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Chapter 725
🕑 Added 2025-11-21 05:00:19 +0000 UTCBased on Lin Yuan’s current understanding of Thirteenth Rank Time Beings, this level is divided into three stages: the First Stage, the Second Stage, and the Third Stage.
The Third Stage represents the pinnacle of the Thirteenth Rank, also known as the Time Lord.
Right now, Lin Yuan’s strength could be considered that of a rather powerful Time Being within the First Stage of the Thirteenth Rank.
Of course, “powerful” here refers purely to combat ability.
In truth, the greatest strength of a Time Being still lies in their ability to observe the future timelines.
The stronger the Time Being, the more timelines they can perceive and the more possible futures they can grasp.
At the same time, they can see further into the future and make preparations in advance.
In terms of observing future timelines, Lin Yuan could only be regarded as an ordinary Time Being.
After all, his essence had not yet reached the Thirteenth Rank, and his ability to peer into future timelines came from the legacy left by the Lord of Heavenly Radiance, along with the blessing of the Lord’s Status.
Especially the latter.
Once Lin Yuan fully stepped into the Thirteenth Rank and became a true Time Being,
the true power of the Lord’s Status would be revealed.
The Lord’s Status does not directly enhance one’s combat strength.
Its main effect lies in deepening mastery over timelines.
With the blessing of a Third Stage Lord’s Status, once Lin Yuan became a Time Being, even if he didn’t immediately step into the level of a true Lord, his control over future timelines would at least reach the height of the Second Stage.
For Time Beings of the Thirteenth Rank, advancing from one stage to another was exceptionally difficult. From the birth to the destruction of a dimensional space, most of the strongest Time Beings would remain at the First Stage.
Those who reached the Second or even Third Stage—the Time Lords—were beings who had already wandered through dimensional gaps for untold ages, long after their home dimensions had undergone countless great destructions.
The Lord of Heavenly Radiance himself, as a Time Lord, was not born from this Source World’s Great Destruction, but an outsider who sought to borrow the unique aura of perfection within the Source World to break through to the Fourteenth Rank.
“A powerful Time Being within the First Stage of the Thirteenth Rank?”
Lin Yuan felt quite satisfied. Other Time Beings often needed an entire cycle of great destruction to reach this level.
But how long had Lin Yuan been cultivating?
And the most crucial point—
Lin Yuan had not yet stepped into the Thirteenth Rank.
He was not yet a Time Being.
“In the Chaos Void, the only Time Beings who could rival me are perhaps Mo Xu Jun and a few others—three or four at most. In the First Source World, there are only the Founders of Grand Ancient Void and Great Ling. As for this Source World? No more than six.”
Lin Yuan had a precise understanding of his own power.
If he successfully broke through to the Thirteenth Rank, his strength would rise dramatically.
“With my current strength, I could already end the demonic calamity ahead of time.”
He looked at the endless demonic miasma filling the heavens and the earth and shook his head slightly.
“But there’s no need.”
Even with his current power, it would take him an immense amount of time to cleanse the demonic calamity—tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of years might not suffice.
Although such time spans were insignificant to Time Beings, Lin Yuan still found them unbearably long.
Rather than wasting such effort now, he might as well wait until he stepped into the Thirteenth Rank and became a true Time Being. Then, with another great leap in strength, he could end it with ease.
By then, sweeping away the demonic calamity might take only decades.
Although the Demon God was the true form of a Third Stage Lord, the actual Lord had already fallen. The remaining body, driven by mere instinct, could only trouble a few First Stage Time Beings.
Outside the Source World—
Thirteen Eternal Lords watched the scenes flashing across the screen with complex expressions.
A being as powerful as the Demon God had actually chosen to disperse his demonic body and merge into the demonic miasma of heaven and earth to evade a being like “Milky Way,” who wasn’t even a true Time Being yet.
As the dark demonic body of the Lord of Heavenly Radiance, the Demon God had no mind or will, unable to wield true secret arts. Moreover, most of his demonic energy was scattered through the world.
Even so, he was equivalent to a normal First Stage Time Being—yet before Lin Yuan, he was completely suppressed.
“Milky Way…”
The Lord Immeasurable’s gaze turned distant, as if recalling the endless years before the demonic calamity had begun—back when the Lord of Heavenly Radiance, whom he revered the most, was still alive.
That day, the Lord of Heavenly Radiance had summoned all thirteen Eternal Lords.
Bathed in infinite radiance, the thirteen seemed to soak in a hot spring of light, perfectly at ease as they looked toward the towering figure before them, their expressions filled with confusion.
Why had the Lord of Heavenly Radiance called them together?
The Eternal Lords could observe future timelines, but when it came to a Third Stage Lord, what they could see was extremely limited.
“Today, I intend to pursue perfection.”
The Lord of Heavenly Radiance smiled gently at them.
“Pursue perfection?”
The Lord Immeasurable was startled. He understood well what it meant for a Time Lord to pursue perfection.
When a Lord of the Third Stage fully gathered their past, present, and future timelines, they could attempt to become perfect.
Different Time Beings called this state by different names. The Lord of Heavenly Radiance preferred the word “Omnipotence.”
His ultimate pursuit was omnipotence—to step into perfection through the power of runes.
However—
For a Time Lord, pursuing perfection had only two possible outcomes.
Success—and they would become a perfect Time Being, omnipotent in every sense.
Failure—and they would fall completely, no matter how many lifelines they possessed.
If one failed to ascend to perfection, death was certain. No one could save them.
And most crucially, whether one could become a perfect Time Being was already determined when they first stepped onto the path of cultivation.
If one was capable, one would succeed. If not, no effort could change that.
Under this premise, the Lord of Heavenly Radiance most likely could not become a perfect Time Being.
To attempt it regardless—that was courting death.
A Time Lord could not die unless they chose to face perfection and fail.
Light bloomed in all directions.
The thirteen Eternal Lords were struck silent, gazing at the radiant figure who had brought hope to the entire Source World, unsure of what to say.
Persuade him not to pursue perfection?
How could anyone change the will of a Time Lord? The very fact that he was telling them this now meant his decision was already made.
He had called them not to ask for their opinion—but to inform them.
Yet to remain silent?
The thirteen Eternal Lords owed him so much; they could not simply watch him walk toward certain death.
“Teacher…”
At last, the Lord Immeasurable spoke softly.
All thirteen called the Lord of Heavenly Radiance “Teacher,” though he had never formally accepted them as disciples—it was merely a title of respect.
“Immeasurable, speak your mind.”
The Lord of Heavenly Radiance looked at him kindly. Even though he already knew what the Lord Immeasurable would say, he listened patiently.
“What if you fail in your pursuit of perfection?”
After a long hesitation, the Lord Immeasurable finally asked.
“Fail?”
The Lord of Heavenly Radiance’s gaze swept across the other twelve Eternal Lords, deep and calm.
He gave an answer that, at the time, the Lord Immeasurable could not understand—an answer completely unrelated to the question.
“There will be one who comes after.”
The Lord Immeasurable’s eyes drifted toward the image before him—Lin Yuan, seated cross-legged once more, while the demonic miasma retreated from all directions. Around him, within nearly one-fifth of the Source World, the air had become utterly clear.
Every Lord who had ever pursued the Fourteenth Rank of perfection had already accepted the possibility of death. The Lord of Heavenly Radiance was neither the first nor the last to attempt it.
Even if countless Lords failed and fell, somewhere in the endless future, there would always be one who succeeded—who truly transformed into a perfect Time Being.
The Lord Immeasurable’s robes fluttered as he gazed distantly at Lin Yuan.
In the Chaos Void—
Lin Yuan continued drifting among barren expanses of chaos.
“The third layer of the Tao of Tai Chi in Chaos truly enhances my strength greatly.”
Through his spar with the Demon God, Lin Yuan had confirmed the immense potential of his path.
In the Second Source World, those who elevated their path of chaotic evolution to the third level were known as Heavenly Sovereigns.
There were many Heavenly Sovereigns across the Six Ancient Kingdoms, but how many could make their chaotic path, at the third level, rival that of a Thirteenth Rank Time Being?
Indeed, Lin Yuan’s current combat power came not only from the third layer of the Tao of Tai Chi in Chaos, but also from many other blessings. Still, this advancement brought him immense strength, far greater than the usual increase between the second and third levels of the chaotic path.
“Hm?”
As he drifted with the chaotic currents, Lin Yuan suddenly sensed a new secret realm being born, nearing completion.
In the Chaos Void, secret realms collapsed and new ones formed constantly. The newly born ones, however, were extremely well hidden. Along with the birth of a secret realm, unique “spectacle beings” would emerge.
“With this realm’s birth, one of these spectacle beings will someday rise to become an Invincible Supreme Saint, sweeping across the Chaos Void?”
His gaze extended through countless timelines. As the years flowed, the secret realm completed its gestation, and the spectacle beings within emerged to interact with outside cultivators.
One among them, though born deficient from energy stolen during gestation, rose through countless obstacles to dominate the Chaos Void and earn the title of “Invincible.”
Of course, that was merely one of the more likely timelines. In many others, this being perished before ever maturing.
Yet, given Lin Yuan’s current grasp of future timelines, unless great changes occurred—such as intervention from other Time Beings—the result was essentially fixed.
Futures involving Time Beings were unpredictable, for their interference could alter outcomes entirely.
But when it came to lives below the Thirteenth Rank, what a Time Being saw was almost certain to occur.
“So that’s what an Invincible Supreme Saint looks like through the eyes of a Time Being?”
Lin Yuan’s thoughts drifted. Once, he had believed that those who swept the Chaos Void—the Invincible Supreme Saints—held significant weight even in the eyes of Time Beings.
Yet even supreme figures like the Mysterious Sovereign or the Master of the Devil Jade Tower spent their lives seeking traces of Time Beings. The few who succeeded in finding such traces were considered incredibly fortunate.
They had gained some guidance, but nothing more.
Many who dominated entire eras as Invincible Supreme Saints never even glimpsed a Time Being.
Now, Lin Yuan understood that in the eyes of Time Beings, those so-called Invincible Supreme Saints were no different from ordinary peak Chaos beings, or even Chaos Sovereigns.
Their future timelines were thin, transparent, and fragile—seen through at a glance.
“The future of the human civilization?”
Lin Yuan turned his gaze toward the human race.
Across countless future timelines, the human civilization flourished immensely, yet over eons it fractured and turned upon itself. Endless conflicts erupted.
Lin Yuan watched indifferently as countless timelines unfolded before him.
He did nothing to stop the internal strife. In the vast stretch of time, he cared only for the survival of human civilization as a whole. How many evolvers would die, how severe the devastation—these mattered little to him, as long as the race endured.
“So this is the mindset of the Six Founders of the Ancient Kingdoms.”
Lin Yuan mused quietly.
The six Founders of the First Source World cared little for the rise and fall of their own kingdoms.
Of course, as long as they lived, their kingdoms would never truly fall. But when wars broke out among them, the Founders did not intervene. Even when countless strong cultivators perished, they remained unmoved.
As long as their kingdom wasn’t annihilated entirely, it was fine.
What they sought most was the birth of a new Time Being.
That was why they left countless inheritances behind—why the Founder of Grand Ancient Void personally descended now and then to guide future generations.
Lin Yuan lingered by the newly formed secret realm only for a moment before continuing to drift with the chaotic current.
Everything in the Chaos Void—the movements of laws, the operation of myriad Daos—was carefully observed by him.
Even the most basic laws, like the Dao of Gold or Water—
Each time Lin Yuan contemplated them anew, he found fresh insights.
“Hm?”
Suddenly, his mind stirred. He turned toward the deepest part of the Chaos Void.
There lay countless Time Cycles, the final resting place of nearly all beings who had reached the peak of Chaos.
Then—
One of the outer Time Cycles began to tremble visibly. Strands of flowing time energy halted, and the once perfect temporal loop showed signs of breaking.
A soft rumble followed.
Streams of temporal power began to reverse, ceasing their eternal flow. The entire Time Cycle began to collapse.
“In the Chaos Void, a new Time Being has been born—the eighth one.” Lin Yuan gazed into the depths of chaos and murmured softly.
Comments
Dustin Thomas
That would be cool if it is someone we know
Manar Kinder
Whatttttttt!!! I wonder if it’s someone we know
