Lin Yuan walked forward with large strides.
After the transformation of the Devil Jade Mark, apart from being able to sense the precise coordinates of this Devil Jade Space, Lin Yuan had also gained partial authority over it, such as being able to easily appear anywhere within the space if he so wished.
However, in the past, whenever he descended into the Devil Jade Space, he always chose to walk to the Nine-Layered Black Tower. Lin Yuan had gotten used to this habit, so he did the same this time.
“You’ve become a sequence member?” The humanoid statue, Shen Ji, had been waiting for a while, looking at Lin Yuan with a complex expression.
Even he hadn’t expected Lin Yuan to become a sequence member.
The main reason was that the Devil Jade Tower’s headquarters had collapsed, and the cornerstone of all demonic evolution paths had been destroyed.
Under such circumstances, the only way to comprehend all the evolution paths was to extract them from the body of a twelfth-rank strong individual who belonged to the Devil Jade Tower.
But the difficulty was immense.
To comprehend all evolution paths from the body of a twelfth-rank strong individual? If the individual were alive, they might suppress their pressure, but a fallen twelfth-rank, even if it were only a remnant body, would still release an intangible spiritual will oppression.
For lifeforms below the twelfth rank, this spiritual will oppression was utterly insurmountable, let alone comprehending the evolution paths.
Therefore, even though Shen Ji knew of Lin Yuan’s monstrous talent, he never hoped for Lin Yuan to become a sequence member.
After all, with the disappearance of the Devil Jade Tower's master, this path was essentially severed.
“Just lucky,” Lin Yuan said with a smile.
“Lucky?” Shen Ji was speechless.
Even at the peak of the Devil Jade Tower's glory, sequence members were extremely rare. In any given era, there were no more than a hundred sequence members.
Each sequence member of the Devil Jade Tower had the potential to become a twelfth-rank strong individual. How could luck alone achieve such a feat?
The personal disciples taken by the master of the Devil Jade Tower were trained to become the strongest, and sequence members also had the potential to become the strongest.
Moreover, the way Lin Yuan became a sequence member of the Devil Jade Tower was far more difficult than any previous sequence members, even harder than becoming a personal disciple of the Devil Jade Tower’s master.
“You were born in the wrong era,” Shen Ji sighed after a long pause.
If it were during the peak of the Devil Jade Tower—or even if it weren’t the peak, as long as there were still twelfth-rank strong individuals in the tower—Lin Yuan would have received their full support and cultivation.
But now?
Even after forcibly becoming a sequence member, what Lin Yuan could gain was far less than before. He wouldn’t even receive the many benefits and privileges associated with sequence membership.
“I don’t think so.”
Lin Yuan shook his head. He had already reaped many benefits from this Devil Jade Space. Being in the peak era of the Devil Jade Tower wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing.
“Let’s get to business.”
Shen Ji waved his right hand, and an illusory light screen appeared before Lin Yuan.
It displayed the rewards for becoming a sequence member.
When Lin Yuan became a core member of the Devil Jade Tower, he had the right to choose one secret technique from among many. Now that he was a sequence member, the rewards were greater and more valuable.
“I’ll choose later,” Lin Yuan said after glancing at the screen.
He was about to step into the eleventh rank, and the rewards on the screen wouldn’t significantly help him at the moment. It was better to wait until after reaching the eleventh rank to select based on his needs.
He wasn’t sure what transformations would occur after reaching the eleventh rank, so he decided to wait.
“No problem,” Shen Ji nodded.
As a sequence member, Lin Yuan now held nearly as much authority over this Devil Jade Space as Shen Ji himself.
“Sequence members also have authority over descents into this space, right?” Lin Yuan asked after sensing carefully.
“Yes,” Shen Ji replied.
“You can specify the identity, race, and bloodline of those descending into this space as ordinary members.”
The hierarchy within the Devil Jade Tower was strict. For the high-ranking sequence members, the fate of ordinary members was merely a matter of a word.
“Then I restrict it so that only lifeforms from my human civilization can descend into this Devil Jade Space in the future,” Lin Yuan said decisively.
So far, no powerful aliens had become ordinary members of the Devil Jade Tower and descended into the Devil Jade Space.
But one must be cautious. Those alien powerhouses were also trying to comprehend the evolution paths within their bodies.
Over time, it was possible they could become ordinary members of the Devil Jade Tower.
Lin Yuan decided to cut off this possibility.
If they couldn’t enter the Devil Jade Space, even if alien powerhouses became ordinary members of the Devil Jade Tower, it would be meaningless. Their efforts would be in vain.
“Done,” Shen Ji said, closing and then reopening his eyes.
Filtering ordinary members who could descend into this Devil Jade Space was an extremely simple task for him.
“Next, I want to challenge the seventh level.”
Lin Yuan looked up at the Nine-Layered Black Tower before him and said slowly.
The seventh level of the tower was a challenge that only twelfth-rank strong individuals had a chance of overcoming.
Before his tenth transmigration, Lin Yuan wouldn’t have even dared to think about it.
With his understanding of the second realm of space-time fusion rules, even the sixth level was a struggle, let alone the seventh.
But now, Lin Yuan had reached the sixth realm of space-time fusion rules, firmly establishing himself in the twelfth-rank domain.
Moreover, his spiritual willpower had also stepped into the twelfth-rank level.
With both aspects reaching the twelfth rank, Lin Yuan believed he could give the seventh level a try.
“The seventh level?”
Shen Ji fell silent again. Then, without another word, he stepped aside, allowing Lin Yuan to enter the Nine-Layered Black Tower.
Less than half an hour later.
Lin Yuan emerged from the seventh level.
“Still not possible.”
Lin Yuan frowned deeply. To pass the seventh level of the Black Tower, a twelfth-rank strong individual needed to reach the peak of the sixth realm in the space-time fusion rules.
For someone below the twelfth rank, they would need to achieve at least the seventh realm in the space-time fusion rules to have a chance.
Although Lin Yuan’s understanding of space-time fusion and spiritual willpower had reached the twelfth-rank level, he was ultimately not a twelfth-rank strong individual. The requirements for passing the seventh level were undoubtedly higher for him than for a normal twelfth-rank strong individual.
“You completed two-thirds of the journey?” Shen Ji, standing nearby, was silent.
Although Lin Yuan hadn’t managed to clear the seventh level, completing two-thirds of it was an incredible feat.
A mere tenth-rank lifeform had traversed two-thirds of the seventh level, which only the strongest could hope to overcome? What kind of monster was this?
Thinking about how Lin Yuan had become a sequence member of the Devil Jade Tower at the tenth rank, Shen Ji could barely calm his thoughts.
“Spiritual willpower and space-time fusion rules, both have entirely entered the twelfth-rank domain, especially in terms of the strength of spiritual willpower.”
Shen Ji replayed the scenes of Lin Yuan’s attempt to overcome the seventh level, and his heart was once again in turmoil.
So far, Lin Yuan’s displayed talent and potential far surpassed even the master of the Devil Jade Tower in their youth.
Not just surpassed—far surpassed.
When the master of the Devil Jade Tower was young, they had also experienced many fortuitous encounters. They had similarly reached the twelfth-rank domain in certain aspects before attaining the eleventh rank.
But at that time, the master of the Devil Jade Tower was already at the eleventh rank.
Lin Yuan, however, was still at the tenth rank.
The difference between the tenth and eleventh ranks might seem like a single step, but it was a chasm as vast as the heavens.
“What a pity,” Lin Yuan said as he glanced back at the towering Nine-Layered Black Tower, letting out a sigh.
“Pity?” Shen Ji’s mouth twitched slightly. A tenth-rank lifeform failing to clear the seventh level, and he called it a pity?
“Well, I’ll take my leave.”
Lin Yuan bid farewell to the humanoid statue and disappeared from the Devil Jade Space.
Suddenly, in the vast Devil Jade Space, only Shen Ji remained standing alone before the Nine-Layered Black Tower.
“Master, with your abilities, you probably didn’t expect that the Devil Jade Tower would still produce a sequence member now, did you?” Shen Ji murmured softly to himself before falling back into slumber.
Milky Way's main star.
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.
“Let’s first cultivate the ‘Devil Jade Indestructible Body’ to perfection,” Lin Yuan said as he swiftly took out a variety of resources.
While preparing for the breakthrough to the eleventh rank, Lin Yuan had already stockpiled a vast amount of resources, readying himself for the cultivation of the "Mysterious Emperor Body" after reaching the eleventh rank.
Now that he had obtained the tenth-rank chapter of the ‘Devil Jade Indestructible Body,’ he naturally intended to first perfect this body-refining technique.
When breaking through to the eleventh rank, one would attract the infusion of chaotic void essence. At that time, the stronger the physical body, soul, and inner world, the more chaotic void essence one could absorb, which would be highly beneficial.
Lin Yuan’s physical body had already reached its limit at the tenth rank. No matter how many methods, resources, or secret techniques were used, further improvement was impossible.
However, the ‘Devil Jade Indestructible Body’ still allowed for another level of enhancement. Lin Yuan naturally seized this opportunity.
Since the technique was already at the perfected state, and with abundant resources, it wouldn’t take long to fully master it.
Time passed swiftly.
Six months later.
“Finally reached perfection at the tenth rank.”
Lin Yuan felt the depths of his body. His flesh and blood seemed like black crystalline jade, with a mysterious yellow luster flowing through it. The terrifying vitality rippled through layer upon layer of space.
“Everything is ready.”
Lin Yuan glanced around. Both the Yang Primordial Spirit and the Yin Primordial Spirit had returned long ago.
As for the original large-scale battlefield, Lin Yuan had left an avatar there long ago.
Before the tenth transmigration, Lin Yuan’s spiritual willpower was only at an average level, and the large-scale alien battlefield was fraught with danger. It required the presence of a primordial spirit to ensure the accumulation of boundary-breaking origin energy over the long term.
But after the tenth transmigration, Lin Yuan’s spiritual willpower had undergone a massive enhancement, allowing his avatar’s combat strength to reach the eleventh-rank level.
While still weaker than his two primordial spirits, the avatar was more than capable of handling the dangers of the large-scale alien battlefield.
Most of the time, large-scale alien battlefields rarely saw combat at the eleventh-rank level.
“Time to contact the Strongest One.” Lin Yuan connected his consciousness to the virtual world and informed Xia Qin, one of the Strongest Ones, before stepping off the Milky Way's main star, heading toward a deeper spatial layer of the star's domain.
Breaking through to the eleventh rank would draw chaotic void essence, and this couldn’t happen on the main star. The impact would be too great, potentially reducing the main star to ashes with just a minor shockwave.
As Lin Yuan sat in the deep spatial layer, making final adjustments, in the Milky Way's star domain, one after another, the avatars of humanity’s Strongest Ones descended.
Xia Qin, the Strongest One.
Yu Die, the Strongest One.
Gu Li, the Strongest One.
Xu Shen, the Strongest One.
Nine avatars of the Strongest Ones appeared in total.
Even Xia Qin’s true form was paying close attention to this event.
Using the avatars as markers, Xia Qin’s true form could descend at any moment.
“He’s finally breaking through,” Xia Qin said with slight excitement. He was more nervous than Lin Yuan himself, having waited months for this moment.
“I’ve already laid down a spatial domain across dozens of star systems,” Xu Shen, the Strongest One, spoke. His expertise in space was unparalleled, and his grand path was the path of space.
The spatial domain Xu Shen set up was so profound that even a group of Strongest Ones couldn’t decipher its intricacies in a short time.
“This breakthrough has cost us considerable effort,” Gu Li, the Strongest One, said. In the history of human civilization, only breakthroughs to the ultimate level at the eleventh rank had ever received such attention.
However, given Lin Yuan’s displayed talent and potential, he was worth the effort of nine Strongest Ones.
Lin Yuan’s mastery of space-time fusion rules and spiritual willpower entering the Strongest domain were unprecedented in human civilization.
To the nine Strongest Ones, Lin Yuan’s breakthrough to the eleventh rank was more significant than an eleventh-rank evolver breaking through to the ultimate level.
“I wasn’t present when he broke through to the tenth rank, but now I can see what kind of commotion this little guy will create,” another Strongest One said, full of interest.
When Lin Yuan broke through to the tenth rank, the chaotic void essence he drew in was unprecedented, although not comparable to breaking through to the ultimate level. Still, it was a unique occurrence.
Those who missed it deeply regretted it.
“It should be a big commotion,” Xia Qin speculated.
“Maybe close to breaking through to the ultimate?”
At the tenth rank, Lin Yuan had already comprehended the space-time fusion rules, greatly enhancing his inner world. Combined with the transformation of his physical body and soul, the chaotic void essence he could withstand would far surpass that of someone breaking through from the ninth to the tenth rank.
“Close to breaking through to the ultimate?” The remaining Strongest Ones exchanged glances.
Could it be that Lin Yuan already possessed the foundation of an eleventh-rank perfection? How was that possible?
“Let’s watch.”
Yu Die, the Strongest One, spoke.
In the deep spatial layer, Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, with his two primordial spirits already returned to his body.
Shifting from the tangible to the intangible, the inner worlds of his two primordial spirits maintained their sizes at 230M li in radius, still benefiting from the mysterious gourd’s enhancement.
Time flowed by steadily.
“Let's start.”
Lin Yuan’s aura was perfectly balanced, and he released the suppression he had imposed on himself.
Without suppression, Lin Yuan would have been forced to advance to the eleventh rank when he comprehended a pillar-level fusion rule at the second realm.
As Lin Yuan completely unleashed himself, his life essence began a rapid leap toward the eleventh rank.
The void around him fell into silence.
And then—
Boom!!!
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