Chapter 585: Sixty Years of Time (6k)

"Over 800 trillion Heart Dream Coins?" Li Yuan thought to himself. This was about what he had estimated.

If he were to cultivate eight perfect star techniques simultaneously from the sixth rank to the seventh rank extreme, it would consume approximately 500 trillion Heart Dream Coins' worth of rare treasures.

However, his main body had already cultivated "Law Heaven Earth" to the seventh rank extreme.

As for his source body, due to the restrictions of the heaven and earth rules in the dark, he could no longer repeatedly cultivate "Space Source Body."

Unless his main body completely perished and the source body became the "sole location of life," he could not break the shackles to become a new main body, and thus could not cultivate "Space Source Body" again.

Therefore, normally speaking, even if the source body was comparable to the main body in all aspects, it could only cultivate the other seven perfect star techniques.

Thus, the total value of the various rare treasures required for Li Yuan's main body and source body to cultivate at present was over 400 trillion Heart Dream Coins.

"To be precise, it is a total of 841 trillion Heart Dream Coins." The Three-Eyed Golden Toad smiled. "Young Master Li Yuan, I can waive the fraction for you, but even adding the 200 trillion Heart Dream Coins that Young Master Dongmang gifted you previously..."

"Young Master Li Yuan, you are still short by about 100 trillion Heart Dream Coins," the Three-Eyed Golden Toad said.

Li Yuan sighed inwardly. He did indeed still have 200 trillion Heart Dream Coins under his name, which was the remainder of the 500 trillion Heart Dream Coins compensation from the Chen Demon God King.

"I remember."

"Every Celestial God is able to borrow from the Myriad Things Palace, right?" Li Yuan smiled.

"You want to borrow?" A glimmer of light flashed in the Three-Eyed Golden Toad's eyes.

"Yes." Li Yuan smiled. "I want to borrow the remaining 100 trillion Heart Dream Coins. I will repay the Myriad Things Palace after I improve my strength and obtain other treasures."

That's right!

Long before receiving the compensation from the Chen Demon God King, Li Yuan had thought about how to quickly collect the remaining required treasures.

The most direct method was to borrow.

"Ordinary Celestial Gods cannot borrow such a large amount of wealth based on credit." The Three-Eyed Golden Toad pondered for a moment. "Young Master, you have the strength of a fourth-rank Celestial God, plus your status... borrowing 100 trillion Heart Dream Coins is very easy."

Li Yuan listened.

Borrowing from the Myriad Things Palace required an audit of the borrower's "qualifications." Celestial Gods with insufficient remaining lifespan or insufficient strength could not borrow too many Heart Dream Coins.

After all, one had to look at repayment ability.

Secondly, one had to consider risk... if Celestial Gods with insufficient strength perished while roaming outside, it would be a "bloody loss" for the Myriad Things Palace.

After all, when a person dies, the debt disappears.

"However, the interest on loans is very high." The Three-Eyed Golden Toad smiled. "Even if you are the one borrowing, Young Master, I must follow the rules... the interest is 10% every hundred years."

Over long years, the "Heart Dream Coins" backed by the Chaos God Court held extremely firm value.

Therefore, an interest rate of 10% per century was already quite astonishing.

Many Celestial Gods, in order to roam a certain treasure land, would borrow a large sum to purchase various treasures. If they delayed for a thousand years without seizing any treasures... they would instead suffer a bloody loss.

As for borrowing and not repaying?

Unless one died or fled the God Domain and never returned... otherwise, one could absolutely not escape the God Court's debt collection. This was the reputation the God Court had forged over endless years.

"10% interest every hundred years? I'll borrow it." Li Yuan smiled. "However, I don't just want to borrow 100 trillion Heart Dream Coins... I also want to borrow a top-grade Celestial Divine Artifact, the 'Myriad God Mirror'."

"The soul attack secret treasure 'Myriad God Mirror'?" The Three-Eyed Golden Toad was slightly surprised. "That requires 230 trillion Heart Dream Coins."

"Young Master, if you borrow it, the interest every hundred years will be 23 trillion Heart Dream Coins."

Under normal circumstances, even for a God Monarch, constantly roaming through life and death, the speed of seizing wealth could not possibly be this fast.

"I understand." Li Yuan was very calm.

Just now, while browsing those top-grade Celestial Divine Artifacts, Li Yuan already had an idea in his heart... if it were just for cultivating perfect star techniques, he could completely let the source body wait.

After all, in Li Yuan's cultivation plan, the source body was a trump card and would not easily appear. Some perfect star techniques biased toward attack could be less urgent.

Li Yuan sought the top-grade Celestial Divine Artifact to prepare for the upcoming trip to "Beichen Residence."

"Adding the treasures you required earlier, Young Master."

"In other words, you want to borrow 240 trillion Heart Dream Coins in one go?" The Three-Eyed Golden Toad pondered, then nodded. "Fine, Young Master, since you dare to borrow, I dare to lend."

Li Yuan's heart suddenly stirred.

It was possible!

"But Young Master, you must remember."

"For any Celestial God, even a God Monarch, the total debt cannot exceed 1 quadrillion Heart Dream Coins." The Three-Eyed Golden Toad said solemnly. "If your principal and interest combined exceed 1 quadrillion Heart Dream Coins, and you do not repay in time... I will forcibly recover the debt."

"At that time, don't blame me for being heartless."

"I understand the rules." Li Yuan nodded; he had communicated with God Monarch Qianjun.

The so-called forced recovery of debt meant that the Chaos God Court would dispatch a team to forcibly deprive the debtor of all treasures carried on their person... confiscate all fiefs, and deduct all Heart Dream Coins under their name.

To repay the debt.

It could be said that once one reached that step and still could not fully repay, unless their strength underwent another transformation, it would be difficult for any Celestial God to turn things around.

This also led to Celestial Gods being very cautious about large-scale borrowing over long years.

Soon.

Li Yuan signed a "loan contract" with the Three-Eyed Golden Toad in the Heart Dream God World, and Li Yuan also received a "loan notification."

After deducting all Heart Dream Coins under his own name.

He was also burdened with a debt as high as 240 trillion Heart Dream Coins.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan, carrying a large batch of treasures, flew out of the Myriad Things Palace, and the palace gates slowly closed.

"I didn't expect."

"Back on Blue Star, I didn't even have a mortgage, but now that my strength is nearly that of a God Monarch, I've actually taken on a huge divine artifact loan." Li Yuan muttered to himself. "However, it's not a loss."

"This Myriad God Mirror is indeed extremely suitable for me." Li Yuan's heart stirred, and he sensed the purple, seemingly real yet illusory divine mirror circulating in his God Heart World.

The divine mirror circulated, emitting a hazy radiance.

Li Yuan sensed it carefully; the interior of the Myriad God Mirror was vast and mighty, as if it contained ten thousand worlds. These worlds collided with each other, constantly giving birth to new worlds and constantly destroying them.

And within the worlds, it seemed that the flow of time was vastly different, with a large number of real lives constantly being born, multiplying, and perishing... but Li Yuan knew very clearly that these ten thousand worlds were all illusory.

Yet the lives within the illusory worlds were real.

In a sense, the Myriad God Mirror and the "Dream World Stone" had similar effects, but the Myriad God Mirror was much more complete and powerful.

Once integrated into his own soul, and used to perform soul attacks through it, the power of the soul attack would be significantly stronger.

"Many soul attack secret treasures contain powerful secret arts, allowing one to perform extremely strong soul attacks without needing one's own soul to be powerful." Li Yuan thought to himself. "The number one soul attack secret treasure, 'Lishang Stone,' is like this; it requires 900 trillion Heart Dream Coins to exchange."

As for the Myriad God Mirror, in terms of the strength of its origin, it was likely not the least bit weaker than the Lishang Stone, and perhaps even slightly stronger.

It was just that the operation of the Myriad God World inside it was chaotic and unordered, and it did not contain a complete secret art to trigger, making it nearly a Dao treasure.

Therefore, the requirements for the user to exert the power of the Myriad God Mirror were extremely high.

This was why its value had never been high.

"My God Heart World is still evolving further."

"My soul will is still slowly transforming and will definitely become stronger." Li Yuan was full of anticipation. "My attainments in the soul aspect are also extremely high and will continue to improve."

"In my hands, this Myriad God Mirror will never be covered in dust. The power it erupts with will ultimately not be inferior to the Lishang Stone." Li Yuan was full of confidence in himself. "Besides, I can also let the source body's weapon-nurturing ground nurture it."

Once both the main body and source body cultivated "Boundary Weapon," both could nurture a God King weapon at the highest level.

In Li Yuan's plan.

The main body would nurture the Silver Moon God Spear.

The source body would temporarily nurture the "Myriad God Mirror." After the nurturing was successful, he would hand it over to the main body to use for combat.

By then, with the Silver Moon God Spear for material attacks and the Myriad God Mirror for soul attacks, Li Yuan's main body combat power would naturally soar to a terrifying level.

And nurturing a Celestial Divine Artifact with a weapon-nurturing ground would take at least several decades... this was also the reason why Li Yuan was in such a hurry to take out a loan to exchange for the Myriad God Mirror.

Not long after, Li Yuan's main body silently entered the "Space God Ruins" and entered the special space where the source body was located.

Both were dressed in black, and their appearance and soul aura were exactly the same... it was just that the source body had not cultivated any star techniques, so its life aura was weaker.

The two bodies looked at each other.

"Looking at myself is quite wondrous." Li Yuan revealed a smile. Whether it was the main body or the source body, they were both led by one consciousness and were inseparable.

It was just like the left hand and the right hand.

"Whoosh!" Li Yuan's main body waved his hand, and the seemingly real yet illusory Myriad God Mirror separated and merged into the source body.

Following that, several more storage magic treasures flew out and were also held in the source body's hands.

Hidden within the storage magic treasures were what the source body needed to cultivate star techniques.

"Cultivating star techniques causes quite a stir."

"And the mysterious power contained in this Space God Ruins assists experts in comprehending space laws. Each independent space can only be used by one Celestial God." Li Yuan thought to himself. "Although I am in the True God realm, my speed of consuming this mysterious power is no less than that of a Celestial God."

"I'd better let the main body find another space separately."

"However."

"An expert needs two cultivation spaces? My authority is not enough; I have to trouble Senior Brother." Li Yuan's heart stirred, and a wisp of consciousness had already gone to see God King Dongmang.

Soon.

Li Yuan received authorization.

Just like that, Li Yuan's main body and source body each hid in a special space within the Space God Ruins, and activated formations so that outsiders could not spy... Subsequently, Li Yuan truly began his first long-term deep cultivation after stepping into the True God realm.

Apart from separating a wisp of mental energy to let the main body and source body cultivate perfect star techniques step by step.

Li Yuan's remaining mental energy was mainly focused on comprehending space laws and earth laws, supplemented by comprehending the other six basic laws.

Occasionally, he would continue to ponder Dao treasures and divine artifacts like the Seven-Colored Boundary Sea, the Silver Moon God Spear, and the Myriad God Mirror.

For powerful cultivators, deep cultivation always passes quickly.

Li Yuan immersed himself in cultivation, year after year... and in the Mohe Star Domain, the other three God Kingdoms and two Celestial God sects all thought that Li Yuan, who was rising rapidly, would quickly stir up waves.

And even erupt into a star domain war.

But what all parties in the Mohe Star Domain did not expect was... Li Yuan had no traces left, and even the Celestial Gods under his command were extremely low-key.

Such a terrifying force just remained silent on "Dongji Star," which was simply contrary to common sense.

"The Chaos God Court actually has so many treasure lands."

"Celestial Gods can actually learn so many secret arts for free?" Celestial God Xuanyang, Celestial God Bingming, and others had already joined the Chaos God Court under Li Yuan's guidance.

Becoming members of the Juexing Imperial Palace.

And they also came to the Imperial Palace in batches, beginning to come into contact with some of the Chaos God Court's cultivation resources, which opened their eyes.

Many cultivation treasure lands and secret arts that were free for Celestial Gods... were unprecedented opportunities for them.

After all, the Ancient Domain's hundred clans had passed down through generations, and to this day, there wasn't a single recorded God King. How strong could the accumulated secret manuals be?

"Following the Domain Lord to the God Domain was the right choice." "We definitely have hope of becoming stronger." These Ancient Domain Celestial Gods were all extremely excited.

In the Ancient Universe World, the world where the Ancient Domain's hundred clans lived was comparable to dozens of star domains... logically, it could give birth to hundreds of Celestial Gods.

It could be said that those who could rise to become Celestial Gods in the Ancient Domain all had decent talent and comprehension.

Celestial God Xuanyang and the others were also constantly growing.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years had passed since the battle on Dongji Star, inside the Space God Ruins.

"Finally."

"Both the main body and source body have cultivated 'Void True Explanation' to the seventh rank extreme." Li Yuan sighed inwardly. "And both are cultivating in the Space God Ruins simultaneously; the efficiency of comprehending space laws is too high."

Previously, Li Yuan had imagined that the efficiency of two main bodies cultivating simultaneously would be extremely high.

But when he truly tried it, it still exceeded his imagination.

Especially after the source body also cultivated "Void True Explanation" to the seventh rank extreme, the comprehension efficiency became even more exaggerated... the progress of more than ten years far exceeded Li Yuan's previous hundreds of years of cultivation.

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"Space laws."

"The difficulty of crossing from the tenth stage to the eleventh stage is ten or a hundred times higher than all the previous stages combined." Li Yuan sighed inwardly. "Many God Monarchs, after cultivating for tens of thousands of years, are doing quite well if they can cross into the eleventh stage of space laws."

"I originally thought that I would need at least several thousand years."

"But looking at it now, I'm afraid that in just a few hundred years, I will be able to thoroughly comprehend the world of space laws." Li Yuan thought to himself.

There are five major directions of space laws; comprehending one direction is the eleventh-stage level.

Comprehending all five is the complete space law.

Like most God Monarchs, in terms of space laws, they only comprehend one or two directions.

"Let's take it step by step."

"My cultivation speed is already astonishing enough."

"Once I comprehend the earth laws and become a Celestial God, opening up an inner heaven and earth, my speed of comprehending space laws will soar again."

"Even at my current cultivation speed, within ten thousand years, I have hope of becoming a God King." Li Yuan had cultivated to his current level and already had a vague concept and ideas about the path of a God King.

It could be said.

With Li Yuan's peerless talent, becoming a God King had no difficulty at all; it was just a matter of time.

"Before becoming a God King, I must lay as solid a foundation as possible."

"Whether it is comprehending laws, researching flesh and blood evolution, or exploring the mysteries of the soul... all of it is accumulation." Li Yuan also had his own pursuits. "Only by integrating many aspects can one hope to open up a sufficiently powerful Dao at the God King realm."

Opening up an eternal Dao is extremely difficult and must be done cautiously.

Only a powerful and correct Dao can allow Li Yuan to go further and qualify to chase the footsteps of supreme existences in the God Domain like God Emperor Juexing and God Emperor Heart Dream...

Time flowed like water; in the blink of an eye, Li Yuan had been in deep cultivation for more than thirty years.

In the Abyss God Court, in a territory deep within, within a world filled with destructive aura.

The towering black palace was empty, without a single guard.

"First, you blocked me from killing True God Qing Tian Bing."

"Then you killed Jiuying and snatched my divine artifact."

"Finally, you stepped on me and used my fame to spread your name throughout the God Domain." The three-eyed black-robed figure sat cross-legged in the palace, his eyes filled with coldness.

It was none other than God Monarch Guyuan.

After the battle on Dongji Star, Li Yuan's name spread throughout the God Domain, while God Monarch Guyuan became a laughingstock.

A dignified God Monarch, who took the initiative to ambush a junior who had just been promoted to Celestial God, almost ended up perishing.

It was simply a supreme humiliation.

"I thought."

"In thirty-plus years, you should have long since started a star domain war. I didn't expect you to endure it all this time." God Monarch Guyuan pondered silently. "You can really endure."

God Monarch Guyuan's original plan was to find another opportunity to descend and participate in the war during Li Yuan's expansion war, and take revenge.

He didn't expect.

Li Yuan had no movement... the Demon Lotus God Kingdom's territory had already expanded to the limit agreed upon by the various God Courts, so naturally, he could not take the initiative to provoke a war.

"At present, assassinating that Qing Tian Bing is also difficult."

"I'd better cultivate with a calm mind and prepare for the battle of Beichen Residence... Beichen Residence contains the legendary 'Five Realms Void Stone.' Once obtained, the probability of comprehending space laws will soar." God Monarch Guyuan also had a glimmer of anticipation in his heart.

Every God Monarch had a "God King dream" in their heart.

It was just that there were too few dreams that could become reality. Looking at the vast God Domain, in one era with hundreds of thousands of Celestial Gods, those who could eventually achieve the God King realm were often fewer than ten.

One could imagine how low the probability was.

Therefore, the battle for Beichen Residence was destined to be extremely tragic. With God Monarch Guyuan's strength... it would be extremely difficult to seize the Five Realms Void Stone, but there was always a glimmer of hope.

In the blink of an eye, more than a year passed, and while God Monarch Guyuan was still cultivating with a focused mind.

Suddenly.

"Guyuan." A magnificent voice rang directly in God Monarch Guyuan's mind.

God Monarch Guyuan was slightly startled.

"God King Xueye." God Monarch Guyuan immediately responded respectfully in his mind.

He had to be respectful.

Because he was originally under God King Xueye... his growth to this day was largely thanks to God King Xueye's guidance.

It could be said that if he disobeyed God King Chen Demon, it would be difficult for God King Chen Demon to punish him... but if he angered God King Xueye, even if God King Xueye killed him, it would not cause any ripples.

This was the order of the Abyss God Court.

"I have just come out of seclusion, and I already know everything you have done." The magnificent voice said indifferently. "Temporarily stop pursuing True God Qing Tian Bing... she has already been accepted as a disciple by God King Fengyan; there is no opportunity to assassinate her for the time being."

"True God Qing Tian Bing has been accepted as a disciple by a God King?" God Monarch Guyuan was slightly startled.

This news was a secret even within the Chaos God Court; naturally, God Monarch Guyuan did not know.

"God King, should I continue to pursue the other Sky Snake clans?" God Monarch Guyuan asked respectfully.

Outsiders all thought that God Monarch Guyuan led the extermination of the lonely Sky Snake clan.

But in reality, he was following God King Xueye's orders... otherwise, in the battle to exterminate the Sky Snake clan back then, how could he have mobilized such a staggering number of Celestial Gods to participate together?

"Continue the pursuit."

"Yes!"

In the territory of the Abyss God Court.

In a vast starry sky, a figure appeared out of thin air. He seemed to be stepping on another space layer, and countless blood-red "snowflakes" were born and fell out of thin air.

"Gathered a little power to exterminate the Sky Snake clan."

"And continued the pursuit for tens of thousands of years, still with nothing to show for it." God King Xueye stepped through the starry sky, frowning slightly. "God King Tianqing, back then, where exactly did you put the other half of the token?"

"I can deduce that the token has a certain connection with True God Qing Tian Bing, but the item is not on her."

This was also the reason why God King Xueye did not take action personally.

Firstly, there was the rule set by the God Emperor: one could not bully the small.

Secondly, God King Xueye had a vague perception that it seemed a super expert of the same level had been constantly perceiving and paying attention to Liu Bing... if he took action, it would be very easy to startle the snake.

Every step God King Xueye took crossed an unknown number of light-years, and soon he disappeared into the depths of the starry sky.

While the outside world was bustling, Li Yuan's main body and source body were still cultivating with a focused mind.

More than sixty years had passed since his current deep cultivation.

In the Juexing Imperial Palace, in the seventh cloud realm, inside a simple and unadorned palace, a fairly wide river circled outside the palace.

This was the residence of God Monarch Baijiang.

As a direct disciple of God King Heixu, he was greatly favored by God King Heixu and was even bestowed a God King weapon.

Today, inside his palace, a group of Celestial Gods were feasting.

"Baijiang, congratulations on obtaining another top-grade Celestial Divine Artifact. The strength you can exert has improved quite a bit." A man in fire-red robes sitting in the upper seat said with a smile.

"It is all due to Master's deep love. Otherwise, relying on myself, how could I easily obtain such a treasure?" God Monarch Baijiang was dressed in white and was very handsome.

Envy appeared in the eyes of the many Celestial Gods present.

Those who could come to attend the banquet were at least third-rank Celestial God experts, and many were disciples of God Kings; even if they were not direct disciples, they were qualified to be inner disciples.

However!

Very few could be repeatedly bestowed treasures by a God King, not to mention that everyone knew that before this, God Monarch Baijiang had already been bestowed a God King weapon.

A God King weapon!

It made God Monarch Baijiang's strength increase greatly... making him, who originally only had the strength of a fourth-rank Celestial God, obtain the title of God Monarch in one fell swoop.

How could the other Celestial Gods not be envious?

It was just that these Celestial Gods also understood... this kind of favoritism was not something one could envy.

"Brother Guanyun, Brother Jingu." God Monarch Baijiang raised his glass and smiled. "Beichen Residence is about to open. Once we enter, as members of the Juexing Imperial Palace lineage, we must support each other."

"That is natural." The man in fire-red robes smiled.

God Monarch Jingu was also a very famous God Monarch within the Juexing Imperial Palace.

"I am not like you two." God Monarch Guanyun, who was also sitting in the upper seat, smiled helplessly. "You are both great experts in the top 100 of the Celestial God Ranking, and the other is favored by a God King. You both have absolute certainty of obtaining a quota for Beichen Residence... Although I have received a hint from a God King, the list has not been officially announced yet. Everything has variables."

"Brother Guanyun, do not worry." God Monarch Baijiang smiled. "I heard from Master that the list has already been set and will not be easily changed."

"I hope so." God Monarch Guanyun sighed.

Suddenly, the expressions of the three God Monarchs changed slightly, as if they had all received some news.

And the next instant.

God Monarch Jingu and God Monarch Guanyun could not help but look at God Monarch Baijiang, who was sitting in the main seat.

God Monarch Baijiang's face had already turned ashen.

Because!

Just now, the highest level of the Chaos God Court had already announced the candidates for God Monarchs for this Beichen Residence, and all three of them had received notification.

Forty quotas.

God Monarch Jingu and God Monarch Guanyun were on the list... while God Monarch Baijiang, who had originally been full of confidence and had the most certainty, had actually failed to be selected.

"Li Yuan!"

"This list, compared to the list Master originally told me, only replaced me alone." A trace of anger flashed in God Monarch Baijiang's eyes. "It was Li Yuan who replaced me."

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