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Inside the Devil Jade Space's Nine-Layer Black Tower, passing through each layer grants rewards left by the master of Devil Jade Tower.
Lin Yuan's World Tree, "Interpretation of the Void," "Illusion to Reality," Chaos Crystal, and so on were all obtained from the Nine-Layer Black Tower. These treasures have greatly aided him.
Even after advancing to the ninth rank, Lin Yuan still frequently comprehended these items.
Especially "Interpretation of the Void," which explains the rules of space from a perspective different from human civilization.
Every time Lin Yuan comprehends it, he gains deeper insights into the essence of space rules.
Devil Jade Space.
Lin Yuan's consciousness incarnation appeared.
"This space?"
Lin Yuan carefully observed his surroundings. This was his first time descending here after advancing to the ninth rank.
Compared to when he was at the eighth rank, Lin Yuan, now in the ninth rank domain, immediately noticed the subtle essence of the Devil Jade Space.
"Completely independent of many spatial layers, how did the master of Devil Jade Tower achieve this?"
Lin Yuan was somewhat amazed.
Lin Yuan knew that Devil Jade Space was not in the main universe.
After all, the master of Devil Jade Tower was not a being from the main universe, but the space opened here did not rely on any spatial layers, which was quite incredible.
"Let's see how far I can get on the third layer/floor."
After observing for a while, Lin Yuan headed towards the Nine-Layer Black Tower.
According to Shen Ji, the third layer of the Nine-Layer Black Tower is specifically prepared for some extremely powerful and special ninth-rank beings, as well as tenth-rank beings.
When Lin Yuan was at the eighth rank, let alone breaking through the third layer, he couldn't even sustain himself in the third layer.
Now, having advanced to the ninth rank, he didn't expect to pass through the third layer but was curious about the test on the third layer of the black tower.
Lin Yuan knew the tests on the first and second layers, which were about resistance to pressure from all directions.
However, even though Lin Yuan's mind and will, nurtured by the power of his internal world's landmass, were not much weaker than that of ninth-rank beings, he still couldn't sustain himself in the third layer.
Lin Yuan vaguely sensed that the third layer's test might be different from the first and second layers.
In front of the Nine-Layer Black Tower.
The humanoid statue Shen Ji emerged.
"You've been away for a long time." The humanoid statue was about to ask Lin Yuan why he hadn't come for so long.
Then he noticed that Lin Yuan's mind and will had undergone a qualitative change compared to before. His will incarnation naturally integrated into multiple spatial layers.
What Shen Ji saw now was just a projection of Lin Yuan.
"You've advanced to the ninth rank?"
Shen Ji's tone was complex. Even though he knew that advancing to the ninth rank was not difficult for a monster like Lin Yuan, discovering that Lin Yuan had reached this level in such a short time still made him feel inexplicably emotional.
Why didn't such a monster appear during the time of the master of Devil Jade Tower?
"Just lucky," Lin Yuan said with a smile.
Again with the luck, Shen Ji felt a bit helpless. Looking at Lin Yuan, he asked, "Are you here to try breaking through the third layer?"
If Lin Yuan were still at the eighth rank, Shen Ji would not suggest trying the third layer as it would be meaningless and wouldn't even serve as training.
But since he was now at the ninth rank, given Lin Yuan's talent, it was natural to try the third layer.
"Go ahead."
Shen Ji stepped aside.
Lin Yuan walked straight into the black tower.
The third layer.
As soon as Lin Yuan appeared, invisible and terrifying pressure swept over him from all directions.
However, it seemed to hit nothing, as all the pressure passed through Lin Yuan.
Because Lin Yuan's true self was not in the main space.
"Uh?"
Lin Yuan tried to take a step.
The pressure from all directions increased, starting to penetrate dozens of spatial layers.
Taking another step.
It penetrated hundreds of spatial layers.
After ten more steps.
It penetrated nearly ten thousand spatial layers.
At this moment, the invisible and intangible pressure swept through nearly ten thousand spatial layers.
Even though Lin Yuan's will incarnation was in over eighty thousand spatial layers, he still vaguely felt the pressure.
Taking a hundred steps forward.
The heavy pressure seemed to materialize, oscillating back and forth within eighty thousand spatial layers.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan decisively stopped moving forward.
"The true test of the third layer of the black tower is not about resisting pressure because this pressure cannot be resisted. Even a tenth-rank strong one, with just a trace of will, would collapse if touched by the pressure from all directions."
Lin Yuan pondered.
The true test of the third layer of the black tower was to occupy spatial layers.
The more spatial layers one occupied, the better one could avoid being covered by the pressure.
In Lin Yuan's understanding, occupying more spatial layers meant opening up more spatial layers within one's own world.
Only by opening up more spatial layers within one's internal world could one correspondingly enhance mastery over the main world's spatial layers.
Currently, Lin Yuan's internal world had opened up over eighty-seven thousand spatial layers, theoretically allowing him to occupy eighty-seven thousand spatial layers of the main world.
"I'm now at only one percent of the total length of the third layer."
"The pressure here sweeps over more than eighty thousand spatial layers. To walk through the third layer completely, wouldn't I need to occupy tens of millions, even nearly 100M spatial layers?"
Lin Yuan was astonished.
Occupying tens of millions or nearly 100M spatial layers means opening up tens of millions or nearly 100M spatial layers within one's internal world.
It is known that the highest realm of the ninth rank, the last stage, is only about opening up a million spatial layers.
But now, to pass the third layer of the black tower, one needs to open up tens of millions or nearly 100M spatial layers?
"No wonder only the special beings among the ninth rank have a chance to pass this layer," Lin Yuan thought.
The million-layer realm is the final stage of the ninth rank, but that doesn't mean the million-layer realm is the strongest.
In theory, after opening up a million spatial layers, one can still open up more.
But it is too difficult. Any ninth-rank strong one who has opened up a million spatial layers would have spent countless years and effort to reach this point, and now they have to continue?
The reason why the million-layer realm is set as the final stage of the ninth rank is that once the spatial layers reach a million, one can try to advance to the tenth rank.
"I am still far from the million-layer realm."
After thinking for a while, Lin Yuan directly exited the Devil Jade Space.
Outside the Nine-Layer Black Tower.
The humanoid statue Shen Ji silently observed Lin Yuan's movements.
"Walked one percent of the journey, nearly occupying ninety thousand spatial layers," Shen Ji thought.
"How long has it been since he advanced to the ninth rank? He has already occupied nearly ninety thousand spatial layers?"
Shen Ji didn't know what to say. He had never seen such a thing.
He had heard of innate multi-spatial beings who mastered many spatial layers at birth, but someone like Lin Yuan, who grew strong step by step from weakness, occupying ninety thousand spatial layers at such an unbelievable speed...
"No matter how monstrous, passing the third layer is not easy. This is a test set by the master."
"Either advance to the tenth rank before coming back or deeply cultivate the ninth rank, and the latter is much more difficult than the former."
Shen Ji silently thought.
Milky Way main star.
Lin Yuan opened his eyes.
"It seems there's no hope of passing the third layer in a short time."
Lin Yuan sighed inwardly.
Over the past five years of traversing the periphery of the Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm, Lin Yuan's number of opened spatial layers increased from forty-three thousand to eighty-seven thousand. (From now on "Mysterious Yellow" will be "Mysterious Emperor")
This progress was terrifying, but the tens of millions or nearly 100M spatial layers were not something Lin Yuan could achieve in the short term.
"In these five years, I could feel that the time rule could be mastered at any moment," Lin Yuan thought.
Five years ago, Lin Yuan already felt that he was about to master the time rule, but until now, he still hadn't. This shows the difficulty and obscurity of the time rule.
Even with Lin Yuan's Unrivaled Insight, it was so difficult. For other ninth-rank evolvers, it would be almost impossible to master the time rule even in tens of thousands or millions of years.
In a sense, the time rule is a foundational rule for tenth-rank beings to comprehend, and the ninth rank is just a formality.
"Time."
Lin Yuan raised his right hand. Faintly, the time flow on his right hand began to distort.
This time, Lin Yuan truly felt that his time rule was about to be mastered.
It could be a few days or a few months.
"I have accumulated seventy-one strands of Boundary-Breaking Source Power," Lin Yuan felt the amount of Boundary-Breaking Source Power and was pleased.
Boundary-Breaking Source Power was his greatest reliance, allowing him to descend into any world across dimensional boundaries.
Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm.
After five years of journeying, Lin Yuan finally entered the inner area.
"The atmosphere of the world has changed?"
Lin Yuan carefully sensed his surroundings.
If the outer area of the Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm was almost indistinguishable from the main universe, then the inner area carried an ancient and oppressive atmosphere.
"The calling is also stronger."
Lin Yuan slightly closed his eyes and began to listen.
Now he could vaguely hear the content of the calling.
"Mysterious Emperor... Mysterious Emperor, great Mysterious Emperor, you have finally returned..."
The calling seemed to come from the distant ancient past, crossing time and space, reaching Lin Yuan's ears.
"Mysterious Emperor?" Lin Yuan slightly frowned.
"Is Mysterious Emperor a name?" Lin Yuan guessed.
The language of the calling was not one Lin Yuan had ever encountered, yet magically, he could understand its meaning just by hearing it.
"Let's keep moving."
After thinking for a while, Lin Yuan decided to continue. So far, the understanding of the Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm, even by the peak human civilization and other top groups, was only superficial.
The connection between the Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm and other cosmic eras was just speculation, not confirmed.
The main reason was that the Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm repelled tenth-rank and higher beings from entering, so the strongest couldn't explore deeply and had limited knowledge.
After entering the inner area, Lin Yuan deliberately slowed his pace.
"Uh?"
"Over there?"
Lin Yuan seemed to sense something and looked in a certain direction.
Over there, the aura was boiling. A native lifeform tens of thousands of meters large was fighting with a slender-tailed alien.
Their fight shook tens of thousands or millions of spatial layers.
"That alien has at least opened up over a million spatial layers...," Lin Yuan observed from afar, "That native lifeform is also very strong, not much weaker than the alien."
"Let's move on."
Lin Yuan only watched for a moment before moving away, heading in another direction.
He recognized the alien as Moruo, a rare special lifeform from the Universe Alliance.
The relationship between the Human Civilization Alliance and the Universe Alliance was not good. After all, many bloodline evolution potions in human civilization were derived from special lifeforms.
If the strongest beings among special lifeforms had not united to form the Universe Alliance and officially participated in the peak groups' battles in the universe, the special lifeforms might have been nearly wiped out by human civilization.
Special lifeforms were individually strong but had difficulty reproducing, though not impossible.
Apart from extremely rare special lifeforms that couldn't form groups, most special lifeforms had reproductive abilities.
Lin Yuan wasn't afraid of Moruo, who had opened a million spatial layers. Five years ago, Lin Yuan's combat power was not much weaker than a ninth-rank being with a million layers, let alone now.
He just didn't want any trouble.
Whoosh!
Lin Yuan took another path towards the core area of the Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm.
A few days later.
Lin Yuan slightly raised his eyebrows.
"There's a human evolver nearby?"
Lin Yuan raised his right hand, and a black disc appeared in his palm.
Any lifeform entering the Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm would be randomly placed in the outer area.
This prevented forming alliances from the start.
But after entering, human evolvers could use the black disc provided by human civilization to sense other human evolvers within a certain range.
In the Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm, strong beings from all over the starry sky could enter. Human evolvers had to unite and help each other to seize the greatest opportunities and treasures.
"It's Xi Lan?"
Lin Yuan recognized the human evolver's identity.
Not long ago, Lin Yuan went to the Central Star Domain's Eternal Spring, and it was Xi Lan who received him.
Also, in Battlefield B0001, where Lin Yuan massacred the undefeated eighth-rank beings of the Tianyu Clan, the ninth-rank evolver overseeing the battlefield was Xi Lan.
"Xi Lan... seems to be being chased..."
Based on the black disc's sensing, Lin Yuan looked in a certain direction.
Within numerous spatial layers.
A purple-haired Xi Lan was fleeing frantically.
"Human, hand over the treasure, and I will let your avatar leave," a huge figure was chasing behind. "Otherwise, your avatar will die, and the treasure will still be mine."
Xi Lan didn't respond and continued to flee.
"I found the opportunity first, but you humans are so shameless?" The huge figure was furious. "Hand over the treasure now, and I promise to let you leave."
The huge figure was burning with anger.
As a ninth-rank strong one at the peak of a hundred thousand layers realm, having opened nine hundred thousand spatial layers, he was close to the million-layer realm.
Originally, the huge figure discovered an opportunity site about to emerge and was guarding it. Unexpectedly, as soon as the site opened, Xi Lan rushed in, took the treasure, and ran.
"Catch me if you can."
Xi Lan transmitted back.
He still didn't know what the treasure was, but the phenomena when the opportunity site opened were extraordinary.
So no matter what the huge figure said, Xi Lan wouldn't agree.
What a joke.
Why would he return the treasure he had just obtained?
"But it's also a problem."
"Chasing like this might cause changes."
Xi Lan was slightly anxious.
With his speed, it was unlikely for the huge figure to catch up.
But their chase would definitely attract the attention of other strong beings nearby.
If it were strong beings from hostile groups to human civilization, Xi Lan might really fall here.
While Xi Lan was pondering a way to break the deadlock.
The black disc in his internal world suddenly transmitted a voice.
"Xi Lan, need help?"
"The Milky Way Star Lord is nearby?" Xi Lan was slightly stunned and immediately knew Lin Yuan's identity through the black disc.
"Milky Way Star Lord, you should flee. The enemy is not someone you can handle."
Xi Lan's expression changed slightly and immediately responded through the black disc.
"An enemy I can't handle?"
Lin Yuan was silent for a while, looking around.
"Where?"
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