"The Eye of Ten Thousand Laws said the Mysterious Sovereign harbored a heart demon, and now the Devil Jade Tower Master says he attempted the thirteenth rank to resurrect his Dao companion?"
Lin Yuan contemplated silently.
Judging from the tone of the Devil Jade Tower Master, the Mysterious Sovereign had to be at least on par with him in strength.
"Alright, my time is limited," the Tower Master said with a smile. He flipped his hand.
The six-armed figure, Shen Ji, was instantly teleported to the ninth floor.
"Master!"
Shen Ji’s face was covered in tears of joy and disbelief.
He had been stunned when he saw the Tower Master’s consciousness awaken from outside the tower. After waiting countless epochs, the master he thought he'd never see again had appeared here on the ninth floor?
"From today onward, he will be the new Tower Master of Devil Jade Tower," the Tower Master said as he looked at Shen Ji.
"Yes, understood."
Shen Ji immediately nodded.
Devil Jade Tower’s hierarchy was strict. Becoming a direct disciple, let alone Tower Master, required the original Tower Master’s personal approval.
That was why, up until now, Lin Yuan had only been a sequence member of the tower—his highest possible rank under the rules.
But now…
With this revived strand of the Tower Master’s consciousness present, it was equivalent to the true master being here in person.
"I left behind some good things in this Devil Jade Space. If you hadn’t become the Tower Master, you would’ve only been allowed to choose a few," the Tower Master said with a smile.
"Thank you, Senior," Lin Yuan said gratefully.
According to Devil Jade Tower’s rules, clearing each level only allowed you to pick from a reward list.
No matter how monstrously talented Lin Yuan was, he couldn’t break that rule.
But becoming Tower Master was different. With the Tower Master’s personal authorization, Lin Yuan now held supreme control over this Devil Jade Space.
He could freely distribute or claim any treasures or wonders within it.
Compared to the previous authority as a sequence member, this new Tower Master authority was absolute.
"That drop of time blood—you must study it carefully," the Tower Master reminded.
Now that his consciousness had awakened, he was fully aware of everything that had transpired in the Devil Jade Space.
"I understand," Lin Yuan nodded.
He had never stopped studying that drop of time blood over the years. The more he studied it, the more he could sense the vast, inconceivable links between different timelines.
It felt like a fish deep in the ocean peering through the layers of water to glimpse an infinite starry sky above.
Faint and blurry, yet vast and awe-inspiring.
"The thirteenth-rank legacy I cultivated—I can’t pass it on to you, nor can I even tell you where to obtain it," the Tower Master said after a moment of thought.
"I understand."
Lin Yuan nodded.
Thirteenth-rank legacies left by time beings placed the utmost importance on fate.
They could not be obtained through deliberate planning. For example, Lin Yuan’s acquisition of the jade gourd had been a complete accident—he’d known nothing about it beforehand.
It was the same with other thirteenth-rank legacies. If someone learned where one was and deliberately approached to pretend it was by fate...
The creator of that legacy would come for them.
And don’t think a thirteenth-rank lifeform could be fooled. These beings could trace along the timeline itself—whatever they wished to know, they would know.
If you dared cross the line set by a thirteenth-rank, even death wouldn’t spare you—they could resurrect you just to make you suffer.
"As long as you understand."
The Tower Master’s body began to grow translucent, surrounded by swirling strands of time power.
"I'm being pulled back into the time loop," he said. This was the longest he could delay it—even with the Devil Jade Space shielding him, his time had run out.
Had he been in the Chaos Void directly, he would’ve been dragged back the moment his consciousness awakened.
"Senior, is there anything I can do for you?" Lin Yuan quickly asked.
"For me?" The Tower Master smiled. "Get stronger. Become stronger than ever. Ideally, break through to the thirteenth rank and become a time being."
"Alright."
Lin Yuan nodded solemnly.
With all the information the Tower Master had passed on to him about ascending to the thirteenth rank and the time loop, Lin Yuan understood exactly what that request meant.
What is a time loop?
It is an unending cycle—looping from beginning to end, and back again.
Like that thirteenth-rank Time lifeform who had to possess an ant and lead its kind to become the strongest race in that world.
If he failed before the end of that life’s natural span, his memory would be wiped, and he’d start again from the beginning.
In such a scenario, external connections were critical. They helped the person recognize reality and remember their evolutionary path—acting as an anchor or guide to preserve awareness inside the loop.
Evolutionary paths were one option. Causality could serve a similar purpose.
But for causality to break through the isolation of a time loop, it had to be causality linked to a thirteenth-rank lifeform—and a significant one at that.
Lin Yuan had entered the Devil Jade Space when he was still weak, establishing a karmic bond with the Tower Master. Now that he was officially the new Tower Master, if he could ascend to become a time being, that bond would strengthen immensely.
It might be enough to help the Devil Jade Tower Master who remained trapped in his time loop.
Buzz.
As Lin Yuan watched, the Tower Master’s surrounding time lines grew more distinct, and in an instant, they dragged him into the void.
"What is the true nature of a time loop?" Lin Yuan wondered.
"Master..." Shen Ji’s expression was full of loss. He quickly turned and bowed respectfully to Lin Yuan.
Before this, even when Lin Yuan became a sequence member, Shen Ji had only treated him as an equal.
"No need for that between us," Lin Yuan said, shaking his head.
He immediately began inspecting the many treasures and wonders stored in this Devil Jade Space.
Although the Tower Master had summoned Shen Ji to formally announce his successor, he had already transferred full control of the Devil Jade Space to Lin Yuan.
"Devil Jade Indestructible Body?"
Lin Yuan glanced at the refining technique created by the Tower Master, one not inferior to Mysterious Emperor Body.
Previously, Lin Yuan had gleaned part of this technique from examining a severed limb belonging to a former twelfth-rank Devil Jade Tower member.
Now he had obtained the complete version.
"It’s completely different from Mysterious Emperor Body."
With Lin Yuan’s current level of insight, comprehending this technique was effortless. He was even comparing it directly to Mysterious Emperor Body.
"Treasures… rare wonders…" Lin Yuan swept his eyes over the vault.
In terms of value, the treasures here couldn’t compare to those in the Mysterious Emperor Universe—which was natural. The two were not on the same scale.
The Devil Jade Space had been built to nurture Tower members.
Whereas the Mysterious Emperor Universe had been painstakingly crafted by the Mysterious Sovereign himself.
"Hmm? Is this the memory of that lifeform the Tower Master killed?"
Lin Yuan looked at a crystal.
This crystal had a sealing effect just as astonishing as the one containing the drop of time blood. But instead of blood, it held a misty river-like swirl.
Now the master of the space, Lin Yuan immediately understood its use.
Back then, the Tower Master and other Supreme Saints had jointly slain a powerful lifeform with an exceptionally strong time bloodline. Afterward, they divided up the body.
As for the creature’s soul and essence—it had been refined into this river-mist within the crystal.
By inserting part of one’s consciousness, one could view the lifeform’s memories and perspectives—including how it wielded time power.
This wasn’t as immersive as possessing the Liyang Ancestor through the Source World’s method, but it was still one of the few ways in the Chaos Void to experience a low-level timeline perspective.
Time lifeforms with strong time bloodlines possessed all kinds of inconceivable techniques—some could even glimpse vague timelines.
The Supreme Saints who slew it had paid a heavy price—but the rewards had been just as great.
By studying its time blood, the Tower Master had fulfilled the prerequisites to cultivate his thirteenth-rank legacy—causing his strength to skyrocket and becoming the invincible supreme saint of his era.
"That Time lifeform…"
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly. There was no denying that the Supreme Saints had thoroughly exploited the creature—from flesh to soul.
Mysterious Emperor Universe.
Lin Yuan had now entered the inner regions completely.
"The harvest is incredible."
Lin Yuan was in high spirits. With the map of the Mysterious Emperor Universe in his hands, his advantage over the other Great Saints was massive.
Many areas within the universe appeared ordinary on the surface—like that Life Origin Star he encountered at the beginning.
Who would’ve guessed it hid a Life Godstones nearly three meters tall?
Any Chaos Great Saint passing by probably wouldn’t even glance at it.
After all, this universe was filled with similar-looking planets. If a saint stopped to examine every single one, they’d probably be slower than most peak Chaos-level experts.
Only Lin Yuan, with the map in hand, knew exactly where treasures lay hidden. That’s why he had deliberately stopped there.
Other locations were the same.
That’s why even now, the other Chaos Great Saints had collected pitifully little.
Only the places that looked extraordinary on the surface would attract their attention.
But those places often came with traps—like the Tower of the Floating Tathagata, or the Nine Realms Pavilion.
"Hmm?"
Just as Lin Yuan was about to move deeper into the universe along his route, his expression shifted slightly.
"My internal universe… the second layer of Infinite Void is complete?"
A smile appeared on Lin Yuan’s face. Ever since fusing and absorbing the Sunborn Genesis source, he had been working on cultivating the second layer of Infinite Void.
Even during his current exploration of the Mysterious Emperor Universe, he had dedicated a portion of his consciousness to training in it.
This thirteenth-rank legacy was simply too important.
Now that he had completed the second layer, his strength was about to undergo another dramatic transformation.
"The second layer of Infinite Void..."
Lin Yuan immediately projected a strand of consciousness into his internal universe.
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