The perfect, profound purple liquid captivated Lin Yuan, making him feel slightly entranced. He attempted to carefully observe it, using his Unrivaled Insight to comprehend its essence.
But after a long time, he realized it had no effect.
There were two possibilities for something that could render Unrivaled Insight useless.
One was that the purple liquid held no secrets worth comprehending.
The second was that the essence contained within the purple liquid was too profound, beyond what Lin Yuan's current Ninth Rank Unrivaled Insight could decipher.
The first possibility was clearly unreasonable. How could something that allowed Lin Yuan's inner world to break its shackles and surpass its limits not contain something worth comprehending?
"I'm already at the Ninth Rank and still can't comprehend it. This mysterious gourd's origin is far more significant than I imagined," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
It wasn't that he couldn't comprehend it—it was that he couldn't grasp even a single bit of it.
If it were merely difficult to comprehend, he could still try and understand it, even if he couldn't fully grasp it. But being unable to comprehend even a fraction of it meant he couldn't even get a foothold.
"Forget it."
"The gourd is in my hands, so it's mine."
"One day, I'll understand it."
If he couldn't comprehend it at the Ninth Rank, Lin Yuan didn't believe he'd be unable to do so at the Tenth or Eleventh Rank.
Even if, by then, he still couldn't comprehend it, Lin Yuan thought he should be pleased, as it would mean the mysterious gourd's origins were even more extraordinary.
"Let's continue."
"If I wait any longer, I feel like this drop of liquid might dissipate."
Lin Yuan focused on the purple liquid.
Ever since this drop of liquid condensed from the gourd's mouth, Lin Yuan had felt a pressure from the universe, as if it wanted to erase the existence of the purple liquid.
"Is it because my inner world will break through two billion square miles due to this purple liquid?"
Lin Yuan had a guess.
An inner world of one billion miles was the limit for all life forms in the universe, including those with unique abilities. The fact that Lin Yuan had easily surpassed it already meant he had broken a certain rule.
But two billion miles? That was the limit of limits.
The seven types of liquid in the mysterious gourd—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—seemed similar, but the latter drops were undoubtedly more precious and rarer than the earlier ones.
The blue liquid had increased Lin Yuan's inner world from 1.665 billion miles to 1.998 billion miles.
The purple liquid could increase it from 1.998 billion miles to 2.331 billion miles.
Both increased the size by 1.333 times.
But in reality, the purple liquid's enhancement was based on the extreme limit reached by the blue liquid.
Going further from perfection is not something that can be easily compared to the blue liquid.
It's like how athletes from lower civilizations, who haven't even ventured into space, can run a hundred meters in nine seconds.
Running a hundred meters in nine seconds, compared to running it in eight seconds or seven seconds, the difficulty doesn't increase proportionally but exponentially.
The growth of the inner world is similar.
"Absorb."
Lin Yuan swallowed the purple liquid in one gulp.
Boom!
A terrifying purple flame instantly ignited within Lin Yuan's body.
This flame wasn't a rule-based attack, so the Elemental Body was useless, and the Blood Rebirth ability was immediately shattered. Lin Yuan's body quickly turned to ashes.
Buzz.
A moment later.
Lin Yuan's physical body reformed, a trace of shock on his face.
"The absorption of this purple liquid is much more difficult than the previous six drops." Lin Yuan steadied himself, thinking.
Usually, when absorbing the latest liquid, it starts relatively smoothly, but with the purple liquid, Lin Yuan felt an unprecedented level of difficulty from the beginning.
"Let's try again."
Lin Yuan took out the mysterious gourd once more. At this point, the gourd's surface had turned a grayish-purple, both mottled and radiant.
Alien Battlefield.
Beneath a massive permanent spatial rift.
Lin Yuan's Yin Spirit sat cross-legged, occasionally sensing other strong beings passing by, yet they couldn't detect his presence.
Absorbing the boundary-breaking origin power from a permanent spatial rift didn't require being in the main space; it could be absorbed from within the multiple spatial layers.
This permanent spatial rift resulted from an attack at the Strongest One level, tearing through numerous spatial layers. No matter which spatial layer Lin Yuan was in, he could absorb the boundary-breaking origin power.
"I've accumulated 148 strands of boundary-breaking origin power," Lin Yuan smiled.
Before his ninth transmigration, Lin Yuan had accumulated 120 strands of boundary-breaking origin power, with ten strands consumed during the ninth transmigration, leaving him with 110 strands.
Since the end of the ninth transmigration to the present day, more than a decade had passed, allowing him to gather an additional 38 strands of boundary-breaking origin power.
"Boundary-breaking origin power comes from permanently torn space. This suggests that the power source of the Gate of Myriad Realms must continuously tear space at its root. This doesn't seem like a good thing."
Lin Yuan stroked his chin.
Constantly tearing space at its root to a certain extent could potentially lead to the destruction of the main universe.
Of course, the main universe possesses a will that wouldn't allow a Strongest One to do such a thing. Causing permanent spatial rifts within a certain range wouldn't provoke a reaction from the universe's will.
But if a Strongest One dared to do this on a large scale, the universe's will would certainly intervene.
"However, once I reach the Tenth Rank, I can choose to head to a large alien battlefield and absorb the permanent spatial rifts there."
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
In medium and small alien battlefields, these spatial rifts were often created by evolvers wielding Strongest One-level weapons over long periods.
But in large alien battlefields, the spatial rifts were caused by the direct actions of Strongest Ones.
Large alien battlefields were primarily arenas where peak races engaged in strategic games, with Strongest Ones confronting each other and occasionally clashing.
These were the places where the strongest beings of the universe and countless star races gathered, where Ninth and Tenth Rank beings, who were usually extremely rare, would converge.
"Time..."
Lin Yuan's gaze was calm as he simultaneously took out the Miniature Universe, feeling the complete time rule operating within it.
"I've already comprehended 1,823 time rule models, but the more I understand, the more confused I become."
Lin Yuan sighed with emotion.
If he hadn't yet begun to understand the time rule, he would still think of it as just that.
But as he delved deeper into the time rule, he became increasingly aware of his own insignificance.
In the vast, eternal river of time, what was he? Even an Eleventh Rank being, no matter how strong, was just a bigger fish.
Only a Strongest One could completely transcend the river of time, existing eternally.
"The 1,823rd time model... I'm still far from fully understanding the complete time rule." Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Currently, human civilization's evolutionary scholars had summarized a total of 2,173 time rule models.
But that didn't mean comprehending these 2,173 models would lead to an understanding of the complete time rule.
Unlike the space rule, human civilization's numerous evolutionary scholars had developed a relatively mature understanding of the space rule.
Comprehending all the core space models would lead to an understanding of the complete space rule.
But as for the time rule? Even if one comprehended all the currently known time rule models, it wouldn't be enough to grasp the complete time rule.
Understanding the complete time rule could only be achieved by oneself.
No matter how many time rule models there were, they were only aids. The final step could only be taken by oneself.
"I've finally hit a bottleneck in my comprehension of the time rule..." Lin Yuan stopped his efforts.
Even with Unrivaled Insight and the complete time rule operating within the Miniature Universe, Lin Yuan had reached a standstill in his comprehension of the next time rule model.
This was perfectly normal; hitting a bottleneck while comprehending the time rule was almost inevitable.
As for the Miniature Universe? It merely made it easier for its owner to comprehend the time rule; it didn't grant direct mastery of the rule.
If the Miniature Universe could do that, it wouldn't have just appeared as a reward in the third or fourth layer of the Nine-Tier Black Tower.
"Maybe I should consult a Strongest One?" Lin Yuan suddenly thought.
This feeling of hitting a bottleneck was temporary, and it shouldn't hold Lin Yuan back for long.
But if there was a shortcut, why waste time?
During his last meeting with Xia Qin, the Strongest One had explicitly said that Lin Yuan could reach out to him anytime if he had questions about cultivation.
"Let's ask."
Lin Yuan immediately began contacting Xia Qin, the Strongest One.
He also had some doubts about the Xiayou evolutionary path, which he planned to ask about during this meeting.
On top of the Majestic Evolutionary Tower.
Xia Qin, the Strongest One, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Hm?"
"That little guy is reaching out to me?"
Xia Qin received Lin Yuan's message and smiled.
He almost thought Lin Yuan had forgotten about him, a Strongest One.
"Is it a cultivation question?" Xia Qin was in a good mood.
A genius like Lin Yuan was unprecedented in human history.
Although it was still uncertain whether he would become a Strongest One, guiding such a unique genius gave Xia Qin a sense of accomplishment.
"Come over."
Xia Qin agreed to meet with Lin Yuan.
Instantly, Lin Yuan appeared below.
"Greetings, Strongest One Xia Qin." Lin Yuan bowed slightly.
This was still the virtual world, but it was the personal world of a Strongest One. Without their permission, outsiders couldn't enter.
Even a peerless genius like Lin Yuan had to notify the Strongest One before entering.
"Rise."
"Tell me your question."
Xia Qin, the Strongest One, looked at Lin Yuan with interest.
He was curious about what kind of cultivation question Lin Yuan had.
Was it a question about cultivation at the Ninth Rank?
Or a question about the breakthrough from the Ninth to the Tenth Rank?
Or perhaps a misunderstanding about some aspect of space?
Xia Qin's thoughts drifted, wondering what kind of question Lin Yuan would ask.
He guessed that Lin Yuan's confusion was likely related to space. After all, he was only at the Ninth Rank, and no matter how many layers of space he had opened, he was still at the Ninth Rank, and the issues he faced were at that level.
"Strongest One Xia Qin," Lin Yuan thought for a moment before solemnly asking, "I'm having some trouble understanding the Tri-Yu Time Index in the Xiayou evolutionary path... Is it three different states of time? Or a time vortex entangled with the Tri-Yu form?"
The Tri-Yu Time Index in the Xiayou evolutionary path involved different states of time regions. Lin Yuan had been comparing it with time rule models and found some details puzzling.
"The Xiayou evolutionary path?"
Xia Qin's eyebrows lifted slightly. This was his foundational evolutionary path.
But then Xia Qin froze.
The Tri-Yu Time Index wasn't that part of the Xiayou evolutionary path only discussed in the Eleventh Rank chapter?
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