The thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-third Seed was like the final stroke that brings a dragon painting to life.
The moment it formed, it resonated with the countless Seeds he had already condensed.
Together, they formed a perfect whole.
“I finally did it.”
A smile spread across Lin Yuan’s face.
Back during the war between the Qingfen Domain and the Zimeng Domain, he had been stuck on condensing the final Seed.
Only now had he broken through that bottleneck.
It wasn’t that Lin Yuan lacked insight—it was simply that the final Seed required an immense amount of sunforce from between heaven and earth to condense.
Without enough sunforce, it was impossible to form.
According to the records Lin Yuan had studied from the royal lineage of the Liyang Ancient Kingdom, even those core royals who could condense Seeds as easily as eating or drinking typically capped out at just over twenty thousand seeds.
In the history of the Liyang Ancient Kingdom, only eighteen members of the royal lineage had ever condensed thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three Seeds.
“If it weren’t for this residence, it might have taken me several hundred or even thousands of years more to form the final Seed.”
Lin Yuan thought to himself. The imperial residence the emperor had prepared for him was near the kingdom’s greatest sun-vein, where the sunforce was extremely abundant.
Anywhere else, the efficiency of absorbing sunforce would have been drastically lower.
“Thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three Seeds will form a perfect Liyang Grand Cycle. The enhancements it brings to every aspect of my being—strength, rule comprehension—are all immense.”
Lin Yuan mused silently.
Among the eighteen royal figures in the Liyang Kingdom’s history who had achieved the Liyang Grand Cycle, even if they hadn’t fully awakened their bloodline to the Heavenly Sovereign level, they had still successfully comprehended the principles of chaotic evolution and crossed into the Heavenly Sovereign realm by understanding the great Dao’s rules.
“Dao rule fluctuations?”
Lin Yuan carefully sensed his surroundings and nodded slightly.
Compared to before the final Seed was condensed, his comprehension of the rules had indeed surged significantly.
“The living beings of this Source World... truly are born under extraordinary conditions.”
Lin Yuan couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe—even condensing just a few Seeds granted a comprehension of rules that surpassed that of Chaos Void experts.
The beings of the six ancient kingdoms found it far easier to comprehend the great Dao’s rules than those of the Chaos Void.
A Supreme Saint from the Chaos Void was roughly on the same level as a Ultimate Heavenly Sovereign from the six ancient kingdoms, but the latter’s understanding of chaotic evolution far surpassed the former’s.
That alone was enough to offset the disparity in internal universes and foundational strength.
“Hmm?”
Lin Yuan continued to sense the Seeds in his body and how the Grand Cycle they formed was affecting him.
“My Sunborn Genesis Divine Ability has improved significantly. The divine ability—‘World’...”
Lin Yuan suddenly activated his divine ability World, transforming himself into a blazing sun. Under its radiance, the surrounding space-time twisted, all falling under his domain.
Since the time-space within the royal residence was independent, Lin Yuan could use World here without worrying about affecting the outside.
“Liyang...”
Seated at the center of the world, Lin Yuan could faintly feel each Seed in his body beginning to glow.
With each glowing seed, another sun appeared within the scope of the divine ability World.
In a short time, thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three suns filled the world’s sky. Combined with the sun formed from Lin Yuan’s own body, the total reached thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-four.
In that instant, Lin Yuan felt the power of his divine ability surge. If he so chose, he could easily break through the residence’s suppression and envelop the entire capital within his World.
Of course, if he dared do so, the capital’s hidden powers would immediately suppress him.
“The Liyang Grand Cycle can even affect the divine ability World like this?”
Lin Yuan was astonished. Even those past eighteen royals who achieved the Grand Cycle had never experienced this.
“Is it because of Sunborn Genesis?”
Looking at the transformed World around him, Lin Yuan made a guess.
His World had fused with and absorbed the Liyang Source. That the Grand Cycle would affect it wasn’t hard to understand.
As for why the eighteen past royals never experienced such a change—they had nothing like this. They didn’t possess an internal universe of such depth, nor did they have the divine ability World, nor Sunborn Genesis, and certainly not the Infinite Void inheritance.
The path Lin Yuan had walked was full of unrepeatable steps.
“Still, my divine ability World now... is far stronger than before.”
Lin Yuan’s thoughts settled as he sensed the astonishing control he held over space and time.
With the World having fused with the Liyang Source, its core became the source itself. Once the World unfolded, Lin Yuan’s body became a blazing sun.
And now, there were thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-four such suns. The amplification of power was unimaginable.
Even though the suns formed by the Seeds weren’t as powerful as Lin Yuan’s own transformation, their sheer number—thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three—was enough to boost the divine ability’s power dozens or even hundreds of times.
“It does consume a lot more energy, but I can handle it.”
Feeling the current state of World, with its extended external universe and sweeping power, Lin Yuan sensed the great Dao rules of this Source World retreating rapidly before him.
Whoosh!
Moments later, Lin Yuan retracted World and began studying it more deeply.
“With my current strength, if I unleash the full power of World, I could easily suppress a powerhouse like Heavenly Sovereign Hong Lian. As for top-tier Ultimate Heavenly Sovereigns like Heavenly Sovereign Red Flame…”
Lin Yuan did some mental calculations, but couldn’t make an exact comparison.
In this Source World, ordinary Heavenly Sovereigns were roughly equivalent to Chaos Great Saints of the Chaos Void, while Ultimate Heavenly Sovereigns were on par with Supreme Saints.
Heavenly Sovereign Red Flame’s strength was already approaching that of an Invincible Supreme Saint in the Chaos Void. In fact, among the Ultimate Heavenly Sovereigns of the six ancient kingdoms, some were surely already at that level.
In the Chaos Void, entire cosmic eras might pass without a single Invincible Supreme Saint appearing—but in this Source World? The ancestral bloodline of the thirteenth-rank progenitor empowered their descendants too greatly.
In the Chaos Void, so long as a Supreme Saint mastered a thirteenth-rank inheritance, they were essentially at the Invincible Supreme Saint level.
Take the Lord of Devil Jade Tower, for example. He became an Invincible Supreme Saint after slaying a time-bloodline marvel and comprehending its essence, which let him step into the threshold of a thirteenth-rank inheritance and dominate his era.
But in this Source World? Which Heavenly Sovereign among the six ancient kingdoms hasn’t had access to thirteenth-rank inheritances? While mastering them is incredibly difficult, the odds of producing an Invincible Supreme Saint-tier Heavenly Sovereign are far higher than in the Chaos Void.
In the Chaos Void, time-based beings only share thirteenth-rank inheritances randomly, and in fact, such inheritances are typically forbidden from spreading—getting one is purely a matter of luck.
“Next, I’ll continue condensing Seeds.”
Lin Yuan diverted part of his mind and began attempting to form more Seeds.
This method greatly enhanced his combat strength. Surpassing the historical record of even those royal members who had condensed massive numbers of seeds, Lin Yuan naturally valued it highly.
As time passed—
News of a newly discovered top-tier treasured land quickly spread across the Liyang Ancient Kingdom.
Many Great Sovereign-level experts were thrilled. Though the rare treasures from such a site would be prioritized for Heavenly Sovereigns, if the Liyang Kingdom could seize it, there would be plenty of leftovers for the Great Sovereigns too.
Before long—
The names of the twelve Heavenly Sovereigns chosen to represent the Liyang Kingdom in the struggle for the new treasure were made public.
Eleven of the names caused little stir—they were all seasoned Ultimate Heavenly Sovereigns, like the veteran Heavenly Sovereign Hong Lian.
But the final name was none other than the recently prominent Heavenly Sovereign of the Milky Way?
“Heavenly Sovereign of the Milky Way? Didn’t he just step into the Heavenly Sovereign realm?”
“Sure, he’s the first royal to achieve the realm using progenitor blood, but letting him join the fight for a top-tier treasure?”
“You know nothing. Before the list was finalized, Heavenly Sovereign of the Milky Way sparred with Heavenly Sovereign Hong Lian. Though there was no clear victor, Hong Lian admitted publicly that his strength is on par with hers.”
“My god? He just became a Heavenly Sovereign and can already match someone like Hong Lian?”
“Maybe that’s the power of the progenitor bloodline…”
Great Sovereigns across the kingdom debated heatedly. While many questioned Heavenly Sovereign of the Milky Way’s inclusion, once they heard of his sparring result with Hong Lian, they were all deeply shocked.
Milky Way Royal Residence.
Lin Yuan was seated opposite King Chibao.
“Congratulations, Heavenly Sovereign of the Milky Way,” King Chibao said with a hint of respectful awe. “To think that when we first met, I even dared cross hands with you…”
He sighed in amazement.
“Just call me Milky Way,” Lin Yuan said with a shake of his head and a smile.
When he first arrived in the capital, if not for King Chibao’s repeated assistance, he might have taken many wrong turns.
“No way. You’re a Heavenly Sovereign now. If I call you ‘Milky Way,’ how would the other Heavenly Sovereigns address me?”
King Chibao responded immediately.
Though he was an elite core royal and could match ordinary Heavenly Sovereigns, peak ones were far beyond him. Lin Yuan, who could rival someone like Hong Lian, had strength miles beyond what King Chibao could now hope to reach.
“To think, I was sent to support the Qingfen Domain, only to bring back…”
King Chibao’s expression was full of emotion.
Ever since Lin Yuan entered the capital and assumed control of the Milky Way Royal Residence, countless royals had come to visit.
Many of them sought to pledge allegiance to Lin Yuan.
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“You want me to found the emperor’s eighteenth bloodline?” Lin Yuan smiled at the middle-aged man in white before him.
The man’s aura was vast—he was at the peak of the Great Sovereign realm. Yet he now stood before Lin Yuan with utmost respect.
“Heavenly Sovereign, with your strength, the eighteenth line you establish would surpass the other seventeen and wield immense influence in the kingdom.”
The man spoke in a low voice.
Currently, the Liyang Ancient Kingdom had seventeen royal bloodlines.
Each was anchored by an elite core royal.
Beyond these lines were numerous unaffiliated royals. They weren’t part of the kingdom’s core, but seeing someone like Lin Yuan—a core royal elevated by progenitor bloodline to Heavenly Sovereign—fall from the sky, they desperately wanted to cling to him.
“I’m not interested in founding a royal line.”
Lin Yuan stated directly. Right now, he wanted to put all his focus into cultivation to better reach the thirteenth rank.
As for founding a line? If he reached the thirteenth rank, he wouldn’t just create a new line—he’d found the seventh ancient kingdom of the Source World.
If he couldn’t reach the thirteenth rank, then with his cultivation speed, any faction he built would fall far behind him.
He also planned to make many arrangements for the human civilization in the Chaos Void before reaching the thirteenth rank, ensuring its continued survival.
“But…”
The man tried to speak further.
“Leave.”
Lin Yuan waved a hand, and the man was instantly teleported away.
Many royals had come to visit Lin Yuan.
Some to pledge allegiance, others to seek guidance.
“Heavenly Sovereign, how can we break through the bloodline’s limits?” asked a royal who had comprehended the chaotic evolution path, humbly seeking Lin Yuan’s advice.
This royal was titled King Chixia, a core royal. After reaching his limit and failing to break through the bloodline shackle, he turned to the Dao’s rules and eventually reached the Heavenly Sovereign realm through chaotic evolution.
“You must continually nurture the foundational force deep within your bloodline,” Lin Yuan replied without reservation. The martial evolution path refined the bloodline and originated from the body cultivation branch.
And body cultivation prioritized nurturing the bloodline.
“Foundational force?” King Chixia fell into thought.
“I’ll explain how to nurture it in detail after the battle for the treasure.”
Lin Yuan looked at him.
He intended to formally share this branch of the martial evolution path after the competition.
“You are truly magnanimous,” King Chixia said with admiration.
He could tell that Lin Yuan genuinely intended to share the method of nurturing bloodlines.
Normally, other Heavenly Sovereigns would keep such secrets to themselves.
Yet Heavenly Sovereign of the Milky Way was so open, putting King Chixia to shame.
After King Chixia left—
Lin Yuan began re-evaluating the martial evolution path branch.
After his revisions, the branch he intended to spread in this Source World essentially abandoned internal universes.
There was no choice. In the Chaos Void, many strong beings could receive origin infusions, and the growth of their inner world and internal universes was a gradual inevitability.
But in this Source World and its six ancient kingdoms, such internal development was far harder—at least nowhere near as widespread.
Lin Yuan could still cultivate an internal universe here because he had done so many times before and knew the process intimately. He also had the power and resources.
Even so, without repeated origin infusions from the Chaos Void, his internal universe here was still weaker than his Chaos Void main body.
If not for the boosts from his Sunborn Genesis Divine Ability and the Seeds, his Source World main body wouldn’t compare in strength to his Chaos Void self.
“Whether it’s internal universes or Dao rule comprehension, as long as the core remains the same, it’s the martial evolution path. The more beings who cultivate it, the stronger my anchor and Dao-markers become.”
Lin Yuan thought to himself, closed his eyes, and returned to meditation and cultivation.
Time passed slowly.
In the blink of an eye, ten years had gone by.
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