In the midst of chaos.
Lin Yuan's slumbering consciousness gradually awakened.
"Have I already descended to the fourth source world?"
Lin Yuan diverted his mind to explore the surroundings.
At this moment, he still did not have the concept of 'eyes'.
Everything relied on his own perception.
"This time my vessel is a divine stone, an Innate Divine Stone."
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
After becoming a time life form, descending via the Myriad Realms Gate, he could actively choose his vessel.
And this time Lin Yuan chose the vessel of an Innate Divine Stone.
There was no choice; this source world was in its nascent stage, and everything was in a chaotic state, leaving few options for a vessel.
The Innate Divine Stone was the first divine stone nurtured by this source world; its natural aptitude was quite good, making it one of Lin Yuan's best choices.
"The Dao manifests, the origin flows, tsk tsk…"
Lin Yuan merely probed slightly and sensed the 'vigorous vitality' of the surrounding heavens and earth.
During the nascent period of the source world, the entire dimensional space had not yet taken shape.
At this time, the most precious Origin Dao to living beings was practically unveiled without any concealment.
In such a cultivation environment, even a pig would smoothly cultivate to the perfect twelfth tier.
Furthermore, during this period, the river of time had not yet condensed.
This meant that all the life birthed during this period would inherently be unfettered by the river of time.
No need for the ultimate leap from the eleventh to the twelfth tier.
As long as they didn't perish midway, they would certainly possess the qualifications to become time life forms.
What's more, the life forms that could be nurtured during the nascent stage of the source world were incredibly powerful, both in talent and aptitude.
It can be predicted that, in the long years to come, this world would essentially be ruled by the first batch of newly born life forms.
"According to the normal timeline, this Innate Divine Stone of mine would, after eons, nurture a powerful innate life."
Lin Yuan contemplated inwardly.
This was also the result of him observing the future timeline.
"Now that I have descended, there's no need for an extended eon."
With a gentle movement of Lin Yuan's mind, boundless Innate Chaos Qi began to surge towards him from all directions.
Passive cultivation is entirely different from active cultivation; moreover, Lin Yuan, as a time life form, had an absurdly high efficiency in active cultivation.
Merely a month passed.
The vessel Lin Yuan occupied, the 'Innate Divine Stone', smoothly transformed.
Unlike nurturing life from within the Innate Divine Stone, directly transforming from the Innate Divine Stone allows maximum utilization of the stone itself.
"Finally, I can unleash my full potential."
A smile emerged on Lin Yuan's face.
Prior to transforming, his essence was still that of an Innate Divine Stone, unable to move easily.
This was a limitation imposed upon him by the Dao of this Fang Yuan World.
But after transformation, these restrictions no longer applied.
"The consciousness of the source world hasn't focused much on me?"
At the moment of transformation, Lin Yuan faintly sensed an invisible force descending and retreating instantly.
It was presumably the consciousness of the source world.
Lin Yuan's premature transformation was entirely an anomaly, breaking conventional rules.
Normally, the first being to traverse this source world should not have been Lin Yuan.
Yet now Lin Yuan had achieved it, evidently exceeding the expectations of the source world consciousness.
In fact, even a Time Lord, such as the Lord of Heaven Light, paying a huge price to blend into a nascent stage source world wouldn't dare act as Lin Yuan did, as they would be instantly detected and eradicated by the source world consciousness.
Once merged with a dimensional space, the strength of a Time Lord drastically declines, leaving them with little power to protect themselves.
At this point, facing erasure by the source world consciousness, the outcome can be imagined.
Therefore, after blending into a source world, even if Time Lords can observe future timelines and know of countless opportunities and advantages, they still dare not act excessively.
The various opportunities and benefits of a nascent-stage source world are mostly predetermined; which outsider dares meddle?
But Lin Yuan was different; he descended into this source world via the Myriad Realms Gate, perfectly blending in, so even with exhaustive probing from the source world consciousness, it would merely deem him as a native life form of the source world.
Even performing unconventional feats, the source world consciousness would take no action.
In the eyes of the source world consciousness, Lin Yuan, like any other nurtured life form, was its child.
As for the time life forms that infiltrate in? They are foreign usurpers, occupying nests of others, who would be erased without hesitation upon detection.
"Time to go out for a stroll."
Lin Yuan immediately began traversing the land of this nascent-stage source world.
At this time, the essential nature of the Origin Dao was openly displayed; for time life forms, the most precious essence of the Origin Dao was realized almost effortlessly.
"The essential laws of this source world's Dao… are so unique…"
Lin Yuan's eyes shone; every dimensional space had different essential laws for the operation of the Dao Origin, which is why time life forms must explore each dimensional space.
Even more so for the source world.
Compared to other dimensional spaces, the status and essence of a source world are higher, offering greater assistance to Lin Yuan.
"Besides comprehending the naturally manifested operations of the Dao Origin essence, I can also study the first batch of innate life nurtured by this Fang Yuan World."
Lin Yuan considered inwardly.
What is the most precious thing that a source world nurtures?
Treasures?
Marvels?
Or weapons?
None of these.
The most precious thing is life.
Because only life possesses infinite potential, only life holds the hope of breaking shackles.
Especially the first batch of life forms birthed during the nascent stage of a source world, they encompass a multitude of secrets of heaven and earth.
The first Source World explored by Lin Yuan, where the first life 'Abyss Dragon' was nurtured, is extremely unique and tremendously powerful.
If it weren't for Da Fu Ancestor becoming a Time Being first, that 'Abyss Dragon' would likely have become a Time Being.
"The first batch of Innate beings nurtured by this Source World numbered three thousand. In endless ages to come, these three thousand Innate beings are referred to as the three thousand Chaotic Gods."
Lin Yuan observed the future timelines. These three thousand Innate beings started with Twelve Layers of strength, with the strongest among them even approaching Time Being.
Of course, that would be after they are completely nurtured.
And now? These three thousand beings are still being nurtured.
At most, they have only gathered a small amount of consciousness.
…
"Pan! Pan! Pan!!!" Within a chaos-colored giant egg, a consciousness slowly gathered, constantly emanating the sound of 'Pan'.
At that moment, a young man appeared beside this giant egg.
The consciousness inside the egg was suddenly startled and a bit stunned, as in its understanding, it never imagined a scene like this would happen, having an unknown life so close to it?
"Who, who are you?" the consciousness within the egg questioned, asking instinctively but with curiosity as well.
Curious as to why Lin Yuan could appear here, right in front of it.
"Who am I?" Lin Yuan examined the giant egg from top to bottom.
In the normal timeline, this giant egg is the first Innate being nurtured by Fang Yuan World, and also the strongest one.
In the distant future, the life within this egg, under the guidance of the Source World consciousness, will slaughter all of the other two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Innate Chaotic Gods, ultimately opening the heavens and earth, allowing Fang Yuan World to smoothly transcend the newborn phase.
"Yes, who are you?"
The consciousness within the egg continued to inquire.
"You don't need to know who I am." Lin Yuan shook his head, "Now, don't resist, let my power seep in."
As the first Innate Chaotic God nurtured by Fang Yuan World, in the future, its strength approaches that of a Time Being. Its essence is extraordinarily powerful, yet it is precisely because it is too powerful that its fate was predestined, it cannot become a true Time Being.
The purpose of the Source World nurturing the egg is to propel itself past the newborn phase, and so it is with the other two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Innate Chaotic Gods.
For this reason, Lin Yuan is quite curious about the essence of the egg, exactly what kind of power allows the egg in the future to have power close to that of a Time Being?
"No, I want to resist."
The consciousness inside the egg instinctively resisted letting Lin Yuan's power permeate through.
"Dare to resist, and I will kill you," Lin Yuan said calmly.
In fact, this was completely a scare tactic against the egg, as the awareness of the Source World is very concerned about the egg, and if Lin Yuan acted, he would surely be stopped.
The consciousness of the Source World permits Lin Yuan to perform some outlandish actions but absolutely does not allow the disruption of the evolutionary process.
The egg and the other two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Innate Chaotic Gods have great utility in the evolution of the Source World and must not be allowed to perish midway.
"Kill me?" The egg's consciousness felt fear, "Then I won't resist."
"Very well." Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
These Innate Chaotic Gods' consciousnesses have not fully coalesced, their minds are not fully formed, making them very easy to deceive.
Soon.
Lin Yuan comprehended the inside and outside of the egg.
During this time, the consciousness of the Source World was always attentive, preventing Lin Yuan from killing the egg.
As for Lin Yuan comprehending the essence contained within the egg, the Source World consciousness did not care much, just as long as the egg wouldn't die.
"Done."
After several years, Lin Yuan had almost comprehended the essence of the egg, and he stood up to leave.
"You, you are leaving?" The consciousness within the egg looked at Lin Yuan's departing figure, suddenly feeling a bit of reluctance.
Though Lin Yuan was extremely domineering, forcing it to open up, the occasional exchanges between them over the years made the consciousness within the egg quite happy.
"Hmm?"
After Lin Yuan left, the consciousness within the egg abruptly found a Secret Technique deep within its mind.
"What is this?"
The egg's consciousness was a bit curious, deducing that the Secret Technique should have been left by Lin Yuan.
…
"As long as you master that Secret Technique, you should be able to change your destiny."
Walking across the nascent lands of the Source World, Lin Yuan deliberately left a Secret Technique for the consciousness within the egg before leaving.
The purpose of this Secret Technique is to allow the consciousness within the egg to retain a sliver of Spiritual Power to reincarnate when it perishes.
The egg's existence was to drive the Source World's evolution, but as to why it would die? It is because once the Source World completes its evolution, the egg would no longer be needed.
But being unnecessary does not necessarily mean death; this was also Lin Yuan's attempt to test and play against the consciousness of the Source World.
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Next.
Lin Yuan continued walking on the lands of the Source World, comprehending the essence of the other two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Innate Chaotic Gods.
These three thousand Innate Chaotic Gods are 'products' of the nascent stage of the Source World, nurtured by the consciousness of the Source World at great expense. After the nascent stage, the lives born do not enjoy such treatment.
Therefore, Lin Yuan specifically researched the essence of these lives, as a form of compensation for himself.
To nurture life, especially powerful, strong, and potent ones with great potential, is not an easy task.
And so.
A hundred years slipped by.
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Chaos Void.
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.
Numerous insightful sparks and realizations surged in his mind, vibrating the universe within him incessantly.
Comprehending the operation essence of the Dao Origin of the fourth Source World made the universe within Lin Yuan more perfect.
"In the span of a hundred years, my internal universe transformed multiple times, but it always became more perfect. As for becoming truly perfect, I feel that is still far away."
Lin Yuan mused.
The gap from imperfection to perfection is indeed too vast. Although there is only one level difference between a Time Being and a Perfect Time Being, it feels like a world of difference.
Going from a Time Being to a Perfect Time Being is a much larger leap than going from the First Layer to a Time Being.
"No wonder many Time Lords choose the Perfect Time Being path to transcendence, because other paths to transcendence seem to have no end, only the Perfect Time Being shows immediate results, success or failure can be seen instantly."
Lin Yuan silently thought to himself, he doesn't yet have such feelings of despair.
Because he is too young and constantly progressing, while other Time Lords do not have Lin Yuan's talent.
"My current power…"
A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.
The hundred years he explored the fourth Source World was also a hundred years of rapid increase in his power.
Foremost was the transformation of his internal universe, which is fundamental to Lin Yuan. The transformation of his internal universe leads to an overall enhancement of Lin Yuan.
Furthermore, the operation essence of the Dao Origin of the fourth Source World caused multiple transformations in Lin Yuan's internal universe, and Lin Yuan's power was elevated multiple times.
Additionally, studying the life essence of the three thousand Innate Chaotic Gods of the fourth Source World brought Lin Yuan great benefits, culminating in the creation of a new method.
Called "Innate Five Great."
This is a method created by Lin Yuan, integrating all his Dao insights and experience, currently only the first form—Tai Chu—has been perfected.
This form is derived from the nascent period of the fourth Source World, where all things are in the initial stage, originating from the beginning, which is 'Tai Chu.'
'Tai Chu' is a very comprehensive method, capable of both attack and defense, and can even save lives. In all aspects, it is extremely formidable.
"Although 'Innate Five Great' has only the first form, its power should have reached the second tier of a Time Lord." Lin Yuan assessed in his heart.
Time Lords on the 'Endless Catastrophe' path of transcendence are divided into three tiers.
Each tier consists of billions, or even tens of billions of catastrophes.
A second-tier Time Lord is already considered quite formidable.
Currently, Lin Yuan, with a Second Realm body, possesses means comparable to a second-tier Time Lord, something unheard of in the infinite dimensions of Time Beings.
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