Outside Longshan Hall.
Many members of the Longshan family were also watching the darkened sky.
That place used to be where the eternal and indestructible divine kingdoms of the gods were, worshipped by all beings.
"Why do I feel that the Chief is still alive? The bloodline remains?" A core member of the Longshan family couldn't help but say.
In this world, many knight cultivation methods, and even Lin Yuan's native martial arts cultivation methods, were centered on the bloodline.
In essence, they all continuously dug into the limits of the bloodline's potential.
With the drastically shortened lifespan, comprehending external rules? The efficiency was too slow.
Only by relying on the potential of one's own bloodline could one hope to ignite the divine fire before a thousand years, becoming a seventh-level demigod, and then striving to elevate the divine kingdom.
So—
The strong ones in this world are very sensitive to the bloodline, especially to family members who share the same bloodline.
As the chief of the Longshan family, the strongest person, although many family members could not perceive Lin Yuan's bloodline specifically, once such an existence fell, and the bloodline perished, all Longshan family members would feel it, experiencing a deep grief from the bloodline.
But until now, none of the Longshan family members felt this, especially the Chief's parents, Longshan Fang and his wife.
They also did not sense the death of their son.
"The Chief isn't dead?" Many members of the Longshan family widened their eyes, somewhat unable to react.
They had seen the Chief enter the Sea of Light with their own eyes, and now such a big incident happened in the gods' abode, where the gods were almost all dead, and their Chief was still alive?
It's not that everyone wanted the Chief to die, but with almost all gods dead, the main gods soon to follow, and the Chief being in the Ocean of Light, how could nothing have happened to him?
Although many members of the Longshan family had nearly blind faith in their Chief, they never arrogantly believed that the Chief's strength surpassed that of all the gods and main gods combined.
"Unless..." Some elderly members of the Longshan family had a slight change in expression, with a terrifying guess forming in their minds.
This guess was incredibly unbelievable, but with everything happening now, it seemed that only this incredible guess could explain it.
Longshan Ling and other close followers of the Chief exchanged glances, with the same speculation arising in their hearts.
Could the terrifying scene of this dusk of the gods be related to their Chief?
Or, was it directly caused by their Chief?
This speculation was supported by two pieces of evidence.
First, the rapid fall of the gods happened right after the Chief entered the Sea of Light.
Such an event that hadn't occurred in ages happened as soon as the Chief entered?
If it were only this, everyone would just think their Chief had bad luck.
But up to now, the Chief's bloodline hadn't perished and was still well and alive, which starkly contrasted with the dark and desolate sky.
"Is the Chief slaughtering the gods?" Longshan Ling and other close followers were trembling in their souls. Many of them had watched Lin Yuan grow up.
Over hundreds of years, Lin Yuan had created countless legends, even breaking the bloodline shackles of the first Viscount Longshan, becoming the first seventh-level demigod in the history of the Longshan family.
But even so, how could he single-handedly overthrow the gods?
"Let's wait for the Chief to return and then ask him."
Longshan Ling took a deep breath. Although eliminating all possibilities left only the incredible truth, they still dared not believe it without the Chief's confirmation.
In the depths of countless space layers.
Lin Yuan was leisurely walking, quickly closing the distance in the space layers with the figure frantically fleeing ahead.
"Lord of Light."
Lin Yuan looked at the last remaining main god.
The first main god born in this world and the strongest among the twenty-four main gods.
For ages, the Dark Lord had fought against him and mostly lost.
"Chief Longshan, you are not a Supreme God, you absolutely are not a Supreme God." The Lord of Light was in despair, constantly breaking through layers of space, trying to reach the deepest part of this world's space.
"Whether or not I am a Supreme God doesn't matter to whether you can survive." Lin Yuan's expression was calm.
Earlier, the Lord of Light had summoned the other twenty-three main gods and many true gods to suppress Lin Yuan and seize the so-called Supreme God opportunity without mercy.
If Lin Yuan's strength wasn't strong enough and he had faced the encirclement of the Lord of Light during his seventh and eighth ranks, it would have been him fleeing for his life now.
When dealing with enemies, Lin Yuan always believed in eliminating them entirely. As for the innocent? Any true god had trampled over countless mortals to rise, doing whatever it took to gather faith.
The Goddess of Lust established the Church of Lust, using carnal pleasure to tempt high officials and nobles, but were the beautiful girls used to tempt them deserving of such fate?
In the eyes of the gods and main gods, all beings were just resources to elevate them, ants, dust. As long as they didn't kill too many at once to affect the faith supply, they were utterly indifferent.
Now, Lin Yuan viewed the gods and main gods as ants, and there was nothing wrong with that.
"Chief Longshan, if you spare me, I have secrets about the Supreme God to tell." The Lord of Light, sensing Lin Yuan getting closer, immediately shouted.
He was the first main god born in this world, knowing many secrets. It was said no being had ever seen the Supreme God, but the Lord of Light did know a secret about the Supreme God.
"Are you talking about the palace in the deepest part of the space?" Lin Yuan said casually.
While quickly occupying many space layers, Lin Yuan had vaguely noticed an ancient palace in the deepest part of this world's space.
But Lin Yuan had been busy hunting down the remaining main gods, so he didn't immediately check it out, planning to explore it after dealing with everything.
Now, the direction of the Lord of Light's escape was exactly towards the ancient palace in the deepest part of the space.
"You know?" The Lord of Light was in disbelief. He had discovered the mysterious palace early on and speculated it was related to the Supreme God but never found more useful information.
"You're too weak."
"At my level, there's hardly any secret in this world." Lin Yuan shook his head slightly, closing the distance in the space layers significantly.
Now, Lin Yuan had opened 120 million layers of space, while this world's space layers numbered around a trillion.
This meant, if Lin Yuan wanted, he could explore all the space layers in this world by spending some time due to his spatial capacity.
Many secrets hidden in the layers of space weren't secrets to Lin Yuan.
"Die."
Lin Yuan had now approached the Lord of Light closely.
"So this is the feeling of death?" The Lord of Light suddenly stopped, his divine body and soul completely disintegrating.
"The divine core of light?"
Lin Yuan reached out, and a divine core radiating infinite light appeared in his palm.
"Hmm?"
"It contains the essence of endless light and part of the essence of time?" Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow, pleasantly surprised.
As the first main god, the Lord of Light was undoubtedly the strongest among the twenty-four main gods, with his divine core containing two rule essences.
Although it couldn't compare to the Seven-colored Dragon God's seven rule essences, both endless light and time were powerful rule essences.
"However, during the escape just now, the Lord of Light didn't use any time essence abilities," Lin Yuan thought for a moment and figured out the reason.
Time rules, though mysterious and profound, also depended on the strength comparison between the two parties.
For example, the most basic time stop ability was useful in situations with similar strengths, whether for fighting or escaping, it was a divine skill.
But in cases of vast strength and life essence differences, it was useless.
It might even have a negative effect.
If time were a river, time stop would be like setting up a 'net' in a segment.
It would trap the life moving with the river, stopping it.
But if the life to be trapped was a massive whale far exceeding the net's capacity.
The only result would be the net breaking, and the whale continuing unhindered.
The Lord of Light probably sensed Lin Yuan's overwhelming life essence and, even at the end, didn't use any time-related abilities.
Because it was meaningless.
Not only time rules but any rule ability or innate talent, even divine powers, would be useless in the face of sufficient strength differences.
For example, Lin Yuan now, without using any methods, relying solely on his internal world of 120 million space layers, could crush any ninth-rank life.
Even uniquely talented and terrifying special life forms had no chance of resisting Lin Yuan.
Under absolute power, any methods were just fancy tricks.
"Since I'm already here." Lin Yuan stored the divine core of light and looked towards the ancient palace in the deepest part of the space.
Originally, Lin Yuan planned to explore it after finishing everything, but now that he was here, he might as well check it out.
Swoosh.
The Yang primordial spirit appeared beside him.
Lin Yuan transferred all the divine cores in his internal world to the Yang primordial spirit's internal world, then stepped into the deepest part of the space.
Even though Lin Yuan considered himself invincible in this world, he wouldn't be arrogant.
With two primordial spirits outside and leaving behind much blood essence, even if Lin Yuan perished in the mysterious palace, he wouldn't lose much.
Buzz.
The mysterious palace was grand and majestic, with a faint terrifying pressure. Even a strong main god could only barely resist under such pressure.
This was why the Lord of Light thought the palace was related to the Supreme God. Who else but the Supreme God could build such a palace?
"Supreme God?"
Lin Yuan walked slowly on the main path of the palace, his mind slightly cautious.
With his strength, he could ignore the pressure, but this space was clearly not the work of a main god. If there was indeed a Supreme God, it might be their doing.
Half a day later.
Lin Yuan had explored most of the palace.
"Just a palace?" Lin Yuan carefully observed, even penetrating deeper space layers, finding nothing of value.
"No use to me." Lin Yuan shook his head slightly. He had observed the palace for half a day without gaining any insights, far less valuable than divine essences.
"Perhaps this palace comes from a more ancient past." Lin Yuan thought to himself.
The era of the gods began with the Lord of Light, but what about before the Lord of Light? It was too ancient.
As for the Supreme God? At Lin Yuan's current level, he had seen the upper limit of this world.
That was level nine.
The Supreme God was an existence that all gods agreed surpassed level nine.
Although Lin Yuan's strength far exceeded the main gods, with a life essence terrifyingly profound, he was still considered at level nine, not reaching level ten.
To surpass level nine, only the world's consciousness might achieve that.
Lin Yuan was not unfamiliar with the world's consciousness, an almost selfless instinct born from the world itself.
Also called the 'Heavenly Dao.'
During his previous transmigrations, Lin Yuan had encountered the world's consciousness several times.
Since the era of the gods, the world's consciousness in this world had been subtly guiding the trend.
Lin Yuan had no fear or apprehension towards the world's consciousness because it wasn't a life form with specific emotions.
As long as Lin Yuan didn't intend to destroy the world, the world's consciousness wouldn't target him excessively.
In his fourth transmigration to the Five Domains World, where Lin Yuan became the demon lord Xiahou Yuan, the world's consciousness noticed him but did nothing directly.
"Time to go back."
Lin Yuan took one last look at the palace and then left.
Swoosh.
Lin Yuan returned to the human realm.
"I need to restrain my aura."
Lin Yuan began to suppress his aura. At his level of life, even a slight leakage could influence his surroundings, turning everything into his 'domain.'
Moreover, the human realm's space subtly gave Lin Yuan a sense of restriction, like a beached whale.
This applied not only to Lin Yuan but even to lower gods. When they descended, they felt similar restrictions.
Why did the gods reside in the Sea of Light or the Dark Abyss? Besides worrying that their unconscious aura leakage would 'mutate' the beings, it was also because the human realm restricted them.
In contrast, the Sea of Light and the Dark Abyss had no such restrictions. Relying on many space layers, even the main gods could act freely.
"It seems I need to open my space layer."
Lin Yuan planned. Although he could suppress his aura, now that he was invincible, there was no need to continue suppressing and worrying about attracting the gods' attention.
"Opening a space layer."
Lin Yuan looked up. If the Lord of Light could open the Sea of Light, and the Dark Lord could open the Dark Abyss, he could naturally open a vast world.
Accurately, it wasn't opening but completing and modifying the existing space layers.
To truly open a complete, independent world, one must understand the complete rules of space and time.
The internal worlds of eighth-rank powerhouses in the main world relied on the main world, not independent worlds.
"What should I call the world I open?"
Lin Yuan pondered, quickly finding the answer, "It will be called the Martial World."
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