Chapter 777

Deep within the Wanwei Spacetime, beside the Origin Stone—

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, meditating on the ancient time segments compiled by the Wanwei Lord. As countless insights converged and merged, the threads of the timeline finally gathered completely.

At the moment the timelines sealed and converged, Lin Yuan successfully stepped into the Third Realm, officially becoming a true Time Lord.

“The greatest difference between a Time Lord and time beings below the Third Realm lies in one’s personal timeline.”

A sudden clarity arose in Lin Yuan’s heart. Until one becomes a Lord, no matter how much one understands, they cannot truly grasp what it means to be a Lord.

Only by becoming a Lord and sealing their past timelines could one eliminate all moments of weakness, making it nearly impossible to be killed during one's weaker eras.

Any being capable of slaying a Lord’s past self would also be able to kill the Lord’s present and future selves.

Moreover, the convergence of future timelines links the future and present, eliminating a significant number of external variables.

After all, countless redundant and unnecessary future timelines are pruned away, leaving only those needed by the Lord—this, too, helps the path of future cultivation.

It removes all “ineffective” paths.

“Much earlier than I expected.”

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan’s face. Although cultivating the Three Lives Technique practically guaranteed his ascension to Lordship…

By his previous estimates, even with the Three Lives Technique, it would still take seventy or eighty thousand years—possibly close to a hundred thousand—to fully step into the Third Realm.

Yet here, in the deepest part of Wanwei Spacetime, while comprehending unique spacetime fluctuations, studying the Wanwei Lord’s legacy—the Origin Stone and the Abyss of Tribulation—and communicating with other legendary Lords…

Lin Yuan managed to condense his personal timeline in just sixty thousand years.

And the significance of these sixty thousand years went far beyond merely achieving Lordship three thousand years ahead of schedule.

The Origin Stone and Abyss of Tribulation left behind by the Wanwei Lord granted Lin Yuan profound understanding of the two transcendent paths: Infinite Origin and Endless Tribulation.

Especially the Abyss of Tribulation, which archived the tribulations experienced by the Wanwei Lord and many other Lords—these countless bizarre and unimaginable trials gave Lin Yuan much to ponder.

“The first phase of the Endless Tribulation Path, 3.602 billion tribulations, isn’t all that difficult. It’s mostly about heading into some vast dimensional gaps to complete a trial. Only the final few tribulations may involve traveling to the past to alter parts of the timeline.”

“The second phase, 1.08 billion tribulations, is far more dangerous for a Lord. Some trials even require the Lord to abandon everything, descending into a special world with harsh laws using only a sliver of soul and will to complete the test.”

Lin Yuan’s expression turned contemplative.

The time-loop world he had been trapped in—assassinating the Emperor of the Grand Feng Dynasty—was most likely orchestrated by a Second Stage Time Lord, and by the brutal standards of that world, it could well have been one of the final trials in the 1.08 billion tribulations.

“As for the third stage—330 million tribulations…”

Lin Yuan’s expression grew solemn. This phase corresponded to the Legendary Lord level, and every tribulation was unimaginably difficult.

According to the Wanwei Lord’s summaries, the hardest part of the third stage was the requirement to travel into the future to stop certain events from occurring.

In the 200-millionth tribulation of the third stage, the Wanwei Lord had to travel far into the future to slay a unique Time Lord.

It was this battle that caused the Wanwei Lord to completely lose confidence in the Endless Tribulation path. Even though he barely managed to complete the trial, he turned to pursue the path of the Perfect Time Lifeform instead.

“That battle…”

Lin Yuan frowned slightly. Though the Wanwei Lord had mentioned it, the crucial parts were wiped clean.

“Was it the Supreme Will Consciousness that prevented its dissemination?”

Lin Yuan pondered. The other legendary Lords in the deepest regions of space had speculated that it was the Supreme Will Consciousness itself that erased the critical parts.

“What exactly happened in that battle? Or was the Time Lord he had to kill so unique that it made the Wanwei Lord realize he would never succeed on the path of Endless Tribulation?”

Lin Yuan was full of curiosity.

A being like the Wanwei Lord, who had survived countless trials with an unfathomably firm mind—what kind of shock would it take to make him give up on a nearly completed transcendent path?

Chaos Void.

Buzz—

As Lin Yuan stepped into the Third Realm, his life essence began to transform, and his soul and will rapidly ascended, easily permeating the entire Chaos Void.

As a Chaos Void lifeform, Lin Yuan was not repelled by the Chaos Void. Thus, he effortlessly detected one key piece of information—

He could refine the entire Chaos Void and become its master.

The master of the Chaos Void, even if it entered a Great Annihilation Cycle, would not need to leave. They could remain inside safely.

It must be understood that whether it was the Chaos Void or other top-tier dimensional spaces, once they entered a Great Annihilation Cycle, any time beings birthed within would have to leave.

If they didn’t leave, they would perish with the space during the Great Annihilation.

And once a Chaos Void completed its Annihilation Cycle, it would no longer accept time beings that had previously resided there.

By refining the Chaos Void, Lin Yuan would be able to remain within it no matter how many Annihilation Cycles passed.

“So this is the ‘benefit’ of becoming a Time Lord within one Great Annihilation Cycle—gaining the right to refine a top-tier dimensional space?” Lin Yuan’s thoughts stirred.

Refining such a space came with immense advantages, starting with its protection.

Any form of attack—no matter how powerful, even from a legendary Lord like the Wanwei Lord—would be reduced by 99% after passing through such a space.

The Chaos Void, while only comparable in scale to a Time Lord, was enveloped in the highest Lawway Consciousness of endless dimensions, making it the ultimate life-saving tool.

Of course, to refine such a space, one must become a Lord within its Annihilation Cycle.

Another condition was that the lifeform must be naturally born in the space. Time beings or Lords who forcefully merged into the space would be rejected. Even if they regained Lord-level strength, refinement would be impossible.

Since the birth of endless dimensions, Lin Yuan might be the first lifeform to become a Lord within one Annihilation Cycle of a top-tier dimensional space—no one had ever heard of such a thing.

Not even the Wanwei Lord left behind any intel on refining dimensional spaces. No other legendary Lord had heard of it either.

“I can’t refine the Source Worlds though.”

Lin Yuan mused. Compared to normal top-tier spaces, the Source Worlds were far more unique.

He wasn’t surprised by this. In the third Source World, the Three Immortal Emperors—including the Immortal Emperor of Three Lives—had also become Lords within one Annihilation Cycle by leveraging the Source World’s uniqueness. Yet even they couldn’t refine it.

“The third Source World has already ceased to be a proper Source World due to the fall of the illusory world. It has existed far beyond one Annihilation Cycle.”

Lin Yuan thought silently.

This also highlighted the special nature of the Source Worlds.

“Never mind. I’ll refine the Chaos Void first.”

With a single thought, Lin Yuan began refining the entire Chaos Void.

Though his inner universe had now surpassed the Chaos Void in both volume and scale, it was ultimately not birthed from the Supreme Will Consciousness and lacked a certain divine resonance.

The most obvious difference was that the Chaos Void could birth time beings—

While Lin Yuan’s inner universe could not. The Law Source Spirit Tree, currently trapped in a time-loop, was not birthed from his universe either; it came from the vast dimensional gaps.

Refining the Chaos Void would help Lin Yuan perfect his internal universe on a microcosmic level.

Rumble—

As Lin Yuan began the refinement, the entire Chaos Void naturally responded.

Countless Daos—even the Primal Dao—began to tremble. Mo Xu-jun and other time beings sensed the disturbance and appeared to investigate.

“What’s going on?”

“Why does it feel like the aura of the Chaos Void is changing?”

Mo Xu-jun and the others were stunned.

Suddenly—

A message entered the minds of all time beings.

“I’ve stepped into the Third Realm and am refining the Chaos Void.”

Lin Yuan’s voice echoed.

The unease in Mo Xu-jun and the others immediately dissipated.

But what followed was an even greater shock.

“Third Realm? The Milky Way has become a Lord?”

Time being Zhu Yin spoke dumbfoundedly.

Time beings are divided into three realms, and the Third Realm is also called a Time Lord.

“Incredible.”

Another time being sighed in awe. Even though they had long recognized Lin Yuan’s boundless potential, to become a Lord so quickly? How long had it been since he entered the Thirteenth Rank?

“Milky Way…”

The newly ascended time being Rahu looked dazed.

With Lin Yuan’s permission, he had meditated in the Celestial River Dimension for tens of thousands of years, thinking he had narrowed the gap. Yet in a blink, Lin Yuan had already become a Lord?

“I even stepped into the Thirteenth Rank before him…”

Rahu felt a bit emotional.

“You were only a little earlier. We were all early by half an Annihilation Cycle.”

The other time beings rolled their eyes.

What they didn’t know was that although Lin Yuan had only just entered the Third Realm and become a Lord, his actual combat power far exceeded 99% of Lords. Even among legendary Lords, he was considered formidable.

Without undergoing a single tribulation of the Endless Tribulation path, to already possess such power—this was unprecedented.

“With Milky Way refining the Chaos Void, even if the Annihilation Cycle comes, we won’t need to leave.”

Mo Xu-jun spoke softly. Lin Yuan had also shared with them some of the benefits of refining the Chaos Void.

Once refined, Lin Yuan would become the true master of the Chaos Void. As long as he was willing, even time beings not born in the Chaos Void could enter.

“Indeed.”

One by one, the time beings were stirred.

The deepest region of Wanwei Spacetime.

After Lin Yuan fully refined the Chaos Void, he gained insight into many of its fundamental essences. Combined with his own accumulated knowledge, many of his bottlenecks quickly began to dissolve.

“I was wrong. The direction of the third chapter of Innate Five Tais was incorrect.”

His eyes lit up. As early as 55,000 years ago, he had created the second chapter, Tai Shi, of the Innate Five Tais.

This scripture was the culmination of his entire Dao journey. The first chapter was Tai Chu, the second Tai Shi.

After creating the first two, it was only natural that he tried to build a third chapter upon them—

But he had always sensed something was off.

Now, having stepped into the Third Realm, become a Time Lord, broadened his perspective, and refined the Chaos Void, he immediately realized the direction of the third chapter had been mistaken.

“The third chapter of Innate Five Tais should not be an extension of the first two, but their origin.”

His eyes sparkled. “In other words, this chapter is the true first chapter, while Tai Chu and Tai Shi are actually the second and third.”

Lin Yuan extended his right hand, and a new aura began to coalesce at his fingertips.

“What I need to create is the true first chapter of the Innate Five Tais—Tai Yi.”

Deep within his gaze, three auras intertwined—Tai Yi, Tai Chu, and Tai Shi—the first three chapters of the Innate Five Tais.

“The Fourth Chapter—”

Lin Yuan began to deduce the fourth, and as he restructured the sequence of the first three chapters, he immediately sensed the fourth chapter drawing near.

“Milky Way, congratulations.” At this moment, the voice of the Violet-Light Legendary Lord rang out.

Lin Yuan’s timeline had converged and sealed, and stepping into the Third Realm brought tremendous changes—impossible to conceal from the other legendary Lords present.

However, they didn’t interrupt immediately. Only after Lin Yuan had stabilized his aura did they offer congratulations.

Looking up at Violet-Light Legendary Lord, Lin Yuan smiled. “I was able to reach the Third Realm so quickly thanks to your guidance.”

Over the past sixty thousand years of cultivation, Lin Yuan frequently exchanged insights with the legendary Lords, and Violet-Light Legendary Lord had provided much guidance.

“Even without me, you’d still have reached this point,” Violet-Light Legendary Lord said with a smile.

“Milky Way, congratulations.”

“Milky Way, congratulations on becoming a Lord.”

The other legendary Lords also offered their congratulations in turn.

They were all exceptionally friendly—for Lin Yuan’s future was too terrifying. If they could maintain distance, they would. But if that wasn’t possible, they had to show their greatest goodwill and warmth.

“Milky Way, how does it feel?”

Violet-Light Legendary Lord looked at Lin Yuan.

“Only after becoming a Lord do I realize how small I truly am…”

Lin Yuan gently shook his head. Upon entering the Third Realm, the transformation of his soul and will allowed him to sense the existence of the Supreme Will Consciousness permeating the endless dimensions.

That power—spanning infinite dimensions—was so vast that even the legendary Lords were insignificant before it.

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