Xuanyuan Dou’s war plan was comprehensive, but Lin Yuan wasn’t primarily interested in the plan itself.
Instead, he focused on the individual powerhouses of the other peak faction forces, who were considered adversaries of the Human Civilization Alliance.
“Each Calamity Clan member requires twenty of our human civilization’s evolvers at the same level to hold them off?” Lin Yuan noticed this while examining the plan targeting the Calamity Clan.
Even though Lin Yuan had long heard of this race’s terror, he was still somewhat astonished.
From Xuanyuan Dou’s war plan, it was evident there was no intention to defeat the Calamity Clan outright. The goal was merely to hold their powerhouses at bay.
“The Calamity Clan is terrifying,” Xuanyuan Dou sighed.
“If not for the unimaginable difficulty they face in achieving the ultimate breakthrough, this universe would probably belong to them.”
Breaking through to the ultimate level at the eleventh rank required escaping the constraints of the river of time. For a normal eleventh rank, the difficulty was ten; for the Calamity Clan, it was a hundred or even a thousand.
When a Calamity Clan member attempted the ultimate breakthrough, the universe’s backlash would descend upon them instantly, leaving no room for adaptation or response.
This was why the Calamity Clan currently had only two twelfth-rank ultimate beings. Aside from their small population, their success rate for becoming ultimate beings was pathetically low.
“There’s no issue with the war plan,” Lin Yuan said, looking at Xuanyuan Dou.
“However, there’s no need to assign me any tasks.”
Xuanyuan Dou had included Lin Yuan in the plan, such as dealing with the strongest eleventh-rank powerhouse of a certain peak faction.
“No need to assign tasks to the Milky Way Star Lord?” Xuanyuan Dou was puzzled but complied nonetheless.
“Understood.”
Although this would increase the pressure on other human civilization eleventh-rank evolvers, Xuanyuan Dou had no intention of questioning Lin Yuan’s order.
“Alright. Once full-scale war begins, just contact me directly,” Lin Yuan instructed.
“Handle everything else on your own.”
With a wave of his hand, Xuanyuan Dou and the other perfected eleventh-rank evolvers were moved out of the control room.
“Chaotic rules...”
While comprehending the fusion of space-time rules and many other rules, Lin Yuan was also pondering how to grasp chaotic rules.
After reaching the eleventh rank, Lin Yuan’s clarity in rule comprehension and his Unrivaled Insight had both improved significantly.
Yet, when it came to chaotic rules, he still had no direction.
All things originate from chaos, but what exactly is chaos? How could one comprehend chaotic rules? Lin Yuan felt lost.
His Majesty the Mysterious Sovereign and the owner of the Devil Jade Tower had both comprehended chaotic rules. According to them, it happened naturally once enough foundation was built up.
But what constituted “enough foundation” remained unclear.
If “enough foundation” referred to the Chaos realm itself, then it was destined that Lin Yuan wouldn’t comprehend chaotic rules at the eleventh rank.
Even the mighty Mysterious Sovereign and the Devil Jade Tower’s owner had no experience comprehending chaotic rules at the eleventh rank.
“Take it slow,” Lin Yuan thought.
“I’m not in a hurry. At worst, I’ll stay at the eleventh rank a bit longer. Without certainty, I absolutely won’t attempt the ultimate breakthrough.”
Collecting his thoughts, Lin Yuan reflected that with the strength of his current willpower, he could easily survive until the end of the cosmic epoch.
In just a few hundred years, even including all the time spent in various worlds, Lin Yuan had only lived a few thousand years—not even a speck compared to a full cosmic epoch.
Thus, Lin Yuan had ample time to slowly comprehend.
“Martial Path Eleventh Rank?”
Lin Yuan directed part of his focus to attempt creating a complete Martial Path Eleventh Rank. This was also a summary and consolidation of his journey.
Developing a Martial Path Eleventh Rank chapter was not merely about elevating the Martial Path to the eleventh rank. It was also about reviewing the path he had walked.
Only by doing so could he fully grasp the present and better envision the future.
Outside the super-large battlefield, many twelfth-rank ultimate beings observed casually.
“Xia Qin, tell me honestly, is the Milky Way Star Lord the same as the Human Blood Rain?” A strongest one of the Starry Sky Alliance looked at Xia Qin, transmitting the question.
Though the idea seemed improbable, for instance, when that blank sheet descended upon this universe, the Milky Way Star Lord was only at the tenth rank.
In the two-dimensional world, all transcendent forces were suppressed, theoretically placing the tenth and eleventh ranks on the same starting line.
But that was just the same starting line. Over time, the higher life level would grow far faster than the lower one.
The Milky Way Star Lord was merely a tenth rank. Even with treasures from human civilization to resist the two-dimensional world’s suppression, the Milky Way Star Lord’s realm and life level limited the power he could exert.
How could a tenth rank crush perfected eleventh ranks like the Divine Kings, especially when the Divine Kings carried a strongest weapon suitable for himself?
Yet, based on the Milky Way Star Lord’s current displayed strength, having just entered the eleventh rank but already rivaling the strongest eleventh-rankers of peak factions, combined with the fact that the Milky Way Star Lord had also fallen into the blank sheet and that Human Blood Rain and the Milky Way Star Lord had never appeared in the same place at the same time, and that the Milky Way Star Lord soon broke through to the eleventh rank after the blank sheet left the universe, it was plausible the Milky Way Star Lord hadn’t been affected by the two-dimensional world.
This aligned with the theory that the Human Blood Rain, who survived and escaped the two-dimensional world, was the Milky Way Star Lord.
If it were just one similar clue, it could be coincidence, but all these clues pointed in the same direction. Even without concrete evidence, the strongest of the Starry Sky Alliance was mostly convinced.
“Hmm? And so what?” Xia Qin was indifferent.
When Lin Yuan entered the battlefield and revealed some of his power, Xia Qin had anticipated that the Human Blood Rain’s identity might be exposed.
But so what? If it was exposed, it was exposed.
What could the myriad powerhouses slain by the Human Blood Rain in the two-dimensional world do about it?
“Impressive,” the strongest one of the Starry Sky Alliance thought silently, shocked. Even having seen the Human Blood Rain crush the Divine Kings in the two-dimensional world, he hadn’t been as shocked as he was now.
When the Human Blood Rain and the Milky Way Star Lord became one and the same, the Starry Sky Alliance’s strongest felt uneasy.
“A monster.”
The Milky Way Star Lord’s monstrous talent exceeded all expectations of the strongest ones.
“The Human Blood Rain is the Milky Way Star Lord?”
“How could it be? Wasn’t the Milky Way Star Lord at the tenth rank then?”
“A tenth rank capable of sweeping perfected eleventh ranks?”
The strongest ones’ minds moved quickly, arriving at the same conclusion about the Milky Way Star Lord’s identity as the Human Blood Rain.
Sweeping perfected eleventh ranks wouldn’t have shocked them, but doing so at the tenth rank? Even in a two-dimensional world, it seemed impossible.
Even the Calamity Clan couldn’t achieve that.
The Calamity Clan might be invincible at the same rank, but fighting across ranks? At the sixth rank or lower, it was possible due to minimal differences. However, the higher the rank, the harder it became to fight across ranks.
The idea of a tenth rank defeating perfected eleventh ranks was shared widely among the strongest ones and began spreading to the perfected eleventh ranks.
Especially within the super-large battlefield, where foreign powerhouses were forced to confront the Milky Way Star Lord, knowing more about him gave them greater confidence.
“The Milky Way Star Lord is the Human Blood Rain?”
“Seriously?”
“The strongest one personally confirmed it. What do you think?”
The eleventh ranks of various peak factions were incredulous. Many had experienced the two-dimensional world and remained haunted by the shadow of the Human Blood Rain.
Now they were told that the Human Blood Rain had only been at the tenth rank—and was merely a few hundred years old?
“The Milky Way Star Lord?”
Within the Starry Sky Alliance’s war base, the Divine King sat cross-legged in silence.
The Human Blood Rain had already dealt a significant blow to him. Learning the Human Blood Rain’s true identity left him momentarily stunned.
In the Human Civilization Alliance war base, Xuanyuan Dou and the eleventh-rank evolvers were equally astir.
“The Milky Way Star Lord is the Human Blood Rain?”
“That explains why the Milky Way Star Lord was chosen as the commander for this war.”
“A tenth rank with that kind of power? I feel like I’ve wasted millions of years of life.”
The eleventh-rank evolvers discussed fervently. Unlike foreign powerhouses, human civilization’s evolvers felt both shock and pride upon learning the Milky Way Star Lord’s identity.
After all, this was their human civilization’s unparalleled genius.
Although the Human Blood Rain was already a human evolver, he was an entirely different entity from the Milky Way Star Lord.
No matter how powerful the Human Blood Rain was, it was within reasonable bounds. After all, no one knew how long he had cultivated.
But the Milky Way Star Lord? His growth trajectory was no secret and could be easily traced.
The overlap of these two identities created a far greater impact than either one alone.
“The Milky Way Star Lord is the Human Blood Rain?”
In a corner, Vice Tower Master Nalan was stunned. He suddenly remembered all the times he had invited Lin Yuan in the two-dimensional world to meet the Human Blood Rain, only for it never to happen.
Now it was clear.
The Human Blood Rain was the Milky Way Star Lord.
There was no need for such a meeting.
“Alright,” Xuanyuan Dou said, regaining his composure.
“Whether or not the Milky Way Star Lord is the Human Blood Rain, this war cannot afford any mistakes.”
Despite his immense shock, Xuanyuan Dou’s face remained calm as he spoke.
“No wonder the strongest one said the Milky Way Star Lord has the greatest hope of reaching the twelfth rank. A tenth rank with that kind of ability... his foundation is leagues beyond mine,” Xuanyuan Dou thought to himself.
As time passed, the revelation of the Milky Way Star Lord’s identity caused ripples among the eleventh ranks, but it was soon overshadowed by the impending large-scale war.
In the central region of the super-large battlefield, the twelve peak faction forces began gathering.
One after another, eleventh-rank powerhouses stood in the void, their terrifying auras spreading, the power of twelfth-rank ultimate weapons colliding.
“Humans.”
Gigantic Insect mother nests hovered in the air, unleashing vast armies of Insect warriors.
During the large-scale war, the Human Civilization Alliance clashed with the Insect Alliance.
Meanwhile, the other ten peak faction forces also engaged in slaughter. In the vast central battlefield, time-space fluctuations boiled, and terrifying auras erupted uncontrollably.
“Beware of soul attacks,” Xuanyuan Dou warned, leading the charge toward the largest mother nest.
Buzzing sounds filled the air. Space twisted, and terrifying soul attacks descended. Numerous perfected eleventh-rank Insect warriors attacked simultaneously.
Although Insect mother nests were not adept at direct combat, they were far from defenseless. Their soul attacks were unmatched among the eleven peak faction forces.
Insect mother nests required immense mental will to control large numbers of warriors. The higher their mental will, the greater their mastery over souls.
“Not good,” Xuanyuan Dou felt his vision blur. A golden gem faintly appeared between his brows, suppressing his soul and resisting all attacks.
“I didn’t expect the Insect Empress to bring that artifact into battle,” Xuanyuan Dou muttered gravely, staring at the massive Insect mother nest in the distance. Waves of illusory energy radiated from it, affecting all eleventh-rank powerhouses of the Human Civilization Alliance.
“Nightmare Realm.”
Xuanyuan Dou’s gaze locked onto the tiny palace-shaped weapon above the massive mother nest.
The Nightmare Realm, the Insect’s ancestral weapon, was incredibly effective for area-wide soul attacks. This weapon had repeatedly frustrated Yu Die, one of the strongest ones of human civilization.
On another part of the battlefield, a terrifying figure fought nonchalantly.
Surrounding him were seven or eight figures struggling to hold on. Each of them emanated an aura on par with Xuanyuan Dou, yet they were collectively at a disadvantage against this single powerhouse.
“Human civilization is weak. Where is the Milky Way Star Lord?”
This terrifying figure was the strongest eleventh-ranker of the Calamity Clan. His gaze shifted to the battle between humans and the Insect.
The matter of the Human Blood Rain being the Milky Way Star Lord intrigued him. He had seen the battle footage from the two-dimensional world and felt some pressure from the Human Blood Rain’s strength.
“The Insect brought the Nightmare Realm?”
“Human civilization is in danger. Without a comparable ancestral weapon, they might collapse.”
“Heh, where is the Milky Way Star Lord? Could it be he doesn’t even dare to show up?”
Other peak faction forces, engaged in their battles, noticed the dire situation of human civilization.
“Soul Annihilation!”
On the battlefield between the Insect and human civilization, the largest Insect mother nest fully activated the Nightmare Realm.
The void’s nightmare power surged, causing many human evolvers to feel drowsy and despairing.
At that moment, a small figure, a young man, suddenly descended onto the battlefield’s center. With a slight lift of his right foot, he stomped lightly, causing time-space to whirl into a vortex grindstone, crushing countless powerful Insect warriors.
The largest Insect mother nest was forced to retreat significantly, and the Nightmare Realm atop it spun erratically.
The young man scanned the surroundings, his gaze passing over the battlefield of the Insect and humans to the battles of other peak faction forces. A smile appeared on his face.
“You’re all surrounded by me!”
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