

As soon as he finished speaking—

Lin Yuan waved his hand.

Countless items fell from the air.

Among them were not only rare treasures—but also corpses.

Corpses of beings from the dimensional gaps.

During his wanderings, the Tai Chi Primordial Spirit had occasionally struck down some of the gap’s creatures.

To Lin Yuan, they were insignificant. But to human evolvers, they were unimaginably powerful.

Back in the home universe, when humanity had once obtained a single fragment of a twelfth-rank corpse that drifted in from the cosmic rift, it had triggered battles among Strongest Ones.

That fragment alone had fueled the rise of many geniuses—Lin Yuan himself had learned much from it.

The corpses of powerful beings contained the essence of their paths.

Compared to directly perceiving the laws of the Dao, studying such bodies was far easier.

“These corpses…”

The Strongest Ones—Xia Qin, Xuanyuan, and the others—as well as the gathered twelfth-rank evolvers, all felt immense pressure.

The thousands of corpses Lin Yuan casually dropped—each radiated an overwhelming aura.

“These are all corpses of dimensional beings,” Lin Yuan said casually.

“Each one carries fragments of unique paths. I kept them so our evolvers could study them.”

Lifeforms that survived the dimensional gaps often pursued extreme, singular paths of power.

Extremes had their own virtues—it was up to each evolver to find what resonated.

“This one… what strength did it have when alive?” Yu Die, another Strongest One, pointed to the corpse of an octopus-like being whose aura was so dense it seemed to form a miniature world.

“Roughly stronger than an Invincible Supreme Saint,” Lin Yuan replied.

“One of the weaker ones, actually.”

“Stronger than an Invincible Supreme Saint?” Xuanyuan was stunned.

The others turned toward the remaining thousands of corpses.

If that octopus was among the weaker ones, then every single corpse here had once surpassed the Invincible Supreme Saint level?

Thousands of such beings—killed and brought back by Lin Yuan?

Even knowing his terrifying growth, the nine Strongest Ones couldn’t help but breathe deeply.

Still, they’d learned to accept the impossible when it came to Lin Yuan.

The newly ascended twelfth-rank evolvers, however, were utterly speechless.

Beings stronger than Invincible Supreme Saints—by the thousands?

Since when were such beings so common?

And wasn’t the Milky Way Saint himself an Invincible Supreme Saint?

“All right, study them freely,” Lin Yuan said. “I’ve already removed the chaotic killing will from their bodies.”

After giving a few more words of guidance, his figure faded away.

Leaving the human Strongest Ones and evolvers staring blankly at the mountains of treasures and corpses.

Soon after—

News spread swiftly throughout human civilization: the vault had been enriched with a vast trove of treasures and dimensional corpses.

“So many dimensional relics? Some of these corpses were stronger than Invincible Supreme Saints? That level… so many of them?” Countless evolvers stared at the vault’s new exchange listings in disbelief.

“Wasn’t the dimensional gap supposed to be full of deadly threats? Even Supreme Saints don’t dare explore it deeply—where did all these come from?”

“Don’t speculate. They’re gifts from the great Milky Way Saint. He explored the dimensional gap, gathered these effortlessly, and chose to share them with us to nurture the next generations.”

Those in the know explained quietly.

By now, Lin Yuan was the unshakable spiritual pillar of human civilization—the one who had lifted humanity to the very summit of the Chaos Void’s powers.

“What level is the Milky Way Saint at now? Has he stepped into the thirteenth rank? Why is the perilous dimensional gap nothing to him—like his own back garden?”

“How blessed our civilization is, to have given birth to someone like the Milky Way Saint.” Many of the older evolvers who had once struggled back in the home universe wept openly.

They remembered how immense the pressure from other races used to be.

But ever since the rise of the Milky Way Saint, that pressure was gone.

Now, the only thing that weighed on them—was the fear that they could no longer keep up with him.

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