Chapter 723

“The third level of the Tao of Chaos Tai Chi!”

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan’s face. After three thousand years of seclusion and focused cultivation, free from distractions, he had finally elevated the Tao of Chaos Tai Chi to perfection.

In the Chaos Void, the limit of chaos-evolved power paths was the second level. Only in the first source world, where comprehending the laws was easier, did the third level exist.

And this third level was already the ceiling for the chaos-evolved power paths.

Beyond that, it involved the thirteenth rank, requiring the very essence of a time being to further improve.

“A bit faster than expected.” Lin Yuan was quite satisfied.

In many of the future timelines he had observed, even with the Yin-Yang Life-Bloom, it would still take several thousand years to reach the third level.

Several thousand years here meant a range between three to five thousand years.

Reaching it in three thousand years was clearly fast.

“Now this is my true limit—probably the limit of the twelfth rank as well.”

Lin Yuan thought to himself. Infinite Void had long reached the sixth level, and all three of his true bodies had fully opened up infinite grains-of-sand particle worlds.

On top of that, his Tao of Chaos Tai Chi had reached the third level.

Lin Yuan was certain he had reached the utmost limit of what was possible.

Whoosh.

One thirteenth-rank inheritance after another surfaced in Lin Yuan’s mind.

These came from time beings of the Chaos Void, the first source world, and the second source world.

“These inheritances…”

Lin Yuan carefully reviewed them all. He had already fully comprehended all thirteenth-rank inheritances—there was no need to practice them.

At Lin Yuan’s current level, even thirteenth-rank inheritances brought only limited gains.

For a Supreme Saint, mastering a thirteenth-rank inheritance would mean ascending to the power of an Invincible Supreme Saint—a massive leap.

But for Lin Yuan, mastering one? It was just another tool for combat, offering minimal improvement in raw power.

His purpose in studying these thirteenth-rank inheritances was mainly to understand the paths walked by various time beings, and incorporate compatible elements into his martial path.

Martial Dao was meant to encompass all paths. Theoretically, it could have countless branches, and Lin Yuan’s ambition for it was immense.

Today, Martial Dao had already spread widely in the Chaos Void, both source worlds, and even the lower-tier dimensional spaces—clearly influenced by Lin Yuan himself.

But without a doubt, Martial Dao was also extremely well-suited for cultivation and held immense potential.

Only then could it be widely adopted. If it were merely carried by Lin Yuan’s influence but unsuitable for cultivation, countless cultivators would “vote with their feet.”

“My current strength… probably a bit above normal time beings?”

Lin Yuan mused. Nowadays, he used time beings as the benchmark to measure himself.

But exactly what tier he stood in wasn’t entirely clear.

Lin Yuan could observe future timelines to see himself in battle against other time beings.

But the time beings of the Chaos Void and the two source worlds, even when fighting him, never went all out.

And if the timeline was extended a few thousand or ten thousand years into the future—

That couldn't accurately measure Lin Yuan's true strength.

To other time beings, thousands or tens of thousands of years were but the blink of an eye.

Their strength wouldn’t change much.

But with Lin Yuan’s cultivation speed, forget thousands or tens of thousands—just a few hundred or a thousand years would result in a massive leap in strength.

You simply couldn’t use the standard time being model to estimate him.

After all, how long had it been since Lin Yuan became an evolver?

Not even one hundred thousand years.

And for time beings, or even seemingly insignificant ninth or tenth-rank beings, one hundred thousand years was just a moment.

“Maybe I should spar with the Demon God of the second source world?”

The thought suddenly occurred to Lin Yuan.

The Demon God wasn’t a normal time being.

It was the Dark Demon Body of the Lord of Heavenly Radiance. Lacking a spiritual will, it wouldn’t hold back due to concerns about future timelines when fighting Lin Yuan.

Because the Demon God didn’t look at future timelines at all—it acted entirely on instinct.

Yet it still possessed the true power of a time being.

Even a fragment of the Lord of Heavenly Radiance—a time lord-level existence—was strong enough to clash head-on with a thirteenth-rank time being, despite lacking a spiritual will.

“The Demon God…”

Lin Yuan made up his mind.

He had only fought the Demon God once—just before or after opening the infinite grains-of-sand particle worlds.

Back then, their battle had been deadlocked. Lin Yuan had used every method he had, but still couldn’t overcome the Demon God.

In the end, it was the Demon God who, sensing that it couldn’t defeat Lin Yuan either, had retreated on its own.

Compared to the Lin Yuan of that time, now his strength had skyrocketed beyond measure.

Second Source World.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged on a hill, while the surrounding region’s demonic energy retreated on its own.

“Demon God?”

Lin Yuan stood up.

After their last fight, the Demon God realized he wasn’t someone to provoke and had stopped interfering with the ‘demons’ outside. Instead, it focused entirely on suppressing the world consciousness of the source world.

At the same time, the endless demonic energy continued eroding the world itself—working with the Demon God, one inside and one outside, to suppress the source world entirely.

Therefore—

To force the Demon God to appear, Lin Yuan didn’t even need to attack it directly—he just had to rapidly wear down the demonic energy pervading the world.

Once the demonic energy thinned to a certain extent and the source world regained some breathing room, it would feed back into the world’s consciousness, strengthening it, and making it harder for the Demon God to suppress.

In fact, if a new Eternal Lord were to rise in this source world, this would be the normal method for eliminating the demon scourge.

First, they’d target the endless demonic energy—burn it away and suppress the Demon God alongside the world consciousness.

There would be resistance from the demon form, of course—but as long as one could hold steady, the end result would favor the source world.

Lin Yuan willed it—and a Chaos Tai Chi Diagram a hundred billion li wide appeared overhead, slowly rotating, erasing vast amounts of demonic energy.

Before long—

The demonic energy across the source world began to churn.

Clearly, the Demon God sensed something and began to manifest its true form.

At the center of the world—Hidden World.

Several sect masters of the Eternal Sects also sensed the disturbance in the demonic energy.

“What’s happening? The Demon God is appearing again?”

“It hasn’t been long since last time!”

“This doesn’t make sense.”

“And it’s not manifesting at the center of the world.”

“It’s at Lord Milky Way’s location! The Demon God’s going after him again!”

The sect masters looked tense. They didn’t realize Lin Yuan had acted first, forcing the Demon God to appear.

After all, the amount of demonic energy Lin Yuan had erased wasn’t that large. That the Demon God noticed it and emerged didn’t seem to cause a major stir.

So the sect masters and the elders of the sects naturally assumed it was the Demon God who had found a way to deal with Lin Yuan and was taking the initiative to suppress him.

And if Lin Yuan were suppressed, the core territories of the Eternal Sects would also be doomed.

Ten thousand years ago, if not for Lin Yuan holding the front, the Hidden World would’ve been flattened by the Demon God.

“Hopefully Lord Milky Way is prepared.”

The Sect Master of the Eternal Boundless Sect silently prayed, while he and the other sect masters stood ready to activate their Eternal Treasures to assist Lin Yuan if needed.

Beyond the Source World.

The thirteen Eternal Lords—who had been fully blocking Infinite Light—also noticed the disturbance immediately.

“Milky Way is burning demonic energy?”

Unlike the Hidden World’s sect masters, the thirteen Eternal Lords immediately realized the true cause of the Demon God’s appearance.

Lin Yuan had taken the initiative.

“Milky Way is being too hasty. Eradicating the demon scourge now could lead to backlash from the Demon God.”

The Lord of Black Void frowned. This aligned with the results of their prior observations of Lin Yuan’s future timelines.

The Lord Immeasurable had even warned Lin Yuan not to act rashly.

Lin Yuan was different from ordinary Eternal Lords. He matched them in direct strength,

But he wasn’t an Eternal Lord yet—and still had much room to grow.

For other Eternal Lords, ending the demon scourge would take many ages and come at great cost.

But Lin Yuan could simply wait until he stepped into the thirteenth rank and then deal with it.

The jump from twelfth to thirteenth rank was a massive transformation in the essence of life.

At that point, his power would soar.

To end the demon scourge in his strongest state would be more efficient—and would minimize the price he had to pay.

After all, the Demon God’s true identity was a manifestation of a time lord’s true body. Who knew what hidden tricks it might possess?

“Perhaps Milky Way has deeper reasons for doing this?”

The Lord of Wu Shan spoke. At this point, they could no longer observe Lin Yuan’s future timelines directly, so they couldn’t tell how the coming clash would end—they could only rely on past observations and experience.

“If Milky Way wants to fight the Demon God again, let him. It won’t affect the larger picture.”

The Lord Immeasurable considered for a moment and spoke.

Even if the worst-case scenario from past timelines happened—Lin Yuan being wounded by the Demon God and having his ascension to Eternal Lord delayed by several tens of thousands of years—

That kind of delay didn’t matter to the Eternal Lords here.

“Besides, I agree with Wu Shan—Milky Way must be confident in what he’s doing.”

The Lord Immeasurable said. Though they hadn’t spent much time interacting with Lin Yuan, they had seen many future timelines and understood this destined savior of the world quite well.

Based on his past decisions in the timelines, Lin Yuan was clearly cautious and wouldn’t do anything he wasn’t confident about.

“True.”

The other Eternal Lords nodded slightly.

Mainly because Lin Yuan’s future was too assured. Even if he chose the most disadvantageous path for himself, it would only delay his rise to Eternal Lord by a few tens of thousands of years.

That price—none of the Eternal Lords present cared about it.

“Let’s see how Milky Way and the Demon God clash.”

The Lord Immeasurable willed it—and ripples spread before him, revealing images. The first showed Lin Yuan rising to his feet.

In the distance, endless demonic energy surged and condensed into the Demon God’s figure.

“So you finally show yourself.”

Lin Yuan gazed into the distance at the reappearing Demon God.

It had a single black horn and a thick, pitch-black tail swaying behind it.

The demonic energy across the world rose and fell with the Demon God’s every breath.

“Hm?”

Lin Yuan clearly noticed that this time, the Demon God was different from when they first met.

Back then, the Demon God showed no fluctuations of instinct. Even when Lin Yuan unleashed terrifying power, the Demon God didn’t react much.

But now—

Lin Yuan could feel an overwhelming instinct spilling out of it.

Desire.

Desire.

Desire.

The Demon God looked at Lin Yuan with a hunger—wanting to devour him completely.

“Is it because of my lord-position fragment?”

Lin Yuan guessed the reason. His lord-position fragment had come from the Lord of Heavenly Radiance.

And the Demon God, being the dark demon body of the Lord of Heavenly Radiance, naturally craved that fragment intensely.

When the Lord of Heavenly Radiance failed to ascend to the fourteenth rank, its spiritual will burned away, and its lord-position collapsed—scattering among the bloodlines of this source world’s beings.

Normal means couldn’t extract it.

The Demon God had spread its demonic energy and created countless “demons,” launching a bloody slaughter across the world—

All with the goal of devouring the people of this world and re-condensing the lord-position.

Given how well it aligned with the fragment, once it reassembled it, the Demon God’s strength would soar.

“Come—let me see your true strength.”

Lin Yuan’s form instantly expanded—towering over the land, revealing his true body, looking down at the Demon God like it was a mere insect.

During their last fight, Lin Yuan had clearly sensed the Demon God holding back—only retreating once it realized it couldn’t kill him.

Boom— The Demon God's form also rapidly enlarged, black robes billowing as endless dark demonic energy spread out like a shadowy canopy, rushing to cover Lin Yuan.

Just then—

A massive tail tore through space, sweeping in from the shadows of the dark sky. It was the Demon God’s true attack—hidden behind the veil of demonic energy.

That enormous tail carried terrifying power, obliterating great swathes of spacetime as it came. This strike was far stronger than the tail attacks from their last battle.

Because of Lin Yuan’s lord-position fragment, the Demon God’s hunger surged—its desire to devour Lin Yuan matched its instinct to suppress the world consciousness. It didn’t hold back at all with this attack, disregarding any cost.

The tail swept through, annihilating spacetime and all things in its path, finally landing a direct hit on Lin Yuan’s body.

Shhhh—!!

Terrifying power clashed and dissolved. Even after taking the full brunt of the Demon God’s strike, Lin Yuan didn’t move an inch—he just stood there silently.

Within him, infinite grains-of-sand particle worlds rapidly dispersed the incoming force. Every particle world had mastered the sixth level of Infinite Void, approaching the strength of an Invincible Supreme Saint’s internal universe.

No matter how strong the tail’s power was—split among infinite particles, it was nothing. Each world blocked its share with ease.

“That attack… was just a tickle?” Lin Yuan said, looking at the Demon God.

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