Chapter 3112: Transformation

Chapter 3112: Transformation

The droplet fell back into the River of Time. It had contained the scene of a shattering universe, without any people or anything else taking place. In fact, there had not even been any sign of life. Even so, the scene left Lu Yin dazed for a long time.

He sat where he was, motionless and in deep thought. Fishing was abandoned.

Even when the wind blew the mist closer to him, Lu Yin did not notice.

At the most dangerous moment, the mist even touched his hair, which caused a strand to vanish. Even so, he still did not move.

His eyes were glazed over as his mind constantly replayed the scene of the shattering universe and the colliding stars.

The scene was etched into Infinity, and Lu Yin even started to simulate what he had seen with his inner world. After countless simulations, his eyes lit up, his confusion completely gone. He shot to his feet, startled to see the mist drifting so close, and quickly moved to a different location.

How long had he been sitting on the shore of the river? He had nearly been swallowed by the mist and died.

The thought filled him with dread.

After relocating to a safer distance, Lu Yin brought out Infinity. The lines of strength flickered like shooting stars. It was a mesmerizing display.

Every line of strength that merged with Lu Yin’s body increased his physical strength. Infinity seemed to have endless lines of strength, like the number of stars in a universe. No one could count the stars.

While powerful individuals were capable of destroying stars and even entire universes, counting all the stars in a universe remained an impossible task due to the sheer number.

Lu Yin had watched a universe’s destruction, and it had all started with the collision of individual stars. Could Infinity also generate greater power through collisions?

The universe consisted of countless stars, and in a similar manner, Infinity consisted of countless lines of strength, representing the infinite.

If a universe remained fixed, then the power of the stars would be limited. However, the power created from their collisions was enough to destroy the universe, which represented the finite.

This was the principle of transforming the finite into the infinite.

To encompass all possibilities within Infinity and transform the inner world; this was the essence of what Lu Yuan had told Lu Yin. The young man had not fully understood what this meant in the past, and he had intended to transform Infinity by visualizing the Fifth Mainland and continuously increasing his own physical strength. But now, he had realized that the power that colliding stars could generate was truly infinite. Even if the stars came from the universe itself, a finite universe could generate infinite power, and that infinite power could destroy that universe itself.

These were Lu Yin’s thoughts as the lines of strength that composed his inner world started to collide with each other.

Lu Yin initially struggled to control the collisions, which meant that they occurred freely. That simply caused Infinity to grow increasingly unstable. While new power was being generated, if it was uncontrolled, then the force could backfire on Lu Yin.

Fortunately, the power created by the collisions transformed into more lines of strength, growing and expanding Lu Yin’s inner world.

In other words, once the collisions started, there would be no end to the inner world’s growth.

Ancestor Tianyi had once advised Lu Yin to improve Infinity by visualizing the Fifth Mainland. That was one path he could take, but generating power by forcing the lines of strength to collide and produce more lines and greater power was another path.

In fact, the two paths did not conflict with each other.

One of the two expanded the scope of Lu Yin’s inner world, while the other increased its potency. The two paths complemented each other perfectly.

Now, Lu Yin needed to visualize the Fifth Mainland and expand Infinity while simultaneously producing more lines of strength through controlled collisions. If he could accomplish this, then the strength of his inner world would rise beyond anything he could imagine.

However, it would undoubtedly be a very lengthy process.

Fortunately, Lu Yin was in the Mirage Domain, which meant that time did not exist. It was truly the perfect place to train.

Unfortunately, Lu Yin was not even certain how Dustworld or the Wordless Heavenly Book could be used. He knew that he could write names in the Wordless Heavenly book to shun people from the Fifth Mainland, but the inner world’s other uses remained unknown.

Ancestor Lu Yuan had also specifically warned Lu Yin not to reveal the Wordless Heavenly Book to anyone.

Transforming Lightstream seemed to be the most practical next step, especially since the River of Time seemed like the perfect place to do so.

Lu Yin had an idea of how to transform Lightstream for a long time, and for that reason, he had sought out multiple parallel universes where time flowed more quickly. However, transforming the inner world in that manner remained nothing more than a theory. On top of that, it took him a tremendous amount of time to find such universes, and Lu Yin lacked the luxury to search endlessly.

The River of Time held the potential to transform Lightstream.

Using his body as his fishing rod, Lu Yin was surrounded by the glow of Lightstream as he directed his inner world towards the River of Time. He watched anxiously as it slowly touched the river.

Lightstream was his inner world that had formed by chasing after time with the power of space. Now, Lu Yin was going to touch the River of Time, which was the embodiment of time itself. Doing this was clearly risky, but he saw no other option. Without attempting this, Lu Yin could not even guess at how long it would take Lightstream to transform.

Cultivation was inherently risky.

As soon as Lightstream touched the River of Time, Lu Yin was nearly swept away.

He felt like he had stepped under a waterfall, and the River of Time nearly pulled him in.

He hastily pulled back on Lightstream, instantly drenched in a cold sweat.

He looked up and noticed that a droplet had splashed out.

Lightstream had pulled out a droplet of water, which represented a moment in the past. Lu Yin had already seen many of these droplets.

This droplet also revealed the past, and when Lu Yin looked in, he saw a universe that was constantly shifting, though it was devoid of life or any other details. All he could see were stars moving through outer space.

What did this mean? Was this a scene of the power of time?

The image quickly faded, and Lu Yin waited for the droplet to fall back into the River of Time, as had happened every time he had pulled out a droplet with Infinity.

However, this time, the droplet did not fall back in. Instead, Lightstream swallowed it.

Lu Yin was startled, and he stared at Lightstream. The droplet, or rather, the fragment of time, had disappeared.

Could time really disappear? Lu Yin quickly pulled Lightstream back from the river.

Before this, he had been able to see 600 seconds into the past with Lightstream, but at this moment, Lu Yin realized that he had gained another five seconds. These five seconds were precisely how long the scene of the universe that Lu Yin had just seen had lasted for.

After Lu Yin had seen five seconds of that unknown universe, Lightstream had absorbed the droplet of the River of Time, and that had improved the inner world by five seconds.

Could this really work?

Lu Yin grew ecstatic. He had spent a great deal of effort in seeking out parallel universes where time passed faster in order to strengthen and improve Lightstream’s power. But in the Mirari Realm, was it really possible to improve Lightstream just by fishing in the River of Time?

The thought was exhilarating.

His breath quickened. He had to try again and confirm his suspicions.

Still, he needed to take care, as he had nearly been dragged into the River of Time just now.

This issue had not appeared when Lu Yin had been fishing with Infinity, which indicated that Lightstream’s close connection to time was what had caused it.