Chapter 621: Two Hundred Years of Transformation

Inside the palace deep within the Earth Rift Abyss.

"Opening the Dao."

"The difficulty is indeed beyond imagination." Li Yuan sat cross-legged on the jade platform, shaking his head inwardly.

These ten-plus years.

Li Yuan tried to comprehend them one by one. As his comprehension deepened, he discovered the difficulty and vastness... far exceeding the comprehension of the seven basic laws, and far exceeding the comprehension of the laws of space.

Although the gains were great, he was still very far from Opening the Dao.

"All laws have a source."

"All things contain laws." Li Yuan pondered silently in his heart: "The laws of space are the foundation of everything, deriving the seven basic laws, which then evolve into all things, and we are born among all things... and then in turn comprehending the eight great laws, the difficulty is relatively much lower than Opening the Dao."

Whether it is oneself, the operation of all things, or everything between heaven and earth, one can find traces of the operation of the eight great laws... Therefore, countless lifeforms can step into the threshold of laws.

But Opening the Dao?

This is transcending the original rules of heaven and earth. It is difficult to find similarities in this vast heaven and earth; everything must be opened by oneself.

The difficulty suddenly soared.

"No wonder, throughout history, I have only heard of God Kings Opening the Dao, and have never heard of Heavenly Gods Opening the Dao." Li Yuan frowned.

God Kings have comprehended the complete laws of space and can comprehend the eight great laws after spending some time... Their understanding of heaven and earth has reached an unfathomable level, and spending endless ages to find a unique path is naturally much easier.

What about Li Yuan?

In terms of understanding heaven and earth, let alone comparing with God Kings, even compared to existences like Divine Monarch Brother Ming Fang and Divine Monarch Fei Qian Yu, he was still far behind... and this time, the comprehension time was only ten-plus years.

Even his strongest soul will was far inferior to that of a God King.

The only advantage... was having the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall.

But external objects are ultimately auxiliary; the most important thing is oneself.

"Five Eternal Daos, I can resonate with all of them, but based on my current foundation, the one I truly have hope of succeeding in is actually the World Dao." Li Yuan had already realized this point.

World Dao.

It was because Li Yuan had already comprehended the 'World of Space', and his understanding of the operation in this aspect had reached a certain height.

But even for the World Dao, he estimated that he would have to spend tens of thousands of years to have some hope.

"The others? Even less realistic." Li Yuan thought to himself: "I can only think of another way."

Using conventional means, there was no hope of directly Opening the Dao.

Thinking of this.

"Grave Elder." Li Yuan suddenly spoke aloud: "I have something I would like to ask you."

Li Yuan's words had not yet fallen.

"Speak." Grave Elder said in a low voice.

"Grave Elder, you previously said that this trial is aimed at the core Heavenly God powerhouses of the Honghe Universe Alliance, so the difficulty is extremely high." Li Yuan said: "Then, if the core True Gods of the Honghe Universe Alliance come to break in, is the trial the same?"

"True God?"

"Impossible, the divine body of a True God is weak; how could they pass the four tribulations of the first trial?" Grave Elder said in a low voice, then suddenly, he seemed to realize something and said in shock: "Are you actually only at the True God realm?"

"Grave Elder has sharp eyes." Li Yuan's heart moved, and he had completely removed the masking effect of the 'Ancient Universe Realm' on his divine body and soul, and his life aura had completely returned to its original state.

"What?"

"You are really a True God?" This time it was Grave Elder's turn to be shocked.

His voice was full of disbelief: "I clearly identified it carefully. Your life aura strength, star technique mysteries, and soul aura are all undoubtedly those of a Heavenly God... How could you be a True God?"

"And I have traced your battles on the North Star; your strength is top-tier even among top Divine Monarchs."

"Even if you have special means to hide from my investigation... but strength cannot be faked."

"A True God whose strength can rival a third-tier Heavenly God is already heaven-defying; how can you be this strong?" Grave Elder's voice carried a hint of suspicion.

There was no way not to be suspicious.

Over endless ages, since he had been the manager of the North Star, he had never encountered such a situation.

In history, True Gods had indeed tried to break in... but they couldn't even reach his presence.

"Grave Elder, please understand." Li Yuan stood up respectfully, but did not explain much.

The reason he hadn't been willing to say it directly before was precisely because of this.

Perfect Ten Star Pulse, Master God Emperor Master Juexing had instructed that it must never be leaked before becoming a God King.

Ancient Universe Realm, Senior Dream and Saint Spirit had also repeatedly instructed to keep it secret, even taking a Great Dao Oath.

In a word.

Li Yuan's strength was not yet enough to protect these secrets... like why Li Yuan himself had never dared to leave the Divine Court headquarters and had always been hiding.

It was because once the news leaked, perhaps some God Emperor could use special means to wipe him out directly.

This Grave Elder, although the manager of the North Star, seemed independent, but in the long years, who knew if he had any connection with the major Divine Court forces of the Heart Dream Universe, or with the Honghe Universe Alliance branches like the Purple Crow Universe or the Sa Xue Universe?

After all, only Li Yuan had taken the 'Eternal Oath' not to leak secrets.

Li Yuan had no counter-measures against Grave Elder... If the other party leaked his secret, Li Yuan would have no way to deal with it.

Therefore.

In Li Yuan's original plan, if Grave Elder saw through that he was a True God at a glance, so be it; if he didn't, then he would first strive to pass the trial on his own.

Seeing no hope, Li Yuan thought it over and over again before deciding to speak out.

A long time later.

"Apologies." Grave Elder's voice sounded again: "My judgment ability is limited... Your life aura is indeed at the True God realm, but from many other aspects, you seem to be a Heavenly God."

"I am ultimately just something left behind by the Supreme, and the North Star has been severely damaged by the cycle of the universe... When the Supreme was here, he could definitely see through you at a glance, but I have no confidence in judging." Grave Elder said.

Li Yuan was stunned.

"If you are really at the True God realm... you are probably the legendary 'Perfect Ten Star Pulse'. Only then can your divine body strength be explained." Grave Elder said in a low voice: "But your star techniques are also so powerful... The information I control only mentions the Perfect Ten Star Pulse, but I have never seen one."

"After all, even in the Honghe Universe era, whether a Perfect Ten Star Pulse was born is a secret."

"Grave Elder, do you mean the trial cannot be changed?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"Yes."

"If you are really a Perfect Ten Star Pulse, being able to come here is indeed my luck. Such an incredible monster is a treasure of the universe... If the Supreme were alive, I could report to the Supreme, and the Supreme would decide." Grave Elder said: "But now, even if I can confirm you are a True God, the Supreme's rules cannot be broken. Whatever the trial is, it remains the same."

"You must Open the Dao, or survive the Reincarnation Tribulation, to enter the third trial."

Li Yuan's heart sank.

Exposing that he was a True God was useless?

"However!"

"Within the scope of my authority, I can give you more time." Grave Elder said in a low voice: "Core members of the Honghe Universe Alliance have 200 years to comprehend the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall... so, I will also give you 200 years."

"But if the trial fails in the end, you will still have to die."

"Everyone has secrets; I won't ask about your reasons."

"If you are really a True God, then my advice to you is to become a Heavenly God as soon as possible... Once you become a Heavenly God, your strength will have a rapid improvement, and your probability of passing the second trial will also increase significantly." Grave Elder's voice disappeared.

Inside the palace, it became quiet again.

"Unexpected."

"Exposing the True God realm didn't avoid the trial." Li Yuan was quite helpless, but quickly calmed down: "But at least, I gained another hundred years."

"I hope it won't bring more danger because of the exposure."

Another hundred years was enough to change many things.

"Open the Dao? Hope is slim."

"Better to be down-to-earth and strive to become a Heavenly God first." Li Yuan quickly regained his calm.

He no longer focused on the Dao Rhyme fluctuations radiated by the five Quasi-Saints on the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall.

Instead, he cast his gaze on the towering immortal figure at the center.

Hum~

In an instant, Li Yuan's source body consciousness, along with his true self consciousness, faintly showed signs of sinking again.

"These countless streams of light."

"The power of the ultimate." Li Yuan seemed to be completely placed within the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall, and like the ten thousand Quasi-Saints, he was completely infatuated.

The greatest treasure of the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall was not the Dao Rhymes of the ten thousand Quasi-Saints.

It was this eternal immortal figure.

The streams of light surrounding this eternal existence contained ultimate secrets. Li Yuan could see different comprehensions from different angles... He could see the mysteries of the laws of wind, and he could also see the true essence of the five directions of the laws of space.

He could even feel the operation of the Heart Illusion Dao, World Dao, and Heart World Dao from it.

All-encompassing.

Everywhere.

"These streams of light, I will call them 'Eternal Dao Rhymes'."

"I fear that different powerhouses can see the Dao veins of their own paths from these Eternal Dao Rhymes." Li Yuan had an epiphany: "My comprehension through this is even clearer than directly sensing the source of the laws of space."

This was the ultimate Dao Rhyme pointing directly to eternity.

Containing supreme power.

"Through this comprehension, I can fully comprehend the 'Void and Reality of Space' faster." Li Yuan was immersed in it.

The effect of the source body taking the Green Rhyme Dao True Fruit still remained.

Now that he could observe the 'Eternal Dao Rhymes' all the time, it made Li Yuan's source body's comprehension of the laws of space improve by another notch.

Even.

Even his true self, far away at the Chaos Divine Court headquarters, was faintly influenced, and the effect of comprehending the laws of space was also improved.

A few days later.

"Wake up! Wake up!" A low voice sounded in Li Yuan's mind.

Causing Li Yuan to wake up quickly.

"Was it Grave Elder who awakened me?" Li Yuan sighed inwardly: "That's right, my realm is too far from the Eternal level... If I were to comprehend it regardless of everything, my consciousness would indeed be assimilated."

But with Grave Elder's repeated awakenings, he didn't worry too much.

"Continue."

Li Yuan comprehended hungrily. Compared to the 'Eternal Dao Rhymes' of the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall, all the borrowing from the past seemed insignificant.

In the blink of an eye, several more decades passed.

Heart Dream Divine Realm.

Inside that special divine palace, only 37 figures remained sitting cross-legged.

On the high platform.

"This Fei Qian Yu is simply too arrogant." Heart World God King's voice was full of coldness: "First targeting Li Yuan, and this time, actually killing Divine Monarch Jin Gu directly. This is completely disregarding my Chaos Divine Court."

Winter Mang God King frowned slightly but did not refute.

As time passed, especially after all the Heavenly Gods who descended had found the teleportation arrays, various conflicts and killings became increasingly tragic.

For example, if a treasure space appeared and a powerhouse of a certain force sensed it, then as the news spread, other powerhouses of the same force could quickly rush over through the teleportation arrays.

And when more powerhouses gathered in a certain area, the probability of meeting naturally increased greatly.

Fighting inside the treasure space, one could escape with a single thought, and even invincible Heavenly Gods could not easily kill Divine Monarchs.

But on the surface of the North Star... as long as the gap in strength was slightly large, in a situation of isolation, life-and-death struggles carried the danger of falling.

Therefore!

In just a few decades, excluding Li Yuan, the Chaos Divine Court had lost two more Divine Monarchs.

"We destroyed the Purple Crow Universe's station in the Nine Whirlpool River, and the conflict grew, so naturally he had no more scruples." Winter Mang God King said slowly: "On the North Star, we can't do anything to him for the time being."

"Wait until he leaves the North Star." Winter Mang God King said.

"Winter Mang, are you preparing to make a move when he leaves the North Star?" Heart World God King asked. "The God Emperors only agreed not to easily start God King wars in the Divine Realm." Winter Mang God King's majestic voice carried a hint of killing intent: "But the Purple Crow Universe does not belong to our Divine Realm range."

Heart World God King instantly understood Winter Mang God King's idea.

The North Star ultimately belonged to the edge of the Heart Dream Universe... Starting a war here, the Chaos Divine Court had a much greater advantage.

Just like the Purple Crow Universe did not fear the hostility of the Chaos Divine Court.

The Chaos Divine Court also didn't care about the anger and retaliation of the Purple Crow Universe; they were in different universes anyway.

"But those six God Kings, if we want to defeat them quickly once we make a move, I fear it will be difficult." Heart World God King had a hint of worry: "The Ten Thousand Dao Divine Court and the Abyss Divine Court will likely also block us."

"Don't worry too much."

"Although the Purple Crow Universe is an alliance, it is divided into six forces internally... The other five major forces might not necessarily want to see Fei Qian Yu successfully become a God King." Winter Mang God King sneered.

Heart World God King instantly understood that a God King from the Purple Crow Universe had likely contacted Winter Mang God King in secret.

Just like the Heart Dream Universe fighting internally, and even tearing off masks to start wars.

The Purple Crow Universe also had internal fighting.

!

"How is Li Yuan?" Heart World God King changed the subject and asked.

"I don't know." Winter Mang God King shook his head: "Most of the time, his true self consciousness is somewhat lost, and I can't even contact him."

"Consciousness lost?" Heart World God King was shocked. She knew very well how terrifying Li Yuan's soul will was; it was absolutely top-tier among Heavenly Gods.

Heart World God King was quite worried: "Could it even affect his true self? Won't it cause Li Yuan's true self to fall?"

"Shouldn't be."

"In the history of the Divine Court, there were also two Ten Star Pulse Heavenly Gods who went to break in. Although one died completely, the other only lost a clone, and the true self left at the Divine Court headquarters was unharmed." Winter Mang God King said: "Moreover, Li Yuan also sent a message to me that he is currently in no life-threatening danger and is still accepting the trial."

"Hmm." Heart World God King nodded, still somewhat worried: "So many years have passed, and I don't know if he has succeeded."

"Do our best."

"Everything can only depend on himself." Winter Mang God King shook his head.

The disturbances in the outside world did not affect Li Yuan too much; he had been immersed in cultivation.

Unknowingly, over one hundred and thirty years had passed since he saw the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall.

The effect of the Green Rhyme Dao True Fruit had long since passed.

And in these years, his comprehension of the other four directions of the laws of space had become deeper and deeper, especially 'Void and Reality of Space', where he had originally accumulated a deep foundation, and now his progress was huge... In terms of breadth and depth of comprehension.

These hundred-plus years were equivalent to the sum of all Li Yuan's comprehension in the past.

This day.

"Finally comprehended."

Li Yuan's source body, immersed in cultivation, and his true self far away at the Chaos Divine Court headquarters, opened their eyes simultaneously, revealing smiles.

"Void and Reality of Space." Strange light flickered in his eyes, and even the surface of his divine body flickered with strange light.

Of the five directions of the laws of space, two had been completely comprehended.

As for the other three directions, space cutting, no-space domain, and space objects... he had also gained some comprehension, and although he was still far from completely comprehending them, he had at least seen many clues.

"Void and reality generate each other! Space conversion." Li Yuan's heart moved, and his soul source began to undergo strange changes.

In the past.

Li Yuan's soul will was the strongest, but it was somewhat floating, only fused with the divine heart, but with a clear gap from the physical divine body... but now, the soul seemed to truly have roots, and the soul source began to truly combine with the physical body particles.

This was the true mystery of 'Void and Reality of Space'.

"Becoming a God is the soul fusing into the divine fire, divine heart, and divine grid... but reaching my level is truly making the soul and physical body completely one, making it difficult to shake." Li Yuan thought to himself.

Void and reality represent the two sides of space 'void world, reality'.

In this way, Li Yuan's soul defense would be improved by another large notch, and it would also cause his heart power recovery speed to skyrocket by another large notch.

Like those Heavenly Gods who could remain conscious under Li Yuan's soul invasion, they were all existences who had comprehended 'Void and Reality of Space'.

"Heart Spirit Void World."

Li Yuan sensed his Heart Spirit Void World, and with a thought, the entire Heart Spirit Void World underwent astonishing changes.

More real!

And also more vast.

The number of void world lifeforms on those planets was also constantly skyrocketing. The starry sky that was originally just a background... was now becoming real through the exploration of void world lifeforms.

Everything was evolving rapidly.

This transformation lasted for fully ten-plus days before Li Yuan's Heart Spirit Void World reached its limit... thereby feeding back to Li Yuan's soul source.

"If I were to launch a soul attack now, I fear the power would be much stronger than before." Li Yuan realized this point, but his joy had already diminished by more than half.

Because!

Even if his soul grew by another large notch, it could be called a level that countless Heavenly Gods could not reach.

But his Heart Spirit Void World still hadn't undergone a fundamental transformation.

"This!"

"If the Heart Spirit Void World doesn't undergo a fundamental transformation, wanting to pass the Zishan trial, the hope is I fear extremely slim." Li Yuan was somewhat anxious.

He had broken into Zishan several times and knew very well the difficulty of the last step... With his current strength, for his true self to break in, the probability of success was close to zero.

If he didn't ascend Zishan to control the Ancient Universe Realm, then he couldn't become a Heavenly God.

After pondering for a moment.

Li Yuan's heart moved, and he had already separated a sliver of thought to arrive at the highest level of the Heart Dream Divine Realm.

This palace had been empty for a long time.

"Li Yuan? You haven't come to see this old man for a long time." The silver-haired old man appeared out of thin air, laughing happily.

"Senior Dream." Li Yuan bowed respectfully.

"I understand a little about your situation. Your source body is trapped on the North Star? Coming to find me, I fear you have encountered big trouble." The silver-haired old man said.

"Yes."

"Senior, I desire to control the Ancient Domain. Currently, I have created a God King-level soul secret technique and comprehended two major directions of the laws of space... but I still cannot open the Heart Spirit True World. I hope Senior can give me some pointers." Li Yuan said directly: "What exactly should I do?"

The matter of the Ancient Domain could not be leaked.

Only to Senior Dream, who was equivalent to the spokesperson of the Heart Dream God Emperor... these were not secrets to him.

"Your progress is indeed fast. In just a few hundred years, clearly still stuck at the True God realm, you have actually obtained two of the five directions of space." The silver-haired old man sighed: "What you ask is actually something that even the Heart Dream God Emperor was puzzled by."

"The God Emperor's puzzle?" Li Yuan was stunned.

"Yes."

"To control the Ancient Universe Realm, it not only requires a heaven-defying divine body, but also requires the soul will to reach an unfathomable level, and one must open the Heart Spirit True World." The silver-haired old man said: "If it is a Heavenly God, all Ten Star Pulse ones have hope of doing it."

"But a True God?"

"In the history of the Heart Dream Universe, there has never been a successful example!"

"Only theoretical hope." The silver-haired old man said.

"Theoretical?" Li Yuan pondered.

"Let me ask you, what is the biggest difference between you and that Divine Monarch Fei Qian Yu?" The silver-haired old man laughed.

"Divine body." Li Yuan said without hesitation.

Star techniques, he was actually at an advantage.

Comprehension of laws? As long as there was enough time, he could always continue to make up for it. For example, now, compared to a hundred-plus years ago, the gap between his comprehension of laws and the top Divine Monarchs had become much smaller.

Only the divine body.

As long as he was at the True God realm, even if he was a Perfect Ten Star Pulse... he would always be ten times weaker than Divine Monarch Fei Qian Yu.

"Correct."

"The Heart Spirit True World, the key lies in a 'True'. Wanting to maintain such a real and vast 'Void World Heaven and Earth' requires extremely high demands on the soul." The silver-haired old man said: "The root of the soul lies in the divine body... Ten Star Pulse Heavenly Gods, their divine bodies have reached the bottom line of God Kings, and the soul born from them will naturally be extremely strong."

"If you break through now, crossing into the Heavenly God realm... your soul will will rapidly reach the God King level. This is the benefit of a strong divine body foundation."

"But you cannot break through now." The silver-haired old man sighed: "Back then, the two Ten Star Pulse candidates before you were all trapped at this step, wasting thousands of years, and ultimately gave up."

"Divine body, you are already at the limit of the True God."

"Then, you must continue to start from the root of the 'Heart Spirit Void World'." The silver-haired old man said.

"Root?" Li Yuan hesitated: "Could it be, it really requires me to completely comprehend the laws of space?"

If he could control the complete laws of space, using this as a core, the soul would naturally undergo another transformation.

"No!"

"You haven't even opened the Inner Heaven and Earth, and want to completely comprehend the laws of space? Even if your talent is heaven-defying, it would be difficult to succeed even if you spent another thirty thousand years." The silver-haired old man shook his head: "The last step is essence."

"Then what should I do?" Li Yuan frowned.

It seemed that every path was blocked.

From the perspective of strengthening the soul, if he couldn't completely comprehend the complete laws of space, even if he comprehended the other major directions, the effect would be very small.

"Do you still remember."

"How your soul reached the True God level when you were at the Semi-God realm?" The silver-haired old man suddenly laughed.

Li Yuan was stunned.

"Back then, you were only a Nine Star Pulse, and you created a miracle. Was it because your comprehension of laws was high?" The silver-haired old man asked.

Li Yuan couldn't help but shake his head.

"Heart Spirit True World, first of all, lies in 'Heart Spirit'." The silver-haired old man said: "According to the Heart Dream God Emperor, the soul source is difficult to change, but the heart spirit... has infinite power."

"Heart spirit?" Li Yuan had an epiphany.

Could it be, referring to will?

Back then, when he was at the Semi-God realm, his soul reached the True God level because his will had crossed into the True God level first.

"However."

"Wanting to make the will cross from the Heavenly God limit to the God King level, what should I do?" Li Yuan fell into deep thought.

Li Yuan also went to seek advice from 'Heart World God King', who had the highest attainments in the soul aspect among the current Divine Court.

He also read a large number of materials and classics.

He also queried the cultivation insights of some soul-path God Kings in history... the conclusion was, there was no conclusion.

"In history."

"Almost all God Kings have divine bodies that nurture a sufficiently powerful soul, and their will is then polished through endless ages, breaking through unknowingly." Li Yuan shook his head inwardly: "And I have to do it in reverse?"

"This path, I can only walk it myself."

Just like that.

Li Yuan's source body continued to cultivate diligently before the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall... while his true self left the Space Divine Ruins, and under the secret protection of Winter Mang God King, went to various places within the Divine Court headquarters to cultivate the soul and polish the will.

Polishing the heart spirit.

Better to deduce the "Heart World" secret technique.

Comprehending the "Heart Illusion Divine Canon"... Time passed year by year. Li Yuan's Heart Spirit Void World and soul did not undergo a fundamental transformation, but his strength was growing rapidly.

Another sixty-plus years passed.

"God King-level material move?"

"I was focused on making my soul will break through, but I didn't expect that unknowingly, I have completely mastered the seventh style of the 'Heart Illusion Divine Canon'." Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

"In terms of height of realm, I am already not inferior to Divine Monarch Brother Ming Fang, Divine Monarch Fei Qian Yu, and Divine Monarch Axe Sea." Li Yuan's source body held a silver moon divine spear in his hand.

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