Creating Heavenly Laws

Chapter 416

"That was quite a quick escape."

Lin Yuan glanced at the nineteen True Lord evil gods fleeing in a frenzy, quickly disappearing into the distance.

He didn't pay much attention to them.

Most of his focus was on the three Void Creatures trapped within the cage in his right palm.

More specifically, it was on the golden Void Creature King.

The other two Void Creatures didn't require much of Lin Yuan's energy to control.

The main concern was the Void Creature King.

This Void Creature King was far more powerful than the average Evil God Lord.

If Lin Yuan hadn't arrived in time, the nearly twenty True Lord evil gods would have likely stormed the Void Creatures' nest, relying on their numerical advantage.

But the result would have been total annihilation.

The Void Creature King had been hiding its strength all along.

It gave the impression that it could be handled, waiting for the True Lord evil gods to come in and be caught all at once.

The True Lord evil gods thought they were the hunters, not realizing they had already become the prey of the Void Creature.

However, once Lin Yuan showed up, the Void Creature King sensed that something was wrong.

It tried to escape early.

But Lin Yuan struck immediately, catching it.

This is why Lin Yuan hadn't bothered with the nineteen True Lord evil gods.

Even the slightest delay might have let the Void Creature King escape.

"Interesting."

"Not lacking in intelligence."

Lin Yuan studied the Void Creature King in his palm with great interest.

From the outside, the Void Creature King seemed weak, tightly bound in Lin Yuan's palm.

But from the Void Creature King's perspective, it was trapped in a vast void, as if it were a small secret realm, incomparably spacious.

No matter how much the Void Creature King struggled or attacked, it couldn't escape this vast void.

After reaching the Fifth level of the Time-Space Fusion Rule, Lin Yuan could briefly create a relatively complete space-time.

This was one of the cornerstones he would rely on when aiming to break free from the long river of time at the peak of the Eleventh Rank.

"Almost there."

Moments later, the power of time and space turned into annihilation power.

The two other Void Creatures beside the Void Creature King quickly disintegrated, and eventually, the golden Void Creature King began to crumble as well.

"Ah, that feels good."

Killing a ninth-stage Void Creature brought a significant improvement to Lin Yuan's mental will.

After continuously killing eight ninth-stage Void Creatures, Lin Yuan's overall mental will had increased by at least twenty percent.

In other words, his original mental will, which had an index of ten million points, had now reached at least twelve million points.

The increase was substantial, but within Lin Yuan's expectations.

However...

When the golden Void Creature King died, the resulting power caused Lin Yuan's mental will index to nearly double in an instant.

Lin Yuan's mental will index shot up to twenty million points.

It's important to understand that the higher the mental will index, the harder it is to improve. Raising it from ten million to twelve million points is far more easier than increasing it from twelve to fourteen million, even though both increases are by two million points.

Furthermore, Lin Yuan's mental will index jumped directly from twelve million to twenty million points.

This showed just how terrifying the golden Void Creature King was—the stronger the Void Creature, the more the mental will increases upon its death.

"Twenty million points in mental will... In the main universe, very few beings below the Twelfth Rank can achieve that. Even those special lifeforms born at the dawn of the universe, living to this day, usually only reach a mental will index of around ten million. But twenty million?"

"Difficult, difficult, difficult!"

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

If it weren't for the countless Void Creatures in the Void Secret Realm, who knows how long it would have taken him to achieve his current level of mental will?

According to the main universe's classification system for mental will, eighteen million points is the limit for an Eleventh Rank lifeform.

Surpassing eighteen million points in mental will puts one in the realm of the Twelfth Rank.

That's the level only the Strongest Ones can achieve.

The Strongest Ones break free from the long river of time, with mental will far exceeding eighteen million points after being tempered by the 'aura of the shore.'

"To think the first ability I would reach the threshold of the Twelfth Rank with would be my mental will?"

Lin Yuan sighed. Before his tenth transmigration, he had thought it would be his Time-Space Fusion Rule.

With the insights from many strong beings into the Time-Space Fusion Rule, coupled with Lin Yuan's Unrivaled Insight, even if he didn't achieve the Sixth Stage of the Time-Space Fusion Rule by the end of this transmigration, he had a good chance of crossing into it upon his return.

Even if it wasn't the Time-Space Fusion Rule, it could have been one of his other pillar-level fusion rules.

During his journey through the two-dimensional world, Lin Yuan had emerged as the ultimate victor, gaining not only insights into the Time-Space Fusion Rule from many strong beings but also many other fusion rules.

The insights into the Time-Space Fusion Rule were merely the easiest to absorb, having been refined and organized by 'Senior White Paper.'

Besides the Time-Space Fusion Rule, Lin Yuan's Reincarnation Rule, Great Destruction Rule, and other pillar-level fusion rules had also reached the Sixth Stage.

Typically, these pillar-level fusion rules only reach the Seventh Stage in the realm of the Strongest Ones.

"However... with my current mental will index, killing ninth-stage Void Creatures won't be of much help anymore. Will I have to search for Void Creature Kings from now on?"

Lin Yuan sighed inwardly.

In over three hundred years of exploring the Void Secret Realm, this was the first time he had encountered a Void Creature King. All the other times, he had only heard of them.

For most True Lord evil gods, encountering a Void Creature King was not a good thing.

For instance, without Lin Yuan's intervention this time, the fate of the nineteen True Lord evil gods was almost certain.

"The stronger the mental will, the greater the combat power, and the higher the soul defense. Overall, mental will affects many aspects of a being."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

When two strong beings of the same level fight, if their mental will is similar, things are relatively balanced.

But if there's a significant difference, then in a direct confrontation, the one with weaker mental will would be suppressed, assuming their other abilities are comparable.

If the gap is large enough, no actual combat is even needed—a single glance can defeat the opponent.

With Lin Yuan's current mental will index of twenty million, if he harbored killing intent, a being below the Eleventh Rank would only need one look to perish.

Compared to material or soul-based attacks, mental will oppression is much more subtle.

A fragment of a Strongest One's body, even isolated by a virtual world, can drive countless low- to mid-rank evolvers insane.

Although Lin Yuan hadn't fully reached the realm of the Strongest Ones, at least in terms of mental will, he was close to comparable.

"It's just... these Void Creatures."

Lin Yuan's gaze grew slightly heavy as he looked toward the Void Secret Realm.

Three hundred years ago, when Lin Yuan's Time-Space Fusion Rule was only at the Third Stage, he had entered the Void Secret Realm through a map token.

At that time, he didn't understand much about the formation of the secret realm. He only knew that the being who created this secret realm must have had at least a Sixth Stage mastery of the Time-Space Fusion Rule.

But now?

Lin Yuan's Time-Space Fusion Rule had reached the Fifth Stage. Although he still wasn't on par with the secret realm's creator, he could now see through some of its essence.

In Lin Yuan's view, the so-called Void Secret Realm was merely a 'net' in the boundless void.

And Void Creatures were beings from the dimensional gaps beyond the boundless void.

These gap-dwelling beings theoretically should never be able to enter a dimension like the boundless void.

But because of the 'net' of the Void Secret Realm, they were able to come in. Once inside, however, they were like fish on the chopping block, unable to escape.

The fate of these gap-dwellers was either to barely survive or to be slaughtered by True Lord evil gods, turning into nourishment for their advancement.

"Incredible."

Lin Yuan marveled at the technique. While it was impressive, the real genius lay in attracting and trapping these gap-dwellers, giving True Lord evil gods an endless supply of prey to kill, thereby enhancing their advancement within the boundless void.

In some ways, Lin Yuan was also a beneficiary.

"Beings from within the dimension and those from outside are fundamentally different, but they can complement each other."

"True Lord evil gods can improve their mental will by killing Void Creatures."

"And if Void Creatures manage to kill True Lord evil gods, they too gain some form of enhancement."

"But because the Void Secret Realm exists within the boundless void, and the True Lord evil gods are endless, the Void Creatures are constantly being slaughtered."

As Lin Yuan pondered this, the Three Yin Domain Lord approached quickly.

"Master! Master!"

Which led to the subsequent tests.

"If these Evil Gods knew I wasn't one of them, but a being born from the world itself, they wouldn't just test me; they'd do everything to wipe me out."

Lin Yuan mused.

His Martial Ancestor Golden Body originated from the Azure World's essence, fundamentally different from the Evil Gods.

However, his Yin Primordial Spirit and Yang Primordial Spirit originated from a virtual spiritual entity. Even though they had been made real through the "Illusory Reality" technique, they still transcended the physical body and shared some similarities with the Evil Gods, which is why they were considered one of them.

"Take it slow."

"As long as I can stall, I'll definitely win."

Lin Yuan was in no hurry. With his Unrivaled Insight, he was constantly growing stronger. The longer he delayed, the more likely he was to emerge victorious in the end.

"Once my Time-Space Fusion Rule reaches the Sixth Stage, I'll be the strongest in the boundless void, on par with the creator of the Void Secret Realm. At that point, spreading the martial arts cultivation system will be easy."

Lin Yuan thought quickly.

Achieving the Sixth Stage of the Time-Space Fusion Rule wouldn't just enhance his control over time and space.

Reaching that level of mastery would also trigger a corresponding transformation in his inner world, and the strength of his inner world was closely tied to many of Lin Yuan's abilities.

Especially his fifth physical divine ability, "World."

In short, achieving the Sixth Stage of the Time-Space Fusion Rule would bring a qualitative transformation to Lin Yuan, a transformation in every aspect.

"If this transmigration doesn't allow me to reach the Sixth Stage of the Time-Space Fusion Rule, I'll just transmigrate again when I return. After all, it's only a third of my boundary-breaking source power."

Lin Yuan had made up his mind. Until he fully grasped the Sixth Stage of the Time-Space Fusion Rule, there wasn't much difference between the boundless void and the main universe.

In fact, due to the different flow of time, Lin Yuan had more time to study other rules and techniques.

And the Void Creatures in the Void Secret Realm were also a great boon for improving his mental will. Transmigrating again would definitely be worth it.

Ten years later.

Outside a vast world.

Dozens of towering figures stood in the boundless void, their cold eyes fixed on the world in the distance.

"Lord of the Yin Realm, why are you nurturing the ants in this world? Wouldn't it be better to just devour them?"

The leading Evil God was a black wolf with three heads, exuding a sinister aura, its Ninth Stage True Lord power evident.

"I have my reasons."

Lin Yuan's Yin Primordial Spirit appeared, staring at the dozen Evil Gods from afar.

In over three hundred years, Lin Yuan's Yin Primordial Spirit had occupied world after world, earning a reputation among the Evil Gods as the "Lord of the Yin Realm."

Among the Evil Gods, names were often tied to their characteristics or actions. Lin Yuan's Yang Primordial Spirit was known as the "Yang True Lord" due to his mastery of flames capable of incinerating ordinary Lords.

The Lord of the Yin Realm, on the other hand, was named for the cold aura that enveloped his every move and his role as the ruler of many worlds.

"Reasons?"

"These worlds, and the ants within them, are all our food. Is your reason to raise these beings to challenge us?"

The black wolf Evil God's voice was icy. If it weren't for the Lord of the Yin Realm's overwhelming strength, it would have already struck.

"That's my business."

Lin Yuan's tone was calm. He wasn't an Evil God, so there was no need to consider things from their perspective.

"Your business?"

The black wolf Evil God sneered, and black mist began to spread.

At the same time, cold energy also started to emanate, and the two auras collided outside the world. Moments later, the black wolf Evil God was forced back, staring at Lin Yuan in shock.

"Lord of the Yin Realm, your strength is likely at the peak of the Ninth Stage. Why are you protecting these ants?"

The black wolf Evil God was baffled. With Lin Yuan's strength, shouldn't he be exploring the Void Secret Realm, aiming to become a peak Ninth Stage Lord, and eventually striving to reach the Tenth Stage?

"Just wait."

"The other Lords won't let this go."

The black wolf Evil God turned and left without hesitation, followed quickly by the dozens of other Evil Gods. Their power was far inferior to that of the black wolf, so they had no desire to take any rash actions.

Lin Yuan watched as the Evil Gods left.

He had the power to kill them all, but doing so would expose the fact that he had reached the peak of the Ninth Stage.

In that case, the next group to test him wouldn't be ordinary Lords like the black wolf but a group of peak Ninth Stage True Lord evil gods.

This didn't align with Lin Yuan's plan to delay the final battle, so he let them go.

As long as the situation remained stable, Lin Yuan would continue to delay the moment of the great confrontation.

In doing so, he bought himself more time to train.

Each extra day of training could mean the difference, as Lin Yuan might achieve the Sixth Stage of the Time-Space Fusion Rule and sweep away all opposition.

"Why protect those ants?"

The black wolf's last words echoed in Lin Yuan's mind, and he shook his head slightly. "Well, it's not my fault you Evil Gods can't cultivate martial arts."

To Lin Yuan, it didn't matter if they were Evil Gods or beings within the worlds. Whoever could cultivate martial arts and spread it would receive his protection.

In fact, if the Evil Gods could cultivate martial arts, Lin Yuan would be even more inclined to protect them. After all, they were individually powerful, and in martial arts cultivation, they would advance rapidly, producing the first martial artist at the Sixth, Seventh, or even Eighth Rank.

And the more high-ranking martial artists that existed, the greater the benefit to Lin Yuan.

But unfortunately.

After over three hundred years of research, Lin Yuan had concluded that the Evil Gods relied too much on their innate talents. It was practically impossible for them to abandon their abilities and switch to the martial arts evolutionary path.

Every Evil God's cultivation path was predetermined from birth. As for changing it later on? Even if it were possible, the difficulty was extreme, and the results would be underwhelming.

The Void Secret Realm.

Lin Yuan continued to delve deeper, searching for more Void Creatures.

After reaching a mental will index of twenty million points, killing ninth-stage Void Creatures didn't offer much benefit to Lin Yuan.

But even though the benefit was small, it was still something. The only difference was that the improvement to his mental will index was minimal.

Even the smallest gains matter, and Lin Yuan wouldn't pass them up. With his current mental will index, any improvement was worth it.

Returning to the main universe wouldn't offer such opportunities. Even the smallest increase in mental will would be difficult to come by.

Lin Yuan wasn't a Strongest One, capable of standing on the "shore" for long periods and being tempered by the "aura of the shore." Within the river of time, eighteen million points of mental will index was already the limit.

Now that Lin Yuan's mental will index had surpassed twenty million, it was virtually impossible to improve further.

"At my current pace, in another three hundred years, barring any major changes or unforeseen events, my mental will index should reach twenty-three million points."

Lin Yuan estimated, feeling quite satisfied.

Just as Lin Yuan was about to continue searching for Void Creatures...

Suddenly.

A powerful aura rapidly approached.

Lin Yuan looked up and saw a terrifying Evil God True Lord watching him from afar.

"The East Wing Lord?"

Lin Yuan recognized him. The East Wing Lord was one of the most famous among the True Lord evil gods, being a peak Ninth Stage Evil God True Lord.

"Yang True Lord."

The East Wing Lord forced a smile, expressing enough goodwill toward Lin Yuan.

When dealing with beings of the same level, the East Wing Lord dared not act superior. Although peak Ninth Stage True Lord evil gods were arrogant when dealing with ordinary Lords, they were always respectful toward their peers.

True Lord evil gods rarely fought among themselves, and peak Ninth Stage True Lord evil gods even less so.

"To think that in the tens of thousands of years I've been asleep, the boundless void has produced a powerhouse like the Yang True Lord." The East Wing Lord sighed.

Even though the Yang True Lord had only risen in the past three to five hundred years.

The East Wing Lord instinctively believed that the Yang True Lord had existed far longer than that. The three to five hundred years was simply the time when the Yang True Lord had revealed his power.

"A stroke of luck."

Lin Yuan nodded.

He didn't mind conversing with a peak Ninth Stage Evil God Lord. With his Unrivaled Insight, Lin Yuan often gleaned extraordinary information from others.

After chatting casually for half an hour, the East Wing Lord suddenly shifted the conversation and asked seriously, "I came to find the Yang True Lord because I want to join forces to deal with an enemy."

"An enemy?"

Lin Yuan's expression became slightly serious.

In the boundless void, Evil Gods were the absolute rulers. What kind of enemy could there be?

"Have you heard of the Lord of the Yin Realm?" the East Wing Lord asked solemnly.

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