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Chapter 494
🕑 Added 2025-04-05 04:00:01 +0000 UTC“Give it to me?”
Lin Yuan looked at the round figure.
Everything on the island—eighteen Dominance-level wonder trees, three Dominance-level treasures, and one Chaos-level treasure—would all be his?
“Hahaha! If I hadn’t taken most of my valuables into the Tai Yuan Ruins back then, you’d be getting ten times as much now,” said the round figure, Cang Weiyang, with complete nonchalance.
“But I do have one request,” the figure continued.
“Please, go ahead,” Lin Yuan said at once.
“If, one day in the future, you become a Chaos Grand Saint, could you travel to a certain place and accept a disciple there?” The round figure went on, “It’s only a request. If you’re not interested when that time comes, you can simply ignore it.”
“Senior, you give me far too much credit.”
Lin Yuan let out a sigh.
A Chaos Grand Saint?
What did that mean?
Only someone at the absolute apex of the Chaos level, like His Majesty or the Devil Jade Tower Master, could be called a Grand Saint. They were beings who could trace the vestiges of nearly perfect time-based lifeforms, whose methods were inconceivable. Lin Yuan even suspected those two might not have truly perished.
Otherwise, how was it that no new Rank Twelve had appeared for the Mysterious Emperor Evolutionary Path to this day?
As for the path taken by the Devil Jade Tower Master, Lin Yuan still had no clue. The humanoid statue Shen Ji had never told him anything about it.
“This is just my request. Whether you fulfill it or not is up to you,” said Cang Weiyang’s imprint.
“All right.”
Lin Yuan nodded.
If he really did become a Chaos Grand Saint, then traveling anywhere in the chaotic void and taking on one disciple would be no trouble at all.
“In that case, everything here is yours.”
The round figure smiled, then turned into a surge of brilliant light. A torrent of information flooded Lin Yuan’s mind.
“Ninety-two secret techniques? All Dominance-level?”
Lin Yuan quickly absorbed the data.
“Mixed Origin Technique?”
The Mixed Origin Technique was a special method Cang Weiyang had acquired. It concealed one’s aura so thoroughly that even a Chaos-level powerhouse might not notice at a glance.
In the information he left behind, Cang Weiyang recommended Lin Yuan learn the Mixed Origin Technique first.
After all, a Path-Clearing being in a mere universe who could comprehend the chaos rule was too shocking. Given Lin Yuan’s lack of background, the news could well attract the attention of certain Chaos-level figures if revealed.
Sure, some of that attention might be benevolent.
But there might be ill will too. Before Lin Yuan fully matured, Cang Weiyang advised hiding this matter.
The Mixed Origin Technique would let Lin Yuan cloak his chaotic aura. Even if he continued sending avatars outside, they’d appear completely ordinary.
“Senior Cang Weiyang was quite considerate,” Lin Yuan thought.
He might only be dispatching an avatar, but to a Chaos-level being, it would be easy to trace that avatar’s connection back to Lin Yuan’s true body. Even though a Chaos-level being couldn’t enter the universe, they could simply lie in wait outside until the Great Collapse occurred and Lin Yuan had to leave. That was practically waiting for the prey to come out on its own.
“Be one with the origin.”
Lin Yuan immediately began studying the Mixed Origin Technique.
[Your unrivaled insight allows you to master the Mixed Origin Technique to perfection.]
Dozens of breaths later, Lin Yuan had fully perfected it.
It wasn’t a complex method—just a way of hiding one’s aura. Lin Yuan was able to grasp it rapidly.
Swish.
With a single thought, Lin Yuan’s entire presence was completely concealed; not a hint of chaotic aura leaked out.
“That should do.”
Lin Yuan let out a soft breath.
Now outsiders couldn’t tell his body was formed from chaotic energy. Even if he ran into a Chaos-level being, he could dissolve his avatar on the spot, leaving only traces of chaotic energy that wouldn’t reveal its source. After all, plenty of treasures in the chaotic void could absorb and store chaos energy.
Of course, meeting a Chaos-level being would be an extreme scenario. Every Chaos-level existence was a ruler of some region; it wasn’t so simple to just bump into one. Even if Lin Yuan did encounter one, they likely wouldn’t pay him any mind.
“Next, I’ll refine this dwelling’s core.” Lin Yuan looked at the dodecagonal crystal not far away.
Once Cang Weiyang’s imprint faded, the crystal was masterless, making it easy for Lin Yuan to claim it.
Whoosh.
One hour later, Lin Yuan had fully refined the crystal. In an instant, he gained control over the entire island, which spanned millions of miles.
“Those eighteen Dominance-level wonder trees...” he murmured, leaving the central palace to stand before the trees.
They had cost Cang Weiyang tremendous resources to cultivate. Every ten million years, they produced spiritual fruits, each fruit equal in value to a Path-Clearing-level weapon. Right now, they had collectively borne over a thousand fruits—equivalent to a thousand Path-Clearing-grade weapons in total.
Even better, after another ten million years, they would bear fruit again. Ten million years wasn’t very long for a peak Dominance figure like Cang Weiyang—nor for Lin Yuan, who was already Rank Eleven.
“Unfortunately, these fruits drop from the trees over time if they’re not harvested. Once they fall, they dissolve.” Lin Yuan sighed.
He could only guess how many fruits had fallen to the ground over the ages. If all those had remained, perhaps Lin Yuan would have had enough resources to fuel his Mysterious Emperor Body all the way to Rank Twelve.
“These wonder trees are basically money trees, giving new harvests every ten million years.”
After checking each tree’s condition, he returned to the central palace with a single thought.
Swish.
Seated on the floor, Lin Yuan summoned three weapons.
In the middle sat a gourd about half a meter tall, an orangish-red hue emanating a terrifying aura, as if all things might be drawn into chaos. The two weapons to its left and right were somewhat weaker, though still fearsome, far beyond the ancestral weapons held by the apex races of the main universe.
“Dominance-level treasures, Chaos-level treasures.”
Lin Yuan studied them carefully.
“With my current strength, I can’t use Dominance-level treasures, let alone anything at the Chaos level.”
He felt a bit helpless.
He could easily wield a Path-Clearing weapon, but even a peak Path-Clearing powerhouse would struggle to power a Dominance-level artifact. Each strike from a Dominance-level treasure drained an unbelievable amount of energy, enough to empty the inner universe of an ordinary Path-Clearing being.
“Once I advance to Rank Twelve, I should be able to handle Dominance-level treasures,” Lin Yuan thought.
As for a Chaos-level treasure? That was simply too high. Even someone like Cang Weiyang, a veteran at the peak of Dominance, had only three Chaos-level artifacts in total. Two of them he took into the Tai Yuan Ruins; the third, this gourd, he’d left in the estate because it served him no purpose in combat. Owning two was already sufficient—an offensive one and a defensive one—so the gourd wouldn’t have contributed much.
“There are also some Path-Clearing-level weapons,” Lin Yuan noted, scanning various items within the dwelling.
Cang Weiyang had only mentioned two Dominance-level treasures and one Chaos-level treasure, as well as those wonder trees outside. But that didn’t mean these were the only valuables around. There were others; he just hadn’t bothered to specify.
“Seven Path-Clearing weapons...”
Lin Yuan’s eyes shone. Even for him, these were far more useful right now than any Dominance or Chaos artifacts he could barely wield. Because Cang Weiyang had specifically kept them, these Path-Clearing weapons were all top-tier, far beyond the ancestral weapons of any apex race in the main universe. Lin Yuan could fully unleash their power.
“There’s also the Rank Twelve evolutionary path Cang Weiyang left behind,” Lin Yuan murmured, taking a cursory look before shaking his head.
“Unfortunately, it already has a new Ultimate rank occupant.”
Who knew how many years ago Cang Weiyang himself had died. The path he practiced was not some secret unknown to others, so eventually a successor must have stepped in, sealing off the possibility of anyone else ascending to Ultimate rank with it.
Lin Yuan wasn’t especially disappointed. He had no intention of following Cang Weiyang’s route anyway. After briefly studying its essence and strong points, Lin Yuan put away the three higher-grade artifacts.
“Chaos Stones.”
He lifted his right hand, producing a stone that radiated pure chaotic energy.
Chaos Stones served as “universal currency” in the chaotic void, akin to universe crystals in the main universe. These stones were formed by Chaos-level beings who refined vast amounts of chaotic energy, making it fit for direct absorption. By contrast, the random chaos energy drifting around in the void carried all sorts of layered energies that even a Chaos-level being couldn’t simply take in.
Thanks to this intrinsic value, Chaos Stones were the standard medium of exchange. Normally, one hundred stones could purchase an ordinary Path-Clearing treasure. In the palace, more than ten thousand of these stones remained. That could buy a hundred standard Path-Clearing weapons—though not even one Dominance-level treasure. Hence Cang Weiyang hadn’t mentioned them.
“I can tell that absorbing the energy inside a Chaos Stone would really help my inner world grow,” Lin Yuan observed, eyes glinting with excitement.
Still, this avatar wasn’t about to waste any. He planned to send the stones back to the main universe for his true body to experiment with.
“This journey into the chaotic void has brought me so much.”
Lin Yuan was brimming with energy. Setting aside the two Dominance-level treasures, the single Chaos-level treasure, and the eighteen Dominance-level wonder trees, he had already made huge gains from the seven top-tier Path-Clearing weapons and ninety-eight Dominance-level secret arts. They would elevate his power significantly.
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