"My physical body and soul have increased a thousandfold," Lin Yuan carefully felt the immense control brought by his powerful body and soul.
At this moment, he was like a colossal celestial body, and if he were to release his suppression, everything within several light-years around him would be reduced to dust and revolve around him.
"Now, even if I only use the strength of my physical body, a single punch is enough to shatter multiple layers of space," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
The thousandfold increase in Lin Yuan's physical body and soul wasn't based on the foundation of an ordinary peak ninth-rank evolver. Instead, it was built upon a terrifying physical body that had been strengthened over twentyfold by the mysterious gourd.
Additionally, the vast internal world that had developed was constantly nurturing Lin Yuan's physical body and soul with the power of the world.
Moreover, the martial cultivation system is inherently good at refining the physical body.
In other words, before breaking through to the tenth rank, Lin Yuan's physical strength was already hundreds or even thousands of times greater than that of other ninth-rank evolvers of the same level.
"No wonder I've heard of eighth-rank invincibles managing to survive against ninth-rank evolvers, but never of a ninth-rank evolver surviving against a tenth-rank one," Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.
The gap in power was just too vast.
Even if other tenth-rank evolvers only received the universe's origin infusion, they would still be far above ninth-rank lifeforms. Even special ninth-rank evolvers would stand no chance against a newly ascended tenth-rank powerhouse.
"The higher you go, the greater the gap between different levels becomes. The difference between the ninth and tenth ranks is just like the difference between the tenth and eleventh ranks, or between the eleventh rank and the ultimate level," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Especially the gap between the eleventh rank and the ultimate level, which represents the chasm of whether or not one can break free from the constraints of the River of Time.
Although there are some extremely powerful and ancient eleventh-rank beings in the universe who can deter ultimate beings from taking action—like the "Mother of the Tree World"—this reluctance isn't because these ancient and powerful eleventh-rank beings can resist the methods of an ultimate being, but because they have the potential to destroy themselves before the ultimate being can kill them completely, leaving the ultimate being empty-handed.
"My internal world..." Lin Yuan sent a sliver of his consciousness into his internal world.
After receiving the immense chaotic void origin, Lin Yuan's internal world didn't change much in size, but it underwent significant transformation in every other aspect.
Simply put, it was like the difference between Immortal World and the Spirit Realm.
The space was more stable, the rules more balanced.
The same level of attack that could carve a canyon thousands of miles long in the internal world at the ninth rank might now only split a single rock.
"I can feel that after accepting the infusion of chaotic void origin, my internal world has established a connection with the chaotic void, and it's continuously improving every moment," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
For instance, even without Lin Yuan's intervention, the layers of space in his internal world were slowly being opened up.
Lin Yuan's internal world, being completely independent, could slowly absorb the power of the chaotic void.
Other tenth-rank evolvers were slightly inferior, as they could only absorb power from the main universe, but their progress was likely similar to Lin Yuan's.
The space layers were being slowly opened up on their own, though at a much slower rate.
This is why tenth-rank powerhouses don't concern themselves with the number of space layers in their internal world.
Because at the tenth rank, the internal world naturally syncs with the main universe (or the chaotic void) and will open space layers on its own.
Some ancient enough tenth-rank beings have internal worlds with billions or tens of billions of space layers.
Under such circumstances, the reason some ninth-rank evolvers voluntarily open more space layers is to accept more of the universe's origin infusion.
A normal ninth-rank evolver with ten million space layers would tear a gap a million miles wide to receive the universe's origin infusion when breaking through to the tenth rank. ṝ
However, special ninth-rank evolvers who have opened tens of millions of space layers will tear a gap two to three million miles wide.
Given that the duration of the breakthrough is always 333 seconds, the amount of universe origin infusion received by the two will naturally differ greatly.
This is the biggest benefit of opening more space layers at the ninth rank.
Lin Yuan opened more than 2.3 billion space layers.
The size of his internal world also exceeded two hundred million miles.
The combination of these factors led to a tear in the universe that stretched twelve light-years, allowing him to receive an immeasurable amount of chaotic void origin, causing his strength to far exceed expectations.
"My current true combat power is equivalent to about three to five Lords of Black Star," Lin Yuan assessed himself objectively.
The Black Star Lord is an old and experienced A-rank tenth-rank being who has comprehended two pillar-level fusion rules.
If the Black Star Lord were to actually face Lin Yuan, the outcome would be...
What the Black Star Lord and the Lord of Glazed Star didn't know was that Lin Yuan's current strength had already surpassed that of A-rank tenth-rank beings. In a few thousand years?
Lin Yuan would likely have reached the eleventh rank by then.
Red Kun Star Domain.
The Peak Lord of the Red Kun Lineage sat in the grand hall, where various pieces of information about the Master of the Milky Way Star Domain's breakthrough to the tenth rank flashed on the screen before him.
"Junior Brother has reached the tenth rank," the Peak Lord touched his nose and shook his head, saying, "I remember when I broke through to the eighth rank a step ahead of Junior Brother."
"Now I'm still stuck at the early stage of the eighth rank, and Junior Brother is already at the tenth rank?"
The Peak Lord felt a sense of suffocation.
The little guy who needed his protection to break through to the sixth rank had now grown into the pillar of human civilization? And would continue to grow in the future?
"Fortunately, I maintained a good relationship with Junior Brother back then," the Peak Lord smiled.
After reaching the eighth rank, he was stationed in a star domain, and the other Star Lords in the area were eager to befriend him, naturally because of his connection with the Master of the Milky Way Star Domain.
Wan Yang Star Domain.
The Holy Son / Prince of Wan Yang looked at the news in front of him, his mindset having completely changed.
"The Thirteenth Peak Lord has reached the tenth rank," the Holy Son of Wan Yang rubbed his forehead. The Thirteenth Peak Lord, who he once viewed as a rival, had now grown into a giant even his teacher had to look up to?
No, the Wan Yang Star Lord was only an invincible eighth rank. Facing a tenth-rank evolver, he couldn't even look up to them if he tried.
"But... no matter how much of a prodigy the Thirteenth Peak Lord is, so what? In the arena, I did beat him once," the Holy Son of Wan Yang thought to himself smugly.
Just that one incident would give him bragging rights for the rest of his life, something even the Wan Yang Star Lord could only watch.
Time passed.
Another two years went by in the blink of an eye.
Red Kun Star Domain, Red Kun Main Star.
A vast spatial fluctuation began to spread, and outside the main star, a massive star sea kun slowly swam between the layers of space.
In the next moment.
The star sea kun began to rapidly shrink, transforming into an old man wearing a crimson robe.
"Ninth rank, this is the ninth rank!!"
The Red Kun Star Lord wept tears of joy, feeling the power from countless layers of space.
After more than a hundred years of seclusion, he had finally taken that step and entered the ninth rank.
"Three hundred thousand years... I, Red Kun, have finally reached the ninth rank."
The Red Kun Star Lord wept with joy. Given the star sea kun's affinity for space, he had just entered the ninth rank and had already opened nearly a thousand layers of space.
"Now... I can finally hold my head up in front of my disciple."
The Red Kun Star Lord retracted his aura. After Lin Yuan broke through to the ninth rank, this master was still at the eighth rank.
This put a lot of pressure on the Red Kun Star Lord. Although it wasn't uncommon in human civilization for a disciple to surpass their master, the Red Kun Star Lord still had his pride.
Now that he had reached the ninth rank, he finally had some confidence.
With this thought, the Red Kun Star Lord connected to the virtual world, intending to announce his successful breakthrough.
He also wanted to catch up on what had happened in human civilization over the past hundred years during his seclusion.
But the more he learned, the more confused the Red Kun Star Lord became.
"Hmm?"
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