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Chapter 713
🕑 Added 2025-11-09 05:00:06 +0000 UTCChaos Void.
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged in a barren stretch of empty space, tiny runes continuously forming before him.
Invisible threads of time unraveled in his vision, stretching toward the future.
“So this is what it feels like to be a time being? To glimpse the future?”
Lin Yuan felt a deep sense of satisfaction.
He finally understood why time lifeforms were so rarely seen, and why they almost never intervened.
First, because they were rare.
Even in a dimensional space like the Source World, which contained perfect essence, time lifeforms were extremely few in number.
Their scarcity made them uncommon, and thus their appearances and actions even rarer.
Second, for time lifeforms, there was rarely a need to act. They could simply observe countless future timelines.
Most of a time lifeform’s life was spent either in secluded cultivation, or in watching further and more distant future timelines.
Unless they saw a resource or opportunity truly worth acting upon, they wouldn't appear or interfere without reason.
“Too bad I’m not a true time lifeform. The farthest timeline I can observe only goes up to a hundred thousand years, and even then, I can’t view that many timelines at once.”
Lin Yuan mused silently.
Through the Way of Runes, he had managed to achieve something only time lifeforms could normally do, but at best, what he had was a “stripped-down version.”
More precisely, Lin Yuan could view his own future timelines by employing a kind of trick.
True time lifeforms could perceive future timelines because their essence of life was on a high enough level.
If the future was likened to a maze, then a time lifeform would exist at a height that allowed them to overlook the maze, naturally seeing each path ahead—whether it led to a dead end, or what obstacles lay along the way.
But Lin Yuan? His essence of life hadn’t reached that height. His ability to view the future came from momentarily peeking through the maze’s walls.
Naturally, his grasp and perception of the future timelines couldn’t compare to that of a real time lifeform.
Even so, Lin Yuan was still fascinated with observing his own future timelines.
“Hm?”
“This timeline… the scene thirty thousand years from now is very murky and distorted—is that a sign of interacting with another time lifeform?”
Lin Yuan pondered.
Even true time lifeforms encountered significant resistance when trying to view the future timelines of others of the same tier.
Lin Yuan wasn’t a time lifeform yet, so once any timeline he observed involved one, the vision would become incredibly vague, muddled, and warped.
Only after that period did the scene gradually become clear again.
“Looks like the interaction with that time lifeform went well.”
Lin Yuan guessed, continuing to observe further into the future.
Soon—
The timeline extended to eighty thousand years later.
By this point, observing any further into the future became increasingly difficult.
In this timeline, Lin Yuan reached the thirteenth rank rather late—around twenty thousand years later—becoming a time lifeform.
By the time eighty thousand years had passed, as a time lifeform, Lin Yuan had already begun exploring the mysterious interdimensional gaps beyond the Chaos Void.
These gaps existed between vast dimensional spaces and were filled with peril. Only massive entities like time lifeforms were qualified to roam them.
Below time lifeforms, perhaps some native lifeforms of the dimensional gaps had means of survival.
As for lifeforms birthed within dimensional spaces, they usually couldn't survive long in such environments—the conditions were simply too hostile.
In year eighty thousand and eight hundred, during his exploration of a remote part of the interdimensional gap, Lin Yuan discovered a strange flower perfectly fused with Yin and Yang energies.
“The Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower?”
Lin Yuan studied this timeline carefully and learned the flower’s name.
“This Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower perfectly merges Yin and Yang energies—it would greatly aid me in reaching the third level of my Tao of Tai Chi.”
His heart stirred.
By eighty thousand eight hundred years in the future, Lin Yuan had already achieved the third level in his Tao of Tai Chi, so even if he found the flower then, it wouldn’t be of much use.
But in the present, Lin Yuan had yet to reach the third level of the Tao of Tai Chi.
And in all the future timelines he had observed, he only broke through to the third level after becoming a time lifeform.
The leap from the second to the third level of the Tao of Tai Chi was a fundamental transformation in his path of chaos. It not only required insight but also vast accumulation and tens of thousands of years of effort.
“Let’s check a new timeline.”
Lin Yuan immediately began observing a new future timeline.
In this one, he immediately chose to send an avatar to the flower’s location to claim it in advance.
“Success.”
Lin Yuan continued watching this timeline. With the flower’s power, he was able to elevate his Tao of Tai Chi to the third level before reaching the thirteenth rank.
So far, this was the only timeline where he reached the third level of the Tao of Tai Chi before becoming a time lifeform.
“The Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower.”
His eyes lit up—he had to have this treasure.
Moments later—
Lin Yuan split off his Tai Chi soul and sent it into the interdimensional gap, heading to the flower’s location from the timeline.
“There shouldn't be a problem.”
Watching his Tai Chi soul depart, Lin Yuan continued to observe several new future timelines. Once he confirmed that his soul had a high chance of successfully obtaining the flower, he nodded slightly.
The Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower wasn’t particularly useful for thirteenth-rank time lifeforms who followed different paths.
Thus, it hadn’t drawn their attention. In all the timelines Lin Yuan observed, his avatar successfully obtained the flower.
Of course, just a few timelines didn’t guarantee success, but the odds were high—especially with no other thirteenth-rank time lifeforms involved.
“So this is the method of a time lifeform…”
Lin Yuan couldn't help but marvel. The greatest strength of a time lifeform was the ability to choose the future most favorable to themselves.
Take the Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower, for example—without the ability to foresee the future, Lin Yuan likely wouldn’t have encountered such a treasure before his breakthrough.
It was only through peering into the future that he found a path to reach the third level of the Tao of Tai Chi before the thirteenth rank—and could choose that optimal future.
“My ability to see the future is still limited. Real time lifeforms can peer into timelines millions or even tens of millions of cosmic cycles ahead… That level of planning is terrifying.”
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.
And he began to grasp how time lifeforms fought one another.
Perhaps two time lifeforms had no enmity in the present when they clashed—but in the future, there was great karmic cause, so one acted preemptively to remove obstacles.
Outside the Chaos Void.
Lin Yuan’s figure appeared.
“To be absolutely safe, I even dispatched my Tai Chi soul.” Lin Yuan thought.
“In those timelines, I only sent an avatar, and it succeeded. Now with the Tai Chi soul going, it should be even more secure.”
This showed how much Lin Yuan valued the flower. In the mysterious interdimensional gap, anything could happen—preparations had to be thorough.
“That direction.”
Lin Yuan looked a certain way and immediately set off.
In the future timeline, he had stumbled across the flower while idly roaming tens of thousands of years after reaching the thirteenth rank.
In reality, the flower wasn’t far from the Chaos Void. With the speed of his Tai Chi soul, he could reach it in a few hundred to a thousand years.
A round trip would take at most a few thousand years.
Plenty of time before Lin Yuan’s breakthrough.
While traveling, Lin Yuan also contemplated the essence of the interdimensional gap.
Previously, his exploration only touched the area near the Chaos Void.
Now, he had to travel a fair distance away. Without the influence of the Chaos Void, the interdimensional gap gave him a very different feeling.
This mysterious gap, like the Chaos Void, was a massive entity—its influence radiated outward naturally.
But as Lin Yuan moved quickly away from the Chaos Void, that radiation weakened, revealing the true nature of the gap.
“The interdimensional gap…”
Lin Yuan felt its hollow aura.
Yes.
The interdimensional gap gave him the feeling of emptiness.
Absolutely barren.
Eternally dead.
In the Chaos Void, there were countless fluctuations of great Dao laws.
But not here. The interdimensional gap had no such fluctuations.
For life born within this environment, cultivation was extremely difficult.
Without the guidance of Dao law fluctuations, it was like cultivating blind—everything had to be figured out alone.
This kind of environment was a nightmare for evolution and cultivation.
But at the same time—
If one could grow strong in such a place, they would become incredibly powerful, far beyond what lifeforms from dimensional spaces like the Chaos Void could reach.
By comparison, the Chaos Void was like a greenhouse.
“However, without complete Dao law guidance, lifeforms from the gap may be powerful in combat, but the odds of becoming time lifeforms are very low.”
Lin Yuan reflected.
Power and realm were not directly tied to comprehension of Dao laws.
And without the stable environment of a dimensional space, many means of breaking through time loops were useless.
Like spreading one’s evolutionary path?
Life in the interdimensional gap barely survived from day to day. Trying to pass on one’s path? The practitioner might be dead by nightfall.
Therefore—
All the thirteenth-rank time lifeforms Lin Yuan knew of originated from dimensional spaces, not from the harsh environment of the interdimensional gap.
During his journey—
Lin Yuan also encountered some native lifeforms of the gap.
They were extremely powerful, far surpassing the Supreme Saints of the Chaos Void—perhaps even stronger than ordinary Invincible Supreme Saints.
But they were extremely cautious, suppressing their auras as much as possible.
In the interdimensional gap, there were only two reasons to release one’s aura freely.
One: madness—a death wish.
Two: being a thirteenth-rank time lifeform.
Even in a place as brutal as this, thirteenth-rank time lifeforms could roam with ease.
Buzz~ Lin Yuan’s thoughts stirred, and a universe expanded around him. All lifeforms in range instantly fell into a brief sleep, their memories silently copied by Lin Yuan.
Up to this point, he still didn’t have much intelligence on the interdimensional gap beyond the Chaos Void.
“In their memories, the area near the Chaos Void… better to avoid it if possible.” Lin Yuan’s eyes glinted thoughtfully.
The Chaos Void was a massive dimensional space that birthed multiple time lifeforms—it was their territory. For the natives of the interdimensional gap, it was a forbidden zone.
The Law-Source Fruit Tree only dared approach because it needed the ambient law and principle essence of the Chaos Void—already a calculated risk.
“Besides the Chaos Void, there are other places one must absolutely avoid…”
Lin Yuan memorized the locations in the memories of those native lifeforms, suspecting they were also related to time lifeforms.
Massive dimensional spaces like the Chaos Void would one day face the Great Collapse. What would happen to the time lifeforms within?
They could only leave and settle in the interdimensional gap.
Once the Chaos Void underwent the Great Collapse, even if it re-evolved anew, external time lifeforms could no longer enter.
For time lifeforms, spaces like the Chaos Void were like their ancestral homes—they wouldn’t want to lose them.
So the thirteenth-rank beings had established special zones to make up for the flaws of the Chaos Void, extending its lifespan.
Time passed quietly.
In the blink of an eye, decades went by.
At Lin Yuan’s speed, the distance he’d crossed in those decades was immeasurable—he was now extremely far from the Chaos Void.
“I still can’t sense the position of the First Source World or the Second Source World…” Lin Yuan looked out into the boundless interdimensional gap.
He had his true bodies stationed in both the First and Second Source Worlds. By all rights, he should be able to sense them no matter the distance, but now he could only connect through the Gate of Myriad Reams.
“Maybe the positions of those two Source Worlds are special… shielded from sensing?”
He speculated, but didn’t dwell on it.
The more mysterious the Source Worlds were, the more it proved that the remaining thirty-one coordinates of Source Worlds in his mind were rare.
To a time lifeform, any powerful dimensional space was extremely valuable—especially a Source World. Even the Lord of Heavenly Radiance had paid a steep price just to merge into one, hoping to use its perfect essence to break through the final step.
As Lin Yuan continued toward the Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower’s location, his expression suddenly changed—he turned to look in another direction.
“What is that?”
Comments
_Neith_
Thanks again ☺️
Manar Kinder
Noooooo!!! The cliffhanger of doom and despair! 😭😭
