While they waited, the two Strongest ones began to chat casually.
"The Master of the Milky Way Star Domain, as the first lifeform in our human civilization to receive the infusion of the chaotic void's origin while still at the ninth rank, I wonder how large the tear will be when he breaks through," Yu Die, the Strongest one, couldn't help but feel curious.
She had witnessed several eleventh-rank powerhouses attempt the ultimate breakthrough and receive the infusion of the chaotic void's origin.
But a ninth rank?
Throughout history.
It had never happened before.
Even the ultimate beings were quite eager to see it.
"Normally, a ninth-rank evolver breaking through to the tenth rank will tear a gap of about a million miles to receive the origin infusion."
"The Master of the Milky Way Star Domain has opened more than two hundred million layers of space, and the amount of origin infusion required is twenty times greater than that of a regular ninth-rank evolver.
However, the chaotic void's origin is much stronger than the universe's origin, so the final tear is estimated to be around ten million miles," Xia Qin, the Strongest one, speculated.
Whether it is the infusion of the universe's origin or the chaotic void's origin.
The essence is the same: filling the evolver's body with origin power.
The more origin power the evolver's body and internal world can contain, the larger the tear that will be made to accommodate the excess origin power.
"That sounds about right," Yu Die, the Strongest one, nodded.
Even though they had never seen a ninth-rank lifeform receive the infusion of the chaotic void's origin, they could fully estimate the scale of the infusion by comparing it to a normal ninth-rank evolver receiving the universe's origin infusion.
Typically, the quality of the chaotic void's origin is a hundred times greater than that of the universe's origin.
When the Master of the Milky Way Star Domain breaks through and tears a gap of ten million miles, the amount of chaotic void origin being infused will be ten times that of the universe's origin.
Adding the difference in quality, the benefits the Master of the Milky Way Star Domain will receive will be a thousand times greater than what a regular ninth-rank evolver would receive when breaking through to the tenth rank.
Time passed.
Eighteen or nineteen years went by in the blink of an eye.
On the main star of the Milky Way.
Lin Yuan quietly opened his eyes.
"The transformation has reached its peak."
Lin Yuan observed himself. Whether it was his internal world, physical body, soul, or even mind and will, they had all seemingly reached some kind of limit.
To improve further, he had to break through the bottleneck and step into the tenth rank.
Whoosh.
Whoosh.
Two figures appeared beside him.
They were none other than Lin Yuan's Yang and Yin Primordial Spirits.
Buzz.
Lin Yuan's mind moved, and the two Primordial Spirits activated the secret technique "Illusion to Reality," reverting from physical bodies to soul forms.
This secret technique, created by the master of the Devil Jade Tower, allowed lifeforms to freely switch between illusion and reality. It was truly extraordinary.
All along, Lin Yuan had maintained the physical form of his two Primordial Spirits.
This was because only through physical bodies could he fully unleash the power of the various divine abilities related to the body.
As for the soul form? While the soul had the effect of gathering and dispersing, relying on the "Blood Rebirth" technique wasn't much different from the soul form.
Moreover, the other body-related divine abilities provided Lin Yuan with much greater benefits in maintaining a physical form than in a soul form.
But now.
To ensure a stable breakthrough.
Lin Yuan decided to revert his two Primordial Spirits back to their original forms.
Although the two Primordial Spirits had reverted to soul forms, the size of his internal world did not reduce to millions of miles in area.
The effect of the mysterious gourd would not disappear just because his physical body reverted to a soul form.
"Let's begin the breakthrough." Lin Yuan's two Primordial Spirits merged into his body, and now within his body, three internal worlds, each spanning over two hundred million miles, were stabilized.
"Go." Lin Yuan's figure vanished, entering the deeper layers of space.
"Hmm?"
"That little guy is about to start his breakthrough."
The two Strongest ones, who were constantly monitoring the main star of the Milky Way, immediately sensed Lin Yuan's aura disappearing from the Milky Way Star and reappearing in the deeper layers of space.
"Let's begin as well."
"Isolate the space-time."
Xia Qin, the Strongest one, and Yu Die, the Strongest one, exchanged glances and took action.
In an instant.
Strands of mysterious energy began to spread throughout the entire Milky Way Star Domain and the surrounding dozens of star domains.
In this vast region, space-time was temporarily isolated. No matter how significant the commotion might be, even if the outside world could sense something unusual, they wouldn't be able to pinpoint the exact location.
In the depths of the space layer.
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.
As his transformation reached its peak, Lin Yuan felt a certain urge within him.
An urge to break through.
To break the bottleneck.
Rumble.
As Lin Yuan let go of his suppression.
He began to fully impact the bottleneck.
It seemed that the external universe sensed something.
A terrifying rift tore through the layers of space, and a massive amount of origin power from the chaotic void beyond the universe began to pour into Lin Yuan.
Whoosh.
An endless stream of chaotic void origin poured down as if it were limitless, flooding into Lin Yuan.
A typical ninth-rank evolver breaking through to the tenth rank only needed a small amount of origin power infusion.
After all, for a ninth-rank evolver attempting the tenth rank, their internal world was only about a ten million miles in size, and their space layer only had about a ten million layers.
With such limited size and depth, how much origin power could it hold?
Some special ninth-rank evolvers who had opened up tens of millions of space layers might need more origin power.
But even then, it was very limited.
At most, it would tear open a gap of two to three million miles to allow the origin infusion.
But Lin Yuan? Just the sheer size of his internal world alone, which exceeded two hundred million miles, meant that the amount of origin power it could hold was thousands or even tens of thousands of times greater than that of a regular evolver with ten million-mile internal world.
Furthermore, the two hundred million miles of internal world had over 2.3 billion space layers.
Combining the two factors, the amount of origin power Lin Yuan could ultimately contain was millions or hundreds of millions of times that of a regular ninth-rank evolver.
It was like comparing a fish tank to a lake—both could hold water, but the difference in quantity was like night and day.
Rip.
The tear in the space layers, through which a vast amount of chaotic void origin began to pour in, started at over a billion miles wide and continued to expand as time passed and Lin Yuan absorbed more origin power.
One light-year.
Two light-years.
Five light-years.
For a regular ninth-rank evolver breaking through to the tenth rank, as long as they hid in the deeper space layers, the commotion wouldn't be too large, and the tear would only be about a million or a few million miles wide.
Compared to the vastness of the universe and the void, it was insignificant.
However—
The amount of origin power Lin Yuan needed was so immense.
Even though the quality of the chaotic void origin was a hundred times stronger than the universe's origin, the tear quickly expanded to ten light-years wide.
The energy waves that burst out during this time far exceeded the usual commotion caused by a ninth-rank breakthrough to the tenth rank. They even surpassed the commotion typically caused by a tenth-rank breakthrough to the eleventh rank.
"What's going on?"
"A tear has appeared in the universe?"
"The chaotic void's origin is pouring in?"
At the same time, in the depths of the starry sky, many eleventh-rank beings sensed it.
The universe's space had been completely torn apart, connecting to the chaotic void outside. If it was just a brief tear or a small one, it wouldn't cause such a significant reaction.
But with a tear over ten light-years wide, and a massive amount of chaotic void origin pouring in, even distant eleventh-rank beings could sense it.
After all, the chaotic void's origin is the power needed when eleventh-rank powerhouses attempt to break through to the ultimate level, and many eleventh-rank beings crave this type of energy.
"Is someone attempting the ultimate breakthrough?"
"Which peak eleventh-rank being is choosing this moment to attempt the ultimate breakthrough?"
"No, I've witnessed an eleventh-rank being attempt the ultimate breakthrough before, and the commotion was much larger than this."
"Yes, when an eleventh-rank being attempts the ultimate breakthrough, the chaotic void origin infusion is just one of the phenomena; there are even grander manifestations."
Many powerful ancient gods exchanged thoughts. Some ancient gods, who were in deep sleep to maintain a significant time flow differential with the outside world, were awakened by the chaotic void origin energy, canceling the time flow difference to sense the energy from beyond the universe.
"It should be a tenth-rank being who has comprehended the laws of time, trying to break through to the eleventh rank."
One of the ancient gods speculated.
Since the universe's inception.
There had never been a ninth-rank being who comprehended the laws of time.
But a tenth-rank being who comprehended the laws of time? That had happened before.
When a tenth-rank being comprehended the laws of time, making their internal world complete and independent, they would receive the chaotic void origin infusion when breaking through to the eleventh rank.
"Comprehending the laws of time at the tenth rank, that would be a great benefit for the ultimate leap in the future, wouldn't it?"
"I'm envious. Why didn't I stay at the tenth rank a few more years back then? Comprehending the laws of time would have given me an extra chance to receive the chaotic void origin infusion, benefiting me endlessly."
"But I can't sense where the tear is located; it's as if space-time has been isolated."
"Heh, the Strongest ones must have intervened, isolating space-time. If they didn't, enemy Strongest ones might have tried to eliminate the one breaking through."
In the depths of the starry sky, the eleventh-rank beings and ancient gods engaged in lively discussions.
Usually, only events like attempting the ultimate breakthrough could provoke such exchanges among these powerful beings, most of whom remained in deep sleep.
The Tianyu Clan.
"The tear is in the territory of human civilization."
An ancestor of the Tianyu Clan opened his eyes and looked toward the human civilization's direction.
While the eleventh-rank beings and ancient gods were completely blocked by the isolation of space-time and couldn't perceive the location of the tear pouring in the chaotic void origin, the ultimate beings could vaguely pinpoint the general area.
This ancestor of the Tianyu Clan determined that it was within the territory of human civilization.
"Is human civilization about to produce a tenth-rank evolver who has comprehended the laws of time and is about to break through to the eleventh rank?"
One by one, the other ancestors looked toward the direction of human civilization. For the twelfth-rank beings, they rarely paid attention to matters below the ultimate level.
Some ultimate beings didn't even care about the affairs of their own race.
But now, a being who had comprehended the laws of time at the tenth rank caught the attention of many ultimate beings.
At the very least, this being had a better chance of making the ultimate leap in the future than other eleventh-rank beings.
"The universe's origin will is too biased towards human civilization."
"That event where countless treasures fell from the heavens gave human civilization the most crucial part of those treasures."
"And now, they have a tenth-rank evolver who comprehended the laws of time? What about the Master of the Milky Way Star Domain?"
The ultimate beings thought quietly to themselves.
They wanted to strike down the being who had comprehended the laws of time, but they couldn't pinpoint the exact location in a short amount of time.
They only knew it was within the territory of human civilization.
And the territory of human civilization was vast and expansive. Even if the Strongest ones tried to search inch by inch, it would take a considerable amount of time, not to mention that the ultimate beings of human civilization wouldn't allow enemy Strongest ones to search freely.
Lin Yuan's breakthrough attracted the attention of many eleventh-rank beings and ultimate beings.
However, even the ultimate beings merely assumed that this was a tenth-rank breakthrough to the eleventh rank.
They thought it was just a tenth-rank being who had comprehended the laws of time and was receiving the chaotic void origin infusion early.
Although it was a bit surprising, it had happened before, so it wasn't too shocking.
However, within the Milky Way Star Domain.
Xia Qin, the Strongest one, and Yu Die, the Strongest one, looked at the tear in the depths of the space layer, which had now reached twelve light-years, and the endless chaotic void origin pouring down.
The energy from beyond the universe spread, deep and mysterious.
The two Strongest ones faintly saw that outside the chaotic void, a large amount of chaotic energy was surging.
The overwhelming chaotic void origin was pouring down like a waterfall, and Lin Yuan was absorbing it all.
The chaotic void origin, which would have been enough to burst a ninth or even tenth-rank evolver, entered Lin Yuan's body like a bottomless abyss, without causing any reaction.
Lin Yuan was like a black hole, crazily absorbing the infusion of chaotic void origin.
Xia Qin and Yu Die were both stunned, standing there in shock for a long time.
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