Inside the hall, the black-robed youth felt terror in his heart.
“I must not become his enemy! I absolutely must not become his enemy!”
The black-robed youth stared at the man who was talking with Wan Qu. Only one thought occupied his mind.
As a wondrous life form nurtured by the Chaos Void, the black-robed youth possessed a time bloodline within his body.
Though extremely thin, it granted him the rare ability of “foresight.”
For example, not long ago, the black-robed youth foresaw that a disaster would befall Guming Chaotic Continent.
He immediately informed Venerable Guming, who eventually discovered that the void they were in was about to become the battlefield of two Great Saints.
If the black-robed youth had not sensed a clue in advance and then investigated, Guming Chaotic Continent would likely have been unable to avoid the aftermath of the Great Saints’ fight and would have suffered severe losses.
The black-robed youth’s “foresight” stemmed from the time bloodline in his body, connected to the timeline, so the crises he detected often came from the future.
Of course, the black-robed youth could only sense danger.
He could not clearly see how that danger would manifest, nor many other details, because his time bloodline was too thin.
If it were a time life form with a far denser time bloodline, it might be able to glimpse blurred images of the future and thus pinpoint the source and scope of the danger.
If it were a genuine Rank Thirteen time life form, it would be able to use itself as an anchor to observe, with perfect clarity, the many future timelines related to itself.
“This person makes me feel an even greater threat than Shadowfiend Great Saint and Nine Phoenix Great Saint. How is that possible?”
The black-robed youth found it impossible to believe.
When he sensed the aftermath of those two Great Saints, he merely foresaw that he would suffer serious injury at worst—he might lose this physical body, but it definitely would not mean true death. He had set up many life-saving methods in distant and hidden places.
Even facing the Great Saints head-on, chances were he would not be completely annihilated.
Yet with Lin Yuan, the black-robed youth vaguely foresaw that he would be entirely wiped out if he became Lin Yuan’s enemy. What awaited him was eternal darkness, and none of his real body, avatars, or other life-saving measures could prevent it.
“It’s too frightening.”
“Too terrifying.”
The black-robed youth trembled inside. He had only felt this kind of danger of absolute destruction a few times since birth.
Those times were mostly in the depths of deadly domains like the Tai Yuan Ruins, where he caught faint glimpses through his foresight. But Lin Yuan? This was merely one avatar. How could it give him such a sense of despair?
“What on earth is going on?”
The black-robed youth steadied his thoughts and watched Lin Yuan carefully, confirming that the other’s aura was only at the peak of Path-Clearing.
With that level of strength, he could wipe out countless beings with a single yawn. Why would he foresee something like this?
“As long as I don’t become his enemy, I can live. If I do become his enemy, certain death is inevitable?”
The black-robed youth used his “foresight” again and again to probe, ultimately arriving at that conclusion.
“No, I have to inform Guming. Such a dangerous individual is on this Continent…”
The black-robed youth’s figure vanished, heading deep into the continent.
Under normal circumstances, he would not become Lin Yuan’s enemy, so he would not have felt any crisis. But once his gaze fell upon Lin Yuan and triggered his foresight, countless possibilities of the future surged into his mind, including the consequence of antagonizing Lin Yuan.
The black-robed youth regularly used this ability to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of opponents, but he never expected to “foresee” such a possibility with Lin Yuan.
Deep within Guming Chaotic Continent.
“We’re finally safe.”
Venerable Guming exhaled slightly. Now that Guming Chaotic Continent had halted, the ceaseless consumption of resources caused by traveling at high speed was over.
Guming Chaotic Continent was dozens of times bigger than a normal universe. Driving such a colossal entity forward required an astronomical number of Chaos Stones every single moment. Further prolongation would have distressed even Venerable Guming.
Just when he was about to resume secluded cultivation…
“Guming, Guming.” The black-robed youth’s voice sounded as he appeared nearby.
“Hmm?” Venerable Guming looked over at the black-robed youth, a hint of foreboding in his heart.
Under ordinary conditions, the black-robed youth was usually asleep and almost never sought him out on his own initiative.
Unless it was something major, like the danger he sensed not long ago concerning the battlefield of two Great Saints.
“What is it?” Venerable Guming asked at once.
“It’s a big deal. I just sensed a crisis of certain death.” The black-robed youth responded immediately.
“A crisis of certain death?” Venerable Guming’s heart skipped a beat.
A crisis of certain death? That implies a threat that cannot be resisted or escaped, a threat from which neither real body nor avatars nor life-saving methods could protect you.
Venerable Guming had gone through so much trouble to bring Guming Chaotic Continent here, only to be confronted immediately with a crisis of certain death?
“It’s not that kind of universal calamity,” the black-robed youth said quickly, seeing Guming’s reaction. He then explained the deadly danger he had foreseen around Lin Yuan in complete detail.
“Guming, that’s him.”
A faint illusion appeared before the black-robed youth, showing Lin Yuan conversing with Wan Qu.
“You sensed a crisis of certain death from him, meaning if you became enemies, you’d unavoidably die?”
Venerable Guming scrutinized the projection as well. Since he controlled this Chaos Continent, nothing within its boundaries could be hidden from him.
“A peak Path-Clearing avatar?”
Venerable Guming looked puzzled. He too noticed that Lin Yuan’s avatar was at the peak of Path-Clearing.
“Guming, is his true form also a Great Saint?” the black-robed youth asked.
Though his combat strength was comparable to a Venerable, in the end, his realm was still lower, so he could not accurately gauge the true realm of Lin Yuan’s real body.
“No.”
“I don’t feel any oppressive aura from him at all.”
Venerable Guming shook his head. If Lin Yuan’s real body were a Chaos Great Saint, there would be a linkage in the essence of his life, even in an avatar. It would never appear the same as an ordinary peak of Path-Clearing.
“No?”
The black-robed youth had already suspected this.
Lin Yuan’s conversation with Wan Qu was about buying a “fragment world” from Guming Chaotic Continent.
If Lin Yuan’s real body were a Chaos Great Saint, what need would he have to buy a fragment world? With the power of a Chaos Great Saint, he could create a Chaos Continent at will.
“If he isn’t a Chaos Great Saint, why do I sense such an overwhelming crisis of certain death?”
The black-robed youth still could not make sense of it.
“You foresaw a danger that belongs to the future.”
Venerable Guming spoke thoughtfully.
“You mean this person will step into the Great Saint realm later on?” The black-robed youth inhaled a deep breath.
Even among Chaos Venerables, very few could ultimately break through to the realm of the Great Saints. At least, the black-robed youth sensed almost no chance of Venerable Guming stepping into that realm.
And Lin Yuan? This powerful sense of certain death meant that Lin Yuan’s chance of becoming a Great Saint in the future was extremely high, almost guaranteed.
A life at the Dominance realm, one certain to become a Great Saint? How could that be?
Even those Great Saints who devoted boundless effort to raising successors or descendants would not dare claim to have such guaranteed success!
“That is the only possibility.”
Venerable Guming composed himself and spoke once more.
In truth, there was something else he did not say: once Lin Yuan actually entered the realm of a Great Saint, he certainly would not be an ordinary one.
If it were just a regular Great Saint, it would never make the black-robed youth feel such an intense aura of certain death.
“Then what should we do now?”
After thinking for a while, the black-robed youth asked.
“What should we do?”
Venerable Guming glanced at the black-robed youth.
“Naturally, we should do all we can to stay on good terms with him.”
Inside the hall.
Lin Yuan and Wan Qu were seated across from each other.
“These are all the fragment worlds that meet your requirements, Brother Milky Way. Take your time choosing,” Wan Qu said with a smile.
Before him floated several dozen miniature “fragment worlds,” all formed from the giant asteroids recently shattered by the black-robed youth.
“They’re all quite suitable.”
Lin Yuan’s gaze swept across each fragment world.
He had two main requirements for a fragment world: first, it could not contain too much radiation, because it would serve as the new home for human civilization. Many of the weaker humans could not withstand the radiation of the Chaos Void.
Second, it had to be large enough. There were many citizens of human civilization, and Lin Yuan planned to bring them all out together.
“How about this fragment world?”
Lin Yuan settled his attention on one particular fragment world.
It was enormous, roughly one-thousandth the area of the main universe’s starry sky.
It would more than suffice for all of human civilization. Moreover, this fragment world was composed of Star Tear Stone.
Star Tear Stone was quite valuable. It did produce radiation, but that radiation was beneficial, greatly nurturing and aiding the growth of living beings.
“How many Chaos Stones for this fragment world?” Lin Yuan asked.
Among the several dozen fragment worlds Wan Qu had shown him, this one was the most suitable to be humanity’s new home.
Lin Yuan guessed it would not come cheap.
“How much exactly?” he still needed to ask.
“This fragment world is entirely formed of Star Tear Stone. The stone alone is worth eight hundred thousand Chaos Stones. The entire fragment world is one million two hundred thousand Chaos Stones,” Wan Qu said.
That was the fair price with no markup.
Star Tear Stone is a fairly precious mineral. An entire fragment world made of it would start at eight hundred thousand Chaos Stones.
“One million two hundred thousand Chaos Stones?” Lin Yuan shook his head.
“Forget it, that’s too expensive.”
Even if he sold the Chaos-stage treasure left behind by Cang Weiyang, it would not be worth one million two hundred thousand Chaos Stones.
All the accumulated wealth of human civilization, after fully unifying its universe—counting resource planets, hidden realms, and so forth—did not even reach two hundred thousand Chaos Stones in total.
Lin Yuan’s budget was in the range of one hundred thousand to one hundred fifty thousand Chaos Stones.
One million two hundred thousand Chaos Stones? Far too large an amount.
“It is indeed a bit steep.”
Wan Qu nodded. The value of that fragment world was fixed. Even if one wanted to bargain, it would not be by much.
“Take a look at these other fragment worlds, Brother Milky Way…”
Wan Qu immediately started introducing the alternatives.
All of a sudden.
Wan Qu heard a voice in his ear.
“That Star Tear Stone fragment world… give it to him!”
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